Dr. Bouzid
Menaa
Fluorotronics,
Inc., USA
Email: bouzid.menaa@gmail.com
Qualifications
2002 PhD
in inorganic and materials chemistry, University of St-Andrews/School of
Chemical Science Birmingham, UK
1998 Master
+ 1 year in Organic Chemistry, University of Rouen and Caen, France
1995 Diplome
d’Etudes Universitaire Generales, University of Rouen, France, Physical
Sciences
Publications
(Selected)
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“Fluoro-Raman spectroscopy as new analytical tool for pharmaceutical and
biomedical applications”, F. Menaa, B. Menaa, O. Sharts, In
Press, Faraday Discussions, 2010.
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“Comparative
physical-chemical characterization of encapsulated lipid-based isotretoin
products assessed by particle size distribution and thermal behavior analyses”,
C. Aiolfi-Guimarães, F. Menaa, B. Menaa, J.S. Quenca-Guillen, J. Rosario Matos,
L.P. Mercuri, A.B. Braz, F.C. Rossetti, E.R.M. Kedor-Hackermann, M.I. Rocha
Miritello Santoro,Thermochim. Acta, 505 (2010) 73-78.
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“Determination
of isotretinoin in pharmaceutical formulations by reversed-phase HPLC”, C. Aiolfi-Guimarães, F. Menaa,
B. Menaa, I. Lebrun, J.S. Quenca-Guillen, A. Vivian Vatti Auada, L.P. Mercuri,
P. Ferreira, M. I. Rocha Miritello Santoro, J. Biomed. Sci. Eng.,
3 (2010) 454-458.
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“Characterization
and Solventless growth of salicylic acid macro-crystals involving a nitrogen
gas flow”, B. Menaa, M. Takahashi, Y. Tokuda, T. Yoko, Cryst. Res.
Tech.,45 (2010) 341-346.
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“Silica-based nanoporous sol-gel glasses: from
bioencapsulation to protein folding studies”, B. Menaa, F. Menaa, C.
Aiolfi-Guimarães, O. Sharts, International Journal of Nanotechnology (Review),
7 (2010), 1-45.
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“Bioencapsulation
of apomyoglobin in nanoporous organosilica sol-gel glasses: influence of the
siloxane network on the conformation and stability of a model protein”, B.
Menaa, Y. Miyagawa, M. Takahashi, M. Herrero, V. Rives, F. Menaa, D.K. Eggers, Biopolymers, 91
(2009) 895-906.
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“Protein
adsorption to organically-modified silica glass leads to a different structure
than sol-gel encapsulation”, B. Menaa, C. Torres, M. Herrero, V. Rives, A. R.
W. Gilbert, D. K. Eggers. Biophys. J., 95 (2008) L51-L53.
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“Playing with
forces and interactions to manipulate single molecules”, B.Menaa, A.-S.
Duwez’’, Acta Futura, 4 (2008), 74-78 (Invited from European
Spacial Agency).
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“Favorable
influence of hydrophobic surfaces on protein structure in porous
organically-modified silica glasses”, B. Menaa, M. Herrero, V. Rives, M.
Lavrenko, D. K. Eggers. Biomaterials, 29 (2008) 2710-2718.
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“A non aqueous
route to optically active dyes rhodamine 6G and coumarin 152 doped in
polyphenylsiloxane”, B. Menaa, M. Takahashi, Y. Tokuda, T. Yoko. Solid
State Sci., 10 (2008) 1200-1208.
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“Dispersion
and photoluminescence of free metal phtalocyanine in sol-gel glasses”, B.
Menaa, M. Takahashi, Y. Tokuda, T. Yoko, J. Phochem. Photobiol. A,
194 (2008) 362-366.
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“Crystallization
in hybrid organic-inorganic materials induced by self-organization in basic
conditions”, B. Menaa, M. Takahashi, P. Innocenzi, T. Yoko. Chem. Mater.
19 (2007) 1946-1953.
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“Preparation
and properties of polyphenylsiloxane-based hybrid glass films obtained from a
non-aqueous coating sol via a single-step dip-coating”, B.
Menaa, M. Takahashi, Y. Tokuda, T. Yoko. Opt. Mater.29 (2007)
806-813.
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“High optical
quality spin-coated polyphenylsiloxane glass thick films on
polyethyleneterephtalate and silica substrates”, B. Menaa, M. Takahashi, Y.
Tokuda, T. Yoko.Mater. Res. Bull. 41 (2006) 1925-1934.