Dr. Andrew M. Fales Profile

Dr. Andrew M. Fales

General Engineer at US Food and Drug Administration

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

SPIE Journal Paper | 20 July 2022 Open Access

Evaluation of standardized performance test methods for biomedical Raman spectroscopy (Erratum)

Andrew Fales, Ilko Ilev, T. Joshua Pfefer

JBO, Vol. 27, Issue 07, 079801, (July 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.27.7.079801

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Biomedical optics, Silver

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SPIE Journal Paper | 28 October 2021 Open Access

Evaluation of standardized performance test methods for biomedical Raman spectroscopy

Andrew Fales, Ilko Ilev, T. Joshua Pfefer

JBO, Vol. 27, Issue 07, 074705, (October 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.27.7.074705

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Calibration, Spectrometers, Standards development, Biomedical optics, Sensors, Particles, Spectrographs, Signal to noise ratio, Lamps

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SPIE Journal Paper | 22 June 2019 Open Access

Experimental investigation of parameters influencing plasmonic nanoparticle-mediated bubble generation with nanosecond laser pulses

Andrew Fales, William Vogt, Keith Wear, T. Joshua Pfefer, Ilko Ilev

JBO, Vol. 24, Issue 06, 065003, (June 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.24.6.065003

KEYWORDS: Nanorods, Gold, Particles, Laser damage threshold, Plasmonics, Pulsed laser operation, Nanoparticles, Acoustics, Absorption, Transmission electron microscopy

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2019 Paper

Implantable "smart tattoo" SERS nanosensors for in vivo detection of nucleic acid biotargets in a large animal model

Hsin-Neng Wang, Janna Register, Andrew Fales, Naveen Gandra, Pietro Strobbia, Eugenia Cho, Alina Boico, Gregory Palmer, Bruce Klitzman, Tuan Vo-Dinh

Proceedings Volume 10894, 108941J (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514634

KEYWORDS: Nanosensors, Animal model studies, Sensors, Raman spectroscopy, Plasmonics

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2018 Paper

Size-dependent thresholds for melting and nanobubble generation using pulsed-laser irradiated gold nanoparticles

Andrew Fales, William Vogt, Keith Wear, Joshua Pfefer, Ilko Ilev

Proceedings Volume 10509, 105090C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290114

KEYWORDS: Nanoparticles, Gold, Laser damage threshold, Pulsed laser operation, Particles, Acoustics, Scattering, Transmission electron microscopy, Laser scattering, Nd:YAG lasers

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Proceedings Article | 3 May 2017 Presentation + Paper

Plasmonic nanochip for SERS chemical and biomedical sensing

Hoan Ngo, Pietro Strobbia, Hsin-Neng Wang, Bridget Crawford, Andrew Fales, Tuan Vo-Dinh

Proceedings Volume 10215, 102150G (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2267759

KEYWORDS: Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Plasmonics, Biosensing, Biosensors, Raman scattering, Target detection, Raman spectroscopy, Medical diagnostics, Signal detection, Genetics

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2017 Presentation + Paper

Plasmonic SERS nanochips and nanoprobes for medical diagnostics and bio-energy applications

Hoan Ngo, Hsin-Neng Wang, Bridget Crawford, Andrew Fales, Tuan Vo-Dinh

Proceedings Volume 10080, 100800A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2267857

KEYWORDS: Chemical analysis, Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Plasmonics, Nanoprobes, Medical diagnostics, Biosensors, Raman scattering, Target detection, Raman spectroscopy, Signal detection, Gold, Genetics

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2017 Paper

SERS-based inverse molecular sentinel (iMS) nanoprobes for multiplexed detection of microRNA cancer biomarkers in biological samples

Bridget Crawford, Hsin-Neng Wang, Andrew Fales, Michelle Bowie, Victoria Seewaldt, Tuan Vo-Dinh

Proceedings Volume 10080, 1008008 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2258272

KEYWORDS: Target detection, Cancer, Nanoprobes, Multiplexing, Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Raman scattering, Diagnostics, Plasmonics, Biosensors, Raman spectroscopy, Signal detection, Breast cancer, Signal processing, Gold, Biosensing

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2017 Presentation + Paper

DNA detection and single nucleotide mutation identification using SERS for molecular diagnostics and global health

Hoan Ngo, Naveen Gandra, Andrew Fales, Steve Taylor, Tuan Vo-Dinh

Proceedings Volume 10054, 100540C (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2268779

KEYWORDS: Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Diagnostics, Point-of-care devices, Raman scattering, Target detection, Raman spectroscopy, Signal detection, Gold, Nanoparticles, Scanning electron microscopy

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 2016 Paper

Plasmonic fano resonance sensing system using gold nanosphere and J-aggregates

Andrew Fales, Bridget Crawford, Stephen Norton, Brendan DeLacy, Tuan Vo-Dinh

Proceedings Volume 9724, 97240O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2222122

KEYWORDS: Nanorods, Photonic integrated circuits, Nanoparticles, Plasmons, Gold, Excitons, Absorption, Plasmonics, Coating, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2015 Paper

Plasmonics-active gold nanostars for chemical and biological sensing using SERS detection

Yang Liu, Hsiangkuo Yuan, Andrew Fales, Tuan Vo-Dinh

Proceedings Volume 9486, 948607 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2182123

KEYWORDS: Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Gold, Raman spectroscopy, Nanoparticles, Plasmonics, Nanoprobes, Chemical analysis, Raman scattering, Near infrared, Biosensing

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2014 Paper

Plasmonic gold nanostar for biomedical sensing

Yang Liu, Hsiangkuo Yuan, Andrew Fales, Tuan Vo-Dinh

Proceedings Volume 8957, 895703 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040636

KEYWORDS: Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Gold, Cancer, Nanoprobes, Plasmonics, Biosensing, Raman scattering, Environmental sensing, Near infrared

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