Publications

Water Interactions on the Surface of 50 nm Rutile TiO2 Nanoparticles using in situ DRIFTS. Maria Dimitra Kipreos* and Michelle Foster. Surface Science, 377, 1-7, 2018 (DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2018.05.005)

 

Autonomous Thermal-Oxidative Composition inversion (TOCI) and Texture Tuning of Liquid Metal Surfaces. Joel Cutinho*, Boyce S. Chang, Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, Jiahao Chen, Syeda S. Akhter*, Ian D. Tevis, Nelson J. Bello*, Michelle C. Foster, Martin M. Thuo. ACS Nano, 12(5), 4744-4753, 2018. (DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01438)

 

Laboratory Exercise for Studying the Morphology of Heat-denatured and Amyloid Aggregates of Lysozyme by Atomic Force Microscopy. Sumeyra Gokalp*, William Horton*, Elfa Berglind Jonsdottir*, Michelle Foster and Marianna Torok. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 46(2), 162-171, 2018 (DOI 10.1002/bmb.21101)

 

Replicating Prebiotic Astrochemistry Through the Use of a Silicate Grain Surface Analog. Amanda Carey* and Michelle Foster. The Nucleus, 45(4), 6, 2016.

 

Carbon surface functionalities and SEI formation during Li intercalation. John Collins, Gerald Gourdin, Michelle Foster, Deyang Qu. Carbon, 92, 193-244, 2015. (DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.04.007)

 

Partial graphitization of activated carbon by surface acidification.  John Collins, Dong Zheng, Tue Ngo, Deyang Qu, Michelle Foster. Carbon, 79, 500-517, 2014. (DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.009)

 

Spectroscopic compositional analysis of electrolyte during initial SEI layer formation.  Gerald Gourdin, John Collins, Dong Zheng, Michelle Foster, Deyang Qu. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(31) 17383-17394, 2014. (DOI: 10.1021/jp50418b)

 

Design, synthesis and biological activity of multifunctional αβ-unsaturated carbonyl scaffolds for Alzheimer’s disease.  Seema Bag, Sanjukta Ghosh, Rekja Tulsan, Abha Sood, Weihong Zhou, Christine Schifone, Michelle Foster, Harry LeVine, Bela Török, Marianna Török. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 23(9) 2614-2618, 2013. (DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.02.103)

 

Spectroscopic investigations of sequential nitric acid treatments on granulated activated carbon: Effects of surface oxygen groups on pi-density.  John Collins, Tue Ngo, Deyang Qu and Michelle Foster.  Carbon, 57, 174-183, 2013. (DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.01.061)

 

UMass Boston, College of Science and Mathematics: Improving Retention Rates in STEM.  AJ Grosovsky, M Schwartz, M Foster, E Korbek-Erdogmus, and A Gritsinin, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2013. Peer-reviewed paper presented in the Proceedings of the Ninth Annual National Symposium on Student Retention, San Diego, 4-6 November 2013.

 

Structure-Activity Relationships of Organofluorine Inhibitors of AB-Amyloid Self-Assembly.  Bela Torok, Abha Sood, Seema Bag, Aditya Kulkarni, Dmitry Borkin, Elizabeth Lawler, Sujaya Dasgupta, Shainaz Landge, Mohammed Abid, Weihong Zhou, Michelle Foster, Harry LeVine, Marianna Torok. ChemMedChem, 7(5) 910-919, 2012.

 

Mechanistic study on the oxidative coupling of amines to imines on K-10 montmorillonite.  Valentina Atanassova, Kristen Ganno, Aditya Kulkarni, Shainaz Landge, Steven Curtis, Michelle Foster, Bela Torok. Applied Clay Science, 53(2) 220-22, 2011.

 

Disassembly of Preformed Amyloid Beta Fibrils by Small Organofluorine Molecules.  Abha Sood, Mohammed Abid, Catherine Sauer, Samson Hailemichael, Michelle Foster, Bela Torok, Marianna Torok, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 21(7) 2044-2047, 2011.

 

Effect of chirality of small molecule organofluorine inhibitors of amyloid self-assembly on inhibitor potency.  Abha Sood, Mohammed Abid, Samson Hailemichael, Michelle Foster, Bela Torok, Marianna Torok.  Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 19, 6931-6934, 2009.

 

Water on MgO(100) – An infrared study at ambient temperatures. Michelle Foster, Mark D’Agostino and Devon Passno. Surf. Sci.  590, 31-41, 2005.

 

Adsorption of methanol on the MgO(100) surface: An infrared study at room temperature.  Jennifer Rudberg and Michelle Foster. J. Phys. Chem. B, 108(47) 18311-18317, 2004.

 

An FTIR study of methanol, water and acetic acid on MgO(100) under ambient conditions.  Michelle Foster, Devon Passno and Jennifer Rudberg; J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 22(4) 1640-1646, 2004.