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Erick S. Vasquez

Associate Professor

Full-Time Faculty

School of Engineering: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

Profile

Dr. Vasquez's technical research focuses on designing advanced nanocomposite materials, mainly using magnetic nanoparticles, for water purification, biological applications and bacteria detection and eradication. Currently, he is working on the encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticles using biocompatible and electrically responsive polymers for drug delivery applications, the preparation of disinfectant nanomaterials for the elimination of Listeria monocytogenes and the fabrication of magnetic gels for removing toxins and pollutants from water. Dr. Vasquez collaborates with several researchers and faculty at UD and across the U.S.

Selected Publications

For a complete list of publications, please visit this Google Scholar link.

• Vasquez, E. S., DeWitt, M., West, Z., & Elsass, M. E. (2020). Impact of team formation approach on teamwork effectiveness and performance in an upper-level undergraduate chemical engineering laboratory course. Special Issue: Teamwork Assessment in Engineering Education, International Journal of Engineering Education, 36(1B), 491-501.
• Vasquez, E. S., Phren, E. M., & Walters, K. B. (2019). Assessing magnetic iron oxide nanoparticle properties under different thermal treatments. J. of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. doi:10.1007/s10973-019-09195-4.
• Karim, F., Vasquez, E. S., Sun, Y., & Zhao, C. (2019). Optothermal microbubble assisted manufacturing of nanogap-rich structures for active chemical sensing. Nanoscale, 11, 20589-20597.
• Busch, R. T., Karim, F., Weis, J., Sun, Y., Zhao, C., & Vasquez, E. S. (2019). Optimization and structural stability of gold nanoparticle-antibody bioconjugates. ACS Omega, 4(12), 15269-15279.
• Roy, J. K., Vasquez, E. S., Pinto, H. P., Kumari, S., Walters, K. B., & Leszczynski, J. (2019). Computational and experimental approach to understanding the structural interplay of self-assembled end-terminated alkanethiolates on gold surfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, 23320-23328. [Note: Inside cover of the journal and highlighted as 2019 PCCP hot articles]
• Al-Ajrash, S. M. N., Lafdi, K., Vasquez, E. S., Chinesta, F., & Le Coustumer, P. (2018). Experimental and numerical investigation of the silicon particle distribution in electrospun nanofibers. Langmuir, 34(24), 7147-7152. [IF = 3.789 / 6/ N/A]
• Karim, F., Vasquez, E. S., & Zhao, C. (2018). Fabricated nanogap-rich plasmonic nanostructures through an optothermal surface bubble in a droplet. Opt. Lett., 43(2), 334-336.
• Vasquez, E. S., Feugang, J. M., Willard, S. T., Ryan, P. L., & Walters, K. B. (2016). Bioluminescent magnetic nanoparticles as potential imaging agents for mammalian spermatozoa. J. of Nanobiotechnology, 14(1), 1-9. [Note: This paper was featured in the journal’s website and was cited as one of the influential articles in 2016.]
• Zakaria, A. B. M., Vasquez, E. S., Walters, K. B., & Leszczynska, D. (2015). Functional holey graphene oxide: A new electrochemically transformed substrate material for dopamine sensing. RSC Advances, 9, 107123-107135. doi: 10.1039/C5RA19991C