Professor Sukhishvili advances the understanding of the interfacial properties of water-soluble polymers and principles of macromolecular assembly at interfaces, and applies this knowledge to produce surfaces with desired properties, such as control of protein and/or nanoparticle attachment, or designed environmental response of surface films.
Through manipulating properties of multilayers at the nanoscale level during self-assembly, a whole range of new advanced materials can be produced. One example of these materials is polymeric hollow particles which may be used for controlled delivery of drugs or other functional molecules such as pesticides, fertilizers or fragrances.
Dr. Sukhishvili is also exploring surface modification routes for controlled attachment of noble metal nanoparticles and/or biomolecules at surfaces, and in understanding and rational design of SERS activity of nanoparticle-modified substrates useful for SERS-based chemical and biological sensing. This work is interdisciplinary and presents a combination of physico-chemical and synthetic ideas involving water-soluble polymers.
Students with diverse backgrounds -- in chemistry, physics and materials science -- work together and form a stimulating environment in the group. Her work has resulted in two issued patents, as well as becoming a Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2007. She was also honored with a Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award at the 2009 Coatings Technology Conference hosted by National Paint and Coatings Association and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology. |
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M. Erol, Y. Han, S. K. Stanley, C. M. Stafford, H. Du and S. Sukhishvili. (2009). SERS Not To Be Taken for Granted in the Presence of Oxygen, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 131 7480–7481
Z. Zhu and S. A. Sukhihsvili. (2009). Temperature-induced Swelling and Dye Release with Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayers of Block Copolymer Micelles, ACS Nano , (accepted)
E. Kharlampieva, V. Kozlovskaya, and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2009). Layer-by-Layer Hydrogen-Bonded Polymer Films: From Fundamentals to Applications, Advanced Materials, (invited progress report). 21 1-13
M. K. Oo, Y. Han, R. Martini, S. A. Sukhishvili, and H. Du. (2009). Forward-Propagating Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering and Intensity Distribution in Photonic Crystal Fiber with Immobilized Ag Nanoparticles, Optics Letters, in print. 34 968-970
S. Tan, M. Erol, S. Sukhishvili, H. Du. (2008). Substrates with Discretely Immobilized Silver Nanoparticles for Ultra-sensitive SERS Detection of Anions in Water, Langmuir, 24 4765-4771
Y. Han, S. Sukhishvili, H. Du, J. Cefaloni and B. Smolinski. (2008). Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Oppositely Charged Ag Nanoparticles on Silica Microspheres for Trace Analysis of Aqueous Solutions using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnology, 8 1-10
V. Kozlovskaya, A. Shamaev and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2008). Tuning Swelling pH and Permeability of Hydrogel Multilayer Capsules, Soft Matter, 4 1499-1507
I. Erel-Unal and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2008). Hydrogen-bonded Multilayers of a Neutral Polymer and a Polyphenol, Macromolecules, 41 3962-3970
E. Kharlampieva, J. F. Ankner, M. Rubinstein and S.A. Sukhishvili. (2008). pH-Induced Release of Polyanions from Multilayer Films, Phys. Rev. Letters , 100 128303
E. Kharlampieva, V. Kozlovskaya, J. F. Ankner, and S.A. Sukhishvili. (2008). Hydrogen-bonded Polymer Multilayers Probed by Neutron Reflectivity, Langmuir, 24 11346-11349
D. Pristinski, E. C. Le Ru, S. Tan, S. Sukhishvili, and H.Du. (2008). Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering at a Planar Dielectric Interface beyond Critical Angle, Optics Express, 16 , 20117–20125
I. Erel-Unal and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2008). Hydrogen-Bonded Hybrid Multilayers: Film Architecture Controls Release of Macromolecules, Macromolecules, 41 8737–8744
E. Kharlampieva, I. Erel-Unal and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2007). Amphoteric Surface Hydrogels Derived from Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayers: Reversible Loading of Dyes and Macromolecules, Langmuir , 23 175-181
E. Kharlampieva, V. Izumrudov and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2007). Electrostatic Layer-by-layer Self-Assembly of Poly(carboxybetaine)s: Role of Zwitterions in Film Growth, Macromolecules, 20 3663-3668
E. Kharlampieva, D. Pristinki and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2007). Hydrogen-bonded Multilayers of Poly(carboxybetaine)s, Macromolecules, 40 6967-6972
D. Pristinski, V. Kozlovskaya, and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2006). Determination of Film Thickness and Refraction Coefficient in One Measurement of Phase Modulated Ellipsometry, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 23 2639-2644
X. Qiu and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2006). Copolymerization of N-vinylcaprolactam and Glycidyl methacrylate: Reactivity Ratio and Composition Control, J. Polym. Sci. A , 44 183-191
H. Qiu, S. A. Sukhishvili, and W. Y. Lee. (2006). Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Ceramic Particles for Coating of Complex Shape Substrates, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. , 89 1180-1187
V. Kozlovskaya, E. Kharlampieva, M. L. Mansfield and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2006). Poly(methacrylic acid) Hydrogel Films and Capsules: Response to pH and Ionic Strength, and Encapsulation of Macromolecules, Chem. Materials , 18 328-336
E. Kharlampieva and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2006). Hydrogen-Bonded Layer-by-Layer Films, J.Macromol.Sci., Part C: Polymer Reviews , 46 377-395
V. Kozlovskaya and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2006). pH-Controlled Permeability of Layered Hydrogen-bonded Polymer Capsules, Macromolecules , 39 5569-5572
S.A. Sukhishvili, E. Kharlampieva and V. Izumrudov. (2006). Where Polyelectrolyte Multilayers and Polyelectrolyte Complexes Meet, Macromolecules, 39 8873-8881
V. Kozlovskaya and S. A. Sukhishvili. (2006). Amphoteric Hydrogel Capsules: Multiple Encapsulation and Release Routes, Macromolecules , 39 6191-6199
N. Elsner, V. Kozlovskaya, and S. A. Sukhishvili and A. Fery. (2006). pH-Triggered Softening of Crosslinked Hydrogen-bonded Capsules, Soft Matter , 2 966-972
M. Erol, H. Du and S.A. Sukhishvili. (2006). Control of Specific Attachment of Proteins by Adsorption of Polymer Layers, Langmuir, 22 11329-11336
L. Xu, J Ankner and S. Sukhishvili. Steric Effects in Ionic Pairing and Polyelectrolyte Interdiffusion within Multilayered Films: A Neutron Reflectometry Study, Macromolecules 2011, 44 6518–6524
S. Pavlukhina and S. Sukhishvili. Polymer Assemblies for Controlled Delivery of Bioactive Molecules from Surfaces, Adv. Drug Del. Rev. 2011, 63 822–836
I. Erel, Zh. Zhu, A. Zhuk, S. Sukhishvili. Hydrogen-Bonded Layer-by-Layer Films of Block Copolymer Micelles with pH-Responsive Cores, J. Coll. Int. Sci. 2011, 355 61-69
L. Xu, Zh. Zhu and S. Sukhishvili. Polyelectrolyte Multilayers of Diblock Copolymer Micelles with Temperature-Responsive Cores, Langmuir 2011, 27 409–415
S. Pavlukhina, Y. Lu, A. Patimetha, M. Libera, S. Sukhishvili. Polymer Multilayers with pH-Triggered Release of Antibacterial Agents, Biomacromolecules 2010, 11 3448–3456
Y. Han, S. Tan, M. K. Kh. Oo, D. Pristinski, S. Sukhishvili, and H. Du. Towards Full-Length Accumulative SERS-active Photonic Crystal Fiber, Advanced Materials 2010, 22 1-5
W.S. Tan, R.E. Cohen, M.F. Rubner and S.A. Sukhishvili. Temperature-Induced, Reversible Swelling Transitions in Multilayers of a Cationic Triblock Copolymer and a Polyacid, Macromolecules 2010, 43 1950-1957
M. K. Kh. Oo, Y. Han, S. Sukhishvili, and H. Du. Structure Fits the Purpose: Photonic Crystal Fibers for Evanescent-field Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Optics Letters 2010, 35 466-468
I. Erel, Zh. Zhu, S. Sukhishvili, E. Patyukova, I. Potemkin and E. Kramarenko. Two Types of Block Copolymer Micelles with Ion-containing Cores, Macromol. Rapid Comm. 2010, 31 490–495
Y. Han, R. Lupitskyy, T.-M. Chou, Ch. M. Stafford, H. Du and S. Sukhishvili. Effect of oxidation on SERS activity of silver nanoparticles: a quantitative correlation, Analytical Chemistry 2011, 83 5873–5880
L. Xu, Z. Zhu, O. Borisov, E. Zhulina and S. A. Sukhishvili. pH-Triggered Block Copolymer Micelle-to-Micelle Phase Transition, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2009, 103 118301
V. Kozlovskaya, E. Kharlampieva, I. Erel and S. A. Sukhishvili. Multilayer-derived, Ultrathin, Stimuli-responsive Hydrogels, Soft Matter 2009, 5 4077-87
A. Zhuk, S. Pavlukhina and S. A. Sukhishvili. Temperature-Triggered Hydrogen-Bonded Layer-by-Layer Release Films, Langmuir 2009
Some Recent Publications ...... Complete List
V. Kozlovskaya, E. Kharlampieva, and S.A. Sukhishvili. (2008). Hydrogen-bonded Layer-by-Layer Films and Capsules, Hydrogen-bonded Interpolymer Complexes: Formation, Structure and Applications, Khutoryanskiy, V.V., Staikos, G., World Scientific Publishing Company PTE LTD
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