Publications for Caroline de Gracia Lux, Ph.D.

Bubble inflation using phase-change perfluorocarbon nanodroplets as a strategy for enhanced ultrasound imaging and therapy

Brambila CJ, Lux J, Mattrey RM, Boyd D, Borden MA, de Gracia Lux C 2020 Langmuir 36 11 2954-2965

Fluorous-phase iron oxide nanoparticles as enhancers of acoustic droplet vaporization of perfluorocarbons with supra-physiologic boiling point.

Vezeridis AM, de Gracia Lux C, Barnhill SA, Kim S, Wu Z, Jin S, Lux J, Gianneschi NC, Mattrey RF, 2019 May J Control Release 302 54-62

Novel method for the formation of monodisperse superheated perfluorocarbon nanodroplets as activatable ultrasound contrast agents.

de Gracia Lux C, Vezeridis AM, Lux J, Armstrong AM, Sirsi SR, Hoyt K, Mattrey RF 2017 RSC Adv 77 7 48561-48568

Exploiting oxidative microenvironments in the body as triggers for drug delivery systems.

Joshi-Barr S, de Gracia Lux C, Mahmoud E, Almutairi A 2014 Aug Antioxid. Redox Signal. 5 21 730-54

Biocompatible polymeric nanoparticles degrade and release cargo in response to biologically relevant levels of hydrogen peroxide.

de Gracia Lux C, Joshi-Barr S, Nguyen T, Mahmoud E, Schopf E, Fomina N, Almutairi A 2012 Sep J. Am. Chem. Soc. 38 134 15758-64

Compression of self-assembled nano-objects: 2D/3D transitions in films of (perfluoroalkyl)alkanes--persistence of an organized array of surface micelles.

de Gracia Lux C, Gallani JL, Waton G, Krafft MP 2010 Jun Chemistry 24 16 7186-98

Lipid Microparticle-Based Phantoms Modeling Hepatic Steatosis for the Validation of Quantitative Imaging Techniques.

Endsley C, Ali S, Salhadar K, Woodward A, Garland S, Santelli J, Salimabad MZ, Ren L, Yokoo T, Rosado-Mendez IM, Fetzer DT, de Gracia Lux C, 2025 Apr Small Methods e2500043

Perfluorohexane Emulsions Induce Macrophage-Stimulating Effects through iNOS Expression.

Gao R, Wang E, Pineiro V, Chudal L, Santelli J, Endsley C, Woodward A, de Gracia Lux C, Lux J, Mattrey RF, 2025 Apr ACS Appl Bio Mater

Modulating Nonlinear Acoustic Response of Phospholipid-Coated Microbubbles with pH for Ultrasound Imaging.

Ali S, de Gracia Lux C, Brown K, Endsley C, Woodward A, Mattrey R, Lux J, 2024 May ACS Sens 5 9 2356-2363

Direct Emulsification of Stable Superheated Perfluorobutane Nanodroplets by Sonication: Addressing the Limitations of the Microbubble Condensation Technique.

Woodward A, Mattrey RF, de Gracia Lux C, 2024 Mar Ultrasound Med Biol 3 50 445-452

In Vivo Ultrasound Imaging of Macrophages Using Acoustic Vaporization of Internalized Superheated Nanodroplets.

Chudal L, Santelli J, Lux J, Woodward A, Hafeez N, Endsley C, Garland S, Mattrey RF, de Gracia Lux C, 2023 Sep ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 36 15 42413-42423

Short Soluble Coumarin Crosslinkers for Light Controlled Release of Cells and Proteins from Hydrogels.

de Gracia Lux C, Lux J, Collet G, He S, Chan M, Olejniczak J, Foucault-Collet A, Almutairi A 2015 Sep Biomacromolecules

Light-responsive nanoparticle depot to control release of a small molecule angiogenesis inhibitor in the posterior segment of the eye.

Huu VA, Luo J, Zhu J, Zhu J, Patel S, Boone A, Mahmoud E, McFearin C, Olejniczak J, de Gracia Lux C, Lux J, Fomina N, Huynh M, Zhang K, Almutairi A 2015 Feb J Control Release 200 71-7

Near-infrared-induced heating of confined water in polymeric particles for efficient payload release.

Viger ML, Sheng W, Doré K, Alhasan AH, Carling CJ, Lux J, de Gracia Lux C, Grossman M, Malinow R, Almutairi A 2014 May ACS Nano 5 8 4815-26

Collective activation of MRI agents via encapsulation and disease-triggered release.

Viger ML, Sankaranarayanan J, de Gracia Lux C, Chan M, Almutairi A 2013 May J. Am. Chem. Soc. 21 135 7847-50

Intramolecular Cyclization for Stimuli-Controlled Depolymerization of Polycaprolactone Particles Leading to Disassembly and Payload Release.

de Gracia Lux C, Almutairi A 2013 May ACS Macro Lett 5 2 432-435

Thermal behavior and high- and low-temperature phase structures of gemini fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon diblocks.

de Gracia Lux C, Donnio B, Heinrich B, Krafft MP 2013 Apr Langmuir 17 29 5325-36

Intramolecular cyclization assistance for fast degradation of ornithine-based poly(ester amide)s

de Gracia Lux C.; Olejniczak J.; Fomina N.; Viger M.L; .Almutairi A. 2013 J. Polym. Sci. Part A 18 51 3783?3790

A Single UV or Near IR Triggering Event Leads to Polymer Degradation into Small Molecules.

de Gracia Lux C, McFearin CL, Joshi-Barr S, Sankaranarayanan J, Fomina N, Almutairi A 2012 Jul ACS Macro Lett 7 1 922-926

Stacking of self-assembled surface micelles in ultrathin films.

de Gracia Lux C, Gallani JL, Waton G, Krafft MP 2012 Apr Chemphyschem 6 13 1454-62

Nonpolar gemini amphiphiles self-assemble into stacked layers of nano-objects.

de Gracia Lux C, Krafft MP 2010 Oct Chemistry 38 16 11539-42