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Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
PUBLICATIONS
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Kathleen Davis, Michael Vidmar, Airat Khasanov, Brian Cole, Melanie Ghelardini, Justin Mayer, Christopher Kitchens, Amar Nath, Brian A Powell, O Thompson Mefford, The Effect of Post-Synthesis Aging on the Ligand Exchange Activity of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Journal of colloid and interface science, 2018, 511, 374-382.
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Siyam M Ansar, Benjamin Fellows, Patrick Mispireta, O Thompson Mefford, Christopher L Kitchens, pH Triggered Recovery and Reuse of Thiolated Poly(acrylic acid) Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with Applications in Colloidal Catalysis, Langmuir, 2017, 33 (31) 7642-7648.
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Hongyu Chen, Fenglin Wang, Thomas Lee Moore, Bin Qi, Dino Sulejmanovic, Shiou-Jyh Hwu, Olin Thompson Mefford, Frank Alexis, Jeffrey N Anker, Bright X-ray and up-conversion nanophosphors annealed using encapsulated sintering agents for bioimaging applications, Journal of materials chemistry. B, 2017, 5, 27, 5412-5424
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Yash S Raval, Benjamin D Fellows, Jamie Murbach, Yves Cordeau, Olin Thompson Mefford, Tzuen-Rong J Tzeng, Multianchored Glycoconjugate- Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles: A Tool for Selective Killing of Targeted Bacteria via Alternating Magnetic Fields, Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27, 26, 1701473.
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Kathleen Davis, Brian Cole, Melanie Ghelardini, Brian A. Powell, and O. Thompson Mefford, Quantitative Measurement of Ligand Exchange with Small- Molecule Ligands on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles via Radioanalytical Techniques, Langmuir, 2016, 32 (51), pp 13716–13727
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Pauline Amaral; Erin Partlan; Mengfei Li; Flavio Lapolli; O. Thompson Mefford; Tanju Karanfil; David A Ladner Superfine powdered activated carbon (S-PAC) coatings on microfiltration membranes: Effects of milling time on contaminant removal and flux Water Research, 2016, 100, 429-438.
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Siyam M. Ansar, Fiaz S. Mohammed, Gregory von White, II, Maeve Budi, Kristin Conrad Powell, O. Thompson Mefford, and Christopher L. Kitchens, Mefford CV - 3 Effect of Postsynthesis Purifications on Gold and Silver Nanoparticle Ligand Coverage, Journal of Physcial Chemistry C, 2016, 120 (12), 6842-6850.
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Longfei Ye, Tanner, Pearson, Yves Cordeau, O. Thompson Mefford, Thomas M. Crawford Triggered self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 23145
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Longfei Ye, Tanner Pearson, Cory Dolbashian, Philip Pstrak, AR Mohtasebzadeh, Ben Fellows, O Thompson Mefford, Thomas M Crawford, Advanced Functional Materials, 2016 26, 3983.
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William Glasgow, Ben Fellows, Bin Qi, Taghi Darroudi, Christopher Kitchens, Longfei Ye, Thomas M Crawford, O Thompson Mefford, Continuous synthesis of iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles via thermal decomposition, Particuology, 2016, 26, 47.
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Erin Partlan, Kathleen Davis, Yiran Ren, Onur Guven Apul, O Thompson Mefford, Tanju Karanfil, David A Ladner, Effect of bead milling on chemical and physical characteristics of activated carbons pulverized to superfine sizes, Water Research, 2016, 89, 161-170.
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Bokharaei, Mehrdad; Schneider, Thomas; Dutz, Silvio; Stone, Roland; Mefford, O. Thompson; Hafeli, Urs, Production of Monodispersed Magnetic Polymeric Microspheres in a Microfluidic Chip and 3D Simulation, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2016, 20 (1), 1-14.
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R.C. Stone, B.D. Fellows, B. Qi, D. Trebatowski, B. Jenkins, Y. Raval, T.R. Tzeng, T.F. Bruce, T. Mcnealy, M.J. Austin, T.C. Monson, D.L. Huber, O.T. Mefford, Highly Stable Multi-Anchored Magnetic Nanoparticles for Optical Imaging within Biofilms, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2015, 459, 175-182.
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14. Yash Raval, Roland Stone, Benjamin Fellows, Bin Qi, Gouhui Huang, O. Thompson Mefford, and Tzuen-Rong J Tzeng, Synthesis and application of glycoconjugate-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles as potent anti-adhesion agents for reducing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infections. Nanoscale 7, 8326–8331 (2015).
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Lindsey Sanders, Roland Stone, C. Kenneth Webb, O. Thompson Mefford, and Jiro Nagatomi, Mechanical Characterization of a Bi-functional Tetronic Hydrogel Adhesive for Soft Tissues, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 2015, 103 (3) 861-868. (*Society for Biomaterials Student Award Winner in the Graduate Degree Category, 2015 Annual Meeting and Exposition, Charlotte, NC, April 15–18, 2015*)
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Kathleen Marie Davis, Bin Qi, Michael Witmer, Christopher L Kitchens, Brian A Powell, O Thompson Mefford, Quantitative measurement of ligand exchange on iron oxide nanoparticles via radiolabeled oleic acid, Langmuir, 2014, 30 (36), 10918-10925.
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Roland Stone, Bin Qi, David Trebatoski, Ragini Jetty, Iurii Bandera, Stephen Foulger, and Olin Thompson Mefford, A Versatile Stable Platform for Multifunctional Applications: Synthesis of NitroDOPA-PEO-Alkyne Scaffolding for Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2 (2014) 4789
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Steven L Saville, Bin Qi, Jonathon Baker, Roland Stone, Robert E Camley, Karen L Livesey, Longfei Ye, Thomas M Crawford, and O Thompson Mefford, The formation of linear aggregates in magnetic hyperthermia: Implications on specific absorption rate and magnetic anisotropy, Journal of Colloid and Interfacial Science, 2014, 424, 141-151.
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Hongyu Chen, Bin Qi, Thomas Moore, Fenglin Wang, Daniel C. Colvin, Duminda Sanjeewa, John C. Gore, Shiou-Jyh Hwu, O. Thompson Mefford, Frank Alexis, and Jeffrey N. Anker Multifunctional yolk-in-shell nanoparticles for pHtriggered drug release and imaging, Small. 2014, 10 (1), 160-168.
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Hongyu Chen, Dino Sulejmanovic, Thomas Moore, Daniel C. Colvin, Bin Qi, O. Thompson Mefford, John C. Gore, Frank Alexis, Shiou-Jyh Hwu, and Jeffrey N. Anker, Iron-Loaded Magnetic Nanocapsules for pH-Triggered Drug Release and MRI Imaging, Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26 (6), 2105-2112.
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Ye, L., Qi, B., Pearson, T., Cordeau, Y., Mefford, O. T., & Crawford, T. M. Real time monitoring of superparamagnetic nanoparticle self-assembly on surfaces of magnetic recording media. Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 115 (17), 17B513.
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H. P. Emerson, A. E. Hart, Baldwin J. A., T. C. Waterhouse, C. L. Kitchens, O. T. Mefford, and B. A Powell. Characterization of physical transformations of iron oxide and silver nanoparticles from an intermediate scale field transport study. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2014, 16, 2258.
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Néstor G. González-Pereyra , William Glasgow, Alexander Parenzan, Julia L. Sharp, and O. Thompson Mefford, Investigation of the Etching of Silicon under Subcritical Water Conditions, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2014, 53 (1), 173.
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Raftery, T. D., Kerscher, P., Hart, A. E. Saville, S. L., Qi, B., Kitchens, C. L., Mefford, O. T., Mcnealy, T. L., Discrete nanoparticles induce loss of Legionella pneumophila biofilms from surfaces. Nanotoxicology. 2014, 8(5), 477-484 Mefford CV - 5
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Sara A. Majetich, Tianlong Wen, and O. Thompson Mefford, Magnetic Nanoparticles (Guest Editors Introduction Article), MRS Bulletin, 2013, 38, pp 899-903. doi:10.1557/mrs.2013.230.
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Hongyu Chen, Bin Qi, Daniel C Colvin, Thomas Moore, Frank Alexis, John C Gore, Thomas M. Crawford, O Thompson Mefford, and Jeffrey N Anker Synthesis of brightly luminescent magnetic up-conversion nanophosphors for deep tissue and dual MRI imaging, Small. 2013, 10(1), 160-168.
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Stone, R., Hipp, S., Barden, J., Brown, P. J., Mefford, O. T., Highly Scalable Nanoparticle-Polymer Composite Fiber via Wet Spinning, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2013, 130 (3), 1975-1980.
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Qi, B., Ye, L., Stone, R., Dennis, C., Crawford, T., Mefford, O.T., Influence of ligand-precursor molar ratio on the size evolution of modifiable iron oxide nanoparticles, Journal of Physical Chemistry: C. 2013, 117 (10), 5429-5435
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Hongyu Chen, Daniel C Colvin, Bin Qi, Thomas Moore, Jian He, O Thompson Mefford, Frank Alexis, John C Gore, and Jeffrey N Anker, Monitoring pHtriggered drug release from radioluminescent nanocapsules with X-ray excited optical luminescence. ACS Nano, 2013, 7 (2), 1179-1187.
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Saville, S., Woodward, R. C., House, M. J., Tokarev, A., Hammers, J., Qi, B., St. Pierre, T. G., Mefford, O. T., The effect of magnetically induced linear aggreagates on proton transverse relaxation rates of aqueous suspensions of polymer coated nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 2013, 5 (5), 2152 - 2163
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L. Ye, B. Terry, O. T. Mefford, C. Rinaldi, and T. M. Crawford, All-nanoparticle concave diffraction gratings fabricated by self-assembly onto magneticallyrecorded templates, Optics Express. 2013, 21 (1), 1066-1075.
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Saville, S. L, Stone, R. C., Qi, B., Mefford, O. T., Investigation of the Stability of Catechol Based Ligands in Phosphate Buffered Saline, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 24909.
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Hongyu Chen, Daniel C Colvin, Bin Qi, Thomas Moore, Jian He, O Thompson Mefford, Frank Alexis, John C Gore, and Jeffrey N Anker, Magnetic and optical properties of multifunctional core–shell radioluminescence nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 12802.
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Stone, R.; Willi, T.; Roseri, Y.; Mefford, O. T.; Alexis, F.; Targeted Magnetic Hyperthermia. Targeted Delivery 2011, 2(6): 815-838.
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Ahrentorp, F.; Astalan, A. P.; Jonasson, C.; Blomgren, J.; Qi, B.; Mefford, O. T.; Yan, M.; Coutois, J.; Berret, J. F.; Fresnais, J.; Sandre, O.; Dutz, S.; Müller, R.; Johansson, C., Sensitive High Frequency AC Susceptometry in Magnetic Nanoparticle Applications. American Institute of Physics: Conference proceedings: 8th International Conference on Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers 2010, 1311, 213-223
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Miles, W. C.; Goff, J. D.; Huffstetler, P. P.; Mefford, O. T.; Riffle, J. S.; Davis, R. M., The Design of Well-Defined PDMS-Magnetite Complexes. Polymer 2010, 51, 482-491.
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Mefford, O. T.; Saville, S.; Qi, B., Controlled surface functionalization of ironoxide nanoparticles for field responsive biomedical applications. PMSE Preprints 2009, 101, 1569.
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Mefford, O. T.; Vadala, M. L.; Carroll, M. R. J.; Mejia-Ariza, R.; Caba, B. L.; St. Pierre, T. G.; Woodward, R. C.; Davis, R. M.; Riffle, J. S., Stability of Polydimethylsiloxane-Magnetite Nanoparticles Against Flocculation: Interparticle Interactions of Polydisperse Materials. Langmuir 2008, 24(9), 5060-5069.
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Mefford, O. T.; Carroll, M. R. J.; Vadala, M. L.; Goff, J. D.; Mejia-Ariza, R.; Saunders, M.; Woodward, R. C.; St. Pierre, T. G.; Davis, R. M.; Riffle, J. S., Size Analysis of PDMS-Magnetite Nanoparticles Complexes: Experiment and Theory. Chemistry of Materials 2008, 20, 2184-2191.
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Mefford, O. T.; Woodward, R. C.; Goff, J. D.; Vadala, T. P.; St. Pierre, T. G.; Dailey, J. P.; Riffle, J. S., Field Induced Motion of Ferrofluids through Immiscible Viscous Media: Testbed for Restorative Treatment of Retinal Detachment. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2007, 311, 347-353.
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Zhang, Q.; Thompson, M. S.; Carmichael, A. Y.; Caba, B. L.; Zalic, M. A.; Lin, Y. N.; Mefford, O. T.; Davis, R. M.; Riffle, J. S., Experiments and Theory of Aqueous Dispersions of Magnetite Nanoparticles Complexed with Copolyether Dispersants. Langmuir 2007, 23, 6927-6936.
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Sarles, S. A.; Bullion, T.; Mefford, O. T.; Riffle, J. S.; Leo, D.; Brink, A. B.; Brink, M. H., Carbon Fiber Reinforced Rigidizable Space Structures. Material and Devices for Smart Systems II 2006, 888, 55-60.