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(i) "Ether Cleavage and Epoxide Ring-Opening Catalyzed by Crosslinked Block Copolymers Gels Containing Ferrocenium Triflate", D.A. Durkee, M. Singh, M.A. Ellsworth, A.T. Bell, N.P. Balsara, to be submitted to Langmuir, 2007.

122. "Light Scattering from Anisotropic Block Copolymer Grains in a Planar Waveguide", Z. Fang, M.C. Newstein, B.A. Garetz, J.D. Wilbur, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, vol. 24, p. 1291-1297, 2007.

121. "Microstructure and Solvent Distribution in Crosslinked Diblock Copolymer Gels", N.P. Balsara, E.D. Gomez, D.A. Durkee, M.A. Ellsworth, A.T. Bell, vol. 40, p. 5103-5110, Macromolecules, 2007.

120. "Effect of Molecular Weight on the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Block Copolymer Electrolytes", M. Singh, O. Odusanya, G.M. Wilmes, E.D. Gomez, A.J. Patel, V.L. Chen, M.J. Park, H.B. Eitouni, P. Fragouli, H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 40, p. 4578-4585, 2007.

119. "Preparation of Cyclic Polyesters Using N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysts", D.A. Culkin, W. Jeong, S. Csihony, E.D. Gomez, J.L. Hedrick, N.P. Balsara, R.M. Waymouth, Angewandte Chemie (Communication), vol. 46, p. 2627-2630, 2007.
This work was summarized in Editor's Choice column, Science, vol. 315, p. 1467, 2007.

118. "Scattering from Polymer Systems", M.L. Ruegg, N.P. Balsara, invited submission, accepted, Macromolecular Engineering, K. Matyjaszewski, Y. Gnanou, L. Leibler, editors, Wiley-VCH, 2007.

117. "Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends", N.P. Balsara, H.B. Eitouni, invited submission, accepted, Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, J.E. Mark, editor, 2007.

116. "Analysis of Order Formation in Block Copolymer Thin Films using Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering", J.M. Virgili, Y.F. Tao, J.B. Kortright, N.P. Balsara, R.A. Segalman, Macromolecules, vol. 40, p. 2092-2099, 2007.

115. "Observing Nucleation close to the Binodal by Perturbing Metastable Polymer Blends", A.J. Patel, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 40, 1675-1683, 2007.

114. "Minimizing the Concentration of Diblock Copolymer Needed to Organize Blends of Immiscible Polymers by Tuning Attractive and Repulsive Interactions", M.L. Ruegg, B.J. Reynolds, M.Y. Lin, D.J. Lohse, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 40, p. 1207-1217, 2007.

113. "Effect of Pressure on a Multicomponent A/B/A-C Blend with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions", M.L. Ruegg, B.J. Reynolds, M.Y. Lin, D.J. Loshe, R. Krishnamoorti, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 40, p. 355-365, 2007.

112. "Electrochemically Controlled Self-Assembly of an Organometallic Block Copolymer", H.B. Eitouni, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 128, p. 16248-16252, 2006.

111. "Condensed Exponential Correlation Functions in Multicomponent Polymer Blends Measured by X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy", M.L. Ruegg, A.J. Patel, S. Narayanan, A.R. Sandy, S.G. J. Mochrie, H. Watanabe, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 39, p. 8822-8831, 2006.

110. "Block Copolymers and Nanotechnology", N.P. Balsara, M.J. Park, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics Edition, invited Viewpoint article, vol. 44, p. 3429-3430, 2006.

109. “Relationship Between Macroscopic and Microscopic Models of Surfactant Adsorption Dynamics at Fluid Interfaces”, B.J. Reynolds, M.L. Ruegg, N.P. Balsara, C. J. Radke, Langmuir, vol. 22, p. 9201-0207, 2006.

108. “Diblock Copolymer Surfactant Transport across the Interface between Two Homopolymers”, B.J. Reynolds, M.L. Ruegg, T.E. Mates, C. J. Radke, N.P. Balsara, Langmuir, vol. 22, p. 9192-0200, 2006.

107. "Relationship between Structural and Stress Relaxation in a Block Copolymer Melt", A.J. Patel, S. Narayanan, A. Sandy, S. Mochrie, B.A. Garetz, H. Watanabe, N.P. Balsara, Physical Review Letters, vol. 96, p. 257801:1-4, 2006.

106. "Effect of Cross-linking on the Thermodynamics of Lamellar Block Copolymers", E.D. Gomez, J. Das, A.K. Chakraborty, J.A. Pople, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 39, p. 4848-4859, 2006.

105. "Observation of Nematic Texture in a Diblock Copolymer Melt", F.M. Abuzania, B.A. Garetz, A.J. Patel, M.C. Newstein, S.P. Gido, X. Hu, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 39, p. 3377-3389, 2006.

104. "Bending Soft Block Copolymer Nanostructures by Lithographically Directed Assembly", G.M. Wilmes, D.A. Durkee, N.P. Balsara, J.A. Liddle, Macromolecules, vol. 39, p. 2435-2437, 2006.

103. "Neutron Scattering and Monte Carlo Determination of the Variation of the Critical Nucleus Size with Quench Depth", A.C. Pan, T.J. Rappl, D.C. Chandler, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 110, p. 3692-3696, 2006.
"When a Phase is Born", P.B. Debenedetti, Nature, vol. 441, p. 168-169, 2006. A News and Views article describing results in paper # 103.

102. "Microphase and Macrophase Separation in Multicomponent A/B/A-C Polymer Blends with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions", M.L. Ruegg, B.J. Reynolds, M.Y. Lin, D.J. Lohse, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 39, p. 1125-1134, 2006.

101. "Catalysts from Self-Assembled Organometallic Block Copolymers", D.A. Durkee, E.D. Gomez, H.B. Eitouni, M.W. Ellsworth, A.T. Bell, N.P. Balsara, Advanced Materials, vol. 17, p.2003-2006, 2005.

100. "Structure and Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Melts Near the Sphere-Cylinder Boundary", F.A. Abuzaina, A.J. Patel, S. Mochrie, S. Narayanan, A. Sandy, B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 38, p. 7090-7097, 2005.

99. "Does Coarsening begin During the Initial Stages of Spinodal Decomposition?", T.J. Rappl, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Chemical Physics, 241903:1-4, 2005.

98. "Grain Structure in Block Copolymer Thin Films Studied by Guided Wave Depolarized Light Scattering", B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, J.D. Wilbur, A.J. Patel, D.A. Durkee, R.A. Segalman, J.A. Liddle, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 38, p. 4282-4288, 2005.

97. "Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Adsorption of a Diblock Copolymer to Interfaces Between Two Homopolymers", B.J. Reynolds, M.L. Ruegg, T.E. Mates, C.J. Radke, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 38, p. 3872-3882, 2005.

96. "Platelet Self-Assembly of an Amphiphilic A-B-C-A Tetrablock Copolymer in Pure Water", E.D. Gomez, T.J. Rappl, V. Agarwal, A. Bose, M.C. Schmutz, C.M. Marques, N.P. Balsara Macromolecules, vol. 38, p. 3567-3570, 2005.

95. "Order-disorder Transitions in Crosslinked Block Copolymer Solids", H. Hahn, A.K. Chakroborty, J. Das, J.A. Pople, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules , accepted for publication, 2004.

94. "Signatures of the Order-Disorder Transition in Copolymers with Quenched Sequence Disorder", H. B. Eitouni, T.J. Rappl, E.D. Gomez, N.P. Balsara, S. Qi, A.K. Chakraborty, J.M.J. Fréchet, J.A. Pople, Macromolecules (Communication) , accepted for publication, 2004.

93. " Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends Organized by Balanced Block Copolymer Surfactants Studied by Mean-field Theories and Scattering", B.J. Reynolds, M.L. Ruegg, N.P. Balsara, C.J. Radke, T.D. Shaffer, M.Y. Lin, K.R. Shull, D.J. Lohse, in review, Macromolecules, 2004.

92. " Effect of Chemical Oxidation on the Self-Assembly of Organometallic Block Copolymers", H.B. Eitouni, N.P. Balsara, accepted, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004.

91. " Birefringence and Depolarized Light Scattering from Ordered Block Copolymers with Anisotropic Distributions of Grain Orientations Produced by Shear Flow", F.M. Abuzaina, B.A. Garetz, J.U. Mody, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, accepted, Macromolecules, 2004.

90. " Does Conventional Nucleation Occur During Phase Separation in Polymer Blends?", N.P. Balsara, T.J. Rappl, A.A. Lefebvre, invited highlight article, vol. 42, p. 1793-1809, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics Edition, 2004.

89. " Small-Angle Neutron Scattering from Non-uniformly Labeled Block Copolymers", M.L. Ruegg, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, B. Reynolds, vol. 37, p.1960-1968, Macromolecules, 2004.

88. "In-situ Dielectric Characterization of Poly(ethylene oxide) Melts Containing Lithium Perchlorate under Steady Shear Flow", Y. Matsumiya, N.P. Balsara, J.B. Kerr, and H. Watanabe, Macromolecules, vol. 37, p.544-553, 2004.

87. "Phase Behavior of Highly Immiscible Polymer Blends Stabilized by Balanced Block Copolymer Surfactants", J. H. Lee, M.L. Ruegg, N.P. Balsara, Y. Zhu, S.P. Gido, R. Krishnamoorti, M.H. Kim, Macromolecules, vol. 36, pg. 6537-6548, 2003.

86. "Responsive Solids from Crosslinked Block Copolymers", H. Hahn, E.B. Eitouni, N.P. Balsara, J.A. Pople, Physical Review Letters, vol. 90, pg. 155505-1:4, 2003.

85. "Block Copolymers in Nanotechnology", N.P. Balsara, H. Hahn, Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials, P. Yang, editor, pg. 317-327, World Scientific Press, Singapore, 2003.

84. "Nanostructured Materials Synthesis in a Mixed Surfactant Mesophase", L. Liu, S. Li, B. Simmons, M. Singh, V.T. John, G.L. McPherson, V. Agarwal, P. Johnson, A. Bose, N. Balsara, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, vol. 23, p. 441-452, 2002.

83. " Anisotropy of Lamellar Block Copolymer Grains ", N.P. Balsara, C.M. Marques, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, S.P. Gido, Physical Review E, vol. 66, p. 052802-1:4, 2002.

82. " Fluctuation Mediated Phase Separation in Polymer Blends Near the Limit of Metastability ", A.A. Lefebvre, J. H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, C. Vaidyanathan, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 117, pg. 9074-9083, 2002.

81. "Determination of Critical Length Scales and the Limit of Metastability in Phase Separating Polymer Blends", A.A. Lefebvre, J. H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, C. Vaidyanathan, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 117, pg. 9063-9073, 2002.

80. " Thermodynamic Interactions in Organometallic Block Copolymers: Poly(styrene- block -ferrocenyldimethylsilane)", H.B Eitouni, H. Hahn, N.P. Balsara, J.A. Pople, M.A. Hempenius, Macromolecules, vol. 35, pg. 7765-7772, 2002.

79. " Determination of the Phase Boundary of High Molecular Weight Polymer Blend", A.A. Lefebvre, N.P. Balsara, J.H. Lee, C. Vaidyanathan, Macromolecules, vol. 35, pg. 7758-7764, 2002.

78. "Thermodynamic Interactions and Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions", J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, A.K. Chakraborty, R. Krishnamoorti, B. Hammouda, Macromolecules, vol. 35, pg. 7748-7757, 2002.

77. "Analysis of Grain Structure in Partially Ordered Block Copolymers by Depolarized Light Scattering and Transmission Electron Microscopy", M.Y. Chang, F.M. Abuzaina, W.G. Kim, J.P. Gupton, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, L. Yang, S.P. Gido, R.E. Cohen, Y. Boontongkong, A. Bellare, Macromolecules, vol. 35, pg. 4437-4447, 2002.

76. "Critical Length and Time Scales During the Initial Stages of Nucleation in Polymer Blends", A.A. Lefebvre, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, B. Hammouda, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 116, pg. 4777-4781, 2002.

75. "Micelle Formation of a Rod-Coil Diblock Copolymer in a Solvent Selective for the Rod Block", J. Wu, E.M. Pearce, T.K. Kwei, A.A. Lefebvre, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 35, pg. 1791-1796, 2002.

74. "A Small Angle Neutron Scattering Study of Microstructural Transition in a Surfactant Based Gel Mesophase", B.A. Simmons, G.C. Irvin, V. Agarwal, A. Bose, V.T. John, G.L. McPherson, N.P. Balsara, Langmuir, vol. 18, pg. 624-632, 2002.

73. "Viscoelastic Properties of Aligned Block Copolymer Lamellae", H. Hahn, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, H. Watanabe, Macromolecules, vol. 34, pg. 8701-8709, 2001.

72. "Micelle Formation of Randomly Grafted Copolymers in Slightly Selective Solvents", A. Kreig, A.A. Lefebvre, H. Hahn, N.P. Balsara, S. Qi, A.K. Chakraborty, M. Xenidou, N. Hadjichristidis, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 115, pg. 6243-6251, 2001.

71. "Microphase Separation in Molten Randomly Grafted Copolymers", S. Qi, A.K. Chakraborty, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 115, pg. 3387-3400, 2001.

70. "Designing Balanced Surfactants for Mixtures of Immiscible Polymers", J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, R. Krishnamoorti, H.S. Jeon, B. Hammouda, Macromolecules, vol. 34, pg. 6557-6560, 2001.

69. "Maximizing Grain Growth Rate during the Disorder-to-Order Transition in Block Copolymer Melts", W.G. Kim, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Edition, vol. 39, pg. 2231-2242, 2001.

68. "Effect of Quench Depth on Grain Structure in Quiescently Ordered Block Copolymers", W.G. Kim, M.Y. Chang, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, J.H. Lee, H. Hahn, S.S. Patel, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 114, pg. 10196-10211, 2001.

67. "Suppression of Lateral Phase Separation in Thin Polyolefin Blend Films", Y.A. Akpalu, A. Karim, S.K. Satija, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 34, 1720-1729, 2001.

66 (a). "Kinetics of Phase Transitions in Block Copolymers", N.P. Balsara, Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, Editors: K.H.J. Buschow, R.W. Cahn, M.C. Flemmings, B. Ilschner, E.J. Kramer, S. Mahajan, Elsevier Science, New York, pg. 6886-6890, 2001.

66 (b). "Kinetics of Phase Transitions in Block Copolymers", N.P. Balsara, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, vol. 4, pg. 553-558, 1999 (printed in Jan 2001 ).

65. "Neutron Scattering from Pressurized Polymer Blends near the Limits of Metastability", A.A. Lefebvre, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, B. Hammouda, Macromolecules, vol. 33, pg. 7977-7989, 2000.

64. "Fluctuations in Highly Metastable Polymer Blends", A.A. Lefebvre, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, B. Hammouda, Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Edition, vol. 38, pg. 1926-1930, 2000.

63. "Birefringence and Depolarized Light Scattering from an Ordered Block Copolymer Under Shear Flow", H. Wang, M.C. Newstein, M.Y. Chang, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, Macromolecules, vol. 33, pg. 3719-3730, 2000.

62. "Graft Copolymers with Regularly Spaced Branch Points: Morphology and Grain Structure", F.L. Beyer, S.P. Gido, C. Buschl, H. Iatrou, D. Uhrig, J.W. Mays, M.Y. Chang, B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara, N.B. Tan, N. Hadjichristidis, Macromolecules, vol. 33, pg. 2039-2048, 2000.

61. "Kinetics of Mesophase Formation in a Block Copolymer Melt", N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, M.Y. Chang, R. Krishnamoorti, S. Rai, in Structure and Dynamics of Materials in the Mesoscopic Domain, Imperial College Press and The Royal Society, Editors: M. Lal, R.A. Mashelkar, B.D. Kulkarni, V.M. Naik, pg. 310-316, 1999.

60. "Initial Stages of Nucleation in Phase Separating Polymer Blends", A.A. Lefebvre, J.H. Lee, H.S. Jeon, N.P. Balsara, B. Hammouda, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 111, pg. 6082-6099, 1999.

59. "Microstructural Changes in a Colloidal Liquid in the Shear Thinning and Shear Thickening regimes", M.C. Newstein, H. Wang, N.P. Balsara, A.A. Lefebvre, Y. Shnidman, H. Watanabe, K. Osaki, T. Shikata, H. Niwa, Y. Morishima, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 111, pg. 4827-4838, 1999.

58. "Relationship Between Internal Energy and Volume Change of Mixing in a Pressurized Polymer Blend", A.A. Lefebvre, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, B. Hammouda, R. Krishnamoorti, S. Kumar, Macromolecules, vol. 32, pg. 5460-5462, 1999.

57. "Ordering Kinetics and Alignment of Block Copolymer Lamellae Under Shear Flow", H. Wang, M.C. Newstein, A. Krishnan, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, B. Hammouda, R. Krishnamoorti, Macromolecules, vol. 32, pg. 3695-3711, 1999.

56. "Microphase Ordering in Melts of Randomly Grafted Copolymers", S. Qi, A.K. Chakraborty, H. Wang, A.A. Lefebvre, N.P. Balsara, E.I. Shaknovich, M. Xenidou, N. Hadjichristidis, Physical Review Letters, vol. 82, p.2896-2899, 1999.

55. "Quantifying the Neutrality of Good Solvents for Block Copolymers: Poly(styrene-b-isoprene) in Toluene, Benzene, and THF", C. Huang, B.R. Chapman, T.P. Lodge, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 31, pg. 9384-9386, 1998.

54."Multicomponent Polyolefin Blends with Ordered and Disordered Microstructures", N.P. Balsara, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, vol. 3, pg. 589-595, 1998.

53. "Evolution of Microstructure in the Liquid and Crystal Directions in a Quenched Block Copolymer Melt", N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, B.J. Bauer, T.J. Prosa, Macromolecules, vol. 31, pg. 7668-7675, 1998.

52. "Search for a Model Polymer Blend", N.P. Balsara, A.A. Lefebvre, J.H. Lee, C.C. Lin, B. Hammouda, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, vol. 44, pg. 2515-2519, 1998.

51. "Identification of the Molecular Parameters that Govern Ordering Kinetics in a Block Copolymer Melt", N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, M.Y. Chang, H.J. Dai, M.C. Newstein, J.L. Goveas, R. Krishnamoorti, S. Rai, Macromolecules, vol. 31, pg. 5309-5315, 1998.

50. "Predicting the Thermodynamics of Multicomponent Polymer Blends from Measurements on Two-Component Systems", Macromolecules, H.S. Jeon, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, vol. 31, pg. 3328-3339, 1998.

49. "An Experimental Study of the Thermodynamics of Multicomponent Polyolefin Blends with Ordered and Disordered Phases", H.S. Jeon, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, M.C. Newstein, Macromolecules, vol. 31, pg. 3340-3352, 1998.

48. "Relationship Between Nonlinear Rheology and Flow-induced Structure in a Concentrated Silica Suspension", H. Watanabe, M.L. Yao, K. Osaki, T. Shikata, H. Niwa, Y. Morishima, N.P. Balsara, H. Wang, vol. 36, pg. 1-6, Rheologica Acta, 1998.

47. "Kinetics of Microemulsion Formation in Polymer Mixtures", J.H. Lee, H.S. Jeon, N.P. Balsara, M.C. Newstein, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 108, pg. 5173-5176, 1998.

46. "Growth of Grains and Correlated Grain Clusters in a Block Copolymer Melt", M.C. Newstein, B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara, M.Y. Chang, H.J. Dai, Macromolecules, vol. 31, pg. 64-76, 1998.

45. "Intramolecular and Intermolecular Signatures of Incipient Ordering in a Multicomponent Polymer Blend", H.S. Jeon, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, Physical Review Letters, vol. 79, pg. 3274-3277, 1997.

44. "Small Angle Neutron Scattering from Pressurized Polyethylbutylene/Polymethylbutylene Blends", B. Hammouda, A.A. Lefebvre, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 30, pg. 5572-5574, 1997.

43. "Thermoreversible Aggregation and Gelation in Poly(n-hexyl isocyanate)", J.M. Guenet, H.S. Jeon, C. Khatri, S.K. Jha, N.P. Balsara, M.M. Green, A. Brulet, A. Thierry, Macromolecules, vol. 30, pg. 4590-4596, 1997.

42. "Undulations and Disorder in Block Copolymer Lamellae under Shear Flow", H. Wang, P.K. Kesani, N.P. Balsara, B. Hammouda, Macromolecules, vol. 30, pg. 982-992, 1997.

41. "Domain Shape Transitions in Emulsified Polyolefin Blends", H.S. Jeon, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara. B. Majumdar, L.J. Fetters, A. Faldi, Macromolecules, vol. 30, pg. 973-981, 1997.

40. "Early Stages of Nucleation and Growth in a Polymer Blend", N.P. Balsara, C.C. Lin, B. Hammouda, Physical Review Letters, vol. 77, pg. 3847-3850, 1996.

39. "Grain Growth and Defect Annihilation in Block Copolymers", H.J. Dai, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, Physical Review Letters, vol. 77, pg. 3667-3680, 1996.

38. "A Transition from Shear-Induced Order to Shear-Induced Disorder in Block Copolymers", N.P. Balsara, H.J. Dai, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 105, pg. 2942-2945, 1996.

37. "Orientation Correlations in Lamellar Block Copolymers", B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara, H.J. Dai, Z. Wang, M.C. Newstein, B. Majumdar, Macromolecules, vol. 29, pg. 4675-4679, 1996.

36. "Influence of Defect Density on the Rheology of Ordered Block Copolymers", N.P. Balsara, H.J. Dai, H. Watanabe, T. Sato, K. Osaki, Macromolecules, vol. 29, pg. 3507-3510, 1996.

35. "Thermodynamic Interactions in Multicomponent Polymer Blends", C.C. Lin, S.V. Jonnalagadda, N.P. Balsara, C.C. Han, R. Krishnamoorti, Macromolecules, vol. 29, pg. 661-669, 1996.

34. "Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends", N.P. Balsara, Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, J.E. Mark editor, Chapter 19, pg. 257-268, AIP Press, New York, 1996.

33. "Spinodal Decomposition in Multicomponent Polymer Blends", C.C. Lin, H.S. Jeon, N.P. Balsara, B. Hammouda, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 103, pg. 1957-1971, 1995.

32. "Small-angle Light Scattering and Polarized Light Microscopy from Block Copolymers with Cylindrical Morphology", M.C. Newstein, B.A. Garetz, H.J. Dai, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 28, pg. 4587-4597, 1995.

31. "Compressibility Effects in a Solvated Polystyrene-Polyisoprene Diblock Copolymer", B. Hammouda, C.C. Lin, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 28, pg. 4765-4767, 1995.

30. "Aggregation in Living Polymer Solutions by Light and Neutron Scattering", L.J. Fetters, N.P. Balsara, J.S. Huang, H.S. Jeon, K. Almdal, M.Y. Lin, Macromolecules, vol. 28, pg. 4996-5005, 1995.

29. "Micelle Formation by a Model Hydrogen Bonding Block Copolymer", J.Q. Zhao, E.M. Pearce, T.K. Kwei, H.S. Jeon, P.K. Kesani, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 28, pg.1972-1978, 1995.

28. "Regular and Irregular Mixing in Blends of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers", W.W. Graessley, R. Krishnamoorti, G.C. Reichart, N.P. Balsara, L.J. Fetters, D.J. Lohse, Macromolecules, vol. 28, pg.1260-1270, 1995.

27. "Annealing Effects and Signatures of the Order Disorder Transition in Block Copolymer Cylinders", D. Perahia, G. Vacca, S.S. Patel, H.J. Dai, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 27, pg.7645-7649, 1994.

26. "Effect of Molecular Structure on Thermodynamics of Block Copolymer Melts", C.C. Lin, S.V. Jonnalagadda, P.K. Kesani, H.J. Dai, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 27, pg.7769-7780, 1994.

25. "Influence of Imperfections on the Disordering of Block Copolymer Cylinders", N.P. Balsara, H.J. Dai, P.K. Kesani, B.A. Garetz, B. Hammouda, Macromolecules, vol. 27, pg. 7406-7409, 1994.

24. "Thermodynamics of Mixing for Blends of Model Ethylene-Butene Copolymers", W.W. Graessley, R. Krishnamoorti, N.P. Balsara, L.J. Fetters, D.J. Lohse, D.N. Schulz, J.A. Sissano, R.J. Butera, Macromolecules, vol. 27, pg. 3896-3901, 1994.

23. "Shear Effects on Solvated Block Copolymer Lamellae: Polystyrene-Polyisoprene in Dioctyl Phthalate", N.P. Balsara, B. Hammouda, Physical Review Letters, vol. 72, pg. 360-363, 1994.

22. "In-situ Small Angle Neutron Scattering from a Block Copolymer Solution under Shear", N.P. Balsara, B. Hammouda, P.K. Kesani, S.V. Jonnalagadda, G. Straty, Macromolecules, vol. 27, pg. 2566-2573, 1994.

21. "The Structural Origin of Thermodynamic Interactions in Blends of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers", R. Krishnamoorti, W.W. Graessley, N.P. Balsara, D.J. Lohse, Macromolecules, vol. 27, pg. 3073-3081, 1994.

20. "Deuteration Effects and Solubility Parameter Ordering in Blends of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers", W.W. Graessley, R. Krishnamoorti, N.P. Balsara, L.J. Fetters, D.J. Lohse, D.N. Schulz, J.A. Sissano, Macromolecules, vol. 27, pg. 2574-2579, 1994.

19. "The Effect of Saturation on the Thermodynamics of Polystyrene-Polyisoprene Block Copolymers", N.P. Balsara, C.C. Lin, H.J. Dai, R. Krishnamoorti, Macromolecules, vol. 27, pg. 1216-1220, 1994.

18. "Small Angle Neutron Scattering from Partially Deuterated Polymers and their Blends", N.P. Balsara, D.J. Lohse, W.W. Graessley, R. Krishnamoorti, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 100, pg. 3905-3910, 1994.

17. "The Compositional Dependence of the Thermodynamic Interactions in Blends of Model Polyolefins", R. Krishnamoorti, W.W. Graessley, N.P. Balsara, D.J. Lohse, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 100, pg. 3894-3904, 1994.

16. "Thermodynamic Interactions and Correlations in Mixtures of Two Homopolymers and a Block Copolymer", N.P. Balsara, S.V. Jonnalagadda, C.C. Lin, C.C. Han, R. Krishnamoorti, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 99, pg. 10011-10020, 1993.

15. "Thermodynamics of Random Copolymer Mixtures by SANS", D.J. Lohse, N.P. Balsara, L. J. Fetters, D.N. Schulz, J.A. Sissano, W.W. Graessley, R. Krishnamoorti, pg. 175-183 in 'Advances in Polyolefins', T.C. Chung, ed., Plenum, New York, 1993.

14. "Birefringence and Diffraction of Light in Ordered Block Copolymer Materials", B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, H.J. Dai, S.V. Jonnalagadda, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 26, pg. 3151-3155, 1993.

13. "Effect of Deuterium Substitution on Thermodynamic Interactions in Polymer Blends", W.W. Graessley, R. Krishnamoorti, N.P. Balsara, L.J. Fetters, D.J. Lohse, D.N. Schulz, J.A. Sissano, Macromolecules, vol. 26, pg. 1137-1143, 1993.

12. "Thermodynamic Interactions in Model Polyolefin Blends Obtained by Small Angle Neutron Scattering", N.P. Balsara, L.J. Fetters, N. Hadjichristidis, D.J. Lohse, C.C. Han, W.W. Graessley, R. Krishnamootri, Macromolecules, vol. 25, pg. 6137-6147, 1992.

11. "Relationship Between Birefringence and the Structure of Ordered Block Copolymer Materials", N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, H.J. Dai, Macromolecules, vol. 25, pg. 6072-6074, 1992.

10. "Birefringence Detection of the Order-to-Disorder Transition in Block Copolymer Liquids", N.P. Balsara, D. Perahia, C.R. Safinya, M. Tirrell, T.P. Lodge, Macromolecules, vol. 25, pg. 3896-3901, 1992.

9. "Dynamic Light Scattering from Microstructured Block Copolymer Solutions", N.P. Balsara, P. Stepanek, M. Tirrell, T.P. Lodge, Macromolecules, vol. 24, pg. 6227-6230, 1991.

8. "Diffusion in Microstructured Block Copolymer Solutions", N.P. Balsara, C.E. Eastman, M. Foster, T.P. Lodge, M. Tirrell, die Makromolecular Chemie, Macromolecular Symposium, vol. 45, pg. 213-235, 1991.

7. "Micelle Formation of BAB Triblock Copolymers in Solvents that Preferentially Dissolve the A Block", N.P. Balsara, M. Tirrell, T.P. Lodge, Macromolecules, vol. 24, pg. 1975-1986, 1991.

6. "Phase Equilibria and the Landau-Ginzburg Functional", E.B. Nauman, N.P. Balsara, Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 45, pg. 229-250, 1989.

5. "Compositional Quenching: A Process for Forming Polymer-in-Polymer Microdispersions and Cocontinuous Networks", E.B. Nauman, M. Ariyapadi, N.P. Balsara, J. Furno, T. Grocela, S.H. Liu, R. Mallikarjun, Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 66, pg. 29-55, 1988.

4. "Periodic Minimizing Solutions of the Landau-Ginzburg Functional", E.B. Nauman, N.P. Balsara, Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, vol. 46, pg. 375-379, 1988.

3. "The Entropy of Inhomogeneous Polymer-Solvent Systems", N.P. Balsara, E.B. Nauman, Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Edition, vol. 26, pg. 1077-1086, 1988.

2. "A Novel Approach to Polymeric Microdispersions", E.B. Nauman, S.T. Wang, N.P. Balsara, Polymer, vol. 27, pg. 1637-1640, 1986.

1. "The Influence of Buoyancy on Thermophoretic Deposition of Aerosol Particles in a Horizontal Tube", N.P. Balsara, R.S. Subramanian, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 118, pg. 3-14, 1986.