Selected Oral Presentations

15. "Ionic resorcinarene surfactant stabilized gold nanoparticles", R. Balasubramanian, and S. Han, presented in the 66th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Nashville, TN, on October 18, 2014.

14. "Resorcinarenes as Nanoscale Building Blocks and Nanoparticle Stabilizers: Applications in Catalysis, in Vivo Imaging and More�", B. Ramjee, presented in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, on September 27, 2012.

13. "Multidentate ligand stabilized metallic nanoparticles: Synthesis, mechanistic implications and applications", R. Balasubramanian, S. Han, V.P. Sheela, presented in the 243^rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, during March 2012.

12. "Resorcinarene nanocapsules: Synthesis, functionalization, and encapsulation", R. Balasubramanian, K. Mahadevan, S. Prayakarao, S. Han, presented in the 243^rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, during March 2012.

11. "Fabrication and Functionalization of Hollow Polymeric Nanocapsules", B. Ramjee, Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, on May 3, 2011.

10. "Synthesis, self-assembly and dimensional control of metallic nanostructures using polymer templates", S. Prayakarao, S. Han, R. Balasubramanian, presented in the 241^st American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Anaheim, CA during March 2011.

9. "Polymeric Resorcinarene Nanocapsules and Nanostructures: Synthesis, Functionalization and Encapsulation", B. Ramjee, presented in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at George Mason University, VA on October 14^th, 2010.

8. "One-pot synthesis and functionalization of resorcinarene nanocapsules" B. Ramjee, Z. Kalaitzis, presented in the 239^th American Chemical Society National Meeting held in San Francisco, CA during March 21 - 25, 2010.

7. "Resorcinarene Thiols: Nanoparticle Stabilizers and Nanoscale Building Blocks" B. Ramjee, presented in the Department of Chemistry, Roanoke College, VA, on September 10^th, 2009.

6. "Resorcinarene Thiols: Nanoparticle Stabilizers and Nanoscale Building Blocks" B. Ramjee, presented in the Department of Chemistry, Central University, Hyderabad, on August 3^rd, 2009.

5. "Resorcinarene Thiols: Nanoparticle Stabilizers and Nanoscale Building Blocks" B. Ramjee, presented in the Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, on July 30^th, 2009.

4. "Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Assembly, Dispersion and more�" B. Ramjee, presented in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, on September 21^st, 2007.

3. "Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Assembly, Dispersion and more�" B. Ramjee, presented in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, on February 19^th, 2007.

2. "Crosslinking and functionalization of resorcinarene-encapsulated gold nanoparticles", B. Ramjee, Y.-G. Kwon, A. Wei, presented in the 233^rd American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Chicago during March 2007.

1. "Tailor-made synthesis of thiolate stabilized Au75 nanoparticles", B. Ramjee, R. Guo, M.R. Branham, A. Mills, R.W. Murray, presented in the 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Washington, DC during August - September 2005.

Conference/Symposium/National Meeting Presentations

19. "Colorimetric detection of pyrophosphate using resorcinarene functionalized gold nanoparticles",  A.V.Skinner, S. Han and R. Balasubramanian, presented in the 66th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Nashville, TN, on October 17, 2014.  

18. "Hollow polymeric nanocapsules with tunable rigidity by thiol-ene photopolymerization", S. Han, C. Chamberlayne, R. Balasubramanian, presented in the 243^rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, during March 2012.

17. "Aminocavitand encapsulated nanodiamonds: Phase-transfer, dispersion and applications in diamond film growth", V. P. Sheela, W. Xiao, S. Han, X. Zhou, S. Albin, R. Balasubramanian, presented in the 241^st American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Anaheim, CA during March 2011.

16. "Resorcinarene Nanostructures: Synthesis and Functionalization", B. Ramjee, Z. M. Kalaitzis, presented in the 41^st National Organic Symposium held in Boulder, CO, during June 2009.

15. "Electrochemical and Optical Properties of 1.1 nm-Sized Gold Nanoparticles Dissolved in the Aqueous Solutions", J. Choi, B. Ramjee, R.W. Murray, presented in the 213^th ECS Meeting held in Phoenix, AZ, during May 2008.

14. "Fluorinated gold thiolate nanoparticles by Brust synthesis and ligand exchange", A. Dass, R. Guo, R. Balasubramanian, A.D. Douglas, J.B. Tracy, R.W. Murray, presented in the 234^th American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Boston, MA, during August 2007

13. "Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for analysis of gold monolayer protected clusters with atomic precision" J. B. Tracy, M. C. Crowe, C. A. Fields-Zinna, J. F. Parker, G. Kalyuzhny, L. D. Menard, R. Balasubramanian, J.-P. Choi, R.G. Nuzzo, R.W. Murray, presented in the 233^rd American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Chicago, IL, during March 2007.

12. "Ferrocene-Functionalized Gold Monolayer Protected Clusters as High Redox Capacity Materials", R.L. Wolfe, R. Balasubramanian, J.B. Tracy, R.W Murray presented in the Pittsburgh Conference held in Chicago, IL, during February 2007.

11. "Synthesis and studies on pyrrole thiol monolayer protected gold clusters", B. Ramjee, M.R Branham, M. Heaven, R.W. Murray presented in the 232^nd American Chemical Society National Meeting held in San Francisco, CA, during September 2006.

10. "Electrochemical and photophysical properties of various Au38 nanoparticles protected by mixed-monolayer ligands" J.- P. Choi, B. Ramjee, J.M. DeSimone, R.W. Murray, presented in the 232^nd American Chemical Society National Meeting held in San Francisco, CA, during September 2006.

9. "Characterization of small Au monolayer protected clusters using electrospray mass spectrometry", J.B. Tracy, G. Kalyuzhny, L.D. Menard, R. Balasubramanian, J.- P. Choi, M.C. Crowe, R.G. Nuzzo, R.W. Murray, presented in the 232^nd American Chemical Society National Meeting held in San Francisco, CA, during September 2006.

8. "Solvent and core size effects on the electrochemistry of 1 - 2 nm gold nanoparticles", R. Guo, B. Ramjee, R.W. Murray, presented in the 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Washington, DC, during August - September 2005.

7. "Towards Glycosylated Nanoparticle Libraries", J.M. Hern�ndez-Torres, B. Ramjee, A. Wei, presented in the 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Anaheim, CA, during March 2004.

6. "Resorcinarene-Encapsulated Nanoparticles:Building Blocks for Functional Nanostructures", B. Kim, S.L. Tripp, B. Ramjee, A. Wei, presented in the 38^th National Organic Symposium held in Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, during June 2003.

5. "Towards Glycosylated Nanoparticle Libraries", J.M. Hern�ndez-Torres, B. Ramjee, A. Wei, presented in the presented in the 38^th National Organic Symposium held in Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, during June 2003.

4. "Dispersion and Stability Studies of Resorcinarene-Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles", R. Balasubramanian, B. Kim, S.L. Tripp, X. Wang, M. Lieberman, A. Wei, presented in the 76th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium held in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, during June 2002.

3. "Resorcinarene-encapsulated nanoparticles: Materials properties and applications", A. Wei, S. V. Pusztay, B. Kim, S.L. Tripp, R. Balasubramanian, presented in the 222^nd American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Chicago, IL, during August 2001.

2. "Synthesis of Bile Acid based Dendrons and Dendrimers", R. Balasubramanian, P. Rao, U. Maitra, presented in the National Symposium in Chemistry held in the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, during January 1999.

1. "Synthesis and Study of a Novel Bile Acid based Cationic Surfactant and its Aqueous Gel", R. Balasubramanian, A.R. Raju, U. Maitra, presented in the Royal Society-Unilever Indo-UK Forum Fifth Meeting on Supramolecular and Colloidal Structures in Biomaterials and Biosubstrates held in the Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India, during January 1999.