Publications
Bridging Nanotechnology Frontiers: Precision Diagnostics Redefined for Future Healthcare Advancements
Journal Papers (Selected)
U. Chintapula, S. M. Iqbal, and Y.-T. Kim, “A compendium of single cell analysis in aging and disease,” AIMS Molecular Science, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 49-69 (2020). DOI: 10.3934/molsci.2020004.
M. G. Abdallah, T. I. Almugaiteeb, M. U. Raza, J. Battiste, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Glioblastoma Multiforme Heterogeneity Profiling with Solid-state Micropore," Biomedical Microdevices, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 79 (2019). DOI: 10.1007/s10544-019-0416-7.
M. G. Abdallah, R. Khan, C. Garcia, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistors with Micropillared Gates for Measuring Cell Ion Exchange at Molecular Levels," IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 72675-72682 (2018). DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2874274
M. U. Raza, S. S. S. Peri, L.-C. Ma, *S. M. Iqbal, and G. Alexandrakis, "Self-Induced Back Action Actuated Nanopore Electrophoresis (SANE)," Nanotechnology, vol. 29, pp. 435501 (10 pp) (2018). DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aad7d1. *Contact Author.
N. Mansur, M. R. Hasan, Z. I . Shah, F. J. Villarreal, Y.-T. Kim, and S. M. Iqbal, "Discrimination of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells from Indolent Cells on Aptamer-functionalized Surface with Imaging-based Contour Following Techniques ," Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 025038 (12 pp) (2018). DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/aa942a
M. R. Hasan, S. S. S. Peri, V. P. Sabane, N. Mansur, J. Gao, K. T. Nguyen, J. A. Weidanz, S. M. Iqbal and V. V. Abhyankar, "One-Step Fabrication of Flexible Nanotextured PDMS as a Substrate for Selective Cell Capture," Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 025015 (11 pp) (2018). DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/aa89a6
N. Mansur, M. R. Hasan, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Functionalization of Nanotextured Substrates for Enhanced Identification of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells," Nanotechnology, vol. 28, no. 38, pp. 385101 (11 pp) (2017). DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa7f84
M. Islam, R. Atmaramani, S. Mukherjee, S. Ghosh and S. M. Iqbal, "Enhanced proliferation of PC12 neural cells on untreated, nanotextured glass coverslips," Nanotechnology, vol. 27, no. 41, pp. 415501 (2016). DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/41/415501
M. U. Raza, S. Saleem, W. Ali and S. M. Iqbal, "Crosstalk between adjacent nanopores in a solid-state membrane array for multi-analyte high-throughput biomolecule detection," Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 120, p. 064701 (8 pp) (2016). DOI: 10.1063/1.4958673
W. Ali, A. Ilyas, L. Bui, B. Sayles, Y. Hur, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Differentiating Metastatic and Non-metastatic Tumor Cells from their Translocation Profile through Solid-state Micropores," Langmuir, pp. 1-39 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00016
W. Ali, F. J. Moghaddam, M. U. Raza, L. Bui, B. Sayles, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Electromechanical transducer for rapid detection, discrimination and quantification of lung cancer cells," Nanotechnology, vol. 27, no. 19, pp. 1-10 (2016). DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/19/195101
M. Islam, M. M. Bellah, A. Sajid, M. R. Hasan, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Effects of Nanotexture on Electrical Profiling of Single Tumor Cell and Detection of Cancer from Blood in Microfluidic Channels," Scientific Reports, vol. 5, no. 13031, pp. 1-9 (2015). DOI: 10.1038/srep13031
M. A. I. Mahmood, M. R. Hasan, U. J. M. Khan, P. B. Allen, Y.-t. Kim, A. D. Ellington and S. M. Iqbal, "One-step tumor detection from dynamic morphology tracking on aptamer-grafted surfaces," Technology, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1-7 (2015). DOI: 10.1142/S2339547815500089
M. Islam, A. Sajid, M. A. I. Mahmood, M. M. Bellah, P. B. Allen, Y.-T. Kim, and S. M. Iqbal, "Nanotextured polymer substrates show enhanced cancer cell isolation and cell culture," Nanotechnology, vol. 26, no. 22, pp. 1-9 (2015). DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/22/225101
U. H. T. Pham, M. Hanif, A. Asthana, and S. M. Iqbal, "A microfluidic device approach to generate hollow alginate microfibers with controlled wall thickness and inner diameter," Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 117, no. 21, pp. 214703 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4919361
H. Ma, J. Liu, M. M. Ali, M. A. I. Mahmood, L. Labanieh, M. Lu, S. M. Iqbal, Q. Zhang, W. Zhao, and Y. Wan, "Nucleic Acid Aptamers in Cancer Research, Diagnosis and Therapy," Chemical Society Reviews, vol. 44, pp. 1240-1256 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00357H
M. A. I. Mahmood, Y. Wan, M. Islam, W. Ali, M. Hanif, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Micro+nanotexturing of substrates to enhance ligand-assisted cancer cell isolation," Nanotechnology, vol. 25, no. 47, pp. 475102 (9pp) (2014).
A. Ilyas, W. Asghar, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Parallel Recognition of Cancer Cells using Addressable Array of Solid-state Micropores," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 62, pp. 343-349 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.06.048
A. Ilyas, W. Asghar, S. Ahmed, Y. Lotan, J.-T. Hsieh, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Electrophysiological Analysis of Biopsy Samples using Elasticity as an Inherent Cell Marker for Cancer Detection," Analytical Methods, vol. 6, no. 18, pp. 7166-7174 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4AY00781F (COVER ARTICLE)
M. A. I. Mahmood, W. Ali, A. Adnan and S. M. Iqbal, "3D Structural Integrity and Interactions of Single-stranded Protein-binding DNA in a Functionalized Nanopore," The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 118, no. 22, pp. 5799–5806 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/jp411820w.
M. M. Bellah, M. Islam, A. Ilyas, A. D. Ellington, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Differential behavior of EGFR-overexpressing cancer cells through aptamer-functionalized micropores," Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 17, no. 6, pp 983-992 (2014). DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1402-2
M. Islam, W. Asghar, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Cell Elasticity-based Microfluidic Label-free Isolation of Metastatic Tumor Cells," British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, vol. 4, no. 11, pp. 2129-2140, (2014).
Q. Zheng, S. M. Iqbal and Y. Wan, "Cell Detachment: Post-isolation Challenges," Journal of Biotechnology Advances, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 1664-1675, (2013).
A. Ilyas, M. Islam, W. Asghar, J. U. Menon, A. S. Wadajkar, K. T. Nguyen, S. M. Iqbal, "Salt-leaching Synthesized Porous PLGA Nanoparticles show Enhanced Drug Release," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1082-1088, (2013). Cover Article.
Y. Wan, D. Tamuly, P. B. Allen, Y.-T. Kim, R. Bachoo, A. D. Ellington and S. M. Iqbal, "Proliferation and Migration of Tumor Cells in Tapered Channels," Biomedical Microdevices, Published Online: 27 Oct 2012 (2012). DOI: 10.1007/s10544-012-9721-0
W. Asghar, Y.-T. Kim, A. Ilyas, J. Sankaran, Y. Wan and S. M. Iqbal, "Synthesis of nano-textured biocompatible scaffolds from chicken eggshells," Nanotechnology, vol. 23, no. 47, pp. 475601 (9 pages) (2012). Supplementary Data.
A. Javed, S. M. Iqbal and A. Jain, "Microheater Platform for Selective Detachment of DNA," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 101, no. 9, pp. 093707 (2012).
Y. Wan, Y. Liu, P. B. Allen, W. Asghar, M. A. I. Mahmood, J. Tan, H. Duhon, Y.-t. Kim, A. D. Ellington and S. M. Iqbal, "Capture, Isolation and Release of Cancer Cells with Aptamer-functionalized Glass Beads," Lab on a Chip, vol. 12, no. 22, pp. 4693-4701 (2012). Back Cover Article for the issue.
W. T. Kahsai, U. H. T. Pham, J. S. Sankaran and S. M. Iqbal, “Self-assembled Synthesis and Characterization of Microchannels in Polymeric Membranes,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 112, no. 2, pp. 024701 (2012).
A. Ilyas, W. Asghar, P. B. Allen, H. Duhon, A. D. Ellington and S. M. Iqbal, "Electrical Detection of Cancer Biomarker using Aptamers with Nanogap Break-Junctions," Nanotechnology, vol. 23, pp. 275502 (2012). DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/27/275502
W. Asghar, M. Islam, A. S. Wadajkar, Y. Wan, A. Ilyas, K. T. Nguyen and S. M. Iqbal, "PLGA Micro and Nanoparticles Loaded into Gelatin Scaffold for Controlled Drug Release," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 11, no. 3, pp 546-553 (2012). DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2012.2183004. Cover Article for the issue.
W. Asghar, Y. Wan, A. Ilyas, R. Bachoo, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Electrical Fingerprinting, 3D Profiling and Detection of Tumor Cells with Solid-state Micropores," Lab on a Chip, vol. 12, no. 13, pp. 2345-2352 (2012). DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21012F. Cover Article.
M. M. Bellah, S. Christensen and S. M. Iqbal, "Nanostructures for Medical Diagnostics," Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2012, p. 21, (2012). Article ID 486301, DOI:10.1155/2012/486301
Y. Wan, M. A. I. Mahmood, N. Li, P. B. Allen, Y.-t. Kim, R. Bachoo, A. D. Ellington and S. M. Iqbal, "Nanotextured Substrates with Immobilized Aptamers for Cancer Cell Isolation and Cytology," Cancer, vol. 118, no. 4, pp. 1145-1154 (2012). Published Online: 15 Jul 2011. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26349.
Y. Wan, J. Tan, W. Asghar, Y.-t. Kim, Y. Liu and S. M. Iqbal, "Velocity Effect on Aptamers-based Circulating Tumor Cell Isolation in Microfluidic Devices," The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 115, no. 47, pp. 13891–13896 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/jp205511m
W. Asghar, A. Ilyas, R. R. Deshmukh, S. Sumitsawan, R. B. Timmons and S. M. Iqbal, "Pulsed Plasma Polymerization for Controlling Shrinkage and Surface Composition of Solid-state Nanopores," Nanotechnology, vol. 22, no. 28, 285304 (8pp) (2011).
S. D. Vidyala, W. Asghar and S. M. Iqbal, "Porous Organic Nano-Films for Coating of Solid-State Devices," Journal of Nanobiotechnology, vol. 9, no. 18, Article ID: 5259 (2011). DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-9-18
Y. Wan, Y.-t. Kim, N. Li, S. K. Cho, R. Bachoo, A. D. Ellington and S. M. Iqbal, "Surface Immobilized Aptamers for Cancer Cell Isolation and Microscopic Cytology," Cancer Research, vol. 70, no. 22, pp. 9371-9380 (2010). Supplementary Video S1
S. Goyal, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Vapor-Phase Facile Coatings of Nanotextured Organic Biocompatible Films on Solid-State Substrates," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 9, no. 5, pp 618-624 (2010).
W. Asghar, P. P. Ramachandran, A. Adewumi, M. R. Noor and S. M. Iqbal, "Rapid Nanomanufacturing of Metallic Break Junctions Using Focused Ion Beam Scratching and Electromigration," Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Special Issue on Nanomanufacturing, vol. 132, no. 3, pp 030911-1 to -4 (2010).
S. Goyal, Y.-t. Kim, Y. Li and S. M. Iqbal, "Active and Biomimetic Nanofilters for Selective Protein Separation," Biomedical Microdevices, vol 12, no. 2, pp. 317-324, (2010). DOI 10.1007/s10544-009-9387-4
M. R. Noor, S. Goyal, S. M. Christensen, and S. M. Iqbal, "Electrical Detection of Single-base DNA Mutation using Functionalized Nanoparticles," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 95, no. 7, pp. 073703 (2009). Cover Article. Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, vol 20, no. 9, (August 31, 2009).
S. M. Iqbal, D. Akin, and R. Bashir, "Solid-state nanopore channels with DNA selectivity," Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 2, pp. 243-248, (2007).
H. Chang, B. M. Venkatesan, S. M. Iqbal, G. Andreadakis, F. Kosari, G. Vasmatzis, D. Peroulis, and R. Bashir, "DNA counterion current and saturation examined by a MEMS-based solid state nanopore sensor," Biomedical Microdevices, vol. 8, no. 3, pp 263-269, (2006).
H. Chang, S. M. Iqbal, E. A. Stach, A. H. King, N. J. Zaluzec, and R. Bashir, "Fabrication and Characterization of Solid State Nanopores using a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, 103109 (2006).
S. M. Iqbal, G. Balasundaram, S. Ghosh, D. E. Bergstrom and R. Bashir, "Direct current electrical characterization of ds-DNA in nanogap junctions," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, no. 15, 153901 (2005).
Book
S. M. Iqbal and R. Bashir (Editors), "Nanopores: Sensing and Fundamental Biological Interactions," ISBN: 978-1-4419-8251-3, Springer, NY, USA (2011)
Book Chapters
M. H. Ijaz, M. U. Raza, S. M. Mahmood and S. M. Iqbal, "Solid-State Micropores for Living Cell Detection and Discrimination," Book Chapter in Micro and Nanomanufacturing Volume II (Eds. M. J. Jackson and W. Ahmed), pp. 263-279, Springer, Cham, Switzerland (2018). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67132-1_10
V. G. Varanasi, M. F. Velten, T. Odatsu, A. Ilyas, S. M. Iqbal and P. B. Aswath, "Chapter 9 – Surface Modifications and Surface Characterization of Biomaterials Used in Bone Healing," Book Chapter in Materials for Bone Disorders, (Eds. Susmita Bose and Amit Bandyopadhyay), pp. 405–452, Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., Oxford, United Kingdom (2016). ISBN: 978-0-12-802792-9. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802792-9.00009-4
M. A. I. Mahmood, Y. Wan and S. M. Iqbal, "Micro/Nanostructured Substrates for Cell Typing, Isolation and Disease Diagnostics," to appear in Microfluidics, Nanotechnology and Disease Biomarkers for Personalized Medicine Applications, Editors: M. J. A. Shiddiky and M. Trau, Nova Science Publishers Inc., USA (2013)
M. A. I. Mahmood, U. J. M. Khan and S. M. Iqbal, "Nucleic Acid-Based Encapsulations for Cancer Diagnostics and Drug Delivery," in DNA and RNA Nanobiotechnologies in Medicine: Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases in RNA Technologies Series, vol. VIII, Editors: V. A. Erdmann and J. Barciszewski, ISBN 978-3-642-36852-3, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany (2013)
W. Asghar, J. A. Billo, and S. M. Iqbal, "Solid State Nanopores for Selective Sensing of DNA," Book Chapter in Nanopores: Sensing and Fundamental Biological Interactions (Eds. S. M. Iqbal and R. Bashir), pp. 107-128, Springer, Boston, MA, USA (2011). ISBN: 978-1-4419-8251-3. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8252-0_5
S. M. Iqbal and R. Bashir, "Chapter 81: Nanoelectronic-Based Detection for Biology and Medicine," in Handbook of Automation, Editor: Shimon Y. Nof, ISBN: 978-3-540-78830-0, Springer (2009)
Conference Proceedings - Full Papers (Selected)
A. Hafeez, A. Ilyas, A. R. Butt, S. M. Iqbal, "Identifying Sick Cells From High-Resolution Solid-State Micropore Data," International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2023), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Oct 29 – Nov 2, 2023).
M. S. Hossain, S. M. Iqbal, and Y. Zhou, "Microwave Based Glucose Concentration Classification by Machine Learning," 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS), Virtual Conference (May 26 – 28, 2020).
A. Amin, A. M. Abdullah, A. R. Chowdhury, M. J. Uddin, S. M. Iqbal, and H. F. Huq, "Effect of Graphene Modified Anode on the Performance of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell," IEEE GreenTech 2020 Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, USA (April 1 – 3, 2020).
M. S. Parvez, M. F. Rubby, S. M. Iqbal, and N. Islam, "DC-biased AC Electrokinetics Effect on V-shaped Electrode Patterns for Biofluidics Applications," 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA (November 11 – 14, 2019).
M. G. Abdallah, R. Khan, Y.-T. Kim, and S. M. Iqbal, "A Facile Microfluidic Approach to Create Microencapsulations for Cell Confinement," EMBS Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine Conference (MNMC 2018): Translating Technology from the Bench to the Bedside, Kauai, HI, USA (December 10 – 14, 2018).
M. U. Raza, L.-C. Ma, M. H. Ijaz, S. S. S. Peri, G. Alexandrakis, and S. M. Iqbal, “Fabrication of Dual Nanohole-Nanopore Biosensors,” at the First IEEE Life Sciences Conference, Sydney, Australia (December 13 – 15, 2017).
M. G. Abdallah, R. Khan, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Sensing of Cancer Cell Ion Exchange as a Biomarker with High Aspect Ratio Field Effect Transistors,” at the IEEE SENSORS 2017, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, (October 29 – November 1, 2017).
M. R. Hasan, S. S. S. Peri, V. P. Sabane, N. Mansur, J. X. Gao, K. T. Nguyen, J. A. Weidanz, V. V. Abhyankar, and S. M. Iqbal, “Flexible Nanotextured PDMS as a Substrate for Selective Cell Capture,” at BMES 2017 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, (October 11 – 14, 2017).
M. R. Hasan, M. M. Bellah, S. Nathu and S. M. Iqbal, “Vowel-based Speaker Biometric Sensing and Identification,” at BMES 2017 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, (October 11 – 14, 2017).
M. G. Abdallah, M. Yousufuddin, S. Yaman, R. Khan, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Surface Functionalization of Nanoporous PLGA Microparticles,” at the 12th IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference, Singapore (October 2 – 4, 2017).
M. Rizwan, A. Hafeez, A. R. Butt, and S. M. Iqbal, "Detection of Cellular Spikes and Classification of Cells from Raw Nanoscale Biosensor Data," at The International Conference on Extreme Learning Machines (ELM2016), Singapore, (December 13 – 15, 2016).
N. Mansur, F. J. Villarreal, M. R. Hasan, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Nanotextured Functionalized Substrates for Enhanced Identification of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells," at BMES 2016 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, (October 5 – 8, 2016).
M. Islam, M. M. Bellah, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Cell Affinity Chromatography and Electrical Measurements to Detect Cancer Cells in Microfluidics," at BMES 2014 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, (October 22 – 25, 2014).
W. Ali, A. Ilyas, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Resistive-Pulse Differentiation of Metastatic and Non-metastatic Tumor Cells with Solid-state Micropores," at BMES 2014 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, (October 22-25, 2014).
M. A. I. Mahmood, C. M. A. Arafat, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Quantitative Classification of Tumor Cell Morphological Changes on Selectively Functionalized Biochips," at the 35th Annual International IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Conference, Osaka, Japan (July 3-7, 2013).
F. Mirza, T. Raman, M. A. I. Mahmood, S. M. Iqbal and D. Agonafer, "Parametric Thermal Analysis of TSVs in a 3-D Module based on Interconnect Delay and Silicon Efficiency," at the 13th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm 2012), San Diego, CA, USA (May 30-June 1, 2012)
S. D. Vidyala, W. Asghar and S. M. Iqbal, "Biocompatible Nanolayered Polymerization of MEMS Devices," at the 33rd Annual International IEEE-EMBS Conference, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 2901-2904 (August 30-September 3, 2011)
J. A. Billo, W. Asghar and S. M. Iqbal, "An implementation for the detection and analysis of negative peaks in an applied current signal across a silicon nanopore," at the SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing 2011, Orlando, FL, USA, 80312T (April 25-29, 2011); doi:10.1117/12.884088
A. Ilyas, W. Asghar, J. A. Billo, E. A. Q. Syed and S. M. Iqbal, "From Molecular Electronics to Proteonics: Break Junctions for Biomarker Detection," at the IEEE-NIH 2011 Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop (LiSSA'11), Bethesda, MD, USA, pp. 79-82 (April 7-8, 2011)
W. Asghar, P. P. Ramachandran and S. M. Iqbal, "Integrating Engineering and Biology for Bio-Nanotechnology Curriculum," at the 40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2010), Arlington, VA, USA, pp. T2F-1 to T2F-6 (October 27–30, 2010)
S. Goyal, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Effect of Fluorescent Tags on Translocation through Nanochannels," at the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 3736-3739, (August 31-September 4, 2010)
P. P. Ramachandran, S. Christensen and S. M. Iqbal, "Electronic Detection of Selective Proteins using Non Antibody-Based CMOS Chip," at the IEEE-NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop 2009 (LiSSA'09), Bethesda, MD, USA (April 9-10, 2009)
Y. Liu and S. M. Iqbal, "A Mesoscale Model for Molecular Interaction in Functionalized Nanopores," at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress 2008 (IMECE 2008), IMECE2008-68542, (2008)
A. Ghafoor, S. M. Iqbal and R. Bashir, "A System Architecture for Real-Time Imaging of Nano-Scale Viruses using Remote AFM," in Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Object-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing, vol. 00, no. , pp. 114-120, Eighth (2005)
Conference Abstracts (Selected)
N. Mansur, M. R. Hasan, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Detection of metastatic cells in blood by data analysis of surface captured cells,” ACS Fall 2023, San Diego, CA, USA (August 13 – 17, 2023).
V. Gupta and S. M. Iqbal, "Facile Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials,” APS March Meeting 2021, Virtual (March 15 – 19, 2021).
M. F. Rubby, M. S. Parvez, N. Islam and S. M. Iqbal, "Particle Movement Control in Microfluidic Flow using AC Electrothermal Effect," 2019 Student Research Showcase, Sigma Xi, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA (March 25 – 29, 2019).
M. Garza, B. Tayal and S. M. Iqbal, "Recognizing Patterns in Medical Records through Deep Learning," 4th US International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (4th NANOSMAT-USA 2018), South Padre Island, Texas, USA (October 29 – November 1, 2018). BEST POSTER AWARD
N. Mansur, M. R. Hasan, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Identifying Metastasis from Mechanical Behavior of Tumor Cells Captured on Functionalized Substrates,” at the Mechanobiology of Disease Meeting, Biophysical Society, Singapore, (September 27 – 30, 2016).
S. S. S. Peri, M. Hanif, U. H.T. Pham, A. Asthana and S. M. Iqbal, “Smart Drug Delivery Device using Hollow Sodium Alginate Microfibers Generated with a Microfluidic Device,” at the 2016 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Orlando/Kissimmee, FL, USA, (August 15 – 18, 2016).
M. Hanif, Y. Suleman, A. Hafeez, M. M. Rafique, A. R. Butt and S. M. Iqbal, "Accelerating Analysis of Biological Targets from Raw Solid-state Micropore Data," at 60th Annual Meeting of The Biophysical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, (February 27 – March 2, 2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.1782
M. Islam, A. Sajid, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "The Effects of Nanotexturing Microfluidic Platforms to Isolate Brain Tumor Cells," at APS March Meeting 2015, San Antonio, TX, USA, (March 2 – 6, 2015).
F. Mirza, S. M. Iqbal and D. Agonafer, "Optimization of TSV Placement in Low-Powered 3D ICs Mitigate Effects of Joule Heating and Heat Gradients," at ITherm 2014: Fourteenth Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, Orlando, FL, USA, (May 27 – 30, 2014).
M. Islam, M. M. Bellah, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Cell Affinity Chromatography and Electrical Measurements to Detect Cancer Cells in Microfluidics," at BMES 2014 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, (October 22-25, 2014).
M. Islam, M. A. I. Mahmood, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Effects of Nanotextured PDMS on Cell Culture and Growth," at 225th ECS Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, (May 11-16, 2014).
M. R. Hasan, N. Mansur and S. M. Iqbal, "Fabrication of Solid-state Nanopores with Transmission Electron Microscopy," at 2014 Meeting of the Texas Society for Microscopy, Arlington, TX, USA, (March 6-8, 2014).
M. U. Raza, S. Saleem, W. Ali and S. M. Iqbal, " Electronic Bias and Debye Length Calculations across Solid-state Nanopores for Self-referencing Arrays," at American Physical Society March Meeting 2014, Denver, CO, USA, (March 4-7, 2014).
M. A. I. Mahmood, W. Ali, A. Adnan and S. M. Iqbal, "Selective Translocation of Proteins through DNA-Functionalized Solid-state Nanopores," at 58th Annual Meeting of Biophysical Society, San Francisco, CA, USA, (February 15-19, 2014).
M. A. I. Mahmood, Y.-T. Kim, A. D. Ellington S. M. Iqbal, "Tumor Cell Capture, Isolation and Quantification of Growth, Movement and Interactions on Aptamer Functionalized Chips – Novel Cytological Tool for Early Diagnosis," at NCI-NIBIB Point of Care Technologies for Cancer Conference, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD, USA, (January 8-10, 2014).
A. Villete, A. Ilyas, M. Ahsan and S. M. Iqbal, "Differentiating Cell Type from Biomechanical Characteristics through Solid-state Micropores," at 2013 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (2013 ABRCMS), Nashville, Tennessee, USA (November 13-16, 2013).
M. Islam, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Cell Elasticity-based Microfluidic Isolation of Metastatic Tumor Cells," at the Joint Fall 2013 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the American Physical Society, American Association of Physics Teachers and the Society of Physics Students, Brownsville, Texas, USA (October 10-12, 2013).
M. A. I. Mahmood, U. J. M. Khan, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Quantification of Tumor Cell Growth, Movement and Interactions on Aptamer Functionalized Chips as Novel Detection Modality," at Sigma Xi Southwest Regional Research Conference, Dallas, TX, USA (Jan 11-13, 2013). BEST PAPER AWARD.
W. T. Kahsai and S. M. Iqbal, "Self-Assembly and Characterization of Microfluidic Channels made with Phase-Separation Approach," at Biomedical Engineering Society 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA (Oct 24-27, 2012).
M. A. I. Mahmood, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Detection of Tumor Cells from Image Analysis of Transient Morphological Changes," at the 5th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA 2012), Crete Island, Greece (June 6-8, 2012).
C. M. A. Arafat, Sri D. Vidyala, Waseem Asghar and Samir M Iqbal, "Eco-friendly Deposition of Fluorinated Nanocomposites," at International Conference on Materials Science and its Applications, Taif, Saudi Arabia (Feb 13-15, 2012).
J. S. Sankaran, U. H. T. Pham, W. T. Kahsai and S. M. Iqbal, "PEO as the Hydrophilic Material for Circular Microchannel Fabrication in PDMS using Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Interaction," at 2011 Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense & Security (NANO-DDS) Conference, New York, NY (August 29-September 1, 2011).
Y. Wan, W. Asghar, P. B. Allen, A. D. Ellington, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Circulating Tumor Cells in Microfluidic Devices for Global Health," at Cancer Detection and Diagnostics Technologies for Global Health Conference, NIH campus, Rockville, MD (August 22-23, 2011).
A. Shahid, A. Ilyas, N. Obulareddy, M. H.-C. Jin, M. Melotto and S. M. Iqbal, "Photosynthetically Active Protoplasts for Energy Transduction," at European MRS 2011 Spring Meeting and E-MRS/MRS Bilateral Conference on Energy, Nice, France (May 9-13, 2011).
Intellectual Property
G. Alexandrakis, S. M. Iqbal, S. M. Chowdhury, J. A. Weidanz, M. U. Raza, L.-C. Ma, “Nanosensors and Methods of Making and using Nanosensors,” U.S. Provisional Patent, Filed 12/12/2017 (2017).
Md. Motasim Bellah, J. M. Tommerdahl, M. R. Hasan and S. M. Iqbal, "Systems and Methods for Human Speech Training," International Patent Application Number PCT/US2016/041765 filed 11 Jul 2016. U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/190,606 (2015).
S. M. Iqbal, Swati Goyal, Y.-T. Kim, Yuan Wan, Mohammed A.I. Mahmood, Umair J.M. Khan, "Methods of Detecting Tumor Cells," Patent #US 2015/0010912 Al issued on 8 Jan 2015.
S. M. Iqbal, S. Goyal, S. M. Christensen and M. R. Noor, "Nano-Scale Biosensors," US Patent #8,283,936 issued on 9 Oct 2012.
K. A. Schug, S. Spencer, Y.-T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, "Method, Apparatus and Compositions for Imaging Proteins from Polymer Membranes by Mass Spectrometry," U.S. Prov. Patent App. No. 61/303,661 (2010).
S. M. Iqbal, S. Christensen, S. Goyal, M. R. Noor, and P. P. Ramachandran, "Methods, Compositions and Apparatus for Nanoscale Biosensors," U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/321770 (2010).
S. M. Iqbal, Y.-T. Kim, and S. Goyal, "Method and Apparatus for Making Channels in Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) using Self-assembly," U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/390398 (2010).
R. Bashir, D. Akin and S. M. Iqbal, "Labe Free Single Molecule DNA Sequencing with Solid State Nanopore Sensor,” U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 64821.P1.US, Filed 03/21/2007.