Recent Publications

• Yazgan, I.; Zhang, J.; Kariuki, V.; Akgul, A. A.; Cronmiller, L. E.; Akgul, A. A.; Osonga, F.; McMahon, A.; Gao, Y.; Eshun, G.; et al. Selective Sensing and Imaging of Penicillium Italicum Spores and Hyphae Using Carbohydrate–Lectin Interactions. ACS Sensors 2018, 3 (3), 648–654. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.7b00934.
• Osonga, F. J.; Le, P.; Luther, D.; Sakhaee, L.; Sadik, O. A. Water-Based Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles with Cuboidal and Spherical Shapes Using Luteolin Tetraphosphate at Room Temperature. Environ. Sci. Nano 2018, 5 (4), 917–932. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EN00042E. 
• Mohammadifar, M.; Zhang, J.; Yazgan, I.; Sadik, O.; Choi, S. Power-on-Paper: Origami-Inspired Fabrication of 3-D Microbial Fuel Cells. Renew. Energy 2018, 118, 695–700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.11.059.
• Mohammadifar, M.; Yazgan, I.; Zhang, J.; Kariuki, V.; Sadik, O. A.; Choi, S. Green Biobatteries: Hybrid Paper-Polymer Microbial Fuel Cells. Adv. Sustain. Syst. 2018, 2 (10), 1800041. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201800041.
• Sadik, O. A.; Yazgan, I.; Eroglu, O.; Liu, P.; Olsen, S. T.; Moser, A. M.; Sander, P. G.; Tsiagbe, C.; Harada, K.; Bajwa, S.; et al. Objective Clinical Pain Analysis Using Serum Cyclooxygenase-2 and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in American Patients. Clin. Chim. Acta 2018, 484, 278–283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2018.06.005.
• Maiga, M.; Yazgan, I.; Kariuki, V. M.; Demirkol, D. O.; Sadik, O. A.; Timur, S. Brilliant Green Sequestered Poly(Amic) Acid Film for Dual-Mode Detection: Fluorescence and Electrochemical Enzymatic Biosensor. Sensors Actuators B Chem. 2018, 256, 71–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.10.002.
• Osonga, F. J.; Akgul, A. A.; Yazgan, I.; Akgul, A. A.; Ontman, R.; Kariuki, V. M. M.; Eshun, G. B.; Sadik, O. A. Flavonoid-Derived Anisotropic Silver Nanoparticles Inhibit Growth and Change the Expression of Virulence Genes in Escherichia Coli SM10. RSC Adv. 2018, 8 (9), 4649–4661. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA13480K.
• Miller, R.; Yazgan, I.; Sadik, O. A. Biosensors for the Detection of Emerging Plants and Animals Fungal Pathogens. In Smart Biosensor Technology; Knopf, G. K., Bassi, A. S., Eds.; 2nd Ed. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group: Boca Raton, 2018.
• Sadik, O. A.; Andreescu, S.; Karasinski, J. Multiarray Biosensors for Toxicity Monitoring. In Smart Biosensor Technology; Knopf, G. K., Bassi, A. S., Eds.; 2nd Ed. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group: Boca Raton, 2018.
• Sadik, O. A. Raising Three Children Across Three Continents BT - Mom the Chemistry Professor: Personal Accounts and Advice from Chemistry Professors Who Are Mothers; Woznack, K., Charlebois, A., Cole, R., Marzabadi, C., Webster, G., Eds.; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2018; pp 443–457. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78972-9_33.

• Victor M.  Kariuki, Jason C. Hoffemeir, Idris Yazgan, and Omowunmi A. Sadik, Seedless synthesis and SERS characterization of multi-branched gold nanoflowers using water soluble polymers, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 8330-8340.
• Jing Zhang, Idris Yazgan, Victor M. Kariuki, and Omowunmi A. Sadik, Poly (amic) acid improves the efficiency and stability of PtCr Nanoparticle Catalyst during Ethanol Oxidation Reaction, Journal of Electrochemical Society, 164 (12) H701-H706 (2017).

• Francis J. Osonga, Joab O. Onyango, Samuel K. Mwilu, Naomih M.Noah, Jürgen Schulte, Ming An & Omowunmi A. Sadik*,Synthesis and characterization of novel flavonoid derivatives via sequential phosphorylation of Quercetin, Tetrahedron Letters 58 (2017) 1474–1479.
• S.M. Rodrigues, P., Demokritou, N. Dokoozlian, C. Hendren, B. Karn, M. S. Mauter, O. A. Sadik, M. Safarpour, J. Unrine, J., Viers, P. Welle, J. White, M. Wiesner and G. V. Lowry, Nanotechnology for Sustainable Food Production: Promising opportunities, and scientific challenges, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2017, 4, 767-781.
• Sadik O. A., The Two faces of Nanotechnology, American Scientist, Vol 105, pp 208-211, 2017.
• Idris Yazgan, Orhan Eroglu, Peng Liu, Sarah T. Olsen, Alecia M. Moser, Phillip G. Sander, Courage Tsiagbe, Omowunmi Sadik, Kei Harada, Saeed Bajwa, Christian D. Tvetenstrand, Lijun Yin, Peter Gerhardstein, Clinica Chimica Acta, 2017 (In press). 
• Sadik O. A., ACS Symposium Series, Mom the Chemistry Professor, 2^nd Edition, Kimber Woznack, et al. (Editors), 2017 (In Press). Book Subtitle: Personal Accounts and Advice from Chemistry Professors who are Mothers, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 978-3-319-78971-2.

• Kariuki, V. M., Panetier, J., Schulte, J., and Sadik, O. A., Directional Templating Mechanisms of Anisotropic Nanoparticles Using Poly (Pyromellitic Dianhydride-p-Phenylene Diamine), The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.. 2016, 120 (37), pp 21027–21036, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03369.
• Victor M.  Kariuki · Jing Zhang , Magdalena Parlinska, Omowunmi Sadik., 3D π-Conjugated Poly(amic) Acid Polymer as Support Matrices for Ethanol Electro-oxidation on Palladium and Platinum Catalysts, Electrocatalysis, 7, pp 317-325, 2016, DOI 10. 1007/s12678-016-0307-0.
• Francis J. Osonga, Idris Yazgan, Victor Kariuki, David Luther, Apryl Jimenez, Phuong Le, Omowunmi A. Sadik, Greener Synthesis and Characterization, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxicity Studies of Gold Nanoparticles of Novel Shapes and Sizes, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 2302 – 2313.
• Kun Xiang, Yinglei Li, William Ford, Walker Land, David Schaffer, Robert Congdon, Omowunmi Sadik, Automated Analysis of Food-borne Pathogens using a Novel Microbial Cell Culture, Sensing and Classification System, Analyst, 2016, 141, 1472 – 1482.
• Victor M.  Kariuki , Sohaib A Fasih-Ahmad, Francis J Osonga and Omowunmi A. Sadik, Electrochemical Sensor for Nitrobenzene using π-conjugated Polymer-embedded Nanosilver, Analyst 2016, 14, 2259-2269, DOI: 10.1039/C6an00029k.
• Veronica Okello, Francis Osonga, Michael Knipfing, Victor Bushlyar & Omowunmi Sadik, Total Removal of Lead in Water and Sediments using Quercetin and Other Flavonoids, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2016, 18, 306 – 313, DOI: 10.1039/C5EM00580A.
• Cinelli M, Coles SR, Sadik O, Karn B, Kirwan K, A Framework of Criteria for the Sustainability Assessment of Nanoproducts, Journal of Cleaner Production (2016), 126, 277-287, doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.118.
• Francis J. Osonga, Idris Yazgan, Victor Kariuki, David Luther, Apryl Jimenez, Phuong Le & Omowunmi A. Sadik, Greener Synthesis and Characterization, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxicity Studies of Gold Nanoparticles of Different Shapes and Sizes, Journal of Total Environment, 563-564, 977-986, 2016, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.064.
• Grassian, V. H., Haes, A. J., Mudunkotuwa, I. A., Demokritou, P., Kane, A. B., Murphy, C. J., Hutchinson, J. E., Isaac, J. A., Jun, Y.-S., Karn, B., Khondaker, S. I., Larsen, S. C., Lau, B., Pettibone, J. M., Sadik, O. A., Saleh, N. B., Teague, C. Defining Fundamental Science Needs: No Easy Feat when the Simple itself is Complex. Environmental Science: Nano. 3 (1), 15-27, 2016.
• Magdalena Parlinska-Wojtan, Małgorzata Kus-Liskiewicz, Joanna Depciuch,, Omowunmi Sadik, Green synthesis and antibacterial effects of aqueous colloidal solutions of silver nanoparticles using camomile terpenoids as a combined reducing and capping agent, Bioprocess & Biosystems Engineering, 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s00449-016-1599-4

• Francis Osonga, Michael Knipfing, Victor Bushlyar & Omowunmi Sadik, Synthesis and Antimicrobial Characterization of Sustainable Nanosilver using Naturally-Derived Macromolecules, Science of The Total Environment 2015 (published). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.064
• Veronica Okello, Francis Osonga, Michael Knipfing, Victor Bushlyar & Omowunmi Sadik, Total Removal of Lead in Water and Sediments using Quercetin and Other Flavonoids, Environmental Science: Processes & Impact, 2015 (accepted).
• Kariuki V., Yazgan I., Akgul A., Kowal A., Parlinska M., Sadik O. Synthesis, Catalytic and Biological Evaluation of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles using Poly(amic) Acid, Environmental Science: Nano, 2015, 2, 518 – 527.
• Vicki H. Grassian, Amanda J. Haes, Imali A. Mudunkotuwa, Philip Demokritou, Agnes B. Kane, Catherine J. Murphy, James E. Hutchison, Jacqueline A. Isaacs, Young-Shin Jun, Barbara Karn, Saiful I. Khondaker, Sarah C. Larsen, Boris L. T. Lau, John M. Pettibone, Omowunmi A. Sadik, Navid B. Saleh and Clayton Teague, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C5EN00112A.
• Marco Cinelli, Stuart R. Coles, Omowunmi Sadik, Barbara Karn, Kerry Kirwan, A Framework of Criteria for the Sustainability Assessment of Nanoproducts, Journal of Cleaner Production (2015) (In Press).

• Samuel K. Mwilu, Veronica A. Okello, Francis Osonga, Seth Miller, Omowunmi A. Sadik, A Novel Substrate for Alkaline Phosphatase based on Quercetin Pentaphosphate,.  Analyst, 2014, 139, 5472,
• Sadik O. A., Du N., Kariuki V., Okello V., &   Bushlyar V., Current and Emerging Technologies for the Characterization of Nanomaterials, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2, 1707-1716, 2014.  
• Idris Yazgan, Naumih M. Noah, Ousmane Toure, Siyi Zhang and Omowunmi A. Sadik, Biosensor for selective detection of E. coli in spinach using the strong affinity of derivatized mannose with fimbrial lectin, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 61, 266-273, 2014.
•  H. Hess, T.W. Omowunmi A. Sadik, E.I. Iwuoha, P.G.L. Baker, Constitution of novel polyamic acid/polypyrrole composite films by in-situ electropolymerization, Electrochimica Acta,  128, 439-447, 2014.
• Idris Yazgan, Nian Du, Robert Congdon, Veronica Okello, Omowunmi A. Sadik, Biofunctionalized Poly (amic) Acid Membranes for Disinfection of Drinking Water, Journal of Membrane Science, 472(2014)261–271. 
• Sadik O. A., Karn B., Keller A., Sustainable Nanotechnology, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2014, 2 (7), pp 1543–1544
• H. Hess, T.W. Omowunmi A. Sadik, E.I. Iwuoha, P.G.L. Baker, Constitution of novel polyamic acid/polypyrrole composite films by in-situ electropolymerization, Electrochimica Acta  128, 439-447, 2014,
• Veronica A. Okello, Samuel Gass, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Nian Du, Andrew Lake, Victor Kariuki, Jessica Addolorato, Philip Demokritou & Omowunmi A. Sadik, Capture, Isolation and Electrochemical Detection of Industrially-relevant Engineered Aerosol Nanoparticles using Poly (amic) acid, Phase-inverted, Nano-membranes, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 279,  2014, 365-374.
• Sadik, Omowunmi; Noah, Naumih “Catalytic reduction of hexavalent chromium using palladium nanoparticles: an undergraduate nanotechnology laboratory,” Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91(2), 269-273.

• Robert Congdon Alexander Feldberg, Natalie Ben-Yakar, Dennis McGee, Omowunmi Sadik, Christopher Ober, Bahgat Sammakia, Early Detection of C. Albicans Biofilms at porous electrodes, Analytical Biochemistry, 433, 192-201, 2013.
• Zheng, L.Y.; Congdon, R.B.; Sadik, O.A.; Marques, C.N.H.; Davies, D.G.; Sammakia, B.G.; Lesperance, L.M.; Turner, J.N. Electrochemical Measurements of Biofilm Development Using Polypyrrole Enhanced Flexible Sensors,  Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, vol. 182 June, 2013. p. 725-732.
• William Ford, Kun Xiang, Walker Land, Robert Congdon, Yinglei Li, Omowunmi Sadik, A Multi-class Probabilistic Neural Network for Pathogen Classification, Procedia Computer Science, 20, 348-353, 2013.
• Y Li, W Ford, K Xiang, W Land, R Congdon, O Sadik, Development of a Complex Adaptive PNN System for the Rapid Detection of E. coli, Procedia Computer Science, 20, 342-347, 2013.
• S. Tong, M. Tong, C. Twigg, Y. Chen, and O. Sadik, “Energy Efficient Control for Smart Wastewater Treatment Plants using Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Networks,” Sensor Letters, 11 (9), 1689-1694, 2013.
• Karn B, Sadik O., Sustainability and Nanotechnology, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 1 (7) pages 685, 2013.
• Sadik O. A., Anthropogenic Nanoparticles, Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 2013, 15, 19.
• Omowunmi A. Sadik, Veronica Okello, Francis Osonga Marcells A. Omole, Isaac K’Owino, Green remediation of hexavalent chromium using naturally-derived flavonoids and engineered nanoparticles, Nanotechnology Applications Vol. 2: Solutions for Improving Water Quality, 2013.
• Sadik O. A., Yazgan I., Kariuki V., Sustainable nanomaterials derived from synergistic properties of nanomaterials and biomacromolecules, Chemical Process Technology for a Sustainable Future, Editors: Trevor M Letcher, Janet L Scott and Darrell A Paterson, RSC Publishing, 2013
• Sadik O. Nian Du, Idris Yazgan, Veronica Okello, Nanostructured Membranes for Water Purifications, Nanotechnology Applications Vol. 2: Solutions for Improving Water Quality, 2013.
• Naumih M Noah, Marcells Omole , Samantha Stern, Siyi Zhang, Omowunmi A. Sadik, Hess EH, Martinovic J, Baker PG, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha; Conducting Poly (amic) acid membranes for sensing and site-directed immobilization of proteins, Analytical Biochemistry, 428, 54-63, 2012.
• Veronica A. Okello, Ailing Zhou, Jane Chong, Michael T. Knipfing, David Doetschman & Omowunmi A. Sadik, Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium using Naturally-derived Flavonoids, Environmental Science & Technology, 46 (19), 10743–10751, 2012.

• Kikandi S. K., Wong Q., Sadik O. A., Varner V. E., Burns S., Size-exclusive Nanosensor for Quantitative Analysis of Fullerene Nanomaterials, Environmental Science & Technology, ES & T, 45(2), 5294-5300, 2011.
• Marcells Omole, Veronica Okello, Vincent Lee, Lisa Zhou and Omowunmi Sadik, Catalytic Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium using Nanostructured Polyamic Acid, ACS Catalysis, 1, 139-146, 2011.
• Naomi Noah, Mwilu Samuel, Saamia Alam, Sadik O. A., Characterization of inducible nitric oxide synthase using a suite of electrochemical, fluorescence and SPR biosensors; Analytical Biochemistry, 413, 157-163, 2011. 
• Noami Noah, Samuel Mwilu, Sadik O. A., A. Fatah, Arcilesi R., Immunosensors for Quantifying Cyclooxygenase 2 Pain Biomarkers, Clinica Chimica Acta, 412. 1391-1398, 2011.  
• Musiliyu A. Musa, Ailing Zhou, and Omowunmi A. Sadik, Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of Coumarin-based Benzopyranone Derivatives Containing a Basic side Chain, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Vol. 7, No. 2, March Medicinal Chemistry, 7, 112-120, 2011.  
• Veronica Okello, Nian Du, Boling Deng, Sadik O., Environmental applications of poly(amic acid)-based nanomaterials, Journal of Monitoring, 13, 1236, 2011.
• Elizabeth Osibote, Naumih Noah, Omowunmi Sadik, Dennis McGee, Modupe Ogunlesi, Electrochemical sensors, MTT and immunofluorescence assays for monitoring the proliferation effects of cissus populnea extracts on Sertoli cells, Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology,  9, 65, 2011. 
• Naumih Noah, Omole Marcells, Jae Lim, Sadik O. A, Novel Biosensor for Pain Biomarkers using Metal-enhanced Electrochemical Detection, Electroanalysis 21 (10), 2302-2399, 2011.
• A Self-Powered Adaptive Wireless Sensor Network for Wastewater Treatment Plants, Yu Chen, Christopher M. Twigg, Omowunmi A. Sadik, & Shiqiong Tong, IEEE Sensors 2011.
• Du N., Wong C., Feurstein, M., Sadik O., Umbach C., Sammakia B., Flexible Conducting Polymers: Effects of Chemical Composition on Structural, Electrochemical and Mechanical Properties, Langmuir, 26(17) 14194-14202, 2010.
• Sadik O. A., Mwilu S., Aluoch A., Smart Electrochemical Biosensors: From Advanced Materials to Ultrasensitive Devices, Electrochimica Acta, 55, 4287-4295, 2010. 

• Sadik O. A., Zhou A. L., Kikandi S., Du N., Wang Q., Sensors as tools for quantitation, nanotoxicity and nanomonitoring assessment of engineered nanomaterials, Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Critical Review), 11, 1782-1800, 2009.
• Samuel K. Mwilu, Austin O. Aluoch,  Seth Miller,  Paula Wong & Omowunmi A. Sadik, Alim Fatah, Richard Arcilesi, Identification and Quantitation of Bacillus globigii using Metal-enhanced electrochemical detection and capillary biosensor, Analytical Chemistry, 81, 7561-7570, 2009. 
• Sadik O. A., Zhou Ailing, Aluoch A., Status of Biomolecular Recognition using Electrochemical Techniques – Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 24, 2749-2765, 2009.
• Marcells Omole, Naumih Noah, Anas Almaletti, Sadik Omowunmi, Spectroelectrochemical Biosensors for Monitoring Pain Biomarkers, Analytical Biochemistry, 395, 54-60, 2009.
• Sadik O. A., Zhou A. L., Kikandi S., Du N., Wang Q., Sensors as tools for quantitation, nanotoxicity and nanomonitoring assessment of engineered nanomaterials, Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Critical Review), 11, 1782-1800, 2009.
• Samuel K. Mwilu, Austin O. Aluoch,  Seth Miller,  Paula Wong & Omowunmi A. Sadik, Alim Fatah, Richard Arcilesi, Identification and Quantitation of Bacillus globigii using Metal-enhanced electrochemical detection and capillary biosensor, Analytical Chemistry, 81, 7561-7570, 2009.
• Sadik O. A., Zhou Ailing, Aluoch A., Status of Biomolecular Recognition using Electrochemical Techniques – Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 24, 2749-2765, 2009.
• Marcells Omole, Naumih Noah, Anas Almaletti, Sadik Omowunmi, Spectroelectrochemical Biosensors for Monitoring Pain Biomarkers, Analytical Biochemistry, 395, 54-60, 2009.
• Sadik O. A., JEM Spotlight: Applications of advanced nanomaterials for environmental monitoring Foreword, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 11, 25-26, 2009.
• Zhou A. Sadik O. A., Comparative analysis of quercetin oxidation by electrochemical, Enzymatic, Air oxidation, enzymatic and free-radical oxidation: A mechanistic study, Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 2008, 56(24), 12081–12091. 

• Zhou, S. Kikandi, O. A. Sadik, “Electrochemical Degradation of Quercetin: Isolation and Structural Elucidation of the Degradation Products”, Electrochemistry Communications 9, 2247–2256, 2007.
• Vicki A. Grassian, Gerald Meyer, Hector Abruna, Sadik Omowunmi, Chemistry for a Sustainable Future, Environmental Science & Technology, July 15, 2007, page 4840-4846.
• Kowino I. Mwilu S., Sadik O. A., Metal-enhanced Biosensor for Mismatch Detection” Analytical Biochemistry 369, 8-17, 2007.
• Marcells A. Omole, Isaac O. K’Owino & Omowunmi A. Sadik, Palladium Nanoparticles for Catalytic Reduction of Cr (VI) using Formic Acid, Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 76, 158-176, 2007.
• Sadik O. A. Yan F., Electrochemical Biosensors for Monitoring the Recognition of Glycoprotein-Lectins Interactions, Analytical Chimica Acta, 588, 292-296, 2007.
• Jason Karasinski, Silvana Andreescu,  Leslie White,  Yachao Zhang and Omowunmi A. Sadik, Barry K. Lavine and Mehul Vora, Detection and Identification of Bacteria using Antibiotic Susceptibility and a Multiarray Electrochemical Sensor with Pattern Recognition, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 22 (2007) 2646-2649.
• Sadik O., Juan Brito, Kikandi S., “Electroless Deposition of Titanium onto Aluminum Substrates,” Journal of Electrochemical Society, 154(7) D346, (2007).  
• Kowino I., Omole M., Sadik O. A., Novel Palladium Nanoparticles-sulfur Mixture as Environmental Catalyst for the Rapid Conversion of Cr (VI) to Cr (III), Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9, 657-665, 2007.
• Kikandi. S.N, Musah S., Lee. K., Hassani J., Shawn R, Zhou. A  and Sadik, O.A, Comparative Studies of Quercetin Interactions with Monophosphate Nucleotides using UV-Vis Spectroscopy and Electrochemical Techniques, Electroanalysis, 19, 2131-2140, 2007.
• Sadik OA, Detecting Engineered Nanomaterials, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9, 1154-1154, 2007.
• Mensah-Brown, A.; Wenzel, M.J.; Josse, F.; Yaz, E.; Sadik, O.; Liquid-Phase Detection of Organophosphate Pesticides Using Guided SH-SAW Sensor, IEEE Sensors 2007, 1420 – 1423 .