2008

• Geometrical Frustration in Two Dimensions: Idealizations and Realizations of a Hard Disc Fluid in Negative Curvature, C.D. Modes and R.D. Kamien, Phys. Rev. E 77 (2008) 041125. Also appears in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
  
  
• One-step Nanoscale Assembly of Complex Structures via Harnessing of an Elastic Instability, Y. Zhang, E.A. Matsumoto, A. Peter, P.-C. Lin, R.D. Kamien, and S. Yang, Nano Letters 8 (2008) 1192.
  
  

2007

• Hard Discs on the Hyperbolic Plane, C.D. Modes and R.D. Kamien, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 235701.
  
  
• Geometric Theory of Columnar Phases on Curved Substrates, C.D. Santangelo, V. Vitelli, R.D. Kamien, and D.R. Nelson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 017801. Selected as an Editor's Suggestion. Also appears in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology
  
  
• Better Geometry Through Chemistry, R.D. Kamien, Science 315 (2007) 1083.
  
  
• Why is Random Close Packing Reproducible?, R.D. Kamien and A.J. Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 155501. See the commentary by Daan Frenkel at the Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics.
  
  
• Helical Tubes in Crowded Environments, Y. Snir and R.D. Kamien, Phys. Rev. E 75 (2007) 051114. Also appears in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology and in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
  
  
• Soft Spheres Make More Mesophases, M.A. Glaser, G.M. Grason, R.D. Kamien, A. Košmrj, C.D. Santangelo, and P. Ziherl, Europhys. Lett. 78 (2007) 46004.
  
  
• Ordered Phases of Diblock Copolymers in Selective Solvent, G.M. Grason, J. Chem. Phys. 126 (2007) 114904.
  
  
• Entropic Attraction and Ordering, R.D. Kamien, in Soft Matter, Volume 3, Colloidal Order: Entropic and Surface Forces, ed. by G. Gompper and M. Schick (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2007) 1.
  
  
• Triply-Periodic Smectics, C.D. Santangelo and R.D. Kamien, Phys. Rev. E 75 (2007) 011702.
  
  

2006

• Bubble Kinetics in a Steady-State Column of Aqueous Foam, K. Feitosa, O.L. Halt, R.D. Kamien, and D.J. Durian, Europhys. Lett. 76 (2006) 683.
  
  
• The Packing of Soft Materials: Molecular Asymmetry, Geometric Frustration and Optimal Lattices in Block Copolymer Melts, G.M. Grason, Phys. Rep. 433 (2006) 1.
  
  
• Geometry and the Nonlinear Elasticity of Defects in Smectic Liquid Crystals, C.D. Santangelo, Liquid Crystals Today, 15 (2006) 11.
  
  
• Undulated Cylinders of Charged Diblock Copolymers, G.M. Grason and C.D. Santangelo, Euro. Phys. J. E 20 (2006) 335.
  
  
• Smectic Liquid Crystals: Materials with One-Dimensional, Periodic Order, R.D. Kamien and C.D. Santangelo, Geometriae Dedicata 120 (2006) 229.
  
  
• Counterion Densities at Intermediate Coupling, C.D. Santangelo, Phys. Rev. E 73 (2006) 041512. Also appears in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
  
  
• Elliptic Phases: A Study of the Nonlinear Elasticity of Twist-Grain Boundaries, C.D. Santangelo and R.D. Kamien, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 137801.
  
  
• Geometry of Proteins: Hydrogen Bonding, Sterics and Marginally Compact Tubes, J.R. Banavar, M. Cieplak, A. Flammini, T.X. Hoang, R.D. Kamien, T. Lezon, D. Marenduzzo, A. Maritan, F. Seno, Y. Snir, and A. Trovato, Phys. Rev. E 73 (2006) 031921. Also appears in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
  
  

2005

• Curvature and Topology in Smectic-A Liquid Crystals, C.D. Santangelo and R.D. Kamien, Proc. R. Soc. A 461 (2005) 2911.
  
  
• Dynamics of Shallow Impact Cratering, M.A. Ambroso, R.D. Kamien, and D.J. Durian, Phys. Rev. E 72 (2005) 041305.
  
  
• Self-Consistent Field Theory of Multiply-Branched Block Copolymer Melts, G.M. Grason and R.D. Kamien, Phys. Rev. E 71 (2005) 051801. Also appears in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology
  
  
• Entropically Driven Helix Formation, Y. Snir and R.D. Kamien, Science 307 (2005) 1067.

2004

• Interfaces in Diblocks: A Study of Miktoarm Star Copolymers, G.M. Grason and R.D. Kamien, Macromolecules 37 (2004) 7371.
  
  
• Towards Precision Micelles, D.E. Discher and R.D. Kamien, Nature 430 (2004) 519.
  
  
• The Foam Analogy: From Phases to Elasticity, W. Kung, P. Ziherl, and R.D. Kamien, J. Col. Int. Sci. 275 (2004) 539.
  
  
• Elongation and Fluctuations of Semi-flexible Polymers in a Nematic Solvent, Z. Dogic, J. Zhang, A.W.C. Lau, H. Aranda-Espinoza, P. Dalhaimer, D.E. Discher, P.A. Janmey, R.D. Kamien, T.C. Lubensky, and A.G. Yodh, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (2004) 125503.
  
  

2003

• Smectic Blue Phases: Layered Systems with High Intrinsic Curvature, B.A. DiDonna and R.D. Kamien, Phys. Rev. E 68 (2003) 041703.
  
  
• Topological Constraints at the Theta Point: Closed Loops at Two Loops, W. Kung and R.D. Kamien, Europhys. Lett. 64 (2003) 323.
  
  
• A Geometric Theory of Diblock Copolymer Phases, G.M. Grason, B.A. DiDonna and R.D. Kamien, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (2003) 058304. Also appears in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology
  
  
• Bogomol'nyi, Prasad and Sommerfield Configurations in Smectics, C.D. Santangelo and R.D. Kamien, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (2003) 045506.
  
  
• Topology from the Bottom Up, R.D. Kamien. Science 299 (2003) 1671.
  
  

2002

• Smectic Phases with Cubic Symmetry: The Splay Analog of the Blue Phase, B.A. DiDonna and R.D. Kamien. Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 215504.
  
  
• The Geometry of Soft Materials: A Primer, R.D. Kamien. Rev. Mod. Phys. 74 (2002) 953.
  
  
• Nonlinear Effects in the TGB_A Phase, I. Bluestein and R.D. Kamien. Europhys. Lett. 59 (2002) 68.
  
  
• The Foam Analogy in Charged Colloidal Crystals, W. Kung, P. Ziherl and R.D. Kamien. Phys. Rev. E 65 (2002) 050401(R).
  
  

2001

• Maximizing Entropy by Minimizing Area: Towards a New Principle of Self-Organization, P. Ziherl and R.D. Kamien. J. Phys. Chem. B 105 (2001) 10147.
  
  
• Dislocation Geometry in the TGB_A Phase: Linear Theory, I. Bluestein, R.D. Kamien and T.C. Lubensky. Phys. Rev. E 63 (2001) 061702.
  
  
• Order and Frustration in Chiral Liquid Crystals, R.D. Kamien and J.V. Selinger. J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 13 (2001) R1.
  
  
• Decomposition of the Height Function of Scherk's First Surface, R.D. Kamien. Appl. Math. Lett. 14 (2001) 797.
  
  

2000

• Soap Froths and Crystal Structures, P. Ziherl and R.D. Kamien. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 3528.
  
  
• Self-Assembly in Vivo, S. Fraden and R.D. Kamien. Biophys. J. 78 (2000) 2189.
  
  
• Chiral Twisting of a Smectic-A Liquid Crystal, M.S. Spector, S.K. Prasad, B.T. Weslowski, R.D. Kamien, J.V. Selinger, B.R. Ratna and R. Shashidar. Phys. Rev. E 61 (2000) 3977.
  
  
• Boundary Effects in Chiral Polymer Hexatics, R.D. Kamien and A.J. Levine. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 3109.
  
  
• Poisson Bracket Formulation of Nematic Polymer Dynamics, R.D. Kamien. Phys. Rev. E 61 (2000) 2888.
  
  

1999

• Molecular Chirality and Chiral Parameters, A.B. Harris, R.D. Kamien and T.C. Lubensky. Rev. Mod. Phys. 71 (1999) 1745.
  
  
• Polymer Shape Anisotropy and the Depletion Interaction, M. Triantafillou and R.D. Kamien. Phys. Rev. E 59 (1999) 5621.
  
  
• Minimal Surfaces, Screw Dislocations and Twist Grain Boundaries, R.D. Kamien and T.C. Lubensky. Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 (1999) 2892.
  
  

1998

• Force-Free Configurations of Vortices in High-Temperature Superconductors near the Melting Transition, R.D. Kamien Phys. Rev. B 58 (1998) 8218.
  
  
• Structure and Dynamics of Electrorheological Fluids, J.E. Martin, J. Odinek, T.C. Halsey and R.D. Kamien. Phys. Rev. E 57 (1998) 756.
  
  
• Elasticity Theory of a Twisted Stack of Plates, C.S. O'Hern, R.D. Kamien, T.C. Lubensky and P. Nelson. Eur. Phys. J. B 1 (1998) 95.
  
  
• Local Writhing Dynamics, R.D. Kamien. Eur. Phys. J. B 1 (1998) 1.
  
  

1997

• Self-Avoiding Walks with Writhe, J. David Moroz and R.D. Kamien. Nucl. Phys. B 506 (1997) 695.
  
  
• Determining the Anchoring Strength of a Capillary Using Topological Defects, R.D. Kamien and T.R. Powers. Liq. Cryst. 23 (1997) 213. See our poster [ps,pdf].
  
  
• Smectic Order in Double-Twist Cylinders, R.D. Kamien. J. Phys. II France 7 (1997) 743.
  
  
• Direct Determination of DNA Twist-Stretch Coupling, R.D. Kamien, T.C. Lubensky, P. Nelson and C.S. O'Hern. Europhys. Lett. 38 (1997) 237.
  
  
• On the Microscopic Origin of Cholesteric Pitch, A.B. Harris, R.D. Kamien and T.C. Lubensky. Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 (1997) 1476; 2867.
  
  

Conference Proceedings

Chiral Interactions and Structures, R.D. Kamien. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 358 (2001) 97.

Chiral Mesophases of DNA, R.D. Kamien. International Journal of Engineering Science 38 (2000) 1025.

Weak Chirality in Ordered DNA Phases, R.D. Kamien, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 299 (1997) 265.