Publications

Anomalous phase behavior of ionic polymer blends and ionic copolymers. Pryamitsyn, V.A., Kwon, H.K., Zwanikken, J.W. and Olvera de la Cruz, M., 2017 Macromolecules, 50(13), pp.5194-5207.

Solubility and interfacial segregation of salts in ternary polyelectrolyte blends
Ha-Kyung Kwon, Kenneth Shull, Jos W. Zwanikken, Victor A. Pryamitsyn, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz, accepted, Soft Matter

Ionic Conductivity in Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels
Li, Honghao, Aykut Erbas¸, Jos Zwanikken, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Macromolecules 49, no. 23 (2016): 9239-9246.

Steering colloidal particles over millimeter distances with soluto-inertial beacons.
Jos W. Zwanikken, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(31) (2016), pp.8565-8567.

Electrolyte-mediated assembly of charged nanoparticles
Sumit Kewalramani, Guillermo I. Guerrero-García, Liane M. Moreau, Jos W. Zwanikken, Chad A. Mirkin, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Michael J. Bedzyk (2016): ACS Central Science

Ionic structure in liquids confined by dielectric interfaces
Jing, Yufei, Vikram Jadhao, Jos W. Zwanikken, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz.
The Journal of chemical physics 143, no. 19 (2015): 194508.

Theoretical Analysis of Multiple Phase Coexistence in Polyelectrolyte Blends
Ha-Kyung Kwon, Jos W. Zwanikken, Kenneth R. Shull, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz,
Macromolecules 48 (16), pp 6008–6015 (2015)

Theory of melt polyelectrolyte blends and block copolymers: Phase behavior, surface
tension, and microphase periodicity
Charles E. Sing, Jos W. Zwanikken, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz. J. Chem. Phys. 142,
034902 (2015)

Electrostatic Control of Block Copolymer Morphology
Charles E. Sing, Jos W. Zwanikken, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz,
Nat. Mater. 13, 694–698 (2014) [cover article]

Moderately coupled charged fluids near dielectric interfaces and in confinement
J. W. Zwanikken, Electrostatics of Soft and Disordered Matter, Proceedings of the
CECAM Workshop “New challenges in Electrostatics of Soft and Disordered Matter”,
(Pan Stanford, 2014)

Ion Correlation-Induced Phase Separation in Polyelectrolyte Blends
Charles E. Sing, Jos W. Zwanikken, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Macro Lett. 2
(2013), 1042–1046;

Counterion Distribution surrounding Spherical Nucleic Acid-Au Conjugates probed by
Small Angle X-ray Scattering
Sumit Kewalramani, Jos W. Zwanikken, Robert J. Macfarlane, Cheuk Yui Leung,
Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Chad A. Mirkin and Michael J. Bedzyk, ACS Nano (2013).

Interfacial behavior in polyelectrolyte blends: Hybrid liquid-state integral equation
and self consistent field theory study
Charles E. Sing, Jos W. Zwanikken, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111
(2013), 168303

Effect of ion-ion correlations on Polyelectrolyte Gel Collapse and Reentrant
Swelling
Charles E. Sing, Jos W. Zwanikken, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Macromolecules 46,
(12) (2013), 5053-5065

Tunable soft structure in charged fluids confined by dielectric interfaces
J. W. Zwanikken and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 110 (14) (2013), 5301–
5308

Understanding Swollen-Collapsed and Re-entrant Transitions in Polyelectrolyte Nanogels
by a Modified Donnan Theory
Prateek K. Jha, J. W. Zwanikken, and M. Olvera de la Cruz,
Soft Matter, 8, (37) (2012), 9519-9522

A practical integral equation for the structure and thermodynamics of hard sphere
Coulomb fluids
J. W. Zwanikken, P. K. Jha, and M. Olvera de la Cruz,
J. Chem. Phys. 135, 064106 (2011); DOI:10.1063/1.3624809.

The local ionic environment around polyvalent nucleic acid-functionalized
nanoparticles
J. W. Zwanikken, P. Guo, C. A. Mirkin and M. Olvera de la Cruz,
J. Phys. Chem. C 115 (33), pp 16368–16373 (2011); DOI: 10.1021/jp205583j.

Reversible emulsification controlled by charged surfactants and charged
nanoparticles
Jos Zwanikken, Katerina Ioannidou, Daniela Kraft, and René van Roij,
Soft Matter 7, 11093 (2011). [cover article]

Study of Volume Phase Transitions in Polymeric Nanogels by Theoretically
Informed Coarse-Grained Simulations
Prateek K. Jha, Jos W. Zwanikken, Francois A. Detcheverry, Juan J. de Pablo, and
Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 7, 5965-5975 (2011);

Electrostatic Control of Nanoscale Phase Behavior of Polyelectrolyte Networks
P. K. Jha, J. W. Zwanikken, J. J. de Pablo, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Current Opinion in
Solid State & Materials Science, 15(6), 271-276 (2011);

Correlated electrolyte solutions and ion-induced interactions between nanoparticles
J. W. Zwanikken, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Phys. Rev. E 82, 050401(R) (2010).
(November 22, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)

Ion association in low-polarity solvents: comparisons between theory, simulation,
and experiment
C. Valeriani, P. J. Camp, J. W. Zwanikken, R. van Roij, and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 6,
2793 – 2800 (2010); DOI: 10.1039/c001577f

Computer simulations of the restricted primitive model at very low temperature and
density
C. Valeriani, P. Camp, J. Zwanikken, R. van Roij, and M. Dijkstra, J. Phys.: Condens.
Matter 22, 104122 (2010). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/10/104122;

Inflation of the screening length induced by Bjerrum pairs
Jos Zwanikken and René van Roij J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 424102 (2009).

Curvature dependence of the electrolytic liquid-liquid interfacial tension
M. Bier, J. de Graaf, J. Zwanikken, and R. van Roij J. Chem. Phys. 130, 024703 (2009).

Olie-water mengsels ontrafeld
J. Zwanikken, M.E. Leunissen, A. van Blaaderen en R. van Roij NTvN 7 (2008)

Stability of additive-free water-in-oil emulsions
J. Zwanikken, J. de Graaf, M. Bier, and R. van Roij, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20,
494238 (2008).

Spontaneous charging and crystallization of water droplets in oil
J. de Graaf, J. Zwanikken, M. Bier, A. Baarsma, Y. Oloumi, M. Spelt, and R. van Roij, J.
Chem. Phys. 129, 19 (2008)

Liquid-liquid interfacial tension of electrolytes
M. Bier, J. Zwanikken, and R. van Roij, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 046104 (2008)

Preferential ion partitioning at the oil-water interface as a source of tunable electrostatic
effects in emulsions and colloids
Mirjam E. Leunissen, Jos Zwanikken, and Rene van Roij, Paul M. Chaikin, Alfons van
Blaaderen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 9, 6405 (2007). DOI: 10.1039/b711300e

Charged colloidal particles and small mobile ions near the oil-water interface: Double-layer deformation and ionic charge separation near the oil-water interface
J.Zwanikken, and R. van Roij; arXiv: 0705.2327. Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 178301 (2007).

Layering in sedimentation of suspensions of charged colloids: simulation and theory ,
A. Cuetos, A.-P. Hynninen, J. Zwanikken, M. Dijkstra, and R. van Roij, Phys. Rev. E 73,
061402 (2006).

Sedimentation of binary mixtures of like- and oppositely charged colloids: the primitive
model or effective pair potentials?
M. Dijkstra, J. Zwanikken, and R. van Roij, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 18, 825 (2006);

The sediment of mixtures of charged colloids: segregation and inhomogeneous electric fields
J. Zwanikken and R. van Roij, Europhysics Letters. 71, 480 (2005);