Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Northern Arizona University

Most Recent Publications
1) Timothy L. Vail, Shannon Hyslop, and Silke Buschmann 2006. Creating Multi-tasking nanoparticles for diagnostic applications, Proc. 14th Internat’l. Conference on Composite/Nano-Engineering 14, 690 – 691.

2) Timothy L. Porter, Timothy L. Vail, Michael Eastman, Ray Stewart, Jim Reed, and William Delinger, 2006. Embedded Piezoresistive Microcantilever Sensors: Materials for Sensing Cyanide Gas. Proc. Materials Research Society 915, 0915- R04- R09.

3) T. Randy Dillingham, Tim Porter, Tim Vail, Cynthia Hartzell, Marilee Sellers, 2006. Carbon Nanotubes: Research and Instrumentation for Undergraduate Students. Proc. Materials Research Society 0913 -KK01-02.

4) Timothy L. Porter, Timothy L. Vail, Michael P. Eastman, Ray Stewart, Jim Reed, Richard Venedam and William Delinger, 2007. A Solid-State Sensor Platform for the Detection of Hydrogen Cyanide Gas. Sensors and Actuators B 123, 313-317

5) Timothy L.Porter, Tim Vail, Richard J. Venedam, 2008. Detection of Organophosphate Gases and Biological Molecules using Embedded Piezoresistive Microcantilever Sensors, Proc. Materials Research Soc., 1086-U08-02 (2008).

6) T. L. Porter, T. Vail, J. Reed, and R. Stewart, 2008. "Detection of Hydrogen Fluoride Gas Using Piezoresistive Microcantilever Sensors," Sensors and Materials, 20(2), pp. 103-110.

Intellectual Property
1) Vail, Timothy L., Propper, Catherine R., and Hatfield, Jerry (Assigned to the Arizona Board of Regents), 2005. Lateral flow diagnostic assay reader with radial cassette.

2) Mayer, Loretta P., Dyer, Cheryl A., and Vail, Timothy L. (Assigned to the Arizona Board of Regents), 2006. Nanoparticle drug delivery system for the chemical induction of ovarian failure.

3) Leid, Jeffrey, Vail, Timothy L., Shirtliff, Mark, Brady, Rebecca, and Kofonow, Jennifer M. (Assigned to the Arizona Board of Regents), 2006. Immunochromatographic assay for the qualitative detection of bacterial biofilm infection.

4) Vail, Timothy L., Mayer, Loretta P., and Dyer, Cheryl A. (Assigned to the Arizona Board of Regents), 2007. Isomers of 4-Vinyl-1-Cyclohexene Diepoxide for the chemical induction of ovarian failure. (assigned to the Arizona Board of Regents), 2007.

5) Leid, Jeffrey, Vail, Timothy L., and Shirtliff, Mark. Functionalized paramagnetic nanoparticles for in vivo biofilm diagnosis (Assigned to the Arizona Board of Regents), 2007.

6) Leid, Jeffrey, Vail, Timothy L., and Shirtliff, Mark. Functionalized paramagnetic nanoparticles for in vivo biofilm treatment. (Assigned to the Arizona Board of Regents), 2007.