Publications
@ Towson University (2018 - Present)
Underlined: TU Undergraduate Students, * Corresponding Author
Single-Particle Tracking in Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Diacrylate: Probe Size Effect on the Diffusion Behaviors of Nanoparticles in Unentangled Polymer Solutions
Foreman, K.; and Tran-Ba, K.-H.* J. Phys. Chem. B 2023, 127, 7091 - 7102. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c03499
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Single-Molecule Tracking of Dye Diffusion in Synthetic Polymers: A Tutorial Review
Tran-Ba, K.-H.;* and Foreman, K. J. Appl. Phys. 2023, 10, 382 - 392. DOI: 10.1063/5.0139719
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Single-Molecule Tracking in Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Films: Revealing the Effects of Molecular Weight, Network Plasticization and Thermal Annealing on Anionic Dye Diffusion
Tran-Ba, K.-H.;* Willis, R. E.; Foreman, K.; Ajmani, K.; Gujarati, P. J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 382 - 392. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c08122
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Before Towson University
Simultaneous Confocal Microscopy and Rheology Probes the Structural and Mechanical Evolution of Collagen I through the Sol-Gel Transition
Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Lee, D.; Zhu, J; Paeng, K.; Kaufman, L. J.* Biophys. J 2017, 113, 1882 - 1892.
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A Crosslinked Gelatin Platform Induces a Differentiated Podocyte Phenotype through Stiffness Sensing
Hu, M.; Azeloglu, E. U.; Ron, A.; Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Calizo, R.C.; Bhattacharya, S.; Jayaraman, G.; Chen, Y. ; Tavassoly, I.; Iyengar, R.; He, J.C.; Hone, J.C.* and Kaufman, L.J.* Sci. Reports. 2017, 7, 43934.
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Longitudinally Controlled Modification of Cylindrical and Conical Track-Etched Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Pores Using Electrochemically-Assisted Cu(I)–Catalyzed Click Reaction
Coceancigh, H.; Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Siepser, N.; Baker, L.;* Ito, T.* Langmuir 2017, 33, 11998 - 12006.
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Single-Molecule Tracking Studies of Solvent-Swollen Microdomains in Cylinder-Forming Polystyrene- Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Diblock Copolymer Films
Sapkota, D. R.; Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Elwell-Cuddy, T.; Higgins, D. A.;* Ito, T.* J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 12177- 12183.
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Single-Molecule Diffusion Measurements for Material Characterization in One-Dimensional Nanostructured Polymer Films
Tran-Ba, K.-H. Kansas State University 2015. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
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Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching and Single-Molecule Tracking Measurements of Anisotropic Diffusion within Identical Regions of a Cylinder-Forming Diblock Copolymer Film
Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Higgins, D. A.;* Ito, T.* Anal. Chem. 2015, 87, 5802 - 5809.
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Single-Molecule Investigations of Morphology and Mass Transport in Nanostructured Material
Higgins, D. A;* Park, S. C.; Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Ito, T.* Annu. Rev. Anal. Chem. 2015, 8, 193 - 216.
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Trajectory-Profile-Guided Single Molecule Tracking for Assignment of One-Dimensional Diffusion Trajectories
Robben, K. C.; Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Ito, T.;* Higgins, D. A.* Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 10820 – 10827.
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Single-Molecule Tracking Studies of Flow-Induced Microdomain Alignment in Cylinder-Forming Polystyrene- Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymer Films
Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Higgins, D. A.;* Ito, T.* J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 11406 – 11415.
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Following Single Molecules to a Better Understanding of Self-Assembled One-Dimensional Nanostructures
Higgins, D. A.;* Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Ito, T.* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 3095 – 3103.
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Finite-Element Computer Simulations on Cyclic Voltammograms Measured at Recessed Nanodisk-Array Electrodes
Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Ito, T.* ECS Transactions 2013, 45, 89-95.
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Single-Molecule Tracking Studies of Millimeter-Scale Cylindrical Domain Alignment in Polystyrene-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymer Films Induced by Solvent Vapor Penetration
Tran-Ba, K.-H.; Finley, J. J.; Higgins, D. A.;* Ito, T.* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 1968 – 1973.
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Trajectory Angle Determination in One Dimensional Single Molecule Tracking Data by Orthogonal Regression Analysis
Tran Ba, K. H.; Everett, T. E., Ito, T.;* Higgins, D. A.* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 1827 – 1835.
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Electrochemical Study of the Diffusion of Cytochrome c within Nanoscale Pores Derived from Cylinder- Forming Polystyrene-Poly(methylmethacrylate) Diblock Copolymer
Pandey, B.; Tran Ba, K. H.; Li, Y.; Diaz, R.; Ito, T.* Electrochim. Acta 2011, 56, 10085 – 10090.
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Nitrogen-Polar Gallium Nitride Substrates as Solid-State pH- Selective Potentiometric Sensors
Tran Ba, K. H.; Mastro, M. A.; Hite, J. K.; Eddy, Jr., C. R.; Ito, T.* Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 95, 142501.
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Electrochemical Deposition of Silver from 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Trifluoromethanesulfonate
Ispas, A.; Polleth, M.; Tran Ba, K. H.; Bund, A.; Janek, J.* Electrochim. Acta 2011, 56, 10332 – 10339.
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