• Raman A, Quiñones R, Barriger L, Eastman R, Parsi A, Gawalt ES. Understanding organic film behavior on alloy and metal oxides. Langmuir. 2010 Feb 2;26(3):1747-54.
• Miljkovic ND, Cooper GM, Hott SL, Disalle BF, Gawalt ES, Smith DM, McGowan K, Marra KG.  Calcium aluminate, RGD-modified calcium aluminate, and beta-tricalcium phosphate implants in a calvarial defect.  Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.  2009 Sep;20(5):1538-43.
• Kovacs JR, Tidball J, Ross A, Jia L, Zheng Y, Gawalt ES, Meng WS.  Characterization of nickel-decorated PLGA particles anchored with a his-tagged polycation.  Journal of Biomaterials Science.  Polymer Edition.  2009;20(9):1307-20.
• Quiñones R, Gawalt ES.  Polystyrene formation on monolayer-modified nitinol effectively controls corrosion.  Langmuir.  2008 Oct 7;24(19):10858-64.  Epub 2008 Sep 3.
• Jia L, Kovacs JR, Zheng Y, Shen H, Gawalt ES, Meng WS.  Expansion of Foxp3-expressing regulatory T cells in vitro by dendritic cells modified with polymeric particles carrying a plasmid encoding interleukin-10.  Biomaterials.  2008 Mar;29(9):1250-61.  Epub 2007 Dec 20.
• Quiñones R, Gawalt ES.  Study of the formation of self-assembled monolayers on nitinol.  Langmuir.  2007 Sep 25;23(20):10123-30.  Epub 2007 Aug 29.
• Raman A, Gawalt ES.  Self-assembled monolayers of alkanoic acids on the native oxide surface of SS316L by solution deposition.  Langmuir.  2007 Feb 27;23(5):2284-8.  Epub 2007 Feb 1.
• Lim MS, Feng K, Chen X, Wu N, Raman A, Nightingale J, Gawalt ES, Korakakis D, Hornak LA, Timperman AT.  Adsorption and desorption of stearic acid self-assembled monolayers on aluminum oxide.  Langmuir.  2007 Feb 27;23(5):2444-52.  Epub 2007 Jan 30.
• Jia L.; Kovacs, J.R.; Zheng Y.; Gawalt E.S; Shen, H.M.; Meng, W.S. “Attenuated alloreactivity of dendritic cells engineered with surface-modified microspheres carrying a plasmid encoding interleukin-10”Biomaterials, 2006, 27 (9), 2076-2082.
• Zheng Y, Kovacs JR, Gawalt ES, Shen H, Meng WS.  Characterization of particles fabricated with poly(D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) and an ornithine-histidine peptide as carriers of oligodeoxynucleotide for delivery into primary dendritic cells.  Journal of Biomaterials Science.  Polymer Edition.  2006;17(12):1389-403.
• Raman A, Dubey M, Gouzman I, Gawalt ES.  Formation of self-assembled monolayers of alkylphosphonic acid on the native oxide surface of SS316L.  Langmuir.  2006 Jul 18;22(15):6469-72.
• Jia L, Kovacs JR, Zheng Y, Gawalt ES, Shen H, Meng WS.  Attenuated alloreactivity of dendritic cells engineered with surface-modified microspheres carrying a plasmid encoding interleukin-10.  Biomaterials.  2006 Mar;27(9):2076-82.  Epub 2005 Oct 10.  Erratum in: Biomaterials. 2006 Jul;27(21):4058.
• Gawalt ES, Mrksich M.  A substituent effects study reveals the kinetic pathway for an interfacial reaction.  Journal of the American Chemical Society.  2004 Dec 1;126(47):15613-7.
• Palchesko, R.N., McGowan, K.A., Gawalt, E.S. “Surface immobilization of active vancomycin on calcium aluminum oxide” Materials Science and Engineering C, online, 2011
• Zheng, Y.; Wen, Y.; George, A.M.; Steinbach, A. M.; Phillips, B.E.; Giannoukakis, N.; Gawalt, E.S.; Meng, Wilson S. “A peptide-based material platform for displaying antibodies to engage T cells” Biomaterials, 2011, 32(1), 249-257.
• Paluti, C.; Gawalt, E.S. “Immobilized aza-bis(oxazoline)copper catalysts on alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on gold: Selectivity dependence on surface electronic environments” Journal of Catalysis, 2010, 275(1), 149-157.
• Raman, A., Gawalt, E.S. “Reduction of 3T3 Fibroblast Adhesion on SS316L by Methyl-terminated SAMS” Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 2010, 30(8), 1157-1161.
• Lim, M.S.; Smiley, K.; Gawalt, E.S., “Thermally Driven Stability of Octadecylphosphonic Acid Thin Films Grown on SS316L” Scanning, 2010, 32, 304-311.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Ellen S. Gawalt
Phone: (412) 396-4709
Email: gawalte@duq.edu