Publications in 2009

Investigation of carbon nanofibers as support for bioactive substances (January 1, 2009)
Liliana Olenic, Gheorghe Mihailescu, Stela Pruneanu, Dan Lupu, Alexandru R. Biris, Petre Margineanu, Sorina Garabagiu, Alexandru S. Biris.
Chemistry and Materials Science, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 177-183.

Enhancement of the photoelectrochemical conversion efficiency of nanotubular TiO2 photoanodes using nitrogen plasma assisted surface modification (February 18, 2009)
Rajesh Sharma, Prajna P. Das, Mano Mirsa, Vishal Mahajan, Jacob P. Bock, Steven Trigwell, Alexandru S. Biris, Malay K. Mazumder.
Nanotechnology, vol. 20, no. 7, online, doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/7/075704.

Dielectric behavior of poly 3 hexylthiophene/carbon nanotube composites by broadband dielectric spectroscopy (March/April 2010)
Anca Petre, Sombel Diaham, Edgar Reyes-Melo, Viney Saini, Zhongrui Li, Enkeleda Dervishi, Yang Xu, Alexandru S. Biris.
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 627-633.

Nanophotothermolysis of multiple scattered cancer cells with carbon nanotubes guided by time resolved infrared thermal imaging (March 1, 2009)
Alexandru S. Biris, Dorin Boldor, Jason Palmer, William T. Monroe, Meena W. Mahmood, Enkeleda Dervishi, Yang Xu, Zhongrui Li, Ekaterina I. Galanzha, Vladimir P. Zharov.
Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 14, no. 2, online, doi: 10.1117/1.3119135.

In vivo Raman flow cytometry for real-time detection of carbon nanotube kinetics in lymph, blood and tissues (March 1, 2009)
Alexandru S. Biris, Ekaterina I. Galanzha, Zhongrui Li, Meena Mahmood, Yang Xu, Vladimir P. Zharov.
Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 14, no. 2, online, doi: 10.1117/1.3119145. 

Thermally controlled synthesis of single-wall carbon nanotubes with selective diameters (March 17, 2009)
Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Fumiya Watanabe, Yang Xu, Viney Saini, Alexandru R. Biris, Alexandru S. Biris.
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 19, no. 19. pp. 3004-3012.

Surface-enhanced vibrational investigation of adsorbed analgesics (March 18, 2009)
Merritt Smith, Kaitlyn Stambaugh, Lauren Smith, Hye-Jin Son, Amanda Gardner, Scott Cordova, Krystal Posey, Donald A. Perry, Alexandru S. Biris.
Vibrational Spectroscopy, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 288-297.

Characterization of a nose-only inhalation exposure system for ectromelia virus infection of mice (March 24, 2009)
Divey Saini, Ronit M. Buller, Alexandru S. Biris, Pratim Biswas.
Journal of Particulate Science and Technology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 152-165.

Carbon nanotubes: synthesis, properties and applications (March 24, 2009)
Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Yang Xu, Viney Saini, Alexandru R. Biris, Dan Lupu, Alexandru S. Biris.
Particulate Science and Technology:, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 107-125.

Electrical, optical and morphological properties of P3 HT-MWNT nanocomposite prepared by in-situ polymerization (April 17, 2009)
Viney Saini, Zhongrui Li, Shawn Bourdo, Enkeleda Dervishi, yang Xu, Xiadong Ma, Vasyl P. Kunets, Gregory J. Salamo, Tito Viswanthan, Alexandru R. Biris, Divey Saini, Alexandru S. Biris.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol 113, no. 19, pp. 8023-8029.

Synthesis of narrow diameter distribution carbon nanotubes on ZnO supported catalysts (May 12, 2009)
Dan Lupu, Alexandru R. Biris, Fumiya Watanabe, Zhongrui Li, Enkeleda Dervishi, Viney Saini, Yang Xu, Alexandru S. Biris, Mihaela Baibarac, Ioan Baltog.
Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 473, no. 4-6, pp. 299-304.

The influence of Fe-Co/MgO catalyst composition on the growth properties of carbon nanotubes (May 14, 2009)
Enkeleda Dervishi, Shongrui Li, Yang Xu, Viney Saini, Fumiya Watanabe, Alexandru R. Biris, Arthur Bonpain, Jean Jacques Garbay, Anthoney Meriet, Michael Richard, Alexandru S. Biris.
Particulate Science and Technology, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 222-237.

Light-harvesting using high density p-type single wall carbon nanotube/n-type silicon heterojunctions (May 20, 2009)
Zhongrui Li, Vasyl P. Kunets, Viney Saini, Yang Xu, Enkeleda Dervishi, Gregory J. Salamo, Alexandru R. Biris, Alexandru S. Biris.
ACS Nano, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 1407-1414.

Large-scale graphene production by RF-cCVD method (May 27, 2009)
Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Fumiya Watanabe, Abhijit Biwas, Yang Xu, Alexandru R. Biris, Viney Saini, Alexandru S. Biris.
Chemical Communications, vol. 2009, no. 27, pp. 4061-4063.

One step synthesis of ceramic carbon nanotube composites with nanojunctions (June 2009)
Yang Xu, Zhongrui Li, Viney Saini, Enkeleda Dervishi, Vasyl P. Kunets, Gregory J. Salamo, Alexandru R. Biris, Alexandru S. Biris.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 107-110.

Carbon nanotube growth on calcium carbonate supported molybdenum-transition bimetal catalysts (June 30, 2009)
Zhongrui Li, Enkeleda Dervishi, Yang Xu, Viney Saini, Meena W. Mahmood, Olumide Dereck Oshin, Alexandru R. Biris.
Catalysis Letters, vol. 131, no. 3-4, online.

Evaluation of atmospheric-pressure plasma for improving photoelectrochemical response of titania photoanodes (July/August 2009)
Rajesh Sharma, Jacob Paul Bock, Alexandru S. Biris, Malay K. Mazumder, Prajna P. Das, Manoranjan Misra, Vishal K. Mahajan.
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 1524-1529.

Tailored polymer-metal fractal nanocomposites: an approach to highly active surface enhanced Raman scattering substrates (July 21, 2009)
Abhijit Biswas, Ilker S. Bayer, Daminda H. Dahanayaka, Lloyed A. Bumm, Zhongrui Li, Fumiya Watanabe, Rajesh Sarma, Yang Xu, Alexandru S. Biris, M. Grant Norton, Ephraim Suhir.
Nanotechnology, vol. 20, no. 32, online, doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/32/325705.

Ca2+ cross-linked alginic acid nanoparticles for solubilization of lipophilic natural colorants (August 3, 2009)
Carlos E. Astete, Cristina M. Sabliov, Fumiya Watanabe, Alexandru S. Biris.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, vol. 57, no. 16, pp. 7505-7512.

Novel synthesis process for ceramic carbon nanotube nanocomposites with nanojunctions (August 12, 2009)
Yang Xu, Zhongrui Li, Viney Saini, Fumiya Watanabe, Vasyl P. Kunets, Enkleda Dervishi, Gregory J. Salamo, Alexandru R. Biris, Alexandru S. Biris.
Physica Status Solidi A, vol. 206, no. 12, pp. 2826-2833.

Multifunctional coatings with carbon nanotubes for electrostatic charge mitigation (September/October 2009)
Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Viney Saini, Rajesh Sharma, Yang Xu, Malay K. Mazumder, Alexandru S. Biris, Steven Trigwell, Alexandru R. Biris, Dan Lupu, D Saini.
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1547-1552.

Surface-enhanced spectroscopic investigation of the adsorption properties of hydroxybenzoic acid isomers onto metallic surfaces (September 15, 2009)
Donald A. Perry, Jacob Boucher, Krystal Posey, Scott Cordova, Lauren Smith, Hye-Jin Son, Ram Pandey, Alexandru S. Biris.
Spectrochemica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 104-112.

Cytotoxicity and biological effects of functional nanomaterials delivered to various cell lines (September 16, 2009)
Meena W. Mahmood, Daniel Casciano, Teodora Mocan, Cornel Iancu, Yang Xu, Lucian Mocan, Dana Todea Iancu, Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Mustafa Abdalmuhsen, Alexandru R. Biris, Nawab Ali, Paul Howard, Alexandru R. Biris
Journal of Applied Toxicology, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 74-83.

Synthesis of carbon nanotubes from acetylene on the FeCoMgO catalytic system obtained by ball milling (September 22, 2009)
Alexandru R. Biris, Alexandru S. Biris, Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Fumiya Watanabe, Steve Simon, Dan Lupu, Ioan Misan, Mariana Lucaci.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 182, no. 1, online, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/182/1/012057.

Dispersion of carbon nanotubes by single-stranded DNA wrapping for advanced biomedical applications (September 22, 2009)
Steve Simon, Alexandru R. Biris, Dan Lupu, Ioan Misan, Simona Clichici, Teodora Mocan, Alexandru S. Biris.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 182, no. 1, online, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/182/1/012079.

Study of adsorption of aminobenzoic acid isomers on silver nanostructures by surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy (September 24, 2009)
Donald A. Perry, James S. Cordova, Lauren G. Smith, Hye-Jin Son, Elizabeth Schiefer, Enkeleda Dervishi, Fumiya Watanabe, Alexandru S. Biris.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 113, no. 42, pp. 18304-18311.

Versatile catalytic system for the large-scale and controlled synthesis of single-wall, doulbe-wall, multi-wall and graphene carbon nanostructures (October 20, 2009)
Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Fumiya Watanabe, Aurelie Courte, Abhijit Biwas, Alexandru R. Biris, Viney Saini, Yang Xu, Alexandr S. Biris.
Chemistry of Materials, vol. 21, no. 22, pp. 5491-5698.

Carbon nanotubes from ethanol on Fe-Co/MgO catalysts and related interface phenomena (November 2009)
Dan Lupu, Alexandru R. Biris, Ioan Baltog, Mihaela Baibarac, Victor Kuncser, Gabriel Schinteie, Mihaela. Valeanu, Serge Lefrant, Alexandru S. Biris, Ioan Misan, George Filoti.
Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 338-347.

Graphitic materials for RF thermal ablation of tumors (November/December 2009)
Meena W. Mahmood, Yang Xu, Zhongrui Li, Enkeleda Dervishi, Nawab Ali, Viney Saini, Alexandru S. Biris, Steven Trigwell, Vladimir P. Zharov, Alexandru R. Biris, Dan Lupu.
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 2162-2169.

Applications of nanomaterials in cell stem therapies and the onset of nanomedicine (November 16, 2009)
Cornel Iancu, Ioana R. Ilie, Carmen Georgescu, Razvan Ilie, Alexandru R. Biris, Teodora Mocan, Lucian C. Mocan, Florin Zharie, Dana Todea-Iancu, Sergiu Susman, Dan Rus Ciuca, Alexandru S. Biris.
Particulate Science and Technology, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 562-574.

Synergistic enhancement of cancer therapy using a combination of carbon nanotubes and chemotherapeutic drugs (December 2009)
Meena Mahmood, Teodora Mocan, C Iancu, Lucan Mocan, Dana Todea-Lancu, Yang Xu, Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Alexandru R. Biris, R Agarwal, Nawab Ali, EI Galanzha, Alexandru S. Biris, Vladimir Zharov.
Nanomedicine ‑ The Future Medicine, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 883-893.