Articles published in ISI indexed journals (selected) 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), 324-324 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, 1(1), 471–482 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, 1700914-1700925  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 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 at 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 physiosorption or chemisorption”  Langmuir  2003, 19(21), 9043-9051 https://doi.org/10.1021/la034073i 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 and F. Sicard, Faraday Discuss., 2016, 191, 407–434.