Journal Articles

2022 2021
  • S Nair, J Gomez-Cruz, G Ascanio, A Docoslis, RG Sabat, C Escobedo* (2021) "Cicada Wing Inspired Template-Stripped SERS Active 3D Metallic Nanostructures for the Detection of Toxic Substances" Sensors 21 (5), 1699.
  • Brianna Bradley*, Juan Gomez-Cruz, Carlos Escobedo. (2021). A Microfluidic Approach to the Investigation of Magnetotactic Bacteria Motility Through Viscoelastic Fluids. Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering. Volume 4. Proceedings from the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2021.
  • S. Walton*, B. Bradley, and C. Escobeda, “Microfluidic Viability Studies of Magnetotactic Bacteria”, Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering. Volume 4, Jun. 2021, https://doi.org/10.32393/csme.2021.147.
  • B. Bradley*, J. Gomez-Cruz, and C. Escobedo, “A Microfluidic Approach to the Investigation Of Magnetotactic Bacteria Motility Through Viscoelastic Fluids”, Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering. Volume 4, Jun. 2021, https://doi.org/10.32393/csme.2021.138.
2020 2019 2018 2017                  ** Related media:
                     - Structure of superlong, ice-binding protein reported, Chemical & Engineering News
                     - Dutch and Canadian researchers detail one of the biggest proteins ever found, Eureka Alert
                     - Researchers detail one of the biggest proteins ever found, PHYSORG
                     - New study details one of biology's largest proteins,  Breitbart                  ** Featured in Queen's The Complete Engineer Fall-Winter 2017
  • S. Nair, C. Escobedo* and R. G. Sabat* (2017) "Crossed Surface Relief Gratings as Nanoplasmonic Biosensors", ACS Sensors, 2 (3), pp 379–385.
  • J. Raveendran, H. Dies,* A. Mohammadi, C. Escobedo, A. Docoslis. (2017). Ultrasensitive analyte detection by combining nanoparticle-based Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) substrates with multivariate analysis. Materials Today: Proceedings.
2016 2015 2013 Before joining Queen's (2012 and earlier)

Patents

  • Joshua Raveendran, Hannah Bacon (Formerly H. Dies), Carlos Escobedo, Aristides Docoslis, Sensor Elements having Metallic Nanostructures and Uses Thereof. US Application 17607611. Publication date: 2022/7/14
  • Hannah Dies, Carlos Escobedo and Aristides Docoslis (application being filed 2016). Reconfigurable Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Device and Method Therefor, U.S. Patent 16324397.
  • Carlos Escobedo, David Sinton, Alexandre G. Brolo and Reuven Gordon (granted 2016), “Flow Through Metallic Nanohole Arrays”, U.S. Patent US20120292496.

Books

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Miniature Fluidic Devices for Rapid Biological Detection.
Editors: Sang-Hyun Oh, Carlos Escobedo and Alexandre G. Brolo                            
Springer
ISBN 978-3-319-64747-0

Conferences & Seminar Presentations (select)

  • B. Bradley* and C. Escobedo “Bacterial magnetotactic motility in viscoelastic fluids” 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2021), 13-Oct-21 (virtual).
  • S. Walton*, B. Bradley, C. Escobedo “On-chip magnetotactic bacteria viability studies under biological stressors”, 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2021), 13-Oct-21 (virtual).
  • B. Bradley*, J. Gomez-Cruz, and C. Escobedo “A Microfluidic Approach to the Investigation of Magnetotactic Bacteria Motility through Viscoelastic Fluids”, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress, 28-Jun-21 (virtual).
  • Stephanie Walton*, Brianna Bradley, Carlos Escobedo "A Microfluidic Study of Magnetotactic Bacteria’s Stress Response", Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 24-27, Montreal, QC.
  • Yazan Bdour*, Graham Beaton, Kevin Stamplecoskie, Carlos Escobedo "Hybrid Nanoparticle-Nanohole Array SERS-Active Nanostructure", MicroTAS 2021, 10-14 October 2021 (virtual).
  • Yazan Bdour*, Graham Beaton, Kevin Stamplecoskie, Carlos Escobedo "SERS-Active Nanoparticle-Nanohole Array Hybrid Nanostructures, CCEC 2021, 24-27 October 2021, Montreal QC.
  • M. Panetta*, B. Bradley, and C. Escobedo “Microfluidics for the Study of Simultaneous Aerotaxis and Magnetotaxis of Magnetotactic Bacteria”, 71st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference 27-Oct-21 (virtual).
  • A. Foster*, B. Bradley, and C. Escobedo “Alginate microsphere production using flow focussing microfluidics for magnetotactic bacteria studies in porous media”, 71st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, 26-Oct-21 (virtual).
  • S. Walton*, B. Bradley, C. Escobedo “Microfluidic viability studies of magnetotactic bacteria”, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress, 28-Jun-21 (virtual).
  • B.M Bustillo, L. Wells, C. Escobedo* "An oviduct-on-chip microfluidic platform for the investigation of the motility of ciliated cells after cancer treatment, 36th annual meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials society, 13-15 May, Waterloo, ON.
  • B.M Bustillo, L. Wells, C. Escobedo* "An oviduct-on-chip microfluidic platform for the investigation of the motility of ciliated cells after cancer treatment", 2021 Regenerative medicine symposium. Advances in Tissue Regeneration, 14-15 April, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Escobedo C (keynote talk) "Ultrasensitive Detection of Water COntaminants, Biomarkers and Illegal Drugs Using Active 3D Metallic Nanostructures", 5th International Conference on Chemical and Polymer Engineering (ICCPE'19).
  • Vargas C., Escobedo C., Docoslis A. and Bautista O.* "Theoretical Analysis of a Pulsatile Electroosmotic FLow in a Wavy Electrode, The 4th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering, Madrid, Spain, 16-18 August, 2018.
  • Escobedo C. “Microfluidics for cell studies and metallic nanostructures as biosensors”, Invited Seminar, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 19 June, 2018.
  • Escobedo C. “From Micro to nano: microfluidics for cell studies and metallic nanostructures as biosensors”, Invited Seminar, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 13 June, 2018.
  • Escobedo C. “Metallic nanostructures as label-free biosensors”, Invited Seminar at Holst Centre, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 14 June, 2018.
  • Escobedo C.,* Rismani Yazdi, D. Vogel, C. Stevens and P. Davies “Controlled and directed navigation of magnetotactic bacteria in strong flows”, International Conference in Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 10-13 June, 2018.
  • J. M. Gomez,* S. Nair,* G. Ascanio, C. Escobedo. “Flow-through nanohole array based sensor implemented on analogue smartphone components.” SPIE Optics + Photonics 2017, San Diego, CA, 6-10 August 2017.
  • H Dies,* J Raveendran, C Escobedo and A Docoslis. “Rapid assembly of surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates for ultrasensitive detection of chemical and biological analytes in fluid samples.” Poster presentation at the International Conference on Bio-senseing Technologies, Riva del Garda, Italy, 7-10 May 2017.
  • A. MacLean,* A.S. Lehnert, M. Thomas, A. Al Rashed, H. Horton, C. Crudden, C. Escobedo, H.-P. Loock. “Go for the Gold: Understanding N-heterocyclic Carbene Binding to Gold Surfaces Using Surface Plasmon Resonance.” 100th Canadian Symposium for Chemistry Conference, Toronto ON, 29 May 2017.
  • A. MacLean,* N. Bragagnolo, M. Thomas, S. Lehnert, J. Barnes, C. C. Escobedo Crudden, H. Horton, H.-P. Loock. “Will it stick? The binding kinetics of N-heterocyclic carbenes to plasmonic biosensors.” 32nd Symposium on Chemical Physics, Nov 4-6 2016, Waterloo, ON.
  • S. Rismani Yazdi,* D. Vogel, C. Stevens, P. Davies and C. Escobedo. “Microfluidic experiments measure the ability of magnetotactic bacteria to swim against microflows. MicroTAS 2016, 8-14 Oct., Dublin, Ireland.
  • Escobedo C.* (keynote talk) “Biosensing with Subwavelength Metallic Nanostructures”, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) UNAM Chapter Conference, Mexico City, 9-11 Nov., 2016.
  • Escobedo C.* (invited seminar) “Nanofabricated photonic structures for implantable biosensing applications”, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 27 May, 2016.
  • S. Rismani Yazdi,* D. Vogel, C. Stevens, P. Davies and C. Escobedo. Microfluidic experiments measure the ability of magnetotactic bacteria to swim against microflows. MicroTAS 2016, 8-14 Oct., Dublin, Ireland. (accepted)
  • C. Stevens,* S. Rismani Yazdi, S. Guo, M. B. Dolev, I. Blavsky, C. Escobedo and P. Davies. Using microfluidics to study biofilm formation and disruption with an ice-binding bacterium. CRYO2016: The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology, Canada, July 24-27, 2016.
  • H. Dies,* M. Bastin, A. Docoslis, and C. Escobedo. Dielectrophoresis collection of metallic nanoparticles in a microelectrode system. Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering Congress 2016, Kelowna, BC, 26-29 June, 2016. [**3rd prize to best paper]
  • S. Nair, I. Cusano, R. G. Sabat, C. Escobedo.* Integrated and cost-effective nano-photonic-microfluidic sensing platform. Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering Congress 2016, Kelowna, BC, 26-29 June, 2016.
  • A. MacLean,* A.S. Lehnert, M. Thomas, A. Al Rashed, H. Horton, C. Crudden, C. Escobedo, H.-P. Loock. Design of an SPR imaging system to study novel self-assembling carbene monolayers on gold. Poster Presentation, Biosensors 2016, Göttingen, Sweden.
  • S. Rismani, C. Stevens, P. Davies and C. Escobedo.* Using microfluidics to study biofilm formation and disruption. Biosensors 2016, Göttingen, Sweden, 8-14 Oct., 2016.
  • Escobedo, C.* (invited seminar) “Integrated Microsytems for Biological and Biomedical Applications”, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), New York, 5 Nov., 2015.
  • Escobedo, C.* (keynote conference talk) “Optofluidic Platforms with High Dynamic Range for Bioanalytical Applications”, 5th Symposium in Biotechnology and Tissue Engineering, Morelia, Mexico, 11-13 Aug., 2015.
  • Escobedo, C.* (invited conference talk) “Integrated Nanoplasmonic-Microfluidic Sensing Platform with Improved Dynamic Range”, Photonics North ‘15, 9-11 June 2015, Ottawa, Canada. 
  • Escobedo, C.* (invited seminar) “Integrated Microsytems for Biological and Biomedical Applications”, Seminar Series, Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, 13 Feb. 2015.
  • A. MacLean,* M. Thomas, J. Barnes, C. Escobedo, H.-P. Loock “An SPR imaging spectrometer to optically study self-assembling films”. Poster Presentation, 31st Symposium on Chemical Physics (SCP), Waterloo, ON, Nov. 2015.
  • A. MacLean,* M. Thomas, J. Barnes, C. Escobedo, H.-P. Loock. Design of an SPR imaging system to study novel self-assembling carbene monolayers on gold. Poster Presentation, Queen’s Graduate Chemistry Symposium Waterloo, ON, Sept. 2015.
  • A. MacLean,* M. Thomas, J. Barnes, C. Escobedo, H.-P. Loock. Design of an SPR system to study self-assembling monolayer formation. Poster Presentation, CREATE Symposium, Kingston, ON, 13-14 Aug. 2015.
  • Hof, L. A., Escobedo, C., Abou Ziki J. D., Wuthrich, R.* “Additive Manufacturing through Imprinting Gold Nanoparticles on Glass Substrates by Spark Assisted Chemical Engraving (SACE)”, 227th ECS Meeting, The Electrochemistry Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 27 May 2015.
  • K. K. Gomez-Lizarraga,* Piña-Barba, M. C., Escobedo, C.* “Fabrication Of Polycaprolactone-Nukbone® (PCL-NKB) Scaffold By 3-D Plotting System For Bone Tissue Engineering”, 2015 TERMIS-AM Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 8-11 Sep., 2015.
  • Escobedo, C.* (keynote talk) “Optofluidic Analyte Concentration and Sensing Using Metallic Nanohole Arrays”, Annual Instrumentation Conference SOMI XXIX, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 29-31 Oct, 2014.
  • Escobedo, C.* (invited seminar) “Biosensing at the Micro- and Nanoscale”, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, May 23, 2014. 
  • Escobedo, C.* (invited conference talk) “Controlled Analyte Concentration and Flow-Through Transport Using Optofluidic Nanostructures”, Photonics North 2014, Montreal, QC, 28-30 May, 2014.
  • A. MacLean,* M. Thomas, S. Stuart, J. Barnes, C. Escobedo, H.-P. Loock. Design of an SPR Imaging System for the Monitoring of Chemical Kinetics. Poster Presentation, Symposium on Chemical Physics (SCP), Waterloo, ON, 7-9 Nov., 2014.
  • Escobedo, C.* (invited conference talk) “Optofluidic nanostructures for the spatial and temporal concentration of analytes”, META ’14 conference, NTU, Singapore, 20-23 May, 2014.