Research Publications
"Resistive pulse sensing of magnetic beads and supraparticle structures using tunable pores." Geoff R. Willmott, Mark Platt, and Gil U. Lee. Biomicrofluidics 6, 014103 (2012); doi:10.1063/1.3673596 (15 pages)
"Tunable Pores for Measuring Concentrations of Synthetic and Biological Nanoparticle Dispersions" G. Seth Roberts, Sam Yu, Qinglu Zeng, Leslie C.L. Chan, Will Anderson, Aaron H. Colby, Mark W. Grinstaff, Steven Reid, Robert Vogel. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 31 (2012), pp. 17-25
In Press "Advances in resistive pulse sensors: Devices bridging the void between molecular and microscopic detection" Darby Kozak, Will Anderson, Robert Vogel, Matt Trau. Nano Today. Corrected Proof. Available online 15 September 2011
"Investigative Study of Nucleic Acids-Gold Nanoparticles Interactions Using Laser-based Techniques, Electron Microscopy and Resistive Pulse Sensing with a Nanopore" Michelle Low, Sam Yu, Ming Yong Han, Xiaodi Su. Australian Journal of Chemistry 2011. Published 16 September 2011.
"Resistive pulse asymmetry for nanospheres passing through tunable submicron pores"
Geoff R. Willmott and Beth E. T. Parry
Journal of Applied Physics 109, 094307 (2011); doi:10.1063/1.3580283 (13 pages) Published 9 May 2011
"Quantitative Sizing of Nano/Microparticles with a Tunable Elastomeric Pore Sensor"
Robert Vogel, Geoff Willmott, Darby Kozak, G. Seth Roberts, Will Anderson, Linda Groenewegen, Ben Glossop, Anne Barnett, Ali Turner and Matt Trau.
Journal of Analytical Chemistry 83 (9), pp 3499–3506 (2011).
"Tunable Nano/Micropores for Particle Detection and Discrimination: Scanning Ion Occlusion Spectroscopy"
G. Seth Roberts, Darby Kozak, Will Anderson, Murray F. Broom, Robert Vogel and Matt Trau
Small (2010) - Volume 6, Issue 23, pp 2653–2658.
"Use of tunable nanopore blockade rates to investigate colloidal dispersions"
G R Willmott, R Vogel, S S C Yu, L G Groenewegen, G S Roberts, D Kozak, W Anderson, M Trau
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22 (2010) 45411
"Portable Nanoparticle Quantization Using a Resizable Nanopore Instrument - the Izon qNano"
Edolfo Garza-Licudine, Darrel Deo, Sam Yu, Asma Uz-Zaman, William B. Dunbar - University of California Santa Cruz
Paper accepted for 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society "Merging Medical Humanism and Technology", Buenos Aires, August 31 - September 4, 2010
"Dynamically resizable nanometre-scale apertures for molecular sensing"
Stephen J. Sowerby, Murray F. Broom, George B. Petersen
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical Volume 123, Issue 1 (2007), pages 325-330
"Reversible mechanical actuation of elastomeric nanopores"
G. R. Willmott and P. W. Moore
Nanotechnology Volume 19, (2008) 475504
The following papers provide further validation of the principle of nanopore-based sensing for accurate nanoscale detection, and demonstrate improved sensitivity over alternative measurement methodologies, such as dynamic light scattering:
"The Resurgence of Coulter Counting for Analyzing Nanoscale Objects"
R. R. Henriquez; T. Ito; L. Sun; R. M. Crooks
The Analyst (2004), 129, 478-482.154
"Comparison of Nanoparticle Size and Electrophoretic Mobility Measurements using a Carbon Nanotube-Based Coulter Counter, Dynamic Light Scattering, Transmission Electron Microscopy, and Phase Analysis Light Scattering"
T. Ito; L. Sun; M. A. Bevan; R. M. Crooks
Langmuir (2004), 20, 6940-6945.158.
"A Carbon Nanotube-Based Coulter Nanoparticle Counter"
T. Ito; L. Sun; R. R. Henriquez; R. M. Crooks
Acc. Chem. Res. (2004), 37, 937-945.
