Patents

K. J. Balkus, Jr., P. Pantano, C. C. Meek, and D. H. Coutinho, Molecular Sieve-based Fiber-Optic Microwell Array Sensors, Provisional U. S. Patent Application submitted 2/19/01.

P. Pantano, S. S. Khan, E. S. Jin, and H. W. Stokes, Jr., Thin Film Fiber Optic Electrode Sensor Array and Apparatus for Concurrent Viewing and Chemical Sensing of a Sample, U. S. Patent Application submitted 11/29/99.

D. R. Walt and P. Pantano, Superresolution Imaging Fiber for Subwavelength Light Energy Generation and Near-Field Optical Microscopy, U. S. Patent 5,633,972 awarded 27 May 1997 and assigned to Tufts University.

Publications

S.-K. Quah, K.L. Danowski, and P. Pantano, Microwell Array Photoimprint Lithography: Micropost Arrays and Guidance of Neuronal Processes, Biomed. Microdevices (2001), submitted.

C.C. Meek, D. H. Coutinho, K. J. Balkus, Jr., and P. Pantano, Optical Encoding of Microwell Arrays with Molecular Sieve Particles, Chem. Mater. (2001) submitted.

C.C. Meek and P. Pantano, Spatial Confinement of Avidin Domans in Microwell Arrays, Lab on a Chip (2001) submitted.

P. Zhao, Y. Zhao, A. D. Sherry, and P. Pantano, Simultaneous Fiber-Optic Oxygen Consumption and Metabolic NMR Measurements from a Beating Rat Heart, Amer. J. Physiol. (2001) submitted.

E. S. Jin, B. J. Norris, and P. Pantano, An Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Imaging Fiber Electrode Chemical Sensor for NADH, Electroanalysis (2001) in press.

K. L. Danowski and P. Pantano, Evaluating the Chemical Spatial Resolution of Imaging Fiber Chemical Sensors, Microchem. J. (2001) in press.

D. D. Bernhard, S. Mall, and P. Pantano, Fabrication and Characterization of Microwell Array Chemical Sensors, Anal. Chem. 73, 2484-2490 (2001).

Y.-H. Liu, T. H. Dam, and P. Pantano, A pH-Sensitive Nanotip Array Imaging Sensor, Anal. Chim. Acta 419, 215-225 (2000).

S. S. Khan, E. S. Jin, N. Sojic, and P. Pantano, A Fluorescence-Based Imaging Fiber Electrode Chemical Sensor for Hydrogen Peroxide, Anal. Chim. Acta 404, 213-221 (2000).

T. H. Dam and P. Pantano, Nanotip Array Photoimprint Lithography, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70, 3982-3986 (1999).

Y. Zhao, A. Richman, C. Storey, N. B. Radford, and P. Pantano, In Situ Fiber-Optic Oxygen Consumption Measurements from a Working Mouse Heart, Anal. Chem. 71, 3887-3893 (1999).

K. L. Michael, J. A. Ferguson, B. G. Healey, A. P. Panova, P. Pantano, and D. R. Walt, The Use of Optical Imaging Fibers for the Fabrication of Array Sensors, American Chemical Society Symposium Series, 690; Chapter 23; 273-289 (1998).

A. P. Panova, P. Pantano, and D. R. Walt, In Situ Fluorescence Imaging of Localized Corrosion with a pH-sensitive Optical Imaging Fiber, Anal. Chem. 69, 1635-1641 (1997).

P. Pantano and D. R. Walt, Toward a Near-Field Optical Array, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68, 1357-1359 (1997).

S. Arbault, P. Pantano, N. Sojie, C. Amatore, M. Best-Belpomme, A. Sarasin, and M. Vuillaume, Activation of the NADPH Oxidase in Human Fibroblasts by Mechanical Intrustion of a Single Cell with an Ultramicroelectrode, Carcinogenesis 18, 569-574 (1997).

P. Pantano and D. R. Walt, Ordered Nanowell Arrays, Chem. Mater. 8, 2832-2835 (1996).

P. Pantano and D. R. Walt, Analytical Applications of Optical Imaging Fibers, Anal. Chem. 67, 481A-487A (1995).

K. S. Bronk, K. L. Michael, P. Pantano, and D. R. Walt, Combined Imaging and Chemical Sensing Using a Single Optical Imaging Fiber, Anal. Chem. 67, 2750-2757 (1995).

S. Arbault, P. Pantano, J. A. Jankowski, M. Vuillaume, and C. Amatore, Monitoring an Oxidative Stress Mechanism at a Single Human Fibroblast, Anal. Chem. 67, 3382-3390 (1995).

P. Pantano and W. G. Kuhr, Enzyme-Modified Microelectrodes for In Vivo Neurochemical Measurements, Electroanalysis 7, 405-416 (1995).

P. Pantano and W. G. Kuhr, Characterization of the Chemical Architecture of Carbon-Fiber Microelectrodes, Part 2: Correlation of Carboxylate Distribution with Electron Transfer Properties, Anal. Chem. 65, 2452-2458 (1993).

P. Pantano and W. G. Kuhr, Dehydrogenase-Modified Carbon-Fiber Microelectrodes for the Measurement of Neurotransmitter Dynamics, Part 2: Covalent Modification Utilizing Avidin-Biotin Technology, Anal. Chem. 65, 623-630 (1993).

W. G. Kuhr, V. L. Barrett, M. R. Gagnon, P. Hopper, and P. Pantano, Dehydrogenase-Modified Carbon-Fiber Microelectrodes for the Measurement of Neurotransmitter Dynamics, Part 1: NADH Voltammetry, Anal. Chem. 65, 617-622 (1993).

P. Pantano and W. G. Kuhr, Characterization of the Chemical Architecture of Carbon-Fiber Microelectrodes, Part 1: Carboxylates, Anal. Chem. 63, 1413-1418 (1991).

P. Pantano, T. H. Morton and W. G. Kuhr, Enzyme-Modified Carbon-Fiber Microelectrodes with Millisecond Response Times, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 1832-1833 (1991).

P. Pantano and J. Sneddon, Effect of Atomization Surface on the Quantitation of Vanadium by Electrothermal Atomization Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Appl. Spectrosc. 43, 504-510 (1989).