Ji-Young Lee, Jaekyoung Kim, Leila F Deravi,* Daeyeon Lee* “Reversible Electrophoretic Control of Structural Color Using Polymer-Stabilized, Pigment-Impregnated Colloidal Particles” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2025. DOI:10.1021/acsami.5c00995

TWei-Ting Chang, Ji-Young Lee, Leila F Deravi* “Investigating the Role of Surface Confinement and Reaction Dynamics in the Production of Polyphenol-Based Nanoparticles” ACS Omega 2025. 

Taehwan Kim, Duncan Q Bower, Leila F Deravi* “Cephalopod chromatophores contain photosensitizing nanostructures that may facilitate light sensing and signaling in the skin” Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2025. DOI:10.1039/D4TC04333B

Duncan Q Bower, Stephen L Senft, Roger T Hanlon, Leila F Deravi* “Pigment granule architecture varies across yellow, red, and brown chromatophores in squid Doryteuthis pealeii,” Nature Scientific Reports 2024.

Leila F Deravi, Isabel Cui, Camille A. Martin* “Using cephalopod‐inspired chemistry to extend long‐wavelength ultraviolet and visible light protection of mineral sunscreens,” International Journal of Cosmetic Science 2024. DOI:10.1111/ics.12993

Lili Huang, Taehwan Kim, Olivia J Armendarez, Leila F Deravi, Prakash T Parvatkar, Roman Manetsch* “Efficient Biomimetic Total Synthesis, Characterization, and Antioxidant Activity of Ommatins,” JACS Au 2024. DOI:10.1021/jacsau.4c00667

Patrick A Sullivan, Ji‐Young Lee, Achiles da Mota, Rachel C Malampy, Yijiang Mu, Daeyeon Lee, Hossein Mosallaei, Daniel J Wilson, Leila F Deravi* “Modulating the Transmission of Light Using Asymmetric Janus Particles,” Advanced Optical Materials, 2024. DOI:10.1002/adom.202400419

Leila F Deravi, Michael Burns, Camille A. Martin* “Topical Applications of Xanthommatin Leads to Measureable Improvements in Skin,” Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2024. 

Jenevieve Kuang, Shanna Bonanno, Wei-Ting Chang, Duncan Q Bower, Violet M Pratt, Jillian Zerkowski, Nicholas Scaperdas, Lindsey A Young, Olivia J Armendarez, Mohammed H Alwelyee, Samantha L Lim, Daniel J Wilson, Leila F Deravi, Neel S Joshi* “Microbially driven reversible size-and color-changing materials,” Matter, 2024. DOI:10.1016/j.matt.2024.03.009

Ji-Young Lee, Andrea Alú, Leila F Deravi* “Enabling rotation over electrophoretic motion in Janus particles under applied electric field,” Applied Physics Letters, 2024. DOI:10.1063/5.0177107

Yijiang Mu, Wendi Duan, Yuxuan Dai, Patrick A Sullivan, Leila F Deravi, Yufeng Wang, Daeyeon Lee* “Colloidal synthesis of metallodielectric Janus matchsticks,” Chemical Communications, 2024. DOI:10.1039/D4CC00488D

Jae-Hyun Kim, Ji-Young Lee, Jaekyoung Kim, Zhe Gong, Daniel J Wilson, Leila F Deravi,* Daeyeon Lee* “Adaptive coloration enabled by the reversible osmotic annealing of chromatophore-like microcapsules,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024. DOI:10.1039/D3TC03824F 

Cassandra L. Martin, Kaitlyn R. Flynn, Taehwan Kim, Skyler K. Nikolic, Leila F. Deravi, Daniel J. Wilson* “Color-changing Paint Formulations Enabled by Photoresponsive Combinations of Bio-inspired Colorants and Semiconductors,” Advanced Science, 2023. DOI:10.1002/advs.202302652

Michael R. Bergman, Sophia Hernandez, Caitlin Deffler, Leila F. Deravi.* “Design and Characterization of Model Systems that Promote and Disrupt Transparency of Vertebrate Crystallins In Vitro” Advanced Science, 2023. DOI:10.1002/advs.202303279

Lasanthi Sumathirathne, Taehwan Kim, Duncan Q. Bower, Leila F. Deravi. “Cephalopods as a Natural Sensor-Display Feedback System Inspiring Adaptive Technologies,” ECS Senors Plus, 2023, DOI 10.1149/2754-2726/acdbdc.

Patrick A. Sullivan, Daniel J. Wilson, Matthew Vallon, Duncan Q. Bower, and Leila F. Deravi. “Inkjet Printing Bio-Inspired Electrochromic Pixels,” 2023. Advanced Materials Interfaces DOI: 10.1002/admi.202202463.

Mikey R. Bergman,  Leila F. Deravi. “Manipulating polydispersity of lens β-crystallins using divalent cations demonstrates evidence of calcium regulation,” 2022. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (48), e2212051119

Chenxi Zhai, Cassandra L. Martin,  Patrick A. Sullivan, H Shi, Leila F. Deravi, Jingjie Yeo. “Probing the alignment-dependent mechanical behaviors and time-evolutional aligning process of collagen scaffolds,” 2022. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 10 (36), 7052-7061

Cassandra L. Martin, Mikey R. Bergman, Patrick A. Sullivan, Leila F. Deravi. “Investigating the Thermodynamics Underlying Monosaccharide-Mediated Collagen Polymerization for Materials Design,” Chemistry of Materials, 2022. DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04153.

Daniel J. Wilson, Francisco J. Martín-Martínez, Leila F. Deravi. “Wearable Light Sensors Based on Unique Features of a Natural Biochrome,” ACS Sensors, 2022. DOI:10.1021/acssensors.1c02342.

Leila F. Deravi, Natalie C. Cox, Camille A. Martin, “Evaluation of biologically-inspired ammonium xanthommatin as a multi-functional cosmetic ingredient” Journal of Investigative Dermatology Innovations, 2021. DOI:10.1016/j.xjidi.2021.100081.

Cassandra L. Martin, Chenxi Zhai, Jeffrey A. Paten, Jingjie Yeo, and Leila F. Deravi, “Design and Production of Customizable and Highly Aligned Fibrillar Collagen Scaffolds” ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2021. DOI:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00566.

Zhuangsheng Lin, Zhe Gong, Duncan Q. Bower, Daeyeon Lee, and Leila F. Deravi, “Bidispersed Colloidal Assemblies Containing Xanthommatin Produce Angle-Independent Photonic Structures” Advanced Optical Materials, 2021. DOI:10.1002/adom.202100416.

 Leila F. Deravi. “Compositional Similarities that Link the Eyes and Skin of Cephalopods: Implications in Optical Sensing and Signaling during Camouflage,” Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021. DOI:10.1093/icb/icab143.

 Daniel J. Wilson, Zhuangsheng Lin, Duncan Bower, and Leila F. Deravi. “Engineering Color, Pattern, and Texture: From Nature to Materials,” Matter, 2021. DOI:10.1016/j.matt.2021.05.021.

Cassandra L. Martin, Mikey R. Bergman, Leila F. Deravi, and  Jeffrey A. Paten. “A Role for Monosaccharides in Nucleation Inhibition and Transport of Collagen,” Bioelectricity, 2020. DOI:10.1089/bio.2020.0013.

Camille A. Martin, Mahboobeh Rezaeeyazdi, Thibault Colombani, Sean R. Dinneen, Amrita Kumar, Sidi A. Bencherif, and Leila F. Deravi “A bioinspired, photostable UV-filter that protects mammalian cells against UV-induced cellular damage,” Chemical Communications, 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9CC06323D.

Jeffrey A. Paten, Cassandra L. Martin, Jamil T. Wanis, Seyed Mohammad Siadat, Amanda M. Figueroa-Navedo, Jeffrey W. Ruberti, Leila F. Deravi “Molecular Interactions between Collagen and Fibronectin: A Reciprocal Relationship that Regulates De Novo Fibrillogenesis,” Chem, 2019, DOI:10.1016/j.chempr.2019.05.011

Thomas L. Williams, Steven A. Lopez, Leila F. Deravi. “A Sustainable Route To Synthesize the Xanthommatin Biochrome via an Electro-catalyzed Oxidation of Tryptophan Metabolites,” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b011448

Thomas L. Williams, Stephen L. Senft, Jingjie Yeo, Francisco J. Martín-Martínez, Alan M. Kuzirian, Camille A. Martin, Christopher W. DiBona, Chun-Teh Chen, Sean R. Dinneen, Hieu T. Nguyen, Conor M. Gomes, Joshua J. C. Rosenthal, Matthew D. MacManes, Feixia Chu, Markus J. Buehler, Roger T. Hanlon, Leila F. Deravi. “Dynamic Pigmentary and Structural Coloration within a Cephalopod Chromatophore Organ: Complementary Roles of Crystallin and Reflectin Proteins,” Nature Communications, 2019, DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-088

Amrita Kumar, Thomas L. Williams, Camille A. Martin, Amanda Figueroa Navedo, Leila F. Deravi. “Xanthommatin based electrochromic displays inspired by nature,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b14123.

Conor M. Gomes, Chang Liu, Jeffrey A. Paten, Samuel M. Felton, and Leila F. Deravi. “Protein-Based Hydrogels that Actuate Self-Folding Systems” Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, DOI:10.1002/adfm.201805777.

Casey J. Grenier, Anthony Timberman, Rongfang Yang, John Csoros, Alex Papantones, Leila F. Deravi, W. Rudolf Seitz.“Rapid, High Affinity Binding by a Fluorescein Templated Copolymer Combining Covalent, Hydrophobic, and Acid–Base Noncovalent Crosslinks” Sensors, 2018, DOI: 10.3390/s18051330.

Amrita Kumar, Richard M. Osgood III, Sean R. Dinneen, Brian D. Koker, Richard Pang, Leila F. Deravi.“Natural light-scattering nanoparticles enable visible through short-wave infrared color modulation” Advanced Optical Materials, 2018, DOI: 10.1002/adom.201701369.

Sean R. Dinneen, Leila F. Deravi, Margaret E. Greenslade. “An iterative correction approach used to retrieve the refractive index of squid pigment aerosols” Journal of Optics, 2018, DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986.

Sean R. Dinneen, Margaret E. Greenslade, and Leila F. Deravi. “Optical extinction of size-controlled aerosols generated from squid chromatophore pigments” APL Materials 2017, DOI: 10.1063/1.5002153

Christopher W. DiBona, Thomas L. Williams, Sean R. Dinneen, Stephanie F. Jones Labadie, Leila F. Deravi. “A Method for Extracting Pigments from Squid Doryteuthis pealeii” Journal of Visualized Experiments 2016, DOI: 10.3791/54803.

Christophe O Chantre, Patrick H Campbell, Holly M Golecki, Adrian T Buganza, Andrew K Capulli, Leila F Deravi, Stephanie Dauth, Sean P Sheehy, Jeffrey A Paten, Karl Gledhill, Yanne S Doucet, Hasan E Abaci, Seungkuk Ahn, Benjamin D Pope, Jeffrey W Ruberti, Simon P Hoerstrup, Angela M Christiano, Kevin Kit Parker. “Production-scale fibronectin nanofibers promote wound closure and tissue repair in a dermal mouse model.” Biomaterials 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.03.006.

Hyojin Ko, Leila F. Deravi, Sung-Jin Park, Jingon Jang, Takhee Lee, Cheong Kang, Jin Seok Lee, Kevin Kit Parker and Kwanwoo Shin. “Fabrication of millimeter-long carbon tubular nanostructures using the self-rolling process inherent in elastic protein layers.” Advanced Materials 2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201701732.

Leila F. Deravi, Nina R. Sinatra, Christophe O. Chantre, Alexander P. Nesmith, Hongyan Yuan, Sahm K. Deravi, Josue A. Goss, Luke A. MacQueen, Mohammad R. Badrossamy, Grant M. Gonzalez, Michael D. Phillips, Kevin Kit Parker. “Design and Fabrication of Fibrous Nanomaterials Using Pull Spinning” Macromoleciular Materials and Engineering 2017, DOI: 10.1002/mame.201600404. Selected  for cover (2017)

Seungkuk Ahn, Leila F. Deravi, Sung-Jin Park, Borna E. Dabiri, Joon-Seop Kim, Kevin Kit Parker, Kwanwoo Shin. “Self-Organizing Large-Scale Extracellular-Matrix Protein Networks” Advanced Materials 2015, DOI:10.1002/adma.201405556.  Selected  for cover (2015)

Leila F. Deravi, Andrew P. Magyar, Sean P. Sheehy, George R. R. Bell, Lydia M. Mäthger Alan M. Kuzirian, Roger T. Hanlon, Evelyn L. Hu, Kevin Kit Parker, “Progress towards elucidating the structure-function relationships of a natural nanoscale photonic device in cuttlefish chromatophores” SPIE Biophotonics 2015, DOI: 10.1117/12.2081387.

Leila F. Deravi, Holly M. Golecki, Kevin Kit Parker, “Protein-based Textiles: Bio-inspired and Bio-derived Materials for Medical and Non-Medical Applications” Journal of Chemical and Biological Interfaces, 2013, DOI:10.1166/jcbi.2013.1009. Selected for cover (2013)

Ashutosh Agarwal, Yohan Farouz, Alexander P. Nesmith, Leila F. Deravi, Megan L. McCain, Kevin Kit Parker, “Micropatterning Alginate Substrates for in vitro Cardiovascular Muscle on a Chip” Advanced Functional Materials, 2013, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201203319.

Leila F. Deravi, Tianxiang Su, Jeffrey A. Paten, Jeffrey W. Ruberti, Katia Bertoldi, Kevin Kit Parker. “Differential Contributions of Conformation Extension and Domain Unfolding to Properties of Fibronectin Nanotextiles” Nano Letters, 2012, DOI: 10.1021/nl302643g.

Leslie A. Hiatt, Jennifer R. McKenzie, Leila F. Deravi, Reese S. Harry, David W. Wright, David E. Cliffel, “A Printed Superoxide Dismutase Coated Electrode for the Study of Macrophage Oxidative Burst” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2011,  DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.12.038.

Joshua D. Swartz, Leila F. Deravi, David W. Wright, “The Bottom-Up Synthesis of Biologically Active Multilayer Films using Inkjet Printed Templates” Advanced Functional Materials, 2010, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200902169.

Leila F. Deravi, David W. Wright, Jan L. Sumerel, “Printing Bioinks with Technologically Relevant Applications” The Chemistry of Inkjet Inks, Ed. Shlomo Magdassi: World Scientific Inc., 2009, 269-283.

Leila F. Deravi, Joshua D. Swartz, David W. Wright, “The Biomimetic Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanomaterials” Nanomaterials for the Life Sciences: Vol 2. Ed. Challa Kumar: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA, 2009, 3-54.

Leila F. Deravi, Jan L. Sumerel, Sarah L. Sewell, David W. Wright. “Piezoelectric Inkjet Printing of Biomimetic Inks for Reactive Surfaces” Small 2008, DOI: 10.1002/smll.200800536.

Leila F. Deravi, Jan L. Sumerel, Aren E. Gerdon, David E. Cliffel, David W. Wright. “Output analysis of materials ink-jet printer”Appl. Phys. Letts. 2007, 91(11), 113114/1-113114/3.

Jan L. Sumerel,  John Lewis, A. Doraiswamy,  Leila F. Deravi, Sarah L. Sewell, Aren E. Gerdon, David W. Wright and Roger J. Narayan. “Piezoelectric Ink Jet Processing of Materials for Medical and Biological Applications” Biotechnology 2006. 1(9), 976-87.