Recent Papers

Dimitri Alexson, Yang Li, Dinakar Ramadurai, Peng Shi, Leena George, Dinakar Ramadurai, Babak Kohanpour, Dimitri Alexson, Peng Shi, Akil Sethuraman, Yang Li, Vikas Saini, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Tunable Optical Properties of Colloidal Quantum Dots in Electrolytic Environments,” IEE Proceedings in Nanobiotechnology, 151, 189-192 (2004).   ---  This paper underlies the use of semiconductor quantum dots as novel nanoscale sensors of pH and electric fields in biological environments.

Peng Shi, Hongfeng Chen, Michael R. Cho, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Peptide-directed Binding of Quantum Dots to Cellular Integrins,” IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, Vol. 5(1), 15-19 (2006).  ---  This paper reports on the specialized distribution of integrins on cancer cells; quantum dots are used to observe the integrin distributions on HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cells.

Michael A. Stroscio, Mitra Dutta, Dinakar Ramadurai, Peng Shi, Yang Li, Dimitri Alexson, Babak Kohanpour, Vikas Saini, Amit Raichura, and Jianyong Yang,“Electrical and Optical Properties of Colloidal Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot Networks: Role of Surface States and Using Biomolecular Links in Network Assembly,” in Nanoscale Devices, Materials, and Biological Systems: Fundamentals and Applications, Vol. PV-2004-13, edited by M. Cahay, D. Lockwood, J.P. Leburton, and S. Bandyopadhyay (Electrochemical Society Press, 2005).

Michael A. Stroscio, Mitra Dutta, Dinakar Ramadurai, Peng Shi, Yang Li, Milana Vasudev, Dimitri Alexson, Babak Kohanpour, Akil Sethuraman, Vikas Saini, Amit Raichura, and Jianyong Yang, “Optical and Electrical Properties of Colloidal Quantum Dots in Electrolytic Environments: Using Biomolecular Links in Chemically-directed Assembly of Quantum Dot Networks,” J. of Computational Electronics, 4, 21-25, 2005.

Michael A. Stroscio and Mitra Dutta, “Integrated Biological-Semiconductor Devices,” Proceedings of the IEEE, 93 (10), 1772-1783 (2005).

Dimitri Alexson, Hongfeng Chen, Michael Cho, Mitra Dutta, Yang Li, Peng Shi, Amit Raichura, Dinakar Ramadurai, Shaunak Parikh, Michael A. Stroscio, and Milana Vasudev, “Semiconductor Nanostructures in Biological Applications,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 17, R637-R656 (2005) (Invited)  Downloaded over 500 times in in first three months, a distinction shared by only 3% of IoP publications.

Michael A. Stroscio and Mitra Dutta, “Optoelectronics” in Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, Wiley Publishing Company (2006).

Jianyong Yang, Gail J. Brown, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Photon Absorption in the Restrahlen Band of Thin Films of GaN and AlN: Two Phonon Effects, Journal of Applied Physics, 89, 043517, (2005).

Takayuki Yamanaka, Dimitri Alexson, Mitra Dutta, Michael A. Stroscio, Jay Brown, Pierre Petroff, and James Speck, GaN Quantum Dots: Nanophotonics and Nanophononics, Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 6127 Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices III, 111-122, January 2006.

Dinakar Ramadurai, Yang Li, Takayuki Yamanaka, Dwarakanath Geerpuram, Viswanath Sankar, Milana Vasudev, Dimitri Alexson, Peng Shi, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, Tijana Rajh, Zoran Saponjic, Nicholas Kotov and Zhiyong Tang, and Song Xu, Colloidal Quantum Dots as Optoelectronic Elements, Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 6127 Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices III, 131-143, January 2006.

Michael A. Stroscio and Mitra Dutta, Phonons in Nanostructures, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001), ISBN: 0521792797; Russia Language Edition by Dauka Press (2006) and in a Chinese Language Edition, Beijing (2005).

Michael A. Stroscio and Mitra Dutta, editors, Biological Nanostructures and Applications of Nanostructures in Biology: Electrical, Mechanical & Optical Properties, (Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, 2004).

Dimitri Alexson, Yang Li, Dinakar Ramadurai, Peng Shi, Leena George, Lenu George, Muzna Uddin, Preetha Thomas, Salvador Rufo, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Binding of Semiconductor Quantum Dots to Cellular Integrins,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 3, 86-92 (2004).

Michael A. Stroscio, Mitra Dutta, Salvador Rufo, and Jianyong Yang, “Dispersion and Damping of Acoustic Phonons in Quantum Dots,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 3, 32-36 (2004).

Chen Chen, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Confined and Interface Modes in GaN/ZnO Heterostructures,” Journal of Applied Physics, 95, 2540-2546 (2004).

Amit Raichura, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Quantized Optical Vibrational Modes of Finite-Length Multi Wall Nanotubes: Optical Deformation Potential,” Superlattices and Microstructures, 35, 147-153 (2004).

Chen Chen, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Surface-Optical Phonon Assisted Transitions in Quantum Dots,” Journal of Applied Physics, 96, 2049-2054 (2004). 

Chen Chen, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Electron Scattering via Interactions with Optical Phonons in Würtzite Crystals,” Phys. Rev., B70, 075316-1-7, 2004.

Amit Raichura, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Continuum Model for Acoustic Phonons in Nanotubes: Phonon Bottleneck,“ Phys. Stat. Sol. (b), 241, 3448-3453, 2004.

Amit Raichura, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, “Acoustic Phonons and Phonon Bottleneck in Single Wall Nanotubes,” J. of Computational Electronics, 4, 91-95, 2005.

Wentz-Hunter K, Kubota, Ryo, Shen, Xiang, Yue, Beatrice Y. J. T. Extracellular Myocilin Affects Activity of Human Trabecular Meshwork Cells, J. of Cellular Physiology, 200, 45-52 (2004).
 

Wentz-Hunter K, Shen X, Okazaki K, Tanihara H and Yue BYJT: Overexpression of myocilin in cultured human trabecular meshwork cells.  Exp Cell Res 297:39-48, 2004.

Chiambaretta, Ferderic, Nakamura, Hiroshi, De Graveve, Fabienne, Sakai, Hiroshi, Marceau, Geoffroy, Maruyama, Yasuhiro, Rigal, Daniele, Dastugue, Bernard, Sugar, Joel, Yue, Beatrice Y. J. T., and Sapin, Vincent, Kruppel-like Factor 6 (KLF6) Affects the Promoter Activity of the a1-Proteinase Inhibitor Gene, Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 47, 582- 590 (2006).

Nakamura H, Siddiqui SS, Shen X, Malik AB, Pulido JS, Kumar NM and Yue BYJT: RNA interference targeting transforming growth factor-² type II receptor suppresses ocular inflammation and fibrosis.  Mol Vis 10:703-711, 2004.

Yue BYJT: Cellular mechanisms in the trabecular meshwork affecting aqueous humor outflow pathway.  In: Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology.  2nd edition.  Albert D and Jakobiec F, editors.  W.B. Sauders Co., Philadelphia, PA.  Vol. 4, pp 2596-2613, 1999.

Silva GA, Hetling JR & Pepperberg DR (2001) Dynamic and steady-state light adaptation of mouse rod photoreceptors in vivo . Journal of Physiology 534:203-216.

Kang Derwent JJ, Qtaishat NM & Pepperberg DR (2002) Excitation and desensitization of mouse rod photoreceptors in vivo following bright adapting light. Journal of Physiology 541:201-218.

Qtaishat NM, Redmond TM & Pepperberg DR (2003) Acute radiolabeling of retinoids in eye tissues of normal and Rpe65 -deficient mice. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 44:1435-1446.

Saifuddin U, Vu TQ, Rezac M, Qian H, Pepperberg DR & Desai TA (2003) Assembly and characterization of biofunctional neurotransmitter-immobilized surfaces for interaction with post-synaptic membrane receptors. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 66A:184-191.

Lu J, Jeon E, Lee BS, Onyuksel H, Wang ZJ. Targeted drug delivery crossing cytoplasmic membranes of intended cells via ligand-grafted sterically stabilized liposomes. J Control Release, 2006;110(3):505-513.

Arleth L, Ashok B, Onyuksel H, Thiyagarajan P, Jacob J, Hjelm RP. Detailed structure of hairy mixed micelles formed by phosphatidylcholine and PEGylated phospholipids in aqueous media. Langmuir. 2005;21(8):3279-90.

Koo O, Rubinstein I, Onyuksel H. Camptothecin in sterically stabilized phospholipid micelles: A novel nanomedicine. J Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine. 1: 77-84, 2005.

Sethi V, Onyuksel H, Rubinstein I. Liposomal vasoactive intestinal peptide. Methods Enzymol. 2005; 391:377-95.

Rubinstein I, Ashok B, Tsueshita T, Onyuksel H. All D-VIP mitigates vasodilation elicited by L-VIP, micellar L-VIP and micellar PACAP1-38, but not PACAP1-38, in vivo. Peptides. 2005 Mar; 26(3):509-15.

Muni NJ, Qian H, Qtaishat NM, Gemeinhart RA, Pepperberg DR. Activation of membrane receptors by neurotransmitter released from temperature-sensitive hydrogels. J Neurosci Methods. 2006; 151(2): 97-105.

Tauro JR, Gemeinhart RA. Matrix metalloprotease triggered local delivery of cancer chemotherapeutics from hydrogel matrixes. Bioconjugate Chem. 2005; 16(5): 1133-1139.

Tauro JR, Gemeinhart RA. Extracellular protease activation of chemotherapeutics from hydrogel matrices: A new paradigm for local chemotherapy. Mol Pharm. 2005; 2(5): 435-438.

Yan X, Gemeinhart RA. Cisplatin delivery from poly(acrylic acid-co-methyl methacrylate) microparticles. J Control Rel. 2005; 106(1-2): 198-208.

Tauro JR, Gemeinhart RA. Development of amine-containing polymeric nanoparticles. J Biomater Sci Polym Edn. 2005; 16(10): 1233-1244.

Gemeinhart RA, Luo D, Saltzman WM. Cellular Fate of a Modular DNA Delivery System Mediated by Silica Nanoparticles. Biotechnol Prog. 2005; 21(2): 532-537.

Tan J, Gemeinhart RA, Ma M, Saltzman WM. Improved cell adhesion and proliferation on synthetic phosphonic acid-containing hydrogels. Biomaterials. 2005; 26(17): 3663-3671.

Zamiri C, Gemeinhart RA. Drug Delivery Systems for Pulmonary Delivery of Therapeutic Biomacromolecules, In: Groves MJ, editor. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: Interpharm/CRC Press; 2005, 255-277.

Gemeinhart RA. Polymers for Oral Biomolecule Delivery. In: Groves MJ, editor. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: Interpharm/CRC Press; 2005, 245-257.

Yury Gogotsi, Joseph A. Libera, Almila Güvenç-Yazicioglu, and Constantine Megaridis,  In situ multiphase fluid experiments in hydrothermal carbon nanotubes, Applied Physics Letters, 79, Issue 7, pp. 1021-1023 (2001).  ---  This paper provides pioneering demonstrations of basic properties of nanofluidic phenomena.

DNA-Dendrimer Nano-Cluster Electrostatics Prediction with the Non-Linear Poission-Boltzman Equation, A. Nikakhtar, A. Nasehzadeh, H.N. Beidokhti and G.A. Mansoori, J. Comput'l & Theor'l Nanoscience, 2, 1-7, 2005.

Nonextensivity and Nonintensivity in Nanosystems: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation, P. Mohazzabi, P. and G.A. Mansoori, J. Comput'l & Theor'l Nanoscience, 2, 138-147, 2005.

Principles of Nanotechnology -  Molecular-Based Study of Condensed Matter in Small Systems, G.A. Mansoori, World Scientific Pub. Co., 2005.

Sun S, Cho MR. Human fibroblast migration in 3D collagen gel in response to non-invasive electrical stimulus. II: Identification of electrocoupling molecular mechanisms. Tissue Engr. 2004; 10:1158-1565.

Titushkin I, Rao V, Cho MR. Mode- and cell-type dependent calcium responses induced by electrical stimulus. Invited Review. IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 2004; 32:1614-1619.

Khatib L, Golan DE, Cho MR. Physiologic electrical stimulation provokes calcium increase mediated by phospholipase C activation in human osteoblasts. FASEB J. (10.1096/fj.04-1814fje; Published online September 22, 2004)

Liu Y, Sun S, Singha S, Cho MR, Gordon RJ. 3D femtosecond laser patterning of 3D collagen for directed cell attachment. Biomaterials. 2005; 26:4597-4605.

Onyuksel H, Koo O, Krishnadas A. and Rubinstein I, “VIP-Receptor Targeted Phospholipid Nanocarriers For In Vivo Anticancer Drug Delivery” Proceedings of Third International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium, p. 55,  2005.

Koo O.,  Rubinstein I., Onyuksel H., “Role of Nanotechnology in Targeted Drug Delivery and Imaging: A Concise Review”. J. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine. 1: 193-212, 2005.

Lu J., Jeon E., Lee B. S., Onyuksel H., Wang Z.J. “Targeted Drug Delivery Crossing Cytoplasmic Membranes of Intended Cells via Ligand-grafted Sterically Stabilized Liposomes”.  J. Controlled Release 110: 505-513, 2006.

Rubinstein I, Ikezaki H, and Onyuksel H. “Intratracheal and Subcutaneous Liposomal VIP Normalizes Arterial Pressure in Hypertensive Hamsters”, Int. J. Pharmaceutics, in press, 2006.

Önyüksel H, Séjourné F, Suzuki H, Rubinstein I.  “Human VIP-α: a Long-acting, Biocompatible and Biodegradable Peptide Nanomedicine for Essential Hypertension.”  Peptides, in press, 2006.

Koo O, Rubinstein I, Onyuksel H. “Camptothecin in Sterically Stabilized Phospholipid Nano-micelles: A Novel Solvent pH Change Solubilization Method”. J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, in press, 2006.

E. Zussman, D. Rittel and A.L. Yarin, "Failure modes of electrospun nanofibers", Applied Physics Letters, v.82, N 22, 3958-3960 (2003).

Y. Dror, W. Salalha, R.L. Khalfin, Y. Cohen, A.L. Yarin and E. Zussman, "Carbon nanotubes embedded in oriented polymer nanofibers by electrospinning", Langmuir, v.19, No. 17, 7012-7020 ( 2003).

A.Theron, E.Zussman and A.L.Yarin ," Measurements of the governing parameters in the electrospinning of polymer solutions", Polymer Preprints v.44(2), 61-62 (2003).

H.Xu, A.L. Yarin and D.H.Reneker, "Charactrerization of fluid flow in jets during electrospinning" , Polymer Preprints v.44(2) 51-52 (2003).

Z. Sun, E. Zussman, A.L. Yarin, J.H. Wendorff and A. Greiner, "Compound core/shell polymer nanofibers by co-electrospinning", Advanced Materials v.15, N22, 1929-1932 (2003).

A.L.Yarin, E. Zussman, S.A. Theron, S. Rahimi, Z. Sobe and D. Hasan, "Elongational  behavior of gelled propellant simulants", J. Rheol. V.48, N 1,101-116(2004).

S.A.Theron, E.Zussman and A.L. Yarin, "Experimental investigation of the governing parameters in the electrospinning of polymer solutions", Polymer v.45,2017-2030 (2004).

A.L.Yarin and E.Zussman, "Upward needleless electrospinning of multiple nanofibibers", Polymer v.45, N 9, 2977-2980 (2004). This article was chosen and  highlighted in "Materials Today", p. 17, June (2004).

S.N. Reznik ,A.L. Yarin, A.Theron and E.Zussman, "Transient and steady shapes of  droplets attached to a surface in strong electric fields", J. Fluid Mech. v. 516, 349-377 (2004).

A.Y. Gelfgat, A.L. Yarin, P.Z. Bar-Yoseph, M.D. Graham and G. Bai, "Numerical modeling of two-fluid Taylor-Couette flow with deformable capillary liquid-liquid interface", Phys. Fluids v.16, No. 11, 4066-4074 (2004).

W. Salalha, Y. Dror, R.L. Khalfin, Y. Cohen, A.L. Yarin and E. Zussman, "Single-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in oriented polymeric nanofibers by electrospinning", Langmuir v. 20, No.22, 9852-9855 (2004).

A.B. Wang, Y.S. Chen, Y.J. Wu, J.Y. Sung and A.L. Yarin, "Withdrawal of a conical pin from a pool of liquid", Journal of Mechanics , v.20, No. 3, 219-232 (2004).

A.L. Yarin, A.G. Yazicioglu and C.M. Megaridis, "Thermal stimulation of aqueos volumes contained in carbon nanotubes: Experiment and modeling", Applied Physics Lett. v. 86, 013109 (2005). This article has been selected for the January 17, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

S.A. Theron, A.L. Yarin, E. Zussman and E. Kroll, "Multiple jets in electrospinning: experiment and modeling", Polymer v. 46 , 2889-2899 (2005).

A.L. Yarin, A.G. Yazicioglu , C.M. Megaridis, M. Pia Rossi and Y. Gogotsi, "Theoretical and experimental investigation of aqueous liquids contained in carbon nanotubes ", J.Appl. Phys v. 97 , 124309 (2005).

A.L. Yarin, W. Kataphinan and D.H. Reneker, "Branching in electrospinning of nanofibers", J. Appl. Phys. v. 98, 064501 (2005).

Y.Dror, W. Salalha, W. Pyckhout-Hintzen, A.L. Yarin, E. Zussman and Y. Cohen,"From carbon nanotube dispersion to composite nanofibers," Progr Colloid Polym. Sci. v. 130, 64-69 (2005).

G. Brenn, Z. Prebeg, D. Rensink and A.L. Yarin, "The control of spray formation  by vibrational excitation of flat-fan and conical liquid sheets", Atomization and  Sprays v. 15, 661-685 (2005).

A.L. Yarin, W. Liu, S.V. Doiphode, G.G. Case, W. Liu and D.H. Reneker, "Liquid   drop growth on a fiber ", AIChE Journal, v. 52, No. 1, 217-227 (2006).

A.L. Yarin, J.B. Szczech, C.M. Megaridis, J. Zhang and D.R. Gamota, "Lines of dense nanoparticle colloidal suspensions evaporating on a flat surface: Formation of  non-uniform deposits", J.Colloid and Interface Sci. v. 294, N 2, 343-354 (2006).

G. Brenn, M.Stelter, A.L. Yarin, F. Durst, "Capillary thinning of filaments of polymer  solutions with surfactants". J. Colloids and Surfaces A (accepted).

E. Zussman,A.L.Yarin,A.V.Bazilevsky, R. Avrahami and M.Feldman, "Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile/Poly(methyl methacrylate)-derived carbon micro-/nanotubes",  Advanced Materials, v. 18, N 3, 348-353 (2006).

A.Greiner, J.H.Wendorff, A.L. Yarin, E. Zussman,"Biohybrid nanosystems with polymer nanofibers and nanotubes" Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology(accepted, 2006).

I.Silverman, A.L. Yarin, S.N. Reznik, A. Arenshtam, D. Kijet, A. Nagler, "High heat-flux accelerator targets: cooling with liquid metal jet impingement", Int. J. Heat and Mass Transf. (accepted).

E. Zussman, M. Burman, A.L. Yarin, R.Khalfin and Y. Cohen, "Tensile deformation  of electrospun Nylon 6,6 nanofibers", J. Polym. Sci., Part B- Polymer Physics (accepted).

See also, the publications of Prof. C. Megaridis: http://miedept.me.uic.edu//lab/megaridis/pubs.htm

Q. J. Huang, K. M. Paing, and C. M. Lilley," Analysis of Contamination in Nanoscaled Film Structures with TEM & XPS", Journal of Microscopy and Microanalysis-Proceeding, 2006, in press

Q. Huang, C. M. Lilley, and K. M. Paing, "Contamination Effect on the Electrical Resistivity of the Gold Nanowires", 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE2006-13750), 2006, accepted