Publications

Wang, Zhi Jian, Wei Li, Xueyu Li, Tasuku Nakajima, Michael Rubinstein, and Jian Ping Gong. “Rapid self-strengthening in double-network hydrogels triggered by bond scission.” Nature Materials 24, no. 4 (April 2025): 607–14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02137-6.

Hartquist, C. M., S. Wang, B. Deng, H. K. Beech, S. L. Craig, B. D. Olsen, M. Rubinstein, and X. Zhao. “Fracture of polymer-like networks with hybrid bond strengths.” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 195 (February 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105931.

Craig, S. L., and M. Rubinstein. “Rubber that lasts longer: Sustainable materials.” Nature Sustainability, January 1, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01549-1.

Vigil, Daniel L., Ting Ge, Michael Rubinstein, Thomas C. O’Connor, and Gary S. Grest. “Measuring Topological Constraint Relaxation in Ring-Linear Polymer Blends.” Physical Review Letters 133, no. 11 (September 2024): 118101. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.133.118101.

Wei, Shixuan, Julian Smith-Jones, Remy F. Lalisse, Julia C. Hestenes, Danyang Chen, Scott P. O. Danielsen, Rowina C. Bell, et al. “Light-Induced Living Polymer Networks with Adaptive Functional Properties.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 36, no. 26 (June 2024): e2313961. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202313961.

Chan, Brian, and Michael Rubinstein. “Activity-driven chromatin organization during interphase: Compaction, segregation, and entanglement suppression.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121, no. 21 (May 2024): e2401494121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401494121.

Chan, Brian, and Michael Rubinstein. “Activity-driven chromatin organization during interphase: compaction, segregation, and entanglement suppression.” BioRxiv, January 26, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.22.576729.

Edwards, D. A., M. Rubinstein, A. Edwards, D. Bhatta, J. Hanes, I. Edirisinghe, B. B. Freeman, K. Chung, and B. Button. “The Breathing of Dry Dirty Air Stratifies Mucus to Promote Inflammatory Stress and Cough.” In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, Vol. 209, 2024.

Beech, Haley K., Shu Wang, Devosmita Sen, Dechen Rota, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Akash Arora, Michael Rubinstein, Stephen L. Craig, and Bradley D. Olsen. “Reactivity-Guided Depercolation Processes Determine Fracture Behavior in End-Linked Polymer Networks.” ACS Macro Letters 12, no. 12 (December 2023): 1685–91. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00559.

Hartquist, Chase M., Shaoting Lin, James H. Zhang, Shu Wang, Michael Rubinstein, and Xuanhe Zhao. “An elastomer with ultrahigh strain-induced crystallization.” Science Advances 9, no. 50 (December 2023): eadj0411. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj0411.

Prince, Elisabeth, Sofia Morozova, Zhengkun Chen, Vahid Adibnia, Ilya Yakavets, Sergey Panyukov, Michael Rubinstein, and Eugenia Kumacheva. “Nanocolloidal hydrogel mimics the structure and nonlinear mechanical properties of biological fibrous networks.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120, no. 51 (December 2023): e2220755120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2220755120.

Danielsen, S. P. O., A. N. Semenov, and M. Rubinstein. “Phase Separation and Gelation in Solutions and Blends of Heteroassociative Polymers.” Macromolecules 56, no. 14 (July 25, 2023): 5661–77. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00854.

Sapir, Liel, James Brock, Danyang Chen, Qi Liao, Sergey Panyukov, and Michael Rubinstein. “How a Chain Can Be Extended While Its Bonds Are Compressed.” ACS Macro Letters 12, no. 7 (July 2023): 894–900. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00097.

Chan, Brian, and Michael Rubinstein. “Theory of chromatin organization maintained by active loop extrusion.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120, no. 23 (June 2023): e2222078120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2222078120.

Wang, Shu, Yixin Hu, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Liel Sapir, Danyang Chen, Abraham Herzog-Arbeitman, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Michael Rubinstein, and Stephen L. Craig. “Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 380, no. 6651 (June 2023): 1248–52. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg3229.

Grest, Gary S., Ting Ge, Steven J. Plimpton, Michael Rubinstein, and Thomas C. O’Connor. “Entropic Mixing of Ring/Linear Polymer Blends.” ACS Polymers Au 3, no. 2 (April 2023): 209–16. https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.2c00050.

Wang, S., S. Panyukov, S. L. Craig, and M. Rubinstein. “Contribution of Unbroken Strands to the Fracture of Polymer Networks.” Macromolecules 56, no. 6 (March 28, 2023): 2309–18. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02139.

Chen, Danyang, Sergey Panyukov, Liel Sapir, and Michael Rubinstein. “Elasticity of Slide-Ring Gels.” ACS Macro Letters 12, no. 3 (March 2023): 362–68. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00010.

Hill, David B., Brian Button, Michael Rubinstein, and Richard C. Boucher. “Physiology and pathophysiology of human airway mucus.” Physiological Reviews 102, no. 4 (October 2022): 1757–1836. https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00004.2021.

Li, Yang, Yunfeng Li, Elisabeth Prince, Jeffrey I. Weitz, Sergey Panyukov, Arun Ramachandran, Michael Rubinstein, and Eugenia Kumacheva. “Fibrous hydrogels under biaxial confinement.” Nature Communications 13, no. 1 (June 2022): 3264. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30980-7.

Yamamoto, T., J. A. Campbell, S. Panyukov, and M. Rubinstein. “Scaling Theory of Swelling and Deswelling of Polymer Networks.” Macromolecules 55, no. 9 (May 10, 2022): 3588–3601. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02553.

Kato, Takafumi, Giorgia Radicioni, Micah J. Papanikolas, Georgi V. Stoychev, Matthew R. Markovetz, Kazuhiro Aoki, Melody Porterfield, et al. “Mucus concentration-dependent biophysical abnormalities unify submucosal gland and superficial airway dysfunction in cystic fibrosis.” Science Advances 8, no. 13 (April 2022): eabm9718. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm9718.

Bilchak, Connor R., Mayank Jhalaria, Sabin Adhikari, Jiarul Midya, Yucheng Huang, Zaid Abbas, Arash Nikoubashman, Brian C. Benicewicz, Michael Rubinstein, and Sanat K. Kumar. “Understanding Gas Transport in Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Assemblies.” Macromolecules 55, no. 8 (April 2022): 3011–19. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02367.

Tang, Qishun, and Michael Rubinstein. “Where in the world are condensed counterions?” Soft Matter 18, no. 6 (February 2022): 1154–73. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sm01494c.

Bollinger, J. A., G. S. Grest, M. J. Stevens, and M. Rubinstein. “Overlap Concentration in Salt-Free Polyelectrolyte Solutions.” Macromolecules 54, no. 21 (November 9, 2021): 10068–73. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01491.