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38. Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification<\/strong>
Galien Grosjean, Markus Ostermann, Markus Sauer, Michael Hahn, Christian Pichler, Florian Fahrnberger, Felix Pertl, Daniel M. Balazs, Mason M. Link, Seong H. Kim, Devin L. Schrader, Adriana Blanco, Francisco Gracia, Nicolas Mujica and Scott Waitukaitis
Accepted at Nature; scheduled for publication March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

37. \u00a0Rolling at right angles: magnetic anisotropy enables dual-anisotropic active matter<\/strong><\/strong>
Eavan Fitzgerald, Cecile Clavaud, Debasish Das, Isaac Lenton and Scott Waitukaitis
Physical Review E<\/em> 112<\/strong>, 065418 (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

36. Electrostatics overcome acoustic collapse to assemble, adapt, and activate levitated matter<\/strong>
Sue Shi, Maximilian C. Huebl, Galien Grosjean, Carl P. Goodrich and Scott Waitukaitis
PNAS <\/strong><\/em>122<\/strong>, e2516865122 (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

35. Using optical tweezers to simultaneously trap, charge, and measure the charge of a microparticle in air<\/strong>
Andrea Stoellner, Isaac Lenton, Artem Volosniev, James Millen, Renjiro Shibuya, Hisao Ishii, Dmytro Rak, Zhanybek Alpichshev, Gregory David, Ruth Signorell, Caroline Muller and Scott Waitukaitis
Physical Review Letters<\/em> 135<\/strong>, 218202 (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

34. Spontaneous ordering of identical materials into a triboelectric series<\/strong>
Juan Carlos Sobarzo, Felix Pertl, Daniel M. Balazs, Tommaso Costanzo, Markus Sauer, Annette Foelske, Markus Ostermann, Christian M. Pichler, Yongkang Wang, Yuki Nagata, Mischa Bonn and Scott Waitukaitis
Nature<\/em> 638<\/strong>, 664-669 (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

33. No time for surface charge: how bulk conductivity hides charge patterns from Kelvin probe force microscopy in contact-electrified surfaces<\/strong>
Felix Pertl, Isaac Lenton, Tobias Cramer, and Scott Waitukaitis
Physical Review Letters<\/em> 135<\/strong>, 146202 (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

32. A duality between surface charge and work function in scanning Kelvin probe microscopy<\/strong>
Isaac Lenton, Felix Pertl, Lubuna Shafeek, and Scott Waitukaitis
Advanced Materials Interfaces <\/strong><\/em>e00521<\/strong>, (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

31. Beyond the blur: using experimentally determined point spread functions to improve scanning Kelvin probe imaging<\/strong>
Isaac Lenton, Felix Pertl, Lubuna Shafeek and Scott Waitukaitis
Journal of Applied Physics<\/em> 136<\/strong>, 045305 (2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30. Multiple charge carriers as a possible cause for triboelectric cycles<\/strong>
Juan Carlos Sobarzo and Scott Waitukaitis
Physical Review E <\/strong><\/em>109<\/strong>, L032108 (2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29. Modeling Leidenfrost Levitation in Soft Solids<\/strong>
Jack Binysh, Indrajit Chakraborty, Mykyta V. Chubynsky, Vicente Luis D\u00edaz Melian, Scott R. Waitukaitis, James E. Sprittles and Anton Souslov
Physical Review Letter<\/em>s 131<\/strong>, 168201 (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28. Asymmetries in triboelectric charging: Generalizing mosaic models to different-materials samples and sliding contacts<\/strong>
Galien Grosjean and Scott Waitukaitis
Physical Review Materials <\/em>7<\/strong>, 065601 (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27. Accurate determination of the shapes of granular charge distributions<\/strong>
Nicolas Mujica and Scott Waitukaitis
Physical Review E<\/em> 107<\/strong>, 034901 (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26. Single-collision statistics reveal a global mechanism driven by sample history for contact electrification in granular media<\/strong>
Galien Grosjean and Scott Waitukaitis
Physical Review Letters <\/em>130<\/strong>, 098202 (2023)
**Editors selection and highlight in physics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25. Quantifying nanoscale charge density features of contact-charged surfaces with an FEM\/KPFM-hybrid approach<\/strong>
Felix Pertl, Juan Carlos Sobarzo, Lubuna Shafeek, Tobias Cramer, and Scott Waitukaitis
Physical Review Materials <\/em>6<\/strong>, 125605 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24. Non-Euclidean Origami<\/strong>
Scott Waitukaitis, Peter Dieleman, and Martin van Hecke
Physical Review E<\/em> 102<\/strong>, 031001 (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23. Quantitatively consistent scale-spanning model for same-material tribocharging
<\/strong>Galien Grosjean, Sebastian Wald, Juan Carlos Sobarzo, and Scott Waitukaitis
Physical Review Materials<\/em> 4<\/strong>, 082602 (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*22. Jigsaw puzzle design of pluripotent origami
<\/strong>Peter Dieleman, Niek Vasmel, Scott Waitukaitis, and Martin van Hecke
Nature Physics<\/em> 16<\/strong>, 63-68 (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21.  Microwave induced mechanical activation of hydrogel dimers<\/strong>
Hamza Khattak, Scott Waitukaitis, and Aaron Slepkov
Soft Matter <\/em>15<\/strong>, 5804-5809 (2019). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

20. From Bouncing to Floating:  The Leidenfrost Effect with Hydrogel<\/strong> Spheres<\/strong> 
Scott Waitukaitis and Martin van Hecke
Physical Review Letters <\/em>121<\/strong>, 048001 (2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19.  Clicks for Doughnuts<\/strong> 
Scott Waitukaitis
Nature Physics<\/em> 14<\/strong>, 777-778 (2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18.  Collisional charging of individual sub-millimeter particles:  usingultrasonic levitation to initiate and track charge transfer<\/strong>
Victor Lee, Nicole M. James, Scott Waitukaitis, and Heinrich Jaeger
Physical Review Materials<\/em> 2, <\/strong>035602 (2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17.  A high-speed tracking algorithm for dense granular media<\/strong>
Cristobal Navarro, Juan Silva, Scott Waitukaitis, Nicolas M\u00fajica, Nancy Hitschfeld-Kahler, Maurico Cerda
Computer Physics Communications<\/em> 227<\/strong>, 8-16 (2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16.  The retention of dust in protoplanetary disks: evidence from agglomeratic olivine chondrules from the outer Solar System<\/strong>
Devin Schrader, Kazuhide Nagashima, Scott Waitukaitis, Jemma Davidson, Timothy McCoy, Harold Connoly and Dante Lauretta
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta <\/em>223<\/strong>, 405-421 (2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*15.  Coupling the Leidenfrost effect and elastic deformations to power sustained bouncing<\/strong>
Scott Waitukaitis, Antal Zuiderwijk, Anton Souslov, Corentin Coulais and Martin van Hecke
Nature Physics <\/em>13<\/strong>, 1095-1099 (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.  Origami building blocks: generic and special four vertices<\/strong>
Scott Waitukaitis and Martin van Hecke
Physical Review E<\/em> 93<\/strong>, 023003 (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13.  *Direct observation of particle interactions and clustering in charged granular streams<\/strong>
Victor Lee, Scott Waitukaitis, Marc Miskin and Heinrich Jaeger
 Nature Physics<\/em> 11<\/strong>, 733-737 (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*12.\u00a0 Origami multistability: from single vertices to metasheets<\/strong>
Scott Waitukaitis, R\u00e9mi Menaut, Bryan Chen and Martin van Hecke
Physical Review Letters <\/em>114, <\/strong>055503 (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*11.  Size-dependent, same-material tribocharging in insulating grains<\/strong>     Scott Waitukaitis, Victor Lee, James Pierson, Steve Forman and Heinrich Jaeger
Physical Review Letters <\/em>112, <\/strong>218001 (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Settling into dry granular media in different gravities<\/strong> 
Ernesto Altshuler, Harol Torres, Gustavo S\u00e1nchez-Colina, Carlos P\u00e9rez-Penichet, Scott Waitukaitis and Raul Hidalgo
Geophysical Review Letters<\/em> 41, <\/strong>3032-3037 (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.\u00a0 From nanoscale cohesion to macroscale entanglement:\u00a0opportunities for designing granular behavior by tailoring grain shape and interactions<\/strong>
Heinrich Jaeger, Marc Miskin, and Scott Waitukaitis
Powders and Grains <\/em>1542, <\/strong>3-6 (2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.\u00a0 Dynamic Jamming Fronts<\/strong>
Scott Waitukaitis, Leah Roth, Vincenzo Vitelli, and Heinrich Jaeger
Europhysics Letters <\/em>102<\/strong>, 44001 (2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.<\/strong>\u00a0 In situ<\/strong><\/em> granular charge measurement by free-fall videography<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0
Scott Waitukaitis and Heinrich Jaeger\u00a0<\/em>
Review of Scientific Instruments <\/em>84, <\/strong>025104 (2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.   Solidificaci\u00f3n de una suspensi\u00f3n de maicena y agua<\/strong> 
Scott Waitukaitis and Heinrich Jaeger
Revista Cubana de F\u00edsica <\/em>29<\/strong>, (2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*5.   Impact-activated solidification of dense suspensions via dynamic jamming fronts<\/strong>     
Scott Waitukaitis and Heinrich Jaeger
 Nature <\/em>487<\/strong>, 205-209 (2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.   Droplet and cluster formation in freely-falling granular streams<\/strong>
Scott Waitukaitis, Helge Gr\u00fctjen, John Royer and Heinrich Jaeger
Physical Review E<\/em> 83<\/strong>, 051302 (2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*3.   High-speed tracking of rupture and clustering in freely-falling granular streams<\/strong>
John Royer, D.J. Evans, Loreto Oyarte, Qiti Guo, Matthias M\u00f6bius, Scott Waitukaitis and Heinrich Jaeger
Nature <\/em>459, <\/strong>1110-1113 (2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.   Reconnection in three dimensions: the role of spines in three eruptive flares<\/strong>     
Angela des Jardins, Richard Canfield, Dana Longcope, C. Fordyce and Scott Waitukaitis
Astrophysical Journal <\/em>693<\/strong>, 1628-1636 (2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.   Cover slip external cavity diode laser<\/strong>     
Victoria Carr, Yancey Sechrest, Scott Waitukaitis, John Perrault, Vincent Lonij and Alex Cronin
Review of Scientific Instruments <\/em>78<\/strong>, 106108 (2007).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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