Publications/Patents

Drug Aerosol Characterization

D. Mukherjee & M-D. Cheng, "Quantitative Analysis of Carbonaceous Aerosols using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A Study on Mass Loading Induced Plasma Matrix Effects," J. Anal. At. Spectrom., Vol. 23 (2008) 119 - 128

D. Mukherjee & M-D. Cheng, "Characterization of Carbon-Containing Aerosolized Drugs using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy," Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 62, No. 5 (2008) 554 - 562

Inhalation Drug Delivery

G. Zhang, C. Fandrey, A. Naqwi, & T.S. Wiedmann, "High-Frequency Ultrasonic Atomization for Drug Delivery to Rodent Animal Models--Optimal Particle Size for Lung Inhalation of Difluoromethyl Ornithine," Experimental Lung Research, Vol. 34, No. 5 (2008) 209 - 223

D. Yi, A. Price, A. Panoskaltsis-Mortari, A. Naqwi & T.S. Wiedmann, “Measurement of the distribution of aerosols among mouse lobes by fluorescent imaging,” Analytical Biochemistry Vol. 403, Issues 1-2, August 2010, Pages 88-93

Patent Pending

“Generation of Fine Mist using Electrical Fields”

Ocular Drug Delivery

G. Zhang, X. Feng, K. Wabner, C. Fandrey, A. Naqwi, T. Wiedmann, and T.W. Olsen, "Aerosol Delivery to Ocular Tissue During Pars Plana Vitrectomy", Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 48 (2007) 5243-5249, http://www.iovs.org/cgi/reprint/48/11/5243

T.W. Olsen, “Drug Delivery to the Retina using Intravitreal Aerosolized Nanoparticles,” Retinal Physician, June 2008, http://www.retinalphysician.com/article.aspx?article=101796 Thursday, May 06, 2010, 11:15 AM - 1:00 PM

A.S. Bansal, H.E. Grossniklaus, & T.W. Olsen “A Porcine Model of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy, ARVO 2010, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Patent Pending

“Device and process for dispersion of multiphase mixtures through a needle”

FibrSizr Process Control Technology

E. M. Moore, R. L. Shambaugh & D. V. Papavassiliou, “Ensemble Laser Diffraction for Online Measurement of Fiber Diameter Distribution During the Melt Blowing Process,” International Nonwovens Journal, Summer 2004, pp. 42-47

US Patent No. 7,702,051: "Laser diffraction process and method for width measurement of elongated objects," assigned to Powerscope.