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Publications

2018

1. D.T. Yucesoy, H. Fong, C. Gresswell, S. Saadat, W.O. Chung, S. Dogan, M. Sarikaya, "Early Caries in an In Vivo Model: Structural and Nanomechanical Characterization," Journal of Dental Research, Online Aug. 1, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034518789898

2. S. Dogan, H. Fong, D. T. Yucesoy, T. Cousin, C. Gresswell, S. Dag, G. Huang, and M. Sarikaya, "Biomimetic Tooth Repair: Amelogenin-Derived Peptide Enables in Vitro Remineralization of Human Enamel," ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 4(5), (2018). (Article received journal cover)

3. T. Seki, C. R. So, T. R. Page, D. A. Starkebaum, Y. Hayamizu, and M. Sarikaya, "Electrochemical control of peptide self-organization on atomically flat solid surfaces: A Case study with Graphite," Langmuir, 34(5), 1819-1826 (2018).  (Article received journal cover)

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2016

1. Y. Hayamizu, C. R. So, S. Dag, T. S. Page, D. Starkebaum, and M. Sarikaya, "Bioelectronic interfaces by spontaneously organized peptides on 2D atomic single layer materials," Scientific Reports, 6(1), 33778 (2016). 

2. S. Kim, M. Katchooi, B. Bayiri, M. Sarikaya, A. M. Korpak, and G. J. Huang, "Predicting improvement of postorthodontic white spot lesions," American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 149(5), 625–633, (2016). 

3. H. Yazici, M. B. O'Neill, T. Kacar, B. R. Wilson, E. E. Oren, M. Sarikaya, and C. Tamerler, "Engineered Chimeric Peptides as Antimicrobial Surface Coating Agents toward Infection-Free Implants," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8(8), 5070–5081, (2016).

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2014

1. D. Khatayevich, T. Page, C. Gresswell, Y. Hayamizu, W. Grady, and M. Sarikaya, "Selective detection of target proteins by peptide-enabled graphene biosensor," Small, 10(8), 1505–13– 1504 (2014). 

2. U. O. S. Seker, B. Wilson, J. L. Kulp, J. S. Evans, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Thermodynamics of engineered gold binding peptides: establishing the structure-activity relationships," Biomacromolecules, 15(7), 2369–2377, (2014).

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2013

1. S. Corni, M. Hnilova, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Conformational Behavior of Genetically-Engineered Dodecapeptides as a Determinant of Binding Affinity for Gold," Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117(33), 16990–17003 (2013).

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2012

1. M. Gungormus, E. E. Oren, J. A. Horst, H. Fong, M. Hnilova, M. J. Somerman, M. L Snead, R. Samudrala, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Cementomimetics - constructing a cementum-like biomineralized microlayer via amelogenin-derived peptides," Inter. J. Oral Sci., 4, 69-771 (2012) 

2. D. Khatayevich, C. R. So, Y. Hayamizu, C. Gresswell, and M. Sarikaya, "Controlling the Surface Chemistry of Graphite by Engineered Self-Assembled Peptides," Langmuir, 28 (23) 8589-8593 (2012).  

3. S. Donatan, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, and M. Urgen, "Effect of solid surface charge on the binding behaviour of a metal-binding peptide," J. R. Soc. Interface, DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0060 (2012).  

4. R. Hall Sedlak, M. Hnilova, C. Grosh, H. Fong, F. Baneyx, D. Schwartz, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, and B. Traxler, “An engineered Escherichia coli silver-binding periplasmic protein promotes silver tolerance,” Appl. Envir. Microbiol., 78 (7) 2289-2296 (2012).  

5. M. Hnilova, C. R. So, E. E. Oren, B. R. Wilson, T. Kacar, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya,”Peptide-Directed Co-Assembly of Nanoprobes on Multimaterial Patterned Solid Surfaces,” DOI: 10.1039/c2sm06426j, Soft Matter, (2012).  

6. C. R. So, Y. Hayamizu, H. Yazici, C. Gresswell, D. Khatayevich, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, “Controlling Self Assembly of Engineered Peptides on Graphite by Rational Mutation,” ACS Nano, 6 (2) 1648-1656 (2012).  

7. T. R. Page, Y. Hayamizu, C. R. So, and M. Sarikaya, "Electrical Detection of Biomolecular Adsorption on Sprayed Graphene Sheets,” Biosens. Bioelectron., 33 (1) 304-308 (2012).  

8. J. Feng, J. M. Slocik, M. Sarikaya, R. R. Naik, B. L. Farmer, and H. Heinz, "Influence of the Shape of Nanostructured Metal Surfaces on Adsorption of Single Peptide Molecules in Aqueous Solution," DOI: 10.1002/smll.201102066, Small, (2012).  

9. J. S. Lee, T. Kuroha, M. Hnilova, D. Khatayevich, M. M. Kanaoka, J. M. McAbee, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, and K. U. Torii, "Direct Interaction of Ligand-Receptor Pairs Specifying Stomatal Patterning," Gene Dev. 26 126-136 (2012).  

10. M. Hnilova, D. Khatayevich, A. Carlson, E. E. Oren, C. Gresswell, S. Zheng, F. Ohuchi, M. Sarikaya, and C. Tamerler, "Single-Step Fabrication of Patterned Gold Film Array by an Engineered Multi-Functional Peptide," J. Colloid Interface Sci.365 (1) 97-102 (2012).  

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2011

1. M. Hnilova, B. Taktak-Karaca, J. Park, C. Jia, B.R. Wilson, M. Sarikaya, and C. Tamerler, "Fabrication of Hierarchical Hybrid Structures using Bio-enabled Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly", Biotechnol. & Bioeng., (In Print 2011) 

2. Mater. Sci. & Eng.-C: Materials for Biological Appls.,  Special Issue, 31 (4) 713-820 (May 2011); J. A. Nychka, J. J. Kruzic, A. Bandyopadhyay, and M. Sarikaya (eds.) (Content)

3. J. A. Nychka, J. J. Kruzik, A. Bandyopadhyay, and M. Sarikaya, "Biological Materials Science: an emerging Art," Mater. Sci. & Eng. - Materials for Biol. Appl., 32 (4), 713-715 (2011).  

4. U. O. S. Seker, G. Zengin, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, and H. V. Demir, "Assembly Kinetics of Nanocrystals via Peptide Hybridization" Langmuir, 27 (8), 4867-4872 (2011).  

5. H. V. Demir, U. O. S. Seker, G. Zengin, E. Mutlugun, E. Sari, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Spatially Selective Assembly of Quantum Dot Light Emitters in an LED Using Engineered Peptides," ACS Nano, 5(4), 2735-2741 (2011).  

6. E. Yuca, A. Y. Karatas, U. O. S. Seker, M. Gungormus, G. Dinler-Doganay, M. Sarikaya and C. Tamerler “In vitro labeling of hydroxyapatite minerals by an engineered protein”, Biotechnol. Bioeng., 108 (5), 1021-1030 (2011).  

2010

1. K. Leong, M. T. Zin, H. Ma, M. Sarikaya, F. Huang, and A. K.-Y. Jen, "Surface Plasmon enhanced fluorescence of cationic conjugated polymer on periodic nanoarrays", ACS Appl. Mater and Interfaces, 2(11) 3153-3159 (2010).  

2. Q. Li, C. R. So, A. Fegan, V. Cody, M. Sarikaya, D. A. Vallera, and C. R. Wagner, "Chemically Self-assembled Antibody Nanorings (CSANs): Design and Characterization of an Anti-CD3 IgM Biomimetic", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 132, (48), 17247–17257 (2010).  

3. R. Notman, E. E. Oren, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, R. Samudrala, and T. R. Walsh, "Solution Study of Engineered Quartz Binding Peptides using Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics", Biomacromolecules,11 (12), 3266-3274 (2010).  

4. R. Hall Sedlak, M. Hnilova, E. Gachelet, L. Przybyla, D. Dranow, T. Gonen, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, and B.Traxler, "An Engineered DNA-Binding Protein Self-assembles Metallic Nanostructures", Chem. BioChem., 11 (15) (2010).  

5. A. Dezieck, O. Acton, K. Leong, E. E. Oren, H. Ma, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, and A. K.-Y. Jen, "Threshold voltage control in organic thin film transistors with dielectric layer modified by a genetically engineered polypeptide", Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 013307-013310 (2010)  

6. K. Leong, Y. Chen, D. J. Masiello, M. T. Zin, M. Hnilova, H. Ma, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, D. S. Ginger, and A. K.-Y. Jen, "Cooperative Near-field Surface Plasmon Enhanced Quantum Dot Nanoarrays", Adv. Funct. Mater. 20 (16), 2675-2682 (2010)  

7. D. Khatayevich, M. Gungormus, C. So, S. Getinel, H. Ma, A. K.-Y. Jen, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Biofunctionalization of Materials for Implants Using Engineered Peptides", Acta Biomaterelia. 6 (12), 4634-4641 (2010)  

8. M. Gungormus,, M. Branco, H. Fong, J. P. Schneider, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Self Assembled Bi-functional Peptide Hydrogels with Biomineralization-Directing Peptides," Biomaterials, 31 (28), 7266-7274(2010).  

9. E. E. Oren, R. Notman, I. W. Kim, J. S. Evans, T. R. Walsh, R. Samudrala, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Probing the molecular mechanisms of quartz-binding peptides," Langmuir, 26 (13), 11003–11009 (2010).  

10. C. Tamerler, D. Khatayevich, M. Gungormus, T. Kacar, E. E. Oren, M. Hnilova, and M. Sarikaya "Molecular biomimetics: GEPI-based biological routes to technology", Biopolymers Peptide Science, 94, 78-94 (2010).  

2009

1. G. Zengin, U.O.S. Seker, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, H. V. Demir, “Quantum dot emitters integrated with smart peptides,” LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. IEEE, 88-89 (2009).  

2. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Genetically Designed Peptide-Based Molecular Materials", ACS Nano, 3 1606-1615 (2009).  

3. P. Cakar, C. Alkim, B. Turanli, N. Tokman, S. Akman, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, L. Benbadis and J. M. Francois, "Isolation of cobalt hyper-resistant mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by in vivo, evolutionary engineering approach", J. Biotechnology, 143 130-138 (2009).  

4. C. R. So, J. L. Kulp, E. E. Oren, H. Zareie, C. Tamerler, J. S. Evans and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Recognition and Supramolecular Self-Assembly of a Genetically Engineered Gold Binding Peptide on Au{111}", ACS Nano, 3 1525-1531 (2009).  

5. H. Fong, B.L. Foster, M. Sarikaya and M.J. Somerman, "Structure and Mechanical Properties of Ank/Ank Mutant Mouse Dental Tissues"An Animal Model for Studying Periodontal Regeneration ", Archives of Oral Biology, 54 570-576 (2009).  

6. T. Kacar, M. T. Zin, C. So, B. Wilson, H. Ma, N. Gul-Karaguler, A. K-Y. Jen, M. Sarikaya and Candan Tamerler, "Directed Self-Immobilization of Alkaline Phosphatase on Micro-patterned Substrates via Genetically-Fused Metal-Binding Peptide", Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 103 696-705 (2009).  

7. J. H. Wei, T. Kacar, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, and D. S. Ginger, "Nanopatterning peptides as Bi-functional Inks for Templated assembly", Small, 5 689-693 (2009).  

8. C. R. So., C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Adsorption, Diffusion, and Self-Assembly of an Engineered Gold Binding peptide on Au(111) by atomic Force Microscopy", Angew Chem. Intl. Ed., 48 5174-5177 (2009).  

9. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Biomimetics: Nanotechnology and Molecular Medicine Utilizing Genetically Engineered Peptides", Philosphical Transactions-A, 367 1705-1726 (2009).  

10. U. O. S. Seker, B. Wilson, D. Sahin, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Quantitative Affinity of Genetically Engineered Repeating Polypeptides to Inorganic Surfaces", Biomacromolecules, 10 250-257 (2009).  

11. T. Kacar, J. Ray, M. Gungormus, E. E. Oren, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Quartz Binding Peptides as Molecular Linkers towards Fabricating Multifunctional Micropetterned Substrates", Advanced Materials, 21 295-299 (2009).  

12. S. Donatan, H. Yazici, H. Bermek, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler and M. Urgen, "Physical elution in phage display selection of inorganic-binding peptides", Materials Science and Engineering C, 29 14-19 (2009).  

13. M. T. Zin, K. Leong, N-Y. Wong, H. Ma, M. Sarikaya and A. K-Y. Jen, "Surface-plasmon-enhanced fluorescence from periodic quantum dot arrays through distance control using biomolecular linkers", Nanotechnology, 20 015305 (2009).  

2008

1. G. Zengin, U. O. S. Seker, A. Koc, E. Mutlugun, O. Akyuz, E. Sari, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, and H. Volkan Demir, “Multi-material specific, targeted self-assembly of nanocrystal emitters using genetically engineered peptides on optoelectronic microchips,” IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (21st Ann Mtg), 242-243 (2008).  

2. B. Fischer, L. Man, M. Gungormus, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, and H. Koser, "Ferro-microfluidic device for pathogen detection", 3rd IEEE Intl. Conf. on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS, 907-910 (2008).  

3. K. Leong, M. T. Zin, H. Ma, F. Huang, M. Sarikaya, A. K.-Y. Jen, "Bioengineered-inorganic nanosystems for nanophotonics and bio-nanotechnology", Proc. SPIE – Intl. Soc. Optical Eng., 7040, 1-12 (2008).  

4. T. F. Chou, C. So, B. R. White, J. C. T. Carlson, M. Sarikaya and C. R. Wagner, "Enzyme Nanorings", ACS Nano, 2 2519-2525(2008).  

5. M. J. Honda, H. Fong, S. Iwatsuki, Y. Sumita andM. Sarikaya, "Tooth-forming potential in embryonic and postnatal tooth bud cells", Medical Molecular Morphology, 41 183-192 (2008) 

6. M. Hnilova, E. E. Oren, U. O. S. Seker, B. R. Wilson, S. Collino, J. S. Evans, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Effect of Molecular Conformations on the Adsorption Behavior of Gold-Binding Peptides", Langmuir, 24 12440-12445 (2008).  

7. S. Dincer, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, and E. Piskin, "Photoresponsive Peptide-Azobenzene Conjugates that Specifically Interact with Platinum Surfaces", Surface Science, 602 1757-1762 (2008).  

8. C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Biomimetics: Genetic Synthesis, Assembly, and Formation of Materials Using Peptides", MRS Bulletin, 33 504-510 (2008).  

9. D. B. Allred, A. Cheng, M. Sarikaya, F. Baneyx and D. T. Schwartz, "Three-Dimensional Architecture of Inorganic Nanoarrays Electrodeposited through a Surface-Layer Protein Mask", Nano Letters, 8 1434-1438 (2008).  

10. M. Gungormus, H. Fong, I. W. Kim, J. S. Evans, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Regulation of in vitro Calcium Phosphate Mineralization by Combinatorially Selected Hydroxyapatite-Binding Peptides", Biomacromolecules, 9 966-973 (2008).  

11. M. A. Bratescu, D. B. Allred, N. Saito, M. Sarikaya, and O. Takai, "Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy of Simultaneous Processes: Corrosion Inhibition of Cuprous Oxide by Nenzotriazole", Applied Surface Science, 254 (10) 2960-2966 (2008).  

2007

1. E. E. Oren, C. Tamerler, D. Sahin, M. Hnilova, U. O. S. Seker, M. Sarikaya, and R. Samudrala, "A Novel Knowledge-Based Approach to Design Inorganic Binding Peptides", Bioinformatics, 23 2816-2822 (2007).  

2. U. O. S. Seker, B. Wilson, S.l Dincer, I. W. Kim, E. E. Oren, J. S. Evans, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Adsorption Behavior of Genetically Engineered Linear and Cyclic Pt-Binding Peptides", Langmuir, 237895-7900 (2007).  

3. D. B. Allred, M. Sarikaya, F. Baneyx, and D. T. Schwartz, "Bacterial Surface Layer Proteins for Electrochemical Nanofabrication", Electrochimica Acta, 53 (1) 193-199 (2007).  

4. H. Ma, M. T. Zin, M. H. Zareie, M.-S. Kang, S. H. Kang, K. S. Kim, B. W. Reed, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, and A. K.-Y. Jen, "Assembly of Nanomaterials through Highly Ordered Self-Assembled Monolayers and Peptide-Organic Hybrid Conjugates as Templates", J. Nanosci. & Nanotech., 7(8) 2549-2566 (2007). 

5. D. B. Allred, M. T. Zin, H. Ma, M. Sarikaya, F. Baneyx, A. K.-Y. Jen and D. T. Schwartz, "Direct Nanofabrication and Transmission Electron Microscopy on a Suite of Easy-to-Prepare Ultrathin Film Substrates", Thin Solid Films, 515 5341-5347, (2007).  

6. A. Presenda, D. B. Allred, F. Baneyx, D. T. Schwartz, and M. Sarikaya, "Stability of S-Layer Proteins for Electrochemical Nanofabrication", Colloids & Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 57 256-261 (2007).  

7. N. Suzuki, L. Gamble, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, D. G. Castner and F. S. Ohuchi, "Adsorption of Genetically Engineered Proteins Studied by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). Part A: Data Acquisition and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) ", Surface and Interface Analysis, 39 419-426 (2007).  

8. N. Suzuki, M. Sarikaya and F. S. Ohuchi, "Adsorption of Genetically Engineered Proteins Studied by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). Part B: Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA)", Surface and Interface Analysis, 39 427-433 (2007).  

9. C. Tamerler, T. Kacar, D. Sahin, H. Fong and M. Sarikaya, "Genetically Engineered Polypeptides for Inorganics: A Utility in Biological Materials Science and Engineering", Materials Science and Engineering C, 27 558-564 (2007).  

10. M. T. Zin, A. M. Munro, M. Gungormus, N. Y. Wong, H. Ma, C. Tamerler, D. S. Ginger, M. Sarikaya and A. K.-Y., Jen, "Peptide-Mediated Surface-Immobilized Quantum Dot Hybrid Nanoassemblies with Controlled Photoluminescence", Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17 866-872 (2006).  

11. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Biomimetics: Utilizing Nature's Molecular Ways in Practical Engineering", Acta Biomaterialia, 3, 289-299 (2007).  ​​

2006

1. H. Zareie, M. Sarikaya, A. M. McDonagh, J. Barber, M. Cortie, M. Phillips, "Self-Organized Materials: From Organic molecules to Genetically Engineered Gold-Binding Proteins" IEEE, ICONN '06. Intl. Conf. on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 517-519 (2006).  

2. M. T. Zin, H. Ma, A. M. Munro, D. S. Ginger, M. Gungormus, K. Leong, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya and A. K.-Y. Jen, "Well-Controlled Arrays of Core-Shell Quantum Dots with Tunable Photoluminescence Properties", Poly. Mater. Sci. Eng., 95 1002-1003 (2006).  

3. M. T. Zin, H. Ma, M. S. Kang, S. H. Kang, K. S. Kim, M. H. Zareie, K. Leong, M. Sarikaya, and A. K.-Y. Jen, “Controlled Self-Assembly of Nanomaterials through Highly Ordered Self-Assembled Monolayers and Genetically Engineered Polypeptides”, Poly. Mater. Sci. Eng. 95 1071-1077 (2006).

4. C. Tamerler, M. Duman, E. E. Oren, M. Gungormus, X, Xiong, T. Kacar, B. A. Parviz and M. Sarikaya, "Materials Specificity and Directed Assembly of a Gold-Binding Peptide", Small, 2 1372-1378 (2006).  

5. C. Tamerler, E. E. Oren, M. Duman, E. Venkatasubramanian and M. Sarikaya, "Adsorption Kinetics of an Engineered Gold Binding Peptide by Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy and a Quartz Crystal Microbalance", Langmuir, 22 7712-7718 (2006).  

6. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Biomimetics: Linking Peptides with Inorganic Structures" in Microbial Bionanotechnology: Biological Self-assembly Systems and Biopolymer-based Nanostructures, (Bernd Rehm eds.), Chapter 8, pp: 191-221 (Horizon, London, 2006).

7. M. T. Zin, A. M. Munro, M. Gungormus, N. Y. Wong, H. Ma, C. Tamerler, D. S. Ginger, M. Sarikaya and A. K. Y, Jen, "Peptide-mediated surface-immobilized quantum dot hybrid nanoassemblies with controlled photoluminescense," Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17, 866-872 (2006). 

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2005

1. X. Xiong, M. Gungormus, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, B. A. Parviz, “Nanoscale self-assembly mediated by genetically engineered gold binding polypeptide,” 5th IEEE Conf. on Nanotechnology, 1, 340-343 (2005).  

2. M. Gungormus, X. Xiong, C. Tamerler, B. A. Parviz, and M. Sarikaya, M., "Genetically engineered polypeptide for differential recognition of platinum on microfabricated structures," Intl. Conf. on MEMS, NANO and Smart Systems, Proc. IEEE 167-171 (2005).  

3.  H. Dai, W.-S. Choe, C. K. Thai, M. Sarikaya, B. A. Traxler, F. Baneyx, and D. T. Schwartz, "Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Assembly of Hybrid Inorganic-Protein Nanostructures using an Engineered DNA Binding Protein", J. Am Chem Soc, 127(44) 15637-15643 (2005).  

4. M. T. Zin, H. Ma, M. Sarikaya, and A. K.-Y. Jen, "Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles using Genetically Engineered Poypeptides," Small, 1(7) 698-702 (2005).

5. E. E. Oren, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Metal Recognition of Septapeptides via Polypod Molecular Architecture," Nano Letters, 5 (3), 415-419 (2005).

6. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, Molecular Biomimetics: Building Materials Nature's Way, One Molecule at a Time in "Nanofabrication Towards Biomedical Applications: Techniques, Tools, Applications, and Impact", Eds: C.S.S.R. Kumar, J. Hormes, C. Leuschner, (2005).

7. S. Sills, H. Fong, C. Buenviaje, M. Sarikaya, R. M. Overney, "Thermal Transition Measurements of Polymer Thin Films by Modulated Nanointentation," J. Appl. Phys., 98, 014302 (2005).

8. K. Katti, D. R. Katti, J. Tang, S. Pradhan, and M. Sarikaya, "Modeling Mechanical Responses in a Laminated Biocomposite," J. Materials Science, 40, 1749-1755 (2005).

9. D. B. Allred, M. Sarikaya, F. Baneyx, and D. T. Schwartz, "Electrochemical Nanofabrication Using Crystalline Protein Masks," Nano Letters, 5 (4), 609-613 (2005).

10. N. Kantarci, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, T. Haliloglu, and P. Doruker, "Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Constrained Metal Binding Peptides," Polymer, 46, 4307-4313 (2005).

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2004​

1. M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, D.T. Schwartz and F. Baneyx, "Materials Assembly and Formation using Engineered Polypeptides," Annu. Rev. Mater. Res., 34, 373-408 (2004).

2. J. L. Kulp, M. Sarikaya, J.S. Evans, "Molecular Characterization of a prokaryotic polypeptide sequence that catalyzes Au crystal formation," J. Mater. Chem., 14 (14), 2325-2332 (2004).

3. C. K. Thai, H. Dai, M. S. R. Sastry, M. Sarikaya, D. T. Schwartz and F. Baneyx, "Identification and Characterization of Cu2O- and ZnO-Binding Polypeptides by Escherichia coli Cell Surface Display: Toward an Understanding of Metal Oxide Binding," Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 87 (2), 129-137 (2004).

4. S.H. Kang, H. Ma, M.-S. Kang, K.-S. Kim, A. K.-Y. Jen, M.H. Zareie, and M. Sarikaya, "Ordered Self-Assembly and Electronic Behavior of C60–Anthrylphenylacetylene Hybrid," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 43, 1512-1516 (2004).

5. E. DiMasi and M. Sarikaya, "Synchrotron x-ray microbeam diffraction from abalone shell," J. Mater. Res., 19 (5), 1471-1476 (2004).

6. H. Dai, C.K. Thai, M. Sarikaya, F. Baneyx, and D. T. Schwartz, "Through-Mask Anodic Patterning of Copper Surfaces and Film Stability in Biological Media," Langmuir, 20, 3483-3486 (2004).

7. J. L. Wacker, M. H. Zareie, H. Fong, M. Sarikaya, and P. Muchowski, "Hsp70 aqnd Hsp40 attenuate formation of spherical and annular polyglutamine oligomers by partitioning monomer," Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 11 (12) 1215-1222 (2004).​

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2003

1. M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, A. K. Y. Jen, K. Schulten, F. Baneyx, "Molecular biomimetics: nanotechnology through biology," Nature Materials, 2(9), 577–585 (2003).  

2. M. H. Zareie, H. Ma, B.W. Reed, A.K.Y. Jen and M. Sarikaya, "Controlled assembly of conducting monomers for molecular electronics," Nano Letters, 3 (2), 139-142 (2003).

3. H. Fong, S. N. White, M. L. Paine, W. Luo, M. L. Snead and M. Sarikaya, "Enamel structure properties controlled by engineered proteins in transgenic mice," J. Bone and Mineral Research, 18(11), 2052-2059 (2003). 

4. Tamerler, S. Dincer, D. Heidel, M. H. Zareie and M. Sarikaya, "Biomimetic multifunctional molecular coatings using engineered proteins," Progress in Organic Coatings, 47 (3-4) 267-274 (2003).

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2002

1. R. Braun, M. Sarikaya, and K. Schulten, "Genetically engineered gold-binding polypeptides: structure prediction and molecular dynamics," J. Biomater. Sci. Polymer Edn., 13, 747–757 (2002).

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2001

1. B. W. Reed, and M. Sarikaya, "Electronic properties of carbon nanotubes by transmission electron energy-loss spectroscopy," Phys. Rev. B, 64, 195404 (2001).

2. B. W. Reed, M. Sarikaya, L. R. Dalton, and G. F. Bertsch, "Transmission electron energy-loss spectroscopy study of nanotubes upon high temperature treatment," Applied Physics Letters, 78, 3358 (2001).

3. M. Sarikaya H. Fong, N. Sunderland, B. D. Flinn and G. Mayer, "Biomimetic model of a sponge-spicular optical fiber-mechanical properties and structure," J. Mater. Res., 16(5) 1420-1428 (2001).

4. S. N. White, W. Luo, M. L. Paine, H. Fong, M. Sarikaya, and M. L. Snead, "Biological organization of hydroxyapatite crystallites into a fibrous continuum toughens and controls anisotropy in human enamel," J. Dent. Res., 80 (1):321-326 (2001).

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2000

1. S. Brown, M. Sarikaya, and E. Johnson, "Genetic analysis of crystal growth," J. Mol. Biol., 299, 725-732 (2000).

2. J. Holbery, V. Eden, R. Fisher, and M. Sarikaya, "Experimental determination of SPM cantilever spring constants utilizing a nanoindentation apparatus," Rev. Sci. Instrums., 71, 3769-3776 (2000).

3. T. Graham & M. Sarikaya, "Growth Dynamics of red abalone shell: a biomimetic model," Materials Sci. & Eng.-C, 11, 145-153 (2000).

4. H. Fong, M. Sarikaya, S. White, and M. L. Snead, "Nanomechanical properties profiles across dentin-enamel junction of human incisor teeth," Mater. Sci. & Eng.-C, 7 (2) 119-128 (2000).

5. S. White, M. L. Paine, W. Luo, M. Sarikaya, H. Fong, Z. K. Yu, Z. C. Li, and M. L. Snead, "The dentino-enamel junction is a broad transitional zone uniting dissimilar bioceramic composites," J. Am. Cream. Soc., 83 (1) 238-240 (2000).

Highlighted Publications

Sarikaya’s work has spanned from design in traditional materials, e.g., steels and ceramics, to local effects in functional solids, synthetic and biological molecular materials, to developing and implementing nanoscale TEM and SPM imaging, diffraction, and spectroscopy measurements in materials and medicine, to computational materials and biology, and finally to molecular biomimetics and genetically engineered materials using peptides as molecular building blocks.

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Some Highlight Publications include: 

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1. S. J. Barnard, G. D. W. Smith, M. Sarikaya, and G. Thomas, "Carbon Atom Distribution in Dual Phase Steels: An Atom Probe Study," Scripta Metallurgica, 15, 387-92 (1981). First paper in direct determination of C-diffusion in retained austenite in low C steels, accomplished using an hitherto unknown technique.

2. M. Sarikaya, B. G. Steinberg, and G. Thomas, "Optimization of Fe/Cr/C Base Structural Steels for Improved Strength and Toughness," in Metallurgical Transactions, 13A, 2227-2237 (1982). Work from the PhD thesis, a “hard core” metallurgical study.

3. J. M. Howe, M. Sarikaya, and R. Gronsky, "Space Group Analysis of Thin Precipitates by Different Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction Procedures," in Acta Crystallographica., A42, 368-380 (1986). First paper in describing space group analysis in an extracted nanometer-scale precipitates.

4. M. Sarikaya and I. A. Aksay, "Nacre of Abalone Shell: A Natural Multifunctional Nanolaminated Ceramic-Polymer Composite Material," Chapter 1 in: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 19, Structure, Cellular Synthesis and Assembly of Biopolymers, Ed. by Steven T. Case (Springer, New York, 1992) 1-25. The first comprehensive paper describing microstructure, crystallography, and mechanical properties of nacre, towards quantitative functional biomimetics; This and other early intense studies led to the realization of molecular biomimetics after about a decade (see below, e.g., ref. 16).

5. M. Sarikaya and E. A. Stern, "Local Structural Variations in YBa2Cu3O7-x," Phys. Rev. B, 37 (16) 9373-81 (1988). The first study revealing the non-uniformity of oxygen in High Tc materials leading to functional effects (see ref 9).

6. J.-S. Choi, M. Sarikaya, and R. Kikuchi, "Theory of Oxygen Diffusion in the YBa2Cu3O7-x Superconducting Compound," Phys. Rev. B, 42 (7) 4244-4254 (1990). The model substantiating the findings in 5.

7. I. A. Aksay, D. M. Dabbs, and M. Sarikaya, "Mullite for Structural, Electronic, and Optical Applications," in J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 74 (10) 2343-2358 (1991). A comprehensive work about a practical ceramic.

8. M. Sarikaya, "Evolution of Resolution in Microscopy," Ultramicroscopy, 47[1/3] 1-14(1993). A paper describing the evolution of imaging for the last 400 years since Gallileo.

9. High TC - Science B. Keimer, F. Dogan, I. A. Aksay, R. W. Erwin, J. W. Lynn, and M. Sarikaya, "Inclined Field Structure, Morphology, and Pinning of the Vortex Lattice in Microtwinned YBa2Cu3O7-x," Science, 263, 83-86 (1993). An experimental verification of local variations of oxygen leading to superconducting poperties of important class of materials.

10. M. Qian, M. Sarikaya, and E. A. Stern, "Development of EXELFS for high Accuracy Structural Information," Ultramicroscopy, 59, 137 (1995). Implementation of EXAFS, a major technique used by condensed matter physicist, to the electron microscope environment, a new tool for nanomaterials scientists.

11. M. Sarikaya, “Biomimetics: fabrication of materials through biology,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96 (25) 14183- 14185 (1999). First paper describing the potential utility of engineered peptides.

12. S. Brown, M. Sarikaya, and E. Johnson, “Genetic analysis of crystal growth,” J. Mol. Biol., 299 (3) 725-732 (2000). First paper describing the implementation of genetically engineered peptides (cell-surface selected) in functional materials.

13. H. Fong, M. Sarikaya, S. White, and M. L., Snead, “Nanomechanical properties profiles across DEJ of human incisor teeth,” J. Mater. Sci. & Eng.-C, 7(2) 119-128 (2000). The first paper providing the submicron data for structural and mechanical integration of mammalian enamel and dentin.

14. B.W. Reed and M. Sarikaya, “Electronic properties of carbon nanotubes by transmission electron energy loss spectroscopy,” Phys. Rev. B., 64, 1554-1569 (2001). Development of Aloof-EELS for determining transport properties of nanomaterial.

15. M. H. Zareie, H. Ma, B. W. Reed, A. Jen, and M. Sarikaya, “Single molecular conductivity of ordered nanowires,” Nano Letters, 3 (2) 139-142 (2003). Work describes the transport properties of a synthetic molecular composite using SPM.

16. M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, A. Jen, K. Shulten, & F. Baneyx, “Molecular biomimetics: nanotechnology through biology, Nature-Mater., 2 [9] 577-585 (2003). Fast Breaking Paper, by ISI, december2004.htm. The first paper describing the concepts of Molecular Biomimetics.

17. J. L. Wacker, M. H. Zareie, H. Fong, M. Sarikaya, and P. Muchowski, Hsp70 aqnd Hsp40 attenuate formation of spherical and annular polyglutamine oligomers by partitioning monomer, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 11 (12) 1215-1222 (2004). One of the first investigations (possibly the second paper) demonstrating the utility of AFM in neurodegenerative diseases.

18. E. E. Oren, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Metal Recognition of Septapeptides via Polypod Molecular Architecture", Nano Lett, 5(3), 415-419 (2005). The first paper describing potential regognition of solids by genetically designed peptides.

19. E. E. Oren, C. Tamerler, D. Sahin, M. Hnilova, U. O. S. Seker, M. Sarikaya, and R. Samudrala, “A novel knowledge-based approach to design inorganic binding peptides", Bioinformatics, online published (2007).

20. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Biomimetics: Utilizing Nature's Molecular Ways in Practical Engineering", Acta Biomaterialia, 3 289-299 (2007). Work describing molecular biomimetic approaches to nanotechnology and medicine.