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Paul V. Braun

Professor

Primary Affiliation

Autonomous Materials Systems

Affiliations

Status Part-time Faculty

Home Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Phone 244-7293

Email pbraun@illinois.edu

Address 3357 Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue

  • Biography

    Paul Braun received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998. He is an associate professor in the U of I Department of Materials Science and Engineering and a part-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute 3D Micro and Nanosystems group. His field of interest covers a wide range of materials science disciplines, with a general focus on the formation and study of nano and microstructures through self and directed assembly including photonic bandgap structures, conducting polymers, nanostructured ceramics, semiconductors, and biomaterials.

  • Honors

    Willett Faculty Scholar Award (2002) and Xerox Award for Faculty Research (2004), both from the U of I College of Engineering; 3M Nontenured Faculty Award (2001-2004); Robert Lansing Hardy Award from TMS (2002); and the Beckman Young Investigator Award (2001).

  • Research

    Our research program covers a wide range of materials science disciplines, with a general focus on the formation and study of nano and microstructures through self and directed assembly. Materials containing structure on these length scales have been found to exhibit interesting and important electrical, optical, mechanical and biological properties. We often use and develop new materials chemistry and self-assembly approaches for the synthesis of these materials, which allows us to create novel structures and materials including photonic band gap structures (in collaboration with Prof. Pierre Wiltzius), conducting polymers, nanostructured ceramics, semiconductors, biomaterials and thermoelectric materials. In other projects in our group, we are investigating molecular transport in confined geometries, self-healing polymers (In collaboration with Profs. Scott White, Nancy Sottos, Philippe Geubelle, and Jeff Moore) and the synthesis of functionalized nanoparticles.

    An important component of our research is the formation and characterization of photonic band gap structures. Structures exhibiting photonic band gaps have very interesting and potentially important optical properties. For example, waveguides formed from photonic band gap materials can execute a 90 degree turn over a few microns, which is necessary for the on-chip integration of optical devices. One way to form the periodic structure necessary to realize a photonic band gap is through templating with self-organized colloidal crystals. We are developing new routes to the formation of such structures, as well as new techniques for the writing of defined defect structures in photonic crystals.

    An example of a nanostructured system we study is liquid crystals, which can be designed to contain periodic structure ranging from one nanometer to greater than 100 nanometers. The liquid crystal mediated synthesis of materials could provide many yet unseen properties. Liquid crystal mediated synthesis of materials is a new field, and very few of the basic principles are known or understood. We are attempting to quantify the important parameters, such as the liquid crystal - product interaction, and the effect of the liquid crystal's structure. In one project, for example, we are studying the use of liquid crystal nanoreactors to synthesize bismuth nanoparticles for thermoelectric applications.

    Professor Braun's sources of research funding include ARO-MURI, DOE, Caterpillar, NSF, Motorola, 3M and Sandia National Laboratory.

  • 2014

    • Braun, P. V., Materials Chemistry in 3D Templates for Functional Photonics. Chemistry of Materials 2014, 26, 277-286, DOI: 10.1021.cm4023437.
    • Cahill, D. G.; Braun, P. V.; Chen, G.; Clarke, D. R.; Fan, S. H.; Goodson, K. E.; Keblinski, P.; King, W. P.; Mahan, G. D.; Majumdar, A.; Maris, H. J.; Phillpot, S. R.; Pop, E.; Shi, L., Nanoscale Thermal Transport. II. 2003-2012. Applied Physics Reviews 2014, 1, (1), DOI: 10.1063/1.4832615.
    • Cho, J.; Losego, M. D.; Zhang, H. G.; Kim, H.; Zuo, J.; Petrov, I.; Cahill, D. G.; Braun, P. V., Electrochemically Tunable Thermal Conductivity of Lithium Cobalt Oxide. Nature Communications 2014, 5, 4035, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5035.
    • Coridan, R. H.; Arpin, K. A.; Brunschwig, B. S.; Braun, P. V.; Lewis, N. S., Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Hierarchically Structured Si/WO3 Core-Shell Tandem Photoanodes. Nano Letters 2014, 14, (5), 2310-2317, DOI: 10.1021/nl404623t.
    • Fu, M.; Chaudhary, K.; Lange, J. G.; Kim, H. S.; Juarez, J. J.; Lewis, J. A.; Braun, P. V., Anisotropic Colloidal Templating of 3D Ceramic, Semiconducting, Metallic, and Polymeric Architectures. Advanced Materials 2014, 26, (11), 1740-1745, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304809.
    • Kim, S. K.; Koo, H. J.; Lee, A.; Braun, P. V., Selective Wetting-Induced Micro-Electrode Patterning for Flexible Micro-Supercapacitors. Advanced Materials 2014, DOI: 10.1002/adma.20140152.
    • Koo, H. J.; Kim, S.; Braun, P. V., Facile Fabrication of Graphene Composite Microwires via Drying-Induced Size Reduction of Hydrogel Filments. RSC Advances 2014, 4, 20927-20931.
    • Koo, H. J.; Waynant, K. V.; Zhang, C. J.; Haasch, R. T.; Braun, P. V., General Method for Forming Micrometer-Scale Lateral Chemical Gradients in Polymer Brushes. Chemistry of Materials 2014, 26, (8), 2678-2683, DOI: 10.1021/cm5004388.
    • Lee, C. K.; Diesendruck, C. E.; Lu, E. J.; Pickett, A. N.; May, P. A.; Moore, J. S.; Braun, P. V., Solvent Swelling Activation of a Mechanophore in a Polymer Network. Macromolecules 2014, 47, (8), 2690-2694, DOI: 10.1021/ma500195h.
    • Martha, S. K.; Nanda, J.; Zhou, H.; Idrobo, J. C.; Dudney, N. J.; Pannala, S.; Dai, S.; Wang, J. J.; Braun, P. V., Electrode Architectures for High Capacity Multivalent Conversion Compounds: Iron (II and III) Fluoride. RSC Advances 2014, 4, (13), 6730-6737, DOI: 10.1039/c3ra47266c.
    • Zhao, J.; Frank, B.; Neubrech, F.; Zhang, C. J.; Braun, P. V.; Giessen, H., Hole-Mask Colloidal Nanolithography Combined with Tilted-Angle-Rotation Evaporation: A Versatile Method for Fabrication of Low-Cost and Large-Area Complex Plasmonic Nanostructures and Metamaterials. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2014, 5, 577-586, DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.5.68.

    2013

    • Arpin, K. A.; Losego, M. D.; Cloud, A. N.; Ning, H. L.; Mallek, J.; Sergeant, N. P.; Zhu, L. X.; Yu, Z. F.; Kalanyan, B.; Parsons, G. N.; Girolami, G. S.; Abelson, J. R.; Fan, S. H.; Braun, P. V., Three-Dimensional Self-Assembled Photonic Crystals with High Temperature Stability for Thermal Emission Modification. Nature Communications 2013, 4, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3630.
    • Frank, B.; Yin, X. H.; Schaferling, M.; Zhao, J.; Hein, S. M.; Braun, P. V.; Giessen, H., Large-Area 3D Chiral Plasmonic Structures. ACS Nano 2013, 7, (7), 6321-6329, DOI: 10.1021/nn402370x.
    • Goodman, M. D.; Arpin, K. A.; Mihi, A.; Tatsuda, N.; Yano, K.; Braun, P. V., Enabling New Classes of Templated Materials through Mesoporous Carbon Colloidal Crystals,. Advanced Optical Materials 2013, 1, 300-304.
    • Lee, C. K.; Beiermann, B. A.; Silberstein, M. N.; Wang, J.; Moore, J. S.; Sottos, N. R.; Braun, P. V., Exploiting Force Sensitive Spiropyrans as Molecular Level Probes. Macromolecules 2013, 46, (10), 3746-3752, DOI: 10.1021/ma4005428.
    • Losego, M. D.; Blitz, I. P.; Vaia, R. A.; Cahill, D. G.; Braun, P. V., Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Organoclay Nanolaminates Synthesized via Simple Self-Assembly. Nano Letters 2013, 13, (5), 2215-2219, DOI: 10.1021/nl4007326.
    • Ma, J.; Parajuli, B. R.; Ghossoub, M. G.; Mihi, A.; Sadhu, J.; Braun, P. V.; Sinha, S., Coherent Phonon-Grain Boundary Scattering in Silicon Inverse Opals. Nano Letters 2013, 13, 618-624.
    • Pikul, J. H.; Zhang, H. G.; Braun, P. V.; King, W. P., High Power Lithium Ion Micro Batteries from Interdigitated Three-Dimensional Bicontinuous Nanoporous Electrodes. Nature Communications 2013, 4, 1732.
    • Xu, S.; Zhang, Y. H.; Cho, J.; Lee, J.; Huang, X.; Jia, L.; Fan, J. A.; Su, Y. W.; Su, J.; Zhang, H. G.; Cheng, H. Y.; Lu, B. W.; Yu, C. J.; Chuang, C.; Kim, T. I.; Song, T.; Shigeta, K.; Kang, S.; Dagdeviren, C.; Petrov, I.; Braun, P. V.; Huang, Y. G.; Paik, U.; Rogers, J. A., Stretchable Batteries with Self-Similar Serpentine Interconnects and Integrated Wireless Recharging Systems. Nature Communications 2013, 4.
    • Zhang, C. J.; Losego, M. D.; Braun, P. V., Hydrogel-Based Glucose Sensors: Effects of Phenylboronic Acid Chemical Structure on Response. Chemistry of Materials 2013, 25, (15), 3239-3250, DOI: 10.1021/cm401738p.

    2012

    • Bowen, A. M.; Motala, M. J.; Lucas, J. M.; Gupta, S.; Baca, A. J.; Mihi, A.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Braun, P. V.; Nuzzo, R. G., Triangular Elastomeric Stamps for Optical Applications: Near-Field Phase Shift Photolithography, 3D Proximity Field Patterning, Embossed Antireflective Coatings, and SERS Sensing. Advanced Functional Materials 2012, 22, (14), 2927-2938.
    • Cataldo, S.; Zhao, J.; Neubrech, F.; Frank, B.; Zhang, C. J.; Braun, P. V.; Giessen, H., Hole-Mask Colloidal Nano Lithography for Large-Area Low-Cost Metamaterials and Antenna-Assisted Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Substrates. ACS Nano 2012, 6, (1), 979-985.
    • Chae, W. S.; Van Gough, D.; Ham, S. K.; Robinson, D. B.; Braun, P. V., Effect of Ordered Intermediate Porosity on Ion Transport in Hierarchically Nanoporous Electrodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2012, 4, (8), 3973-3979.
    • Chen, Y. C.; Geddes, J. B.; Yin, L. L.; Wiltzius, P.; Braun, P. V., X-Ray Computed Tomography of Holographically Fabricated Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals. Advanced Materials 2012, 24, (21), 2863-2868.
    • Cho, S. H.; White, S. R.; Braun, P. V., Room-Temperature Polydimethylsiloxane-Based Self-Healing Polymers. Chemistry of Materials 2012, 24, (21), 4209-4214.
    • Choi, S.; Xue, C.; Choi, B.-C.; Braun, P. V.; Leckband, D., Protein Adsorption Modes Determine Reversible Cell Attachment on Poly( N- Isopropyl Acrylamide) Brushes. Advanced Functional Materials 2012, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201103056.
    • Diesendruck, C. E.; Steinberg, B. D.; Sugai, N.; Silberstein, M. N.; Sottos, N. R.; White, S. R.; Braun, P. V.; Moore, J. S., Proton-Coupled Mechanochemical Transduction: A Mechanogenerated Add. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, (30), 12446-12449.
    • Keum, H.; Carlson, A.; Ning, H. L.; Mihi, A.; Eisenhaure, J. D.; Braun, P. V.; Rogers, J. A.; Kim, S., Silicon Micro-Masonry Using Elastomeric Stamps for Three-Dimensional Microfabrication. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 2012, 22, DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/22/5/055018.
    • Kim, S.; Su, Y.; Mihi, A.; Lee, S.; Liu, Z.; Bhandakkar, T. K.; Wu, J.; Geddes, J. B.; Johnson, H. T.; Zhang, Y. W.; Park, J. K.; Braun, P. V.; Huang, Y. G.; Rogers, J. A., Imbricate Scales as a Design Construct for Microsystem Technologies. Small 2012, 8, (6), 901-906.
    • Losego, M. D.; Grady, M. E.; Sottos, N. R.; Cahill, D. G.; Braun, P. V., Effects of Chemical Bonding on Heat Transport across Interfaces. Nature Materials 2012, 11, (6), 502-506.
    • Ning, H.; Mihi, A.; Geddes, J.; Miyake, M.; Braun, P. V., Radiative Lifetime Modification of LaF3: Nd Nanoparticles Embedded in 3D Silicon Photonic Crystals. Advanced Materials 2012, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104769.
    • Odom, S. A.; Chayanupatkul, S.; Blaiszik, B. J.; Zhao, O.; Jackson, A. C.; Braun, P. V.; Sottos, N. R.; White, S. R.; Moore, J. S., A Self-Healing Conductive Ink. Advanced Materials 2012, 24, (19), 2578-2581.
    • Van Gough, D.; Defino, J. L.; Braun, P. V., Programmed Size-Selected Permeation of ssDNA into ZnS Mesoporous Hollow Spheres. Soft Matter 2012, 8, (16), 4396-4401.
    • Xue, C. Y.; Choi, B. C.; Choi, S.; Braun, P. V.; Leckband, D. E., Protein Adsorption Modes Determine Reversible Cell Attachment on Poly(N-Isopropyl Acrylamide) Brushes. Advanced Functional Materials 2012, 22, (11), 2394-2401.
    • Zhang, H.; Braun, P. V., Three-Dimensional Metal Scafford Supported Bicontinuous Silicon Battery Anodes. Nano Letters 2012, DOI: 10.1021/nl204551m.
    • Zhao, J.; Zhang, C. J.; Braun, P. V.; Giessen, H., Large-Area Low-Cost Plasmonic Nanostructures in the Nir for Fano Resonant Sensing. Advanced Materials 2012, 24, (35), OP247-OP252.

    2011

    • Arpin, K. A.; Losego, M. D.; Braun, P. V., Electrodeposited 3d Tungsten Photonic Crystals with Enhanced Thermal Stability. Chemistry of Materials 2011, 23, (21), 4783-4788.
    • Braun, P. V., MATERIALS SCIENCE Colour without colourants. Nature 2011, 472, (7344), 423-424. 
    • Chanda, D.; Shigeta, K.; Gupta, S.; Cain, T.; Carlson, A.; Mihi, A.; Baca, A. J.; Bogart, G. R.; Braun, P.; Rogers, J. A., Large-Area Flexible 3D Optical Negative Index Metamaterial Formed by Nanotransfer Printing. Nature Nanotechnology 2011, 6, (7), 402-407.
    • Chanda, D.; Shigeta, K.; Truong, T.; Lui, E.; Mihi, A.; Schulmerich, M.; Braun, P. V.; Bhargava, R.; Rogers, J. A., Coupling of Plasmonic and Optical Cavity Modes in Quasi-Three-Dimensional Plasmonic Crystals. Nature Communications 2011, 2, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1487.
    • Dai, Z.; Yu, X.; Zhang, H.; Kim, T.; Braun, P. V.; King, W. P. Photonic Crystal Nickel and Aluminum Oxide Micromechanical Devices Having 3D Inverse Opal Microstructure, MEMS 2011, Cancun, Mexico, 2011; pp 308-311. 
    • Hsieh, W. P.; Losego, M. D.; Braun, P. V.; Shenogin, S.; Keblinski, P.; Cahill, D. G., Testing the minimum thermal conductivity model for amorphous polymers using high pressure. Physical Review B 2011, 83, (17).
    • Jackson, A. C.; Bartelt, J. A.; Marczewski, K.; Sottos, N. R.; Braun, P. V., Silica-Protected Micron and Sub-Micron Capsules and Particles for Self-Healing at the Microscale. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2011, 32, (1), 82-87.
    • Jackson, A. C.; Bartelt, J. A.; Braun, P. V., Transparent Self-Healing Polymers Based on Encapsulated Plasticizers in a Thermoplastic Matrix. Advanced Functional Materials 2011, 21, (24), 4705-4711.
    • Mihi, A.; Zhang, C. J.; Braun, P. V., Transfer of Preformed Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals onto Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2011, 50, (25), 5711-5714.
    • Mihi, A.; Zhang, C.; Braun, P. V., Transfer of Preformed 3D Photonic Crystals onto Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie 2011, 50, (1-5), 10.1002/anie.201100446.
    • Moh, L. C. H.; Losego, M. D.; Braun, P. V., Solvent Quality Effects on Scaling Behavior of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Brushes in the Moderate- and High-Density Regimes. Langmuir 2011, 27, (7), 3698-3702.
    • Nelson, E. C.; Dias, N. L.; Bassett, K. P.; Dunham, S. N.; Verma, V.; Miyake, M.; Wiltzius, P.; Rogers, J. A.; Coleman, J. J.; Li, X. L.; Braun, P. V., Epitaxial Growth of Three-Dimensionally Architectured Optoelectronic Devices. Nature Materials 2011, 10, (9), 676-681.
    • Ning, H.; Braun, P. V., Light Control Takes Wing. Physics 2011, 4, 76.
    • Park, S.-G.; Miyake, M.; Yang, S.-M.; Braun, P. V., Cu2O Inverse Woodpile Photonic Crystals by Prism Holographic Lithography and Electrodeposition. Advanced Materials 2011, 1-4, 10.1002/adma.201100543.
    • Radke, A.; Gissibl, T.; Klotzbucher, T.; Braun , P. V.; Giessen, H., Three-Dimensional Bi-Chiral Plasmonic Crystals Fabricated by Direct Laser Writing and Electroless Silver Plating. Advanced Materials 2011, 1-4, 10.1002/adma.201100543.
    • Radke, A.; Gissibl, T.; Klotzbucher, T.; Braun, P. V.; Giessen, H., Three-Dimensional Bichiral Plasmonic Crystals Fabricated by Direct Laser Writing and Electroless Silver Plating. Advanced Materials 2011, 23, (27), 3018-+.
    • Wang, Z.; Marks, D. L.; Carney, P. S.; Millet, L. J.; Gillette, M. U.; Mihi, A.; Braun, P. V.; Shen, Z.; Prasanth, S. G.; Popescu, G., Spatial Light Interference Tomography (Slit). Optics Express 2011, 19, (21), 19907-19918.
    • Xue, C. Y.; Yonet-Tanyeri, N.; Brouette, N.; Sferrazza, M.; Braun, P. V.; Leckband, D. E., Protein Adsorption on Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Brushes: Dependence on Grafting Density and Chain Collapse. Langmuir 2011, 27, (14), 8810-8818.
    • Yonet-Tanyeri, N.; Evans, R. C.; Tu, H. L.; Braun, P. V., Molecular Transport Directed via Patterned Functionalized Surfaces. Advanced Materials 2011, 23, (15), 1739-. 
    • Zhang, H. G.; Yu, X. D.; Braun, P. V.,Three-dimensional bicontinuous ultrafast-charge and -discharge bulk battery electrodes. Nature Nanotechnology 2011, 6, (5), 277-281. 

    2010

    • Arpin, K. A.; Mihi, A.; Johnson, H. T.; Baca, A. J.; Rogers, J. A.; Lewis, J. A.; Braun, P. V., Multidimensional Architectures for Functional Optical Devices. Advanced Materials 2010, 22, (10), 1084-1101.
    • Park, J. H.; Braun, P. V., Coaxial Electrospinning of Self-Healing Coatings. Advanced Materials 2010, 22, (4), 496-499.
    • Ameling, R.; Langguth, L.; Hentschel, M.; Mesch, M.; Braun, P. V.; Giessen, H., Cavity-enhanced localized plasmon resonance sensing. Applied Physics Letters 2010, 97, (25).
    • Juhl, A. T.; Busbee, J. D.; Koval, J. J.; Natarajan, L. V.; Tondiglia, V. P.; Vaia, R. A.; Bunning, T. J.; Braun, P. V., Holographically Directed Assembly of Polymer Nanocomposites. ACS Nano 2010, 4, (10), 5953-5961.
    • Jun, Y.; Yu, D.; George, M. C.; Braun, P. V., Holographically Defined Nanoparticle Placement in 3D Colloidal Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, (29), 9958-9959.
    • Lee, C. K.; Davis, D. A.; White, S. R.; Moore, J. S.; Sottos, N. R.; Braun, P. V., Force-Induced Redistribution of a Chemical Equilibrium. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, (45), 16107-16111.
    • Losego, M. D.; Moh, L.; Arpin, K. A.; Cahill, D. G.; Braun, P. V., Interfacial thermal conductance in spun-cast polymer films and polymer brushes. Applied Physics Letters 2010, 97, (1).
    • Shin, J.; Braun, P. V.; Lee, W., Fast response photonic crystal pH sensor based on templated photo-polymerized hydrogel inverse opal. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical 2010, 150, (1), 183-190. 
    • Shir, D. J.; Nelson, E. C.; Chanda, D.; Brzezinski, A.; Braun, P. V.; Rogers, J. A.; Wiltzius, P., Dual exposure, two-photon, conformal phase mask lithography for three dimensional silicon inverse woodpile photonic crystals. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 2010, 28, (4), 783-788. 
    • Wilson, G. O.; Andersson, H. M.; White, S. R.; Sottos, N. R.; Moore, J. S.; Braun, P. V., Self-Healing Polymers. In Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, 2010; pp 1-33. 

    2009

    • Brzezinski, A.; Chen, Y. C.; Wiltzius, P.; Braun, P. V., Complex three-dimensional conformal surfaces formed by atomic layer deposition: computation and experimental verification. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2009, 19, (48), 9126-9130.
    • Busbee, J. D.; Juhl, A. T.; Natarajan, L. V.; Tongdilia, V. P.; Bunning, T. J.; Vaia, R. A.; Braun, P. V., SiO2 Nanoparticle Sequestration via Reactive Functionalization in Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals. Advanced Materials 2009, 21, (36), 3659-3662.
    • Caruso, M. M.; Schelkopf, S. R.; Jackson, A. C.; Landry, A. M.; Braun, P. V.; Moore, J. S., Microcapsules containing suspensions of carbon nanotubes. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2009, 19, (34), 6093-6096.
    • George, M. C.; Braun, P. V., Multicompartmental Materials by Electrohydrodynamic Cojetting. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2009, 48, (46), 8606-8609.
    • Lee, J. T.; George, M. C.; Moore, J. S.; Braun, P. V., Multiphoton Writing of Three-Dimensional Fluidic Channels within a Porous Matrix. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, (32), 11294-11295.
    • Miyake, M.; Chen, Y. C.; Braun, P. V.; Wiltzius, P., Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Using Multibeam Interference Lithography and Electrodeposition. Advanced Materials 2009, 21, (29), 3012-3015.
    • Yu, X. D.; Zhang, H. G.; Oliverio, J. K.; Braun, P. V., Template-Assisted Three-Dimensional Nanolithography via Geometrically Irreversible Processing. Nano Letters 2009, 9, (12), 4424-4427.
    • Chae, W. S.; Kershner, R. J.; Braun, P. V., Fabrication of 50 to 1000 nm Monodisperse ZnS Colloids. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 2009, 30, (1), 129-132.
    • Cho, S. H.; White, S. R.; Braun, P. V., Self-Healing Polymer Coatings. Advanced Materials 2009, 21, (6), 645-+.
    • Davis, D. A.; Hamilton, A.; Yang, J. L.; Cremar, L. D.; Van Gough, D.; Potisek, S. L.; Ong, M. T.; Braun, P. V.; Martinez, T. J.; White, S. R.; Moore, J. S.; Sottos, N. R., Force-induced activation of covalent bonds in mechanoresponsive polymeric materials. Nature 2009, 459, (7243), 68-72.
    • George, M. C.; Mohroz, A.; Piech, M.; Bell, N. S.; Lewis, J. A.; Braun, P. V., Direct Laser Writing of Photoresponsive Colloids for Microscale Patterning of 3D Porous Structures. Advanced Materials 2009, 21, (1), 66-70.
    • George, M. C.; Nelson, E. C.; Rogers, J. A.; Braun, P. V., Direct Fabrication of 3D Periodic Inorganic Microstructures using Conformal Phase Masks. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2009, 48, (1), 144-148.
    • Gough, D. V., Juhl,  A.T., Braun, P.V., Programming structure into 3D nanomaterials. Materials Today 2009, 12, 28-35.
    • Shir, D.; Nelson, E. C.; Chen, Y. C.; Brzezinski, A.; Liao, H.; Braun, P. V.; Wiltzius, P.; Bogart, K. H. A.; Rogers, J. A., Three dimensional silicon photonic crystals fabricated by two photon phase mask lithography. Applied Physics Letters 2009, 94, (1).
    • Son, D.; Wolosiuk, A.; Braun, P. V., Double Direct Templated Hollow ZnS Microspheres Formed on Chemically Modified Silica Colloids. Chemistry of Materials 2009, 21, (4), 628-634.
    • Van Gough, D.; Wolosiuk, A.; Braun, P. V., Mesoporous ZnS Nanorattles: Programmed Size Selected Access to Encapsulated Enzymes. Nano Letters 2009, 9, (5), 1994-1998.

    2008

    • Brzezinski, A.; Lee, J. T.; Slinker, J. D.; Malliaras, G. G.; Braun, P. V.; Wiltzius, P. V., Enhanced emission from fcc fluorescent photonic crystals Physical Review B 2008, 77, 233106 (1-4).
    • Jackson, A. C.; Blaiszik, B. J.; McIlroy, D. A.; Sottos, N. R.; Braun, P. V., New capsule chemistries for nanoscale self-healing. Polymer Preprints 2008, 49, (1), 967-968.
    • Lau, W. T.; Shen, J. T.; Veronis, G.; Fan, S. H.; Braun, P. V., Tuning coherent radiative thermal conductance in multilayer photonic crystals. Applied Physics Letters 2008, 92, (10), 103106 (1-3).
    • McIlroy, D. A.; Blaiszik, B. J.; Braun, P. V.; White, S. R.; Sottos, N. R., Microencapsulation of polyfunctional amines for self-healing of epoxy-based composites. Polymer Preprints 2008, 49, (1), 963- 964.
    • Nelson, E. C.; Braun, P. V., Photonic crystals: Photons and electrons confined. Nature Photonics 2008, 2, (11), 650-651.
    • Nelson, E. C.; Garcia-Santamaria, F.; Braun, P. V., Lattice-registered two-photon polymerized features within colloidal photonic crystals and their optical properties. Advanced Functional Materials 2008, 18, (13), 1983-1989.
    • Ramanan, V.; Nelson, E.; Brzezinski, A.; Braun, P. V.; Wiltzius, P., Three dimensional silicon-air photonic crystals with controlled defects using interference lithography. Applied Physics Letters 2008, 92, (17), 173304- (1-3).
    • Rinne, S. A.; Garcia-Santamaria, F.; Braun, P. V., Embedded cavities and waveguides in three-dimensional silicon photonic crystals. Nature Photonics 2008, 2, (1), 52-56.
    • Shyr, M.; Wernette, D.; Wiltzius, P.; Lu, Y.; Braun, P. V., DNA and DNAzyme-mediated 2-D colloidal assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, 8234-8240.

    2007

    • Berfield, T. A.; Patel, J. K.; Shimmin, R. G.; Braun, P. V.; Lambros, J.; Sottos, N. R. Micro- and nanoscale deformation measurement of surface and internal planes via digital image correlation. Experimental Mechanics 2007, 47, (1), 51-62.
    • Chae, W. S.; Braun, P. V., Templated mesoporous silica colloids with controlled internal structures. Chemistry of Materials 2007, 19, (23), 5593-5597.
    • Chen, Y. C.; Geddes, J. B.; Lee, J. T.; Braun, P. V.; Wiltzius, P., Holographically fabricated photonic crystals with large reflectance. Applied Physics Letters 2007, 91, (24), 241103 (1-3).
    • García-Santamaría, F.; Braun, P. V. Are artificial opals non-close-packed fcc structures? Applied Physics Letters 2007, 90, 241905, 1-3.
    • García-Santamaría, F.; Xu, M.; Lousse, V.; Fan, S.; Braun, P. V.; Lewis, J. A. A germanium inverse woodpile structure with a large photonic band gap. Advanced Materials 2007, 19, 1567-1570.
    • Garcia-Santamaria, F.; Nelson, E. C.; Braun, P. V., Optical surface resonance may render photonic crystals ineffective. Physical Review B 2007, 76, (7), 075132 (1-6).
    • Lee, W.; Braun, P. V., Epitaxially grown colloidal crystals of silica microspheres on patterned substrate of triangular arrays. Materials Science & Engineering C-Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems 2007, 27, (5-8), 961-967.
    • Nelson, E. C.; Braun, P. V., Enhancing colloids through the surface. Science 2007, 318, (5852), 924-925.
    • Rau, C.; Crecea, V.; Liu, W.; Richter, C. P.; Peterson, K. M.; Jemian, P. R.; Neuhusler, U.; Schneider, G.; Yu, X.; Braun, P. V.; Chiang, T. C.; Robinson, I. K., Synchrotron-based imaging and tomography with hard X-rays. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 2007, 261, (1-2), 850-854.
    • Rau, C.; Crecea, V.; Peterson, K. M.; Jemian, P. R.; Richter, C.-P.; Neuhäusler, U.; Schneider, G.; Yu, X.; Braun, P. V.; Chiang, T. C.; Robinson, I. K. Imaging of micro- and nano-structures with hard X-rays," Micro and Nano Letters 2007, 2, 1-5.
    • Shimmin, R. G.; Vajtai, R.; Siegel, R. W.; Braun, P. V. Room-temperature assembly of germanium photonic crystals through colloidal crystal templating. Chemistry of Materials 2007, 19, (8), 2102-2107.
    • Tu, H. L.; Hong, L.; Anthony, S. M.; Braun, P. V.; Granick, S. Brush-sheathed particles diffusing at brush-coated surfaces in the thermally responsive PNIPAAm system. Langmuir 2007, 23, (5), 2322-2325.
    • Yu, X.; Lee, Y.-J.; Furstenberg, R.; White, J. O.; Braun, P. V. Filling fraction dependent properties of inverse opal metallic photonic crystals. Advanced Materials 2007, 19, 1689-1692.

    2006

    • Berfield, T. A.; Patel, H. K.; Shimmin, R. G.; Braun, P. V.; Lambros, J.; Sottos, N. R. Fluorescent image correlation for nanoscale deformation measurements. Small 2006, 2, (5), 631-635.
    • Braun, P. V.; Rinne, S. A.; Garcia-Santamaria, F. Introducing defects in 3D photonic crystals: State of the art. Advanced Materials 2006, 18, (20), 2665-2678.
    • Ge, Z. B.; Cahill, D. G.; Braun, P. V. Thermal conductance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic interfaces. Physical Review Letters 2006, 96, (18).
    • Lee, Y. J.; Heitzman, C. E.; Frei, W. R.; Johnson, H. T.; Braun, P. V. Transformation of hydrogel-based inverse opal photonic sensors from FCC to L1(1) during swelling. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2006, 110, (39), 19300-19306.
    • Pruzinsky, S. A.; Garcia-Santamaria, F.; Braun, P. V. Two-photon polymerization of embedded features within photonic crystals. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 2006, 231.
    • Putnam, S. A.; Cahill, D. G.; Braun, P. V.; Ge, Z. B.; Shimmin, R. G. Thermal conductivity of nanoparticle suspensions. Journal of Applied Physics 2006, 99, (8).
    • Shimmin, R. G.; DiMauro, A. J.; Braun, P. V. Slow vertical deposition of colloidal crystals: A Langmuir-Blodgett process? Langmuir 2006, 22, (15), 6507-6513.
    • Wang, X. J.; Tu, H. L.; Braun, P. V.; Bohn, P. W. Length scale heterogeneity in lateral gradients of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) polymer brushes prepared by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization coupled with in-plane electrochemical potential gradients. Langmuir 2006, 22, (2), 817-823.

    2003

    • Lee, Y.-J. and Braun, P.V. (2003), "Tunable Inverse Opal Hydrogel pH Sensors," Advanced Materials, 15, pp. 563-566.
    • Liang, H., Angelini, T.E., Ho, J., Braun, P.V., and Wong, G.C.L. (2003), "Molecular Imprinting of Biomineralized CdS Nanostructures: Crystallographic Control Using Self-assembled DNA-membrane Templates," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125, pp. 11786-11787.

    2002

    • Braun, P.V. and Wiltzius, P. (2002), "Macroporous Materials - Electrochemically Grown Photonic Crystals (invited)," Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 7, pp. 116-123.
    • Lee, W., Pruzinsky, S.A., and Braun, P.V. (2002), "Multi-photon Polymerization of Waveguide Structures within Three-dimensional Photonic Crystals," Advanced Materials, 14, pp. 271-274.

    2001

    • Tohver, V., Smay, J.E., Braem, A., Braun, P.V., and Lewis, J.A. (2001), "Nanoparticle Halos: A New Colloid Stabilization Mechanism," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 98, pp. 8950-8955.

    2000

    • Aizenberg, J., Braun, P.V., and Wiltzius, P. (2000), "Patterned Colloidal Deposition Controlled by Electrostatic and Capillary Forces," Physical Review Letters, 84, pp. 2997-3000.