
65) Maitz, M., Totten, J.D., Weiss, A.C.G., Besford, Q.A., Werner, C., Seib, F.P., Blood compatibility of silk nanoparticles: impact of size and dose, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2025, 126526
64) Van den Heuvel, W., Merlitz, H., Rymsha, K., Besford, Q.A., FRET-Integrated Polymer Brushes: What is the Most Sensitive Architecture for Probing Chain Conformation?, Macromolecules, 2025, 108747-10855
63) Davydiuk, N., Krieg, E., Gaitzsch, J., McCall, P.M., Auernhammer, G.K., Yang, M., Tracy, J.B., Parak, W.J., Kotov, N.A., Liz-Marzan, L.M., Fery, A., Faria, M., Besford, Q.A., The Rising Danger of AI-Generated Images in Nanomaterials Science and What We Can Do About It, Nature Nanotechnology, 2025, 20, 1174-1177
62) Londhe, V., Maitz, M.F., Chavakis, T., Werner, C., Weiss, A.C.G., Besford, Q.A., Coagulation Matters: ATIII‐Enriched Biomolecular Corona Enhances the Hemocompatibility of PEG Nanoparticles, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2025, 2501431
61) Nunez, F.A., de Oliveira, V.L., Remuzgo, C., de A. Silva, M.R., Daher, I., Oliveira, J.R., Silva, T.L., Cunha-Neto, E., Kalil, J., Santos, K.S., Besford, Q.A., Alves, W.A., Electrochemical immunosensor for antibody recognition against SARS-CoV-2 B-cell epitope: impact of RBD mutations on antigen–antibody binding, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2025, Advanced Article
60) Merai, L., Rymsha, K., Yadav, J., Pester, C.W., Fery, A., Besford, Q.A., The Influence of Irradiation Wavelength on the Growth of Polymer Brushes by SI-PET-RAFT Polymerization, Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, Early View
59) Chae, S., Choi, W., Lee, S.H., Besford, Q.A., Fery A., Tunneling Barrier-Integrated Gold Nanofilms for Negative Strain Gauging with Near-Zero Energy Consumption, Nano Letters, 2025, ASAP Article
58) Liu, J., Sychev, D., Davydiuk, N., Al-Hussein, M., Fery, A., Besford, Q.A., Hybrid Phytoglycogen-Dopamine Nanoparticles as Biodegradable Underwater Adhesives, Soft Matter, 2025, In Press
57) Yadav, J., Hermes, I., Fery, A., Besford, Q.A., Capturing Conformational Transitions of Fluorescently-Coupled Polyelectrolyte Brushes with High Spatiotemporal Resolution, Small, 2025, 2409323
56) Nunez, F.A., de A. Silva, M.R., Cilli, E.M., Brandão, S.T.R., Müller, M., Fischer, D., Besford, Q.A., Alves, W.A., Development of Ni-ZnO-ACE-2 Peptide Hybrids as Electrochemical Devices for SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Detection, Bioelectrochemistry, 2025, 108899
55) Lazaro, I.A., et al., 35 Challenges in Materials Science being Tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2024, Matter, 2024, 7, 3699-3706
54) Davydiuk, N., Londhe, V., Maitz, M.F., Werner, C., Fery, A., Besford, Q.A., The Interaction of Glycogen Nanoparticles with Human Blood, Nanoscale, 2024, Advanced Article
53) Toronjo-Urquiza, L., Besford, Q.A., Falconer, R.J., Interactions between small organic molecules and water measured using pressure perturbation calorimetry, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2024, 149, 9223-9231
52) Besford, Q.A., The Sweetest Polymer Nanoparticle: Opportunities Ahead for Glycogen in Nanomedicine, Soft Matter 2024, 20, 3577-3584
51) Chae, S., Choiy, W.J., Nebel, L.J., Cho, C.H., Besford, Q.A., Knapp, A., Makushko, P., Zabila, Y., Pylypovskyi, O., Jeong, M.W., Avdoshenko, S., Sander, O., Makarov, D., Chung, Y.J., Fery, A., Ohy, J.Y., Leey, T.I., Kinetically
Controlled Metal-Elastomer Nanophases for Environmentally Resilient Stretchable Electronics, Nature Communications 2024, 15, 3071
50) Mitrofanov, A., Rymsha, K., Sychev, D., Zakirova, K., Formanek, P., Pohl, D., Bittrich, E., Hermes, I., Besford, Q.A.,Voit, B., Surface-assisted Synthesis of Perovskite Nanosheets with Bivalent Aromatic Cations, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024, 12, 1440-1445
49) Liu, X., Sychev, D., Rymsha, K., Al-Hussein, M., Farinha, J.P., Fery, A., Besford, Q.A., Integrated FRET Polymers Spatially Reveal Micro- to Nanostructure and Irregularities in Electrospun Fibers, Advanced Science 2023, 10, 2304488
48) Jancke, S., Liu, C., Wang, R., Sarkar, S., Besford, Q.A, König, T.A.F., Popp, J., Cialla-May, D. Rossner, C., Turning on Hotspots: Supercolloidal SERS Probes made Brilliant by an External Activation Mechanisms, Nanoscale 2023, 15, 18687-18695
47) Besford, Q.A., Rossner, C., Fery, A., Messenger Materials Moving Forward: The Role of Functional Polymer Architectures as Enablers for Dynamic Nano-to-Macro Messaging, Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 33, 2214915
46) Schubotz, S., Besford, Q.A., Nazari, S., Uhlmann, P., Bittrich, E., Sommer, J.U., Auernhammer, G., Influence of the Atmosphere on the Wettability of Polymer Brushes, Langmuir 2023, 39, 4872-4880
45) Sychev, D., Schubotz, S., Besford, Q.A., Feryy, A., Auernhammery, G., Critical Analysis of Adhesion Work Measurements from AFM-based Techniques for Soft Contact, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 642, 216-226
44) Xu, R., Bhangu, S.K., Sourris, K.C., Vanni, D., Sani, M.A., Karas, J.A., Alt, K., Niego, B.B., Ale, A., Besford, Q.A., Dyett, B., Patrick, J., Carmichael, I., Shaw, J.E., Caruso, F., Cooper, M.E., Hagemeyer, C.E., Cavalieri, F., An Engineered Nanosugar Enables Rapid and Sustained Glucose-Responsive Insulin Delivery in Diabetic Mice, Advanced Materials 2023, 2210392
43) Elbourne, A., Dupont, M., Karikuki, R., Meftahi, N., Daeneke, T., Greaves, T. L., McConville, C.F., Bryant, G., Bryant, S.J., Besford, Q.A., Christofferson, A.J., Mapping the Three-Dimensional Nanostructure of the Ionic Liquid – Solid Interface using Atomic Force Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Advanced Materials and Interfaces 2023, 10, 2202110
42) Besford, Q.A., Cavalieri, F, Special Issue on “Ultrasound-Assisted Engineering of Materials for Biomedical uses“, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2022, 90
41) Besford, Q.A., Van den Heuvel, W., Christofferson, A. J., Dipolar Dispersion Forces in Water-Methanol Mixtures: Enhancement of Water Interactions upon Dilution Drives Self-Association, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2022, 126, 6231-6239
40) Besford, Q.A., Uhlmann, P., Fery, A., Spatially Resolving Polymer Brush Conformation: Opportunities Ahead, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2022, 2200180
39) Besford, Q.A., Schubotz, S., Chae, S., Ozdabak Sert, A.B., Weiss, A.C.G., Auernhammer, G.K., Uhlmann, P., Farinha, J.P.S., Fery, A., Molecular Transport within Polymer Brushes: A FRET View at Aqueous Interfaces, Molecules 2022, 27, 3043
38) Faghih, M., Karnaushenko, D., Besford, Q.A., Becker, C., Ravishankar, R., Karnaushenko, D.D., Cuniberti, G., Fery, A., Schmidt, O.G., Membranotronics: Bio-Inspired Nonlinear Ion-Tranport with Negative Differential Resistance based on Elastomeric Membrane System, Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 2200233
37) Besford, Q.A., Merlitz, H., Schubotz, S., Yong, H., Chae, S., Schnepf, M.J., Weiss, A.C.G., Auernhammer, G.K., Sommer, J.U., Uhlmann, P, Fery, A., Mechanofuorescent Polymer Brush Surfaces that Spatially Resolve Surface Solvation, ACS Nano 2022, 16, 3383-3393
36) Kim, J.Y., Chae, S., Jang, W., Besford, Q.A., Ohy, J.Y., Lee, T.I., Antioxidant Triggered Metallic 1T’ Phase Transformations of Chemically Exfoliated Tungsten Disulde (WS2) Nanosheets, Small 2022, 18, 2107557
35) Hammons, J.A., Besford, Q. A., Ilavsky, J., Christofferson, A.J., Manipulating Meso-Scale Solvent Structure from Pd Nanoparticle Deposits in Deep Eutectic Solvents, Journal of Chemical Physics 2021, 155, 074505
34) Pathirannahalage, S. P. K., Meftahi, N., Elbourne, A., Weiss, A. C. G., McConville, C. F., Padua, A., Winkler, D. A., Gomes, M. C., Greaves, T. L., Le, T. C., Besford, Q.A., Christofferson, A. J., Systematic Comparison
of the Structural and Dynamic Properties of Commonly Used Water Models for Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Journal of Chemical Information and Modelling 2021, 61, 4521-4536
33) Elbourne, A., Besford, Q.A., Meftahi, N., Crawford, R., Daeneke, T., Greaves, T., McConville, C., Bryant, G., Bryant, S., Christofferon, A.J., The Impact of Water on the Lateral Nanostructure of a Deep Eutectic Solvent-
Solid Interface, The Australian Journal of Chemistry 2021, 75, CH21078
32) Besford, Q.A., Yong, H., Merlitz, H., Christofferson, A.J., Sommer, J.U., Uhlmann, P., Fery, A., FRET-Integrated Polymer Brushes for Spatially-Resolved Sensing of Changes in Polymer Conformation“, Angewandte Chemie 2021, 133, 2-9 “Hot Paper”
31) Weiss, A.C.G., Shirbin, S.J., Kelly, H.G., Besford, Q.A., Kent, S. J., Qiao, G.G., Plasma Corona Protects Human Immune Cells from Structurally Nanoengineered Antimicrobial Peptide Polymers, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 33821-33829
30) Pan, S., Richardson, J. J., Christofferson, A. J., Besford, Q.A., Zheng, T., Wood, B. J., Duan, X., Jara Fornerod, J. J., McConville, C. F., Yarovsky, I., Guldin, S., Jiang, L, Caruso, F., Fluorinated Metal-Organic Coatings with
Selective Wettability, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 9972-9981
29) Lin, G., Richardson, J.J., Ahmed, H., Besford, Q.A., Christofferson, A.J., Beyer, S., Lin, Z., Rezk, A.R., Savioli, M., Zhou, J., McConville, C.F., Cortez-Jugo, C., Yeo, L.Y., Caruso, F., Programmable Phototaxis of Metal-Phenolic
Particle Microswimmers, Advanced Materials 2021, 33, 2006177
28) Weiss, A.C.G., Herold, H.M., Lentz, S., Faria, M., Besford, Q.A., Ang, C.S., Caruso, F., Scheibel, T., Surface Modication of Spider Silk Particles to Direct Biomolecular Corona Formation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2021, 12, 24635-24643
27) Lin, G., Cortez-Jugo, C., Ju, Y., Besford, Q.A., Ryan, T.M., Pan, S., Richardson, J.J., Caruso, F., Microemulsion-Assisted Templating of Metal-Stablized Poly(ethylene glycol) Nanoparticles, Biomacromolecules 2020, 22, 612-619
26) Besford, Q.A., Weiss, A.C.G., Schubert, J., Ryan, T.M., Maitz, M.F., Pacchin Tomanin, P., Savioli, M., Werner, C., Fery, A., Caruso, F., Cavalieri, F., The Protein Component of Oyster Glycogen Nanoparticles: An Anchor
Point for Functionalization, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 38976-38988
25) Besford, Q.A., Christofferson, A.J., Kalayan, J., Sommer J.U., Henchman, R.H., The Attraction of Water for Itself at Hydrophobic Quartz Interfaces, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2020, 29, 6369-6375
24) Zhang, W., Besford, Q.A., Christofferson, A.J., Charchar, P., Richardson, J.J., Elbourne, A., Kempe, K., Hagemeyer, C.E., Field, M.R., McConville, C., Yarovsky, I., Caruso, F., Cobalt-Directed Assembly of Antibodies onto Metal-Phenolic Networks for Enhanced Particle Targeting, Nano Letters 2020, 20, 2660-2666
23) Besford, Q.A., Cavalieri, F., Caruso, F., Glycogen as a Building Block for Advanced Biological Materials, Advanced Materials 2020, 1904625
22) Pan, S., Guo, R., Bertleff-Zieschang, N., Li, S., Besford, Q.A., Zhong, Q.Z., Yun, G., Zhang, Y., Cavalieri, F., Ju, Y., Goudeli, E., Richardson, J.J., Caruso, F., Modular Assembly of Host-Guest Metal-Phenolic Networks Using
Macrocyclic Building Blocks, Angewandte Chemie 2020, 59. 275-280
21) G., Yun, J. J., Richardson, M., Capelli, Y., Hu, Q. A. Besford, A. C. G., Weiss, H., Lee, I. S., Choi, B. C., Gibson, P., Reineck, F. Caruso, The Biomolecular Corona in 2D and Reverse: Patterning Metal-Phenolic Networks on Proteins, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, Polysaccharides, and Fingerprints, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 1905805
20) Pacchin Tomanin, P., Cherepanov, P., Besford, Q.A., Christofferson, A.J., Amodio, A., McConville, C., Yarovsky, I., Caruso, F., Cavalieri, F., Cobalt Phosphate Nanostructures for Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensing at Physiological
pH, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 10,42786-42795
19) Pan, S., Guo, R., Richardson, J.J., Berry, J.D., Besford, Q.A., Björnmalm, M., Yun, G., Lu, Y., Jiang, J., Xu, W., Caruso, F., Ricocheting Droplet Moving on Super-Repellent Surfaces, Advanced Science 2019, 1901846
18) G., Lin, Rahim, M.A., Leeming, M.G., Cortez-Jugo, C., Q.A., Besford, Ju, Y., Zhong, Q.Z., Johnston, S.T., Zhou, J., Caruso, F., Selective Metal-Phenolic Assembly from Complex Multicomponent Mixtures, ACS Applied Materials
& Interfaces 2019, 11, 17714-17721
17) Weiss, A.C.G., Kelly, H.G., Faria, M., Besford, Q.A., Wheatley, A.K., Ang, C.S., Crampin, E.J., Caruso, F., Kent, S.J., Link between Low-Fouling and Stealth: A Whole Blood Biomolecular Corona and Cellular Association Analysis on Nanoengineered Particles, ACS Nano 2019, 13, 4980-4991
16) A.C.G., Weiss, K. Krüger, Q.A., Besford, M., Schlenk, K., Krempe, S., Förster, F., Caruso, In Situ Characterization of Protein Corona Formation on Silica Microparticles Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Combined
with Microfluidics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 2459-2469
15) Zhang, W., Chistofferson, A.J., Richardson, J.J., Guo, J., Besford, Q.A., Ju, Y., Kempe, K., Yarovsky, I., Caruso, F., Metal-Dependent Inhibition of Amyloid Fibril Formation: Synergistic Effects of Cobalt-Tannic Acid Networks, Nanoscale 2019, 11, 1921-1928
14) Besford, Q.A., Liu, M., Christofferson, A., Stabilizing Dipolar Interactions Drive Specific Molecular Structure at the Water Liquid-Vapor Interface, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2018, 122, 8309-8314
13) Besford, Q.A., Ju, Y., Wang, T.Y., Yun, G., Cherepanov, P., Hagemeyer, C., Cavalieri, F., Caruso, F., Self-Assembled Metal-Phenolic Networks on Emulsions as Low-Fouling and pH-Responsive Particles, Small 2018, 39, 1802342
12) Yun, G., Besford, Q.A., Johnston, S.T., Richardson, J.J., Pan, S., Biviano, M., Caruso, F., Self-Assembly of Nano- to Macroscopic Metal-Phenolic Materials, Chemistry of Materials 2018, 30, 5750-5758
11) Wojnilowicz, M., Besford, Q.A., Wu, Y.L., Loh, X.J., Braunger, J.A., Glab, A., Cortez-Jugo, C., Caruso, F., Cavalieri, F., Glycogen-Nucleic Acid Constructs for Gene Silencing in Multicellular Tumor Spheroids, Biomaterials 2018, 176, 34-49
10) Besford, Q.A., Christofferson, A.J., Liu, M., Yarovsky, I., Long-Range Dipolar Order and Dispersion Forces in Polar Liquids, Journal of Chemical Physics 2017, 147, 194503
9) Guo, J., Richardson, J., Besford, Q.A., Christoerson, A.J., Dai, Y., Ong, C., Tardy, B., Liang, K., Choi, G., Cui, J., Yoo, P., Yarovsky, I., Caruso, F., Influence of Ionic Strength on the Deposition of Metal-Phenolic Networks, Langmuir 2017, 33, 10616-10622
8) Besford, Q.A.,Wojnilowicz, M., Suma, T., Bertleff-Zieschang, N. Caruso, F., Cavalieri, F., Lactosylated Glycogen Nanoparticles for Targeting Prostate Cancer Cells, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9,16869-16879
7) Rahim, M.A., Bjornmalm, M., Bertleff-Zieschang, N., Besford, Q.A., Mettu, S., Suma, T., Faria, M., Caruso, F., Rust-Mediated Continuous Assembly of Metal-Phenolic Networks, Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1606717
6) Besford, Q.A., Liu, M., Beattie, J., Gray-Weale, A., The Coalescence of Polystyrene in Correlated Binary Solvents, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 2016, 54, 948-955
5) Besford, Q.A., Zheng, X.Y., Yi, J.M., Gray-Weale, A., Liver Glycogen in Type 2 Diabetic Mice is Randomly Branched as Enlarged Aggregates with Blunted Glucose Release, Glycoconjugate Journal 2016, 33, 41-51
4) Chen, X., Cui, J., Ping, Y., Suma, T., Cavalieri, F., Besford, Q.A., Chen, G., Braunger, J.A., Caruso, F., Probing Cell Internalisation Mechanics with Polymer Capsules, Nanoscale 2016, 8, 17096-17101
3) Besford, Q.A., Liu, M., Gray-Weale, A., Pair Correlations that Link the Hydrophobic and Hofmeister Effects, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2016, 18, 14949-14959
2) Liu, M., Besford, Q.A., Mulvaney, T., Gray-Weale, A., Order and Correlation Contributions to the Entropy of Hydrophobic Solvation, The Journal of Chemical Physics 2015, 142, 114117
1) Besford, Q.A., Sullivan, M.A., Zheng, L., Gilbert, R., Stapleton, D., Gray-Weale, A., The Structure of Cardiac Glycogen in Healthy Mice, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2012, 51, 887-891
