A. Honciuc*, M. Honciuc, A. M. Solonaru "Piezoelectric Response and Energy Harvesting Capability in a Moldable PVA/PANi Composite Prepared via Frozen-Gel Polymerization" ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2025, 7, 7776-7790. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.5c01140

M. Honciuc*, A. Honciuc, A. M. Solonaru "Pickering emulsion-derived polymer microspheres: Protective carriers for anthocyanins with tunable release and colorimetric sensing" Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 2025, 255, 114905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2025.114905

A. M. Solonaru, M. Honciuc, A. Honciuc* "Adsorption performance of water-floating composites for heavy metal removal in marine and freshwater systems" Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2025, 13, 119312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.119312

M. Honciuc, A. Honciuc* "Scaling Amphiphilicity with Janus Nanoparticles: A New Frontier in Nanomaterials and Interface Science" Nanomaterials 2025, 15, 1079. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15141079

A. Honciuc*, O.I. Negru, M. Honciuc "Optimizing surface properties and particle morphology for metal ion adsorption: precise tuning via Pickering emulsion polymerization" Nanoscale Advances 2025, 7, 4947-4961. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NA00417A

M. Asandulesa, A.M. Solonaru, M. Honciuc, F. Tudorache, A. Honciuc* "Flexible Composites from Water-Dispersible Components: Poly(vinyl alcohol), Janus Nanoparticles, and Polyaniline - Toward Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors" ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2024, 6, 9559-9569. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c01350

A. Honciuc*, O.I. Negru, M. Honciuc, A. M. Solonaru "Polymer Microspheres Carrying Schiff-Base Ligands for Metal Ion Adsorption Obtained via Pickering Emulsion Polymerization" Journal of Composites Science 2024, 8, 271. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs8070271

A. Honciuc*, O.I. Negru, M. Honciuc "Interfacing Langmuir–Blodgett and Pickering Emulsions for the Synthesis of 2D Nanostructured Films: Applications in Copper Ion Adsorption" Nanomaterials 2024, 14 (9), 809. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14090809

A. Honciuc*, M. Honciuc, A.M. Solonaru "Reversible Cu-Nanoparticle formation in soft hydrogel Composites: Towards Write-Erase displays and fluorescence detection" Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2024, 668, 37-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.147

M. Honciuc*, A. Honciuc* "Morphological Design and Synthesis of Nanoparticles" Nanomaterials 2024, 14(4), 360. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14040360

M. Asandulesa, A.M. Solonaru, A. Honciuc* "Effect of Asymmetric Lobe Size on the Molecular Dynamics, Glass Transition, and Dielectric Behavior in Janus Nanoparticles" ACS Applied Nano Materials 2024, 7(3), 3352-3360. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c05802

A. Honciuc*, A.M. Solonaru, M. Honciuc "Water-Floating Hydrogel Polymer Microsphere Composites for Application in Hydrological Mining of Cu (II) Ions" Nanomaterials 2023, 13 (19), 2619. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13192619

A. Honciuc*, A.M. Solonaru, M. Honciuc "Pickering Emulsion Polymerization Technology - Toward Nanostructured Materials for Applications in Metal Ion Extractions from Wastewaters" ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2023, 5 (10), 8012-8022. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c01267

A. Honciuc*, O.I. Negru "Asymmetrically Nanostructured 2D Janus Films Obtained from Pickering Emulsions Polymerized in a Langmuir–Blodgett Trough" Micromachines 2023, 14 (7), 1459. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14071459

M. Asandulesa, A.M. Solonaru, A.M. Resmerita, A. Honciuc* "Thermal and Dielectric Investigations of Polystyrene Nanoparticles as a Viable Platform - Toward the Next Generation of Fillers for Nanocomposites" Polymers 2023, 15 (13), 2899. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15132899

A. Honciuc*, O.I. Negru "Monitoring the Surface Energy Change of Nanoparticles in Functionalization Reactions with the NanoTraPPED Method" Nanomaterials 2023, 13 (7), 1246. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13071246

A. Honciuc*, A.M. Solonaru, M. Teodorescu "Flexible Composites with Variable Conductivity and Memory of Deformation Obtained by Polymerization of Polyaniline in PVA Hydrogel" Polymers 2022, 14 (21), 4638. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14214638

O. Pauli, A. Honciuc* "Extraction of Metal Ions by Interfacially Active Janus Nanoparticles Supported by Wax Colloidosomes Obtained from Pickering Emulsions" Nanomaterials 2022, 12 (21), 3738. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12213738

A.M. Solonaru, M. Asandulesa, A. Honciuc* "Homologous Series of Polyaniline Derivatives Block Copolymers with Amphiphilic and Semiconducting Properties" Polymers 2022, 14 (11), 2149. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14112149

A. Honciuc*, O.I. Negru "Role of Surface Energy of Nanoparticle Stabilizers in the Synthesis of Microspheres via Pickering Emulsion Polymerization" Nanomaterials 2022, 12 (6), 995. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12060995

V. Mihali, A. Honciuc* "Self-Assembly of Strongly Amphiphilic Janus Nanoparticles into Freestanding Membranes" Advanced Materials Interfaces 2022, 9 (4), 2101713. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101713

A. Honciuc*, O.I. Negru "NanoTraPPED - A New Method for Determining the Surface Energy of Nanoparticles via Pickering Emulsion Polymerization" Nanomaterials 2021, 11 (12), 3200. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123200

V. Mihali, A. Honciuc* "Semiconductor–Insulator (Nano-) Couples with Tunable Properties Obtained from Asymmetric Modification of Janus Nanoparticles" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13 (41), 49206-49214. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c14884

C. Kang, A. Honciuc* "A Diversity of Asymmetric Nano-/Microcolloidal Architectures Grown by ATRP from Janus Seeds" Chimia 2019, 73 (4), 324. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2019.324

V. Mihali, A. Honciuc* "Evolution of Self-Organized Microcapsules with Variable Conductivities from Self-Assembled Nanoparticles at Interfaces" ACS Nano 2019, 13 (3), 3483-3491. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b09625

C. Kang, A. Honciuc* "Versatile triblock Janus nanoparticles: synthesis and self-assembly" Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31 (5), 1688-1695. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b05073

D. Wu, V. Mihali, A. Honciuc* "pH-responsive Pickering foams generated by surfactant-free soft hydrogel particles" Langmuir 2019, 35 (1), 212-221. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03342

C. Kang, A. Honciuc* "Growth of nano-/microcolloidal architectures from Janus seeds by ATRP" Chemistry of Materials 2018, 30 (21), 7664-7671. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02946

C. Kang, A. Honciuc* "Self-Assembly of Janus Nanoparticles into Transformable Suprastructures" Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2018, 9 (6), 1415-1421. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00206

C. Kang, A. Honciuc* "Influence of Geometries on the Assembly of Snowman-Shaped Janus Nanoparticles" ACS Nano 2018, 12(4), 3741-3750. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b00960

D. Wu, B. P. Binks, A. Honciuc* "Modelling the interfacial energy of surfactant-free amphiphilic Janus nanoparticles from phase inversion in Pickering emulsions" Langmuir 2018, 34(3), 1225-1233. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02331

D. Wu, A. Honciuc* "Design of Janus nanoparticles with pH-triggered switchable amphiphilicity for interfacial applications" ACS Applied Nano Materials 2018, 1 (1), 471-482. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.7b00356

D. Wu, A. Honciuc* "Contrasting mechanisms of spontaneous adsorption at liquid-liquid interfaces of nanoparticles constituted of and grafted with pH-responsive polymers" Langmuir 2018. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00877

V. Mihali, A. Honciuc* "Semiconductive materials with tunable electrical resistance and surface polarity obtained by asymmetric functionalization of Janus nanoparticles" Advanced Materials Interfaces 2017, 1700914. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201700914

Y. Z. Tan, D. Wu, H. T. Lee, H. Wang, A. Honciuc, J. W. Chew* "Synthesis of ligand-carrying polymeric nanoparticles for use in extraction and recovery of metal ions" Colloids and Surfaces A 2017, 533, 179-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.08.036

F. Zamani, A. Ullah, E. Akhondi, H.J. Tanudjaja, E.R. Cornelissen, A. Honciuc, A.G. Fane, J.W. Chew* "Impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on membrane fouling" Journal of Membrane Science 2016, 510, 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.064

D. Wu, J.W. Chew, A. Honciuc* "Polarity reversal in a homologous series of surfactant-free Janus nanoparticles: toward the next generation of amphiphiles" Langmuir 2016, 32, 6376-6386. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01422

A. Striolo, J. Kim, C. Murphy, L. Liz-Marzán, J. Lahann, J. Reguera, Y. Zhou, M. Brust, A. Thill, L. Scarabelli, T. A. F. König, M. Buzza, C. Kuttner, E. Gonzalez Solveyra, H. Wolf, J. Vermant, M. Pauly, A. Harvie, L. Pasquato, A. Stocco, H. Mattoussi, E. Kumacheva, K. Heatley, C. Hanske, R. Faller, D. French, A. Honciuc, B. Binks, F. Sicard, Faraday Discussions 2016, 191, 407-434.

M. Tzirakis, R. Zambail, Y.Z. Tan, J.W. Chew, C. Adlhart, A. Honciuc* "Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Sub-100 nm Polymeric Nanoparticles by One-Step Ultrasonic Assisted Emulsification/Polymerization" RSC Advances 2015, 103218-103228. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA23840D

R. Walder, A. Honciuc, D.K. Schwartz* "Directed nanoparticle motion on an interfacial free-energy gradient" Langmuir 2010, 26(3), 1501-1503. https://doi.org/10.1021/la903753z

A. Honciuc*, M. Laurin, S. Albu, M. Sobota, P. Schmuki, J. Libuda "Controlling the adsorption kinetics via nanostructuring: Pd nanoparticles on TiO2 nanotube arrays" Langmuir 2010, 26(17), 14014-14023. https://doi.org/10.1021/la102163a

R. Walder, A. Honciuc, D.K. Schwartz* "Phospholipid Diffusion at the Oil-Water Interface" Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2010, 114(35), 11484-11488. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp1053869

A. Honciuc*, M. Laurin, S. Albu, M. Amende, M. Sobota, R. Lynch, P. Schmuki, J. Libuda "Preparation and adsorption properties of Pd nanoparticles supported on TiO2 nanotubes" Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2010, 114, 20146-20154. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp107791r

A. Honciuc, D.K. Schwartz* "Probing hydrophobic interactions using trajectories of amphiphilic molecules at a hydrophobic/water interface" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131(16), 5973-5979. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja900607g

A. Honciuc, A.L. Howard, D.K. Schwartz* "Single-molecule observations of fatty acid adsorption at fused silica/water interface: Activation energy of attachment" Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2009, 113(6), 2078-2081. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8051856

A. Honciuc, D.Jn. Baptiste, I.P. Campbell, D.K. Schwartz* "Solvent dependence of activation energy of attachment determined by single molecule observations of surfactant adsorption" Langmuir 2009, 25(13), 7389-7392. https://doi.org/10.1021/la900307f

A. Honciuc, D.Jn. Baptiste, D.K. Schwartz* "Hydrophobic interaction microscopy: Mapping the solid/liquid interface using amphiphilic probe molecules" Langmuir 2009, 25(8), 4339-4342. https://doi.org/10.1021/la9004246

A. Honciuc, A. Harant, D.K. Schwartz* "Single-molecule observations of surfactant diffusion at solid/solution interface" Langmuir 2008, 24(13), 6562-6566. https://doi.org/10.1021/la8007365

A. Honciuc, R.M. Metzger*, A. Gong, C. Spangler "Elastic and inelastic electron tunneling spectra of a new rectifying monolayer" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 8310-8319. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja068729g

W.J. Shumate, D.L. Mattern, A. Jaiswal, D.A. Dixon, T.R. White, J. Burgess, A. Honciuc, R.M. Metzger* "Spectroscopy and rectification of three donor-sigma-acceptor compounds, consisting of a one-electron donor (pyrene or ferrocene), a one-electron acceptor (perylenebisimide), and a C19 swallowtail" Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2006, 110(23), 11146-11159. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0575512

A. Honciuc, A. Otsuka, Y.-H. Wang, S.K. McElwee, S.A. Woski, G. Saito, R. M. Metzger* "Polarization of charge-transfer bands and rectification in hexadecylquinolinium 7,7,8-tricyanoquinodimethanide and its tetrafluoro analog" Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2006, 110(31), 15085-15093. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp056910q

A. Honciuc, A. Jaiswal, A. Gong, K. Ashworth, C.W. Spangler, I.R. Peterson, L.R. Dalton, R.M. Metzger* "Current rectification in a Langmuir-Schaefer monolayer of fullerene-bis-[4-diphenylamino-4''-(N-ethyl-N-2'''-ethyl)amino-1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiene] malonate between Au electrodes" Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2005, 109, 857-871. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0454624

A. Jaiswal, R.R. Amaresh, M.V. Lakshmikantham, A. Honciuc, M.P. Cava, R.M. Metzger* "Electrical rectification in a monolayer of zwitterions assembled either by physisorption or chemisorption" Langmuir 2003, 19(21), 9043-9051. https://doi.org/10.1021/la034073i