56. Kapitan, J.M.; Watts, B.P.; Morin, S.A. “Design, fabrication, and application of dynamic, stimuli-responsive soft surfaces” MRS Bull. 2024, 49, 1155-1166.
55. Rathnayake, D.T.N.; Malik, N; Milone, S; Morin, S.A.; Guo, Y. “Interference Effects in Micro-Raman Spectroscopy Enable Mapping of Chemical Gradients on an Elastomer Surface” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15 (33), 8467-8476.
54. Wagner, J.R.; Jamison, M.R.; Morin, S.A. “Fabrication of Multi-Material Functional Circuits Using Microfluidic Directed Materials Patterning” Adv. Mater. Tech. 2024, 2400307.
53. Nguyen, T.T.*; Langenfeld, J.G.; Reinhart. B.C.; Lyden, E.I.; Campos, A.S.; Wadman, M.C.; Jamison, M.R.; Morin, S.A.; Barksdale, A.N. “An Evaluation of the Usability and Durability of 3D Printed versus Standard Suture Materials” Wound Rep. Reg. 2024, 32, 229-233.
52. Kapitan, J.M.; Minnick, G.; Watts, B.P.; Huang, N.; Rose, M.A.; Yang, R.*; Morin, S.A.* “Photografting of Surface-Assembled Hydrogel Prepolymers to Elastomeric Substrates for Production of Stimuli-Responsive Microlens Arrays” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2305711.
51. Wagner, J.; Fletcher, J.; Morin, S.A.* “Chemical activation of commodity plastics for patterned electroless deposition of robust metallic films” Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 10337-10340. (Invited contribution to 2022 Pioneering Investigators themed collection)
50. Mazaltarim, A.J.; Morin, S.A.* “Programmable Droplet Transport Using Mechanically Adaptive Chemical Gradients with Anisotropic Microtopography” Adv. Intell. Sys. 2022, 20210020. (Invited contribution)
49. Delon, T.; Parsai, T.; Kilic, U.; Schubert, M.; Morin, S.A.; Li, Y.* “Impacts of particle surface heterogeneity on the deposition of colloids on flat surfaces” Environ. Sci.: Nano 2021, 8, 3365-3375.
48. Mazaltarim, A.J.; Torres, A.; Morin, S.A.* “Mechanically Tunable Superhydrophobic Surfaces Enabled by the Rational Manipulation of Microcrack Networks in Nanoporous Films” Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 2100869.
47. Mazaltarim, A.J.; Bowen, J.J.; Taylor, J.M.; Morin, S.A.* “Dynamic Manipulation of Droplets using Mechanically Tunable Microtextured Chemical Gradients” Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 3114.
Select media and additional coverage:
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Nebraska Today, Phys.org, Nanowerk: “New technique acts as acclerator, brake for microscopic droplets”
46. Bowen, J.J.; Rose, M.A..; Morin, S.A.* “Surface Molding of Multi-Stimuli Responsive Microgel Actuators” MRS Bulletin 2021, 46, 337–344.
45. Taylor, J.M.; Konda, A.; Morin, S.A.* “Spatiotemporal Control of Calcium Carbonate Nucleation Using Programmable Deformations of Elastic Surfaces” Soft Matter 2020, 16, 6038-6043.
44. Perez-Toralla, K.; Olivera-Torres, A.; Rose, M.A.; Esfahani, A.M.; Reddy, K.; Yang, R.*; Morin, S.A.* “Facile Production of Large-area Cell Arrays Using Surface-assembled Microdroplets” Adv. Sci. 2020, 7, 2000769.
43. Stoller, M. A.; Gromowsky, M.; Rauhauser, M.; Judah, M.; Konda, A.; Jurich, C. P.; Morin, S. A. “Crystallization at droplet interfaces for the fabrication of geometrically programmed synthetic magnetosomes” Soft Matter 2020, 16, 5819-5826.
42. Mazaltarim, A.J.; Taylor, J.M.; Konda, A.; Stoller, M.A.; Morin, S.A. “Mechanically Induced Hydrophobic Recovery of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) for the Generation of Surfaces with Patterned Wettability” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11 (36), 33452-33457.
41. Konda, A.; Lee, D.; You, T.; Wang, X.; Ryu, S.; Morin, S.A. “Reversible Mechanical Deformations of Soft Microchannel Networks for Sensing in Soft Robotic Systems” Adv. Intell. Syst. 2019, 1 (4), 1900027.
40. Rose, M.A.; Bowen, J.J.; Morin, S.A. “Emergent Soft Lithographic Tools for the Fabrication of Functional Polymeric Microstructures” ChemPhysChem, 2019, 20 (7), 909-925
39. Konda, A.; Rau, A.; Stoller, M.A.; Taylor, J.M.; Salam, A.; Pribil, G.A.; Argyropoulos, C.; Morin, S.A. “Soft Microreactors for the Deposition of Conductive Metallic Traces on Planar, Embossed, and Curved Surfaces” Adv Funct Mater., 2018, 28 (40), 1803020
38. Rose, M.A.; Vinod, T.P.; Morin, S.A. “Microscale screen printing of large-area arrays of microparticles for the fabrication of photonic structures and for optical sorting” J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 12031 – 12037.
*Featured in the the themed collection titled “Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigators” for 2018.
37. Perez-Toralla, K.; Konda, A.; Bowen, J.J.; Jennings, E.E.; Argyropoulos, C.; Morin, S.A. “Rational Synthesis of Large-Area Periodic Chemical Gradients for the Manipulation of Liquid Droplets and Gas Bubbles” Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1705564.
36. Taylor, J.M., Perez-Toralla; K., Aispuro, R.; Morin, S.A. “Covalent Bonding of Thermoplastics to Rubbers for Printable, Reel-to-Reel Processing in Soft Robotics and Microfluidics” Adv. Mater., 2018, 30, 1705333.
35. Bowen, J.J.; Rose, M.A.; Konda, A.; Morin, S.A. “Surface Molding of Microscale Hydrogels with Microactuation Functionality” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57,1236 –1240.
34. Konda, A.; Morin, S.A. “Flow-directed Synthesis of Spatially Variant Arrays of Branched Zinc Oxide Mesostructures,” Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 8393 – 8400.
33. Polygerinos, P.; Correll, N.; Morin, S.A.; Mosadegh, B.; Onal, C.D.; Petersen, K.; Cianchetti, M.; Tolley, M.T. and Shepherd, R.F. “Soft Robotics: Review of Fluid-Driven Intrinsically Soft Devices; Manufacturing, Sensing, Control, and Applications in Human-Robot Interaction“ Adv. Eng. Mater., 2017, 12, 1700016.
32. Vinod,T. P.; Taylor, J.M.; Konda, A; Morin, S.A. “Stretchable substrates for the assembly of polymeric microstructures” Small 2017, 13 (8), 1603350.
31. Rose, M.A.; Taylor, J.M.; Morin, S.A. “Adhesion of Morphologically Distinct Crystals to and Selective Release from Elastomeric Surfaces” Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (23), 8513-8522.
30. Taylor, J.M.; Argyropoulos, C.; Morin, S.A. “Soft Surfaces for the Reversible Control of Thin-Film Microstructure and Optical Reflectance” Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 2595–2600.
29. Stoller, M.A.; Konda, A; Kottwitz, M.A.; Morin, S.A. “Thermoplastic Building Blocks for the Fabrication of Microfluidic Masters” RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 97934-97943.
28. Bowen, J.J.; Taylor, J.M.; Jurich, C.P.; Morin, S.A. “Stretchable Chemical Patterns for the Assembly and Manipulation of Arrays of Microdroplets with Lensing and Micromixing Functionality” Adv. Func. Mater. 2015, 34, 5520-5528.
27. Konda, A; Taylor, J.M.; Stoller, M.A.; Morin, S.A. “Reconfigurable Microfluidic Systems with Reversible Seals Compatible with 2D and 3D Surfaces of Arbitrary Chemical Composition” Lab Chip 2015, 15, 2009-2017.
Work Prior to UNL
26. Lessing, J.; Morin, S.A.; Keplinger, C; Whitesides, G. M. “Stretchable Conductive Composites Based on Metal Wools for Use in Soft Devices” Adv. Func. Mater. 2015, 25, 1418-1425.
25. Bwambok, D.K.; Christodouleas, D.C.; Morin, S.A.; Lange, H.; Phillips, S.T.; Whitesides, G.M. “Adaptive Use of Bubble Wrap for Storing Liquid Samples and Performing Analytical Assays” Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 7478-7485.
24. Morin, S.A.; Kwok, S. W.; Lessing, J.; Ting, J.; Shepherd, R. F.; Stokes, A.A.; Whitesides, G. M. “Elastomeric Tiles for Fabrication of Inflatable Structures” Adv. Func. Mater. 2014, 24, 5541-5549.
23. Morin, S.A.; Shevchenko, Y.; Lessing, J.; Kwok, S.W.; Shepherd, R. F.; Stokes, A.A.; Whitesides, G. M. “Using “Click-e-Bricks” to Make 3D Elastomeric Structures” Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 5991-5999.
22. Mosadegh, B.; Mazzeo, A. D.; Shepherd, R. F.; Morin, S.A.; Gupta, U.; Sany, I.; Lai, D; Takayama, S.; Whitesides, G.M. “Control of Soft Machines using Actuators Operated by a Braille Display” Lab Chip 2014, 14, 189-199.
21. Kwok, S. W.; Morin, S. A.; Shepherd, R. F.; Stokes, A. A.; Whitesides, G.M. “Assembly of Soft Robots Using Magnetic Seals” Adv. Func. Mater. 2014, 24, 2180–2187.
20. Meng, F.; Estruga, M.; Forticaux, A.; Morin, S.A.; Wu, Q.; Hu, Z.; Jin, S. “Formation of Stacking Faults and the Screw Dislocation-Driven Growth: A Case Study of Aluminum Nitride Nanowires” ACS Nano 2013, 7, 11369-11378.
19. Stokes, A.A.; Shepherd, R.F.; Morin, S.A.; Ilievski, F.; Whitesides, G.M. “A Multi-directional Soft Robotic Quadruped” Soft Robotics 2013, 1, 70-74.
18. Shepherd, R.F.; Stokes, A.A.; Freake, J.; Barber, J.; Snyder, P.W.; Mazzeo, A.D.; Cademartiri, L.; Morin, S.A.; Whitesides, G.M. “Using Explosions to Power a Soft Robot” Angew. Chem.-Int. Ed 2013, 52, 2892-2896.
17. Meng, F.; Morin, S.A.; Forticaux, A.; Jin, S. “Screw Dislocation Driven Growth of Nanomaterials” Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 1616-1626.
16. Morin, S.A.; Shepherd, R.F.; Kwok, S.W.; Stokes, A.A.; Nemiroski, A.; Whitesides, G.M. “Camouflage and Display for Soft Machines” Science 2012, 337, 828-832.
15. Musah, S.; Morin, S.A.; Wrighton, P.J.; Zwick, D.B.; Jin, S.; Kiessling, L.L. “Glycosaminoglycan-binding Hydrogels Enable Mechanical Control of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Self-Renewal” ACS Nano 2012, 6, 10168-10177.
14. Dong, Z; Zhuravlev, K.K; Morin, S.A.; Li, L.; Jin, S.; Song, Y. “Pressure-Induced Structural Transformations of ZnO Nanowires Probed by X-ray Diffraction” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2012, 116, 2102-2107.
13. Shepherd, R.F.; Ilievski, F.; Choi, W.; Morin, S.A.; Stokes, A.A.; Mazzeo, A.D.; Chen, X.; Wang, M.; Whitesides, G.M. “A Multi-Gait Soft Robot” P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2011, 108, 20400-20403.
12. Morin, S.A.; Forticaux, A.; Bierman, M.J.; Jin, S. “Screw Dislocation-Driven Growth of Two Dimensional Nanoplates” Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 4449-4455.
11. Meng, F.; Morin, S.A.; Jin, S. “Rational Solution Growth of a-FeOOH Nanowires Driven By Screw Dislocations and Their Conversion to a-Fe2O3 Nanowires” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8408-8411.
10. Morin, S.A.; Jin, S. “Screw Dislocation-Driven Epitaxial Solution Growth of ZnO Nanowires Seeded by Dislocations in GaN Substrates” Nano Lett. 2010, 10, 3459-3463.
9. Jin, S.; Bierman, M.J.; Morin, S.A. “A New Twist on Nanowire Formation: Screw Dislocation-Driven Growth of Nanowires and Nanotubes” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 1296-1510.
8. Morin, S.A.; Bierman, M.J.; Tong, J.; Jin, S. “Mechanism and Kinetics of Spontaneous Nanotube Growth Driven by Screw Dislocations” Science 2010, 328, 476-480.
7. Morin, S.A.; La, Y.H.; Liu, C.C.; Streifer, J.A.; Hamers, R.J.; Nealey, P.F.; Jin, S. “Assembly of Nanocrystal Arrays by Block-Copolymer-Directed Nucleation” Angew. Chem.-Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 2135-2139.
6. Gottlieb, D.; Morin, S.A.; Jin, S.; Raines, R.T. “Self-Assembled Collagen-like Peptide Fibers as Templates for Metallic Nanowires” J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 3865-3870.
5. Amos, F.F.; Morin, S.A.; Streifer, J.A.; Hamers, R.J.; Jin, S. “Photodetector Arrays Directly Assembled onto Polymer Substrates from Aqueous Solution” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 14296-14302.
4. Morin, S.A.; Amos, F.F.; Jin, S. “Biomimetic Assembly of Zinc Oxide Nanorods on Flexible Polymers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 13776-13777.
3. Maldonado, S.; Morin, S.; Stevenson, K.J. “Structure, composition, and chemical reactivity of carbon nanotubes by selective nitrogen doping” Carbon 2006, 44, 1429-1437.
2. Maldonado, S.; Smith, T.J.; Williams, R.D.; Morin, S.; Barton, E.; Stevenson, K.J. “Surface modification of indium tin oxide via electrochemical reduction of aryldiazonium cations” Langmuir 2006, 22, 2884-2891.
1. Maldonado, S.; Morin, S.; Stevenson, K.J. “Electrochemical oxidation of catecholamines and catechols at carbon nanotube electrodes” Analyst 2006, 131, 262-267.
