Reifenberger R. – TechConnect Briefs

Characterization of Cellulose Nanocrystals by SPM

Lahiji R.R., Reifenberger R., Moon R.J., Rudie A., Purdue University, US

Cellulose is the world’s most abundant biopolymer and is present in virtually all plants. Its main function is to act as a reinforcement material. Cellulose is a linear chain of ringed glucose monomers ((C6H10O5)n; n=10 [...]

DNA-Associated Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes as a Platform for Drug Delivery

Dolash B.D., Lahiji R.R., Zemlyanov D.Y., Reifenberger R., Bergstrom D.E., Purdue University, US

DNA-associated single walled carbon nanotubes(DNA:SWCNTs) have shown potential in drug delivery with the ability to translocate across the cell membrane carrying various biomolecules. Our laboratory has completed a series of experiments to show the sonication [...]

Electrostatic Force Microscopy Study of Open-Circuit Photovoltage from a bR/ITO Heterostructure

Crittenden S., Hillebrecht J., Howell S., Birge R.R., Reifenberger R., Purdue University, US

Bioelectronics offers a potential alternative to Si-based technology because natural evolution and selection have optimized many biological molecules to perform tasks that can only be mimicked by complicated electronic circuits. Purple membrane (PM) patches containing [...]

Immunosensing Using Fabricated protein Microarrays

Howell S.W., Inerowicz H.D., Guirl L., Regnier F., Reifenberger R., Purdue University, US

Patterned microarrays of antibodies to specific bacteria were used to perform a series of bacterial immunoassays of E. Coli 0157:H7 and Renibacterium Salmoninarum (RS). Microarrays were fabricated using microcontact printing (MCP) and characterized using scanning [...]