selected publications
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academic article
- Highly Stable, Low-Cost Metal-Free Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalyst Based on Nitrogen-Doped Pseudo-Graphite. Energy and Fuels. 35:10146-10155. 2021
- Voltammetric pH Sensor Based on Electrochemically Modified Pseudo-graphite. Analyst. 145:7252-7259. 2020
- Electrochemical Aspects of a Nitrogen-Doped Pseudo-Graphitic Carbon Material: Resistance to Electrode Fouling by Air-Aging and Dopamine Electro-Oxidation. Journal of Carbon Research. 2020
- The Effects of Sub-bandgap Transitions and the Defect Density of States on the Photocurrent Response of a Single ZnO-Coated Silica Nanospring. Nanotechnology. 32:035202. 2020
- Electrochemical Stability and Capacitance of in-situ Synthesized Prussian Blue on Thermally-Activated Graphite. SN Applied Sciences. 1:731. 2019
- The sp(2)-sp(3) carbon hybridization content of nanocrystalline graphite from pyrolyzed vegetable oil, comparison of electrochemistry and physical properties with other carbon forms and allotropes. Carbon. 144:831-840. 2019
- Thermal Modification of Graphite for Fast Electron Transport and Increased Capacitance. Acs Applied Nano Materials. 2:228-240. 2019
- Utilizing a Single Silica Nanospring as an Insulating Support to Characterize the Electrical Transport and Morphology of Nanocrystalline Graphite.. Materials (Basel, Switzerland). 12. 2019
- Adsorption of radioactive iodine and krypton from off-gas stream using continuous flow adsorption column. Chemical Engineering Journal. 320.0:222.0-231.0. 2017
- UV-luminescent MgZnO semiconductor alloys: nanostructure and optical properties. Journal of Materials Science - Materials in Electronics. 28:2511-2520. 2017
- Nucleation, evolution, and growth dynamics of amorphous silica nanosprings. Materials Research Express. 4. 2017
- Radio frequency-mediated local thermotherapy for destruction of pancreatic tumors using Ni-Au core-shell nanowires. Nanotechnology. 28. 2016
- Hydrodeoxygenation of pyrolysis oil for hydrocarbon production using nanospring based catalysts. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 117:94-105. 2016
- Preparation, surface characterization and performance of a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst of cobalt supported on silica nanosprings. Applied Surface Science. 359:508-514. 2015
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis for the chemical impact of solvent addition rate on electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of HCl-doped polyaniline nanopowders. Journal of Applied Physics. 118. 2015
- A Study of the Electrochemical Properties of a New Graphitic Material: GUITAR. Chemelectrochem. 2:700-706. 2015
- Signal-to-Noise Enhancement of a Nanospring Redox-Based Sensor by Lock-in Amplification. Sensors. 15:13110-13120. 2015
- A Novel Nano Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst for the Production of Hydrocarbons. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. 33:693-698. 2014
- Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols Adsorbed on Au/ZnO-Functionalized Silica Nanosprings: Photoelectron Spectroscopy-Analysis and Detection of Vaporized Explosives. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 6:13355-13366. 2014
- The effect of the periodic boundary conditions of a ZnO-coated nanospring on its surface redox-induced electrical response. Nanotechnology. 25. 2014
- Nanoscale geometry and spillover on room temperature storage of hydrogen on silica nanosprings. Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics. 46. 2013
- The effects of nanoscale geometry and spillover on room temperature storage of hydrogen on silica nanosprings. Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics. 46. 2013
- Thermally initiated solvent-free radical modification of beech (Fagus sylvatica) wood. Wood Science and Technology. 47:1019-1031. 2013
- The Role of the Biofunctionalized Silica Nanospring Surface for Selective Biosensing. Advances in Biosensors and Bioelectronics (ABB). 1:1-10. 2012
- Observation of Surface Plasmon Polariton Pumping of Optical Eigenmodes of Gold-Decorated Gallium Nitride Nanowires. Nano Letters. 12:5181-5185. 2012
- Toward the nanospring-based artificial olfactory system for trace-detection of flammable and explosive vapors. Sensors and Actuators B-chemical. 168:138-148. 2012
- Thermal and Optical Activation Mechanisms of Nanospring-Based Chemiresistors. Sensors. 12:5608-5622. 2012
- The domain formation in Fe/Ni/Fe nanoscale magnetic antidot arrays. Journal of Applied Physics. 111. 2012
- Sulfur as an important co-factor in the formation of multilayer graphene in the thermolyzed asphalt reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 22:5723-5729. 2012
- Gas phase interactions at the surface of bare and gold nanoparticle decorated gallium nitride nanowires by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 86. 2012
- Synthetic osteogenic extracellular matrix formed by coated silicon dioxide nanosprings. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 10:6. 2012
- ZnO coated nanospring-based chemiresistors. Journal of Applied Physics. 111. 2012
- Reynolds number manipulation of mean nanowire lengths and nanowire suspension quantification. Journal of Applied Physics. 110. 2011
- Alternating current impedance spectroscopic analysis of biofunctionalized vertically-aligned silica nanospring surface for biosensor applications. Journal of Applied Physics. 110. 2011
- Synthesis of graphene paper from pyrolyzed asphalt. Carbon. 49:2852-2861. 2011
- ZnO and MgZnO Nanocrystalline Flexible Films: Optical and Material Properties. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2011
- Silica Nanosprings Coated with Noble Metal Nanoparticles: Highly Active SERS Substrates. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115:453-459. 2011
- Characterization of a vertically aligned silica nanospring-based sensor by alternating current impedance spectroscopy. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 20. 2010
- Synthesis of c-Axis Barium Hexaferrite Puck for Communication Application. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism. 23:1151-1154. 2010
- Photofragmentation of the closo-Carboranes Part II: VUV Assisted Dehydrogenation in the closo-Carboranes and Semiconducting B10C2Hx Films. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 114:7284-7291. 2010
- Winkler boundary conditions for three-point bending tests on {1D} nanomaterials. Nanotechnology. 21:225704. 2010
- The magnetic domain configuration in Co/Ni/Co nanoscale antidot arrays. Journal of Applied Physics. 108. 2010
- Toxic and teratogenic silica nanowires in developing vertebrate embryos. Nanomedicine: nanotechnology, biology, and medicine. 6:93-102. 2010
- A novel enzymatic microreactor with Aspergillus oryzae U+00DF-galactosidase immobilized on silicon dioxide nanosprings. Biotechnology Progress. 26:1597-1605. 2010
- In vitro proliferating cell models to study cytotoxicity of silica nanowires. Nanomedicine: nanotechnology, biology, and medicine. 6:84-92. 2010
- Ripening of nanowire-supported gold nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 11:2137-2143. 2009
- Differential cytotoxicity exhibited by silica nanowires and nanoparticles. Nanotoxicology. 2:1-8. 2009
- Interaction of hybrid nanowire-nanoparticle structures with carbon monoxide. Nanotechnology. 20. 2009
- Fission processes following core level excitation in closo-1,2-orthocarborane. Physica Status Solidi B-basic Solid State Physics. 246:1496-1503. 2009
- Wood Modification Effects on Weathering of HDPE-Based Wood Plastic Composites. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. 17:34-48. 2009
- Gas sensing with mats of gold-nanoparticle decorated GaN nanowires. IEEE Sensors Journal. 8:930-935. 2008
- Photofragmentation of closo-carboranes. part 1: Energetics of decomposition. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 112:3311-3318. 2008
- Utilization of solid nanomaterials for drug delivery. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 5. 2008
- Nanowire-based delivery of Escherichia coli O157 shiga toxin 1 A subunit into human and bovine cells. Nano Letters. 7. 2007
- Mechanical elasticity of vapour-liquid-solid grown GaN nanowires. Nanotechnology. 18. 2007
- Nanospring-Based Biosensors for Electrical DNA Microarrays. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 1010. 2007
- On the importance of boundary conditions on nanomechanical bending behavior and elastic modulus determination of silver nanowires. Journal of Applied Physics. 100. 2006
- Barium hexaferrite thick films made by liquid phase epitaxy reflow method. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 42:3338-3340. 2006
- High yield synthesis and lithography of silica-based nanospring mats. Nanotechnology. 17:S298-S303. 2006
- Principles and mechanisms of gas sensing by GaN nanowires functionalized with gold nanoparticles. Journal of Applied Physics. 99. 2006
- A rapid method for growth of metal nanoparticles on nanowire substrates. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 8:99-104. 2006
- Fibronectin Bonding to Nanowires and their Internationalization by Epithelial Cells. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 2. 2006
- Transport properties of hybrid nanoparticle-nanowire systems and their application to gas sensing. Nanotechnology. 17:4135-4142. 2006
- Potassium chloride nanowire formation inside a microchannel glass array. Applied Physics Letters. 86. 2005
- Metal coatings on SiC nanowires by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Journal of Materials Research. 20:549-553. 2005
- Comment on “Spectral Identification of Thin Film Coated Solid Form Semiconductor Neutron Detectors” by McGregor and Shultis. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. 536:228-228. 2005
- Controlled growth of gold nanoparticles on silica nanowires. Journal of Materials Research. 20:3021-3027. 2005
- Observation of a Semimetal-Semiconductor Phase Transition in the Intermetallic ZrTe5. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 16. 2004
- Surface photovoltage effects on the isomeric semiconductors of boron-carbide. Applied Physics Letters. 84:1302-1304. 2004
- Heteroisomeric Diode – A Solid State Neutron Detector. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 13. 2004
- Silicon carbide nanosprings. Nano Letters. 3:983-987. 2003
- Nanoparticle formation in microchannel glass by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Journal of Applied Physics. 93:5643-5649. 2003
- Immersion deposition of metal films on silicon and germanium substrates in supercritical carbon dioxide. Chemistry of Materials. 15:83-91. 2003
- The effects of crystallinity and catalyst dynamics on nanospring formation. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 739. 2003
- Probing the AlxGa1-xN spatial alloy fluctuation via UV-photoluminescence and Raman at submicron scale. Applied Physics Letters. 81:4186-4188. 2002
- RF plasma carbonitriding of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel. Surface and Coatings Technology. 141:194-201. 2001
- Nanosprings. Applied Physics Letters. 79:1540-1542. 2001
- The chemical composition of as-grown and surface treated amorphous boron carbon thin films by means of NEXAFS and XPS. Surface Science. 461:16-22. 2000
- The interplay between the surface band structure and possible surface reconstruction of Mo(112). The European Journal of Physics B. 14:747-747. 2000
- A high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission study of the temperature dependent electronic structure of the pentatelluride ZrTe5. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 590:57-57. 2000
- Synthesis and reactivity of Fe nanoparticles embedded in a semi-insulating matrix. Journal of Applied Physics. 87:7213-7217. 2000
- Electronic and dynamic studies of boron carbide nanowires. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 60:4874-4879. 1999
- Growth and characterization of boron carbide nanowires. Journal of Materials Science Letters. 18:349-351. 1999
- The chemical and morphological properties of boron-carbon alloys grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition. Journal of Materials Science. 33:4911-4915. 1998
- The incorporation of nickel and phosphorus dopants into boron-carbon alloy thin films. Applied Physics A - Materials Science and Processing. 67:335-342. 1998
- The nonmetal to metal transition with alkali doping of films of molecular icosahedra. Chemical Physics Letters. 264:168-173. 1997
- Distortion Driven Splitting of the Hubbard Bands of an Icosahedral Matrix Structure. Chemical Physics Letters. 264:168-168. 1997
- Fabrication of n-type nickel doped B5C1+delta homojunction and heterojunction diodes. Applied Physics Letters. 70:1028-1030. 1997
- Nickel doping of boron-carbon alloy films and corresponding Fermi level shifts. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A-Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 15:854-859. 1997
- The Observation of a Surface Resonance State in the Valence Band Structure of the Perovskite La0.65Ca0.35MnO3. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 9:1031-1031. 1997
- The electronic structure of gadolinium grown on Mo(112). Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 9:10615-10638. 1997
- A Comparison of the Temperature Dependent Electronic Structure of the Perovskites La0.65A0.35MnO3 (A=Ca,Ba). Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 54:17438-17451. 1996
- Determination of the Surface Debye Temperature of Mo(112) Using Valence Band Photoemission. Surface Science. 363:296. 1996
- Oxygen Induced Suppression of the Surface Magnetization of Gd(0001). Physical Review Letters. 76:2802-2805. 1996
- Band Gaps of Doped and Undoped Films of Molecular Icosahedra. Materials Science and Engineering A - Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing. 217/218:64-64. 1996
- Core Excitations in Free Clusters: Ionization, Relaxation, and Fragmentation. Surface Review and Letters. 3:557-565. 1996
- Nickel doping of boron carbide grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B. 14:2957-2960. 1996
- Strain Induced Distortion of the Bulk Bands of Gadolinium. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 54:16460. 1996
- The Valence-Band Structure of La1-xCaxMnO3. Solid State Communications. 97:39-39. 1996
- When are Thin Films of Metals Metallic? Part III. Materials Science and Engineering A - Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing. 217/218:258. 1996
- A Novel Design for a Small Retractable Cylindrical Mirror Analyzer. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B. 13:2142. 1995
- Spin-Polarized Photoemission Studies of the Exchange Splitting of the Gd 5d Electrons Near the Curie Temperature. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 52:13895. 1995
- InAs(110)-p(1X1)-Sb(1ML): Electronic Structure and Surface Bonding. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 51:14271. 1995
- The Coadsorption of Metals and Molecular Icosahedra on Cu(100). Surface Science. 328:47. 1995
- Changes in Screening and Electron Density Across the Coupled Metallic-Magnetic Phase Transition of La1-xCaxMnO3. Physics Letters A. 207:367. 1995
- Changes in the Electron Effective Mass Across the Nonmetal-Metal Transition in Magnesium Overlayers. Europhysics Letters. 29:469. 1995
- Dissociative Nitrogen Chemisorption and Bonding on Gd(0001). Surface Science Letters. 341:L1072. 1995
- The Correlation Between Screening and Electron Effective Mass Across the Nonmetal-Metal Transition in Ultrathin Films. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 52:11380. 1995
- The Electronic Structure of Molecular Icosahedra Films. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 7:7185. 1995
- Changes in Electron Localization and Density of States Near EF Across the Nonmetal-Metal Transition in Mg Overlayers. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 49:13780. 1994
- Roughening Instability and Evolution of Ge(001) Surface During Ion Sputtering. Physical Review Letters. 72:3040. 1994
- Surface Localized States on InAs(110). Surface Science. 312:361. 1994
- A Polarization Study of the p(1x1)- and p(1x2)-phases of Bi/GaSb(110) Using Linearly Polarized Synchrotron Radiation. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B. 11:1486. 1993
- Ion Bombardment of SiO2/Si and Si Measured by In Situ X-Ray Reflectivity. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B-beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 80/81:742. 1993
- Occupied Surface State Bands of Bi (1x1) Overlayers on an InAs(110) Surface Grown by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 47:3751. 1993
- The Electronic Band Structure of the p(1x1)- and p(1x2)-phases of Bi/GaSb(110). Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 48:11897. 1993
- Strain and the Two-Dimensional Electronic Structure of Monolayers of Bi/InAs(110). Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B. 10:1949. 1992
- The Electronic Structure of MBE Grown InAs(110). Canadian Journal of Physics. 70:1099. 1992
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chapter
- One-dimensional silica structures and their applications to the biological sciences. Nanomaterials for the Life Sciences: Nanostructured Oxides. Ed. Kumar, Challa S S R. 83-103. 2009
- Nanospring-based biosensors for electrical DNA microarrays. Functional Materials for Chemical and Biochemical Sensors. 2007
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conference paper
- MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE FOR NANOSPRING COMBUSTION CATALYSTS. Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2013. 2014
- Synthesis of Boron Carbide Nanowires and Nanocrystal Arrays by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 323-323. 1999
- Phosphorus Doping of Boron Carbon Alloys. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 1031-1031. 1997
- Argon Electron Spectroscopy of Free Argon Clusters. In Two-Center Effects in Ion-Atom Collisions. AIP Conference Proceedings. 274-274. 1996
- The Paramagnetic Correlation Length of Mn Thin Films. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 81. 1995
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