====== Molecular Self-Assembly ======

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{{ :public:research:projects:icon-selfassembly.jpg?nolink}}In the nanoworld, systems can be designed to self-organize into ordered structures. For engineering purposes, this phenomenon can be exploited to produce **tiniest structures** or for **self-healing materials** [[:public:publications:pub-05|[5]]].

We currently investigate molecular-scale self-assembly using liquid-cell atomic force microscopy (AFM) [[:public:publications:pub-03|[3]]], [[:public:publications:pub-05|[5]]], [[:public:publications:pub-06|[6]]], [[:public:publications:pub-09|[9]]], [[:public:publications:pub-11|[11]]], [[:public:publications:pub-12|[12]]], [[:public:publications:pub-19|[19]]], [[:public:publications:pub-21|[21]]], [[:public:publications:pub-22|[22]]], [[:public:publications:pub-27|[27]]] for sensing applications and to reveal the structural secrets of silk, a complex, biological material.

Prof. Schniepp has a long-standing expertise in self-assembly of surfactant molecules at the solid—liquid interface [[:public:publications:pub-03|[3]]], [[:public:publications:pub-05|[5]]], [[:public:publications:pub-06|[6]]], [[:public:publications:pub-09|[9]]], [[:public:publications:pub-11|[11]]], [[:public:publications:pub-12|[12]]], [[:public:publications:pub-19|[19]]], [[:public:publications:pub-21|[21]]], [[:public:publications:pub-22|[22]]], [[:public:publications:pub-27|[27]]]. Surfactants often make micelle-like structures the on surface with feature size of just **a few nanometers**. These structures can be visualized using liquid-cell AFM, which is an excellent tool to study them. Surfactants are crucial in many applications, such as detergency, oil recovery, and corrosion inhibition [[:public:publications:pub-12|[12]]]; they are also a self-healing model system [[:public:publications:pub-05|[5]]].

===== Our Related Publications =====
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|[[:public:publications:pub-27|[27]]]
| **Biomacromolecules (2015)** — Koebley, Greving, Vollrath & Schniepp* \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-27|"Silk Reconstitution Disrupts Fibroin Self-Assembly"]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-27|{{public:thumbs:thum_rsf-model.jpg}}]]
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|[[:public:publications:pub-22|[22]]]
| **J. Phys. Chem. C (2012)** — Glover, Adamson & Schniepp* \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-22|"Charge-Driven Selective Adsorption of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate on Graphene Oxide Visualized by Atomic Force Microscopy"]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-22|{{public:thumbs:thum_sds-go.jpg}}]]
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|[[:public:publications:pub-21|[21]]]
| **Nano LIFE (2012)** — Li, Schniepp, Aksay & Car \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-21|"Phonon-Induced Anisotropic Dispersion Forces On A Metallic Substrate"]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-21|{{public:thumbs:thum_nanolife.jpg}}]]
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|[[:public:publications:pub-19|[19]]]
| **Biomacromolecules (2012)** — Greving, Cai, Vollrath & Schniepp* \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-19|"Shear-Induced Self-Assembly of Native Silk Proteins into Fibrils Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy"]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-19|{{public:thumbs:thum_silk-sa.jpg}}]]
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|[[:public:publications:pub-12|[12]]]
| **Langmuir (2008)** — Murira, Punckt, Schniepp, Khusid, & Aksay \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-12|"Inhibition and Promotion of Copper Corrosion by CTAB in a Microreactor System"]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-12|{{public:thumbs:thum_corros.jpg}}]]
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|[[:public:publications:pub-11|[11]]]
| **J. Phys. Chem C (2008)** — Schniepp, Shum, Saville & Aksay \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-11|"Orientational Order of Molecular Assemblies on Rough Surfaces"]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-11|{{public:thumbs:thum_orient.jpg}}]]
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|[[:public:publications:pub-09|[9]]]
| **Langmuir (2008)** — Schniepp, Saville & Aksay \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-09|"Tip-Induced Orientational Order of Surfactant Micelles on Gold."]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-09|{{public:thumbs:thum_shear.jpg}}]]
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|[[:public:publications:pub-06|[6]]]
| **J. Phys. Chem. B (2007)** — Schniepp, Shum, Saville & Aksay \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-06|"Surfactant Aggregates at Rough Solid–Liquid Interfaces"]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-06|{{public:thumbs:thum_rough.jpg}}]]
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|[[:public:publications:pub-05|[5]]]
| **J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2006)** — Schniepp, Saville & Aksay  \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-05|"Self-Healing of Surfactant Surface Micelles on Millisecond Time Scales"]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-05|{{public:thumbs:thum_fast.jpg}}]]
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|[[:public:publications:pub-03|[3]]]
| **Phys. Rev. Lett. (2006)** — Saville, Chun, Li, Schniepp, Car & Aksay \\
//[[:public:publications:pub-03|"Orientational Order of Molecular Assemblies on Inorganic Crystals"]]//
| [[:public:publications:pub-03|{{public:thumbs:thum_saville.jpg}}]]
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===== Links =====

**[[:public:publications|All Publications of the Schniepp group]]**