The Lara Estroff Research Group

Making Bio-Inspiration Crystal Clear

Publications

For the most up-to-date list, see Dr. Estroff's google scholar page.
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Whitman, M.A.; Mantri, M.; Spanos, E.; Estroff, L.A.; De Vlaminck, I.; Fischbach, C. Bone mineral density affects tumor growth by shaping microenvironmental heterogeneity. Biomaterials 2025, 315, 122916. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122916

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Lopez, S.G.; Estroff, L.A.; Bonassar, L.J. siRNA Treatment Enhances Collagen Fiber Formation in Tissue-Engineered Meniscus via Transient Inhibition of Aggrecan Production. Bioengineering 2024, 11, 1308. DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11121308

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Park, S.; Choi, S.; Shimpi, A.A.; Estroff, L.A.; Fischbach, C.; Paszek, M.J. Collagen mineralization decreases NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells via increased glycocalyx thickness. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2311505. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311505

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Ortoll-Bloch, A.G.; Chen, Y.; Hiralal, E.; Washton, N.M.; Mueller, K.T.; De Yoreo, J.; Tao, J.; Estroff, L.A. Thermodynamic and kinetic modulation of methylammonium lead bromide crystallization revealed by in situ monitoring. Cryst. Growth Des. 2024, 24, 4955-4965. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.4c00008

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Choi, S.; Whitman, M.A.; Shimpi, A.A.; Sempertegui, N.D.; Chiou, A.E.; Druso, J.E.; Verma, A.; Lux, S.C.; Cheng, Z.; Paszek, M.; Elemento, O.; Estroff, L.A.; Fischbach, C. Bone-matrix mineralization dampens integrin-mediated mechanosignalling and metastatic progression in breast cancer. Nature Biomed. Eng. 2023, 7, 1455-1472. DOI: 10.1038/s41551-023-01077-3

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Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Sudilovsky, D.; Johnson, L.M.; Loh, H.-C.; Choi, S.; Morris, P.G.; Jochelson, M.S.; Iyengar, N.M.; Morrow, M.; Masic, A.; Fischbach, C.; Estroff, L.A. Biomineralogical signatures of breast microcalcifications. Sci. Adv. 2023, 9, eade3152. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade3152

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Lopez, S.G.; Kim, J.; Estroff, L.A.; Bonassar, L.J. Removal of GAGs regulates mechanical properties, collagen fiber formation, and alignment in tissue engineered meniscus. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2023, 9, 1608-1619. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00136

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Palin, D.; Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Chang, M.P.; Sutter, S.; Estroff, L.A. Gel-mediated chemo-mechanical control of calcium carbonate crystal formation. J. Cryst. Growth. 2023, 602, 126943. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2022.126943

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Lee, W.Y.; Chapman, D.V.; Yu, F.; Tait, W.R.T.; Thedford, R.P.; Freychet, G.; Zhernenkov, M.; Estroff, L.A.; Wiesner, U.B. Triblock Terpolymer Thin Film Nanocomposites Enabling Two-Color Optical Super-Resolution Microscopy. Macromolecules 2022, 55, 9452-9464. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01017

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Choi, S.; Whitman, M.A.; Shimpi, A.A.; Sempertegui, N.D.; Chiou, A.; Druso, J.E.; Verma, A.; Lux, S.C.; Cheng, Z.; Paszek, M.; Elemento, O.; Estroff, L.A.; Fischbach, C. Biofunctional matrix models reveal mineral-dependent mechanoregulation of bone metastatic breast cancer. bioRxiv preprint, 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.744197

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Gao, T.; Boys, A.J.; Zhao, C.; Chan, K.; Estroff, L.A.; Bonassar, L.J. Non-destructive spatial mapping of glycosaminoglycan loss in native and degraded articular cartilage using confocal raman microspectroscopy. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 2021, 9, 744197. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.744197

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Yu, F.; Thedford, R.P.; Hedderick, K.R.; Freychet, G.; Zherenkov, M.; Estroff, L.A.; Nowack, K.C.; Gruner, S.M.; Wiesner, U. Patternable mesoporous thin film quantum materials via block copolymer self-assembly: An emergent technology? ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2021, 13, 34732-34741. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09085

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Chapman, D.V.; Hinckley, J.A.; Erstling, J.A.; Estroff, L.A.; Wiesner, U. Orthogonal nanoprobes enabling two-color optical super-resolution microscopy imaging of the two domains of diblock copolymer thin film nanocomposites. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 5156-5167. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01204

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Krounbi, L.; Hedderick, K.R.; Eyal, Z.; Aram, L.; Shimoni, E.; Estroff, L.A.; Gal, A. Surface-induced coacervation facilitates localized precipitation in mineral precursors from dilute solutions. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 3534-3542. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04668

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Chiou, A.E.; Hinckley, J.A.; Khaitan, R.; Varsano, N.; Wang, J.; Malarkey, H.F.; Hernandez, C.J.; Williams, R.M.; Estroff, L.A.; Weiner, S.; Addadi, L.; Wiesner, U.; Fischbach, C. Fluorescent silica nanoparticles to label metastatic tumor cells in mineralized bone microenvironments. Small 2021, 17, 2001432. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202001432

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Gim, J.; Koch, A.; Otter, L.M.; Savitzky, B.H.; Erland, S.; Estroff, L.A.; Jacob, D.E.; Hovden, R. The mesoscale order of nacreous pearls. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2021, 118, e2107477118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107477118

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Palin, D.; Style, R.W.; Zlopaša, J.; Petrozzini, J.J.; Pfeifer, M.A.; Jonkers, H.M.; Dufresne, E.R.; Estroff, L.A. Forming anisotropic crystal composites: Assessing the mechanical translation of gel network anisotropy to calcite crystal form. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3439-3447. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12326

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Kim, J.; Boys, A.J.; Estroff, L.A.; Bonassar, L.J. Combining TGF-β1 and mechanical anchoring to enhance collagen fiber formation and alignment in tissue-engineered menisci. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2021, 7, 1608-1620. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01791

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Vidavsky, N.; Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Estroff, L.A. Multiple pathways for pathological calcification in the human body. Adv. Healthc. Mater. 2021, 10, 2001271. DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202001271

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Shtukenberg, A.G.; Drori, R.; Sturm, E.V.; Vidavsky, N.; Haddad, A.; Zheng, J.; Estroff, L.A.; Weissman, H.; Wolf, S.G.; Shimoni, E.; Li, C.; Fellah, N.; Efrati, E.; Kahr, B. Crystals of benzamide, the first polymorphous molecular compound, are helicoidal. Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 14701-14709. DOI: 10.1002/ange.202005738

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Zhou, H.; Boys, A.J.; Harrod, J.B.; Bonassar, L.J.; Estroff, L.A. Mineral distribution spatially patterns bone marrow stromal cell behavior on monolithic bone scaffolds. Acta biomater. 2020, 112, 274-285. DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.05.032

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Noble, J.M.; Roberts, L.M.; Vidavsky, N.; Chiou, A.E.; Fischbach, C.; Paszek, M.J.; Estroff, L.A.; Kourkoutis, L.F. Direct comparison of optical and electron microscopy methods for structural characterization of extracellular vesicles. J. Struct. Biol. 2020, 210, 107474. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107474

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Ortoll-Bloch, A.G.; Herbol, H.C.; Sorenson, B.A.; Poloczek, M.; Estroff, L.A.; Clancy, P. Bypassing solid-state intermediates by solvent engineering the crystallization pathway in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 20, 1162-1171. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01461

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He, F.; Springer, N.L.; Whitman, M.A.; Pathi, S.P.; Lee, Y.; Monahan, S.; Marcott, S.; Chiou, A.E.; Blank, B.S.; Iyengar, N.; Morris, P.G.; Jochelson, M.; Hudis, C.A.; Shah, P.; Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Estroff, L.A.; Lammerding, J.; Fischbach, C. Hydroxyapatite mineral enhances malignant potential in a tissue-engineered model of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Biomaterials 2019, 224, 119489. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119489

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Hinckley, J.A.; Chapman, D.V.; Hedderick, K.R.; Oleske, K.W.; Estroff, L.A.; Wiesner, U. Quantitative comparison of dye and ultrasmall fluorescent silica core-shell nanoparticle probes for optical super-resolution imaging of model block copolymer thin film surfaces. ACS Macro Lett. 2019, 8, 1378-1382. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00675

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Susca, E.M.; Beaucage, P.A.; Thedford, R.P.; Singer, A.; Gruner, S.M.; Estroff, L.A.; Wiesner, U. Preparation of macroscopic block-copolymer-based gyroidal mesoscale single crystals by solvent evaporation. J. Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1902565. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201902565

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Boys, A.J.; Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Henak, C.R.; Cohen, I.; Estroff, L.A.; Bonassar, L.J. Understanding the stiff-to-compliant transition of the meniscal attachments by spatial correlation of composition, structure, and mechanics. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 26559-26570. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b03595

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Boys, A.J.; Zhou, H.; Harrod, J.B.; McCorry, M.C.; Estroff, L.A.; Bonassar, L.J. Top-down fabrication of spatially controlled mineral-gradient scaffolds for interfacial tissue engineering ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2019, 5, 2988-2997. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00176

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Vidavsky, N.; Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Diaz-Rubio, M.E.; Chiou, A.E.; Loh, H.-C.; Zhang, S.; Masic, A.; Fischbach, C.; Estroff, L.A. Mapping and profiling lipid distribution in a 3D model of breast cancer progression. ACS Cent. Sci. 2019, 5, 768-780. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00932

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Iannucci, L.E.; Boys, A.J.; McCorry, M.C.; Estroff, L.A.; Bonassar, L.J. Cellular and chemical gradients to engineer the meniscus-to-bone insertion. Adv. Healthc. Mater. 2019, 8, 1800806. DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201800806

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Choi, S.; Friedrichs, J.; Song, Y.H.; Werner, C.; Estroff, L.A.; Fischbach, C. Intrafibrillar, bone-mimetic collagen mineralization regulates breast cancer cell adhesion and migration. Biomaterials 2019, 198, 95-106. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.05.002

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Fielding, L.A.; Hendley, C.T.; Asenath-Smith, E.; Estroff, L.A.; Armes, S.P. Rationally designed anionic diblock copolymer worm gels are useful model systems for calcite occlusion studies. Polym. Chem. 2019, 10, 5131-5141. DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00889F

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Vidavsky, N.; Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Chiou, A.; Northrup, P.A.; Porri, T.J.; Ling, L.; Fischbach, C.; Estroff, L.A. Studying biomineralization pathways in a 3D culture model of breast cancer microcalcifications. Biomaterials 2018, 179, 71-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.06.030

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Noble, J.M.; Vidavsky, N.; Roberts, L.M.; Chiou, A.; Paszek, M.J.; Fischbach, C.; Estroff, L.A.; Kourkoutis, L.F. Revealing mechanisms of microvesicle biogenesis in breast cancer cells via in situ microscopy. Microsc. Microanal. 2018, 24, 1256-1257. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927618006761

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Hendley, C.T.; Fielding, L.A.; Jones, E.R.; Ryan, A.J.; Armes, S.P.; Estroff, L.A. Mechanistic insights into diblock copolymer nanoparticle-crystal interactions revealed via in situ atomic force microscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 7936-7945. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b03828

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Richards, J.M.; Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Hunt, H.B.; Wnorowski, A.N.; Lin, D.W.; Boskey, A.L.; Donnelly, E.; Estroff, L.A.; Butcher, J.T. Crystallinity of hydroxyapatite drives myofibroblastic activation and calcification in aortic valves. Acta biomater. 2018, 71, 24-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.02.024

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Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Choi, S.; Nguyen, K.X.; Lee, M.M.; He, F.; Sudilovsky, D.; Morris, P.G.; Jochelson, M.S.; Hudis, C.A.; Muller, D.A.; Fratzl, P.; Fischbach, C.; Masic, A.; Estroff, L.A. Correlative imaging reveals physioloical heterogeneity of microcalcifications in human breast carcinomas. J. Struct. Biol. 2018, 202, 25-34. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2017.12.002

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Oleske, K.W.; Barteau, K.P.; Beaucage, P.A.; Asenath-Smith, E.; Wiesner, U.; Estroff, L.A. Nanopatterning of crystalline transition metal oxides by surface templated nucleation on block copolymer mesostructures. Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 5775-5782. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00767

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He, F.; Chiou, A.E.; Loh, H.C.; Lynch, M.; Seo, B.R.; Song, Y.H.; Lee, M.J.; Hoerth, R.; Bortel, E.L.; Willie, B.M.; Duda, G.N.; Estroff, L.A.; Masic, A.; Wagermaier, W.; Fratzl, P.; Fischbach, C. Multiscale characterization of the mineral phase at skeletal sites of breast cancer metastasis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2017, 114, 10542-10547. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708161114

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Goldman, A.R.; Asenath-Smith, E.; Estroff, L.A. Mosaic anisotropy model for magnetic interactions in mesostructured crystals. APL Mater. 2017, 5, 104901. DOI: 10.1063/1.5007794

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Boys, A.J.; McCorry, M.C.; Rodeo, S.; Bonassar, L.J.; Estroff, L.A. Next generation tissue engineering of orthopedic soft tissue-to-bone interfaces. MRS Commun. 2017, 7, 289-308. DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2017.91

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He, F.; Choi, S.; Estroff, L.A.; Fischbach, C.; in “Engineering 3D Tissue Test Systems” (CRC Press, 2017) 169-192. ISBN: 9781315118260

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Goldman, A.R.; Fredericks, J.L.; Estroff, L.A. Exploring reaction pathways in the hydrothermal growth of phase-pure bismuth ferrites. J. Cryst. Growth 2017, 468, 104-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.09.054

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Wu, F.; Chen, W.; Gillis, B.; Fischbach, C.; Estroff, L.A.; Gourdon, D. Protein-crystal interface mediates cell adhesion and proangiogenic secretion. Biomaterials 2017, 116, 174-185. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.11.043

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Oleske, K.W.; Barteau, K.P.; Turker, M.Z.; Beaucage, P.A.; Estroff, L.A.; Wiesner, U. Block copolymer directed nanostructured surfaces as templates for confined surface reactions. Macromolecules 2017, 50, 542-549. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01969

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Asenath-Smith, E.; Noble, J.M.; Hovden, R.; Uhl, A.M.; DiCorato, A.E.; Kim, Y.-Y.; Kulak, A.N.; Meldrum, F.C.; Kourkoutis, L.F.; Estroff, L.A. Physical confinement promoting formation of Cu2O-Au heterostructures with Au nanoparticles entrapped within crystalline Cu2O nanorods. Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 555-563. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03653

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DiCorato, A.E.; Asenath-Smith, E.; Kulak, A.N.; Meldrum, F.C.; Estroff, L.A. Cooperative effects of confinement and surface functionalization enable the formation of Au/Cu2O metal-semiconductor heterostructures. Cryst. Growth Des. 2016, 16, 6804-6811. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00913

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Zachman, M.J.; Asenath-Smith, E.; Estroff, L.A.; Kourkoutis, L.F. Site-specific preparation of intact solid-liquid interfaces by label-free in situ and cryo-focused ion beam lift-out. Microsc. Microanal. 2016, 22, 1338-1349. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927616011892

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Kim, Y.-Y.; Carloni, J.D.; Demarchi, B.; Sparks, D.; Reid, D.G.; Kunitake, M.E.; Tang, C.C.; Duer, M.J.; Freeman, C.L.; Pokroy, B.; Penkman, K.; Harding, J.H.; Estroff, L.A.; Baker, S.P.; Meldrum, F.C. Tuning hardness in calcite by incorporation of amino acids. Nat. Mater. 2016, 15, 903-910. DOI: 10.1038/nmat4631

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Chang, E.P.; Roncal-Herrero, T.; Morgan, T.; Dunn, K.E.; Rao, A.; Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; Lui, S.; Bilton, M.; Estroff, L.A.; Kröger, R.; Johnson, S.; Cölfen, H.; Evans, J.S. Synergistic biomineralization phenomena created by a combinatorial nacre protein model system. Biochem. 2016, 28, 2401-2410. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00163

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Susca, E.M.; Beaucage, P.A.; Hanson, M.A.; Werner-Zwanziger, U.; Zwanziger, J.W.; Estroff, L.A.; Wiesner, U. Self-assembled gyroidal mesoporous polymer-derived high temperature ceramic monoliths. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 2131-2137. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b05011

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Kim, Y.-Y.; Semsarilar, M.; Carloni, J.D.; Cho, K.R.; Kulak, A.N.; Polishchuck, I.; Hendley, C.T.; Smeets, P.J.M.; Fielding, L.A.; Pokroy, B.; Tang, C.C.; Estroff, L.A.; Baker, S.P.; Armes, S.P.; Meldrum, F.C. Structure and properties of nanocomposites formed by the occlusion of block copolymer worms and vesicles within calcite crystals. Adv. Func. Mater. 2016, 26, 1382-1392. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201504292

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Song, R.-Q.; Hoheisel, T.N.; Sai, H.; Li, Z.; Carloni, J.D.; Wang, S.; Youngman, R.E.; Baker, S.P.; Gruner, S.M.; Wiesner, U.; Estroff, L.A. Formation of periodically-ordered calcium phosphate nanostructures by block copolymer-directed self-assembly. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 838-847. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04266

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Hovden, R.; Wolf, S.E.; Holtz, M.E.; Marin, F.; Muller, D.A.; Estroff, L.A. Nanoscale assembly processes revealed in the nacroprismatic transition zone of Pinna nobilis mollusk shells. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 1-7. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10097

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Choi, S.; Coonrod, S.; Estroff, L.A.; Fischbach, C. Chemical and physical properties of carbonated hydroxyapatite affect breast cancer cell behavior. Acta biomater. 2015, 24, 333-342. DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.06.001

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Zachman, M.J.; Asenath-Smith, E.; Estroff, L.A.; Kourkoutis, L.F. Revealing the internal structure and local chemistry of nanocrystals grown in hydrogel with cryo-FIB lift-out and cryo-STEM. Microsc. Microanal. 2015, 21, 2291. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927615012234

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Asenath-Smith, E.; Estroff, L.A. Role of Akaganeite (β-FeOOH) in the growth of hematite (α-Fe2O3) in an inorganic silica hydrogel. Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15, 3388-3398. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00475

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Hendley, C.T.; Tao, J.; Kunitake, J.A.M.R.; De Yoreo, J.J.; Estroff, L.A. Microscopy techniques for investigating the control of organic constituents on biomineralization. MRS Bull. 2015, 40, 480-489. DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2015.98

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Moore, D.T.; Tan, K.W.; Sai, H.; Barteau, K.P.; Wiesner, U.; Estroff, L.A. Direct crystallization route to methylammonium lead iodide perovskite from an ionic liquid. Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 3197-3199. DOI: 10.1021/cm5047484

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Wu, F.; Lin, D.D.W.; Chang, J.H.; Fischbach, C.; Estroff, L.A.; Gourdon, D. Effect of the materials properties of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on fibronectin deposition and conformation. Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15, 2452-2460. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00231

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Asenath-Smith, E.; Hovden, R.; Kourkoutis, L.F.; Estroff, L.A. Hierarchically structured hematite architectures achieved by growth in a silica hydrogel. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5184-5192. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01697

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Moore, D.T.; Sai, H.; Tan, K.W.; Smilgies, D.-M.; Zhang, W.; Snaith, H.J.; Wiesner, U.; Estroff, L.A. Crystallization kinetics of organic-inorganic trihalide perovskites and the role of the lead anion in crystal growth. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2350-2358. DOI: 10.1021/ja512117e

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Zhang, W.; Saliba, M.; Moore, D.T.; Pathak, S.K.; Hörantner, M.T.; Stergiopoulos, T.; Stranks, S.D.; Eperon, G.E.; Alexander-Webber, J.A.; Abate, A.; Sadhanala, A.; Yao, S.; Chen, Y.; Friend, R.H.; Estroff, L.A.; Wiesner, U.; Snaith, H.J.; “Ultrasmooth organic-inorganic perovskite thin-film formation and crystallization for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells” Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 1-10. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7142

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Hovden, R.; Wolf, S.E.; Holtz, M.E.; Muller, D.A.; Estroff, L.A. STEM characterization of nano-crystallites in the nacre biomineralization of mollusk shells (Pinna nobilis). Microsc. Microanal. 2014, 20, 1332-1333. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927614008393

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Moore, D.T.; Sai, H.; Tan, K.W.; Estroff, L.A.; Wiesner, U. Impact of the organic halide salt on final perovskite composition for photovoltaic applications. APL Mater. 2014, 2, 081802. DOI: 10.1063/1.4886275

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Tan, K.W.; Moore, D.T.; Saliba, M.; Sai, H.; Estroff, L.A.; Hanrath, T.; Snaith, H.J.; Wiesner, U. Thermally induced structural evolution and performance of mesoporous block copolymer-directed alumina perovskite solar cells. ACS Nano 2014, 8, 4730-4739. DOI: 10.1021/nn500526t

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Saliba, M.; Tan, K.W.; Sai, H.; Moore, D.T.; Scott, T.; Zhang, W.; Estroff, L.A.; Wiesner, U.; Snaith, H.J. Influence of thermal processing protocol upon the crystallization and photovoltaic performance of organic-inorganic lead trihalide perovskites. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 17171-17177. DOI: 10.1021/jp500717w

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Chang, E.P.; Russ, J.A.; Verch, A.; Kroeger, R.; Estroff, L.A.; Evans, J.S. The intrinsically disordered C-RING biomineralization protein, AP7, creates protein phases that introduce nanopatterning and nanoporosities into mineral crystals. Biochem 2014, 53, 4317-4319. DOI: 10.1021/bi500664w

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Asenath-Smith, E.; Estroff, L.A. Sectioning of individual hematite pseudocubes with focused ion beam enables quantitative structural characterization at nanometer length scales. Micros. Microanal. 2014, 20, 635-644. DOI: 10.1017/S143192761400004X

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Chang, E.P.; Russ, J.A.; Verch, A.; Kroeger, R.; Estroff, L.A.; Evans, J.S. Engineering of crystal surfaces and subsurfaces by framework biomineralization protein phases. CrystEngComm 2014, 16, 7406-7409. DOI: 10.1039/C4CE00934G

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Sai, H.; Tan, K.H.; Asenath-Smith, E.; Hovden, R.; Jiang, Y.; Riccio, M.; Muller, D.A.; Elser, V.; Estroff, L.A.; Gruner, S.M.; Wiesner, U. Hierarchical porous scaffolds from block copolymers. Science 2013, 341, 530-534. DOI: 10.1126/science.1238159

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Kunitake, M.E.; Mangano, L.M.; Peloquin, J.M.; Baker, S.P.; Estroff, L.A. Evaluation of strengthening mechanisms in calcite single crystals from mollusk shells. Acta biomater. 2013, 9, 5353-5359. DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.09.030

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Suteewong, T.; Sai, H.; Bradbury, M.; Estroff, L.A.; Gruner, S.M.; Wiesner, U. Synthesis and formation mechanism of aminated mesoporous silica nanoparticles. Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 3895-3905. DOI: 10.1021/cm301857e

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Kunitake, M.E.; Baker, S.P.; Estroff, L.A. The effect of magnesium substitution on the hardness of synthetic and biogenic calcite. MRS Commun. 2012, 2, 113-116. DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2012.20

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Asenath-Smith, E.; Li, H.; Keene, E.C.; Seh, Z.W.; Estroff, L.A. Crystal growth of calcium carbonate in hydrogels as a model of biomineralization. Adv. Func. Mater. 2012, 22, 2891-2914. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201200300

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Xin, H.L.; Li, H.; Estroff, L.A.; Muller, D.A. Atomic-resolution and three-dimensional imaging of bio-inspired and biogenic nanostructures and interfaces inside polymer-incorporated calcite crystals. Microsc. Microanal. 2012, 18, 1604-1605. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927612009877

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Dorvee, J.R.; Boskey, A.L.; Estroff, L.A. Rediscovering hydrogel-based double-diffusion systems for studying biomineralization. CrystEngComm 2011, 14, 5681-2700. DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25289A

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Estroff, L.A.; Cohen, I. Micelles in a crystal. Nat. Mater. 2011, 10, 810-811. DOI: 10.1038/nmat3156

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Pathi, S.P.; Lin, D.W.; Dorvee, J.R.; Estroff, L.A.; Fischbach-Teschl, C. Hydroxyapatite nanoparticle-containing scaffolds for the study of breast cancer bone metastasis. Biomaterials 2011, 32, 5112-5122. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.03.055

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Li, H.Y.; Xin, H.L.; Kunitake, M.E.; Keene, E.C.; Muller, D.A.; Estroff, L.A. Calcite prisms from mollusk shells (Atrina rigida): Swiss-cheese-like organic-inorganic single-crystal composites. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011,21, 2028-2034. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201002709

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Wu, C-H; Li, H.Y.; Fong, H.H.; Pozdin, V.A.; Estroff, L.A.; Malliaras G. G. "Room-temperature preparation of crystalline TiO2 thin films and their applications in polymer/TiO2 hybrid optoelectronic devices" Org. Electron. 2011, 12, 1073-1079. DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.03.004

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Li, H.Y.; Fujiki, Y.; Sada, K.; Estroff, L.A. Gel incorporation inside of organic single crystals grown in agarose hydrogels.. CrystEngComm2011, 13, 1060-1062. DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00118J

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Lin, D.D.; Pathi, S.P.; Fischbach-Teschl, C.; Estroff, L.A. The effects of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on breast cancer bone metastasis in 3D scaffolds. Bone 2011, 2, S253. DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2011.03.618

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Keene, E.C.; Evans, J.S.; Estroff, L.A. Silk fibroin hydrogels coupled with the n16N – β-chitin complex: An in vitro organic matrix for controlling calcium carbonate mineralization. Cryst. Growth Des. 2010, 10, 5169-5175. DOI: 10.1021/cg1009303

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Ndao, M.; Keene, E.C.; Amos, F.F.; Rewari, G.; Ponce, C.B.; Estroff, L.A.; Evans, J.S. Intrinsically disordered mollusk shell prismatic protein that modulates calcium carbonate crystal growth. Biomacromolecules 2010, 11, 2539-2544. DOI: 10.1021/bm100738r

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Keene, E.C.; Evans, J.S.; Estroff, L.A. Matrix interactions in biomineralization: Aragonite nucleation by an intrinsically disordered nacre polypeptide, n16N, associated with a β-chitin substrate. Cryst. Growth Des. 2010, 10, 1383-1389. DOI: 10.1021/cg901389v

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Saraogi, I.; Hebda, J.A.; Becerril, J.; Estroff, L.A.; Miranker, A.D.; Hamilton, A.D. Synthetic α-helix mimetics as agonists and antagonists of islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 10, 736-739. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200901694

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Li, H. Y.; Xin, H. L.; Muller, D. A.; Estroff, L. A. Visualizing the 3D internal structure of calcite single crystals grown in agarose hydrogels. Science 2009, 326, 1244-1247. DOI: 10.1126/science.1178583
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Bilgiçer, B.; Thomas III, S.W.; Shaw, B.F.; Kaufman, G.K.; Krishnamurthy, V.M.; Estroff, L.A.; Yang, J.; Whitesides, G.M. A non-chromatographic method for the purification of a bivalently active monoclonal IgG antibody from biological fluids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9361-9367. DOI: 10.1021/ja9023836

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Li, H.Y.; Estroff, L.A. “Calcite growth in hydrogels: Assessing the mechanism of polymer-network incorporation into single crystals. Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 470-473. DOI: 10.1002/adma.200801498

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Li, H.Y.; Estroff, L.A. Porous calcite single crystals grown from a hydrogel medium. CrystEngComm 2007, 9, 1153-1155. DOI: 10.1039/B709068D

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Li, H.Y.; Estroff, L.A. Hydrogels coupled with self-assembled monolayers: An in vitro matrix to study calcite biomineralization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 5480-5483. DOI: 10.1021/ja067901d

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Krishnamurthy, V.M.; Quinton, L.J.; Estroff, L.A.; Metallo, S.J.; Isaacs, J.M.; Mizgerd, J.P.; Whitesides, G.M. Promotion of opsonization by antibodies and phagocytosis of Gram-positive bacteria by a bifunctional polyacylamide. Biomaterials 2006, 27, 3663-3674. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.02.006

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Love, J.C.; Estroff, L.A.; Kriebel, J.K.; Nuzzo, R.G.; Whitesides, G.M. Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals as a form of nanotechnology. Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 1103-1169. DOI: 10.1021/cr0300789

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Estroff, L.A.; Hamilton, A.D. “Water gelation by small organic molecules. Chem. Rev. 2004, 104, 1201-1218. DOI: 10.1021/cr0302049

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Estroff, L.A.; Addadi, L.; Weiner, S.; Hamilton, A.D. “An organic hydrogel as a matrix for the growth of calcite crystals. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2004, 2, 137-141. DOI: 10.1039/B309731E

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Estroff, L.A.; Incarvito, C.D.; Hamilton, A.D. “Design of a synthetic foldamer that modifies the growth of calcite crystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2-3. 10.1021/ja037614z

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Estroff, L.A.; Leiserowitz, L.; Addadi, L.; Weiner, S.; and Hamilton, A.D. “Characterization of an organic hydrogel: A cryo-TEM and X-ray diffraction study. Adv. Mater. 2003, 15, 38-42. DOI: 10.1002/adma.200390004

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Estroff, L.A. Bio-inspired supramolecular control of inorganic crystal growth. Yale University. 2003. Link

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Estroff, L.A.; Huang, J.S.; Hamilton, A. D. Fiber formation in water by a mono-urea dicarboxylic acid. Chem. Commun. 2003, 2958-2959. DOI: 10.1039/B306351H

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Estroff, L.A.; Hamilton, A.D. “At the interface of organic and inorganic chemistry: Bio-inspired synthesis of composite materials. Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 3227-3235. DOI: 10.1021/cm010110k

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Estroff, L.A.; Hamilton, A.D. “Effective gelation of water using a series of bis-urea dicarboxylic acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2000, 39, 3447-3450. Link

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