Publications

At NC State University

Journal Title
A.U. Mahmood, M.M. Ghelardini, J.B. Tracy, Y.G. Yingling
Chemistry of Materials, 2024, in press.
Machine Learning and Small Data-Guided Optimization of Silica Shell Morphology on Gold Nanorods
M.M. Ghelardini, M. Geisler, N. Weigel, J.P. Hankwitz, N. Hauck, J. Schubert, A. Fery, J.B. Tracy, J. Thiele
Polymers, 2024, 16, 2032.
3D-Printed Hydrogels as Photothermal Actuators
A. Basu, M.R. Clary, J.B. Tracy, C.K. Hall, O.D. Velev
ACS Nano, 2024.
Spatially Confined Assembly and Immobilization of Hierarchical Nanoparticle Architectures inside Microdroplets in Magnetic Fields
M.R. Clary, S.N. Cantu, J.A.-C. Liu, B.A. Evans, J.B. Tracy
Advanced Materials Technologies, 2024, 9, 2302243.
Magnetic Reprogramming of Self-Assembled Hard-Magnetic Cilia
K.J. Oeler, R.L. Blackmon, S.M. Kreda, T. Robinson, M.M. Ghelardini, B.S. Chapman, J.B. Tracy, D.B. Hill, A.L. Oldenburg
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2024, 29, 046004.
In Situ Pulmonary Mucus Hydration Assay Using Rotational and Translational Diffusion of Gold Nanorods with Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
M.J. Ford, D.H. Porcincula, R. Telles, J.A. Mancini, Y. Wang, M.H. Rizvi, C.K. Loeb, B.D. Moran, J.B. Tracy, J.A. Lewis, S. Yang, E. Lee, C.C. Cook
Matter, 2024, 7, 1207.
Movement with light: Photoresponsive Shape Morphing of Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomers
A.U. Mahmood, M.H. Rizvi, J.B. Tracy, Y.G. Yingling
ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 14, 13319–13332.
Solvent Effects in Ligand Stripping Behavior of Colloidal Nanoparticles
J. Song, Q. Li, P. Chen, B. Keshavarz, B.S. Chapman, J.B. Tracy, G.H. McKinley, N. Holten-Andersen
Journal of Rheology, 2022, 66, 1333.
Dynamics of Dual-Junction-Functionality Associative Polymer Networks with Ion and Nanoparticle Metal-Coordinate Cross-Link Junctions
M.H. Rizvi, R. Wang, J. Schubert, W.D. Crumpler, C. Rossner, A.L. Oldenburg, A. Fery, J.B. Tracy
Advanced Materials, 2022, 2203366.
Magnetic Alignment for Plasmonic Control of Gold Nanorods Coated with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
J. Song, Q. Zhang, F. de Quesada, M.H. Rizvi, J.B. Tracy, J. Ilavsky, S. Narayanan, E. Del Gado, R.L. Leheny, N. Holten-Andersen, G.H. McKinley
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 30, e2201566119.
Microscopic Dynamics Underlying the Stress Relaxation of Arrested Soft Materials
A.C. Johnston-Peck, J.B. Tracy
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2022, 550, 169036.
Size Control of Cobalt Nanoparticles by Adjusting the Linear Carboxylic Acid Ligand Chain Length
M. Chandler, B. Minevich, B. Roark, M. Viard, M.B. Johnson, M.H. Rizvi, T.A. Deaton, S. Kozlov, M. Panigaj, J.B. Tracy, Y.G. Yingling, O. Gang, K.A. Afonin
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 39030-39041.
Controlled Organization of Inorganic Materials Using Biological Molecules for Activating Therapeutic Functionalities
M. Ha, G.S. Cañón Bermúdez, J.A.-C. Liu, E.S. Oliveros Mata, B.A. Evans, J.B. Tracy, D. Makarov
Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 2008751.
Reconfigurable Magnetic Origami Actuators with On-Board Sensing for Guided Assembly
P.R. Yadav, M.H. Rizvi, B. Kuttich, S.R. Mishra, B.S. Chapman, B.B. Lynch, T. Kraus, A.L. Oldenburg, J.B. Tracy
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, 4, 3911-3921.
Plasmon-Coupled Gold Nanoparticles in Stretched Shape-Memory Polymers for Mechanical/Thermal Sensing
S. Li, M.H. Rizvi, B.B. Lynch, J.B. Tracy, E. Ford
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2021, 42, 2000657.
Flexible Cyclic-Poly(phthalaldehyde)/Poly(ε-caprolactone) Blend Fibers with Fast Daylight-Triggered Transience
B.B. Lynch, A.P. Kelliher, B.D. Anderson, A. Japit, M.A. Spencer, M.H. Rizvi, M.F. Sarac, V. Augustyn, J.B. Tracy
Carbon Energy, 2021, 3, 582-589.
Sulfidation and Selenidation of Nickel Nanoparticles
J. Song, M.H. Rizvi, B.B. Lynch, J. Ilavsky, D. Mankus, J.B. Tracy, G.H. McKinley, N. Holten-Andersen
ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 17018-17027.
Programmable Anisotropy and Percolation in Supramolecular Patchy Particle Gels
J.A.-C. Liu, B.A. Evans, J.B. Tracy
Advanced Materials Technologies, 2020, 5, 2000147.
Photothermally Reconfigurable Shape Memory Magnetic Cilia
B.S. Chapman, S.R. Mishra, J.B. Tracy
Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 12822-12827.
Direct Electrospinning of Titania Nanofibers with Ethanol
J.A.-C. Liu, J.H. Gillen, S.R. Mishra, B.A. Evans, J.B. Tracy
Science Advances, 2019, 5, eaaw2897.
Photothermally and Magnetically Controlled Reconfiguration of Polymer Composites for Soft Robotics
S. Roh, L.B. Okello, N. Golbasi, J.P. Hankwitz, J.A.-C. Liu, J.B. Tracy, O.D. Velev
Advanced Materials Technologies, 2019, 4, 1800528.
3D-Printed Silicone Soft Architectures with Programmed Magneto-Capillary Reconfiguration
T. Zhao, M.A. Steves, B.S. Chapman, J.B. Tracy, K.L. Knappenberger
Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 90, 13702-13707.
Quantification of Interface-Dependent Plasmon Quality Factors Using Single-Beam Nonlinear Optical Interferometry
L.R. Rowe, B.S. Chapman, J.B. Tracy
Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30, 6249-6258.
Understanding and Controlling the Morphology of Silica Shells on Gold Nanorods
S.R. Mishra, J.B. Tracy
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2018, 1, 3063-3067.
Sequential Actuation of Shape-Memory Polymers through Wavelength-Selective Photothermal Heating of Gold Nanospheres and Nanorods
B.S. Chapman, W.-C. Wu, Q. Li, N. Holten-Andersen, J.B. Tracy
Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29, 10362-10368.
Heteroaggregation Approach for Depositing Magnetite Nanoparticles onto Silica-Overcoated Gold Nanorods
B.B. Lynch, B.D. Anderson, W.J. Kennedy, J.B. Tracy
Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 9, 18959-18965.
Synthesis and Chemical Transformation of Ni Nanoparticles Embedded in Silica
B. Ashley, P.N. Vakil, B.B. Lynch, C.M. Dyer, J.B. Tracy, J. Owens, G.F. Strouse
ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 9957-9967.
Microwave Enhancement of Autocatalytic Growth of Nanometals
S. Niu, R. McFeron, F. Godínez-Salomón, B.S. Chapman, C.A. Damin, J.B. Tracy, V. Augustyn, C.P. Rhodes
Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29, 7794-7807.
Enhanced Electrochemical Lithium-Ion Charge Storage of Iron Oxide Nanosheets
S. Maity, W.-C. Wu, J.B. Tracy, L.I. Clarke, J.R. Bochinski
Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 11605-11618.
Nanoscale Steady-State Temperature Gradients within Polymer Nanocomposites Undergoing Continuous-Wave Photothermal Heating from Gold Nanorods
R.L. Blackmon, S.M. Kreda, P.R. Sears, B.S. Chapman, D.B. Hill, J.B. Tracy, L.E. Ostrowski, A.L. Oldenburg
Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 4907-4917.
Direct Monitoring of Pulmonary Disease Treatment Biomarkers using Plasmonic Gold Nanorods with Diffusion-Sensitive OCT
K.E. Marusak, A.C. Johnston-Peck, W.-C. Wu, B.D. Anderson, J.B. Tracy
Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29, 2739-2747.
Size and Composition Control of CoNi Nanoparticles and Their Conversion into Phosphides
M.M. Schmauch, S.R. Mishra, B.A. Evans, O.D. Velev, J.B. Tracy
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 11895-11901.
Chained Iron Microparticles for Directionally Controlled Actuation of Soft Robots
B.D. Anderson, W.-C. Wu, J.B. Tracy
Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28, 4945-4952.
Silica Overcoating of CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dot Nanorods with Controlled Morphologies
R.L. Blackmon, R. Sandhu, B.S. Chapman, P. Casbas-Hernandez, J.B. Tracy, M.A. Troester, A.L. Oldenburg
Biophysical Journal, 2016, 110, 1858-1868.
Imaging Extracellular Matrix Remodeling In Vitro by Diffusive-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
S.R. Mishra, M.D. Dickey, O.D. Velev, J.B. Tracy
Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 1309-1313.
Selective and Directional Actuation of Elastomer Films Using Chained Magnetic Nanoparticles
D.B. Pacardo, B. Neupane, S.M. Rikald, Y. Lu, R. Mo, S.R. Mishra, J.B. Tracy, G. Wang, F.S. Ligler, Z. Gu
Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 12096-12103.
A Dual Wavelength-Activatable Gold Nanorod Complex for Synergistic Cancer Treatment
W.-C. Wu, J.B. Tracy
Chemistry of Materials, 2015, 27, 2888-2894.
Large-Scale Silica Overcoating of Gold Nanorods with Tunable Shell Thicknesses
C.M. Gonzalez, W.-C. Wu, J.B. Tracy, B. Martin
Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 3087-3090.
Photochemical Synthesis of Size-Tailored Hexagonal ZnS Quantum Dots
R.P. Padbury, J.C. Halbur, P.J. Krommenhoek, J.B. Tracy, J.S. Jur
Langmuir, 2015, 31, 1135-1141.
Thermal Stability of Gold Nanoparticles Embedded within Metal Oxide Frameworks Fabricated by Hybrid Modifications onto Sacrificial Textile Templates
S. Maity, W.-C. Wu, C. Xu, J.B. Tracy, K. Gundogdu, J. Bochinski, L. Clarke
Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 15236-15247.
Spatial Temperature Mapping within Polymer Nanocomposites Undergoing Ultrafast Photothermal Heating via Gold Nanorods
R.K. Chhetri, R.L. Blackmon, W.-C. Wu, D.B. Hill, B. Button, P. Casbas-Hernandez, M.A. Troester, J.B. Tracy, A.L. Oldenburg
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014, 111, E4289-E4297.
Probing Biological Nanotopology via Diffusion of Weakly Constrained Plasmonic Nanorods with Optical Coherence Tomography
B.D. Anderson, J.B. Tracy
Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 12195-12216.
Nanoparticle Conversion Chemistry: Kirkendall Effect, Galvanic Exchange, and Anion Exchange
M.F. Sarac, W.-C. Wu, J.B. Tracy
Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26, 3057-3064.
Control of Branching in Ni3C1-x Nanoparticles and their Conversion into Ni12P5 Nanoparticles
A. Kodumagulla, V. Varanasi, R.C. Pearce, W.-C. Wu, D.K. Hensley, J.B. Tracy, T.E. McKnight, A.V. Melechko
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, 2014, 4:6.
Aerosynthesis: Growth of Vertically-aligned Carbon Nanofibres with Air DC Plasma
J.B. Tracy, T.M. Crawford
MRS Bulletin, 2013, 38, 915-920.
Magnetic Field-Directed Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles
K.A. Kozek, K.M. Kozek, W.-C. Wu, S.R. Mishra, J.B. Tracy
Chemistry of Materials, 2013, 25, 4537-4544.
Large-Scale Synthesis of Gold Nanorods through Continuous Secondary Growth
M.F. Sarac, B.D. Anderson, R.C. Pearce, J.G. Railsback, A.A. Oni, R.M. White, D.K. Hensley, J.M. LeBeau, A.V. Melechko, J.B. Tracy
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2013, 5, 8955–8960.
Airbrushed Nickel Nanoparticles for Large-Area Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers on Metal (Al, Cu, Ti) Surfaces
P.J. Krommenhoek, J.B. Tracy
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2013, 30, 759-763.
Magnetic Field-Directed Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticle Chains in Bulk Polymers
A.C. Johnston-Peck, D.A. Cullen, J.B. Tracy
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2013, 30, 678-682.
Composition-Mediated Order-Disorder Transformation in FePt Nanoparticles
A.L. Oldenburg, R.K. Chhetri, J.M. Cooper, W.-C. Wu, M.A. Troester, J.B. Tracy
Optics Letters, 2013, 38, 2923-2926.
Motility-, Autocorrelation-, and Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography Discriminates Cells and Gold Nanorods within 3D Tissue Cultures
Y. Zhu, J.B. Tracy, J. Dong, X. Jiang, M.G. Jones, G. Childers
Journal of Nano Education, 2013, 5, 17-26.
Teaching a Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Laboratory Course to Undergraduate Students
S. Maity, K.A. Kozek, W.-C. Wu, J.B. Tracy, J.R. Bochinski, L.I. Clarke
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2013, 30, 193-202.
Anisotropic Thermal Processing of Polymer Nanocomposites via the Photothermal Effect of Gold Nanorods
R.C. Pearce, J.G. Railsback, B.D. Anderson, M.F. Sarac, T.E. Mcknight, J.B. Tracy, A.V. Melechko
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2013, 5, 878–882.
Transfer of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers to Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) while Maintaining their Alignment and Impalefection Functionality
J.A. Medford, A.C. Johnston-Peck, J.B. Tracy
Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 155-159 .
Nanostructural Transformations during the Reduction of Hollow and Porous Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles
P.J. Krommenhoek, J. Wang, N. Hentz, A.C. Johnston-Peck, K.A. Kozek, G. Kalyuzhny, J.B. Tracy
ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 4903-4911.
Bulky Adamantanethiolate and Cyclohexanethiolate Ligands Favor Smaller Gold Nanoparticles with Altered Discrete Sizes
A.C. Johnston-Peck, J.B. Tracy
Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, 111, 07B522.
Phase Transformation of Alumina-Coated FePt Nanoparticles
Y. Jie, J.R. Niskala, A.C. Johnston-Peck, P.J. Krommenhoek, J.B. Tracy, H.Q., W. You
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 1962-1968.
Laterally Patterned Magnetic Nanoparticles
X. Wang, P.J. Krommenhoek, P.D. Bradford, B. Gong, J.B. Tracy, G.N Parsons, T.J.M. Luo, Y. Zhu
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2011, 3, 4180-4184.
Coating Alumina on Catalytic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Synthesizing Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays
A.C. Johnston-Peck, G. Scarel, J. Wang, G.N. Parsons, J.B. Tracy
Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 4142-4149.
Sinter-Free Phase Conversion and Scanning Transmission Electron microscopy of FePt nanoparticle monolayers
K.E. Roskov, K.A. Kozek, W.C. Wu, R.K. Chhetri, A.L. Oldenburg, R.J. Spontak, J.B. Tracy
Langmuir, 2011, 27, 13965-13969.
Long-Range Alignment of Gold Nanorods in Electrospun Polymer Nano/Microfibers
R.K. Chhetri, K.A. Kozek, A.C. Johnston-Peck, J.B. Tracy, A.L. Oldenburg
Physical Review E, 2011, 83, 040903.
Imaging Three-Dimensional Rotational Diffusion of Plasmon Resonant Gold Nanorods Using Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
A.C. Johnston-Peck, J. Wang , J.B.Tracy
Langmuir, 2011, 27, 5040-5046.
Formation and Grain Analysis of Spin Cast Magnetic Nanoparticle Monolayers
M.F. Sarac, R.M. Wilson, A.C. Johnston-Peck, J. Wang, R. Pearce, K. Klein, A.V. Melechko, J.B. Tracy
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2011, 3, 936-940.
Effects of Ligand Monolayers on Catalytic Nickel Nanoparticles for Synthesizing Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers
M.S. Shore, J. Wang, A.C. Johnston-Peck, A.L. Oldenburg, J.B.Tracy
Small, 2011, 7, 230-234.
Synthesis of Au(core)/Ag(shell) Nanoparticles and their Conversion to AuAg Alloy Nanoparticles
J. Railsback, A.C. Johnston-Peck, J. Wang, J.B. Tracy
ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 1913-1920.
Size-Dependent Nanoscale Kirkendall Effect During the Oxidation of Nickel Nanoparticles
J. Wang, A.C. Johnston-Peck, J.B. Tracy
Chemistry of Materials, 2009, 21, 4462-4467.
Nickel Phosphide Nanoparticles with Hollow, Solid, and Amorphous Structures
A.C. Johnston-Peck, J. Wang, J.B. Tracy
ACS Nano, 2009, 3, 1077-1084.
Synthesis and Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Ni(core)/NiO(shell) Nanoparticles

Postdoctoral and Graduate Research

Journal Title
C.A. Fields-Zinna, J.S. Sampson, M.C. Crowe, J.B. Tracy, J.F. Parker, A.M. deNey, D.C. Muddiman, R.W. Murray
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 13844-13851
Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Thiolate-Protected Au Nanoparticles NaxAu25(SC2H4Ph)18-y(S(C2H4O)5CH3)y
A. Dass, A. Stevenson, G.R. Dubay, J.B. Tracy, R.W. Murray
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 5940-5946.
Nanoparticle MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry without Fragmentation: Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)18 and Mixed Monolayer Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)18-x(L)x
N. Insin, J.B. Tracy, H. Lee, J.P. Zimmer, R.M. Westervelt, M.G. Bawendi
ACS Nano, 2008, 2, 197-202.
Incorporation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots into Silica Microspheres
R.P. Carney, G.A. DeVries, C. Dubois, H. Kim, J.Y. Kim, C. Singh, P.K. Ghorai, J.B. Tracy, R.L. Stiles, R.W. Murray, S.C. Glotzer, F. Stellacci
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 798-799.
Size Limitations for the Formation of Ordered Striped Nanoparticles
A. Dass, R. Guo, J.B. Tracy, R. Balasubramanian, A.D. Douglas, R.W. Murray
Langmuir, 2008, 24, 310-315.
Gold Nanoparticles with Perfluorothiolate Ligands
J.B. Tracy, M.C. Crowe, J.F. Parker, O. Hampe, C.A. Fields-Zinna, A. Dass, R.W. Murray
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 16209-16215.
Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Uniform and Mixed Monolayer Nanoparticles: Au25[S(CH2)2Ph]18 and Au25[S(CH2)2Ph]18-x(SR)x
J.B. Tracy, G. Kalyuzhny, M.C. Crowe, R. Balasubramanian, J.P. Choi, R.W. Murray
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 6706-6707.
Poly(ethylene glycol) Ligands for High-Resolution Nanoparticle Mass Spectrometry
R.L. Wolfe, R. Balasubramanian, J.B. Tracy, R.W. Murray
Langmuir, 2007, 23, 2247-2254.
Fully Ferrocenated Hexanethiolate Monolayer Protected Gold Clusters
M.R. Branham, A.D. Douglas, A.J. Mills, J.B. Tracy, P.S. White, R.W. Murray
Langmuir, 2006, 22, 11376-11383.
Arylthiolate-Protected Silver Quantum Dots
J.B. Tracy, M.G. Bawendi
Physical Review B, 2006, 74, 184434.
Defects in CoO in Oxidized Cobalt Nanoparticles Dominate Exchange Biasing and Exhibit Anomalous Magnetic Properties
J.B. Tracy, D.N. Weiss, D.P. Dinega, M.G. Bawendi
Physical Review B, 2005, 72, 064404.
Exchange Biasing and Magnetic Properties of Partially and Fully Oxidized Colloidal Cobalt Nanoparticles
S.W. Kim, J.P. Zimmer, S. Ohnishi, J. B. Tracy, J.V. Frangioni, M.G. Bawendi
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 10526-10532.
Engineering InAsxP1-x/InP/ZnSe III-V Alloyed Core/Shell Quantum Dots for the Near-Infrared
S.W. Kim, S. Kim, J.B. Tracy, A. Jasanoff, M.G. Bawendi
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 4556-4557.
Phosphine Oxide Polymer for Water-Soluble Nanoparticles
F. Hennrich, S. Lebedkin, S. Malik, J. Tracy, M. Barcezewski, H. Rösner, M. Kappes
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2002, 4, 2273-2277.
Preparation, Characterization and Applications of Free-Standing Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Films