Awards
Publications (Pitt)
- NSF S-STEM Fellowship (2017)
- Strem Travel Award (2016)
Publications (Pitt)
- Eikey, E. A., Gan, X. Y., Kaseman, D.C., Murphey, C. G. E., Crawford, S. C., Johnston, K. A., Yazdi, S., Millstone, J. E., "Efficient Control of Atom Arrangement in Ternary Metal Chalcogenide Nanoparticles Using Precursor Oxidation State" Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 1322. link
- Johnston, K. A., Stabryla, L. M., Gilbertson, L. M., Millstone, J. E., "Emerging Investigator Series: Connecting Concepts of Coinage Metal Stability Across Length Scales" Envi. Sci.: Nano 2019, 6, 2674. link
- Park, G., Amaris, Z. N., Eiken, M. K., Baumgartner, K. V., Johnston, K. A., Williams, M. A., Marckwordt, J. G., Millstone, J. E., Splan, K. E., Wheeler, K. E. "Emerging Investigator Series: Characterization of Silver and Silver Nanoparticle Interactions with Zinc Finger Peptides" Envi. Sci.: Nano 2019, 6, 2367. link
- Stabryla, L. M., Johnston, K. A., Millstone, J. E., Gilbertson, L. E. "Emerging Investigator Series: It's Not All About the Ion: Support for Particle-Specific Contributions to Silver Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Activity" Environ. Sci.: Nano 2018, 5, 2047. link (to paper and cover art)
- Johnston, K. A., Stabryla, L. M., Smith, A. M., Gan, X. Y., Gilbertson, L. M., Millstone, J.E. “Impacts of Broth Chemistry on Silver Ion Release, Surface Chemistry Composition, and Bacterial Cytotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles” Environ. Sci.: Nano 2018, 5, 304. link
- Andolina, C. M., Crawford, S. E., Smith, A. M., Johnston, K. A., Straney, P. J., Marbella, L. E., Tolman, N. L., Hochuli, T. J., Millstone, J. E. “Near-Infrared Photoluminescence from Small, Coinage Metal Nanoparticle ChemNanoMat 2018, 4, 265. link cover art
- Crawford, S. E., Andolina, C. M., Kaseman, D. C., Ryoo, B. H., Smith, A. M., Johnston, K. A., Millstone, J. E. “Efficient Energy Transfer from Near-Infrared Emitting Gold Nanoparticles to Pendant Ytterbium (III)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17767. link
- Smith, A. M., Johnston, K. A., Crawford, S. E., Marbella, L. E., Millstone, J. E. "Ligand Density Quantification on Colloidal Inorganic Nanoparticles" Analyst 2017, 142, 11. link; "Hot review of 2016"
- Johnston, K. A., Smith, A. M., Marbella, L. E., Millstone, J. E. “Impact of As-Synthesized Ligands and Low-Oxygen Conditions on Silver Nanoparticle Surface Functionalization” Langmuir 2016, 32, 3820. link
- Marbella, L. E., Chevrier, D. M., Tancini, P. D., Shobayo, O., Smith, A. M., Johnston, K. A., Andolina, C. M., Zhang, P., Mpourmpakis, G., Millstone, J. E. “Description and Role of Bimetallic Pre-nucleation Species in the Formation of Small Nanoparticle Alloys” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015,137, 15852. link
- Crawford, S. E., Andolina, C. M.,Smith, A. M., Marbella, L. E., Johnston, K. A., Straney, P. J., Hartmann, M. J., Millstone, J. E. “Ligand-mediated ‘Turn On,’ High Quantum Yield Near-Infrared Emission in Small Gold Nanoparticles” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14423. link
- Smith, A. M., Marbella, L. E., Johnston, K. A., Hartmann, M. J., Crawford, S. E., Kozycz, L. M., Seferos, D. S. and Millstone, J. E. ” Quantitative Analysis of Thiolated Ligand Exchange on Gold Nanoparticles Monitored by 1H NMR Spectroscopy” Anal. Chem. 2015, 87, 2771. link; Selected by ACS Publications for virtual issue on NMR Developments and Applications
- Marbella, L. E., Andolina, C. M., Smith, A. M., Hartmann, M. J., Johnston, K. A., Daly, O. H., Millstone, J. E. “Gold-Cobalt Nanoparticle Alloys Exhibiting Tunable Compositions, Near-Infrared Emission, and High T2 Relaxivity” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 6532. link