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Chen W; Wang W; Xie Z; Centurion F; Sun B; Paterson DJ; Tsao SCH; Chu D; Shen Y; Mao G; Gu Z, 2024, 'Size-Dependent Penetration of Nanoparticles in Tumor Spheroids: A Multidimensional and Quantitative Study of Transcellular and Paracellular Pathways', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202304693

Lin J; Kilani M; Baharfar M; Tang J; Zheng J; Kumar PV; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2024, 'Microelectrode-enabled Electrocrystallization of Cobalt TCNQ Complex for Gas Sensing', ChemElectroChem, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300826

Fuchs R; Abdoli S; Kilani M; Nor-Azman NA; Yu R; Tang SY; Dickey MD; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2024, 'Stroking through Electrolyte: Liquid Metal Droplet Propulsion through Pulse Time Modulation', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202314815

Zheng J; Solomon MB; Rawal A; Chi Y; Yu R; Liu L; Tang J; Mao G; D’Alessandro DM; Kumar PV; Rahim MA; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2023, 'Passivation-Free, Liquid-Metal-Based Electrosynthesis of Aluminum Metal-Organic Frameworks Mediated by Light Metal Activation', ACS Nano, 17, pp. 25532 - 25541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c09472

Baharfar M; Lin J; Kilani M; Zhao L; Zhang Q; Mao G, 2023, 'Gas nanosensors for health and safety applications in mining', Nanoscale Advances, 5, pp. 5997 - 6016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3na00507k

Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Baharfar M; Tajik M; Chi Y; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2023, 'Liquid Metal Interface for Two-Precursor Autogenous Deposition of Metal Telluride-Tellurium Networks', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15, pp. 47394 - 47404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c10049

Chi Y; Kumar PV; Zheng J; Kong C; Yu R; Johnston L; Ghasemian MB; Rahim MA; Kumeria T; Chu D; Lu X; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2023, 'Liquid-Metal Solvents for Designing Hierarchical Nanoporous Metals at Low Temperatures', ACS Nano, 17, pp. 17070 - 17081, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c04585

Hassan MM; Romana B; Mao G; Kumar N; Sonvico F; Thordarson P; Joyce P; Bremmell KE; Barnes TJ; Prestidge CA, 2023, 'Liposome-Micelle-Hybrid (LMH) Carriers for Controlled Co-Delivery of 5-FU and Paclitaxel as Chemotherapeutics', Pharmaceutics, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15071886

Lin J; Kilani M; Mao G, 2023, 'Recent Advances in Integrating 1D Nanomaterials into Chemiresistive Gas Sensor Devices', Advanced Materials Technologies, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202202038

Kilani M; Ahmed M; Mayyas M; Wang Y; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2023, 'Toward Precision Deposition of Conductive Charge-Transfer Complex Crystals Using Nanoelectrochemistry', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202201198

Wang W; Clark J; Mao G, 2023, 'Neuroanatomical Tract Tracers: Not Just for Neural Tracing Anymore', ACS Applied Bio Materials, 6, pp. 1380 - 1397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.3c00063

Wang W; Hassan MM; Mao G, 2023, 'Colloidal Perspective on Targeted Drug Delivery to the Central Nervous System', Langmuir, 39, pp. 3235 - 3245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02949

Tang J; Christofferson AJ; Sun J; Zhai Q; Kumar PV; Yuwono JA; Tajik M; Meftahi N; Tang J; Dai L; Mao G; Russo SP; Kaner RB; Rahim MA; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2023, 'Dynamic configurations of metallic atoms in the liquid state for selective propylene synthesis', Nature Nanotechnology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01540-x

Zheng J; Sharma A; Kumeria T; Chi Y; Ghasemian MB; Mao G; Tang J; Kumar P; Rahim MA; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2023, 'Dynamic Zinc in Liquid Metal Media as a Metal Ion Source for Highly Porous ZIF-8 Synthesis', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300969

Yu R; Han J; Chi Y; Zheng J; Fuchs R; Ghasemian MB; Rahim MA; Tang SY; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2023, 'Impact of Minor Alloy Components on the Electrocapillarity and Electrochemistry of Liquid Metal Fractals', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202301348

Centurion F; Hassan MM; Tang J; Allioux FM; Chakraborty S; Chen R; Mao G; Kumar N; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2022, 'Assembly of surface-independent polyphenol/liquid gallium composite nanocoatings', Nanoscale, 14, pp. 14760 - 14769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2nr02559k

Gao X; Hassan MM; Ghosh S; Mao G; Sankari A, 2022, 'Efficacy and toxicity of the DPCPX nanoconjugate drug study for the treatment of spinal cord injury in rats', Journal of Applied Physiology, 133, pp. 262 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00195.2022

Zare I; Yaraki MT; Speranza G; Najafabadi AH; Shourangiz-Haghighi A; Nik AB; Manshian BB; Saraiva C; Soenen SJ; Kogan MJ; Lee JW; Apollo NV; Bernardino L; Araya E; Mayer D; Mao G; Hamblin MR, 2022, 'Gold nanostructures: synthesis, properties, and neurological applications', Chemical Society Reviews, 51, pp. 2601 - 2680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cs01111a

Mao G; Kilani M; Ahmed M, 2022, 'Review-Micro/Nanoelectrodes and Their Use in Electrocrystallization: Historical Perspective and Current Trends', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac51a0

Janic B; Brown SL; Neff R; Mao G; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2022, 'Gold Nanoparticle (AuNP) as a Therapeutic Enhancer for Radio – And Immunotherapy Therapy Combination in Triple Negative Breast Cancer', International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 114, pp. e522 - e522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.2114

Geng X; Li S; Mawella-Vithanage L; Ma T; Kilani M; Wang B; Ma L; Hewa-Rahinduwage CC; Shafikova A; Nikolla E; Mao G; Brock SL; Zhang L; Luo L, 2021, 'Atomically dispersed Pb ionic sites in PbCdSe quantum dot gels enhance room-temperature NO2 sensing', Nature Communications, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25192-4

Hassan MM; Hettiarachchi M; Kilani M; Gao X; Sankari A; Boyer C; Mao G, 2021, 'Sustained A1 Adenosine Receptor Antagonist Drug Release from Nanoparticles Functionalized by a Neural Tracing Protein', ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 12, pp. 4438 - 4448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00538

Wang Y; Mayyas M; Yang J; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Mousavi M; Han J; Ahmed M; Baharfar M; Mao G; Yao Y; Esrafilzadeh D; Cortie D; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Liquid-metal-assisted deposition and patterning of molybdenum dioxide at low temperature', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, pp. 53181 - 53193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c15367

Sarma A; Gajan A; Kim S; Gurdziel K; Mao G; Nangia-Makker P; Shekhar MPV, 2021, 'RAD6B Loss Disrupts Expression of Melanoma Phenotype in Part by Inhibiting WNT/β-Catenin Signaling', American Journal of Pathology, 191, pp. 368 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2020.10.015

Janic B; Brown SL; Neff R; Liu F; Mao G; Chen Y; Jackson L; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2021, 'Therapeutic enhancement of radiation and immunomodulation by gold nanoparticles in triple negative breast cancer', Cancer Biology and Therapy, 22, pp. 124 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2020.1861923

Yu X; Kilani M; Siddiqui A; Mao G, 2020, 'One-Step Synthesis of Charge-Transfer Salt Nanosensors on Microelectrode Patterns', Advanced Materials Technologies, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000554

Janic B; Neff R; Brown SL; Liu F; Mao G; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2020, 'Radiation and Gold Nanoparticle Immunomodulation in MDA MB 231 Mouse Breast Cancer Model', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 108, pp. E545 - E546, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000582521502014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Janic B; Brown S; Neff R; Liu F; Bobbitt K; Mao G; Chetty I; Movsas B; Wen N, 2020, 'Radiation and Gold Nanoparticle Increase the Expression of Immunogenic Cell Death Markers in MDA MB 231 Breast Cancer Model', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 108, pp. E26 - E27, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000579885400055&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Yu X; Kilani M; Mao G, 2020, 'Controlled One-Step Manufacture of Charge Transfer Salt Nanowire Sensors for Gas Detection', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-01, pp. 2297 - 2297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2020-01302297mtgabs

Kilani M; Yu X; Mao G, 2020, 'Nanowire Organic Sensor for Ammonia Detection', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-01, pp. 2901 - 2901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2020-01522901mtgabs

Liu F; Zhang Y; Schafer J; Mao G; Goshgarian HG, 2019, 'Diaphragmatic recovery in rats with cervical spinal cord injury induced by a theophylline nanoconjugate: Challenges for clinical use', Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 42, pp. 725 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2019.1577058

Haynes B; Zhang Y; Liu F; Li J; Petit S; Kothayer H; Bao X; Westwell AD; Mao G; Shekhar MP, 2019, 'Corrigendum to “Gold nanoparticle conjugated Rad6 inhibitor induces cell death in triple negative breast cancer cells by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction and PARP-1 hyperactivation: Synthesis and characterization” [Nanomedicine 12 (3) (2016), 745-757](S1549963415002002)(10.1016/j.nano.2015.10.010)', Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 18, pp. 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2019.01.005

Mao G; Kilani M; Yu X, 2019, '(Invited) Substrate-Directed Electrocrystallization As a Manufacturing Method for Nanowire Sensors', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2019-01, pp. 2077 - 2077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2019-01/44/2077

Luo L; Gunasekera D; Kilani M; Yu X; Chen Q; Mao G, 2019, 'A mass transfer-based method for controlled electrosynthesis and organization of tetrathiafulvalene bromide micro/nanowires', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 166, pp. H63 - H69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/2.1001902jes

Sankari A; Minic Z; Farshi P; Shanidze M; Mansour W; Liu F; Mao G; Goshgarian HG, 2019, 'Sleep disordered breathing induced by cervical spinal cord injury and effect of adenosine A1 receptors modulation in rats', Journal of Applied Physiology, 127, pp. 1668 - 1676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00563.2019

Janic B; Brown SL; Liu F; Mao G; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2019, 'Gold Nanoparticles as Radiosensitizers in MDA MB 231 Xenograft Mouse Model', International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 105, pp. E677 - E678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.995

Saadat N; Liu F; Haynes B; Nangia-Makker P; Bao X; Li J; Polin LA; Gupta S; Mao G; Shekhar MP, 2018, 'Nano-delivery of RAD6/translesion synthesis inhibitor SMI#9 for triple-negative breast cancer therapy', Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 17, pp. 2586 - 2597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-18-0364

Kilani M; Torabi K; Mao G, 2018, 'Application of virtual laboratories and molecular simulations in teaching nanoengineering to undergraduate students', Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 26, pp. 1527 - 1538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cae.21940

An M; Yu C; Xi J; Reyes J; Mao G; Wei WZ; Liu H, 2018, 'Induction of necrotic cell death and activation of STING in the tumor microenvironment via cationic silica nanoparticles leading to enhanced antitumor immunity', Nanoscale, 10, pp. 9311 - 9319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8nr01376d

Xie L; Ding X; Budry R; Mao G, 2018, 'Layer-by-layer DNA films incorporating highly transfecting bioreducible poly(Amido amine) and polyethylenimine for sequential gene delivery', International Journal of Nanomedicine, 13, pp. 4943 - 4959, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S162353

Weeraratne ADKI; Baydoun H; Shakya R; Niklas J; Xie L; Mao G; Stoian SA; Poluektov OG; Verani CN, 2018, 'Observation of current rectification by the new bimetallic iron(iii) hydrophobe [Fe III 2 (LN4O6)] on AuLB-moleculeAu devices', Dalton Transactions, 47, pp. 14352 - 14361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8dt03158d

Lewis KT; Naik AR; Laha SS; Wang S; Mao G; Kuhn E; Jena BP, 2018, 'Secretion induces cell pH dynamics impacting assembly-disassembly of the fusion protein complex: A combined fluorescence and atomic force microscopy study', Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 73, pp. 57 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.08.003

Janic B; Liu F; R Bobbitt K; L Brown S; J Chetty I; Mao G; Movsas B; Wen N, 2018, 'Cellular Uptake and Radio-sensitization Effect of Small Gold Nanoparticles in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells', Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology, 09, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2157-7439.1000499

Jahanian P; Yu X; Kilani M; Mao G, 2017, 'Electrodeposition of partially oxidized tetracyanoplatinate nanowires on seeds and patterns for gas sensing', Materials Research Letters, 5, pp. 569 - 576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2017.1367332

Jena BP; Stemmer PM; Wang S; Mao G; Lewis KT; Walz DA, 2017, 'Human Platelet Vesicles Exhibit Distinct Size and Proteome', Journal of Proteome Research, 16, pp. 2333 - 2338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00309

Minic Z; Wilson S; Liu F; Sankari A; Mao G; Goshgarian H, 2017, 'Nanoconjugate-bound adenosine A1 receptor antagonist enhances recovery of breathing following acute cervical spinal cord injury', Experimental Neurology, 292, pp. 56 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.02.013

Dean I; Dzinic SH; Bernardo MM; Zou Y; Kimler V; Li X; Kaplun A; Granneman J; Mao G; Sheng S, 2017, 'The secretion and biological function of tumor suppressor maspin as an exosome cargo protein', Oncotarget, 8, pp. 8043 - 8056, http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.13302

Zhang Y; Walker JB; Minic Z; Liu F; Goshgarian H; Mao G, 2016, 'Transporter protein and drug-conjugated gold nanoparticles capable of bypassing the blood-brain barrier', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25794

Haynes B; Zhang Y; Liu F; Li J; Petit S; Kothayer H; Bao X; Westwell AD; Mao G; Shekhar MPV, 2016, 'Gold nanoparticle conjugated Rad6 inhibitor induces cell death in triple negative breast cancer cells by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction and PARP-1 hyperactivation: Synthesis and characterization', Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 12, pp. 745 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2015.10.010

Minic Z; Zhang Y; Mao G; Goshgarian HG, 2016, 'Transporter protein-coupled DPCPX nanoconjugates induce diaphragmatic recovery after SCI by blocking adenosine A1 receptors', Journal of Neuroscience, 36, pp. 3441 - 3452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2577-15.2016


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