Member
Charles E. Sing
Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University, Olvera de la Cruz group
email: charles.sing at northwestern dot eduoffice:
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering and PPST
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-2012
M.S. Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Case Western Reserve University, 2007-2008
B.S.E. Polymer Science & Engineering
Case Western Reserve University, 2004-2008
INTERESTS
HOBBIES
FILES
Curriculum VitaeAWARDS
2012 International Institute for Nanotechnology Postdoctoral Fellowship2012 2011 Graduate Student Teaching Award
2012 APS DPOLY Padden Award Finalist
2011 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Silver Award
2009 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
2008 Dupont-MIT Alliance Presidential Fellowship
PUBLICATIONS
16. Designed Molecular Mechanics Using Self-Associating Polymers
C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
Soft Matter 8, 11871-11879 (2012).
15. Force spectroscopy of self-associating homopolymers
C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
Macromolecules 45(16), 6704-6718 (2012).
14. Conformational dynamics and internal friction in homo-polymer globules: equilibrium vs. non-equilibrium simulations
T.R. Einert, C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz, R.R. Netz
Eur. Phys. J. E. 34, 130 (2011).
13. Giant non-monotonic stretching response of a self-associating polymer in shear flow
C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 198302 (2011).
12. Theory of tethered polymers in shear flow: the strong stretching limit
C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
Macromolecules 44(22), 9020-9028 (2011).
11. Equilibrium structure and dynamics of self-associating single polymers
C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
Macromolecules 44(17), 6962-6971 (2011).
10. Non-monotonic hydrodynamic lift force on highly-elongated polymers near surfaces
C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
Europhys. Lett. 95, 48001 (2011).
9. Dynamics of collapsed polymers under the simultaneous influence of elongational and shear flows
C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
J. Chem. Phys. 135, 014902 (2011).
8. Probing structural and dynamical transitions in polymer globules by force
C.E. Sing, T.R. Einert, R.R. Netz, A. Alexander-Katz
Phys. Rev. E 83(4), 040801(R) (2011).
7. Self-Assembled Micro-Walkers
S.E. Moran, C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
Proc. of the 2nd Eur. Conf. on Microfluidics (2010).
6. Multidimensional targeting: using physical and chemical forces in unison
R.C. Van Lehn, C.E. Sing, H. Chen, A. Alexander-Katz
Curr. Pharm. Biotechnol. 11, 320-332 (2010).
5. Globule-Stretch Transitions of Collapsed Polymers in Elongational Flow Fields
C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
Macromolecules 43(7), 3532-3541 (2010).
4. Elongational flow induces the unfolding of von Willebrand factor at physiological flow rates
C.E. Sing, A. Alexander-Katz
Biophys. J. 98(9), L35-L37 (2010).
3. Controlled surface-induced flows from the motion of self-assembled colloidal walkers
C.E. Sing, L. Schmid, M.F. Schneider, T. Franke, A. Alexander-Katz
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107(2), 535-540 (2010).
2. Time-Temperature indicators for high temperature applications
C.E. Sing, J. Kunzelman, C. Weder
J. Mat. Chem. 19, 104-110 (2009).
1. Threshold Temperature Sensors with Tunable Properties
B.R. Crenshaw, J. Kunzelman, C.E. Sing, C. Ander, C. Weder
Macromol. Chem. Phys. 208, 572-580 (2007).
