I am interested in soft mesoscopic materials, including colloids, emulsions, polymers, surfactant solutions, non-Brownian suspensions, and gels. I have used and developed light scattering techniques, especially multiple light scattering (duffusing-wave spectroscopy) to study the structure and dynamics of colloids and other materials. My current research covers a variety of topics, including self assembly, DNA-coated colloids, colloidal swimmers, lock-and-key colloids, random organization, and colloidal glasses.
Experience
Haverford College
Assistant Professor of Physics
From: August 1984 to December 1989
Exxon Research & Engineering Company
Staff Physicist
From: January 1990 to August 1995
University of California Santa Barbara
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Materials
From: September 1995 to January 2005
New York University
Chair of CBE Department (since 2014), Silver Professor of Physics
From: January 2005 to present
Publications
Selected Journal Articles
Colloidal alloys with preassembled clusters and spheres. E. Ducrot, M. He, G.-R. Yi, and D. J. Pine. Nat. Mater. 16, 652–657 (2017)
Crystallization of DNA-coated colloids. Y. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Zheng, E. Ducrot, J. S. Yodh, M. Weck, and D. J. Pine. Nature Commun. 6, 7253 (2015).
Colloids with valence and specific directional bonding. Y. Wang, Y. Wang, D. R. Breed, V. N. Manoharan, L. Feng, A. D. Hollingsworth, M. Weck, and D. J. Pine. Nature 491, 51–55 (2012)
Lock and key colloids. S. Sacanna, W. T. M. Irvine, P. M. Chaikin, and D. J. Pine. Nature 464, 575–578 (2010).
Random organization in periodically driven systems. L. Corte, P. M. Chaikin, J. P. Gollub, and D. J. Pine. ´ Nature Physics 4, 420–424 (2008)
Chaos and threshold for irreversibility in sheared suspensions. D. J. Pine, J. P. Gollub, J. F. Brady, and A. M. Leshansky. Nature 438, 997–1000 (2005).
Control of nanoparticle location in block copolymers. J. Chiu, B. Kim, E. Kramer, and D. J. Pine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 5036–5037 (2005).
Dense packing and symmetry in small clusters of microspheres. V. N. Manoharan, M. T. Elsesser, and D. J. Pine. Science 301, 483–487 (2003)
Awards
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Michelin Chair, ESPCI ParisTech, Paris
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Guggenheim Fellow
Professor Yuval Ne’eman Memorial Lecture, Tel-Aviv University
Society of Rheology Publication of the Year Award (2000)
Debye Lecturer, Utrecht University
Langmuir Lecturer, American Chemical Society
Information for Mentees
Mentoring Style: Flexible, informal. I've been at NYU since 2005, and Tandon since 2014.
Research Centers, Labs, and Groups
Pine Research Group
We study the physics of soft mesoscopic materials, sometimes known as complex ...
