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2006

"Low-field magnetic separation of monodisperse Fe3O4 nanocrystals," C. T. Yavuz, J. T. Mayo, W. W. Yu, A. Prakash, J. C. Falkner, S. Yean, L. L. Cong, H. J. Shipley, A. Kan, M. Tomson, D. Natelson and V. L. Colvin, Science 2006, 314 (5801), 964-967

"DNA binding to protein-gold nanocrystal conjugates," M. K. Calabretta, K. S. Matthews and V. L. Colvin, Bioconjugate Chemistry 2006, 17 (5), 1156-1161

"Functionalization density dependence of single-walled carbon nanotubes cytotoxicity in vitro," C. M. Sayes, F. Liang, J. L. Hudson, J. Mendez, W. H. Guo, J. M. Beach, V. C. Moore, C. D. Doyle, J. L. West, W. E. Billups, K. D. Ausman and V. L. Colvin, Toxicology Letters 2006, 161 (2), 135-142

"Correlating nanoscale titania structure with toxicity: A cytotoxicity and inflammatory response study with human dermal fibroblasts and human lung epithelial cells," C. M. Sayes, R. Wahi, P. A. Kurian, Y. P. Liu, J. L. West, K. D. Ausman, D. B. Warheit and V. L. Colvin, Toxicological Sciences 2006, 92 (1), 174-185

"Solvothermal synthesis and characterization of anatase TiO2 nanocrystals with ultrahigh surface area," R. K. Wahi, Y. P. Liu, J. C. Falkner and V. L. Colvin, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2006, 302 (2), 530-536

"Pulmonary instillation studies with nanoscale TiO2 rods and dots in rats: Toxicity is not dependent upon particle size and surface area," D. B. Warheit, T. R. Webb, C. M. Sayes, V. L. Colvin and K. L. Reed, Toxicological Sciences 2006, 91 (1), 227-236

"Effect of magnetite particle size on adsorption and desorption of arsenite and arsenate (vol 21, pg 1862, 2006)," S. Yean, L. Cong, C. T. Yavuz, J. T. Mayo, W. W. Yu, J. C. Falkner, A. T. Kan, V. L. Colvin and M. B. Tomson, Journal of Materials Research 2006, 21 (7), 1862-1862

"Water-soluble quantum dots for biomedical applications," W. W. Yu, E. Chang, R. Drezek and V. L. Colvin, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2006, 348 (3), 781-786

"Aqueous dispersion of monodisperse magnetic iron oxide nanocrystals through phase transfer," W. W. Yu, E. Chang, C. M. Sayes, R. Drezek and V. L. Colvin, Nanotechnology 2006, 17 (17), 4483-4487

2005

"The use of heat transfer fluids in the synthesis of high-quality CdSe quantum dots, core/shell quantum dots, and quantum rods," Asokan, S.; Krueger, K. M.; Alkhawaldeh, A.; Carreon, A. R.; Mu, Z. Z.; Colvin, V. L.; Mantzaris, N. V.; Wong, M. S. Nanotechnology 2005, 16 (10), 2000-2011.

"Analytical ultracentrifugation for characterizing nanocrystals and their bioconjugates," Calabretta, M.; Jamison, J. A.; Falkner, J. C.; Liu, Y. P.; Yuhas, B. D.; Matthews, K. S.; Colvin, V. L. Nano Letters 2005, 5 (5), 963-967.

"Protease-activated quantum dot probes," Chang, E.; Miller, J. S.; Sun, J. T.; Yu, W. W.; Colvin, V. L.; Drezek, R.; West, J. L. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2005, 334 (4), 1317-1321.

"Synthesis and self-organization of soluble monodisperse palladium nanoclusters," Chen, M.; Falkner, J.; Guo, W. H.; Zhang, J. Y.; Sayes, C.; Colvin, V. L. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2005, 287 (1), 146-151.

"Controlling submicron-particle template morphology: effect of solvent chemistry," Cortalezzi, M. M.; Colvin, V.; Wiesner, M. R. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2005, 283 (2), 366-372.

"Generation of size-controlled, submicrometer protein crystals," Falkner, J. C.; Al-Somali, A. M.; Jamison, J. A.; Zhang, J. Y.; Adrianse, S. L.; Simpson, R. L.; Calabretta, M. K.; Radding, W.; Phillips, G. N.; Colvin, V. L. Chemistry of Materials 2005, 17 (10), 2679-2686.

"Virus crystals as nanocomposite scaffolds," Falkner, J. C.; Turner, M. E.; Bosworth, J. K.; Trentler, T. J.; Johnson, J. E.; Lin, T. W.; Colvin, V. L. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2005, 127 (15), 5274-5275.

"C-60 in water: Nanocrystal formation and microbial response," Fortner, J. D.; Lyon, D. Y.; Sayes, C. M.; Boyd, A. M.; Falkner, J. C.; Hotze, E. M.; Alemany, L. B.; Tao, Y. J.; Guo, W.; Ausman, K. D.; Colvin, V. L.; Hughes, J. B. Environmental Science & Technology 2005, 39 (11), 4307-4316.

"Characterization of nanocrystalline CdSe by size exclusion chromatography," Krueger, K. M.; Al-Somali, A. M.; Falkner, J. C.; Colvin, V. L. Analytical Chemistry 2005, 77 (11), 3511-3515.

"Bacterial cell association and antimicrobial activity of a C-60 water suspension," Lyon, D. Y.; Fortner, J. D.; Sayes, C. M.; Colvin, V. L.; Hughes, J. B. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2005, 24 (11), 2757-2762.

"Effect of disorder on the optical properties of colloidal crystals," Rengarajan, R.; Mittleman, D.; Rich, C.; Colvin, V. Physical Review E 2005, 71 (1).

"Nano-C-60 cytotoxicity is due to lipid peroxidation," Sayes, C. M.; Gobin, A. M.; Ausman, K. D.; Mendez, J.; West, J. L.; Colvin, V. L. Biomaterials 2005, 26 (36), 7587-7595.

"Photodegradation of Congo Red catalyzed by nanosized TiO2," Wahi, R. K.; Yu, W. W.; Liu, Y. P.; Mejia, M. L.; Falkner, J. C.; Nolte, W.; Colvin, V. L. Journal of Molecular Catalysis a-Chemical 2005, 242 (1-2), 48-56.

"Effect of magnetite particle size on adsorption and desorption of arsenite and arsenate," Yean, S.; Cong, L.; Yavuz, C. T.; Mayo, J. T.; Yu, W. W.; Kan, A. T.; Colvin, V. L.; Tomson, M. B. Journal of Materials Research 2005, 20 (12), 3255-3264.

2004

"Recycling size exclusion chromatography for the analysis and separation of nanocrystalline gold," Al-Somali, A. M.; Krueger, K. M.; Falkner, J. C.; Colvin, V. L. Analytical Chemistry 2004, 76 (19), 5903-5910.

"Effects of conjugation with nanoparticles on protein-DNA interactions," Calabretta, M. K.; Colvin, V.; Matthews, K. S. Biophysical Journal 2004, 86 (1), 21A-21A.

"Sustainability for nanotechnology," Colvin, V. L. Scientist 2004, 18 (16), 26-27.

"The potential environmental impact of engineered nanomaterials (vol 21, pg 1166, 2003)," Colvin, V. L. Nature Biotechnology 2004, 22 (6), 760-760.

"Adsorption of cadmium on anatase nanoparticles-effect of crystal size and pH," Gao, Y.; Wahi, R.; Kan, A. T.; Falkner, J. C.; Colvin, V. L.; Tomson, A. B. Langmuir 2004, 20 (22), 9585-9593.

"The differential cytotoxicity of water-soluble fullerenes," Sayes, C. M.; Fortner, J. D.; Guo, W.; Lyon, D.; Boyd, A. M.; Ausman, K. D.; Tao, Y. J.; Sitharaman, B.; Wilson, L. J.; Hughes, J. B.; West, J. L.; Colvin, V. L. Nano Letters 2004, 4 (10), 1881-1887.

"Preparation and characterization of monodisperse PbSe semiconductor nanocrystals in a noncoordinating solvent," Yu, W. W.; Falkner, J. C.; Shih, B. S.; Colvin, V. L. Chemistry of Materials 2004, 16 (17), 3318-3322.

"Synthesis of monodisperse iron oxide nanocrystals by thermal decomposition of iron carboxylate salts," Yu, W. W.; Falkner, J. C.; Yavuz, C. T.; Colvin, V. L. Chemical Communications 2004, (20), 2306-2307.

2003

"Hydrothermal synthesis of quartz nanocrystals," Bertone, J. F.; Cizeron, J.; Wahi, R. K.; Bosworth, J. K.; Colvin, V. L. Nano Letters 2003, 3 (5), 655-659.

"Semiconductor nanocrystals - Shape matters," Buhro, W. E.; Colvin, V. L. Nature Materials 2003, 2 (3), 138-139.

"Growth and morphology of cadmium chalcogenides: the synthesis of nanorods, tetrapods, and spheres from CdO and Cd(O2CCH3)(2)," Bunge, S. D.; Krueger, K. M.; Boyle, T. J.; Rodriguez, M. A.; Headley, T. J.; Colvin, V. L. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2003, 13 (7), 1705-1709.

"Effects of conjugation with nanoparticles on Lac repressor function," Calabretta, M. K.; Yuhas, B.; Colvin, V. L.; Matthews, K. S. Biophysical Journal 2003, 84 (2), 367A-367A.

"Point of impact - Where technology collides with society, business, and personal lives," Colvin, V. Technology Review 2003, 106 (3), 71-73.

"The potential environmental impact of engineered nanomaterials," Colvin, V. L. Nature Biotechnology 2003, 21 (10), 1166-1170.

2002

"Size-dependent dielectric properties of liquid water clusters.", Boyd, J. E.; Briskman, A.; Mikhail, A.; Colvin, V.; Mittleman, D., In Liquid Dynamics: Experiment, Simulation, and Theory, Amer Chemical Soc: Washington, 2002, 820, 284-298.

"Terahertz vibrational modes of inverse micelles," Boyd, J. E.; Briskman, A.; Sayes, C. M.; Mittleman, D.; Colvin, V. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2002, 106 (24), 6346-6353.

"Photonic band gap materials from opals," Colvin, V. Glass Science and Technology 2002, 75, 51-53.

2001

"Direct observation of terahertz surface modes in nanometer-sized liquid water pools," Boyd, J. E.; Briskman, A.; Colvin, V. L.; Mittleman, D. M. Physical Review Letters 2001, 8714 (14).

"Lots in common with polymer science," Colvin, V. Chemical & Engineering News 2001, 79 (13), 160-160.

"From opals to optics: Colloidal photonic crystals," Colvin, V. L. Mrs Bulletin 2001, 26 (8), 637-641.

"A lost-wax approach to monodisperse colloids and their crystals," Jiang, P.; Bertone, J. F.; Colvin, V. L. Science 2001, 291 (5503), 453-457.

"The fabrication and bandgap engineering of photonic multilayers," Jiang, P.; Ostojic, G. N.; Narat, R.; Mittleman, D. M.; Colvin, V. L. Advanced Materials 2001, 13 (6), 389-393.

"Colloidal photonic superlattices," Rengarajan, R.; Jiang, P.; Larrabee, D. C.; Colvin, V. L.; Mittleman, D. M. Physical Review B 2001, 6420 (20).

"Thin films of macroporous metal oxides," Turner, M. E.; Trentler, T. J.; Colvin, V. L. Advanced Materials 2001, 13 (3), 180-183.

2000

"Effect of film thickness on the performance of photopolymers as holographic recording materials," Boyd, J. E.; Trentler, T. J.; Wahi, R. K.; Vega-Cantu, Y. I.; Colvin, V. L. Applied Optics 2000, 39 (14), 2353-2358.

"Porous metals from colloidal templates," Kulinowski, K. M.; Jiang, P.; Vaswani, H.; Colvin, V. L. Advanced Materials 2000, 12 (11), 833-838.

"Optical properties of a photonic crystal of hollow spherical shells," Rengarajan, R.; Jiang, P.; Colvin, V.; Mittleman, D. Applied Physics Letters 2000, 77 (22), 3517-3519.

"Epoxy resin-photopolymer composites for volume holography," Trentler, T. J.; Boyd, J. E.; Colvin, V. L. Chemistry of Materials 2000, 12 (5), 1431-1438.

1999

"Thickness dependence of the optical properties of ordered silica-air and air-polymer photonic crystals," Bertone, J. F.; Jiang, P.; Hwang, K. S.; Mittleman, D. M.; Colvin, V. L. Physical Review Letters 1999, 83 (2), 300-303.

"Single-crystal colloidal multilayers of controlled thickness," Jiang, P.; Bertone, J. F.; Hwang, K. S.; Colvin, V. L. Chemistry of Materials 1999, 11 (8), 2132-2140.

"Preparation of macroporous metal films from colloidal crystals," Jiang, P.; Cizeron, J.; Bertone, J. F.; Colvin, V. L. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121 (34), 7957-7958.

"Template-directed preparation of macroporous polymers with oriented and crystalline arrays of voids," Jiang, P.; Hwang, K. S.; Mittleman, D. M.; Bertone, J. F.; Colvin, V. L. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121 (50), 11630-11637.

>"Optical properties of planar colloidal crystals: Dynamical diffraction and the scalar wave approximation," Mittleman, D. M.; Bertone, J. F.; Jiang, P.; Hwang, K. S.; Colvin, V. L. Journal of Chemical Physics 1999, 111 (1), 345-354.

"Acrylate oligomer-based photopolymers for optical storage applications," Schilling, M. L.; Colvin, V. L.; Dhar, L.; Harris, A. L.; Schilling, F. C.; Katz, H. E.; Wysocki, T.; Hale, A.; Blyler, L. L.; Boyd, C. Chemistry of Materials 1999, 11 (2), 247-254.

"Synthesis of TiO2 nanocrystals by nonhydrolytic solution-based reactions," Trentler, T. J.; Denler, T. E.; Bertone, J. F.; Agrawal, A.; Colvin, V. L. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121 (7), 1613-1614.

1998

"In situ high-temperature transmission electron microscopy observations of the formation of nanocrystalline TiC from nanocrystalline anatase (TiO2)," Agrawal, A.; Cizeron, J.; Colvin, V. L. Microscopy and Microanalysis 1998, 4 (3), 269-277.

"An in-situ hot stage for temperature-dependent tapping-mode (TM) atomic force microscopy," Prilliman, S. G.; Kavanagh, A. M.; Scher, E. C.; Robertson, S. T.; Hwang, K. S.; Colvin, V. L. Review of Scientific Instruments 1998, 69 (9), 3245-3250.

"Solution-state NMR studies of the surface structure and dynamics of semiconductor nanocrystals," Sachleben, J. R.; Colvin, V.; Emsley, L.; Wooten, E. W.; Alivisatos, A. P. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 1998, 102 (50), 10117-10128.

1997

"Quantitative model of volume hologram formation in photopolymers," Colvin, V. L.; Larson, R. G.; Harris, A. L.; Schilling, M. L. Journal of Applied Physics 1997, 81 (9), 5913-5923.

"Terahertz spectroscopy of water in inverse micelles," Mittleman, D. M.; Nuss, M. C.; Colvin, V. L. Chemical Physics Letters 1997, 275 (3-4), 332-338.

1994

"Electric-Field Modulation Studies of Optical-Absorption in Cdse Nanocrystals - Dipolar Character of the Excited-State," Colvin, V. L.; Cunningham, K. L.; Alivisatos, A. P. Journal of Chemical Physics 1994, 101 (8), 7122-7138.

"Light-Emitting-Diodes Made from Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystals and a Semiconducting Polymer," Colvin, V. L.; Schlamp, M. C.; Alivisatos, A. P. Nature 1994, 370 (6488), 354-357.

"Threshold for Quasi-Continuum Absorption and Reduced Luminescence Efficiency in Cdse Nanocrystals," Hoheisel, W.; Colvin, V. L.; Johnson, C. S.; Alivisatos, A. P. Journal of Chemical Physics 1994, 101 (10), 8455-8460.

"X-Ray Photoelectron-Spectroscopy of Cdse Nanocrystals with Applications to Studies of the Nanocrystal Surface," Katari, J. E. B.; Colvin, V. L.; Alivisatos, A. P. Journal of Physical Chemistry 1994, 98 (15), 4109-4117.

"Quantum-Size Dependence of Femtosecond Electronic Dephasing and Vibrational Dynamics in Cdse Nanocrystals," Mittleman, D. M.; Schoenlein, R. W.; Shiang, J. J.; Colvin, V. L.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Shank, C. V. Physical Review B 1994, 49 (20), 14435-14447.

1992

"Cdse Nanocrystals with a Dipole-Moment in the 1st Excited-State," Colvin, V. L.; Alivisatos, A. P. Journal of Chemical Physics 1992, 97 (1), 730-733.

"Semiconductor Nanocrystals Covalently Bound to Metal-Surfaces with Self-Assembled Monolayers," Colvin, V. L.; Goldstein, A. N.; Alivisatos, A. P. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1992, 114 (13), 5221-5230.

"Nmr-Studies of the Surface-Structure and Dynamics of Semiconductor Nanocrystals," Sachleben, J. R.; Wooten, E. W.; Emsley, L.; Pines, A.; Colvin, V. L.; Alivisatos, A. P. Chemical Physics Letters 1992, 198 (5), 431-436.

1991

"Valence-Band Photoemission from a Quantum-Dot System," Colvin, V. L.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Tobin, J. G. Physical Review Letters 1991, 66 (21), 2786-2789.

"Photoemission Investigation of Compound Semiconductor Monodisperse Clusters," Tobin, J. G.; Colvin, V. L.; Alivisatos, A. P. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology a-Vacuum Surfaces and Films 1991, 9 (3), 852-853.

1988

"Hydrogen Desorption-Kinetics from Monohydride and Dihydride Species on Silicon Surfaces," Gupta, P.; Colvin, V. L.; George, S. M. Physical Review B 1988, 37 (14), 8234-8243.