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Dr. Igor I. Slowing

Associate Scientist
Address
2756 Gilman Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone 515-294-6220
Email islowing@iastate.edu

Research Interests

Synthesis and development of mesoporous nanoparticles for catalysis, energy transduction, and in situ refinery of biocommodities.  Coupling biocatalysis with thermo and photocatalysis.Studies of interactions between nanoparticles and cells.


        Project Affiliations:
        Nanorefinery

(Chronologically most recent on top)Education

  • 2003-2008 Ph.D. Iowa State University
  • 1988-1995 Licenciate in Chemistry, San Carlos University, Guatemala

(Chronologically most recent on top)Professional Appointments

  • 2009-present Staff Scientist, Ames Laboratory
  • 2005-2008 Research assistant, Iowa State University
  • 2000-2003 Lecturer, Del Valle University, Guatemala
  • 1996-2003 Lecturer, San Carlos University, Guatemala

(Chronologically most recent on top)Honors & Awards

  • Inventor Incentive Award, Ames Laboratory, 2009
  • Cotton-Uphaus Award for early achievements in research, Iowa State University, 2006

(Chronologically most recent on top)Publications with the Ames Laboratory

2011
Kim T W; Slowing I I; Chung P W; Lin V S Y . 2011. Ordered Mesoporous Polymer-Silica Hybrid Nanoparticles as Vehicles for the Intracellular Controlled Release of Macromolecules. ACS Nano. 5:360-366. abstract
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2010
Slowing I I; Vivero-Escoto J L; Trewyn B G; Lin V S Y . 2010. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles: structural design and applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 20:7924-7937. abstract
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Vivero-Escoto J L; Slowing I I; Trewyn B G; Lin V S Y . 2010. Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Intracellular Controlled Drug Delivery. Small. 6:1952-1967. abstract
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Zhao Y N; Vivero-Escoto J L; Slowing I I; Trewyn B C; Lin V S Y . 2010. Capped mesoporous silica nanoparticles as stimuli-responsive controlled release systems for intracellular drug/gene delivery. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 7:1013-1029. abstract
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Vivero-Escoto J L; Slowing I I; Lin V S Y . 2010. Tuning the cellular uptake and cytotoxicity properties of oligonucleotide intercalator-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles with human cervical cancer cells HeLa. Biomaterials. 31:1325-1333. abstract
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2009
Vivero-Escoto J L; Slowing I I; Wu C W; Lin V S Y . 2009. Photoinduced Intracellular Controlled Release Drug Delivery in Human Cells by Gold-Capped Mesoporous Silica Nanosphere. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131:3462-+. abstract
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Zhao Y N; Trewyn B G; Slowing I I; Lin V S Y . 2009. Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle-Based Double Drug Delivery System for Glucose-Responsive Controlled Release of Insulin and Cyclic AMP. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131:8398-+. abstract
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Slowing I I; Wu C W; Vivero-Escoto J L; Lin V S Y . 2009. Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Reducing Hemolytic Activity Towards Mammalian Red Blood Cells. Small. 5:57-62. abstract
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Mortera R; Vivero-Escoto J; Slowing I I; Garrone E; Onida B; Lin V S Y . 2009. Cell-induced intracellular controlled release of membrane impermeable cysteine from a mesoporous silica nanoparticle-based drug delivery system. Chemical Communications. :3219-3221. abstract
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2008
Kim T W; Chung P W; Slowing I I; Tsunoda M; Yeung E S; Lin V S Y . 2008. Structurally Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Nanoparticles as Transmembrane Delivery Vehicle in Human Cancer Cells. Nano Letters. 8:3724-3727. abstract
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