B. Liu, J. Wang, G. S. Grest, and S. Cheng, Analytical interaction potentials for disks in two dimensions (under review). [DOI] [arXiv]

B. Liu, G. S. Grest, and S. Cheng, J. Chem. Phys. 163, 034904 (2025), Effect of particle shape on stratification in drying films of binary colloidal mixtures. [DOI] [arXiv]

J. Wang and S. Cheng, Eur. Phys. J. E 48, 15 (2025), Analytical sphere-thin rod interaction potential. [DOI] [arXiv]

J. Wang, G. Seidel, and S. Cheng, Phys. Rev. E 111, 015403 (2025), Analytical interaction potential for Lennard-Jones rods. [DOI] [arXiv]

B. Liu, G. S. Grest, and S. Cheng, Soft Matter 19, 9195 (2023), Inducing stratification of colloidal mixtures with a mixed binary solvent. [DOI] [arXiv]

C. Wen, R. Odle, and S. Cheng, Polymers 15(7), 1791 (2023), Polymerization of branched polyetherimides: Comparison between Monte Carlo simulation and Flory-Stockmayer theory. [DOI] [arXiv]

Y. Tang, J. E. McLaughlan, G. S. Grest, and S. Cheng, Polymers 14(19), 3996 (2022), Modeling solution drying by moving a liquid-vapor interface: Method and applications. [DOI] [arXiv]

J. M. Serrano, T. Liu, D. Guo, Z. L. Croft, K. Cao, A. U. Khan, Z. Xu, E. Nouh, S. Cheng, and G. Liu, Macromolecules 55(11), 4803-4811 (2022), Utilization of block copolymers to understand water vaporization enthalpy reduction in uniform pores. [DOI]

A. K. Singh, C. Wen, S. Cheng, and N. Q. Vinh, Biophys. J. 120(22), 4966-4979 (2021), Long range DNA-water interactions. [DOI]

Y. Huang and S. Cheng, J. Polym. Sci. 59(22), 2819-2831 (2021), Chain conformations and phase separation in polymer solutions with varying solvent quality. [DOI] [arXiv]

N. Shirodkar, S. Cheng, and G. Seidel, Composites Part B: Engineering 224,109177 (2021), Enhancement of mode I fracture toughness properties of epoxy reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets and carbon nanotubes. [DOI]

B. Vondrasek, C. Wen, S. Cheng, J. S. Riffle, and J. J. Lesko, Macromolecules 54(13), 6477-6488 (2021), On the nature of freezing/melting water in ionic polysulfones. [DOI] [arXiv]

S. Cheng and M. Chandross, Tribology Lett. 69, 69 (2021), Atomic origins of friction reduction in metal alloys. [DOI] [arXiv]

T. Ge and S. Cheng, Biomater. Transl. 2(1), 10-18 (2021), Physicochemical properties of respiratory droplets and their role in COVID-19 pandemics: A critical review. [DOI]

B. Vondrasek, C. Wen, S. Cheng, J. S. Riffle, and J. J. Lesko, Macromolecules 54(1), 302-315 (2021), Hydration, ion distribution, and ionic network formation in sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfones). [DOI] [arXiv]

C. Wen, R. Odle, and S. Cheng, Macromolecules 54(1), 143-160 (2021), Coarse-grained molecular dynamics modeling of a branched polyetherimide. [DOI] [arXiv]

C. Wen, B. Liu, J. Wolfgang, T. E. Long,  R. Odle, and S. Cheng, J. Polym. Sci. 58(11), 1521-1534 (2020), Determination of glass transition temperature of polyimides from all-atom simulations and machine-learning algorithms. [DOI] [arXiv]

 B. Luan and S. Cheng, Nanoscale 12, 4968 (2020), Potential interference with microtubule assembly by graphene: A tug-of-war. [DOI]

J. M. Serrano, T. Liu, A. U. Khan, B. Botset, B. J. Stovall, Z. Xu, D. Guo, K. Cao, X. Hao, S. Cheng, and G. Liu, Chem. Mater. 31(21), 8898 (2019), Composition design of block copolymers for porous carbon fibers. [DOI]

A. Charkhesht, D. Lou, B. Sindle, C. Wen, S. Cheng, and N. Q. Vinh, J. Phys. Chem. B 123(41), 8791 (2019), Insights into hydration dynamics and cooperative interactions in glycerol-water mixtures by terahertz dielectric spectroscopy. [DOI] [arXiv]

Y. Tang, G. S. Grest, and S. Cheng, J. Chem. Phys. 150, 224901 (2019), Stratification of drying particle suspensions: Comparison of implicit and explicit solvent simulations [DOI] [arXiv].

Y. Tang, G. S. Grest, and S. Cheng, Langmuir 35 (12), 4296 (2019), Control of stratification in drying particle suspensions via temperature gradients [DOI] [arXiv].

Y. Tang and S. Cheng, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 533, 401 (2019), The meniscus on the outside of a circular cylinder: from microscopic to macroscopic scales [DOI] [arXiv].

Y. Tang and S. Cheng, Phys. Rev. E 98, 032802 (2018), Capillary forces on a small particle at a liquid-vapor interface: Theory and simulation [DOI] [arXiv].

A. Charkhesht, C. Regmi, K. R. Mitchell-Koch, S. Cheng, and N. Q. Vinh, J. Phys. Chem. B 122 (24), 6341 (2018), High-precision megahertz-to-terahertz dielectric spectroscopy of protein collective motions and hydration dynamics [DOI] [arXiv].

Y. Tang, G. S. Grest, and S. Cheng, Langmuir 34 (24), 7161 (2018), Stratification in drying films containing bidisperse mixtures of nanoparticles [DOI] [arXiv].

S. Cheng, M. J. Stevens, and G. S. Grest, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 224901 (2017), Ordering nanoparticles with polymer brushes. [DOI] [arXiv]

N. Argibay, M. Chandross, S. Cheng, and J. R. Michael, J. Mater. Sci. 52, 2780-2799 (2017), ­­­­­­­­­Linking microstructural evolution and macro-scale friction behavior in metals. [DOI] [arXiv] [PDF]

S. Cheng and M. O. Robbins, Langmuir 32, 7788 (2016), Nanocapillary adhesion between parallel plates. [DOI] [arXiv].

S. Cheng and G. S. Grest, ACS Macro Letters 5, 694 (2016), Dispersing nanoparticles in a polymer film via solvent evaporation. [DOI] [arXiv]

M. Bachand, N. F. Bouxsein, S. Cheng, S. von Hoyningen-Huene, M. J. Stevens, and G. D. Bachand, RSC Advances 4, 54641 (2014), Directed self-assembly of 1D microtubule nano-arrays. [DOI]

D. V. Gough, J. S. Wheeler, S. Cheng, M. J. Stevens, and E. D. Spoerke, Langmuir 30, 9201 (2014), Supramolecular assembly of asymmetric self-neutralizing amphiphilic peptide wedges. [DOI]

S. Cheng and M. O. Robbins, Phys. Rev. E 89, 062402 (2014), Capillary adhesion at the nanometer scale. [DOI]  [arXiv]

S. Cheng and M. J. Stevens, Soft Matter 10, 510 (2014), Self-assembly of chiral tubules. [DOI] [arXiv]

D. Meng, S. K. Kumar, S. Cheng, and G. S. Grest, Soft Matter, 9, 5417 (2013), Simulating the miscibility of nanoparticles and polymer melts. [DOI]

S. Cheng and G. S. Grest, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 064701 (2013), Molecular dynamics simulations of evaporation-induced nanoparticle assembly. [DOI] [arXiv]

S. Cheng and G. S. Grest, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 214702 (2012), Structure and diffusion of nanoparticle monolayers floating at liquid/vapor interfaces: A molecular dynamics study. [DOI] [arXiv]

S. Cheng, A.Aggarwal, and M. J. Stevens, Soft Matter 8, 5666 (2012), Self-assembly of artificial microtubules. [DOI] [arXiv]

P. M. McGuiggan, D. A. Grave, J. S. Wallace, S. Cheng, A. Prosperetti, and M. O. Robbins, Langmuir 27, 11966 (2011), Dynamics of a disturbed sessile drop measured by Atomic Force Microscopy. [DOI]

S. Cheng, J. B. Lechman, S. J. Plimpton, and G. S. Grest, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 224704 (2011), Evaporation of Lennard-Jones fluids. [DOI] [arXiv]

P. Mellado, S. Cheng, and A. Concha, Phys. Rev. E 83, 036607 (2011), Mechanical response of a self-avoiding membrane: Fold collisions and the birth of conical singularities. [DOI] [arXiv]

S. Cheng and M. O. Robbins, Tribology Lett. 39, 329 (2010), Defining contact at the atomic scale. [DOI] [arXiv]

S. Cheng, B. Luan, and M. O. Robbins, Phys. Rev. E 81, 016102 (2010), Contact and friction of nanoasperities: Effects of adsorbed monolayers. [DOI] [arXiv]

S. Cheng and G. Jin, Eur. Phys. J. B 32, 291 (2003), Extended nature of coupled optical interface modes in Thue-Morse dielectric superlattices. [DOI]

S. Cheng and G. Jin, Phys. Rev. B 65, 134206 (2002), Trace map and eigenstates of a Thue-Morse chain in a general model. [DOI]

S. Cheng, G. Jin, R. Peng, and A. Hu, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 70, 2961 (2001), Coupled optical interface modes in a Thue-Morse dielectric superlattice. [DOI]