Publications

University of Louisville

74.  Harikrishnan, N.H.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Size-dependent Electrochemical Metal Growth Kinetics.” J. Phys. Chem. C, submitted in 2022.  Minor revisions requested with no additional review.

73.  Mainali, B.P.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Chemical Detection by Analyte-Induced Change in Electrophoretic Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles.” J. Electrochem. Soc. 2022, 169, 016504.  (Special Issue dedicated to the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry)

72.  Pattadar, D.K.; Nambiar, H.N.; Allen, S.L.; Jasinski, J.B.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Effect of Metal Nanoparticle Aggregate Structure on the Thermodynamics of Oxidative Dissolution.” Langmuir 2021, 37, 7320-7327.

71.  Mainali, B.P.; Pattadar, D.K.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Reverse Size-Dependent Electrooxidation of Gold Nanoparticles Coated with Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs).”  J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 2719-2728.

70.  Pattadar, D.K.; Masitas, R.A.; Stachurski, C.D.; Cliffel, D.E.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Reversing the Thermodynamics of Galvanic Replacement Reactions by Decreasing the Size of Gold Nanoparticles.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19268-19277.

69.  Mainali, B.P.; Pattadar, D.K.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Size-Dependent Ripening of Gold Nanoparticles through Repetitive Electrochemical Surface Oxidation-Reduction Cycling.”  J. Electrochem. Soc. 2020, 167, 146503.

68.  Sibakoti, T.R.; Jasinski, J.B.; Nantz, M.H.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Iodine Activation:  A General Method for Catalytic Enhancement of Thiolate Monolayer-Protected Metal Clusters.”  Nanoscale 2020, 12, 12027-12037.

67.  Bhama, S.; Sibakoti, T.R.; Jasinski, J.B.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Highly Active, Selective, and Recyclable Water-Soluble Glutathione-Stabilized Pd and Pd-Alloy Nanoparticle Catalysts in Biphasic Solvent.”  ChemCatChem 2020, 12, 2253-2261. 

66.  Pattadar, D.K.; Mainali, B.P.; Jasinski, J.B.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Electrooxidation, Size Stability, and Electrocatalytic Activity of 0.9 nm Diameter Gold Nanoclusters Coated with a Weak Stabilizer.”  ChemElectroChem 2020, 7, 800-809.

65.  Pattadar, D.K.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Effect of Size, Coverage, and Dispersity on the Potential-Controlled Ostwald Ripening of Metal Nanoparticles.”  Langmuir  2019, 35, 16416-16426.

64.  Pattadar, D.K.; Sharma, J.N.; Mainali, B.P.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Impact of the Assembly Method on the Surface Area-to-Volume Ratio and Electrochemical Oxidation Potential of Metal Nanospheres.”  J. Phys. Chem. C.  2019, 123, 24304-24312.

63.  Sibakoti, T.R.; Stinger, C.R.; Adhihetty, P.K.; Zamborini, F.P.; Nantz, M.H.  “Tunable Aminooxy-Functionalized Monolayer-Protected Clusters for Nonpolar and Aqueous Oximation Reactions.”  Part. Part. Syst. Char.  2019, 36, 1900093.

62.  Pattadar, D.K.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Halide-Dependent Dealloying of Cux/Auy Core/Shell Nanoparticles for Composition Analysis by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry.”  J. Phys. Chem. C. 2019, 123, 9496-9505.

61.  Qatamin, A.H.; Ghithan, J.H.; Moreno, M.; Nunn, BM; Jones, KB; Zamborini, F.P.; Keynton, R.S.; O’Toole, MG; Mendes, S.B.  “Detection of Influenza Virus by Electrochemical Surface Plasmon Resonance under Potential Modulation.”  Appl. Optics  2019, 58, 2839-2844.

60.  Allen, S.L.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Size-Selective Electrophoretic Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles Mediated by Hydroquinone Oxidation.”  Langmuir, 2019, 35, 2137-2145.

59.  Pattadar, D.K.; Sharma, J.N.; Mainali, B.P.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Anodic Stripping Electrochemical Analysis of Metal Nanoparticles.”  Curr. Opin. Electrochem.  2019, 13, 147-156.  (Invited Review)

58.  Pattadar, D.K.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Size Stability Study of Catalytically Active Sub-2 nm Diameter Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized with Weak Stabilizers.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2018, 140, 14126-14133.

57.  Sharma, J.N.; Pattadar, D.K.; Mainali, B.P.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Size Determination of Metal Nanoparticles Based on Electrochemically Measured Surface-Area-to-Volume Ratios.”  Anal. Chem.  2018, 90, 9308-9314.

56.  Kharel, P.L.; Cuillier, P.M.; Fernando, K.; Zamborini, F.P.; Alphenaar, B.W.  “Effect of Rare-Earth Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on the Conductivity of Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide: An Electrical and Electrochemical Approach.”  J. Phys. Chem. C.  2018, 122, 15090-15096.

55.  Kharel, P.L.; Zamborini, F.P.; Alphenaar, B.W.  “Enhancing the Photovoltaic Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Rare Earth Metal Oxide Nanoparticles.”  J. Electrochem. Soc. 2018, 165, H52-H56.

54.  Allen, S.L; Sharma, J.N.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Aggregation-Dependent Oxidation of Metal Nanoparticles.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 12895-12898.

53.  Masitas, R.A.; Allen, S.L.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Size-Dependent Electrophoretic Deposition of Catalytic Gold Nanoparticles.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15295-15298.

52.  Yang, Y.; Cornwell, L.B.; Ibañez, F.J.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Chemiresistor Arrays Prepared by Simple and Fast Vapor-Phase Thiol Place-Exchange Functionalization of Gold Monolayer-Protected Films.”  ChemElectroChem 2016, 3, 1230-1236.

51.  Luitel, T.; Fernando, K.; Tatum, B.S.; Alphenaar, B.W.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Increased Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Addition of Rare Earth Oxide Microparticles into a Titania Acceptor.”  Electrochim. Acta 2016, 211, 918-925.

50.  Dasari, R.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy at Electrochemically Fabricated Silver Nanowire Junctions” Anal. Chem. 2016, 88, 675-681.

49.  Shah, N.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Surfactant-Assisted, Voltage-Driven Silver Nanoparticle Chain Formation across Microelectrode Gaps in Air” ACS Nano 2015, 9, 10278-10286.

48.  Fang, A.; White, S.; Masitas, R.A.; Zamborini, F.P.; Jain, P.K.  “One-to-One Correlation between Structure and Optical Response in a Heterogeneous Distribution of Plasmonic Constructs” J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 24086-24094.

47.  Fang, A.; White, S.; Jain, P.K.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Regioselective Plasmonic Coupling in Metamolecular Analogs of Benzene” Nano Lett 2015, 15, 542-548.

46.  Masitas, R.A.; Khachian, I.V.; Bill, B.L.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Effect of Surface Charge and Electrode Material on the Size-Dependent Oxidation of Surface-Attached Metal Nanoparticles” Langmuir 2014, 30, 13075-13084.

45.  Chauhan, R.; Moreno, M.; Banda, D.M.; Zamborini, F.P.; Grapperhaus, C.A.  “Chemiresistive Metal-Stabilized Thiyl Radical Films as Highly Selective Ethylene Sensors” RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 46787-56790.

44.  Pandit, B.; Luitel, T.; Cummins, D.R.; Thapa, A.K.; Druffel, T.; Zamborini, F.; Liu, J.  “Spectroscopic Investigation of Photoinduced Charge-Transfer Processes in FTO/TiO2/N719 Photoanodes with and without Covalent Attachment through Silane-Based Linkers” J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117, 13513-13523.

43.  Luitel, T.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Covalent Modification of Photoanodes for Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” Langmuir 2013, 29, 13582-13594.

42.  Moreno, M.; Kissell, L.N.; Jasinski, J.B.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Selectivity and Reactivity of Alkylamine- and Alkanethiolate-Stabilized Pd and PdAg Nanoparticles for Hydrogenation and Isomerization of Allyl Alcohol”  ACS Catal. 2012, 2, 2602-2613.

41.  Masitas, R.A.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Oxidation of Highly Unstable <4 nm Diameter Gold Nanoparticles 800 mV Negative of the Bulk Oxidation Potential” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 5014-5017.

40.  Zamborini, F.P.; Bao, L.; Dasari, R..  “Nanoparticles in Measurement Science” Anal. Chem. 2012, 84, 541-576

39.  Sidorov, A.; Slawinski, G.W.; Sumanasekera, G.U.; Zamborini, F.P. “Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Study of Thin Graphene Sheets Functionalized with Gold and Silver Nanorods by Seed-Mediated Growth” Carbon 2012, 50, 699-705.

38.  Ibañez, F.J.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Chemiresistive Sensing with Chemically-Modified Metal and Alloy Nanoparticles”  Small  2012, 8, 174-202.

37.  Slawinski, G.W.; Ivanova, O.S.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Twin Plane Decoration of Silver Nanorods with Palladium by Galvanic Exchange at a Controlled Rate”  Langmuir 2011, 27, 13293-13301.

36.  Dasari, R.; Ibañez, F.J.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Electrochemical Fabrication of Metal/Organic/Metal Junctions for Molecular Electronics or Sensing Applications” Langmuir 2011, 27, 7285-7293. (highlighted on the cover).

35.  Beeram, S.R.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Effect of Protein Binding Coverage, Location, and Distance on the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Response of Purified Au Nanoplates Grown Directly on Surfaces”  J. Phys. Chem.  2011, 115, 7364-7371.

34.  M. Moreno; Ibañez, F.J.; Jasinski, J.B.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Hydrogen Reactivity of Pd Nanoparticles Coated with Mixed Monolayers of Alkyl Thiols and Alkyl Amines for Sensing and Catalysis Applications”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2011, 133, 4389-4397.

33.  Abdelmoti, L.G.; Zamborini, F.P., “Potential-Controlled Electrochemical Seed-Mediated Growth of Gold Nanorods Directly on Electrode Surfaces” Langmuir  2010, 26, 13511-13521.

32.  Beeram, S.R.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Purification of Gold Nanoplates Grown Directly on Surfaces for Enhanced Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensing”  ACS Nano  2010, 4, 3633-3646.

31.  Ivanova, O.S.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Electrochemical Size Discrimination of Gold Nanoparticles Attached to Glass/Indium-Tin-Oxide Electrodes by Oxidation in Bromide-Containing Electrolyte”  Anal. Chem. 2010, 82, 5844-5850.

30.  Ivanova, O.S.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Size-Dependent Electrochemical Oxidation of Silver Nanoparticles”  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 70-72.

29.  Beeram, S.R.; Zamborini, F.P. “Selective Attachment of Antibodies to the Edges of Gold Nanostructures for Enhanced Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensing”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2009, 131, 11689-11691.

28.  Dasari, R.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Hydrogen Switches and Sensors Fabricated by Combining Electropolymerization and Pd Electrodeposition at Microgap Electrodes”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2008, 130, 16138-16139.

27.  Ibañez, F.J.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Chemiresistive Sensing of Volatile Organic Compounds with Films of Surfactant-Stabilized Gold and Gold-Silver Alloy Nanoparticles”  ACS Nano  2008, 2, 1543-1552.

26.  Ibañez, F.J.; Zamborini, F.P.  “The Reactivity of Hydrogen with Solid-State Films of
Alkylamine- and Tetraoctylammonium Bromide-Stabilized Pd, PdAg, and PdAu
Nanoparticles for Sensing and Catalysis Applications"  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2008, 130, 622-633.

25.  Slawinski, G.W.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Synthesis and Alignment of Silver Nanorods and Nanowires and the Formation of Pt, Pd, and Core/Shell Structures by Galvanic Exchange Directly on Surfaces”  Langmuir  2007, 23, 10357-10365.

24.  Mieszawski, A.J.; Jalilian, R.; Sumanasekera, G.U.; Zamborini, F.P.  “The Synthesis and Fabrication of One-Dimensional Nanoscale Heterojunctions”  Small  2007, 3, 722-756.

23.  Ibañez, F.J.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Ozone- and Thermally-Activated Films of Palladium Monolayer-Protected Clusters for Chemiresistive Hydrogen Sensing”, Langmuir  2006, 22, 9789-9796.

22.  Mieszawska, A.J.; Slawinski, G.W.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Directing the Growth of Highly-Aligned Gold Nanorods by a Surface Chemical Amidation Reaction”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2006, 128, 5622-5623.

21.  Ibañez, F.J.; Gowrishetty, U.; Crain, M.M.; Walsh, K.M.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Chemiresistive Vapor Sensing with Microscale Films of Gold Monolayer Protected Clusters”  Anal. Chem.  2006, 78, 753-761.

20.  Mieszawska, A.J.; Jalilian, R.; Sumanasekera, G.U.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Synthesis of Gold Nanorod/Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Heterojunctions Directly on Surfaces”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2005, 127, 10822-10823.

19.  Mieszawska, A.J.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Gold Nanorods Grown Directly on Surfaces from Microscale Patterns of Gold Seeds”  Chem. Mater.  2005, 17, 3415-3420.

18.  Wei, Z.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Directly Monitoring the Growth of Gold Nanoparticle Seeds into Gold Nanorods”  Langmuir  2004, 20, 11301-11304.

17.  Wei, Z.; Mieszawska, A.J.; Zamborini, F.P.  “Synthesis and Manipulation of High Aspect Ratio Gold Nanorods Grown Directly on Surfaces”  Langmuir  2004, 20, 4322-4326.

16.  Zamborini, F.P.; Smart, L.E.; Leopold, M.C.; Murray, R.W.  “Distance-Dependent Electron Hopping Conductivity and Nanoscale Lithography of Chemically-Linked Gold Monolayer Protected Cluster Films”  Anal. Chim. Acta.  2003, 496, 3-16.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Postdoctoral Research Associate)

15.  Leopold, M.C.; Donkers, R.L.; Georganopoulou, D.; Fisher, M.; Zamborini, F.P.; Murray, R.W.  “Growth, Conductivity, and Vapor Response Properties of Metal Ion-Carboxylate Linked Nanoparticle Films”  Faraday Discuss.  2003, 125, 63-76.

14.  Zamborini, F.P.; Leopold, M.C.; Hicks, J.F.; Kulesza, P.J.; Malik, M.A.; Murray, R.W.  “Electron Hopping Conductivity and Vapor Sensing Properties of Flexible Network Polymer Films of Metal Nanoparticles”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2002, 124, 8958-8964.

13.  Hicks, J.F.; Zamborini, F.P.; Murray, R.W.  “Dynamics of Electron Transfers Between Electrodes and Monolayers of Nanoparticles”  J. Phys. Chem. B.  2002, 106, 7751-7757.

12.  Hicks, J.F.; Zamborini, F.P.; Osisek, A.J.; Murray, R.W.  “The Dynamics of Electron Self-Exchange Between Nanoparticles”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2001, 123, 7048-7053.

11.  Zamborini, F.P.; Gross, S.M.; Murray, R.W.  “Synthesis, Characterization, Reactivity, and Electrochemistry of Palladium Monolayer Protected Clusters (MPCs).”  Langmuir  2001, 17, 481-488.

10.  Wuelfing, W.P.; Zamborini, F.P.; Templeton, A.C.; Wen, X.; Yoon, H.; Murray R.W.  “Monolayer Protected Clusters:  Molecular Precursors to Metal Films.”  Chem. Mater.  2001, 13, 87-95.

9.  Cliffel, D.E.; Zamborini, F.P.; Gross, S.M.; Murray, R.W.  “Mercaptoammonium Monolayer-Protected, Water-Soluble Gold, Silver, and Palladium Clusters.”  Langmuir  2000, 16, 9699-9702.

8.  Templeton, A.C.; Zamborini, F.P.; Wuelfing, W.P.; Murray, R.W.  “Controlled and Reversible Formation of Nanoparticle Aggregates and Films Using Cu2+-Carboxylate Chemistry.”  Langmuir  2000, 16, 6682-6688.

7.  Zamborini, F.P.; Hicks, J.F.; Murray, R.W.  “Quantized Double Layer Charging of Nanoparticle Films Assembled Using Carboxylate/(Cu2+ or Zn2+)/Carboxylate Bridges.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2000, 122, 4514-4515.

Texas A&M University (Graduate Student)

6.  Baker, L.A.; Zamborini, F.P.; Sun, L.; Crooks, R.M.  “Dendrimer-Mediated Adhesion Between Vapor-Deposited Au and Glass or Si Wafers.”  Anal. Chem.  1999, 71, 4403-4406.

5.  Zamborini, F.P.; Crooks, R.M.  “Nanometer-Scale Patterning of Metals by Electrodeposition from an STM Tip in Air.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  1998, 120, 9700-9701.

4.  Zamborini, F.P.; Crooks R.M.  “Corrosion Passivation of Gold by n-Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers:  Effect of Chain Length and End Group.”  Langmuir  1998, 14, 3279-3286.

3.  Zamborini, F.P.; Campbell, J.K.; Crooks, R.M.  “Spectroscopic, Voltammetric, and Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopic Study of Underpotentially Deposited Cu Corrosion and Passivation with Self-Assembled Organomercaptan Monolayers.”  Langmuir  1998, 14, 640-647.

2.  Zamborini, F.P.; Crooks, R.M.  “In-Situ Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (ECSTM) Study of Cyanide-Induced Corrosion of Naked and Hexadecyl Mercaptan-Passivated Au(111).”  Langmuir  1997, 13, 122-126.

1.  Schoer, J.K.; Zamborini, F.P.; Crooks, R.M.  “Scanning Probe Lithography. 3. Nanometer-Scale Electrochemical Patterning of Au and Organic Resists in the Absence of Intentionally Added Solvents or Electrolytes.”  J. Phys. Chem.  1996, 100, 11086-11091.