2025
27. Shalini Sundar, Vidhika S. Damani, Allison Koopman, Ai Nin Yang, Qurat-Ul-Ain Bhatti, Zoe A. Fields, Weiran Xie, Jenna L. Averill, Emily Yao, Sri Vishnuvardhan Reddy Akepati, Arthi Jayaraman, Darrin J. Pochan, Justin Parreno, Laure V. Kayser, and Charles B. Dhong. Enhanced Diffusion and Retention of Proteoglycan Replacements in Cartilage through Thermoresponsive Polyelectrolytes. ACS Macromolecules (2025).
26. Apoorva S. Metkari, Robert L. Witt, David M. Cognetti, Charles Dhong, and Xinqiao Jia. Promoting Polarization and Differentiation of Primary Human Salivary Gland/Stem Progenitor Cells in Protease-Degradable Hydrogels via ROCK Inhibition. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17, no. 12 (2025): 18083-18095.
25. Pallav K. Jani, Kushal Yadav, Maryanne Derkaloustian, Hilmar Koerner, Charles Dhong, Saad A. Khan, and Lilian C. Hsiao. Compressing slippery surface-assembled amphiphiles for tunable haptic energy harvesters. Science Advances 11, no. 3 (2025).
2024
24. Abigail Nolin, Chun-Yuan Lo, Laure V. Kayser, and Charles B. Dhong. Transparent and Electrically Switchable Thin Film Tactile Actuators Based on Molecular Orientation. arXiv (2024).
23. Maryanne Derkaloustian, Pushpita Bhattacharyya, Truc Ngo, Joshua G. A. Cashaback, Jared Medina, and Charles B. Dhong. Alternatives to Friction Coefficient: Role of Frictional Instabilities on Fine Touch Perception. bioRxiv (2024).
22. Zachary Swain†, Maryanne Derkaloustian†, Kayla A. Hepler, Abigail Nolin, Vidhika S. Damani, Pushpita Bhattacharyya, Tulaja Shrestha, Jared Medina, Laure V. Kayser, and Charles B. Dhong. Self-Assembled Thin Films as Alternative Surface Textures in Assistive Aids with Users Who are Blind. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 12 (2024): 10068-10081.
21. Shalini Sundar, Allison Koopman, Thomas J. Manzoni, Weiran Xie, Qurat-Ul-Ain Bhatti, Chun-Yuan Lo, Vidhika S. Damani, Ai Nin Yang, Darrin Pochan, Justin Parreno, Julie B. Engiles, Laure V. Kayser, and Charles Dhong. Kinetics and Retention of Polystyrenesulfonate for Proteoglycan Replacement in Cartilage. ACS Biomacromolecules 25, no. 9 (2024): 5819-5833.
20. Dan My Nguyen, Chun-Yuan Lo, Tianzheng Guo, Taewook Choi, Shalini Sundar, Zachary Swain, Yuhang Wu, Charles Dhong, and Laure V. Kayser. One Pot Photomediated Formation of Electrically Conductive Hydrogels. ACS Polymers Au 4, no. 1 (2024): 34-44.
2023
19. Peter Osazuwa, Chun-Yuan Lo, Xu Feng, Abigail Nolin, Charles Dhong, and Laure V. Kayser. Surface Functionalization with (3-Glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane (GOPS) as an Alternative to Blending for Enhancing the Aqueous Stability and Electronic Performance of PEDOT:PSS Thin Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15, no. 47 (2023): 54711-54720.
18. Tianzheng Guo, Xiaoyu Zou, Shalini Sundar, Xinqiao Jia, and Charles Dhong. In situ measurement of viscoelastic properties of cellular monolayers via graphene strain sensing of elastohydrodynamic phenomena. Lab on a Chip 23 (2023): 4067-4078.
17. Shalini Sundar, Renata Linardi, Angela Gaesser, Tianzheng Guo, Kyla Ortved, Julie Engiles, Justin Parreno, and Charles Dhong. Optics-Free, In Situ Swelling Monitoring of Articular Cartilage with Graphene Strain Sensors. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 9, no. 2 (2023): 1011-1019.
2022
16. Dan My Nguyen, Yuhang Wu, Abigail Nolin, Chun-Yuan Lo, Tianzheng Guo, Charles Dhong, David C. Martin, and Laure V. Kayser. Electronically‐Conductive Hydrogels by in‐situ Polymerization of a Water‐Soluble EDOT‐Derived Monomer. Advanced Engineering Materials 24, no. 10 (2022): 2200280.
15. Abigail Nolin, Kelly Pierson, Rainer Hlibok, Chun Yuan Lo, Laure V. Kayser, and Charles Dhong. Controlling fine touch sensations with polymer tacticity and crystallinity. Soft Matter 18 (2022): 3928-3940.
2021
14. Abigail Nolin, Amanda Licht, Kelly Pierson, Chun Yuan Lo, Laure V. Kayser, and Charles Dhong. Predicting Human Touch Sensitivity to Single Atom Substitutions in Surface Monolayers for Molecular Control in Tactile Interfaces. Soft Matter 17 (2021): 5050-5060.
2020
13. Lipomi, D. J., Dhong, C., Carpenter, C. W., Root, N. B., Ramachandran, V. S., Organic Haptics: Intersection of Materials Chemistry and Tactile Perception. (2020) Advanced Functional Materials 1906850
2019
12. Runser, R., Root, S. E., Ober, D. E., Choudhary, K., Chen, A. X., Dhong, C., Urbina, A. D., Lipomi, D. J. (2019). Interfacial Drawing: Roll-to-Roll Coating of Semiconducting Polymer and Barrier Films onto Plastic Foils and Textiles. Chemistry of Materials. Article ASAP
11. Dhong, C.†, Miller, R., Root, N.B, Gupta, S., Kayser, L.V., Carpenter, C.W., Loh, K.J., Ramachandran, V.S., Lipomi, D.J.† (2019), Role of Indentation Depth and Contact Area on Human Perception of Softness for Haptic Interfaces. Science advances 5, no. 8 eaaw8845.
2018
10. Dhong, C.†, Kayser, L.V, Arroyo, R., Shin, A., Finn, M., Kleinschmidt, A.T, Lipomi, D.J.† (2018), Role of fingerprint-inspired relief structures in elastomeric slabs for detecting frictional differences arising from surface monolayers. Soft Matter, 14, 7483-7491.†Co-corresponding author
9. Dhong, C., Edmunds S.J., Ramirez, J., Kayser., L.V., Chen, F., Jokerst, J.V., Lipomi, D.J., (2018) Optics-free, non-contact measurement of fluids, particles, and bubbles in microchannels using metallic nanoislands on graphene. Nano Letters, 18 (8), 5306-5311
8. Kayser, L.V., Russell, M.D., Rodriquez, D., Abuhamdieh, S.N., Dhong, C., Khan, S., Stein, A.N., Ramírez, J. and Lipomi, D.J., (2018). RAFT Polymerization of an Intrinsically Stretchable Water-Soluble Block Copolymer Scaffold for PEDOT. Chemistry of Materials, 30 (13), pp 4459–4468
7. Carpenter, C. W*., Dhong, C*., Root, N. B*., Rodriquez, D., Abdo, E. E., Skelil, K., Alkhadra, M., Ramirez, J., Ramachandran., V.S., Lipomi, D. J. (2018). Human ability to discriminate surface chemistry by touch. Materials Horizons. 5 (1), 70-77 *These authors contributed equally to the work
2017
6. Dhong, C., & Fréchette, J. (2017). Peeling flexible beams in viscous fluids: Rigidity and extensional compliance. Journal of Applied Physics, 121(4), 044906
5. Wang, Y., Pilkington, G. A., Dhong, C., & Frechette, J. (2017). Elastic deformation during dynamic force measurements in viscous fluids. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 27, 43-49.
4. Ryu, B. K., Dhong, C., & Fréchette, J. (2017). Rolling Spheres on Bioinspired Microstructured Surfaces. Langmuir, 33(1), 164-175.
3. Wang, Y., Dhong, C., & Frechette, J. (2015). Out-of-contact elastohydrodynamic deformation due to lubrication forces. Physical Review Letters, 115(24), 248302.
2. Dhong, C., & Fréchette, J. (2015). Coupled effects of applied load and surface structure on the viscous forces during peeling. Soft Matter, 11(10), 1901-1910.
1. Doerk, G. S., Dhong, C., Politi, C., Laboriante, I., Carraro, C., & Maboudian, R. (2011). Micellar block copolymer templated galvanic displacement for epitaxial nanowire device integration. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(24), 8807-8815.
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