Publications

Schroeder, C. M., R. Everaers, K. Kremer, M. Kruteva, C. N. Likos, G. B. McKenna, T. O’Connor, et al. “Ring polymer physics and rheology: Challenges and opportunities.” Journal of Rheology 70, no. 1 (January 1, 2026): 183–216. https://doi.org/10.1122/8.0001099.

Nechmad, N. B., L. M. Campos, S. L. Craig, C. Deng, J. Diodati, S. D. Ekim, E. Garcia Villatoro, et al. “Reimagining Polymer Networks from Molecule to Material.” Macromolecules 58, no. 24 (December 23, 2025): 12909–30. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c02040.

Sapir, Liel, Danyang Chen, and Michael Rubinstein. “Reduction of Kuhn Length upon Chain Extension.” ACS Macro Letters 14, no. 12 (December 2025): 1827–34. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5c00550.

Zheng, Xujun, Chun-Yu Chiou, Sunay Dilara Ekim, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Jafer Vakil, Yixin Hu, Liel Sapir, et al. “Tuning the Ultimate Strain of Single and Double Network Gels Through Reactive Strand Extension.” ACS Central Science 11, no. 10 (October 2025): 1882–91. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.5c00932.

Leão, B. S., W. Zou, N. J. Rebello, M. Rubinstein, L. F. M. Franco, and B. D. Olsen. “CG-BigSMILES: Line Notation for Coarse-Grained Models of Polymers.” Macromolecules 58, no. 17 (September 9, 2025): 9018–30. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c00516.

Chan, B., and M. Rubinstein. “Polymer Solutions under Steady Solvent Flow between Two Semipermeable Interfaces.” Macromolecules 58, no. 15 (August 12, 2025): 8132–42. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c00944.

Dalne, M., S. Costanzo, K. Peponaki, N. Jiang, S. Alexandris, N. Grizzuti, D. Vlassopoulos, M. Rubinstein, and E. van Ruymbeke. “Nonlinear Shear Rheology of Unentangled Polymer Melts.” Macromolecules 58, no. 14 (July 22, 2025): 7062–83. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c00553.

Craig, S. L., and M. Rubinstein. “Rubber that lasts longer.” Nature Sustainability 8, no. 6 (June 1, 2025): 588–89. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01549-1.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.