Christopher L. Hoy, Onur Ferhanoglu, Murat Yildirim, Wibool Piyawattanametha, Hyejun Ra, Olav Solgaard, and Adela Ben-Yakar, “Optical design and imaging performance testing of a 9.6-mm diameter femtosecond laser microsurgery probe ,” Optics Express 19, 10536 - 10552 (2011).

DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010536

Neumann, B., Nguyen, K.C., Hall, D.H., Ben-Yakar, A., and Hilliard, M.C., “Axonal regeneration proceeds through specific axonal fusion in transected C. elegans neurons,” Developmental Dynamics 240, 1365-1372 (2011).

• This article made the cover of the June 14 issue of Developmental Dynamics. See the cover  here .

Harrison, R.K. and Ben-Yakar, A.,“Role of near-field enhancement in plasmonic laser nanoablation using gold nanorods on a silicon substrate: reply,” Optics Express 19, 6177-6181 (2011).

• This reply was submitted as a stand-alone response to a comment regarding our previously published article. Link

C.L. Hoy, N.J. Durr, and Adela Ben-Yakar, “Fast-updating and nonrepeating Lissajous image reconstruction method for capturing increased dynamic information,” Applied Optics 50, 2376 - 2382 (2011).

Durr, N.J., Weisspfennig, C.T., Holfeld, B.A., and Ben-Yakar, A., "Maximum imaging depth of two-photon autofluorescence microscopy in epithelial tissues," Journal of Biomedical Optics, 16(2), 026008  (2011). 

•  This article has been selected for the March 2011 issue of the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science, which highlights selected published articles from a wide range of journals to focus on cutting-edge research.

Harrison, R.K. and Ben-Yakar, A.,“Role of near-field enhancement in plasmonic laser nanoablation using gold nanorods on a silicon substrate,” Optics Express 18, 22556-22571 (2010).

• A comment regarding this article and our reply have been published in Optics Express. Link

Ben-Yakar, A., Chronis, N., and Hang Lu, "Microfluidic tools for the analysis of behavior and neural cell physiology in worms," Invited Review for Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 19, 561-567 (2009).   

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

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

Guo, S.X. and Ben-Yakar, A., “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., Harrison, R.K., Durr, N.J., Eversole, D.S., and Ben-Yakar, A., "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.

Guo, S.X., Bourgeois, F., Chokshi, T., Durr, N.J., Hilliard, M.A., Chronis, N., and Ben-Yakar, A., "Femtosecond laser nanoaxotomy lab-on-a-chip for in vivo nerve regeneration studies," Nature Methods, 5(6), 531-533 (2008). 

• Commentary article about our work was written by Jeffrey Perkel, "Microfluidics- Bringing New Things to Life Science," published in Science, Nov. 7, 2008. Read Commentary

• News and Views article describing our work as pioneering was written by our colleagues S.E. Hulme, S.S. Shevkoplyas, and A. Samuel, "Microfluidics: streamlining discovery in worm biology," Nature Methods 5 (7), 589-590, July (2008). Read Commentary

• Commentary article "Worm-on-a-chip boosts understanding of nerves" appeared in New Scientist, April 21, 2008. Read Commentary

• Commentary article by Roger Highfield "Scientists invent microscopic operating table for 1-mm worm,"Telegraph.uk.com, April 13, 2008. Read Commentary

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

Commentary articles appeared in:

• Medical News Today, June 25, 2008. Read Commentary
  
• Science Daily, June 26, 2008. Read Commentary
  
• Technology Review, July 9, 2008. Read Commentary
  
• ABC News, July 10, 2008. Read Commentary
  

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

Karpiouk, A.B., Aglyamov, S.R., Bourgeois, F., Ben-Yakar, A., and Emelianov, S.Y., "Quantitive ultrasound method to detect and monitor laser-induced cavitation bubbles," J. Biomed. Optics 13(3), 034011 (2008).

Eversole, D.S., Luk’yanchuk, B., and Ben-Yakar, A., “Plasmonic laser nanoablation of silicon by the scattering of ultrafast pulses near gold nanospheres,” Invited Paper, Applied Physics A, 89, 283–291 (2007).

 Bourgeois, F. and Ben-Yakar, A., “Femtosecond laser nanoaxotomy properties and their effect on axonal recovery in C. elegans," Optics Express, 15 (14), 8521-8531 (2007).  

Durr, N.J., Larson, T., Smith, D.K., Korgel, B.A., Sokolov, K., and Ben-Yakar, A., “Two-photon luminescence imaging of cancer cells using molecularly targeted gold nanorods," Nano Letters, 7 (4), 941-945 (2007).

• This article is one of the most-accessed articles published in Nano Letters in 2007.
• Commentary article by G. Boas, “Gold nanorods attract attention” Biophotonics International Magazine, p. 49-50, May 2007.

Ben-Yakar, A., Harkin, A., Ashmore, J., Byer, R., and Stone, H., "Thermal and fluid processes of a thin melt zone during femtosecond laser ablation of glass: the formation of rims by single laser pulses," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 40, 1447–1459 (2007).

• The paper has been selected as one of the highlights of the articles published in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics in 2007.

Yanik, F., Cinar, H., Cinar, N., Chisholm A., Jin, Y., and Ben-Yakar, A., “Nerve regeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans after femtosecond laser axotomy,” Invited Paper on Nanophotonics by IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 12 (6), 1283–1291 (2006).  

Ben-Yakar, A., Mungal, M. G., and Hanson, R. K., “Time evolution and mixing characteristics of hydrogen and ethylene transverse jets in supersonic crossfows.” Physics of Fluids, 18, 026101 (2006).

Yanik, F., Cinar, H., Cinar, N., Chisholm A., Jin, Y., and Ben-Yakar, A., “Neurosurgery: Functional regeneration after laser axotomy,” Nature 432, 822 (2004).

• Commentary article by K. Schmidt, “Micro-scalpel offers unprecedented precision” New Scientist Magazine issue 2492, p. 40-43, 26 March 2005.
• Supplementary Material      

Ben-Yakar, A. and Byer, R.L., “Femtosecond laser ablation properties of borosilicate glass,” Journal of Applied Physics, 96 (9), 5316 (2004).

Ben-Yakar, A., Byer, R.L., Harkin, A., Ashmore, J., Stone, H., Shen, M., and Mazur, E., “Morphology of femtosecond laser ablated borosilicate glass surfaces.” Applied Physics Letters, 83 (15), 3030-3032 (2003).

Ben-Yakar, A. and Hanson, R.K., “Characterization of expansion tube flows for hypervelocity combustion studies,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, 18 (4), 943-952 (2002).

Ben-Yakar, A. and Hanson, R.K., “Ultrafast-framing Schlieren system for studying the time evolution of jets in supersonic crossflows,” Experiments in Fluids, 32, 652-666 (2002).

Ben-Yakar, A. and Hanson, R.K., “Cavity flame-holders for ignition and flame stabilization in scramjets: an overview,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, 17 (4), 869-877 (2001).

Ben-Yakar, A. and Hanson, R.K., “Experimental investigation of flame-holding capability of a transverse hydrogen jet in supersonic crossflows,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 27, 2173-2180 (1998).

Ben-Yakar, A., Natan, B., and Gany, A., “Investigation of a solid fuel scramjet combustor,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, 14 (4), 447-455 (1998).