Thesis (Ph. D.)--Auburn University, 2008. / Abstract. Vita. The following patent resulted from the dissertation research: Davis, V., Simonian, A.L., Nepal, D., Balasubramanian, S, "Preparation of Precisely Controlled Thin Film Nanocomposites of Carbon Nanotubes and Biomaterials", U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/000,938, filed on 30 October 2007. The following peer-reviewed publications resulted from the dissertation research: Dhriti Nepal, Shankar Balasubramanian, Aleksandr Simonian, and Virginia Davis, "Mechanically Strong Antibacterial Thin Film Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Armored with Biopolymers", Nano Letters ASAP article, May 2008 (# equal contribution) -- Shankar Balasubramanian, Iryna B. Sorokulova, Vitaly J. Vodyanoy, and Aleksandr L. Simonian, "Lytic Phage as a Specific and Selective Probe For Detection of Staphylococcus Aureus: A Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopic Study", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2007, 22, 948-955 -- Shankar Balasubramanian, Alexander Revzin, Aleksandr Simonian, "Electrochemical Desorption of Proteins from Gold Electrode Surface", Electroanalysis, 2006, 18, 1885-1892 (Invited article) -- Vishwaprakash Nanduri, Shankar Balasubramanian, Srinivas Sista, Vitaly J. Vodyanoy, and Aleksandr L. Simonian, "Highly Sensitive Phage-based Biosensor for the Detection of ß-galactosidase", Analytica Chimica Acta, 2007, 589, 166- 172 -- H. Luckarift, Shankar Balasubramanian, S. Paliwal, G. Johnson and A. Simonian, "Enzyme-Encapsulated Silica Monolayers For Rapid Functionalization of a Gold Surface", Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2007, 58, 28-33 (Invited article) -- Dong Wei, Omar Oyarzabal, Tung-Shi Huang, Shankar Balasubramanian, Srinivas Sista, Aleksandr Simonian, "Development of Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor For The Identification of Campylobacter jejuni", Journal of Microbiological Methods, 2007, 69, 78-85. The following conferences presentations resulted from the dissertation research: Covalent Immobilization of Organophosphorus Hydrolase on Carbon Nanotubes for Biosensor Applications, accepted for oral presentation at 12th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors, Jul. 13-16, 2008, Columbus, OH -- Electrochemical characteristics of SWNT-biopolymer nanocomposites, accepted for 213th meeting of The Electrochemical Society, May 18-23, 2008, Phoenix, AR -- Mechanically Robust Antibacterial Thin Films Composed of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Biopolymers, 2008 AIChE Spring National Meeting, Apr. 6-10, New Orleans, LA -- Production and characterization of protein and DNA based single wall carbon nanocomposites by layer-by-layer assembly, MRS Fall Meeting, Nov. 26-30, 2007, Boston, MA -- Gold surface modified with enzyme-encapsulated silica monolayers for biosensor application, The 58th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Nov. 1-4, 2006, Augusta, GA -- Electrochemical modulation of biological interfaces, 209th meeting of The Electrochemical Society, May 7-12, 2006, Denver, CO -- SPR based biosensor using lytic phage as a specific and selective probe for staphylococcus aureus detection, 57th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Mar. 12-17, 2006, Orlando, FL -- Specific & selective detection of staphylococcus aureus by lytic phage using SPR biosensor, 57th Southeast / 61st Southwest Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Nov. 1-4, 2005, Memphis, TN -- Prevention of non-specific binding as a way to increase sensitivity of SPR-based sensors, 206th meeting of The Electrochemical Society, October 3-8, 2004, Honolulu, HI. Includes bibliographical references.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:OCLC/oai:xtcat.oclc.org:OCLCNo/256115336 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Balasubramanian, Shankar Ganesh Sokkalinga, Simonian, Aleksandr L., |
| Publisher | Auburn, Ala., |
| Source Sets | OCLC |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
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