PantanoLABO - Patents and Publications

U.S. Patents

R.K. Draper, C.A. Mikoryak, R.-H. Wang and P. Pantano, Method to Measure Carbon Nanotubes Taken-Up by a Plurality of Living Cells, U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/102,755 (filed 3 October 2008).

K.J. Balkus, Jr., P. Pantano, C.C. Meek and D.H. Coutinho, Encoded Molecular Sieve Particle-based Sensors, U.S. Patent 6,790,672 (awarded 14 September 2004).

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 6,487,326 (awarded 26 November 2002).

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).

Peer-Reviewed Publications

S. Katari, M. Wallack, M. Huebschman, P. Pantano and H. Garner, Fabrication and Evaluation of a Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging System, Journal of Microscopy (2009) in press.

R. Marches, P. Chakravarty, I.H. Musselman, P. Bajaj, R.N. Azad, P. Pantano, R.K. Draper and E.S. Vitetta, Specific thermal ablation of tumor cells using single-walled carbon nanotubes targeted by covalently-coupled monoclonal antibodies, International Journal of Cancer (2009) in press.

R. Wang, C. Mikoryak, E. Chen, S. Li, P. Pantano and R.K. Draper, Gel Electrophoresis Method to Measure the Concentration of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Extracted from Biological Tissue, Analytical Chemistry 81, 2944-2952 (2009).

P. Chakravarty, R. Marches, N.S. Zimmerman, A.D.-E. Swafford, P. Bajaj, I.H. Musselman, P. Pantano, R.K. Draper and E.S. Vitetta, Thermal Ablation of Tumor Cells with Antibody-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 105, 8697-8702 (2008).

H.N. Yehia, R.K. Draper, C. Mikoryak, E.K. Walker, M.C. Daigrepont, I.H. Musselman, P. Bajaj, G.R. Dieckmann and P. Pantano, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Interactions with HeLa Cells, Journal of Nanobiotechnology 5, 8-24 (2007).

K.A. Hartzell, K.L. Danowski and P. Pantano, Combined Imaging and Chemical Sensing with a Disposable Microscope Objective Chemical Sensor, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews 43, 1-21 (2007).

S.-F. Chin, R.H. Baughman, A.B. Dalton, G.R. Dieckmann, R.K. Draper, C. Mikoryak, I.H. Musselman, V.Z. Poenitzsch, H. Xie and P. Pantano, Amphiphilic Helical Peptide Enhances the Uptake of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Living Cells, Experimental Biology and Medicine 232, 1236-1244 (2007).

S.-F. Chin and P Pantano, Antibody-Modified Microwell Arrays and Photobiotin Patterning on Hydrocarbon-Free Glass, Microchemical Journal 84, 1-9 (2006).

P. Zhao, Y. Zhao, A. D. Sherry and P. Pantano, Concurrent 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Fiber-Optic Oxygen Consumption Measurements in Perfused Rat Hearst, Methods in Enzymology 381, 735-746 (2004).

S.E. Carranza and P. Pantano, Fluorescence Microscopy and Flow Cytofluorometry of Reactive Oxygen Species, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews 38, 245-261 (2003).

C.C. Meek, D. H. Coutinho, K. J. Balkus, Jr. and P. Pantano, Optical Encoding of Microwell Arrays with Molecular Sieve Particles, Lab on a Chip 3, 132-135 (2003).

S.-K. Quah, K.L. Danowski and P. Pantano, Microwell Array Photoimprint Lithography: Micropost Sensors and Guidance of Neuronal Processes, Biomedical Microdevices 4, 123-130 (2002).

C.C. Meek and P. Pantano, Spatial Confinement of Avidin Domans in Microwell Arrays, Lab on a Chip 1, 158-163 (2001).

E.S. Jin, B.J. Norris and P. Pantano, An Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Imaging Fiber Electrode Chemical Sensor for NADH, Electroanalysis 13, 1287-1290 (2001).

K.L. Danowski and P. Pantano, Evaluating the Chemical Spatial Resolution of Imaging Fiber Chemical Sensors, Microchemical Journal 70, 51-61 (2001).

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

Y.-H. Liu, T.H. Dam and P. Pantano, A pH-Sensitive Nanotip Array Imaging Sensor, Analytica Chimica 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, Analytica Chimica Acta 404, 213-221 (2000).

T.H. Dam and P. Pantano, Nanotip Array Photoimprint Lithography, Review of Scientific Instrumentation 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, Analytical Chemistry 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, Analytical Chemistry 69, 1635-1641 (1997).

P. Pantano and D.R. Walt, Toward a Near-Field Optical Array, Review of Scientific Instrumentation 68, 1357-1359 (1997).

S. Arbault, P. Pantano, N. Sojic, 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, Chemistry of Materials 8, 2832-2835 (1996).

P. Pantano and D.R. Walt, Analytical Applications of Optical Imaging Fibers, Analytical Chemistry 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, Analytical Chemistry 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, Analytical Chemistry 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, Analytical Chemistry 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, Analytical Chemistry 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, Analytical Chemistry 65, 617-622 (1993).

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

P. Pantano, T.H. Morton and W.G. Kuhr, Enzyme-Modified Carbon-Fiber Microelectrodes with Millisecond Response Times, Journal of the American Chemical Society 113, 1832-1833 (1991).

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