Vasquez Lab

21. A bimodal nanosensor for probing influenza fusion protein activity using magnetic relaxation, V. Jain, T. Shelby, T. Patel, E. Mekhedov, J. Petersen, J. Zimmerberg, A. Ranaweera, D. Weliky, P. Dandawate, A. Prasad, A. Shrikant, S. Sulthana, Y. Vasquez, T. Banerjee, S. Santra, ACS Sensors 2021, accepted.

20. Synthesis of magnetite nanorods from the reduction of iron oxyhydroxide with hydrazine, M. Adhikari, E. Echeverria, G. Risica, D. N. McIlroy, M. Nippe, Y. Vasquez, ACS Omega 2020, accepted, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c02928. 

19. Iron pyrite nanocrystals, a potential catalyst for selective transfer hydrogenation of functionalized arenes, M. Adhikari, A. Singh, E. Echeverria, D. McIlroy, Y. Vasquez, ACS Omega 2020, 5, 23, 14104–14110. 

18. Cellular uptake and cytotoxicity of varying aspect ratios of gold nanorods in HeLa cells, D. Fernando, S. Sulthana, Y. Vasquez, ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2020, 3, 1374 - 1384. 

17. Formation of stem cell aggregates and their differentiation on surface-patterned hydrogels based on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), H. G. Jayasinghe, S. V. Madihally, Y. Vasquez, ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2019, 2, 4911 - 4921. DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00661.

16. A soft lithography method to generate arrays of microstructures on hydrogel surfaces, H. G. Jayasinghe, C. J. Tormos, M. Khan, S. V. Madihally, Y. Vasquez, J. Polym. Sci. B 2018, 56, 1144 - 1157. (Cover) View PDF

15. ZnO microstructures as flame retardant coatings on cotton fabrics, Y. Wang, R. Shen, Q. Wang, Y. Vasquez, ACS Omega 2018, 3, 6330 - 6338. View PDF

14. A 3-dimensional (3D) in vitro model to demonstrate the haptotactic effect of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 on atherosclerosis-associated monocyte migration, N. Ghousifam, S. H. Mortazavian, R. Bhowmick, Y. Vasquez, F. D. Blum, H. Gappa-Fahlenkamp, Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2017, 97, 141 - 147. View PDF

13. Synthesis and catalytic activity of the metastable phase of gold phosphide, D. Fernando, T. A. E. Nigro, I. D. Dyer, S. M. Alia, B. S. Pivovar, Y. Vasquez, J. Solid State Chem. 2016, 242, 182 - 192. (Invited paper) View PDF

12. An aptamer functionalized chemomechanically modulated biomolecule catch-and-release system
A. Shastri, L. M. McGregor, Y. Liu, V. Harris, H. Nan, M. Mujica, Y. Vasquez, A. Bhattacharya, Y. Ma, M. Aizenberg, O. Kuksenok, A. C. Balazs, J. Aizenberg, X. He, Nat. Chem. 2015, 7, 447 - 457. View PDF

11. Control of the crystal phase and morphology of CdS deposited on microstructured surfaces by chemical bath deposition, D. Fernando, M. Khan, Y. Vasquez, Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 2015, 30, 174 - 180. View PDF

10. Integration of ZnO/ZnS nanostructured materials into a cotton platform, T. J. Athauda, U. S. K. Madduma-Bandarage, Y. Vasquez, RSC Advances  2014, 4, 61327 - 61332. View PDF

9. Three-phase co-assembly: in-situ incorporation of nanoparticles into tunable, highly-ordered, porous silica films, Y. Vasquez, M. Kolle, L. Mishchenko, B. D. Hatton, J. Aizenberg, ACS Photonics 2014, 1, 53 - 60. View PDF

8. Fine-tuning the degree of stem cell polarization and alignment on arrays of high-aspect ratio nanopillars, M. A. Bucaro, Y. Vasquez, B. D. Hatton, J. Aizenberg, ACS Nano 2012, 6, 6222 - 6230. (Cover) View PDF

7. Pawley and Rietveld refinements using electron diffraction from L12-type intermetallic Au₃Fe_1-x nanocrystals during their in-situ order-disorder transition, Z. P. Luo, Y. Vasquez, J. F. Bondi, R. E. Schaak, Ultramicroscopy 2011, 111, 1295 - 1304. View PDF

6. Growth of polygonal rings and wires of CuS on structured surfaces, Y. Vasquez, E. M. Fenton, V. F. Chernow, J. Aizenberg, Cryst. Eng. Comm. 2011, 13, 1077 - 1080. (Invited paper) View PDF

5. Low-temperature solution synthesis of the non-equilibrium ordered intermetallic compounds Au₃Fe, Au₃Co, and Au₃Ni as nanocrystals, Y. Vasquez, Z. P. Luo, R. E. Schaak, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11866 - 11867. View PDF

4. Nanocrystal conversion chemistry: a unified and materials-general strategy for the template-based synthesis of nanocrystalline solids, Y. Vasquez, A. E. Henkes, J. C. Bauer, R. E. Schaak, J. Solid State Chem. 2008, 181(7), 1509 - 1523. (Invited paper, cover) View PDF

3. Converting metals into phosphides: a general strategy for the synthesis of metal phosphide nanocrystals, A. E. Henkes, Y. Vasquez, R. E. Schaak, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1896 - 1897. View PDF

2. One-pot synthesis of hollow Co-Pt superparamagnetic nanospheres, Y. Vasquez, A. K. Sra, R.E. Schaak, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12504 - 12505. View PDF

1. Metallurgy in a beaker: nanoparticle toolkit for the rapid low temperature solution synthesis of functional multimetallic solid state materials, R. E. Schaak, A. K. Sra, B. M. Leonard, R. E. Cable, J. C. Bauer, Y. F. Han, J. Means, W. Teizer, Y. Vasquez, E. S. Funck, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 3506 - 13515. View PDF