Publications

#60: Two-Step Synthesis of Large Gold−Silver Alloy Nanoparticles via the Combination of Seeded Growth and Citrate Co-reduction

Xingming Situ, Serene Bayram, and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, 10888 – 10895 (2023)

#59: Interactions of Common Biological Buffers with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

Shoronia N. Cross, Alexander Al-Feghali, and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Langmuir, 39, 7632 – 7641 (2023)

#58: Preparation and characterization of ultra-small, monodisperse CoxFe3-xO4 nanoparticles

Shoronia N. Cross, Majed Fataftah, Antranik Jonderian, Eric McCalla, and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 567, 170345 (2023)

#57: Biomolecular Self-Assembly of Nanorings on a Viral Protein Template

Dan S. Petrescu, Omar K. Zahr, Ismael Abu-Baker, and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Biomacromolecules, 23, 3407-3416 (2022)

#56: Alcohol-Perturbed Self-Assembly of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Coat Protein

Ismael Abu-Baker and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 13, 355-362 (2022)

#54: Nanometals Templated by Tobacco Mosaic Virus Coat Protein with Enhanced Catalytic Activity

Yani Pan, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Lena Simine, Janine Mauzeroll

Applied Catalysis B, 298, 120540 (2021)

#53: Recent Advances in Bio-Templated Metallic Nanomaterial Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Applications

Yani Pan, Waldemir Paschoalino, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, and Janine Mauzeroll

ChemSusChem, 14(3), 758-791 (2021)

#52: Plasmonic enhancement of two-photon excitation fluorescence by colloidal assemblies of very small AuNPs templated on M13 phage

Esen Sokullu, Maxime Pinsard, Jiawei Zhang, Julien Plathier, Gitanjali Kolhatkar, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, François Légaré, Andreas Ruediger, Tsuneyuki Ozaki, and Marc Gauthier

Biomacromolecules, 21, 2705-2713 (2020)

#51: Directing the Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles for Advanced Materials

Serene S. Bayram and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Book: Advanced Materials, De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, 2020

Pages: 307-326

#50: Biosynthesized silver nanorings as a highly efficient and selective electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction

Yani Pan, Waldemir J. Paschoalino, Serene S. Bayram, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Janine Mauzeroll

Nanoscale, 11, 18595-18603 (2019)

#49: Efficient One-step PEG-silane Passivation of Glass Surfaces for Single-molecule Fluorescence Studies

Yasser Gidi, Serene Bayram, Christopher Ablenas, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Gonzalo Cosa

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10, 39505-39511 (2018)

#48: TMV disk aggregate as a versatile and rigid scaffold for sub-30 nm silver nanorings

Serene Bayram, Omar Zahr, Julia Del Re and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Book: Protein Scaffolds, Humana Press, New York, 2018

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#47: Sensing of heavy metal ions by intrinsic TMV coat protein fluorescence

Serene S. Bayram, Philippe Green, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Spectrochimica Acta A, 195, 21-24 (2018)

#46: Viral-based nanomaterials for plasmonic and photonic materials and devices

Dan S. Petrescu and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, e1508 (2018)

#45: Iron oxide surface chemistry: the effect of chemical structure on binding in benzoic acid and catechol derivatives

Katalin V. Korpany, Dorothy D. Majewski, Cindy T. Chiu, Shoronia N. Cross and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Langmuir, 33, 3000-3013 (2017)

#44: The Importance of Calcium Ions in Poly-A RNA Mediated Tobacco Mosaic Virus-Like Rod Formation

Joshua G. Lucate and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 17, 224-230 (2017)

#43: Nanoring formation via in-situ photoreduction of silver on a virus scaffold

Serene S. Bayram, Omar K. Zahr, Julia Del Re and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Nanotechnology, 27, 485603 (2016)

#42: Tunable longitudinal modes in extended silver nanoparticle assemblies

Serene Bayram, Klas Lindfors and Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 7, 1219-1228 (2016)

#41: One-step ligand exchange and switching from hydrophobic to water-stable hydrophilic superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles by mechanochemical milling

Katalin V. Korpany, Cristina Mottillo, Jill Bachelder, Shoronia N. Cross, Pengcheng Dong, Simon Trudel, Tomislav Friscic, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Chemical Communications, 52, 3054-3057 (2016)

#40: Short Ligands Offer Long-Term Water Stability and Plasmon Tunability for Silver Nanoparticles

Serene Bayram, Omar K. Zahr, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

RSC Advances, 5, 6553-6559 (2015)

#39: Dual-Affinity Peptides to Generate Dense Surface Coverages of Nanoparticles

Julia Del Re, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Applied Surface Science, 296, 24 (2014)

#38: Tobacco mosaic virus as a template for gold nanorings

Omar K. Zahr, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Methods in Molecular Biology Series 1108, Humana Press, New York, 2014

#37: Molecular sensing: modulating molecular conduction through intermolecular interactions

Julia Del Re, Martin H. Moore, Banahalli R. Ratna, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 8318 (2013)

#36: Stable water soluble iron oxide nanoparticles using Tiron

Katalin V. Korpany, Fatemah Habib, Muralee Murugesu, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Materials Chemistry and Physics, 138, 29 (2013)

#35: Conductance switching in the photoswitchable protein Dronpa

Katalin V. Korpany, Pinky Langat, Dong Myeong Kim, Neil Edelman, Daniel R. Cooper, Jay Nadeau, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, 16119 (2012)

#34: Solution phase gold nanorings on a virus capsid template

Omar K. Zahr, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Nano Letters, 12, 629 (2012)

#33: Molecular electronics based nanosensors on a viral scaffold

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Carissa M. Soto, Kim E. Sapsford, Charmaine D. Wilson, Martin H. Moore, Banahalli R. Ratna

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 26, 2852 (2011)

#32: Role of hexa-histidine in directed nano assemblies of Tobacco mosaic virus coat protein

Michael A. Bruckman, Carissa M. Soto, Heather McDowell, Jinny L. Liu, Banahalli R. Ratna, Katalin V. Korpany, Omar K. Zahr, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

ACS Nano, 5, 1606 (2011)

#31: Virus nanoparticles for signal enhancement in microarray biosensors

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Carissa M. Soto, Gary J. Vora, Kim E. Sapsford, Banahalli R. Ratna

ACS Symposium Series 1016, ACS Press, 2009

#30: Molecular conductance switching via controlled alteration of electron delocalization: Quinone-modified oligo(phenylenevinylene)

Stanislav Tsoi, Igor Griva, Scott A. Trammell, Amy S. Blum, Joel M. Schnur, Nikolai Lebedev

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, B27, 817 (2009)

#29: Nanoparticle networks as chemoselective sensing devices

Natalya Zimbovskaya, Mark R. Pederson, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Banahalli R. Ratna, Reeshemah Allen

Journal of Chemical Physics, 130, 094702 (2009)

#28: Alkyl chain length and quantum dot fluorescence in aqueous environments

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Martin H. Moore, Banahalli R. Ratna

Langmuir, 24, 9194 (2008)

#27: Electrochemically-controlled conductance switching in a single molecule: Quinone-modified oligo(phenylenevinylene)

Stanislav Tsoi, Igor Griva, Scott A. Trammell, Amy S. Blum, Joel M. Schnur, Nikolai Lebedev

ACS Nano, 2, 1289 (2008)

#26: Towards single molecule detection of SEB- A mobile sandwich immunoassay on gliding microtubules

Carissa M. Soto, Brett D. Martin, Kim E. Sapsford, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Banahalli R. Ratna

Analytical Chemistry, 80, 5433 (2008)

#25: Long term storage of biotemplated materials for sensing applications

Raviraja N Seetharam, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Carissa M. Soto, Jessica L. Whitley, Kim E. Sapsford, Anju Chatterji, Tianwei Lin, John E. Johnson, Charles Guerra, Peter Satir, Banahalli R. Ratna

Nanotechnology, 19, 105504 (2008)

#24: Programmed self-assembly on a Cowpea mosaic virus template

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Carissa M. Soto, Banahalli R. Ratna

Proceedings of the Indo-US workshop on Science and Technology of Bio/Nano Interface, February 2008, Indo-US Forum, Bhubaneswar

#23: Self-assembly of molecular memory circuits on a nanoscale scaffold

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Carissa M. Soto, Charmaine D. Wilson, Christian Amsinck, Paul Franzon, Banahalli Ratna

IEEE Transactions in Nanobiosciences, 6, 270 (2007)

#22: Templated self-assembly of quantum dots from aqueous solution using protein scaffolds

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Carissa M. Soto, Charmaine D. Wilson, Kim E. Sapsford, Martin H. Moore, Anju Chatterji, Tianwei Lin, John E. Johnson, Banahalli R. Ratna

Nanotechnology, 17, 5073 (2006)

#21: Single-molecule charge transport measurements reveal technique-dependant perturbations

Dwight S. Seferos, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, James G. Kushmerick, Guillermo C. Bazan

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 11260 (2006)

#20: An engineered virus as a bright fluorescent tag for cargo proteins – capture and transport by gliding microtubules

Brett D. Martin, Carissa M. Soto, Amy S. Blum, K. E. Sapsford, Jessica M. Whitley, John E. Johnson, Anju Chatterji, Banahalli R. Ratna

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 6, 2451 (2006)

#19: Fluorescent signal amplification of carbocyanine dyes using engineered viral nanoparticles

Carissa M. Soto, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Nikolai Lebedev, Gary J. Vora, Carolyn E. Meador, Angela P. Won, Anju Chatterji, John E. Johnson, Banahalli R. Ratna

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 5184 (2006)

#18: Metrology for molecular electronics

James G. Kushmerick, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, David P. Long

Analytica Chimica Acta, 568, 20 (2006)

#17: A Cowpea mosaic virus nanoscaffold for multiplexed antibody conjugation: Application as an immunoassay tracer

Kim E. Sapsford, Carissa M. Soto, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Anju Chatterji, John E. Johnson, Frances S. Ligler, Banahalli R. Ratna

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 21, 1668 (2006)

#16: Ru2(ap)4(s-oligo(phenyleneethynylenyl)) molecular wires: synthesis and electronic characterization

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Tong Ren, Damon A. Parish, Scott A. Trammell, Martin H. Moore, James G. Kushmerick, Guo-Lin Xu, Jeffrey R. Deschamps, Steven K. Pollack, Ranganathan Shashidhar

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127, 10010 (2005)

#15: An engineered virus as a scaffold for three-dimensional self-assembly on the nanoscale

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Carissa M. Soto, Charmaine D. Wilson, Tina L. Brower, Steven K. Pollack, Terence L. Schull, Anju Chatterji, Tianwei Lin, John E. Johnson, Christian Amsinck, Paul Franzon, Ranganathan Shashidhar, Banahalli Ratna

Small, 1, 702 (2005)

#14: Molecularly inherent voltage controlled conductance switching

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, James G. Kushmerick, David P. Long, Charles H. Patterson, John C. Yang, Jay C. Henderson, Yuxing Yao, James M. Tour, Ranganathan Shashidhar, Banahalli R. Ratna

Nature Materials, 4, 167 (2005)

#13: Charge transport and scaling in molecular wires

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, James G. Kushmerick, John C. Yang, Martin Moore, Steven K. Pollack, Jawad Naciri, Ranganathan Shashidhar, Banahalli R. Ratna

Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, 18124 (2004)

#12: Separation and recovery of intact gold-virus complex by agarose electrophoresis and electroelution: Application to the purification of Cowpea mosaic virus and colloidal gold complex

Carissa M. Soto, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Charmaine D. Wilson, Jason Lazorcik, John E. Johnson, Banahalli R. Ratna

Electrophoresis, 25, 2901 (2004)

#11: Cowpea mosaic virus as a scaffold for 3-D patterning of gold nanoparticles

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Carissa M. Soto, Charmaine D. Wilson, John D. Cole, Moon Kim, Bruce Gnade, Tianwei Lin, Anju Chatterji, Wendy F. Ochoa, John E. Johnson, Banahalli R. Ratna

Nano Letters, 4, 867 (2004)

#10: Nano-patterning and manipulation of genetically engineered virus nanoblocks

Moon J. Kim, Marc in het Panhuis, R. Gupta, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Banahalli R. Ratna, Bruce E. Gnade, Robert M. Wallace

Microscopy and Microanalysis, 10, 26 (2004)

#9: Comparing the conductivity of molecular wires with the scanning tunneling microscope

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, John Yang, Ranganathan Shashidhar, Banahalli R. Ratna

Applied Physics Letters, 82, 3322 (2003)

#8: Reply to Comments on complex pattern formation by Cowpea mosaic virus Nanoparticles

Banahalli R. Ratna, Carissa M. Soto, Laurel Danner, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Jiyu Fang, Tianwei Lin, John E. Johnson

Langmuir, 19, 489 (2003)

#7: Virus nanoblocks for molecular electronics

Moon J. Kim, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Bruce Gnade, Banahalli R. Ratna

Microscopy and Microanalysis, 8, 1116 (2002)

#6: An AC-STM study of mineral sulfides and the tip induced oxidation of PbS

Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Adam J.D. Schafer, Thomas Engel

Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, 8197 (2002)

#5: Effect of interfacial liquid structuring on the coherence length in nanolubrication

Mingyan He, Amy Szuchmacher Blum, Gregor Overney, René M. Overney

Physical Review Letters, 88, 154302 (2002)

#4: Critical phenomena of water bridges in nanoasperity contacts

Mingyan He, Amy Szuchmacher, Eric Aston, Cynthia Buenviaje, Reto Luginbühl, René M. Overney

Journal of Chemical Physics, 114, 1355 (2001)

#3: Premelting at ice-solid interfaces studied via velocity dependent indentation with force microscope tips

Bede Pittenger, Samuel C. Fain, Jr., M.J. Cochran, J.M.K. Donev, B.E. Robertson, Amy Szuchmacher, René M. Overney

Physical Review B, 63, (2001)

#2: Comprehensive analysis of the functionalization of SFM with hydrophobic coatings

Reto Luginbühl, Amy Szuchmacher, Michael D. Garrison, Jean-Benoît Lhoest, René M. Overney, Buddy D. Ratner

Ultramicroscopy, 82, 171 (2000)

#1: A modulated molecular beam study of the extent of H2O dissociation on TiO2(110)

David Brinkley, Michelle Dietrich, Thomas Engel*, Paul Farrall, Gerhard Gantner, Adam Schafer, Amy Szuchmacher

Surface Science, 395, 292 (1998)