2026

Grant, E. A., K. D. Hoang, J. Q. Li, S. Atta, Z. Li, J. Zhou, G. D. Kantor, et al. “Spikey nanorattle-based SERS biosensors for direct detection of cancer-associated mRNA.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 13843, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3106807.

Atta, Supriya, Taylor L. Thorsen, Yuanhao Zhao, Sebastian Sanchez, Haydon J. Hill, Vanessa K. Berner, Marcellene A. Gates-Hollingsworth, et al. “Magneto-Plasmonics-Enhanced Colorimetric Lateral Flow Immunoassay Using Magnetic-Gold Nanostars.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 18, no. 10 (March 2026): 15686–98. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c21544.

Devadhasan, Jasmine Pramila, Alexander Jarrett Summers, Jian Gu, James Helton, Baiju Thomas, Vanessa Berner, Marcellene Gates-Hollingsworth, et al. “A portable multiplex vertical flow immunoassay platform for Tier 1 biothreat detection in biofluids and environmental matrices.” Biosensors & Bioelectronics 296 (March 2026): 118352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2025.118352.

Atta, Supriya, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Direct, Pretreatment-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Detection of Uric Acid in Urine Facilitated by Efficient Hydrogen Bonding-Driven Capture.” Analytical Chemistry 98, no. 6 (February 2026): 4653–65. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5c06098.

Vasse, Tyler, Yazeed Alhiyari, Lauran K. Evans, Ramesh Shori, Maie St John, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Machine-learning-based tumor segmentation and classification using dynamic optical contrast imaging for thyroid cancer.” Biophotonics Discovery 3, no. 1 (January 2026): 015001. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.bios.3.1.015001.

2025

Atta, Supriya, Yuanhao Zhao, Sebastian Sanchez, Sabina V. Yampolsky, Vanessa K. Berner, Marcellene A. Gates-Hollingsworth, Jasmine Pramila Devadhasan, et al. “Near-infrared induced photothermal lateral-flow immunoassay utilizing plasmonics-active gold nanostars.” Analytica Chimica Acta 1371 (October 2025): 344409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2025.344409.

Atta, Supriya, Tamer Sharaf, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Plasmonic Hybrid Heterostructure Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide-Gold Nanostars Composite for Sensitive Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Sensing.” Applied Spectroscopy 79, no. 10 (October 2025): 1445–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028251344628.

Canning, Aidan J., Tri Vu, Luca Menozzi, Paul Klippel, Xinrong Chen, Jianing Chen, Theresa Charity, et al. “Advancing precision photothermal therapy by integrating armored gold nanostars with real-time photoacoustic thermometry and imaging.” Sci Adv 11, no. 33 (August 15, 2025): eadx6350. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx6350.

Summers, Alexander J., Haydon J. Hill, Jasmine P. Devadhasan, Jian Gu, Vanessa Berner, Sujata G. Pandit, Marcellene A. Gates-Hollingsworth, et al. “Development of a high-sensitivity vertical flow immunoassay for the detection of Rift Valley fever virus.” Microbiology Spectrum 13, no. 7 (July 2025): e0034125. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00341-25.

Atta, Supriya, Yuanhao Zhao, Sebastian Sanchez, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Flexible, and cost-effective 3D nano-cauliflower SERS substrate for antibiotics detection on curved surfaces.” Mikrochimica Acta 192, no. 8 (July 2025): 524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-025-07370-z.

Atta, Supriya, Yuanhao Zhao, Sabina Yampolsky, Sebastian Sanchez, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “A Simple Sensitive Solution-Based "Mix-and-Detect" SERS Platform Utilizing Highly Stable Multibranched Gold Nanostars for Bilirubin Detection in Urine.” Analytical Chemistry 97, no. 26 (July 2025): 13930–39. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5c01765.

Atta, S., T. L. Thorsen, S. Sanchez, Y. Zhao, and T. Vo-Dinh. “Multibranched Magnetic Core-Shell Gold Nanostars for In Situ Solution-Based SERS Detection.” ACS Applied Nano Materials 8, no. 23 (June 13, 2025): 12393–403. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c02344.

Atta, Supriya, Yuanhao Zhao, Sebastian Sanchez, Sabina V. Yampolsky, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Plasmonics-Enhanced Dual-Modal Colorimetric and Photothermal Lateral Flow Immunoassay Using Gold Nanocages.” Analytical Chemistry 97, no. 12 (April 2025): 6427–37. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.4c05384.

Canning, Aidan J., Joy Q. Li, Jianing Chen, Khang Hoang, Taylor Thorsen, Alex Vaziri, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Tunable and scalable production of nanostar particle platforms for diverse applications using an AI-integrated automated synthesis system.” Journal of Materials Science 60, no. 8 (February 2025): 3768–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-025-10692-1.

Menozzi, Luca, Tri Vu, Aidan J. Canning, Harshal Rawtani, Carlos Taboada, Marie Elise Abi Antoun, Chenshuo Ma, et al. “Three-dimensional diffractive acoustic tomography.” Nat Commun 16, no. 1 (January 29, 2025): 1149. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56435-3.

2024

Li, Joy Q., Supriya Atta, Yuanhao Zhao, Khang Hoang, Aidan Canning, Pietro Strobbia, Julia E. Canick, et al. “Plasmonics-enhanced spikey nanorattle-based biosensor for direct SERS detection of mRNA cancer biomarkers.” Anal Bioanal Chem 416, no. 30 (December 2024): 7347–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-024-05549-6.

Canning, Aidan J., Joy Q. Li, Supriya Atta, Hsin-Neng Wang, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Nanoplasmonics biosensors: At the frontiers of biomedical diagnostics.” Trends in Analytical Chemistry : TRAC 180 (November 2024): 117973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2024.117973.

Li, Joy, Vanessa Cupil-Garcia, Hsin-Neng Wang, Pietro Strobbia, Barry Lai, Jianhong Hu, Martin Maiwald, et al. “Plasmonics nanorod biosensor for in situ intracellular detection of gene expression biomarkers in intact plant systems.” Biosensors & Bioelectronics 261 (October 2024): 116471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2024.116471.

Atta, Supriya, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Improved solution-based SERS detection of creatinine by inducing hydrogen-bonding interaction for effective analyte capture.” Talanta 278 (October 2024): 126373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126373.

Atta, Supriya, Yuanhao Zhao, Sebastian Sanchez, Deven Seedial, Jasmine Pramila Devadhasan, Alexander Jarrett Summers, Marcellene A. Gates-Hollingsworth, et al. “Plasmonic-Enhanced Colorimetric Lateral Flow Immunoassays Using Bimetallic Silver-Coated Gold Nanostars.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16, no. 40 (October 2024): 54907–18. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c13086.

Atta, S., Y. Zhao, S. V. Yampolsky, S. Sanchez, and T. Vo-Dinh. “Nanoengineered plasmonics-enhanced photothermal tags for sensitive detection of cardiac biomarker troponin I using lateral flow immunoassay.” Chemical Engineering Journal 496 (September 15, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153327.

Atta, Supriya, Yuanhao Zhao, Sebastian Sanchez, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “A Simple and Sensitive Wearable SERS Sensor Utilizing Plasmonic-Active Gold Nanostars.” ACS Omega 9, no. 37 (September 2024): 38897–905. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c05140.

Haskell-Mendoza, Aden P., Ethan S. Srinivasan, Tuan Vo-Dinh, and Peter E. Fecci. “Leveraging gold nanostars for precision laser interstitial thermal therapy.” Oncotarget 15 (June 2024): 389–91. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28592.

Pei, Songyu, Qi Tao, Wenke Li, Guoning Qi, Borong Wang, Yan Wang, Shiwen Dai, et al. “Osmosensor-mediated control of Ca2+ spiking in pollen germination.” Nature 629, no. 8014 (May 2024): 1118–25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07445-6.

Atta, Supriya, Tamer Sharaf, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Rapid Solution-Based SERS Detection of Pesticides Using Graphene Oxide-Coated Silver-Gold Nanostars.” ACS Applied Nano Materials 7, no. 10 (May 2024): 11518–29. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c01122.