D. Bolmatov*, Russel J. Reiter, D. Zav’yalov, C. Do, G. Nagy, C. P. Collier, J. Katsaras, M. O. Lavrentovich*, Melatonin-Induced Modulation of Cholesterol-Enriched Model Neuronal Membranes, ACS Chemical Neuroscience 17(5), 976-986 (2026). Featured on the Cover: https://pubs.acs.org/cms/10.1021/acncdm.2026.17.issue-5/asset/acncdm.2026.17.issue-5.xlargecover-2.jpg

D. Bolmatov*, D. Zav’yalov, T. Egami, Relaxor Ferroelectric-like Spatiotemporal Memory in Field-Driven Lipid Bilayers, Langmuir 42(3), 2542-2547 (2026). Featured on the Cover: https://pubs.acs.org/cms/10.1021/langd5.2026.42.issue-3/asset/langd5.2026.42.issue-3.xlargecover-3.jpg

P. T. Podar*, D. Bolmatov et al., Electromechanically induced membrane restructuring enables learning and memory, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 122(45), e2510664122 (2025).

M. O. Lavrentovich*, J. M. Corrillo*, C. P. Collier, J. Katsaras, D. Bolmatov*, Curvature memory in electrically stimulated lipid membranes, Langmuir 41(5), 3157-3165 (2025). Featured on the Cover: https://pubs.acs.org/cms/10.1021/langd5.2025.41.issue-5/asset/langd5.2025.41.issue-5.xlargecover-3.jpg

Shull-Wollan Center Science Highlight: 

https://swc.tennessee.edu/curvature-memory-in-electrically-stimulated-lipid-membranes/

C. P. Collier*, D. Bolmatov, R. Lydic, J. Katsaras*, Neuronal plasma membranes as supramolecular assemblies for biological memory, Langmuir 41(5), 2973-2979 (2025).

J. E. Fitzgerald, D. Soloviov, Y. Q. Cai, F.A. Heberle, A. Q. R. Baron, D. Bolmatov*, M. Zhernenkov*, E. R. Lyman*, Phonons reveal coupled cholesterol-lipid dynamics in ternary liquid ordered and liquid disordered membranes, Biophysical Journal 123(23), 4042-4049 (2024). 

D. Bolmatov*, C. P. Collier, J. Katsaras, M. O. Lavrentovich*, Physical insights into biological memory using phospholipid membranes, The European Physical Journal E 47, 2 2024.    

Shull-Wollan Center Science Highlight:

http://swc.tennessee.edu/physical-insights-into-biological-memory-using-phospholipid-membranes/

D. Bolmatov, J. Katsaras, C. P. Collier*, Heterosynaptic plasticity in memristive and memcapacitive lipid bilayer membranes, MRS Advances 9, 565-573 (2024).

C. P. Collier, D. Bolmatov, J. Elkins, J. Katsaras*, Static membrane structures determined by microscopy and neutron scattering, Methods 223, 127-135 2024.

H. L. Haden, D. Bolmatov*, U. I. Premadasa, B. Doughty, J. M. Carrillo, M. O. Lavrentovich, R. L. Sacci, J. Katsaras*, C. P. Collier*, Cations control lipid bilayer memcapacitance associated for long-term potentiation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15(37), 44533-44540 (2023).

Shull Wollan Center Science Highlight: 

http://swc.tennessee.edu/cations-control-lipid-bilayer-memcapacitance-associated-with-long-term-potentiation/

D. Bolmatov*, C. P. Collier, D. Zav’yalov, T. Egami, J. Katsaras, Real space and time imaging of collective headgroup dipole motions in zwitterionic lipid bilayers, Membranes 13(4), 442 (2023).

M. O. Lavrentovich*, D. Bolmatov, J. M. Carrillo, Arrested coarsening and large density fluctuations in driven particle mixtures in two dimensions, New Journal of Physics 25, 033006 (2023).

J. Kinnun, H. L. Scott, D. Bolmatov, C. P. Collier, T. R. Charlton, J. Katsaras*, Biophysical studies of lipid nanodomains studied by different physical characterization techniques, Biophysical Journal 122(6), 931-949 (2023).

W. T. McClintic, H. L. Scott, N. Moore, M. Farahat, M. Maxwell, C. D. Schuman, D. Bolmatov, F. O. Barerra, J. Katsaras, C. P. Collier*, Heterosynaptic plasticity in biomembrane memristors controlled by pH, MRS Bulletin 48, 13-21 (2023).

H. L. Haden*, D. Bolmatov*, P. T. Podar, Z. Liu, J. J. Kinnun, B. Doughty, R. Lydic, R. L. Sacci, C. P. Collier*, J. Katsaras*, Evidence for long term potentiation in phospholipid membranes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119(50), e2212195119 (2022).

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2212195119

Chemistry World Science Highlight: https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/fluidic-chemical-systems-can-mimic-the-way-the-brain-stores-memories/4016832.article

DOE Science News: https://www.newswise.com/doescience/biomembrane-research-findings-could-advance-understanding-of-computing-and-human-memory/?article_id=783639

Medical Xpress News: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-05-memories-membranes-neurons.html

UT College of Arts and Sciences Science highlight:

https://artsci.utk.edu/lydic-bolmatov-co-authors-of-new-biomembrane-research/

D. Bolmatov*, The phonon theory of liquids and biological fluids: developments and applications, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 13(31), 7121-7129 (2022).

Invited Viewpoint Article: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01779

D. Bolmatov*, M. O. Lavrentovich, R. J. Reiter, Molecular interactions of melatonin with lipid rafts, Melatonin Research 5(2), 101-113 (2022).

R. L. Sacci*, H. L. Scott, Z. Liu, D. Bolmatov, B. Doughty, J. Katsaras*, C. P. Collier*, Disentangling memristive and memcapacitive effects in droplet interface bilayers using dynamic impedance spectroscopy, Advanced Electronic Materials 8(5), 2200121 (2022).

Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Science Highlight:

https://www.ornl.gov/research-highlight/dynamic-impedance-reveals-multiple-memory-elements-membrane-based-0

D. Bolmatov*, J. Kinnun*, J. Katsaras*, M. Lavrentovich*, Phonon-mediated lipid raft formation in biological membranes, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 232, 104979 (2020).

J. Kinnun*, D. Bolmatov*, M. Lavrentovich*, J. Katsaras*, Lateral heterogeneity and domain formation in cellular membranes, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 232, 104976 (2020).

D.  Bolmatov*, J. M. Carrillo*, B. Sumpter, J. Katsaras, M. Lavrentovich*, Double membrane formation in heterogeneous vesicles, Soft Matter 16, 8806-8817 (2020).

Featured on Cover: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/sm/d0sm90201b#!divAbstract

M. D. Smith*, J. G. Elkins, S. V. Pingali, D. Bolmatov, R. F. Standaert, J. D. Nickels, V. S. Urban, J. Katsaras, B. Davidson, J. C. Smith, L. Petridis*, Solvent-induced membrane stress in biofuel production: molecular insights from small-angle scattering and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, Green Chemistry 22, 8278-8288 (2020).

Featured on Cover: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/gc/d0gc90133d#!divAbstract

D. Bolmatov*, D. Soloviov, M. Zhernenkov, D. Zav’yalov, E. Mamontov, A. Suvorov, Y. Q. Cai, J. Katsaras, Molecular picture of the transient nature of lipid rafts, Langmuir 36(18), 4887-4896 (2020).

Featured on Cover: https://pubs.acs.org/toc/langd5/36/18

D. Bolmatov*, D. Zav’yalov, J. M. Carrillo, J. Katsaras, Fractal boundaries underpin 2D melting of phase separated biomimetic rafts, BBA Biomembranes 1862, 183249 (2020).

D. Soloviov, Y. Q. Cai, D. Bolmatov, A. Suvorov, K. Zhernenkov, D. Zav'yalov, A. Bosak, H. Uchiyama, M. Zhernenkov*, Functional lipid pairs as building blocks of phase-separated membranes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117(9), 4749-4757 (2020).

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) Science Highlight: http://www.esrf.eu/cms/render/live/en/sites/www/home/news/spotlight/contentnews/spotlight/spotlight357.html

D. Bolmatov*, W. McClintic, G. Taylor, C. Stanley, C. Do, C. P. Collier, Z. Leonenko, M. O. Lavrentovich*, J. Katsaras, Deciphering melatonin-stabilized phase separation in phospholipid bilayers, Langmuir 35(37), 12236-12245 (2019).

V. Anghel*, D. Bolmatov, J. Katsaras, J. Pencer, Domains on a sphere: neutron scattering, models and mathematical formalism, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 222, 47-50 (2019).

D. Bolmatov*, Y. Q. Cai, D. Zav’yalov, M. Zhernenkov*, Crossover from picosecond collective to single particle dynamics defines the mechanism of lateral lipid diffusion, BBA Biomembranes 1860, 2446-2455 (2018).

D. Bolmatov*, Q. Zhang, D. Soloviov, Y. M. Li, J. G. Werner, A. Suvorov, Y. Q. Cai, U. Wiesner, M. Zhernenkov, J. Katsaras, Nanoscale Q-resolved phonon dynamics in block copolymers, ACS Applied Nano Materials 1(9), 4918-4926 (2018).

V. Anghel*, D. Bolmatov*, J. Katsaras*, Models for randomly distributed nanoscopic domains on spherical vesicles, Physical Review E 97, 062405 (2018).

D. Bolmatov*, D. Soloviov, D. Zav’yalov, L. Sharpnack, D. M. Agra-Kooijman, A. Suvorov, S. Kumar, J. Zhang. M. Liu, J. Katsaras, Anomalous nanoscale optoacoustic phonon mixing in nematic mesogens, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 9(10), 2546-2553 (2018).

D. Bolmatov*, M. Zhernenkov, L. Sharpnack, D. M. Agra-Kooijman, A. Suvorov, R. Pindak, S. Kumar, Y. Q. Cai, A. Cunsolo, Emergent optical phononic modes upon nanoscale mesogenic phase transitions, Nano Letters 17(6), 3870-3876 (2017).

Phys.org Science Highlight: 

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-x-ray-reveals-molecular-vibrations-transmit.html 

Materials Today Science Highlight: 

http://www.materialstoday.com/energy/news/good-vibrations-controlling-energy-waves/

D. Bolmatov*, D. Zav’yalov, M. Zhernenkov, Y. Q. Cai, A. Cunsolo, Terasonic excitations in 2D gold nanoparticle arrays in a water matrix as revealed by atomistic simulations, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, 19896–19903 (2016).

M. Zhernenkov*, D. Bolmatov, D. Soloviov, B. P. Toperverg, A. Cunsolo, A. Bosak, Y. Q. Cai, Revealing the mechanism of passive transport in lipid bilayers via phonon-mediated nanometre-scale density fluctuations, Nature Communications 7, 11575 (2016).

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) Science Highlight:    

http://www.esrf.eu/home/news/spotlight/content-news/spotlight/spotlight260.html

D. Bolmatov*, M. Zhernenkov*, D. Zav’yalov, S. Stoupin, A. Cunsolo, Y. Q. Cai, Thermally triggered phononic gaps in liquids at THz scale, Scientific Reports 6, 19469 (2016).

Argonne Today Science Highlight: http://today.anl.gov/2016/01/phononic-gaps-in-liquids/

D. Bolmatov*, M. Zhernenkov, D. Zav'yalov, S. Stoupin, Y. Q. Cai, A. Cunsolo*, Revealing the mechanism of the viscous-to-elastic crossover in liquids, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 5, 2785-2790 (2015).

Phys.org Science Highlight: http://phys.org/news/2015-09-nsls-ii-scientists-flexible-boundary-phases.html

DOE Science Highlight: http://web.ornl.gov/info/news/pulse/no449/story2.shtml

Argonne Today Science Highlight: http://today.anl.gov/2015/08/viscous-to-elastic-crossover/

D. Bolmatov*, D. Zav’yalov, M. Zhernenkov, E. T. Musaev, Y. Q. Cai, Unified phonon-based approach to the thermodynamics of solid, liquid and gas states, Annals of Physics 361, 221-242 (2015).

D. Bolmatov*, M. Zhernenkov*, D. Zav’yalov, S. N. Tkachev, A. Cunsolo, Y. Q. Cai, The Frenkel Line: a direct experimental evidence for the new thermodynamic boundary, Scientific Reports 5, 15850 (2015).

Argonne Today Science Highlight: http://today.anl.gov/2015/12/the-frenkel-line-is-crossed/

A. Cunsolo*, Y. Li, C. N. Kodituwakku, S. Wang, D. Antonangeli, F. Bencivenga, A. Battistoni, S. Tsutsui, A. Q. Baron, Ho-Kwang Mao, D. Bolmatov, Y. Q. Cai, Signature of a polyamorphic transition in the THz spectrum of vitreous GeO2, Scientific Reports 5, 14996 (2015).

D. Bolmatov*, D. V. Zav'yalov, M. Gao, M. Zhernenkov, Structural evolution of supercritical CO2 across the Frenkel line, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 5, 2785-2790 (2014).

Scientific American, NBC News, Smithsonian Magazine Science Highlights:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-venus-have-carbon-dioxide-oceans/

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/weird-venus-may-have-had-oceans-carbon-dioxide-n276321

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venus-was-once-awash-oceans-co2-180953776/?no-ist

W. Little, A. Karatutlu, D. Bolmatov, K. Trachenko, A. V. Sapelkin*, G. Cibin, R. Taylor, F. Mosselmans, A. J. Dent, G. Mountjoy, Structural origin of light emission in germanium quantum dots, Scientific Reports 4, 7372 (2014).

K. Trachenko*, V. V. Brazhkin, D. Bolmatov, Dynamic transition of supercritical hydrogen: Defining the boundary between interior and atmosphere in gas giants, Physical Review E 89, 032126 (2014).

D. Bolmatov*, S. Bastrukov, P.-Y. Lai, I. Molodtsova, Theory of dipolaron solutions, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 405, 245-251 (2014).

D. Bolmatov*, V. V. Brazhkin, Yu. D. Fomin, A. N. Ryzhov, K. Trachenko, Evidence for structural crossover in the supercritical state, Journal of Chemical Physics 139, 234501 (2013).

D. Bolmatov*, E. T. Musaev, K. Trachenko, Symmetry breaking gives rise to energy spectra of three states of matter, Scientific Reports 3, 2794 (2013).

FQXi Science Highlight: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/1933#.UksPTENhTbg.vk

D. Bolmatov*, V. V. Brazhkin, K. Trachenko, Thermodynamic behavior of supercritical matter, Nature Communications 4, 2331 (2013).

D. Bolmatov*, V. V. Brazhkin, K. Trachenko, Helium at elevated pressures: quantum liquid with non-static shear rigidity, Journal of Applied Physics 113, 103514 (2013).

D. Bolmatov*, D. V. Zavialov, Conductance enhancement due to atomic potential fluctuations in graphene, Journal of Applied Physics 112, 103703 (2012).

D. Bolmatov*, V. Brazhkin, K. Trachenko, The phonon theory of liquid thermodynamics, Scientific Reports 2, 421 (2012). Physics World Science Highlight:

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2012/jun/13/phonon-theory-sheds-light-on-liquid-thermodynamics

D. Bolmatov*, Thermodynamic properties of tunneling quasiparticles in graphene-based structures, Physica C: Superconductivity 471, 1651 (2011).

D. Bolmatov*, K. Trachenko, Liquid heat capacity in the approach from the solid state: Anharmonic theory, Physical Review B 84, 054106 (2011).

D. Bolmatov*, C.-Y. Mou, Graphene-based modulation-doped superlattice structures, Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics 112, 102 (2011).

D. Bolmatov*, C.-Y. Mou, “Josephson effect in graphene SNS junctions with a single localized defect”, Physica B: Condensed Matter 405, 2896 (2010).

D. Bolmatov*, C.-Y. Mou, “Tunneling conductance of the graphene SNS junction with a single localized defect”, Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics 110, 612 (2010).

D. Bolmatov*, “Equations of state for simple liquids from the Gaussian equivalent representation method”, Journal of Statistical Physics 137, 765 (2009).