Publications

A vast array of scientists have used SiMPore products to advance their research and realize breakthrough results in their various fields.

Electron Microscopy

Investigating the size, morphology and composition of particulate matter released during transient and steady-state operation from a heavy-duty internal combustion engine running entirely on hydrogen

Lagana, et al. | ScienceDirect (2025).

Quantitative Assessment and Measurement of X-Ray Detector Performance and Solid Angle in the Analytical Electron Microscope.

Zaluzec NJ. | Microscopy and Microanalysis, 1-13 (2021).

Doping of Cr in graphene using electron beam manipulation for functional defect engineering.

Dyck et al. | ACS Appl Nano Matr, 3.11 (2020).

Temperature dependent Young’s modulus of ZnO nanowires.

Roy et al. | Nanotechnol, 30.6 (2018).

Interlayer interactions in 2D WS 2/MoS 2 heterostructures monolithically grown by in situ physical vapor deposition.

Yang et al. | Nanoscale, 10.48 (2018).

Transition-Metal Decorated Aluminum Nanocrystals.

Swearer et al. | ACS Nano, 11, 10281-10288 (2017).

Near-Field Plasmonic Behavior of Au/Pd Nanocrystals with Pd-Rich Tips.

Ringe et al. | Sci Rpt, 5, 17431 (2015).

Electron Tomography at 2.4 Angstrom Resolution.

Scott et al. | Nature, 483, 444-447 (2012).

Fabrication of a Lift-Out Grid with Electrical Contacts for Focused Ion Beam Preparation of Lamella for In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy.

Mecklenburg et al. | Microscopy and Microanalysis, 19, 458-459 (2013).

Cryo-SiN – An Alternative Substrate to Visualize Active Viral Assemblies.

Tanner et al. | Microscopy and Microanalysis, 19, 90-91 (2013).

Three Dimensional Imaging of Dislocations in a Nanoparticle at Atomic Resolution.

Chen et al. | Nature, 496, 74-77 (2013).

Grains and Grain Boundaries in Highly Crystalline Monolayer Molybdenum Disulphide.

Van der Zande et al. | Nature Matr, 12, 554-561 (2013).

Twinning and Twisting of Tri- and Bilayer Graphene.

Brown et al.| Nano Lett, 12, 1609-1615 (2012).

Real-Time Single-Molecule Imaging of Quantum Interference.

Juffmann et al. | Nature Nanotechnol, 7, 297-300 (2012).

Tailoring Electrical Transport Across Grain Boundaries in Polycrystalline Graphene.

Tsen et al. | Science, 336, 1143-1146 (2012).

Irreversible Chemical Reactions Visualized in Space and Time with 4D Electron Microscopy.

Park et al. | J Am Chem Soc, 130, 1730-1733 (2011).

X-Ray Microscopy

Correlative imaging reveals physiochemical heterogeneity of microcalcifications in human breast carcinomas.

Kunitake et al. | J Struct Biol, 202.1 (2018).

Skin Image Analysis in Contact Capacitive Imaging and High Resolution Ultrasound Imaging.

Bontozoglou et al. | Matrix (GLCM), 460.1-2 (2014).

High-resolution chemical imaging of gold nanoparticles using hard X-Ray ptychography.

Hoppe et al. | Appl Phys Lett, 102.20 (2013).

Microplastics

Multimodal Analysis of Microplastics in Drinking Water using a Silicon Nanomembrane Analysis Pipeline

T. Horan, et al. | Jove (2025) 

Assessing bioactivity of environmental water samples filtered using nanomembrane technology and mammalian cell lines

Morgan et al. | Eco-Environment and Health (2024)

Comparative evaluation of filtration and imaging properties of analytical filters for microplastic capture and analysis

Carter et al. | Chemisphere (2023) 

Ingestion of polyethylene terephthalate microplastic water contaminants by Xenopus laevis tadpoles negatively affects their resistance to ranavirus infection and antiviral immunity

Can et al. | Environmental Pollution, 356: 124340 (2024)

Silicon Nanomembrane Filtration and Imaging for the Evaluation of Microplastic Entrainment along a Municipal Water Delivery Route

Madejski et al. | Sustainability, 12, 10655 (2020)

Silicon Nitride grids are compatible with correlative negative staining electron microscopy and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for use in the detection of micro-organisms

Lausch et al. | J Appl Microbiology, 116: 1521-1530 (2013)

Characterization and potential influence of laboratory airborne particle fallout on microplastics analysis.

Lao et al. | Journal of Hazardous Materials (2025)

Assessment of household settled dust via silicon nanomembrane analysis pipeline (SNAP)

Romanick et al. | Environmental Technology & Innovation (2025)

Cell Culture & Assay

The Modular µSiM: A Mass Produced, Rapidly Assembled, and Reconfigurable Platform for the Study of Barrier Tissue Models In Vitro

McCloskey et al. | Advanced Healthcare Materials, 11, 2200804 (2022).

The Modular µSiM Reconfigured: Integration of Microfluidic Capabilities to Study In Vitro Barrier Tissue Models under Flow

Mansouri et al. | Advanced Healthcare Materials, 11, 2200802 (2022).

Microvascular Mimetics for the Study of Leukocyte-Endothelial Interactions.

Khire et al. | Cell Mol Bioeng, 13, 125-39 (2020).

Ultrathin Silicon Membranes for in Situ Optical Analysis of Nanoparticle Translocation across a Human Blood-Brain Barrier Model.

Hudecz et al. | ACS Nano, 14, 1111-22 (2020).

A silicon nanomembrane platform for the visualization of immune cell trafficking across the human blood-brain barrier under flow.

Mossu et al. | J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 39, 395-410 (2019).

Ultrathin Dual Scale Nano and Microporous Membranes for Vascular Transmigration Models.

Salminen et al. | Small, 15, 1804111 (2019).

Ultrathin transparent membranes for cellular barrier and co-culture models.

Carter et al. | Biofabrication, 9, 015019 (2017).

Identifying drug resistant cancer cells using microbubble well arrays.

Pu et al. | Biomed Microdevices, 19, 17 (2017).

Porous Membranes Promote Endothelial Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells and Perivascular Interactions.

Mazzocchi et al. | Cel Mol Bioeng, 7, 369-378 (2014).

Microbubble array diffusion assay for the detection of cell secreted factors.

Bobo et al. | Lab Chip, 14, 3640-50 (2014).

Characterization of cell seeding and specific capture of B cells in microbubble well arrays.

Jones et al. | Biomed Micro-devices, 15, 453-63 (2013).

Nanoparticles & Extracellular Vesicles

Real time imaging of single extracellular vesicle pH regulation in a microfluidic cross-flow filtration platform.

Riazanski et al. | Comm Biol, 5, 13 (2022).

Rapid and specific detection of intact viral particles using functionalized microslit silicon membranes as a fouling-based sensor.

Klaczko et al. | Analyst, Online, DOI: 10.1039. (2021).

A Predictive Model of Nanoparticle Capture on Ultrathin Nanoporous Membranes.

Lucas et al. | J Memb Sci, 633, 119357 (2021).

Staphylococcus aureus Cell Wall Biosynthesis Genes Modulate Bone Invasion and Osteomyelitis Pathogenesis.

Masters et al. | Frontiers Microbiol, 16, 723498 (2021).

Tangential Flow Microfluidics for the Capture and Release of Nanoparticles and Extracellular Vesicles on Conventional and Ultrathin Membranes.

Dehghani et al. | Adv Mater Technol, 1900539 (2019).

An in vitro platform for elucidating the molecular genetics of S. aureus invasion of the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network during chronic osteomyelitis.

Masters et al. | Nanomed Nanotechnol Bio Med, 21, 102039 (2019).

Nanofiltration

Development of isoporous microslit silicon nitride membranes for sterile filtration applications.

Wright et al. | Biotechnol Bioeng, 117, 879-885 (2020).

Membrane capacity and fouling mechanisms for ultrathin nanomembranes in dead-end filtration.

Winans et al. | J Memb Sci, 499, 282-9 (2016).

Nanoporous silicon nitride membranes fabricated from porous nanocrystalline silicon templates.

DesOrmeaux et al. | Nanoscale, 6, 10798-805 (2014).

High-performance separation of nanoparticles with ultrathin porous nanocrystalline silicon membranes.

Gaborski et al. | ACS Nano, 4, 6973-81 (2010).

Charge- and size-based separation of macromolecules using ultrathin silicon membranes.

Striemer et al. | Nature, 445, 749-53 (2007).

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