Publications

Nigel Clarke and Gavin A. Buxton, Modeling Photo-generated Charge Extraction in Bulk Heterojunction Nanoparticles. Soft Matter (2024).

Gavin A. Buxton and Madalena Daugherty, "Give it a twirl: Teaching physics with paper helicopters" (2023). EdArXiv https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/afpng

Armand Buzzelli, Gavin Buxton, Marina Fontolan, and Alexander Gagnon. Get Behind the Wheel: Esports and Physics Misconceptions. The Physics Teacher, 61(9), 770-773 (2023).

James A. Bernauer and Gavin A. Buxton. A More Accurate View of the Scientific Method in the Physical Sciences and Implications for Learning and Research in the Social Sciences. Learning and Teaching Methodologies (Volume 1).

Gavin A. Buxton "An irregular lattice spring model: uniform elasticity, grid refinement and isotropic crack propagation." Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 30.5 (2022): 055002.

Schreibeis, Joshua G., Olivia M. Merideth, and Gavin A. Buxton. "Using Glowscript to Teach Numerical Modeling in Undergraduate Biology Education." arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.12911 (2022).

Gavin A. Buxton, Marcel C. Minutolo (2020). The Role that Gaiters, Masks and Face Shields Can Play in Limiting the Transmission of Respiratory Droplets, https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.04480.

Minutolo, M., Kerzmann, T., & Buxton, G. (2020). Duopolistic Optimization of Alternative Vehicle Fueling Stations. Energy and Climate Change, 100001.

Archer, R. A., Howse, J. R., Fujii, S., Kawashima, H., Buxton, G. A., & Ebbens, S. J. (2020) pH‐Responsive Catalytic Janus Motors with Autonomous Navigation and Cargo‐Release Functions. Advanced Functional Materials, 2000324.

Buxton, G.A. (2020) Spreadsheet Model of COVID-19 Transmission: Evaporation and Dispersion of Respiratory Droplets. Spreadsheets in Education. 12 (2).

Gavin Buxton. Effects of Membrane Morphology on the Efficiency of Direct Contact Membrane Distillation. (https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.01418)

Hunter N. Hickman, Alexandra C. Cox, Jared T. Powell, Gavin A. Buxton, Tony K. Kerzmann, and Carl Ross. Soup burns and the roles played by viscosity, solid constituents, epidermal thickness and clothing. International Journal of Computational Medicine and Healthcare, 1(1), 73-87. (2019)

Gavin Buxton. Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulations in Undergraduate Biology Education. Spreadsheets in Education (eJSiE): Vol. 10: Iss. 3, Article 3. (2018).

Gavin Buxton. Simulating the Fluid Flow through Wingfield Pines AMD Remediation System. Ecological Engineering, (2018) 110, 27-37.

Cellante, D. L., Mishra, S., Campbell, B. R., Hansen, M. A., & Buxton, G. A. (2017). The Perceptions of Middle School Teachers About the Integration ofSTEM+ C: A Focused-Group Approach. Issues in Information Systems, 18(1).

Young, C., Young, K., Buxton, G., & Buzzelli, A. Field Day at the Rec: Working Out with Physics. The Physics Teacher, (2017) 55(3), 155-158.

Cameron Loller, Gavin Buxton and Tony Kerzmann. Hot Soup! Correlating the Severity of Liquid Scald Burns to Fluid and Biomedical Properties.  Burns. (2016) 42(3) 589–597

“Alternative Energy Technologies: An Introduction with Computer Simulations” published by CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group (2015).

Gavin. A. Buxton. Simulating the co-encapsulation of drugs in a "smart" core-shell-shell polymer nanoparticle. Europhysical Journal E. (2014) 37: 14

Gavin A. Buxton. Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Solar Cells. Handbook of Research on Advancements in Environmental Engineering.

Gavin A. Buxton, The Physics Behind a Simple Demonstration of the Greenhouse Effect. Physics Education (2014) 49 171.

Tony L. Kerzmann, Gavin A. Buxton and Jon Preisser, A computer model for optimizing the location of natural gas fueling stations. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (2013). 

Gavin A. Buxton and Nigel Clarke, Acid-labile core-layer-shell polymer nanoparticles: Modeling particle disintegration and subsequent drug release. Soft Matter (2012) 8, 8891-8895.

Gavin A. Buxton, Paul Badger, Bill Dress and Arif Sirinterlikci. Algae as a Solid Biofuel: Commercial and Scientific Feasibility? Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology (CRC Press, 2014).

Pratyush Dayal , Olga Kuksenok , Amitabh Bhattacharya , Gavin A. Buxton, O. Berk Usta and Anna C. Balazs. Modeling the interaction of active cilia with species in solution: From chemical reagents to microscopic particles. Artificial Cilia (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013).

Stephen J. Ebbens, Gavin A. Buxton, Alexander Alexeev, Alireza Sadeghi and Jonathan R. Howse. Synthetic running and tumbling: an autonomous navigation strategy for catalytic nanoswimmers. Soft Matter. (2012) 8, 3077-3082.

Amitabh Bhattacharya, Gavin A. Buxton, O. Berk Usta, and Anna C. Balazs. Propulsion and Trapping of Microparticles by Active Cilia Arrays . Langmuir. (2012) 28, 3217–3226.

Li-Tang Yan, Egor Maresov, Gavin A Buxton, and Anna C. Balazs. Self-Assembly of Mixtures of Nanorods in Binary, Phase-Separating Blends. Soft Matter. (2011) 7, 595-607

Gavin A. Buxton and Anna C. Balazs, Modeling Mixtures of Nanorods and Polymers: Determining Structure-Property Relationship for Polymeric Nanocomposites. Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference 1st Edition (2012).

Gavin A. Buxton, Nanotechnology and Polymer Solar Cells. Handbook of Research on Solar Energy Systems and Technologies (2013).

N. Clarke, E. de Luca, T. McLeish, L. Hutchings, Gavin A. Buxton, T. Gough, I. Grillo, R. Graham, K. Jagannathan, and Harley Klein. Chain Deformation in Entangled Polymer Melts at Re-entrant Corners. Macromolecules (2010) 43 (3), 1539–1542.

Dhawal D. Ankola, Ernest W. Durbin, Gavin A. Buxton, Jens Schäfer, Udo Bakowsky, Roger M.Wadsworth and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar. Preparation, characterization and in silico modeling of biodegradable nanoparticles containing Cyclosporine A and Coenzyme Q10. Nanotechnology. (2010) 21 065104.

Gavin A. Buxton, Sandra L. Siedlak, George Perry and Mark A. Smith. Mathematical modeling of microtubule dynamics: Insights into physiology and disease. Progress in Neurobiology 92 (2010) 478–483 .

Rajat Ghosh, Gavin A. Buxton, O. Berk Usta, Anna C. Balazs, and Alexander Alexeev. Designing oscillating cilia that capture or release microscopic particles. Langmuir (2010) 26 (4), 2963–2968.

Ernest Durbin and Gavin A. Buxton. A coarse-grained model of targeted drug delivery from responsive polymer nanoparticles. Soft Matter (2010) 6, 762-767.

Gavin A. Buxton, N. Clarke and P. J. Hussey. Actin Dynamics and the Elasticity of Cytoskeletal Networks. eXPRESS Polymer Letters Vol.3, No.9 (2009) 579-587.

Gavin A. Buxton, Ultrathin, dynamic and groovy: the physics of Dutcher films. Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. C: Phys. Chem. (2009)

Gavin A. Buxton, The Fate of a Polymer Nanoparticle Subject to Flow-Induced Shear Stresses. Europhys. Lett. 84 26006 (2008).

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, The Physics of Solid-Fluid-Solid Films: From Surface Instabilities to Isolated Pockets of Fluid. Advances in Chemical Physics. Wiley (2009).

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Bending to Stretching Transition in Disordered Networks. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 238103 (2007)

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Ordering polymer blend morphologies via solvent evaporation. Europhys. Lett. 78 56006 (2007)

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Drug diffusion from polymer core-shell nanoparticles. Soft Matter 3, 1513 - 1517 (2007)

R.D. Deshmukh, Gavin A. Buxton, N. Clarke and R.J. Composto, Nanoscale Block Copolymer Templates Decorated by Nanoparticle Arrays. Macromolecules 40 (17), 6316 -6324 (2007)

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Computer Simulation of Polymer Solar Cells. Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 15 13-26 (2007)

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Computational Phlebology: The Simulation of a Vein Valve. J. Biol. Phys. 32 507-521 (2006)

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Multiscale Modeling of Miscible Polymer Blends in Porous Media: From Flow Fields to Concentration Fluctuations. Phys. Rev. E. 74 041807 (2006)

N. Clarke, E. De Luca, J. Bent, Gavin A. Buxton, T. Gough, I. Grillo and L.R. Hutchings. Concentration Fluctuations in Polymer Blends Subjected to Contraction Flow. Macromolecules 397607-7616(2006)

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Structural Evolution and Control of Dutcher Films. Soft Matter 2 678-685 (2006)

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Stress-Guided Self-Assembly in Dutcher Films. Phys. Rev. E 73 041801(2006)

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Predicting Structure and Property Relations in Polymeric Photovoltaic Devices. Phys. Rev. B 74 085207(2006)

Gavin A. Buxton and N. Clarke, Novel Hierarchic Structures in Polymer Blends. Macro. Symp. 233 102(2006)

A.C. Balazs and Gavin A. Buxton, Modeling the Structural Evolution, Equilibrium Morphology and Macroscopic Behavior of Polymer/Nanoparticle Composites. Handbook of Theoretical and Computational Nanotechnology, American Scientific Publishers (2006).

Gavin A. Buxton, N. Clarke, Simulating the Dynamics of Polydisperse Polymer Blends: Upshot of Polydispersity and Reaction Kinetics. Macromolecules, 38(21) 8929-8938 (2005)

Gavin A. Buxton, N. Clarke, Creating Structures in Polymer Blends via a Dissolution and Phase-Separation Process. Phys. Rev. E, 72(1) 011807 (2005).

Gavin A. Buxton, R. Verberg, D. Jasnow and A.C. Balazs, Newtonian Fluid Meets an Elastic Solid: Coupling Lattice Boltzmann and Lattice-Spring Models. Phys. Rev. E, 71(5) 056707 (2005).

R.D.M. Travasso, Gavin A. Buxton, O. Kuksenok, K. Good and A.C. Balazs, Modeling the Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Sheared Ternary Mixtures. J. Chem. Phys., 122(19) 194906(2005).

Gavin A. Buxton and A.C. Balazs, Micromechanical Simulation of the Deformation and Fracture of Polymer Blends. Macromolecules, 38(2) 488-500 (2005).

B.A. Slavin, S.P. Levitan and Gavin A. Buxton. Mechanical Modeling of Failure in Surface Coatings. Proc. SPIE, 5757, 515(2005).

S. Tyagi, Gavin A. Buxton, J-Y Lee and A.C. Balazs, Using Nanocomposite Coatings to Heal Surface Defects. Macromolecules,37(24) 9160-9168 (2004).

J-Y. Lee, Gavin A. Buxton and A.C. Balazs, Using Nanoparticles to Create Self-Healing Composites. J. Chem. Phys., 121(11) 5531-5540 (2004).

K.Good, O.Kuksenok, Gavin A. Buxton and A.C.Balazs, Effect of Hydrodynamic Interactions on the Evolution of Chemically Reactive Ternary Mixtures. J. Chem. Phys., 121(12) 6052-6063 (2004).

A.C. Balazs and Gavin A. Buxton, Supramolecular Networks Synthesized in Nanoparticles-Polymer Mixtures. Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Marcel Dekker, 5 3785 (2004).

Gavin A. Buxton and A.C. Balazs, Predicting the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Nanocomposites Formed from Polymer Blends and Nanorods. Molecular Simulations, 30 249-257 (2004).

Gavin A. Buxton and A.C. Balazs, Modeling the Dynamic Fracture of Polymer Blends Processed Under Shear. Phys. Rev. B, 69(5) 054101 (2004).

Gavin A. Buxton, J-Y Lee and A.C. Balazs, Computer Simulation of Morphologies and Optical Properties of Filled Diblock Copolymers. Macromolecules, 36 9631-9637 (2003).

Gavin A. Buxton and A.C. Balazs, Simulating the Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Filled Diblock Copolymers. Phys. Rev. E, 67(3) 031802 (2003).

Gavin A. Buxton and A.C. Balazs, Predicting the Mechanical Properties of Binary Blends of Immiscible Polymers. Interface Sci., 11(2) 175-186 (2003).

Z-Y.Shou, Gavin A. Buxton and A.C. Balazs, Predicting the Self-Assembled Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Mixtures of Diblocks and Rod-Like Nanoparticles. Composite Interfaces, 10(4-5) 343-368 (2003).

Gavin A. Buxton and A.C. Balazs, Lattice Spring Model of Filled Polymers and Nanocomposites. J. Chem. Phys., 117(16) 7649-7658 (2002).

Gavin A. Buxton, C.M. Care and D.J. Cleaver, A Lattice Spring Model of Heterogeneous Materials with Plasticity. Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng., 9(6) 485-497 (2001).