Journal Publications
– Cifuentes-Rius, A.; Desai, A.; Yuen, D.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Voelcker, N. H., Inducing immune tolerance with dendritic cell-targeting nanomedicines. Nature Nanotechnology 2021, 16 (1), 37-46.
– Oddo, A.; Morozesk, M.; Lombi, E.; Schmidt, T. B.; Tong, Z.; Voelcker, N. H., Risk assessment on-a-chip: a cell-based microfluidic device for immunotoxicity screening. Nanoscale Advances 2021, 3 (3), 682-691.
– Shiohara, A.; Prieto-Simon, B.; Voelcker, N. H., Porous polymeric membranes: fabrication techniques and biomedical applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2021, 9 (9), 2129-2154.
– Tieu, T.; Wojnilowicz, M.; Huda, P.; Thurecht, K. J.; Thissen, H.; Voelcker, N. H.; Cifuentes-Rius, A., Nanobody-displaying porous silicon nanoparticles for the co-delivery of siRNA and doxorubicin. Biomaterials Science 2021, 9 (1), 133-147.
– Xue, Y.; Bai, H.; Peng, B.; Fang, B.; Baell, J.; Li, L.; Huang, W.; Voelcker, N. H., Stimulus-cleavable chemistry in the field of controlled drug delivery. Chemical Society Reviews 2021, 50 (8), 4872-4931.
– Alhmoud, H.; Brodoceanu, D.; Elnathan, R.; Kraus, T.; Voelcker, N. H., A MACEing silicon: Towards single-step etching of defined porous nanostructures for biomedicine. Progress in Materials Science 2021, 116, 100636
–Bichet, M. C.; Chin, W. H.; Richards, W.; Lin, Y.-W.; Avellaneda-Franco, L.; Hernandez, C. A.; Oddo, A.; Chernyavskiy, O.; Hilsenstein, V.; Neild, A.; Li, J.; Voelcker, N. H.; Patwa, R.; Barr, J. J., Bacteriophage uptake by mammalian cell layers represents a potential sink that may impact phage therapy. iScience 2021, 24 (4), 102287.
– Caron, K.; Craw, P.; Richardson, M. B.; Bodrossy, L.; Voelcker, N. H.; Thissen, H.; Sutherland, T. D., The Requirement of Genetic Diagnostic Technologies for Environmental Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance. Sensors 2021, 21 (19), 6625.
– Carthew, J.; Abdelmaksoud, H. H.; Hodgson-Garms, M.; Aslanoglou, S.; Ghavamian, S.; Elnathan, R.; Spatz, J. P.; Brugger, J.; Thissen, H.; Voelcker, N. H.; Cadarso, V. J.; Frith, J. E., Precision Surface Microtopography Regulates Cell Fate via Changes to Actomyosin Contractility and Nuclear Architecture. Advanced Science 2021, 8 (6), 2003186.
–Centenera, M. M.; Scott, J. S.; Machiels, J.; Nassar, Z. D.; Miller, D. C.; Zinonos, I.; Dehairs, J.; Burvenich, I. J. G.; Zadra, G.; Chetta, P. M.; Bango, C.; Evergren, E.; Ryan, N. K.; Gillis, J. L.; Mah, C. Y.; Tieu, T.; Hanson, A. R.; Carelli, R.; Bloch, K.; Panagopoulos, V.; Waelkens, E.; Derua, R.; Williams, E. D.; Evdokiou, A.; Cifuentes-Rius, A.; Voelcker, N. H.; Mills, I. G.; Tilley, W. D.; Scott, A. M.; Loda, M.; Selth, L. A.; Swinnen, J. V.; Butler, L. M., ELOVL5 Is a Critical and Targetable Fatty Acid Elongase in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research 2021, 81 (7), 1704-1718.
-Guan, B.; Guo, K.; Prieto-Simon, B.; Voelcker, N. H., Formation and biofunctionalisation of polymer photonic crystals by replica moulding from porous silicon. Materials Letters 2021, 284, 128907.
– Kerr, E.; Farr, R.; Doeven, E. H.; Nai, Y. H.; Alexander, R.; Guijt, R. M.; Prieto-Simon, B.; Francis, P. S.; Dearnley, M.; Hayne, D. J.; Henderson, L. C.; Voelcker, N. H., Amplification-free electrochemiluminescence molecular beacon-based microRNA sensing using a mobile phone for detection. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2021, 330, 129261.
–Tieu, T.; Irani, S.; Bremert, K. L.; Ryan, N. K.; Wojnilowicz, M.; Helm, M.; Thissen, H.; Voelcker, N. H.; Butler, L. M.; Cifuentes-Rius, A., Patient-Derived Prostate Cancer Explants: A Clinically Relevant Model to Assess siRNA-Based Nanomedicines. Advanced Healthcare Materials 2021, 10 (6), 2001594.
– Tong, Z.; Kwak, E.; Aguiar, A.; Peng, B.; Pouton, C. W.; Voelcker, N. H.; Haynes, J. M., Compartmentalized microfluidic chambers enable long-term maintenance and communication between human pluripotent stem cell-derived forebrain and midbrain neurons. Lab on a Chip 2021, 21 (20), 4016-4030.
– Aujla, T.; Darby, J. R. T.; Saini, B. S.; Lock, M. C.; Holman, S. L.; Bradshaw, E. L.; Perumal, S. R.; McInnes, S. J. P.; Voelcker, N. H.; Wiese, M. D.; Macgowan, C. K.; Seed, M.; Morrison, J. L., Impact of resveratrol-mediated increase in uterine artery blood flow on fetal haemodynamics, blood pressure and oxygenation in sheep. Experimental Physiology 2021, 106 (5), 1166-1180.
-Pérez-Ràfols, C.; Guo, K.; Alba, M.; Toh, R. J.; Serrano, N.; Voelcker, N. H.; Prieto-Simón, B., Carbon-stabilized porous silicon as novel voltammetric sensor platforms. Electrochimica Acta 2021, 377, 138077.
–Zhang, W.; Mehta, A.; Tong, Z.; Esser, L.; Voelcker, N. H., Development of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Blood–Brain Barrier Transfer—Strategies and Challenges. Advanced Science 2021, 8 (10), 2003937.
–Abdalla, Y.; Luo, M.; Mäkilä, E.; Day, B. W.; Voelcker, N. H.; Tong, W. Y., Effectiveness of porous silicon nanoparticle treatment at inhibiting the migration of a heterogeneous glioma cell population. Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2021, 19 (1), 60.
–Ashrafizadeh, M.; Mirzaei, S.; Gholami, M. H.; Hashemi, F.; Zabolian, A.; Raei, M.; Hushmandi, K.; Zarrabi, A.; Voelcker, N. H.; Aref, A. R.; Hamblin, M. R.; Varma, R. S.; Samarghandian, S.; Arostegi, I. J.; Alzola, M.; Kumar, A. P.; Thakur, V. K.; Nabavi, N.; Makvandi, P.; Tay, F. R.; Orive, G., Hyaluronic acid-based nanoplatforms for Doxorubicin: A review of stimuli-responsive carriers, co-delivery and resistance suppression. Carbohydrate Polymers 2021, 272, 118491.
– Aujla, T.; Darby, J. R. T.; Saini, B. S.; Lock, M. C.; Holman, S. L.; Bradshaw, E. L.; Perumal, S. R.; McInnes, S. J. P.; Voelcker, N. H.; Wiese, M. D.; Macgowan, C. K.; Seed, M.; Morrison, J. L., Impact of resveratrol-mediated increase in uterine artery blood flow on fetal haemodynamics, blood pressure and oxygenation in sheep. Experimental Physiology 2021, 106 (5), 1166-1180.
–Chen, Y.; Alba, M.; Tieu, T.; Tong, Z.; Minhas, R. S.; Rudd, D.; Voelcker, N. H.; Cifuentes-Rius, A.; Elnathan, R., Engineering Micro–Nanomaterials for Biomedical Translation. Advanced NanoBiomed Research 2021, 1 (9), 2100002.
–Chiappini, C.; Chen, Y.; Aslanoglou, S.; Mariano, A.; Mollo, V.; Mu, H.; De Rosa, E.; He, G.; Tasciotti, E.; Xie, X.; Santoro, F.; Zhao, W.; Voelcker, N. H.; Elnathan, R., Tutorial: using nanoneedles for intracellular delivery. Nature Protocols 2021, 16 (10), 4539-4563.
–Cifuentes-Rius, A.; Deepagan, V. G.; Xie, J.; Voelcker, N. H., Bright Future of Gold Nanoclusters in Theranostics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13 (42), 49581-49588.
–Dervisevic, M.; Alba, M.; Adams, T. E.; Prieto-Simon, B.; Voelcker, N. H., Electrochemical immunosensor for breast cancer biomarker detection using high-density silicon microneedle array. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2021, 192, 113496.
–Dervisevic, M.; Alba, M.; Esser, L.; Tabassum, N.; Prieto-Simon, B.; Voelcker, N. H., Silicon Micropillar Array-Based Wearable Sweat Glucose Sensor. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14 (1), 2401-2410.
–Elnathan, R.; Holle, A. W.; Young, J.; George, M. A.; Heifler, O.; Goychuk, A.; Frey, E.; Kemkemer, R.; Spatz, J. P.; Kosloff, A.; Patolsky, F.; Voelcker, N. H., Optically transparent vertical silicon nanowire arrays for live-cell imaging. Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2021, 19 (1), 51.
–Lestrell, E.; O’Brien, C. M.; Elnathan, R.; Voelcker, N. H., Vertically Aligned Nanostructured Topographies for Human Neural Stem Cell Differentiation and Neuronal Cell Interrogation. Advanced Therapeutics 2021, 4 (9), 2100061.
–Malysheva, A.; Ivask, A.; Doolette, C. L.; Voelcker, N. H.; Lombi, E., Cellular binding, uptake and biotransformation of silver nanoparticles in human T lymphocytes. Nature Nanotechnology 2021, 16 (8), 926-932.
–Tieu, T.; Wei, Y.; Cifuentes-Rius, A.; Voelcker, N. H., Overcoming Barriers: Clinical Translation of siRNA Nanomedicines. Advanced Therapeutics 2021, 4 (9), 2100108.
–Wang, H.; Fang, B.; Peng, B.; Wang, L.; Xue, Y.; Bai, H.; Lu, S.; Voelcker, N. H.; Li, L.; Fu, L.; Huang, W., Recent Advances in Chemical Biology of Mitochondria Targeting. Frontiers in Chemistry 2021, 9.
Book & Chapter
– Antunez, E. E.; Martin, M. A.; Voelcker, N. H., Chapter 11 – Porous silicon-based sensors for protein detection. In Porous Silicon for Biomedical Applications (Second Edition), Santos, H. A., Ed. Woodhead Publishing: 2021; pp 359-395.
– McInnes, S. J. P.; Vasani, R. B.; McMillan, N. K.; Voelcker, N. H., Chapter 14 – Porous silicon-polymer composites for cell culture and tissue engineering. In Porous Silicon for Biomedical Applications (Second Edition), Santos, H. A., Ed. Woodhead Publishing: 2021; pp 447-492.
Patents
–Anti-fouling and/or anti-thrombotic medical devices: The present disclosure relates to anti-fouling and/or anti-thrombotic medical devices, methods for reducing fouling and/or thrombosis associated with medical devices, and methods for coating substrates to reduce fouling and/or thrombosis. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide an anti-fouling and/or anti-thrombotic medical device comprising a metallic substrate comprising a hyperbranched polyglycerol coating.
-Medical devices using coated polymers: The present disclosure relates to medical devices using coated polymers, methods for reducing platelet attachment and/or fouling associated with medical devices, and methods for coating polymers. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a medical device comprising one or more polymeric materials coated with a hyperbranched polyglycerol.