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Below is a partial listing of publications by IGERT Trainees. (Trainee names indicated with a *) E-mail us to add your publications to this list.

2010-2011

Journal articles

Thompson, J.A.*, and Bau, H.H. (2011). Pulsating Bead-Based Assay. Analytical Chemistry 83 (8), 2858-2861.

Thompson, J.A.*, Du, X., Grogan, J.M., Schrlau, M.G., and Bau, H.H. (2010). Polymeric Microbead Arrays for Microfluidic Applications. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 20(11), 115017. 

Thompson, J.A.*, and Bau, H.H. (2010). Microfluidic, Bead-Based Assay: Theory and Experiments. Journal of Chromatography B, 878 (2), 228-236.

Liu, C., Thompson, J.A.*, and Bau, H.H. (2011). A Membrane-Based, High-Efficiency, Microfluidic Debubbler. Lab on a Chip 11, 1688-1693 (Published online March 3, 2011).

 Hart, R.W., Mauk, M.G., Liu, C., Qiu, X., Thompson, J.A.*, Chen, D., Malamud, D., Abrams, W.R., and Bau, H.H  (2011). Point of Care Oral-Based Diagnostics. Oral Diseases (Published online April 26, 2011).

Lane, N. J.*, Eklund, P., Lu, J.,  Spencer, C. B., Hultman, L., and Barsoum, M. W. (2011). High-temperature stabilityof alpha-Ta4AlC3. Materials Research Bulletin (2011) (Published online March 12, 2011).  doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2011.03.005

Lane, N. J.*, Vogel, S. C., and Barsoum, M. W. (2010). High-temperature neutron diffraction and the temperature-dependent crystal structures of the MAX phases Ti3SiC2 and Ti3GeC2,  Physical Review B 82 (17), 174109.

Peterson, A.M.*, Robert, E.J., and Palmese, G.R. (2011). Thermoreversible and remendable glass–polymer interface for fiber-reinforced composites. Composites Science and Technology 71(5), 586-592. 

Hore, M.J.*, and Composto, R.J. (2010). Nanorod self-assembly for tuning optical absorption. ACS Nano, 4(11) 6941-6949. 

Meghri, N., Donius, A.E *, Riblett, B.W., Martin, E.J., Clyne, A.M.  Wegst, U.G.K. (2010). Directionally solidified biopolymer scaffolds: Mechanical properties and endothelial cell responses. 62(7), 71-75.

Presser, V., Zhang, L., Niu, J. J., McDonough, J., Perez, C.*, Fong, H., Gogotsi, Y.  (2011). Flexible Nano-Felts of Carbide-Derived Carbon with Ultra-High Power Handling Capability, Advanced Energy Materials. (Published online April 15, 2011).


Yang, M.T.*, Fu, J., Wang, Y.K., Ravi, R.A., Chen, C.S. (2011) Assaying Stem Cell Mechanobiology on Microfabricated Elastomeric Substrates with Geometrically Modulated Rigidity. Nature Protocols. 6(2): 187-213.

Yang, M.T.*, Reich, D.H., Chen, C.S. (2011) Measurement and Analysis of Traction Force Dynamics in Response to Vasoactive Agonists. Integrative Biology. DOI: 10.1039/C0IB00156B.

Merchant, C.A., Healy, K., Wanunu, M., Ray, V., Peterman, N., Bartel, J., Fischbein, M.D., Venta, K.*, Luo, Z., Johnson, A.T., and Drndic, M. (2010). DNA Translocation through Graphene Nanopores. Nano Letters, 10(8), 2915-2921.

Kamps, A.C.*, Sanchez-Gaytan, B.L.,Hickey, R.J., Clarke, N., Fry, M., and Park, S.J. (2010). Nanoparticle-directed self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers. Langumir, 26(10), 14345-14350.

Carroll, K.J., Hudgins, D.M., Spurgeon, S.*, Kemner, K.M., Mishra, B., Boyanov, M.I., Brown, L.W., Taheri, M., and Carpenter, E.E. (2010). One-Pot aqueous Synthesis of Fe and Ag core/shell nanoparticles. Chemistry of Materials, 22(23), 6291-6296.

Conference Proceedings

Thompson, J.A.*, and Bau, H.H. (2010). Microfluidic, Porous Bead-Based Assay: Theory and Experiments. Proceedings of USNCTAM2010, June 27 - July 2, 2010, State College, Pennsylvania, USA (USNCTAM2010-567).

 

PATENTS

Liu, C., Thompson, J.A.*, and Bau, H.H. (2011). US Patent Application No. 61/452,416. Philadelphia, PA. United States Provisional Patent

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Thompson, J.A.* (2010, November). Bead array-based detection: Theory and experiment. Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, Garden State Exhibit Center, Somerset, NJ (Invited Speaker).

Thompson, J.A.* (2010, June). Microfluidic, porous bead-based assay: Theory and experiments. 16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, State College, PA.

 

Conference Presentations

Dennison, C. R.*, Knehr, K. W., Kumbur, E. C. (2011, August). Characterization of electrode and cell potential in vanadium redox flow batteries. 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Washington, DC.

Joshi, A. S., Dennison, C. R.*, Kumbur, E. C., Sun, Y. (2011, August). Modeling the effect of assembly-induced compression on the micro-structural properties and performance of a vanadium redox battery. 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Washington, DC.

Joshi, A. S., Dennison, C. R.*, Kumbur, E. C., Sun, Y. (2011, May). Effects of assembly-induced compression on the microstructure and performance of a vanadium redox battery. 219th ECS Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Dennison, C. R.*, Knehr, K. W., Kumbur, E. C. (2010, December). Open circuit voltage and effects of electrode compression in vanadium redox flow batteries. The 3rd International Forum on Multidisciplinary Education and Research for Energy Science. Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan (Best Presentation Award).

Dennison, C. R.*, Kumbur, E. C. (2010, August). Characterization of transport properties of graphite felt electrodes in vanadium redox flow batteries. Hess Research Seminar, Philadelphia, PA.

Dennison, C. R.*, Wargo, E. A.*, Kumbur, E. C. (2010, May) Performance characterization of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells for automotive application. Hess Research Seminar, Philadelphia, PA.

Lane, N.J.*, Vogel, S.C., Barsoum, M.W. (2011, January). Damping, high temperature neutron diffraction and rietveld analysis of selected MAX phases. International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Compos-ites and Ceramics, Daytona Beach, FL.

Lane, N.J.*, Eklund, P., Lu, J., Spencer, C.B., Hultman, L., Barsoum, M. W. (2011, January). High-temperature phase stability of _–Ta4AlC3. International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Composites and Ceramics, Daytona Beach, FL.

Lane, N.J.*, Vogel, S.C., Barsoum, M.W. (2010, October). Damping, high temperature neutron diffraction and rietveld analysis of selected MAX phases. Materials Science & Technology, Houston, TX (Invited Seminar).

Lane, N.J.*, Eklund, P., Lu, J., Spencer, C.B., Hultman, L., Barsoum, M. W. (2010, October). High-temperature phase stability of _–Ta4AlC3. Materials Science & Technology, Houston, TX.

Perez, C.R.*, Yeon, S.H., Presser, V., Reddington, P., Segalini, J., Taberna, P.L., Simon, P., and Gogotsi, Y. (2010, September). Characterization of carbide derived carbons synthesized from titanium carbide nanoparticles. 2010 Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Nice, France.

Wargo, E. A.*, Hanna, A. C., Cecen, A., Kalidindi, S. R., and Kumbur, E. C. (2010, December). Microstructure characterization of micro-porous layers in polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Third International Forum on Multidisciplinary Education and Research for Energy Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology COE Program, Japan.

Vahidi, P., Wargo, E. A.*,and Kumbur, E.C. (2010, August). Performance characterization of polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Poster presented at the Drexel University COE REU Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA.

Conference Publications

Spurgeon, S.R.*, Lofland, S.E., Kikkawa, J., Misra, A., and Taheri, M.L. (2011, May). A study of the interfacial magnetic and atomic structure of oxide-coated ferrous powder metals. PowderMet Conference 2011, Chicago, IL.

Sparber, B.A., Spurgeon, S.R.*, Hanejko, F.J., and Taheri, M.L. (2011, May). A study of additive diffusion in ferrous powder metal compacts using scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy.” PowderMet Conference 2011, Chicago, IL.

Spurgeon, S.R.*, Kikkawa, J., Baldwin, J.K., Misra, A., and Taheri, M.L. (2010, November). A structural and magnetic study of interfacial spin coupling in Fe-MgO ferromagnetic-dielectric thin film composites. 2010 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA.

Barr, C.M., Vetterick, G., D’Antuono, D.S., Winkler, C., Spurgeon, S.*, Kirk, M.A., Knight, C., and Taheri, M.L. (2010, November). Multi-scale examination of the effect of Σ3n CSL boundaries on radiation-induced degradation in stainless steels. 2010 MRS Fall Meeting. Boston, MA.

Spurgeon, S.R.*, Winkler, C.R., Kirby, B.J., Johnson, C.L., and Taheri, M.L. (2010, August). Correlating interfacial structure and magnetism in Fe-MgO thin films using electron microscopy, x-ray and neutron reflectometry. Microscopy and Microanalysis, Portland, OR.

Spurgeon, S.R.*, Winkler, C.R., Kirby, B.J., Johnson, C.L., and Taheri, M.L. (2010, June). A multi-scale analysis of the structural and magnetic properties of oxide coatings for iron powders used in electromagnetic applications. PowderMet Conference 2010, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Perez, C.R.*, Yeon, S.H., Presser, V., Reddington, P., Segalini, J., Taberna, P.L., Simon, P., and Gogotsi, Y. (2010, September). Characterization of carbide derived carbons synthesized from titanium carbide nanoparticles. 2010 Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Nice, France.

Perez, C.R.*, Yeon, S.H., Ségalini, J., Taberna, P., Simon, P., and Gogotsi, Y. (2010, October). Electrochemical characterization of carbide derived carbons synthesized from titanium carbide nanoparticles as supercapacitor electrodes. 218th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Las Vegas, NV.

Jost, K., Perez, C. R.*, McDonough, J., Presser, V., Dion, G., and Gogotsi, Y. (2011, April). Carbon coated textiles for flexible energy storage in smart garments. 2011 PennErgy Symposium "Materials Under Extremes", Poster session presented at the 2011 PennErgy Symposium: Materials Under Extremes, Philadelphia, PA.

Peterson, A. M.*, Jensen, R. L., and Palmese, G. R. (2011, February). Thermoreversible and remendable interfaces for fiber-reinforced composites. Adhesion Society Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, February.

Peterson, A. M.*, Jensen, R. L., and Palmese, G. R. (2011, February). Investigation of thermoreversible interfaces for polymer composites. Adhesion Society Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA.

Peterson, A. M.*, and Palmese, G. R. (2010, November). Development and characterization of thermoreversibly cross-linking gels. AIChE 2010, Salt Lake City, UT.

Peterson, A. M.*, Jensen, R. L., and Palmese, G. R. (2010, November). Room temperature healing of a thermosetting polymer using the diels-alder reaction. AIChE 2010, Salt Lake City, UT.

Peterson, A. M.*, Jensen, R. L., and Palmese, G. R. (2010, November). Remendable interfaces in glass fiber-reinforced composites. AIChE 2010, Salt Lake City, UT.

Peterson, A. M.* (2010 November). Development and characterization of remendable polymer composites using the diels-alder reaction. AIChE 2010, Salt Lake City, UT.

Peterson, A. M.*, Jensen, R. L., and Palmese, G. R. (2010, October). Healing of thermosetting polymer composites using the diels-alder reaction. Society of Engineering Sciences 47th Annual Technical Meeting, Ames, IA.

Peterson, A. M.*, Jensen, R. L., and Palmese, G. R. (2010, September). Thermoreversible and remendable interfaces for polymer composites. International Conference on Interfaces & Interphases in Multicomponent Materials, Sheffield, UK.

Peterson, A. M.*, Jensen, R. L., and Palmese, G. R. (2010, May). Self-healing materials from renewable resources. SAMPE ’10, Seattle, WA.

2009-2010

Journal articles

Hore, M.J.A.*, and Composto, R. (2010). Nanorod self-assembly for tuning optical absorption. ACS Nano, published online November 3, 2010.

Thompson, J.A.*, Du, X., Grogan, J.M., Schrlau, M.G., and Bau, H.H. (2010). Polymeric microbead arrays for microfluidic applications. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 20, 115017. 

Grashoff, C., Hoffman, B.D., Brenner, M.D., Zhou, R., Parsons, M., Yang, M.T.*, McLean, M.A., Sligar, S.G., Chen, C.S., Ha, T., and Schwartz, M.A. (2010). Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics. Nature, 466, 263-366.

Hesse, W., Freedman, K.*, Yi, D.K., Ahn, C.W., and Kim, M.J. (2010). Bacterial nanofluidic structures for medicine and engineering. Small, 6 (8), 895-909.

Mulero, R.*, Prabhu, A., Freedman, K.*, and Kim, M. Nanopore based devices for bioanalytical applications.  Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation (Invited review - published online March 4, 2010).

Hesse, W.R., Luo, L., Zhang, G., Mulero, R.*, Cho, J. and Kim, M.J. (2009). Mineralization of Flagella for Nanotube Formation. Materials Science & Engineering C, 29 (7), 2282-2286.

Han, L., Garcia, H.G., Blumberg, S., Towles, K.B., Beausang, J.F.*, Nelson, P.C., and Phillips, R. (2009). Concentration and length dependence of DNA looping in transcriptional regulation. PLoS ONE, 4 (5), e5621.

Towles, K.B., Beausang, J.F.*, Garcia, H.G., Phillips, R., and Nelson, P.C. (2009) First-principles calculation of DNA looping in tethered particle experiments. Phys. Biol., 6 (2) (025001).

Sun, Y., Schroeder III, H., Beausang, J.*, Homma, K., Ikebe, M., and Goldman, Y. (2010). Myosin VI Lever Arm Rotation: Fixed or Variable?. Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.4182.1>

Landi, G., Niezgoda, S.*, and Kalidindi, S. (2010). Multi-scale modeling of elastic response of three-dimensional voxel-based microstructure datasets using novel DFT-based knowledge systems. Acta Materialia, 58 (7), 2716-2725.

Qiu, X., Thompson, J.A.*, Chen, Z., Liu, C., Chen, D., Ramprasad, S., Mauk, M.G., Ongagna, S., Barber, C., Abrams, W.R., Malamud, D., Corstjens, P.L.A.M., and Bau, H.H. (2009). Finger-actuated, self-contained immunoassay cassettes. Biomedical Devices, 11 (6), 1175-1186.

Thompson, J.A.*, and Bau, H.H. (2010). Microfluidic, bead-based assay: Theory and experiments. Journal of Chromatography B, 878 (2), 228-236.

Willis, L.J.*, Fairfield, J.A., Dadosh, T., Fischbein, M.D., and Drndic, M. (2009). Controlling nanogap quantum dot photoconductivity through optoelectronic trap manipulation. Nano Letters, 9 (12), 4191-4197.

Legant, W.R., Pathak, A., Yang, M.T.*, Deshpande, V.S., McMeeking, R.M., and Chen, C.S. (2009) Microfabricated tissue gauges to measure and manipulate forces from 3D microtissues. Proc Nat Acad Sci, 106 (25), 10097-10102.

McGarry, J.P., Fu, J., Yang, M.T.*, Chen, C.S., McMeeking, R.M., Evans, A.G., and Deshpande, V.S. (2009) Simulation of the contractile response of cells on an array of micro-posts. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 367 (1902), 3477-3497.

Peterson, A. M.*; Jensen, R. L.; and Palmese, G. R. (2010). Room Temperature Autonomic Healing Polymer System Using the Diels-Alder Reaction. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 1 (5), 992–995.

Landi, G., Niezgoda, S.R.*, and Kalidindi, S.R. (2010). Multi-scale modeling of elastic response of three-dimensional voxel-based microstructure datasets using novel DFT-based knowledge systems. Acta Materialia, 58 (7), 2716-2725.

Kalidindi, S.R., Knezevic, M., Niezgoda, S.*, and Shaffer, J. (2009). Representation of the orientation distribution function and computation of first-order elastic properties closures using discrete Fourier transforms. Acta Materialia, 57 (13), 3916-3923.

Fullwood, D.T., Niezgoda, S.R.*, Adams, B.L., and Kalidindi, S.R. (2010). Microstructure sensitive design for performance optimization. Progress in Materials Science, 55 (6), 477-562.

Kraya, R.*, Kraya, L. Y. & Bonnell, D. A. (2010). Orientation Controlled Schottky Barrier Formation at Au Nanoparticle-SrTiO3 Interfaces. Nano Letters 10 (4), 1224-1228.

Book Chapters

Yang, M.T.*, and Chen, C.S. (2009). Mechanotransduction and the Study of Cellular Forces. In Y. Nahmias and S. Bhatia (Editors), Methods in Bioengineering: Microdevices in Biology and Medicine (pp 63-86). Artech House.

Conference Presentations

Freedman, K.*, Haq, R., Jurgens, M., Mulero, R.*, Prabhu, A., Jernth, P., Edel, J., and Kim, M. (2010). Solid-state nanopore analysis of the PDZ2 protein domain.  American Physical Society Meeting, Portland, OR, March 15-19, 2010.

Mulero, R.*, Mohammad, R.H., Dutta, P., and Kim, M. (2010). Electrokinetic effects at the edge of silicon supported solid state nanopore membranes. American Physical Society Meeting, Portland, OR, March 15-19, 2010.

Prabhu, A., Jubery, T.Z., Freedman, K.*, Mulero, R.*, Dutta, P., and Kim, M.J. (2009). High throughput nanofluidic architectures for nanoparticle separation. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 13-19, 2009.

Composto, R., Yang, S., Hore, M.*, and McConnell, M. (2010). Tuning optical properties of polymer films using nanorods and Janus particles. American Physical Society Meeting, Portland, OR, March 15-19, 2010.

Hore, M.J.A.*, and Composto, R.J. (2010). Confinement, ordering, and optical properties of Au nanorods in polymer thin films. American Physical Society Meeting, Portland, OR, March 15-19, 2010.

Laird, E.D.*, Li, B., Wang, W., and Li, C.Y. (2010). Investigation of polymer single crystals template by surface-modified carbon nanotubes. American Physical Society Meeting, Portland, OR, March 15-19, 2010.

Spurgeon, S.*, Winkler, C.R., Johnson, C.L., Kirby, B.J., and Taheri, M.L. (2010). A Multi-Scale Correlation of the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Fe-MgO Thin Film Composites. 2010 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 5-9, 2010.

Peterson, A. M.*, Jensen, R. L., and Palmese, G. R. (2009). Reversibly Cross-linking Gels as Healing Agents for Epoxy-Amine Thermosets. 2009 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 30-December 4, 2009.

Peterson, A. M.*, Jensen, R. L., and Palmese, G. R. (2009). Diels-Alder Reaction Kinetics for the Development of Remendable Polymer Composites. AIChE 2009, Nashville, TN, November 8-13, 2009.

Peterson, A. M.*; Palmese, G. R.; and Jensen, R. L. (2009). Room Temperature Autonomic Healing Composite Systems Using Diels-Alder Chemistry. Second International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, Chicago, IL, June 28-July 1, 2009.

Palmese, G. R.; Peterson, A. M.*; and Jensen, R. L. (2009). Remendable Thermosetting Polymer Systems Using Second Phases with Reversible Covalent Linkages. Second International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, Chicago, IL, June 28-July 1, 2009.

Peterson, A. M.*; Jensen, R. L.; and Palmese, G. R. (2009). Remendable Interfaces in Polymer Composites. SAMPE ’09 Conference Proceedings, Baltimore, MD, May 18-20, 2009.

Niezgoda, S.R.*, Turner, D.M., Fullwood, D.T., and Kalidindi, S.R. (2010). Evaluation and generation of representative volume elements – a characterization and modeling based approach. Three-Dimensional Materials Science VI-TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 14-18, 2010.

Niezgoda, S.R.*, Kalidindi, S.R., Fast, T, and Landi, G. (2010, January) Materials databases and knowledge systems. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos, NM (Invited Seminar).

Figueroa D.*, and Morss Clyne, A. (2009, June) A cell stretching system to measure endothelial cell cyclic strain response on spatially defined basement membrane. 2009 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA.

2008-2009

Journal articles

Beausang, J.*, Schroeder, H., Nelson, P., and Goldman, Y. (2008). Twirling of actin by myosins II and V observed via Polarized TIRF in a modified gliding assay. Biophysical Journal, 95 (3), 5820-5831.

Lewis, J., Beausang, J.*, Sweeney, H., and Goldman, Y. (2009). Lever arm determines the azimuthal but not the haxial orientation of myosin V during processive motility. Biophysical Journal, 96 (3), 141a – 142a.

Mulero, R.*, Lee, D.H., Kutzler, M.A., Jacobson, J.M., and Kim, M.J. (2009). Ultra-fast low concentration detection of candida pathogens utilizing high resolution micropore chips.  Sensors, 9 (3), 1590-1598.

Niezgoda, S.*, Fullwood, D., and Kalidindi, S. (2008). Delineation of the space of 2-point correlations in a composite material system. Acta Materialia, 56 (18), 5285-5292.

Fullwood, D.T., Niezgoda, S.R.*, Kalidindi, S.R., and Adams, B.L. Microstructure Sensitive Design for Performance Optimization. (2009). Progress in Materials Science. In press, accepted March 2009.

Niezgoda, S.R.*, Kalidindi, S.R. (2009). Representation of Orientation Distribution Function and Computation of First-Order Elastic Properties Closures Using Discrete Fourier Transforms. Acta Materialia. In Press, accepted April 2009.

Tuesca, A.D.*, Reiff, C., Joseph, J.I., and Lowman, A.M. (2009).  Synthesis, characterization, and in vivo efficacy of PEGylated insulin for oral delivery with complexation hydrogels. Pharmaceutical Research, 26 (3), 727-739.

Wang, S., Querner, C., Fischbein, M.D.*, Willis, L.*, Novikov, D.S., Crouch, C.H., and Drndic, M. (2008). Blinking Statistics Correlated with Nanoparticle Number. Nano Letters, 8 (11), 4020-4026.

Peterson, A.M.*, Jensen, R.E., and Palmese, G.R. (2009). Reversibly Cross-Linked Polymer Gels as Healing Agents for Epoxy-Amine Thermosets. ACS App. Materials & Interfaces, published online April 21, 2009.

Book chapters

Rosenberg, R.T.*, Siegel, S.J., and Dan, N.  Effect of Drug Loading on the Rate of Nicotine Release from Poly(?-Caprolactone) Matrices. In M.C. Celina, N.C. Billingham, and J.S. Wiggins (Editors), Polymer Degradation and Performance. Oxford University Press.

Peterson, A.M.* and Palmese,G.R. Reversible Diels-Alder Cycloaddition for the Design of Multifunctional Network Polymers. In J. Lahann (Editor), Click Chemistry for Biotechnology and Materials Science. Wiley.

Lelkes, P.I., Li, M., Perets, A., Lin, L.*, Han, J., & Woerdeman, D.  Electrospinning of natural proteins for tissue engineering scaffolding. In R.L. Reis (Editor), Handbook of Natural-based Polymers for Biomedical Applications. Cambridge, England. Woodhead Publishing Ltd.

Conference presentations

Delaine, D., Emelle, L., Fox, A.E., Shriyan, S., Coyle, J.P.*, Michael, N., Burnside, H., Ward, J., Kim, Yl, and Fontecchio, A.K. (2008). Student run outreach programs for professional development and increased collegiate participation.  Proceedings of the 7th Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, Cape Town, South Africa, October 19-23, 2008.

Mulero, R.*, Hesse, W.R., Wu, L., and Kim, M.J. (2008). Probing bacterial flagellar polymorphism in various fluidic environments using solid-state sub-micropores. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, October 31 – November 6, 2008.

Mulero, R.*, Lee, W., Myoung, J.-M., and Kim, M.J. (2008). Characterization of Isolated Flagella Tubes using Nanopore Sensors. US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, San Diego, August 14-17, 2008.

Prabhu, A.S., Moraga, A., Cecchini, M., Mulero, R.*, Olsen, S., Cho, Y.I., and Kim, MJ. (2008). Synthetic Nanoscale Architectures for Lipoprotein Separation. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, October 31 – November 6, 2008.

Sinha, N., Mahameed, R., Zuo, C., Pisani, M.B., Perez, C.R.*, and Piazza, G. Dual-beam actuation of piezoelectric AIN RF MEMS swutiches integrated with AIN Contour-mode resonators. (2008). Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 1-5, 2008

Palmese, G.R., and Peterson, A.M.* (2008). Remendable polymeric materials using reversible covalent bonds. 26th Army Science Conference, December 1-4, 2008.

Peterson, A.M.*, and Palmese, G.R. (2008). Development of Remendable Polymers with Thermally Reversible Bonds. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 16-21, 2008.

Peterson, A.M.* Costanzo, P.J., Jensen, R.E., Beyer, F.L., and Palmses, G.R. (2008). Development of Remendable Materials with Diels-Alder Chemistry. SAMPE ’08 Conference Proceedings, Long Beach, CA, June 3-8, 2008.

Peterson, A.M.* (2008). Reversibly Crosslinking Networks for Healing Applications. SAMPE ’08 Conference Proceedings, Long Beach, CA, June 3-8, 2008.

Lee, D.-H., Sodunke, T.R.*, Reginato, M.J., and Noh, H. (2008). Numerical Modeling of 3-D single breast cancer cell migration towards an Egf concentration gradient. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 16-21, 2008.

Coyle, J.P.*, and Fontecchio, A.K. (2008, November). Photovoltaic polymer/liquid crystal dispersions. Nanotechchnology Commercialization Group of the NanoTechnology Institute’s Green Technology Lab-to-Market Forum, Philadelphia, PA.

Coyle, J.P.*, and Fontecchio, A.K. (2008, December).  Photovoltaic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Thin Films. University of Oregon Materials Science Institute / NSF IGERT Retreat, Gleneden Beach, Oregon.

R. Mulero*. (2008, April). Solid state nanopores for single bio-molecule analysis. 11th Annual Philadelphia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Research Symposium and Mentoring Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Awarded 1st Place in the graduate oral research presentation competition.

R. Mulero*. (2009, February). Reseaarch from Theory to Practice – Solid-state pores and the Ionic Blockade Method. 23rd Annual Fattah Conference on Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA.

Niezgoda, S.*, Collins, P., Turner, D., and Kalidindi, S. (2009, February). The use of correlation functions to identify features in Ti-based Alloys. TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Niezgoda, S., Turner, D., Goldman, H., Wegst, U., and Kalidindi, S. (2009, February). Advanced Characterization of Biological Materials via Microstructure Correlation Functions. TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Patent Applications

Coyle, J.P.*, Fontecchio, A.K., “Pourable Photovoltaic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Solar Cells” U.S. Provisional Patent #61/105,275. Submitted October 14, 2008.

2007-2008

Journal articles

Perakslis, E., Tuesca, A.*, & Lowman, A. (2007). Complexation  hydrogels for oral protein delivery: an in vitro assessment of the insulin transport-enhancing effects following dissolution in simulated digestive fluids. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition. 18 (12), 1475-1490.

Tuesca, A.*, Nakamura, K., Morishita, M., Joseph, J., Peppas, N., & Lowman, A. (2007). (2007). Complexation hydrogesl for oral insulin delivery: effects of polymer dosing on in vivo efficacy. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Published online: 17 September 2007.

Chansin, G., Mulero, R.*, Hong, J., Kim, M.J., deMello, A.J., & Edel, J.B. (2007). Single-molecule spectroscopy using nanoporous membranes. Nano Letters, 7 (9), 2901-2906.

Fullwood, D.T., Kalidindi, S.R., Niezgoda, S.R.*, Fast, A., & Hampson, N. (in press, available online December 16, 2007). Gradient-based microstructure reconstructions from distributions using fast Fourier transforms. Materials Science and Engineering: A.

Fullwood, D.T., Niezgoda, S.R.*, & Kalidindi, S.R. (2008). Mircostructure reconstructions from 2-point statistics using phase-recovery algorithms. Acta Materialia, 56 (5), 942-948.

Sodunke, T.R.*, Turner, K.K., Caldwell, S.A., McBride, K.W., Reginato, M.J., & Noh, H. (2007). Micropatterns of Matrigel for three-dimensional epithelial cultures.  Biomaterials, 28 (27), 4006-4016.

Sodunke, T.R.*, Bouchard, M.J., Noh, H.M. (2008). Microfluidic platform for hepatitis V viral replication study. Biomed Microdevices, 10 (3), 393-402.

Zhou, N.C.*, Burghardt, W.R., & Winey, K.I. (2007). Blend miscibility of sulfonated polystyrene ionomers with polystyrene: effect of counterion valency and neutralization level. Macromolecules, 40 (17), 6401-6405.

Farouk, T., Farouk, B., Staack, D.*, Gutsol, A., & Fridman, A. (2007). Modeling of direct current micro-plasma discharges in atmospheric pressure hydrogen. Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 619-634.

Staack, D.*, Farouk, B., Gutsol, A.F., & Fridman, A. (2007). Spatially resolved temperature measurements of atmospheric-pressure normal glow microplasmas in air. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 35 (5), 1448-1455.

Discher, D.E., Ortiz, V.*, Srinivas, G., Klien, M.L., Kim, Y., Christian, D., Cai, S., Photos, P., & Ahmed, F. (2007). Emerging applications of polymersomes in delivery: from molecular dynamics to shrinkage of tumors. Progress in Polymer Science, 32 (8-9), 838-857.

Manoun, B., Saxena, S.K., Hug, G., Ganguly, A., Hoffman, E.N.*, & Barsoum, M.W. (2007). Synthesis and compressibility of Ti3(Al,Sn0.2)C2 and Ti3Al(C0.5,N0.5)2. J. Appl. Phys, 101 (11), 7 pages.

Edwards, B.*, Engheta, N., & Evoy, S. (2007). Electric tweezers: experimental study of positive dielectrophoresis-based positioning and orientation of a nanorod. J. Appl. Phys. 102 (024913).

Hallinan, Jr., D. T.*, & Elabd, Y. A (2007).  Diffusion and sorption of methanol and water in Nafion using time-resolved Fourier Transform Infrared-Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B: 111, 13221-13230.

Beausang, J.F.*, Zurla, C., Finzi, L., Sullivan, L., & Nelson, P.C. (2007).  Elementary simulation of tethered Brownian motion. American Journal of Physics. Volume 75, Issue 6, 520-523.

Beausang, J.F.* & Nelson, P.C. (2007). Diffusive hidden Markov model characterization of DNA looping dynamics in tethered particle experiments. Physical Biology, 4 205-219.

Behler, K.*, Havel, M., & Gogotsi, Y. New solvent for polyamides and its application to the electrospinning of polyamides 11 and 12. (2007). Polymer, volume 48, Issue 22, 6617-6621.

Birnkrant, M.J.*, Li, C.Y., Natarajan, L.V., Tondiglia, V.P., Sutherland, R.L., Lloyd, P.F., Bunning, T.J. (2007). Layer-in-layer hierarchical nanostructures fabricated by combining holographic polymerization and block copolymer self-assembly. Nano Letters, 7 (10), 3128-33.

Francisco, H., Yellen, B.B., Halverson, D.S.*, Friedman, G., & Gallo, G. (2007). Regulation of axon guidance and extension by three-dimensional constraints. Biomaterials, volume 28 issue 23, 3398-3407.

Johnston, D.E.*, Strachan, D.R., & Johnson, A.T. (2007).  Parallel fabrication of nanogap electrodes. Nano Letters, 7 (9) 2774-7.

Arsenault, M.E.*, Zhao, H., Purohit, P.K., Goldman, Y.E., & Bau, H.H. (2007). Confinement and manipulation of actin filaments by electric fields. Biophysical Journal, 93 (8), L42-L44.

Rankin, C.*, Chou, C.-H., Conklin, D., & Bonnell, D.A. (2007). Polarization and local reactivity on organic ferroelectric surfaces : ferroelectric nanolithography using poly(vinylidene fluoride). ACS Nano, 1 (3), 234-238.

Sun, Y., Schroeder, H.W., Beausang, J.F.*, Homma, K., Ikebe, M., & Goldman, Y.E. (2007). Myosin VI walks “wiggly” on actin with large and variable tilting. Molecular Cell, 28, 954-964.

Schiffman, J.D.* & Schauer, C.L. (2007). One-step electrospinning of cross-linked chitosan fibers. Biomacromolecules, 8 (9), 2665-2667.

Cao, L., Garipcan, B., Gallo, E.M., Nonnenmann, S.S.*, Nabet, B., & Spanier, J.E. (2008). Excitation of local field enhancement on silicon nanowires. Nano Letters, 8 (2), 601-605.

Yeats, A.L., Schwab, A.D., Massare, B., Johnston, D.E.*, Johnson, A.T., dePaula, J.C., & Smith, W.F. (2008). Photoconductivity of self-assembled nanotapes made from meso-Tri(4-sulfonatophenyl)monophenylporphine. J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 (6), 2170-2176.

Edwards, B.*, Alu, A., Young, M., Silveirinha, M., & Engheta, N. (2008). Experimental verification of epsilon-near-zero metamaterial coupling and energy squeezing using a microwave waveguide. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (033903), 4 pages.

Hoffman, E.N.*, Yushin, G., El-Raghy, T., Gogotsi, Y., & Barsoum, M.W. (in press, accepted October 25, 2007). Micro and meso-porosity of carbon derived from ternary and binary metal carbides. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials.

Tuesca, A.*, Lowman, A. (in press). Elucidation of the mechanism of enhanced insulin uptake and release from pH responsive hydrogels. Macromolecular Symposia.

Conference presentations

Mochalin, V.N., Osswald, S., Portet, C., Yushin, G., Hobson, C.*, Havel, M., & Gogotsi, Y. (2007). High temperature functionalization and surface modification of nanodiamond powders. Materials Research Society Proceeding, vol. 1039, paper 1039-P11-03.

Delaine, D., Emelle, L., Fox, A.E., Shriyan, S., Coyle, J.P.*, Michael, N., Burnside, H., Ward, J., Kim, Yl, and Fontecchio, A.K. (2008). Student run outreach programs for professional development and increased collegiate participation.  Proceedings of the 7th Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, Cape Town, South Africa, October 19-23, 2008.

Mulero, R.*, Hesse, W.R., Wu, L., and Kim, M.J. (2008). Probing bacterial flagellar polymorphism in various fluidic environments using solid-state sub-micropores. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, October 31 – November 6, 2008.

Mulero, R.*, Lee, W., Myoung, J.-M., and Kim, M.J. (2008). Characterization of Isolated Flagella Tubes using Nanopore Sensors. US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, San Diego, August 14-17, 2008.

Prabhu, A.S., Moraga, A., Cecchini, M., Mulero, R.*, Olsen, S., Cho, Y.I., and Kim, MJ. Synthetic Nanoscale Architectures for Lipoprotein Separation. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, October 31 – November 6, 2008.

Patents Awarded

Drndic, M., & Fischbein, M.D.* (2008). Nanostructure assemblies, methods and devices thereof. U.S. Patent 20080017845.

2006-2007

Journal Articles

Farouk, T., Farouk, B., Staack, D.*, Gutsol, A., & Fridman, A. (2006). Simulation of dc atmospheric pressure argon micro glow-discharge. Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 15, 676-688.

Staack, D.*, Farouk, B., Gutsol, A.F., & Fridman, A.A. (2006). Spectroscopic studies and rotational and vibrational temperature measurements of atmospheric pressure normal glow plasma discharges in air. Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 15, 818-827.

Ortiz, V.*, Nielsen, S.O., Klein, M.L., & Discher, D.E. (2006). Computer simulation of aqueous block copolymer assemblies: length scales and methods. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 44 (14), 1907-1918.

Chmiola, J.*, Yushin, G., Gogotsi, Y., Portet, C., Simon, P., Taberna, P. (2006). Anomolous increase in carbon capacitance at pore sizes less than 1 nanometer. Science, 313 (5794), 1760-1763.

Chmiola, J.*, Yushin, G., Dash, R., & Gogotsi, Y. (2006). Effect of pore size and surface area of carbide derived carbons on specific capacitance. Journal of Power Sources, 158 (1), 765-772.

Behler, K.*, Osswald, S., Ye, H., Dimovski, S., & Gogotsi, Y. (2006). Effect of thermal treatment on the structure of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 8 (5), 615-625.

Nelson, P., Zurla, C., Brogioli, D., Beausang, J.*, Finzi, L, & Dunlap, D. (2006). Tethered particle motion as a diagnostic of DNA tether length. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (34), 17260-17267.

Beausang, J.F.*, Zurla, C., Manzo, C., Dunlap, D., Finzi, L., & Nelson, P.C. (2007). DNA looping kinetics analyzed using diffusive hidden Markov model.  Biophysical Journal, 92 (8), L64-L66.

Pong, M.*, Umchid, S., Guarino, A., Lewin, P., Litniewski, J., Nowicki, A., & Wrenn, S. (2006). In vitro ultrasound mediated leakage from phospholipids vesicles. Ultrasonics, 45, 133-145.

Birnkrant, M.* McWilliams, H., Li, C., Natarajan, L., Tondiglia, V., Sutherland, R., & Bunning, T. (2006). Low molecular weight block copolymer Bragg reflectors. Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, 644-645.

Gupta, S., Hoffman, E.N.*, & Barsoum, M.W. (2006). Synthesis and oxidation of Ti2InC, Zr2InC, (Ti0.5,Zr0.5)2InC and (Ti0.5,Hf0.5)2InC in air. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 426 (1-2), 168-175.

Torrens, O.N., Milkie, D.E.*, Zheng, M., & Kikkawa, J.M. Photoluminescence from intertube carrier migration in single0walled carbon nanotube bundles. Nano Letters 6 (12), 2864-2867.

Torrens, O.N., Milkie, D.E.*, Ban, H.Y., Zheng, M., Onoa, G.B., Gierke, T.D., & Kikkawa, J.M. (2007). Measurement of chiral-dependent magnetic anisotropy in carbon nanotubes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 (2) 252-253.

Freedman, J.*, Mattia, D., Korneva, G., Gogotsi, Y., Friedman, G., and Fontecchio, A. (2007). Magnetically assembled carbon nanotube tipped pipettes. Applied Physics Letters, 90 (103108), 3 pages.

Mauk, M.G., Ziober, B.L., Chen, Z., Thompson, J.A.*, & Bau, H.H. (2007). Lab-on-a-chip technologies for oral-based cancer screening and diagnostics. Annals of the New York, 1098, 467-475.

Yushin, G., Hoffman, E.*, Barsoum, M., Gogotsi, Y., Howell, c., Sandeman, S., Phillips, G., Lloyd, A., & Mikhalovsky, S. (2006). Mesoporous carbide derived carbon with porosity tuned for efficient adsorption of cytokines. Biomaterials, 27, 5755-5762.

Fischbein, M.*, & Drndic, M. (2006). Nanogaps by direct lithography for high-resolution imaging and electronic characterization of nanostructures. Applied Physics Letters, 88 (063116), 3 pages.

Birnkrant, M.*, McWilliams, H., Li, C., Nataragan, L., Tondiglia, V., Lloyd, P., & Bunning, T. (2006). On the structure of holographic polymer-dispersed polyethylene glycol. Polymer, 47 (24), 8147-8154.

Fischbein, M.* & Drndic, M. (2007). Sub-10nm device fabrication in a transmission electron microscope. Nano Letters, 7 (5), 1329-1337.

Dash, R., Chmiola, J.*, Yushin, G., Gogotsi, Y., Laudisio, G., Singer, J., Fischer, J., Kucheyev, S. (2006). Titanium carbide derived nanoporous carbon for energy related applications. Carbon, 44, 2489-2497.

Johnson, C.P., Gaetani, M., Ortiz, V.*, Bhasin, N., Harper, S., Gallagher, P.G., Speicher, D.W., & Discher, D.E. (2007). Pathogenic praline mutation in the linker between spectrin repeats: disease caused by spectrin unfolding. Blood 109 (8), 3538-3543.

Schiffman, J.D.*, & Schauer, C.L. (2007). Cross-linking chitosan nanofibers. Biomacromolecules, 8 (2), 594-601.

Patent Applications

Gogotsi, Y., Chmiola, J.*, Yushin, G., & Dash, R. (2006). Nanocellular high surface area material and methods for use and production thereof. International Application No. PCT/US2006/014048.

Hoffman, E.*, Yushin, G., Gogotsi, Y., & Barsoum, M. (2007). Nanoporous carbonaceous membranes and related methods. International Application No. PCT/US2007/011442.

Gogotsi, Y., Yushin, G., Hoffman, E.*, & Barsoum, M. (2007). Process for producing nanoporous carbide derived carbon with large specific surface area. International Application No. PCT/US2006/045154.

Patents Awarded

Drndic, M. & Fischbein, M.* (2006). Nanocrystal quantum dot memory device. U.S. Patent 20060221672.  

Shastri, V.P., Chen, I.-W., Choi, H., & Lipski, A.M.* (2007). Engineering of material surfaces. U.S. Patent 20070190100.

2005-2006

Journal Articles

Evoy, S., Riegelman, M.A., Naguib, N.*, Ye, H., Jaroenapibal, P., Luzzi, D.E., & Gogotsi, Y. Dielectrphoretic assembly of carbon nanofiber nanoelectromechanical devices. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 4 (5), 570-575.

Korneva, G., Ye, H., Gogotsi, Y., Halverson, D.*, Friedman, G., Bradley, J-C., & Kornev, K. (2005). Carbon nanotubes loaded with magnetic particles. Nano Letters, 5 (5), 879-884.

Yellen, B., Forbes, Z., Halverson, D.*, Fridman, G., Barbee, K., Chorny, M., Levy, R., & Friedman, G. (2005). Targeted drug delivery to magnetic implants for therapeutic applications. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 293 (1), 647-654.

Fischbein, M.*, & Drndic, M. (2005). CdSe nanocrystal quantum-dot memory. Applied Physics Letters, 86 (19), 3 pages.

Staack, D.*, Farouk, B., Gutsol, A., Fridman, A. (2005). Characterization of a dc atmospheric pressure normal glow discharge. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 14, 700-711.

Strachan, D., Smith, D., Johnston, D.*, Park, T-H., Therien, M., Bonnell, D., & Johnson, A.T. (2005). Controlled fabrication of nanogaps in ambient environment for molecular electronics. Applied Physics Letters, 86 (04), 3 pages.

Milkie, D.*, Staii, C., Paulson, S., Hindman, E., Johnson, A.T., & Kikkawa, J. (2005). Controlled switching of optical emission energies in semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes. Nano Letters, 5 (6) 1135-1138.

Hu, Z., Fischbein, M.*, & Drndic, M. (2005). Local charge transport in two-dimensional PbSe nanocrystal arrays studied by electrostatic force microscopy. Nano Letters, 5 (7), 1463-1468.

Ortiz, V.*, Nielsen, S., Discher, D., Klein, M., Lipowsky, R., Shillcock, J. Dissipative particle dynamics simulations of polymersomes. (2005). Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 17708-17714.

Lee, M.*, Ducheyne, P., Lynch, L., Boettiger, D., Composto, R. Effect of biomaterial surface properties on fibronectin-[alpha]5[beta]1 integrin interaction and cellular attachment. (2006) Biomaterials, 27 (9), 1907-1916.

Johnston, D.*, Islam, M., Yodh, A., Johnson, A.T. (2005). Electronic devices based on purified carbon nanotubes grown by high pressure decomposition of carbon monoxide. Nature Materials, 4, 589-592.

Islam, M.F., Milkie, D.E.*, Torrens, O.N., Yodh, A.G., & Kikkawa, J.M. (2005). Magnetic heterogeneity and alignment of single wall carbon nanotubes. Phys. Rev. B. 71 (201401(R)), 4 pages.

Nielsen, S., Ensing, B., Ortiz, V.*, Moore, P., Klein, M. (2005). Lipid bilayer perturbations around a transmembrane nanotube: a coarse grain molecular dynamics study. Biophysics Journal, 88 (6), 3822-3828.

Edwards, B.*, Engheta, N., & Evoy, S. (2005). Theory of simultaneous control of orientation and translational motion of nanorods using positive dielectrophoretic forces. J. Appl. Phys. 98 (12), 7 pages.

Strachan, D., Smith, D., Fischbein, M.*, Johnston, D., Guiton, B., Drndic, M., Bonnell, D., Johnson, A.T. (2006). Clean electromigrated nanogaps imaged by transmission electron microscopy. Nano Letters, 6 (3), 441-444.

Halverson, D.*, Kalghatgi, S., Yellen, B., Friedman, G. (2006). Manipulation of nonmagnetic nanobeads in dilute ferrofluid. Journal of Applied Physics, 99 (08), 3 pages.

Zhou, N.*, Xu, C., Gurghardt, W., Composto, R., Winey, K. (2006). Phase behavior of polystyrene and poly(styrene-ran-styrenesulfonate) blends. Macromolecules, 39 (6), 2373-2379.

Li, C., Birnkrant, M.*, Nataragan, L., Tondiglia, V., Lloyd, P., Sutherland, R., Bunning, T. (2005). Polymer crystallization/melting induced thermal switching in a series of holographically patterned Bragg reflectors. Soft Matter, 1, 238-242.

Yushin, G., Hoffman, E.*, Nikitin, A., Ye, H., Barsoum, M., & Gogotsi, Y. (2005). Synthesis of nanoporous carbide-derived carbon by chlorination of titanium silicon carbide. Carbon, 43 (10) 2075-2082.

Bryning, M., Milkie, D.*, Islam, M., Kikkawa, J., Yodh, A. (2005). Thermal conductivity and interfacial resistance in single-wall carbon nanotube epoxy composites. Applied Physics Letters, 87 (16), 3 pages.

Ortiz, V.*, Nielsen, S., Klein, M., & Discher, D. (2005). Unfolding a linker between helical repeats. Journal of Molecular Biology, 349 (3), 638-647.

Bryning, M.B., Milkie, D.E.*, Islam, M.F., Hough, L.A., Kikkawa, J.M., & Yodh, A.G. (2005). Carbon nanotube aerogels. Advanced Materials, 19 (5), 661-664.

North, B.*, Cristian, L., Stowell, X.F., Lear, J.D., Saven, J.G., & DeGrado, W.F. (2006). Characterization of a membrane protein folding motif, the Ser Zipper, using designed peptides. Journal of Molecular Biology, 359 (4), 930-939.

Book Chapters

Hans, M.*, & Lowman, A. Nanoparticles for drug delivery. In Y. Gogotsi (Ed.), Nanomaterials Handbook. CRC Press.

Patents Awarded

Barsoum, M., Hoffman, E.N.*, & Doherty, R. (2005). Reduction of spontaneous metal whisker formation.  U.S. Patent 20050274480.

Yodh, A.G., Islam, M.F., Johnson, A.T., Johnston, D.E.* (2006). Process and applications of carbon nanotube dispersions. U.S. Patent 20060115640.

Prior to 2005-2006

Journal articles

Ko, F., Gogotsi, Y., Naguib, N.*, Yang, G.L., Li, C., & Willis, P. (2003).Electrospinning of continuous carbon nanotube-filled nanofiber yarns. Advanced Materials, volume 15, issue 14, 1161-1165.

Robinette, E.J.*, & Palmese, G.R. (2003). Radiation grafting onto electrospun fibers. Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, volume 89, 658-659.

Robinette, E.J.*, & Palmese, G.R. (2003). Toughening vinyl ester resins with electrospun polysulfone fibers. Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, volume 89, 656-657.

Robinette, E.J.*, & Palmese, G.R. (2004). Tailoring the wettability of electrospun fibrous mats. Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, volume 91.

Naguib, N.*, Ye, H., Yazicioglu, A.G., Megaridis, C.M., & Yoshimura, M. (2004). Observation of water confined in nanometer channels of closed carbon nanotubes. Nano Letters, volume 4 (11), 2237-2243.

Ye, H., Naguib, N.*, Gogotsi, Y., Yazicioglu, A.G., & Megaridis, C.M. (2004).  Wall structure and surface chemistry of hydrothermal carbon nanofibres. Nanotechnology, volume 15, issue 1, 232-236.

Ye, H., Naguib, N.*, & Gogotsi, Y. (2004). TEM study of water in carbon nanotubes. JEOL News, volume 39, number 2, 38-43.

LaScala, J.J., Sands, J.M., Orlicki, J.A., Robinette, E.J.*, & Palmese, G.R. (2004). Fatty acid-based monomers as styrene replacements for liquid molding resins. Polymer, volume 45, issue 22, 7729-7737.

Islam, M.F., Milkie, D.E.*, Kane, C.L., Yodh, A.G., & Kikkawa, J.M. (2004). Direct measurement of the polarized optical absorption cross section of single-wall carbon nanotubes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (037404), 4 pages.

Ostroha, J.*, Pong, M.*, Lowman, A., & Dan, N. (2004). Controlling the collapse/swelling transition in charged hydrogels. Biomaterials, 25 (18), 4345-4353.

Zhou, N.C.*, Burghardt, W.R., Composto, R.J., & Winey, K.I. (2004). Blend miscibility of polystyrene and sulfonated polystyrene. Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 91.

Robinette, E.J.*, Ziaee, S., & Palmese, G.R. (2004). Toughening of vinyl ester resin using butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber modifiers. Polymer, volume 45, issue 18, 6143-6154.

Ostroha, J.*, Patel, K., Qasem, D., Lowman, A., & Dan, N. (2005). The effect of system parameters on the pre-transition swelling of charged hydrogels. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 25 (5), 657-662.

Naguib, N.*, Mueller, Y.M., Bojczuk, P.M., Rossi, P.M., Katsikis, P.D., Gogotsi, Y. (2005). Effect of carbon nanofibre structure on the binding of antibodies. Nanotechnology, volume 16, 567-571.

Hans, M.*, Shimoni, K., Danino, D., Siegel, S.J., & Lowman, A. (2005). Synthesis and characterization of mPEG-PLA prodrug micelles. Biomacromolecules, volume 6, 2708-2717.

Schwab, A.D., Smith, D.E., Bond-Watts, B., Johnston, D.E.*, Hone, J., Johnson, A.T., de Paula, J.C., & Smith, W.F. (2004). Photoconductivity of self-assembled porphyrin nanorods. Nano Letters, 4 (7), 1261-1265.

Ortiz, V.*, Nielsen, S.O., Klein, M., & Discher, D.E. (2005). Unfolding a linker between helical repeats. Journal of Molecular Biology, volume 349, issue 3, 638-647.

Nielsen, S.O., Ensing, B., Ortiz, V.*, Moore, P.B., & Klein, M.L. (2005). Lipid bilaer perturbations around a transmembrane nanotube: a coarse grain molecular dynamics study. Biophysics Journal, volume 88, number 6, 3822-3828.

LaScala, J.J., Orlicki, J.A., Winston, C., Robinette, E.J.*, Sands, J.M., & Palmese, G.R. (2005). The use of bimodal blends of vinyl ester monomers to improve resin processing and toughen polymer properties. Polymer, volume 46, issue 9, 2908-2921.

Chmiola, J.*, Yushin, G., Dash, R.K., Hoffman, E.N.*, Fischer, J.E., Barsoum, M.W., & Gogotsi, Y. (2005). Double-layer capacitance of carbide derived carbons in sulfuric acid. Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 8 (7), A357-A360.

Qi, D., Fischbein, M.*, Drndic, M., & Selmic, S. (2005). Efficient polymer-nanocrystal quantum-dot photodetectors. Appl. Phys. Lett. 86 (093103).

Hoffman, E.*, Yushin, G., Barsoum, M., & Gogotsi, Y. (2005). Synthesis of carbide-derived carbon by chlorination of Ti2AlC. Chem. Mater. 17 (9), 2317-2322.

Lee, M.*, Brass, D., Morris, R., Composto, R., Ducheyne, P. (2005). The effect of non-specific interactions on cellular adhesion using model surfaces. Biomaterials, 26 (14), 1721-1730.

Lahr, S.J., Engel, D.E., Stayrook, S.E., Maglio, O., North, B.*, Geremia, S., Lombardi, A., & DeGrado, W.F. (2005). Analysis and design of turns in [alpha]-helical hairpins. Journal of Molecular Biology, 346 (5), 1441-1454.

Slovic, A.M., Stayrook, S.E., North, B.*, & DeGrado, W.F. (2005). X-ray structure of a water-soluble analog of the membrane protein phospholamban: sequence determinants defining the topology of tetrameric and pentameric coiled coils. Journal of Molecular Biology, 348 (3), 777-787.

Book Chapters

Ko, F., Lam, H.*, Titchenal, N., Ye, H., & Gogotsi, Y. Coelectrospinning of carbon nanotube reinforced nanocomposite fibrils. In A.C.S. Symposium Series, volume 918, (pp. 231-245). Washington, DC: American Chemical Society.

Ko, F., El-Aufy, A., Lam, H.*, & MacDiarmid, A. Electrostatically generated nanofibres for wearable electronics. In X. Tao (Ed.), Wearable Electronics and Photonics (pp. 13-40). CRC Press.

Conference Presentations

Yazicioglu, A.G., Megaridis, C.M., Naguib, N.*, Ye, H., & Gogotsi, Y. (2004). Aqueous fluids in carbon nanotubes: assisting the understanding of fluid behavior at the nanoscale. In S. Guceri, Y.G. Gogotsi, & V.V. Kuznetsov (Eds.), Proceedings of NATO Advanced Study Institute on Nanoengineered Nanofibrous Materials (pp. 399 – 406). Springer.

Ye, H., Naguib, N.*, Gogotsi, Y., Yazicioglu, A., & Megaridis, C. (2003). Opening multiwall carbon nanotubes in a Transmission Electron Microscope. Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 9 (pp. 348-349). Cambridge University Press.

Contarino, M.R.*, Kamat, V., Keogh, E., Babu, N.S., Sergi, M., Ishino, T., Papazoglou, E., Chaiken, I., Tyagi, S., & Pourrezaei, K. (2004). Bio-nano-optics for cellular investigations. In B.M. Cullum (Ed.), Proceedings of SPIE Volume 5588: Smart Medical and Biomedical Sensor Technology II, (pp 31-40). SPIE.

Robinette, E.J.*, & Palmese, G.R. (2005). Synthesis of poymer-polymer nanocomposites using radiation grafting techniques. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Ionizing Radiation and Polymers (IRaP 2004): clear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 236, Issues 1-4, 216-222.

Lam, H.*, Titchenal, N., Naguib, N.*, Ye, H., Gogotsi, Y., & Ko, F. (November, 2003). Electrospinning of carbon nanotube reinforced nanocomposite fibrils and yarns. Paper presented at the Materials Research Society Fall 2003 meeting, Boston, MA.

Titchenal, N., Lam, H.*, Ye, H., Gogotsi, Y., Ko, F., & Liu, J. (April, 2004). SWNT and MWNT reinforced carbon nanocomposite fibrils. Paper presented at the 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Palm Springs, California.

Carroll, N.* & Sohlberg, K. (March, 2004). Application of time-dependent quantum mechanics to electron transport through molecular junctions. Paper presented at the American Physical Society meeting, Montreal, Quebec.

Carroll, N.*, Matsunaga, N., & Sohlberg, K. (November, 2002). Correlation of substituent parameter values to electronic properties of molecules. Paper presented at the Materials Research Society Fall 2002 Meeting, Boston, MA.

Johnston, D.E.* (March, 2005). Single-nanotube devices from purified HiPCO material. Paper presented at the American Physical Society Meeting, abstract #L27.005.

Patents Awarded

Ko, F., Geshury, A., & Lam, H.* (2004). Anti-ballistic composite armor and associated method. WO/2004/099705.