Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

30. Pk., M. E. H., Islam, M. M. , Akter, R., Nesa, F., Rahman, M. M., Paul, T., Mustafi, S., Karim, M. R., Rahman, S., Alodhayb, A. N., Vasquez-Guardado, E.S., Albrithen, H. , Carboxymethyl Chitosan-based Biodegradable Films Preparation and Prospects for Food Preservation. ChemistrySelect 2025, 10, e202404675. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202404675

29. Islam, M.W., Islam, M.M., Akter, R., Limon, T.R., Vasquez, E.S., Shaikh, M.A.A. and Habib, A., A review on pyrimidine-based derivatives: Synthesis and their biological application, J. Heterocycl. Chem. 2024, 61(7), 1159. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhet.4837

28 Gautam, B.; Nabat Al-Ajrash, S.M.; Hasan, M.J.; Saini, A.; Watzman, S.J.; Ureña-Benavides, E.; Vasquez-Guardado, E.S.*, Experimental Thermal Conductivity Studies of Agar-Based Aqueous Suspensions with Lignin Magnetic Nanocomposites. Magnetochemistry 10 (2024), 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10020012

27. Hasan, M.J., Chen, P., Dominick, N., Vasquez, E.S., Ureña-Benavides, E.E., Novel Castor oil/water/ethanol Pickering emulsions stabilized by magnetic nanoparticles and magnetically controllable demulsification. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 677B(2023), 13424. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.132424

26. Hasan, M.J., Westphal, E., Chen, P., Saini, A., Chu, I-W., Watzman, S., Ureña-Benavides, E.E., Vasquez, E.S., Adsorptive properties and on-demand magnetic response of Lignin@Fe3O4 nanoparticles at castor oil-water interfaces. RSC Advances, 13 (2023), 2768-2779. DOI: 10.1039/D2RA07952F

25. Hasan, M.J., Yeganeh, F., Ciric, A., Chen, P., Vasquez, E.S., Ureña-Benavides, E.E., Liquid-liquid equilibria of water + ethanol + castor oil and the effect of cellulose nanocrystal/Fe3O4 and lignin/Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 180 (2023), 107007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2023.107007

24. Flynn, J.J.; Marsh, Z.M.; Krein, D.M.; Wolf, S.M.; Haley, J.E.; Vasquez, E.S.; Cooper, T.M.; Godman, N.P., Grusenmeyer, T.A., Identification of Lithocholic Acid as a Molecular Glass Host for Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Materials. ChemPhotoChem (2022) e202200134. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202200134

23. Vasquez, E.S., Bohrer, K., Noe-Hays, A., Davis, A., DeWitt, M., Elsass, M.J., Entrepreneurially Minded Learning in the Unit Operations Laboratory through Community Engagement in a Blended Teaching Environment. Special Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue Chemical Engineering Education, (2022), 56(1), pp. 4–14. https://doi.org/10.18260/2-1-370.660-125257

22. Wang, H., Monroe, J.G., Kumari, S., Leontsev, S.O., Vasquez, E.S., Thompson, S.M., Berg, M.J., Walters, D.K., Walters, K.B., Analytical model for electromagnetic induction in pulsating ferrofluid pipe flows. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 175 (2021) 121325. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121325

21. Busch, R.T., Karim, F., Sun, Y., Fry, H.C., Liu, Y., Zhao, C., Vasquez, E.S.*, Detection and Aggregation of Listeria Monocytogenes Using Polyclonal Antibody Gold-Coated Magnetic Nanoshells Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates. Front. Nanotechnolol. 3:653744.  DOI: 10.3389/fnano.2021.653744.

20. Petrie, F.A., Gorham, J.M., Busch, R.T., Leontsev, S.O., Ureña-Benavides, E.E., Vasquez, E.S.*, Facile fabrication and characterization of kraft lignin@Fe3O4 nanocomposites using pH driven precipitation: Effects on increasing lignin content, Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 181 (2021) 313–321. 

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.03.105.

19. Hasan, M.J., Petrie, F.A., Johnson, A.E., Peltan, J., Gannon, M., Busch, R.T., Leontsev, S.O., Vasquez, E.S., Urena-Benavides, E. Magnetically induced demulsification of water and castor oil dispersions stabilized by Fe3O4-coated cellulose nanocrystals. Cellulose, 2021. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-03813-x.

18.    Devadas, S., Al-Ajrash, S.M., Klosterman, D.A., Crosson, K.M., Crosson, G.S., Vasquez, E.S.*, Fabrication and Characterization of Electrospun Poly (acrylonitrile-co-Methyl Acrylate)/Lignin Nanofibers: Effects of Lignin Type and Total Polymer Concentration. Special Issue: Electrospinning of Biodegradable Nanofibers, Polymers, 2021, 13:992. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13070992. 

17. Vasquez, E.S.*; DeWitt, M.; West, Z..; Elsass, M. E., “Impact of Team Formation Approach on Teamwork Effectiveness and Performance in an Upper-Level Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Laboratory Course”, Special Issue: Teamwork Assessment in Engineering Education, International Journal of Engineering Education, 2020, 36(1B), pp. 491-501. 

16. Vasquez, E.S.; Phren, E.M..; Walters, K.B. ”Assessing magnetic iron oxide nanoparticle properties under different thermal treatments”, J. of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2019, doi:10.1007/s10973-019-09195-4

15.  Karim, F., Vasquez, E.S., Sun, Y. and Zhao, C. “Optothermal microbubble assisted manufacturing of nanogap-rich structures for active chemical sensing”,  Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 20589-20597. 

14. Busch, R.T.; Karim, F.; Weis, J.; Sun, Y., Zhao, C.; Vasquez, E.S., “Optimization and Structural Stability of Gold Nanoparticle-Antibody Bioconjugates”, ACS  Omega, 2019, 4,12,15269-15279. [ IF = 2.58 / 6 / UD STEM Catalyst Grant]

13. Roy, J.K.; Vasquez, E.S.; Pinto, H.P., Kumari, S.; Walters, K.B., Leszczynski, J, “Computational and experimental approach to understanding the structural interplay of self-assembled end-terminated alkanethiolates on gold surfaces”. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019, 21, 23320-23328. [Note: Inside cover of the journal and highlighted as 2019 PCCP hot articles]

12. Al-Ajrash, S. M. N., Lafdi, K., Vasquez, E. S., Chinesta, F., & Le Coustumer, P. (2018). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Silicon Particle  Distribution in Electrospun Nanofibers. Langmuir, 34(24), 7147-7152.

11. Karim, Farzia, Erick S. Vasquez, and Chenglong Zhao. "Fabricated nanogap-rich plasmonic nanostructures through an optothermal surface bubble in a droplet." Optics Letters 43(2) (2018): 334-336.

10. Vasquez, E. S., Feugang, J. M., Willard, S. T., Ryan, P. L., & Walters, K. B. (2016). Bioluminescent magnetic nanoparticles as potential imaging agents for mammalian spermatozoa. Journal of nanobiotechnology, 14(1), 20. [Note: This paper was featured in the Journal’s website and was cited as one of the influential articles in 2016] 

9. Zakaria, A.B.M.; Vasquez, E.S.; Walters, K.B. and Leszczynska, D. "Functional holey graphene oxide: a new electrochemically transformed substrate material for dopamine sensing," RSC Advances 2015, 5, 107123-107135.

8. Vasquez, E.S.; Cunningham, J.L.; McMahan, J.B.; Simpson, C.L. and Walters, K.B. “Fetuin-A Adsorption, Stabilization, and Solubilization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles,” Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2015, 3, 6411-6419. DOI: 10.1039/C5TB00565E. [Note: 2015 JMC-B Hot paper and “Front Cover” Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2015, 3, 6393-6394. DOI:  10.1039/C5TB90112J]

7. Monroe, G.J.; Vasquez, E.S.; Aspin, Z., Walters, K.B. Berger, M.; Thompson, S.M., “Electromagnetic induction by ferrofluid in an oscillating heating pipe,” Applied Physics Letters 2015, 106(26), 263901. DOI: 10.1063/1.4923400       

6. Vasquez, E.S., Walters, K.B., Walters, D.K., “Analysis of Particle Transport and Deposition of Micron-sized Particles in a 90˚ bend Using a Two-Fluid Eulerian-Eulerian Approach,” Aerosol Science and Technology 2015 49(9), 692-704. DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2015.1062466  

5. Vasquez, E.S.; Chu, I.-W., Walters, K.B. “Janus Magnetic Nanoparticles with a Bicompartmental Polymer Brush Prepared Using Electrostatic Adsorption to Facilitate Toposelective Surface-Initiated ATRP,” Langmuir, 2014, 30(23), 6858-6866. DOI: 10.1021/la500824r

4. Vasquez, E. S.; Bowser, J.; Swiderski, C.; Walters, K. B.; Kundu, S., “Rheological Characterization of Mammalian Lung Mucus”. RSC Advances 2014, 4, 34780-34783. DOI: 10.1039/C4RA05055J

3. Siriwardana, K.; Gadogbe, M.; Ansar, S. M.; Vasquez, E. S.; Collier, W. E.; Zou, S.; Walters, K. B.; Zhang, D., Ligand Adsorption and Exchange on Pegylated Gold Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2014, 118 (20), 11111-11119, DOI: 10.1021/jp501391x

2. Ansar, S.M., Perera, G.S., Gomez, P., Salomon,G., Vasquez, E.S., Zou,S. Pittman, Jr.,C.U., Walters,K.B. and Zhang, D. “Mechanistic Study of Continuous Reactive Aromatic Organothiol Adsorption onto Silver Nanoparticles,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2013) 117(51) 27146-27154, DOI: 10.1021/jp4090102

1. Vangala, K.; Siriwardana, K.; Vasquez, E.S.; Xin, Y.; Pittman, C.U.; Walters, K.B.; Zhang, D.* “Simultaneous and Sequential Protein and Organothiol Interactions with Gold Nanoparticles,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2013) 117(3) 1366-1374, DOI: 10.1021/jp310085u