Refereed Journal Publications

Electrochemical Properties of Interface Formed by Interlaced Layers of DNA- and Lysozyme-Coated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Valber A. Pedrsosa§, Tony Gnanaprakasa§, Shankar Balasubramian, Eric V. Olsen, Virgina A.Davis , Aleksandr Simonian(§ - Authors contributed equally in this work). In Press, Electrochemistry Communications, 2009

Lysozyme Mediated Formation of Protein-Silica Nano-Composites for Biosensing Applications, Madhumati Ramanathan, Heather R. Luckarift, Ainur Sarsenova, James R. Wild, Erlan K. Ramanculov, Eric V. Olsen, Aleksandr L. Simonian, In Press, Colloids and Surfaces: Biointerfaces, 2009

Copper nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes-based electrochemical sensing system for fast identification of tricresyl-phosphate in aqueous samples and air, Valber Pedrosa, Rigved Epur, Jessica Benton, Ruel A. Overfelt, Aleksandr Simonian, In Press, Sensors Actuators B, 2009

Strong Antimicrobial Coatings: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Armored with Biopolymers, Dhriti Nepal§, Shankar Balasubramanian§, Aleksandr Simonian and Virginian Davis, Nano Letters, Vol 8, Issue 7, Pages:1896-1901 (§ - Authors contributed equally in this work).

Fluorescence-Based Sensing of P-Nitrophenol and P-Nitrophenyl Substituent Organophosphates, Sheetal  Paliwal; Melinda Wales; Janet Grimsley; James Wild; Alex Simonian. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2007, 596, pp.9-15.

Differential effect of the shape of calcium alginate matrices on the physiology of immobilized neuroblastoma N2a and Vero cells: a comparative study Authors: S. Kintzios, I. Yiakoumetis, G. Moschopoulou, O. Mangana, K. Nomikou, A. Simonian. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2007, 23, 543-548.

Optical leaky waveguide biosensors for the detection of Organophosphorous pesticides, M. Zourob, A. Simonian, J. Wild, S. Mohr, N.  Goddard, The Analyst, 2007, 132, pp.114 - 120.

Development of a Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for the Identification of Campylobacter jejuni, Dong Wei, Omar A. Oyarzabal, Tung-Shi Huang, Shankar Balasubramanian, Srinivas Sista, and Aleksandr L. Simonian, Journal of Microbiological Methods 2007, 69,  78–85.

Highly sensitive phage-based biosensor for the detection of beta-galactosidase, Viswaprakash Nanduri, Shankar Balasubramanian,  Srinivas Sista, Vitaly J. Vodyanoy, Aleksandr L. Simonian Analytica Chimica Acta, .2007,589, 166-172.

Enzyme-Encapsulated Silica Monolayers for Rapid Functionalization of a Gold Surface, H. Luckarift, S. Balasubramanian, S. Paliwal, G. Johnson and A. Simonian, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2007, 58, pp.28-33, Invited publication.

 

Array biosensor based on enzyme kinetics monitoring by fluorescence spectroscopy: Application for neurotoxins detection, M. Ramanathan and A. L. Simonian, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2007, 22, pp. 3001-3007.

 

Electrochemical Desorption of Proteins from Gold Electrode Surface, Shankar Balasubramanian, Alexander Revzin, Aleksandr Simonian, Electroanalysis, 2006. Invited publication,  Volume 18, Issue 19-20, pp. 1885-1892.

 

Lytic Phage as a Specific and Selective probe for detection of Staphylococcus aureus - A Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopic Study, Shankar Balasubramanian; Iryna Sorokulova, Vitaly Vodyanoy, Aleksandr Simonian. Biosensors & Bioelectronics 2007, 22, 948-955.

 

Phage as a Molecular Recognition Element in Biosensors Immobilized by Physical Adsorption, Viswaprakash Nanduri, Iryna B. Sorokulova, Alexandre Samoylov, Aleksandr Simonian, Valery Petrenko, and Vitaly Vodyanoy, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 2007, 22, Issue 6, 15 January 2007, Pages 986-992.

 

TCP Electrochemical Detection,” G. Vertelov, W. Gale, and A. Simonian, in: Chemical Sensors and MEMS ECS Transactions, pp. 21-34, 2006

 

Development of a novel, multi-analyte biosensor system for assaying cell division: identification of cell proliferation/death precursor events. S. Kintzios, I. Marinopoulou, G. Moschopoulou, O. Mangana, K. Nomikou, K. Endo, I. Papanastasiou, A. Simonian. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 2006, 21, pp.1365-1373.

 

A Fluorescence-based Biosensor for the Detection of Organophosphate Pesticides and Chemical Warfare Agents, L. Viveros,  S. Paliwal, D.A. McCrae, J. Wild, and A. Simonian. Sensors & Actuators B, 2006, 115, p.150-157.

 

Nanoparticle-based Optical Biosensors for the Direct Detection of Organophosphate Chemical Warfare Agents and Pesticides, A. L. Simonian, T. A. Good, S.-S. Wang, and J. R. Wild. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2005, Vol. 534, Issue 1, pp. 69-77.

 

Correlation Function and Spectral Density of the Enzymatic Reaction Rate, V. B. Arakelyan, A. L. Simonian, S. Kintzios, A. E. Gevorgyan, T. S. Sukiasyan, A. V. Arakelyan, E. S. Gevorgyan. National Academy of Sciences of RA, Electronic Journal of Natural Sciences, 2(5), 2005, pp. 3-7.

 

A FET-based Biosensor for The Direct Detection of Organophosphate Neurotoxins, A. L. Simonian, A.W. Flounders, and J. R. Wild. Electroanalysis, 2004, 16,  p.1896-1906.

 

Study on the mechanism of BERA (Bioelectric Recognition Assay): evidence for immobilized cell membrane interactions with viral fragments, S. Kintzios, F. Bem, O. Mangana, K. Nomikou, P., Markoulatos, N. Alexandropoulos , C. Fasseas, V. Arakelyan, A-L. Petrou, K. Soukouli, G. Moschopoulou, A. Simonian. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 2004, Volume 20, Issue 4, 1 November 2004, Pages 907-916.

 

Control of Mammalian Cell and Bacteria Adhesion on Substrates Micropatterned with Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels, Won-Gun Koh, Alexander Revzin, Aleksandr Simonian, Tony Reeves, and Michael Pishko, Biomedical Microdevices, 2003, 5:1, 11-19.

 

Characterization of Oxidoreductase/ Redox Polymer Electrostatic Film Assembly by Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy, FTIR, and Ellipsometry on Gold, A.L. Simonian, A. Revzin,  J. R. Wild, J. Elkind, and M. V. Pishko, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2002, Vol. 466, 201-212.

 

Mass Transfer in Amperometric Biosensors Based on Nanocomposite Thin Films of Redox Polymers and Oxidoreductases, Michael V. Pishko, Alexander Revzin, Aleksandr L. Simonian.  Sensors, 2002, 2, 79-90

 

Glucose, Lactate, and Pyruvate Biosensor Arrays Based on Redox Polymer/Oxidoreductase Nanocomposite Thin Films Deposited on Photolithographically Patterned Gold Microelectrodes, Alexander F. Revzin, Kaushik Sirkar, Aleksandr Simonian, and Michael V. Pishko. Sensors and Actuators, B, 2002, Vol.81, pp.359-368. 

 

Discriminative Detection of Neurotoxins in Multi-Component Samples, Simonian A. L., Efremenko E. N., and. Wild J. R. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2001, Vol. 444, pp 179-186.

 

Enzyme-based biosensor for the direct detection of fluorine-containing organophosphates, A.L. Simonian, J.K. Grimsley, A.W. Flounders  J. S. Schoeniger, Tu-Chen Cheng, J.J. DeFrank and J. R. Wild. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2001,  Vol. 442, pp 15-23.

 

The Influence of External Environment Fluctuations on the Signal Formation of Microbiosensors,  V B. Arakelian, J. R Wild, and A. L. Simonian. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2001, Vol.16, #1, pp. 69-72.

 

Development of Sensors for Direct Detection of Organophosphates; Sol-Gel Modified Field Effect Transistor with Immobilized OPH, A. Flounders, A. Singh, J. Volponi, S. Carichner, K. Wally, A. Simonian, J. Wild, J. Schoeniger, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 1999, Vol. 14, #8-9 pp, 713-720.

 

Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogel-Encapsulated Fluorophore-Enzyme Conjugates for Direct Detection of Organophosphorus Neurotoxins, R. Russell, M. Pishko, A. Simonian, and J. Wild. Analytical Chemistry, 1999, Vol.71, pp.4909-4912.

 

An Enzyme Based Biosensor for Direct Determination of  Diisopropyl fluorophosphate, A. L. Simonian,  B. D. DiSioudi, and J. R. Wild,. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1999, Vol. 389, No.1-3, pp. 189-196.

 

Investigation of Stochastic Fluctuations in the Signal Formation of Microbiosensors, V B. Arakelian, J. R Wild, and A. L. Simonian. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 1998, Vol. 13, No.1, 55-59.

 

New Concept for Discriminative Biosensor: Detection of Organophosphates in the Presence of Other Cholinesterases Inhibitors, A. L. Simonian, E. I. Rainina, and J. R Wild. Analytical Letters, 1997, 30(14), 2453-2468.

 

A Tryptophan-2-monooxygenase Based Amperometric Biosensor for L-tryptophan Determination. Use of a Competitive Inhibitor as a Tool for Selectivity Increase, A. L. Simonian, E. I. Rainina, P. F. Fitzpatrick, and J. R Wild. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 1997, Vol. 12, No.5 pp.363-371.

 

The Development of a New Biosensor Based on Recombinant E.coli for the Detection of Organophosphorus Neurotoxins, E.Rainina , A.Simonian, A.Efremenco, S.Varfolomeyev and J.Wild , Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 1996. Vol. 11, No 10, pp. 991-1000.

 

Cell Biosensor for Assay Phenol in Aqueous Solutions, E.I.Rainina, I.E.Badalian, O.V.Ignatov, A.S.Fedorov, A. L. Simonian. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 1996. V. 55, No 1. 117-127.

 

A Biosensor for L-Tryptophan Determination Based on Recombinant Pseudomonas savastanoi Tryptophan-2-Monooxygenase, A. L. Simonian, E. I. Rainina, J. R Wild, P. F. Fitzpatrick. Analytical Letters, 1995, Vol. 28, No. 10, pp. 1751 - 1761.

 

Flow-Injection Amperometric Biosensor Based on Immobilized L-Lysineoxidase for L-Lysine determination, A. L. Simonian, I. E.Badalian, T. T.Berezov, I. P.Smirnova, S. H.Khaduev. Analytical Letters, 1994, V.27(15), pp. 2849 - 2860.

 

L-Lysine-2-monooxygenase Production by Some Strains of Pseudomonas Fluorescens and Pseudomonas Putida Species, G. E.Khachatrian, A. L. Simonian. World Journal of Microbiology&Biotechnology. 1994. V.10, No. 6, pp. 711-712.

 

A Biosensor for L-Proline Determination by Use of Immobilized Microbial Cells, A.L.Simonian, I.E.Badalian, G.E.Khachatrian, S.Sh.Tatikian, E.I.Rainina, T.A.Makhlis, V.I.Lozinsky, S.D.Varfolomeyev. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 1992. Vol. 36, pp. 199-210.

 

A Flow-Through Enzyme Analyzer for Determination of L-Lysine Concentration, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 1991. A. L. Simonian, G.E.Khachatrian, S.Sh.Tatikian, Ts.M.Avakian, I.E.Badalian. Vol.6, No. 2, pp. 93-99.

 

Kinetic Properties of Bacterial Urate Oxidase Entrapped in Hydrated Reversed Micelles, E.A.Malakhova, N.A.Chebotareva, B.I.Kurganov, A. L. Simonian. Biological Membranes (Russian). 1991. Vol.8, No.5, pp.453-459.

 

Incorporation of Water-Soluble Enzymes Glucoseoxidase and Urate Oxidase Into Lecithin  Liposomes, T.G.Ambartzumyan, S.Ja.Adamian, L.S.Petrosian, A. L. Simonian. Biological Membranes (Russian). 1991. Vol.8, No.12, pp.1254-1259.

 

Kinetic Properties and Termoinactivation of Bacterial Uricas, A. L. Simonian, S.Sh.Tatikian, J.J.Kulys. Biochemistry  (Russian). 1985. Vol. 50, No. 5, pp.782-785.

 

Determination of Uric Acid in Biological Solution Using Bienzyme Electrode, J.J.Kulys, M.V.Pesliakene, V.A.Laurinavicus, S.Sh.Tatikian, A. L. Simonian. Journal of Analytical Chemistry (Russian). 1985. Vol.XL, No 11, pp.2077-2080

 

Application of immobilized glucose oxidase and urat oxidase in analytical systems, A. L. Simonian, S.Sh.Tatikian, G. Khachatryan. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology (Russian), 1986, Vol. 12 (6) pp. 675-679.