Publications

1. Gkikas, M.; latrou, H.; Thomaidis S. N.; Alexandridis, P.; Hadjichristidis, N. Well-Defined Homopolypeptides, Copolypeptides and Hybrids of Poly(L-proline) Biomacromolecules 2011, 12, 2396-2406.

[Referenced by Sigma-Aldrich as a peer-reviewed article on Poly(L-proline) for >8 years now]

 

2. Graf, R.; Spiess, H. W.; Floudas, G.; Butt, H.-J.; Gkikas, M.; latrou H. Conformational Transitions of Poly(L-proline) in Copolypeptides with Poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) Induced by Packing Macromolecules 2012, 45, 9326-9332. 

 

3. Gkikas, M.; Timonen, J.; Roukolainen, J.; Alexandridis, P.; latrou, H. Facile Aqueous Synthesis and Stabilization of Nearly Monodispersed Gold Nanospheres by Poly(L-proline) J. Polym. Sci. Part A 2013, 51, 1448-1456.           

 

4. Gkikas, M.; Das, B. P.; Tsianou, M.; latrou, H.; Sakellariou, G. Surface Initiated Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-Proline N-Carboxy Anhydride from Single and Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes Eur. Pol. J. 2013, 49, 3095-3103.

 

5. latrou, H.; Dimas, K.; Gkikas, M.; Tsimplouli, C.; Sofianopoulou, S. Polymersomes from Polypeptide Containing Triblock Co- and Terpolymers for Drug Delivery against Pancreatic Cancer: Asymmetry of the External Hydrophilic Blocks Macromol. Biosci. 2014, 9, 1222-1238.

 

6. Gkikas, M.*; Theodosopoulos, G.; Das, B. P.; Tsianou, M.; Iatrou, H.; Sakellariou, G.* Gold-Decorating Graphene Nanosheets composed of a Biocompatible Non-charged Water-Soluble Polypeptide Eur. Pol. J. 2014, 60, 106-113.  

 

7. Gkikas, M.*; Haataja, J.; Seitsonen, J.; Ruokolainen, J.; Ikkala, O.; Iatrou, H.*; Houbenov, N.* Extended Self-Assembled Long Periodicity and Zig-Zag Domains from Helix-Helix Diblock Copolymer Poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate)-block-Poly(O-benzyl-L-hydroxyproline) Biomacromolecules 2014, 15, 3923-3930.

 

8. Kim, M.; Gkikas, M.; Huang, A.; Kang, J. W.; Suthiwangcharoen, N.; Nagarajan, R.; Olsen, B. D. Enhanced Activity and Stability of Organophosphate Hydrolase via Interaction with an Amphiphilic Polymer Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 5345-5348.     

 

9. Gkikas, M.* Metallic Particle Assemblies on Graphene (Invited Author) Curr. Org. Chem. 2015, 19, 1773-1790.

10. Gkikas, M.*; Haataja, S. J.; Ruokolainen, J.; Ikkala, O.; Iatrou, H.*; Houbenov, N.* Complexation-Driven Mutarotation in Poly(L-proline) Block Copolypeptides Biomacromolecules 2015, 16, 3686-3693.

 

11. Gkikas, M.; Avery, R. K.; Olsen, B. D. Thermoresponsive and Mechanical Properties of Poly(L-proline) Gels Biomacromolecules 2016, 17, 399–406.

 

12. Gkikas, M.; Avery, R. K.; Mills, C. E.; Nagarajan, R.; Wilusz, E.; Olsen, B. D. Hydrogels that Actuate in Response to Organophosphates Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 27, 1602784.

From UML

13. Getzin, M.; Garfield, J.; Rundle, D.S.; Krueger, U.; Gkikas, M.*; Wang, G.* Increased Separability of K-edge Nanoparticles by Photon-Counting Detectors for Spectral μCΤ J. Xray Sci. Technol. 2018, 26, 707-726.

 

14. Gkikas, M.; Peponis, T.; Mesar, T.; Hong, C.; Avery, R. K.; Roussakis, E.; Yoo, H.-J.; Parakh, A.; Patino, M.; Sahani, D. V.; Oklu, R.; Watkins, M. T.; Evans, C. L.; Albadawi, H.; Velmahos, G.; Olsen, B. D. Systemically Administered Hemostatic Nanoparticles for Identification and Treatment of Internal Bleeding ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2019, 55, 2563-2576.

15. Smith, K.; Getzin, M.; Garfield, J.J.; Suvarnapathaki, S.; Camci-Unal, G.; Wang, G.*, Gkikas, M.* Nanophosphor-Based Contrast Agents for Spectral X-ray Imaging Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1092.

 

16. Jonnalagadda, S. V. R.; Gerace, A. J.; Thai, K.; Johnson, J.; Tsimenidis, K.; Jakubowski, J. M.; Shen, C.; Henderson, K. J.; Tamamis, P.*; Gkikas, M.*  Amyloid Peptide Scaffolds Coordinate with Alzheimer’s Disease Drugs J. Phys. Chem. B. 2020, 124, 487–503.

 

17. Zhou, Y.; Yan, L.; Maji, T.; Lévêque, G.; Gkikas, M.*; Fytas, G.* Harnessing Polymer Grafting to Control the Shape of Plasmonic Nanoparticles J. Appl. Phys. 2020, 127, 074302.

 

18. Maji, T.; Tsimenidis, K.; Nagarajan, R.; Mosurkal, R.; Kumar, J.*; Gkikas, M.* One-Layer Water Vapor Poly(olefin) Barriers Compete Metal Sputtering Onto Flexible Substrates Polymer 2020, 197, 122487.

 

19. Noual, A.; Kang, E.; Maji, T.; Gkikas, M.; Djafari-Rouhani, B; Fytas, G.* Optomechanic Coupling in Ag Polymer Nanocomposite Films J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 14854–14864.

 

20. Spyridakou, M.; Maji, T.; Gkikas, M.; Ngai, K.L.; Floudas, G.* Sub-Rouse Dynamics in Poly(Isobutelene) as a Function of Molar Mass Macromolecules 2021, 54, 9091–9099.

 

21. Spyridakou, M.; Tsimenidis, K.; Gkikas, M.; Steinhart, M.; Graf, R.; Floudas, G.* Effects of Nanometer Confinement on the Self-assembly and Dynamics of Poly(γ-Benzyl-L-Glutamate) and its Copolymer with Poly(Isobutylene) Macromolecules 2022, 55, 2615–2626.

 

22. Singha, V.K.; Almpani, M.; Maura D.; Kitao-Ando T.; Ferrari L.; Fontana S.; Bergamini G.; Calcaterra, E.; Pignaffo C.; Negri, M.; Pereira, T.D.O.; Skinner, F.; Gkikas, M.; Andreotti D.; Felici, A.; Déziel, E.; Lépine, F.; Rahme, L.G.* Tackling Recalcitrant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections in Critical Illness via Anti-virulence Monotherapy Nature Communications 2022.

 

23. Ramesh, K.; Truong, A.; Wang, Y.; Rusckowski, M.*; Gkikas, M* Ligand-Specific Nano-Contrast Agents Promote Enhanced Breast Cancer CT Detection at 0.5 mg Au Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 9926.

 

 

US PATENTS

1. Gkikas, M.*; Tamamis, P.*; Jonnalagadda, S.V.R. (UMass Lowell/Texas A&M) Amyloid Peptide Scaffolds Coordinate with Alzheimer’s Disease Drugs   International Publication Number: WO2020/097455A1 Link

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Gkikas, M.* (Invited Author) Hybrid Graphene Metallic Nanoparticles for Biodetection In: Graphene-based Materials in Health and Environment: New Paradigms, Ed.; Springer: New York, 2016. Link