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Gerard C. L. Wong
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Physics
Office 204 Materials Science and Engineering Building
Telephone 217-265-5254 Fax 217-333-2736
Mail Address Department of Materials Science and Engineering
1304 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801
1. G. C. L. Wong, J. Commandeur, H. Fischer, and W. H. de Jeu, “Orientational wetting in hybrid liquid crystalline block copolymers,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 5221-5224 (1996).
2. E. A. L. Mol, G. C. L. Wong, J. Petit, F. Rieutord, and W. H. de Jeu, “Thermal fluctuations of freely suspended smectic-A films from mesoscopic to molecular length scales,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3439-3442 (1997).
3. G. C. L. Wong, W. H. de Jeu, H. Shao, K. S. Liang, and R. Zentel, “Induced long-range order in crosslinked 'one-dimensional' stacks of fluid monolayers,” Nature 389, 576-579 (1997).
4. G. C. L. Wong, J. X. Tang, A. Lin, Y. Li, P. A. Janmey, and C. R. Safinya, “Hierarchical self-Assembly of F-actin cationic lipid complexes: stacked three-layer tubule networks,” Science, 288, 2035-2039 (2000).
5. G. C. L. Wong, A. Lin, Y. Li, J. X. Tang, P. A. Janmey, and C. R. Safinya, “A Lamellar Phase of Stacked Two-Dimensional Rafts of Actin Filaments,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 018103 (2003).
6 . J. Butler, T. Angelini, J. X. Tang, G. C. L. Wong, “Ion multivalence and like-charge attraction,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 028301 (2003).
7 . T. Angelini, H. Liang, W. Wriggers, G. C. L. Wong, “Like-charge attraction between polyelectrolytes mediated by counterion charge density waves”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 8634-8637, (2003).
8. H. Liang, T. Angelini, P. V. Braun, G. C. L. Wong, “Molecular imprinting of biomineralized CdS nanostructures: crystallographic control using self-assembled DNA-membrane templates”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 11786-11787 (2003).
9. Lihua Yang, H. Liang, T. Angelini, J. Butler, R. Coridan, J. X. Tang, G. C. L. Wong, “Self-assembly of virus membrane complexes”, Nature Materials, 3, 615-619 (2004).
10. G. C. L. Wong, “The soft sector in condensed matter physics”, Science, 305, 948 (2004).
11. H. Liang, T. Angelini, P. V. Braun, G. C. L. Wong, “Roles of anionic and cationic template components in biomineralization of CdS nanorods in self-assembled DNA-membrane complexes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.126, 14157-14165 (2004).
12. T. Angelini, H. Liang, W. Wriggers, G. C. L. Wong, “Direct measurement of counterion organization in F-actin polyelectrolyte bundles,” Eur. J. Phys. E 16, 389-400 (2005).
13. O. Zribi, H. Kyung, R. Golestanian, T. Liverpool, G. C. L. Wong, “Multivalent ion driven condensation of DNA-actin polyelectrolyte mixtures,” Europhys. Lett. 70, 541-547 (2005).
14. H. Liang, D. Harries, G. C. L. Wong, “Polymorphism of DNA-anionic liposome complexes reveals hierarchy of ion-mediated interactions ,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 11173-11178, (2005) .
15 . L. Sanders, C. Guaqueta, T. Angelini, J.-W. Lee, S. Slimmer, E. Luijten, G. C. L. Wong, “Structure and stability of actin-lysozyme complexes in salty water,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 108302 (2005).
16. I. Smalyukh, O. Zribi, J. Butler, O. Lavrentovich, and G. C. L. Wong, “Structure and dynamics of liquid crystalline pattern formation in drying droplets of DNA,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 177801 (2006).
17. T. Angelini, R. Golestanian, R. Coridan, J. Butler, A. Beraud, M. Krisch, H. Sinn, K. S. Schweizer, and G. C. L. Wong, “Counterions between charged polymers exhibit liquid-like organization and dynamics ,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 103, 7962-7967, (2006) .
18. O. Zribi, H. Kyung, R. Golestanian, T. Liverpool, G. C. L. Wong, “Condensation of DNA-actin polyelectrolyte mixtures driven by ions of different valences,” Phys. Rev. E 73 031911 (2006).
19. C. Guaqueta, L. Sanders, G. C. L. Wong, E. Luijten, “The effect of salt on self-assembled actin-lysozyme complexes,” Biophys. J. 90 4630-4638 (2006)
20. G. C. L. Wong, “Electrostatics of rigid polyelectrolytes”, Curr. Op. Coll. Int. Sci .11, 310-315 (2006).
21. K. Purdy, J. R. Bartles, G. C. L. Wong, “Structural polymorphism of the actin-espin system: a prototypical systems of filaments and linkers in stereocilia”, Phys. Rev. Lett. . 98, 058105 (2007).
22. G. H. Lai, R. Coridan, O. Zribi, R. Golestanian, G. C. L. Wong, “Evolution of growth modes for polyelectrolyte bundles”, Phys. Rev. Lett. . 98, 187802 (2007).
23. L. Yang, V. Gordon, A. Mishra, K. Purdy, A. Som, G. Tew, G. C. L. Wong, “Synthetic antimicrobial oligomers induce composition-dependent topological transition in membranes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., accepted for publication (2007).
24. Sanders, W. Xian, C. Guaqueta, M. Strohman, C. Vrasich, E. Luijten, G. C. L. Wong, “Control of electrostatic interactions between F-actin and genetically modified lysozyme in aqueous media,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, accepted for publication (2007).