Peer-reviewed Articles

 

32- Vajra S. Badha, Tagbo H.R. Niepa, and Mohamed A. Gharbi**. Topological defects at smectic interfaces as a potential tool for the biosensing of living microorganisms. Submitted, 2023. Link.

 

31- Mackenzie O'Keefe, Jane Bernadette Garcia, Abeco Rwakabuba, Timonthy Otchy, Daniel Beller**, and Mohamed A. Gharbi**. Templated self-assembly of gold nanoparticles in smectic liquid crystals confined at 3D printed curved surfaces. Submitted, 2023. Link. 

 

30- Shengwei Wang, Edward J. Lipchus, Mohamed A. Gharbi**, and Chandra S. Yelleswarapu**. Polarization Z-scan Studies Revealing Plasmon Coupling Enhancement Due to Dimer Formation of Gold Nanoparticles in Nematic Liquid Crystals. Micromachines, 2023, 14(12), 2206.

 

29- Changshuo Fu, Hongjie Lin, Rachel N. Nere, and Mohamed A. Gharbi**. Effect of airflow rate and drainage on the properties of 2D smectic liquid crystal foams. Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 6298. 

 

28- Shengwei Wang, Changshuo Fu, Mohamed A. Gharbi**, and Chandra S. Yelleswarapu**. Plasmon coupling assisted enhancement of third-order nonlinear optical absorption of gold nanoparticles dispersed in planar oriented nematic liquid crystals. Nanotechnology, 2023, 34, 365205.

 

27- Changshuo Fu, Meghann L. Dunn, Rachel N. Nere, Roy Varon Weinryb, and Mohamed A. Gharbi**. Geometric confinement of 3D smectic liquid crystal foam. App. Sci., 2023, 13(6), 3414. 

 

26- Charlotte Kyeremah, Jeffrey La, Mohamed A. Gharbi**, and Chandra S. Yelleswarapu**. Exploring different textures of nematic liquid crystal for quantitative Fourier phase contrast microscopy. Optics and Laser Technology, 2022, 147, 107631.

 

25- Kristian Thijssen, Dimitrius Khaladj, S. Ali Aghvami, Mohamed Amine Gharbi, Seth Fraden, Julia M. Yeomans, Linda S. Hirst**, and Tyler N. Shendruk**. Submerged micropatterned structures control active nematic flow, topology, and concentration. PNAS, 2021, 118, e2106038118.  

 

24- R.S. Preusse, E.R. George, S.A. Aghvami, T.M. Otchy, and M.A. Gharbi**. Hierarchical assembly of smectic liquid crystal defects at undulated interfaces. Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 8352. 

 

23- M.A. Gharbi**, D.A. Beller, N. Sharifi Mood, R. Gupta, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang, and K.J. Stebe**. Elastocapillary driven assembly of particles at free-standing smectic-A films. Langmuir, 2018, 34, 2006.

 

 

Conference Proceedings

 

22- S. Wang, C. Fu, M.A. Gharbi,** and C.S. Yelleswarapu.** Surface Plasmon Resonance Assisted Enhancement of Nonlinear Optical Absorption of Gold Nanoparticles Dispersed in Planar Oriented Nematic Liquid Crystals. Optica Advanced Photonics Congress 2022, paper NoTu3F.5. DOI: 10.1364/NOMA.2022.NoTu3F.5.

  

21- C. Kyeremah, J. La, M.A. Gharbi,** and C. S. Yelleswarapu.** Voltage Dependent Nematic Liquid Crystals for Quantitative Fourier Phase Contrast Microscopy. Biophotonics Congress 2021, paper NTh2C.7. DOI: 10.1364/NTM.2021.NTh2C.7.

 

(** indicates the corresponding authors of the work). 

 

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Before joining UMass Boston

 

20- M.A. Gharbi, S. Manet, J. Lhermitte, J. Milette, V. Toader, M. Sutton and L. Reven. Reversible Nanoparticle Cubic Lattices in Blue Phase Liquid Crystals. ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 3410.

 

19- Y. Xia, E. Lee, H. Hu, M.A. Gharbi, D.A. Beller, E.-K. Fleischmann, R.D. Kamien, R. Zental, and S. Yang. Better Actuation Through Chemistry: Using Surface Coatings to Create Uniform Director Fields in Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (19), pp 12466–12472. 

 

18- W-S. Wei, M.A. Gharbi, M. Lohr, T. Still, T. Lubensky, K.J. Stebe, and A.G. Yodh. Dynamics of ordered colloidal particle monolayers at nematic liquid crystal interfaces. Soft Matter, 2016,12, 4715-4724. 

 

17- Y. Luo, F. Serra, D.A. Beller, M.A. Gharbi, N. Li, S. Yang, R.D. Kamien, and K.J. Stebe. Around the Corner: Colloidal Assembly and Wiring in Groovy Nematic Cells. PRE, 2016, 93, 032705.  

 

16- E. Lee, Y. Xia, R.C. Ferrier, Fr., H.-N. Kim, M.A. Gharbi, K.J. Stebe, R.D. Kamien, R.J. Composto, and S. Yang. Fine Golden Rings: Tunable Surface Plasmon Resonance From Assembled Nanorods in Topological Defects of liquid Crystals. Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 2731.

 

15- M.A. Gharbi, I.B. Liu, Y. Liu, F. Serra, N.D. Bade, S. Yang, R.D. Kamien and K.J. Stebe. Smectic Gardening on Curved Landscapes. Langmuir, 2015, 31, 11135.  

 

14- H. Jeridi, M.A. Gharbi, T. Othman, and Ch. Blanc. Capillary induced giant elastic dipoles in thin nematic films. PNAS, 2015, 112, 14771. 

 

13- A. Honglawan, D.S. Kim, D.K. Yoon, D. Beller, M.A. Gharbi, K.J. Stebe, R.D. Kamien, and S. Yang. Synergistic assembly of nanoparticles in smectic liquid crystals. Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 7367. 

 

12- I.B. Liu*, M.A. Gharbi*, V.L. Ngo, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang, and K.J. Stebe. Elastocapillary interactions on nematic films. PNAS, 2015, 112, 6336. (*equal contribution).

 

11- F. Serra*, M.A. Gharbi*, I. Liu, Y. Luo, N. Bade, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang, and K.J. Stebe. One-step Assembly of a (reconfigurable) Smectic Liquid Crystal 'Compound Eye' on a Curved Interface. Advanced Optical Materials,  2015, 3, 1287. (*equal contribution).

 

10- D.A. Beller, M.A. Gharbi, and I.B. Liu. Shape-controlled orientation and assembly of colloids with sharp edges in nematic liquid crystals. Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 1078.  

 

9-  M.A. Gharbi**, D. A. Beller, A. Honglawan, K. J. Stebe, S. Yang and R.D. Kamien. Controlling liquid crystal defects. SPIE Newsroom (Invited Commentary), DOI: 10.1117/2.1201402. 005369. (**Corresponding author).

 

8- M.A. Gharbi**, M. Nobili and Ch. Blanc. Topological defects: A template to direct assembly of colloidal particles at nematic interfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2014, 417, 250–255. (**Corresponding author).

 

7- D. A. Beller*, M.A. Gharbi*, A. Honglawan*, K. J. Stebe, S. Yang and R.D. Kamien. Focal conic flower textures at curved interfaces. Phys. Rev. X, 2013, 3, 041026. (*equal contribution).

 

6- M. Cavallaro, Jr.*, M.A. Gharbi*, D. Beller*, S. Copar, Z. Shi, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang, T. Baumgart and K.J. Stebe. Exploiting imperfections in the bulk to direct assembly of surface colloids. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2013, 110, 18804-18808. (*equal contribution).

 

5- Cavallaro, Jr.*, M.A. Gharbi*, D. Beller*, S. Copar, Z. Shi, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang, T. Baumgart and K.J. Stebe.  Ring around the colloid. Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 9099-9102. (*equal contribution).

 

4- Ch. Blanc, D. Fedorenko, M. Gross, M. In, M. Abkarian, M.A. Gharbi, J.-B Fournier, P. Galatola, and M. Nobili. Capillary force on a sphere trapped at a fluid interface of arbitrary shape. PRL, 2013, 111, 05830.

 

3- M.A. Gharbi, D. Sec, T. Lopez-Leon, M. Nobili, S. Zumer and Ch. Blanc. Microparticles confined to a nematic liquid crystal shell. Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 6911-6920.

 

2- M.A. Gharbi, M. Cavallaro, Jr., G. Wu, D.A. Beller, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang and K.J. Stebe. Micro-bullet assembly: interactions of oriented dipoles in confined nematic liquid crystal. Liquid Crystals, 2013, 40, 1619-1627.

 

1- M.A. Gharbi, M. Nobili, M. In, G. Prévot, P. Galatola, J.-B. Fournier and Ch. Blanc. Behavior of colloidal particles at an air nematic liquid crystal interface. Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 1467-1471.