Publications

2024

Y. Zhao*, C. Thenarianto*, C. Sevencan, S. Rajappa, D. Shen, S. Puangpathumanond, X. Yao, T.T.S. Lew, "Rational nanoparticle design for efficient biomolecule delivery in plant genetic engineering", Nanoscale, (2024), DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03760J [HTML] 

B. Xue*, X. Su*, L. Li, T.T.S. Lew, C. Wu, "Wearable electrochemical bioelectronics for agriculture", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (2024), 12, 22396-22416 [HTML]
 
X. Yao, G. Zhang, G. Zhang, Q. Sun, C. Liu, J. Chu, Y. Jing, S. Niu, C. Fu, T.T.S. Lew, J. Lin, X. Li, "PagARGOS promotes low‐lignin wood formation in poplar", Plant Biotechnology Journal, (2024) 22, 2201-2215 [HTML]

2023

S. Puangpathumanond, Q. Qiu, T.T.S. Lew, "Engineering plants as sustainable living devices" (Invited), MRS Bulletin, (2023) 48, 1086-1095 [HTML]

T.K. Porter, M.N. Heinz, D.J. Lundberg, A.M. Brooks, T.T.S. Lew, K.S. Silmore, V.B. Koman, M.C-Y. Ang, D.T. Khong, G.P. Singh, J.W. Swan, R. Sarojam, N.H. Chua, M.S. Strano, "A theory of mechanical stress-induced H2O2 signaling waveforms in planta", Journal of Mathematical Biology (2023) 86, 1-23 [HTML]

2022

M.C-Y. Ang, T.T.S. Lew, "Non-destructive Technologies for Plant Health Diagnosis" (Invited),
Frontiers in Plant Science (2022) 13, 884454. [HTML]

P. Sharma, T.T.S. Lew, "Principles of Nanoparticle Design for Genome Editing in Plants" (Invited),
Frontiers in Genome Editing, (2022) 4, 846624. [HTML]

V.B. Koman, M. Park, T.T.S. Lew, S. Wan, E.S. Yarwood, X. Gong, T.S. Shikdar, R.J. Oliver, J. Cui, P. Gordiichuk, R. Sarojam, M.S. Strano, "Linking Nanoparticle Infiltration and Stomatal Dynamics for Plant Nanobionics", Environmental Science: Nano, (2022) 9, 1236-1246. [HTML]

V.B. Koman, X. Gong, N.A. Bakh, K. Silmore, D. Salem, T.T.S. Lew, M. Kuehne, D. Kozawa, M. Park, M.S. Strano, "Atomically Thin 2D Interfaces as Sensors for Molecular Permeability through Cellular Layers and Thin Tissues", Advanced Functional Materials, (2022), 2109598. [HTML]

2021

L. Xi, M. Zhang, L. Zhang, T.T.S. Lew, Y.M. Lam, "Novel Materials for Urban Farming",
Advanced Materials, (2021) 2105009. [HTML]
(Featured as Inside Back Cover on Advanced Materials Vol. 34 No. 25)

P. Gordiichuk, S. Coleman, G. Zhang, M. Kuehne, T.T.S. Lew, M. Park, J. Cui, A.M. Brooks, K. Hudson, A.M. Graziano, D.J.M. Marshall, Z. Karsan, S. Kennedy, M.S. Strano, "Augmenting the Living Plant Mesophyll into a Photonic Capacitor", Science Advances, (2021) 7, eabe9733. [HTML]

T.T.S. Lew, K.M.M. Aung, S.Y. Ow, S.N. Amrun, L. Sutarlie, L.F.P. Ng, X. Su, "Epitope-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles for Rapid and Selective Detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibodies", 
ACS Nano, (2021) 15, 12286-12297. [HTML]
 
M.C.Y. Ang, N. Dhar, D.T. Khong, T.T.S. Lew, M. Park, S. Sarangapani, J. Cui, A. Dehadrai, G.P. Singh, M.B. Chan-Park, R. Sarojam, M.S. Strano, "Nanosensor Detection of Synthetic Auxins In Planta using Corona Phase Molecular Recognition", ACS Sensors, (2021) 6, 3032-3046. [HTML]
 
S.Y. Cho, X. Gong, V.B. Koman, M. Kuehne, S.J. Moon, M. Son, T.T.S. Lew, P. Gordiichuk, X. Jin, H. Sikes, M.S. Strano, "Cellular Lensing and Near Infrared Fluorescent Nanosensor Arrays to Enable Chemical Efflux Cytometry", Nature Communications, (2021) 12, 3079. [HTML]
 
T.T.S. Lew, M. Park, J. Cui, M.S. Strano, "Plant Nanobionic Sensors for Arsenic Detection", 
Advanced Materials, (2021) 33, 2005683. [HTML]

2020

T.T.S. Lew, R. Sarojam, I.-C. Jang, B.S. Park, N. I. Naqvi, M.H. Wong, G.P. Singh, R.J. Ram, O. Shoseyov, K. Saito, N.-H. Chua, M.S. Strano, "Species-Independent Analytical Tools for Next-Generation Agriculture", Nature Plants, (2020) 6, 1408-1417. [HTML]
 
T.T.S. Lew, M. Park, Y. Wang, P. Gordiichuk, W.-C. Yeap, S.K. Mohd Rais, H. Kulaveerasingam, M.S. Strano, "Nanocarriers for Transgene Expression in Pollen as a Plant Biotechnology Tool", 
ACS Materials Letters, (2020) 2, 1057-1066. [HTML]
 
T.T.S. Lew, V.B. Koman, K.S. Silmore, S.J. Sung, S.Y. Kwak, P. Gordiichuk, M.C.Y. Ang, K.D. Thinh, M.B. Chan-Park, N-H. Chua, M.S. Strano, "Real-Time Detection of Wound-Induced H2O2 Wave in Plants using Optical Nanosensors", Nature Plants, (2020) 6, 404-415. [HTML]
(Featured as Front Cover on Nature Plants April 2020 Issue)

T.T.S. Lew, V.B. Koman, P. Gordiichuk, M. Park, M.S. Strano, "The Emergence of Plant Nanobionics and Living Plants as Technology", Advanced Materials Technologies, (2020), 1900657. [HTML]
 
2019

M. Park, D.P. Salem, D. Parviz, X. Gong, K.S. Silmore, T.T.S. Lew, D.T. Khong, M.C.Y. Ang, S.Y. Kwak, M.B. Chan-Park, M.S. Strano, "Measuring the Accessible Surface Area within the Nanoparticle Corona using Molecular Probe Adsorption", Nano Letters, (2019) 19, 7712-7724. [HTML]
 
X. Gong, M. Park, D. Parviz, K.S. Silmore, T.T.S. Lew, M.S. Strano, "Single-Particle Tracking for Understanding Polydisperse Nanoparticle Dispersions", Small, (2019) 15, 1901468. [HTML]
 
S.Y. Kwak*, T.T.S. Lew*, C.J. Sweeney, V.B. Koman, M.H. Wong, K. Bohmert-Tatarev, K.D. Snell, J.S. Seo, N-H. Chua, M.S. Strano, "Chloroplast-Selective Gene Delivery and Expression in planta using Chitosan-Complexed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Carriers", Nature Nanotechnology, (2019) 14, 447-455. [HTML]

2018 and before

T.T.S. Lew, M.H. Wong, S.Y. Kwak, R. Sinclair, V.B. Koman, M.S. Strano, "Rational Design Principles for Nanoparticle Transport and Distribution into Plant Protoplasts", Small, (2018) 14, 1802086. [HTML]
(Featured as Inside Cover on Small  Volume 14 Issue 44)

S.Y. Kwak, J.P. Giraldo, T.T.S. Lew, M.H. Wong, P. Liu, Y.J. Yang, V.B. Koman, M.K. McGee, B.D. Olsen, M.S. Strano, "Polymethacrylamide and Carbon Composites that Grow, Strengthen and Self-Repair using Ambient Carbon Dioxide Fixation", Advanced Materials, (2018) 30, 1804037. [HTML]
 
S.Y. Kwak, V.B. Koman, J.P. Giraldo, M.H. Wong, T.T.S. Lew, J. Ell, M.C. Weidman, R.M. Sinclair, M.P. Landry, W.A. Tisdale, M.S. Strano, "A Nanobionic Light Emitting Plant", Nano Letters, (2017) 17, 7951-7961. [HTML]
 
V.B. Koman, T.T.S. Lew, M.H. Wong, S.Y. Kwak, J.P. Giraldo, M.S. Strano, "Persistent Drought Monitoring Using a Microfluidic-Printed Electro-Mechanical Sensor of Stomata in Planta", Lab on a Chip, (2017) 17, 4015-4024. [HTML]
 
S.Y. Kwak, M.H. Wong, T.T.S. Lew, G. Bisker, M.A. Lee, et al. "Nanosensor Technology Applied to Living Plant Systems", Annu. Rev. Anal. Chem. (2017) 10, 113-140. [HTML]
 
M.H. Wong, J.P. Giraldo, S.Y. Kwak, V.B. Koman, R.Sinclair, T.T.S. Lew, G. Bisker, P. Liu, M.S. Strano, "Nitroaromatic Detection and Infrared Communication from Wild-Type Plants Using Plant Nanobionics", Nature Materials, (2017) 16, 264-272. [HTML]
 
D.S.W. Lim, T.T.S. Lew, Y. Zhang, "Direct Amidation of N-Boc and N-Cbz-Protected Amines via Rhodium-Catalyzed Coupling of Arylboroxnes and Carbamates", Organic Letters, (2015) 17, 6054-6057. [HTML]
 
T.T.S. Lew, D.S.W. Lim, Y. Zhang, "Copper(I)-catalyzed amidation reaction of organoboronic esters and isocyanates", Green Chem. (2015) 17, 5140-5143. [HTML]