Prof Stoyan Smoukov

Publications

Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Sustainable Engineering

2024

Measuring the Equilibrium Spreading Pressure—A Tale of Three Amphiphiles
Peychev B Arabadzhieva D Minkov IL Dimitrova IM Mileva E Smoukov SK
Molecules, Mdpi vol. 29 (17) 

DOI 10.3390/molecules29174004

QMRO

24-08-2024

Phase transitions of fluorotelomer alcohols at the water¦alkane interface studied via molecular dynamics simulation
Burrows S Shon JW Slavchov R
Soft Matter, Royal Society of Chemistry 

DOI 10.1039/d3sm01444d

QMRO

06-02-2024

2023

Structure of the Hexadecane Rotator Phase: Combination of X-ray Spectra and Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Burrows SA Lin EE Cholakova D Richardson S
Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), American Chemical Society vol. 127 (36), 7772-7784.  

DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c02027

QMRO

14-09-2023

End-to-End System for Rapid and Sensitive Early-Detection of SARS-CoV-2 for Resource-Poor and Field-Test Environments Using a $51 Lab-in-a-Backpack
Lin EE Razzaque UA
In Advances in Medical Imaging, Detection, and Diagnosis, Taylor & Francis 1213-1226.  

DOI 10.1201/9781003298038-48

06-09-2023

Measuring the Adsorption of Electrolytes on Lipid Monolayers.
Peychev B Arabadzhieva D Minkov I Mileva E Smoukov SK
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, American Chemical Society, 4652-4656.  

DOI 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00795

QMRO

11-05-2023

Origin of life from a maker's perspective -- focus on protocellular compartments in bottom-up synthetic biology
Ivanov I Smoukov SK Nourafkan E Landfester K
In Conflicting Models For The Origin of Life, Wiley 

DOI 10.1002/9781119555568.ch12

QMRO

17-02-2023

Origin of Life from a Maker's Perspective–Focus on Protocellular Compartments in Bottom‐Up Synthetic Biology
Ivanov I Smoukov SK Nourafkan E Landfester K
In Conflicting Models For The Origin of Life, Wiley 303-326.  

DOI 10.1002/9781119555568.ch12

QMRO

17-02-2023

Adjustable volume and loading release of shape memory polymer microcapsules
Zhang F Wang L Geng Q Leng J
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, Taylor and Francis Group 

DOI 10.1080/19475411.2023.2166143

QMRO

16-01-2023

2022

The interfacial layer breaker: a violation of Stokes’ law in high-speed Atomic Force Microscope flows
Li F Korotkin I Taiji M
Langmuir, American Chemical Society 

DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02418

QMRO

20-12-2022

Extension of the TraPPE Force Field for Battery Electrolyte Solvents.
Luo Z Burrows SA Fan X Boek ES
Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), American Chemical Society 

DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c06993

QMRO

03-10-2022

Minimum surfactant concentration required for inducing self-shaping of oil droplets and competitive adsorption effects
Feng J Valkova Z Lin EE Nourafkan E Wang T Tcholakova S
Soft Matter, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 18 (35), 6729-6738.  

DOI 10.1039/d1sm01326b

QMRO

25-08-2022

Roadmap on soft robotics: multifunctionality, adaptability and growth without borders
Mazzolai B Mondini A Del Dottore E Margheri L Carpi F Suzumori K Cianchetti M Speck T et al.
Multifunctional Materials, Iop Publishing Ltd vol. 5 (3) 

DOI 10.1088/2399-7532/ac4c95

QMRO

23-08-2022

Sustainably Grown: The Underdog Robots of the Future
Smoukov SK
Multifunctional Materials, Iop Publishing Ltd 

DOI 10.1088/2399-7532/ac4c95

QMRO

23-08-2022

Minimum Surfactant Concentration Required for Inducing Self-shaping of Oil Droplets and Competitive Adsorption Effects
Feng J Valkova Z Lin EE Nourafkan E Wang T Tcholakova S Slavchov R Smoukov SK
In Arxiv 

DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2208.07822

QMRO

16-08-2022

Experimental investigation of anomalous molecular probe diffusion in entangled polymer melts
Nieto Simavilla D Ramakrishnan V Smoukov SK
Soft Matter, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 18 (33), 6200-6208.  

DOI 10.1039/d2sm00759b

QMRO

18-07-2022

Origin of life from a maker's perspective -- focus on protocellular compartments in bottom-up synthetic biology
Ivanov I Smoukov SK Nourafkan E Landfester K Schwille P
 
15-07-2022

Flow reactor for preparation of lipid nanoparticles via temperature variations
Lesov I Glushkova D Cholakova D Georgiev MT Tcholakova S Smoukov SK
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 112, 37-45.  

DOI 10.1016/j.jiec.2022.03.043

QMRO

15-06-2022

Sustainably Grown: The Underdog Robots of the Future
Smoukov SK
 
27-04-2022

Flow reactor for preparation of lipid nanoparticles via temperature variations
Lesov I Glushkova D Georgiev MT Tcholakova S Smoukov SK
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Elsevier 

DOI 10.1016/j.jiec.2022.03.043

QMRO

01-04-2022

End-to-end system for rapid and sensitive early-detection of SARS-CoV-2 for resourcepoor and field-test environments using a $51 lab-in-a-backpack
Lin EE Razzaque UA Burrows SA
Plos One, Public Library of Science vol. 17 (1 January) 

DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0259886

QMRO

26-01-2022

2021

Motion of long bubbles in gravity- And pressure-driven flow through cylindrical capillaries up to moderate capillary numbers
Danov KD Smoukov SK
Physics of Fluids, American Institute of Physics vol. 33 (11) 

DOI 10.1063/5.0070619

QMRO

09-11-2021

Virtual voids method to generate low-density microporous carbon structures using quenched molecular dynamics simulation
Luo Z Burrows SA Fan X Smoukov SK
Carbon vol. 183, 438-448.  

DOI 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.07.005

QMRO

15-10-2021

Rechargeable self-assembled droplet microswimmers driven by surface phase transitions
Cholakova D Lisicki M Smoukov SK Tcholakova S Lin EE Chen J
Nature Physics, Nature Research vol. 17 (9), 1050-1055.  

DOI 10.1038/s41567-021-01291-3

QMRO

15-07-2021

Rechargeable self-assembled droplet microswimmers driven by surface phase transitions
Cholakova D Lisicki M Smoukov SK Tcholakova S Chen J De Canio G Denkov N
Nature Physics, Nature Research 

DOI 10.1038/s41567-021-01291-3

QMRO

15-07-2021

Comment on faceting and Flattening of Emulsion Droplets: A Mechanical Model
Haas PA Goldstein RE Denkov N Smoukov SK
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society vol. 126 (25) 

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.259801

QMRO

25-06-2021

Comment on Faceting and Flattening of Emulsion Droplets: A Mechanical Model
Haas PA Goldstein RE Cholakova D Smoukov SK
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society 

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.259801

QMRO

25-06-2021

Duality of foam stabilization
Karakashev SI Smoukov SK Raykundaliya N
Colloids and Surfaces a: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Elsevier vol. 619 

DOI 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126521

QMRO

07-04-2021

Enhanced microwave absorption performance of light weight N-doped carbon nanoparticles
Chen J Miao P Lin EE Bai T
Rsc Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 11 (14), 7954-7960.  

DOI 10.1039/d0ra08455g

QMRO

17-02-2021

2020

Electro-responsive surfaces with controllable wrinkling patterns for switchable light reflection–diffusion–grating devices
Lin IT Choi YS Wojcik C Wang T Kar-Narayan S
Materials Today, Elsevier vol. 41, 51-61.  

DOI 10.1016/j.mattod.2020.09.028

QMRO

09-12-2020

Highly porous magnetic Janus microparticles with asymmetric surface topology
Al Nuumani R Smoukov SK Bolognesi G
Langmuir, American Chemical Society vol. 36 (42), 12702-12711.  

DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02315

QMRO

14-10-2020

Shape Memory Polyurethane Microcapsules with Active Deformation
Zhang F Zhao T Ruiz-Molina D Liu Y Roscini C
Acs Applied Materials and Interfaces, American Chemical Society 

DOI 10.1021/acsami.0c14882

QMRO

29-09-2020

2019

Three-dimensional cancer cell culture in high-yield multiscale scaffolds by shear spinning
Ahmed AA Luo CJ Perez-Garrido S Browse CR Thrasivoulou C Smoukov SK
Biotechnology Progress, Wiley vol. 35 (2) 

DOI 10.1002/btpr.2750

QMRO

20-11-2019

Spontaneous particle desorption and Gorgon drop formation from particle-armored oil drops upon cooling
Cholakova D Valkova Z Tcholakova S Denkov N Binks BP
 
02-11-2019

Shape-shifting polyhedral droplets
Haas PA Cholakova D Denkov N Goldstein RE Smoukov SK
Physical Review Research, American Physical Society vol. 1 (2) 

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.023017

QMRO

16-09-2019

Shape-Shifting Polyhedral Droplets
Haas PA Cholakova D Denkov N Goldstein RE
Physical Review Research, American Physical Society 

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.023017

QMRO

16-09-2019

Multilayer Formation in Self-Shaping Emulsion Droplets
Cholakova D Denkov N Tcholakova S Valkova Z
Langmuir, American Chemical Society 

DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02771

QMRO

29-03-2019

Rational Approach to Guest Confinement inside MOF Cavities for Low-Temperature Catalysis
SMOUKOV S
Nature Communications, Nature Research 

DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-08972-x

QMRO

22-03-2019

2018

Tuning of Structural Colors Like a Chameleon Enabled by Shape-Memory Polymers
Schauer S Baumberg JJ Hölscher H
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Wiley vol. 39 (21) 

DOI 10.1002/marc.201800518

QMRO

12-09-2018

Bottom-Up Synthesis of Polymeric Micro- and Nanoparticles with Regular Anisotropic Shapes
Lesov I Valkova Z Vassileva E Georgiev GS Ruseva K Tcholakova S
Macromolecules, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 51 (19), 7456-7462.  

DOI 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00529

QMRO

07-09-2018

Low fatigue dynamic auxetic lattices with 3D printable, multistable, and tuneable unit cells
Khare E Temple S Tomov I Smoukov SK
Frontiers in Materials, Frontiers Media vol. 5 

DOI 10.3389/fmats.2018.00045

QMRO

09-08-2018

Bottom-up Formation of Carbon-Based Structures with Multilevel Hierarchy from MOF–Guest Polyhedra
Wang T Kim H-K Liu Y Li W Griffiths JT Wu Y Fong KD Podjaski F et al.
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 140 (19), 6130-6136.  

DOI 10.1021/jacs.8b02411

QMRO

23-04-2018

Candy cane-like semi-interpenetrating polymer networks for enhanced fast-charging power source of electronics
Wang T Smoukov S
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. vol. 255 
01-01-2018

Some general considerations made for controlled guest materials formation in the confined environments of metal-organic frameworks
Wang T Smoukov S
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. vol. 255 
01-01-2018

Metal-organic framework templated formation of nanostructured conducting polymers
Wang T Smoukov S
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. vol. 255 

QMRO

01-01-2018

Emergence of Polygonal Shapes in Oil Droplets and Living Cells: The Potential Role of Tensegrity in the Origin of Life
Gordon R Hanczyc MM Tiffany MA Smoukov SK
In Habitability of The Universe Before Earth, Elsevier 427-490.  

DOI 10.1016/b978-0-12-811940-2.00018-6

01-01-2018

2017

Mechanisms and Control of Self-Emulsification upon Freezing and Melting of Dispersed Alkane Drops
Valkova Z Cholakova D Tcholakova S Denkov N
Langmuir, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 33 (43), 12155-12170.  

DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02048

QMRO

19-10-2017

Fault-Tolerant Electro-Responsive Surfaces for Dynamic Micropattern Molds and Tunable Optics
Lin IT Wang T Zhang F Smoukov SK
Scientific Reports vol. 7 (1) 

DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-12899-y

QMRO

02-10-2017

Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Networks for Enhanced Supercapacitor Electrodes
Fong KD Wang T Kim HK Smoukov SK
Acs Energy Letters, American Chemical Society vol. 2 (9), 2014-2020.  

DOI 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00466

QMRO

08-09-2017

“Self-Shaping” of Multicomponent Drops
Cholakova D Valkova Z Denkov N
Langmuir, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 33 (23), 5696-5706.  

DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01153

30-05-2017

A novel phenomenological model for dynamic behavior of magnetorheological elastomers in tension-compression mode
Vatandoost H Norouzi M
Smart Materials and Structures, Iop Publishing vol. 26 (6) 

DOI 10.1088/1361-665X/aa6126

QMRO

02-05-2017

Efficient self-emulsification via cooling-heating cycles
Tcholakova S Valkova Z Cholakova D Vinarov Z Lesov I
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 8 (1) 

DOI 10.1038/ncomms15012

27-04-2017

CMC prediction for ionic surfactants in pure water and aqueous salt solutions based solely on tabulated molecular parameters
Karakashev SI Smoukov SK
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Elsevier vol. 501, 142-149.  

DOI 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.04.046

18-04-2017

Cartilage-like electrostatic stiffening of responsive cryogel scaffolds
Offeddu GS Mela I Jeggle P Henderson RM
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 

DOI 10.1038/srep42948

23-02-2017

Theory of Shape-Shifting Droplets
Haas PA Goldstein RE Smoukov SK
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 118 (8) 

DOI 10.1103/physrevlett.118.088001

21-02-2017

Multidimensional performance optimization of conducting polymer-based supercapacitor electrodes
Fong KD Wang T
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 1 (9), 1857-1874.  

DOI 10.1039/c7se00339k

01-01-2017

2016

A Theory of Shape-Shifting Droplets
Haas PA Goldstein RE Smoukov SK
In Arxiv 

DOI 10.48550/arxiv.1609.00584

02-09-2016

Functional conductive nanomaterials: Via polymerisation in nano-channels: PEDOT in a MOF
Wang T Farajollahi M Henke S Zhu T Bajpe SR Sun S Barnard JS Cheetham AK
Materials Horizons vol. 4 (1), 64-71.  

DOI 10.1039/c6mh00230g

22-08-2016

Electroactive polymers for sensing
Wang T Farajollahi M Choi YS Lin I-T Marshall JE Thompson NM Madden JDW
Interface Focus, The Royal Society vol. 6 (4) 

DOI 10.1098/rsfs.2016.0026

06-08-2016

On the Mechanism of Drop Self-Shaping in Cooled Emulsions
Denkov N Cholakova D Tcholakova S
Langmuir, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 32 (31), 7985-7991.  

DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01626

28-07-2016

Control of drop shape transformations in cooled emulsions
Cholakova D Denkov N Tcholakova S Smoukov SK
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Elsevier vol. 235, 90-107.  

DOI 10.1016/j.cis.2016.06.002

11-06-2016

Light-induced actuating nanotransducers
Ding T Valev VK Salmon AR Forman CJ Scherman OA
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences vol. 113 (20), 5503-5507.  

DOI 10.1073/pnas.1524209113

QMRO

17-05-2016

Dissolution behaviour of ferric pyrophosphate and its mixtures with soluble pyrophosphates: Potential strategy for increasing iron bioavailability
Tian T Blanco E Smoukov SK Velev OD
Food Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 208, 97-102.  

DOI 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.03.078

23-03-2016

Dual-modality self-heating and antibacterial polymer-coated nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia
Darwish MSA Nguyen NHA Ševců A Stibor I
Materials Science and Engineering C, Elsevier vol. 63, 88-95.  

DOI 10.1016/j.msec.2016.02.052

18-02-2016

Self-assembled Multilayers of Silica Nanospheres for Defect Reduction in Non- and Semipolar Gallium Nitride Epitaxial Layers
Zhu T Ding T Tang F Han Y Ali M Badcock T Kappers MJ Smoukov SK
Crystal Growth & Design, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 16 (2), 1010-1016.  

DOI 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01560

12-01-2016

Organic–inorganic patchy particles as a versatile platform for fluid-in-fluid dispersion stabilisation
Blanco E Smoukov SK Velev OD
Faraday Discussions, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 191, 73-88.  

DOI 10.1039/c6fd00036c

01-01-2016

2015

Self-shaping of oil droplets via the formation of intermediate rotator phases upon cooling
Denkov N Tcholakova S Lesov I Cholakova D
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 528 (7582), 392-395.  

DOI 10.1038/nature16189

01-12-2015

A 3-dimensional fibre scaffold as an investigative tool for studying the morphogenesis of isolated plant cells
Luo C Meyerowitz E Smoukov SK
Bmc Plant Biology, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1) 

DOI 10.1186/s12870-015-0581-7

26-08-2015

Ion-specific effects in foams
Sett S Karakashev SI Smoukov SK
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Elsevier vol. 225, 98-113.  

DOI 10.1016/j.cis.2015.08.007

22-08-2015

Actuators: Smarter Actuator Design with Complementary and Synergetic Functions (Adv. Mater. 30/2015)
Khaldi A Plesse C Vidal F
Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 27 (30), 4389-4389.  

DOI 10.1002/adma.201570199

01-08-2015

Smarter Actuator Design with Complementary and Synergetic Functions
Khaldi A Plesse C Smoukov SK
Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 27 (30), 4418-4422.  

DOI 10.1002/adma.201500209

23-06-2015

Revealing Invisible Photonic Inscriptions: Images from Strain
Ding T Cao G Schäfer CG Zhao Q
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 7 (24), 13497-13502.  

DOI 10.1021/acsami.5b02768

12-06-2015

Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly: Toward Magnetic Films with Tunable Anisotropy
Shi W Liang R Wang Y Luo C Darwish M
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 119 (23), 13215-13223.  

DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01065

28-05-2015

Scalable Liquid Shear‐Driven Fabrication of Polymer Nanofibers
Smoukov SK Tian T Vitchuli N Gangwal S Geisen P Marquez M
Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 27 (16), 2642-2647.  

DOI 10.1002/adma.201404616

18-03-2015

Fast estimation of the equilibrium adsorption constants of ionic surfactants with account for ion-specific effects
Karakashev SI
Colloids and Surfaces a Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Elsevier vol. 467, 143-148.  

DOI 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.11.016

01-02-2015

Symmetry breaking polymerization: one-pot synthesis of plasmonic hybrid Janus nanoparticles
Wang Y Ding T Baumberg JJ
Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 7 (23), 10344-10349.  

DOI 10.1039/c5nr01999k

01-01-2015

Remote, fast actuation of programmable multiple shape memory composites by magnetic fields
Zhang FH Zhang ZC Lin I-T Liu Y Leng J
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 3 (43), 11290-11293.  

DOI 10.1039/c5tc02464a

01-01-2015

Stamping colloidal photonic crystals: a facile way towards complex pixel colour patterns for sensing and displays
Ding T Smoukov SK Baumberg JJ
Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 7 (5), 1857-1863.  

DOI 10.1039/c4nr05934d

01-01-2015

2014

Magnetic actuation and transition shapes of a bistable spherical cap
Loukaides EG Seffen KA
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, Taylor & Francis vol. 5 (4), 270-282.  

DOI 10.1080/19475411.2014.997322

02-10-2014

Pulsed actuation avoids failure in dielectric elastomer artificial muscles
Kobayashi T
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, Taylor & Francis vol. 5 (4), 217-226.  

DOI 10.1080/19475411.2014.987190

02-10-2014

Selectively Patterning Polymer Opal Films via Microimprint Lithography
Ding T Zhao Q Smoukov SK
Advanced Optical Materials, Wiley vol. 2 (11), 1098-1104.  

DOI 10.1002/adom.201400327

01-09-2014

Wetting properties of phospholipid dispersion on tunable hydrophobic SiO2–glass plates
Alexandrova L Karakashev SI Grigorov L Phan CM
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Elsevier vol. 220, 1-7.  

DOI 10.1016/j.cis.2014.08.003

27-08-2014

Harnessing nonlinear rubber swelling for bulk synthesis of anisotropic hybrid nanoparticles
Ding T Smoukov SK
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 2 (41), 8745-8749.  

DOI 10.1039/c4tc01660b

01-01-2014

Electro-mechanical actuator with muscle memory
Khaldi A Elliott JA
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 2 (38), 8029-8034.  

DOI 10.1039/c4tc00904e

01-01-2014

Correction: Electro-mechanical actuator with muscle memory
Khaldi A Elliott JA
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 2 (43), 9318-9318.  

DOI 10.1039/c4tc90130d

01-01-2014

2013

Anisotropic Colloidal Micromuscles from Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Marshall JE Gallagher S
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 136 (1), 474-479.  

DOI 10.1021/ja410930g

20-12-2013

Stability and Viscoelasticity of Magneto-Pickering Foams
Blanco E Lam S Velikov KP
Langmuir, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 29 (32), 10019-10027.  

DOI 10.1021/la4014224

02-08-2013

Anisotropic sheet-like particles: Synthesis and application as bulk rheology modifiers and foam stabilizers
Ahmed S Smoukov S Pelan E Velev OD
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. vol. 245 
01-01-2013

XanoShear™ Large-scale fabrication of functional Nanofibers
Vitchuli N Tian T Smoukov S Gangwal S Geisen P
International Symposium on Fibers Interfacing the World. 
01-01-2013

2011

Nanoparticle‐Aerogel Composites: Nanoparticle–Loaded Aerogels and Layered Aerogels Cast from Sol–Gel Mixtures (Small 18/2011)
Kim J Nakanishi H Pollanen J Smoukov S Halperin WP
Small, Wiley vol. 7 (18), 2542-2542.  

DOI 10.1002/smll.201190066

12-09-2011

Magnetically Responsive Pickering Foams
Lam S Blanco E Smoukov SK Velikov KP
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 133 (35), 13856-13859.  

DOI 10.1021/ja205065w

16-08-2011

Nanoparticle–Loaded Aerogels and Layered Aerogels Cast from Sol–Gel Mixtures
Kim J Nakanishi H Smoukov S
Small, Wiley vol. 7 (18), 2568-2572.  

DOI 10.1002/smll.201100605

04-08-2011

Independence of Primary and Secondary Structures in Periodic Precipitation Patterns
Smoukov SK Lagzi I
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 2 (4), 345-349.  

DOI 10.1021/jz101679t

31-01-2011

2010

Antibacterial Nanoparticle Monolayers Prepared on Chemically Inert Surfaces by Cooperative Electrostatic Adsorption (CELA)
Huda S Smoukov SK Nakanishi H Kowalczyk B Bishop K
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 2 (4), 1206-1210.  

DOI 10.1021/am100045v

24-03-2010

2009

Lift‐Off and Micropatterning of Mono‐ and Multilayer Nanoparticle Films
Kowalczyk B Apodaca MM Nakanishi H Smoukov SK
Small, Wiley vol. 5 (17), 1970-1973.  

DOI 10.1002/smll.200900521

26-08-2009

Microprinting: Small 17/2009
Kowalczyk B Apodaca MM Smoukov SK
Small, Wiley vol. 5 (17) 

DOI 10.1002/smll.200990086

26-08-2009

Synthetic popularity reflects chemical reactivity
Kowalczyk B Bishop KJM Smoukov SK
Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, Wiley vol. 22 (9), 897-902.  

DOI 10.1002/poc.1535

21-04-2009

Reconfigurable responsive structures assembled from magnetic Janus particles
Smoukov SK Marquez M
Soft Matter, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 5 (6), 1285-1292.  

DOI 10.1039/b814304h

01-01-2009

2008

Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring (QCM-D): Real-time characterization of nano-scale interactions at surfaces
Jaiswal A Smoukov S Poggi M
Technical Proceedings of the 2008 Nsti Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show Nsti Nanotech Nanotechnology 2008. vol. 1, 855-858.  
13-10-2008

Bulk Synthesis and Surface Patterning of Nanoporous Metals and Alloys from Supraspherical Nanoparticle Aggregates
Klajn R Gray TP Wesson PJ Myers BD Dravid VP Smoukov SK
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 18 (18), 2763-2769.  

DOI 10.1002/adfm.200800293

16-09-2008

Wet-Stamped Precipitant Gradients Control the Growth of Protein Microcrystals in an Array of Nanoliter Wells
Mahmud G Bishop KJM Chegel Y Smoukov SK
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 130 (7), 2146-2147.  

DOI 10.1021/ja078051k

29-01-2008

2007

Waste vegetable oil - For fuel and education
Smoukov SK
2007 Aiche Annual Meeting. 
01-12-2007

Electrostatically “Patchy” Coatings via Cooperative Adsorption of Charged Nanoparticles
Smoukov SK Bishop KJM Kowalczyk B Kalsin AM
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 129 (50), 15623-15630.  

DOI 10.1021/ja075456w

28-11-2007

Multilevel Surface Nano- and Microstructuring via Sequential Photoswelling of Dichromated Gelatin
Paszewski M Smoukov SK Klajn R
Langmuir, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 23 (10), 5419-5422.  

DOI 10.1021/la062982c

11-04-2007

2006

Ionic-like Behavior of Oppositely Charged Nanoparticles
Kalsin AM Kowalczyk B Smoukov SK Grzybowski BA
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 128 (47), 15046-15047.  

DOI 10.1021/ja0642966

01-11-2006

Maskless Microetching of Transparent Conductive Oxides (ITO and ZnO) and Semiconductors (GaAs) Based on Reaction-Diffusion
Smoukov SK Grzybowski BA
Chemistry of Materials, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 18 (20), 4722-4723.  

DOI 10.1021/cm061468p

02-09-2006

Electrostatic Aggregation and Formation of Core−Shell Suprastructures in Binary Mixtures of Charged Metal Nanoparticles
Kalsin AM Pinchuk AO Smoukov SK Grzybowski BA
Nano Letters, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 6 (9), 1896-1903.  

DOI 10.1021/nl060967m

22-08-2006

Inside Front Cover: Direct Printing of 3D and Curvilinear Micrometer‐Sized Architectures into Solid Substrates with Sub‐micrometer Resolution (Adv. Mater. 15/2006)
Campbell CJ Bishop KJM Grzybowski BA
Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 18 (15) 

DOI 10.1002/adma.200690062

27-07-2006

Direct Printing of 3D and Curvilinear Micrometer‐Sized Architectures into Solid Substrates with Sub‐micrometer Resolution
Campbell CJ Smoukov SK Bishop KJM Baker E
Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 18 (15), 2004-2008.  

DOI 10.1002/adma.200600716

04-07-2006

Electrostatic Self-Assembly of Binary Nanoparticle Crystals with a Diamond-Like Lattice
Kalsin AM Fialkowski M Paszewski M Bishop KJM
Science, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 312 (5772), 420-424.  

DOI 10.1126/science.1125124

23-02-2006

Principles and Implementations of Dissipative (Dynamic) Self-Assembly
Fialkowski M Bishop KJM Klajn R Campbell CJ Grzybowski BA
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 110 (6), 2482-2496.  

DOI 10.1021/jp054153q

25-01-2006

2005

Non-lithographic micropatterning of thin crystal film layers and bulk micro-machining via hydrogel stamping
Smoukov SK Bishop KJM
Aiche Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings. 
01-12-2005

Visualizing a macromolecular phase transition by macroscopic reaction-diffusion patterns
Fialkowski M Bitner A Smoukov SK Campbell CJ
Aiche Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings. 
01-12-2005

Reactive surface micropatterning by wet stamping
Campbell CJ Smoukov SK Bishop KJM
Aiche Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings. 
01-12-2005

Chemistry and physics at small scales and in complex geometries
Grzybowski BA Bishop KJM Bitner A Campbell CJ Klajn R
Aiche Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings. 
01-12-2005

Nano- and Microscopic Surface Wrinkles of Linearly Increasing Heights Prepared by Periodic Precipitation
Smoukov SK Bitner A Campbell CJ Grzybowski BA
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 127 (50), 17803-17807.  

DOI 10.1021/ja054882j

22-11-2005

Measurements of Flow-Induced Anisotropic Thermal Conduction in a Polyisobutylene Melt Following Step Shear Flow
Balasubramanian V Bush K Smoukov S Venerus DC
Macromolecules, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 38 (14), 6210-6215.  

DOI 10.1021/ma050827j

15-06-2005

Self-organization of planar microlenses by periodic precipitation
Campbell CJ Baker E Fialkowski M Smoukov SK
Journal of Applied Physics, Aip Publishing vol. 97 (12) 

DOI 10.1063/1.1899757

15-06-2005

Cutting into Solids with Micropatterned Gels
Smoukov SK Klajn R Campbell CJ Grzybowski BA
Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 17 (11), 1361-1365.  

DOI 10.1002/adma.200402086

24-05-2005

Amplification of Changes of a Thin Film's Macromolecular Structure into Macroscopic Reaction−Diffusion Patterns
Bitner A Fiałkowski M Smoukov SK Grzybowski BA
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 127 (19), 6936-6937.  

DOI 10.1021/ja051128p

23-04-2005

Freestanding Three‐Dimensional Copper Foils Prepared by Electroless Deposition on Micropatterned Gels
Smoukov SK Bishop KJM Grzybowski BA
Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 17 (6), 751-755.  

DOI 10.1002/adma.200401010

11-03-2005

Reactive Surface Micropatterning by Wet Stamping
Campbell CJ Smoukov SK Bishop KJM
Langmuir, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 21 (7), 2637-2640.  

DOI 10.1021/la046942p

24-02-2005

Effect of Substrate on the Diiron(III) Site in Stearoyl Acyl Carrier Protein Δ9-Desaturase as Disclosed by Cryoreduction Electron Paramagnetic Resonance/Electron Nuclear Double Resonance Spectroscopy †
Davydov R Behrouzian B Smoukov S
Biochemistry, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 44 (4), 1309-1315.  

DOI 10.1021/bi048599t

07-01-2005

Micro- and nanotechnology via reaction–diffusion
Grzybowski BA Bishop KJM Campbell CJ Fialkowski M
Soft Matter, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 1 (2), 114-128.  

DOI 10.1039/b501769f

01-01-2005

2004

Multicolour micropatterning of thin films of dry gels
Klajn R Fialkowski M Bensemann IT Bitner A Campbell CJ Bishop K Smoukov S
Nature Materials, Springer Nature vol. 3 (10), 729-735.  

DOI 10.1038/nmat1231

19-09-2004

Publisher's Note: Anisotropic Thermal Conduction in a Polymer Liquid Subjected to Shear Flow [Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 098301 (2004)]
Venerus DC Schieber JD Balasubramanian V
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 93 (10) 

DOI 10.1103/physrevlett.93.109902

02-09-2004

Measurement of anisotropic energy transport in flowing polymers by using a holographic technique
Schieber JD Venerus DC Bush K Balasubramanian V
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 101 (36), 13142-13146.  

DOI 10.1073/pnas.0405262101

30-08-2004

Anisotropic Thermal Conduction in a Polymer Liquid Subjected to Shear Flow
Venerus DC Schieber JD Balasubramanian V Bush K
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 93 (9) 

DOI 10.1103/physrevlett.93.098301

25-08-2004

2003

EPR and ENDOR Evidence for a 1-His, Hydroxo-Bridged Mixed-Valent Diiron Site in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Rubrerythrin †
Smoukov SK Davydov RM Doan PE Sturgeon B Kung IY Kurtz DM
Biochemistry, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 42 (20), 6201-6208.  

DOI 10.1021/bi0300027

30-04-2003

2002

Electron−Nuclear Double Resonance Spectroscopic Evidence for a Hydroxo-Bridge Nucleophile Involved in Catalysis by a Dinuclear Hydrolase
Smoukov SK Wang X Doan PE Hoffman BM
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 124 (11), 2595-2603.  

DOI 10.1021/ja003169l

23-02-2002

Product Binding to the Diiron(III) and Mixed-Valence Diiron Centers of Methane Monooxygenase Hydroxylase Studied by 1,2H and 19F ENDOR Spectroscopy
Smoukov SK Kopp DA Valentine AM Davydov R
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 124 (11), 2657-2663.  

DOI 10.1021/ja010123z

22-02-2002

EPR Study of Substrate Binding to the Mn(II) Active Site of the Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Enzyme FosA: A Better Way To Examine Mn(II)
Smoukov SK Telser J Bernat BA Armstrong RN
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 124 (10), 2318-2326.  

DOI 10.1021/ja012480f

16-02-2002

2001

EPR evidence for fosfomycin binding to the Mn active site of fosfomycin resistance protein (FosA).
Telser J Smoukov S Bernat B Armstrong RN
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. vol. 221, U743-U743.  
01-01-2001

Benchmarking of Molecular Dynamics Force Fields for Solid−Liquid and Solid−Solid Phase Transitions in Alkanes
Smoukov S Burrows S Karabasov S Korotkin I Boek E
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B: Biophysical Chemistry, Biomaterials, Liquids, and Soft Matter, American Chemical Society 

DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c07587

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Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Sustainable Engineering

Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Sustainable Engineering

Aqualunar Challenge Prize - Runner-Up Prize
Edo Boek and Stoyan Smoukov
£50,000 Challenge Works
01-04-2025 - 31-03-2026

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Aqualunar Challenge
Edo Boek and Stoyan Smoukov
£28,439 Challenge Works
01-08-2024 - 31-03-2025

RAS Humanitarian Project “Pan-African Competition – in Low cost instruments and entrepreneurship
Kaspar Althoefer and Stoyan Smoukov
£2,671 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Operations Center
21-02-2021 - 20-02-2022

Wound Healing In Space: Key challenges towards Intelligent and Enabling Sensing platforms - Stoyan Smoukov
Stoyan Smoukov
£21,187 EU European Commission - Other
15-05-2020 - 14-05-2023

Self-Emulsification Route to NanoEmulsions by Cooling of Industrially Relevant Compounds
Stoyan Smoukov
£55,606 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-05-2019 - 30-04-2021

Molecular Manufacturing of Macroscopic Objects
Stoyan Smoukov
£1,180,624 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-09-2018 - 31-08-2024

Bottom-up Energy Efficient Emulsification and Structured Materials (ShipShape)
Stoyan Smoukov
£19,986 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-02-2018 - 31-12-2018

New materials for energy production and sustainable energy use (EMATTER) - transfer in
Stoyan Smoukov
£41,828 EU European Commission - Other
01-09-2017 - 31-01-2018

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