Publications/Presentations

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Insoluble synthetic polypeptide mats form aqueous solution by electrospinning", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2010, 2 (10), 2728-273. PDF Full-Text

2. Dhan B. Khadka, Michael C. Cross and Donald T, Haynie, "A synthetic polypeptide electrospun biomaterial", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2011, 3 (8), 2994-3001. PDF Full-Text

3. Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Protein-and peptide-based electrospun nanofiber in medical biomaterials", Nanomedicine NBM, 2012, (8), 1242-1262. PDF Full-Text

4. Donald T. Haynie, Dhan B. Khadka and Michael C. Cross, "Physical properties of polypeptide electrospun nanofiber cell culture scaffolds on a wettable substrate", Polymers 2012, 4(3), 1535-1553. PDF Full-Text

5. Donald T. Haynie, Dhan B. Khadka, Michael C. Cross, Alina Gitnik and Nicole Le, "Mechanisms of Stability of Fibers Electrospun from Peptides with Ionized Side Chains" Macromol. Mater. Eng., 2012. PDF Full-Text

6. Dhan B. Khadka, Melissa I. Niesen, Jagannath Devkota, Piyush Koria and Donald T. Haynie, ^“Fiber Blends of Novel Elastin-like Polypeptides and Highly-ionized Synthetic Polypeptides by Electrospinning.” Polymer 2014.

7. Donald T. Haynie, Dhan B. Khadka, Gabriel G. Marcus and Nicole K. Le, “Self-organization kinetics in polypeptide electrospun fibers”, Colloids Surf. A, 2014.

8. Pradeep Waduge, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, “Branched polymer models and the mechanism of multilayer film buildup.” Colloids Surf. B, 2014.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

1. Dhan B. Khadka, Melissa I. Niesen, Jagannath Devkota, Piyush Koria and Donald T. Haynie "Unique Electrospun Fiber Properties Obtained by Blending Elastin-like Peptides and Highly-ionized Peptides" (Under Review)

2. Donald T. Haynie, Dhan B. Khadka and Nicole Le, "Internal structure of electrospun fibers revealed by HDX exchange"

3. Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Regulated release of an entrapped model biologic from poly(histidine) multilayer-coated microparticles upon pH shift in the physiological range" (Under Review)

4. Dhan B. Khadka, Zephra Bell, Kaitlyn Casali and Donald T. Haynie, "Role of chirality in polypeptide multilayer nanofilm buildup, internal structure, elemental composition, surface morphology and thermostability" (Under Review)

5. Melissa Niesen, Chu-Min Lo, Eunhee Cho, Dhan B. Khadka, and Donald T. Haynie, "Use of synthetic biomatrix to enhance autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation"

6. Michael C. Cross, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Competition between nano- and microtopographical surface features in fibroblast adition in vitro"

7. Michael C. Cross, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Synthetic polypeptide-based electrospun fibers enhance fibroblast proliferation in serum free culture medium"

INVITED TALKS

1. “Designing, Fabricating, and Characterizing polypeptide-based Biomaterials” April 17th 2012, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.

2. “Designing, Fabricating, and Characterizing polypeptide-based Biomaterials” May 30, 2013, University of South Florida, Department of Biology, St. Petersburg Florida.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. Dhan B. Khadka, Michael C. Cross, and Donald T. Haynie Electrospun fiber properties influence the location and determine the alignment of adhesion sites, TechConnect World Summit & Innovation Showcase,May 12-16, 2013, Washington, DC, USA.

2. Alina Gitnik, Dhan B. Khadka, Donald T. Haynie, “Mechanism of stability of fibers electrospun from peptides with ionized side chains” American Physical Society, APS March Meeting 2013, March 18-22, 2013, Baltimore, MD, USA.

3. Donald T. Haynie, Dhan B. Khadka and Michael C. Cross, "Synthetic polypeptide electrospun nanofibers versus microfibers: distinguishing how normal cells behave from how cells normally behave", 2nd International conference on electrospinning 2012, May 29-June 1, 2012, South Korea.

4. Dhan B. Khadka, Michael C. Cross and Donald T. Haynie, "Electrospun synthetic polypeptide fibers for potential biomedical application", 4th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Apr. 5th, 2012, Tampa, Florida, USA.

5. Michael C. Cross, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Competition between nano- and micro topographical surface features in fibroblast adition in vitro", 4th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Apr. 5th, 2012, Tampa, Florida, USA.

6. Dhan B. Khadka, Michael C. Cross and Donald T. Haynie, "Electrospun synthetic polypeptide fibers for potential biomedical application", NANOSMAT International Conference, March 27-30, 2012, Tampa, Florida, USA.

7. Michael C. Cross, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Competition between nano- and micro topographical surface features in fibroblast adition in vitro", NANOSMAT International Conference, March 27-30, 2012, Tampa, Florida, USA.

8. Dhan B. Khadka, Michael C. Cross and Donald T. Haynie, "Electrospun synthetic polypeptide fibers for potential biomedical application", Nano-Bio Collaborative International Conference, March 22-24, 2012, Tampa, Florida, USA.

9. Michael C. Cross, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Competition between nano- and micro topographical surface features in fibroblast adition in vitro", Nano-Bio Collaborative International Conference March 22-24, 2012, Tampa, Florida, USA.

10. Dhan B. Khadka, Michael C. Cross and Donald T. Haynie, "Electrospun synthetic polypeptide fibers for potential biomedical application", Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy of Science, March 16-17, 2012, Tampa, Florida, USA.

11. Dhan B. Khadka, Khagendra P. Bhattarai, and Donald T. Haynie, "Electrospinning of synthetic polypeptide nanofibers", Oktoberfest Oct. 21st 2011, Tampa, Florida.

12. Pradeep Waduge, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Branched polymer models and the mechanism of multilayer film buildup", American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Feb. 27-March 2, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

13. Dhan B. Khadka, Jagannath Devkota, Michael C. Cross, Piyush Koria, and Donald T. Haynie, "Electrospinning of genetically engineered elastin like polypeptide for potential biomedical application", 4th Annual NanoFlorida NanoScience Technology Symposium, Sept. 30th-Oct. 1st, 2011, Miami, Florida. \

14. Jagannath Devkota, Dhan B. Khadka, Michael C. Cross, Piyush Koria, and Donald T. Haynie, "Genetically engineered elastine-like polypeptid synthesizing, characterizing and electrospinning for biomedical application", 4th Annual NanoFlorida NanoScience Technology Symposium, Sept. 30th-Oct. 1st 2011, Miami, Florida.

15. Pradeep Waduge, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Branched polymer models and the mechanism of multilayer film buildup", 4th Annual NanoFlorida NanoScience Technology Symposium, Sept. 30th-Oct. 1st 2011, Miami, Florida.

16. Michael C. Cross, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "A synthetic polypeptide biomaterial electrospun from water", Gordon Research Conference, June 2011South Hadley Massachusetts.

17. Zephra Bell, Dhan B. Khadka, and Donald T. Haynie, "Polypeptide chirality influences multilayer nanofilm growth and structure", Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Nov. 10-13, 2010, Charlotte, North Carolina.

18. Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Electrospun synthetic polypeptide nanofibrous biomaterials", American Physical Society Annual Meeting, March 21-25, 2011 Dallas, Texas.

19. Zephra Bell, Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Polypeptide chirality influences multilayer thin film growth and structure", American Physical Society Annual Meeting, March 21-25, 2011 Dallas, Texas.

20. Dhan B. Khadka, Khagendra P. Bhattarai, and Donald T. Haynie, "Electrospinning of synthetic polypeptide nanofibers", 3rd Annual NanoFlorida NanoScience Technology Symposium, Sept. 24, 2010, Orlando, Florida.

21. Dhan B. Khadka, Kaitlyn Casali, Zephra Bell, Khagendra P. Bhattarai, Eunhee Cho and Donald T. Haynie, "Polypeptide chirality influences multilayer nanofilm growth and structure", 3rd Annual NanoFlorida NanoScience Technology Symposium, Sept. 24, 2010, Orlando, Florida.

22. Dhan B. Khadka and Donald T. Haynie, "Buildup, structure and stability of poly(histidine) multilayer nanofilm", 3rd Annual Symposium, Oct. 15, 2010, USF, Tampa, Florida.

23. Zephra Bell, Dhan B. Khadka Kaitlyn Casali, and Donald T. Haynie, "Polypeptide multilayer nanofilm growth and structure", REU Research Symposium, Aug. 3rd, 2010, USF Tampa, Florida.