Publications
Books: Authored or Edited (Partial list)
- R. Bansil, J. Herzfeld and H. E. Stanley, "Hemoglobin Kinetics and the Effect of Organic Phosphates",' Science 186, 929-932 (1974).
- H. E. Stanley, I. M. Asher, K. J. Rothschild, G. D. J. Phillies, E. B.Carew, R. Bansil, I. A. Michaels, ``Resonance and non -resonance Raman Spectroscopy: A Probe of Peptide and Protein Conformation in Peptides: Chemistry, Structure and Biology (Proceedings of the Fourth American Peptide Symposium), R. Walter and J. Meienhofer, Eds., Ann Arbor Scientific Publishers, Inc., 277-245 (1975).
- R. Bansil, J. Herzfeld and H. E. Stanley, ``Kinetics of Cooperative Ligand Binding in Proteins: The Effects of Organic Phosphates on Hemoglobin Oxygenation,'' J. Mol. Biol. 103, 89-126 (1976).
- R. Bansil, I. V. Yannas and H. E. Stanley, ``Raman Spectroscopy: A Structural Probe of Glycosaminoglycans,'' Biochim. Biophys. Acta 541,535-542 (1978).
- H. E. Stanley, R. Bansil and J. Herzfeld, ``Mechanisms for the Modulation of Hemoglobin Oxygenation,'' in Metal Ions in Biological Systems, Vol. 7, Chap. 8, Ed. H. Sigel, Marcel Dekker, Inc., N.Y. (1978).
- R. Bansil, J. Day, M. Meadows, D. Rice, and E. Oldfield ``Raman Spectroscopy of Specially Deuterated Phospholipid Bilayers,'' Biochemistry 19, 1938-1943 (1980).
- R. Bansil and M. K. Gupta, ``Effect of varying crosslinking density in Polyacrylamide,'' Ferroelectrics 30, 63-72 (1980).
- M. Gupta and R. Bansil, ``Laser Raman Spectroscopy of Polyacrylamide,'' Jour. Polymer Science, Physics Ed. 19, 353-360 (1981).
- M. K. Gupta and R. Bansil, ``Raman Spectroscopy as a Structural Probe of Polyacrylamide Gels,'' Polymer Preprints 22, [1] 192-193 (1981).
- M. K. Gupta and R. Bansil, ``Effect of varying catalyst on polymerization of acrylamide,'' Polymer Preprints 22, [2] 375-376 (1981).
- R. Bansil, J. Wiafe-Akenten and J. Taaffe, ``Raman Spectroscopy of Supercooled Water,'' J. Chem. Phys. 76, 2221-2226 (1982).
- J. Wiafe-Akenten and R. Bansil, ``Intermolecular coupling in HOD solutions" J. Chem. Phys. 78, 7132-7137 (1983).
- S. Krishnamurthy and R. Bansil, ``Nucleation and growth in a polymer solution,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 2010-2013 (1983).
- M. K. Gupta and R. Bansil, ``Raman spectroscopic and thermal studies of polyacrylamide gels with varying monomer-co-monomer ratios,'' J. Polymer Science, Polymer Letters Ed. 21, 969-977 (1983).
- S. Krishnamurthy, R. Bansil and J. Wiafe-Akenten, ``Low-frequency Raman spectrum of supercooled water,'' J. Chem. Phys. 79, 5863-5870 (1983).
- R. Bansil and M. K. Gupta, ``Effects of varying TEMED on the polymerization of acrylamide,'' J. Polymer Sci., Polymer Letters Ed., 21, 969 (1983).
- R. Bansil, H. J. Herrmann and D. Stauffer, ``Computer simulation of kinetics of gel formation by addition polymerization in the presence of a solvent,'' Macromolecules 17, 998- 1003 (1984).
- R. Bansil, J. Wiafe-Akenten and S. Krishnamurthy, ``Laser Raman spectroscopy of supercooled water,'' in Proc. of Conf. on Lasers as Reactants and Probes in Chemistry (Howard University Press, Washington D.C. (1985).
- R. Bansil, H. J. Herrmann and D. Stauffer, ``Kinetic percolation of amixture of 2- and 4- functional monomers in a mobile solvent as a model for gelation,'' J. Polymer Sci.: Polymer Symposium 73, 175-180 (1985).
- R. Bansil, B. Carvalho and H. J. Herrmann, ``Clusters and fractals in 3-dimensional kinetic gelation in the presence of a mobile solvent,''J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 18, L159-163 (1985).
- R. Bansil, T. Berger, K. Toukan, M. A. Ricci and S. H. Chen, ``A molecular dynamics study of the OH stretching Vibrational Spectrum of liquid water,'' Chem. Phys. Lett. 132, 165 (1986).
- R. Bansil, M. Willings and H. J. Herrmann, ``Spatial correlations in kinetic gelation,'' J. Phys. A 19, L1209 (1986).
- I. Nishio, J. C. Reina and R. Bansil, ``Quasi-elastic light scattering study of the movement of particles in gels,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 684 (1986).
- R. Bansil and T. Berger, ``A molecular dynamics study of the Raman spectrum of liquid water,'' in Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Raman spectroscopy, 16-39 Eds. W. L. Peticolas and B.Hudson, Univ. of Oregon Press, (1986).
- R. Bansil and J. Lal, ``Spinodal decomposition in a polymer solution'' in Fractal Aspects of Materials: Disordered systems eds D. Weitz, L. Sander, and B. Mandelbrot, M R S Press, Pittsburgh 255 (1988).
- R. Bansil, B. Carvalho and J. Lal, ``Dynamics of spinodal decomposition in polymer gels'' in Alloy Phase Stability eds. G. M. Stocks and A. Gonis , Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands 639 (1989).
- J. Lal and R. Bansil, ``Kinetics of spinodal decomposition in a polymer solution'' in Fractal Aspects of Materials: Proceedings of Mat. Res. Soc. eds. JH Kaufman, JE Martin and PW Schmidt EA-20, 11 (1989).
- S. Pajevic, R. Bansil and C. Konak ``Diffusion of linear polymer chains in gels'' in Fractal Aspects of Materials: Proceedings of Mat. Res. Soc., eds. JH Kaufman, JE Martin and PW Schmidt EA-20 195 (1989).
- C. Konak and R. Bansil, ``Swelling Equilibrium of Ionized Polymethacrylic acid gels in the absence of salt: Theory and experiment'', Polymer 30 677 (1989).
- J. C. Reina, R. Bansil and C. Konak, ``Dynamics of probe diffusion in gels'' Polymer 31 1038 (1990).
- C. Konak, R. Bansil and J.C. Reina, ``Temperature Dependence of Probe Diffusion in Gels'' Polymer 31 2333 (1990).
- R. Bansil, S. Pajevic and C. Konak, ``Diffusion of polystyrene in gels'' Macromolecules 23 3380 (1990).
- C. Konak, R. Bansil, S. Pajevic and J. Jakes ``Diffusion of Linear Polymers in Chemically Identical Gels'' in Dynamics in Small Confining Systems: Proceedings of Symposium M, Mat. Res. Soc. eds. J.M. Drake, J. Klafter and R. Kopelman EA-22, 41 (1990).
- S. Pajevic, R. Bansil and C. Konak ``Diffusion of Linear Polymer Chains in gels'' J. Non- Crystalline Solids: 131-133 630-634 (1991). Proceedings of International Discussion Meeting on Relaxation in Complex Systems, Crete 1990.
- J. Lal and R. Bansil ``Light Scattering Study of Kinetics of Spinodal Decomposition in a Polymer Solution'' Macromolecules 24, 290 (1991).
- C. Konak, M. Konak and R. Bansil ``Dynamic Light Scattering of Particles Diffusing Within a Microscopic Cage: Model Calculations'' Physica A 171, 19-25 (1991).
- K. R. Bhaskar, D. Gong, R. Bansil, S. Pajevic, J. A.Hamilton, B. S. Turner and J. T. LaMont `` Profound Increase in Viscosity and Aggregation of Pig Gastric Mucin at Low pH'' Am. J. of Physiology: Gasteroenterology and Liver Physiology, G827 (1991).
- F. Mallamace, N. Micali, C. Vasi, F. Sciortino, R. Bansil and S.Pajevic, ``Brillouin Scattering from Polymeric Gels '' in Complex Fluids: Proceedings of Mat. Res. Soc. 248, 333- 338 (1991).
- C. Konak, R. Bansil and S. Pajevic ``Dynamic Behavior of Semidilute Solutions and Gels of poly(methacrylic acid)'' Polymer Communication 33, 2238 (1992).
- Bansil, J. Lal and B. Carvalho, ``Effects of gelation on kinetics of spinodal decomposition in gelatin'' Polymer 33, 2961 (1992).
- J. Lal and R. Bansil ``Effects of Gelation on Morphology of Spinodal Decomposition and Viscous Fingering'' Physica A 186 88 (1992).
- F. Mallamace, N. Micali, C. Vasi, R. Bansil, S. Pajevic S and F. Sciortino, ``Micro-phase separation in cross-linked gels: Depolarized light-scattering results,'' J. Colloid and Polymer Sci. 89, 77 (1992).
- F. Mallamace, N. Micali, C. Vasi, R. Bansil, S. Pajevic S and F.Sciortino, `` Brillouin scattering from cross-linked gels'' Journal de Physique II, 2, 2081 (1992).
- K. R. Bhaskar, B. S. Turner, P. Garik, J. D. Bradley, R. Bansil, H. E. Stanley and J. T. LaMont `` Viscous Fingering of HCl Through Gastric Mucin'' Nature 360, 458 (1992).
- S. Pajevic, R. Bansil and C. Konak ``Diffusion of Linear Polymer Chains in Methylmethacrylate Gels'' Macromolecules 26, 305 (1993).
- F. Sciortino, R. Bansil, H. E. Stanley and P. Alstrom ``Intereference of Phase Separation and Gelation: A zeroth-order model'' Phys Rev E 47, 4615 (1993).
- S. C. Glotzer, R. Bansil, P. D. Gallagher, M. F. Guyre, F. Sciortino and H. E. Stanley ``Physical Gelation and Microphase Separation in Multiblock Copolymers'' Physica A 201, 482 (1993).
- C. Konak, P. Vlcek and R. Bansil ``Aggregation of polystyrene-polymethylmethacrylate diblock copolymers in toluene'' Macromolecules 26, 3717 (1993).
- R. Bansil ``Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions and Gels' 'J. de Physique IV (Colloque C1) 3, 225 (1993).
- R. Bansil, S. Pajevic, X. Cao, K. R. Bhaskar, J. T. LaMont,N. H. Afdhal and N. Niu ``Dynamic light scattering studies of mucin'' in Static and Dynamic Light Scattering in Medicine and Biology. (Editors: R.J. Nossal, R. Pecora and A.V. Priezzhev, SPIE Proceedings 188425 (1993).
- F. Mallamace, N. Micali, C. Vasi, R. Bansil, S. Pajevic S and F.Sciortino, ``Light Scattering Studies in Crosslinked Gels: Evidence of a Microphase Separation'' Phys. Rev. E 48, 4501 (1993).
- J. Lal, J. Bastide, R. Bansil and F. Boue', ``The Behavior of free linear chains of polystyrene in a network of methylmethacrylate in toluene'' Macromolecules 26, 6092 (1993).
- J. Lal, J. Bastide, R. Bansil and F. Boue', ``The revealing of heterogeneities by free linear chains in a network'' Soft Order in Physical Systems (Editors: R. Bruinsma and Y. Rabin) Proceedings of Les Houches School on Soft Order in Physical Systems Feb. 1993.
- R. Bansil, H. E. Stanley and J. T. LaMont, `` Mucin Biophysics'' Annual Rev. of Physiology 57, 635 (1995).
- C. S. Kuo, R. Bansil and C. Konak, ``Tracer Diffusion of Flexible Probe Macromolecules at the Sol-Gel Transition'' Macromolecules 28, 768 (1995).
- S. Pajevic, R. Bansil and C. Konak, ``Diffusion of a linear polyelectrolyte in a gel'' Macromolecules 28, 7536 (1995).
- N. H. Afdhal, N. Niu, D. P. Nunes, R. Bansil, X. X. Cao, D.Gantz, D. M. Small and G. D. Offner, "Mucin-vesicle Interactions in model Bile: Evidence for Vesicle Aggregation and Fusion before Cholesterol Crystal Formation" Hepatology 22, 856-865 (1995).
- Y. Xie, K. F. Ludwig Jr., R. Bansil, P. D. Gallagher, X. Cao and G. Morales , ``Small-angle X-ray scattering studies of semidilute polystyrene-cyclohexane solutions'', Physica A 232, 94- 100 (1996).
- Y. Xie, K.F. Ludwig Jr., R. Bansil, P. Gallagher and C. Konak,``Time-resolved Small Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Spinodal Decomposition Kinetics in a Semidilute Polystyrenedioctylphthalate Solution", Macromolecules 29, 6150-6157 (1996).
- C. Konak, L. Mrkviekova and R. Bansil, " Dynamics of Pregel Solutions and Gels in a θ- Solvent near a Spinodal" Macromolecules 29, 6158-6164 (1996).
- E. L. Cabarcos, C. S. Kuo, A. Scala and R. Bansil, "Crossover between Spatially Confined Precipitation and Periodic Pattern Formation in Reaction Diffusion Systems" Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2834-2837 (1996).
- R. Bansil, G. Liao and P. Falus, " Kinetics of Spinodal Decomposition in Chemically crosslinked Gels" Physica A 232 (1996).
- R. Bansil, X. X, Cao, K. R. Bhaskar and J. T. LaMont, "Gelation and Aggregation of Mucin in Relation to the Stomach's Protective Barrier" Macromolecular Symposia, High Swelling Gels 109, 105-113 (1996).
- R. Bansil and G. Liao, " Kinetics of Spinodal Decomposition in Polymer Gels", Proceedings of the International School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi' Varenna Course CXXXIV, Nuovo Cimento, 383-389 (1997).
- C. S. Kuo, E. L. Cabarcos, A. Scala and R. Bansil, "Kinetics of Spatially Confined Precipitation and Periodic Pattern Formation" , CPIP '96 Conference on Pattern Formation in Physics, Western Ontario, Canada. Physica A 239, 390-403 (1997).
- C. S. Kuo, E. L. Cabarcos and R. Bansil, " Two-dimensional Pattern Formation in Reaction- Diffusion Systems" , CPIP '96 Conference on Pattern Formation in Physics, Western Ontario, Canada. Physica A 239, 120-128 (1997).
- R. Bansil and G. Liao, "Light Scattering Studies of Kinetics of Spinodal Decomposition in Polymer Solutions and Gels" Invited Review, Trends in Polymer Science, 5, 146-154 (1997).
- C. Konak, M. Helmstedt and R. Bansil, " Dynamics in solutions of associating random copolymers" Macromolecules 30,4342-4346 (1997).
- X. Cao, R. Bansil, D.Gantz, E.W. Moore, N. Niu and N. Afdhal , "Diffusion behavior of lipid vesicles in entangled polymer solutions" Biophysical Journal 73, 1932-1939 (1997).
- C. S. Kuo, R. Bansil and E. L. Cabarcos "Kinetics of periodic pattern formation in diffusion-reaction in a gel", MRS Symposium, 463, 281-286 (1997).
- R. Bansil, X. X, Cao, K. R. Bhaskar and J. T. LaMont, "DLS Studies of Gelation and Aggregation of Mucin in Relation to the Stomach's Protective Barrier" Proceedings of Biomedical Optics Conference, SPIE meeting (1997).
- C. Konak, M. Helmstedt and R. Bansil, "Temperature Dependence of Dynamics inSolutions Of Associating Random Copolymers" Macromolecules 31, 4639-4641 (1998).
- C. Konak, and R. Bansil, " Phase Separation In Bulk Statistical Copolymers Of Styrene And Poly(Methylmethacrylate)" Polymer Communications 39, 6179-6181 (1998).
- X. Cao, R. Bansil, K. R. Bhaskar, B. S. Turner, J. T. LaMont and N. Afdhal, "pH-dependent Conformational Change Leads to Sol-Gel Transition of Gastric Mucin" Biophysical Journal 76, 1250-1258 (1999).
- G. Liao, Y. Xie, K.F. Ludwig Jr., R. Bansil and P. Gallagher,`` Small Angle X-ray Scattering Study of Kinetics of Spinodal Decomposition in N-isopropylacrylamide Gels", Physical Rev. E 60, 4473 - 4481 (1999).
- C. Konak, G. Fleischer, Z. Tuzar, and R. Bansil, “Dynamics of solutions of triblock copolymers in a selective solvent: Effect of varying copolymer concentration” Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 38, 1312-1322 (2000).
- C. Konak, M. Helmstedt, R. Bansil, “Temperature dependence of dynamics of solutions of triblock copolymer in a selective solvent”, Polymer 41, 9311-9315 (2000).
- R. Bansil, “Thermodynamics—A-H” Contributor to Dictionary of Materials Science and High Energy Physics, Editor D. Basu, CRC Press, Florida (2001).
- R. Bansil, H. Nie, Y. Li, G. Liao, K. Ludwig, M. Steinhart, C. Konak and J. Lal, “Structure and Ordering Kinetics of Micelles in Triblock Copolymer Solutions in Selective Solvents” Macromolecular Symposia 190, 161-172 (2002).
- T.A. Waigh, A. Papagiannopoulos, A. Voice, R. Bansil, A.P. Unwin, C.D. Dewhurst, B. Turner and N. Afdhal, “Entanglement Coupling in Porcine Stomach Mucin” Langmuir 18, 7188-7195 (2002).
- R. Bansil, H. Nie, C. Konak, M. Helmstedt and J. Lal , “ Structure and Dynamics of Solutions of a Polystyrene-Polybutadiene Pentablock Copolymer in a Styrene Selective Solvent” J. Pol. Sci, , 40, 2807-2816 (2002).
- H. Nie, R. Bansil, K. Ludwig, M. Steinhart, C. Konak, J. Bang, “Time-Resolved Small- Angle X-ray Scattering Study of the Kinetics of Disorder-Order Transition in a Triblock Copolymer in a Selective Solvent for the Middle Block” Macromolecules 36, 8097-8106 (2003).
- Nezam H. Afdhal, Xingxiang Cao, Rama Bansil, Zhenning Hong, Christine Thompson, Beth Brown, and David Wolf, “Interaction of Mucin with Cholesterol Enriched Vesicles: Role of Mucin Structural Domains” Biomacromolecules 5, 269–275 (2004).
- H. Nie, M. Li, R. Bansil, C. Konak, M. Helmstedt and J. Lal , “ Structure and Dynamics of a Polystyrene-Polybutadiene Pentablock Copolymer in a Butadiene Selective Solvent” Polymer 45, 8791-8799 (2004).
- H. Nie, M. Li, R. Bansil, C. Konak, M. Helmstedt and J. Lal , “ Structure and Dynamics of a Polystyrene-Polybutadiene Pentablock Copolymer in a Butadiene Selective Solvent” Polymer 45, 8791-8799 (2004).
- Jonathan Celli, Brian Gregor, Bradley Turner, Nezam H. Afdhal, Rama Bansil, Shyamsunder Erramilli, “Viscoelastic Properties and Dynamics of Porcine Gastric Mucin” Biomacromolecules, 6, 1329-1333 (2005).
- Zhenning Hong, Bernard Chasan, Rama Bansil, Bradley S. Turner, K. Ramakrishnan Bhaskar and Nezam H. Afdhal, “Atomic Force Microscopy reveals aggregation of gastric mucin at low pH” Biomacromolecules 6, 3458-3466 (2005).
- R. Bansil, J. Celli, B. Chasan, S. Erramilli and Z. Hong, N. H. Afdhal, K. R. Bhaskar and B. S. Turner, “pH-dependent Gelation of Gastric Mucin” Materials Research Society, Symposium J Proceedings, Vol. 897E, J02-04 (2005).
- Ariel Michelman-Ribeiro, Ralph Nossal, Ryan Morris, Sarah Lange, Chein-Shiu Kuo, Rama Bansil, “Electrolysis induces pH gradients and domain orientation in agarose gels” Phys. Rev. E. 73, 011410 (2006).
- Rama Bansil and Bradley Turner, “Structure and Function of Mucin”, Invited Review, Current Opinions in Colloid and Interface Science 11, 164-170 (2006).
- Yongsheng Liu, Huifen Nie, Rama Bansil, Milos Steinhart, Joona Bang and Timothy P. Lodge, “Kinetics of disorder-to-fcc phase transition via an intermediate bcc state” Phys. Rev. E 73, 061803 (2006).
- H. Fang, L.Qiu, E. Vitkin E, M.M. Zaman, C. Andersson, S. Salahuddin, L.M Kimerer, P.B. Cipollini, M.D. Modell, B.S. Turner, S. Keates, I. Bigio, I. Itzkan, S.D. Freedman, R. Bansil, E.B. Hanlon, L.T. Perelman. “Confocal light absorption and scattering spectroscopic microscopy”, Applied Optics 46(10),1760-9 (2007).
- J.P. Celli, B.S. Turner BS, N.H. Afdhal, R. Ewoldt, G.H. McKinley, R. Bansil, S. Erramilli. “Rheology of Gastric Mucin Exhibits pH-Dependent Sol-Gel Transition”. Biomacromolecules 8, 1580-1586 (2007).
- Yongsheng Liu, Minghai Li, Milos Steinhart, Rama Bansil, “Kinetics of phase transition from lamellar to hexagonally packed cylinders for a triblock copolymer in a selective solvent”. Macromolecules 40, 9482-9490 (2007).
- Minghai Li, Huifen Ni, Yongsheng Liu, Milos Steinhart, Rama Bansil, “Kinetics of HEXBCC Transition of Cylinders to Spheres: Comparison of Time-resolved SAXS data with a Model of Coupled Anisotropic Fluctuations.” Macromolecules 40, 9491-9502 (2007).
- J.P. Celli, B.S. Turner, N.H. Afdhal, S. Keates, I. Ghiran, C.P Kelly, R.H. Ewoldt, G.H. McKinley, P. T.C. So, S. Erramilli, R. Bansil “Helicobacter pylori moves through mucus by reducing mucin viscoelasticity” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci 106, 14321-14326 (2009).
