Self-Assembled Functional Nanomaterials Lab

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Google Scholar: Mu-Ping Nieh 

* corresponding author

2023 

• Chung-Hao Liu, Susan Krueger, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Synthesis of Polymer Nanoweb via a Lipid Template” ACS Macro Letters, in press
• Hanyi Duan, Zhenyang Jia, Maham Liaqat, Matthew D Mellor, Haiyan Tan, Mu-Ping Nieh, Yao Lin, Stephan Link, Christy F Landes, Jie He. “Site-Specific Chemistry on Gold Nanorods: Curvature-Guided Surface Dewetting and Supracolloidal Polymerization” ACS Nano, in press
• Vishal Kasina, Aniket Wahane, Chung-Hao Liu, Lin Yang, Mu-Ping Nieh, Frank J Slack, Raman Bahal. “Next-generation poly-L-histidine formulations for miRNA mimic delivery” Molecular Therapy-Methods & Clinical Development, 29, 271-283
• Ying Liu, Yan Xia, Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Wafa Aresh, Justin M Fang, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Stable Discoidal Bicelles: Formulation, Characterization, and Functions” Liposomes: Methods and Protocols, 147-157
• Justin M Fang, Sayan Basu, Jak Phu, Mu-Ping Nieh*, Joseph J LoTurco. “Cellular Localization, Aggregation, and Cytotoxicity of Bicelle-Quantum Dot Nanocomposites” ACS Applied Bio Materials, 6, 566-577
• Weikang Xian, Chung-Hao Liu, Behrad Kangarlou, Shing-Yun Chang, Chao Wu, Yang Cao, Luyi Sun, Anson WK Ma, Mu-Ping Nieh, Amitesh Maiti, Andrew P Saab, Ying Li. “Effect of Diphenyl Content on Viscoelasticity of Poly(dimethyl-co-diphenyl)siloxane Melt and Network” ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5, 1915-1925
• Chung-Hao Liu, Catherine Cheu, John G Barker, Lin Yang, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Facile polymerization in a bicellar template to produce polymer nano-rings” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 630, 629-637
• Zichao Wei, Chung-Hao Liu, Qiang Luo, Srinivas Thanneeru, Alfredo M Angeles-Boza, Mu-Ping Nieh, Jie He. “Hydrophobic pockets built in polymer micelles enhance the reactivity of Cu 2+ ions” Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 7, 2038-2048

2022

• Behrad Kangarlou, Donyeil Hoy, Haden L Scott, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Nora Khalil, Benjamin Chung, John Katsaras, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Water Content in Nanoparticles Determined by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Light Scattering” Langmuir, 39, 227-235
• Wenjian Zheng, Chung-Hao Liu, Mu-Ping Nieh, Chris J Cornelius. “Sulfonated Pentablock Copolymer Membrane Morphological Anisotropy and Its Impact on Dimensional Swelling, Proton Conductivity, and the Transport of Protons and Water” Macromolecules, 55, 9269-9281
• Zichao Wei, Chung-Hao Liu, Hanyi Duan, Qiang Luo, Margaret Huang, Srinivas Thanneeru, Mu-Ping Nieh, Jie He. “Self-assembly of gold nanoparticles grafted with amphiphilic supramolecular block copolymers” Giant, 10, 10012
• Caroline R Garcia, Armin T Rad, Farnoosh Saeedinejad, Arvind Manojkumar, Deepa Roy, Hansapani Rodrigo, Sue Anne Chew, Ziyaur Rahman, Mu-Ping Nieh, Upal Roy. “Effect of drug-to-lipid ratio on nanodisc-based tenofovir drug delivery to the brain for HIV-1 infection” Nanomedicine, 17, 959-978
• Ibtihal Alahmadi, Donyeil Hoy Jr, Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Sanyukta Patil, Anas Alahmadi, Jacob Kinnun, Haden L Scott, John Katsaras, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Changes Experienced by Low-Concentration Lipid Bicelles as a Function of Temperature” Langmuir, 38, 4332-4340 
• Justin M Fang, Sayan Basu, Mingda Li, Kuo‐Chih Shih, Jun Wang, Mircea Cotlet, Xudong Wang, Jing Zhao, TJ Mountziaris, Joseph J LoTurco, Mu‐Ping Nieh*. “Restriction‐In‐Motion of Surface Ligands Enhances Photoluminescence of Quantum Dots—Experiment and Theory” Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9, 2102079
• Shipra Malik, Vikas Kumar, Chung‐Hao Liu, Kuo‐Chih Shih, Susan Krueger, Mu‐Ping Nieh, Raman Bahal. “Head on Comparison of Self‐and Nano‐Assemblies of Gamma Peptide Nucleic Acid Amphiphiles” Advanced Functional Materials, 32, 2109552
• Francis K Masese, Dennis Ndaya, Chung-Hao Liu, Nicholas Eddy, M Daniela Morales-Acosta, Mu-Ping Nieh, Rajeswari M Kasi. “Self-assembled materials from cellulose nanocrystals conjugated with a thermotropic liquid crystalline moiety” Soft Matter, 18, 8165-8174
• Hanyi Duan, Tessa Malesky, Janet Wang, Chung-Hao Liu, Haiyan Tan, Mu-Ping Nieh, Yao Lin, Jie He. “Patchy metal nanoparticles with polymers: controllable growth and two-way self-assembly” Nanoscale, 14, 7364-7371
• Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Derek Hargrove, Leila Daneshmandi, Amanda Ramsdell, Xiuling Lu, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Codelivery of paclitaxel and parthenolide in discoidal bicelles for a synergistic anticancer effect: structure matters” Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2, 2100080
• Yikun Huang, Mu‐Ping Nieh, Wilfred Chen, Yu Lei. “Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) enabled bio‐applications: A critical review” Biotechnology and bioengineering, 119, 34-47

2021

• Behrad Kangarlou, Rasika Dahanayake, Ian J Martin, Dennis Ndaya, Chun-Ming Wu, Rajeswari M Kasi, Elena E Dormidontova, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Flower-like micelles of polyethylene oxide end-capped with cholesterol” Macromolecules, 54, 8960-8970
• Aniket Wahane, Shipra Malik, Kuo-Chih Shih, Ravinder Reddy Gaddam, Chaohao Chen, Yun Liu, Mu-Ping Nieh, Ajit Vikram, Raman Bahal. “Dual-Modality Poly-l-histidine Nanoparticles to Deliver Peptide Nucleic Acids and Paclitaxel for In Vivo Cancer Therapy” ACS applied materials & interfaces, 13, 45244-45258
• Lei Jin, Chung-Hao Liu, Daniel Cintron, Qiang Luo, Mu-Ping Nieh, Jie He. “Structural engineering in the self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers with reactive additives: micelles, vesicles, and beyond” Langmuir, 37, 9865-9872
• Rongying Liu, Ran Zhang, Long Li, Zdravko Kochovski, Lintong Yao, Mu-Ping Nieh, Yan Lu, Tongfei Shi, Guosong Chen. “A Comprehensive Landscape for Fibril Association Behaviors Encoded Synergistically by Saccharides and Peptides” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 6622-6633
• Narayan Shirolkar, Adam Maffe, Edward DiLoreto, Pedro J Arias-Monje, Mingxuan Lu, Jyotsna Ramachandran, Prabhakar Gulgunje, Kishor Gupta, Jin Gyu Park, Kuo-Chih Shih, Mohammad Hamza Kirmani, Andrew Sharits, Dhriti Nepal, Mu-Ping Nieh, Richard Liang, Thomas Tsotsis, Satish Kumar. “Multichannel hollow carbon fibers: Processing, structure, and properties” Carbon, 174, 730-740
• Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Yue Bao, Hyun‐Sook Jang, Yan Xia, Hari Sharma, Elena E Dormidontova, Jing Zhao, Jaspreet Arora, Vijay T John, Ben Zhong Tang, Tiziano Dainese, Ali Hariri, Jesse V Jokerst, Flavio Maran, Mu‐Ping Nieh*. “Aggregation‐Enhanced Photoluminescence and Photoacoustics of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters in Lipid Nanodiscs (NANO2)” Advanced functional materials, 31, 2009750
• Guang‐Qiang Yin, Sneha Kandapal, Chung‐Hao Liu, Heng Wang, Jianxiang Huang, Shu‐Ting Jiang, Tan Ji, Yu Yan, Sandra Khalife, Ruhong Zhou, Libin Ye, Bingqian Xu, Hai‐Bo Yang, Mu‐Ping Nieh, Xiaopeng Li. “Metallo‐Helicoid with Double Rims: Polymerization Followed by Folding by Intramolecular Coordination” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, 1281-1289
• Chung-Hao Liu, Heng Wang, Lin Yang, Yun Liu, Xiaopeng Li, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Nanocomplex made up of antimicrobial metallo-supramolecules and model biomembranes–characterization and enhanced fluorescence” Nanoscale, 13, 14973-14979

2020 

• Catherine Cheu, Lin Yang, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Refining internal bilayer structure of bicelles resolved by extended-q small angle X-ray scattering” Chemistry and physics of lipids, 231, 104945
• Ming Li, William T Heller, Chung-Hao Liu, Carrie Y Gao, Yutian Cai, Yiming Hou, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Effects of fluidity and charge density on the morphology of a bicellar mixture–A SANS study” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1862, 183315
• James M Hutchison, Kuo-Chih Shih, Holger A Scheidt, Sarah M Fantin, Kristine F Parson, George A Pantelopulos, Haley R Harrington, Kathleen F Mittendorf, Shuo Qian, Richard A Stein, Scott E Collier, Melissa G Chambers, John Katsaras, Markus W Voehler, Brandon T Ruotolo, Daniel Huster, Robert L McFeeters, John E Straub, Mu-Ping Nieh, Charles R Sanders. “Bicelles rich in both sphingolipids and cholesterol and their use in studies of membrane proteins” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 12715-12729
• Jing Yang, Qiqige Du, Long Li, Tingting Wang, Yingle Feng, Mu-Ping Nieh, Juzheng Sheng, Guosong Chen. “Glycosyltransferase-induced morphology transition of glycopeptide self-assemblies with proteoglycan residues” ACS Macro Letters, 9, 929-936
• Xueguang Lu, Hailin Fu, Kuo-Chih Shih, Fei Jia, Yehui Sun, Dali Wang, Yuyan Wang, Stephen Ekatan, Mu-Ping Nieh, Yao Lin, Ke Zhang. “DNA-Mediated Step-Growth Polymerization of Bottlebrush Macromonomers” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 10297-10301
• Ian J Martin, Kuo-Chih Shih, Mu-Ping Nieh, Rajeswari M Kasi. ”
  Templated supramolecular structures of multichromic, multiresponsive perylene diimide-polydiacetylene films” Macromolecules, 53, 4501-4510
• Lei Jin, Xingsong Su, Jianhang Shi, Kuo‐Chih Shih, Daniel Cintron, Tong Cai, Mu‐Ping Nieh, Ou Chen, Steven L Suib, Menka Jain, Jie He. “Crystalline Mesoporous Complex Oxides: Porosity‐Controlled Electromagnetic Response” Advanced Functional Materials, 30, 1909491
• James Hutchison, Kuo-chih Shih, George Pantelopulos, Haley Harrington, Kathleen Mittendorf, Holger Scheidt, Shuo Qian, Scott Collier, Melissa Chambers, Daniel Huster, John Katsaras, Robert L McFeeters, John E Straub, Mu-Ping Nieh, Charles Sanders. “Highly Dynamic C99 Oligomeric Structure in Cholesterol and Sphingomyelin Rich Bicelles” Biophysical Journal, 118, 12a
• Kuo-Chih Shih, Chien-You Su, Shing-Yun Chang, Grethe Jensen, Chi-Chung Hua, Mu-Ping Nieh*, Hsi-Mei Lai. “Correlation of the hierarchical structure with rheological behavior of polypseudorotaxane gel composed of pluronic and β-cyclodextrin” Soft Matter, 16, 4990-4998

2019 

• Yikun Huang, Haomin Liu, Wilfred Chen, Mu-Ping Nieh, Yu Lei. “Genetically engineered bio-nanoparticles with co-expressed enzyme reporter and recognition element for IgG immunoassay” Sensors and Actuators Reports, 1, 100003
• Yikun Huang, André O’Reilly Beringhs, Qi Chen, Donghui Song, Wilfred Chen, Xiuling Lu, Tai-Hsi Fan, Mu-Ping Nieh, Yu Lei. “Genetically Engineered Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles with Expressed Nanoluciferase Reporter for in Vivo Bioluminescence Kinetic Modeling through Noninvasive Imaging” ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2, 5608-5615
• Zhen Li, Shuyu Chen, Chendi Gao, Zhiwei Yang, Kuo-Chih Shih, Zdravko Kochovski, Guang Yang, Lu Gou, Mu-Ping Nieh, Ming Jiang, Lei Zhang, Guosong Chen. “Chemically controlled helical polymorphism in protein tubes by selective modulation of supramolecular interactions” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, 19448-19457
• B Deljoo, T Jafari, R Miao, M-P Nieh, SL Suib, M Aindow. “Surfactant selection as a strategy for tailoring the structure and properties of UCT manganese oxides” Materials & Design, 180, 107902
• Heng Wang, Chung-Hao Liu, Kun Wang, Minghui Wang, Hao Yu, Sneha Kandapal, Robert Brzozowski, Bingqian Xu, Ming Wang, Shuai Lu, Xin-Qi Hao, Prahathees Eswara, Mu-Ping Nieh*, Jianfeng Cai, Xiaopeng Li. “Assembling Pentatopic Terpyridine Ligands with Three Types of Coordination Moieties into a Giant Supramolecular Hexagonal Prism: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Study” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, 16108-1611
• Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Ching-Wen Chen, Wafa Aresh, Yan Xia, Ping-Shan Lai, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Combinational effects of active targeting, shape, and enhanced permeability and retention for cancer theranostic nanocarriers” ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11, 10505-10519
• Seth A Sharber, Arielle Mann, Kuo-Chih Shih, William J Mullin, Mu-Ping Nieh, Samuel W Thomas. “Directed polymorphism and mechanofluorochromism of conjugated materials through weak non-covalent control” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7, 8316-8324
• Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Shipra Malik, Lin Yang, Tripat Kaur Oberoi-Khanuja, Mu-Ping Nieh*, Raman Bahal. “A universal discoidal nanoplatform for the intracellular delivery of PNAs” Nanoscale, 11, 12517-125

2018

• Kuo-Chih Shih, Zhiqiang Shen, Ying Li, Martin Kröger, Shing-Yun Chang, Yun Liu, Mu-Ping Nieh*, Hsi-Mei Lai. “What causes the anomalous aggregation in pluronic aqueous solutions?” Soft Matter, 14, 7653-7663
• Seth A Sharber, Kuo-Chih Shih, Arielle Mann, Fanny Frausto, Terry E Haas, Mu-Ping Nieh, Samuel W Thomas. “Reversible mechanofluorochromism of aniline-terminated phenylene ethynylenes” Chemical Science, 9, 5415-5426

2017

• Hongwei Xia, Hailin Fu, Yanfeng Zhang, Kuo-Chih Shih, Yuan Ren, Murali Anuganti, Mu-Ping Nieh, Jianjun Cheng, Yao Lin. “Supramolecular assembly of comb-like macromolecules induced by chemical reactions that modulate the macromolecular interactions in situ” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 11106-11116
• Fei Huang, Wenjian Zheng, Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Mu-Ping Nieh, Chris J Cornelius. ” SiO2-TiO2-PBC nanocomposite film morphology, solvent swelling, estimated χ parameter, and liquid transport” Polymer, 123, 247-257
• Ali Naderi, Andreas Koschella, Thomas Heinze, Kuo-Chih Shih, Mu-Ping Nieh, Annett Pfeifer, Chung-Chueh Chang, Johan Erlandsson. “Sulfoethylated nanofibrillated cellulose: Production and properties” Carbohydrate polymers, 169, 515-523
• Ziyuan Song, Rachael A Mansbach, Hua He, Kuo-Chih Shih, Ryan Baumgartner, Nan Zheng, Xiaochu Ba, Yinzhao Huang, Deepak Mani, Yun Liu, Yao Lin, Mu-Ping Nieh, Andrew L Ferguson, Lichen Yin, Jianjun Cheng. “Modulation of polypeptide conformation through donor–acceptor transformation of side-chain hydrogen bonding ligands” Nature communications, 8, 92
• Fuchuan Ding, Jingjing Liu, Songshan Zeng, Yan Xia, Kacie M Wells, Mu-Ping Nieh, Luyi Sun. “Biomimetic nanocoatings with exceptional mechanical, barrier, and flame-retardant properties from large-scale one-step coassembly” Science advances, 3, e1701212
• Diane S Lye, Yan Xia, Madeleine Z Wong, Yufeng Wang, Mu-Ping Nieh, Marcus Weck. “ABC Supramolecular triblock copolymer by ROMP and ATRP” Macromolecules, 50, 4244-4255
• Yan Xia, Hyun-Sook Jang, Zhiqiang Shen, Geoffrey D Bothun, Ying Li, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Effects of membrane defects and polymer hydrophobicity on networking kinetics of vesicles” Langmuir, 33, 5745-5751
• Raja Dey, Yan Xia, Mu-Ping Nieh, Peter Burkhard. “Molecular design of a minimal peptide nanoparticle” ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 3, 724-732
• Fei Huang, Wenjian Zheng, Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Mu‐Ping Nieh, Chris J Cornelius. “The role of TEOS‐TIP within a pentablock ionomer: Morphology, physical properties, and ion transport” Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 55, 576-586
• Devina Jaiswal, Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Mu-Ping Nieh, Kevin P Claffey, Kazunori Hoshino. “Micromagnetic Cancer Cell Immobilization and Release for Real-Time Single Cell Analysis” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 427, 7-13
• F Huang, A Tahmasbi Rad, W Zheng, M-P Nieh, Christopher J Cornelius. “Hybrid organic-inorganic 6FDA-6pFDA and multi-block 6FDA-DABA polyimide SiO2–TiO2 nanocomposites: Synthesis, FFV, FTIR, swelling, stability, and X-ray scattering” Polymer, 108, 105-120
• Hyun-Sook Jang, Hyun-Seok Cho, David Uhrig, Mu-Ping Nieh. “Insight into the interactions between pyrene and polystyrene for efficient quenching nitroaromatic explosives” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5, 12466-12473
• Ivan Guryanov, Federico Polo, Evgeniy V Ubyvovk, Evgenia Korzhikova-Vlakh, Tatiana Tennikova, Armin T Rad, Mu-Ping Nieh, Flavio Maran. “Polylysine-grafted Au 144 nanoclusters: birth and growth of a healthy surface-plasmon-resonance-like band” Chemical science, 8, 3228-3238
• Ying Liu, Yan Xia, Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Wafa Aresh, Mu-Ping Nieh*.”Stable discoidal bicelles: a platform of lipid nanocarriers for cellular delivery” Liposomes: Methods and Protocols, 273-282

2016

• Wafa Aresh, Ying Liu, Jessica Sine, Derek Thayer, Anu Puri, Yike Huang, Yong Wang, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “The morphology of self-assembled lipid-based nanoparticles affects their uptake by cancer cells” Journal of biomedical nanotechnology, 12, 1852-1863
• Taoran Wang, Qiaobin Hu, Mingyong Zhou, Yan Xia, Mu-Ping Nieh, Yangchao Luo. ”
  Development of “all natural” layer-by-layer redispersible solid lipid nanoparticles by nano spray drying technology” European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 107, 273-285
• Yan Xia, Kamil Charubin, Drew Marquardt, Frederick A Heberle, John Katsaras, Jianhui Tian, Xiaolin Cheng, Ying Liu, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Morphology-induced defects enhance lipid transfer rates” Langmuir, 32, 9757-9764
• Zhiqiang Shen, Mu-Ping Nieh, Ying Li. “Decorating nanoparticle surface for targeted drug delivery: opportunities and challenges” Polymers, 8, 83
• Chia-Fen Lee, Geng-Ming Zhang, Mu-Ping Nieh, Trong-Ming Don. “Morphology and opto-thermal properties of the thermo-responsive PNIPAAm-protected gold nanorods” Polymer, 84, 138-147
• Giuliana Indelicato, Newton Wahome, Philippe Ringler, Shirley A Müller, Mu-Ping Nieh, Peter Burkhard, Reidun Twarock. “Principles Governing the Self-Assembly of Coiled-Coil Protein Nanoparticles” Biophysical journal, 110, 646-660
• Ryan R Oleynik, Yan Xia, Mu-Ping Nieh, Deborah Day. “Aggregation of Phospholipid Based Vesicle Using Triblock Polymer” MRS Advances, 1, 3749-3754

2015 

• Yan Xia, Ming Li, Kamil Charubin, Ying Liu, Frederick A Heberle, John Katsaras, Benxin Jing, Yingxi Zhu, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Effects of nanoparticle morphology and acyl chain length on spontaneous lipid transfer rates” Langmuir, 31, 12920-12928
• Yan Xia, Ming Li, Norbert Kučerka, Shutao Li, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “In-situ temperature-controllable shear flow device for neutron scattering measurement—An example of aligned bicellar mixtures” Review of Scientific Instruments, 86, 025112
• Jing Jin, William A Hines, Chung-Hao Kuo, David M Perry, Altug S Poyraz, Yan Xia, Taha Zaidi, Mu-Ping Nieh, Steven L Suib. “Magnetic studies of mesoporous nanostructured iron oxide materials synthesized by one-step soft-templating” Dalton Transactions, 44, 11943-11953

2014

• Hyun-Sook Jang, Jing Zhao, Yu Lei, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Unique Effects of the Chain Lengths and Anions of Tetra-alkylammonium Salts on Quenching Pyrene Excimer” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6, 14801-14811
• Ying Liu, Ming Li, Yongkun Yang, Yan Xia, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “The effects of temperature, salinity, concentration and PEGylated lipid on the spontaneous nanostructures of bicellar mixtures” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1838, 1871-1880
• Xiangcheng Sun, Yixin Liu, Srilaya Mopidevi, Yongtao Meng, Fei Huang, Joseph Parisi, Mu-Ping Nieh, Chris Cornelius, Steven L Suib, Yu Lei. “Super-hydrophobic “smart” sand for buried explosive detection” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 195, 52-57
• Maikel C Rheinstädter, N Kučerka, MP Nieh, G Pabst, J Katsaras. ” Basic aspects and applications of lipid and protein dynamics” Liposomes, Lipid Bilayers and Model Membranes: from Basic Research to Application, 111-124
• Georg Pabst, Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras. ” Liposomes, lipid bilayers and model membranes: from basic research to application” CRC press
• Jianjun Pan, Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, Frederick A Heberle, Paul Drazba, John Katsaras. “Lipid Diversity and Its Implications for Membrane Organization” Liposomes, Lipid Bilayers and Model Membranes: From Basic Research to Application, CRC Press, 125
• Xiangcheng Sun, Christian Brückner, Mu-Ping Nieh, Yu Lei. “A fluorescent polymer film with self-assembled three-dimensionally ordered nanopores: preparation, characterization and its application for explosives detection” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, 14613-14621
• Andrew Hu, Tai-Hsi Fan, John Katsaras, Yan Xia, Ming Li, Mu-Ping Nieh*.”
  Lipid-based nanodiscs as models for studying mesoscale coalescence–a transport limited case” Soft matter, 10, 5055-5060

2013 

• Ming Li, Hannah H Morales, John Katsaras, Norbert Kučerka, Yongkun Yang, Peter M Macdonald, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Morphological characterization of DMPC/CHAPSO bicellar mixtures: a combined SANS and NMR study” Langmuir, 29, 15943-15957
• Suanne Mahabir, Darcy Small, Ming Li, Wankei Wan, Norbert Kučerka, Kenneth Littrell, John Katsaras, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Growth kinetics of lipid-based nanodiscs to unilamellar vesicles—A time-resolved small angle neutron scattering (SANS) study” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1828, 1025-1035
• Hyun-Sook Jang, Ying Wang, Yu Lei, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Controllable Formation of Pyrene (C16H10) Excimers in Polystyrene/Tetrabutylammonium Hexafluorophosphate Films through Solvent Vapor and Temperature Annealing” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117, 1428-1435

2012 

• Hannah Hazel Morales, Ming Li, John Katsaras, Mu-Ping Nieh, Peter M Macdonald. “Effect of Charge on DMPC/CHAPSO Bicellar Mixtures as Characterized by NMR and Sans” Biophysical Journal, 102, 648a-649a
• Chia-Yen Hsu, Mu-Ping Nieh, Ping-Shan Lai. “Facile self-assembly of porphyrin-embedded polymeric vesicles for theranostic applications” Chemical Communications, 48, 9343-9345

2011

• Mu-Ping Nieh*, Paul Dolinar, Norbert Kucerka, Steven R Kline, Lisa M Debeer-Schmitt, Kenneth C Littrell, John Katsaras.”Formation of kinetically trapped nanoscopic unilamellar vesicles from metastable nanodiscs” Langmuir, 27, 14308-14316
• Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras. “Fluid phase lipid areas and bilayer thicknesses of commonly used phosphatidylcholines as a function of temperature” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1808, 2761-2771 (highly cited, citation>1000)
• Marcela Alexander, Mu-Ping Nieh, Mary Ann Ferrer, Milena Corredig. “Changes in the calcium cluster distribution of ultrafiltered and diafiltered fresh skim milk as observed by small angle neutron scattering” Journal of dairy research, 78, 349-356
• Mu-Ping Nieh, VA Raghunathan, Georg Pabst, Thad Harroun, Kazuomi Nagashima, Hannah Morales, John Katsaras, Peter Macdonald. “Temperature driven annealing of perforations in bicellar model membranes” Langmuir, 27, 4838-4847
• Umar Iqbal, Homam Albaghdadi, Mu-Ping Nieh, Ursula I Tuor, Zoltan Mester, Danica Stanimirovic, John Katsaras, Abedelnasser Abulrob. “Small unilamellar vesicles: a platform technology for molecular imaging of brain tumors” Nanotechnology, 22, 195102
• Norbert Kucerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras. “Lipid Areas Obtained from the Simultaneous Analysis of Neutron and X-ray Scattering” Biophysical Journal, 100, 625a-626a
• Yuan Guo, Catherine N Mulligan, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “An unusual morphological transformation of rhamnolipid aggregates induced by concentration and addition of styrene: A small angle neutron scattering (SANS) study” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 373, 42-50

2010

• Mu-Ping Nieh, Norbert Kučerka, John Katsaras. “Formation mechanism of self-assembled unilamellar vesicles” Canadian Journal of Physics, 88, 735-740
• Norbert Kucerka, Drew Marquardt, Thad A Harroun, Mu-Ping Nieh, Stephen R Wassall, Djurre H de Jong, Lars V Schäfer, Siewert J Marrink, John Katsaras. “Cholesterol in bilayers with PUFA chains: doping with DMPC or POPC results in sterol reorientation and membrane-domain formation” Biochemistry, 49, 7485-7493
• G Pabst, N Kučerka, M-P Nieh, MC Rheinstädter, J Katsaras. “Applications of neutron and X-ray scattering to the study of biologically relevant model membranes” Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 163
• Suanne Mahabir, Wankei Wan, John Katsaras, Mu-Ping Nieh*. “Effects of charge density and thermal history on the morphologies of spontaneously formed unilamellar vesicles” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114, 5729-5735
• Denice C Bay, R Arief Budiman, Mu-Ping Nieh, Raymond J Turner. “Multimeric forms of the small multidrug resistance protein EmrE in anionic detergent” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1798, 526-535
• Ronald Soong, Mu-Ping Nieh, Eric Nicholson, John Katsaras, Peter M Macdonald. “Bicellar mixtures containing pluronic F68: morphology and lateral diffusion from combined SANS and PFG NMR studies” Langmuir, 26, 2630-2638
• Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras. “Small-angle scattering from homogenous and heterogeneous lipid bilayers” Advances in planar lipid bilayers and liposomes, 12, 201-235

2009 

• Norbert Kucerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras. “Asymmetric distribution of cholesterol in unilamellar vesicles of monounsaturated phospholipids” Langmuir, 25, 13522-13527
• Norbert Kucerka, Drew Marquardt, Thad A Harroun, Mu-Ping Nieh, Stephen R Wassall, John Katsaras. “The functional significance of lipid diversity: orientation of cholesterol in bilayers is determined by lipid species” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131, 16358-16359
• Xiang Gao, Norbert Kucerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras, Shiping Zhu, John L Brash, Heather Sheardown. “Chain conformation of a new class of PEG-based thermoresponsive polymer brushes grafted on silicon as determined by neutron reflectometry” Langmuir, 25, 10271-10278
• Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, Jeremy Pencer, Jonathan N Sachs, John Katsaras. “What determines the thickness of a biological membrane” Gen. Physiol. Biophys, 28, 117-125
• Stephen D Hudson, Jeffrey L Hutter, Mu-Ping Nieh, Jeremy Pencer, Leonardo E Millon, Wankei Wan. “Characterization of anisotropic poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel by small-and ultra-small-angle neutron scattering” The Journal of chemical physics, 130, 034903
• Thad A Harroun, Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras. “Neutron and X-ray scattering for biophysics and biotechnology: examples of self-assembled lipid systems” Soft Matter, 5, 2694-2703
• Mu-Ping Nieh, Norbert Kučerka, John Katsaras. “Spontaneously formed unilamellar vesicles” Methods in enzymology, 465, 3-20

2008 

• Mu-Ping Nieh, Zahra Yamani, Norbert Kučerka, John Katsaras, Darcy Burgess, Hugo Breton. “Adapting a triple-axis spectrometer for small angle neutron scattering measurements” Review of Scientific Instruments, 79, 095102
• Mu-Ping Nieh*, Michael D Guiver, Dae Sik Kim, Jianfu Ding, Tyler Norsten. “Morphology of comb-shaped proton exchange membrane copolymers based on a neutron scattering study” Macromolecules, 41, 6176-6182
• J Katsaras, J Pencer, M‐P Nieh, T Abraham, N Kučerka, Thad A Harroun. ” Neutron and X‐Ray Scattering from Isotropic and Aligned Membranes” Structure and Dynamics of Membranous Interfaces, 107-134
• Norbert Kucerka, Erzsebet Papp-Szabo, Mu-Ping Nieh, Thad A Harroun, Sarah R Schooling, Jeremy Pencer, Eric A Nicholson, Terry J Beveridge, John Katsaras. “Effect of cations on the structure of bilayers formed by lipopolysaccharides isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112, 8057-8062
• John Katsaras, Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh. “Structure from substrate supported lipid bilayers” Biointerphases, 3, FB55-FB63
• Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras, Xiaoyang Qi. “Controlled release mechanisms of spontaneously forming unilamellar vesicles” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1778, 1467-1471
• Jeremy Pencer, Andrew Jackson, Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras. “The influence of curvature on membrane domains” European Biophysics Journal, 37, 665-671
• Behnaz Dahrazma, Catherine N Mulligan, Mu-Ping Nieh. “Effects of additives on the structure of rhamnolipid (biosurfactant): A small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) study” Journal of colloid and interface science, 319, 590-593
• N Kucerka, D Marquardt, TA Harroun, MP Nieh, J Katsaras. “Doping of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Bilayers with Monounsaturated and Disaturated Lipids Results in the Reorientation of Cholesterol” Scientific Reports, 81

2007

• N Kučerka, J Pencer, M-P Nieh, J Katsaras. “Influence of cholesterol on the bilayer properties of monounsaturated phosphatidylcholine unilamellar vesicles” The European Physical Journal E, 23, 247-254
• Leonardo E Millon, Mu-Ping Nieh, Jeffrey L Hutter, Wankei Wan. “SANS characterization of an anisotropic poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel with vascular applications” Macromolecules, 40, 3655-3662
• Thomas Abraham, Sarah R Schooling, Mu-Ping Nieh, Norbert Kucˇerka, Terry J Beveridge, John Katsaras. “Neutron Diffraction Study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharide Bilayers” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 2477-2483
• Wei Feng, Mu-Ping Nieh, Shiping Zhu, Thad A Harroun, John Katsaras, John L Brash. “Characterization of protein resistant, grafted methacrylate polymer layers bearing oligo (ethylene glycol) and phosphorylcholine side chains by neutron reflectometry” Biointerphases, 2, 34-43
• Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, Jeremy Pencer, Thad Harroun, John Katsaras. “The study of liposomes, lamellae and membranes using neutrons and X-rays” Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 12, 17-22
• Jeremy Pencer, Thalia T Mills, Norbert Kucerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras. “Small-angle neutron scattering to detect rafts and lipid domains” Lipid Rafts, 231-244

2006 

• Mu-Ping Nieh, Jeremy Pencer, John Katsaras, Xiaoyang Qi. “Spontaneously forming ellipsoidal phospholipid unilamellar vesicles and their interactions with helical domains of saposin C” Langmuir, 22, 11028-11033
• Derek Dee, Jeremy Pencer, Mu-Ping Nieh, Susan Krueger, John Katsaras, Rickey Y Yada. “Comparison of solution structures and stabilities of native, partially unfolded and partially refolded pepsin” Biochemistry, 45, 13982-13992
• Jeremy Pencer, Mu-Ping Nieh, Thad A Harroun, Susan Krueger, Carl Adams, John Katsaras. “Bilayer thickness and thermal response of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine unilamellar vesicles containing cholesterol, ergosterol and lanosterol: A small-angle neutron scattering study” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1720, 84-91

2005

• John Katsaras, Thad A Harroun, Jeremy Pencer, Mu-Ping Nieh. “Bicellar” lipid mixtures as used in biochemical and biophysical studies” Naturwissenschaften, 92, 355-366
• Mu-Ping Nieh, Velayudhan A Raghunathan, Steve R Kline, Thad A Harroun, Chien-Yueh Huang, Jeremy Pencer, John Katsaras. “Spontaneously formed unilamellar vesicles with path-dependent size distribution” Langmuir, 21, 6656-6661
• Thad A Harroun, Martin Koslowsky, Mu-Ping Nieh, Charles-François de Lannoy, VA Raghunathan, John Katsaras. “Comprehensive examination of mesophases formed by DMPC and DHPC mixtures” Langmuir, 21, 5356-5361
• Baohua Yue, Chien-Yueh Huang, Mu-Ping Nieh, Charles J Glinka, John Katsaras. “Highly stable phospholipid unilamellar vesicles from spontaneous vesiculation: a DLS and SANS study” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 609-616

2004

• TA Harroun, VA Raghunathan, J Pencer, M-P Nieh, J Katsaras. “Finite-size effects in biomimetic smectic films” Physical Review E, 70, 062902
• Mu-Ping Nieh, Sanat K Kumar, Raymond H Fernando, Ralph H Colby, John Katsaras. “Effect of the hydrophilic size on the structural phases of aqueous nonionic gemini surfactant solutions” Langmuir, 20, 9061-9068
• Mu-Ping Nieh, VA Raghunathan, Charles J Glinka, Thad A Harroun, Georg Pabst, John Katsaras. “Magnetically alignable phase of phospholipid “bicelle” mixtures is a chiral nematic made up of wormlike micelles” Langmuir, 20, 7893-7897
• TA Harroun, Martin Koslowsky, M-P Nieh, VA Raghunathan, J Katsaras. “Finite-size effects do not reduce the repeat spacing of phospholipid multibilayer stacks on a rigid substrate” The European Physical Journal E, 13, 359-362
• M-P Nieh, TA Harroun, VA Raghunathan, CJ Glinka, J Katsaras. “Spontaneously formed monodisperse biomimetic unilamellar vesicles: the effect of charge, dilution, and time” Biophysical journal, 86, 2615-2629
• TA Harroun, M-P Nieh, MJ Watson, VA Raghunathan, G Pabst, MR Morrow, J Katsaras. “Relationship between the unbinding and main transition temperatures of phospholipid bilayers under pressure” Physical Review E, 69, 031906

2003

• MJ Watson, M-P Nieh, TA Harroun, J Katsara. “Neutron sample cell suitable for the diffraction of aligned biomaterials and capable of exerting up to 370 MPa of hydrostatic pressure” Review of scientific instruments, 74, 2778-2781
• MP Nieh, TA Harroun, VA Raghunathan, CJ Glinka, J Katsaras. “Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.-Concentration-Independent Spontaneously Forming Biomimetfic Vesicles” Physical Review Letters, 91, 158105-158300
• Haonan Wang, MP Nieh, Erik K Hobbie, Charles J Glinka, J Katsaras. “Kinetic pathway of the bilayered-micelle to perforated-lamellae transition” Physical Review E, 67, 060902
• M-P Nieh, VA Raghunathan, H Wang, J Katsaras. “Highly aligned lamellar lipid domains induced by macroscopic confinement” Langmuir, 19, 6936-6941
• M-P Nieh, TA Harroun, VA Raghunathan, CJ Glinka, J Katsaras. “Concentration-independent spontaneously forming biomimetric vesicles” Physical review letters, 91, 158105

2002

• Mu-Ping Nieh, Charles J Glinka, Susan Krueger, R Scott Prosser, John Katsaras. “SANS study on the effect of lanthanide ions and charged lipids on the morphology of phospholipid mixtures” Biophysical journal, 82, 2487-2498
• Mu-Ping Nieh, Sanat K Kumar, Derek L Ho, Robert M Briber. “Neutron scattering study of chain conformations in the energetically neutral pores of Vycor glass” Macromolecules, 35, 6384-6391

2001

• Mu-Ping Nieh, Charles J Glinka, Susan Krueger, R Scott Prosser, John Katsaras. “MICELLES, VESICLES, EMULSIONS, GELS, SURFACTANTS, COLLOIDS-SANS Study of the Structural Phases of Magnetically Alignable Lanthanide-Doped Phospholipid Mixtures” Langmuir, 17, 2629-2638
• Mu-Ping Nieh, Charles J Glinka, Susan Krueger, R Scott Prosser, John Katsaras. “SANS study of the structural phases of magnetically alignable lanthanide-doped phospholipid mixtures” Langmuir, 17, 2629-2638
• Paul A Luchette, Tatiana N Vetman, R Scott Prosser, Robert EW Hancock, Mu-Ping Nieh, Charles J Glinka, Susan Krueger, John Katsaras. “Morphology of fast-tumbling bicelles: a small angle neutron scattering and NMR study” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1513, 83-94

1990s

• Mu-Ping Nieh, Andrew A Goodwin, Jennifer R Stewart, Bruce M Novak, Dave A Hoagland. “Chain stiffness of a high molecular weight polyguanidine prepared by living polymerization” Macromolecules, 31, 3151-3154

 

PATENTS

• Raman Bahal, Mu-Ping Nieh, Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Shipra Malik. “Discoidal Nano Universal Platform for Efficient Delivery of PNAs” 2021 (US 17332258)
• Mu-Ping Nieh, Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Reza Amin, Leila Daneshmandi. “Multigel tumor-on-a-chip system” 2020 (US-16899676)
• A. Abulrob, D. Stanimirovic; U. Iqbal, M.-P. Nieh, J. Katsaras “Single Domain Antibody-Targeted Carrier for Contrast Agents and Drug Delivery Agents” 2008 (12078-1). – to be extended to a full patent in 2010
• X. Qi, M.-P. Nieh, J. Katsaras  “Spontaneously formed ellipsoidal phospholipid unilamellar vesicles” 2007(US2007081880) –  in the process of being extended to a full patent.

BOOK EDITION

• G. Pabst, N. Kučerka, M.-P. Nieh and J. Katsaras. 2014 “Liposomes, Lipid Bilayers and Model Membranes – From Basic Research to Application” CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group).

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Yan Xia, Mu-Ping Nieh. “5. Spontaneous lipid transfer rate constants” Characterization of Biological Membranes, 177-194
• Liu, Ying, Yan Xia, Armin Tahmasbi Rad, Wafa Aresh, and Mu-Ping Nieh. “Stable Discoidal Bicelles: A Platform of Lipid Nanocarriers for Cellular Delivery.” Liposomes: Methods and Protocols (2017): 273-282.
• J. Pan, N. Kučerka, M.-P. Nieh, F. A. Heberle, P. Drazba and J. Katsaras. 2014. “Lipid Diversity and Its Implications for Membrane Organization” in “Liposomes, Lipid Bilayers and Model Membranes – From Basic Research to Application” Ed. G. Pabst, N. Kučerka, M.-P. Nieh, J. Katsaras, pp. 125-142, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group)
• N. Kučerka, M.-P. Nieh and J. Katsaras. 2010. “Small-Angle Scattering from Homogenous and Heterogeneous Lipid Bilayers” in “Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers And Liposomes” Vol. 12, Ed. A. Iglic and H. T. Tien, pp. 201 – 236. Academic Press (Elsevier Inc.)
• M.-P. Nieh, N. Kučerka and J. Katsaras. 2009. “Spontaneously Formed Unilamellar Vesicles” in “Methods in Enzymology” Vol. 465, Ed. Nejat Düzgüneş, pp. 3 – 20. Academic Press (Elsevier)
• J. Katsaras, J. Pencer, M.-P. Nieh, T. Abraham, N. Kučerka and T. A. Harroun. 2008. “Neutron and X-Ray Scattering from Isotropic And Aligned Membranes” in “Structure And Dynamics of Membranous Interfaces” Ed. K. Nag, pp. 107 – 134. Wiley.
• Pencer, J., T. T. Mills, N. Kučerka, M.-P. Nieh and J. Katsaras. 2007. “Small-Angle Neutron Scattering to Detect Rafts and Lipid Domains” in “Lipid Rafts” Ed. T. J. McIntosh, pp. 231 – 244. The Humana Press Inc. (ISBN 13: 978-1-58829-729-7).
• J. Katsaras, V. A. Raghunathan, T. A. Harroun, M.-P. Nieh, M. Chakrapani, M. J. Watson. 2005.“Neutron Scattering from Biomaterials in Complex Sample Environments” in “Neutron Scattering in Biology – Techniques and Applications”.  Ed. J. fitter, T. Gutberlet, J. Katsaras, pp.107 – 126.  Springer.