@article{MehrGrigorievHeatonetal.2020,
  author    = {Mehr, Fatemeh Naderi and Grigoriev, Dmitry and Heaton, Rebecca and Baptiste, Joshua and Stace, Anthony J. and Puretskiy, Nikolay and Besley, Elena and B{\"o}ker, Alexander},
  title     = {Self-assembly behavior of oppositely charged inverse bipatchy microcolloids},
  series = {Small : nano micro},
  volume    = {16},
  journal   = {Small : nano micro},
  number    = {14},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1613-6810},
  doi       = {10.1002/smll.202000442},
  pages     = {9},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {A directed attractive interaction between predefined "patchy" sites on the surfaces of anisotropic microcolloids can provide them with the ability to self-assemble in a controlled manner to build target structures of increased complexity. An important step toward the controlled formation of a desired superstructure is to identify reversible electrostatic interactions between patches which allow them to align with one another. The formation of bipatchy particles with two oppositely charged patches fabricated using sandwich microcontact printing is reported. These particles spontaneously self-aggregate in solution, where a diversity of short and long chains of bipatchy particles with different shapes, such as branched, bent, and linear, are formed. Calculations show that chain formation is driven by a combination of attractive electrostatic interactions between oppositely charged patches and the charge-induced polarization of interacting particles.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MehrGrigorievPuretskiyetal.2019,
  author    = {Mehr, Fatemeh Naderi and Grigoriev, Dmitry and Puretskiy, Nikolay and B{\"o}ker, Alexander},
  title     = {Mono-patchy zwitterionic microcolloids as building blocks for pH-controlled self-assembly},
  series = {Soft matter},
  volume    = {15},
  journal   = {Soft matter},
  number    = {11},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1744-683X},
  doi       = {10.1039/c8sm02151a},
  pages     = {2430 -- 2438},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {A directional molecular interaction between microcolloids can be achieved through pre-defined sites on their surface, patches, which might make them follow each other in a controlled way and assemble into target structures of more complexity. In this article, we report the successful generation and characterization of mono-patchy melamine-formaldehyde microparticles with oppositely charged patches made of poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic acid) or polyethyleneimine via microcontact printing. The study of their self-aggregation behavior in solution shows that by change of pH, particle dimers are formed via attractive electrostatic force between the patchy and non-patchy surface of the particles, which reaches its optimum at a specific pH.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{NaderiMehr2019,
  author    = {Naderi Mehr, Fatemeh},
  title     = {Preparation and self-assembly behavior of anisotropic polymer patchy particles},
  pages     = {74, XX},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {en}
}