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Journal Publication

– P.Y. Wang, .R. Clements, H. Thissen, S.-C. Hung, N.-C. Cheng, W.-B. Tsai, N.H. Voelcker. Screening the attachment and spreading of bone marrow-derived and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells on porous silicon gradients, RSC Advances, 2012, 2 (33), 12857 – 12865.

– M. Ronci, D. Rudd, T. Guinan, K. Benkendorff, N.H. Voelcker. Mass spectrometry imaging on porous silicon: investigating the distribution of bioactives in the marine mollusc tissues, Analytical Chemistry, 84 (2012), 8996–9001.

– E.J. Szili, S.A. Al-Bataineh, P. Ruschitzka, G. Desmet, C. Priest, H.J. Griesser, N.H. Voelcker, F.J. Harding, D.A. Steele, R.D. Short. Microplasma arrays: a new approach for maskless and localized patterning of materials surfaces, RSC Advances, 2 (2012), 12007-12010.

– T. Guinan, M. Ronci, H. Kobus, N.H. Voelcker. Rapid detection of illicit drugs in neat saliva using desorption/ionization on porous silicon, Talanta, 99 (2012), 791-798.

– S.J.P. McInnes, E. Szili, S. Al-Bataineh, J. Xu, M. Alf, K. Gleason, R. Short, N.H. Voelcker. Combination of iCVD and porous silicon for the development of a controlled drug delivery system, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 4 (2012), 3566–3574.

– S.J.P. McInnes, N.H. Voelcker. Porous silicon-based nanostructured microparticles as degradable supports for solid-phase synthesis and release of oligonucleotides, Nanoscale Research Letters, 7 (2012) 385.

– P.-Y. Wang, L.Clements, W.B. Tsai, N.H. Voelcker. Screening mesenchymal stem cell attachment and differentiation on porous silicon gradients, Advanced Functional Materials, 22 (2012), 3414–3423.

– N. Farnad, K. Farhadi, N.H. Voelcker. Polydopamine nanoparticles as a new and highly selective biosorbent for the removal of copper (II) ions from aqueous solutions, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 223 (2012), 3535 – 3544.

– R. Vasani, D. Holthausen, N.H. Voelcker. Polymerization-Amplified Optical DNA Detection On Porous Silicon Templates, ACS Macro Letters 1 (2012), 919−921.

– R.G. Creasey, C.T. Gibson, N.H. Voelcker. Characterization of fiber-forming peptides and proteins by means of atomic force microscopy, Current Protein & Peptide Science, 13 (2012), 232-257.

– M. Sweetman, N.H. Voelcker. Chemically patterned porous silicon photonic crystals towards internally referenced organic vapour sensors, RSC Advances, 2 (2012), 4620-4622.

– R.G. Creasey, N.H. Voelcker, C.J. Schultz. Investigation of self-assembling proline- and glycine-rich recombinant proteins and peptides inspired by proteins from a symbiotic fungus using atomic force microscopy and circular dichroism spectroscopy, BBA – Proteins and Proteomics, 1824 (2012), 711-722.

– A. Michelmore, L. Clements, D.A. Steele, N.H. Voelcker, E.J. Szili. Gradient technology for high-throughput screening of interactions between cells and nanostructured materials, Journal of Nanomaterials, 2012 (2012), 839053.

– N.M. Bandaru, N.H. Voelcker. Glycoconjugate-functionalized carbon nanotubes in biomedicine, Journal of materials chemistry, 22 (2012), 8748 – 8758.

– L.R. Clements, P.-Y Wang, W.-B. Tsai, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Electrochemistry-enabled fabrication of orthogonal nanotopography and surface chemistry gradients for high-throughput screening, Lab on a Chip, 12 (2012), 1480-1486.

– S.A. Al-Bataineh, E.J. Szili, G. Desmet, P. Ruschitzka, P.J. Gruner, C. Priest, N.H. Voelcker, D.A. Steele, R.D. Short, H.J. Griesser. Chemical and biomolecule patterning on 2D surfaces using atmospheric pressure microcavity plasma array devices, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 8204, 2012, 82043H-1.

– J. Zhou, A.V. Ellis, H. Kobus, N.H. Voelcker. Aptamer sensor for cocaine using minor groove binder based energy transfer (MBET), Analytica Chimica Acta, 719 (2012) 76-81.

– M. Sweetman, M. Ronci, N.H. Voelcker. Porous silicon films micropatterned with bioelements as supports for mammalian cells, Advanced Functional Materials, 22 (2012), 1158-1166.

– F. Harding, L. Clements, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Assessing embryonic stem cell response to surface chemistry using plasma polymer gradients, Acta Biomaterialia, 8 (2012), 1739-1748.

– S.A. Al-Bataineh, E.J. Szili, P.J. Gruner, C. Priest, H.J. Griesser, N.H. Voelcker, R.D. Short , D.A. Steele. Fabrication and operation of a microcavity plasma array device for microscale surface modification, Plasma Processes and Polymers, 9 (2012), 638–646.

– B.N. Murthy, S. Zeile, M. Nambiar, M.R. Nussio,  C.T. Gibson, J.G. Shapter, N. Jayaraman, N.H. Voelcker. Self assembly of bivalent glycolipids on single walled carbon nanotubes and their specific molecular recognition properties, RSC Advances, 2 (2012), 1329 – 1333.

– C. Fang, N.M. Bandaru, A.V. Ellis, N.H. Voelcker. Electrochemical fabrication of porous gold, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22 (2012), 2952-2957.

– E. Moore, P.-Y. Wang, A. Vogt, C. T. Gibson, V. Haridas, N.H. Voelcker. Clicking dendritic peptides onto single walled carbon nanotubes, RSC Advances, 2 (2012), 1289 – 1291.

– C. Fang, A.V. Ellis, N.H. Voelcker. Electrochemical synthesis of silver oxide nanowires, Microplatelets and Application as SERS Substrate Precursors, Electrochimica Acta, 59 (2012), 346-353.

– J. Zhou, A. Ellis, N.H. Voelcker. Surface modification for PDMS-based microfluidic devices, Electrophoresis, 33 (2012), 89-104.

– P.-Y. Wang, W.B. Tsai, N.H. Voelcker. Screening of rat mesenchymal stem cell behaviour on polydimethylsiloxane stiffness gradients, Acta Biomaterialia, 8 (2012), 519-530.

– S.J. P. McInnes, Y. Irani, K.A. Williams, N.H. Voelcker. Controlled drug delivery from composites of nanostructured porous silicon and poly(L-lactide), Nanomedicine, 7 (2012), 995-1016.

– A. Plummer, V. Kuznetsov, T. Joyner, J. Shapter, N.H. Voelcker. The burning rate of energetic films of nanostructured porous silicon, Small, 7 (2011) 3392-3398.

– E.J. Szili, A. Jane, S.P. Low, M. Sweetman, P. Macardle, S. Kumar, R.St.C. Smart, N.H. Voelcker. Interferometric porous silicon transducers using an enzymatically amplified optical signal, Sensors and Actuators B, 160 (2011), 341-348.

– M. Ronci, S. Sharma, T. Chataway, K.  Burdon, S. Martin, J.  Craig, N.H. Voelcker. MALDI-MS-Imaging of whole human lens capsule, Journal of Proteome Research, 10 (2011) 3522–3529.

– M. Sweetman, C. Shearer, J.G.  Shapter, N.H. Voelcker. Dual silane surface functionalization for selective attachment of human neuronal cells on porous silicon, Langmuir, 27 (2011) 9497–9503.

– B. Flavel, M.  Sweetman, C. Shearer, J.G. Shapter, N.H. Voelcker. Micropatterned arrays of porous silicon: towards sensory biointerfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 3 (2011), 2463–2471.

– A. Vogt, M. Bisset, C. Gibson, J. Shapter, N.H. Voelcker, A.V. Ellis. High-order graphene oxide nanoarchitectures, Nanoscale, 3 (2011), 3076 – 3079.

– J. Heitz, B. Reisinger, S. Yakunin, N.H. Voelcker, Q. Peng, A.L. Hook, C. Romanin, M. Fahrner. Laser-induced micro- and nanostructures at polymer surfaces for applications in cell biology, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, IEEE Publishing, 2011, 1-4.

– R. Zoehrer, N. Fazzalari, J.G. Shapter, E. Perilli, N.H. Voelcker. Human Bone Material Characterization: Integrated Imaging Surface Investigation of Male Fragility Fracture, Osteoporosis International, 23 (2012), 1297-1309.

– C. Fang. A.V.  Ellis, N.H. Voelcker. Electrochemically prepared porous silver and its application in surface-enhanced raman scattering, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 659 (2011), 151-160.

– R. Vasani, S. McInnes, M. Cole, A. Jani, A. Ellis, N.H. Voelcker. Stimulus-responsiveness and drug release from porous silicon films atrp-grafted with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), Langmuir, 27 (2011), 7843–7853.

– P. Kopermsub, V. Mayen, S. McInnes, N. Voelcker. Fabrication and characterization of porous silicon nanoparticles for siRNA delivery, IEEE NANO 2011 Conference, IEEE Publishing, 2011, 830-832.

– S.A. Al-Bataineh, E.J. Szili, A. Mishra, S.-J. Park, J.G.Eden, H.J. Griesser, N.H. Voelcker, R.D. Short, D.A. Steele. Design of a microplasma device for spatially localised plasma polymerisation, Plasma Processes and Polymers, 8 (2011), 695-700.

– L. Hoffman, G. Andersson, A. Sharma, S. Clarke, N.H. Voelcker. New insights into the structure of PAMAM dendrimer/gold nanoparticle nanocomposites, Langmuir 27 (2011) 6759-6767.

– R. Creasey, S. Sharma, C. Gibson, J. Craig, A. Ebner, T. Becker, P. Hinterdorfer, N.H. Voelcker. Atomic force microscopy-based antibody recognition imaging of proteins in the pathological deposits in Pseudoexfoliation syndrome, Ultramicroscopy 111 (2011), 1055-1061.

– M. Sweetman, F. Harding, S. Graney, N.H. Voelcker. Effect of oligoethylene glycol moieties in porous silicon surface functionalisation on protein adsorption and cell attachment, Applied Surface Science, 257 (2011), 6768-6775.

– E. Moore, A. Vogt, N.H. Voelcker. Rapid aqueous “click chemistry” using Cu(I)-loaded dendrimers as macromolecular catalysts, Tetrahedron Letters, 52 (2011), 2327-2329.

– R. Dronov, J.G. Shapter, A. Hodges, N.H. Voelcker. Nanoporous Alumina-based Interferometric Transducers Ennobled, Nanoscale, 3 (2011), 3109 – 3114.

– S. Bhaskar, C.T. Gibson, M. Yoshida, H. Nandivada, X. Deng, N.H. Voelcker, J. Lahann. Engineering, characterization and directional self-assembly of anisotropically modified nanocolloids, Small, 7 (2011), 812–819.

– L.R. Clements, P.-Y. Wang., F. Harding, W.-B. Tsai, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Mesenchymal stem cell attachment to peptide density gradients on porous silicon generated by electrografting, Physica in Status Solidi, 208 (2011) 1440-1445.

V. Haridas, Y.K. Sharma, R. Creasey, S. Sahu, C. Gibson, N.H. Voelcker. Gelation and Topochemical Polymerization of Peptide Dendrimers, New Journal of Chemistry, 35 (2011) 303-309.

– J. Zhou, N.H. Voelcker, A.V. Ellis. Simple surface modification of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) for DNA hybridization, Biomicrofluidics, 4 (2010), 046504-1 – 046504-7.

– C. Shearer, A. Ellis, J.G. Shapter, N.H. Voelcker. Chemically grafted carbon nanotube surface coverage gradients, Langmuir, 26, (2010), 18468–18475.

– H. Haerudin, A. W. Pramono, D.S. Kusuma, A. Jenie, N.H. Voelcker, C. Gibson. Preparation and Characterisation of Chitosan/Montmorillonite (MMT) Nanocomposite Systems, International Journal of Technology, 1 (2010), 65-73.

– E.J. Anglin, C. Salisbury, S. Bailey, M. Hor, P. Macardle, Michael Fenech, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Sorted cell microarrays as platforms for high-content informational bioassays, Lab on a Chip, 10 (2010), 3413-3421.

– C.D. Malec, N.H. Voelcker, J.G. Shapter, A.V. Ellis. Carbon nanotubes initiate the explosion of porous silicon, Materials Letters, 64 (2010) 2517-2519.

– J. Heitz, N.H. Voelcker, A. Chaloupka, S.Yakunin, A.L. Hook, E. Anglin. Photonic nanostructures for potential applications in cell biology, Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), IEEE Proceedings, 2010, 6-9.

– N. Creasey, S. Sharma, J. Craig, C. Gibson, A. Ebner P. Hinterdorfer, N.H. Voelcker. Detecting protein aggregates on untreated human tissue samples by afm recognition imaging, Biophysical Journal, 99 (2010), 1660-1667.

– A.M.M. Jani, I.M. Kempson, D. Losic, N.H. Voelcker. Dress in layers: layering surface functionalities in nanoporous aluminium oxide membranes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49 (2010), 7933-7937.

– C. Shearer, L. Velleman, F. Acosta, A. Ellis,  N. Voelcker, D. Mattia, J. Shapter.  Water transport through nanoporous materials: Porous silicon and single walled carbon nanotubes, ICONN 2010, IEEE Publishing, 196-199.

– L. Velleman, C. Shearer, N.H. Voelcker, J.G. Shapter. Fabrication of self-supporting porous silicon membranes and tuning transport properties by surface functionalization, Nanoscale, 2 (2010), 1756-1761.

– E. Szili, S. Kumar, R. Smart, M. Densichilo, N.H. Voelcker. Development of surface modification techniques for the covalent attachment of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) on PECVD silica-coated titanium, Surface and Coatings Technology, 205 (2010), 1630-1635.

– K. McLeod, S. Kumar, N.K.  Dutta,  R.C. Smart, N.H. Voelcker, G.I. Anderson. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of the growth kinetics of biomimetically grown hydroxyapatite thin-film coatings, Applied Surface Science, 256 (2010), 7178-7185.

– R.D. Lowe, E.J. Szili, P. Kirkbride, H. Thissen, G. Siuzdak, N.H. Voelcker. Combined Immunocapture and Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry on Porous Silicon. Analytical Chemistry, 82 (2010) 4201–4208.

– M. Cole, N.H. Voelcker, H. Thissen, R. Horn, H.J. Griesser. Colloid probe AFM study of thermal collapse and protein interactions of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) coatings, Soft Matter, 6 (2010), 2657-2667.

– A.M.Md. Jani, I.M. Kempson, D. Losic, N.H. Voelcker. Controlling the surface functionalities of nanoporous alumina membranes, ICONN 2010 – IEEE Publishing, 2010, 200-202.

– M.R. Nussio, N.H. Voelcker, B.S. Flavel, C.T. Gibson, M.J. Sykes, J.O. Miners, J.G. Shapter. Nanoscale structure of lipid domain boundaries, Soft Matter, 6 (2010), 2193-2199.

– S. Kashanian, F. Harding, Y. Irani, S. Klebe, K. Marshall, A. Loni, L. Canham, D. Fan, K.A. Williams, N.H. Voelcker, J.L. Coffer. Evaluation of mesoporous silicon / polycaprolactone composites as ophthalmic implants, Acta Biomaterialia, 6 (2010) 3566–3572.

– E. Anglin, R. Davey, M. Herrid, S. Hope, M. Kurkuri, P. Pasic, M. Hor, M. Fenech, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Cell microarrays for the screening of factors that allow the enrichment of bovine testicular cells, Cytometry Part A, 77A (2010) 881–889.

– M.R. Nussio, N.H. Voelcker, J.O. Miners, B.C. Lewis, M.J. Sykes, J.G. Shapter. AFM study of the interaction of cytochrome p450 2c9 with phospholipid bilayers, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 163 (2010) 182–189.

– K.T. Constantopoulos, C. Shearer, A. Ellis, N.H. Voelcker, J.G. Shapter. Carbon nanotubes anchored to silicon for device fabrication, Advanced Materials, 22 (2010) 557-571.

– J. Zhou, A. Ellis, N.H. Voelcker. Poly(dimethylsiloxane) surface modification by plasma treatment for DNA hybridisation applications, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10 (2010) 1-5.

– J. Zhou, A.V. Ellis, N.H. Voelcker. Recent developments in poly(dimethylsiloxane) surface modification for microfluidic devices, Electrophoresis, 31 (2010), 2-16.

– K. Vasilev, A. Mierczynska, A.L. Hook, J. Chan, N.H. Voelcker, R.D. Short. Creating gradients of two proteins by differential passive adsorption onto a PEG-density gradient, Biomaterials, 31 (2010), 392-397.

– H. An, M.R. Nussio, N.H. Voelcker, J.G. Shapter. Material properties of lipid rafts: force volume imaging study of the effect of cholesterol on lipid raft rigidity, Biophysical Journal, 99 (2010) 834 – 844.

– S. Low, K. Williams, L. Canham, N.H. Voelcker. Generation of reactive oxygen species from porous silicon microparticles in cell culture medium, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 93A (2010), 1124–1131.

– R.D. Lowe, G. Guild, P. Harpas, P. Kirkbride, P. Hoffmann, N.H. Voelcker, Hilton Kobus. Rapid drug detection in roadside oral samples by porous silicon-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 23 (2009) 3543-3548.

– A.L Hook, R. Creasey, J.P. Hayes, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Laser based patterning for transfected cell microarrays, Biofabrication, 1 (2009) 045003-045012.

– S. McInnes, N.H. Voelcker. Silicon-polymer hybrid materials for drug delivery. Future of Medicinal Chemistry, 1 (2009), 1051-1074.

– Y.L. Khung, N.H. Voelcker. Multidirectional lateral gradient films with position-dependent photonic signatures made from porous silicon, Optical Materials, 32 (2009), 234-242.

– M. Nussio, G. Oncins, I. Ridelis, E. Szili, J. Shapter, F. Sanz, N.H. Voelcker. Nanomechanical characterisation of phospholipid bilayer islands on flat and porous substrates: a force spectroscopy study, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 113 (2009), 10339–10347.

– M. Cole, M.  Jasieniak, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker, H.J. Griesser. ToF-sims study of the temperature dependence of protein adsorption onto Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) graft coatings, Analytical Chemistry, 81 (2009), 6905–6912.

– A.L. Hook, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Surface plasmon resonance imaging of polymer microarrays to study protein-polymer interactions in high throughput, Langmuir, 25 (2009), 9173–9181.

– A. Mutalib, D. Losic, J.G. Shapter, N.H Voelcker. Nanoporous anodic alumina membranes with layered surface chemistry, Chemical Communications, 21 (2009), 3062-3064.

– E.J. Szili, S. Kumar, R.St.C. Smart, N.H. Voelcker. Generation of a stable surface concentration of amino groups on silica coated onto titanium substrates by the plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition method, Applied Surface Science, 255 (2009), 6846-6850.

– T. Kakaday, M. Plunkett, S. McInnes, J.S. Jimmy Li, N.H. Voelcker, J.E. Craig. Design of a wireless intraocular pressure monitoring system for a glaucoma drainage implant, IFMBE Proceedings, 23 (2009), 198-201.

– A.L. Hook, N.H. Voelcker,H. Thissen. Patterned and switchable surfaces for biomolecular manipulation. Acta Biomaterialia. 5 (2009), 2350–2370.

– M. Kurkuri, C. Driever, G. Johnson, G.  McFarland, H.  Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Multifunctional polymer coatings for cell microarray applications, Biomacromolecules 10 (2009), 1163-1172.

– S. P. Low, N.H. Voelcker, L. T. Canham, K. A. Williams. The biocompatibility of porous silicon in tissues of the eye, Biomaterials, 30 (2009), 2873-2880.

– D. Losic, J.G. Mitchell, N.H. Voelcker. Diatomaceous lessons in nanotechnology and advanced materials, Advanced Materials, 21 (2009), 2947-2958.

– A. Jane, R. Dronov, A. Hodges, N.H. Voelcker. Porous silicon biosensors on the advance, Trends in Biotechnology, 27 (2009), 230-239.

– A.L. Hook, H.  Thissen, N.H.  Voelcker. Advanced substrate fabrication for cell microarrays, Biomacromolecules, 10 (2009), 573-579.

– M. R. Nussio, N.H. Voelcker, M.J. Sykes, B.S. Flavel, J.O. Miners, J.G. Shapter. High resolution chemical mapping of biomimetic membranes by force volume imaging, ICONN2008: IEEE Publishing, 2008, 121-124.

– S.J.P. McInnes, H. Thissen, N.R. Choudhury, N.H. Voelcker. New biodegradable materials produced by ring opening polymerization of poly(l-lactide) on porous silicon substrates, J. Colloid and Interface Science, 332 (2009) 336-344.

– L. Clements, L. Puskar, M.J. Tobin, F. Harding, H.W. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Preparation of chemical gradients on porous silicon by a dip coating method, Proceedings of SPIE, 7267 (2008), 72670Q-1-12.

– A. Plummer, H. Cao, R. Dawson, R. Lowe , J. Shapter,  N.H. Voelcker. The influence of pore size and oxidising agent on the energetic properties of porous silicon. Proceedings of SPIE, 7267 (2008) 72670P-1-10.

– A.G. Kannan, S.J. P. McInnes, N.R. Choudhury, N.K. Dutta, N.H. Voelcker. Designing superhydrophobic surfaces using fluorosilsesquioxane-urethane hybrid and porous silicon gradients, Proceedings of SPIE, 7267 (2008), 72670O-1-10.

– D. Bradbury, E.J. Anglin, S. Bailey, P.J. Macardle, M. Fenech, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Magnetic and fluorescence-encoded polystyrene microparticles for cell separation, Proceedings of SPIE, 7267 (2008), 726711-1-11.

– K.T. Constantopoulos, C.J. Shearer, J.G. Shapter, N.H. Voelcker, A.V. Ellis. Preparation and characterization of multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/polymer nanostructured materials, Proceedings SPIE, 7267 (2008), 72670G-1-11.

– M.A. Cole, N.H. Voelcker, H. Thissen, H.J. Griesser. Stimuli-responsive interfaces and systems for the control of protein-surface and cell-surface interactions, Biomaterials, 30 (2009), 1827-1850.

– D. Losic, J.G. Mitchell, N.H. Voelcker. Diatom culture media contain extracellular silica nanoparticles which form opalescent films, Proceedings of SPIE, 7267 (2008), 726712-1-8.

– T. Kakaday, M. Plunkett, S. McInnes, J.Li, N.H. Voelcker,  Jamie E. Craig. Development of a wireless intra-ocular pressure monitoring system for incorporation into a therapeutic glaucoma drainage implant, Proceedings of SPIE, 7270 (2008), 72700O-1-11.

– C.J. Shearer, K.T. Constantopoulos, N.H. Voelcker, J.G. Shapter, A.V. Ellis. Preparation and characterisation of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays on porous silicon, Proceedings of SPIE, 7267 (2008), 72670I-1-11.

– J. Zhou, S. McInnes, A.M.M. Jani, A.V. Ellis, N.H. Voelcker. One-step surface modification of poly(dimethylsiloxane) by undecylenic acid, Proceedings of SPIE, 7267 (2008), 726719-1-10.

– A.M.M. Jani, J. Zhou, M.R. Nussio, D. Losic, J.G. Shapter, N.H. Voelcker. Pore spanning lipid bilayers on silanised nanoporous alumina membranes, Proceedings of SPIE, 7267 (2008), 7267 (2008), 72670T-1-10.

– T. Kakaday, N.H. Voelcker, A. Hewitt, J. Li, J. Craig. Advances in telemetric continuous intraocular pressure assessment, British Journal of Ophthalmology 93 (2009), 992-996.

– M. Nussio, N.H. Voelcker, J.G. Shapter. Lateral heterogeneities in supported bilayers from single and binary mixtures of phophatidylethanolamines demonstrating hydrogen bonding capacity, Biointerphases, 3 (2008), 96-104.

– A.L Hook, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Using the BioOdyssey Calligrapher Microarrayer to form a polymer array for studying cell-surface interactions, BioRAD Technote, 2007, Bulletin 5577.

– P. Peng, N.H. Voelcker, S. Kumar, H. Griesser. Concurrent elution of calcium phosphate and macromolecules from alginate/chitosan hydrogel coatings, Biointerphases, 3 (2008) 105-116.

– E.J. Szili, Sunil Kumar, R.St.C. Smart, R. Lowe, E. Saiz, N.H. Voelcker. Plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition of silica onto titanium: Analysis of surface chemistry, morphology and hydroxylation, Surface Science 602 (2008), 2402-2411.

– N.H. Voelcker, I. Alfonso, M.R. Ghadiri. Catalyzed oxidative corrosion of porous silicon used as an optical transducer for ligand-receptor interaction, ChemBioChem 9 (2008), 1176-1786.

– A. Hook, H. Thissen, J. Quinton, N.H. Voelcker. Comparison of the binding mode of plasmid DNA to allylamine plasma polymer and poly(ethylene glycol) surfaces, Surface Science 602 (2008), 1883-1891.

– M. Kurkuri, M.R. Nussio, A. Deslandes, N.H. Voelcker. Thermosensitive Copolymer Coatings with Enhanced Wettability Switching, Langmuir, 24 (2008), 4238-4244.

– Y.L. Khung, G. Barritt, N.H. Voelcker. Using continuous porous silicon gradients to study the influence of surface topography on the behaviour of neuroblastoma cells, Experimental Cell Research 314 (2008), 789-800.

– N.H. Voelcker, K.M. Guckian, A. Saghatelian, M.R. Ghadiri. Sequence-addressable DNA logic, Small 4 (2008), 427-431.

– R. Creasey, A. Hook, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Enhancement of reverse transfection efficiency by combining stimulated dna surface desorption and electroporation, Proceedings of SPIE 6799 (2007), 67991D1-10.

– Y.L. Khung, M.A. Cole, S. J. P. McInnes, N.H. Voelcker. Control over wettability via surface modification of porous gradients, Proceedings of SPIE, 6799 (2007), 6799091-12.

– M.J. Sweetman, S.D. Graney, N.H. Voelcker. Interfacing porous silicon with biomolecules, Proceedings of SPIE 6799 (2007), 6799071-11.

– A.O. Jane, E.J. Szili, J.H. Reed, T.P. Gordon, N.H. Voelcker. Porous silicon biosensor for the detection of autoimmune diseases, Proceedings of SPIE 6799 (2007), 6799081-11.

– L.R. Clements, Y.L. Khung, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Preparation of 2-directional gradient surfaces for the analysis of cell-surface interactions, Proceedings of SPIE, 6799 (2007), 67990W1-8.

– P. Peng, N.H. Voelcker, S. Kumar, H.J. Griesser. Nanoscale eluting coatings based on alginate/chitosan 
hydrogels, Biointerphases 2 (2007), 95-104.

– M. Cole, N.H. Voelcker, H. Thissen. Electro-induced protein deposition on low-fouling surfaces. Smart Mater, Struct 16 (2007), 2222-2228.

– H. Thissen, V. Glattauer, C. Cartledge, P. Pasic, G. Johnson, M.D. Kurkuri, Z. Zhang, J.A. Werkmeister, J.A.M. Ramshaw, J. Hill, N.H. Voelcker. Microarrays, stem cell-surface interactions and germ cell transplantation, Regenerative Medicine 2 (2007) 575.

– D. Losic, J.G. Mitchell, R. Lal, N.H. Voelcker. Rapid fabrication of micro- and nanoscale patterns by replica moulding from diatom biosilica, Advanced Functional Materials17 (2007), 2439-2446.

– M. Cole, N.H. Voelcker, H. Thissen. A new approach to the immobilisation of poly(ethylene oxide) for the reduction of non-specific protein adsorption on conductive substrates, Surface Science 601 (2007), 1716-1725.

– D. Losic, K. Short, J.G. Mitchell, R. Lal, N.H. Voelcker. AFM nanoindentations of diatom biosilica surfaces, Langmuir 23 (2007), 5014-5021.

– M.D. Kurkuri, C. Driever, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Using the bioodyssey calligrapher miniarrayer to form immobilized protein microarrays on surface-modified glass substrates, Bioradiations 122 (2007), 26-28.

– M. D. Kurkuri, C. Driever, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. A novel surface modification approach for protein and cell microarrays. Proceedings of SPIE, 6413 (2006) 64130Z1-12.

– H. Thissen, G. Johnson, G. McFarland, H. Verbiest, T. Gengenbach, N.H. Voelcker. Microarrays for the evaluation of cell-biomaterial surface interactions, Proceedings of SPIE, 6413 (2006) 64130B1-9.

– Y. Akkamsetty, A.L. Hook, H. Thissen, J.P. Hayes, N.H. Voelcker. Application of nano-structured biochips for efficient cell transfection microarrays, Proceedings of SPIE, 6413 (2006) 64130R1-9.

– I. Tajuddin, N.H. Voelcker, J.G. Mitchell. Silica nanostructure formation from R5 peptide, Proceedings of SPIE, 6413 (2006), 64130T1-9.

– M.A. Cole, M. Jasieniak, N.H. Voelcker, H. Thissen, H.J. Griesser. Switchable surface coatings for control over protein adsorption, Proceedings of SPIE, 6416 (2006) 6416061-10.

– A. Hook, H. Thissen, J. Hayes, N.H. Voelcker. A platform for the advanced spatial and temporal control of biomolecules, Proceedings of SPIE, 6413 (2006) 64130C1-11.

– C. Peña, I. Alfonso, B. Tooth, N.H. Voelcker, V. Gotor. Synthesis and stereoselective DNA binding abilities of new optically active open chain polyamines, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 72 (2007), 1924-1930.

– D. Losic, R.J. Pillar, T. Dilger, J.G. Mitchell, N.H. Voelcker. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterisation of the porous silica nanostructure of two centric diatoms, Journal of Porous Materials, 14 (2007), 61-69.

– A. Hook, H. Thissen, J.P. Hayes, N. Voelcker. Spatially controlled electro-stimulated DNA adsorption and desorption for biochip applications, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 21 (2006), 2137-2145.

– P. Peng, S. Kumar, N.H. Voelcker, E. Szili, R.St. C. Smart, H.J. Griesser. Thin calcium phosphate coatings on titanium by electrochemical deposition in modified simulated body fluid, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 76 (2006), 347-355.

– K. McLeod, G.I. Anderson, N. Dutta, R.St.C. Smart, N.H. Voelcker, R. Sekel, S. Kumar. Adsorption of abisphosphonate onto hydroxyapatite using a novel co-precipitation technique for bone growth enhancement, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A 79 (2006), 271-281.

– D. Losic, G. Rosengarten, J.G. Mitchell, N.H. Voelcker. Pore architecture of diatom frustules: potential nanostructured membranes for molecular and particle separations, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 6 (2006) 1-8.

– S. McInnes, H. Thissen, N.R. Choudhury, N.H. Voelcker. Characterisation of porous silicon/poly(L-lactide) composites prepared using surface initiated ring opening polymerization, Proceedings of SPIE 6036 (2005) 455-466.

– S. McInnes, S. Graney, Y.-L. Khung, N.H. Voelcker. Porous silicon microparticles as an alternative support for solid phase DNA synthesis, Procceedings of SPIE 6036 (2005), 445-454.

– D. Losic, J.G. Mitchell, N.H. Voelcker. Fabrication of gold nanostructures by templating from porous diatom frustules, New Journal of Chemistry, 6 (2006), 908-914.

– S.P. Low, K.A. Williams, L. Canham, N.H. Voelcker. Evaluation of mammalian cell adhesion on surface-modified porous silicon, Biomaterials, 27 (2006), 4538-4546.

– K. McLeod, S. Kumar, N. Voelcker, R. Smart. XPS and bioactivity study of the bisphosphonate pamidronate adsorbed onto plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings, Applied Surface Science, 253 (2006), 2644-2651.

– O. Worsfold, N.H. Voelcker, T. Nishiya. Biosensing Using Lipid Bilayers Suspended on Porous Silicon, Langmuir 22 (2006), 7078-7083.

– B.N. Murthy, N.H. Voelcker, N. Jayaraman. Evaluation of bivalent and monovalent a-D-mannopyranoside glycolipids-lectin interactions by surface plasmon resonance methods, Glycobiology, 16 (2006), 822-832.

– Y.L. Khung, S. Graney, N.H. Voelcker. micropatterning of porous silicon films by direct laser writing, Biotechnology Progress, 22 (2006) 1388-1393.

– F.C.L Ciolacu, N.R.Choudhury, N. Dutta, N.H. Voelcker. MALDI-MS and DIOS-MS investigation of the degradation and discoloration of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), Macromolecules, 39 (2006), 7872-7881.

– D. Losic, G. Triani,, P.J. Evans, A. Atanacio, J.G. Mitchell, N.H. Voelcker. Controlled pore structure modification of diatoms by atomic layer deposition of TiO2, Journal of Material Chemistry, 16 (2006), 4029-4034. COVER

– A.L. Hook, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Surface manipulation of biomolecules for cell microarray applications, Trends in Biotechnology, 24 (2006) 471-477.

– Cole, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Switchable coatings for biomedical applications, Proceedings of SPIE, 5651 (2005), 19-27.

– A. Hook, J. Hayes, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Development of an electro-responsive platform for the controlled transfection of mammalian cells, Proceedings of SPIE, 5651 (2004), 418-426.

– P.S. Hale, M.J. Ford, L.M. Maddox, J.G. Shapter, N.H. Voelcker, E.R. Waclawik. Growth kinetics and modeling of ZnO Nanoparticles. Journal of Chemical Education 82 (2005), 775-779.

– D.L. Pountney, N.H. Voelcker, W.P. Gai. Annular alpha-synuclein oligomers are potentially toxic agents in alpha-synucleinopathy, Neurotoxicity Research, 7 (2005), 59.

– C. Peña, I.Alfonso, N.H.Voelcker, V. Gotor. Solvent dependent selective alkylation of a bis(sulfonamide) for the synthesis of a dna-binding chiral polyamine, Tetrahedron Letters, 46 (2005), 2783.

– D. Losic, M. Cole, H. Thissen, N.H. Voelcker. Ultrathin polytyramine films by electropolymerisation on highly doped p-type silicon electrodes, Surface Science, 584, (2005), 245-257.

– G.C. King, S.M. Knox, B.B. Williams, J. Harris, D.M. Gupta, D.A. Di Giusto, E.R. Gabutero, G.D. Tyrelle, Y.-C. Lai, M.T. Aung, S.T. McCutcheon, N. Voelcker and H.T.T. Le. Multivalent circular aptamers: versatile nanostructures for biomedical applications, NIST-Nanotech, 1, 2005, 258-262.

– D. Losic, J.G. Shapter, J.G. Mitchell and N.H. Voelcker. Fabrication of gold nanorod arrays by templating from porous alumina, Nanotechnology 16 (2005), 2275-2281.

– R. Lowe, E. Go, G. Tong, N.H. Voelcker, G. Siuzdak. Monitoring EDTA and endogenous metabolite biomarkers from serum with mass spectrometry, Spectroscopy 19 (2005), 137-146.

– D. Losic, J.G. Mitchell, N.H. Voelcker. Complex gold nanostructures derived by templating from diatom frustules, Chemical Communications, 25 (2005), 4905-4907.

– G. Thoma, M.B. Streiff, A.G. Katopodis, R.O. Duthaler, N.H. Voelcker, C. Ehrhardt, C. Masson. Non-covalent polyvalent ligands by self-assembly of small glycodendrimers: a novel concept for the inhibition of polyvalent carbohydrate–protein interactions in vitro and in vivo, Chemistry – A European Journal, 12 (2005), 99-117.

– E. McLeod, S. Kumar, G. I. Anderson, N. Dutta, R. St.C. Smart, N.H. Voelcker, R. Sekel. Co-deposition of a bisphosphonate with hydroxyapatite for improved implant fixation, IFMBE Proceedings, 12 (2005), 779-782.

– Ford, P. Hale, Joe G. Shapter, N.H Voelcker, E.R. Waclawik. Fabrication and measurement of a twisted nematic liquid crystal display, Journal of Chemical Education 81 (2004), 854-858.

– E. Szili, H. Thissen, J.P. Hayes, N.H. Voelcker. A biochip platform for cell transfection assays, Biosensors & Bioelectronics 19 (2004), 1395-1400.

– D.L. Pountney, R. Lowe, N.H. Voelcker, W.P. Gai. Annular alpha-synuclein species from purified multiple system atrophy inclusions following detergent treatment, Journal of Neurochemistry, 90 (2004), 502-512.

– C. Steinem, V.S.-Y Lin, A. Janshoff, N.H. Voelcker, M.R. Ghadiri. DNA hybridization-enhanced porous silicon corrosion: mechanistic investigations and prospect for optical interferometric biosensing, Tetrahedron 60 (2004), 11259-11267.

– R. Lowe, D.L. Pountney, P.H. Jensen, W.P. Gai, N.H. Voelcker. Calcium(II) selectively induces a-synuclein annular oligomers via interaction with the c-terminal domain, Protein Science 13 (2004), 3245-3252.

– A. Saghetalian, N.H. Voelcker, K. McGuckian, M.R. Ghadiri. DNA-based photonic logic gates: AND, NAND and INHIBIT, Journal of the American Chemical Society 125 (2003) 346-347.

– E. Szili, H. Thissen, J.P. Hayes, J. Shapter, N.H. Voelcker. A microarray platform for the creation of a matrix of site-specific transformed cells, Proceedings of SPIE 4937 (2002), 211-217.

– M. Streiff, A.G. Katopodis, N. Völcker, R.O. Duthaler, G. Thoma. Novel glycodendrimers self-assemble to nanoparticles which function as polyvalent ligands in vitro and in vivo, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 41 (2002), 3195-3198.

– N. Völcker, D. Klee, H. Höcker, S. Langefeld. Functionalization of silicone rubber for the covalent immobilization of fibronectin, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 12 (2001), 111-119.

– S. Langefeld, C.J. Numan, T. von Fischerm J. Becker, H. Bienert, N. Völcker, M. Reim, N.F. Schrage. A biocolonizable one-piece silicone keratoprothesis, Ophthalmic Research 29 (1997), 78.

– S. Langefeld, T. von Fischern, C.J. Numan, S. Kompa, N. Völcker, D. Klee, M. Reim, B. Kirchhof, N.F. Schrage, Eine neue künstliche Hornhaut aus Silikon. Medizin im Bild 3 (1998), 53-57.

– S. Langefeld, N. Völcker, T. von Fischern, H. Bienert, D. Klee, H. Höcker, M. Reim, N.F. Schrage. Functionally adapted surfaces on a silicone keratoprosthesis, International Journal of Artificial Organs, 22(4) (1999), 235-41.

– T. von Fischern, S. Langefeld, Yuan, L., N. Völcker, Reim, Kirchhof, B., N.F. Schrage. The “Aachen” keratoprosthesis: a new approach towards successful keratoprosthesis-surgery, International Journal of Artificial Organs 22(1) (1999), 52-7.

– T. von Fischern, S. Langefeld, L. Yuan, N. Völcker, M. Reim, B. Kirchhof, N.F. Schrage. Development of a surface modified silicone keratoprosthesis with scleral fixation, Acta Chirurgica Hungarica 37(3-4) (1998), 219-225.

– N.H.Völcker, D. Klee, M. Hanna, H. Höcker, J.J. Bou, A. Martínez de Ilarduya, S. Muñoz-Guerra, Synthesis of heterotelechelic poly(ethylene glycol)s and their characterization by MALDI-TOF-MS, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 200 (1999), 1363-1373.

Book & Chapter

– N. Willet, C. Lamprecht, C. Rankl, M. Rangl, R. Creasey, A. Ebner, N.H. Voelcker, Peter Hinterdorfer. Molecular recognition force spectroscopy, in: Molecular manipulation with atomic force microscopy, CRC Press, 2011.

– R. Vasani, M. Cole, A.V. Ellis, N.H. Voelcker. Stimulus-responsive polymers at nano-interfaces, in: Vol. 10 Nanomaterials for life sciences, Wiley VCH, 2011.

– A.L. Hook, N.H. Voelcker, H. Thissen. Plasma polymer and PEG based coatings for DNA, protein and cell microarrays, in: Cell based microarrays, Humana Press Inc. Invited review. Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 706, 1st Edition, 2011.

– N.H. Völcker. Plasma-based generation of surface functionalities on crosslinked poly(dimethylsiloxane) for immobilization of cell adhesion proteins, Shaker Publishing, Ph.-D. thesis at the Technical University (RWTH) of Aachen, 1999.