Publications

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1. Engineering Efficient CAR‐T Cells via Electroactive Nanoinjection (Adv. Mater. 44/2023)
AR Shokouhi, Y Chen, HZ Yoh, J Brenker, T Alan, T Murayama, K Suu, …
Advanced Materials 35 (44), 2370322

2. Engineering Efficient CAR‐T Cells via Electroactive Nanoinjection
AR Shokouhi, Y Chen, HZ Yoh, J Brenker, T Alan, T Murayama, K Suu, …
Advanced Materials 35 (44), 2304122

3. Electroactive nanoinjection platform for intracellular delivery and gene silencing
AR Shokouhi, Y Chen, HZ Yoh, T Murayama, K Suu, Y Morikawa, …
Journal of Nanobiotechnology 21 (1), 273

4. Efficient non-viral CAR-T cell generation via silicon-nanotube-mediated transfection
Y Chen, M Mach, AR Shokouhi, HZ Yoh, DC Bishop, T Murayama, K Suu, …
Materials Today 63, 8-17

5. The influence of dysfunctional actin on polystyrene-nanotube-mediated mRNA nanoinjection into mammalian cells
HZ Yoh, Y Chen, AR Shokouhi, H Thissen, NH Voelcker, R Elnathan
Nanoscale 15 (17), 7737-7744

6. Biointerface design for vertical nanoprobes
R Elnathan, MG Barbato, X Guo, A Mariano, Z Wang, F Santoro, P Shi, …
Nature Reviews Materials 7 (12), 953-973

7. Silicon Nanoneedle-Induced Nuclear Deformation: Implications for Human Somatic and Stem Cell Nuclear Mechanics
E Lestrell, Y Chen, S Aslanoglou, CM O’Brien, R Elnathan, NH Voelcker
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14 (40), 45124-45136

8. Role of actin cytoskeleton in cargo delivery mediated by vertically aligned silicon nanotubes
Y Chen, HZ Yoh, AR Shokouhi, T Murayama, K Suu, Y Morikawa, …
Journal of Nanobiotechnology 20 (1), 406

9. The start-ups taking nanoneedles into the clinic
R Elnathan, A Tay, NH Voelcker, C Chiappini
Nature Nanotechnology 17 (8), 807-811

10. Changing fate: reprogramming cells via engineered nanoscale delivery materials
S Soltani Dehnavi, Z Eivazi Zadeh, AR Harvey, NH Voelcker, CL Parish, …
Advanced Materials 34 (33), 2108757

11. A Simple And Scalable Technology For Micro And Nano-Topographic Patterning Of Standard Cell Cultureware To Screen Cell Behaviour In Vitro
VJ Cadarso, H Abdelmaksoud, J Carthew, K Cowley, K Simpson, J Spatz, …
Deakin University

12. Precision Surface Microtopography Regulates Cell Fate Via Changes To Actomyosin Contractility And Nuclear Architecture
J Carthew, H Abdelmaksoud, M Hodgson-Garms, S Aslanoglou, …
Deakin University

13. The Australian National Fabrication Facility: Micro/nanotechnologies from Concept to Translation to End Users
R Elnathan, A Dzurak, J Cooper-White, C Priest, HH Tan, M Withford, …
Advanced Functional Materials 32 (3), 2101995

14. Recent Fundamental and Technological Progress in Micro-nanotechnologies
R Elnathan, NH Voelcker
Advanced Functional Materials 32 (3), 2112100

15. Hierarchical hollow metal nanostructure arrays for selective CO 2 conversion
JW Maina, JM Pringle, JM Razal, S Aslanoglou, R Elnathan, NH Voelcker, …
Materials Advances 3 (5), 2456-2463

16. Next Generation Cell Culture Tools Featuring Micro‐and Nanotopographies for Biological Screening (Adv. Funct. Mater. 3/2022)
J Carthew, HH Abdelmaksoud, KJ Cowley, M Hodgson‐Garms, …
Advanced Functional Materials 32 (3), 2270023

17. Recent Fundamental and Technological Progress in Micro‐nanotechnologies (Adv. Funct. Mater. 3/2022)
R Elnathan, NH Voelcker
Advanced Functional Materials 32 (3), 2270014

18. Polymeric Nanoneedle Arrays Mediate Stiffness‐Independent Intracellular Delivery (Adv. Funct. Mater. 3/2022)
HZ Yoh, Y Chen, S Aslanoglou, S Wong, Z Trifunovic, S Crawford, …
Advanced Functional Materials 32 (3), 2270020

19. Cellular nanotechnologies: Orchestrating cellular processes by engineering silicon nanowires architectures
HZ Yoh, S Aslanoglou, E Lestrell, AR Shokouhi, S Belcher, H Thissen, …
Semiconducting silicon nanowires for biomedical applications, 231-278

20. Polymeric Nanoneedle Arrays Mediate Stiffness‐Independent Intracellular Delivery
HZ Yoh, Y Chen, S Aslanoglou, S Wong, Z Trifunovic, S Crawford, …
Advanced Functional Materials 32 (3), 2104828

21. Next Generation Cell Culture Tools Featuring Micro‐and Nanotopographies for Biological Screening
J Carthew, HH Abdelmaksoud, KJ Cowley, M Hodgson‐Garms, …
Advanced Functional Materials 32 (3), 2100881

22. Optically transparent vertical silicon nanowire arrays for live-cell imaging
R Elnathan, AW Holle, J Young, MA George, O Heifler, A Goychuk, E Frey, …
Journal of nanobiotechnology 19, 1-6

23. Tutorial: using nanoneedles for intracellular delivery
C Chiappini, Y Chen, S Aslanoglou, A Mariano, V Mollo, H Mu, E De Rosa, …
Nature Protocols 16 (10), 4539-4563

24. Engineering micro–nanomaterials for biomedical translation
Y Chen, M Alba, T Tieu, Z Tong, RS Minhas, D Rudd, NH Voelcker, …
Advanced NanoBiomed Research 1 (9), 2100002

25. Vertically aligned nanostructured topographies for human neural stem cell differentiation and neuronal cell interrogation
E Lestrell, CM O’Brien, R Elnathan, NH Voelcker
Advanced Therapeutics 4 (9), 2100061

26. Reprint of: A MACEing silicon: Towards single-step etching of defined porous nanostructures for biomedicine
H Alhmoud, D Brodoceanu, R Elnathan, T Kraus, NH Voelcker
Progress in Materials Science 120, 100817

27. Precision surface microtopography regulates cell fate via changes to actomyosin contractility and nuclear architecture
J Carthew, HH Abdelmaksoud, M Hodgson‐Garms, S Aslanoglou, …
Advanced Science 8 (6), 2003186

28. A MACEing silicon: Towards single-step etching of defined porous nanostructures for biomedicine
H Alhmoud, D Brodoceanu, R Elnathan, T Kraus, NH Voelcker
Progress in materials science 116, 100636

29. Emerging roles of 1D vertical nanostructures in orchestrating immune cell functions
Y Chen, J Wang, X Li, N Hu, NH Voelcker, X Xie, R Elnathan
Advanced Materials 32 (40), 2001668

30. Efficient transmission electron microscopy characterization of cell–nanostructure interfacial interactions
S Aslanoglou, Y Chen, V Oorschot, Z Trifunovic, E Hanssen, K Suu, …
Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (37), 15649-15653

31. Silicon‐Nanotube‐Mediated Intracellular Delivery Enables Ex Vivo Gene Editing
Y Chen, S Aslanoglou, T Murayama, G Gervinskas, LI Fitzgerald, S Sriram, …
Advanced Materials 32 (24), 2000036

32. Engineered nano-bio interfaces for intracellular delivery and sampling: applications, agency and artefacts
E Lestrell, F Patolsky, NH Voelcker, R Elnathan
Materials Today 33, 87-104

33. Vertically configured nanostructure-mediated electroporation: a promising route for intracellular regulations and interrogations
AR Shokouhi, S Aslanoglou, D Nisbet, NH Voelcker, R Elnathan
Materials Horizons 7 (11), 2810-2831

34. Mucin and jellyfish-based novel nano-composites for optoelectronic and medical applications
S Richter, R Nudelman, N Voelcker, R Elnathan, AC Rios
International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (NANO 2020), 192

35. Nano-and microfabricating the future of cell cultureware
J Carthew, H Abdelmaksoud, R Elnathan, H Thissen, J Frith, N Voelcker
International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (NANO 2020), 114

36. Jellyfish smart wound dressing device containing in-situ synthesized anti-bacterial nanoparticles
R Nudelman, H Alhmoud, B Delalat, R Elnathan, T Guliakhmedova, …
International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (NANO 2020), 314

37. Cellular deformations induced by conical silicon nanowire arrays facilitate gene delivery
Y Chen, S Aslanoglou, G Gervinskas, H Abdelmaksoud, NH Voelcker, …
Small 15 (47), 1904819

38. Jellyfish‐based smart wound dressing devices containing in situ synthesized antibacterial nanoparticles
R Nudelman, H Alhmoud, B Delalat, S Fleicher, E Fine, T Guliakhmedova, …
Advanced Functional Materials 29 (38), 1902783

39. Theranostics: Advances in Porous Silicon–Based Nanomaterials for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications (Adv. Therap. 1/2019)
T Tieu, M Alba, R Elnathan, A Cifuentes‐Rius, NH Voelcker
Advanced Therapeutics 2 (1), 1970001

40. Advances in porous silicon–based nanomaterials for diagnostic and therapeutic applications
T Tieu, M Alba, R Elnathan, A Cifuentes‐Rius, NH Voelcker
Advanced therapeutics 2 (1), 1800095

41. Realization of Molecular‐Based Transistors
S Richter, E Mentovich, R Elnathan
Advanced Materials 30 (41), 1706941

42. Light‐Emitting Biocomposites: Stable White Light‐Emitting Biocomposite Films (Adv. Funct. Mater. 24/2018)
J Gotta, TB Shalom, S Aslanoglou, A Cifuentes‐Rius, NH Voelcker, …
Advanced Functional Materials 28 (24), 1870167

43. Stable white light‐emitting biocomposite films
J Gotta, TB Shalom, S Aslanoglou, A Cifuentes‐Rius, NH Voelcker, …
Advanced Functional Materials 28 (24), 1706967

44. Tunable 2D binary colloidal alloys for soft nanotemplating
MÁ Fernández-Rodríguez, R Elnathan, R Ditcovski, F Grillo, GM Conley, …
Nanoscale 10 (47), 22189-22195

45. Compression and deposition of microgel monolayers from fluid interfaces: particle size effects on interface microstructure and nanolithography
L Scheidegger, MÁ Fernández-Rodríguez, K Geisel, M Zanini, R Elnathan, …
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (13), 8671-8680

46. Ordered silicon pillar arrays prepared by electrochemical micromachining: substrates for high-efficiency cell transfection
FJ Harding, S Surdo, B Delalat, C Cozzi, R Elnathan, S Gronthos, …
ACS applied materials & interfaces 8 (43), 29197-29202

47. Fabrication of silicon nanowire arrays by near-field laser ablation and metal-assisted chemical etching
D Brodoceanu, HZ Alhmoud, R Elnathan, B Delalat, NH Voelcker, T Kraus
Nanotechnology 27 (7), 075301

48. Fully tunable silicon nanowire arrays fabricated by soft nanoparticle templating
BM Rey, R Elnathan, R Ditcovski, K Geisel, M Zanini, …
Nano letters 16 (1), 157-163

49. Antibacterial properties of silver dendrite decorated silicon nanowires
H Alhmoud, B Delalat, X Ceto, R Elnathan, A Cavallaro, K Vasilev, …
RSC advances 6 (70), 65976-65987

50. Maximizing transfection efficiency of vertically aligned silicon nanowire arrays
R Elnathan, B Delalat, D Brodoceanu, H Alhmoud, FJ Harding, K Buehler, …
Advanced Functional Materials 25 (46), 7215-7225

51. Versatile particle-based route to engineer vertically aligned silicon nanowire arrays and nanoscale pores
R Elnathan, L Isa, D Brodoceanu, A Nelson, FJ Harding, B Delalat, …
ACS applied materials & interfaces 7 (42), 23717-23724

52. Porous silicon nanodiscs for targeted drug delivery
H Alhmoud, B Delalat, R Elnathan, A Cifuentes‐Rius, A Chaix, ML Rogers, …
Advanced functional materials 25 (7), 1137-1145

53. Dense arrays of uniform submicron pores in silicon and their applications
D Brodoceanu, R Elnathan, B Prieto-Simón, B Delalat, T Guinan, E Kroner, …
ACS applied materials & interfaces 7 (2), 1160-1169

54. Supersensitive fingerprinting of explosives by chemically modified nanosensors arrays
A Lichtenstein, E Havivi, R Shacham, E Hahamy, R Leibovich, A Pevzner, …
Nature communications 5 (1), 4195

55. Engineering vertically aligned semiconductor nanowire arrays for applications in the life sciences
R Elnathan, M Kwiat, F Patolsky, NH Voelcker
Nano Today 9 (2), 172-196

56. Surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry using ordered silicon nanopillar arrays
HZ Alhmoud, TM Guinan, R Elnathan, H Kobus, NH Voelcker
Analyst 139 (22), 5999-6009

57. Biorecognition layer engineering: overcoming screening limitations of nanowire-based FET devices
R Elnathan, M Kwiat, A Pevzner, Y Engel, L Burstein, A Khatchtourints, …
Nano letters 12 (10), 5245-5254

58. Si nanowires forest-based on-chip biomolecular filtering, separation and preconcentration devices: nanowires do it all
V Krivitsky, LC Hsiung, A Lichtenstein, B Brudnik, R Kantaev, R Elnathan, …
Nano letters 12 (9), 4748-4756

59. Highly ordered large-scale neuronal networks of individual cells–Toward single cell to 3D nanowire intracellular interfaces
M Kwiat, R Elnathan, A Pevzner, A Peretz, B Barak, H Peretz, T Ducobni, …
ACS applied materials & interfaces 4 (7), 3542-3549

60. Controlled synthesis of ferromagnetic semiconducting silicon nanotubes
N Shpaisman, U Givan, M Kwiat, A Pevzner, R Elnathan, F Patolsky
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (14), 8000-8007

61. Confinement-guided shaping of semiconductor nanowires and nanoribbons:“Writing with nanowires”
A Pevzner, Y Engel, R Elnathan, A Tsukernik, Z Barkay, F Patolsky
Nano letters 12 (1), 7-12

62. Non-covalent monolayer-piercing anchoring of lipophilic nucleic acids: preparation, characterization, and sensing applications
M Kwiat, R Elnathan, M Kwak, JW De Vries, A Pevzner, Y Engel, …
Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 (1), 280-292

63. Cover Picture: Supersensitive Detection of Explosives by Silicon Nanowire Arrays (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 38/2010)
Y Engel, R Elnathan, A Pevzner, G Davidi, E Flaxer, F Patolsky
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 49 (38), 6685-6685

64. Titelbild: Supersensitive Detection of Explosives by Silicon Nanowire Arrays (Angew. Chem. 38/2010)
Y Engel, R Elnathan, A Pevzner, G Davidi, E Flaxer, F Patolsky
Angewandte Chemie 122 (38), 6835-6835

65. Supersensitive detection of explosives by silicon nanowire arrays
Y Engel, R Elnathan, A Pevzner, G Davidi, E Flaxer, F Patolsky
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 49 (38), 6830-6835

66. Knocking down highly-ordered large-scale nanowire arrays
A Pevzner, Y Engel, R Elnathan, T Ducobni, M Ben-Ishai, K Reddy, …
Nano letters 10 (4), 1202-1208

67. Synthesis of hybrid multicomponent disklike nanoparticles
R Elnathan, R Kantaev, F Patolsky
Nano letters 8 (11), 3964-3972

68. COLL 425-Monitoring the activity of Tyrosinase by force microscopy: Developing biosensors using dynamic force interactions
AB Braunschweig, R Elnathan, I Willner
Deakin University

69. Monitoring the activity of tyrosinase on a tyramine/dopamine-functionalized surface by force microscopy
AB Braunschweig, R Elnathan, I Willner
Nano letters 7 (7), 2030-2036

70. The aggregation of Au nanoparticles by an autonomous DNA machine detects viruses
MK Beissenhirtz, R Elnathan, Y Weizmann, I Willner
Deakin University

71. Following aptamer− thrombin binding by force measurements
B Basnar, R Elnathan, I Willner
Analytical Chemistry 78 (11), 3638-3642

72. Endonuclease-based logic gates and sensors using magnetic force-amplified readout of DNA scission on cantilevers
Y Weizmann, R Elnathan, O Lioubashevski, I Willner
Journal of the American Chemical Society 127 (36), 12666-12672

73. Magnetomechanical detection of the specific activities of endonucleases by cantilevers
Y Weizmann, R Elnathan, O Lioubashevski, I Willner
Nano letters 5 (4), 741-744

74. Article type: Review Engineering Micro-Nanomaterials for Biomedical Translation
Y Chen, M Alba, T Tieu, Z Tong, RS Minhas, D Rudd, NH Voelcker, …

75. Electronic Supplementary Information: Tunable 2D Binary Colloidal Alloys for Soft Nanotemplating
MA Fernández-Rodrıguez, R Elnathan, R Ditcovski, F Grillo, GM Conley, …

76. Electronic Supplementary Information for Compression and deposition of microgel monolayers from fluid interfaces: particle size effects on interface microstructure and …
L Scheidegger, MA Fernández-Rodrıguez, K Geisel, M Zanini, R Elnathan, …

77. Highly ordered large-scale neuronal networks of in-dividual cells
M Kwiat, R Elnathan, A Pevzner, A Peretz, B Barak, H Peretz, T Ducobni, …
MEA Meeting 2012, 212

Patents

1. Nanostructures and process of preparing same
F Patolsky, R Elnathan, R Kantaev
US Patent 9,598,785
2. Functionalized nanostructures for detecting nitro-containing compounds
F Patolsky, Y Engel, R Elnathan
US Patent 9,063,053
3. Aligned nanoarray and method for fabricating the same
F Patolsky, A Pevzner, Y Engel, R Elnathan, A Tsukernik, Z Barkay
US Patent 9,536,737
4. Nanostructure and process of fabricating same
F Patolsky, A Pevzner, Y Engel, R Elnathan, A Tsukernik, Z Barkay
US Patent 9,536,737
5. Functionalized nanostructures for detecting nitro-containing compounds
F Patolsky, Y Engel, R Elnathan
US Patent App. 15/805,225
6. Functionalized nanostructures for detecting nitro-containing compounds
F Patolsky, Y Engel, R Elnathan
US Patent App. 15/082,028
7. Nanotube mediated delivery system and methods comprising the same
NH Voelcker, R Elnathan, S Aslanoglou, Y Chen
US Patent App. 17/798,836