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Eric R. Dufresne

Eric R. Dufresne

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Materials Science

D-Index
61
Citations
17158
World Ranking
6673
National Ranking
101

Overview

Eric R. Dufresne is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Materials Chemistry, and Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication platforms include arXiv (Cornell University), Soft Matter, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Physical Review Letters, and Biophysical Journal.

The scope of their research covers multiple key topics such as Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, RNA Research and Splicing, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Sustained enzymatic activity and flow in crowded protein droplets, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Non-specific adhesive forces between filaments and membraneless organelles, 2022, Nature Physics
  • Putting the Squeeze on Phase Separation, 2021, JACS Au
  • Small-scale demixing in confluent biological tissues, 2020, Soft Matter
  • Elastic microphase separation produces robust bicontinuous materials, 2023, Nature Materials

Frequent co-authors in their work include Robert W. Style, Dominic Gerber, Aleksander A. Rebane, Stefanie Heyden, and Nicolas Bain. The collaboration with these colleagues reflects interdisciplinary efforts that intersect engineering and molecular biology disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Mechanotransduction and extracellular matrix homeostasis

    Jay D. Humphrey;Eric R. Dufresne;Martin A. Schwartz

  • Optical tweezer arrays and optical substrates created with diffractive optics

    Eric R. Dufresne;David G. Grier

  • Membrane tension maintains cell polarity by confining signals to the leading edge during neutrophil migration

    Andrew R. Houk;Alexandra Jilkine;Cecile O. Mejean;Rostislav Boltyanskiy

  • Computer-generated holographic optical tweezer arrays

    Eric R. Dufresne;Gabriel C. Spalding;Matthew T. Dearing;Steven A. Sheets

  • Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid (I4132) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales

    Vinodkumar Saranathan;Chinedum O. Osuji;Simon G. J. Mochrie;Heeso Noh

  • Observation of Plasmon Propagation, Redirection, and Fan-Out in Silver Nanowires

    Aric W. Sanders;David A. Routenberg;Benjamin J. Wiley;Younan Xia

  • Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration.

    Jason D. Forster;Heeso Noh;Seng Fatt Liew;Vinodkumar Saranathan

  • Charge stabilization in nonpolar solvents.

    Hsu Mf;Dufresne Er;Weitz Da

  • Traction force microscopy in physics and biology

    Robert W. Style;Rostislav Boltyanskiy;Guy K. German;Callen Hyland

  • Onset of Buckling in Drying Droplets of Colloidal Suspensions

    N. Tsapis;E. R. Dufresne;S. S. Sinha;C. S. Riera

  • Elastocapillarity: Surface Tension and the Mechanics of Soft Solids

    Robert W. Style;Anand Jagota;Chung-Yuen Hui;Eric R. Dufresne

  • Universal deformation of soft substrates near a contact line and the direct measurement of solid surface stresses.

    Robert W. Style;Rostislav Boltyanskiy;Yonglu Che;J. S. Wettlaufer

  • Flow and fracture in drying nanoparticle suspensions

    E. R. Dufresne;E. I. Corwin;N. A. Greenblatt;J. Ashmore

  • Surface tension and contact with soft elastic solids

    Robert W. Style;Callen Hyland;Rostislav Boltyanskiy;John S. Wettlaufer;John S. Wettlaufer

  • Stiffening solids with liquid inclusions

    Robert W. Style;Robert W. Style;Rostislav Boltyanskiy;Benjamin Allen;Katharine E. Jensen

  • Deformation of an elastic substrate by a three-phase contact line.

    Elizabeth R. Jerison;Ye Xu;Larry A. Wilen;Eric R. Dufresne

  • Static wetting on deformable substrates, from liquids to soft solids

    Robert W. Style;Eric R. Dufresne

  • How Noniridescent Colors Are Generated by Quasi‐ordered Structures of Bird Feathers

    Heeso Noh;Seng Fatt Liew;Vinodkumar Saranathan;Simon G. J. Mochrie

  • Dynamics of Fracture in Drying Suspensions

    E. R. Dufresne;D. J. Stark;N. A. Greenblatt;J. X. Cheng

  • Self-assembly of amorphous biophotonic nanostructures by phase separation

    Eric R. Dufresne;Heeso Noh;Vinodkumar Saranathan;Simon G. J. Mochrie

  • Cadherin-based intercellular adhesions organize epithelial cell–matrix traction forces

    Aaron F. Mertz;Yonglu Che;Shiladitya Banerjee;Jill M. Goldstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Hui Cao
Hui Cao Yale University
Richard O. Prum
Richard O. Prum Yale University
Simon G. J. Mochrie
Simon G. J. Mochrie Yale University
David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
Chinedum O. Osuji
Chinedum O. Osuji University of Pennsylvania
Christine Jacobs-Wagner
Christine Jacobs-Wagner Stanford University
Mark A. Reed
Mark A. Reed Yale University
Chung-Yuen Hui
Chung-Yuen Hui Cornell University
Masayuki Amagai
Masayuki Amagai Keio University
Martin A. Schwartz
Martin A. Schwartz Yale University

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