The Lara Estroff Research Group
Bio-Inspired Materials Synthesis

Selected Publications

 

1. Li, H.Y.; Estroff, L.A. "Porous Calcite Single Crystals Grown From a Hydrogel Medium" CrystEngDes, 2007, DOI: 10.1039/B709068. http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/CE/article.asp?doi=b709068d

 

2. Li, H.Y.; Estroff, L.A. "Hydrogels Coupled with SAMs: An in vitro Matrix to Study Calcite Biomineralization" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 5480-5483.
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/asap.cgi/jacsat/asap/html/ja067901d.html

 

3. Krishnamurthy, V.M.; Quinton, L.J.; Estroff, L.A.; Metallo, S.J.; Isaacs, J.M.; Mizgerd, J.P.; Whitesides, G.M. “A Bifunctional Polymer Promotes the Opsonization by Antibodies and Phagocytosis of Gram-Positive Bacteria” Biomaterials 2006, 27, 3663-3674.

 

4. Love, J.C.; Estroff, L.A.; Kriebel, J.K.; Nuzzo, R.G.; Whitesides, G.M. “Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiolates on Metals as a Form of Nanotechnology” Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 1103-1170. http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/chreay/2005/105/i04/pdf/cr0300789.pdf

 

5. Estroff, L.A.; Hamilton, A.D. “Water Gelation by Small Organic Molecules” Chem. Rev. 2004, 104, 1201-1218. http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/chreay/2004/104/i03/pdf/cr0302049.pdf

 

6. Estroff, L.A.; Addadi, L.; Weiner, S.; Hamilton, A.D. “An Organic Hydrogel for the Growth of Calcium Carbonate” Org. & Biomol. Chem. 2004, 137-141. http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2004/b309731e.pdf

 

7. Estroff, L.A.; Incarvito, C.D.; Hamilton, A.D. “Design of a Synthetic Foldamer that Modifies the Growth of Calcite Crystals” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2-3. http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/jacsat/2004/126/i01/pdf/ja037614z.pdf

 

8. Estroff, L.A.; Leiserowitz, L.; Addadi, L.; Weiner, S.; and Hamilton, A.D. “Characterization of an Organic Hydrogel: A Cryo-TEM and X-ray Diffraction Study” Adv. Mater. 2003, 15, 38-42. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/102523806/PDFSTART

 

9. Estroff, L. A.; Hamilton, A. D. "At the interface of organic and inorganic chemistry: Bio-inspired synthesis of composite materials" Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 3227-3235. http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/cmatex/2001/13/i10/pdf/cm010110k.pdf

 

10. Estroff, L. A.; Hamilton, A. D. "Effective gelation of water using a series of bis-urea dicarboxylic acids" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2000, 39, 3447-3450. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/73501866/PDFSTART

 


Last Revised: 8/10/2007