Membrane and Interfaces

Presentations

• Influence of Free Surfaces on Polymorph Selection in Vapor-Deposited Glasses of Organic Semiconductors

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Chinecherem A Nkele

    • Rice University

  Authors

  • Chinecherem A Nkele

    • Rice University

  • Lingyu Wang

    • Rice University

  • Kushal Bagchi

    • Rice University

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• To blister or not to blister: the importance of finite size effects

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Anthony F Bonfils

    • Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics

  Authors

  • Anthony F Bonfils

    • Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics

  • Doireann O'Kiely

    • University of Limerick

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• Lipid-Vesicles Mediate Self-Limited Self-Assembly of Polymer-Grafted Janus Nanoparticles

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Jordan Darling

    • University of Memphis

  Authors

  • Jordan Darling

    • University of Memphis

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• Vesicle Concentration as a Factor in NaCl-Induced Structural Transitions of Lipid Vesicles

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Stefanie Klisch

    • Louisiana State University

  Authors

  • Stefanie Klisch

    • Louisiana State University

  • Gerald J Schneider

    • Louisiana State University

  • Piper G Schertzer

    • Louisiana State University

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM

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• Shape instabilities and curvature localization in photo-isomerizing lipid GUVs controlled by excitation rate and tension

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: Planned paper in progress; tentative title: "Driven shape transformations and curvature localization in photo-isomerizing lipid membranes"

  Presenters

  • Chris Oville

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Chris Oville

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Eeshan Anand Ghaisas

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Haim Diamant

    • School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University

  • Anthony D Dinsmore

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Ion transport through reconfigurable nanoparticle-surfactant stabilized droplet interface bilayers

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Publication: Ion transport through reconfigurable nanoparticle-surfactant stabilized droplet interface bilayers, PNAS, submitted

  Presenters

  • Thomas P. Russell

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Thomas P. Russell

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Xuefei Wu

    • LBNL

  • Han Xue

    • LBNL

  • Zachary Fink

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Zhiqin Xia

    • Materials Science Division; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Nivedina SHarma

    • UC Berkeley

  • Xuchen Gan

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • John Katsaras

    • University of Tennessee

  • Peter Ercius

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Molecular Foundry, LBNL

  • Behzad Rad

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Molecular Foundry, LBNL

  • Brett A Helms

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Paul D Ashby

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Molecular Foundry

  • Ahmad K Omar

    • University of California, Berkeley
    • University of California, Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Charles P Collier

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• A Fast and Versitile Numerical Framework for Simulating Stiff, Semi-Flexible Membranes in Stokesian Fluids

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Brennan Sprinkle

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Brennan Sprinkle

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Ursy Makanga

    • Flatiron Institute

  • Ryker Fish

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Madison L Lytle

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Acoustic aging of colloidal gels

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Publication: S. Yerabati, R. Waheibi, N. Shakoury, and L. Hsiao, "Accelerating aging in colloidal dispersions using acoustics", expected publication - Summer 2026.

  Presenters

  • Shourie Yerabati

    • North Carolina State University

  Authors

  • Shourie Yerabati

    • North Carolina State University

  • Lilian C Hsiao

    • North Carolina State University

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• Frozen Adhesive Dynamics in Soft Silicone Gels

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Sarah Dané Taïwé

    • Williams College

  Authors

  • Sarah Dané Taïwé

    • Williams College

  • Eli Welch

    • Williams College

  • Arthur Boote

    • Williams College

  • Katharine E Jensen

    • Williams College

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• Multiscale prediction of self-assembly and phase behavior in multicomponent surfactant mixtures

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Publication: Prediction of Cationic Surfactant Phase Diagrams via Molecularly Informed Field Theory, in prep.

  Presenters

  • David Zhao

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • David Zhao

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Andrea Perez

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Steven G Arturo

    • Dow Inc.

  • Yihan Liu

    • Dow Inc.

  • Matthew E Helgeson

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • M. Scott Shell

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Glenn H Fredrickson

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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