Publications | Dorval Lab at McGill

Journal Articles

§ Equal contribution, * Corresponding author; Members of the Dorval Lab are listed in bold.

Borrowing Structures from Nature: from Proteins to Metal Carbonates to Halide Perovskite Semiconductors

Aminzare M., Li Y., Mahshid S., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, Under revision (2024).

Conductive MXene nanosheets infused in protein fiber hydrogels for bioprinting and thin film electrodes

Arenas Garcia M.A., Hidouri S., Little J.M., Modafferi D., Hao X., Chen P.-Y., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, Under revision (2024).

Microbial nanowires for sustainable bioelectronics

Guberman-Pfeffer M., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Lovley D., Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Accepted, (2024).

Endowing textiles with self-repairing ability through the fabrication of composites with a bacterial biofilm

Cai A., Saldanha D.J., Adbali Z., Aminzare M., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, Scientific Reports, 13, 11389, (2023).

Biomolecules incorporated in halide perovskite nanocrystals: synthesis, optical properties, and applications

Aminzare M.§, Jiang J.§, Mandl G.A.§, Mahshid S., Capobianco J.A., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, Nanoscale (Nanoscale 2023 Emerging Investigators Collection), 15, 2997-3031 (2023).

Bacterial Collagen-Templated Synthesis and Assembly of Inorganic Particles

Abdali Z., Aminzare M., Chow A., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, Biomedical Materials, 18, 015001 (2023).

Fabrication of curli fiber-PEDOT:PSS biomaterials with tunable self-healing, mechanical and electrical properties

Huyer C.§, Modafferi D.§, Aminzare M., Ferraro J., Abdali Z., Roy S., Saldanha D.J., Wasim S., Alberti J., Feng S., Cicoira F., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (Special issue on bioinspired materials for wearable diagnostics and biosensors), 9, 5, 2156–2169 (2023).

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Protein-Mediated Aqueous Synthesis of Stable Methylammonium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals: Implications for Biological and Environmental Applications

Aminzare M., Hamzehpoor E., Mahshid S., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, 9, 12666–12678 (2022).

Extracellular Secretion and Simple Purification of Bacterial Collagen from Escherichia coli

Abdali Z., Renner-Rao M., Chow A., Cai A., Harrington M.J., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*,

Biomacromolecules, 23, 4, 1557–1568 (2022).

Experimental Methods in Chemical Engineering: Atomic Force Microscopy – AFM

Moraille P., Abdali Z., Ramkaran M., Polcari D., Patience G.S., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Badia A.*, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 100, 10, 2778-2806 (2022).

The Evolving Role of Proteins in Wearable Sweat Biosensors

Saldanha D.J., Cai A., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (Special issue on bioinspired materials for wearable diagnostics and biosensors), 9, 5, 2020–2047 (2021).

Water-processable, biodegradable and coatable aquaplastic from engineered biofilms

Duraj-Thatte A.§, Manjula-Basavanna A.§, Dorval Courchesne N.-M.§, Cannici G.I., Sanchez-Ferrer A., Frank B.P., van’t Hag L., Cotts S.K., Fairbrother H., Mezzenga R., Joshi N.S.*, Nature Chemical Biology, 17, 732–738 (2021).

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Curli-Mediated Self-Assembly of a Fibrous Protein Scaffold for Hydroxyapatite Mineralization

Abdali Z., Aminzare M., Zhu X., DeBenedictis E., Xie O., Keten S., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, ACS Synthetic Biology, 9, 12, 3334-3343 (2020).

Fabrication of Fluorescent pH-Responsive Protein–Textile Composites

Saldanha D.J., Abdali Z., Modafferi D., Janfeshan B., Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, Scientific Reports (Special collection on amyloids in synthetic applications) 10, 13052 (2020).

Challenges in Engineering Conductive Protein Fibers: Disentangling the Knowledge

Roy S.§, Xie O.§, Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, (Special issue on Emerging Leaders in Chemical Engineering and Science), 98, 2081-2095, (2020).

Genetically Programmable Self-Regenerating Bacterial Hydrogels

Duraj-Thatte A.§, Dorval Courchesne N.-M.§, Praveschotinunt P.§, Rutledge J., Lee Y., Karp J.M., Joshi N.S.*, Advanced Materials, 31 (40), 1901826, (2019).

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Biomimetic Engineering of Conductive Protein Films

Dorval Courchesne N.-M.*, DeBenedictis E.P., Tresback J., Kim J.J., Duraj-Thatte A., Zanuy D., Keten S., Joshi N.S.*, Nanotechnology (Special Issue on Bionic Nanotechnology), 29 (45), 454002 (2018).

Tracking of Engineered Bacteria In Vivo Using Non-Standard Amino Acid Incorporation

Praveschotinunt P.§, Dorval Courchesne N.-M.§, den Hartog I., Lu C., Kim J., Nguyen P.Q., Joshi N.S.*, ACS Synthetic Biology, 7 (6), pp.1640-1650 (2018).

Fabrication of Amyloid Curli Fiber-Alginate Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Enhanced Stiffness

Axpe E., Duraj-Thatte A., Chang Y., Kaimaki D.-M., Sanchez-Sanchez A., Caliskan H.B., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Joshi N.S., ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 4 (6), pp.2100-2105 (2018).

Engineered Living Materials: Prospects and Challenges for Using Biological Systems to Direct the Assembly of Smart Materials

Nguyen P.Q., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Duraj-Thatte A., Praveschotinunt P., Joshi N.S., Advanced Materials (Special Issue on Bioinspired Materials), 30, 1704847 (2018).

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Mediated Growth of Zinc Chalcogen Shells on Gold Nanoparticles by Free-Base Amino Acids

Klug M.T., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Lee Y.E., Qi J., Heldman N.C., Hammond P.T., Fang N.X., and Belcher A.M., Chemistry of Materials, 29 (16), pp.6993-7001 (2017).

Scalable Production of Genetically Engineered Nanofibrous Materials via Filtration

Dorval Courchesne N.-M.§, Duraj-Thatte A.§, Tay P.K.R., Nguyen P.Q., Joshi N.S., ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 3 (5), pp.733-741 (2017).

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Biotemplated Silica and Silicon Materials as Building Blocks for Micro- to Nanostructures

Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Steiner S.A., Cantú V.J., Hammond P.T., and Belcher A.M., Chemistry of Materials, 27 (15), pp.5361–5370 (2015).

Nanostructured Core-Shell Carbon Nanotubes-Polyaniline Hydrogels with High Electrochemical Energy Storage

Chen P.-Y., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Hyder M.N., Belcher A.M., and Hammond P.T., RSC Advances, 5, pp.37970-37977 (2015).

Constructing Multifunctional Virus-Templated Nanoporous Composites for Thin Film Solar Cells: Contributions of Morphology and Optics to Photocurrent Generation

Dorval Courchesne N.-M.§, Klug M.T.§, Huang K.J., Weidman M.C., Cantú V.J., Chen P.-Y., Kooi S.E., Yun D.S., Tisdale W.A., Fang N.X., Belcher A.M., and Hammond P.T., J. Phys. Chem. C., 119 (25), pp.13987-14000 (2015).

M13 Virus-Enabled Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Nanowires for Tunable Mesoporous Semiconducting Networks

Chen P.-Y, Dang X., Klug M.T., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Qi J., Hyder M.N., Belcher A.M., and Hammond P.T., Chemistry of Materials, 27 (5), pp.1531-1540 (2015).

Adaptive Growth Factor Delivery from Polyelectrolyte Coatings Promotes Synergistic Bone Tissue Repair and Reconstruction

Shah N.J., Hyder N.M., Quadir M.A., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Seeherman H.J., Nevins M.L., Spector M., and Hammond P.T., PNAS, 111 (35), pp.12847-12852 (2014).

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Assembly of Viral Hydrogels for Three-dimensional Conducting Nanocomposites

Chen P.-Y., Hyder M.N., Mackanic D., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Qi J., Klug M.T., Belcher A.M., Hammond P.T., Advanced Materials, 26 (30), pp. 5101-5107 (2014).

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Assembly of a Bacteriophage-Based Template for the Organization of Materials into Nanoporous Networks

Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Klug M.T., Chen P.-Y., Kooi S.E., Yun D.S., Hong N., Fang N.X., Belcher A.M., Hammond P.T., Advanced Materials, 26 (21), pp. 3398-3404 (2014).

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Versatile Three-Dimensional Virus-Based Template for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Improved Electron Transport and Light Harvesting

Chen P.-Y., Dang X., Klug M.T., Qi J., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Fang N.X., Hammond P.T., Belcher A.M., ACS Nano, 7(8), 6563-6574 (2013).

Measurement of Δ1J(199Hg,31P) in [HgPCy3(OAc)2]2 and Relativistic ZORA DFT Investigations of Mercury-Phosphorus Coupling Tensors

Bryce D.L., Dorval Courchesne N.-M., and Perras F.A., Solid State Nucl. Magn. Reson., 36, 182-191 (2009).

Enhancement of Lipid Production Using Biochemical, Genetic and Transcription Factor Engineering Approaches

Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Parisien A., Wang B., and Lan C.Q., Journal of Biotechnology, 141 (1-2), pp. 31-41 (2009).

Production and Applications of Phage and Phage-Encoded Lytic Enzymes

Dorval Courchesne N.-M., Parisien A., and Lan C.Q., Recent Patents on Biotechnology, 3 (1), pp. 37-45 (2009).