• Science, "Get a grip", January 30, 2009 [PDF]

• Nature Nanotechnology, "Thin Films: Boxing Clever", August 29, 2008 [PDF]

• Nature Physics, "Loaded Dice", July, 2007 [PDF]

• Lab on a chip, "Metallic microcontainers", November, 2006 [PDF]

• Analytical Chemistry, "Nanoliter containers for controlled chemical reactions", November 1, 2006 [PDF]

• Science, "Microscale Origami", September 1, 2006 [PDF]

• Science, "Self-folding delivery boxes", August 25, 2006 [PDF]

Select International Press Reports on our Research

• The New Scientist, (UK), "Patterned nanocubes could open door to nano-circuits", Aug 2009 [PDF]

• Poplular Mechanics, "Gripping Medical Nanotech", March 2009 [PDF]

• Discover Magazine, "Microtech Gets a Grip", March 2009 [PDF]

• C2W, "Microkrab Grijpt Cellen", Feb, 2009 [PDF]

• Zeit Wissen, "Biopsie per Knopfdruck", Feb 2009 [PDF]

• National Geographic, "Dust-Size "Crabs" Grab Living Cells in Lab Video", Jan 26, 2009 [PDF]

• Forbes Magazine, "Building Vessels For An Incredible Journey", Jan 20, 2009 [PDF]

• Yahoo India, "Robotic hands designed by Indian American move ultra-tiny particles", Jan 17, 2009 [PDF]

• Scientific American, "Getting a Teeny Tiny Grip", Jan 15, 2009 [PDF]

• Times of India, "Micro-tool grabs cells in hard-to-reach places", Jan 14, 2009 [PDF]

• The New York Times, "A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand", Jan 13, 2009 [PDF]

• The New Scientist, (UK) "Micro-origami lets scientists get a grip", Dec 9, 2008 [PDF]

• NIH Press Release, "NIH Extends Its Commitment to Transformative Research with $138 Million for Director’s Pioneer and New Innovator Awards in 2008", Sept 2008 [PDF] [PDF]

• Chemical Technology, "Microcontainers Hold Cells Captive", Sept 19, 2008 [PDF]

• De Ingenieur, "Miniscule Grijper", Sept, 2008 [PDF]

• MIT Technology Review, "A Helping Hand For Surgery", August 2008 [PDF]

• Chemical and Engineering (C&E) News,"Tiny Devices Get a Grip, August 2008 [PDF]

• DuPont, "DuPont Gives Grants to Young Professors Developing Novel Science of Company Interest", June 2008 [PDF]

• Materials Research Society (MRS), "Graduate Student Awards", December 2007 [PDF]

• Chemical and Engineering (C&E) News, "A Material World", December 24, 2007 [PDF]

• Maryland Science Center, "Maryland Outstanding Young Engineer Award", May 29, 2007 [PDF]

• Batlimore Sun, "Science Project Wins Scholarship", March 14, 2007 [PDF]

• Science News, "Chemical Pop-Up Books", November 25, 2006 [PDF]

• The New Scientist (UK), "Self-assembling nano-boxes show chemical control", August 21, 2006 [PDF]

• Washington Times, "Nanotechnology building blocks", January 19, 2006 [PDF]