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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

1. Nanomechanics of a self-assembled monolayer on microcantilever sensors measured by a multiple-point deflection technique
   Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 122, no. 2, pp. 365–368, 2007
2. Electromechanical identification of molecules adsorbed on microcantilevers
   Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 124, no. 1, pp. 143–146, 2007
3. Detection of Cd(II) using antibody-modified microcantilever sensors
   Ultramicroscopy, vol. 107, no. 12, pp. 1123–1128, 2007
4. Vibration response of microcantilevers bounded by a confined fluid
   Ultramicroscopy, vol. 107, no. 10-11, pp. 1105–1110, 2007
5. An experimental investigation of analog delay generation for dynamic control of microsensors and atomic force microscopy
   Ultramicroscopy, vol. 107, no. 10-11, pp. 1020–1026, 2007
6. Effect of chain length on nanomechanics of alkanethiol self-assembly
   Nanotechnology, vol. 18, no. 42, p. 424028, 2007
7. A piezoresistive microcantilever array for surface stress measurement: curvature model and fabrication
   Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 2065–2076, 2007
8. Stochastic excitation and delayed oscillation of a micro-oscillator
   Physical Review B, vol. 75, no. 23, 2007
9. Microcantilever (MCL) Biosensing
   Current Analytical Chemistry, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 297–307, 2006
10. Nonradiative surface plasmon assisted microscale Marangoni forces
    Physical Review E, vol. 73, no. 6, 2006
11. Spiral springs and microspiral springs for chemical and biological sensing
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 6, p. 063504, 2006
12. Influence of nanobubbles on the bending of microcantilevers
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 10, p. 103118, 2006
13. Remote chemical sensing and recognition by acoustic mapping of photothermal fields
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 19, p. 194103, 2006
14. Effect of normal vibration on friction in the atomic force microscopy experiment
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 21, p. 214102, 2006
15. Fluctuation and dissipation of a stochastic micro-oscillator under delayed feedback
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 100, no. 11, p. 114314, 2006
16. Optically directed molecular transport and 3D isoelectric positioning of amphoteric biomolecules
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 103, no. 17, pp. 6436–6441, 2006
17. Surface plasmon assisted thermal coupling of multiple photon energies
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 497, no. 1-2, pp. 315–320, 2006
18. Bioelectromechanical imaging by scanning probe microscopy: Galvani's experiment at the nanoscale
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 106, no. 4-5, pp. 334–340, 2006
19. Effective mass and flow patterns of fluids surrounding microcantilevers
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 106, no. 8-9, pp. 789–794, 2006
20. Effect of nanometer surface morphology on surface stress and adsorption kinetics of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 106, no. 8-9, pp. 795–799, 2006
21. Microscale Marangoni actuation: All-optical and all-electrical methods
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 106, no. 8-9, pp. 815–821, 2006
22. Nanopowder molding method for creating implantable high-aspect-ratio electrodes on thin flexible substrates
    Biomaterials, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 2009–2017, 2006
23. Nanotechnologies for biomolecular detection and medical diagnostics
    Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 11–19, 2006
24. Electromechanical imaging of biomaterials by scanning probe microscopy
    Journal of Structural Biology, vol. 153, no. 2, pp. 151–159, 2006
25. Photothermal spectroscopy of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus with microcantilevers
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 206–211, 2006
26. Analytical Chemistry, vol. 77, no. 6, pp. 1601–1606, 2005
27. Energy & Fuels, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 855–858, 2005
28. Langmuir, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 1139–1142, 2005
29. Piezoelectric self-sensing of adsorption-induced microcantilever bending
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 121, no. 2, pp. 457–461, 2005
30. Microcantilever biosensors
    Methods, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 57–64, 2005
31. Simulation of adsorption-induced stress of a microcantilever sensor
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 97, no. 4, p. 043526, 2005
32. Modal analysis of microcantilever sensors with environmental damping
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 97, no. 8, p. 084902, 2005
33. Optical modulation processes in thin films based on thermal effects of surface plasmons
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, no. 15, p. 154101, 2005
34. Electromechanical imaging of biological systems with sub-10 nm resolution
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, no. 5, p. 053901, 2005
35. Curvature effects in surface plasmon dispersion and coupling
    Physical Review B, vol. 71, no. 11, 2005
36. Imaging standing surface plasmons by photon tunneling
    Physical Review B, vol. 71, no. 16, 2005
37. Moore's Law in Homeland Defense: An Integrated Sensor Platform Based on Silicon Microcantilevers
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 774–785, 2005
38. Selective detection of Cr(VI) using a microcantilever electrode coated with a self-assembled monolayer
    Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, vol. 23, no. 4, p. 1022, 2005
39. Simultaneous elastic and electromechanical imaging by scanning probe microscopy: Theory and applications to ferroelectric and biological materials
    Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 23, no. 5, p. 2102, 2005
40. Langmuir, vol. 21, no. 24, pp. 10902–10906, 2005
41. 1,6-Hexanedithiol monolayer as a receptor for specific recognition of alkylmercury
    The Analyst, vol. 130, no. 12, p. 1577, 2005
42. Synthesis, Characterization, and Optical Properties of AuSe Nanoalloys
    Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 1832–1839, 2005
43. Modulation of multiple photon energies by use of surface plasmons
    Optics Letters, vol. 30, no. 1, p. 41, 2005
44. Marangoni forces created by surface plasmon decay
    Optics Letters, vol. 30, no. 6, p. 616, 2005
45. Molecular recognition of biowarfare agents using micromechanical sensors
    Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 859–866, 2004
46. Photon-driven nanomechanical cyclic motion
    Chemical Communications, no. 22, p. 2532, 2004
47. Calibration of optical cantilever deflection readers
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 75, no. 2, p. 400, 2004
48. Optical thin-film interference effects in microcantilevers
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 95, no. 3, p. 1162, 2004
49. Effect of thermal variations on the Knudsen forces in the transitional regime
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 84, no. 6, p. 1013, 2004
50. Torsional spring constant obtained for an atomic force microscope cantilever
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 84, no. 10, p. 1795, 2004
51. Detection of trinitrotoluene via deflagration on a microcantilever
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 95, no. 10, p. 5871, 2004
52. Instant curvature measurement for microcantilever sensors
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 6, p. 1083, 2004
53. Photon tunneling via surface plasmon coupling
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 16, p. 3420, 2004
54. Opto-electronic versus electro-optic modulation
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 14, p. 2703, 2004
55. A sensitive, handheld vapor sensor based on microcantilevers
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 75, no. 11, p. 4554, 2004
56. Cross talk between bending, twisting, and buckling modes of three types of microcantilever sensors
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 75, no. 11, p. 4841, 2004
57. Microfluidic manipulation via Marangoni forces
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 18, p. 4237, 2004
58. Detection of Organophosphates Using an Acetyl Cholinesterase (AChE) Coated Microcantilever
    Instrumentation Science & Technology, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 175–183, 2004
59. Desorption characteristics of uncoated silicon microcantilever surfaces for explosive and common nonexplosive vapors
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 100, no. 3-4, pp. 211–216, 2004
60. Probing large area surface plasmon interference in thin metal films using photon scanning tunneling microscopy
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 100, no. 3-4, pp. 429–436, 2004
61. Observation of the surface stress induced in microcantilevers by electrochemical redox processes
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 100, no. 3-4, pp. 217–223, 2004
62. Detection of 2,4-dinitrotoluene using microcantilever sensors
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 99, no. 2-3, pp. 223–229, 2004
63. Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 18, pp. 7880–7883, 2004
64. Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 2690–2694, 2004
65. Analytical Chemistry, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 292–297, 2004
66. Analytical Chemistry, vol. 76, no. 9, pp. 2478–2481, 2004
67. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 107, no. 26, pp. 6252–6257, 2003
68. Nerve Agents Detection Using a Cu2+/L-Cysteine Bilayer-Coated Microcantilever
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 125, no. 5, pp. 1124–1125, 2003
69. Analytical Chemistry, vol. 75, no. 18, pp. 4773–4777, 2003
70. Langmuir, vol. 19, no. 18, pp. 7514–7520, 2003
71. Langmuir, vol. 19, no. 19, pp. 7841–7844, 2003
72. Effects of temperature and pressure on microcantilever resonance response
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 97, no. 1-4, pp. 119–126, 2003
73. Manipulation of microcantilever oscillations
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 97, no. 1-4, pp. 391–399, 2003
74. Observation of Knudsen effect with microcantilevers
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 97, no. 1-4, pp. 401–406, 2003
75. Adsorption–desorption characteristics of explosive vapors investigated with microcantilevers
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 97, no. 1-4, pp. 433–439, 2003
76. Detection of heavy metal ions using protein-functionalized microcantilever sensors
    Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 411–416, 2003
77. Piezoresistive detection of acoustic waves
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 1031, 2003
78. Sensitive detection of plastic explosives with self-assembled monolayer-coated microcantilevers
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 83, no. 7, p. 1471, 2003
79. Mercury vapor detection with a self-sensing, resonating piezoelectric cantilever
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 74, no. 11, p. 4899, 2003
80. Nano Letters, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 603–607, 2003
81. Explosives: A microsensor for trinitrotoluene vapour
    Nature, vol. 425, no. 6957, Article ID 425474a, 1 pages, 2003
82. Size-Correlated Spectroscopy and Imaging of Rare-Earth-Doped Nanocrystals
    Applied Optics, vol. 42, no. 12, p. 2132, 2003
83. Nanocantilever Signal Transduction by Electron Transfer
    Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 369–373, 2002
84. Covalent Attachment of Gold Nanoparticles to DNA Templates
    Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 397–404, 2002
85. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 417–422, 2002
86. A general microcantilever surface modification method using a multilayer for biospecific recognition
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 460–462, 2002
87. Microcantilever charged-particle flux detector
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 73, no. 1, p. 36, 2002
88. Dynamics of self-driven microcantilevers
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 91, no. 7, p. 4693, 2002
89. Determination of adsorption-induced variation in the spring constant of a microcantilever
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 80, no. 12, p. 2219, 2002
90. Glucose biosensing using an enzyme-coated microcantilever
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 81, no. 2, p. 385, 2002
91. Knudsen forces on microcantilevers
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 92, no. 10, p. 6326, 2002
92. Micromechanical measurement of active sites on silicon nitride using surface free energy variation
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 91, no. 1-4, pp. 1–8, 2002
93. An atomic force microscope-based investigation of vertical transport through GaAs/GaAlAs/InAlAs/GaAs step-barrier heterostructures
    Ultramicroscopy, vol. 91, no. 1-4, pp. 133–138, 2002
94. In situ detection of calcium ions with chemically modified microcantilevers
    Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 337–343, 2002
95. Analytical Chemistry, vol. 74, no. 15, pp. 3611–3615, 2002
96. Langmuir, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 2392–2397, 2002
97. Langmuir, vol. 18, no. 18, pp. 6935–6939, 2002
98. Langmuir, vol. 18, no. 23, pp. 8732–8736, 2002
99. Observation of dipolar emission patterns from isolated Eu3+:Y2O3 doped nanocrystals: new evidence for single ion luminescence
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 358, no. 5-6, pp. 459–465, 2002
100. Analytical Chemistry, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. 1567–1571, 2001
101. Analytical Chemistry, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. 1572–1576, 2001
102. Detection of pH variation using modified microcantilever sensors
     Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 233–238, 2001
103. Study of different hormone-sensitive lipase concentrations using a surface plasmon resonance sensor
     Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 73, no. 2-3, pp. 192–198, 2001
104. Measuring magnetic susceptibilities of nanogram quantities of materials using microcantilevers
     Ultramicroscopy, vol. 86, no. 1-2, pp. 175–180, 2001
105. Manipulation and controlled amplification of Brownian motion of microcantilever sensors
     Applied Physics Letters, vol. 78, no. 11, p. 1637, 2001
106. Analysis of amplification of thermal vibrations of a microcantilever
     Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 89, no. 8, p. 4587, 2001
107. Investigation of adsorption and absorption-induced stresses using microcantilever sensors
     Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 90, no. 1, p. 427, 2001
108. Electrostatic force density for a scanned probe above a charged surface
     Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 90, no. 2, p. 1011, 2001
109. Nature Biotechnology, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 856–860, 2001
110. Origin of nanomechanical cantilever motion generated from biomolecular interactions
     Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 98, no. 4, pp. 1560–1564, 2001
111. A novel self-assembled monolayer (SAM) coated microcantilever for low level caesium detection
     Chemical Communications, no. 6, pp. 457–458, 2000
112. Chemical sensing in Fourier space
     Applied Physics Letters, vol. 77, no. 24, p. 4061, 2000
113. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 104, no. 26, pp. 6099–6102, 2000
114. Langmuir, vol. 16, no. 24, pp. 9151–9154, 2000
115. Monitoring chemical and physical changes on sub-nanogram quantities of platinum dioxide
     Surface Science, vol. 430, no. 1-3, pp. L546–L552, 1999
116. Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 18, no. 17, pp. 1391–1394, 1999
117. Optical and mechanical consequences of microstructural alteration of alpha platinum dioxide films
     Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 1036, 1999
118. Characterization of sputtered amorphous platinum dioxide films
     Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 84, no. 11, p. 6382, 1998
119. Nanofabrication by direct epitaxial growth
     Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 41-42, pp. 519–522, 1998
120. Silicon and zinc telluride nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation: size distributions and nanoscale structure
     Applied Surface Science, vol. 127-129, no. 1-2, pp. 355–361, 1998
121. Mapping Individual Cosmid DNAs by Direct AFM Imaging
     Genomics, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 379–384, 1997
122. Mechanisms of strain induced roughening and dislocation multiplication in SixGe1-xthin films
     Journal of Electronic Materials, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 1039–1047, 1997
123. MICROCANTILEVER SENSORS
     Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 185–199, 1997
124. In situ measurements of temperature-dependent strain relaxation of Ge/Si(111)
     Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 930, 1997
125. Critical nuclei shapes in the stress-driven 2D-to-3D transition
     Physical Review B, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. R1700–R1703, 1997
126. Optical studies of Ge islanding on Si(111)
     Applied Physics Letters, vol. 70, no. 4, p. 472, 1997
127. Indexing the hopper shaped {111} face produced in chemical vapor deposited diamond
     Applied Physics Letters, vol. 71, no. 21, p. 3078, 1997
128. Direct epitaxial growth of thin-film structures
     Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 2934, 1997
129. Remote optical detection using microcantilevers
     Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 67, no. 10, p. 3434, 1996
130. Viscous drag measurements utilizing microfabricated cantilevers
     Applied Physics Letters, vol. 68, no. 26, p. 3814, 1996
131. Uncooled thermal imaging using a piezoresistive microcantilever
     Applied Physics Letters, vol. 69, no. 21, p. 3277, 1996
132. Remote infrared radiation detection using piezoresistive microcantilevers
     Applied Physics Letters, vol. 69, no. 20, p. 2986, 1996
133. Morphological Evolution of Strained Films by Cooperative Nucleation
     Physical Review Letters, vol. 77, no. 7, pp. 1330–1333, 1996
134. New insights into the kinetics of the stress-driven two-dimensional to three-dimensional transition
     Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 2199, 1996
135. Gold oxide as precursor to gold/silica nanocomposites
     Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 15, 1996
136. Transient response of tapping scanning force microscopy in liquids
     Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 1313, 1996
137. Direct atomic force microscope imaging of EcoRI endonuclease site specifically bound to plasmid DNA molecules
     Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 93, no. 17, pp. 8826–8829, 1996
138. Ferromagnetic nanocomposite films of cobalt in a ceramic matrix formed by thermal decomposition of cobalt nitride, CoN, precursor
     Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 79, no. 10, p. 7905, 1996
139. Fabrication of large arrays of micron-scale magnetic features by selective area organometallic chemical vapor deposition
     Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 80, no. 3, p. 1867, 1996
140. AFM and RHEED study of Ge islanding on Si(111) and Si(100)
     Applied Surface Science, vol. 104-105, pp. 510–515, 1996
141. Vapor Detection Using Resonating Microcantilevers
     Analytical Chemistry, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 519–521, 1995
142. Surface morphology of epitaxial CaF2/Si(111) and its influence on subsequent GaAs epitaxy
     Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 670, 1995
143. Step Instabilities: A New Kinetic Route to 3D Growth
     Physical Review Letters, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 1582–1585, 1995
144. Smooth polycrystalline ceramic substrates with enhanced metal adhesion by pulsed excimer laser processing
     Applied Physics Letters, vol. 64, no. 14, p. 1791, 1994
145. Role of relative humidity in atomic force microscopy imaging
     Surface Science, vol. 294, no. 1-2, pp. L939–L943, 1993
146. Atomic layer-by-layer surface removal by force microscopy
     Surface Science, vol. 293, no. 1-2, pp. L863–L869, 1993
147. Atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopy observations of whisker crystals and surface modification on evaporated gold films
     Ultramicroscopy, vol. 42-44, pp. 580–586, 1992
148. Electrostatic spraying of DNA molecules for investigation by scanning tunneling microscopy
     Ultramicroscopy, vol. 42-44, pp. 1083–1087, 1992
149. Scanning tunneling microscopy of DNA: a novel technique using radiolabeled DNA to evaluate chemically mediated attachment of DNA to surfaces
     Ultramicroscopy, vol. 42-44, pp. 1088–1094, 1992
150. Imaging isolated strands of DNA molecules by atomic force microscopy
     Ultramicroscopy, vol. 42-44, pp. 1101–1106, 1992
151. Immobilization of DNA for Scanning Probe Microscopy
     Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 89, no. 21, pp. 10129–10133, 1992
152. Superperiodic features observed on graphite under solution with scanning tunneling microscopy
     Surface Science, vol. 254, no. 1-3, pp. L454–L459, 1991
153. Gold grown epitaxially on mica: conditions for large area flat faces
     Surface Science, vol. 256, no. 1-2, pp. 102–108, 1991
154. Electrical, spectroscopic, and morphological investigation of chromium diffusion through gold films
     Thin Solid Films, vol. 189, no. 1, pp. 59–72, 1990
155. Electrochemical deposition of molecular adsorbates for in situ scanning probe microscopy
     Ultramicroscopy, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 107–116, 1990
156. Images of DNA fragments in an aqueous environment by scanning tunneling microscopy
     Biopolymers, vol. 27, no. 10, pp. 1691–1696, 1988