Ben-Yakar, A. and F. Bourgeois, “Ultrafast laser surgery in microfluidics for genome-wide screenings,” Invited Review Paper, Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 20, 100-105 (2009). 

Chokshi, T., A. Ben-Yakar, and N. Chronis, “CO₂ and compressive immobilization of C. elegans on-chip,” Lab on a Chip 9, 151-157 (2009).

Hoy, C.L. and A. Ben-Yakar,"Targeting single cells with a laser microscalpel", SPIE Newsroom (2008).

Ben-Yakar, A., D. Eversole, and O. Ekici, “Spherical and Anisotropic Gold nanoparticles in plasmonic laser phototherapy of cancer,” Invited Book Chapter, Non-Magnetic Metallic Nanomaterials for Life Sciences of the 10 volume series on Nanomaterials for Life Sciences, Ed. Challa Kumar, John Wiley & Sons: Weinheim, 493-539, (2008).

Guo, S.X. and A. Ben-Yakar, “Femtosecond laser nanoablation of glass in the near-field of single wall carbon nanotube bundles,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41, 185306-185313 (2008).

Ekici, O., R. K. Harrison, N. J. Durr, D. S. Eversole, and A. Ben-Yakar, "Thermal analysis of gold nanorods heated with femtosecond laser pulses," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41, 185501-185512 (2008).

• The paper has been selected as one of the highlights of the articles published in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics in 2008.

C. Hoy, N. Durr, P. Chen, D.K. Smith, T. Larson, W. Piyawattanametha, H. Ra, B. Korgel, K. Sokolov, O. Solgaard, and 
A. Ben-Yakar, "Two-photon luminescence imaging using a MEMS-based miniaturized probe," Proc. CLEO (2008).

Weisspfennig, C.T., "On the improvement in imaging depth from gold nanorods in two photon microscopy," Master's Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin (2008).

Hoy, C.L., N. J. Durr, P. Chen, W. Piyawattanametha, H. Ra, O. Solgaard, and A. Ben-Yakar, "Miniaturized probe for femtosecond laser microsurgery and two-photon imaging", Optics Express, 16 (13), 9996 -10005 (2008).

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• Medical News Today, June 25, 2008. Read Commentary
  
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Interview by Emily Donahue “Laser Scalpel Holds Promise For Precise Surgery” aired by KUT 90.5 Austin on July 02, 2008. Listen to Interview

Aglyamov, S.R., A. B. Karpiouk, F. Bourgeois, A. Ben-Yakar, and S. Y. Emelianov, “Ultrasound measurements of cavitation bubble radius for femtosecond laser-induced breakdown in water,” Optics Letters 33 (12), 1357-1359 (2008).