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Journal articles
2015, 'Biomedical optics express feature issue introduction: Optical trapping applications (OTA)', Biomedical Optics Express, 6, pp. 4273 - 4274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.6.004273
,2015, 'Enhancing Quantum Dots for Bioimaging using Advanced Surface Chemistry and Advanced Optical Microscopy: Application to Silicon Quantum Dots (SiQDs)', Advanced Materials, 27, pp. 6144 - 6150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201503223
,2015, 'Ultrasensitive and Specific Measurement of Protease Activity Using Functionalized Photonic Crystals', Analytical Chemistry, 87, pp. 9946 - 9953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02529
,2015, 'Air-stable PbS quantum dots synthesized with slow reaction kinetics via a PbBr
2015, 'Phase transformations in CdSe quantum dots induced by reaction time', Materials Letters, 141, pp. 67 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.11.043
,2015, 'Intrinsic heating in optically trapped au nanoparticles measured by dark-field spectroscopy', Biomedical Optics Express, 6, pp. 3646 - 3654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.6.003646
,2015, 'The analytical performance of a porous silicon Bloch surface wave biosensors as protease biosensor', Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 211, pp. 469 - 475, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.01.098
,2014, 'Antibody modified porous silicon microparticles for the selective capture of cells', Bioconjugate Chemistry, 25, pp. 1282 - 1289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bc500144u
,2014, 'Study of gamma irradiation effect on commercial TiO
2014, 'Chemical patterning on preformed porous silicon photonic crystals: Towards multiplex detection of protease activity at precise positions', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2, pp. 3582 - 3588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4tb00281d
,2014, 'Versatile "click chemistry" Approach to functionalizing silicon quantum dots: Applications toward fluorescent cellular imaging', Langmuir, 30, pp. 5209 - 5216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la500945f
,2014, 'Fabricating low cost and high performance elastomer lenses using hanging droplets', Biomedical Optics Express, 5, pp. 1626 - 1635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.5.001626
,2014, 'Colloidal silicon quantum dots: From preparation to the modification of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) for bio-applications', Chemical Society Reviews, 43, pp. 2680 - 2700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cs60353a
,2014, 'Optimising the enzyme response of a porous silicon photonic crystal via the modular design of enzyme sensitive polymers', Polymer Chemistry, 5, pp. 2333 - 2341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3py01638b
,2014, 'Physclips: Opening a new window into optics education', Optics and Photonics News, 25, pp. 24 - 25
,2014, 'Semiconductor Nanostructures towards Electronic and Optoelectronic Device Applications', Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics, 11, pp. 193 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201470040
,2014, 'Deposition of CdSe quantum dots on graphene sheets', Journal of Luminescence, 146, pp. 46 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.08.072
,2014, 'Modification of porous silicon rugate filters through thiol-yne photochemistry', AIP Conference Proceedings, 1586, pp. 35 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866725
,2014, 'Study of gamma irradiation effect on commercial TiO photocatalyst', Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 89, pp. 25 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.02.001
,2013, 'Fishnet metamaterials with incorporated titanium absorption layer', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/46/49/495107
,2013, 'Photolithographic strategy for patterning preformed, chemically modified, porous silicon photonic crystal using click chemistry', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5, pp. 6514 - 6521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am4006012
,2013, 'Using Spectroscopic Techniques to Interrogate Trapping Dynamics of Nanoscale Objects', Optical Trapping Applications, OTA 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ota.2013.tm2d.1
,2013, 'Photoluminescence of antimony sprayed indium arsenide quantum dots for novel photovoltaic devices', Journal of Applied Physics, 113, pp. 093102-1 - 093102-7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4794018
,2013, 'Resolving stable axial trapping points of nanowires in an optical tweezers using photoluminescence mapping', Nano Letters, 13, pp. 1185 - 1191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl304607v
,2013, 'The effect of (NH_4)_2S_x passivation on the (311)A GaAs surface and its use in AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure devices', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 25, pp. 325304-1 - 325304-12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/25/32/325304
,2012, 'Erratum: Elevated temperature anodized Nb
2012, 'Editorial', Materials Science and Engineering: B, 177, pp. 695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2012.04.007
,2012, 'Biofunctionalization of free-standing porous silicon films for self-assembly of photonic devices', Soft Matter, 8, pp. 360 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1sm06651j
,2012, 'Depth-resolved chemical modification of porous silicon by wavelength-tuned irradiation', Langmuir, 28, pp. 15444 - 15449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la303649u
,2012, 'Elevated temperature anodized Nb2O5: A photoanode material with exceptionally large photoconversion efficiencies', ACS NANO, 6, pp. 4045 - 4053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn300408p
,2012, 'One-pot synthesis of colloidal silicon quantum dots and surface functionalization via thiol-ene click chemistry', Chemical Communications, 48, pp. 11874 - 11876, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2cc35954e
,2012, 'Redox-active monolayers in mesoporous silicon', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, pp. 16080 - 16088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp303980x
,2012, 'Spectroscopy of 3D-trapped particles inside a hollow-core microstructured optical fiber', Optics Express, 20, pp. 11232 - 11240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.011232
,2011, 'High speed synchronous position sensing and acousto-optic switching for optical tweezers applications', Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
,2011, 'Two-photon luminescence study of optically trapped InP semiconductor nanowires', Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, pp. 221 - 223
,2011, 'Characterization of Semiconductor Nanowires Using Optical Tweezers', Nano Letters, 11, pp. 2375 - 2381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl200720m
,2011, 'Mesoporous silicon photonic crystal microparticles: Towards single-cell optical biosensors', Faraday Discussions, 149, pp. 301 - 317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c005340f
,2011, 'Nonlinear optical processes in optically trapped InP nanowires', Nano Letters, 11, pp. 4149 - 4153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl2020262
,2010, 'Photoluminescence study of optically trapped InP semiconductor nanowires', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.860236
,2010, 'Protease detection using a porous silicon based Bloch surface wave optical biosensor', Optics Express, 18, pp. 14878 - 14892, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.014878
,2010, 'Protease detection using a porous silicon based Bloch surface wave optical biosensor.', Optics express, 18, pp. 15174 - 15182
,2010, 'Optical properties of II-VI colloidal quantum dot doped porous silicon microcavities', Applied Physics Letters, 96, pp. 161106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3404183
,2010, 'Parameter exploration of optically trapped liquid aerosols', Physical Review E, 82, pp. 051123-1 - 051123-9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.82.051123
,2010, 'Protease detection using a porous silicon based Bloch surface wave optical biosensor', Optics Express, 18, pp. 15174 - 15182
,2010, 'Substrate independent assembly of optical structures guided by biomolecular interactions', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2, pp. 3270 - 3275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am1007084
,2009, 'Combined optical trapping and microphotoluminescence of single InP nanowires', Applied Physics Letters, 95, pp. 101109-1 - 101109-3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3225148
,2008, 'Optical micromanipulation', Chemical Society Reviews, 37, pp. 42 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b512471a
,2008, 'Porous Silicon as Photonic Substrate for Hybrid Optoelectronics', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2008-02, pp. 2052 - 2052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2008-02/27/2052
,2008, 'Optical micromanipulation using supercontinuum Laguerre- Gaussian and Gaussian beams', Optics Express, 16, pp. 10117 - 10129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.010117
,2008, 'Optical vortex trap for resonant confinement of metal nanoparticles', Optics Express, 16, pp. 4991 - 4999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.004991
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