Recent Publications

2021

• Self-Motion and Heterogeneous Droplet Dynamics in Moderately Attractive Dense Emulsions. H.S. Kim, Y. Xu, F. Scheffold, and T.G. Mason, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter

2020

• Emergent Tetratic Order in Crowded Systems of Rotationally Asymmetric Hard Kite Particles. Z. Hou, Y. Zhong, Z. Sun, F. Ye, T.G. Mason, and K. Zhao, Nat. Commun. 11 2064 (2020).
• Diffusing Wave Microrheology of Strongly Attractive Dense Emulsions. Y. Xu, F. Scheffold, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 102 062610 (2020).

2019

• Phase Behavior of Two-dimensional Brownian Systems of Corner-Rounded Hexagons. Z. Hou, K. Zhao, Y. Zong, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Mater. 3 015601 (2019).
• Diffusing Wave Microrheology of Highly Scattering Monodisperse Concentrated Emulsions. H.S. Kim, N. Senbil, C. Zhang, F. Scheffold, and T.G. Mason, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 116 7766-7771 (2019).
• Band-Collision Gel Electrophoresis. D.A. Bikos and T.G. Mason, Nat. Commun. 10 3631 (2019).
  
• Emulsiogenesis and the Emergence of Nanoemulsions. T.G. Mason, Matter 1 542-546 (2019). (invited opinion article, reviewed by the journal’s editor).
• Long-Wavelength Fluctuations and Anomalous Dynamics in 2-Dimensional Liquids. Y.-W. Li, C.K. Mishra, Z.-Y. Sun, K. Zhao, T.G. Mason, R. Ganapathy, and M.P. Ciamarra, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 116 22977-22982 (2019).
  
• Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Glassy Systems of Crowded Penrose Kites. Y.-W. Li, Z.-Q. Li, Z.-L. Hou, T.G. Mason, K. Zhao, Z.-Y. Sun, and M.P. Ciamarra, Phys. Rev. Mater. 3 125603 (2019).

2018

• Vibrational Modes and Dynamic Heterogeneity in a Near-Equilibrium 2D Glass of Colloidal Kites. Y. Zong, K. Chen, T.G. Mason, and K. Zhao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121 228003 (2018).
• Crossover Between Athermal Jamming and the Thermal Glass Transition of Suspensions. M. Dinkgreve, M.A.J. Michels, T.G. Mason, and D. Bonn, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121 228001 (2018).
• Macroscopic Signatures of Yielding in Concentrated Nanoemulsions. M.C. Rogers, K. Chen, M.J. Pagenkopp, T.G. Mason, S. Narayanan, J.L. Harden, and R.L. Leheny, Phys. Rev. Mater. 2 095601 (2018).
• Surfactant Partitioning in Nanoemulsions. M.J. Pagenkopp and T.G. Mason, Langmuir 34 10309-10320 (2018).
• Assembly of Colloidal Particles in Solution. K. Zhao and T.G. Mason, Rep. Prog. Phys. 81 126601 (2018).
  
  • Invited review article
• A Brownian Quasi-Crystal of Pre-Assembled Colloidal Penrose Tiles. P.-Y. Wang and T.G. Mason, Nature 561 94-99 (2018).
  
  • Featured in Physics World
• Brownian Dynamics of Colloidal Microspheres with Tunable Elastic Properties from Soft to Hard. J.W. Yoon, F. Cardinaux, C. Lapointe, Z. Chi, T.G. Mason, K.H. Ahn, and F. Scheffold. Colloids Surf. A 546 360-365 (2018).
• Influence of Ionic Constituents and Electrical Conductivity on the Propagation of Charged Nanoscale Objects in Passivated Gel Electrophoresis. D.A. Bikos and T.G. Mason, Electrophoresis 39 394-405 (2018).

2017

• The liquid-glass-jamming transition in charge stabilized nanoemulsions. M. Braibanti, H.S. Kim, N. Senbil, M.J. Pagenkopp, T.G. Mason, and F. Scheffold, Sci. Rep. 7 13879 (2017).
• Advances and Challenges in the Rheology of Concentrated Emulsions and Nanoemulsions. H.S. Kim and T.G. Mason, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 247 397-412 (2017).
  
  • Invited review article
• Dimer Crystallization of Chiral Proteoids. P.-Y. Wang and T.G. Mason, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19 7167-7175 (2017).

2016

• Treatment of Acidified Blood Using Reduced Osmolarity Mixed-Base Solutions. T.G. Mason and J.A. Kraut, Front. Physiol. 7 625 (2016).
• Adverse Post-Resuscitation Myocardial Effects Elicited by Buffer-Induced Alkalemia Ameliorated by NHE-1 Inhibition in a Rat Model of Ventricular Fibrillation. L. Lamoureux, J. Radhakrishnan, T.G. Mason, J.A. Kraut, and R.J. Gazmuri, J. Appl. Physiol. 121 1160-1168 (2016).
• Dynamical and Structural Signatures of the Glass Transition in Emulsions: Experiments and Simulations. C. Zhang, N. Gnan, T.G. Mason, E. Zaccarelli, and F. Scheffold. J. Stat. Mech. 094003 (2016).
• Customizable Tool Geometries by Additive Manufacturing for Mechanical Rheometry of Soft Matter. D.A. Bikos and T.G. Mason, J. Rheol. 60 1257-1267 (2016).
• The Physical Origins of Transit Time Measurements for Rapid, Single Cell Mechanotyping. K.D. Nyberg, M.B. Scott, S.L. Bruce, A.B. Gopinath, D. Bikos, T.G. Mason, J.W. Kim, H.S. Choi, A.C. Rowat, Lab-on-a-Chip 16 3330-3339 (2016).
• Lock-and-Key Dimerization in Dense Brownian Systems of Hard Annular Sector Particles. W.D. Hodson and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 94 022124 (2016).
• Entropic, Electrostatic, and Interfacial Regimes in Concentrated Disordered Ionic Emulsions. H.S. Kim, F. Scheffold, and T.G. Mason, Rheol. Acta 55 683-697 (2016).
• Separating Nanoparticles by Surface Charge Group Using pH-Controlled Passivated Gel Electrophoresis. X. Zhu and T.G. Mason, Soft Materials 14 204-209 (2016).
• Structure and Conductivity of Semiconducting Polymer Hydrogels. R.C. Huber, A.S. Ferreira, J.C. Aguirre, D. Kilbride, D. Toso, K. Mayoral, Z.H. Zhou, N. Kopidakis, Y. Rubin, B.J. Schwartz, T.G. Mason, and S.H. Tolbert, J. Phys. Chem. B 120 6215-6224 (2016).
• Propagation and Separation of Charged Colloids by Cylindrical Passivated Gel Electrophoresis. D. Bikos and T.G. Mason, J. Phys. Chem. B 120 6160-6165 (2016).
• Local Collective Motion Analysis for Multi-Probe Dynamic Imaging and Microrheology. M. Khan and T.G. Mason, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28 305201 (2016).

2015

• Colloidal Lock-and-Key Dimerization Reactions of Hard Annular Sector Particles Controlled by Osmotic Pressure. P.-Y. Wang and T.G. Mason, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 15308-15314 (2015).
• Shape-Designed Frustration by Local Polymorphism in a Near-Equilibrium Colloidal Glass. K. Zhao and T.G. Mason, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112 12063-12068 (2015).
• Structure of Marginally Jammed Polydisperse Packings of Frictionless Spheres. C. Zhang, C.B. O’Donavan, E.I. Corwin, F. Cardinaux, T.G. Mason, M.E. Möbius, and F. Scheffold, Phys. Rev. E 91 032302 (2015).
• Controlling Enantiomeric Populations in Fluctuating Brownian Monolayers of Chiral Colloids. L. Rossi and T.G. Mason, Soft Matter 11 2461-2468 (2015).

2014

• Trajectories of Probe Spheres in Generalized Linear Viscoelastic Complex Fluids. M. Khan and T.G. Mason, Soft Matter 10 9073-9081 (2014).
  
  • Invited cover artwork selected for publication
• Nanoparticle Size Distributions Measured by Optical Adaptive-Deconvolution Passivated-Gel Electrophoresis. X. Zhu and T.G. Mason, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 435 67-74 (2014).
• Crossover between Entropic and Interfacial Elasticity and Osmotic Pressure in Uniform Disordered Emulsions. T.G. Mason and F. Scheffold, Soft Matter 10 7109-7116 (2014).
  
  • By invitation: special themed issue on foams and emulsions
• The Jamming Elasticity of Emulsion Droplets Stabilized by Ionic Surfactants. F. Scheffold, J.N. Wilking, J. Haberko, F. Cardinaux, and T.G. Mason, Soft Matter 10 5040-5044 (2014).
• Self-Limiting Droplet Fusion in Ionic Emulsions. M.M. Fryd and T.G. Mason, Soft Matter 10 4662-4673 (2014).
• Entropic Chiral Symmetry Breaking of Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals of Achiral Hard Rhombs. K. Mayoral and T.G. Mason, Soft Matter 10 4471-4478 (2014).
• Passivated Gel Electrophoresis of Charged Nanospheres by Real-Time Light-Scattering Video Tracking. X. Zhu and T.G. Mason, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 428 199-207 (2014).
• Random Walks of Colloidal Probes in Viscoelastic Materials. M. Khan and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 89 042309 (2014).
• Self-Organized Chiral Colloidal Crystals of Brownian Square Crosses. K. Zhao and T.G. Mason, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26 152101 (2014).
  
  • Fast track communication
  • Featured on the cover of JPCM

2013

• Cerberus Nanoemulsions Produced by Multidroplet Flow-Induced Fusion. M.M. Fryd and T.G. Mason, Langmuir 29 15787-15793 (2013).
• Linear and Nonlinear Rheology of Dense Emulsions Crossing the Glass and Jamming Regime. F. Scheffold, F. Cardinaux, and T.G. Mason, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25 502101 (2013).
• Star Colloids in Nematic Liquid Crystals, C.P. Lapointe, K. Mayoral, and T.G. Mason, Soft Matter 9 7843-7854 (2013).
• Self-Assembling Semiconducting Polymers: Rods and Gels from Electronic Materials, A.P.-Z. Clark, C. Shi, B.C. Ng, J.N. Wilking, A.L. Ayzner, A.Z. Stieg, B.J. Schwartz, T.G. Mason, Y. Rubin, and S.H. Tolbert, ACS Nano 7 962-977 (2013).

2012

• Twinning of Rhombic Colloidal Crystals. K. Zhao and T.G. Mason, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 18125-18131 (2012).
• Advanced Nanoemulsions, M.M. Fryd and T.G. Mason, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 63 493-518 (2012).
  Invited review article
• Interacting Viscous Instabilities in Microfluidic Systems, T. Cubaud and T.G. Mason, Soft Matter 8 10573 – 10582 (2012).
  • Invited perspective article
• Nanoinclusions in Cryogenically Quenched Nanoemulsions, M.M. Fryd and T.G. Mason, Langmuir 28 12015-12021 (2012).
• Local Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Triatic Liquid Crystals, K. Zhao, R. Bruinsma, and T.G. Mason, Nature Communications 3 801/1-8 (2012).
• Optically Probing Nanoemulsion Compositions, X. Zhu, M.M. Fryd, J.-R. Huang, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14 2455-2461 (2012).

2011

• Entropic Crystal-Crystal Transitions of Brownian Squares, K. Zhao, R. Bruinsma, and T.G. Mason, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108 2684-2687 (2011).
• Shear-Induced Disruption of Dense Nanoemulsion Gels, J.N. Wilking, C.B. Chang, M.M. Fryd, L. Porcar, and T.G. Mason, Langmuir 27 5204-5210 (2011).
• Towards Total Photonic Control of Complex-Shaped Colloids By Vortex Beams, C.P. Lapointe, T.G. Mason, and I.I. Smalyukh, Optics Express 19 18182-18189 (2011).
• Rheology of Attractive Emulsions, S.S. Datta, D.D. Gerrard, T.S. Rhodes, T.G. Mason, and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. E 84 041404/1-6 (2011).
• Rotational Fourier Tracking of Diffusing Polygons, K. Mayoral, T.P. Kennair, X. Zhu, J. Milazzo, K. Ngo, M.M. Fryd, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 84 051405/1-5 (2011).
• 3D Imaging of a Phase Object from a Single Sample Orientation Using an Optical Laser, C.-C. Chen, H. Jiang, L. Rong, S. Salha, R. Xu, T.G. Mason, and J. Miao, Phys. Rev. B 84 224104/1-7 (2011).
• Entropic Crystal-Crystal Transitions of Brownian Squares, K. Zhao, R. Bruinsma, and T.G. Mason, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (online Early Edition – Jan. 31, 2011).

2010

• Time-Dependent Nanoemulsion Droplet Size Reduction by Evaporative Ripening, M.M. Fryd and T.G. Mason, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1 3349-3353 (2010).
• Electrically Driven Multiaxis Rotational Dynamics of Colloidal Platelets in Nematic Liquid Crystals, C.P. Lapointe, S. Hopkins, T.G. Mason, and I.I. Smalyukh, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 178301/1-4 (2010).
• Fluid Mechanics of Microrheology, T.M. Squires and T.G. Mason, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 42 413-438 (2010).

2009

• Shape-Controlled Colloidal Interactions in Nematic Liquid Crystals, C.P. Lapointe, T.G. Mason, and I.I. Smalyukh, Science 326 1083-1086 (2009).
• Frustrated Rotator Crystals and Glasses of Brownian Pentagons, K. Zhao and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 208302/1-4 (2009).
• Mesoscale Structure of Diffusion Limited Aggregates of Colloidal Rods and Disks, J.R. Rothenbuhler, J.-R. Huang, B.D. DiDonna, A.J. Levine, and T.G. Mason, Soft Matter 5 3639-3645 (2009).
• Scattering from Highly Packed Disordered Colloids. F. Scheffold and T.G. Mason, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 332102/1-4 (2009).

2008

• Suppressing and Enhancing Depletion Attractions Between Surfaces Roughened by Asperities, K. Zhao and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 148301/1-4 (2008).
• Nanoscale Double Emulsions Stabilized by Single-Component Block Copolypeptides, J. Hanson, C.B. Chang, S.M. Graves, Z. Li, T.G. Mason, and T.J. Deming, Nature 455 85-88 (2008).
• Shear Oscillation Light Scattering of Droplet Deformation and Restructuring in Concentrated Emulsions, J.-R. Huang and T.G. Mason, Europhys. Lett. 83 28004/1-5 (2008).
• Curvature Dependence of Viral Protein Structures on Encapsidated Nanoemulsion Droplets, C.B. Chang, C.M. Knobler, W.M. Gelbart, and T.G. Mason, ACS Nano 2 281-286 (2008).

2007

• Roughness-Controlled Depletion Attractions for Directing Colloidal Self-Assembly, K. Zhao and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 268301/1-4 (2007).
• Irreversible Shear-Induced Elastic Vitrification of Nanoemulsions by Extreme Droplet Rupturing, J.N. Wilking and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 75 041407/1-5 (2007).
• Slippery Diffusion-Limited Aggregation, C.R. Seager and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 75 011406/1-4 (2007).
• Colloidal Alphabet Soup: Monodisperse Dispersions of Shape-Designed Particles, C.J. Hernandez and T.G. Mason, J. Phys. Chem. C 111 4477-4480 (2007).
  • Featured on the cover of the March 29, 2007 JPC C issue
  • Featured in Nature’s Research Highlights [see Nature 446 586(2007)].
  • Highlighted in Nature’s Technology Features [see H.M. Birch, Cell Biology: Down to the Letter, Nature 446 940 (2007)].
  • Featured in over 30 web journals and tech blogs
• Swirling of Viscous Fluid Threads in Microchannels, T. Cubaud and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 264501/1-4 (2007).

• • AIP Gallery of Fluid Motion 2006 Award – Invited Paper

2006

• Nanoemulsions: Formation, Structure, and Physical Properties, T.G. Mason, J.N. Wilking, K. Meleson, C.B. Chang, and S.M. Graves, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18 R635-R666 (2006). (invited topical review article)
  • Featured in the “Top Papers of 2006” highlights by IoP
• Folding of Viscous Threads in Diverging Microchannels, T. Cubaud and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 114501/1-4 (2006). (published online – Nov., 2006).
  • Featured as “Viscous threads investigated in diverging microchannels” by P.R. Dittrich in Lab-on-a-Chip 6 707-709 (2006).
  • Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology
• Dense Cluster Formation During Aggregation and Gelation of Attractive Slippery Nanoemulsion Droplets, J.N. Wilking, S.M. Graves, C.B. Chang, K. Meleson, M.Y. Lin, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 015501/1-4 (2006).

Other Selected Publications

• Shear-Induced Configurations of Confined Spherical Suspensions, I. Cohen, T.G. Mason, and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 046001/1-4 (2004).
• Rotational Diffusion Microrheology, Z. Cheng and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 018304/1-4 (2003).
• Osmotically Driven Shape Dependent Separations, T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E Rapid Comm. 66, 060402/1-4 (2002).
• Light Streak Tracking of Optically Trapped Thin Microdisks, Z. Cheng, P.M. Chaikin, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 108303/1-4 (2002). (Featured as “Bitty Beacon” by P. Weiss in Science News 162, 149 (2002) and Featured in Nature Physics Portal and Nature Materials Website, 9/5 – 9/11/2002).
• Estimating the Viscoelastic Moduli of Complex Fluids Using the Generalized Stokes-Einstein Equation, T.G. Mason, Rheol. Acta. 39, 371-378 (2000).
• Concentrated DNA Rheology and Microrheology, T.G. Mason, A. Dhople, and D. Wirtz, MRS Proceedings on Statistical Mechanics in Physics and Biology 463, 153-158 (1997).
• Particle Tracking Microrheology of Complex Fluids, T.G. Mason, K. Ganesan, D. Wirtz, J. H. van Zanten, and S.C. Kuo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3282-3285 (1997). (Featured as “Particle Tracking and Liquid Flow” in Science News, 151 (1997)).
• Emulsification in Viscoelastic Media, T.G. Mason and J. Bibette, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3481-3481 (1996).
• Linear Viscoelasticity of Hard Sphere Suspensions Near the Glass Transition, T.G. Mason and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2770-2773 (1995).
• Elasticity of Compressed Emulsions, T.G. Mason, J. Bibette, and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2051-2054 (1995).
• Optical Measurements of the Linear Viscoelastic Moduli of Complex Fluids, T.G. Mason and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1250-1253 (1995).