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• Dai, Yifan and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2024) Unlocking the electrochemical functions of biomolecular condensates; Nature Chemical Biology; Vol. 20; 1420–1433; 10.1038/s41589-024-01717-y
• Zhou, Tingtao and Bruch, Dorian, el al. (2024) Image charge effects under metal and dielectric boundary conditions; Physical Review E; Vol. 110; No. 4; 044129; 10.1103/physreve.110.044129
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• Tsamopoulos, Alexandros J. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2024) Ion Conductivity in Salt-Doped Polymers: Combined Effects of Temperature and Salt Concentration; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 13; No. 3; 322-327; PMCID PMC10956493; 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00757
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• Chen, Shensheng and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2023) Charge Asymmetry Suppresses Coarsening Dynamics in Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervation; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 131; No. 21; 218201; 10.1103/physrevlett.131.218201
• Wang, Ruochao and Ginzburg, Valeriy V., el al. (2023) Adsorption of a Polyelectrolyte Chain at Dielectric Surfaces: Effects of Surface Charge Distribution and Relative Dielectric Permittivity; Macromolecules; Vol. 56; No. 19; 7653-7662; 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01096
• Balzer, Christopher and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2023) Electroresponse of weak polyelectrolyte brushes; European Physical Journal E; Vol. 46; No. 9; 82; PMCID PMC10501941; 10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00341-3
• Chen, Shensheng and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2023) Using Implicit-Solvent Potentials to Extract Water Contributions to Enthalpy–Entropy Compensation in Biomolecular Associations; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 127; No. 30; 6825-6832; PMCID PMC10405215; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c03799
• Dorfman, Kevin D. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2023) Liquid-Like States in Micelle-Forming Diblock Copolymer Melts; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 12; No. 7; 980-985; 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00259
• Varner, Samuel and Balzer, Christopher, el al. (2023) Entropic Origin of Ionic Interactions in Polar Solvents; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 127; No. 19; 4328-4337; PMCID PMC10201535; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00588
• Wang, Zhenhua and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2023) Behaviors of a Polymer Chain in Channels: From Zimm to Rouse Dynamics; Macromolecules; Vol. 56; No. 6; 2447-2453; 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00013
• Zhang, Pengfei and Wang, Zheng, el al. (2023) Conformation Transition of a Homopolymer Chain in Binary Mixed Solvents; Macromolecules; Vol. 56; No. 1; 153-165; 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01896
• Mantha, Sriteja and Chao, Huikuan, el al. (2022) Surfactant in a Polyol-CO₂ Mixture: Insights from a Classical Density Functional Theory Study; Langmuir; Vol. 38; No. 51; 16172-16182; PMCID PMC9798868; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02913
• Varner, Samuel and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2022) Effects of dilution in ionic liquid supercapacitors; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; Vol. 24; No. 44; 27362-27374; 10.1039/d2cp03398d
• Ghosh, Ashesh and MacPherson, Quinn, el al. (2022) Semiflexible polymer solutions. II. Fluctuations and Frank elastic constants; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 157; No. 15; Art. No. 154906; 10.1063/5.0120526
• Chen, Shensheng and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2022) Driving force and pathway in polyelectrolyte complex coacervation; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 119; No. 36; e2209975119; PMCID PMC9457374; 10.1073/pnas.2209975119
• Ylitalo, Andrew S. and Chao, Huikuan, el al. (2022) Competition between CO₂-philicity and Mixing Entropy Leads to CO₂ Solubility Maximum in Polyether Polyols; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Vol. 61; No. 34; 12835-12844; 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02396
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• Chen, Shensheng and Zhang, Pengfei, el al. (2022) Complexation between Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes in Dilute Solution: Effects of Charge Asymmetry; Macromolecules; Vol. 55; No. 10; 3898-3909; 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00339
• Zhang, Pengfei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2022) Supernatant Phase in Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervation: Cluster Formation, Binodal, and Nucleation; Macromolecules; Vol. 55; No. 10; 3910-3923; 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00340
• Ye, Benjamin Bobin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2022) A coarse-grained model of room-temperature ionic liquids between metal electrodes: a molecular dynamics study; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; Vol. 24; No. 19; 11573-11584; 10.1039/d2cp00166g
• Wang, Zhenhua and Wang, Ruishu, el al. (2022) Mechanisms of Flow-Induced Polymer Translocation; Macromolecules; Vol. 55; No. 9; 3602-3612; 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00288
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• Mei, Baicheng and Zhuang, Bilin, el al. (2022) Local-Average Free Volume Correlates with Dynamics in Glass Formers; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters; Vol. 13; No. 17; 3957-3964; 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00072
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• Xu, Yuci and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2021) Coil-to-Globule Transition in Polymeric Solvents; Macromolecules; Vol. 54; No. 23; 10984-10993; 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01748
• Zhang, Pengfei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2021) Interfacial Structure and Tension of Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervates; Macromolecules; Vol. 54; No. 23; 10994-11007; 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01809
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• Son, Chang Yun and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2021) Image-charge effects on ion adsorption near aqueous interfaces; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 118; No. 19; Art. No. e2020615118; PMCID PMC8126851; 10.1073/pnas.2020615118
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• Li, Minglun and Zhuang, Bilin, el al. (2021) Salt-Induced Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation: Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Water–Acetonitrile–Salt Mixtures; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 143; No. 2; 773-784; 10.1021/jacs.0c09420
• Zhang, Pengfei and Alsaifi, Nayef M., el al. (2020) Revisiting the Θ Point; Macromolecules; Vol. 53; No. 23; 10409-10420; 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01317
• Son, Chang Yun and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2020) Ion transport in small-molecule and polymer electrolytes; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 153; No. 10; Art. No. 100903; 10.1063/5.0016163
• Chao, Huikuan and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2020) Effects of Surface Transition and Adsorption on Ionic Liquid Capacitors; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters; Vol. 11; No. 5; 1767-1772; 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00023
• Omar, Ahmad K. and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2020) Microscopic origins of the swim pressure and the anomalous surface tension of active matter; Physical Review E; Vol. 101; No. 1; Art. No. 012604; 10.1103/physreve.101.012604
• Jiang, Jian and Ginzburg, Valeriy V., el al. (2019) On the origin of oscillatory interactions between surfaces mediated by polyelectrolyte solution; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 151; No. 21; Art. No. 214901; 10.1063/1.5123172
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• Preska Steinberg, Asher and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2019) Food Polyelectrolytes Compress the Colonic Mucus Hydrogel by a Donnan Mechanism; Biomacromolecules; Vol. 20; No. 7; 2675-2683; 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00442
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• Zhuang, Bilin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2018) Statistical field theory for polar fluids; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 149; No. 12; Art. No. 124108; 10.1063/1.5046511
• Zhang, Pengfei and Shen, Kevin, el al. (2018) Salt Partitioning in Complex Coacervation of Symmetric Polyelectrolytes; Macromolecules; Vol. 51; No. 15; 5586-5593; 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00726
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• Shen, Kevin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2018) Polyelectrolyte Chain Structure and Solution Phase Behavior; Macromolecules; Vol. 51; No. 5; 1706-1717; 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02685
• Jiang, Jian and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2018) Improved local lattice Monte Carlo simulation for charged systems; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 148; No. 11; Art. No. 114105; 10.1063/1.5023491
• Wang, Zhen-Gang (2017) 50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Conformation—A Pedagogical Review; Macromolecules; Vol. 50; No. 23; 9073-9114; 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01518
• Omar, Ahmad K. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2017) Shear-Induced Heterogeneity in Associating Polymer Gels: Role of Network Structure and Dilatancy; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 119; No. 11; Art. No. 117801; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.117801
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• Miller, Thomas F., III and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2017) Designing Polymer Electrolytes for Safe and High Capacity Rechargeable Lithium Batteries; Accounts of Chemical Research; Vol. 50; No. 3; 590-593; 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00568
• Rapp, Peter B. and Omar, Ahmad K., el al. (2017) Analysis and control of chain mobility in protein hydrogels; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 139; No. 10; 3796-3804; 10.1021/jacs.6b13146
• Shen, Kevin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2017) Electrostatic correlations and the polyelectrolyte self energy; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 146; No. 8; Art. No. 084901; 10.1063/1.4975777
• Alsaifi, Nayef M. and Al Aslani, Isa, el al. (2017) A priori determination of the region of the three physical volume root loci in the Perturbed-Chain SAFT EOS; Fluid Phase Equilibria; Vol. 434; 152-166; 10.1016/j.fluid.2016.11.023
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• Zhuang, Bilin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2016) Molecularly-Based Theory for Electron Transfer Reorganization Energy in Solvent Mixtures; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 120; No. 26; 6373-6382; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b03295
• Li, Bing and Sun, Zhaoyang, el al. (2016) The scaling behavior of the second virial coefficient of linear and ring polymer; Science China Chemistry; Vol. 59; No. 5; 619-623; 10.1007/s11426-015-5531-6
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2016) Inhomogeneous screening near a dielectric interface; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 144; No. 13; Art. No. 134902; 10.1063/1.4945011
• Ren, Chun-Lai and Nakamura, Issei, el al. (2016) Effects of Ion-Induced Cross-Linking on the Phase Behavior in Salt-Doped Polymer Blends; Macromolecules; Vol. 49; No. 1; 425-431; 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02229
• Zhuang, Bilin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2015) A molecularly based theory for electron transfer reorganization energy; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 143; No. 22; Art. No. 224502; 10.1063/1.4936586
• Li, Bing and Sun, Zhao-Yan, el al. (2015) Influence of Topology on the Free Energy and Metric Properties of an Ideal Ring Polymer Confined in a Slit; Macromolecules; Vol. 48; No. 23; 8675-8680; 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02026
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• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2015) Density-Functional Theory for Mixtures of AB Random Copolymer and CO_2; Macromolecules; Vol. 48; No. 16; 6035-6046; 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01122
• An, Ni and Zhuang, Bilin, el al. (2015) Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study of Refractive Indices of Water–Acetonitrile–Salt Systems; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 119; No. 33; 10701-10709; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b05433
• Webb, Michael A. and Jung, Yukyung, el al. (2015) Systematic Computational and Experimental Investigation of Lithium-Ion Transport Mechanisms in Polyester-Based Polymer Electrolytes; ACS Central Science; Vol. 1; No. 4; 198-205; PMCID PMC4827473; 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00195
• Sing, Michelle K. and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2015) Celebrating Soft Matter's 10th Anniversary: Chain configuration and rate-dependent mechanical properties in transient networks; Soft Matter; Vol. 11; No. 11; 2085-2096; 10.1039/c4sm02181a
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2015) On the theoretical description of weakly charged surfaces; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 142; No. 10; Art. No. 104705; 10.1063/1.4914170
• Medina, Stefan and Zhou, Jiajia, el al. (2015) An efficient dissipative particle dynamics-based algorithm for simulating electrolyte solutions; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 142; No. 2; Art. No. 024103; 10.1063/1.4905102
• Wang, Xin and Thelen, Jacob L., el al. (2014) Evolution of Grain Structure during Disorder-to-Order Transitions in a Block Copolymer/Salt Mixture Studied by Depolarized Light Scattering; Macromolecules; Vol. 47; No. 16; 5784-5792; 10.1021/ma501166p
• Nakamura, Issei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2014) Thermodynamics of Salt-Doped Block Copolymers; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 3; No. 8; 708-711; 10.1021/mz500301z
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2014) Nanoparticle Solvation in Polymer–CO_2 Mixtures; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 118; No. 28; 8002-8007; 10.1021/jp501083f
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2014) Theory of Polymer Chains in Poor Solvent: Single-Chain Structure, Solution Thermodynamics, and Θ Point; Macromolecules; Vol. 47; No. 12; 4094-4102; 10.1021/ma5003968
• Thelen, Jacob L. and Teran, Alexander A., el al. (2014) Phase Behavior of a Block Copolymer/Salt Mixture through the Order-to-Disorder Transition; Macromolecules; Vol. 47; No. 8; 2666-2673; 10.1021/ma500292n
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2014) Continuous Self-Energy of Ions at the Dielectric Interface; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 112; No. 13; Art. No. 136101; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.136101
• Xu, Xiaofei and Ting, Christina L., el al. (2014) Nucleation in Polymers and Soft Matter; Annual Review of Physical Chemistry; Vol. 65; 449-475; 10.1146/annurev-physchem-032511-143750
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2013) Effects of image charges on double layer structure and forces; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 139; No. 12; Art. No. 124702; 10.1063/1.4821636
• Lu, Yuyuan and An, Lijia, el al. (2013) Intrinsic Viscosity of Polymers: General Theory Based on a Partially Permeable Sphere Model; Macromolecules; Vol. 46; No. 14; 5731-5740; 10.1021/ma400872s
• Nakamura, Issei and Balsara, Nitash P., el al. (2013) First-Order Disordered-to-Lamellar Phase Transition in Lithium Salt-Doped Block Copolymers; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 2; No. 6; 478-481; 10.1021/mz4001404
• Nakamura, Issei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2013) Effects of dielectric inhomogeneity in polyelectrolyte solutions; Soft Matter; Vol. 9; No. 24; 5686-5690; 10.1039/c3sm50632k
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2013) Discontinuous Bubble Nucleation Due to a Metastable Condensation Transition in Polymer-CO_2 Mixtures; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters; Vol. 4; No. 10; 1639-1643; 10.1021/jz4005575
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2013) Bubble nucleation in polymer–CO_2 mixtures; Soft Matter; Vol. 9; No. 40; 9675-9683; 10.1039/c3sm51477c
• Nakamura, Issei and Shi, An-Chang, el al. (2012) Ion Solvation in Liquid Mixtures: Effects of Solvent Reorganization; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 109; No. 25; Art. No. 257802; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.257802
• Ting, Christina L. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2012) Minimum free energy paths for a nanoparticle crossing the lipid membrane; Soft Matter; Vol. 8; No. 48; 12066-12071; 10.1039/c2sm26377g
• Zhuang, Bilin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2012) Anomalous Concentration Effects on Phase Behavior and Nematic Order in Mixtures of Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polymers and Low-Molecular-Weight Liquid Crystals; Macromolecules; Vol. 45; No. 15; 6220-6229; 10.1021/ma300657s
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2012) Theory of Polymers in Poor Solvent: Phase Equilibrium and Nucleation Behavior; Macromolecules; Vol. 45; No. 15; 6266-6271; 10.1021/ma301049m
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2012) Density-functional theory for polymer-carbon dioxide mixtures: A perturbed-chain SAFT approach; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 137; No. 5; Art. No. 054902; 10.1063/1.4742346
• Nakamura, Issei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2012) Salt-doped block copolymers: ion distribution, domain spacing and effective χ parameter; Soft Matter; Vol. 8; No. 36; 9356-9367; 10.1039/c2sm25606a
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2012) Density-Functional Theory for Polymer−Carbon Dioxide Mixtures; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Vol. 51; No. 9; 3832-3840; 10.1021/ie2029267
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• Nakamura, Issei and Balsara, Nitash P., el al. (2011) Thermodynamics of Ion-Containing Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 107; No. 19; Art. No. 198301; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.198301
• Ting, Christina L. and Wu, Jianzhong, el al. (2011) Thermodynamic basis for the genome to capsid charge relationship in viral encapsidation; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 108; No. 41; 16986-16991; PMCID PMC3193252; 10.1073/pnas.1109307108
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2011) Effects of ion solvation on phase equilibrium and interfacial tension of liquid mixtures; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 135; No. 1; Art. No. 014707; 10.1063/1.3607969
• Guo, Jiayi and Liang, Haojun, el al. (2011) Coil-to-globule transition by dissipative particle dynamics simulation; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 134; No. 24; Art. No. 244904; 10.1063/1.3604812
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• Ting, Christina L. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2011) Interactions of a Charged Nanoparticle with a Lipid Membrane: Implications for Gene Delivery; Biophysical Journal; Vol. 100; No. 5; 1288-1297; 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.11.042
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2010) Theory of Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polymers: Bulk Behavior and Chain Conformation; Macromolecules; Vol. 43; No. 23; 10096-10106; 10.1021/ma101805d
• Wanakule, Nisita S. and Virgili, Justin M., el al. (2010) Thermodynamic Properties of Block Copolymer Electrolytes Containing Imidazolium and Lithium Salts; Macromolecules; Vol. 43; No. 19; 8282-8289; 10.1021/ma1013786
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• Lu, Yuyuan and Shi, Tongfei, el al. (2010) A simple model for the anomalous intrinsic viscosity of dendrimers; Soft Matter; Vol. 6; No. 12; 2619-2622; 10.1039/c0sm00061b
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• Wang, Zhen-Gang (2010) Fluctuation in electrolyte solutions: The self energy; Physical Review E; Vol. 81; No. 2; 021501; 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.021501
• Jiang, Tao and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2009) Electrostatic Regulation of Genome Packaging in Human Hepatitis B Virus; Biophysical Journal; Vol. 96; No. 8; 3065-3073; 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.009
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• Zhang, Cheng-Zhong and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2008) Nucleation of membrane adhesions; Physical Review E; Vol. 77; No. 2; Art. No. 021906; 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021906
• Zhang, Cheng-Zhong and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2007) Polymer-Tethered Ligand-Receptor Interactions between Surfaces II; Langmuir; Vol. 23; No. 26; 13024-13039; 10.1021/la7017133
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• Wang, Zhen-Gang (2006) Area Expansion and Adsorption Isotherm in Protein Binding to Mixed Lipid Membranes; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Vol. 45; No. 16; 5538-5547; 10.1021/ie051136e
• Cho, Junhan and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2006) A Simple Field-Theoretic Simulation Method for Compressible Block Copolymer Systems; Macromolecules; Vol. 39; No. 13; 4576-4584; 10.1021/ma052565r
• Witman, Jennifer E. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2006) A Lattice Model of Vitrification and Gelation; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 110; No. 12; 6312-6324; 10.1021/jp051365e
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• Spakowitz, Andrew J. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2005) End-to-end distance vector distribution with fixed end orientations for the wormlike chain model; Physical Review E; Vol. 72; No. 4; Art. no. 041802; 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.041802
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• Bohbot-Raviv, Yardena and Snyder, Thomas M., el al. (2004) Reversible Association of Telechelic Molecules: An Application of Graph Theory; Langmuir; Vol. 20; No. 18; 7860-7870; 10.1021/la049906z
• Spakowitz, Andrew J. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2004) Exact Results for a Semiflexible Polymer Chain in an Aligning Field; Macromolecules; Vol. 37; No. 15; 5814-5823; 10.1021/ma049958v
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• Spakowitz, Andrew J. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2003) Semiflexible Polymer Confined to a Spherical Surface; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 91; No. 16; Art. No. 166102; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.166102
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• Wang, Zhen-Gang (2002) Concentration fluctuation in binary polymer blends: chi parameter, spinodal and Ginzburg criterion; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 117; No. 1; 481-500; 10.1063/1.1481761
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• Lee, Hee Hyun and Jeong, Woon-Yong, el al. (2002) Orientational Proliferation and Successive Twinning from Thermoreversible Hexagonal−Body-Centered Cubic Transitions; Macromolecules; Vol. 35; No. 3; 785-794; 10.1021/ma010951c
• Spakowitz, A. J. and Wang, Z.-G. (2001) Free expansion of elastic filaments; Physical Review E; Vol. 64; No. 6; Art. No. 061802; 10.1103/PhysRevE.64.061802
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• Golubović, Leonardo and Wang, Zhen-Gang (1994) Kardar-Parisi-Zhang model and anomalous elasticity of two- and three-dimensional smectic-A liquid crystals; Physical Review E; Vol. 49; No. 4; 2567-2578; 10.1103/PhysRevE.49.2567
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• Turner, David C. and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (1992) Structural study of the inverted cubic phases of di-dodecyl alkyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl-rac-glycerol; Journal de Physique II; Vol. 2; No. 11; 2039-2063; 10.1051/jp2:1992250
• Golubović, Leonardo and Wang, Zhen-Gang (1992) Anharmonic elasticity of smectics A and the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang model; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 69; No. 17; 2535-2538; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2535
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