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Physicist Masa Fukuto Bus: 631.344.5256 Fax: 631.344.2739 send e-mail

Education

• Ph.D. 2001, Physics, Harvard University
• A.M. 1997, Physics, Harvard University
• B.S. 1994, Physics and Mathematics, University of Oregon

Research Interests

• Phase behavior and structural control at soft-matter interfaces
• Lipid-mediated assembly of biomolecular and inorganic nano-objects
• Model lipid membranes
• Fluctuation-induced forces
• Nanoscale wetting
• X-ray scattering from liquid interfaces

Links

• BNL/NSLS Beamline X22B

Key Publications

• Systematic Approach to Electrostatically Induced 2D Crystallization of Nanoparticles at Liquid Interfaces, S. Kewalramani, S.T. Wang, Y. Lin, H.G. Nguyen, Q. Wang, M. Fukuto and L. Yang. Soft Matter 7, 939-945 (2011)
• Effects of surface ligand density on lipid-monolayer-mediated 2D assembly of proteins, M. Fukuto, S.T. Wang, M.A. Lohr, S. Kewalramani and L. Yang. Soft Matter 6, 1513-1519 (2010)
• Effects of Divalent Cations on Phase Behavior and Structure of a Zwitterionic Phospholipid (DMPC) Monolayer at the Air-Water Interface, S. Kewalramani, H. Hlaing, B. Ocko, I. Kuzmenko and M. Fukuto. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 489-495 (2010)
• Structure and interaction in 2D assemblies of tobacco mosaic viruses, L. Yang, S. Wang, M. Fukuto, A. Checco, Z. Niu and Q. Wang. Soft Matter 5, 4951-4961 (2009)
• Thin-thick coexistence behavior of 8CB liquid crystalline films on silicon, R. Garcia, E. Subashi and M. Fukuto. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 197801 (2008)
• Capillary Wave Fluctuations and Intrinsic Widths of Coupled Fluid/Fluid Interfaces: An X-ray Scattering Study of a Wetting Film on Bulk Liquid, M. Fukuto, O. Gang, K.J. Alvine and P.S. Pershan. Phys. Rev. E 74, 031607 (2006)
• Liquids on topologically nano-patterned surfaces, O. Gang, K.J. Alvine, M. Fukuto, P.S. Pershan, C.T. Black and B.M. Ocko. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 217801 (2005)
• Modulated Phase of Phospholipids with a Two-Dimensional Square Lattice, L. Yang and M. Fukuto. Phys. Rev. E (Rapid Communication) 72, 010901 (2005)
• Critical Casimir Effect in Three-Dimensional Ising Systems: Measurements on Binary Wetting Films, M. Fukuto, Y. F. Yano and P. S. Pershan. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 135702 (2005)

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Last Modified: March 16, 2011
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