Publications

Research Publications

A complete publication record is available on Google Scholar.

Journal Papers

2025

  • M. S. Mousavi-Kiasary, A. Senabreh, A. Zandi, R. Pena, F. Cruz, A. Adibi, N. Hooshmand, Synergistic Cancer Therapies Enhanced by Nanoparticles: Advancing Nanomedicine Through Multimodal Strategies,” Pharmaceutics, 17(6), 682.

2024

  • Deinavizadeh, A. R. Kiasat, M. Shafiei, M. Sabaeian, R. Mirzajani, S. M. Zahraei, F. Khalili, M. Shao, A. Wu, P. Makvandi, N. Hooshmand*, Synergistic Chemo-Photothermal Therapy using Thiol-Functionalized Gold Nanorods Supported on Mesoporous Silica for Lung Cancer Treatment,” Scientific Reports, 14, 4373 DOI.
  • Bashiru, S. Macchi, M. Forson, A. Khan, A. Ishtiaq, A. Oyebade, A. Jalihal, N. Ali, R. J. Griffin, A. K. Oyelere, N. Hooshmand, N. Siraj, Doxorubicin-Based Ionic Nanomedicines for Combined Chemo-Phototherapy of Cancer,” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7(2), 2176.

2023

  • Deinavizadeh, A. R. Kiasat, N. Hooshmand*, H. Labouta, M. Shafiei, M. Sabaeian, R. Mirzajani, S. M. Zahraei, P. Makvandi, M. A. El-Sayed, Near-Infrared/pH Dual-Responsive Nanosponges Encapsulating Gold Nanorods for Synergistic Chemo-Phototherapy of Lung Cancer,” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(18), 16332.

2022

  • Deinavizadeh, A. R. Kiasat, N. Hooshmand*, M. Shafiei, M. Sabaeian, R. Mirzajani, S. M. Zahraei, P. Makvandi, M. A. El-Sayed, NIR/pH dual-responsive DOX-loaded AuNRs@S-β-CD nanocomposite for highly effective chemo-photothermal synergistic therapy against lung cancer cells,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 18754–18766.
  • M. Logoa, A. Jalihala, N. Hooshmand, M. Zubairc, S. Jenkinsd, N. Alwana, M. El-Sayed, N. Alic, R. J. Griffind, N. Siraj, Enhanced photothermal heating and combination therapy of NIR dye via conversion to self-assembled ionic nanomaterials,” Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 10, 806–816.

2021

  • N. Hooshmand, A. Thoutam, M. Anikovskiy, H. I. Labouta, M. A. El-Sayed, Localized surface plasmon resonance as a tool to study protein corona formation on nanoparticles,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125(45), 24765–24776.
  • N. Hooshmand*, H. I. Labouta, T. Upreti, M. A. El-Sayed, Localized Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy as a Life-Saving Treatment Paradigm for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients,” Plasmonics, 16, 1029–1033.
  • Deinavizadeh, A. R. Kiasat, N. Hooshmand*, M. Shafiei, M. Sabaeian, R. Mirzajani, S. M. Zahraei, H. I. Labouta, M. A. El-Sayed, Smart NIR-light and pH responsive doxorubicin-loaded GNRs@SBA-15-SH nanocomposite for chemo-photothermal therapy of cancer,” Nanophotonics DOI.
  • M. S. Ali, N. Hooshmand, M. A. El-Sayed, H. I. Labouta, Microfluidics for Development of Lipid Nanoparticles: Paving the Way of Nucleic Acids to the Clinic,” ACS Applied Bio Materials.

2019

  • N. Hooshmand, M. A. El-Sayed, Collective multipole oscillations direct the plasmonic coupling at the nanojunction interfaces,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 19299–19304 DOI.
  • M. Sharifi, F. Attar, A. A. Saboury, K. Akhtari, N. Hooshmand, A. Hasan, M. A. El-Sayed, M. Falahati, Plasmonic gold nanoparticles: Optical manipulation, imaging, drug delivery, and therapy,” Journal of Controlled Release, 311, 170–189.
  • S. R. Panikkanvalappil, C. Garlapati, N. Hooshmand, R. Aneja, M. A. El-Sayed, Monitoring the dynamics of hemeoxygenase-1 activation in head and neck cancer cells in real-time using plasmonically enhanced Raman spectroscopy,” Chemical Science, 10, 4876–4882.

2017

  • N. Hooshmand, H. Mousavi, S. R. Panikkanvalappil, M. A. El-Sayed, A. Adibi, High-sensitivity molecular sensing using plasmonic nanocube chains in classical and quantum coupling regimes,” Nano Today, 17, 14–22.
  • S. R. Panikkanvalappil, N. Hooshmand, M. A. El-Sayed, Intracellular assembly of nuclear-targeted gold nanosphere enables selective plasmonic photothermal therapy of cancer by shifting their absorption wavelength toward near-infrared region,” Bioconjugate Chemistry, 28(9), 2452–2460.

2016

  • N. Hooshmand, S. R. Panikkanvalappil, M. A. El-Sayed, Effects of the substrate refractive index, the exciting light propagation direction, and the relative cube orientation on the plasmonic coupling behavior of two silver nanocubes at different separations,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(37), 20896–20904.
  • N. Hooshmand, J. A. Bordley, M. A. El-Sayed, The sensitivity of the distance dependent plasmonic coupling between two nanocubes to their orientation: edge-to-edge vs face-to-face,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(8), 4564–4570.

2015

  • N. Hooshmand, J. A. Bordley, M. A. El-Sayed, Plasmonic spectroscopy: the electromagnetic field strength and its distribution determine the sensitivity factor of face-to-face Ag nanocube dimers in solution and on a substrate,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(27), 15579–15587.
  • J. A. Bordley, N. Hooshmand, M. A. El-Sayed, Near-field coupling between gold and silver homo-nanocube dimers: the near touching coupling region,” Nano Letters, 15(5), 3391–3397 DOI.

2014

  • N. Hooshmand, D. O'Neil, M. A. El-Sayed, Spectroscopy of homo and heterodimers of silver and gold nanocubes as a function of separation: a DDA simulation,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 118(37), 8338–8344.
  • N. Hooshmand, J. A. Bordley, M. A. El-Sayed, Are hot spots between two plasmonic nanocubes of silver or gold formed between adjacent corners or adjacent facets? A DDA examination,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 5(13), 2229–2234 DOI.

2011

  • N. Hooshmand, P. K. Jain, M. A. El-Sayed, Plasmonic spheroidal metal nanoshells showing larger tunability and stronger near fields than their spherical counterparts: an effect of enhanced plasmon coupling,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2(5), 374–378 DOI.

Invited Book Chapters

  • N. Hooshmand, Plasmonic field distribution of homo- and hetero dimeric silver and gold nanoparticles,” Nanoplasmonics – Fundamentals and Applications (InTech, ed. Barbillon), 2017DOI: 10.5772/67411.
  • N. Hooshmand, Plasmonic properties of two silver nanocubes: dependence on separation distance, relative orientation, refractive index of the substrate, and exciting light propagation direction,” Frontiers of Plasmon Enhanced Spectroscopy, Vol. 2 (American Chemical Society), 2016ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1246.

Invited Talks

  • Plasmonic nanoparticles for sensing, drug delivery and photothermal therapy of cancer,” The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), Anaheim, CA, 2022February 2022.
  • The unique world of metallic nanoparticles (Keynote),” ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mid-Hudson College, NY, 20212021.
  • Engineered Plasmonic Nanoparticle Based Detection: Advanced Sensitivity and Selectivity,” The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), Orlando, FL, 2021March 2021.
  • Metallic nanoparticle assemblies for tunable nanoscale sensors,” The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), San Diego, CA (Session Chair), 2020February 2020.
  • Exploring novel routes to design ultrasensitive sensors through developing nanoparticle-based sensors,” ACS Southwest & Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, El Paso, TX, 2019November 2019.
  • Plasmonic assemblies of gold and silver nanoparticles exhibit high detection sensitivity at the nanoscale plasmonic coupling regime,” 70th ACS Southeastern Regional Meeting, Augusta, GA, 2018November 2018.

Seminars

  • Engineered nanoparticles for bio-sensing and photothermal therapy of cancer,” Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, 2020January 2020.
  • Collective plasmonic coupling of silver or gold nanoparticles for advanced sensing,” University of Texas at Dallas, 2020.
  • Nanoparticles Arrays Made of Ag and Au Exhibit High Detection Sensitivity at Plasmonic Coupling Regime,” University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, 2018September 2018.

Conference Presentations

  • The Effect of Gold Nanoparticle Protein Corona Formation on Its Imaging Capability of Tumor Tissue,” 7th FIP Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress (PSWC2020), Montreal, Canada, 2020May 2020.
  • In-Situ Investigation of Organic Additive Interactions in Copper Electroplating Solutions with SERS,” 2019 IEEE 69th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), 2019 DOI.
  • Collective multipole oscillations direct the plasmonic coupling at the nanojunction interfaces,” 93rd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Atlanta, GA, 2019June 2019.
  • Plasmonic nanoparticles made of Ag and Au exhibit high detection sensitivity,” Gordon Research Conference, Newry, ME, 2018July 2018.
  • Dependence of the plasmonic properties of two silver nanocubes on their separation, relative orientation, refractive index of the substrate and propagation direction,” 253rd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2017April 2017.
  • Where do the hot spots between two plasmonic nanocubes of silver or gold form: between adjacent corners or adjacent facets? A DDA examination,” 2015 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, San Francisco, CA, 2015April 2015.