Publications

• Q. Wang et al. (2023). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Calcite Fracture in Water. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Published, 12/2023.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05702
• Y. Pimonova et al. (2023). Thermodynamic Stability Is a Poor Indicator of Cocrystallization in Models of Organic Molecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Published, 12/2023.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c13030
• Y. Eygeris et al. (2023). Temperature-Responsive Nanoporous Membranes from Self-Assembly of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hairy Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Published, 06/2023.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c05072
• G.R. Bowman et al. (2022). Remembering the Work of Phillip L. Geissler: A Coda to His Scientific Trajectory, Remembering the Work of Phillip L. Geissler: A Coda to His Scientific Trajectory. Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. Published, 12/2022.
  https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physchem-101422-03...
• H. Zhu et al. (2022). Dual Atomic Coherence in the Self-Assembly of Patchy Heterostructural Nanocrystals. ACS Nano. Published, 09/2022.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c06167
• John Carpenter (2021). Pre-Nucleation Clusters Predict Crystal Structures in Models of Chiral Molecules. JACS. Published, 12/2021.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c09321
• Y. Nagaoka et al. (2021). Bulk Grain-Boundary Materials from Nanocrystals. Chem. Published, 01/2021.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2020.12.026
• C.G. Bischak et al. (2020). Liquid-Like Interfaces Mediate Structural Phase Transitions in Lead Halide Perovskites. Matter. Published, 08/2020.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2020.07.015
• J.E. Carpenter & M. Gruenwald (2020). Heterogeneous Interactions Promote Crystallization and Spontaneous Resolution of Chiral Molecules. JACS. Published, 05/2020.
  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02097
• C.G. Bischak, M. Grünwald, D. T. Limmer, P. Yang & N. Ginsberg (2019). Liquid-Like Interfaces Mediate Structural Phase Transitions in Lead Halide Perovskites. arXiv Preprint. Published, 07/2019.
  https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.13509
• J.E. Carpenter & M. Gruenwald (2019). Heterogeneous Interactions Promote Crystallization and Spontaneous Resolution of Chiral Molecules. ChemRxiv Preprint. Published, 07/2019.
  https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.9179255.v1
• Z. Fan & M. Grünwald (2019). Energy vs. Entropy in Superlattices of Ligand-Covered Nanoparticles. ChemRxiv Preprint. Published, 07/2019.
  https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.9178037.v1
• H. Zhu, Z. Fan, M. A. Wilson, M. Grünwald & O. Chen (2019). Controlling Nanoparticle Orientations in the Self-Assembly of Patchy Quantum Dot-Gold Heterostructural Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. Published, 03/2019.
  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.9b01033
• Z. Fan & M. Gruenwald (2019). Orientational Order in Self-Assembled Nanocrystal Superlattices. J. Am. Chem. Soc. Published, 01/2019.
  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.8b10752
• Y. Eygeris, E. V. White, Q. Wang, J. E. Carpenter, M. Grünwald & I. Zharov (2018). Responsive nanoporous membranes with size selectivity and charge rejection from self-assembly of polyelectrolyte "hairy" nanoparticles. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. Published, 12/2018.
  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.8b17483
• T. Schäfer, Z. Fan, M. Grünwald & G. Kresse (2018). Ab initio phase diagram of PbSe crystals calculated with the Random Phase Approximation. Phys. Rev. B. Published, 10/2018.
  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.144103
• H. Zhu, Z. Fan, Y. Yuan, M. A. Wilson, K. Hills-Kimball, R. Li, Z. Wei, J. He, R. Li, M. Gruenwald & O. Chen (2018). Self-Assembly of Quantum Dot-Gold Hetero-Dimer Nanocrystals with Orientational Order. Nano Letters. Published, 07/2018.
  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01...
• Vu Nguyen & M. Gruenwald (2018). Microscopic origins of poor crystallinity in the synthesis of covalent-organic framework COF-5. J. Am. Chem. Soc. Published, 02/2018.
• L. Lupi et al. (2017). Role of Stacking Disorder in Ice Nucleation. Nature. Published, 11/2017.
• Exploiting non-equilibrium phase separation for self-assembly, Soft Matter 12, 1517-1524 (2016). Published, 01/2016.

Presentations

• Statistical Thermodynamics & Molecular Simulations (STMS) Seminar Series . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2022.
• Keck Foundation Site Visit, University of Utah. Presentation, Presented, 09/2022.
• Department of Chemistry, Dixie State University, Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2021.
• Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter 2019, University of Adelaide, Australia. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2019.
• SM2 Summer School 2019, University of Adelaide, Australia. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2019.
• Department of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2019.
• Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2019.
• GRC Chemistry and Physics of Liquids 2019, Holderness, New Hampshire. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2019.
• Seminar of the Chemical-Physical Society Vienna, University of Vienna, Austria. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2019.
• Debye Colloquium, Debye Institute for Nano-Materials Science, Utrecht University, Netherlands. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2019.
• Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/2019.
• Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, Washington. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2019.
• ACS National Meeting, Orlando, Florida. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2019.
• Berkeley Statistical Mechanics Meeting 2019, Berkeley, California. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2019.
• Complex materials from self-assembly, Department of Physics, University of Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2016.
• Complex materials from self-assembly, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2016.
• Molecular Dynamics of ZIF-8 Formation, 5th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks & Open Framework Compounds (MOF2016), Long Beach, California. Contributed Talk, Presented, 09/2016.
• Nucleation and growth in metal-organic frameworks, CECAM workshop “Structure formation in soft colloids”, Vienna University of Technology, Austria. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2016.
• Complex materials from self-assembly — insights from computer simulations, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets, INSA, CNRS, University of Toulouse, France. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2016.
• Self-assembly and structural transformations in nanomaterials — insights from computer simulation, Department of Physics, University of Leoben, Austria. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2016.
• Exploiting non-equilibrium phase separation for self-assembly, Pacifichem 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii. Contributed Talk, Presented, 12/2015.
• Self-Assembly of Complex Patterns from Simple Building Blocks, GRC Crystal Growth & Assembly, UNE Biddeford, Maine. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2015.
• Complex patterns from simple rules, Symposium in honor of Jack Simons, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2015.

Research Groups

• Rashed Hasan, Postdoc. 01/2024 - present.
• Jon Aronoff, Graduate Student. 12/2023 - present.
• Carol Pacheco, Postdoc. 09/2023 - present.
• John Carpenter, Postdoc. 07/2021 - 07/2023.
• Will Matthews, Graduate Student. 12/2020 - present.
• Yulia Pimonova, Graduate Student. 12/2019 - present.
• John Carpenter, Graduate Student. 12/01/2016 - 07/01/2021.
• Qiaoyi Wang, Graduate Student. 12/01/2016 - 06/2022.
• Luka Drca, Graduate Student. 12/01/2016 - 08/01/2017.
• Michael Goytia, Graduate Student. 12/2015 - 05/10/2017.
• Zhaochuan Fan, Postdoc. 09/01/2015 - 07/2019.
• Vu Nguyen, Graduate Student. 08/2015 - 10/2020. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Fellowship of the Vietnam Education Foundation.
• Carlos Chu-Jon, Graduate Student. 12/01/2014 - 03/2022.

Languages

• German, fluent.