Publications

Fang, Y.†; Ao, C. K.†; Jiang, Y.; Sun, Y.; Chen, L.; Soh, S.* Static Charge is an Ionic Molecular Fragment. Nature Communications. 2024, 15, 1986.

Chen, L.; Low, H. R.; Jiang, Y.; Zhang, W. Y.; Ao, C. K.; Tan, N. Y.; Lim, K. H.; Soh, S.* Functional Polymeric Molecules for Performing Autonomous Synthesis of Particles with Core–Shell Structures and Customizable Shapes. Materials Horizons 2024, 11, 1054-1064.

Choi, D.; Lee, Y.; Lin Z.; Cho, S.; Kim, M.; Ao, C. K.; Soh, S.; Sohn, C.; Jeong, C. K.; Lee, J. et al. Recent Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators: From Technological Progress to Commercial Applications. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 11087-11219.

Tan, N. Y.†; Lim, E. T. S.†; Ao, C. K.; Jiang, Y.; Wong, S.*; Soh, S.* Customizable Non-charging Material for Eliminating Electrostatic Charge of Particles at Source. Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 468, 143496.

Jiang, Y.†; Zhang, S.†; Lu, W.; Ao, C. K.; Lim, K. W.; Zeng, K.; Soh, S.* Nanocavities Stabilize Charge: Surface Topology is a General Strategy for Controlling Charge Dissipation. Materials Today Physics 2023, 35, 101105.

Ao, C. K.; Jiang, Y.; Zhang, L.; Yan, C.; Ma, J.; Liu C.; Jiang, Y.; Zhang, W.; Soh, S.* Balancing Charge Dissipation and Generation: Mechanisms and Strategies for Achieving Steady-State Charge of Contact Electrification at Interfaces of Matter. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2022, 10, 19572–19605.

Su, X.†; Pandey, R. K.†; Ma, J.; Lim, W. C.; Ao, C. K.; Liu, C.; Nakanishi, H.*; Soh, S.* Self-Assembly of Graphene Oxide Flakes for Smart and Multifunctional Coating with Reversible Formation of Wrinkling Patterns. Soft Matter 2022, 18, 3546-3556.

Liu, C.; Fang, Y.; Zhang, X.; Neupane, Y. R.; Jiang, Z.; Pastorin, G.; Soh, S.* Stimuli-Responsive Attachment for Enabling the Targeted Release of Carriers. Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2021, in press. (Invited Article)
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Tan, Y. J. N.; Yong, W. P.; Low, H.; Kochhar, J. S.; Khanolkar, J.; Lim, T. S. E.; Sun, Y.; Wong, J. Z. E.; Soh, S.* Customizable Drug Tablets with Constant Release Profiles via 3D Printing Technology. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2021, 598, 120370. (Invited Article)
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Gonuguntla, S.; Lim, W. C.; Leong, F. Y.; Ao, C. K.; Liu, C.; Soh, S. Performing Calculus: Asymmetric Adaptive Stimuli-Responsive Material for Derivative Control. Science Advances 2021, 7, eabe5698.
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Lim, K. H.; Sun, Y.; Lim, W. C.; Soh, S. Charging Organic Liquids by Static Charge. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142, 21004-21016.
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Featured at Chemical & Engineering News:
https://cen.acs.org/materials/electronic-materials/simple-way-charge-low-conductivity/98/web/2020/12?ref=search_results

 

Pandey, R. K.; Teraji, S.; Soh, S.; Nakanishi, H. Selective Reduction Sites on Commercial Graphite Foil for Building Multimetallic Nano-Assemblies for Energy Conversion. ChemistrySelect 2020, 5, 13269-13277.
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Pandey, R. K.; Ao, C. K.; Lim, W.; Sun, Y.; Di, X.; Nakanishi, H.; Soh, S. The Relationship between Static Charge and Shape. ACS Central Science 2020, 5, 13269-13277. (Impact Factor: 12.837)
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Featured as a “First Reactions” article at ACS Central Science
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Featured on an article at the National Association of Science Writers
https://www.nasw.org/article/shaping-static-electricity 

 

Tan, Y. J. N.; Yong, W. P.; Kochhar, J. S.; Khanolkar, J.; Yao, X.; Sun, Y.; Ao, C. K.; Soh, S. On-Demand Fully Customizable Drug Tablets via 3D Printing Technology for Personalized Medicine. Journal of Controlled Release 2020, 322, 42-52.
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Zhang, X.; Ao, C. K.; Soh, S. Non-conductive Non-charging Composites: Tunable and Stretchable Materials for Adaptive Prevention of Charging by Contact Electricfication. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 5274-5285. (Invited Article for the Young Investigator Forum)
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Pandey, R. K.; Totake, Y.; Soh, S.; Nakanishi, H. Graphite-Aligned Ni/Ni(OH)2 Nanowire-Based Aqueous Asymmetric Supercapacitors Exhibiting Excellent Cycle Stability, High Rate Performance, and Wide Operation Voltage. ChemistrySelect 2019, 4, 13543-13550.
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Pandey, R. K.; Chen, L.; Teraji, S.; Nakanishi, H.; Soh, S. Eco-Friendly, Direct Deposition of Metal Nanoparticles on Graphite for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 36525-36534.
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Zhang, X.; Chen, L.; Jiang, Y.; Lim, W.; Soh, S. Rationalizing the Triboelectric Series of Polymers. Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31, 1473-1478. (Impact Factor: 9.890)
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Sun, Y.; Chen, L.; Jiang, Y.; Zhang, X.; Yao, X.; Soh, S. Soft Stimuli-Responsive Grippers and Machines with High Load-to-Weight Ratios. Materials Horizons 2019, 6, 160-168.
(Impact Factor: 13.183)
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Zhang, X.; Chen, L.; Lim, K. H.; Gonuguntla, S.; Lim, K. W.; Pranantyo, D.; Yong, W. P.; Yam, W. J. T.; Low, Z.; Teo, W. J.; Nien, H. P.; Loh, Q. W.; Soh, S. Pathway to Intelligence: Using Stimuli-Responsive Materials as Building Blocks for Constructing Smart and Functional Systems. Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1804540.
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Huda, S.; Weigelin, B.; Wolf, K.; Tretiakov, K. V.; Polev, K.; Wilk, G.; Iwasa, M.; Emami, F. S.; Narojczyk, J. W.; Banaszak, M.; Soh, S.; Pilans, D.; Vahid, A.; Makurath, M.; Friedl, P.; Borisy, G. G.; Kandere-Grzybowska, K.; Grzybowski, B. A. Levy-like Movement Patterns of Metastatic Cancer Cells Revealed in Microfabricated Systems and Implicated in vivo. Nature Communications 2018, 9, 4539
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Pandey, R. K.; Kakehashi, H.; Nakanishi, H.; Soh, S. Correlating Material Transfer and Charge Transfer in Contact Electrification. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122, 16154-16160.
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Davoodi, P.; Lee, L. Y.; Xu, Q.; Sunil, V.; Sun, Y.; Soh, S.; Wang, C. H. Drug Delivery Systems for Programmed and On-demand Release. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2018, 132, 104-138.
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Chen, L.; Shi, Q.; Sun, Y.; Nguyen, T.; Lee, C.; Soh, S. Controlling Surface Charge Generated by Contact Electrification Strategies and Applications. Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1802405
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Fang, Y.; Chen, L.; Sun, Y.; Yong, W. P.; Soh, S. Anomalous Charging Behavior of Inorganic Materials. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122,11414-11421. ACS Editors’ Choice.
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Featured at Chemical & Engineering News:
https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/surface-chemistry/Contact-charges-flip-expectations/96/web/2018/06
Featured at Chembites:
https://chembites.org/2018/06/07/charges-that-challenge-scientists/

 

Zhang, X.; Soh, S. Signal Amplification: A Sharp Impermeable-Permeable Transition for Highly Sensitive Low-Cost Detection. Advanced Materials Technologies 2018, 3, 1800042
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Fang, Y.; Tan, J.; Lim, S.; Soh, S. Rupturing Cancer Cells by the Expansion of Functionalized Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels. NPG Asia Materials 2018, 10, e465. (Impact Factor: 9.157)
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Pandey, R. K.; Sun, Y.; Nakanishi, H.; Soh, S. Reversible and Continuously Tunable Control of Charge of Close Surfaces. The Journal of the Physical Chemistry Letters 2017, 8, 6142-6147.
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Pandey, R. K.; Kawabata, Y.; Teraji, S.; Norisuye, T.; Tran-Cong-Miyata, Q.; Soh, S.; Nakanishi, H. Metal Nanowire-Based Hybrid Electrodes Exhibiting High Charge/Discharge Rates and Long-Lived Electrocatalysis. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9, 36350-36357.
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He, Y.; Sun, Y.; Wang, Z.; Ma, S.; Zhang, N.; Zhang, J.; Soh, S.; Wei, L. Pristine Graphene Oxide Film-based Contactless Actuators Driven by Electrostatic Forces. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2017,5, 9534-9539.
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Fang, Y.; Gonuguntla, S.; Soh, S. Universal Nature-Inspired Coatings for Preparing Noncharging Surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9, 32220-32226
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Zhang, X.; Soh, S. Performing Logical Operations with Stimuli-Responsive Building Blocks. Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1606483.
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Sun, Y.; Huang, X.; Soh, S. Solid-to-Liquid Charge Transfer for Generating Droplets with Tunable Charge. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2016, 55, 9956-9960. (Hot Paper)
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Zhang, X.; Huang, X.; Kwok, S. W.; Soh, S. Designing Non-charging Surfaces from Non-conductive Polymers. Advanced Materials 2016, 28, 3024-3029.
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Nemiroski, A.; Kumar, A. A.; Soh, S.; Harburg, D. V.; Yu, H.; Whitesides, G. M. High-Sensitivity Measurement of Density by Magnetic Levitation. Analytical Chemistry 2016, 88, 2666-2674.
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Nemiroski, A.*; Soh, S.*; Kwok, S. W.; Yu, H.; Whitesides, G. M. Tilted Magnetic Levitation Enables Measurement of the Complete Range of Densities of Materials with Low Magnetic Permeability. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 1252-1257.
(*authors contributed equally)
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Sun, Y.; Soh, S. Printing Tablets with Fully Customizable Release Profiles for Personalized Medicine. Advanced Materials 2015, 27, 7847-7853.
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Editors’ Choice for Science Translational Medicine (DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad5507)

 

Huang, X.; Sun, Y.; Soh, S. Stimuli-responsive Surfaces for Tunable and Reversible Control of Wettability. Advanced Materials 2015, 27, 4062-4068.
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Sun, Y.; Huang, X.; Soh, S. Using the Gravitational Energy of Water to Generate Power by Separation of Charge at Interfaces. Chemical Science 2015, 6, 3347-3353.
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Soh, S.; Liu, H.; Cademartiri, R.; Yoon, H. J.; Whitesides, G. M. Charging of Multiple Interacting Particles by Contact Electrification. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136, 13348-13354.

Subramaniam, A. B.; Yang, D.; Yu, H.; Nemiroski, A.; Tricard, S.; Ellerbee, A. K.; Soh, S.; Whitesides, G.M. Noncontact Orientation of Objects in Three-dimensional Space Using Magnetic Levitation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2014, 111, 12980-12985.

Soh, S.; Chen, X.; Vella, S. J.; Choi, W.; Gong, J.; Whitesides, G. M. Layer-By-Layer Films for Tunable and Rewritable Control of Contact Electrification. Soft Matter 2013, 9, 10233-10238.

Glavan, A. C.; Martinez, R. V.; Maxwell, E. J.; Subramaniam, A. B.; Nunes, R. M. D.; Soh, S.; Whitesides, G. M. Rapid Fabrication of Pressure-driven Open-Channel Microfluidic Devices in Omniphobic RF Paper. Lab on a Chip 2013, 13, 2922-2930.

Soh, S.; Banaszak, M.; Kandere-Grzybowska, K.; Grzybowski, B. A. Why Cells are Microscopic: A Transport-Time Perspective. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2013, 4, 861-865.

Huda, S.; Soh, S.; Byrska, M.; Pilans, D.; Kim, J.; Wilk, G.; Borisy, G. G.; Kandere-Grzybowska, K.; Grzybowski, B. A. Microtubule Guidance Tested through Controlled Cell Geometry. Journal of Cell Science 2012, 125, 5790-5799.

Soh, S.; Kwok, S. W.; Liu, H.; Whitesides, G. M. Contact de-Electrification of Electrostatically Charged Polymers. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, 20151-20159.

Soh, S.; Kandere-Grzybowska, K.; Mahmud, G.; Huda, S.; Patashinski, A. Z.; Grzybowski, B. A. Tomography and Static-Mechanical Properties of Adherent Cells. Advanced Materials 2012, 24, 5719-5726.

Gothard, C. M.*; Soh, S.*; Gothard, N. A.; Kowalczyk, B.; Wei, Y.; Baytekin, B.; Grzybowski, B. A. Rewiring Chemistry: Algorithmic Discovery and Experimental Validation of One-Pot Reactions in the Network of Organic Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2012, 51, 7922-7927.(*authors contributed equally)

Shapiro, N. D.*; Soh, S.*; Mirica, K. A.; Whitesides, G. M. Magnetic Levitation as a Platform for Competitive Protein-Ligand Binding Assays. Analytical Chemistry 2012, 84, 6166-6172.
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Yoon, H. J.; Shapiro, N. D.; Park, K. M.; Thuo, M. M.; Soh, S.; Whitesides, G. M. The Rate of Charge Tunneling through Self-Assembled Monolayers Is Insensitive to Many Functional Group Substitutions. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2012, 51, 4658-4661.

Soh, S.; Wei, Y. H.; Kowalczyk, B.; Gothard, C. M.; Baytekin, B.; Gothard, N.; Grzybowski, B. A. Estimating Chemical Reactivity and Cross-Influence from Collective Chemical Knowledge. Chemical Science 2012, 3, 1497-1502.

Shapiro, N. D.; Mirica, K. A.; Soh, S.; Phillips, S. T.; Taran, O.; Mace, C. R.; Shevkoplyas, S. S.; Whitesides, G. M. Measuring Binding of Protein to Gel-Bound Ligands Using Magnetic Levitation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, 5637-5646.

Soh, S.; Branicki, M.; Grzybowski, B. A. Swarming in Shallow Waters. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2011, 2, 770-774.

Schmidt, B.; Mahmud, G.; Soh, S.; Kim, S. H.; Page, T.; O’Halloran, T. V.; Grzybowski, B. A.; Hoffman, B. M. Design, Implementation, Simulation, and Visualization of a Highly Efficient Rim Microfluidic Mixer for Rapid Freeze-Quench of Biological Samples. Applied Magnetic Resonance 2011, 40, 415-425.

Nakanishi, H.; Walker, D. A.; Bishop, K. J. M.; Wesson, P. J.; Yan, Y.; Soh, S.; Swaminathan, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Dynamic Internal Gradients Control and Direct Electric Currents within Nanostructured Materials. Nature Nanotechnology 2011, 6, 740-746. (Cover Art)

Baytekin, H. T.; Patashinski, A. Z.; Branicki, M.; Baytekin, B.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. The Mosaic of Surface Charge in Contact Electrification. Science 2011, 333, 308-312.

Baytekin, H. T.; Baytekin, B.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Is Water Necessary for Contact Electrification? Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2011, 50, 6766-6770. (Cover Art)

Wei, Y. H.; Han, S. B.; Kim, J.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Photoswitchable Catalysis Mediated by Dynamic Aggregation of Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 11018-11020.

Wei, Y.; Soh, S.; Apodaca, M. M.; Kim, J.; Grzybowski, B. A. Sequential Reactions Directed by Core/Shell Catalytic Reactors. Small 2010, 6, 857-863.

Soh, S.; Byrska, M.; Kandere-Grzybowska, K.; Grzybowski, B. A. Reaction-Diffusion Systems in Intracellular Molecular Transport and Control. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2010, 49, 4170-4198.

Lagzi, I.; Soh, S.; Wesson, P. J.; Browne, K. P.; Grzybowski, B. A. Maze Solving by Chemotactic Droplets. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 1198-1199.

Kowalczyk, B.; Walker, D. A.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Nanoparticle Supracrystals and Layered Supracrystals as Chemical Amplifiers. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2010, 49, 5737-5741.

Klajn, R.; Browne, K. P.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Nanoparticles That “Remember” Temperature. Small 2010, 6, 1385-1387.

Kandere-Grzybowska, K.; Soh, S.; Mahmud, G.; Komarova, Y.; Pilans, D.; Grzybowski, B. A. Short-Term Molecular Polarization of Cells on Symmetric and Asymmetric Micropatterns. Soft Matter 2010, 6, 3257-3268.

Wesson, P. J.; Soh, S.; Klajn, R.; Bishop, K. J. M.; Gray, T. P.; Grzybowski, B. A. “Remote” Fabrication Via Three-Dimensional Reaction-Diffusion: Making Complex Core-and-Shell Particles and Assembling Them into Open-Lattice Crystals. Advanced Materials 2009, 21, 1911-1915. (Cover Art)

Wei, Y. H.; Bishop, K. J. M.; Kim, J.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Making Use of Bond Strength and Steric Hindrance in Nanoscale “Synthesis”. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2009, 48, 9477-9480.

Mahmud, G.; Campbell, C. J.; Bishop, K. J. M.; Komarova, Y. A.; Chaga, O.; Soh, S.; Huda, S.; Kandere-Grzybowska, K.; Grzybowski, B. A. Directing Cell Motions on Micropatterned Ratchets. Nature Physics 2009, 5, 606-612.

Kowalczyk, B.; Apodaca, M. M.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Rapid Deposition of Hydrophobic Nanoparticle Monolayers onto Hydrophilic Surfaces from Liquid-Liquid Interfaces. Langmuir 2009, 25, 12855-12859.

Klajn, R.; Olson, M. A.; Wesson, P. J.; Fang, L.; Coskun, A.; Trabolsi, A.; Soh, S.; Stoddart, J. F.; Grzybowski, B. A. Dynamic Hook-and-Eye Nanoparticle Sponges. Nature Chemistry 2009, 1, 733-738.

Bishop, K. J. M.; Wilmer, C. E.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Nanoscale Forces and Their Uses in Self-Assembly. Small 2009, 5, 1600-1630.

Soh, S.; Bishop, K. J. M.; Grzybowski, B. A. Dynamic Self-Assembly in Ensembles of Camphor Boats. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2008, 112, 10848-10853.

Campbell, C. J.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Blocking of Disulfide Adsorption by Coadsorbing Omega-Functionalized Alkane Thiols Revealed by Wet Stamping and Fluorescence Microscopy. Langmuir 2008, 24, 11600-11604.

Kandere-Grzybowska, K.; Campbell, C. J.; Mahmud, G.; Komarova, Y.; Soh, S.; Grzybowski, B. A. Cell Motility on Micropatterned Treadmills and Tracks. Soft Matter 2007, 3, 672-679.