• A novel near IR two-photon absorbing chromophore: Optical limiting and stabilization performances at an optical communication wavelength. Chemical Physics Letters (2009), 475(4-6), 250-255Zheng, Qingdong; He, Guang S.; Prasad, Paras N.

• Aqueous-phase synthesis of highly luminescent CdTe/ZnTe core/shell quantum dots optimized for targeted bioimaging. Small (2009), 5(11), 1302-1310. Law, Wing-Cheung; Yong, Ken-Tye; Roy, Indrajit; Ding, Hong; Hu, Rui; Zhao, Weiwei; Prasad, Paras N.

• Biocompatible Near-Infrared Quantum Dots as Ultrasensitive Probes for Long-Term in vivo Imaging Applications. Small (2009), Articles online in advance of printYong, K.T., Roy, I., Ding, H., Bergey, E.J., Prasad, P.N.

• Combined optical and MR bioimaging using rare earth ion doped NaYF4 nanocrystals. Kumar, Rajiv; Nyk, Marcin; Ohulchanskyy, Tymish Y.; Flask, Christopher A.; Prasad, Paras N.. Advanced Functional Materials (2009), 19(6), 853-859.

• Enhancement of the photovoltaic performance in PbS nanocrystal:P3HT hybrid composite devices by post-treatment-driven ligand exchange: Nanotechnology (2009), 20(9), 095202/1-095202/6. Seo, Jangwon; Kim, Sung Jin; Kim, Won Jin; Singh, Rohit; Samoc, Marek; Cartwright, Alexander N.; Prasad, Paras N.

• Fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 (FGFR1) nuclear dynamics reveal a novel mechanism in transcription control: Molecular Biology of the Cell (2009),20(9), 2401-2412. Dunham-Ems, Star M.; Lee, Yu-Wei; Stachowiak, Ewa K.; Pudavar, Haridas; Claus, Peter; Prasad, Paras N.; Stachowiak, Michal K.

• Hyperbranched polysiloxysilane nanoparticles: Surface charge control of nonviral gene delivery vectors and nanoprobes: International Journal of Pharmaceutics (2009), 376(1-2), 141-152. Kim, Won Jin; Bonoiu, Adela C.; Hayakawa, Teruaki; Xia, Cheng; Kakimoto, Masa-aki; Pudavar, Haridas E.; Lee, Kwang-Sup; Prasad, Paras N..

• Imaging Pancreatic Cancer Using Bioconjugated InP Quantum Dots. Yong, Ken-Tye; Ding, Hong; Roy, Indrajit; Law, Wing-Cheung; Bergey, Earl J.; Maitra, Anirban; Prasad, Paras N.. ACS Nano (2009), 3(3), 502-510.

• MMP-9 gene silencing by a quantum dot-siRNA nanoplex delivery to maintain the integrity of the blood brain barrier: Brain Research (2009), 1282 142-155. Bonoiu, Adela; Mahajan, Supriya D.; Ye, Ling; Kumar, Rajiv; Ding, Hong; Yong, Ken-Tye; Roy, Indrajit; Aalinkeel, Ravikumar; Nair, Bindukumar; Reynolds, Jessica L.; Sykes, Donald E.; Imperiale, Marco A.; Bergey, Earl J.; Schwartz, Stanley A.; Prasad, Paras N.

• Metallic Nanostructures as Localized Plasmon Resonance Enhanced Scattering Probes for Multiplex Dark-Field Targeted Imaging of Cancer Cells: Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2009), 113(7), 2676-2684. Hu, Rui; Yong, Ken-Tye; Roy, Indrajit; Ding, Hong; He, Sailing; Prasad, Paras N.

• Multifocus structures of ultrashort self-focusing laser beam observed in a three-photon fluorescent medium: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (2009), 45(7), 816-824. He, Guang S.; Zhang, A. Ping; Zheng, Qingdong; Qin, Hai-Yan; Prasad, Paras N.; He, Sailing; Agren, Hans.

• Multifunctional ORMOSIL and PAA nanoparticles: Proceedings of SPIE (2009), 7380(Pt. 2, Photodynamic Therapy), 73805H/1-73805H/12. Gupta, Anurag; Rao, K. V. R.; Pera, Paula; Wang, Shouyan J.; Missert, Joseph R.; Ohulchanskyy, Tymish; Roy, Indrajit; Morgan, Janet; Prasad, Paras N.; Kopelman, Raoul.

• Multifunctional nanoparticles as biocompatible targeted probes for human cancer diagnosis and therapy: Journal of Materials Chemistry (2009), 19(27), 4655-4672.Yong, Ken-Tye; Roy, Indrajit; Swihart, Mark T.; Prasad, Paras N.

• Nanoparticle enhanced surface plasmon resonance biosensing: application of gold nanorods: Optics Express (2009), 17(21), 19041-19046. Law, Wing-Cheung; Yong, Ken-Tye; Baev, Alexander; Hu, Rui; Prasad, Paras N.

• Nanoporous polymeric photonic crystals by emulsion holography: Journal of Materials Chemistry (2009), 19(23), 3998-4003.Hsiao, Vincent K. S.; Yong, Ken-Tye; Cartwright, Alexander N.; Swihart, Mark T.; Prasad, Paras N.; Lloyd, Pamela F.; Bunning, Timothy J.

• Nanotechnology approach for drug addiction therapy: Gene silencing using delivery of gold nanorod-siRNA nanoplex in dopaminergic neurons. Bonoiu, Adela C.; Mahajan, Supriya D.; Ding, Hong; Roy, Indrajit; Yong, Ken-Tye; Kumar, Rajiv; Hu, Rui; Bergey, Earl J.; Schwartz, Stanley A.; Prasad, Paras N.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2009), 106(14), 5546-5550.

• Near-Infrared Phosphorescent Polymeric Nanomicelles: Efficient Optical Probes for Tumor Imaging and Detection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2009), 1(7), 1474-1481. Kumar, Rajiv; Ohulchanskyy, Tymish Y.; Roy, Indrajit; Gupta, Sandesh K.; Borek, Carsten; Thompson, Mark E.; Prasad, Paras N.

• Nonlinear optical processes for bioimaging and light activation in biophotonics: Abstracts of Papers, 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 16-20, 2009 (2009), ANYL-316. Prasad, Paras N.; Kuzmin, Andrey N.; Pliss, Artem; Kachynski, Aliaksandr V.; Ohulchanskyy, Tymish Y.

• Polymer nanocomposite photovoltaics utilizing CdSe nanocrystals capped with a thermally cleavable solubilizing ligand. Seo, Jangwon; Kim, Won Jin; Kim, Sung Jin; Lee, Kwang-Sup; Cartwright, A. N.; Prasad, Paras N.. Applied Physics Letters (2009), 94(13), 133302/1-133302/3.

• Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles and their Applications in Anisotropic Nanoparticle Synthesis and Bioimaging. Plasmonics (2009), 4(2), 79-93.Yong, Ken-Tye; Swihart, Mark T.; Ding, Hong; Prasad, Paras N.

• Pressure dependence of the Raman active vibrations in InP-CdS hybrid nanoparticles. Tallman, R. E.; Weinstein, B. A.; Trallero-Giner, C.; Sahoo, Y.; Prasad, P. N. Physica Status Solidi B: Basic Solid State Physics (2009), 246(3), 477-481.

• Red up-conversion emission from nanocrystalline GaN powders co-doped with Er3+ and Yb3+. Nyk, M.; Kuzmin, A.; Prasad, P. N.; Strek, W.; de Araujo, Cid B. Optical Materials (2009), 31(6), 800-804.

• Self-Passivating hybrid (organic/inorganic) tandem solar cell. Kim, Sung Jin; Kim, Won Jin; Cartwright, Alexander N.; Prasad, Paras N. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells (2009), 93(5), 657-661.

• Synthesis and nanoparticle encapsulation of 3,5-difuranylvinyl-boradiaza-s-indacenes for near-infrared fluorescence imaging:Journal of Materials Chemistry (2009), 19(20), 3181-3188. Sehoon Kim, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Alexander Baev and Paras N. Prasad, J. Mater. Chem.

• Synthesis and properties of quantum dot-polypyrrole nanotube composites for photovoltaic application: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2009), 9(12), 6957-6961. Kim, Jung Sun; Kim, Won Jin; Cho, Namchul; Shukla, Shobha; Yoon, Hyeonseok; Jang, Jyongsik; Prasad, Paras N.; Kim, Tae-Dong; Lee, Kwang-Sup.

• Therapeutic targeting of "DARPP-32": a key signaling molecule in the dopiminergic pathway for the treatment of opiate addiction: International review of neurobiology (2009), 88, 199-222. Mahajan Supriya D; Aalinkeel Ravikumar; Reynolds Jessica L; Nair Bindukumar B; Sykes Donald E; Hu Zihua; Bonoiu Adela; Ding Hong; Prasad Paras N; Schwartz Stanley A

• Tumor Targeting and Imaging in Live Animals with Functionalized Semiconductor Quantum Rods. Yong, Ken-Tye; Hu, Rui; Roy, Indrajit; Ding, Hong; Vathy, Lisa A.; Bergey, Earl J.; Mizuma, Masamichi; Maitra, Anirban; Prasad, Paras N.. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2009), 1(3), 710-719.

• Water-soluble porphyrin-polyethylene glycol conjugates with enhanced cellular uptake for photodynamic therapy: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2009), 9(12), 7130-7135. Kim, Won Jin; Kang, Min Soo; Kim, Hwan Kyu; Kim, Youngtak; Chang, Taihyun; Ohulchanskyy, Tymish; Prasad, Paras N.; Lee, Kwang-Sup

2007 - 2008

• “A novel therapeutic strategy in the treatment of drug addiction using gold nanoparticle- conjugated siRNA against DARPP-32 in human dopiminergic neuronal cells. A.Bonoiu, S.D. Mahajan, K.T Yong, I. Roy, H.D., E J. Bergey, S.A. Schwartz and P.N. Prasad (Submitted to Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. ( USA).

• "A Quantum Chemical Approach to the Design of Chiral Negative Index Materials" A. Baev, M. Samoc, P.N. Prasad, M. Krykunov, and J. Autschbach, Optics Express 15(9) 5730-5741 (2007).

• “Aggregation-Enhanced Fluorescence in Organically Modified Silica Nanoparticles: A Novel Approach toward High-Signal-Output Nanoprobes for Two-Photon Fluorescence Bioimaging," S. Kim, H. E. Pudavar, A. Bonoiu, and P. N. Prasad, Adv. Mater, 19, 3791, (2007)

• “Biocompatible Luminescent Silicon Quantum Dots for Imaging of Cancer Cells Erogbogbo”, F., Yong, K.T., Roy, I., Xu, G., Prasad, P.N., Swihart, M.T.. ACS Nano. 2 (5), 873-878 (2008).

• “Carrier multiplication in a PbSe nanocrystal and P3HT/PCBM tandem cell” S.J. Kim, W.J. Kim, A.N. Cartwright, P.N. Prasad, App. Phy. Lett. 92, 191197/1-191107/3 (2008).

• “Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering polarized microscopy of three-dimensional director structures in liquid Crystals” A. V. Kachynski, A. N. Kuzmin, and P. N. Prasad, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 15,1905/(2007)

• “Combined Optical and MR Bioimaging Using Rare-earth Ions Doped NaYF4 Nanocrystals” R. Kumar, M. Nyk, T. Y. Ohulchanskyy, C.A. Flask and P.N. Prasad. Advanced Functional Materials (In press)

• “Controllable One-Dimensional Photonic Bandgap (PBG) Structure Based on Photopolymer Systems,” V. K. S. Hsiao, A. N. Cartwright, P. N. Prasad, P. F. Lloyd, and T. J. Bunning, manuscript under preparation.

• “Covalently Dye-Linked, Surface Controlled and Bioconjugated ORMOSIL. Nanoparticles as Targeted Probes for Optical Imaging “ R. Kumar, I. Roy, T.Y. Ohulchanskyy, L. N. Goswami, A.C. Bonoiu, E.J. Bergey, K.M. Tramposch, A. Maitra, P.N. Prasad, ACS Nano, 2 (3) 449-456 (2008).

• “Dynamic Properties and Optical Phase Conjugation of Two-Photon Pumped Ultrashort Blue Stimulated Emission in a Chromophore Solution” G. S. He, H.-Y. Qin, Q. Zheng, P.N. Prasad, S. Jockusch, N.J. Turro, M. Halim, D. Sames, H. Agren, S. He. Phys. Rev. A 77, 013824/1-013824/10 (2008).

• “Enhancement of photovoltaic performance in PbS nanocrytal: poly (3-hexlthiophene) hybrid composites by post treatment-driven ligand exchange” J.Seo, S.J. Kim, W.J Kim, R.Singh, M. Samoc, A. N. Cartwright, P.N Prasad. Submitted to Advanced Materials.

• “Formation of ZnTe Nanowires by Oriented Attachement:," K.-T. Yong, Y. Sahoo, Z. Hao, M. T. Swihart, J. R. Minter, , P. N. Prasad, Chem. of Mater (Commun) 91, 4108-4110 (2007)

• “Flexible Thiopyrylium and Selenopyrilium Photosensitizers for Purging Blood-borne Pathogens and Producing Photoinitiated DNA Cleavage,” T. Y. Ohulchanskyy, M. K. Gannon, M. Ye, A. Skripchenko, S. J. Wagner, P. N. Prasad, M. R. Detty, J. Phys. Chem. B. 111(32), 9686-9692 (2007)

• “Functionalized quantum rods as targeted probes for transmigration across the blood brain barrier” Xu, G., Yong, K.T., Roy, I., Mahajan, S., Ding, H., Schwartz, S.M., Prasad, P.N.. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 19 (6) 1179-1185 (2008).

• “Gold Nanorods Coated with Multilayer Polyelectrolyte as Contrast Agents for Multimodal Imaging,” H. Ding, K.-T. Yong, I. Roy, H. E. Pudavar, W. C. Law, E. J. Bergey, P. N. Prasad, J. Phys. Chem C. 111, 12552-12557 (2007).

• “High Contrast in Vitro and in Vivo Photoluminescence Bioimaging Using Near Infrared to Near Infrared Up-Conversion in Tm3+ and Yb3+ Doped Fluoride Nanophosphors” M. Nyk, R. Kumar, T.Y. Ohulchanskyy, E.J. Bergey, P.N. Prasad. Nano Letters, 8 (11) 3834-3838 (2008).

• “Imaging Pancreatic Cancer Using Surface-Functionalized Quantum Dots,” J. Qian, K.-T. Yong, I. Roy, T. Y. Ohulchanskyy, E. J. Bergey, H. H. Lee, K. M. Tramposch, S. He, A. Maitra, P. N. Prasad, J. Phys. Chem. B. 111(25) 6969-6972 (2007)

• “InP/ZnS QDs as Efficient Targeted Bioconjugates for Imaging Pancreatic Cancer” K.T Yong, H.Ding, I. Roy, E. J. Bergey, A.Maitra, and P.N. Prasad.Manuscript under preparation.

• “Intraparticle Energy Transfer and Fluorescence Photoconversion in Nanoparticles: An Optical Highlighter Nanoprobe for Two-Photon Bioimaging", S. Kim, H. Huang, H. E. Pudavar, Y. Cui, P. N. Prasad, Chem. Mater. 19(23), 5650-5656, (2007).

• “Laser Nano-Trapping and Manipulation for Nano-scale Objects Using Sub-Wavelength Apertured Plasmonic Media.” A. Baev, E.P. Furlani, P.N. Prasad, A.N. Grigorenko, N.W. Roberts, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 084316 (2008).

• “Mesothelin is a specific biomarker of invasive cancer in the Barrett-associated adenocarcinoma progression model Alvarez, H., Yong, K.T., Roy, I., Xu, G., Prasad, P.N., Wang, J., Canto, M., Eshleman, J.R., Montgomery, E., Maitra, A. Nanomedicine, August 8, 2009 (Online publication).

• “Multiple Exciton Generation and Electrical Extraction From a PbSe Quantum Dot Photoconductor” S.J. Kim, W.J. Kim, Y. Sahoo, A.N. Cartwright, P.N. Prasad, App. Phy. Lett. 92, 031107/1-031107/3 (2008).

• “Multi-Photon Absorbing Materials: Molecular Designs, Syntheses, Characterizations, and Applications” G. S. He, L.-S. Tan, Q. Zheng, P. N. Prasad, Chemical Reviews,pp:1245-330, 108, (4) (2008).

• “Multi-Photon Excitation Properties of CdSe Quantum Dots Solutions and Optical Limiting Behavior in Infrared Range,” G. S. He, K.-T. Yong, Q. Zheng, Y. Sahoo, A. I. Ryasnyanskiy, A. Baev, P. N. Prasad. Optics Letters 15, 12818-12833 (2007).

• “Multiplex Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer Cells Using Functionalized Quantum Rods” K.-T. Yong. I. Roy, H.E. Pudavar E.J. Bergey, K.M. Tramposch, M.T. Swihart. P.N. Prasad. Advanced Materials 20 (8), 1412-1417 (2008).

• “Nanoparticle mediated gene transfer to induce neurogenesis in neuronal stem-progenitor cells by targeting INFS-1 signaling". E K. Stachowiak, I. Roy, E. Lee, M. Cappacchietti, J.M. Aletta, P. N. Prasad, M.K. Stachowiak (Submitted to Stem Cells).

• “Negative Refractivity Assisted Optical Power Limiting,” A. Baev, E. P. Furlani, M. Samoc, P. N. Prasad, J. Applied Phys. 102, 043101/1-043101/5 (2007).

• “New Method for Delivering a Hydrophobic Drug for Photoddynamic Therapy Using Pure Nanocrystal Form of the Drug,” K. Baba, H. E. Pudavar, I. Roy, T. Y. Ohulchanskyy, Y. Chen, R. K. Pandey, P. N. Prasad, Molecular Pharmaceutics 4(2), 289-297 (2007).

• “Optical trapping of director structures and defects in liquid crystals using laser tweezers,” I. Smalyukh, D. Kaputa, A. V. Kachynski, A. N. Kuzmin, and P. N. Prasad, Opt. Express. 15, 4359-4371 (2007)

• “Optically and Magnetically Doped Organically Modified Silica Nanoparticles as Efficient Magnetically Guided Biomarkers for Two-Photon Imaging of Live Cancer Cells.” W. C. Law, K.-T. Yong, I. Roy, G. Xu, H. Ding, E.J. Bergey, H. Zeng, P.N. Prasad. J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (21), 7972-7977 (2008)

• “ORMOSIL Nanoparticles as a Non-Viral Gene Delivery Vector For Modeling Polyglutamine Induced Brain Pathology” I. Klejbor, E.K. Stachowiak, D.J. Bharali, I. Roy, I. Spodnik, J. Morys, E. J. Bergey, P.N. Prasad, M. K. Stachowiak. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 165 (2), 230-243 (2007).

• “Organically Modified Silica Nanoparticles Co-Encapsulating Photosensitizing Drug and Aggregation-Enhanced Two-Photon Absorbing Fluorescent Dye Aggregates for Two-Photon Photodynamic Therapy,” S. Kim, T. Y. Ohulchanskyy, H. E. Pudavar, R. K. Pandey, and P. N. Prasad, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129(9) 2669-2675 (2007).

• “Organically Modified Silica Nanoparticles with Covalently Incorporated Photosensitizer for Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer” T. Y. Ohulchanskyy, I. Roy, L. N. Goswami, Y. Chen, E. J. Bergey, R. K. Pandey, A.R. Oseroff, P. N. Prasad, Nano Letters, 7(9), 2835-2842, (2007).

• “Phase-sensitive Time-modulated Surface Plasmon Resonance Polarimetry for Wide Dynamic Range Biosensing,” P. P. Markowicz, W.C. Law, A. Baev, P.N. Prasad, S. Patskovsky, A.V. Kabashin, Opt. Express 15(4) 1745-1754 (2007).

• “Polymeric Nanocomposite Infrared Photovoltaics Enhanced by Pentacene,” P. R. Thapa, K. R. Choudhury, W. J. Kim, Y. Sahoo, A. N. Cartwright, P. N. Prasad, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 252112/1-252112/3 (2007).

• “Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Anisotropic Nanoparticle Synthesis and Bioimaging” K-T Yong, M. T. Swihart, H. Ding and P. N. Prasad. Plasmonics, (In Press, 2008).

• "Quantum Rod Bioconjugates as Targeted Probes for Confocal and Two-Photon Fluorescence Imaging of Cancer Cells," K.-T. Yong, J. Qian, I. Roy, H. H. Lee, E. J. Bergey, K. M. Tramposch, S. He, M. T. Swihart, A. Maitra, P. N. Prasad, Nano Letters (3) 761-765 (2007).

• “Realignment-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering and three-dimensional imaging in anisotropic fluids” A.V. Kachynski, A. N. Kuzmin, P.N. Prasad, I. I. Smalyukh. Optics Express,16(14),10617-10632 (2008).

• “Robust Microstructures using UV Photo-patternable Semiconductor Nanocrystals” W.J. Kim, S.J. Kim, K.-S. Lee, M. Samoc, A.N. Cartwright, P.N. Prasad. Nano Letters 8 (10) 3262-3265 (2008).

• “Saturation of Multiphoton Absorption Upon Strong and Ultrafast Infrared Laser Excitation,” G. S. He, Q. Zheng, A. Baev, P. N. Prasad, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 083108 (2007).

• “Self passivating tandem structure solar cell using PbSe Photoconductor and Polymer Cell” S.J.Kim, W.J. Kim, A.N Cartwright, P.N Prasad. Submitted to Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cell.

• "Shape Control of CdS Nanocrystals in One Pot Synthesis," K.-T. Yong, Y. Sahoo, M. T. Swihart, P. N. Prasad, J. Phys. Chem. C 111(6) 2447-2458, (2007)

• “Size Dependent Raman and Infrared Studies of PbSe Nanoparticles”, F. S. Manciu, Y. Sahoo, F. Carreto, P. N Prasad, J. Raman Spectroscopy (in press).

• “Stimulated Rayleigh-Bragg Scattering Form a Two-Photon Absorbing CdSe/CdS/ZnS Quantum-Rods System: Optical Power Limiting and Phase-Conjugation” G.S. He, K.-T. Yong, H.-Y. Qin, Q. Zheng, P.N. Prasad, S. He, H. Agren, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 44 (9) 894-901 (2008).

• “Stimulated Rayleigh-Bragg Scattering in a Three-Photon Absorbing Medium and Its Phase-Conjugation Property,” G. S. He, Q. Zheng, P. N. Prasad, J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 24, 1166-1177 (2007).

• “Structure-Activity Relationship Among Purpurinimides and Bacteriopurpurinimides: Trifluoromethyl Substituent Enhanced the Photosensitizing Efficacy.” A. Gryshuk, Y.Chen, L. Goswami, S. Pandey, J. R Missert, T. Ohulchanskyy, W. Potter; P.N. Prasad, A. Oseroff, R.K. Pandey, Journ. of Med. Chem. 50 (8), 1754-1767 (2007).

• “Templated Synthesis of Gold Nanorods (Nrs): The Effects of Cosurfactants and Electrolytes on the Shape and Optical Properties” K.-T. Yong, Y. Sahoo, M. T. Swihart, P. M.Schneeberger, P. N. Prasad “Topics In Catalysis (Special Issue)” 47(1-2), 49-60, 2008.

• “Three Color Reflector Fabricated with Holographic Photopolymers,” V. K. S. Hsiao, A. N. Cartwright, P. N. Prasad, K. R. Maskaly, and E. L. Thomas, manuscript under preparation.

• “Two-Photon Absorption Based Optical Limiting and Stablization by Using a CdTe Quantum Dot Solution Excited at Optical Communication Wavelength of 1300 nm,” G. S. He, Q. Zheng, K.-T. Yong, A. I. Ryasnyanskiy, P. N. Prasad, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 181108 (2007).

• “Two and Three Photon Adsorption and Frequency Upconverted Emission Properties of Silicon Quantum Dots in Choloform and Water” G. S. He, Q. Zheng, K.T Yong, F. Erogbogbo, M.T. Swihart, and P. N. Prasad. Nano Letters, 8 (9) 2688-2692 (2008).

• “Water-Dispersible Polymeric Structure Co-Encapsulation a Novel Hexa-Peri-Hexabenzocoronene Core Containing Chromophore with Enhanced Two-Photon Absorption an Magnetic Nanoparticles for Magnetically Guided Two-Photon Cellular Imaging.”Q. Zheng, T.Y. Ohulchanskyy, Y. Sahoo, P. N. Prasad, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111(45) 16846-16851 (2007).

• “Water-Soluble Two-Photon Absorbing Nitrosyl Complex for Light Activated Therapy Through Nitric Oxide Release” Q. Zheng, A. Bonoiu, T.Y. Ohulchanskyy, G. S. He, P. N. Prasad, Molecular Pharmaceutics Mol. Pharmaceutics, 5 (3), 389–398 (2008).

• " Wide Dynamic Range Phase-Sensitive Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor Based on Measuring the Modulation Harmonics" W.C. Law, P. Markowicz, K.-T. Yong, I. Roy, A. Baev, S. Patskovsky, A.V. Kabashin, H.P. Ho And P.N. Prasad, Biosensors And Bioelectronics, 23, 627-632,(2007).

• “Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals for Non-resonant Nonlinear Optical Microscopy in Biology and Medicine” Kachynski, A.V., Kuzmin, A.N., Nyk, M., Roy, I., Prasad, P.N.. J. Phys. Chem. C. 112 (29) 10721-10724 (2008).

BOOKS

• "Introduction to Biophotonics" Paras N. Prasad, John Wiley and Sons (2003).

• "Nanophotonics" Paras N. Prasad, John Wiley and Sons (2004).