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Peer-reviewed journal publications

  1. “Chen, Mingtao; Murphy, Brendan B; Wang, Yuchen; Vitale, Flavia; Yang, Shu; “,”SMART Silly Putty: Stretchable, Malleable, Adherable, Reusable, and Tear‐Resistible Hydrogels”,Small,19,6,2205854,2023

  2. “Garg, Raghav; Driscoll, Nicolette; Shankar, Sneha; Hullfish, Todd; Anselmino, Eugenio; Iberite, Francesco; Averbeck, Spencer; Rana, Manini; Micera, Silvestro; Baxter, Josh R; “,”Wearable High‐Density MXene‐Bioelectronics for Neuromuscular Diagnostics, Rehabilitation, and Assistive Technologies”,Small Methods,7,8,2201318,2023,

  3. “Garg, Raghav; Vitale, Flavia; “,Latest advances on MXenes in biomedical research and health care,MRS bulletin,48,3,283-290,2023,Springer International Publishing Cham

  4. “Mentzelopoulos, Georgios; Driscoll, Nicolette; Shankar, Sneha; Kim, Brian; Rich, Ryan; Fernandez-Nunez, Guadalupe; Stoll, Harrison; Erickson, Brian; Medaglia, John Dominic; Vitale, Flavia; “,Alerting attention is sufficient to induce a phase-dependent behavior that can be predicted by frontal EEG,Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience,17,,1176865,2023,Frontiers Media SA

  5. “Averbeck, Spencer R; Xu, Doris; Murphy, Brendan B; Shevchuk, Kateryna; Shankar, Sneha; Anayee, Mark; Der Torossian Torres, Marcelo; Beauchamp, Michael S; de la Fuente-Nunez, Cesar; Gogotsi, Yury; “,Stability of Ti3C2T x MXene Films and Devices under Clinical Sterilization Processes,ACS nano,,,,2023,American Chemical Society

  6. “Shankar, Sneha; Murphy, Brendan B; Driscoll, Nicolette; Shekhirev, Mikhail; Valurouthu, Geetha; Shevchuk, Kateryna; Anayee, Mark; Cimino, Francesca; Gogotsi, Yury; Vitale, Flavia; “,Effect of the deposition process on the stability of Ti3C2T x MXene films for bioelectronics,2D Materials,10,4,044001,2023,IOP Publishing

  7. “Kim, Brian; Erickson, Brian A; Fernandez-Nunez, Guadalupe; Rich, Ryan; Mentzelopoulos, Georgios; Vitale, Flavia; Medaglia, John D; “,EEG Phase Can Be Predicted with Similar Accuracy across Cognitive States after Accounting for Power and Signal-to-Noise Ratio,eneuro,10,9,,2023,Society for Neuroscience

  8. “Erickson, Brian; Rich, Ryan; Shankar, Sneha; Kim, Brian; Driscoll, Nicolette; Mentzelopoulos, Georgios; Fernandez-Nuñez, Guadalupe; Vitale, Flavia; Medaglia, John D; “,”Evaluating and benchmarking the EEG signal quality of high-density, dry MXene-based electrode arrays against gelled Ag/AgCl electrodes”,Journal of Neural Engineering,,,,2023,

  9. Raghav Garg, Nicolette Driscoll, Sneha Shankar, Todd Hullfish, Eugenio Anselmino, Francesco Iberite, Spencer Averbeck, Manini Rana, Silvestro Micera, Josh R. Baxter, Flavia Vitale, Wearable High-Density MXene-Bioelectronics for Neuromuscular Diagnostics, Rehabilitation, and Assistive Technologies, Small Methods. 2022 
  10. Mingtao Chen, Brendan B. Murphy, Yuchen Wang, Flavia Vitale, Shu Yang, SMART Silly Putty: Stretchable, Malleable, Adherable, Reusable, and Tear-Resistible Hydrogels, Small. 2022
  11. Flavia Vitale, Jennifer N. Gelinas, Laura Y. Cabrera, Neurotechnology: Bridging the dialogue between engineers, material scientists, clinicians, and ethicists, iScience, 25(11). 2022
  12. B. B. Murphy, N. V. Apollo, P. Unegbu, T. Posey, N. Rodriguez-Perez, Q. Hendricks, F. Cimino, A. G. Richardson, F. Vitale. Vitamin C-reduced graphene oxide improves the performance and stability of multimodal neural microelectrodes. iScience, 25(7). 2022
  13. P. Mulcahey, Y. Chen, N. Driscoll, B. Murphy, O. Dickens, A.T. C. Johnson, F. Vitale, H. Takano. Multimodal, multiscale insights into hippocampal seizures enabled by transparent, graphene-based microelectrode arrays. eNeuro, 9(3). 2022
  14. A. Abdelfattah, S. Ahuja, T. Akkin, S. Rao Allu, D. A. Boas, J. Brake, E. M. Buckley, R. E. Campbell, A.I. Chen, X.Cheng, T. Cižmár, I. Costantini, M. De Vittorio, A. Devor, P. R. Doran, M. El Khatib, V. Emiliani, N. Fomin-Thunemann, Y. Fainman, T. Fernández Alfonso, C. G. L. Ferri, A. Gilad, X.Han, A. Harris, E. M. C. Hillman, U. Hochgeschwender, M. G. Holt, N. Ji, K. Kiliç, E. M. R. Lake, L. Li, T. Li, P. Mächler, Rickson, C. Mesquita, E. W. Miller, K.M. Naga, S. Nadella, U. V. Nägerl, Y. Nasu, A. Nimmerjahn, P. Ondrácková, F. S. Pavone, C. Perez Campos, D. S. Peterka, F. Pisano, F. Pisanello, F. Puppo, B. L. Sabatini, S. Sadegh, S. Sakadžic, S. Shoham, S. N. Shroff, R. Angus Silver, R. R. Sims, S. L. Smith, V. J. Srinivasan, M. Thunemann, L. Tian, L. Tian, T. Troxler, A. Valera, A. Vaziri, S. A. Vinogradov, F. Vitale, L. V. Wang, H. Uhlířová, C.Xu, C. Yang, M.-H. Yang, G. Yellen, O. Yizhar, Y. Zhao. Neurophotonic tools for microscopic measurements and manipulation: status report. Neurophotonics, 9(S1) 013001. 2022
  15. N. Driscoll, B. Erickson, B. B. Murphy,  A. G. Richardson,  G. Robbins,  N. V. Apollo,  G. Mentzelopoulos,  T. Mathis,  K. Hantanasirisakul,  P. Bagga,  S. E. Gullbrand,  M. Sergison, R. Reddy,  J. A. Wolf,  H. I. Chen,  T. H. Lucas,  T. R. Dillingham,  K. A. Davis,  Y. Gogotsi,  J. D. Medaglia,  F. Vitale. MXene-infused bioelectronic interfaces for multiscale electrophysiology and stimulation. Science Translational Medicine, 13(612), eabf8629. 2021 (Cover article)
  16. N. Driscoll, R. Dong, F. Vitale. Emerging approaches for sensing and modulating neural activity enabled by nanocarbons and carbides. Current Opinions in Biotechnology, 72, 76-85. 2021
  17. J.A. Brant, D.O. Adewole, F. Vitale, D.K. Cullen. Bioengineering applications for hearing restoration: emerging biologically inspired and biointegrated designs. Current Opinions in Biotechnology, 72, 131-138. 2021
  18. A. Burton, S. M. Won, A.K. Sohrabi, T. Stuart, A. Amirhossein, J. U. Kim, Y. Park, A. Gabros, J. A. Rogers,** F. Vitale,** A. G. Richardson,** P. Gutruf.** Wireless, battery-free, and fully implantable electrical neurostimulation in freely moving rodents.NPJ Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 7, 62. 2021
  19. Y. Wang, R. Garg, J.E. Hartung, A. Goad, D.A. Patel, F. Vitale, M. S Gold, Y. Gogotsi, T. Cohen-Karni. Ti3C2Tx MXene Flakes for Optical Control of Neuronal Electrical Activity. ACS Nano, 15 (9), 14662-14671. 2021
  20. L. W. Taylor, S.M. Williams, J.S. Yan, O.S. Dewey, F. Vitale, M. Pasquali. Washable, sewable, all-carbon electrodes and signal wires for electronic clothing. Nano Letters, 1 (17), 7093-7099. 2021
  21. B. B. Murphy, B. H. Scheid, Q. Hendricks, N. V. Apollo, B. Litt, F. Vitale. Time Evolution of the Skin–Electrode Interface Impedance under Different Skin Treatments. Sensors, 21 (15), 5210. 2021
  22. K. Prezelski, M. Keiser, J. M. Stein, T. H. Lucas, B. Davidson, P. Gonzalez-Alegre, F. Vitale. Design and validation of a multi-point injection technology for MR-guided convection enhanced delivery in the brain. Frontiers in Medical Technology, 50. 2021
  23. N. Song, P. Xie, W. Shen, H. Oh, Y. Zhang, F. Vitale, M. Javanmard, M. G. Allen. A microwell-based impedance sensor on an insertable needle for real-time in vivo cytokine detection. NPJ Microsystems and Nanoengineering, 7(1), 1-12. 2021
  24. J. S. Yan, M. Orecchioni, F. Vitale, J. A. Coco, G. Duret, S. Antonucci, S. S. Pamulapati, L. W. Taylor, O. S. Dewey, M. Di Sante, A. M. Segura, C. Gurcan, F. Di Lisa, A. Yilmazer, M. D. McCauley, J. T. Robinson, M. Razavi, K. Ley, L. G. Delogu, M. Pasquali. Biocompatibility studies of macroscopic fibers made from carbon nanotubes: Implications for carbon nanotube macrostructures in biomedical applications. Carbon 173, 462-476. 2021
  25. M. A. Unal, F. Bayrakdar, L. Fusco, O. Besbinar, C. E. Shuck, S. Yalcin, M. T. Erken, A. Ozkul, C. Gurcan, O. Panatli, G. Y. Summak, C. Gokce, M. Orecchioni, A. Gazzi, F. Vitale, J. Somers, E. Demir, S. S. Yildiz, H. Nazir, J.C. Grivel, D. Bedognetti, A. Crisanti, K. C. Akcali, Y. Gogotsi, L. G. Delogu, A. Yilmazer. 2D MXenes with antiviral and immunomodulatory properties: a pilot study against SARS-CoV-2. Nano Today, in press. 2021
  26. N. Driscoll*, R. E. Rosch*, B. B Murphy, A. Ashourvan, R. Vishnubhotla, O. O Dickens, A.T. C. Johnson, K. A. Davis, B. Litt, D. S. Bassett, H. Takano, F. Vitale. Multimodal in vivo recording using transparent graphene microelectrodes illuminates spatiotemporal seizure dynamics at the microscale. Communications Biology 4, 136. 2021
  27. B. Murphy, P. J. Mulcahey, N. Driscoll, A. G. Richardson, G. T. Robbins, N. V. Apollo, K. Maleski, T. H. Lucas, Y. Gogotsi, T. Dillingham, F. Vitale. A gel-free Ti3C2Tx-based electrode array for high-density, high-resolution surface electromyography. Advanced Materials Technologies 2000325. 2020
  28. M. Carriere, L. Fusco, I. Capua, J. A. Regla-Nava, M. Pasquali, J. A. Scott, F. Vitale, M. Altay Unal, C. Mattevi, D. Bedognetti, A. Merkoçi, E. Tasciotti, A. Yilmazer, Y. Gogotsi, F. Stellacci, L. G. Delogu. Toward Nanotechnology-enabled approaches against the COVID-19 pandemic. ACS Nano, 14 (6), 6383-6406. 2020
  29. N. V. Apollo, B. Murphy, K. Prezelski, N. Driscoll, A. G. Richardson, T. H. Lucas, F. Vitale. Gels, jets, mosquitoes, and magnets: a review of implantation strategies for soft neural probes. Journal of Neural Engineering, 17 (4), 041002. 2020
  30. J. M. Brent, Z. Tian, J. Huang, D. Z. Markova, F. S. Shofer, M. Enomoto-Iwamoto, C. R. Scanzello, F. Vitale, D. Chen, Y. Zhang. Functional deficits in mice expressing human interleukin (IL-8). Comparative Medicine, 70 (3), 205-215. 2020
  31. C.H. Chiang, S. M. Won, A. L. Orsborn, K. J. Yu, M. Trumpis, B. Bent, C. Wang, Y. Xue, S. Min, V. Woods, C. Yu, B. H. Kim, S. B. Kim, R. Huq, J. Li, K J. Seo, F. Vitale, A. G. Richardson, H. Fang, Y. Huang, K. Shepard, B. Pesaran, J. A. Rogers, J. Viventi. Development of a neural interface for high-definition, long-term recording in rodents and nonhuman primates. Science Translational Medicine 12, 538, 2020.
  32. L. Fusco, A. Gazzi, G. Peng, Y. Shin, S. Vranic, D. Bedognetti, F. Vitale, A. Yilmazer, X. Feng, B. Fadeel, C. Casiraghi, L. G. Delogu. Graphene and other 2D materials: a multidisciplinary analysis to uncover the hidden potential as cancer theranostics. Theranostics 10(12), 5435-5488, 2020.
  33. N. Driscoll, K. Maleski, A. G. Richardson, B. B. Murphy, B. Anasori, Timothy H. Lucas, Yury Gogotsi, F. Vitale. Fabrication of Ti3C2 MXene microelectrode arrays for in vivo neural recording. Journal of Visualized Experiments.156, 2020.
  34. A. Gazzi, L. Fusco, A. Khan, F. Vitale,** A. Yilmazer,** L.G. Delogu**. Photodynamic therapy based on graphene and MXene in cancer theranostics. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7, 295, 2019.
  35. M. D. McCauley,* F. Vitale,* J. S. Yan,* C. C. Young, B. Greet, M. Orecchioni, S. Perike, A. Elgalad, J. A. Coco, M. John, D. A. Taylor, L. C. Sampaio, L. G. Delogu, M. Razavi, M. Pasquali, In vivo restoration of myocardial conduction with carbon nanotube fibers. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 12 (8), e007256.
  36. N. Driscoll, A. G. Richardson, K. Maleski, B. Anasori, O. Adewole, P. Lelyukh, L. Escobedo, D. K. Cullen, T. H. Lucas, Y. Gogotsi, F. Vitale. Two-Dimensional Ti3C2 MXene for High-Resolution Neural Interfaces. ACS Nano 12(10), 1010419-10429, 2018.
  37. Shen, S. Das, F. Vitale, A. G. Richardson, A. Ananthakrishnan, L. A. Struzyna, D. P. Brown, N. Song, M. Ramkumar, T. H. Lucas, D. K. Cullen, B. Litt, M. G. Allen. Microfabricated implantable extracellular matrix microelectrodes to improve biocompatibility for intracortical neural interface applications. Microsystems and Nanoengineering,4 (1), 30, 2018.
  38. F. Vitale, W. Shen, D. Adewole, N. Driscoll, J. Burrell, A. Richardson, A. Ananthakrishnan, B. Murphy, T. Wang, T. Lucas, D. K. Cullen, M. G. Allen, B. Litt. Biomimetic protein coatings improve chronic biocompatibility of microfabricated subdural microelectrode arrays. PLOS One,13 (11), e0206137.
  39. F. Vitale,* D. G. Vercosa,* S. S. Pamulapati, F. Seibt, J. S. Yan, C. Kemere, M. Beierlein, M. Pasquali, J. T. Robinson. Fluidic microactuation of flexible electrodes for neural recording. Nano Letters, 18 (1), 326-335, 2018.
  40. F. Vitale, B. Litt. Bioelectronics: the promise of leveraging the body’s circuitry to treat disease. Bioelectronics in Medicine, 1 (1) 3-7, 2018.
  41. Bink, M. Sedigh-Sarvestani, I. Fernandez-Lamo, L. Kini, H. Ung, D. Kuzum, F. Vitale, B. Litt, D. Contreras. Spatiotemporal evolution of focal epileptiform activity from surface and laminar field recordings in cat neocortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 119 (6), 2068-2081, 2018.
  42. K. Lee, K. J. Yu, E. Song, A. Barati Farimani, F. Vitale, Z. Xie, Y. Yoon, Y. Kim, A. Richardson, H. Luan, Y. Wu, X. Xie, T. H. Lucas, K. Crawford, Y. Mei, X. Feng, Y. Huang, Brian Litt, N. R. Aluru, L. Yin, J. A. Rogers. Dissolution of monocrystalline silicon nanomembranes and of their use as encapsulation layers and electrical interfaces in water-soluble electronics. ACS Nano, 11 (12) 12562-12572, 2017.
  43. Ung, S. Baldassano, H. Bink, A. M Krieger, S. Williams, F. Vitale, C. Wu, D. Freestone, E. Nurse, K. Leyde, K. A. Davis, M. Cook, B. Litt. Intracranial EEG stabilizes over months after implanting electrodes in human brain. Journal of Neural Engineering, 14 (5), 056011, 2017.
  44. A. Lissandrello, W. F. Gillis, J. Shen, B. W. Pearre, F. Vitale, M. Pasquali, B. J. Holinski, D. J. Chew, A. E. Whitea, T. J. Gardner. A micro-scale printable nanoclip for electrical stimulation and recording in small nerves. Journal of Neural Engineering, 14 (3): 036006-12, 2017.
  45. F. Vitale, S. R. Summerson, B. Aazhang, C. Kemere, M. Pasquali. Neural stimulation and recording with bidirectional, soft carbon nanotube fiber microelectrodes. ACS Nano, 9 (4): 4465–4474, 2015.
  46. Pok, F. Vitale, S. L. Eichmann, O. V. Benavides, M. Pasquali, J. G. Jacot. Biocompatible carbon nanotube – chitosan cardiac patches matching the electrical conductivity of the heart. ACS Nano, 8 (10): 9822–9832, 2014.
  47. F. Vitale, J. Nam, L. Turchetti, R. M. Raphael, M. C. Annesini, M. Pasquali. A multiscale, biophysical model for flow-induced red blood cell damage. AIChE Journal, 60: 1509–1516, 2014.
  48. Turchetti,* F. Vitale,* D. Accoto, M. C. Annesini. Analysis of a gas supply unit based on hydrogen peroxide decomposition for wearable robotic applications. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 52 (26): 8946-8952, 2013.
  49. Di Paola, A. R. Terrinoni, F. Vitale. Extracorporeal membrane blood oxygenators: effect of membrane wetting on gas transfer and device performance. Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 7: S348-S355, 2012.
  50. Vitale, L. Turchetti, M.C. Annesini. Modeling of mechanical blood damage: a discussion of current approaches and alternative proposals. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 24: 961-966, 2011.
  51. Turchetti, F. Vitale, D. Accoto, E. Guglielmelli, M.C. Annesini. Hydrogen peroxide decomposition as a source of propellant gas for actuators in rehabilitation robotics: a feasibility study. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 24: 85-90, 2011.

Peer-reviewed conference publications

  1. F. Vitale, D. Accoto, L. Turchetti, S. Indini, M.C. Annesini and E. Guglielmelli: Low-temperature H2O2-powered actuators for biorobotics: thermodynamic and kinetic analysis. Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 2197-2202.
  2. Marrelli, L. Di Paola, F. Vitale: Shear-stress induced blood damage in artificial organs and hematic circuits. Atti GrICU 2008, pp. 177-182. Sep 14-17, 2008 – Le Castella (KR), Italy.

Book chapters

  1. F. Vitale, N. Driscoll, B. Murphy. Biomedical Applications of MXenes. In: 2D Metal Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes). Springer, 2019.
  2. F. Vitale, L. Turchetti. Numerical prediction of blood damage in membrane-based biomedical assist devices. In: Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-)Membranes. Elsevier, 2019.

* denotes equal contribution

** denotes co-corresponding authors