Recent Publications

Zhao, W., H. Wang, X. Xiao, L. De Stefano, J. Katz, J. S. Lin, A. E. Barron, T. P. Schaer, H. Wang and M. Libera (2022). "Peptoid-Loaded Microgels Inhibit the Colonization of Titanium Rods  by Staphylococci in an in vitro Model of Operating-Room Contamination." Advanced Materials Interfaces 9(31).

Zhao, W., M. Libera, M. Prysak, J. Katz and L. De Stefano (2022). "An in vitro model of microbial contamination in the operating room." Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials 110: 2472-2479.

Xiao, X., J. Ji, W. Zhou, S. Nanjia and M. Libera (2022). "Salt Destabilization of Cationic Colistin Complexation within Polyanionic Microgels." Macromolecules 55(5): 1736-1746.

Xiao, X., J. Ji, H. Wang, S. Nanjia, H. Wang and M. Libera (2022). "Self-Defensive Antimicrobial Surfaces Using Polymyxin-Loaded Poly(styrene sulfonate) Microgels." ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00783.

Liang, J., X. Xiao, T. M. Chou and M. Libera (2021). "Analytical Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy of Hydrated Polymers and Microgels." Accounts of Chemical Research 54(10): 2386-2396.

Xiao, X., W. Zhao, J. Liang, K. Sauer and M. Libera (2020). "Self-Defensive Antimicrobial Biomaterial Surfaces." Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 192: 110989.

Teng, F., X. Wu and M. Libera (2020). "Chemical Orthogonality in Surface-Patterned Poly(ethylene glycol) Microgels." Langmuir 36(35): 10622-10627.

Teng, F., X. Wu, T. Hong, G. B. Munk and M. Libera (2020). "Integrating nucleic acid sequence-based amplification and microlensing for high-sensitivity self-reporting detection." Analyst 145(23): 7528-7533.

Yablon, D. and M. Libera (2019). "Microscopy 101: Scanning probes or scanning electrons: a practical guide to select a method for nanoscale characterization." Microscopy Today 27(6): 32-38.

Wu, X., F. Teng and M. Libera (2019). "Functional Changes during Electron-Beam Lithography of Biotinylated Poly(ethylene glycol) Thin Films." ACS Macro Letters 8(10): 1252-1256.

Teng, F., X. Wu, T.-M. Chou and M. Libera (2019). "Microlens Enhancement in Respiratory Infection Diagnosis." Microscopy and Microanalysis 25(S2): 1190-1191.

Liang, J., X. Xiao, T.-M. Chou and M. Libera (2019). "Freezing and sublimation effects on cryo-SEM imaging and microanalysis." Microscopy and Microanalysis 25(S2): 1108-1109.

Liang, J., X. Xiao, T.-M. Chou and M. Libera (2019). "Counterion Exchange in Peptide-Complexed Core–Shell Microgels." Langmuir 35(29): 9521-9528.

Liang, J., H. Wang and M. Libera (2019). "Biomaterial surfaces self-defensive against bacteria by contact transfer of antimicrobials." Biomaterials 204(June): 25-35.

Teng, F. and M. Libera (2018). "Microlens Enhancement of Surface-Tethered Molecular Beacons." Langmuir 34(49): 14969-14974.

Ma, Y., F. Teng and M. Libera (2018). "Solid-Phase Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification and Length-Scale Effects during RNA Amplification." Analytical Chemistry 90(11): 6532-6539.

Ma, Y., X. Dai, T. Hong, G. B. Munk and M. Libera (2017). "A NASBA on microgel-tethered molecular-beacon microarray for real-time microbial diagnostics." Analyst 142: 147-155.

Liang, J., F. Teng, T.-M. Chou and M. Libera (2017). "Measuring microgel swell ratio by cryo-SEM." Polymer 116: 1-4.

Gu, J., A. Valdevit, T.-M. Chou and M. Libera (2017). "Substrate Effects on Cell-­Envelope Deformation during Early-­Stage S. aureus Biofilm Formation." Soft Matter 13: 2967-2976.

Wu, Y., J. Liang, F. Horkay and M. Libera (2016). "Antimicrobial loading into and release from poly(ethylene glycol)/poly(acrylic acid) semi-interpenetrating hydrogels." Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics 54(1): 64-72.

Ma, Y. and M. Libera (2016). "Molecular Crowding Effects on Microgel-Tethered Oligonucleotide Probes." Langmuir 32(25): 6551-6558.

Peterson, B. W., Y. He, Y. Ren, A. Zerdoum, M. R. Libera, P. K. Sharma, A. J. van Winkelhoff, D. Neut, P. Stoodley, H. C. van der Mei and H. J. Busscher (2015). "Viscoelasticity of biofilms and their recalcitrance to mechanical and chemical challenges." FEMS microbiology reviews 39(2): 234-245.

Lu, Y., Y. Wu, J. Liang, M. Libera and S. Sukhishvili (2015). "Self-defensive antibacterial layer-by-layer hydrogel coatings with pH-triggered hydrophobicity." Biomaterials 45: 64-71.

Firlar, E., M. Libera, H. Ilarslan and M. Misra (2015). "Corneodesmosomal Water Content in Frozen-Hydrated Porcine Skin." Journal of Investigative Dermatology 135: 1689-1691.

Da Silva Domingues, J. F., S. Roest, Y. Wang, H. C. Van Der Mei, M. Libera, T. G. Van Kooten and H. J. Busscher (2015). "Macrophage phagocytic activity toward adhering staphylococci on cationic and patterned hydrogel coatings versus common biomaterials." Acta Biomaterialia 18: 1-8.