Robert Tilton Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. R.D. Tilton, C.R. Robertson and A.P. Gast, “Lateral Diffusion of Bovine Serum Albumin Adsorbed at the Solid-Liquid Interface,” J. Colloid Interface Sci. 137 , 192 (1990).

2. R.D. Tilton, A.P. Gast and C.R. Robertson, “Surface Diffusion of Interacting Proteins: Effect of Concentration on the Lateral Mobility of Adsorbed Bovine Serum Albumin,” Biophys. J. 58 , 1321 (1990).

3. R.D. Tilton, C.R. Robertson and A.P. Gast, “Manipulation of Hydrophobic Interactions in Protein Adsorption,” Langmuir 7 , 2710 (1991).

4. T.E. Rabe and R.D. Tilton, “Surface Diffusion of Adsorbed Proteins in the Vicinity of the Substrate Glass Transition Temperature,” J. Colloid Interface Sci. 159 , 243 (1993).

5. R.D. Tilton, E. Blomberg and P.M. Claesson, “The Effect of Anionic Surfactant Binding on the Interaction between Adsorbed Layers of Lysozyme on Mica,” Langmuir 9 , 2102 (1993).

6. E. Blomberg, P.M. Claesson, J.C. Fröberg and R.D. Tilton, “The Interaction between Adsorbed Layers of Lysozyme Studied with the Surface Force Technique,” Langmuir 10 , 2325 (1994).

7. E. Blomberg, P.M. Claesson and R.D. Tilton, “Short-Range Interaction between Adsorbed Layers of Human Serum Albumin,” J. Colloid Interface Sci 166 , 427 (1994).

8. J.L. Robeson and R.D. Tilton, “Effect of Concentration Quenching on Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching Measurements,” Biophys. J. 68 , 2145 (1995).

9. J.R. Charron and R.D. Tilton, “A Scanning Angle Reflectometry Investigation of Block Copolymer Adsorption to Insoluble Lipid Monolayers at the Air-Water Interface,” J. Phys. Chem. 100 , 3179 (1996).

10. E.M. Furst, E.S. Pagac, and R.D. Tilton, “Coadsorption of Polylysine and the Cationic Surfactant Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide on Silica,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 35 , 1566 (1996).

11. E.S. Pagac, R.D. Tilton and D.C. Prieve, “Hindered Mobility of a Rigid Sphere Near a Wall,” Chem. Eng. Commun. 148-150 , 105 (1996).

12. J.L. Robeson and R.D. Tilton, “Spontaneous Reconfiguration of Adsorbed Lysozyme Layers Observed by Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence with a pH-Sensitive Fluorophore,” Langmuir , 12 , 6104 (1996).

13. E.S. Pagac, D.C. Prieve, Y. Solomentsev and R.D. Tilton, “A Comparison of Polystyrene-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymer and Poly(ethylene oxide) Homopolymer Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions,” Langmuir , 13 , 2993-3001 (1997).

14.  J.R. Charron and R.D. Tilton, “Penetration of Insoluble Lipid Monolayers at the Air-Water Interface by Water-Soluble Block Copolymers and Homopolymers,” Langmuir 13 , 5524 (1997).

15.  E.S. Pagac , D.C. Prieve and R.D. Tilton, “Kinetics and Mechanism of Cationic Surfactant Adsorption and Coadsorption with Cationic Polyelectrolytes at the Silica-Water Interface,” Langmuir 14 , 2333 (1998).

16.  E.S. Pagac, R.D. Tilton and D.C. Prieve, “Depletion Attraction Caused by Unadsorbed Polyelectrolytes,” Langmuir 14 , 5106 (1998).

17.  J.-H. Kim, M.M. Domach and R.D. Tilton, “Solubilization Capacity of Pyrene in Octaethylene Glycol Monododecyl Ether Micelles,” Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 150, 55 (1999).

18.  S. M. Butler, M. A. Tracy and R.D. Tilton, “Adsorption of Serum Albumin to Thin Films of Poly(lactide-co-glycolide),” J. Controlled Release 58 , 335 (1999) .

19.  E.F. Tsung and R.D. Tilton, “Measurement of Catalytic Reaction Kinetics for Adsorbed Enzyme Monolayers,” J. Colloid Interface Sci. 213 , 208 (1999).

20.  J.-H. Kim, M.M. Domach, R.D. Tilton, “Pyrene Micropartitioning and Solubilization by Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Complexes with Poly(ethylene glycol),” J. Phys. Chem. B , 103 , 10582 (1999).

21.  S.B. Velegol, B.D. Fleming, S. Biggs, E.J. Wanless, R.D. Tilton, “Counterion Effects on Hexad ecyltrimethylammonium Surfactant Adsorption and Self-Assembly on Silica,” Langmuir 16 , 2548 (2000).

22.  J.-H. Kim, M.M. Domach, R.D. Tilton, “Effect of Electrolytes on the Pyrene Solubilization Capacity of Dodecyl Sulfate Micelles,” Langmuir 16 , 10037 (2000).

23.  S.B. Velegol, R.D. Tilton, “A Connection between Interfacial Self-Assembly and the Inhibition of Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Bromide Adsorption on Silica by Poly- L -lysine,” Langmuir 17 , 219 (2001) .

24.  M.L. Sun, R.D. Tilton “Coadsorption of Protein/Surfactant Complexes to the Air/Water Interface,” Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 20 , 281 (2001).

25.  A.D. Braem , D.C. Prieve, R.D. Tilton, “Electrostatically Tunable Coadsorption of Sodium Dodecylsulfate and Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-b-Poly(Propylene Oxide)-b-Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Triblock Copolymer to Silica,” Langmuir 17 , 883 (2001).

26.  B.B. Luokkala, S. Garoff, R.D. Tilton, R.M. Suter, “Interfacial Structure and Rearrangement of Nonionic Surfactants near a Moving Contact Line,” Langmuir 17 , 5917 (2001).

27.  V. Brisson, R.D. Tilton, “Self-Assembly and Two-Dimensional Patterning of Cell Arrays by Electrophoretic Deposition,” Biotechnology and Bioengineering 77 , 290-295 (2002)

28.  S.B. Velegol, R.D. Tilton, “Specific Counterion Effects on the Competitive Co-Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes and Ionic Surfactants,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 249 , 282-289 (2002).

29.  E.A.S. Doherty, K.D. Berglund, B.A. Buchholz, I.V. Kourkine, T.M. Przybycien, R.D. Tilton, A.E. Barron, “Critical Factors for High-Performance Physically Adsorbed (Dynamic) Polymeric Wall Coatings for Microchannel Electrophoresis of DNA,” Electrophoresis 23 , 2766-2776 (2002).

30.  K.D. Berglund, A. Timko, T.M. Przybycien, R.D. Tilton, “Use of Nonionic Ethylene Oxide Surfactants as Phase Transfer Catalysts for Poly(Acrylic Acid) Adsorption to Silica against an Electrostatic Repulsion,” Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science 122 , 56-66 (2003).

31.  K.D. Berglund, T.M. Przybycien, R.D. Tilton, “Coadsorption of Sodium Dodecylsulfate with Hydrophobically Modified Nonionic Cellulose Polymers I: Role of Polymer Hydrophobic Modification,” Langmuir 19 , 2705-2713 (2003).

32.  K.D. Berglund, T.M. Przybycien, R.D. Tilton, “Coadsorption of Sodium Dodecylsulfate with Hydrophobically Modified Nonionic Cellulose Polymers II: Role of Surface Selectivity in Adsorption Hysteresis,” Langmuir 19 , 2714-2721 (2003).

33.  A.D. Braem, S. Biggs, D.C. Prieve, R.D. Tilton, Control of Persistent Nonequilibrium Adsorbed Polymer Layer Structure by Transient Exposure to Surfactants,” Langmuir 19 , 2736 (2003).

34.  S. Daly, T.M. Przybycien, R.D. Tilton, “Coverage Dependent Orientation of Lysozyme Adsorbed on Silica,” Langmuir 19 , 3848 (2003).

35.  N. Kumar, K. Varanasi, R.D. Tilton, S. Garoff, “Surfactant Self-Assembly ahead of the Contact Line on a Hydrophobic Surface and its Implications for Wetting,” Langmuir 19 , 5366 (2003).

36.  E. J. Choi, M.D. Foster, S. Daly, R. Tilton, T. Przybycien, C.F. Majkrzak, P. Witte, H. Menzel, "Effect of Flow on Human Serum Albumin Adsorption to Self-Assembled Monolayers of Varying Packing Density, " Langmuir 19 , 5464 (2003).

37.  K. D. Berglund, M. T. Truong, T.M. Przybycien, R. D. Tilton and L. M. Walker, “Rheology of Transient Networks Containing Hydrophobically Modified Cellulose, Anionic Surfactant and Colloidal Silica: Role of Selective Adsorption,” Rheol. Acta 43, 50 – 61 (2004)

38.  O.J. Rojas, P.M. Claesson, K.D. Berglund, and R.D. Tilton, “Coadsorption and Surface Forces for Selective Surfaces in Contact with Aqueous Mixtures of Oppositely Charged Surfactants and Low Charge Density Polyelectrolytes,” Langmuir , 20 , 3221-3230 (2004).

39.  N. Kumar , S. Garoff, and R.D. Tilton, “Experimental Observations on the Scaling of Adsorption Isotherms for Nonionic Surfactants at a Hydrophobic Solid-Water Interface,” Langmuir 20 , 4446-4451 (2004).

40.  N. Kumar and R.D. Tilton, “A Unified Model to Predict Self-Assembly of Nonionic Surfactants in Solution and Adsorption on Solid or Fluid Hydrophobic Surfaces: Effect of Molecular Structure,” Langmuir 20, 4452-4464 (2004).

41.  I.N. Nnebe, R.D. Tilton, and J.W. Schneider, “Direct Measurement of the Stability of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Poly(ethylenimine) Graft Films,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 276 , 306-316 (2004).

42.  Y.Liu, S. Majetich, K. Matyjaszewski, R.D. Tilton, D. Sholl, and G.V. Lowry, “TCE Dechlorination Rates, Pathways, and Efficiency of Nanoscale Iron Particles with Different Properties,” Environmental Science and Technology , 39 , 1338-1345 (2005).

43.  S. Daly, T.M. Przybycien, and R.D. Tilton, “Adsorption of poly(ethylene glycol) modified lysozyme to silica,” Langmuir 21 , 1328-1337 (2005).

44.  H. Zhou, L.R. White and R.D. Tilton, “Lateral separation of colloids or cells by dielectrophoresis augmented by AC electroosmosis,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 285 , 179-191 (2005).

45.  H. Zhou, M.A. Preston, R.D. Tilton, and L.R. White, “Calculation of the electric polarizability of a charged spherical dielectric particle by the theory of colloidal electrokinetics,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 285 , 845-856 (2005).

46.  S.M. Daly, T.M. Przybycien and R.D. Tilton, “Adsorption of poly(ethylene glycol)-modified ribonuclease A to a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) surface,” Biotechnology and Bioengineering 90 , 856-868 (2005).

47.  N. Saleh, T. Sarbu, K. Sirk, G.V. Lowry, K. Matyjaszewski, R.D. Tilton, “Oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by highly charged polyelectrolyte-grafted silica nanoparticles,” Langmuir in press (available on-line July 2005).

48.  H. Zhou, M.A. Preston, R.D. Tilton, L.R. White, “Calculation of the dynamic impedance of the double layer on a planar electrode by the theory of electrokinetics,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science , in press (available on-line July 5, 2005).

Invited Book Chapters

1.  R.D. Tilton, “Mobility of Biomolecules at Interfaces,” in Biopolymers at Interfaces , Surfactant Science Series vol. 75, M. Malmsten, Ed., pp. 363-407, Marcel Dekker, New York (1998). Reproduced in Biopolymers at Interfaces , 2 nd Edition Revised and Expanded, Surfactant Science Series vol. 110, M. Malmsten, Ed., pp. 221-257, Marcel Dekker, New York (2003).

2.  R.D. Tilton, “Scanning Angle Reflectometry and its Application to Polymer Adsorption and Coadsorption with Surfactants,” in Polymer-Colloid Interactions: Techniques and Applications , P. Dubin and R. Farinato, Eds., pp. 331-363, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York (1999).

3.  R.D. Tilton, “Adsorption from Mixtures of Polymers and Surfactants,” in Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science , 8 th Updated Edition, P. Somasundaran, Ed., Marcel-Dekker, Inc., New York (2004)

Other Writings

1.  R.D. Tilton, “Beyond Devices: Interfacial Science and Basic Biology,” Editorial Overview, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 6 , 496-497 (2001).