In Press 

Echeverria, V., R. Zeitlin, S. Burgess, A. Barman, G. Thakur, H. Inouye, E. Feris, D.A. Kirschner, T. Mori, M. Mamcarz, L. Wang, R.M. Leblanc, R. Prabhakar, D. Satelle, R.L. Papke and G.W. Arendash. “Cotinine modulates nicotinic receptors, reduces β-amyloid aggregation, and improves Alzheimer’s pathology in mice”. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (in press).

Thakur, G., M. Micic, Y. Yang, W. Li, D. Movia, S. Giordani, H. Zhang and R.M. Leblanc. “Conjugated quantum dots inhibit the amyloid (1-42) fibrillation process”. International Journal of Alhzeimer’s Disease (in press).

2010

Kumari L., W.Z. Li, S. Kulkarni, K. H. Wu, W. Cheng, C.L. Wang, C.H. Vannoy and R.M. Leblanc. “Effect of surfactants on the structure and morphology of magnesium borate hydroxide nanowhiskers synthesized by hydrothermal route”. Nanoscale Res. Lett. 5, 149-157.

Kumari, L., W.Z. Li, C.H. Vannoy, R.M. Leblanc and D.Z. Wang. “Zinc oxide micro- and nanoparticles: Synthesis, structure and optical properties”. Mater. Res. Bull. 45, 190-196.

Orbulescu, J., M. Micic, C.M. Ensor, S. Trajkovic, S. Daunert and R.M. Leblanc. “Human cardiac Troponin I: A Langmuir monolayer study”. Langmuir,26, 3268–3274.

Orbulescu, J., O.C. Mullins and R.M. Leblanc. “Surface chemistry and spectroscopy of UG8 asphaltene Langmuir film, Part 1”. Langmuir, 26, 15257–15264.

Orbulescu, J., O.C. Mullins and R.M. Leblanc. “Surface chemistry and spectroscopy of UG8 asphaltene Langmuir film, Part 2”. Langmuir, 26, 15265–15271.

Vannoy, C.H. and R.M. Leblanc. “Effect of DHLA-capped CdSe/ZnS quantum dots on the fibrillation of human serum albumin”. J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 10881-10888.

Vannoy, C.H., J. Xu and R.M. Leblanc. “Bioimaging and self-assembly of lysozyme fibrils utilizing CdSe/ZnS quantum dots”. J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 766-773.

Wang, C., N. Shah, G. Thakur, F. Zhou and R.M. Leblanc. “α-Synuclein in α-helical conformation at air-water interface: Implication of conformation and orientation changes during its accumulation/aggregation”. Chem. Commun. 46, 6702-6704.

2009

Kumari L., W. Z. Li, C.H. Vannoy, R.M. Leblanc and D.Z. Wang. “Synthesis, characterization and optical properties of Mg(OH)2 micro-/nanostructure and its conversion to MgO”. Ceram. Int. 35, 3355-3364.

Kumari, L., W. Z. Li, C. H. Vannoy, R.M. Leblanc and D.Z. Wang. “Vertically aligned and interconnected nickel oxide nanowalls fabricated by hydrothermal route”. Cryst. Res. Technol. 44, 495-499.

Kumari L., W. Z. Li, J. M. Xu, R. M. Leblanc, D. Z. Wang, Y. Li, H. Guo and J. Zhang. “Controlled hydrothermal synthesis of zirconium oxide nanostructures and their optical properties”. Cryst. Growth Des. 9, 3874-3880.

Orbulescu, J. and R.M. Leblanc. “Importance of the spreading solvent evaporation time in Langmuir monolayers”. J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 5313-5315.

Thakur, G. And R.M. Leblanc. “Conformation Of Lysozyme Langmuir Monolayer Studied By Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy”. Langmuir, 25, 2842-2849. 

Thakur, G., M. Micic and R. M. Leblanc. “Surface chemistry of Alzheimer’s disease: A Langmuir monolayer approach”. Coll. Surf. B: Biointerfaces 74, 436-456.

Xu, J., C. Wang and R.M. Leblanc. “Surface Chemistry And Photophysical Properties Of A Diacetylene-Peptide Derivative Capped Quantum Dots Langmuir Monolayer”. Coll. Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 70, 163-168.

2008

Caseli, L., D.C. Masui, R.P.M. Furriel, F.A. Leone, M.E.D. Zaniquelli, J. Orbulescu and R.M.  Leblanc. “Rat osseous plate alkaline phosphatase as Langmuir monolayer - An infrared study at the air-water interface”. J. Coll. Interf. Sci., 320, 476-482.

Hasegawa, T., Y. Sato, H. Kakuda, C. Li, J. Orbulescu and R.M. Leblanc. “Study of molecular aggregation of artificial amyloid in a Langmuir monolayer by infrared spectroscopy”. J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 1391 -1396.

Orbulescu, J. and R.M. Leblanc. “Surface engineering quantum dots at the air-water interface”. In Particulate Systems in Nano- and Biotechnologies. Edited by W. Sigmund, H. El-Shall, D.O. Shah, B.M. Moudgil. CRC Press, Chapter 7, pp. 137-163. ISBN: 978-0-8493-7436-4.

Orbulescu, J. and R.M. Leblanc. “Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films of Quantum dots”. ACS Symposium Series No. 996. Nanoparticles Synthesis, Stabilization, Passivation, and Functionalization. Edited by R. Nagarajan and T.A. Hatton. Oxford University Press, Chapter 13, pp. 172-189. ISBN: 978-0-8412-6969-9.

Thakur, G., C. Wang and R.M. Leblanc. “Surface chemistry and in situ spectroscopy of lysozyme Langmuir monolayer”. Langmuir, 24, 4888-4893.

Triulzi, R.C., Q. Dai, J. Zou, R.M. Leblanc, Q. Gu, J. Orbulescu and Q. Huo. “Photothermal ablation of amyloid aggregates by gold nanoparticles”. Coll. Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 63 (2), 200-208.

Triulzi, R.C., M. Micic, J. Orbulescu, S. Giordani, B. Mueller and R.M. Leblanc. “Antibody-gold quantum dot-PAMAM dendrimer complex as an immunoglobulin immunoassay”. The Analyst, 133, 667-672.

Wang, C., M. Micic, M. Ensor, S. Daunert and R.M. Leblanc. “Infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS) and Polarization-Modulated IRRAS (PM-IRRAS) studies of the aequorin Langmuir monolayer”. J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 4146-4151.

Wang, C., J. Zheng, L. Zhao, V.K. Rastogi, S.S. Shah, J.J. DeFrank and R.M. Leblanc. “Infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS) and Polarization Modulation-IRRAS (PM-IRRAS) studies of organophosphorus acid anhydrolase Langmuir monolayer”. J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 5250-5256.

2007

Hasegawa, T., Y. Sato, T. Okada, M. Shibukawa, C. Li, J. Orbulescu and R.M. Leblanc. “Inhibition of aggregation by a biomimetic peptidolipid Langmuir monolayer by Congo Red studied by UV-vis and infrared spectroscopies”. J. Phys. Chem. B, 111, 14227-14232.

Sirpal, S., K.M. Gattas-Asfura and R.M. Leblanc. “A photodimerization to cross-link and functionalize microgels”. Coll. Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 58, 116-120.

Triulzi, R.C., C. Li, D. Naistat, J. Orbulescu and R.M. Leblanc. “A two dimensional approach to study amyloid β-peptide fragment (25-35)”. J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 4661-4666.

Wang, C. M. Micic, M. Ensor, S. Daunert and R.M. Leblanc. “Surface chemistry of “jellyfish“: Langmuir monolayer and Langmuir-Blodgett film studies of recombinant aequorin”. Langmuir, 23, 7602-7607.

Wang, C., J. Zheng, O.N. Oliveira Jr. and R.M. Leblanc. “Nature of the interaction between a peptidolipid Langmuir monolayer and paraoxon in the subphase”. J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 7826-7833.

Zheng, J. and R.M. Leblanc. “Infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy of monolayers at the air-water interface”. In Advanced Chemistry of Monolayers at Interfaces, 14. Trends in Methodology and Technology. Edited by Imae, T., Elsevier, Chapter 10, 247-276.

2006

Constantine, C., B.J. Elkind and R.M. Leblanc. “Enzyme Monolayers”. Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Second Edition; Taylor & Francis: New York, 4, pp. 2498-2510.

Gattas-Asfura, K.M., D.M. Naistat and R.M. Leblanc. “Color change of toluidine blue induced by polyanionic quantum dots”. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 282-283, 471-474.

Huo, Q. and R.M. Leblanc. “Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films of proteins and enzymes” Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Second Edition; Taylor & Francis: New York, 5, pp. 3233-3260.

Ji, X. D. Naistat, C. Li, J. Orbulescu and R.M. Leblanc. “An alternative approach to amyloid fibrils morphology: CdSe/ZnS quantum dots labeled β-amyloid peptide fragment Aβ(31-35), Aβ(1-40) and Aβ(1-42)”. Colloids and Surfaces B 50, 104-111.

Kele, P., J. Orbulescu, R.E. Gawley and R.M. Leblanc. “Spectroscopic detection of Saxitoxin: An alternative to mouse bioassay”. Chem. Commun. 14, 1494-1496.

Leblanc, R.M. “ Molecular recognition at Langmuir Monolayers”. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 10, 529-536.

Orbulescu, J., C.A. Constantine, V.K. Rastogi, S.S. Shah, J.J. DeFrank and R.M. Leblanc. “Detection of organophosphorus compounds by covalently immobilized organophosphorus hydrolase”. Anal. Chem. 78, 7016-7021.

Radotic, K., A. Kalauzi, Z.G. Cerovic, D. Djikanovic, M. Jeremic and R.M. Leblanc. “Component analysis of the fluorescence spectra of a model compound” J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biology 83, 1-10.

Triulzi, R., Micic, M., Giordani, S., Serry, M., Leblanc, R.M., “Immunoassay based on a photoluminescence quenching of the antibody-conjugated PAMAM-dendrimer-gold quantum dot complex”. Chem. Commun. 48, 5068-5070.

Wang, C., C. Li, X. Ji, J. Orbulescu, J. Xu and R.M. Leblanc. “Peptidolipid as binding site of acetylcholinesterase: Molecular recognition of paraoxon in Langmuir films”. Langmuir, 22, 2200-2204.

Xu, J., X. Ji, K.M. Gattas-Asfura, C. Wang and R.M. Leblanc. “Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films of quantum dots”. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 284-285, 35-42.

Xu, J., C. Li, C. Wang, J. Wang, Q. Huo and R.M. Leblanc. “Polymerization of a cysteinyl peptidolipid Langmuir film”. Langmuir, 22, 181-186.

Zheng, J., Desbat, B., Rastogi, V. K., Shah, S. S., DeFrank, J. J., Leblanc, R. M., “Organophosphorus Hydrolase at the Air-Water Interface: Secondary Structure and Interaction with Paraoxon”. Biomacromolecules, 7, 2806-2810.

2005

Cao, X., M. Mabrouki, S.V. Mello, R.M. Leblanc, V.K. Rastogi, T.-C. Cheng and J.J. DeFrank. “The interaction between OPH and paraoxon at the air-water interface studied by AFM and epifluorescence microscopies”. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 40, 75-81.

Gattas-Asfura, K.M., C.A. Constantine, M.J. Lynn, D.A. Thimann, X. Ji and R.M. Leblanc. “Characterization and 2D self-assembly of CdSe quantum dots at the air-water interface”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 14640-14646.

Gattas-Asfura, K.M., E. Weisman, F.M. Andreopoulos, M. Micic, B. Muller, S. Sirpal, S.M. Pham, and R.M.Leblanc. "Nitrocinnamate-Functionalized Gelatin: Synthesis and "Smart" Hydrogel Formation via Photo-Cross-Linking". Biomacromolecules 6, 1503-1509.

Hasegawa, T., V. Konka and R.M. Leblanc. “FT-IR spectroscopy of ultrathin materials”. Chapter for “Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biological and Polymeric Materials”.  Eds M. Braiman and V. Gregoriou; Springer-Verlag, NY.

Hasegawa, T., D. Moriya, H. Kakuda, C. Li, J. Orbulescu, R.M. Leblanc. “Fibril-like aggregate formation of peptide carboxylate Langmuir films analyzed by surface pressure, surface dipole moment, and infrared spectroscopy”. J. Phys. Chem. B. 109, 12856-12860.

Ji, X., C. Wang, J. Xu, J. Zheng, K.M. Gattas-Asfura and R.M. Leblanc. “Surface chemistry of (CdSe)ZnS quantum dots at the air-water interface”. Langmuir, 21, 5377-5382.

Ji, X., J. Zheng, J. Xu, V.K. Rastogi, T.-C. Cheng, J.J. DeFrank and R.M. Leblanc. “(CdSe)ZnS quantum dots and organophosphorus hydrolase bioconjugate as biosensors for detection of paraoxon ”. J. Phys. Chem. B. 109, 3793-3799.

Orbulescu, J., P. Kele, A. Kotschy and R.M. Leblanc. “Synthesis and spectroscopy of coumarin derivatives for saxitoxin detection”. J. Mat. Chem. 15, 3084-3088.

Ujihara, M., J. Orbulescu, T. Imae and R.M. Leblanc. “Film structrures of poly(amido amine) dendrimers with an azacrown core and long alkyl chain spacers on water or Ag nanoparticle suspension”. Langmuir 21, 6846-6854.

Wohnrath, K., L.R. Dinelli, S.V. Mello, C.J.L. Constantino, R.M. Leblanc, A.A. Batista and O.N. Oliveira, Jr. “Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films containing a porphyrin-ruthenium complex”. J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 5, 909-916.

Zheng J., C.A. Constantine, L. Zhao, V.K. Rastogi, T.-C. Cheng, J.J. DeFrank and R.M. Leblanc. "Molecular Interaction between Organophosphorus Acid Anhydrolase and Diisopropylfluorophosphate". Biomacromolecules 6, 1555-1560.

Zucolotto V., K.M. Gattas-Asfura, T. Tumolo, A.C. Perinotto, P.A. Antunes, C.J.L. Constantino M.S. Baptista, R.M. Leblanc and O.N. Oliveira Jr. "Nanoscale manipulation of CdSe quantum dots in layer-by-layer films: influence of the host polyelectrolyte on the luminescent properties". Apl. Surf. Sci. 246, 397-402.

2004

Benamar, N., E. Chatri, F. Lahjomri and R.M. Leblanc. “A new basic analysis of pulsed photoacoustic signal using the finite differences method”. Eur. Phys. J. - Appl.  Phys. 28, 255-262.

Benamar, N., F. Lahjomri, E. Chatri and R.M. Leblanc. “Study of the diffusion of an emulsion in the human skin by pulsed photoacoustic spectroscopy: experiment and numerical simulation”. Eur. Phys. J. – Appl. Phys. 28, 375-381.

Benamar, N., A.F. Laplante, F. Lajhomri and R.M. Leblanc. “Modulated photoacoustic spectroscopy of an artificial tanning on human skin induced by dihydroxyacetone”. Physiol. Meas. 25, 1199-1210.

Cao, X., S.V. Mello, R.M. Leblanc, V.K. Rastogi, T.-C. Cheng and J.J. 406.  DeFrank. “Detection of paraoxon by immobilized Organophosphorus Hydrolase in a Langmuir-Blodgett Film”. Colloids and Surfaces A. Physicochem. and Eng. Asp. 250, 1-3, 349-356.

Constantine, C.A., B.J. Elkind and R.M. Leblanc. “Enzyme monolayers”. In Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, P. Somasundaran, Ed.; A. Hubbard, founding ed.; Marcel Dekker, Inc: New York, 2004, 1-14.

Kohen, E., J.G. Hirschberg, D. Mesa, R. Santus, C. Sold, R. Gemperlein, R.M. Leblanc, N. Ozkutuk, Y.A. Monem, M. Monti, L. Torres, M. Lopez and J. Lopez. “Advances in phototoxicology and implications in cellular photopharmacology”. Recent Res. Devel. Photochem. Photobiol. 7, 175-200. S.G. Pandalai, Ed.; Pub.: Transworld Network.

Li, C., J. Orbulescu, G. Sui and R.M. Leblanc. “Amyloid-like formation by self-assembly of peptidolipids in 2D”. Langmuir 20, 8641-8645.

Naistat, D. and R.M. Leblanc. “Proteomics”. JEPTO (Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology), 23, No.3, 161-178.

Zheng, J., C.A. Constantine, V.K. Rastogi, T.-C. Cheng, J.J. DeFrank and R.M. Leblanc. “Secondary structure of organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) in solution and in Langmuir-Blodgett film studied by Circular Dichroism (CD) spectroscopy.” J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 17238-17242.