Publications

2024

Multiscale Simulations of Self-Assembling Peptides: Surface and Core Hydrophobicity Determine Fibril Stability and Amyloid Aggregation

Aysenur Iscen, Kübra Kaygisiz, Christopher V. Synatschke, and Tanja Weil, Kurt Kremer
Biomacromolecules , 25 5 , 3065-3075 , 2024

Peptide amphiphiles as biodegradable adjuvants for efficient retroviral gene delivery

Kübra Kaygisiz, Lena Rauch-Wirth, Aysenur Iscen, and Jan Hartenfels, Kurt Kremer, Jan Munch, Christopher V. Synatschke, Tanja Weil
Advanced Healthcare Materials , 13 , 2301364 , 2024

2023

Determining glass transition in all-atom acrylic polymeric melts simulations using machine learning

Atreyee Banerjee, Aysenur Iscen, Kurt Kremer, and Oleksandra Kukharenko
Journal of Chemical Physics , 159 , 074108 , 2023

Role of Supramolecular Polymers in Photo-actuation of Spiropyran Hydrogels

Chuang Li, Qinsi Xiong, Tristan D. Clemons, Hiroaki Sai, Yang Yang, M. Hussain Sangji, Aysenur Iscen, Liam C. Palmer, George C. Schatz, Samuel I. Stupp
Chemical Science , 14 22 , 6095-6104 , 2023

Molecular Simulation Strategies for Understanding the Degradation Mechanisms of Acrylic Polymers

Aysenur Iscen, Nancy C. Forero-Martinez, Omar Valsson, and Kurt Kremer
Macromolecules , 56 9 , 3272-3285 , 2023

2021

Acrylic Paints: An Atomistic View of Polymer Structure and Effects of Environmental Pollutants

Aysenur Iscen, Nancy C. Forero-Martinez, Omar Valsson, Kurt Kremer
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 125 38 , 10854-10865 , 2021

Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems: The Central Role of Water/Solid Interfaces in Adsorption, Reactivity, and Transport

Edward Barry, Raelyn Burns, Wei Chen, Guilhem X. De Hoe, Joan Manuel Montes De Oca, Juan J. de Pablo, James Dombrowski, Jeffrey W. Elam, Alanna M. Felts, Giulia Galli, John Hack, Qiming He, Xiang He, Eli Hoenig, Aysenur Iscen, Benjamin Kash, Harold H. Kung, Nicholas H. C. Lewis, Chong Liu, Xinyou Ma, Anil Mane, Alex B. F. Martinson, Karen L. Mulfort, Julia Murphy, Kristian Mølhave, Paul Nealey, Yijun Qiao, Vepa Rozyyev, George C. Schatz, Steven J. Sibener, Dmitri Talapin, David M. Tiede, Matthew V. Tirrell, Andrei Tokmakoff, Gregory A. Voth, Zhongyang Wang, Zifan Ye, Murat Yesibolati, Nestor J. Zaluzec, Seth B. Darling
Chemical Reviews , 121 15 , 9450-9501 , 2021

2020

Vibrational Probe of Aqueous Electrolytes: The Field Is Not Enough

Nicholas H. C. Lewis, Aysenur Iscen, Alanna Felts, and Bogdan Dereka, George C. Schatz, Andrei Tokmakoff
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 124 32 , 7013-7026 , 2020

Supramolecular–covalent hybrid polymers for light-activated mechanical actuation

Chuang Li, Aysenur Iscen, Hiroaki Sai, and Kohei Sato, Nicholas A. Sather, Stacey M. Chin, Zaida Álvarez, Liam C. Palmer, George C. Schatz, Samuel I. Stupp
Nature Materials , 19 , 900–909 , 2020

Light-Driven Expansion of Spiropyran Hydrogels

Chuang Li, Aysenur Iscen, Liam C. Palmer, and George C. Schatz, Samuel I. Stupp
Journal of American Chemical Society , 142 18 , 8447-8453 , 2020

2019

Multivalent Cation Induced Reversible Actuation of Colloidal Superlattices

Devleena Samanta, Aysenur Iscen, Christine R. Laramy, and Sasha B. Ebrahimi, Katherine E. Bujold, George C. Schatz, Chad A. Mirkin
Journal of the American Chemical Society , 141 51 , 19973-19977 , 2019

Inhibition of Amyloid-β Aggregation by Cobalt(III) Schiff Base Complexes: A Computational and Experimental Approach

Aysenur Iscen, Christopher R. Brue, Kaleigh F. Roberts, and Joy Kim, George C. Schatz, Thomas J. Meade
Journal of the American Chemical Society , 141 42 , 16685-16695 , 2019

Hofmeister Effects on Peptide Amphiphile Nanofiber Self-Assembly

Aysenur Iscen, and George C. Schatz
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 123 32 , 2019

2018

Highly stable, ultrasmall polymer-grafted nanobins (usPGNSs) with stimuli-responsive capability

Bong Jin Hong, Aysenur Iscen, Anthony J. Chipre, and Mei Mei Li, One-Sun Lee, Joshua N. Leonard, George C. Schatz, SonBinh T. Nguyen
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters , 9 5 , 1133-1139 , 2018

2017

Peptide amphiphile self-assembly

Aysenur Iscen, and George C. Schatz
Europhysics Letters , 119 3 , 38002 , 2017