Publications

2025

Theses

Designing DNA-based nanotubes as near-infrared sensors for detecting cancer biomarkers

S. Behjati / A. A. Boghossian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Bioanode engineering for living solar cells

C. E. M. Roullier / A. A. Boghossian; M. Reggente (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Surface modification of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) for encapsulation in biomedical sensing applications

H. Wang / A. A. Boghossian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

2024

Journal Articles

Prolamins’ 3D structure: A new insight into protein modeling using the language of numbers and shapes

M. M. Hajjari; N. Sharif 

Food Hydrocolloids. 2024. Vol. 154, p. 110154. DOI : 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110154.

Non-targeted facilitation of primary sludge anaerobic fermentation by micro-aeration and the simultaneous nutrients transformations

C. Liu; T. Zhang; L. Li; S. Liu; J. Bo et al. 

Chemical Engineering Journal. 2024. Vol. 491, p. 151930. DOI : 10.1016/j.cej.2024.151930.

Micropreparative Gel Electrophoresis for Purification of Nanoscale Bioconjugates

S. H. Sajjadi; S-J. Wu; Y. Rabbani; V. Zubkovs; H. Ahmadzadeh et al. 

Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2024. DOI : 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00388.

In vivo polydopamine coating of Rhodobacter sphaeroides for enhanced electron transfer

R. Labarile; D. Vona; M. Varsalona; M. Grattieri; M. Reggente et al. 

Nano Research. 2024. DOI : 10.1007/s12274-023-6398-z.

Polydopamine-coated photoautotrophic bacteria for improving extracellular electron transfer in living photovoltaics

M. Reggente; C. E. M. Roullier; M. Mouhib; H. Wang; P. Brandl et al. 

Nano Research. 2024. DOI : 10.1007/s12274-023-6396-1.

Working Papers

Covalent conjugation of glucose oxidase on single-walled carbon nanotubes for glucose sensing

H. Wang; S. Dehury; V. Zubkovs; M. Reggente; A. A. Boghossian 

2024

2023

Journal Articles

Electrospun zein incorporating phycocyanin and Spirulina extract: Fabrication, characterization, and potential application

M-T. Golmakani; F. Kiani; M. M. Hajjari; N. Sharif; M. Fazaeli et al. 

Lwt-Food Science And Technology. 2023. Vol. 188, p. 115408. DOI : 10.1016/j.lwt.2023.115408.

Polypyrrole Electrodes Show Strain‐Specific Enhancement of Photocurrent from Cyanobacteria

C. Roullier; M. Reggente; P. Gilibert; A. A. Boghossian 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202201839.

Differential near-infrared imaging of heterocysts using single-walled carbon nanotubes

A. Antonucci; M. Reggente; A. J. Gillen; C. Roullier; B. P. Lambert et al. 

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 2023. Vol. 22, p. 103 – 113. DOI : 10.1007/s43630-022-00302-3.

Prediction of mycotoxin response of DNA-wrapped nanotube sensor with machine learning

Y. Rabbani; S. Behjati; B. P. Lambert; S. H. Sajjadi; M. Shariaty-Niassar et al. 

2023. DOI : 10.1101/2023.09.07.556334.

Extracellular electron transfer pathways to enhance the electroactivity of modified Escherichia coli

M. Mouhib; M. Reggente; L. Li; N. Schuergers; A. A. Boghossian 

Joule. 2023. Vol. 7, num. 9, p. 2092 – 2106. DOI : 10.1016/j.joule.2023.08.006.

Directed evolution of nanosensors for the detection of mycotoxins

B. Lambert; A. Taheri; S-J. Wu; A. J. Gillen; M. Kashaninejad et al. 

2023. DOI : 10.1101/2023.06.13.544576.

Reviews

Covalent conjugation of proteins onto fluorescent single-walled carbon nanotubes for biological and medical applications

H. Wang; A. Boghossian 

Materials Advances. 2023. Vol. 4, num. 3, p. 823 – 834. DOI : 10.1039/D2MA00714B.

Theses

Investigating the effect of inflammation on the progression of B-cell lymphoma dissemination in the sentinel lymph node

D. Molina Romero / A. A. Boghossian; S. Fernandez Gonzalez (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Engineering extracellular electron transfer for enhanced energy harvesting in microbial electrochemical devices

M. Mouhib / A. A. Boghossian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Working Papers

Photoluminescence brightening of single-walled carbon nanotubes through conjugation with graphene quantum dots

S. H. Sajjadi; S-J. Wu; M. Reggente; N. Sharif; A. A. Boghossian 

2023

Living Photovoltaics based on Recombinant Expression of MtrA Decaheme in Photosynthetic Bacteria

M. Reggente; N. Schurgers; M. Mouhib; S. Politi; A. Antonucci et al. 

2023

Implementation of a flavin biosynthesis operon improves extracellular electron transfer in bioengineered Escherichia coli

M. Mouhib; M. Reggente; A. A. Boghossian 

2023

2022

Journal Articles

Carbon nanotube uptake in cyanobacteria for near-infrared imaging and enhanced bioelectricity generation in living photovoltaics

A. Antonucci; M. Reggente; C. E. M. Roullier; A. J. Gillen; N. Schürgers et al. 

Nature Nanotechnology. 2022. DOI : 10.1038/s41565-022-01198-x.

Bioengineering a glucose oxidase nanosensor for near-infrared continuous glucose monitoring

V. Zubkovs; H. Wang; N. Schuergers; A. Weninger; A. Glieder et al. 

Nanoscale Advances. 2022.  p. 1 – 9. DOI : 10.1039/D2NA00092J.

Plasmon-induced near-infrared fluorescence enhancement of single-walled carbon nanotubes

A. Amirjani; T. V. Tsoulos; S. H. Sajjadi; A. Antonucci; S-J. Wu et al. 

Carbon. 2022. Vol. 194, p. 162 – 175. DOI : 10.1016/j.carbon.2022.03.040.

2021

Journal Articles

Tailored extracellular electron transfer pathways enhance the electroactivity of Escherichia coli

M. Mouhib; M. Reggente; L. Li; N. Schürgers; A. A. Boghossian 

bioRxiv. 2021. DOI : 10.1101/2021.08.28.458029.

Modulating the properties of DNA-SWCNT sensors using chemically modified DNA

A. J. Gillen; B. P. Lambert; A. Antonucci; D. Molina-Romero; A. A. Boghossian 

bioRxiv. 2021. DOI : 10.1101/2021.02.20.432105.

Distinguishing dopamine and calcium responses using XNA-nanotube sensors for improved neurochemical sensing

A. J. Gillen; A. Antonucci; M. Reggente; D. Morales; A. A. Boghossian 

bioRxiv. 2021. DOI : 10.1101/2021.02.20.428669.

Theses

Directed evolution of DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotube complexes for optical sensing

B. P. J. G. Lambert / A. A. Boghossian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Book Chapters

Biotechnology Applications of Nanocarbons in Plant and Algal Systems

A. Antonucci; A. J. Gillen; A. A. Boghossian 

Carbon Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications; Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021.

Working Papers

A simple micropreparative gel electrophoresis technique for purification of proteins, nucleic acids, and bioconjugates

S. H. Sajjadi; S-J. Wu; V. Zubkovs; H. Ahmadzadeh; E. K. Goharshadi et al. 

2021

2020

Journal Articles

Site-Specific Protein Conjugation onto Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

V. Zubkovs; S-J. Wu; S. Y. Rahnamaee; N. Schuergers; A. A. Boghossian 

Chemistry of Materials. 2020. Vol. 32, num. 20, p. 8798 – 8807. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02051.

Synthetic Biology: A Solution for Tackling Nanomaterial Challenges

B. P. Lambert; A. J. Gillen; A. A. Boghossian 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2020. Vol. 11, p. 4791 – 4802. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00929.

Transport and programmed release of nanoscale cargo from cells by using NETosis

D. Meyer; S. Telele; A. Zelena; A. J. Gillen; A. Antonucci et al. 

Nanoscale. 2020. Vol. 12, num. 16, p. 9104 – 9115. DOI : 10.1039/d0nr00864h.

Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation

D. A. Heller; P. V. Jena; M. Pasquali; K. Kostarelos; L. G. Delogu et al. 

Nature Nanotechnology. 2020. Vol. 15, p. 164 – 166. DOI : 10.1038/s41565-020-0656-y.

Design of Optimized PEDOT‐Based Electrodes for Enhancing Performance of Living Photovoltaics Based on Phototropic Bacteria

M. Reggente; S. Politi; A. Antonucci; E. Tamburri; A. A. Boghossian 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2020.  p. 1 – 9, 1900931. DOI : 10.1002/admt.201900931.

Theses

Establishing a Ternary System for Optical Monitoring of DNA-Protein Interactions with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

S-J. Wu / A. A. Boghossian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Interaction of Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Photosynthetic Microbes

A. Antonucci / A. A. Boghossian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Optical Biosensors for Improved Neurochemical Sensing Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

A. J. Gillen / A. A. Boghossian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Patents

Sensing platform

A. A. Boghossian; V. Zubkovs; N. Schürgers 

EP4163635; US2022333154; CN115197995; US2022315979; JP2022130615; JP2022538067; AU2022204551; KR20220098272; CN114599793; EP3987049; KR20220035138; AU2020294875; LU101273; WO2020254336.

2020.

2019

Journal Articles

Templating colloidal sieves for tuning nanotube surface interactions and optical sensor responses

A. J. Gillen; D. Siefman; S-J. Wu; C. Bourmaud; B. Lambert et al. 

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2019. Vol. 565, p. 55 – 62. DOI : 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.12.058.

Directed evolution of the optoelectronic properties of synthetic nanomaterials

B. Lambert; A. J. Gillen; N. Schuergers; S-J. Wu; A. A. Boghossian 

Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2019. Vol. 55, num. 1, p. 3239 – 3242. DOI : 10.1039/C8CC08670B.

Reviews

Non-covalent Methods of Engineering Optical Sensors Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

A. J. Gillen; A. A. Boghossian 

Frontiers in Chemistry. 2019. Vol. 7, num. 612. DOI : 10.3389/fchem.2019.00612.

Enhancing bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cells and biophotovoltaics using nanomaterials

M. Mouhib; A. Antonucci; M. Reggente; A. Amirjani; A. J. Gillen et al. 

Nano Research. 2019. Vol. 12, p. 2184 – 2199. DOI : 10.1007/s12274-019-2438-0.

Analytical Approaches for Monitoring DNA–Protein Interactions

S-J. Wu; A. A. Boghossian 

CHIMIA. 2019. Vol. 73, num. 4, p. 283 – 287. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2019.283.

Theses

Protein Bioconjugation to Carbon Nanotubes for Near-Infrared Sensing

V. Zubkovs / A. A. Boghossian (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

2018

Journal Articles

Restriction Enzyme Analysis of Double-Stranded DNA on Pristine Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

S-J. Wu; N. Schuergers; K-H. Lin; A. J. Gillen; C. Corminboeuf et al. 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2018. Vol. 10, num. 43, p. 37386 – 37395. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.8b12287.

Spinning-disc confocal microscopy in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II)

V. Zubkovs; A. Antonucci; N. Schuergers; B. Lambert; A. Latini et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2018. Vol. 8, num. 1, p. 1 – 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-018-31928-y.

Xeno Nucleic Acid Nanosensors for Enhanced Stability Against Ion-Induced Perturbations

A. J. Gillen; J. Kupis-Rozmysłowicz; C. Gigli; N. Schuergers; A. A. Boghossian 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2018. Vol. 9, num. 15, p. 4336 – 4343. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01879.

2017

Journal Articles

Mediatorless, Reversible Optical Nanosensor Enabled through Enzymatic Pocket Doping

V. Zubkovs; N. Schuergers; B. Lambert; E. Ahunbay; A. A. Boghossian 

Small. 2017. Vol. 1701654, p. 1 – 10. DOI : 10.1002/smll.201701654.

Reviews

A synthetic biology approach to engineering living photovoltaics

N. Schuergers; C. Werlang; C. M. Ajo-Franklin; A. A. Boghossian 

Energy & Environmental Science. 2017. Vol. 10, num. 5, p. 1102 – 1115. DOI : 10.1039/C7EE00282C.

Noncovalent Protein and Peptide Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Biodelivery and Optical Sensing Applications

A. Antonucci; J. Kupis-Rozmyslowicz; A. Boghossian 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017. Vol. 9, num. 13, p. 11321 – 11331. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.7b00810.

2016

Journal Articles

Living on the Edge: Re-shaping the Interface of Synthetic Biology and Nanotechnology

S-J. Wu; A. A. Boghossian 

Chimia. 2016. Vol. 70, num. 11, p. 773 – 779. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2016.773.

Reviews

Engineering the Selectivity of the DNA-SWCNT Sensor

J. Kupis-Rozmyslowicz; A. Antonucci; A. Boghossian 

Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 2016. Vol. 5, num. 8, p. M3067 – M3074. DOI : 10.1149/2.0111608jss.

2015

Conference Papers

Applications of Nanoparticles for Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Scavenging in Photosynthetic Systems

A. Boghossian 

2015. 227th ECS Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 24-28, 2015. DOI : 10.1149/06612.0001ecst.

2014

Journal Articles

Spatiotemporal Intracellular Nitric Oxide Signaling Captured Using Internalized, Near-Infrared Fluorescent Carbon Nanotube Nanosensors

Z. W. Ulissi; F. Sen; X. Gong; S. Sen; N. Iverson et al. 

Nano Letters. 2014. Vol. 14, p. 4887 – 4894. DOI : 10.1021/nl502338y.

Plant nanobionics approach to augment photosynthesis and biochemical sensing

J. P. Giraldo; M. P. Landry; S. M. Faltermeier; T. P. McNicholas; N. M. Iverson et al. 

Nature materials. 2014. Vol. 13, num. 4, p. 400 – 408. DOI : 10.1038/nmat3890.

Plant nanobionics approach to augment photosynthesis and biochemical sensing [Erratum to document cited in CA160:482675]

J. P. Giraldo; M. P. Landry; S. M. Faltermeier; T. P. McNicholas; N. M. Iverson et al. 

Nature Materials. 2014. Vol. 13, p. 530. DOI : 10.1038/nmat3947.

2013

Journal Articles

Application of nanoparticle antioxidants to enable hyperstable chloroplasts for solar energy harvesting

A. A. Boghossian; F. Sen; B. M. Gibbons; S. Sen; S. M. Faltermeier et al. 

Advanced Energy Materials. 2013. Vol. 3, p. 881 – 893. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.201201014.

Molecular recognition using corona phase complexes made of synthetic polymers adsorbed on carbon nanotubes

J. Zhang; M. P. Landry; P. W. Barone; J-H. Kim; S. Lin et al. 

Nature Nanotechnology. 2013. Vol. 8, p. 959 – 968. DOI : 10.1038/nnano.2013.236.

Effect of Reductive Dithiothreitol and Trolox on Nitric Oxide Quenching of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

S. Sen; F. Sen; A. A. Boghossian; J. Zhang; M. S. Strano 

Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2013. Vol. 117, p. 593 – 602. DOI : 10.1021/jp307175f.

2012

Journal Articles

Observation of Oscillatory Surface Reactions of Riboflavin, Trolox, and Singlet Oxygen Using Single Carbon Nanotube Fluorescence Spectroscopy

F. Sen; A. A. Boghossian; S. Sen; Z. W. Ulissi; J. Zhang et al. 

ACS Nano. 2012. Vol. 6, p. 10632 – 10645. DOI : 10.1021/nn303716n.

NoRSE: noise reduction and state evaluator for high-frequency single event traces

N. F. Reuel; P. Bojo; J. Zhang; A. A. Boghossian; J-H. Ahn et al. 

Bioinformatics. 2012. Vol. 28, p. 296 – 297. DOI : 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr632.

Theses

An Engineering Analysis of Natural and Biomimetic Self-Repair Processes for Solar Energy Harvesting

A. A. Boghossian / M. S. Strano (Dir.)  

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. 

2011

Journal Articles

Single Molecule Detection of Nitric Oxide Enabled by d(AT)15 DNA Adsorbed to Near Infrared Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

J. Zhang; A. A. Boghossian; P. W. Barone; A. Rwei; J-H. Kim et al. 

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2011. Vol. 133, p. 567 – 581. DOI : 10.1021/ja1084942.

Single-Molecule Detection of H2O2 Mediating Angiogenic Redox Signaling on Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Array

J-H. Kim; C. R. Patra; J. R. Arkalgud; A. A. Boghossian; J. Zhang et al. 

ACS Nano. 2011. Vol. 5, p. 7848 – 7857. DOI : 10.1021/nn201904t.

Peptide secondary structure modulates single-walled carbon nanotube fluorescence as a chaperone sensor for nitroaromatics

D. A. Heller; G. W. Pratt; J. Zhang; N. Nair; A. J. Hansborough et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2011. Vol. 108, p. 8544 – 8549. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1005512108.

Dynamic and reversible self-assembly of photoelectrochemical complexes based on lipid bilayer disks, photosynthetic reaction centers, and single-walled carbon nanotubes

A. A. Boghossian; J. H. Choi; M-H. Ham; M. S. Strano 

Langmuir. 2011. Vol. 27, p. 1599 – 1609. DOI : 10.1021/la103469s.

Transduction of Glycan-Lectin Binding Using Near-Infrared Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Glycan Profiling

N. F. Reuel; J-H. Ahn; J-H. Kim; J. Zhang; A. A. Boghossian et al. 

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2011. Vol. 133, p. 17923 – 17933. DOI : 10.1021/ja2074938.

Biomimetic strategies for solar energy conversion: a technical perspective

A. A. Boghossian; M-H. Ham; J. H. Choi; M. S. Strano 

Energy & Environmental Science. 2011. Vol. 4, p. 3834 – 3843. DOI : 10.1039/c1ee01363g.

Label-Free, Single Protein Detection on a Near-Infrared Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Protein Microarray Fabricated by Cell-Free Synthesis

J-H. Ahn; J-H. Kim; N. F. Reuel; P. W. Barone; A. A. Boghossian et al. 

Nano Letters. 2011. Vol. 11, p. 2743 – 2752. DOI : 10.1021/nl201033d.

The chemical dynamics of nanosensors capable of single-molecule detection

A. A. Boghossian; J-Q. Zhang; F. T. Le Floch-Yin; Z. W. Ulissi; P. Bojo et al. 

Journal of Chemical Physics. 2011. Vol. 135, p. 084124/1 – 084124/10. DOI : 10.1063/1.3606496.

Periplasmic Binding Proteins as Optical Modulators of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Fluorescence: Amplifying a Nanoscale Actuator

H. Yoon; J-H. Ahn; P. W. Barone; K. Yum; R. Sharma et al. 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2011. Vol. 50, num. 8, p. 1828 – 1831. DOI : 10.1002/anie.201006167.

Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sensors based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Life Sciences Applications

A. A. Boghossian; J. Zhang; P. W. Barone; N. F. Reuel; J-H. Kim et al. 

ChemSusChem. 2011. Vol. 4, p. 848 – 863. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.201100070.

Applicability of Birth-Death Markov Modeling for Single-Molecule Counting Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Fluorescent Sensor Arrays

Z. W. Ulissi; J. Zhang; A. A. Boghossian; N. F. Reuel; S. F. E. Shimizu et al. 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2011. Vol. 2, p. 1690 – 1694. DOI : 10.1021/jz200572b.

2010

Journal Articles

Detection of single-molecule H2O2 signalling from epidermal growth factor receptor using fluorescent single-walled carbon nanotubes

H. Jin; D. A. Heller; M. Kalbacova; J-H. Kim; J. Zhang et al. 

Nature Nanotechnology. 2010. Vol. 5, p. 302 – 309. DOI : 10.1038/nnano.2010.24.

Photoelectrochemical complexes for solar energy conversion that chemically and autonomously regenerate

M-H. Ham; J. H. Choi; A. A. Boghossian; E. S. Jeng; R. A. Graff et al. 

Nature Chemistry. 2010. Vol. 2, p. 929 – 936. DOI : 10.1038/nchem.822.

Conference Papers

Photoelectrochemical complexes for solar energy conversion that chemically and autonomously regenerate

A. A. Boghossian; M-H. Ham; J. H. Choi; M. S. Strano 

2010.  p. COLL – 510.

Single-molecule optical detection of nitroaromatic compounds by carbon nanotubes

D. A. Heller; G. W. Pratt; J. Zhang; N. Nair; A. J. Hansborough et al. 

2010.  p. INOR – 454.

2009

Journal Articles

The chemistry of single-walled nanotubes

M. S. Strano; A. A. Boghossian; W-J. Kim; P. W. Barone; E. S. Jeng et al. 

MRS Bulletin. 2009. Vol. 34, p. 950 – 961. DOI : 10.1557/mrs2009.218.