Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with controlled geometrical, optical, and surface chemical
properties are the subject of intensive studies and applications in biology and medicine. To …

Microscale thermophoresis (MST) allows for quantitative analysis of protein interactions in
free solution and with low sample consumption. The technique is based on thermophoresis …

Surface plasmons (SPs) are coherent oscillations of conduction electrons on a metal surface
excited by electromagnetic radiation at a metal-dielectric interface. The growing field of …

Triangular silver nanoparticles (∼ 100 nm wide and 50 nm high) have remarkable optical
properties. In particular, the peak extinction wavelength, λmax of their localized surface …

Collective electronic excitations at metal surfaces are well known to play a key role in a wide
spectrum of science, ranging from physics and materials science to biology. Here we focus …

Existing texts on the statistical mechanics of liquids treat only spherical molecules. However,
nearly all fluids of practical interest are composed of non-spherical molecules that are often …

We describe devices in which optics and fluidics are used synergistically to synthesize novel
functionalities. Fluidic replacement or modification leads to reconfigurable optical systems …

Impedance biosensors are a class of electrical biosensors that show promise for point‐of‐
care and other applications due to low cost, ease of miniaturization, and label‐free …

BACKGROUND: Transferrin (Tf) is an iron-binding protein that facilitates iron-uptake in cells.
Iron-loaded Tf first binds to the Tf receptor (TfR) and enters the cell through clathrin …

The ability to obtain a molecular-level understanding of the chemistry that takes place at
liquid/solid interfaces is key to the development and improvement of many chemical and …