Benjamin Yellen | Scholars@Duke

Benjamin Yellen
Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Yellen's group is interested in developing highly parallel mechanisms for controlling the transport and assembly of ensembles of objects ranging from micron-sized colloidal particles to single cells. As of 2013, Professor Yellen is active in two main areas of research:
1) Development of single cell analysis tools using magnetic circuits. The goal of this project is to develop an automated single cell analysis platform that allows for highly flexible and highly parallel manipulation of single cells. Our approach draws inspiration from electronic circuit theory through the development highly flexible methods for transporting particles above magnetic thin film patterns either reversibly (conductor) or irreversibly (rectifier), storing cells in well-defined regions of space either temporarily (capacitor) or permanently (data storage), switching current pathways at selected junctions (transistor) and coordinating a large set of electronic functions with few input wires (multiplexer). When combined with microfluidic systems that allow for repeated doses of pharmaceuticals, we will have a developed a platform that is ripe to have a major impact on the field of HIV eradication and cancer suppression.
2) Multiparticle assembly of colloidal crystals . The goal of this project is to understand the formation and phase transitions occuring inside single crystals composed of alloys of colloidal particles. Here, we are interested in observing crystals forming from magnetic and non-magnetic colloidal particles dispersed inside ferrofluid. We are just beginning to solve the questions of how to grow large single crystals, and how to transform these crystals by tilting of an external magnetic field. The results of this project will serve as useful models for understanding how crystals form and transform in the corollary atomic scale materials in nature.

Current Research Interests

Development of single cell analysis tools using magnetic circuits, and multiparticle assembly of colloidal crystals

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2013

Contact Information

4304 Chesterfield Building, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
4304 Chesterfield Building, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708-0300
yellen@duke.edu (919) 660-8261
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Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Drexel University 2004
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2014 - 2017
- Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2005 - 2013
Recognition
In the News
- MAR 3, 2015
  
  Visualizing how matter changes from one state to another, on an atomic level
- MAY 14, 2014
  
  Microchip-Like Technology Allows Single-Cell Analysis
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Mapping Epigenetic Memory of Exposure New To Observe (MEMENTO) awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 2019 - 2022
- High-throughput screening of arrayed single cells for automated analysis of phenotypic heterogeneity awarded by Celldom 2018 - 2020
- Image-Seq: A high-density microfluidic trap array for single cell transcriptome analysis coupled with image based phenotyping awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2020
- Single cell functional dissection of tumor microenviornment-driven drug resistance awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2020
- Platform for genotyping and phenotyping each cell in a high throughput assay awarded by Celldom 2019 - 2020
- An Instrument for Negative Acoustic Contrast Bead-based Cell Sorting and Staining awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
- High-throughput screening of arrayed single cells for automated analysis of phenotypic heterogeneity awarded by Celldom 2017
- Magnetic single cell assay for epigenetic examination of latent HIV-1 infection awarded by University of Alabama at Birmingham 2014 - 2017
- Non-linear Dynamics of Traveling Wave Magnetophoresis for Applications in Colloidal Separation awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2012
- Engineering a Localized pH Switch at the Solid-Liquid Interface awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2011
- Imaginary Magnetic Tweezers for Biophysical Force Measurements awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2010
- NER: Integrated Magnetic and Chemical Assembly Techniques for Building Nanoparticle Arrays awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2008
External Relationships
- Celldom, Inc.
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Yellen, Benjamin B., Jon S. Zawistowski, Eric A. Czech, Caleb I. Sanford, Elliott D. SoRelle, Micah A. Luftig, Zachary G. Forbes, Kris C. Wood, and Jeff Hammerbacher. “Massively parallel quantification of phenotypic heterogeneity in single-cell drug responses.” Sci Adv 7, no. 38 (September 17, 2021): eabf9840. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf9840.
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  - Li, Linying, C Wyatt Shields, Jin Huang, Yiqun Zhang, Korine A. Ohiri, Benjamin B. Yellen, Ashutosh Chilkoti, and Gabriel P. López. “Rapid capture of biomolecules from blood via stimuli-responsive elastomeric particles for acoustofluidic separation.” The Analyst 145, no. 24 (January 2021): 8087–96. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0an01164a.
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  - Ohiri, Korine A., Sean T. Kelly, Jeffrey D. Motschman, Kevin H. Lin, Kris C. Wood, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “An acoustofluidic trap and transfer approach for organizing a high density single cell array.” Lab Chip 18, no. 14 (July 10, 2018): 2124–33. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8lc00196k.
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  - Pham, An T., Yuan Zhuang, Paige Detwiler, Joshua E. S. Socolar, Patrick Charbonneau, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Phase diagram and aggregation dynamics of a monolayer of paramagnetic colloids.” Physical Review. E 95, no. 5–1 (May 12, 2017): 052607. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.95.052607.
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  - Joh, Daniel Y., Felicia McGuire, Roozbeh Abedini-Nassab, Joseph B. Andrews, Rohan K. Achar, Zackary Zimmers, Darush Mozhdehi, et al. “Poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) Brushes on High-κ Metal Oxide Dielectric Surfaces for Bioelectrical Environments.” Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces 9, no. 6 (February 2, 2017): 5522–29. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b15836.
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  - Abedini-Nassab, Roozbeh, Daniel Y. Joh, Faris Albarghouthi, Ashutosh Chilkoti, David M. Murdoch, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Magnetophoretic transistors in a tri-axial magnetic field.” Lab Chip 16, no. 21 (October 18, 2016): 4181–88. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6lc00878j.
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  - Pham, An T., Ryohei Seto, Johannes Schönke, Daniel Y. Joh, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Eliot Fried, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Crystallization kinetics of binary colloidal monolayers.” Soft Matter 12, no. 37 (October 2016): 7735–46. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01072e.
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  - Shields Iv, C Wyatt, Jeffrey L. Wang, Korine A. Ohiri, Eric D. Essoyan, Benjamin B. Yellen, Andrew J. Armstrong, and Gabriel P. López. “Magnetic separation of acoustically focused cancer cells from blood for magnetographic templating and analysis.” Lab Chip 16, no. 19 (September 21, 2016): 3833–44. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6lc00719h.
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  - Ohiri, Korine A., Benjamin A. Evans, C Wyatt Shields, Robert A. Gutiérrez, Nick J. Carroll, Benjamin B. Yellen, and Gabriel P. López. “Magnetically Responsive Negative Acoustic Contrast Microparticles for Bioanalytical Applications.” Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, no. 38 (September 13, 2016): 25030–35. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b09591.
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  - Abedini-Nassab, Roozbeh, Daniel Y. Joh, Melissa Van Heest, Cody Baker, Ashutosh Chilkoti, David M. Murdoch, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Magnetophoretic Conductors and Diodes in a 3D Magnetic Field.” Adv Funct Mater 26, no. 22 (June 14, 2016): 4026–34. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201503898.
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  - Shields, C Wyatt, Daniela F. Cruz, Korine A. Ohiri, Benjamin B. Yellen, and Gabriel P. Lopez. “Fabrication and Operation of Acoustofluidic Devices Supporting Bulk Acoustic Standing Waves for Sheathless Focusing of Particles.” Journal of Visualized Experiments : Jove, no. 109 (March 6, 2016). https://doi.org/10.3791/53861.
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  - Qian, W., Z. Yu, X. Wang, Y. Lai, and B. B. Yellen. “Elastic metamaterial beam with remotely tunable stiffness.” Journal of Applied Physics 119, no. 5 (February 7, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4941273.
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  - Abedini-Nassab, Roozbeh, Daniel Y. Joh, Melissa A. Van Heest, John S. Yi, Cody Baker, Zohreh Taherifard, David M. Margolis, et al. “Characterizing the Switching Thresholds of Magnetophoretic Transistors.” Adv Mater 27, no. 40 (October 28, 2015): 6176–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201502352.
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  - Yang, Ye, An T. Pham, Daniela Cruz, Christopher Reyes, Benjamin J. Wiley, Gabriel P. Lopez, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Assembly of colloidal molecules, polymers, and crystals in acoustic and magnetic fields.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 27, no. 32 (August 2015): 4725–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201500462.
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  - Yang, Ye, Lin Fu, Catherine Marcoux, Joshua E. S. Socolar, Patrick Charbonneau, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Phase transformations in binary colloidal monolayers.” Soft Matter 11, no. 12 (March 2015): 2404–15. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sm00009b.
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  - Gao, Lu, C. Wyatt Shields, Leah M. Johnson, Steven W. Graves, Benjamin B. Yellen, and Gabriel P. López. “Two-dimensional spatial manipulation of microparticles in continuous flows in acoustofluidic systems.” Biomicrofluidics 9, no. 1 (January 20, 2015): 014105. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905875.
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  - Shields, C Wyatt, Carissa E. Livingston, Benjamin B. Yellen, Gabriel P. López, and David M. Murdoch. “Magnetographic array for the capture and enumeration of single cells and cell pairs.” Biomicrofluidics 8, no. 4 (July 2014): 041101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4885840.
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  - Abedini-Nassab, R., D. M. Murdoch, C. Kim, and B. B. Yellen. “Optimization of magnetic switches for single particle and cell transport.” Journal of Applied Physics 115, no. 24 (June 28, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4884609.
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  - Li, L., R. Abedini-Nassab, and B. B. Yellen. “Monolithically integrated Helmholtz coils by 3-dimensional printing.” Applied Physics Letters 104, no. 25 (June 23, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4885441.
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  - Lim, B., V. Reddy, X. Hu, K. Kim, M. Jadhav, R. Abedini-Nassab, Y. Noh, Y. T. Lim, B. B. Yellen, and C. Kim. “Magnetophoretic circuits for digital control of single particles and cells.” Nature Communications 5 (May 14, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4846.
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  - Tahir, M. A., F. Nori, and B. B. Yellen. “Dynamically-tunable colloidal band-pass and band-gap filters.” Journal of Applied Physics 115, no. 13 (April 7, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4870041.
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  - Ma, C., R. G. Parker, and B. B. Yellen. “Optimization of an acoustic rectifier for uni-directional wave propagation in periodic mass-spring lattices.” Journal of Sound and Vibration 332, no. 20 (September 30, 2013): 4876–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2013.04.013.
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  - Shields, C Wyatt, Shan Zhu, Ye Yang, Bhuvnesh Bharti, Jonathan Liu, Benjamin B. Yellen, Orlin D. Velev, and Gabriel P. López. “Field-directed of patchy anisotropic microparticles with defined shape.” Soft Matter 9, no. 38 (September 2013): 9219–29. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm51119g.
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  - Ferris, Robert J., Shihong Lin, Mathieu Therezien, Benjamin B. Yellen, and Stefan Zauscher. “Electric double layer formed by polarized ferroelectric thin films.” Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces 5, no. 7 (April 2013): 2610–17. https://doi.org/10.1021/am3031954.
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  - Yang, Ye, Lu Gao, Gabriel P. Lopez, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Tunable assembly of colloidal crystal alloys using magnetic nanoparticle fluids.” Acs Nano 7, no. 3 (March 2013): 2705–16. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn400118e.
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  - Ouyang, Y., M. A. Tahir, D. J. Lichtenwalner, and B. B. Yellen. “Origin of multiplexing capabilities of multifrequency magnetic ratchets.” Physical Review E Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 85, no. 4 (April 26, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.041407.
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  - Ferris, Robert, Benjamin Yellen, and Stefan Zauscher. “Ferroelectric thin films in fluidic environments: a new interface for sensing and manipulation of matter.” Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany) 8, no. 1 (January 2012): 28–35. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201101173.
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  - Khalil, Karim S., Amanda Sagastegui, Yu Li, Mukarram A. Tahir, Joshua E. S. Socolar, Benjamin J. Wiley, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Binary colloidal structures assembled through Ising interactions.” Nature Communications 3 (2012): 794. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1798.
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  - Gao, Lu, Mukarram A. Tahir, Lawrence N. Virgin, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Multiplexing superparamagnetic beads driven by multi-frequency ratchets.” Lab on a Chip 11, no. 24 (December 2011): 4214–20. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1lc20683d.
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  - Tahir, Mukarram A., Lu Gao, Lawrence N. Virgin, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Transport of superparamagnetic beads through a two-dimensional potential energy landscape.” Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 84, no. 1 Pt 1 (July 26, 2011): 011403. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.84.011403.
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  - Gottron, N. J., and B. B. Yellen. “Self-aligned reduction lithography using backside exposure through embedded masks.” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 21, no. 7 (July 1, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/21/7/075022.
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  - Yang, Ye, Randall M. Erb, Benjamin J. Wiley, Stefan Zauscher, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Imaginary magnetic tweezers for massively parallel surface adhesion spectroscopy.” Nano Letters 11, no. 4 (April 2011): 1681–84. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl200189w.
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  - Li, K. H., and B. B. Yellen. “Magnetically tunable self-assembly of colloidal rings.” Applied Physics Letters 97, no. 8 (August 23, 2010). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3483137.
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  - Gao, Lu, Norman J. Gottron, Lawrence N. Virgin, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “The synchronization of superparamagnetic beads driven by a micro-magnetic ratchet.” Lab on a Chip 10, no. 16 (August 2010): 2108–14. https://doi.org/10.1039/c003836a.
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  - Chorny, Michael, Ilia Fishbein, Benjamin B. Yellen, Ivan S. Alferiev, Marina Bakay, Srinivas Ganta, Richard Adamo, Mansoor Amiji, Gary Friedman, and Robert J. Levy. “Targeting stents with local delivery of paclitaxel-loaded magnetic nanoparticles using uniform fields.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, no. 18 (May 2010): 8346–51. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0909506107.
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  - Myers, Christopher, Benjamin Yellen, John Evans, Eric DeMaria, and Aurora Pryor. “Using external magnet guidance and endoscopically placed magnets to create suture-free gastro-enteral anastomoses.” Surgical Endoscopy 24, no. 5 (May 2010): 1104–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0735-5.
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  - Erb, Randall M., Nathan J. Jenness, Robert L. Clark, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Towards holonomic control of Janus particles in optomagnetic traps.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 21, no. 47 (December 2009): 4825–29. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200900892.
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  - Erb, Randall M., Melissa D. Krebs, Eben Alsberg, Bappaditya Samanta, Vincent M. Rotello, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Beyond diffusion-limited aggregation kinetics in microparticle suspensions.” Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 80, no. 5 Pt 1 (November 2, 2009): 051402. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.80.051402.
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  - Yellen, Benjamin B., and Lawrence N. Virgin. “Nonlinear dynamics of superparamagnetic beads in a traveling magnetic-field wave.” Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 80, no. 1 Pt 1 (July 6, 2009): 011402. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.80.011402.
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  - Krebs, Melissa D., Randall M. Erb, Benjamin B. Yellen, Bappaditya Samanta, Avinash Bajaj, Vincent M. Rotello, and Eben Alsberg. “Formation of ordered cellular structures in suspension via label-free negative magnetophoresis.” Nano Letters 9, no. 5 (May 2009): 1812–17. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl803757u.
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  - Erb, Randall M., Hui S. Son, Bappaditya Samanta, Vincent M. Rotello, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Magnetic assembly of colloidal superstructures with multipole symmetry.” Nature 457, no. 7232 (February 2009): 999–1002. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07766.
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  - Ooi, Chinchun, and Benjamin B. Yellen. “Field gradients can control the alignment of nanorods.” Langmuir : The Acs Journal of Surfaces and Colloids 24, no. 16 (August 2008): 8514–21. https://doi.org/10.1021/la801006g.
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  - Ooi, C., R. M. Erb, and B. B. Yellen. “On the controllability of nanorod alignment in magnetic fluids.” Journal of Applied Physics 103, no. 7 (April 24, 2008). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2835449.
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  - Erb, R. M., and B. B. Yellen. “Concentration gradients in mixed magnetic and nonmagnetic colloidal suspensions.” Journal of Applied Physics 103, no. 7 (April 21, 2008). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2831789.
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  - Erb, R. M., D. S. Sebba, A. A. Lazarides, and B. B. Yellen. “Magnetic field induced concentration gradients in magnetic nanoparticle suspensions: Theory and experiment.” Journal of Applied Physics 103, no. 6 (April 8, 2008). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2901140.
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  - Forbes, Zachary G., Benjamin B. Yellen, Derek S. Halverson, Gregory Fridman, Kenneth A. Barbee, and Gary Friedman. “Validation of high gradient magnetic field based drug delivery to magnetizable implants under flow.” Ieee Transactions on Bio Medical Engineering 55, no. 2 Pt 1 (February 2008): 643–49. https://doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2007.899347.
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  - Polyak, Boris, Ilia Fishbein, Michael Chorny, Ivan Alferiev, Darryl Williams, Ben Yellen, Gary Friedman, and Robert J. Levy. “High field gradient targeting of magnetic nanoparticle-loaded endothelial cells to the surfaces of steel stents.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105, no. 2 (January 8, 2008): 698–703. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0708338105.
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  - Yellen, Benjamin B., Randall M. Erb, Hui S. Son, Rodward Hewlin, Hao Shang, and Gil U. Lee. “Traveling wave magnetophoresis for high resolution chip based separations.” Lab on a Chip 7, no. 12 (December 2007): 1681–88. https://doi.org/10.1039/b713547e.
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  - Francisco, Herbert, Benjamin B. Yellen, Derek S. Halverson, Gary Friedman, and Gianluca Gallo. “Regulation of axon guidance and extension by three-dimensional constraints.” Biomaterials 28, no. 23 (August 2007): 3398–3407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.04.015.
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  - Baldoni, J. A., and B. B. Yellen. “Magnetic tracking system: Monitoring heart valve prostheses.” Ieee Transactions on Magnetics 43, no. 6 (January 1, 2007): 2430–32. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2007.894002.
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  - Erb, R. M., and B. B. Yellen. “Model for label-free detection of viruses inside ferrofluid.” Intermag 2006 Ieee International Magnetics Conference, December 1, 2006, 105. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTMAG.2006.375605.
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  - Yellen, B. B., R. M. Erb, D. S. Halverson, O. Hovorka, and G. Friedman. “Arraying nonmagnetic colloids by magnetic nanoparticle assemblers.” Ieee Transactions on Magnetics 42, no. 10 (October 1, 2006): 3548–53. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2006.879623.
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  - Halverson, D., S. Kalghatgi, B. Yellen, and G. Friedman. “Manipulation of nonmagnetic nanobeads in dilute ferrofluid.” Journal of Applied Physics 99, no. 8 (May 25, 2006). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2167641.
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  - Komaee, K., B. Yellen, G. Friedman, and N. Dan. “Cooperativity in the adsorption of magnetic colloidal particles.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 297, no. 2 (May 2006): 407–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2005.10.067.
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  - Yellen, B. B., D. S. Halverson, and G. Friedman. “Arranging matter by magnetic nanoparticle assembly.” Intermag 2006 Ieee International Magnetics Conference, January 1, 2006, 246. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTMAG.2006.375828.
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  - Erb, R. M., and B. B. Yellen. “Model of detecting nonmagnetic cavities in ferrofluid for biological sensing applications.” Ieee Trans. Magn. (Usa) 42, no. 10 (2006): 3554–56. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2006.879614.
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  - Friedman, G., and B. Yellen. “Magnetic separation, manipulation and assembly of solid phase in fluids.” Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 10, no. 3–4 (October 1, 2005): 158–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2005.08.002.
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  - Yellen, Benjamin B., Ondrej Hovorka, and Gary Friedman. “Arranging matter by magnetic nanoparticle assemblers.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102, no. 25 (June 13, 2005): 8860–64. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0500409102.
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  - Hovorka, O., B. Yellen, N. Dan, and G. Friedman. “Self-consistent model of field gradient driven particle aggregation in magnetic fluids.” Journal of Applied Physics 97, no. 10 (May 15, 2005). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1860811.
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  - Yellen, B. B., Z. G. Forbes, D. S. Halverson, G. Fridman, K. A. Barbee, M. Chorny, R. Levy, and G. Friedman. “Targeted drug delivery to magnetic implants for therapeutic applications.” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 293, no. 1 (May 1, 2005): 647–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2005.01.083.
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  - Halverson, D., B. Yellen, S. Kalghatgi, and G. Friedman. “Use of ferrofluid patterns as diffusion masks.” Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 877 (January 1, 2005): 183–88. https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-877-s9.6.
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  - Halverson, D., B. Yellen, and G. Friedman. “Manipulation of non-magnetic materials in ferrofluid containing media.” Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 877 (January 1, 2005): 177–82. https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-877-s9.5.
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  - Forbes, Z. G., D. S. Halverson, G. Fridman, B. B. Yellen, M. Chorny, G. Friedman, and K. A. Barbee. “Locally targeted drug delivery to magnetic stents for therapeutic applications.” 2004 2nd Ieee/Embs International Summer School on Medical Devices and Biosensors, Isss Mdbs 2004, December 1, 2004, 1–6.
  - Friedman, G., B. Yellen, and I. Tsukerman. “Design and simulation of magnetically controlled nanoscale assembly.” 2004 4th Ieee Conference on Nanotechnology, December 1, 2004, 56–58.
  - Yellen, B., and G. Friedman. “Ferrofluid masking for lithographic applications.” 2004 Nsti Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show Nsti Nanotech 2004 1 (November 2, 2004): 451–54.
  - Yellen, B. B., G. Fridman, and G. Friedman. “Ferrofluid lithography.” Nanotechnology 15, no. 10 (October 1, 2004). https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/15/10/011.
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  - Yellen, Benjamin B., and Gary Friedman. “Programmable assembly of colloidal particles using magnetic microwell templates.” Langmuir : The Acs Journal of Surfaces and Colloids 20, no. 7 (March 2004): 2553–59. https://doi.org/10.1021/la0352016.
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  - Yellen, B. B., and G. Friedman. “Programmable assembly of heterogeneous colloidal particle arrays.” Advanced Materials 16, no. 2 (January 16, 2004): 111–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200305603.
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  - Yellen, B. B., G. Friedman, and K. A. Barbee. “Programmable self-aligning ferrofluid masks for lithographic applications.” Ieee Transactions on Magnetics 40, no. 4 II (January 1, 2004): 2994–96. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2004.829836.
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  - Yellen, B. B., and G. Friedman. “Magnetically driven assembly of colloidal particles onto patterned surfaces.” 2003 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show Nanotech 2003 3 (December 1, 2003): 542–45.
  - Yellen, B., G. Friedman, and A. Feinerman. “Magnetically driven assembly of superparamagnetic colloidal particles.” Proceedings of Spie the International Society for Optical Engineering 4982 (May 26, 2003): 302–9. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478161.
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  - Yellen, B. B., and G. Friedman. “Analysis of repulsive interactions in chains of superparamagnetic colloidal particles for magnetic template-based self-assembly.” Journal of Applied Physics 93, no. 10 3 (May 15, 2003): 8447–49. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1543134.
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  - Yellen, B., G. Friedman, and A. Feinerman. “Printing superparamagnetic colloidal particle arrays on patterned magnetic film.” Journal of Applied Physics 93, no. 10 2 (May 15, 2003): 7331–33. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1555908.
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  - Plaks, A., I. Tsukerman, G. Friedman, and B. Yellen. “Generalized finite-element method for magnetized nanoparticles.” Ieee Transactions on Magnetics 39, no. 3 I (May 1, 2003): 1436–39. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2003.810408.
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  - Hovorka, O., B. Yellen, and G. Friedman. “Modeling stability of trapped ferromagnetic nanoparticle chains.” Intermag 2003 Program of the 2003 Ieee International Magnetics Conference, January 1, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230474.
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  - Yellen, B. B., Z. G. Forbes, K. A. Barbee, and G. Friedman. “Model of an approach to targeted drug delivery based on uniform magnetic fields.” Intermag 2003 Program of the 2003 Ieee International Magnetics Conference, January 1, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230562.
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  - Forbes, Z. G., B. B. Yellen, K. A. Barbee, and G. Friedman. “An Approach to Targeted Drug Delivery Based on Uniform Magnetic Fields.” Ieee Transactions on Magnetics 39, no. 5 II (January 1, 2003): 3372–77. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2003.816260.
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  - Hovorka, O., B. B. Yellen, and G. Friedman. “Modeling Stability of Trapped Ferromagnetic Nanoparticle Chains.” Ieee Transactions on Magnetics 39, no. 5 II (January 1, 2003): 2549–51. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2003.816473.
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  - Yellen, B., G. Friedman, and A. Feinerman. “Analysis of interactions for magnetic particles assembling on magnetic templates.” Journal of Applied Physics 91, no. 10 (May 15, 2002): 8552–54. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1453951.
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  - Yellen, B., and G. Friedman. “Statistical analysis of weakest link in chains of magnetic particle carriers for applications in printing biochemical arrays.” European Cells and Materials 3, no. SUPPL. 2 (May 1, 2002): 88–91.
  - Yellen, B. “Dynamic trajectory analysis of superparamagnetic beads driven by on-chip micromagnets.” Journal of Applied Physics 118 (n.d.): 203904–203904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936219.
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  - Yellen, B., C. shields, G. lopez, and D. cruz. “Microfabrication and Operation of Acoustofluidic Devices Supporting Bulk Acoustic Standing Waves for Sheathless Focusing of Particles.” Journal of Visualized Experiments, n.d.
  - Yellen, B., S. Land, P. Mcguire, N. Bumb, and B. Mann. “Electromagnetic Braking Revisited with a Magnetic Point Dipole Model.” American Journal of Physics, n.d.
- Book Sections
  - Erb, R. M., and B. B. Yellen. “Magnetic manipulation of colloidal particles.” In Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Applications, 563–90, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85600-1_19.
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- Conference Papers
  - Ferris, Robert, Benjamin Yellen, and Stefan Zauscher. “Electric double layer formed by polarized ferroelectric thin films: Implications for sensing and colloidal manipulation in aqueous media.” In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 246. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013.
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  - Yellen, Benjamin, Yuyu Ouyang, Mukarram Tahir, and Franco Nori. “Multiplexed motion of magnetic beads on a magnetic ratchet.” In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 245. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013.
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  - Yellen, Benjamin, Ye Yang, Li Yu, Patrick Charbonneau, Josh Socolar, and Gabriel Lopez. “Magnetically directed assembly and dynamic manipulation of binary colloidal crystals.” In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 245. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013.
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  - Zauscher, Stefan, Benjamin Yellen, and Robert Ferris. “Programming smart macromolecular and ferroelectric surfaces for (bio)sensing applications.” In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 245. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013.
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  - Yellen, B. B., Z. G. Forbes, K. A. Barbee, and G. Friedman. “Model of an approach to targeted drug delivery based on uniform magnetic fields.” In Digests of the Intermag Conference, 2003.
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