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  • 2014 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Overview

Anna C. Balazs is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy, with a focus on mechanical engineering, condensed matter physics, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and molecular medicine.

The scientist's main research topics include micro and nano robotics, advanced materials and mechanics, modular robots and swarm intelligence, hydrogels synthesis and applications, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, and advanced polymer synthesis and characterization.

Selected recent publications by Anna C. Balazs include:

  • Self-regulated non-reciprocal motions in single-material microstructures, 2022, Nature
  • Chemical pumps and flexible sheets spontaneously form self-regulating oscillators in solution, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Light-Powered, Fuel-Free Oscillation, Migration, and Reversible Manipulation of Multiple Cargo Types by Micromotor Swarms, 2022, ACS Nano
  • STEM Gels by Controlled Radical Polymerization, 2020, Trends in Chemistry
  • Interlinking spatial dimensions and kinetic processes in dissipative materials to create synthetic systems with lifelike functionality, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology

Frequent coauthors of Anna C. Balazs include Oleg E. Shklyaev, Raj Kumar Manna, Victor V. Yashin, Ayusman Sen, and Santidan Biswas.

Common publication venues for their work include Langmuir, Soft Matter, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Materials Horizons, and Polymer.

Anna C. Balazs was named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Nanoparticle Polymer Composites: Where Two Small Worlds Meet

    Anna C. Balazs;Todd Emrick;Thomas P. Russell

  • Self-directed self-assembly of nanoparticle/copolymer mixtures

    Yao Lin;Alexander Böker;Alexander Böker;Jinbo He;Kevin Sill

  • Predicting the Mesophases of Copolymer-Nanoparticle Composites

    Russell B. Thompson;Valeriy V. Ginzburg;Mark W. Matsen;Anna C. Balazs

  • Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation

    Ximin He;Michael Aizenberg;Olga Kuksenok;Lauren D. Zarzar

  • Self-Healing Polymer Films Based on Thiol-Disulfide Exchange Reactions and Self-Healing Kinetics Measured Using Atomic Force Microscopy

    Jeong Ae Yoon;Jun Kamada;Jun Kamada;Kaloian Koynov;Jake Mohin

  • Modeling the Interactions between Polymers and Clay Surfaces through Self-Consistent Field Theory

    Anna C. Balazs;Chandralekha Singh;Ekaterina Zhulina

  • Entropy-driven segregation of nanoparticles to cracks in multilayered composite polymer structures

    Suresh Gupta;Qingling Zhang;Todd Emrick;Anna C. Balazs

  • Block Copolymer-Directed Assembly of Nanoparticles: Forming Mesoscopically Ordered Hybrid Materials

    Russell B. Thompson;Valeriy V. Ginzburg;Mark W. Matsen;Anna C. Balazs

  • Morphology of Ultrathin Supported Diblock Copolymer Films: Theory and Experiment

    Michael J. Fasolka;Pallab Banerjee;Anne M. Mayes;Galen Pickett

  • Thermodynamic Behavior of Particle/Diblock Copolymer Mixtures: Simulation and Theory

    June Huh;Valeriy V. Ginzburg;Anna C. Balazs

  • Theoretical Phase Diagrams of Polymer/Clay Composites: The Role of Grafted Organic Modifiers

    Valeriy V. Ginzburg;Chandralekha Singh;Anna C. Balazs

  • Modeling the phase behavior of polymer-clay composites

    Yulia Lyatskaya;Anna C. Balazs

  • Pattern formation and shape changes in self-oscillating polymer gels.

    Victor V. Yashin;Anna C. Balazs

  • Using nanoparticles to create self-healing composites

    Jae Youn Lee;Gavin A. Buxton;Anna C. Balazs

  • Modeling the Phase Behavior of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites

    Anna C. Balazs;Chandralekha Singh;Ekaterina Zhulina;Yulia Lyatskaya

  • Macromolecules at Surfaces: Research Challenges and Opportunities from Tribology to Biology

    Steve Granick;Sanat K. Kumar;Eric J. Amis;Markus Antonietti

  • Harnessing Janus Nanoparticles to Create Controllable Pores in Membranes

    Alexander Alexeev;William E. Uspal;Anna C. Balazs

  • Equilibrium orientation of confined diblock copolymer films

    Galen T. Pickett;Anna C. Balazs

  • Designing synthetic vesicles that engulf nanoscopic particles

    Kurt A. Smith;David Jasnow;Anna C. Balazs

  • Modeling the self-assembly of copolymer-nanoparticle mixtures confined between solid surfaces.

    Jae Youn Lee;Zhenyu Shou;Anna C. Balazs

Frequent Co-Authors

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University
Alexander Alexeev
Alexander Alexeev Georgia Institute of Technology
Julia M. Yeomans
Julia M. Yeomans University of Oxford
Ekaterina B. Zhulina
Ekaterina B. Zhulina ITMO University
Joanna Aizenberg
Joanna Aizenberg Harvard University
Thomas P. Russell
Thomas P. Russell University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ayusman Sen
Ayusman Sen Pennsylvania State University
Todd Emrick
Todd Emrick University of Massachusetts Amherst
Feng Qiu
Feng Qiu Fudan University
Ximin He
Ximin He University of California, Los Angeles

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