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    • Efficient Immobilization of a Cadmium Chemosensor in a Thin Film: Generation of a Cadmium Sensor Prototype 

      Bronson, R. Todd; Michaelis, David J.; Lamb, Randy D.; Husseini, Ghaleb; Farnsworth, Paul B.; Linford, Matthew R.; Izatt, Reed M.; Bradshaw, Jerald S.; Savage, Paul B. (American Chemical Society, 2005)
      The development of an ion-selective chemosensor for Cd2+ allows generation of a “real-time” sensor. Immobilization of the chemosensor on quartz was achieved in a simple monolayer and in a thin film using a polymer intermediary. ...

    • Emulsification Characteristics Using a Dynamic Woven Metal Microscreen Membrane 

      Sabouni, Rana; Gomaa, Hassan; Liu, Jiangshan; Zhu, Jesse (MDPI, 2016)
      An oscillatory emulsification system for the production of oil in water emulsions using a commercially available low-cost woven metal microscreen (WMMS) is investigated. The system allows for independent control of both ...

    • Encapsulation and release of calcein from herceptin-conjugated eLiposomes 

      Zafar, Mah Noor; Pitt, William G.; Husseini, Ghaleb (Elsevier, 2024-03)
      Achieving an optimal therapeutic level is crucial in effectively eradicating cancer cells during treatment. However, conventional chemotherapy-associated systemic administration of anticancer agents leads to many side ...

    • Encapsulation, Release, and Cytotoxicity of Doxorubicin Loaded in Liposomes, Micelles, and Metal-Organic Frameworks: A Review 

      Ibrahim, Mihad; Abuwatfa, Waad Hussein; Awad, Nahid S.; Sabouni, Rana; Husseini, Ghaleb (MDPI, 2022)
      Doxorubicin (DOX) is one of the most widely used anthracycline anticancer drugs due to its high efficacy and evident antitumoral activity on several cancer types. However, its effective utilization is hindered by the adverse ...

    • Enhancement of the corrosion resistance of mild steel with femtosecond laser- nanostructuring and CrCoNi medium entropy alloy coating 

      Ahmad, Shahbaz; Ahmad, Waqas; Abu Baker, Aya; Egilmez, Mehmet; Abuzaid, Wael; Orhan, Mehmet Fatih; Ibrahim, Taleb; Khamis, Mustafa; Alnaser, Ali (Elsevier, 2022)
      In this work, the corrosion resistance of mild steel surface nanostructured with a femtosecond laser and coated with high corrosion resistant CrCoNi (CCN) medium entropy alloy through magnetron sputtering is studied. ...

    • Exogenous Contrast Agents in Photoacoustic Imaging: An In Vivo Review for Tumor Imaging 

      Farooq, Afifa; Sabah, Shafiya; Dhou, Salam; AlSawaftah, Nour Majdi; Husseini, Ghaleb (MDPI, 2022)
      The field of cancer theranostics has grown rapidly in the past decade and innovative ‘biosmart’ theranostic materials are being synthesized and studied to combat the fast growth of cancer metastases. While current ...

    • Facile Ultrasound-Triggered Release of Calcein and Doxorubicin from Iron-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks 

      Ibrahim, Mihad; Sabouni, Rana; Husseini, Ghaleb; Karami, Abdollah; Bai, Reenu Geetha; Mukhopadhyay, Debasmita (American Scientific Publishers, 2020)
      Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising new nanocarriers with potential use in anticancer drug delivery. However, there is a scarcity of studies on the uptake and release of guest molecules associated with MOF ...

    • Factors affecting acoustically triggered release of drugs from polymeric micelles 

      Husseini, Ghaleb; Myrup, Gregg D.; Pitt, William G.; Christensen, Douglas A.; Rapoport, Natalya Y. (Elsevier, 2000)
      A custom ultrasonic exposure chamber with real-time fluorescence detection was used to measure acoustically-triggered drug release from Pluronic P-105 micelles under continuous wave (CW) or pulsed ultrasound in the frequency ...

    • Factors affecting sedimentational separation of bacteria from blood 

      Pitt, William G.; Alizadeh, Mahsa; Blanco, Rae; Hunter, Alex K.; Bledsoe, Colin G.; McClellan, Daniel S.; Wood, Madison E.; Wood, Ryan L.; Ravsten, Tanner V.; Hickey, Caroline L.; Beard, William Cameron; Stepan, Jacob R.; Carter, Alexandra; Husseini, Ghaleb; Robison, Richard A.; Welling, Evelyn; Torgesen, Rebekah N.; Anderson, Clifton M. (American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 2019)
      Rapid diagnosis of blood infections requires fast and efficient separation of bacteria from blood. We have developed spinning hollow disks that separate bacteria from blood cells via the differences in sedimentation ...

    • Factors Affecting the Acoustic In Vitro Release of Calcein from PEGylated Liposomes 

      Ahmed, Salma E.; Moussa, Hesham Gamal; Martins, Ana M.; Abbas, Yassmine; Al-Sayah, Mohammad; Husseini, Ghaleb (American Scientific Publishers, 2019)
      Typical methods used in cancer treatment, including chemotherapy, are debilitating because of the various adverse side effects experienced by cancer patients. The free drug injected into the patient at given doses affects ...

    • Fluorescent aminal linked porous organic polymer for reversible iodine capture and sensing 

      Sabri, Muhammad Ashraf; Al-Sayah, Mohammad; Sen, Susan; Ibrahim, Taleb; El-Kadri, Oussama (Nature, 2020)
      A novel triazene-anthracene-based fuorescent aminal linked porous organic polymer (TALPOP) was prepared via metal free-Schif base polycondensation reaction of 9,10-bis-(4,6-diamino-S-triazin2-yl)anthracene and 2-furaldehyde. ...

    • Folic Acid Quenches Doxorubicin Fluorescence Letter to the Editor 

      Husseini, Ghaleb (American Scientific Publishers, 2012)

    • Formulation of heat conduction and thermal conductivity of metals 

      Chebbi, Rachid (De Gruyter, 2019)
      The well-known low-pressure monatomic gas thermal conductivity expression is based on the Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution and involves the mean particle velocity, the gas heat capacity at constant volume and the ...

    • Further investigation of the mechanism of Doxorubicin release from P105 micelles using kinetic models 

      Stevenson-Abouelnasr, Dana; Husseini, Ghaleb; Pitt, William G. (Elsevier, 2006)
      The kinetics of the release of Doxorubicin from Pluronic P105 micelles during ultrasonication and its subsequent re-encapsulation upon cessation of insonation were investigated. Four mechanisms are proposed to explain the ...

    • Gas Phase Deposition of Trichloro(1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorooctyl)silane on Silicon Dioxide, by XPS 

      Lee, Michael V.; Husseini, Ghaleb; Sautter, Ken; Linford, Matthew R. (American Vacuum Society, 2012)
      Monolayers of trichloro(lH,1H,2H,2H-perfluorooctyl)silane, Cl3SiCH2CH2(CF2)5CF3, were deposited via chemical vapor deposition onto the native oxide layer on silicon after plasma-cleaning. The samples have high hydrophobicity, ...

    • Gold-Nanoparticle Hybrid Nanostructures for Multimodal Cancer Therapy 

      Ali, Amaal Abdulraqeb; Abuwatfa, Waad Hussein; Al-Sayah, Mohammad; Husseini, Ghaleb (MDPI, 2022)
      With the urgent need for bio-nanomaterials to improve the currently available cancer treatments, gold nanoparticle (GNP) hybrid nanostructures are rapidly rising as promising multimodal candidates for cancer therapy. Gold ...

    • Graphene-based drug delivery systems 

      Bai, Reenu Geetha; Husseini, Ghaleb (Elsevier, 2019)
      Drug delivery is one of the prominent biomedical applications of graphene nanomaterials in the current scenario. The rapid growth in the graphene-based drug delivery systems showed the potential of this nanomaterial in the ...

    • Green Nanotechnology—A Road Map to Safer Nanomaterials 

      Bai, Reenu Geetha; Sabouni, Rana; Husseini, Ghaleb (Woodhead Publishing, 2018)
      Nanotechnology has remained at the forefront of scientific research for the past few decades due to its outstanding properties and associated applications. The unlimited potential of nanomaterials have already influenced ...

    • Growth of 2,2-Biimidazole-Based Nanorods on Mica Substrate 

      Sowwan, Mukhles; Abul Haj, Mohammad; Faroun, Maryam; Hawash, Zafer; Ghabboun, Jamal; Rida, Alaa; Karmi, Abeer; Sultan, Wadie; Husseini, Ghaleb (Hindawi, 2010)
      The synthesis of a one-dimensional single-stranded helix using the crystallization of silver (I) nitrate and 2,2-biimidazole has promising potential for use in the area of nanotechnology mainly because of its unique ...

    • Hybrid Liposome/Metal–Organic Framework as a Promising Dual-Responsive Nanocarriers for Anticancer Drug Delivery 

      Karami, Abdollah; Ahmed, Ahmed H.S; Sabouni, Rana; Husseini, Ghaleb; Al Sharabati, Miral Osama Yacoub; AlSawaftah, Nour Majdi; Paul, Vinod (Elsevier, 2022)
      In this work, liposome-coated iron (III) benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (Fe-BTC) metal–organic framework is examined as a promising pH/Ultrasound dual-responsive nanocarriers for doxorubicin (DOX) delivery. The successful ...