Scholars@Duke
Farrell Ray Kersey

Farrell Ray Kersey

Lecturing Fellow of Chemistry
Chemistry
farrell.kersey@duke.edu
Box 90346, Durham, NC 27708
124 Science Dr., 1225 FFSC, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Plasmonic gold nanostars for multi-modality sensing and diagnostics.

Journal Article Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · February 2015 Gold nanostars (AuNSs) are unique systems that can provide a novel multifunctional nanoplatform for molecular sensing and diagnostics. The plasmonic absorption band of AuNSs can be tuned to the near infrared spectral range, often referred to as the "tissue ... Full text Cite

Stereocomplexed poly(lactic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol) nanoparticles with dual-emissive boron dyes for tumor accumulation.

Journal Article ACS Nano · September 28, 2010 Responsive biomaterials play important roles in imaging, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) containing hydrophobic and hydrophilic segments are one class of biomaterial utilized for these purposes. The incorporation of luminescent ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Time and distance dependence of reversible polymer bridging followed by single-molecule force spectroscopy.

Journal Article Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · May 2008 Polymer bridging between surfaces plays an important role in a range of fundamental processes in the material and life sciences. Bridges formed by main-chain reversible polymers differ from their covalent analogs in that they can dynamically adjust their s ... Full text Cite

A hybrid polymer gel with controlled rates of cross-link rupture and self-repair.

Journal Article Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · April 2007 A family of hybrid polymer gels is described, in which covalent cross-links create a permanent, stiff scaffold onto which reversible metal-ligand coordinative cross-links are added. The reversible metal-ligand interactions are shown to bear mechanical stre ... Full text Cite

ORGN 395-Interfaces as bridges between organic chemistry and material science

Conference ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY · September 10, 2006 Link to item Cite

Supramolecular polymers at interfaces

Conference Annual Technical Conference ANTEC Conference Proceedings · July 10, 2006 When macromolecular superstructures are defined by very specific chemical interactions, their properties are likely to be very sensitive to the steric constraints of interfaces. Modular systems of molecules, constructed for the purpose of obtaining structu ... Cite

Single-molecule force spectroscopy of bimolecular reactions: system homology in the mechanical activation of ligand substitution reactions.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · March 2006 The mechanochemistry of the bimolecular nucleophilic substitution of DMSO for substituted pyridines at a square-planar pincer Pd(II) center was investigated using single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS). The SMFS data are interpreted in terms of the Bell ... Full text Cite

Dynamic force spectroscopy of coordination-based reversible polymer building blocks.

Conference ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY · March 13, 2005 Link to item Cite

Single-molecule studies of self-repairing polymer bridges.

Conference ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY · March 13, 2005 Link to item Cite

Surface-to-surface bridges formed by reversibly assembled polymers.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · March 2004 Self-assembled polymers whose main chains are defined by reversible DNA base pairing form bridges between the tip of an atomic force microscope and substrate. The forces associated with the rupture of these assemblies are independent of polymer bridge leng ... Full text Cite