2007

Controlled fluorination of FePt nanoparticles: Hydrophobic to superhydrophobic surfaces (with Y Ofir, B Samanta, and P Arumugam), Advanced Materials (2007)

FePt nanoparticles with controlled degree of fluorinated ligands are assembled on surfaces to form higher...

 

The synthesis of a pyrrole-functionalized cyclobis( paraquat-p-phenylene) derivative and its corresponding [2]rotaxane and [2]catenane and their subsequent deposition onto an electrode surface (with G Cooke, LM Daniels, F Cazier, JF Garety, SG Hewage, A Parkin, G Rabani, CC Wilson, and P Woisel), Tetrahedron (2007)

We report the convenient synthesis of a pyrrole-functionalized tetracationic cyclophane, [2]rotaxane, and [2]catenane. X-ray crystallography...

 

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Integrated magnetic bionanocomposites through nanoparticle-mediated assembly of ferritin (with S Srivastava, B Samanta, BJ Jordan, R Hong, Q Xiao, and MT Tuominen), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2007)

Magnetic (FePt) and nonmagnetic (Au) nanoparticles were used to assemble ferritin into near-monodisperse bionanocomposites featuring...

 

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Biomimetic interactions of proteins with functionalized nanoparticies: A thermodynamic study (with M De, CC You, and S Srivastava), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2007)

Gold nanoparticles (NPs) functionalized with L-amino acid-terminated monolayers provide an effective platform for the recognition...

 

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Array-based sensing of proteins using conjugated polymers (with OR Miranda, CC You, R Phillips, IB Kim, PS Ghosh, and UHF Bunz), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2007)

A sensor array comprising six functionalized poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) polymers was constructed and used to detect and...

 

Nanoparticles featuring amino acid-functionalized side chains as DNA receptors (with PS Ghosh, G Han, B Erdogan, O Rosado, and SA Krovi), Chemical Biology & Drug Design (2007)

A family of nanoparticles has been fabricated featuring cationic amino acid-based side chains. This controlled...

 

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Peptide ligation catalyzed by functionalized gold nanoparticles (with Y Fillon, A Verma, P Ghosh, D Ernenwein, and J Chmielewski), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2007)

Trimethylammonium functionalized gold nanoparticles are demonstrated as templates for the assembly of peptide fragments and...

 

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Probing the solvent-induced tautomerism of a redox-active ureidopyrimidinone (with AM Alexander, M Bria, G Brunklaus, S Caldwell, G Cooke, JF Garety, SG Hewage, Y Hocquel, N McDonald, G Rabani, G Rosair, BO Smith, HW Spiess, and P Woisel), Chemical Communications (2007)

Trimethylammonium functionalized gold nanoparticles are demonstrated as templates for the assembly of peptide fragments and...

 

Controlled formation of patterned gold films via site-selective deposition of nanoparticles onto polymer-templated surfaces (with H Xu, R Hong, XY Wang, R Arvizo, CC You, B Samanta, D Patra, and MT Tuominen), Advanced Materials (2007)

A positively charged polyvinyl N-methylpyridine (PVMP) polymer is patterned on a solid substrate via photochemical...

 

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Core-like particles of an enveloped animal virus can self-assemble efficiently on artificial templates (with NL Goicochea, M De, S Mukhopadhyay, and B Dragnea), Nano Letters (2007)

Alphaviruses are animal viruses holding great promise for biomedical applications as drug delivery vectors, functional...

 

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Binding and templation of nanoparticle receptors to peptide alpha-helices through surface recognition (with P. S. Ghosh and A. Verma), Chemical Communications (2007)

Nanoparticles featuring highly flexible chains provide templateable surfaces for recognition of peptides.

 

Multi-functional gold nanoparticles for drug delivery (with G Han and P Ghosh), Bio-Applications of Nanoparticles (2007)

Multi-functional gold nanoparticles have been demonstrated to be highly stable and versatile scaffolds for drug...

 

The biomacromolecule-nanoparticle interface (with CC You and A Chompoosor), Nano Today (2007)

The wide variety of core materials, coupled with the ability to engineer their surface properties,...

 

2008

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Efficient Gene Delivery Vectors by Tuning the Surface Charge Density of Amino Acid-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles (with PS Ghosh, CK Kim, G Han, and NS Forbes), ACS Nano (2008)

Gold colloids functionalized with amino acids provide a scaffold for effective DNA binding with subsequent...

 

Controlled Self-Assembly of Organic Nanowires and Platelets Using Dipolar and Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions (with BJ Jordan, Y Ofir, D Patra, ST Caldwell, A Kennedy, S Joubanian, G Rabani, and G Cooke), Small (2008)

Synergistic dipole-dipole and hydrogen-bonding interactions are used to assemble nanostructured materials. Precipitation of a hydrogen-bonding...

 

Nanoparticle Immobilization on Surfaces via Activatable Heterobifunctional Dithiocarbamate Bond Formation (with MH Park, Y Ofir, B Samanta, P Arumugam, and OR Miranda), Advanced Materials (2008)

A simple and reliable technique has been developed to deposit robust monolayers of different types...

 

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Multiplexed Screening of Cellular Uptake of Gold Nanoparticles Using Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry (with ZJ Zhu, PS Ghosh, OR Miranda, and RW Vachet), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008)

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are highly promising candidates as drug delivery agents into cells of interest....

 

Applications of Nanoparticles in Biology (with M De and PS Ghosh), Advanced Materials (2008)

The wide variety of core materials available, coupled with tunable surface properties, make nanoparticles an...

 

Advanced drug delivery reviews theme issue - Preface, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2008)

Inorganic nanomaterials feature a wide variety of attributes that make them highly promising candidates for...

 

Gold nanoparticles in delivery applications (with P Ghosh, G Han, M De, and CK Kim), Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2008)

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) provide non-toxic carriers for drug and gene delivery applications. With these systems,...

 

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Dendron-based model systems for flavoenzyme activity: towards a new class of synthetic flavoenzyme (with SS Agasti, ST Caldwell, G Cooke, BJ Jordan, A Kennedy, N Kryvokhyzha, G Rabani, S Rana, and A Sanyal), Chemical Communications (2008)

Three generations of water-soluble flavin dendrons have been synthesized and the role dendrimer generation has...

 

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Self-assembly and cross-linking of FePt nanoparticles at planar and colloidal liquid-liquid interfaces (with P Arumugam, D Patra, B Samanta, SS Agasti, and C Subramani), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008)

Terpyridine thiol functionalized FePt and Au NPs were self-assembled and cross-linked at the liquid−liquid interfaces...

 

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Manipulating microparticles with single surface-immobilized nanoparticles (with J Zhang, S Srivastava, R Duffadar, JM Davis, and MM Santore), Langmuir (2008)

This experimental study explores the capture and manipulation of micrometer-scale particles by single surface-immobilized nanoparticles....

 

Polyelectrolyte negative resist patterns as templates for the electrostatic assembly of nanoparticles and electroless deposition of metallic films (with Y Ofir, B Samanta, Q Xiao, BJ Jordan, H Xu, P Arumugam, R Arvizo, and MT Tuominen), Advanced Materials (2008)

Electron-beam lithography is used to pattern either cationic polyvinyl N-methyl pyridine or anionic sulfonated polystyrene...

 

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Synthetic "chaperones'': nanoparticle-mediated refolding of thermally denatured proteins (with M De), Chemical Communications (2008)

Thermally denatured chymotrypsin, lysozyme and papain are substantially refolded towards their native conformation by gold...

 

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Tuneable pseudorotaxane formation between a biotin-avidin bioconjugate and CBPQT(4+) (with ST Caldwell, G Cooke, A Cooper, M Nutley, G Rabani, BO Smith, and P Woisel), Chemical Communications (2008)

A biotinylated 1,5-dialkoxynaphthalene derivative has been shown to have the ability to bind strongly to...

 

Hydroxycruciforms: Amine-responsive fluorophores (with PL McGrier, KM Solntsev, S Miao, LM Tolbert, OR Miranda, and UHF Bunz), Chemistry-A European Journal (2008)

The synthesis of three hydroxy-substituted cruciforms (XF, 1,4-bis(4'-hydroxystyryl)-2,5-bis(4''-methoxyphenylethynyl)benzene, 1,4-bis(4'-methoxystyryl)-2,5-bis(4''-hydroxyphenylethynyl)benzene, and 1,4-bis(4'-hydroxystyryl)-2,5-bis(4''-hydroxyphenylethynyl)benzene) starts with a Horner...

 

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Electricity generation by Geobacter sulfurreducens attached to gold electrodes (with H Richter, K McCarthy, KP Nevin, JP Johnson, and DR Lovley), Langmuir (2008)

The versatility of gold for electrode manufacture suggests that it could be an ideal material...

 

Rapid and efficient identification of bacteria using gold-nanoparticle - Poly(para-phenyleneethynylene) constructs (with RL Phillips, OR Miranda, CC You, and UHF Bunz), Angewandte Chemie-International Edition (2008)

Microbiological intelligence: Simple constructs of hydrophobically functionalized gold nanoarticles and a conjugated polymer (poly(para-phenyleneethynylene, PPE)...

 

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Controlled nanoparticle assembly through protein conformational changes (with H Bayraktar, S Srivastava, CC You, and MJ Knapp), Soft Matter (2008)

Selective surface recognition by proteins provides programmed bottom-up assembly of synthetic nanomaterials. We have investigated...

 

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Inspiration (and perspiration) from biology, ACS Nano (2008)

The exquisite structures produced by biological systems provide inspiration for the fabrication of nanomaterials. We...

 

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A flavin-based [2]catenane (with S. T. Caldwell, G Cooke, B Fitzpatrick, D. L. Long, and G Rabani), Chemical Communications (2008)

We report the synthesis, solid-state and preliminary solution properties of a flavin-based [2]catenane

 

ANYL 204-Multiplexed screening of the cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles using Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry (with ZJ Zhu, PS Ghosh, OR Miranda, and RW Vachet), Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society (2008)

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are highly promising candidates as drug delivery agents into cells of interest....

 

Binding of nanoparticle receptors to peptide alpha-helices using amino acid-functionalized nanoparticles (with PS Ghosh, G Han, B Erdogan, and O Rosado), Journal of Peptide Science (2008)

Nanoparticles provide large surface areas and controlled surface functionality and structure, making them excellent scaffolds...

 

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Charge dependence of ligand release and monolayer stability of gold nanoparticles by biogenic thiols (with A Chompoosor and G Han), Bioconjugate Chemistry (2008)

The effect of surface charge on the stability of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to the biogenic...

 

COLL 131-A novel gold nanoparticle-based protein sensor with enzyme-substrate reactions as signal amplifiers (with OR Miranda, HT Chen, CC You, and DE Mortenson), Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society (2008)
 

COLL 196-Self-assembly of nanoparticles at liquid-liquid interfaces: A strategy toward generating stable colloidosomes and membranes (with D Patra, B Samanta, P Arumugam, K Du, SS Agasti, and A Dinsmore), Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society (2008)
 

COLL 34-Efficient gene delivery using lysine and lysine dendrimer-coated gold nanoparticles (with PS Ghosh, CK Kim, and G Han), Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (2008)

Gold colloids functionalized with amino acids provide a scaffold for effective DNA binding with subsequent...

 

Crown ether-peptide construct selectively kills cancer cells, Chemical Biology & Drug Design (2008)
 

INOR 503-Tuning substrate selectivity in cytochrome c peroxidase though surface recognition by gold nanoparticle (with H Bayraktar, N Moorer, A Carver, PS Ghosh, and MJ Knapp), Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (2008)
 

Isomeric control of protein recognition with amino acid- and dipeptide-functionalized gold nanoparticles (with CC You and SS Agasti), Chemistry-A European Journal (2008)

Amino acid and dipeptide-functionalized gold nanoparticles (NPs) possessing L/D-leucine and/or L/D-phenylalanine residues have been constructed...

 

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'Lock and key' control of optical properties in a push-pull system (with BJ Jordan, MA Pollier, Y Ofir, S Joubanian, JG Mehtala, C Sinkel, ST Caldwell, A Kennedy, G Rabani, and G Cooke), Chemical Communications (2008)

We report the modulation of the absorbance of a flavin push-pull derivative through specific recognition...

 

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Model systems for flavoenzyme activity: intramolecular self-assembly of a flavin derivative via hydrogen bonding and aromatic interactions (with ST Caldwell, G Cooke, SG Hewage, S Mabruk, G Rabani, BO Smith, C Subramani, and P Woisel), Chemical Communications (2008)

We have synthesised a flavin derivative incorporating functionalities that promote intramolecular self-assembly via hydrogen bonding...

 

ORGN 43-Protein sensing using fluorescent polymers and nanoparticle-polymer complexes (with UHF Bunz), Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (2008)
 

PMSE 139-Integrating top-down fabrication with bottom-up self-assembly, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (2008)
 

POLY 399-Water soluble poly(paraphenyleneethynylene)s as stimuli responsive polymers (with UHF Bunz, IB Kim, R Phillips, S Miao, and OR Miranda), Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (2008)
 

POLY 563-Protein and bacteria sensing using nanoparticle-fluorescent polymer complexes (with U Bunz), Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (2008)
 

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Polymer and biopolymer mediated self-assembly of gold nanoparticles (with Y Ofir and B Samanta), Chemical Society Reviews (2008)

Gold nanoparticle–polymer composites are versatile and diverse functional materials, with applications in optical, electronic and...

 

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Protein-passivated Fe3O4 nanoparticles: low toxicity and rapid heating for thermal therapy (with B Samanta, H Yan, NO Fischer, J Shi, and DJ Jerry), Journal of Materials Chemistry (2008)

Thermotherapy is a promising technique for the minimally invasive elimination of solid tumors. Here we...

 

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Wide varieties of cationic nanoparticles induce defects in supported lipid bilayers (with PR Leroueil, SA Berry, K Duthie, G Han, DQ McNerny, JR Baker, BG Orr, and MMB Holl), Nano Letters (2008)

Nanoparticles with widely varying physical properties and origins (spherical versus irregular, synthetic versus biological, organic...

 

2009

Fabrication and Functionalization of Supramolecular Microgel Arrays Through Complementary Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions (with X Yu, B Samanta, H Xu, P Arumugam, Y Ofir, and BJ Jordan), Small (2009)

Polymer gels are selectively deposited on a pre-patterned substrate, making a microgel array. The microgel...

 

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Modulation of enzyme-substrate selectivity using tetraethylene glycol functionalized gold nanoparticles (with BJ Jordan, R Hong, G Han, and S Rana), Nanotechnology (2009)

Tetraethylene glycol (TEG) functionalized gold nanoparticles with 2 nm core diameters (AuTEG) enhance α-chymotrypsin (ChT)...

 

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Synergistic Effects of Mutations and Nanoparticle Templating in the Self-Assembly of Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus Capsids (with SE Aniagyei, CJ Kennedy, B Stein, DA Willits, T Douglas, MJ Young, M De, D Srisathiyanarayanan, CC Kao, and B Dragnea), Nano Letters (2009)

A study of the in vitro nanoparticle-templated assembly of a mutant of cowpea chlorotic mottle...

 

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Multimodal drug delivery using gold nanoparticles (with CK Kim and P Ghosh), Nanoscale (2009)

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are promising nanocarriers for therapeutics due to their facile synthesis, ease of...

 

Nanoimprinted Polyethyleneimine: A Multimodal Template for Nanoparticle Assembly and Immobilization (with C Subramani, Y Ofir, D Patra, BJ Jordan, IW Moran, MH Park, and KR Carter), Advanced Functional Materials (2009)

Polyethyleneimine (PEI) is used as a scaffold for integrated top-down/bottom-up fabrication. In this synergistic strategy,...

 

Detection and differentiation of normal, cancerous, and metastatic cells using nanoparticle-polymer sensor arrays (with A Bajaj, OR Miranda, IB Kim, RL Phillips, DJ Jerry, and UHF Bunz), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2009)

Rapid and effective differentiation between normal and cancer cells is an important challenge for the...

 

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Formation and Size Tuning of Colloidal Microcapsules via Host-Guest Molecular Recognition at the Liquid-Liquid Interface (with D Patra, F Ozdemir, OR Miranda, B Samanta, and A Sanyal), Langmuir (2009)

Stimuli-responsive colloidal microcapsules have been fabricated at the oil−water interface using molecular recognition between functionalized...

 

Robust and Responsive Dendrimer-Gold Nanoparticle Nanocomposites via Dithiocarbamate Crosslinking (with MH Park, Y Ofir, and B Samanta), Advanced Materials (2009)

A simple and reliable one-step technique is developed to form robust PAMAM dendrimer–gold nanoparticle nanocomposites...

 

Self-Assembled Electrical Contact to Nanoparticles Using Metallic Droplets (with K Du, CR Knutson, E Glogowski, KD McCarthy, R Shenhar, MT Tuominen, T Emrick, TP Russell, and AD Dinsmore), Small (2009)
 

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Photoregulated Release of Caged Anticancer Drugs from Gold Nanoparticles (with SS Agasti, A Chompoosor, CC You, P Ghosh, and CK Kim), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009)

An anticancer drug (5-fluorouracil) was conjugated to the surface of gold nanoparticles through a photocleavable...

 

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Formation of Ordered Cellular Structures in Suspension via Label-Free Negative Magnetophoresis (with MD Krebs, RM Erb, BB Yellen, B Samanta, A Bajaj, and E Alsberg), Nano Letters (2009)

The creation of ordered cellular structures is important for tissue engineering research. Here, we present...

 

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Size and geometry dependent protein-nanoparticle self-assembly (with M De, OR Miranda, and S Rana), Chemical Communications (2009)

Fundamentally different assembly motifs are observed when proteins of different sizes are complexed with monolayer-protected...

 

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Intermolecular Electron-Transfer Catalyzed on Nanoparticle Surfaces (with AM Carver, M De, H Bayraktar, S Rana, and MJ Knapp), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009)

Surface-functionalized nanoparticles enhance the rate of electron transfer (ET) between Cyt c(Fe2+) and Co(phen)33+ by...

 

Magnetic assembly of colloidal superstructures with multipole symmetry (with RM Erb, HS Son, B Samanta, and BB Yellen), Nature (2009)
 

Stable Magnetic Colloidosomes via Click-Mediated Crosslinking of Nanoparticles at Water-Oil Interfaces (with B Samanta, D Patra, C Subramani, Y Ofir, G Yesilbag, and A Sanyal), Small (2009)

Thumbnail image of graphical abstract Alkyne- and azide-functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles are co-assembled at the...

 

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Entrapment of Hydrophobic Drugs in Nanoparticle Monolayers with Efficient Release into Cancer Cells (with CK Kim, P Ghosh, C Pagliuca, ZJ Zhu, and S Menichetti), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009)

Gold nanoparticles functionalized with water-soluble zwitterionic ligands form kinetically stable complexes with hydrophobic drugs and...

 

Synthesis of a polypseudorotaxane, polyrotaxane, and polycatenane using 'click' chemistry (with M Bria, J Bigot, G Cooke, J Lyskawa, G Rabani, and P Woisel), Tetrahedron (2009)

A study of the in vitro nanoparticle-templated assembly of a mutant of cowpea chlorotic mottle...

 

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Accessibility of cylindrical channels within patterned mesoporous silica films using nanoparticle diffusion (with HT Chen, TA Crosby, MH Park, S Nagarajan, and JJ Watkins), Journal of Materials Chemistry (2009)

Mesoporous silica films with well ordered nanochannels (approximately 7 nm in diameter) oriented parallel to...

 

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Beyond diffusion-limited aggregation kinetics in microparticle suspensions (with RM Erb, MD Krebs, E Alsberg, B Samanta, and BB Yellen), Physical Review E (2009)

Aggregation in nondiffusion limited colloidal particle suspensions follows a temporal power-law dependence that is consistent...

 

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Beyond Molecular Recognition: Using a Repulsive Field to Tune Interfacial Valency and Binding Specificity between Adhesive Surfaces (with MM Santore, J Zhang, and S Srivastava), Langmuir (2009)

Surface-bound biomolecular fragments enable “smart” materials to recognize cells and other particles in applications ranging...

 

Catalytic Microcapsules Assembled from Enzyme-Nanoparticle Conjugates at Oil-Water Interfaces (with B Samanta, XC Yang, Y Ofir, MH Park, D Patra, SS Agasti, OR Miranda, and ZH Mo), Angewandte Chemie-International Edition (2009)

Unfreiwillige Zusammenkunft: Anionische β-Galactosidase-Enzyme assoziieren mit positiv geladenen Au-Nanopartikeln zu schwach geladenen Konjugaten, die wiederum...

 

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Engineered nanoparticle surfaces for improved mass spectrometric analyses (with ZJ Zhu and RW Vachet), Analyst (2009)

Engineering of nanoparticle surface functionality provides controlled interactions with biomolecules such as cell membrane lipids,...

 

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Gold nanoparticle-PPE constructs as biomolecular material mimics: understanding the electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions (with RL Phillips, OR Miranda, DE Mortenson, C Subramani, and UHF Bunz), Soft Matter (2009)

Eleven cationic, monolayer-protected quaternary ammonium-functionalized gold nanoparticles (ANPs) were prepared and investigated for their ability...

 

Hot and sticky or cold and aloof, Nature Materials (2009)
 

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Model systems for flavoenzyme activity: an investigation of the role functionality attached to the C(7) position of the flavin unit has on redox and molecular recognition properties (with ST Caldwell, LJ Farrugia, SG Hewage, N Kryvokhyzha, and G Cooke), Chemical Communications (2009)

We describe the role functionality attached to the C(7) position of a family of flavin...

 

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Molecular recognition at the liquid-liquid interface of colloidal microcapsules (with D Patra, C Pagliuca, C Subramani, B Samanta, SS Agasti, N Zainalabdeen, ST Caldwell, and G Cooke), Chemical Communications (2009)

Dithiocarbamate chemistry is used as a crosslinking tool to fabricate FePt colloidal microcapsules which provide...

 

Nano-Conjugate Fluorescence Probe for the Discrimination of Phosphate and Pyrophosphate (with IB Kim, MH Han, RL Phillips, B Samanta, ZJ Zhang, and UHF Bunz), Chemistry-A European Journal (2009)

We describe a pyrophosphate (PPi) probe that is based on a fluorescent dicarboxylate-substituted poly(para-phenyleneethynylene) (PPE)...

 

Nickel-Ion-Mediated Control of the Stoichiometry of His-Tagged Protein/Nanoparticle Interactions (with M De and S Rana), Macromolecular Bioscience (2009)

The interaction between synthetic materials and biomolecules plays an important role in biomedical and pathological...

 

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Self-assembly of fluorocarbon-coated FePt nanoparticles for controlling structure and wettability of surfaces (with B Samanta, Y Ofir, and D Patra), Soft Matter (2009)

Controlled self-assembly of fluorinated FePt nanoparticles from different solvent mixtures has been used to create...

 

Sensing of proteins in human serum using conjugates of nanoparticles and green fluorescent protein (with M De, S Rana, H Akpinar, OR Miranda, RR Arvizo, and UHF Bunz), Nature Chemistry (2009)

There is a direct correlation between protein levels and disease states in human serum, which...

 

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Sniffing out cancer using "chemical nose" sensors, Cell Cycle (2009)
 

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Stability, toxicity and differential cellular uptake of protein passivated-Fe3O4 nanoparticles (with A Bajaj, B Samanta, HH Yan, and DJ Jerry), Journal of Materials Chemistry (2009)

We have explored the mechanism and differential uptake of BSA coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) by...

 

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Structural control of the monolayer stability of water-soluble gold nanoparticles (with SS Agasti, CC You, and P Arumugam), Journal of Materials Chemistry (2008)

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are a suitable platform for development of efficient delivery systems. AuNPs can...

 

2010

Synthesis and use of self-assembled rhamnolipid microtubules as templates for gold nanoparticles assembly to form gold microstructures (with A Rehman, ZA Raza, ZM Khalid, C Subramani, and I Hussain), Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2010)

Natural unmodified rhamnolipids are thermally self-assembled into soft microtubules, which can produce gold nanoparticles onto...

 

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Role of Surface Charge Density in Nanoparticle-Templated Assembly of Bromovirus Protein Cages (with MC Daniel, IB Tsvetkova, ZT Quinkert, A Murali, M De, CC Kao, and B Dragnea), ACS Nano (2010)

Self-assembling icosahedral protein cages have potencially useful physical and chemical characteristics for a variety of...

 

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Effect of Nanoparticle Surface Charge at the Plasma Membrane and Beyond (with RR Arvizo, OR Miranda, MA Thompson, CM Pabelick, R Bhattacharya, JD Robertson, YS Prakash, and P Mukherjee), Nano Letters (2010)

Herein, we demonstrate that the surface charge of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) plays a critical role...

 

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Gold nanoparticle self-assembly promoted by a non-covalent, charge-complemented coiled-coil peptide (with D Ernenwein, P Ghosh, and J Chmielewski), Journal of Materials Chemistry (2010)

Non-covalent interactions between cationic gold nanoparticles and an anionic coiled-coil peptide were harnessed for coiled-coil...

 

Fabrication of Conductive Microcapsules via Self-Assembly and Crosslinking of Gold Nanowires at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces (with D Patra, N Malvankar, E Chin, M Tuominen, and ZY Gu), Small (2010)

Terpyridine-functionalized Au nanowires (NWs) are self-assembled at an oil–water interface via metal-mediated crosslinking. The conductivity...

 

Molecular Recognition Induced Self-Assembly of Diblock Copolymers: Microspheres to Vesicles (with O Uzun, A Sanyal, and Y Jeong), Macromolecular Bioscience (2010)

Random diblock copolymer scaffolds grafted with diamidopyridine (DAP) hydrogen bonding recognition units self-assembled to furnish...

 

Tuning payload delivery in tumour cylindroids using gold nanoparticles (with B Kim, G Han, BJ Toley, CK Kim, and NS Forbes), Nature Nanotechnology (2010)

Nanoparticles have great potential as controllable drug delivery vehicles because of their size and modular...

 

Gold Nanoparticle-Fluorophore Complexes: Sensitive and Discerning "Noses" for Biosystems Sensing (with UHF Bunz), Angewandte Chemie-International Edition (2010)

Gold nanoparticles (NPs) efficiently quench adsorbed fluorophores. Upon disruption of such complexes by an analyte,...

 

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Enzyme-Amplified Array Sensing of Proteins in Solution and in Biofluids (with OR Miranda, HT Chen, CC You, DE Mortenson, XC Yang, and UHF Bunz), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010)

We have developed an enzyme−nanoparticle sensor array where the sensitivity is amplified through enzymatic catalysis....

 

Photooxidation of Nanopatterned Poly(chloromethylstyrene): Direct Formation of Cross linked Aldehyde-Functionalized Films for Chemical Functionalization and Bioconjugation (with X Yu, C Subramani, XC Yang, and CK Kim), Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2010)

Thumbnail image of graphical abstract UV irradiation of chloromethyl styrene simultaneously crosslinks the polymer and...

 

Nanoparticles for detection and diagnosis (with SS Agasti, S Rana, MH Park, CK Kim, and CC You), Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2010)

Nanoparticle based platforms for identification of chemical and biological agents offer substantial benefits to biomedical...

 

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Recognition mediated encapsulation and isolation of flavin-polymer conjugates using dendritic guest moieties (with C Subramani, G Yesilbag, BJ Jordan, XN Li, A Khorasani, G Cooke, and A Sanyal), Chemical Communications (2010)

Diaminopyridine dendritic scaffolds encapsulate polymeric flavin via non-covalent interactions and demonstrate isolation of the redox...

 

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Chemically Directed Immobilization of Nanoparticles onto Gold Substrates for Orthogonal Assembly Using Dithiocarbamate Bond Formation (with MH Park, XX Duan, Y Ofir, B Creran, D Patra, XY Ling, and J Huskens), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2010)

Dithiocarbamate-mediated bond formation combined with soft lithography was used for the selective immobilization of amine-functionalized...

 

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Hyperbranched Conjugated Polymers: Postfunctionalization (with C Kub, J Tolosa, AJ Zucchero, PL McGrier, C Subramani, A Khorasani, and UHF Bunz), Macromolecules (2010)

Out on a limb: Sonogashira coupling of a suitable AB(2) monomer containing two iodine and...

 

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Intracellular Delivery of a Membrane-Impermeable Enzyme in Active Form Using Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles (with P Ghosh, XC Yang, R Arvizo, ZJ Zhu, SS Agasti, and ZH Mo), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010)

Gold nanoparticles were coated with a short peptide to promote intracellular delivery of membrane-impermeable proteins....

 

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Array-Based Sensing of Normal, Cancerous, and Metastatic Cells Using Conjugated Fluorescent Polymers (with A Bajaj, OR Miranda, R Phillips, IB Kim, DJ Jerry, and UHF Bunz), Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010)

A family of conjugated fluorescent polymers was used to create an array for cell sensing....

 

Laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry analysis of monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles (with B Yan, ZJ Zhu, OR Miranda, A Chompoosor, and RW Vachet), Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2010)

Monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) feature unique surface properties that enable numerous applications. Thus, there is...