Gold Nanorod Substrate for Rat Fetal Neural Stem Cell Differentiation into Oligodendrocytes

Authors: Krishna Deo Sharma, Karrer M Alghazali, Rabab N Hamzah, Sahitya Chetan Pandanaboina, Zeid A Nima Alsudani, Malek Muhi, Fumiya Watanabe, Guo-Lei Zhou, Alexandru S Biris, Jennifer Yanhua Xie. Publication: Nanomaterials. 2022 Mar 11;12(6):929. Publication Date: March 11, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/nano12060929 Abstract: Gold nanorods (AuNRs) have been proposed to promote stem cell differentiation in vitro Gold Nanorod Substrate for Rat Fetal Neural Stem Cell Differentiation into Oligodendrocytes

Cellular Uptake of Gold Nanorods in Breast Cancer Cell Lines

Authors: Bryan E White, Molly K White, Zeid A Nima Alsudani, Fumiya Watanabe, Alexandru S Biris, Nawab Ali Publication: Nanomaterials. 2022 Mar 12;12(6):937. Publication Date: March 12, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/nano12060937 Abstract: Nanosized materials have been proposed for a wide range of biomedical applications, given their unique characteristics. However, how these nanomaterials interact with cells and tissues, Cellular Uptake of Gold Nanorods in Breast Cancer Cell Lines

Surface Passivation of Triple-Cation Perovskite via Organic Halide-Saturated Antisolvent for Inverted Planar Solar Cells

Authors: Gailan Al-Dainy, Fumiya Watanabe, Alexandru S. Biris, and Shawn E. Bourdo Publication: ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX, Publication Date: March 22, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c03059 Abstract: Cesium formadinium methylammonium triple-cation (CsFAMA) lead mixed-halide perovskites have been reported to promote unique photovoltaic properties with high efficiency and minimal hysteresis effects. Perovskite film quality is a vital parameter for improving Surface Passivation of Triple-Cation Perovskite via Organic Halide-Saturated Antisolvent for Inverted Planar Solar Cells

Dendritic cell biocompatibility of ether-based urethane films

Authors: Ingrid Safina, Karrer M Alghazali, Luke Childress, Christopher Griffin, Ahmed Hashoosh, Ganesh Kannarpady, Fumiya Watanabe, Shawn E Bourdo, Ruud P M Dings, Alexandru S Biris, Kieng Bao Vang  Publication: J Appl Toxicol. 2021 Jan 8. doi: 10.1002/jat.4136. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33417269. Abstract: The use of synthetic materials for biomedical applications is ever expanding. One of the major requirements for these materials is biocompatibility, which Dendritic cell biocompatibility of ether-based urethane films

Phosphate removal from wastewater using novel renewable resource-based, cerium/manganese oxide-based nanocomposites

Authors: Amita Nakarmi, Kesav Chandrasekhar, Shawn E. Bourdo, Fumiya Watanabe, Grégory Guisbiers, Tito Viswanathan Publication: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Jun 20. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-09400-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32564317 Abstract: Nanocomposites containing mixed metal oxides show excellent phosphate removal results and are better compared to individual metal oxides. In this research, cerium/manganese oxide nanocomposites, embedded on the surface of modified Phosphate removal from wastewater using novel renewable resource-based, cerium/manganese oxide-based nanocomposites

Graphene-based 2D constructs for enhanced fibroblast support

Authors: Ingrid Safina, Shawn E. Bourdo, Karrer M. Algazali, Ganesh Kannarpady, Fumiya Watanabe, Kieng Bao Vang, Alexandru S. Biris Publication: PLoS One. 2020;15(5):e0232670. Published 2020 May 18. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0232670 Abstract: Complex skin wounds have always been a significant health and economic problem worldwide due to their elusive and sometimes poor or non-healing conditions. If not well-treated, such Graphene-based 2D constructs for enhanced fibroblast support

Tracking gold nanorods’ interaction with large 3D pancreatic-stromal tumor spheroids by multimodal imaging: Fluorescence, photoacoustic, and photothermal microscopies

Authors: Emilie Darrigues, Zeid A. Nima, Dmitry A. Nedosekin, Fumiya Watanabe, Karrer M. Alghazali, Vladimir P. Zharov, Alexandru S. Biris Publication: Scientific Reports, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2020 Abstract: Pancreatic cancer is one of the most complex types of cancers to detect, diagnose, and treat. However, the field of nanomedicine has strong potential to address Tracking gold nanorods’ interaction with large 3D pancreatic-stromal tumor spheroids by multimodal imaging: Fluorescence, photoacoustic, and photothermal microscopies

Optimizing Lignosulfonic Acid-Grafted Polyaniline as a Hole-Transport Layer for Inverted CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells

Authors: Gailan A. Al-Dainy, Fumiya Watanabe, Ganesh K. Kannarpady, Anindya Ghosh, Brian Berry, Alexandru S. Biris, Shawn E. Bourdo Publication: ACS Omega 2020, Publication Date: January 21, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b03451 Abstract: A conducting polymer of lignosulfonic acid-grafted, polyaniline-doped camphorsulfonic acid (LS-PANI-CSA), created via a low-temperature solution process, has been explored as an efficient hole-transport layer (HTL) for inverted Optimizing Lignosulfonic Acid-Grafted Polyaniline as a Hole-Transport Layer for Inverted CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells

Plasmonic Nano Surface for Neuronal Differentiation and Manipulation

Authors: Sahitya Chetan Pandanaboina, Karrer M. Alghazali, Zeid A. Nima, Raad A. Alawajji, Krishna Deo Sharma, Fumiya Watanabe, Viney Saini, Alexandru S. Biris, Malathi Srivatsan Publication: Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, Volume 21, October 2019, 102048 Abstract: Neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic brain injuries can destroy neurons, resulting in sensory and motor function loss. Transplantation of differentiated Plasmonic Nano Surface for Neuronal Differentiation and Manipulation

Simultaneous Electrochemical Deposition of Cobalt Complex and Poly(pyrrole) Thin Films for Supercapacitor Electrodes

Authors: Charlette M. Parnell, Bijay P. Chhetri, Travis B. Mitchell, Fumiya Watanabe, Ganesh Kannarpady, Ambar B. RanguMagar, Huajun Zhou, Karrer M. Alghazali, Alexandru S. Biris, Anindya Ghosh Publication: Scientific Reports, Volume 9, Article 5650, pp. 1-13, 2019 Abstract: Supercapacitors are beneficial as energy storage devices and can obtain high capacitance values greater than conventional capacitors Simultaneous Electrochemical Deposition of Cobalt Complex and Poly(pyrrole) Thin Films for Supercapacitor Electrodes