LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Marian Manciu, Physics Department,

University of Texas at El Paso

2005

(45) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "Interactions between surfaces with adsorbed polymer brushes," LANGMUIR (submitted) 2004.

2004

(44) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "The polarization model for the hydration / double layer interactions: the role of the electrolyte ions ," ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE  (in press; Available online 10 November 2004 ) 2004.

(43) H. H. Huang, M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "On the restabilization of protein-covered latex colloids at high ionic strengths," LANGMUIR (in press) 2004.

(42) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: Comments on the "Osmotic coefficients and Surface Tension of Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions : Role of the Dispersion Forces,"   [J. Phys. Chem. 2004, 108, 2398]  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B  (in press) 2004.

(41) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: " On the Monomer Density of Grafted Polyelectrolyte Brushes and Their Interactions," LANGMUIR 20(19): 8155-8164, SEP 2004.

(40) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: “Simple model for grafted polymer brushes,“ LANGMUIR 20 (15):         6490-6500, JUL 2004.

(39) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: ”On Specific Ion Effects in Common Black Films: The Role of the Thermal Undulation of Surfaces”" LANGMUIR 20 (5): 1775-1780, MAR 2004.

(38) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "Jamming coverage in the Random Sequential Adsorption of a binary mixture of disks," COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A 232 (1): 1-10 JAN 2004.

2003

(37) E. Ruckenstein and M. Manciu: "Specific ion effects via ion hydration: II Double layer interactions," ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 105(1-3): 177-200, SEP 2003.

(36) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: " Specific ion effects via ion hydration: I Surface tension," ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 105(1-3): 63-101, SEP 2003.

(35) H.H. Huang, M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "The Effect of Surface Dipoles and Nonuniformity of the Electric Field in the Liquid on the Repulsive Force," JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 263(1): 156-161 JUL 2003.

(34) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "On the Chemical Free Energy of the Electrical Double Layer," LANGMUIR 19(4): 1114-1120 JAN 2003.

2002

(33) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "Long Range Interactions between Apoferritin Molecules," LANGMUIR 18(23): 8910-8918 DEC 2002.

(32) E. Ruckenstein and M. Manciu: "The Coupling between the Hydration and the Double Layer Interactions," LANGMUIR 18(20): 7584-7593 OCT 1 2002.

(31) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "Lattice Site Exclusion Effect on the Double Layer Interaction," LANGMUIR 18 (13): 5178-5185 JUN 25 2002.

(30) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "The Interaction between Two Fluctuating Phospholipid Bilayers," LANGMUIR 18 (11): 4179-4182 MAY 28 2002.

(29) E. Ruckenstein and M. Manciu: "On the Stability of the Common and Newton Black Films," LANGMUIR, 18(7): 2727-2736, APR 2002.

2001

(28) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: " The Van der Waals Free Energy of an Oil-Water Pair in a Multilayer," JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 244(1): 208-210, DEC 2001.

(27) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "Oscillatory and Monotonic Polarization. The Polarization Contribution to the Hydration Force," LANGMUIR 17 (24): 7582-7592, NOV 27 2001.

(26) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "Role of the Hydration Force in the Stability of Colloids at High Ionic Strengths," LANGMUIR 17 (22): 7061-7070, OCT 30 2001.

(25) E. Ruckenstein and M. Manciu: "On the Stability of Lyotropic Lamellar Liquid Crystals and the Thicknesses of Their Lamellae," LANGMUIR 17 (18): 5464-5475, SEP 4 2001.

(24) M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein: "Free Energy and Thermal Fluctuations of Neutral Lipid Bilayers," LANGMUIR 17 (8): 2455-2463, APR 2001.

(23) S. Sen and M. Manciu: "Solitary wave dynamics in a chain of elastic spheres: an improved solution of the equation of motion", PHYSICAL  REVIEW E (64): 056605 1-4, NOV 1 2001.

(22) S. Sen, F.S. Manciu and M. Manciu: "Thermalizing an impulse," PHYSICA A  299 (3-4):551-558, OCT 15 2001.

(21) M. Manciu, S. Sen and A.J. Hurd: "Impulse propagation in dissipative and disordered chains with power-law repulsive potentials," PHYSICA D 157 (3): 226-240, SEP 15 2001.

(20) S. Sen, M. Manciu, R.S. Sikovits and A.J. Hurd: "Nonlinear Acoustics in Granular Assemblies" GRANULAR MATTER 3 (1-2): 29-32, MAR 2001.

(19) M. Manciu, S. Sen and A.J. Hurd: "Crossing of identical solitary waves in a chain of elastic beads," PHYSICAL REVIEW E  63: 016614 1-6, JAN 2001.

2000

(18) M. Manciu, V.N. Tehan and S. Sen: "Dynamics of a gravitationally loaded chain of elastic beads," CHAOS 10 (3): 658-669, SEP 2000.

(17) F.S. Manciu, M. Manciu and S. Sen: “Controlled ejection of ferrofluid grains from a dilute ferrofluid using nonlinear acoustic pulsing," JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS 220: 285-292, OCT 2000.

1999

(16) M. Manciu, S. Sen and  A.J. Hurd: "The propagation and backscattering of soliton-like pulses in a chain of quartz beads and related problems: II. Backscattering," PHYSICA A 274 (3-4): 607-618,  DEC 15 1999.

(15) M. Manciu, S. Sen and A.J. Hurd: "The propagation and backscattering of soliton-like pulses in a chain of quartz beads and related problems: I. Propagation ," PHYSICA A 274 (3-4):588-606, DEC 15 1999.

(14) S. Sen, M. Manciu and F.S. Manciu: "Ejection of ferrofluid grains using nonlinear acoustic impulses - A particle dynamical study," APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 75 (10): 1479-1481,  SEP 6 1999.

(13) S. Sen and M. Manciu: "Discrete Hertzian chains and solitons ," PHYSICA A 268 (3-4): 644-649 JUN 15 1999.

1998

(12) A. Devenyi, R. Manaila, A. Belu-Marian, D. Macovei, M. Manciu, E.M. Popescu, M. Tanase, D. Fratiloiu, N.D. Mihai, P.B. Barna, J. Labar, G. Safran, A. Kovacs and T. Braun: "Nanocrystalline gold in Au-doped thin C₆₀ films," THIN SOLID FILMS 335 (1-2): 258-265, DEC 1998.

(11) S. Sen, M. Manciu and J.D. Wright: "Solitonlike pulses in perturbed and driven Hertzian chains and their possible applications in detecting buried impurities," PHYSICAL REVIEW E 57 (2): 2386-2397, FEB 1998.

1997

(10) R. Popescu, D. Macovei, M. Manciu, F. Zavaliche, D. Fratiloiu, A. Jianu, A. Devenyi, R. Manaila, Y. Xie, T. Hu, B.R. Orton, R.J. Cernik and C.C. Tang: "The Au-substituted Al-Cu-Fe icosahedral phase: Evidence for bond hybridization ," JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 9 (36): 7523-7540, SEP 8 1997.

(9) B. Mishori, Y. Shapira, A. BeluMarian, M. Manciu and A. Devenyi: "Studies of C₆₀ thin films using surface photovoltage spectroscopy," CHEMICAL  PHYSICS LETTERS 264 (1-2):163-167, JAN 3 1997.

1996

(8) M. Manciu, P. Kordos, H. Hartdegen and R. Manaila : "Structural parameters of multilayers as deduced from X-ray specular reflectivity: Effect of statistical thickness fluctuations," JOURNAL  OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY  29 (6): 632-637,  DEC 1 1996.

(7) R. Manaila, B.R. Orton, D. Macovei, M. Manciu and I. AdilSmith: "Bond hybridization in Au alloys: Extracting structural information from the X-ray-absorption white line," PHYSICAL REVIEW B 53 (13): 8164-8167, APR 1 1996.

1995

(6) O. Malis, M. Manciu, R. Manaila and A. Devenyi: "Effect of intergrowth deffects on the X-Ray diffraction  pattern : A case-study of Bi-based Superconductors " PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A 147 (2): 325-333, FEB 1995.

(5) R. Popescu, A. Jianu, M. Manciu, R. Nicula and R. Manaila: "Chemical trends of icosahedral order in Al-Cu-TM quasi-crystals ," JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS 221: 240-247, APR 15 1995.

(4) M. Manciu, L. Dudas, C. Surgers and R. Manaila :"Structural parameters of multilayers from X-Ray reflectivity - an easy to handle approach," JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 28 (2): 160-167, APR 1 1995.

(3) A. Belu-Marian, R. Manaila, T. Stoica, A. Dragomir, M. Manciu, A. Devenyi and T. Braun: "Effects of annealing on the conductivity of C₆₀ Thin-Films,"  FULLERENE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 3 (5):  495-509, 1995.

(2) R. Manaila, O. Malis, M. Manciu and A. Devenyi: " Effect of intergrowth deffects on the X-Ray diffraction pattern ," PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A 147 (1): 31-43, JAN 16 1995.

1994

(1) M. Manciu, R. Manaila and A. Devenyi: "Stacking defects in C₆₀ films," FULLERENE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2 (3): 255-289, 1994.