Meng Wu (Murphy lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) defended his doctoral dissertation, entitled “Hard and Soft Coatings on Gold Nanoparticles at the Nano-Bio Interface” on April 3. Congratulations, Dr. Wu!
Gene Chong’s manuscript, entitled “Defects in Self-Assembled Monolayers on Nanoparticles Prompt Phospholipid Extraction and Bilayer Curvature-Dependent Deformations,” has been accepted by the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Read the online publication here. Gene Chong, Isabel U. Foreman-Ortiz, Meng Wu, Anthony Bautista, Catherine J. Murphy, Joel A. Pedersen and Rigoberto Hernandez, J. Phys. Chem. C. 2019, Available Online.
Catherine J. Murphy’s manuscript, entitled “Virus-Sized Gold Nanorods: Plasmonic Particles for Biology,” has been accepted by Accounts of Chemical Research. Read the online publication here. Catherine J. Murphy, Huei-Huei Chang, Priscila Falagan-Lotsch, Matthew T. Gole, Daniel M. Hofmann, Khoi Nguyen L. Hoang, Sophia M. McClain, Sean M. Meyer, Jacob G. Turner, Mahima Unnikrishnan, Meng Wu, Xi Zhang and Yishu Zhang, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019, 52 (8), 2124-2135.
Meng Wu’s manuscript, entitled “Solution NMR Analysis of Ligand Environment in Quaternary Ammonium-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticles: The Effect of Surface Curvature and Ligand Structure,” has been accepted by the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Read the online publication here. Meng Wu, Ariane M. Vartanian, Gene Chong, Arun Kumar Pandiakumar, Robert J. Hamers, Rigoberto Hernandez and Catherine J. Murphy, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, Accepted.
Gene Chong’s manuscript, entitled “Density, Structure, and Stability of Citrate3– and H2Citrate– on Bare and Coated Gold Nanoparticles,” has been accepted by The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Read the manuscript online here. Gene Chong, Elizabeth D. Laudadio, Meng Wu, Catherine J. Murphy, Robert J. Hamers and Rigoberto Hernandez, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, Accepted.
