Publications
and Presentations

Publications

(Underlined names denote undergraduate student co-authors.)

  1. "Optimization of Conditions for Flow-Through Partial-Filling Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis to Estimate Binding Constants of Ligands to Receptors", Brown, A.; Desharnais, R.; Roy, B.C.; Malik, S; Gomez, F. A. Anal. Chim. Acta, 2005, 540, 403-410.

  2. "Flow Injection-Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE): Recent Advances and Applications", Hanrahan, G.; Dahdouh, F.; Clarke, F.; Gomez, F.A. Curr. Anal. Chem. 2005, 1, 321-328.

  3. "Multiple-Injection Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis to Estimate Binding Constants of Receptors to Ligands", Chinchilla, D.; Zavaleta, J.; Martinez, K.; Gomez, F. A. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2005, 383, 625-631.

  4. "Recent Developments in Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis. A Review", Zavaleta, J.; Chinchilla,. D.; Brown, A.; Sogomonyan, T.; Ramirez, A.; Calderon, V.; Gomez, F. A. Curr. Anal. Chem. 2006, 2, 35-42.

  5. "Singlet Oxygen Generation from Water-Soluble Quantum Dot-Organic Dye Nanocomposites," Shi, L.; Hernandez, B.; Selke, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 6278-6279 (PDF)(Supporting Info) (Comment)

  6. "Photooxidation of Co-Thiolato Complexes in Protic and Aprotic Solvents," Hernandez, B.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, D.; Selke, M. Chem. Commun. 2006, 9, 997-999.

  7. "Multiple-Injection Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis to Examine Binding Constants Between Glycopeptide Antibiotics and Peptides", Zavaleta, J.; Chinchilla, D.; Martinez, K.; Gomez, F.A. J. Chromatogr. A, 2006, 1105, 59-65.

  8. "Partial Filling Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis Techniques to Probe the Binding of Glycopeptide Antibiotics to D-Ala-D-Ala Terminus Peptides", Zavaleta, J.; Chinchilla, D. B.; Kaddis, C. F.; Martinez, K.; Brown, A.; Gomez, A.; Pao, A.; Ramirez, A.; Nilapwar, S.; Ladbury, J. E.; Gomez, F. A. J. Cap. Elect. Microchip Tech., 2006, 9, 101-117.

  9. "The Design and Development of a Flow Injection-Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) Analyzer Employing Fiber Optic Detection." Hanrahan, G.; Tse, F.; Dahdouh, F. T.; Clarke, K.; Gomez, F. A. J. Cap. Elect. Microchip Tech. 2006, 13 (6), 433-440.

  10. "Partial-Filling Multiple-Injection Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis (PFMIACE) to Examine Binding Constants of Receptors to Ligands," Zavaleta, J.; Chinchilla, D.; Ramirez, A.; Pao, A.; Martinez, K.; Nilapwar, S.; Ladbury, J. E.; Mallik, S.; Gomez, F. A., LCGC, 2006, 24, 1118-1132.

  11. "Synthesis of Chlorambucil-Tempol Adduct and its Delivery Using Fluoroalkyl Double-Ended Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Micelles," Prabhutendolkar, A.; Liu, X.; Mathias, E.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. A. Drug Delivery 2006, 13, 433-440.

  12. "Implementation of Chemometric Methodology in Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis (ACE): Predictive Investigation of Protein-Ligand Binding," Hanrahan, G.; Montes, R.; Pao, A.; Johnson, A.; Gomez, F. A. Electrophoresis, 2007, 28, 2853-2860.

  13. "Design and Fabrication of Chemically Robust Three-Dimensional Microfluidic Valves," Maltezos, G.; Garcia, E.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A.; Scherer, A. Lab Chip, 2007, 7 1209-1211.

  14. "Simple Fabrication of Fritless Chromatographic Microchips Packed with Conventional Reversed-Phase Silica Particles," Gaspar, A.; Piyasena, M. E.; Gomez, F. A. Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 7906-7909.

  15. "Through-a-Chip Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis to Estimate Binding Constants Between Receptors and Ligands," Brown, A. L.; Morales, C.; Gomez, F. A. Talanta, 2008, 74, 605-612.

  16. "Magnetically Controlled Valve for Flow Manipulation in Polymer Microfluidic Devices," Gaspar, A.; Piyasena, M.; Daroczi, L.; Gomez, F. A. Microfluid. Nanofluid. 2007, in press.

  17. "Response Surface Examination of the Relationship Between Experimental Conditions and Product Distribution in Electrophoretically Mediated Microanalysis (EMMA)," Montes, R.; Gomez, F. A.; Hanrahan, G., Electrophoresis, 2008, 29, 375-380.

  18. "Magnetic Bead-Based Methods to Study the Interaction of Teicoplanin with Peptides and Bacteria," Piyasena, M. E.; Real, L. J.; Diamond, R. A.; Xu, H.; Gomez, F. A. Anal. Chim. Acta, 2008, submitted.

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    "Electrochromatography in Fritless Chromatographic Microchips Packed with Conventational Reversed-Phase Silica Particles," Gaspar, A.; Hernandez, L.; Stevens, S.; Gomez, F. A., Electrophoresis, 2008, 29, 1638-1642.

  20. "A Model of Drug-Loaded Fluorocarbon-based Micelles Studied by Electron-Spin Induced 19F Relaxation NMR and Molecular Dynamics Simulation." Mathias, E. V.; Liu, X.; Franco, O.; Khan, I.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. A. Langmuir 2008, 24, 692-700.

  21. "Study the Property of Double-Ended Fluoroalkyl Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogel as a Depot for Hydrophobic Drug Delivery Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Technique and Cell Proliferation Assay," X. Liu, Y. Mao, E.V. Mathias, C. Ma, O. Franco, Y. Ba, J.A. Kornfield, T. Wang, L. Xue, B. Zhou and Y. Yen, Journal of Sol-Gel Sci. Tech. 2008, 45, 269-278 .

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    "Cyclometalated Iridium and Platinum Complexes as Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers: Quantum Yields, Quenching Rates and Correlation with Electronic Structures", Djurovich, P. I.; Murphey, D.; Thompson, M.E.; Hernandez, B.; Gao, R.; Hunt, P.L.; Selke, M. Dalton Trans. 2007, 3763-3770.
    This paper was selected for the cover of Dalton Transactions. Please click on the thumbnail to the right for a larger image.

  23. "Photophysical Properties of non-Homoconjugated 1,2-dihydro, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro and 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexashydro C60 Derivatives," Chin, K.K.; Chuang, S.-C.; Hernandez, B.; Campos, L.M.; Selke, M.; Foote, C.S.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2008, 7, 49-55.

  24. "Chemometrical Experimental Design-Based Optimization Studies in Capillary Electrophoresis Applications," Montes, R.; Dahdouh, F.; Riveros, T. A.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. LCGC, 2008, in press.

  25. "Recent Advances in Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis (2007)," Liu, X.; Dahdouh, F.; Salgado, M.; Gomez, F. A. J. Pharm. Sci. 2008, , in press.

  26. "Chemometrical Experimental Design-Based Optimization Studies in Capillary Electrophoresis Applications," Montes, R.; Dahdouh, F.; Riveros, T. A.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. LCGC, 2008, 26, 712-721.

  27. Chemical Separations in 3D Microfluidics. Maltezos, G. M.; Gomez, A.; Gomez, F. A.; Scherer, A. In Biological Applications of Microfluidics; Gomez, F. A., Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008, pp. 263-272.

  28. Magnetic Bead-Based Methods to Study the Interaction of Teicoplanin with Peptides and Bacteria. Piyasena, M. E.; Gomez, F. A. In Biological Applications of Microfluidics; Gomez, F. A., Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008, pp. 473-488.

  29. Microfluidics. Gomez, F. A. In Biological Applications of Microfluidics, Gomez, F. A. Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008, pp. 1-7.

  30. Chin, K.K.; Chuang, S.-C.; Hernandez, B.; Campos, L.M.; Selke, M.; Foote, C.S.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. “Photophysical Properties of non-Homoconjugated 1,2-dihydro, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro and 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexashydro C60 Derivatives," Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2008, 7, 3-12.

  31. "Fritless Chromatographic Microfluidic-Based Columns for Chemical Separations," Gaspar, A.; Goldberg, M.; Baghdachi, S.; Stevens, S.; Torres, J.; Salgado, M.; Gomez, F. A. Am. Lab. 2008, in press.

  32. "Frontal Analysis Continuous Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis to Study the Binding of Ligands to Receptors Derivatized on Magnetic Beads," Liu, X.; Gomez, F. A. Electrophoresis 2008, in press.

  33. Coti, K.K.; Wang, Y.; Lin, W.-L.; Chen, C.-C.; Yu, Z.T.F.; Liu, K.; Shen, C.K.-F.; Selke, M.; Yeh, A.; Lu, W.; Tseng, H.-R. "A Dynamic Microreactor for Arbitrary Control of Disguised Chemical Selectivity," Chem. Commun. 2008, in press.

  34. "Hydrostatic-Hydrodynamic Pressure Injection Method for Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis," Gaspar, A.; Piyasena, M. E.; Gomez, F. A. J. Cap. Elect. Microchip Tech 2008, submitted.

Presentations:

(Underlined names denote undergraduate student co-authors.)

Students presented their research results at a number of national and local meetings as noted below:

  1. Analysis of RrPEGs by 13C(T1) and 19F(T1) NMR Spectroscopy: A Relaxation Study. Han, S.; Mackel, M.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. A. Aventum, MTRF-Minority Trainee Research Forum, FL. September 22-26, 2004.

  2. Development of Capillary Electrophoresis Laser Induced Fluorescence. Gomez, A.; Gomez, F. A. 39th Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, October 2004.

  3. Development of a Flow Injection Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) System. Dahdouh, F. T.; Clarke, K.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. 39th Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, October 2004. (PDF)

  4. Probing Receptor-Ligand Interactions Using Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis via a Multiple Injection Technique. Zavaleta, J. A.; Chinchilla, D.; Martinez, K.; Gomez, F. A. 39th Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, October2004. (PDF)

  5. Analysis of RrPEGs by 13C(T1) and 19p(TI) NMR Spectroscopy: A Relaxation Study. Han, S.; Hwang, Y.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield. CSUPERB, Whittier, CA., November, 2004. (PDF)

  6. Development of Capillary Electrophoresis Laser Induced Fluorescence. Gomez, A.; Gomez, F. A. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Whittier, CA, November, 2004.

  7. Flow Injection Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) System Development. Dahdouh, F.; Clarke, K.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Whittier, CA, November, 2004.

  8. Multiple-Injection Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis to Estimate Binding Constants of Receptors to Ligands. Chinchilla, D.; Zavaleta, J.; Martinez, K.; Gomez, F. A. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Whittier, CA, November, 2004.

  9. Flow Injection Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) System Development. Dahdouh, F.; Clarke, K.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. 18th International Symposium on Microscale Bioseparations - MSB 2005 (formerly HPCE), New Orleans, LA, February, 2005.

  10. Optimization of Microfluidic "Lab-on-a-Chip" Devices for Capillary Electrophoresis Separations. Brown, A. L.; Gomez, F. A. 18th International Symposium on Microscale Bioseparations - MSB 2005 (formerly HPCE), New Orleans, LA, February, 2005. (PDF) (Photo)

  11. Determination of Binding Constants of Receptor-Ligand Interactions using Multiple Injection Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis (MIACE). Chinchilla, D.; Martinez, K.; Gomez, F. A. 18th International Symposium on Microscale Bioseparations - MSB 2005 (formerly HPCE), New Orleans, LA, February, 2005.

  12. C60- Photosensitizer Based on Au Nanoparticles, Shi, L.; Gao, R.; Hernandez, B.; Gamboa, A.; Selke, M. 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March, 2005. (PDF)

  13. Organometallic Photosensitizers Attached to Nanomaterials. Shi, L.; Gao, R.; Hernandez, B.; Selke, M. 229th ACS National Conference, San Diego, CA, March, 2005.

  14. Cyclometallated Iridium and Platinum Complexes as Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers: Quantum Yields, Quenching Rates and Correlation with Electronic Structures. Gao, R.; Hernandez, B.; Hunt, P. L.; Selke, M.; Djurovich, P. I.; Murphy, D. L., Thompson, M. E. 229th ACS National Conference, San Diego, CA, March, 2005.

  15. Photooxidation of Co-Thiolato complexes: H-Bonding Diminishes Rate of Persulfoxide Formation. Hernandez, B.; Gao, R.; Selke, M. 229th ACS National Conference, San Diego, CA, March, 2005.

  16. Study of the Delivery of the Hydrophobic Drugs by Fluoroalkyl Terminated Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogels Using NMR and ESR Spectroscopy. Prabhutendolkar, A.; Mathias, E.; Liu, L; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. A. 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March, 2005. (PDF) (Photo).

  17. Synthesis and Characterization of Spin-labeled Single Ended Fluoroalkyl Polyethyene Glycol. Franco, O.; Prabhutendolkar, A.; Mathias, E.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. A. Synthesis. 2005 Southern California ACS Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April, 2005.

  18. Development of Capillary Electrophoresis Laser-Induced Fluorescence. Gomez, A.; Gomez, F. A. American Chemical Society Southern California American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Los Angeles, CA, April 2005.

  19. Advancement of a Flow-Injection Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) System. Dahdouh, F. T.; Clarke, K.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. American Chemical Society Southern California American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Los Angeles, CA, April 2005.

  20. Hydrophobic Drug Loading inside the Fluoroalkyl Cores of Rf-PEG Hydrogels Probed by EPR Spectroscopy. Liu , X.; Prabhutendolkar, A.; Mao, Y.; Mathias, E.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. A. 47th Rocky Mountain Conference in Analytical Chemistry, July, 2005. (PDF)

  21. Liu , X.; Prabhutendolkar, A.; Mathias, E.; Mao, Y.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. A. Drug Loading Study of Chlorambucil-TEMPOL Adduct in Rf-PEG Hydrogel via Electron Spin Induced 19F Spin Lattice Relaxation NMR , poster presentation, 47th Rocky Mountain Conference in Analytical Chemistry, NMR and EPR sessions, July, 2005.

  22. Optimization of Microfluidic "Lab-on-a-Chip" Devices for Capillary Electrophoresis Separations. Brown, A. L.; Gomez, F. A. Gordon Research Conference. Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics. Oxford, England. August, 2005.

  23. Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices for Biological Applications. Morales, C.; Gomez, F. A. Gordon Research Conference. Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics. Oxford, England. August, 2005. (PDF) (Photo)

  24. Synthesis and Characterization of Spin-Labeled Single Ended Fluoroalkyl Polyethylene Glycol. Prabhutendolkar, A.; Franco, O.; Mathias, E.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington DC, August, 2005.

  25. Development of a Microfluidic Device for Polymerase Chain Reaction. Gomez, A.; Maltezos, G.; Scherer, A.; Gomez, F. A. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Riverside, CA, November, 2005.

  26. Development of a Flow Injection Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) System Using Fiber Optic Detection. Dahdouh, F.; Tse, F.; Clarke, K.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Riverside, CA, November, 2005. (PDF)

  27. The Design and Development of a Flow Injection-Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) Analyzer Employing Fiber Optic Detection. Tse, F.; Dahdouh, F.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. The 40th Western Regional ACS, Anaheim, CA, January, 2006. (Photo)

  28. Optimization of Microfluidic "Lab-on-a-Chip" Devices for Capillary Electrophoresis Separations. Brown, A. L.; Gomez, F. A. The 40th Western Regional ACS, Anaheim, CA, January, 2006. (Photo)

  29. Development of a Microfluidic Device for Polymerase Chain Reaction. Gomez, A.; Maltezos, G.; Scherer, A.; Gomez, F. A. The 40th Western Regional ACS, Anaheim, CA, January, 2006. (Photo)

  30. Further Development of a Microchip Device for Polymerase Chain Reaction. Gomez, A.; Maltezos, G.; Scherer, A.; Gomez, F. A. 20th International Symposium and Exhibit on High Performance Liquid Phase separations and Related Techniques. San Francisco, CA, June, 2006.

  31. A Bead-Based Lab-on-a-Chip Device for the Detection of Vancomycin Binding. Piyasena, M.; Gomez, F. A. 20th International Symposium and Exhibit on High Performance Liquid Phase separations and Related Techniques. San Francisco, CA, June, 2006.

  32. A Microfluidic-Based Method for Recovering Enhanced Enzymatic Activity of Membrane Bound Proteins from Isolated Rat Liver Cells. Goldberg, M.; Menon, N.; Zeltser, G.; Gomez, F. A. 20th International Symposium and Exhibit on High Performance Liquid Phase separations and Related Techniques. San Francisco, CA, June, 2006.

  33. Development of a Microcolumn Device for Column Chromatography on a Microfluidics Platform. Gomez, A.; Gomez, F. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  34. Membrane Protein Extraction with Microfluidics Systems. Menon, N.; Zeltser, G.; Gomez, F. A.; Piyasena, M.; Goldberg, M. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  35. Bead-Based Methods to Detect the Binding of Ligands to Vancomycin-Group Glycopeptide Antibiotics. Piyasena, M.; Diamond, R. A.; Gomez, F. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  36. Development of a Flow Injection – Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) System Using Fiber Optic Detection. Dadouh, F.; Tse, F.; Clarke, K.; Hanrahan, G. S.; Gomez, F. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  37. Developments in Flow-Based Fiber Optic Detection on a Microfluidic Format. Garcia, E.; Hanrahan, G. S.; Scherer, A.; Gomez, F. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  38. A Microfluidic-Based Method for Recovering Enhanced Enzymatic Activity of Membrane Bound Proteins from Isolated Rat Liver Cells. Goldberg, M.; Menon, N.; Zeltser, G.; Gomez, F. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  39. CSULA-Caltech Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Collaborative: A Model for the Future. Gomez, F. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  40. "Lab-Through-a-Chip" Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis to Estimate Binding Parameters of ligands to Receptors. Brown, A. L.; Gomez, F. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  41. Singlet Oxygen Generation From Water-Soluble Quantum Dot-Organic Dye Nanocomposites. Shi, L.; Malette, J.; Dasalla, A. B.; Hernandez, B.; Selke, M. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  42. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Methylene Blue Nanocomposites: From Nanostructure Materials to Photodynamic Therapy. Ye, B.; Shi, L.; Selke, M. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.x

  43. Singlet Oxygen Generation from Water-Soluble Quantum Dot-Organic Dye Nanocomposites. Malette, J.; Dasalla, A. B.; Shi, L.; Hernandez, B.; Selke, M. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  44. Drug Loading in Rf-PEG (fluoralkyl-ended poly(ethylene)glycol) Hydrogels as Studied by NMR Spectroscopy.Mathias, E. V.; Liu, X.; Prabhutendolkar, A.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  45. The use of NMR Spectroscopy to Study the Encapsulation of Hydrophobic Drugs by Rf-PEG (fluoralkyl-ended poly(ethylene)glycol) Hydrogels. Mathias, E. V.; Ba, Y.; Kornfield, J. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  46. The Study of Hydrophobic Drug Loading in Rf-PEG Micelles. Ba, Y.; Mathias, E. V.; Mao, Y.; Liu, X.; Prabhutendolkar, A.; Kornfield, J. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

  47. Development of a Microcolumn Device for Flash Chromatography. Gomez, A.; Maltezos, G.; Scherer, A.; Gomez, F. A. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Los Angeles, CA, November, 2006.

  48. Chemically Robust Three-Dimensional Microfluidic Valves. Garcia, E.; Maltezos, G.; Scherer, A.; Gomez, F. A.; Hanrahan, G. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Los Angeles, CA, November, 2006.

  49. Chemometrics Optimization of Flow-Injection Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) Analyzer. Hundal, A.; Dahdouh, F.; Gomez, F. A.; Hanrahan, G. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Los Angeles, CA, November, 2006.

  50. Electron-Spin Induced 19F Relaxation NMR and its Application to Study the Encapsulation of an Anticancer Drug by Fluorocarbon Micelles. Mathias, E. V.; Liu, X.; Franco, O.; Khan, I.; Ba, Y; Kornfield, J. A. 48th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference. Daytona Beach, FL, April 2007.

  51. Chemically Robust Three-Dimensional Microfluidic Valves. Garcia, E.; Maltezos, G.; Scherer, A.; Gomez, F. A.; Hanrahan, G. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Los Angeles, CA, November, 2006.

  52. Chemometrics Optimization of Flow Injection- Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) Analyzer. Hundal, A.; Dahdouh, F.; Gomez, F. A.; Hanrahan, G. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Los Angeles, CA, November, 2006.

  53. Magnetically Controlled Valve for Polymeric Flow Manipulation in Polymeric Microfluidic Devices. Gaspar, A.; Piyasena, M. E.; Gomez, F. A. Nanotechnology Trade Show, Santa Clara, CA, May, 2007.

  54. New Sample Injection Methods for Chip Electrophoresis. Gaspar, A.; Piyasena, M. E.; Gomez, F. A. Nanotechnology Trade Show, Santa Clara, CA, May, 2007.

  55. Fabrication of Thin Microfluidic Chips for Chromatographic Separations and Microreactors. Stevens, S.; Gaspar, A.; Gomez, F. A. Western Regional Meeting American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, October, 2007.

  56. Use of Chemometrics for Experimental Optimization of Flow Injection Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) Analysis. Dahdouh, F. T.; Gomez, F. A.; Hanrahan, G. Western Regional Meeting American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, October, 2007.

  57. Optimization Using Chemometric Response Surface Modeling Design. Montes, R.; Gomez, F. A.; Hanrahan, G. Western Regional Meeting American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, October, 2007.

  58. Development of a Microcolumn for the Separation of Chemicals and Proteins. Gomez, A.; Gomez, F. A. Western Regional Meeting American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, October, 2007.

  59. CSULA-Caltech Partnership for Research and Education in Materials PREM) Program: Empowering Minority Students Through Research. Gomez, F. A. Western Regional Meeting American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, October, 2007.

  60. Novel Valve Actuation and Applications in Microfluidics. Gomez, F. A.; Gaspar, A.; Piyasena, M.; Stevens, S.; Salgado, M. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Memphis, TN, October, 2007.

  61. Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis and other Separations on a Microfluidic Format. Gomez, F. A.; Brown, A.; Piyasena, M.; Gaspar. A.; Stevens, S. American Vacuum Society (AVS), Seattle, WA, October, 2007.

  62. Development of Magnetically Controlled Valves in Fritless Chromatographic Microchips Packed with Conventional Reversed-Phase Silica Particles and Their use in Chemical Separations. Gomez, F. A.; Gaspar, A.; Piyasena, M. 31st International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography and Electrophoresis, Albuquerque, NM, November, 2007.

  63. Fabrication of Thin Chips for Chromatographic Separations and Microreactors. Stevens, S.; Gaspar, A.; Gomez, F. A. 31st International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography and Electrophoresis, Albuquerque, NM, November, 2007.

  64. Experimental Optimization of Flow Injection Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) Analysis Using Chemometrics. Dahdouh, F. T.; Gomez, F. A.; Hanrahan, G. 31st International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography and Electrophoresis, Albuquerque, NM, November, 2007.

  65. Fabrication of Thin Microfluidic Chips. Stevens, S.; Gaspar, A.; Gomez, F. A. Twentieth Annual CSUPERB Symposium, Oakland, CA, January, 2008

  66. Chemically Robust Microfluidic Chips. Garcia, E.; Maltezos, G.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. Twentieth Annual CSUPERB Symposium, Oakland, CA, January, 2008.

  67. Optimization Utilizing Chemometrics in a Flow-Injection Capillary Electrophoresis (FI-CE) Analyzer. Dahdouh, F. T.; Gomez, F. A. Twentieth Annual CSUPERB Symposium, Oakland, CA, January, 2008.

  68. Formation of a Chemical Gasket Inside a Microfluidic Chip. Goldberg, M.; Gomez, F. A. Twentieth Annual CSUPERB Symposium, Oakland, CA, January, 2008.

  69. Incorporation of Zr(IV) Lewis Acids in Microfluidic Devices for Enantiomeric Separation. Torres, J. A.; Tikkanen W.; Gomez, F. A. Twentieth Annual CSUPERB Symposium, Oakland, CA, January, 2008.

  70. Simple Fabrication of Fritless Chromatographic Microchips Packed with Conventional Reversed-Phase Silica Particles and Small-Molecule Separations. Gaspar, A.; Piyasena, M.; Stevens, S.; Hernandez, L.; Gomez, F. A. Pittcon, New Orleans, LA, March, 2008.

  71. Chemically Robust Microfluidic Fabrication and Related Applications. Garcia, E.; Hanrahan, G.; Gomez, F. A. Pittcon, New Orleans, LA, March, 2008.

  72. Fabrication of Thin Microfluidic Chips for Chromatographic Separations and Microreactors. Stevens, S.; Gaspar, A.; Gomez, F. A. Pittcon, New Orleans, LA, March, 2008.

  73. The CSULA-Caltech Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Collaborative. Empowering Minority Students Through Research. Gomez, F. A. Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2008