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Publications: Materials and Molecular Machines

1998 - 2008

Other publications: Spectroscopy | Laser-CVD

  1. Xia, T.; Kovochich, M.; Liong, M.; Mädler, L.; Gilbert, B.; Shi, H.; Yeh, J. I.; Zink, J. I.; Nel, A. E., Comparison of the Mechanism of Toxicity of Zinc Oxide and Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Based on Dissolution and Oxidative Stress Properties. ACS Nano 2008, 2 (10), 2121-2134. [Full Text-PDF]
  2. Huang, M. H.; Soyez, H. M.; Dunn, B. S.; Zink, J. I.; Sellinger, A.; Brinker, C. J., In situ fluorescence probing of the chemical and structural changes during formation of hexagonal phase cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and lamellar phase CTAB/Poly(dodecylmethacrylate) sol-gel silica thin films. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 2008, 47 (3), 300-310. [Full Text-PDF]
  3. Johansson, E.; Choi, E.; Angelos, S.; Liong, M.; Zink, J. I., Light-activated functional mesostructured silica. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 2008, 46 (3), 313-322. [Full Text-PDF]
  4. Liong, M.; Lu, J.; Kovochich, M.; Xia, T.; Ruehm, S. G.; Nel, A. E.; Tamanoi, F.; Zink, J. I., Multifunctional Inorganic Nanoparticles for Imaging, Targeting, and Drug Delivery. ACS Nano 2008, 2 (5), 889-896. [Full Text-PDF]
  5. Angelos, S.; Liong, M.; Choi, E.; Zink, J. I., Mesoporous silicate materials as substrates for molecular machines and drug delivery. Chemical Engineering Journal 2008, 137 (1), 4-13. [Full Text-PDF]
  6. Lu, J.; Choi, E.; Tamanoi, F.; Zink, J. I., Light-Activated Nanoimpeller-Controlled Drug Release in Cancer Cells. Small 2008, 4 (4), 421-426. [Full Text-PDF]
  7. Lu, J.; Liong, M.; Sherman, S.; Xia, T.; Kovochich, M.; Nel, A. E.; Zink, J. I.; Tamanoi, F., Mesoporous silica nanoparticles for cancer therapy: energy-dependent cellular uptake and delivery of paclitaxel to cancer cells. Nanobiotechnology 2007, 3 (2), 89-95. [Full Text-PDF]
  8. Angelos, S.; Yang, Y.-W.; Patel, K.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., pH-responsive supramolecular nanovalves based on cucurbit[6]uril pseudorotaxanes. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2008, 47 (12), 2222-2226. [Full Text-PDF]
  9. Angelos, S.; Liong, M.; Choi, E.; Zink, J. I., Mesoporous silicate materials as substrates for molecular machines and drug delivery. Chemical Engineering Journal 2008, 137 (1), 4-13. [Full Text-PDF]
  10. Patel, K.; Angelos, S.; Dichtel, W. R.; Coskun, A.; Yang, Y.-W.; Zink, J. I.; Stoddart, J. F., Enzyme-Responsive Snap-Top Covered Silica Nanocontainers. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130 (8), 2382-2383. [Full Text-PDF]
  11. Xia, T.; Kovochich, M.; Liong, M.; Zink, J. I.; Nel, A. E., Cationic Polystyrene Nanosphere Toxicity Depends on Cell-Specific Endocytic and Mitochondrial Injury Pathways. ACS Nano 2008, 2 (1), 85-96. [Full Text-PDF]
  12. Johansson, E.; Zink, J. I., Nanostructured Silica Thin Films Self-Assembled with Electron Donors and Acceptors to Measure Electron Tunneling. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129 (46), 14437-14443. [Full Text-PDF]
  13. Angelos, S.; Johansson, E.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., Mesostructured silica supports for functional materials and molecular machines. Advanced Functional Materials 2007, 17 (14), 2261-2271. [Full Text-PDF]
  14. Nguyen, T. D.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Liong, M.; Liu, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., Versatile supramolecular nanovalves reconfigured for light activation. Advanced Functional Materials 2007, 17 (13), 2101-2110. [Full Text-PDF]
  15. Lu, J.; Liong, M.; Zink, J. I.; Tammanoi, F., Mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a delivery system for hydrophobic anticancer drugs. Small 2007, 3 (8), 1341-1346. [Full Text-PDF]
  16. Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Molecules in Glass: Probes, Ordered Assemblies, and Functional Materials. Accounts of Chemical Research 2007, 40 (9), 747-755. [Full Text-PDF]
  17. Angelos, S.; Choi, E.; Vögtle, F.; De Cola, L.; Zink, J. I., Photo-Driven Expulsion of Molecules from Mesostructured Silica Nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2007, 111 (18), 6589-6592. [Full Text-PDF]
  18. Saha, S.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Nguyen, T. D.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., Nanovalves. Advanced Functional Materials 2007, 17 (5), 685-693. [Full Text-PDF]
  19. Nguyen, T. D.; Liu, Y.; Saha, S.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., Design and Optimization of Molecular Nanovalves Based on Redox-Switchable Bistable Rotaxanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129 (3), 626-634. [Full Text-PDF]
  20. Sierocki, P.; Maas, H.; Dragut, P.; Richardt, G.; Voegtle, F.; De Cola, L.; Brouwer, F.; Zink, J. I., Photoisomerization of Azobenzene Derivatives in Nanostructured Silica. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2006, 110 (48), 24390-24398. [Full Text-PDF]
  21. Leung, K. C.-F.; Nguyen, T. D.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., Supramolecular Nanovalves Controlled by Proton Abstraction and Competitive Binding. Chemistry of Materials 2006, 18 (25), 5919-5928. [Full Text-PDF]
  22. Poderycki, M. J.; Kickhoefer, V. A.; Kaddis, C. S.; Raval-Fernandes, S.; Johansson, E.; Zink, J. I.; Loo, J. A.; Rome, L. H., The Vault Exterior Shell Is a Dynamic Structure that Allows Incorporation of Vault-Associated Proteins into Its Interior. Biochemistry 2006, 45 (39), 12184-12193. [Full Text-PDF]
  23. Nguyen, T. D.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Liong, M.; Pentecost, C. D.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., Construction of a pH-Driven Supramolecular Nanovalve. Organic Letters 2006, 8 (15), 3363-3366. [Full Text-PDF]
  24. Lan, E. H.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Nanostructured systems for biological materials. Methods in Molecular Biology (Totowa, NJ, United States) 2005, 300, (Protein Nanotechnology), 53-79.
  25. Saha, S.; Johansson, L. E.; Flood, A. H.; Tseng, H.-R.; Zink, J. I.; Stoddart, J. F., Powering a supramolecular machine with a photoactive molecular triad. Small 2005, 1, (1), 87-90. [Full Text-PDF]
  26. Saha, S.; Johansson, E.; Flood, A. H.; Tseng, H.-R.; Zink, J. I.; Stoddart, J. F., A photoactive molecular triad as a nanoscale power supply for a supramolecular machine. Chemistry--A European Journal 2005, 11, (23), 6846-6858. [Full Text-PDF]
  27. Nguyen, T. D.; Tseng, H.-R.; Celestre, P. C.; Flood, A. H.; Liu, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., A reversible molecular valve. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005, 102, (29), 10029-10034. [Full Text-PDF]
  28. Minoofar, P. N.; Dunn, B. S.; Zink, J. I., Multiply Doped Nanostructured Silicate Sol-Gel Thin Films: Spatial Segregation of Dopants, Energy Transfer, and Distance Measurements. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2005, 127, (8), 2656-2665. [Full Text-PDF]
  29. Kickhoefer, V. A.; Garcia, Y.; Mikyas, Y.; Johansson, E.; Zhou, J. C.; Raval-Fernandes, S.; Minoofar, P.; Zink, J. I.; Dunn, B.; Stewart, P. L.; Rome, L. H., Engineering of vault nanocapsules with enzymatic and fluorescent properties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005, 102, (12), 4348-4352. [Full Text-PDF]
  30. Hsueh, H.-S.; Yang, C.-T.; Zink, J. I.; Huang, M. H., Formation of Titanium Nitride Nanoparticles within Mesoporous Silica SBA-15. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2005, 109, (10), 4404-4409. [Full Text-PDF]
  31. Hawthorne, M. F.; Zink, J. I.; Skelton, J. M.; Bayer, M. J.; Liu, C.; Livshits, E.; Baer, R.; Neuhauser, D., Electrical or Photocontrol of the Rotary Motion of a Metallacarborane. Science (Washington, DC, United States) 2004, 303, (5665), 1849-1851. [Full Text-PDF]
  32. Rickus, J. L.; Chang, P. L.; Tobin, A. J.; Zink, J. I.; Dunn, B., Photochemical Coenzyme Regeneration in an Enzymatically Active Optical Material. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2004, 108, (26), 9325-9332. [Full Text-PDF]
  33. Garcia-Macedo, J. A.; Valverde, G.; Lockard, J.; Zink, J. I., SERS on mesostructured thin films with silver nanoparticles. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2004, 5361, (Quantum Dots, Nanoparticles, and Nanoclusters), 117-124. [Full Text-PDF]
  34. Garcia-Macedo, J.; Franco, A.; Valverde, G.; Zink, J. I., Photoconductivity on nanostructured sol-gel thin films with silver nanoparticles. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2004, 5520, (Organic Photovoltaics V), 206-215. [Full Text-PDF]
  35. Hernandez, R.; Tseng, H.-R.; Wong, J. W.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., An Operational Supramolecular Nanovalve. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, (11), 3370-3371. [Full Text-PDF]
  36. Minoofar, P.; Hernandez, R.; Franville, A.-C.; Chia, S.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Strategies for spatially separating molecules in mesostructured sol-gel silicate films. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 2003, 26, 571-575. [Full Text-PDF]
  37. Garcia Macedo, J.; Valverde, G.; Cruz, D.; Franco, A.; Zink, J. I.; Minoofar, P., Structure and Polyphenylvinylene Concentration Effect on the Photoconductivity Response from Mesostructured Silica Films. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2003, 107 (10), 2249-2252. [Full Text-PDF]
  38. Garcia Macedo, J.; Valverde, G.; Zink, J. I., Using carbazole as a structural modifier of CTAB-templated silicate sol-gel thin films. Langmuir 2003, 19 (10), 4411-4414. [Full Text-PDF]
  39. Valverde, G.; Garcia Macedo, J.; Cruz, D.; Zink, J. I.; Hernandez, R., Photoconductivity in mesostructured thin films. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 2003, 26 (1-3), 605-608. [Full Text-PDF]
  40. Nguyen, D. T.; Smit, M.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Stabilization of creatine kinase encapsulated in silicate sol-gel materials and unusual temperature effects on its activity. Chemistry of Materials 2002, 14 (10), 4300-4306. [Full Text-PDF]
  41. Minoofar, P. N.; Franville, A.-C.; Chia, S.; Hernandez, R.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Placement and Characterization of Pairs of Luminescent Molecules in Spatially Separated Regions of Nanosctructured Thin Films. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2002, 124 (48), 14388-14396. [Full Text-PDF]
  42. Huang, M. H.; Kartono, F.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I.; Valverde, G.; Garcia, J., Hexagonal to lamellar mesostructural changes in silicate films caused by organic additives. Chemistry of Materials 2002, 14 (12), 5153-5162. [Full Text-PDF]
  43. Garcia Macedo, J. A.; Cruz, D.; Valverde, G.; Zink, J. I.; Hernandez, R.; Minoofar, P., Charge transport under illumination in mesoporous continuous films. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2002, 4465 (Organic Photovoltaics II), 137-142. [Full Text-PDF]
  44. Rickus, J. L.; Lan, E.; Tobin, A. J.; Zink, J. I.; Dunn, B., Sol-gel optical sensors for glutamate. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 2001, 662 (Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering), OO2.2/1-OO2.2/6.
  45. Chia, S.; Cao, J.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I., Working Supramolecular Machines Trapped in Glass and Mounted on a Film Surface. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2001, 40 (13), 2447-2451. [Full Text-PDF]
  46. Hernandez, R.; Franville, A.-C.; Minoofar, P.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Controlled Placement of Luminescent Molecules and Polymers in Mesostructured Sol-Gel Thin Films. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2001, 123 (6), 1248-1249. [Full Text-PDF]
  47. Cheng, W.; Baudrin, E.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Synthesis and Electrochromic Properties of Mesoporous Tungsten Oxide. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2001, 11 (1), 92-97. [Full Text-PDF]
  48. Lan, E. H.; Dunn, B. S.; Zink, J. I., Immunosensing of Trinitrotoluene Using Sol-Gel Glasses. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2000, 3943 (Sol-Gel Optics V), 163-169. [Full Text-PDF]
  49. Chia, S.; Urano, J.; Tamanoi, F.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Patterned Hexagonal Arrays of Living Cells in Sol-Gel Silica Films. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000, 122 (27), 6488-6489. [Full Text-PDF]
  50. Lan, E. H.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Sol-Gel Encapsulated Anti-Trinitrotoluene Antibodies in Immunoassays for TNT. Chemistry of Materials 2000, 12 (7), 1874-1878. [Full Text-PDF]
  51. Huang, M. H.; Dunn, B. S.; Zink, J. I., In Situ Luminescence Probing of the Chemical and Structural Changes during Formation of Dip-Coated Lamellar Phase Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Sol-Gel Thin Films. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000, 122 (15), 3739-3745. [Full Text-PDF]
  52. Huang, M. H.; Soyez, H. M.; Dunn, B. S.; Zink, J. I., In Situ Fluorescence Probing of Molecular Mobility and Chemical Changes during Formation of Dip-Coated Sol-Gel Silica Thin Films. Chemistry of Materials 2000, 12 (1), 231-235. [Full Text-PDF]
  53. Lan, E. H.; Dave, B. C.; Fukuto, J. M.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I.; Valentine, J. S., Synthesis of sol-gel encapsulated heme proteins with chemical sensing properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry 1999, 9 (1), 45-53. [Full Text-PDF]
  54. Huang, M. H.; Dunn, B. S.; Soyez, H.; Zink, J. I., In situ probing by fluorescence spectroscopy of the formation of continuous highly-ordered lamellar-phase mesostructured thin films. Langmuir 1998, 14 (26), 7331-7333. [Full Text-PDF]
  55. Fuqua, P. D.; Dunn, B.; Zink, J. I., Optical properties and dimer formation in copper phthalocyanine-doped sol-gel matrices. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 1998, 11 (3), 241-250. [Full Text-PDF]
  56. Dunn, B.; Miller, J. M.; Dave, B. C.; Valentine, J. S.; Zink, J. I., Strategies for encapsulating biomolecules in sol-gel matrices. Acta Materialia 1998, 46 (3), 737-741. [Full Text-PDF]