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Antibody-conjugated soybean oil-filled calcium phosphate nanoshells for targetted delivery of hydrophobic molecules by Schmidt, H. T., Kroczynski, M., Maddox, J., Chen, Y., Josephs, R., Ostafin, A. E.

“…Hollow calcium phosphate nanoparticles capable of encapsulating poorly water-soluble molecules were produced by self-assembly. Previously reported were solid…”
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Exciton Delocalization and Initial Dephasing Dynamics of Purple Bacterial LH2 by Book, L. D, Ostafin, A. E, Ponomarenko, N, Norris, J. R, Scherer, N. F

“…Ultrafast four-wave mixing spectroscopies are employed to study exciton dynamics associated with the B800 and B850 transitions of LH2 from Rhodobacter…”
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Fluorescence of Cascade Blue™ inside nano-sized porous shells of silicate by Ostafin, A.E, Siegel, M, Wang, Q, Mizukami, H

“…Cascade Blue™ (CB) dye at a concentration as high as 0.227 M was encapsulated within nano-sized porous silicate shells, and its relative fluorescence yield…”
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Plasma levels of immunoreactive atrial natriuretic factor in healthy subjects and in patients with edema by SHENKER, Y, SIDER, R. S, OSTAFIN, E. A, GREKIN, R. J

“…Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), a recently sequenced cardiac peptide, has been shown to have potent natriuretic, diuretic, and vasodilating effects in several…”
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Self-Assembled Highly Ordered Spherical Mesoporous Silica/Gold Nanocomposites by Nooney, R.I., Dhanasekaran, T., Chen, Y., Josephs, R., Ostafin, A.E.

“…Gold nanoparticles act as seeds for the growth of mesoporous silica shells according to the method described here for the synthesis of silica/gold…”
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Temperature dependent UV-Vis spectral changes in hydrogen-and deuterium-bonded photosynthetic reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides by Ostafin, A. E., Popova, J. A., Payne, C. K., Mizukami, H., Norris, J. R.

“…The UV-Vis absorption spectra of detergent-isolated hydrogen-and deuterium-bonded reaction centers (RCs) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides PUC 705Ba were examined…”
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Liposome Directed Growth of Calcium Phosphate Nanoshells by Schmidt, H.T., Ostafin, A.E.

“…Calcium phosphate nanoshells (see Figure) have been produced using a liposome template. It is demonstrated that shells of thickness 2–10 nm surrounding a…”
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Characterization of expressed pigmented core light harvesting complex (LH 1) in a reaction center deficient mutant of Blastochloris viridis by Ostafin, Agnes E, Ponomarenko, Nina S, Popova, Julia A, Jäger, Martin, Bylina, Edward J, Norris, Jr, James R

“…The utility of photosynthetically defective mutants in the purple photosynthetic bacterium Blastochloris viridis (formerly Rhodopseudomonas viridis)was…”
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Synthesis of Nanoscale Mesoporous Silica Spheres with Controlled Particle Size by Nooney, Robert I, Thirunavukkarasu, Dhanasekaran, Chen, Yimei, Josephs, Robert, Ostafin, Agnes E

“…A simple one-step procedure is described for the synthesis of spherical mesoporous silica, in which the size of the particles is controlled over a range of…”
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Assembly of Aqueous-Cored Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery by Schmidt, Hartley T., Gray, Ben L., Wingert, Philip A., Ostafin, Agnes E.

“…A synthesis strategy for aqueous-cored calcium phosphate nanoparticles is presented that combines ease of preparation, reproducibility, size control,…”
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Adsorption and Encapsulation of Fluorescent Probes in Nanoparticles by Makarova, Olga V, Ostafin, Agnes E, Miyoshi, Hirokazu, Norris, James R, Meisel, Dan

“…Silica “nanobubbles” are hollow spheres of silica that can be used as nanometer-sized containers for probe molecules. A method for the encapsulation of a…”
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Self-Assembly of Mesoporous Nanoscale Silica/Gold Composites by Nooney, Robert I, Thirunavukkarasu, Dhanasekaran, Chen, Yimei, Josephs, Robert, Ostafin, Agnes E

“…The effect of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) template concentration, solvent conditions, and silica source on the structure and self-assembly of…”
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Electrokinetic transport of red blood cells in microcapillaries by Minerick, Adrienne R., Ostafin, Agnes E., Chang, Hsueh-Chia

“…Electrokinetic flow of a suspension of erythrocytes (red blood cells, RBCs) in 20 νm cylindrical fused‐silica capillaries is examined in the present work. Flow…”
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Monitoring the Synthesis and Composition Analysis of Microsilica Encapsulated Acetylacetonatocarbonyl TriphenylphosphinerhodiumCatalyst by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Techniques by Qing Dai, Menzies, D., Qiang Wang, Ostafin, A.E., Brown, S.N., Meisel, D., Maginn, E.J.

“…A novel technique to monitor the synthesis process of encapsulated acetylacetonatocarbonyl triphenylphosphinerhodium within a microsilica nanoshell has been…”
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Effect of oscillating fluid shear on solute transport in cortical bone by Schmidt, Stephanie M., McCready, Mark J., Ostafin, Agnes E.

“…The consequences of an oscillatory fluid shear mechanism on nutrient transport in bone during physical activity and ultrasonic therapy are discussed. During…”
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Cryogenic Charge Transport in Oxidized Purple Bacterial Light-Harvesting 1 Complexes by Srivatsan, Nagarajan, Kolbasov, Dmitri, Ponomarenko, Nina, Weber, Stefan, Ostafin, Agnes E, Norris, James R

“…We report on the analysis of the inter-bacteriochlorophyll a (BChla) charge-transport process that occurs in oxidized purple bacterial light-harvesting 1 (LH1)…”
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Self-assembly of supermicro- and meso-porous silica and silica/gold nanoparticles using double-chained surfactants by Nooney, Robert I., Thirunavukkarasu, Dhanasekaran, Ostafin, Agnes E., Chen, Yimei, Josephs, Robert

“…Porous silica nanosized particles were prepared using tetramethylorthosilicate and two double carbon chained templates, n-didecyldimethylammonium bromide and…”
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Surface Modification of Small Particle TiO2 Colloids with Cysteine for Enhanced Photochemical Reduction:  An EPR Study by Rajh, Tijana, Ostafin, Agnes E, Micic, Olga I, Tiede, David M, Thurnauer, Marion C

“…Surface complexation of colloidal titanium dioxide nanoparticles (40−60 Å) with cysteine was investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and infrared…”
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