2026

1. Poking Pluripotency: Nanoinjection Into Human iPSCs
Harberts, J., Ho, V.T.T.X., Yang, Y., Jiang, Y., Elnathan, R. and Voelcker, N.H., p.e21046
Advanced Materials

2. Fast-Track to Functional Neurons: Accessible and Minimalistic Neurogenin 2 Programming of Human iPSCs
Harberts, J., Siegmund, M., Wollesen, E., Viola, C., Krieg, K., Pless, O., Elnathan, R., Zierold, R., Blick, R.H. and Voelcker, N.H., p.e202500221. 
Advanced NanoBiomed Research     

2025

3. Nanoneedles in Biomedicine: Precision-Engineered Platforms for Theranostic Applications
Sekar, N., P, M.V., Kabir, A., Babunagappan, K.V., Elnathan, R. and Sudhakar, S., pp.5756-5779., …
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

4. Nanoinjection Platform for Drug Delivery in Breast Cancer Therapeutics
Babunagappan, K.V., Ariraman, S., Harberts, J., Selvaraj, V., Bedatham, M., Sekar, N., Voelcker, N.H., Elnathan, R. and Sudhakar, S., p.e00323, 
Advanced Materials Interfaces

5. Tuning Cellular Perception in Pluripotent Stem Cells through Topography, Stiffness, and Patterning
Jiang, Y., Harberts, J., Chen, Y., Williams, R.J., Duan, W., Samarasinghe, R.M., Voelcker, N.H. & Elnathan, R., 2025, …
Advanced NanoBiomed Research

6. The Rise of Mechanobiology for Advanced Cell Engineering and Manufacturing
Ong, H.T., Sriram, M., Susapto, H.H., Li, Y., Jiang, Y., Voelcker, N.H., Young, J.L., Holle, A.W. & Elnathan, R., …
Advanced Materials, p.2501640

7. Rewiring Neuroimmunity: Nanoplatform Innovations for CNS Disease Therapy
MU Akbar, W Guo, X Shen, Y Fang, Y Liu, PY Wang, R Elnathan, Y Chen, …
Advanced Therapeutics, p.e00124

8. Nanowire arrays with programmable geometries as a highly effective anti-biofilm surface
MA George, D McGiffin, AY Peleg, R Elnathan, DM Kaye, Y Qu, …
Biofilm 9, 100275

9. The art and science of collaboration in bioengineering research
NH Voelcker, A Tay, C Chiappini, R Elnathan
Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 1-3

10. Test and tune: evaluating, adjusting and optimising the stiffness of hydrogels to influence cell fate
Yang, G Boer, F Snow, A Williamson, S Cheeseman, RM Samarasinghe, …
Chemical Engineering Journal, 159295

2024

11. The Roles of Micro‐and Nanoscale Materials in Cell‐Engineering Systems
Y Jiang, J Harberts, A Assadi, Y Chen, JP Spatz, W Duan, DR Nisbet, …
Advanced Materials 36 (48), 2410908

12. Nanoinjection: a platform for innovation in ex vivo cell engineering
Y Chen, AR Shokouhi, NH Voelcker, R Elnathan
Accounts of Chemical Research 57 (12), 1722-1735

2023

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

2022

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

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

27. 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

28. 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

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

2021

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

2020

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

2019

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

2018

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

54. 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

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

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

2017

57. 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

2016

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

2015

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

2014

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

2012

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

2010

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

2008

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

2007

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

81. 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

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

2006

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

2005

84. 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

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

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

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

88. 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, …

89. 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

1. Indian Complete Patent Application No. 202541020564 (filed on: 3/2025)
Title: Nanoinjection Platform for Cancer Therapeutics