Publications

 2024

• E.R. Adler, TDM Le, I. Boulares, R. Boyd, Y. He, D. Rhodes, E. Van Keuren, P. Barbara, S. Najmaei, Nanomaterials, 14, 37, 2024

2023

• JN Giraldo, J Hruby, Š Vavrečkova, OF Fellner, L Havlíček, D Henry, S de Silva, R Herchel, M Bartoš, VT Santana, P Barbara, I Nemec, P Neugebauer, Tetracoordinate Co(II) complexes with semi-coordination as stable single-ion magnets for deposition on graphene, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 15, 2023, 29516

• Y Zhou, S Wang, S Xin, Y Wang, Z Li, M Zaghoul, A Very Sensitive NO2 Gas Monitoring System Based on MoS2 Nanosheet, Proc IEEE MWSCAS, Phoenix, AZ, Aug 6-9, 2023, 308

 2020

• A. Hankins, T.W. Williard, A.Y. Liu, M. Paranjape, Role of defects in the sensing mechanism of CNTFET gas sensors, J. Appl. Phys.,128, 2020, 084501

• D.J. O'Brien, A. Sedlak, M. Paranjape, Facile methods to make PDMS hydrophilic: A time evolution study for microfluidic devices, IEEE Trans on MEMS 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

• C.A. Urbina-Blanco, Sz Jilani, IR Speight, MJ Bojdys, T Friščić, JF Stoddart, TL Nelson, J Mack, RAS Robinson, EA Waddell, JL Lutkenhaus, M Godfrey, MI Abboud, SO Aderinto, D Aderhunmu, L Bibič, J Borges, VM Dong, L Ferrins, FM Fung, T John, FPL Lim, SL Masters, D Mambwe, P Thodarson, M-M titirici, GD Tormet-González, MMUnterlass, A Wadle, V W-W Yam, Y-W Yang, A diverse view of science to catalyse change, Nature Chemistry & ChemSci & J. Am. Chem. Soc. & Angewandte Chemie Intl & Can J Chem & Croa Chim Acta, 2020

• S.Z. Jilani, Catalyzing change, C&EN, Jul 6, 2020, 2

• D-J Chen, R.W. Penhallurick, Y.J. Tong, A versatile and robust surface-poison-resisting Scanning Amperometric Proton Microscopy, J. Electroanal. Chem., 2020

2019

• • A. Rani, K DiCamillo, MAH Khan, M Paranjape, ME Zaghloul, Tuning the Polarity of MoTe2 FETs by Varying the Channel Thickness for Gas-Sensing Applications, Sensors, 19, 2019, 2551

  • A.E. El Fatimy, P Han, N Quirk, L St Marie, MT Dejarld, RL Meyer-Ward, K Daniels, S Pavunny, DK Gaskill, Y Aytac, TE Murphy, P Barbara, Effect of defect-induced cooling on graphene hot-electron bolometers, Carbon, 154, 2019, 497-502

• T. Li, S. Melis, C. Bagade, A. Khatib, R. Kosarzycki, G. Maglieri, X Zhang, E. Van Keuren, Mechanism of nucleation and growth in the formation of charge transer  nanocrystals, J Nanopart Res., 21:147, 2019, DOI:10.1007/s11051-019-4593-3

• D. O'Brien, A. Hankins, N. Golestaneh, M. Paranajape, Highly aligned and gemoetrically structures poly(glycerol sebacetate)-polyethylene oxide compostie fiber matrices towards bioscaffolding applications, Biomedical Microdevices, 21, 2019, 53, DOI:10.1007/s10544-019-0402-0

• A. Hankins, Investigating defects in the sensing mechanism of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2019

• K. DiCamillo, S. Krylyuk, W. Shi, A. Davydov, M. Paranjape, Automated mechanical exfoliation of MoS2 and MoTe2 layers for two-demensional materials application, IEEE Trans. Nanotech., 18, 2019, 144, DOI:10.1109/TNANO.2018.2868672

• A. Rani, K. DiCamillo, M.A.H. Khan, M Paranjape, M.E. Zaghloul, Tuning the polarity of MoTe2 FETs by varying the channel thickness for gas-sensing applications, Sensors, 19.11, 2019, 2551, DOI:10.3390/s19112551

• P. Han, E.R. Adler, Y. Liu, L. St Marie, A. El Fatimy, S. Melis, E. Van Keuren, P Barbara, Ambient effects on  photogating in MoS2 photodetectors, Nanotechnology, 30, 2019, 284004, DOI:10.1088/1361-6528/ab149e

2016

• T. Li, Creating Multi-Component Nanoparticles Using Nanoprecipitation, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2016

• A. El Fatimy, R. L. Myers-Ward, A. K. Boyd, K. M. Daniels, D. K. Gaskill and P. Barbara, Epitaxial graphene quantum dots for highperformance terahertz bolometers, Nature Nanotech, 2016, DOI: 10.1038/NNANO.2015.303  

2015

• • Y. Yang, G. Fedorov, S. E. Shafranjuk, T. M. Klapwijk, B. K. Cooper, R. M. Lewis, C. J. Lobb, and P. Barbara, Electronic Transport and Possible Superconductivity at Van Hove Singularities in Carbon Nanotubes, NanoLetters, 2015, DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02564

• Andrew Hankins, Spinning Polymer Micro-/Nano-Fibers, Mid-Atlantic Micro-/Nano Alliance (MAMNA) 2015, Scaggsville, MD, April 2015

• R. Nick Baker, Dry Spinning of PMMA & PGS:Applications for Retinal Stem Cell Implantation, undergraduate PHYS301 presentation, April 2015

    2014 

• Yian Liu, Gold Nanoparticle Decorated Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors for glucose and gas sensing, Dissertation,

  • Georgetown University, 2014

• Isha Dube, Mechanism of Gas Detection in Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2014

• Armstrong Mbi, Shear-Induced Microscopic and Macroscopic Behavior of a Hard Sphere Glassy Binary Colloidal Silica Suspension Using Confocal Rheology, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2014

• HS Mandral, GL Knaack, H Charkhkar, DM McHail, JS Kastee, TC Dumas, N Peixoto, JF Rubinson, JJ Pancrazio, Improving the performance of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) for brain–machine interface applications, Acta Biomaterialia, 10, 2014, 2446-2454

• A Boyd, I Dube, G Fedorov, M Paranjape, P Barbara, Gas sensing mechanism of carbon nanotubes: From single tubes to high-density networks, Carbon, 69, 2014, 417-423

• WL Boncher, N Rosa, S Kar, SL Stoll, Europium Chalcogenide Nanowires by Vapor Phase Conversions, Chem Mater, 26.10, 2014, 3144-3150

• Y. Liu, M. Moura, A. Costa, L. Almeida, M. Paranjape, M. Fontana, “Hysteresis Modeling in Ballistic Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors”, Nanotechnology, Science and Applications, 7, pp. 55, 2014.

• Y. Liu, P. Barbara, M. Paranjape, “Targeted Placement of Gold Nanoparticles on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube transistors Using Electrodeposition”, APS March Meeting (Baltimore, MD), 2014

• Dube, A. Boyd, M. Fontana, I. Gayduchenko, G. Fedorov, A. Liu, M. Paranjape, P. Barbara, “MoS2 Field Effect Transistors with different polarity: study of electrode work functions”, APS March Meeting (Baltimore, MD), 2014

  • Boyd, M. Fontana, T. Deppe, M. Rinzan, A. Liu, M. Paranjape, P. Barbara, “Electron-hole transport and photovoltaic effect in gated MoS2 Schottky junctions”, APS March Meeting (Baltimore, MD), 2014

    2013

• Dianne O Atziena, Spectroelectrochemical Investigation of the Electrocatalysis of Platinum-Based Nanocatalysts for Fuel Cell Application, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2013

• AK Boyd, Nanoscale Gas Sensors and Their Detection Mechanisms: Carbon Nanotubes and Beyond, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2013

• M Fontana, T Deppe, AK Boyd, M Rinzan, AY Liu, M Paranjape, P Barbara, Electron-hole transport and photovoltaic effect in gated MoS2 Schottky junctions, Nature - Scientific Reports, 3, 1634, 2013, DOI: 10.1038/srep01634

• Y Yang, G Fedorov, P Barbara, SE Shafranjuk, BK Cooper, RM Lewis, CJ Lobb, Coherent nonlocal transport in quantum wires with strongly

• coupled electrodes, Phys. Rev. B, 87, 2013, 045403, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.045403

• J. Gatti, M. Smithgal*l, S. Paranjape, R. Rolfes, M. Paranjape, “Using Electrospun Poly(ethylene-oxide) Nanofibers for Improved Retention and Efficacy of Bacteriolytic Antibiotics, Biomedical Microdevices, 15(5), pp887, 2013.

• M. Fontana, Y. Liu, A. Monica, P. Barbara, M. Paranjape, “Influence of Argon on Feld Emission from CVD-Grown In-Plane Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Meshes”, Microsystems for Measurement and Instrumentation, IEEEXplore, DOI: 10.1109/MAMNA.2013.6557226, 2013.

    2012

• GE Fedorov, AV Eletskiy, P Barbara, M Paranjape, D Smirnov, D Jiménez, Interplay between Intrinsic and Contact Phenomena in Carbon Nanotube Devices: From Exponential Magnetoresistance to Chemical Sensing, Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures, 20, 2012, 405–410, DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2012.655220

• WL Boncher, Magnetic and Thermal Studies of Doped Rare-Earth Chalcogenide Nanostructures in Solution and the Solid State, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2012

• JN York, Studies of Magnetic Nanoparticle Shape and Size Effects On T2 Relaxation in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Power absorption in an Alternating Magnetic Field, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2012

• M Rinzan, G Jenkins, HD DRew, S Shafrankjuk, P Barbara, Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dots As Highly Sensitive Terahertz-Cooled Spectrometers, Nanoletters, 12, 2012, 3097-3100

• YP Kayinamura, JH Roberts, JF Rubinson, Near-Ohmic Behavior for Conducting Polymers: Extension Beyond PEDOT on Gold-Plated Platinum to Other Polymer-Counterion/ Substrate Combinations, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 4, 2012, 1601-1607

• WL Boncher, EA Görlich, K Tomala, JL Bitter, SL Stoll, Valence and Magnetic Investigations of Alkali Metal-Doped Europium Sulfide, Chem. of Mater.24, 2012, 4390-4396

    2011

• Maki Nishida and Edward R. Van Keuren “Crystal formation in tetracyanoquinodimethane on the nanoscale: polymorphism and progression of self-assembly” MRS Comm. 1 (2011) 7-11, Available on CJO 25 July 2011 doi:10.1557/mrc.2011.5.

• Iliana G Goldberg, Directed Crystal Growth, and Solid State Analysis of the Secondary Explosives RDX and HMX,

  • Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2011

  • KA Lucas, Exploring New Dielectrics to Improve Switching Speeds of Carbon Nanotube Memory Devices, Master's Thesis, Georgetown University, 2011

• Michele H. Pablico, Julie E. Mertzman, Emily A. Japp, William L. Boncher, Maki Nishida, Edward Van Keuren, Samuel E. Lofland, Norman Dollahon, Judith F. Rubinson, K. Travis Holman,and Sarah L. Stoll, Miniemulsion Synthesis of Metal.Oxo Cluster Containing Copolymer Nanobeads, Langmuir, 27, 2011, 12575-12584

    2010

• E. Van Keuren and M. Nishida, “Synthesis of nanocomposite materials using the reprecipitation method” Computers, Materials & Continua (CMC), vol.409, no.1, pp.61-77, 2010.

• Yohani P. Kayinamura, Marc Ovadia, Daniel Zavitz, and J. Faye Rubinson, Investigation of Near Ohmic Behavior for Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): A Model Consistent with Systematic Variations in Polymerization Conditions, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2.9, 2010, 2653-2662

• A. Di Bartolomeo,Y. Yang,M. B. M. Rinzan, A. K. Boyd, P. Barbara, Record Endurance for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube–Based

• Memory Cell, Nanoscale Res Lett (2010) 5:1852–1855 

• Yanfei Yang, Quantum Transport and Field-Induced Superconductivity in Carbon Nanotubes, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2010

    2009

• Jianyun Zhou, Fabrication and Functionalization of Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors for Bio-Sensing Applications, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2009

• Anthony D. Kammerich, Yasmin Srivastava, Kristen N. Hargett,Victoria S. R. Harrison, and Judith F. Rubinson, Preparation of Microfiber and Smooth Film Conducting Polymer Electrodes, J. Electrochem. Soc, 156..4., P68-P73, .2009.

    2008

•  Andrew H Monica, In-Plane Carbon Nanotube Field Emitters for High Temperature Integrated Electronics, Dissertation, Georgetown University, 2008

    2006

• K. P. Bloschock, T. W. Schneider, Abul Hussam, E. R. Van Keuren, "Development of a MEMS-fabricated SU-8 device for 2D separations" Proc. SPIE Vol. 6380, 63800I, Smart Medical and Biomedical Sensor Technology IV; Brian M. Cullum, J. Chance Carter; Eds., Oct. 2006.

• Jonathan Rogers, Changbao Ma, Makarand Paranjape, Edward Van Keuren, "A multimode thermo-optic beam steering switch", Proc. SPIE Vol. 6368, 636815, Optoelectronic Devices: Physics, Fabrication, and Application III; Joachim Piprek, Jian Jim Wang; Eds., Oct. 2006

• Changbao Ma, Edward Van Keuren, "Three dimensional iterative beam propagation method for optical waveguide devices", Proc. SPIE Vol. 6389, 63890E, Active and Passive Optical Components for Communications VI; Achyut K. Dutta, Yasutake Ohishi, Niloy K. Dutta, Jesper Moerk; Eds., Oct. 2006

• C. Luo, X. Liu, R. Poddar, J. Garra, A. Gadre, E. Van Keuren, T. Schneider, R. White, J. Currie, M. Paranjape, "Thermal ablation of PMMA for water release using a microheater" J. Micromech. Microeng. 16 (2006) 580-588.

    2005

• Luo, C; Liu, XC; Poddar, R; Garra, J; Gadre, AP; Keuren, EV; Schneider, T; White, R; Currie, J; Paranjape, M  “An innovative all-polymeric drug-supply device”” Proc. SPIE Vol.  5763  Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Smart Electronics, MEMS, BioMEMS and Nanotechnology 301-309 

• A.J. Nijdam, A.H. Monica, A.P. Gadre, J.A. Garra, T.J. Long, C. Luo, M-C. Cheng, T.W. Schneider, R.C. White, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie

• "Fluidic Encapsulation In SU-8 μ-Reservoirs with μ-fluidic through-chip channels" Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 120, 2005, 172

    2004

• E. Van Keuren, O. Albertini, M. Cheng, J. Currie, C. Luo, M. Paranjape “Fluorescent microthermal imaging of MEMS heaters”, Sensors and Materials A, vol. 17 (2004) 1-6.

• A. Leeds, E. Van Keuren, T. Schneider, J. Currie, M. Durst, M. Paranjape, “Single Mask Integration of Micro-Fluidic and Micro-Optical Elements” Sensors and Actuators A 115, Issues 2-3 (2004) 571-580

• C. Ma, E. Van Keuren, “Simulation of Thermo-optic Effects in Beam Propagation” SPIE Proceedings, vol. 5595, 2004, pp. 394-403, Optics East.

• M.C. Cheng, A.P. Gadre, J.A. Garra, A.J. Nijdam, C. Luo, T.W. Schneider, R.C. White, J.F. Currie, M. Paranjape "Dry release of polymer structures with anti-sticking layer" J.Vac.Sci.Technol.A, 22.3, 2004, 837

• A.P. Gadre, A.J. Nijdam, J.A. Garra, A.H. Monica, M.C. Cheng, C. Luo, Y.N. Srivastava, T.W. Schneider, T.J. Long, R.C. White, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie "Fabrication of a fluid encapsulated dermal patch using mulit-layered SU-8" Sensors & Actuators A, 114, 2004, 478

    2003

• • A.P. Gadre, J.A. Garra, A.J. Nijdam, A.H. Monica, M.C. Cheng, C. Luo, T.W. Schneider, T.J. Long, R.C. White, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie,"Fabrication of an Epoxy Based Multi-layer Bio-Fluidic Dermal Patch", poster, proceedings of Transducers 2003, June 8-12, Boston, MA, USA 806

• A.J. Nijdam, A.H. Monica, A.P. Gadre, J.A. Garra, T.J. Long, C. Luo, M-C. Cheng, T.W. Schneider, R.C. White, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie

• "Fluidic Encapsulation In SU-8 μ-Reservoirs" poster, 11th Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference, Aug. 18-22, 2003, Ottawa, ON, Canada

• M.C. Cheng, J.A. Garra, A.P. Gadre, A.J. Nijdam, T.W. Schneider, R.C. White, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie, "Integration of polymer MEMS using a low surface-energy release layer", poster, 11th Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference, Aug. 18-22, 2003, Ottawa, ON, Canada

• A.P. Gadre, Y.N. Srivastava, J.A. Garra, A.J. Nijdam, A.H. Monica, M.C. Cheng, C. Luo, T.W. Schneider, T.J. Long, R.C. White, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie, "Multi-polymer Fabrication of a bio-fluidic transdermal sampling device", poster, 11th Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference, Aug. 18-22, 2003, Ottawa, ON, Canada

• Y.N. Srivastava, A.P. Gadre, J.A. Garra, A.J. Nijdam, A.H. Monica, M.C. Cheng, C. Luo, T.W. Schneider, T.J. Long, R.C White, T Hylton, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie, "Polymethylmetacrylate as a fluid encapsulating membrane material in a micro fluidic device", poster, 11th Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference, Aug. 18-22, 2003, Ottawa, ON, Canada

• A.J. Nijdam, A.H. Monica, A.P. Gadre, J.A. Garra, T.J. Long, C. Luo, M-C. Cheng, T.W. Schneider, R.C. White, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie

• "Fluidic Encapsulation In SU-8 μ-Reservoirs", poster, proceedings of μ-TAS 2003, Oct 5-9, Squaw Valley, CA, USA, 135

• M.C. Cheng, J.A. Garra, A.P. Gadre, A.J. Nijdam, T.W. Schneider, R.C. White, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie, "A dry release technique for polymer micro-TAS integrations", poster, proceedings of μ-TAS 2003, Oct 5-9, Squaw Valley, CA, USA, 191

• A.P. Gadre, Y.N. Srivastava, J.A. Garra, A.J. Nijdam, A.H. Monica, M.C. Cheng, C. Luo, T.W. Schneider, T.J. Long, R.C. White, T. Hylton, M. Paranjape, J.F. Currie, "Multi-polymer Fabrication of a bio-fluidic transdermal sampling device", poster, proceedings of μ-TAS 2003, Oct 5-9,

• Squaw Valley, CA, USA, 199

    2002

• • A.J. Nijdam, M. Paranjape, "Surface morphology of silicon after anisotropic etching", Invited presentation, Third workshop on physical chemistry of wet etching of silicon (PCWES-3), Nara, Japan, June 5 and 6, 2002

  • A.J. Nijdam, A. H. Monica, E. Van Keuren, M Paranjape "Application of wet-chemical etching of silicon in the fabrication of a novel optical switch" presentation, proceedings of third workshop on physical chemistry of wet etching of silicon (PCWES-3), Nara, Japan, June 5 and 6, 2002

  • A.J. Nijdam "Surface morphology of silicon after anisotropic etching", Invited presentation,Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada, September 3, 2002