Publications

Statistics

• Total number of publications: 34 (peer reviewed)

• Total citations: 1225 (Google Scholar)

• h-index: 19 (Google Scholar)

• i10-index: 24 (Google Scholar)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

2025

• Samuel Minier, Lida Ghazanfari, Mikel B. Holcomb, Gerardo Morell, Marina Sokolsky, Alexander Kabanov, and Juan Beltran-Huarac*. “Morphology effect of PEGylated iron oxide nanoparticles on the enhancement of MRI contrast signal for breast cancer”. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2025, 17, 44275-44287.
• Juan Beltran-Huarac*. “Magnetically actuated nanoparticles unlock endothelial barriers for advanced drug delivery”. Biomaterials Forum 2025, 47, 9-10.

2024

• Alexis Lavín Flores*, Nataniel Medina-Berrios, Wenndy Pantoja-Romero, Dariana Berrios Plaza, Kim Kisslinger, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Gerardo Morell, and Brad R Weiner. “Geometry and Surface Area Optimization in Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Enhanced Magnetic Properties”. ACS Omega 2024, 9, 32980–32990.

2023

• Mohammad Kanber, Obum Umerah, Stephen Brindley, Xuanyi Zhang, Jared M. Brown, Lew Reynolds, and Juan Beltran-Huarac. “Magneto-Mechanical Actuation Induces Endothelial Permeability” ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c01571.
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Dina N. Yamaleyeva, Gianpietro Dotti, Shawn Hingtgen, Marina Sokolsky-Papkov, and Alexander V. Kabanov. “Magnetic Control of Protein Expression via Magneto-mechanical Actuation of ND-PEGylated Iron Oxide Nanocubes for Cell Therapy” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15, 16, 19877-19891 (2023).
• Melissa A. Wojnowski, Julia L. Martin, Mohammad Kanber, Ken Ngo, Gregory Hendricks, Joshua R. Uzarski, Aidan Zlotak, Camille McDonnell, Raisa Trubko, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Ronald L. Grimm, Jeannine M. Coburn. “Iron-Chelated Silk Microfibers as a Novel Magneto-Responsive Architecture for In Situ Aligning Biomaterial Scaffolds” Advanced Functional Materials 2305519 (2023).

2022

• Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Hanna Madadi Gholipour, Marjan Bazian, Bibek Thapa, and  Juan Beltran-Huarac. “Photodynamic Therapeutic Effect of Nanostructured Metal Sulfide Photosensitizers on Cancer Treatment” Nanoscale Research Letters 17: 33 (2022).

2021

• Shyam Sutariya, Mohammed Bsatee, Olesia Gololobova, Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Bibek Thapa, Brad R. Weiner, Gerardo Morell, Wojciech M. Jadwisienczak, and Juan Beltran-Huarac. “Magnetic Control of the Manganese Photoluminescence in Fe₃O₄/L-Cys ZnS:Mn Nanocomposites” ACS Omega 6(11), 7598-7604 (2021).
• Joel M Cohen, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Philip Demokritou. “Effective delivery of sonication energy to fast settling and agglomerating nanomaterial suspensions for cellular studies: Implications for stability, particle kinetics, dosimetry and toxicity (vol 10, pg 109, 2018)” NANOIMPACT21 (2021).

2020

• Mahboubeh Nabavinia, Juan Beltran-Huarac. “Recent Progress in iron oxide nanoparticles as therapeutic magnetic agents for cancer treatment and tissue engineering” ACS Applied Bio Materials 3(12), 8172-8187 (2020).

2019

• Laura Rubio, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Yipei Zhang, Joshi Gaurav, Glen Deloid, Anastasia Spyrogianni, Kristopher A Sarosiek, Dhimiter Bello, Philip Demokritou. “Safer-by-design flame-sprayed silicon dioxide nanoparticles: The role of silanol content on ROS generation, surface activity and cytotoxicity” Part Fibre Toxicol 16, 40 (2019).
• Bibek Thapa, Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Dayra Badillo-Diaz, Rohit Kumar Sharma, Kiran Dasari, Shalini Kumari, Mikel B Holcomb, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Controlling the transverse proton relaxivity of magnetic graphene oxide” Sci Rep 9, 5633 (2019).

2018

• Ju Yong Lee, Hua Wang, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Glen M DeLoid, Zhenyuan Zhang, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Philip Demokritou, Wenwan Zhong. “Analysis of lipid adsorption on nanoparticles by nanoflow liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry” Anal Bioanal Chem 410, 6155–6164 (2018).
• Seungkuk Ahn, Herdeline Ann M Ardoña, Johan U Lind, Feyisayo Eweje, Sean L Kim, Grant M Gonzalez, Qihan Liu, John F Zimmerman, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Zhenyuan Zhang, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Paul Carpinone, Brij M Moudgil, Philip Demokritou, Kevin Kit Parker. “Mussel-inspired 3D fiber scaffolds for heart-on-a-chip toxicity studies of engineered nanomaterials” Anal Bioanal Chem 410, 6141–6154 (2018).
• Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Bibek Thapa, Dayra Badillo-Diaz, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Gerardo Morell, Brad R Weiner. “Graphene oxide/ZnS:Mn nanocomposite functionalized with folic acid as a nontoxic and effective theranostic platform for breast cancer treatment” Nanomaterials, 8(7), 484, (2018).
• Bibek Thapa, Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Carlene Santiago-Medina, Nitu Kumar, Kaixiong Tu, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Wojciech M Jadwisienczak, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “T₁– and T₂-weighted magnetic resonance dual contrast by single core truncated cubic iron oxide nanoparticles with abrupt cellular internalization and immune evasion” ACS Applied Bio Materials 1 (1), 79-89 (2018).
• Joel M Cohen, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Philip Demokritou. “Effective delivery of sonication energy to fast settling and agglomerating nanomaterial suspensions for cellular studies: Implications for stability, particle kinetics, dosimetry and toxicity” NanoImpact 10, 81-86 (2018).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Zhenyuan Zhang, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Glen DeLoid, Nachiket Vaze, Philip Demokritou. “Development of reference metal and metal oxide engineered nanomaterials for nanotoxicology research using high throughput and precision flame spray synthesis approaches” NanoImpact 10, 26-37 (2018).

2017

• Bibek Thapa, Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Enhanced MRI T₂ relaxivity in contrast-probed anchor-free PEGylated iron oxide nanoparticles” Nanoscale Res Lett 12, 312 (2017).
• Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Bibek Thapa, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “L-cysteine capped ZnS:Mn quantum dots for room-temperature detection of dopamine with high sensitivity and selectivity” Biosensors and Bioelectronics 87, 693-700 (2017).

2016

• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Mohammed Bsatee, Jingzhou Wang, Wojciech M Jadwisienczak, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Novel magneto-luminescent effect in LSMO/ZnS:Mn nanocomposites at near-room temperature” Nanotechnology 27, 085703 (2017).

2015

• Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Dina P Bracho-Rincon, José A González-Feliciano, Carlos I González, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Biocompatible ZnS:Mn quantum dots for reactive oxygen generation and detection in aqueous media” J Nanopart Res 17, 461 (2015).
• Marcos R Rodriguez-Torres, Christian Velez, Beatriz Zayas, Osvaldo Rivera, Zikri Arslan, Maxine N Gonzalez-Vega, Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Gerardo Morell, Oliva M Primera-Pedrozo. “Cytocompatibility of direct water synthesized cadmium selenide quantum dots in colo-205 cells” J Nanopart Res 17, 266 (2015).
• Arnulfo Rojas-Pérez, Daysi Diaz-Diestra, Cecilia B Frias-Flores, Juan Beltran-Huarac, KC Das, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell, Liz M Díaz-Vázquez. “Catalytic effect of ultrananocrystalline Fe₃O₄ on algal bio-crude production via HTL process” Nanoscale 7(42), 17664-17671 (2015).

2014

• Fabrice Piazza, Gerardo Morell, Juan Beltran-Huarac, Germercy Paredes, Majid Ahmadi, M Guinel. “Carbon nanotubes coated with diamond nanocrystals and silicon carbide by hot-filament chemical vapor deposition below 200 °C substrate temperature” Carbon 75, 113-123 (2014).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Ricardo Martinez, Gerardo Morell. “Physical properties of bifunctional BST/LSMO nanocomposites” Journal of Applied Physics 115(8), 084102 (2014).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Oscar Resto, Jennifer Carpena-Nuñez, Wojciech M Jadwisienczak, Luis F Fonseca, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Single-crystal γ-MnS nanowires conformally coated with carbon” ACS applied materials & interfaces 6(2), 1180-1186 (2014).
• Juan Beltran Huarac. “Mn-based nanostructured building blocks: Synthesis, characterization and applications” Ph. D. Thesis (2014).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Javier Palomino, Oscar Resto, Jingzhou Wang, Wojciech M Jadwisienczak, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Highly-crystalline γ-MnS nanosaws” RSC advances 4(72), 38103-38110 (2014).
• Juan Beltran Huarac. “Mn-based nanostructured building blocks: Synthesis, characterization and applications” University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico) (2014).

2013

• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Jennifer Carpena-Nuñez, Danilo Barrionuevo, Frank Mendoza, Ram S Katiyar, Luis F Fonseca, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Synthesis and transport properties of La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ conformally-coated on carbon nanotubes” Carbon 65, 252-260 (2013).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Maxime JF Guinel, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Bifunctional Fe₃O₄/ZnS:Mn composite nanoparticles” Materials Letters 98, 108-111 (2013).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Gerardo Morell, Wojciech M Jadwisienczak, Jingzhou Wang. “Bifunctional properties of ZnS:0.05Mn nanoparticles (PDF)” Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 223 23, 940-940 (2013).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Jennifer Carpena-Nuñez, Danilo Barrionuevo, Frank Mendoza, Ram S Katiyar, Luis F Fonseca, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Synthesis and transport properties of La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ conformally-coated on carbon nanotubes” (2013).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Jingzhou Wang, Hiroki Tanaka, Wojciech M Jadwisienczak, Brad R Weiner. “AIP Flied Physics (PDF)” J. Appl. Phys 114, 053106 (2013).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, J Wang, H Tanaka, WM Jadwisienczak, BR Weiner, G Morell. “Stability of the Mn photoluminescence in bifunctional ZnS:0.05Mn nanoparticles” Journal of Applied Physics 114(5), 053106 (2013).

2011

• Juan Beltran-Huarac, R Martinez, R Palai. “Magnetoelectric properties of BST/LSMO particulate composites” MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) 1368, (2011).

2010

• Juan Carlos Beltran Huarac. “Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetite/Zinc Oxide and Magnetite/Zinc Manganese Sulfide Core-Shell Heterostructured Nanoparticles” Ph. D. Thesis (2010).
• Surinder P Singh, Juan C Beltran Huarac, Maharaj S Tomar, Sandra Pena, Luis Rivera, Oscar Perales-Perez. “Synthesis of Fe₃O₄/ZnO Core-shell Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy Applications (PDF)” Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 1257, (2010).
• Juan Carlos Beltran Huarac. “Synthesis and Characterization of Fe₃O₄/ZnO and Fe₃O₄/ZnMnS Core-Shell Heterostructured Nanoparticles” Master’s Thesis, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (2010).
• Juan C Beltran Huarac, MS Tomar, SP Singh, Oscar Perales-Perez, L Rivera, S Pena. “Multifunctional Fe₃O₄/ZnO core-shell nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy (PDF)” NSTI-Nanotech 3, 405-408 (2010).
• Juan C Beltran Huarac, Surinder P Singh, Maharaj S Tomar, Sandra Peňa, Luis Rivera, Oscar Perales-Perez. “Synthesis of Fe₃O₄/ZnO core-shell nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy applications” MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) 1257, (2010).
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Javier Palomino, Oscar Resto, Jingzhou Wang, Wojciech M. Jadwisienczak, Brad R Weinera, Gerardo Morella. “Highly-crystalline γ-MnS nanosaws (PDF)“
• Juan Beltran-Huarac, Brad R Weiner, Gerardo Morell. “Nanofabrication of Functional One-dimensional Mn-based Building Blocks by Chemical Vapor Deposition (PDF)“
• SA Arroyo-Vizcarrondo, MR Rodríguez-Torres, OM Primera-Pedrozo, J Beltran-Huarac, G Morell. “Water Synthesis of Glutathione-capped Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots and Stabilization by PVP Coating at Room Temperature (PDF)“