Publications

At LSU

2024

69. P. J. Brahana, M. Zhang, E. Nakouzi, and B. Bharti, “Weathering influences the ice nucleation activity of microplasticsNature Communications202415, 9579.

68. H. M. Gauri, R. Patel, N. S. Lombardo, M. A. Bevan and B. Bharti, “Field-directed motion, cargo capture, and controlled navigation of microellipsoids”, Small, 2024, 20, 20240307.

67. Y. An, T. Gao, T. Wang. D. Zhang, and B. Bharti, “Effects of charge asymmetry on the liquid-liquid phase separation of polyampholytes and their condensate properties”, Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 6150-6159.

66. P. J. Brahana, R. Patel, and B. Bharti, "Surface Science View of Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) in the Environment", ACS Environmental Au, 2024, 4 (4), 173–185.

65. A. Al Harraq, M. Feng, H. M. Gauri, R. Devireddy, A. Gupta, Q. Sun, and B. Bharti, “Magnetic control of non-magnetic living organisms”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interf., 2024, 16 (14), 17339-17346.

64. K. A. Guillot, P. J. Brahana, A. Al Harraq, N. D. Ogbonna, N. S. Lombardo, J. Lawrence, Y. An, M. G. Benton, B. Bharti, “Selective vapor condensation for the synthesis and assembly of spherical colloids with precise rough patch”, JACS Au, 2024, 4 (3), 1107-1117.

63. R. Patel, L. E. Saab, P. J. Brahana, K. T. Valsaraj, B. Bharti, "Interfacial Activity and Surface pKa of Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylic Acids (PFCAs)", Langmuir2024, 40 (7), 3651-3658.

2023

62. Y. C. Bae, H. Esmaeili, S. Zamin, M. J. Seol, E. Hwang, S. K. Beak, Y. Song, B. Bharti, J. Jung, “Quantification of Solution-Free Blood Cell Staining by Sorption Kinetics of Romanowsky Stains to Agarose Gels”, Anal. Methods, 2023, 15, 5369-5379.

61. P. J. Brahana, A. Al Harraq, L. E. Saab Castellanos, R. Roberg, K. T. Valsaraj, B. Bharti, Uptake and release of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs) from macro and microplastics, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2023, 25, 1519-1531.

60. A. J. Pete, J. G. Lee, M. G. Benton, B. Bharti, Chitosan-Coated Lignin Nanoparticles Enhance Adsorption and Proliferation of Alcanivorax borkumensis at the Hexadecane–Water Interface. ACS ES&T Engg.2023, 3(9), 1339-1349. 

59. H. M. Gauri, Z. M. Sherman, A. Al Harraq, T. M. Truskett, B. Bharti, Magnetic field enabled in situ control over the structure and dynamics of colloids interacting via SALR potentials. Soft Matter, 2023, 19(24), 4439–4448.

58. Y. Ma, Y., C. Heil, G. Nagy, W. T. Heller, Y. An, A. Jayaraman, B. Bharti, Synergistic Role of Temperature and Salinity in Aggregation of Nonionic Surfactant-Coated Silica Nanoparticles. Langmuir, 2023, 39(16), 5917–5928. 

57. A. J. Pete, P. J. Brahana, M. Bello, M. G. Benton, B. Bharti, Biofilm Formation Influences the Wettability and Settling of Microplastics. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2023, 10(2), 159–164.

56.  C. M. Heil, Y. Ma, B. Bharti, A. Jayaraman, Computational Reverse-Engineering Analysis for Scattering Experiments for Form Factor and Structure Factor Determination (“P(q) and S(q) CREASE”). JACS Au, 2023, 3(3), 889–904.

55. K. J. M. Bishop, S. L. Biswal, B. Bharti, Active Colloids as Models, Materials, and Machines. Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2023, 14(1),1-30.

2022

54. A. Al Harraq, P. J. Brahana, O. Arcemont, D. Zhang, K. T. Valsaraj, B. Bharti, Effects of Weathering on Microplastic Dispersibility and Pollutant Uptake Capacity. ACS Environmental Au, 2022, 2(6), 549–555. 

53. A. Al Harraq, A., M. Bello, B. Bharti  A guide to design the trajectory of active particles: From fundamentals to applications. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2022, 61, 101612. 

52. A. Al Harraq, A. A. Hymel, B. Bharti, “Dual Nature of Magnetic Nanoparticle Dispersions Enables Control Over Short-range Attraction and Long-range Repulsion InteractionsCommun. Chem., 2022, 5, 72.

51. N. D. Ogbonna, M. Dearman, C-T, Cho, B. Bharti, A. Peters, J. Lawrence, “Topologically Precise and Discrete Bottlebrush Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Structure-Property RelationshipsJACS Au, 2022, 2, 898-905.

50. A. Al Harraq, B. D. Choudhury, B. Bharti, "Field-Induced Assembly and Propulsion of Colloids”, Langmuir, 2022, 38, 10, 3001-3016. Invited Featured Article – ACS editor’s choice

49. Y. Ma, G. Nagy, M. Siebenbürger, R. Kaur, K.M. Dooley, B. Bharti,"Adsorption and Catalytic Activity of Gold Nanoparticles in Mesoporous Silica: Effect of Pore Size and Dispersion Salinity", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 2531-2541.

48. E. Ewins, K. Han, B. Bharti, T. Robinson, O. D. Velev, R. Dimova, “Controlled adhesion, membrane pinning and vesicle transport by Janus particles”, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 3055-3058.

47. A. Al Harraq, B. Bharti, "Microplastics through the Lens of Colloid Science", ACS Environ. Au, 2022, 2, 1, 3–10.

2021

46. N.D. Ogbonna, M. Dearman, B. Bharti, A.J. Peters, J. Lawrence, "Elucidating the impact of side chain dispersity on the assembly of bottlebrush polymers at the air-water interface", J. Polym. Sci., 2021, 59, 21, 2458-2467.

45. N.I. Castellanos, B. Bharti, O.D. Velev, "Field-Driven Reversible Alignment and Gelation of Magneto-Responsive Soft Anisotropic Microbeads", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2021, 125, 28, 7900-7910.

44. A.L. Fameau, Y. Ma, M. Siebenbuerger, B. Bharti, "Foamitizer: High ethanol content foams using fatty acid crystalline particles", J. Coll. Interf. Sci., 2021, 600, 882-886.

43. J. Lee, A. Al Harraq, K. J. M. Bishop, B. Bharti, "Fabrication and electric field-driven propulsion of patchy microellipsoids", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2021, 125, 16, 4232–4240.

42. A. J. Pete, B. Bharti, M. G. Benton, "Nano-enhanced bioremediation for oil spills: a review", ACS ES&T Eng., 2021, 1, 6, 928–946.

41. Y. Ma, W. T. Heller, L. He, W. A. Shelton, G. Rother, B. Bharti, "Characterisation of nano-assemblies inside mesopores using neutron scattering", Mol. Phys., 2021, e1905190.

40. J. Lee*, Y. Guo*, J. Belgodere, A. Al Harraq, A. Hymel, A. Pete, K. T. Valsaraj, M. G. Benton, M. G. Miller, J. P. Jung, B. Bharti, "Lignin–Zein Composite: Synthesis, Three-Dimensional Printing, and Microbial Degradation", ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 4, 1781-1789.

39. N. Holley, J. Lee, K. T. Valsaraj, B. Bharti, "Synthesis and characterization of ZEin-based Low Density porous Absorbent (ZELDA) for oil spill recovery", Colloids Surf. A, 2021, 614, 126148.

2020

38. J. Lee, K. Lannigan, W. Shelton, J. Meissner, B. Bharti, "Adsorption of Myoglobin and Corona Formation on Silica Nanoparticles", Langmuir, 2020, 36, 47, 14157–14165.

37. A. Al Harraq, B. Bharti, "Increasing aspect ratio of particles suppresses buckling in shells formed by drying suspensions", Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 9643-9647.

36. A. Al Harraq, J. Lee, B. Bharti, "Magnetic field-driven assembly and reconfiguration of multicomponent supraparticles", Sci. Adv., 2020, 6, eaba5337.

35. Y. Ma, Y. Wu, J. Lee, L. He, G. Rother, A-L. Fameau, W. A. Shelton, B. Bharti, "Adsorption of fatty acid molecules on amine functionalized silica nanoparticles: Surface organization and foam stability", Langmuir2020, 36, 14, 3703-3712.

34. K. Han, C. W. Shields IV, B. Bharti, P. E. Arratia, O. D. Velev, "Active Reversible Swimming of Magnetically Assembled “Microscallops” in Non-Newtonian Fluids", Langmuir202036, 25, 7148-7154.

2019

33. J. Lee, A. M. Brooks, W. A. Shelton, K. M. Bishop, B. Bharti, "Directed Propulsion of Spherical Particles Along Three Dimensional Helical Trajectories", Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 2575.

32. Y. Guo, J. A. Belgodere, Y. Ma, J. P. Jung, B. Bharti, "Directed Printing and Reconfiguration of Thermoresponsive Silica-pNIPAM Nanocomposites", Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2019, 40, 13, 1900191.

31. Y. Wu, Y. Ma, L. He, G. Rother, W. A. Shelton, B. Bharti, "Directed Pore-Uptake and Phase Separation of Surfactant Solutions Under Confinement", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 15, 9957-9966.

30. J. Meissner, Y. Wu, J. Jestin, W. A. Shelton, G. H. Findenegg, B. Bharti, "pH-Induced reorientation of cytochrome c on silica nanoparticles", Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 350-354.

29. A.-L. Fameau, B. Bharti, O. D. Velev, "Smart soft materials based on fatty acids", Inform, 2019, 30, 15, 17-23.

2018

28. J. G. Lee, V. Porter, W. A. Shelton, B. Bharti, "Magnetic Field-Driven Convection for Directed Surface Patterning of Colloids", Langmuir, 2018. 34, 50, 15416-15424.

27. J. G. Lee, L. L. Larive, K. T. Valsaraj, B. Bharti, "Binding of Lignin Nanoparticles at Oil–Water Interfaces: An Ecofriendly Alternative to Oil Spill Recovery", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 49, 43282-43289.

2017

26. S. Roh, D. P. Parekh, B. Bharti, S. D. Stoyanov, O. D. Velev, "Three-dimensional printing by multiphase silicone/water capillary inks", Adv. Mater., 2017, 1701554.

25. O. I. Bernal, B.Bharti, M. C. Flickinger, O. D. Velev, "Fabrication of photoreactive biocomposite coatings via electric field assisted assembly of cyanobacteria", Langmuir, 2017, 33, 5304–5313.

2016

24. B. Bharti, D. Rutkowski, K. Han, A. U. Kumar, C. K. Hall, O. D. Velev, "Capillary Bridging as a Tool for Assembling Discrete Clusters of Patchy Particles", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 14949-14953.

Prior to joining LSU

23. K. Han, C. W. Shields, N. M. Diwakar, B. Bharti, G. P. Lopez, O. D. Velev, "Sequence-Encoded Colloidal Origami and Microbot Assemblies From Patchy Magnetic Cubes", Sci. Adv., 2017, 3, e1701108 (1-6).

22. B. Bharti, F. Kogler, C. K. Hall, S. H. L. Klapp, O. D. Velev, "Multidirectional Colloidal Assembly in Concurrent Electric and Magnetic Fields", Soft Matter, 2016, 12, 7747-7758.

21. A. P. Richter, B. Bharti, H. B. Armstrong, J. S. Brown, D. Plemmons, V. N. Paunov, S. D. Stoyanov, O. D. Velev, "Synthesis and Characterization of Biodegradable Lignin Nanoparticles with Tunable Surface Properties", Langmuir, 2016, 32, 6488-6477.

20. D. Morales, B. Bharti, M. D. Dickey, O. D. Velev, "Directional Bending of Responsive Hydrogel Sheets Guided by Field-Assembled Microparticle Endoskeleton Structures", Small, 2016, 12, 2283-2290.

19. B. Bharti, A.-L. Fameau, M. Rubinstein, O. D. Velev, "Nanocapillarity-mediated Magnetic Assembly of Nanoparticles into Ultraflexible Filaments and Reconfigurable Networks" Nature Mater., 2015, 14, 1104-1109.

18. A. P. Richter, J. S. Brown, B. Bharti, A. Wang, S. Gangwal, K. Houck, E. A. C. Hubal, V. N. Paunov, S. D. Stoyanov, O. D. Velev, "An Environmentally Benign Antimicrobial Nanoparticle Based on Silver-infused Lignin Core" Nature Nanotechnol., 2015, 10, 817-823.

17. B. Bharti, O. D. Velev, "Assembly of Reconfigurable Colloidal Structures by Multidirectional Field Induced Interactions" Langmuir, 2015, 31, 7897-7908. (Highlighted on cover)

16. B. Bharti, O. D. Velev, "Multi-directional, Multicomponent Electric Field Driven Assembly of Complex Colloidal Chains" Z. Phys. Chem., 2015, 229, 1075-1088.

15. B. Bharti, A.-L. Fameau, O. D. Velev, "Magnetophoretic Assembly of Flexible Nanoparticle/Lipid Microfilaments" Faraday Discuss., 2015, 181, 437-448.

14. A. Ghoorchian, J. R. Simon, B. Bharti, W. Han, X. Zhao, A. Chilkoti, G. P. López, "Bio-inspired Reversibly-crosslinked Hydrogels Comprising Polypeptide Micelles Exhibit Enhanced Mechanical Properties" Adv. Funct. Mater., 2015, 25, 3122-3130.

13. J. Meissner, A. Prause, B. Bharti, G. H. Findenegg, "Characterization of Protein Adsorption onto Silica Nanoparticles: Influence of pH and Ionic Strength", Coll. Poly. Sci., 2015, 293, 3381-3391.

12. R. Kukobat, D. Minami, T. Hayashi, Y. Hattori, T. Matsuda, M. Sunaga, B. Bharti, K. Asakura, K. Kaneko, "Sol-gel Chemistry Mediated Zn/Al-Based Complex Dispersant for SWCNT in Water Without Foam Formation" Carbon, 2015, 94, 518-523.

11. J. Meissner, A. Prause, C. D. Tommaso, B. Bharti, G. H. Findenegg, "Protein Immobilization in Surface-functionalized SBA-15: Predicting the Uptake Capacity From the Pore Structure", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 2438-2446.

10. B. Bharti, R. Kukobat, D. Minami, K. Kaneko, "Modulating SWCNTs-silica Interactions for Enhanced Dispersibility and Hybrid Cryogel Formation" Colloid Interface Sci. Commun., 2014, 3, 13-17.

9. B. Bharti, G. H. Findenegg, O. D. Velev, "Analysis of the Field-assisted Permanent Assembly of Oppositely Charged Particles", Langmuir, 2014, 30, 6577-6587.

8. B. Bharti, J. Meissner, S. H. L. Klapp, G. H. Findenegg, "Bridging Interaction of Protein with Silica Nanoparticles: Influence of pH, Ionic Strength and Protein Concentration", Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 718-728.

7. C. W. Shields, S. Zhu, Y. Yang, B. Bharti, J. Liu, B. B. Yellen, O. D. Velev, G. P. López, "Field-Directed Assembly of Patchy Anisotropic Microparticles with Defined Shape", Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 9219-9229.

6. B. Bharti, G. H. Findenegg, O. D. Velev, "Co-assembly of oppositely charged particles into linear clusters and chains of controllable length." Sci. Rep.2012, 2, 1004 (1-4).

5. B. Bharti, M. Xue, J. Meissner, V. Cristiglio, G. H. Findenegg, "Assembling Wormlike Micelles in Tubular Nanopores by Tuning Surfactant-Wall Interactions", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 14756-14759.

4. B. Bharti, G. H. Findenegg, "Protein–specific Effects of Binding to Silica Nanoparticles", Chem. Lett., 2012, 41, 1122-1124.

3. B. Bharti, J. Meissner, U. Gasser, G. H. Findenegg, "Surfactant Adsorption and Aggregate Structure at Silica Nanoparticles: Effects of Particle Size and Surface Modification", Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 6573-6581.

2. S. K. Mehta, S. Chaudhary, B. Bharti, M. Gradzielski, "Correspondence via Electron and Charge Carrier Dynamics of Silver Nanoparticles with Organic Dyes", Sci. Adv. Mater., 2012, 4, 78-92.

1. B. Bharti, J. Meissner, G. H. Findenegg, "Aggregation of Silica Nanoparticles Directed by Adsorption of Lysozyme", Langmuir, 2011, 27, 9823-9833.