Michael Rubinstein | Scholars@Duke

Michael Rubinstein
Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor

The research of the Rubinstein group is in the field of polymer theory and computer simulations. The unique properties of polymeric systems are due to the size, topology and interactions of the molecules they are made of. Our goal is to understand the properties of various polymeric systems and to design new systems with even more interesting and useful properties.

Our approach is based upon building and solving simple molecular models of different polymeric systems. The models we develop are simple enough to be solved either analytically or numerically, but contain the main features leading to unique properties of real polymers. Computer simulations of our models serve as an important bridge between analytical calculations and experiments.

Current Research Interests

Polymer theory and computer simulations

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2020
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2018
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2018
Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018
Professor of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018

Contact Information

Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
Hudson Hall, Rm. 144, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
michael.rubinstein@duke.edu (919) 660-5365
Rubinstein Lab

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Harvard University 1983
Duke Appointment History
- Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2017 - 2018
Recognition
In the News
- MAY 14, 2020 Duke Government Relations
  
  Duke Celebrates 70 Years of Discovery and Research at the National Science Foundation
- APR 14, 2020
  
  Duke Awards 29 University Distinguished Professorships
- MAY 7, 2019
  
  Duke Scientists Receive Royal Society of Chemistry Awards
- SEP 21, 2017 Pratt School of Engineering
  
  Michael Rubinstein: A Collaborative Approach to Soft-Matter Engineering and Science
Research
Selected Grants
External Relationships
- Oxford University Press
- World Premier Interantional Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Bilchak, Connor R., Mayank Jhalaria, Yucheng Huang, Zaid Abbas, Jiarul Midya, Francesco M. Benedetti, Daniele Parisi, et al. “Tuning Selectivities in Gas Separation Membranes Based on Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles.” Acs Nano, November 20, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c07049.
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  - Danielsen, S. P. O., S. Panyukov, and M. Rubinstein. “Ion Pairing and the Structure of Gel Coacervates.” Macromolecules 53, no. 21 (November 10, 2020): 9420–42. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01360.
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  - Midya, Jiarul, Michael Rubinstein, Sanat K. Kumar, and Arash Nikoubashman. “Structure of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Melts.” Acs Nano 14, no. 11 (November 2020): 15505–16. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c06134.
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  - Ge, T., M. Rubinstein, and G. S. Grest. “Effects of Tethered Polymers on Dynamics of Nanoparticles in Unentangled Polymer Melts.” Macromolecules 53, no. 16 (August 25, 2020): 6898–6906. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01921.
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  - Morhard, Robert, Jenna L. Mueller, Qishun Tang, Corrine Nief, Erika Chelales, Christopher T. Lam, Daniel Adrianzen Alvarez, Michael Rubinstein, David F. Katz, and Nimmi Ramanujam. “Understanding Factors Governing Distribution Volume of Ethyl Cellulose-Ethanol to Optimize Ablative Therapy in the Liver.” Ieee Transactions on Bio Medical Engineering 67, no. 8 (August 2020): 2337–48. https://doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2019.2960049.
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  - Parisi, Daniele, Junyoung Ahn, Taihyun Chang, Dimitris Vlassopoulos, and Michael Rubinstein. “Stress relaxation in symmetric ring-linear polymer blends at low ring fractions.” Macromolecules 53, no. 5 (March 2020): 1685–93. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02536.
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  - O’Connor, Thomas C., Ting Ge, Michael Rubinstein, and Gary S. Grest. “Topological Linking Drives Anomalous Thickening of Ring Polymers in Weak Extensional Flows.” Physical Review Letters 124, no. 2 (January 2020): 027801. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.027801.
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  - Huang, Q., J. Ahn, D. Parisi, T. Chang, O. Hassager, S. Panyukov, M. Rubinstein, and D. Vlassopoulos. “Unexpected Stretching of Entangled Ring Macromolecules.” Physical Review Letters 122, no. 20 (May 2019): 208001. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.208001.
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  - Wang, S., S. Panyukov, M. Rubinstein, and S. L. Craig. “Quantitative Adjustment to the Molecular Energy Parameter in the Lake-Thomas Theory of Polymer Fracture Energy.” Macromolecules 52, no. 7 (April 9, 2019): 2772–77. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02341.
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  - Galati, Elizabeth, Huachen Tao, Moritz Tebbe, Rija Ansari, Michael Rubinstein, Ekaterina B. Zhulina, and Eugenia Kumacheva. “Helicoidal Patterning of Nanorods with Polymer Ligands.” Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English) 58, no. 10 (March 2019): 3123–27. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201812887.
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  - Ge, Ting, and Michael Rubinstein. “Mobility of Polymer-Tethered Nanoparticles in Unentangled Polymer Melts.” Macromolecules 52, no. 4 (February 6, 2019): 1536–45. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02138.
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  - Button, Brian, Henry P. Goodell, Eyad Atieh, Yu-Cheng Chen, Robert Williams, Siddharth Shenoy, Elijah Lackey, et al. “Roles of mucus adhesion and cohesion in cough clearance.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115, no. 49 (December 2018): 12501–6. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811787115.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, Qi Liao, and Sergey Panyukov. “Structure of Liquid Coacervates formed by Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes.” Macromolecules 51, no. 23 (December 2018): 9572–88. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02059.
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  - Shi, Ran, Tao Lin Sun, Feng Luo, Tasuku Nakajima, Takayuki Kurokawa, Yue Zhen Bin, Michael Rubinstein, and Jian Ping Gong. “Elastic-Plastic Transformation of Polyelectrolyte Complex Hydrogels from Chitosan and Sodium Hyaluronate.” Macromolecules 51, no. 21 (November 2018): 8887–98. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01658.
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  - Ge, Ting, Gary S. Grest, and Michael Rubinstein. “Nanorheology of Entangled Polymer Melts.” Physical Review Letters 120, no. 5 (February 2018): 057801. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.057801.
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  - Zhou, Jinsheng, Yanqian Wang, Laurent D. Menard, Sergey Panyukov, Michael Rubinstein, and J Michael Ramsey. “Enhanced nanochannel translocation and localization of genomic DNA molecules using three-dimensional nanofunnels.” Nature Communications 8, no. 1 (December 2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00951-4.
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  - Peters, Brandon L., Darin Q. Pike, Michael Rubinstein, and Gary S. Grest. “Polymers at Liquid/Vapor Interface.” Acs Macro Letters 6, no. 11 (November 21, 2017): 1191–95. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00466.
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  - Wagner, Caroline E., Bradley S. Turner, Michael Rubinstein, Gareth H. McKinley, and Katharina Ribbeck. “A Rheological Study of the Association and Dynamics of MUC5AC Gels.” Biomacromolecules 18, no. 11 (November 13, 2017): 3654–64. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00809.
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  - Simon, Joseph R., Nick J. Carroll, Michael Rubinstein, Ashutosh Chilkoti, and Gabriel P. López. “Programming molecular self-assembly of intrinsically disordered proteins containing sequences of low complexity.” Nature Chemistry 9, no. 6 (June 2017): 509–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2715.
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  - Jacobson, David R., Dustin B. McIntosh, Mark J. Stevens, Michael Rubinstein, and Omar A. Saleh. “Single-stranded nucleic acid elasticity arises from internal electrostatic tension.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, no. 20 (May 16, 2017): 5095–5100. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701132114.
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  - Gonzalez, Mark A., Joseph R. Simon, Ali Ghoorchian, Zachary Scholl, Shaoting Lin, Michael Rubinstein, Piotr Marszalek, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Gabriel P. López, and Xuanhe Zhao. “Strong, Tough, Stretchable, and Self-Adhesive Hydrogels from Intrinsically Unstructured Proteins.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 29, no. 10 (March 2017). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201604743.
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  - Ge, Ting, Jagannathan T. Kalathi, Jonathan D. Halverson, Gary S. Grest, and Michael Rubinstein. “Nanoparticle Motion in Entangled Melts of Linear and Nonconcatenated Ring Polymers.” Macromolecules 50, no. 4 (February 28, 2017): 1749–54. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02632.
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  - Paturej, Jarosław, Sergei S. Sheiko, Sergey Panyukov, and Michael Rubinstein. “Molecular structure of bottlebrush polymers in melts.” Science Advances 2, no. 11 (November 2016): e1601478–e1601478. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601478.
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  - Choueiri, Rachelle M., Elizabeth Galati, Héloïse Thérien-Aubin, Anna Klinkova, Egor M. Larin, Ana Querejeta-Fernández, Lili Han, et al. “Surface patterning of nanoparticles with polymer patches.” Nature 538, no. 7623 (October 2016): 79–83. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19089.
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  - Baeza, Guilhem P., Claudia Dessi, Salvatore Costanzo, Dan Zhao, Shushan Gong, Angel Alegria, Ralph H. Colby, Michael Rubinstein, Dimitris Vlassopoulos, and Sanat K. Kumar. “Network dynamics in nanofilled polymers.” Nature Communications 7, no. 1 (September 2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11368.
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  - Pandiyarajan, C. K., Michael Rubinstein, and Jan Genzer. “Surface-Anchored Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Orthogonal Gradient Networks.” Macromolecules 49, no. 14 (July 26, 2016): 5076–83. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01048.
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  - Lebedeva, Natalia V., Samuel N. Sanders, Maria Ina, Aleksandr P. Zhushma, Sean D. Olson, Michael Rubinstein, and Sergei S. Sheiko. “Multicore expandable microbubbles: Controlling density and expansion temperature.” Polymer 90 (May 2016): 45–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.02.050.
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  - Leuty, Gary M., Mesfin Tsige, Gary S. Grest, and Michael Rubinstein. “Tension Amplification in Tethered Layers of Bottle-Brush Polymers.” Macromolecules 49, no. 5 (March 8, 2016): 1950–60. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02305.
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  - Daniel, William F. M., Joanna Burdyńska, Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnoosfaderani, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Jarosław Paturej, Michael Rubinstein, Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Sergei S. Sheiko. “Solvent-free, supersoft and superelastic bottlebrush melts and networks.” Nature Materials 15, no. 2 (February 2016): 183–89. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4508.
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  - Ge, Ting, Sergey Panyukov, and Michael Rubinstein. “Self-Similar Conformations and Dynamics in Entangled Melts and Solutions of Nonconcatenated Ring Polymers.” Macromolecules 49, no. 2 (January 26, 2016): 708–22. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02319.
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  - Li, Yang, Ozan S. Sarıyer, Arun Ramachandran, Sergey Panyukov, Michael Rubinstein, and Eugenia Kumacheva. “Universal behavior of hydrogels confined to narrow capillaries.” Scientific Reports 5, no. 1 (December 2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17017.
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  - Bharti, Bhuvnesh, Anne-Laure Fameau, Michael Rubinstein, and Orlin D. Velev. “Nanocapillarity-mediated magnetic assembly of nanoparticles into ultraflexible filaments and reconfigurable networks.” Nature Materials 14, no. 11 (November 2015): 1104–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4364.
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  - Cai, Li-Heng, Thomas E. Kodger, Rodrigo E. Guerra, Adrian F. Pegoraro, Michael Rubinstein, and David A. Weitz. “Soft Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Elastomers from Architecture-Driven Entanglement Free Design.” Advanced Materials 27, no. 35 (September 2015): 5132–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201502771.
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  - Anderson, Wayne H., Raymond D. Coakley, Brian Button, Ashley G. Henderson, Kirby L. Zeman, Neil E. Alexis, David B. Peden, et al. “The Relationship of Mucus Concentration (Hydration) to Mucus Osmotic Pressure and Transport in Chronic Bronchitis.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 192, no. 2 (July 15, 2015): 182–90. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201412-2230oc.
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  - Hassouneh, Wafa, Ekaterina B. Zhulina, Ashutosh Chilkoti, and Michael Rubinstein. “Elastin-like Polypeptide Diblock Copolymers Self-Assemble into Weak Micelles.” Macromolecules 48, no. 12 (June 11, 2015): 4183–95. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00431.
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  - Ge, Ting, and Michael Rubinstein. “Strong Selective Adsorption of Polymers.” Macromolecules 48, no. 11 (June 9, 2015): 3788–3801. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00586.
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  - Hegde, Maruti, Edward T. Samulski, Michael Rubinstein, and Theo J. Dingemans. “The role of crystallinity in SWCNT–polyetherimide nanocomposites.” Composites Science and Technology 110 (April 2015): 176–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.02.004.
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  - Lang, Michael, Michael Rubinstein, and Jens-Uwe Sommer. “Conformations of a Long Polymer in a Melt of Shorter Chains: Generalizations of the Flory Theorem.” Acs Macro Letters 4, no. 2 (February 17, 2015): 177–81. https://doi.org/10.1021/mz500777r.
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  - Cai, Li-Heng, Sergey Panyukov, and Michael Rubinstein. “Hopping Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Polymer Matrices.” Macromolecules 48, no. 3 (February 10, 2015): 847–62. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma501608x.
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  - Kalathi, Jagannathan T., Sanat K. Kumar, Michael Rubinstein, and Gary S. Grest. “Rouse Mode Analysis of Chain Relaxation in Homopolymer Melts.” Macromolecules 47, no. 19 (October 14, 2014): 6925–31. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma500900b.
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  - Zhulina, Ekaterina B., and Michael Rubinstein. “Lubrication by Polyelectrolyte Brushes.” Macromolecules 47, no. 16 (August 26, 2014): 5825–38. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma500772a.
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  - Hegde, Maruti, Ugo Lafont, Ben Norder, Edward T. Samulski, Michael Rubinstein, and Theo J. Dingemans. “SWCNT induced crystallization in amorphous and semi-crystalline poly(etherimide)s: Morphology and thermo-mechanical properties.” Polymer 55, no. 16 (August 2014): 3746–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2014.06.017.
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  - Hemp, Sean T., Adam E. Smith, W Clayton Bunyard, Michael H. Rubinstein, and Timothy E. Long. “RAFT polymerization of temperature- and salt-responsive block copolymers as reversible hydrogels.” Polymer 55, no. 10 (May 2014): 2325–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2014.03.062.
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  - Liu, Kun, Ariella Lukach, Kouta Sugikawa, Siyon Chung, Jemma Vickery, Heloise Therien-Aubin, Bai Yang, Michael Rubinstein, and Eugenia Kumacheva. “Copolymerization of Metal Nanoparticles: A Route to Colloidal Plasmonic Copolymers.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53, no. 10 (March 3, 2014): 2648–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201309718.
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  - Klinkova, A., H. Therien-Aubin, R. M. Choueiri, M. Rubinstein, and E. Kumacheva. “Colloidal analogs of molecular chain stoppers.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, no. 47 (November 19, 2013): 18775–79. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1315381110.
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  - Pasquino, Rossana, Thodoris C. Vasilakopoulos, Youn Cheol Jeong, Hyojoon Lee, Simon Rogers, George Sakellariou, Jürgen Allgaier, et al. “Viscosity of Ring Polymer Melts.” Acs Macro Letters 2, no. 10 (October 15, 2013): 874–78. https://doi.org/10.1021/mz400344e.
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  - Abbaspourrad, Alireza, Wynter J. Duncanson, Natalia Lebedeva, Shin-Hyun Kim, Aleksandr P. Zhushma, Sujit S. Datta, Paul A. Dayton, Sergei S. Sheiko, Michael Rubinstein, and David A. Weitz. “Microfluidic Fabrication of Stable Gas-Filled Microcapsules for Acoustic Contrast Enhancement.” Langmuir 29, no. 40 (October 8, 2013): 12352–57. https://doi.org/10.1021/la402598p.
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  - Stukalin, Evgeny B., Li-Heng Cai, N Arun Kumar, Ludwik Leibler, and Michael Rubinstein. “Self-Healing of Unentangled Polymer Networks with Reversible Bonds.” Macromolecules 46, no. 18 (September 24, 2013): 7525–41. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma401111n.
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  - Sheiko, Sergei S., Jing Zhou, Jamie Arnold, Dorota Neugebauer, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Constantinos Tsitsilianis, Vladimir V. Tsukruk, Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo, Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Michael Rubinstein. “Perfect mixing of immiscible macromolecules at fluid interfaces.” Nature Materials 12, no. 8 (August 2013): 735–40. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3651.
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  - Choueiri, Rachelle M., Anna Klinkova, Héloı̈se Thérien-Aubin, Michael Rubinstein, and Eugenia Kumacheva. “Structural Transitions in Nanoparticle Assemblies Governed by Competing Nanoscale Forces.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 135, no. 28 (July 17, 2013): 10262–65. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja404341r.
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  - Hegde, Maruti, Ugo Lafont, Ben Norder, Stephen J. Picken, Edward T. Samulski, Michael Rubinstein, and Theo Dingemans. “SWCNT Induced Crystallization in an Amorphous All-Aromatic Poly(ether imide).” Macromolecules 46, no. 4 (February 26, 2013): 1492–1503. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma302456h.
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  - Zhushma, Aleksandr, Natalia Lebedeva, Pabitra Sen, Michael Rubinstein, Sergei S. Sheiko, and Paul A. Dayton. “A system for acoustical and optical analysis of encapsulated microbubbles at ultrahigh hydrostatic pressures.” Citation: Review of Scientific Instruments the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Review of Scientific Instruments 84 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4803158doi.org/10.1063/1.4803158.
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  - Button, B., L. -. H. Cai, C. Ehre, M. Kesimer, D. B. Hill, J. K. Sheehan, R. C. Boucher, and M. Rubinstein. “A Periciliary Brush Promotes the Lung Health by Separating the Mucus Layer from Airway Epithelia.” Science 337, no. 6097 (August 24, 2012): 937–41. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1223012.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, and Garegin A. Papoian. “Polyelectrolytes in biology and soft matter.” Soft Matter 8, no. 36 (2012): 9265–9265. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm90104h.
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  - Zhulina, Ekaterina B., and Michael Rubinstein. “Ionic strength dependence of polyelectrolyte brush thickness.” Soft Matter 8, no. 36 (2012): 9376–9376. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm25863c.
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  - Cai, Li-Heng, Sergey Panyukov, and Michael Rubinstein. “Mobility of Nonsticky Nanoparticles in Polymer Liquids.” Macromolecules 44, no. 19 (October 11, 2011): 7853–63. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma201583q.
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  - Sheiko, Sergei S., Sergey Panyukov, and Michael Rubinstein. “Bond Tension in Tethered Macromolecules.” Macromolecules 44, no. 11 (June 14, 2011): 4520–29. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma200328h.
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  - Zhuravlev, Pavel I., Davit A. Potoyan, Michael Rubinstein, and Garegin A. Papoian. “Rigorous Calculation of Free Energy Difference Between Open and Closed States of Adenylate Kinase from Explicit Solvent Molecular Dynamics.” Biophysical Journal 100, no. 3 (February 2011): 378a-378a. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.2252.
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  - Zhang, W., M. Lin, A. Winesett, O. Dhez, A L. D. Kilcoyne, H. Ade, M. Rubinstein, et al. “The use of functionalized nanoparticles as non-specific compatibilizers for polymer blends.” Polymers for Advanced Technologies 22, no. 1 (January 2011): 65–71. https://doi.org/10.1002/pat.1875.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo, and Michael Rubinstein. “Chains Are More Flexible Under Tension.” Macromolecules 43, no. 21 (November 9, 2010): 9181–90. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma101860t.
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  - Park, Insun, David Shirvanyants, Alper Nese, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Michael Rubinstein, and Sergei S. Sheiko. “Spontaneous and Specific Activation of Chemical Bonds in Macromolecular Fluids.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 132, no. 35 (September 8, 2010): 12487–91. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja105897b.
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  - Zhuravlev, Pavel I., Sangwook Wu, Davit A. Potoyan, Michael Rubinstein, and Garegin A. Papoian. “Computing free energies of protein conformations from explicit solvent simulations.” Methods 52, no. 1 (September 2010): 115–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2010.05.003.
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  - Liu, K., Z. Nie, N. Zhao, W. Li, M. Rubinstein, and E. Kumacheva. “Step-Growth Polymerization of Inorganic Nanoparticles.” Science 329, no. 5988 (July 9, 2010): 197–200. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1189457.
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  - Panyukov, Sergey, Ekaterina B. Zhulina, Sergei S. Sheiko, Greg C. Randall, James Brock, and Michael Rubinstein. “Tension Amplification in Molecular Brushes in Solutions and on Substrates.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113, no. 12 (March 26, 2009): 3750–68. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp807671b.
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  - Hinczewski, Michael, Xaver Schlagberger, Michael Rubinstein, Oleg Krichevsky, and Roland R. Netz. “End-Monomer Dynamics in Semiflexible Polymers.” Macromolecules 42, no. 3 (February 10, 2009): 860–75. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma802017g.
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  - Kapnistos, M., M. Lang, D. Vlassopoulos, W. Pyckhout-Hintzen, D. Richter, D. Cho, T. Chang, and M. Rubinstein. “Unexpected power-law stress relaxation of entangled ring polymers.” Nature Materials 7, no. 12 (December 2008): 997–1002. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2292.
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  - LaRue, Isaac, Mireille Adam, Ekaterina B. Zhulina, Michael Rubinstein, Marinos Pitsikalis, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Dimitri A. Ivanov, Raluca I. Gearba, Denis V. Anokhin, and Sergei S. Sheiko. “Effect of the Soluble Block Size on Spherical Diblock Copolymer Micelles.” Macromolecules 41, no. 17 (September 9, 2008): 6555–63. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma800403r.
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  - Nie, Zhihong, Daniele Fava, Michael Rubinstein, and Eugenia Kumacheva. ““Supramolecular” Assembly of Gold Nanorods End-Terminated with Polymer “Pom-Poms”: Effect of Pom-Pom Structure on the Association Modes.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 130, no. 11 (March 2008): 3683–89. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja711150k.
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  - Shirvanyants, David, Sergey Panyukov, Qi Liao, and Michael Rubinstein. “Long-Range Correlations in a Polymer Chain Due to Its Connectivity.” Macromolecules 41, no. 4 (February 1, 2008): 1475–85. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma071443r.
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  - Shusharina, N. P., and M. Rubinstein. “Concentration Regimes in Solutions of Polyelectrolyte Stars.” Macromolecules 41, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 203–17. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0711442.
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  - Xu, H., F. C. Sun, D. G. Shirvanyants, M. Rubinstein, D. Shabratov, K. L. Beers, K. Matyjaszewski, and S. S. Sheiko. “Molecular Pressure Sensors.” Advanced Materials 19, no. 19 (October 5, 2007): 2930–34. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200602376.
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  - Liao, Qi, Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo, Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Michael Rubinstein. “Rouse Dynamics of Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Molecular Dynamics Study.” Macromolecules 40, no. 21 (October 2007): 7671–79. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma070666e.
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  - Sun, Frank C., Andrey V. Dobrynin, David Shirvanyants, Hyung-Il Lee, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Gregory J. Rubinstein, Michael Rubinstein, and Sergei S. Sheiko. “Flory theorem for structurally asymmetric mixtures.” Physical Review Letters 99, no. 13 (September 24, 2007): 137801. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.99.137801.
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  - Nie, Zhihong, Daniele Fava, Eugenia Kumacheva, Shan Zou, Gilbert C. Walker, and Michael Rubinstein. “Self-assembly of metal–polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers.” Nature Materials 6, no. 8 (August 2007): 609–14. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1954.
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  - Matsui, H., V. E. Wagner, D. B. Hill, U. E. Schwab, T. D. Rogers, B. Button, R. M. Taylor, et al. “A physical linkage between cystic fibrosis airway surface dehydration and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, no. 48 (November 28, 2006): 18131–36. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0606428103.
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  - Wang, Zuowei, and Michael Rubinstein. “Regimes of Conformational Transitions of a Diblock Polyampholyte.” Macromolecules 39, no. 17 (August 2006): 5897–5912. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0607517.
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  - Guo, Ji, Pascal André, Mireille Adam, Sergey Panyukov, Michael Rubinstein, and Joseph M. DeSimone. “Solution Properties of a Fluorinated Alkyl Methacrylate Polymer in Carbon Dioxide.” Macromolecules 39, no. 9 (May 2006): 3427–34. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma052409k.
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  - Liao, Qi, Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Michael Rubinstein. “Counterion-Correlation-Induced Attraction and Necklace Formation in Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Theory and Simulations.” Macromolecules 39, no. 5 (March 2006): 1920–38. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma052086s.
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  - Sheiko, Sergei S., Frank C. Sun, Adrian Randall, David Shirvanyants, Michael Rubinstein, Hyung-il Lee, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. “Adsorption-induced scission of carbon–carbon bonds.” Nature 440, no. 7081 (March 2006): 191–94. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04576.
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  - LaRue, Isaac, Mireille Adam, Marinos Pitsikalis, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Michael Rubinstein, and Sergei S. Sheiko. “Reversible Morphological Transitions of Polystyrene-b-polyisoprene Micelles.” Macromolecules 39, no. 1 (January 2006): 309–14. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma051548z.
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  - Xu, Hui, Sergei S. Sheiko, David Shirvanyants, Michael Rubinstein, Kathryn L. Beers, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. “Flow-Enhanced Epitaxial Ordering of Brush-Like Macromolecules on Graphite.” Langmuir 22, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 1254–59. https://doi.org/10.1021/la052163c.
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  - DOBRYNIN, A., and M. RUBINSTEIN. “Theory of polyelectrolytes in solutions and at surfaces.” Progress in Polymer Science 30, no. 11 (November 2005): 1049–1118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2005.07.006.
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  - Shusharina, N. P., E. B. Zhulina, A. V. Dobrynin, and M. Rubinstein. “Scaling Theory of Diblock Polyampholyte Solutions.” Macromolecules 38, no. 21 (October 2005): 8870–81. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma051324g.
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  - Zhulina, Ekaterina B., Mireile Adam, Isaac LaRue, Sergei S. Sheiko, and Michael Rubinstein. “Diblock Copolymer Micelles in a Dilute Solution.” Macromolecules 38, no. 12 (June 2005): 5330–51. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma048102n.
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  - Panyukov, Sergey, and Michael Rubinstein. “Explanation of Anomalous Scaling of Swollen Entangled Chains.” Macromolecules 38, no. 8 (April 2005): 3511–14. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma047860a.
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  - André, Pascal, Sarah L. Folk, Mireille Adam, Michael Rubinstein, and Joseph M. DeSimone. “Light Scattering Study of Polydimethyl Siloxane in Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide†.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108, no. 45 (November 2004): 9901–7. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0481308.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., Ralph H. Colby, and Michael Rubinstein. “Polyampholytes.” Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 42, no. 19 (October 1, 2004): 3513–38. https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.20207.
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  - LaRue, Isaac, Mireille Adam, Marcelo da Silva, Sergei S. Sheiko, and Michael Rubinstein. “Wormlike Micelles of Block Copolymers: Measuring the Linear Density by AFM and Light Scattering.” Macromolecules 37, no. 13 (June 2004): 5002–5. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma049845b.
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  - Granick, S., and M. Rubinstein. “Polymers: A Multitude of Macromolecules”.” Nature Materials 3 (2004): 586–87.
  - Graham, Richard S., Alexei E. Likhtman, Tom C. B. McLeish, and Scott T. Milner. “Microscopic theory of linear, entangled polymer chains under rapid deformation including chain stretch and convective constraint release.” Journal of Rheology 47, no. 5 (September 2003): 1171–1200. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.1595099.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., and Michael Rubinstein. “Effect of Short-Range Interactions on Polyelectrolyte Adsorption at Charged Surfaces†.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 107, no. 32 (August 2003): 8260–69. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0225323.
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  - Liao, Qi, Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Michael Rubinstein. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Osmotic Coefficient and Counterion Condensation.” Macromolecules 36, no. 9 (May 2003): 3399–3410. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0259968.
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  - Liao, Qi, Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Michael Rubinstein. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Nonuniform Stretching of Chains and Scaling Behavior.” Macromolecules 36, no. 9 (May 2003): 3386–98. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma025995f.
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  - Withers, Ian M., Andrey V. Dobrynin, Max L. Berkowitz, and Michael Rubinstein. “Monte Carlo simulation of homopolymer chains. I. Second virial coefficient.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 118, no. 10 (March 8, 2003): 4721–32. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1543940.
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  - McAllister, Karen, Peter Sazani, Mirielle Adam, Moo J. Cho, Michael Rubinstein, Richard Jude Samulski, and Joseph M. DeSimone. “Polymeric Nanogels Produced via Inverse Microemulsion Polymerization as Potential Gene and Antisense Delivery Agents.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 124, no. 51 (December 2002): 15198–207. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja027759q.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, and Sergei Panyukov. “Elasticity of Polymer Networks.” Macromolecules 35, no. 17 (August 2002): 6670–86. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0203849.
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  - Semenov, A. N., and Michael Rubinstein. “Dynamics of Entangled Associating Polymers with Large Aggregates.” Macromolecules 35, no. 12 (June 2002): 4821–37. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0117965.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., and Michael Rubinstein. “Adsorption of Hydrophobic Polyelectrolytes at Oppositely Charged Surfaces.” Macromolecules 35, no. 7 (March 2002): 2754–68. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0114943.
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  - Zhulina, Ekaterina B., Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Michael Rubinstein. “Adsorption Isotherms of Polyampholytes at Charged Spherical Particles.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 105, no. 37 (September 1, 2001): 8917–30. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp011230i.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., Alexander Deshkovski, and Michael Rubinstein. “Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes at Oppositely Charged Surfaces.” Macromolecules 34, no. 10 (May 1, 2001): 3421–36. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0013713.
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  - Zhulina, E., A. V. Dobrynin, and M. Rubinstein. “Adsorption of a polyampholyte on a charged spherical particle.” The European Physical Journal E 5, no. 1 (May 2001): 41–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s101890170085.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., and Michael Rubinstein. “Counterion Condensation and Phase Separation in Solutions of Hydrophobic Polyelectrolytes.” Macromolecules 34, no. 6 (March 2001): 1964–72. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma001619o.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, and Alexander N. Semenov. “Dynamics of Entangled Solutions of Associating Polymers.” Macromolecules 34, no. 4 (February 2001): 1058–68. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0013049.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., Ekaterina B. Zhulina, and Michael Rubinstein. “Structure of Adsorbed Polyampholyte Layers at Charged Objects.” Macromolecules 34, no. 3 (January 1, 2001): 627–39. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma000706d.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., and Michael Rubinstein. “Hydrophobically Modified Polyelectrolytes in Dilute Salt-Free Solutions.” Macromolecules 33, no. 21 (October 2000): 8097–8105. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma000761m.
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  - Léonardi, Frédéric, Jean-Charles Majesté, Ahmed Allal, and Gérard Marin. “Rheological models based on the double reptation mixing rule: The effects of a polydisperse environment.” Journal of Rheology 44, no. 4 (July 2000): 675–92. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.551108.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., Alexander Deshkovski, and Michael Rubinstein. “Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes at an Oppositely Charged Surface,” 2000.
  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., Sergei P. Obukhov, and Michael Rubinstein. “Long-Range Multichain Adsorption of Polyampholytes on a Charged Surface.” Macromolecules 32, no. 17 (August 1999): 5689–5700. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma990353m.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., and Michael Rubinstein. “Hydrophobic Polyelectrolytes.” Macromolecules 32, no. 3 (February 1999): 915–22. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma981412j.
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  - Buhler, E., A. V. Dobrynin, J. M. DeSimone, and M. Rubinstein. “Light-Scattering Study of Diblock Copolymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: CO2Density-Induced Micellization Transition.” Macromolecules 31, no. 21 (October 1998): 7347–55. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma980442j.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, and Alexander N. Semenov. “Thermoreversible Gelation in Solutions of Associating Polymers. 2. Linear Dynamics.” Macromolecules 31, no. 4 (February 1998): 1386–97. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma970617+.
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  - Semenov, Alexander N., and Michael Rubinstein. “Thermoreversible Gelation in Solutions of Associative Polymers. 1. Statics.” Macromolecules 31, no. 4 (February 1998): 1373–85. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma970616h.
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  - Long, Didier, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Michael Rubinstein, and Armand Ajdari. “Electrophoresis of polyampholytes.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 108, no. 3 (January 15, 1998): 1234–44. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.475485.
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  - Semenov, A. N., and M. Rubinstein. “Dynamics of strongly entangled polymer systems: activated reptation.” The European Physical Journal B 1, no. 1 (January 1998): 87–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050155.
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  - Cooper, A. I., J. D. Londono, G. Wignall, J. B. McClain, E. T. Samulski, J. S. Lin, A. Dobrynin, et al. “Extraction of a hydrophilic compound from water into liquid CO2 using dendritic surfactants.” Nature 389, no. 6649 (September 1997): 368–71. https://doi.org/10.1038/38706.
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  - Bowman, W. A., M. Rubinstein, and J. S. Tan. “Polyelectrolyte−Gelatin Complexation: Light-Scattering Study.” Macromolecules 30, no. 11 (June 1, 1997): 3262–70. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma961915u.
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  - Obukhov, Sergei, Dmitry Kobzev, Dennis Perchak, and Michael Rubinstein. “Topologically Induced Glass Transition in Freely Rotating Rods.” Journal De Physique I 7, no. 4 (April 1997): 563–68. https://doi.org/10.1051/jp1:1997175.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, and Andrey V. Dobrynin. “Solutions of Associative Polymers Associative Polymers View project Wetting and Adhesion in Soft Matter View project,” 1997.
  - Boris, David, and Michael Rubinstein. “A Self-Consistent Mean Field Model of a Starburst Dendrimer: Dense Core vs Dense Shell.” Macromolecules 29, no. 22 (January 1, 1996): 7251–60. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma960397k.
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  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., Michael Rubinstein, and Sergei P. Obukhov. “Cascade of Transitions of Polyelectrolytes in Poor Solvents.” Macromolecules 29, no. 8 (January 1996): 2974–79. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma9507958.
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  - Lee, Namkyoung, Sergei Obukhov, and Michael Rubinstein. “Deterministic model of DNA gel electrophoresis Deterministic model of DNA gel electrophoresis in strong electric fields.” Electrophoresis 17 (1996): 1011–17.
  - Panyukov, Sergei, and Michael Rubinstein. “Stress-Induced Ordering in Microphase-Separated Multicomponent Networks.” Macromolecules 29, no. 25 (January 1, 1996): 8220–30. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma960721b.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, Ralph H. Colby, Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Jean-Francois Joanny. “Elastic Modulus and Equilibrium Swelling of Polyelectrolyte Gels.” Macromolecules 29, no. 1 (January 1996): 398–406. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma9511917.
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  - Dobrynin, A. V., and M. Rubinstein. “Flory Theory of a Polyampholyte Chain.” Phys. Ii (France) 5 (1995): 677–677.
  - Dobrynin, Andrey V., Ralph H. Colby, and Michael Rubinstein. “Scaling Theory of Polyelectrolyte Solutions.” Macromolecules 28 (1995): 1859–71.
  - Turner, Matthew S., Michael Rubinstein, and Carlos M. Marques. “Surface-Induced Lamellar Ordering in a Hexagonal Phase of Diblock Copolymers.” Macromolecules 27, no. 18 (August 1994): 4986–92. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00096a021.
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  - Joanny, Jean-François, Albert Johner, and Michael Rubinstein. “Loop statistics in adsorbed polymer solutions.” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 86 (July 1994): 133–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/0927-7757(94)02842-7.
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  - Obukhov, Sergei P., Michael Rubinstein, and Ralph H. Colby. “Network Modulus and Superelasticity.” Macromolecules 27, no. 12 (June 1994): 3191–98. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00090a012.
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  - Adjari, Armand, Françoise Brochard-Wyart, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Ludwik Leibler, Jean-Louis Viovy, and Michael Rubinstein. “Slippage of an entangled polymer melt on a grafted surface.” Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications 204, no. 1–4 (March 1994): 17–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(94)90415-4.
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  - Brochard-Wyart, Francoise, Armand Ajdari, Ludwik Leibler, Michael Rubinstein, and Jean Louis ViovyW. “Dynamics of Stars and Linear Chains Dissolved in a Polymer Melt.” Macromolecules 27 (1994): 803–8.
  - Colby, Ralph, Michael Rubinstein, Mohamed Daoud, and Mohamed Daoud Hydrodynamics. “Hydrodynamics of polymer solutions via two-parameter scaling.” Journal De Physique Ii, Edp Sciences 4 (1994): 1299–1310. https://doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1994201>.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, and Ralph H. Colby. “Elastic Modulus and Equilibrium Swelling of Near-Critical Gels.” Macromolecules 27 (1994): 3184–90.
  - Ichael Rubinstein, M., and S. P. Obukhov. “Memory Effects in Entangled Polymer Melts” 71 (1993).
  - Johner, A., J. -. F. Joanny, and M. Rubinstein. “Chain Statistics in Adsorbed Polymer Solutions.” Europhysics 22 (1993): 591–96.
  - Leibler, L., M. Rubinstein, R. Colby, and R. H. Colby. “Dynamics of telechelic ionomers. Can polymers diffuse large distances without relaxing stress ?” J. Phyi. /I H Ancr 3 (1993): 1581–90. https://doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1993219>.
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  - Obukhov, S., and M. Rubinstein. “Scaling of megabase DNA undergoing gel electrophoresis.” Journal De Physique Ii, Edp Sciences 3 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1993212>.
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  - Rubinstein, M., A. Ajdari, L. Leibler, F. Brochard-Wyart, and PG de Gennes. “Slippage between a rubber and a grafted solid.” C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 316, Ser. Ii, 1993, 317–20.
  - Rubinstein, Michael, and S. P. Obukhov. “Power-Law-Like Stress Relaxation of Block Copolymers: Disentanglement Regimes.” Macromolecules 26 (1993): 1740–50.
  - Witten, T., M. Rubinstein, and R. Colby. “Reinforcement of rubber by fractal aggregates.” Journal De Physique Ii Edp Sciences 3 (1993): 367–83. https://doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1993138>.
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  - Colby, Ralph H., Michael Rubinstein, Jeffrey R. Gillmor, and Thomas H. Mourey. “Scaling properties of branched polyesters. 2. Static scaling above the gel point.” Macromolecules 25, no. 26 (December 1992): 7180–87. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00052a017.
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  - Rubinstein, M., A. Ajdari, J. Bastide, and L. Leibler. “Comments on fluctuations of cross-links in gels.” Makromolekulare Chemie. Macromolecular Symposia 62, no. 1 (September 1992): 61–73. https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.19920620108.
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  - Mourey, T. H., S. R. Turner, M. Rubinstein, J. M. J. Frechet, C. J. Hawker, and K. L. Wooley. “Unique behavior of dendritic macromolecules: intrinsic viscosity of polyether dendrimers.” Macromolecules 25, no. 9 (April 1992): 2401–6. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00035a017.
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  - Colby, Ralph H., Michael Rubinstein, and Jean Louis Viovy. “Chain entanglement in polymer melts and solutions.” Macromolecules 25, no. 2 (January 1992): 996–98. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00028a076.
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  - Leibler, Ludwik, Michael Rubinstein, and Ralph H. Colby. “Dynamics of reversible networks.” Macromolecules 24, no. 16 (August 1991): 4701–7. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00016a034.
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  - Viovy, Jean Louis, Michael Rubinstein, and Ralph H. Colby. “Constraint release in polymer melts: tube reorganization versus tube dilation.” Macromolecules 24, no. 12 (June 1991): 3587–96. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00012a020.
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  - Obukhov, S. P., and M. Rubinstein. “Reply to the Comment on "Topological Glass Transition in Entangled Flux State".” Phy. Rev. Lett. 66 (1991): 2279–2279.
  - Obukhov, S. P., and Michael Rubinstein. “Universality of the Irreversibility Line.” Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Fields, 1991.
  - Cates, M. E., T. C. B. McLeish, and M. Rubinstein. “’Living trees’: dynamics at a reversible classical gel point.” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2 (1990): 749–54.
  - Colby, Ralph H., and Michael Rubinstein. “Two-Parameter Scaling for Polymers in Solvents.” Macromolecules 23 (1990): 2753–57.
  - Rubinstein, M., S. Zurek, T. C. B. Mcleish, and R. C. Ball. “Relaxation of entangled polymers at the classical gel point.” Journal De Physique 51 (1990): 757–75. https://doi.org/10.1051/jphys:01990005108075700>.
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  - Wang, X. R., Y. Shapir, and M. Rubinstein. “Kinetic renormalization group approach to diffusion limited aggregation.” Physics Letters A 138, no. 6–7 (July 1989): 274–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(89)90276-4.
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  - Wang, X. R., Y. Shapir, and M. Rubinstein. “Improved kinetic renormalisation group approach to diffusion-limited aggregation.” Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 22, no. 11 (June 7, 1989): L507–12. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/22/11/010.
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  - Patton, E. V., J. A. Wesson, M. Rubinstein, J. C. Wilson, and L. E. Oppenheimer. “Scaling Properties of Branched Polyesters.” Macromolecules 22 (1989): 1946–59.
  - Rubinstein, Michael. “Repton Model of Entangled Polymers.” New Trends in Physics and Physical Chemistry of Polymers, 1989, 455–69.
  - Rubinstein, Michael, and Ralph H. Colby. “Self‐consistent theory of polydisperse entangled polymers: Linear viscoelasticity of binary blends.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 89, no. 8 (October 15, 1988): 5291–5306. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.455620.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, Eugene Helfand, and Dale S. Pearson. “Theory of polydispersity effects of polymer rheology: binary distribution of molecular weights.” Macromolecules 20, no. 4 (April 1987): 822–29. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00170a021.
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  - Rubinstein, M., B. Shraiman, and D. R. Nelson. “Two-Dimensional XY Magnets with Random Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interactions.” Phys. Rev. B 27 (1983): 1800–1811.
  - Nelson, David R., Michael Rubinstein, and Frans Spaepen. “Order in two-dimensional binary random arrays.” Philosophical Magazine A 46, no. 1 (July 1982): 105–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/01418618208236211.
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  - Rubinstein, M., and D. R. Nelson. “Order and Deterministic Chaos in Hard Disk Arrays.” Phys. Rev. B 26 (1982): 6254–75.
  - Manning, Gerald S. “Limiting Laws and Counterion Condensation in Polyelectrolyte Solutions I. Colligative Properties.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 51, no. 3 (August 1969): 924–33. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1672157.
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  - Azbel, M Ya, and Michael Rubinstein. “Resistance and phase diagram of quasiperiodic systems.” Physical Review B 27, no. 10 (n.d.): 6530–33. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.27.6530.
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  - Azbel, M Ya, and Michael Rubinstein. “Phase Correlations in One-Dimensional Disordered Systems.” Physical Review Letters 51, no. 9 (n.d.): 836–39. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.51.836.
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  - Azbel, M Ya, and Michael Rubinstein. “One-dimensional random Ising ferromagnets and antiferromagnets.” Physical Review B 28, no. 7 (n.d.): 3793–98. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.28.3793.
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  - Colby, Ralph H., Jeffrey R. Gillmor, and Michael Rubinstein. “Dynamics of near-critical polymer gels.” Physical Review E 48, no. 5 (n.d.): 3712–16. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.48.3712.
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  - Deshkovski, Alexander, Sergei Obukhov, and Michael Rubinstein. “Counterion Phase Transitions in Dilute Polyelectrolyte Solutions.” Physical Review Letters 86, no. 11 (n.d.): 2341–44. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.86.2341.
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  - Du, Rose, Alexander Yu Grosberg, Toyoichi Tanaka, and Michael Rubinstein. “Unexpected Scenario of Glass Transition in Polymer Globules: An Exactly Enumerable Model.” Physical Review Letters 84, no. 11 (n.d.): 2417–20. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.2417.
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  - Everaers, Ralf, Alexander Y. Grosberg, Michael Rubinstein, and Angelo Rosa. “Flory theory of randomly branched polymers.” Soft Matter 13, no. 6 (n.d.): 1223–34. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm02756c.
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  - Kalathi, Jagannathan T., Sanat K. Kumar, Michael Rubinstein, and Gary S. Grest. “Rouse mode analysis of chain relaxation in polymer nanocomposites.” Soft Matter 11, no. 20 (n.d.): 4123–32. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sm00754b.
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  - Kharlampieva, Eugenia, John F. Ankner, Michael Rubinstein, and Svetlana A. Sukhishvili. “pH-Induced Release of Polyanions from Multilayer Films.” Physical Review Letters 100, no. 12 (n.d.). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.100.128303.
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  - Liu, Andrea J., Gary S. Grest, M Cristina Marchetti, Gregory M. Grason, Mark O. Robbins, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Michael Rubinstein, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz. “Opportunities in theoretical and computational polymeric materials and soft matter.” Soft Matter 11, no. 12 (n.d.): 2326–32. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm02344g.
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  - Obukhov, S., and Michael Rubinstein. “Topological glass transition in entangled flux state.” Physical Review Letters 65, no. 10 (n.d.): 1279–82. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.65.1279.
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  - Obukhov, Sergei P., Michael Rubinstein, and Thomas Duke. “Dynamics of a Ring Polymer in a Gel.” Physical Review Letters 73, no. 9 (n.d.): 1263–66. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.73.1263.
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  - Panyukov, Sergey V., Sergei S. Sheiko, and Michael Rubinstein. “Amplification of Tension in Branched Macromolecules.” Physical Review Letters 102, no. 14 (n.d.). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.102.148301.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, Ludwik Leibler, and Jacques Bastide. “Giant fluctuations of crosslink positions in gels.” Physical Review Letters 68, no. 3 (n.d.): 405–7. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.68.405.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, Ralph H. Colby, and Andrey V. Dobrynin. “Dynamics of Semidilute Polyelectrolyte Solutions.” Physical Review Letters 73, no. 20 (n.d.): 2776–79. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.73.2776.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, and M Ya Azbel. “Boundary resistance and "pseudolocalization" in one-dimensional periodic systems.” Physical Review B 27, no. 10 (n.d.): 6484–86. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.27.6484.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, and Sergei Panyukov. “Nonaffine Deformation and Elasticity of Polymer Networks,” n.d.
  - Rubinstein, Michael. “Dynamics of Ring Polymers in the Presence of Fixed Obstacles.” Physical Review Letters 57, no. 24 (n.d.): 3023–26. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.57.3023.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael. “Discretized model of entangled-polymer dynamics.” Physical Review Letters 59, no. 17 (n.d.): 1946–49. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.1946.
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  - Wang, X. R., Y. Shapir, and M. Rubinstein. “Analysis of multiscaling structure in diffusion-limited aggregation: A kinetic renormalization-group approach.” Physical Review A 39, no. 11 (n.d.): 5974–84. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.39.5974.
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  - Xu, Hui, David Shirvanyants, Kathryn Beers, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Michael Rubinstein, and Sergei S. Sheiko. “Molecular Motion in a Spreading Precursor Film.” Physical Review Letters 93, no. 20 (n.d.). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.93.206103.
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  - Xu, Hui, David Shirvanyants, Kathryn L. Beers, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Michael Rubinstein, and Sergei S. Sheiko. “Molecular Visualization of Conformation-Triggered Flow Instability.” Physical Review Letters 94, no. 23 (n.d.). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.94.237801.
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  - Zheng, X., B. B. Sauer, J. G. Van Alsten, S. A. Schwarz, M. H. Rafailovich, J. Sokolov, and Michael Rubinstein. “Reptation Dynamics of a Polymer Melt near an Attractive Solid Interface.” Physical Review Letters 74, no. 3 (n.d.): 407–10. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.74.407.
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  - Zheng, X., M. H. Rafailovich, J. Sokolov, Y. Strzhemechny, S. A. Schwarz, B. B. Sauer, and M. Rubinstein. “Long-Range Effects on Polymer Diffusion Induced by a Bounding Interface.” Physical Review Letters 79, no. 2 (n.d.): 241–44. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.79.241.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael. “Theoretical Challenges in Polymer Dynamics.” In Theoretical Challenges in the Dynamics of Complex Fluids, edited by T. McLeish, 21–51. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael, and Audrey V. Dobrynin. “Associations leading to formation of reversible networks and gels.” Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. Elsevier BV, February 1999. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1359-0294(99)00013-8.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael. “Ten puzzles of the airway surface layer.” In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 258. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2019.
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  - Shenoy, S. K., D. B. Subramani, S. H. Donaldson, D. B. Hill, M. Rubinstein, R. C. Boucher, and B. Button. “ROLE OF CF-RELATED INCREASES IN MUCUS CONCENTRATION AND MUC5AC MUCIN EXPRESSION IN THE FAILURE OF COUGH-MEDIATED CLEARANCE.” In Pediatric Pulmonology, 51:251–251. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.
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  - Lopez, Gabriel, Joseph Simon, Nick Carroll, Michael Rubinstein, and Ashutosh Chilkoti. “Programming molecular self-assembly of intrinsically disordered proteins.” In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 251. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016.
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  - Rubinstein, Michael. “Polymer physics-The ugly duckling story: Will polymer physics ever become a part of “proper” physics?” In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 48:2548–51. Wiley, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.22135.
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