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SAI Tianqi

Alumni

PhD student, Research group DUFRESNE

Department of Materials ETHZ – HCI H 527 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg, 1-5/10 8093 Zürich Switzerland

Email:	tianqi.sai@mat.ethz.ch
Website:	http://www.softliv.mat.ethz.ch/

Projects team

Physical mechanisms underlying the self-assembly of living optical materials

Addressing the question of how living organisms make colorful materials

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Publications

When black and white make green: the surprising interplay of structure and pigments
Sai Tianqi, Wilts Bodo D., Sicher Alba, Steiner Ullrich, Scheffold Frank, Dufresne Eric R.
CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry (2019)

Supramolecular assembly by time-programmed acid autocatalysis
Panzarasa Guido, Sai Tianqi, Torzynski Alexandre L., Smith-Mannschott Katrina, Dufresne Eric
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (2019)

Transient supramolecular assembly of a functional perylene diimide controlled by a programmable pH cycle
Panzarasa Guido, Torzynski Alexandre L., Sai Tianqi, Smith-Mannschott Katrina, Dufresne Eric R.
Soft Matter (2020)

Elastic ripening and inhibition of liquid–liquid phase separation
Rosowski Kathryn A., Sai Tianqi, Vidal-Henriquez Estefania, Zwicker David, Style Robert W., Dufresne Eric R.
Nature Physics (2020)

Designing refractive index fluids using the Kramers-Kronig relations
Sai Tianqi, Saba Matthias, Dufresne Eric, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo
Faraday Discussions (2020)

Enhancing the refractive index of polymers with a plant‐based pigment
Yasir Mohammad, Sai Tianqi, Sicher Alba, Scheffold Frank, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D., Dufresne Eric R.
Small (2021)

Putting the squeeze on phase separation
Fernández-Rico Carla, Sai Tianqi, Sicher Alba, Style Robert W., Dufresne Eric R.
JACS Au (2021)

Elastic microphase separation produces robust bicontinuous materials
Fernández-Rico Carla, Schreiber Sanjay, Oudich Hamza, Lorenz Charlotta, Sicher Alba, Sai Tianqi, Bauernfeind Viola, Heyden Stefanie, Carrara Pietro, Lorenzis Laura De, Style Robert W., Dufresne Eric R.
Nature Materials (2023)

Structural color from pigment-loaded nanostructures
Sai Tianqi, Froufe-Pérez Luis S., Scheffold Frank, Wilts Bodo D., Dufresne Eric R.
Soft Matter (2023)

SAI Tianqi

Physical mechanisms underlying the self-assembly of living optical materials