The Grzybowski Group - Self Assembly and Adaptive Systems

· “The Core and Most Useful Molecules in Organic Chemistry” appeared in the August 2006 issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition [LINK, Full– Text Link]

· “Direct Printing of 3D and Curvilinear Micrometer-Sized Architectures into Solid Substrates with Sub-micrometer Resolution” by C.J. Campbell, S.K. Smoukov, K.J.M. Bishop, E. Baker, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared as a featured inside cover article in the August 2006 issue of Advanced Materials [LINK, COVER LINK, Full-Text Link] (8/06)

· Christopher Campbell has been awarded the best graduate student presentation in Session 10: Monolayers and Thin Films at the 80th Annual ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium (7/06)

· Prof. Bartosz Grzybowski has been selected as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences (6/06)

· “Electrostatic Self-Assembly of Binary Nanocrystals with a Diamond-Like Lattice” by A.M. Kalsin, M. Fialkowski, M. Paszewski, S.K. Smoukov, K.J.M. Bishop, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the April 21, 2006 issue of Science [LINK] (4/06)

· Prof. Bartosz Grzybowski has been awarded the ACS Division of Colloids and Surface Chemistry Unilever Award (3/06)

· The Grzybowski Group welcomes Dr. Bartlomiej Kowalczyk from Poland, with his expertise in Organic Chemistry (3/06)

· Prof. Bartosz Grzybowski has been awarded an NSF CAREER Award (2/06)

· “Principles and Implementations of Dissipative (Dynamic) Self-Assembly” by M. Fialkowski, K.J.M. Bishop, R. Klajn, S.K. Smoukov, C.J. Campbell, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the February 16, 2006 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B [Full-Text Link, LINK] (2/06)

· Prof. Bartosz Grzybowski has been awarded the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (1/06)

· “Principles and Implementations of Dissipative (Dynamic) Self-Assembly” by M. Fialkowski, K.J.M. Bishop, R. Klajn, S.K. Smoukov, C.J. Campbell, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared as an ASAP feature article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B [Full-Text Link, LINK] (1/06)

· The Grzybowski Group welcomes our two newest group members, Goher Mahmud and Siowling Soh, both graduate students in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. (1/06)

· “Nano– and Microscopic Surface Wrinkles of Linearly Increasing Heights Prepared by Periodic Precipitation” by S.K. Smoukov, A. Bitner, C.J. Campbell, K. Kandere-Grzybowska, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the December 21, 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society [Full-Text Link, LINK] (12/05)

· “Nano– and Microscopic Surface Wrinkles of Linearly Increasing Heights Prepared by Periodic Precipitation” by S.K. Smoukov, A. Bitner, C.J. Campbell, K. Kandere-Grzybowska, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared as an ASAP article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society [Full-Text Link, LINK] (11/05)

· “Architecture and Evolution of Organic Chemistry” by M. Fialkowski, K.J.M. Bishop, V. Chubukov, C.J. Campbell, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared as a feature cover article in the November 11, 2005 issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition [Full-Text Link, LINK] (11/05)

· “Micropatterning Chemical Oscillations: Waves, Autofocusing, and Symmetry Breaking” by K.J.M. Bishop, M. Fialkowski, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the November 16, 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society [Full-Text Link, LINK] (11/05)

· “Kinetics of contact electrification between metals and polymers” by B.A. Grzybowski, M. Fialkowski, and J.A. Wiles appeared in the November 3 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B [Full-Text Link, LINK] (11/05)

· “Molecular dynamics imaging in micropatterned living cells” by K. Kandere-Grzybowska, C.J. Campbell, Y. Komarova, B.A. Grzybowski, and G.G. Borisy appeared as a featured cover article in the October 2005 issue of Nature Methods [Full-Text Link, LINK] (9/05)

· “Micro– and nanotechnology via reaction-diffusion” by B.A. Grzybowski, K.J.M. Bishop, C.J. Campbell, M. Fialkowski, and S.K. Smoukov appeared as a featured cover review article in the July 2005 issue of the new Royal Society of Chemistry journal, Soft Matter [Full-Text Link, LINK] (6/05)

· “Self-organization of planar microlenses by periodic precipitation” by C.J. Campbell, E. Baker, M. Fialkowski, A. Bitner, S.K. Smoukov, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the June 15, 2005 issue of the Journal of Applied Physics [Full-Text Link, LINK] (6/05)

· “Cutting into Solids with Micropatterned Gels” by S.K. Smoukov, K.J.M. Bishop, R. Klajn, C.J. Campbell and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the June 2005 issue of Advanced Materials [Full-Text Link, Link] (5/05)

· An invited review entitled “Micro– and nanotechnology via reaction-diffusion” by B.A. Grzybowski, K.J.M. Bishop, C.J. Campbell, M. Fialkowski, and S.K. Smoukov appeared as an advance article in the new Royal Society of Chemistry journal, Soft Matter [LINK] (5/05)

· “Amplification of Changes of a Thin Film’s Macromolecular Structure into Macroscopic Reaction-Diffusion Patterns” by A. Bitner, M. Fialkowski, S.K. Smoukov, C.J. Campbell and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the May 18, 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society [LINK, Full-Text Link] (5/05)

· “Amplification of Changes of a Thin Film’s Macromolecular Structure into Macroscopic Reaction-Diffusion Patterns” by A. Bitner, M. Fialkowski, S.K. Smoukov, C.J. Campbell and B.A. Grzybowski appeared as an ASAP Article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society [LINK, Full-Text Link] (5/05)

· Eric Baker awarded best undergraduate student poster at AIChE Chicago Section Student Poster Competition. (4/05)

· Kyle Bishop presented “Solid Microstructuring via Reaction-Diffusion” at the IGERT Graduate Student Seminar (4/05)

· Prof. Bartosz Grzybowski presented “Micro– and Nanotechnology via Reaction-Diffusion in Complex Microgeometries at Stanford University on April 19, 2005 [LINK] (4/05)

· The Grzybowski Group welcomes Dr. Alexander Kalsin from Russia, with his expertise in Inorganic Chemistry. (4/05)

· Kyle Bishop was awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. [LINK] (4/05)

· Christopher Campbell was chosen to attend the 26th Annual Council for Chemical Research Conference in Pittsburgh, PA as a session facilitator. (4/05)

· Prof. Bartosz Grzybowski scheduled to present “Micro– and Nanotechnology via Reaction-Diffusion in Complex Microgeometries at Stanford University on April 19, 2005 [LINK] (4/05)

· “Reactive Surface Micropatterning by Wet Stamping” by C.J. Campbell, S.K. Smoukov, K.J.M. Bishop, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the March 29, 2005 issue of Langmuir [DOI 10.1021/la046942p, Full-Text Link] (3/05)

· “Freestanding Three-Dimensional Copper Foils Prepared by Electroless Deposition on Micropatterned Gels” by S.K. Smoukov, K.J.M. Bishop, C.J. Campbell, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the March 11, 2005 issue of Advanced Materials [DOI 10.1002/adma.200401010, Full-Text Link] (3/05)

· “Reactive Surface Micropatterning by Wet Stamping” by C.J. Campbell, S.K. Smoukov, K.J.M. Bishop, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared as an ASAP Article in Langmuir [DOI 10.1021/la046942p, Full-Text Link] (3/05)

· “Wet Stamping of Microscale Periodic Precipitation Patterns” by I.T. Bensemann, M. Fialkowski, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the February 24, 2005 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B as a Featured Cover Article [DOI 10.1021/jp047885b, Full-Text Link] (2/05)

· The Grzybowski Group welcomes Dr. Maciej Paszewski, from Poland, with his expertise in the area of Organic Chemistry (1/05)

· “Wave optics of Liesegang Rings” by M. Fialkowski, A. Bitner, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the January 14, 2005 issue of Physical Review Letters [DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.018303, Full-Text Link] (1/05)

· “Self-assembly of polymeric microspheres of complex internal structures” by M. Fialkowski, A. Bitner, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the January 2005 issue of Nature Materials as a featured cover article [DOI 10.1038/nmat1267, Full-Text Link] (1/05)

· “One-Step Multilevel Microfabrication through Reaction-Diffusion” by C.J. Campbell, R. Klajn, M. Fialkowski, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the January 4, 2005 issue of Langmuir as a featured cover article [DOI 10.1021/la0487747, Full-Text Link] (1/05)

· “Color Micropatterning with Reconfigurable Stamps” by A. Bitner, M. Fialkowski, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the December 30, 2004 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B [DOI 10.1021/jp045539o, Full-Text Link] (12/04)

· “Effects of Surface Modification and Moisture on the Rates of Charge Transfer between Metals and Organic Materials” by J.A. Wiles, M. Fialkowski, M. Radowski, G.M. Whitesides, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the December 30, 2004 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B [ARTICLE] (12/04)

· Christopher Campbell selected as a recipient of the Northwestern University Presidential Fellowship for 2005-2007. (12/04)

· “Applications, Properties and Synthesis of w-Functionalized n-Alkanethiols and Disulfides – the Building Blocks of Self-Assembled Monolayers” by Dariusz Witt, Rafal Klajn, Piotr Barski and Bartosz A. Grzybowski appeared in the December 2004 issue of Current Organic Chemistry [ARTICLE] (12/04)

· “Color micro– and nanopatterning with counter-propagating reaction-diffusion fronts” by C.J. Campbell, M. Fialkowski, R. Klajn, I.T. Bensemann, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the November 2004 issue of Advanced Materials as a Featured Cover Article [LINK/ARTICLE] (11/04)

· Prof. Grzybowski presented “Hydrodynamic and Electrostatic Self-Assembly” at an invited seminar at Brown University (11/04)

· “Wet Stamping of Microscale Periodic Precipitation Patterns” by I.T. Bensemann, M. Fialkowski, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared as an ASAP Article in Journal of Physical Chemistry B [LINK/ARTICLE] (11/04)

· Prof. Grzybowski presented “Micro– and Nanoscience with Reaction Diffusion” at an invited seminar at the University of Munster in Germany (11/04)

· C.J. Campbell presented “Micro– and nanofabrication through reaction-diffusion” at the IGERT Graduate Student Seminar (10/04)

· “Color micro– and nanopatterning with counter-propagating reaction-diffusion fronts” by C.J. Campbell, M. Fialkowski, R. Klajn, I.T. Bensemann, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared as an Early View Article in Advanced Materials [LINK/ARTICLE] (10/04)

· Windows executable programs referenced in Grzybowski group publications can now be found under the Publications Link. (10/04)

· “One-step multilevel microfabrication by reaction-diffusion” by C.J. Campbell, R. Klajn, M. Fialkowski, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared as an ASAP Article in Langmuir [LINK/ARTICLE] (9/04)

· “Multicolour micropatterning of thin films of dry gels” by R. Klajn, M. Fialkowski, I.T. Bensemann, A. Bitner, C.J. Campbell, K. Bishop, S. Smoukov, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the October 2004 issue of Nature Materials [LINK/ARTICLE] (9/04)

· “Arrays of microlenses of complex shapes prepared by reaction-diffusion in thin films of ionically doped gels” by C.J. Campbell, E. Baker, M. Fialkowski, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the September 13 issue of Applied Physics Letters. [LINK/ARTICLE] (9/04)

· Rafal Klajn, a graduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, joins the Grzybowski Group (8/04)

· Dr. Xiangyun Guo, a researcher from the Institute of Coal Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, visits the Grzybowski Group (8/04)

· Christopher Campbell successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis Proposal (7/04)

· Kyle Bishop selected as an NSF-IGERT Dynamics of Complex Systems Fellow (6/04)

· “Microfluidic mixers: from microfabricated to self-assembling devices” by C.J. Campbell and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in a theme issue on “Transport and Mixing at the Microscale” in the May 15, 2004 issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society [LINK/ARTICLE] (5/04)

· “Complexity and dynamic self-assembly” by B.A. Grzybowski and C.J. Campbell appeared in a theme issue on “Complex Systems and Multi-scale Methodology” in the April/May 2004 issue of Chemical Engineering Science [LINK/ARTICLE] (4/04)

· Christopher Campbell awarded best graduate student poster at AIChE Chicago Local Student Poster Competition. (4/04)

· “Absorption of Water by Thin, Ionic Films of Gelatin” by M. Fialkowski, C.J. Campbell, I.T. Bensemann, and B.A. Grzybowski appeared in the April 27, 2004 issue of Langmuir [LINK/ARTICLE] (4/04)

· “Self-Assembling Fluidic Machines” by B.A. Grzybowski, M. Radkowski, C.J. Campbell, J.N. Lee and G.M. Whitesides appeared in the March 8, 2004 issue of Applied Physics Letters as the featured cover article. [LINK] [ARTICLE] (3/04)

· The DYSA Update has been created to send out news and publication alerts from the Grzybowski Group. To subscribe, see the instructions listed below. (2/04)

· Dr. Stoyan Smoukov joins the Grzybowski Group as a Post-Doctoral Fellow (2/04)

· Dave Howard and Eric Baker join the Grzybowski Group as Undergraduate Researchers (1/04)

· In press and submitted publications now available under the Publications Link (1/04)

· “Self-Assembling Fluidic Machines” has been selected as the cover image for the March 8, 2004 issue of Applied Physics Letters (1/04)

· Kyle Bishop, a graduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, joins the Grzybowski Group (12/03)

· Prof. Grzybowski has been selected as a Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award Winner (7/03) [LINK]