Research

Research Interests

  • Pharmaceutical Research
  • Forensic Research
  • Material Research

Previous Research Projects

  • Surface modifications of metal oxide nanoparticles.

Current Research Projects

  • Polymorphism screening of pharmaceutical drugs
  • Cannabinoid analysis of consumer products
  • Development of “real world” experiments for chemistry courses
  • Fingerprint powder analysis of their chemistry

Selected Publications

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Marshall University Publications

  1. Quiñones, R.; Knott, H.; Frost, L.; Bartram, M.; Clark, T.; Westfall, T.D.; Buxó, J.A. “Quantification of Iron (II) in vitamins using redox titration and UV-Vis Spectroscopy”,J. Chem. Educ. 2024, Under Review.
  2. McGlumphy S.; Damai, A.; Salameh, L.; Corbin, G. B.; Wang, Q.; Markiewicz, J.; Mosher, J.; Spitzer, N. Quiñones, R. “Biocompatible antibiotic-coupled nickel-titanium nanoparticles as a potential coating material for biomedical devices”, Heliyon, 2024, 10, e31434. Click here for a link to the paper.
  3. Moreno, S.; Strouten-Ebert, A.; Waugh-Richards, L.; Quiñones, R.; “An Evaluation of the Cannabinoid Content of the Liquid and Thermal Degradation Analysis of Cannabis-Labeled Vape Liquids”, J Forensic Sci. 2024, 69, 905–918. Click here for a link to the paper.
  4. Quiñones, R.; Casiano-Negroni A.; Pijor, H.; Moreno, S.; Suarez, K.; Westfall, T.D.; Sullins, C.; Ivey, S.; Buxó, J.A. “Analysis of Cannabinoids in Lotions Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography”,J. Chem. Educ. 2022, 99, 10, 3558–3565. Click here for a link to the paper.
  5. Quiñones, R.; Moreno, S.; Smythers A.L.; Sullins, C.; Pijor, H.; Brown, G. Strouten, A.; Waugh-Richards, L.; Siddig, A. “Quantification of Cannabis in Infused Consumer Products and Their Residues on Skin”, ACS Pharmacol. Transl. Sci., 2022, 5, 8, 642-651. Click here for a link to the paper.
  6. Moreno, S.;Brown, G.; Klein, M.; Wang, Q.; Markiewicz, J.T.; Aleman, E. A.; Rushton, C.; Quiñones, R. “Chemical Composition Effect on Latent Print Development Using Black Fingerprint Powders”, Forensic Chemistry, 2021, 26, 100366. Click here for a link to the paper.
  7. Wang, Y.; Wildfire, C.; Khan, T. S.; Shekhawat, D.;  Hu, J.; Tavadze, P.;  Quiñones, R.;Moreno, S. “Effects of Support and Promoter on Ru Catalyst Activity in Microwave-assisted Ammonia Synthesis”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 425, 1, 130546. Click here for a link to the paper.
  8. Quiñones, R.; Moreno, S.; Shoup, D.:Klein, M.; Westfall, T.M.; Damai, A. “Examining particle size of inorganic active ingredients within sunscreens using dynamic light scattering”, J Chem Educ. 2021, 98, 4, 1371–1380. Click here for a link to the paper.
  9. Holmes, S.T.; Engl, O. G.; Srnec, M.N.; Madura, J.D.; Quiñones, R.; Harper, J.K.; Schurko, R.W.; Iuliucci, R.J. “Chemical Shift Tensors of Cimetidine Form A Modeled with Density Functional Theory Calculations: Implications for NMR Crystallography”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2020, 124, 3109−3119. Click here for a link to the paper.
  10. Quiñones, R.; Kolling, D. R. J.; Shoup, D.; Smythers, A.L.; Nickel, S.; Westfall, T. D.; Epperly, C.; Coplin, M.  “Comparing free radicals in sunscreen-treated pig skin as revealed by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy”, J. Chem. Educ., 2019, 96, 2021−2028. Click here for a link to the paper.
  11. Quiñones, R.; Iuliucci, R. J.; Behnke, G.; Brown, R.; Shoup, D.; Riedel, T.M.; Plavchak, C.; Lininger, B. E.; Spehar, J. M. “Moving Towards Fast Characterization of Polymorphic Drugs by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy”, J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 2018, 148C, 163 – 169. Click here for a link to the paper.
  12. Quiñones, R..; Brown, R.; Searls, N.; Richards-Waugh, L. “Study of Polymorphism using Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers Approach on Metal Substrates”, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2018, 427, 97 – 105. Click here for a link to the paper.
  13. Quiñones, R.; Shoup, D.; Behnke, G.; B.; Peck, C.; Agarwal, S.; Gupta, R.K.; Fagan, J.W.; Mueller, K.T.; Iuliucci, R. J.; Wang, Q. “Study of Perfluorophosphonic Acid Surface Modifications on Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles”, Materials, 2017, 10, 1363. Click here for a link to the paper.
  14. Quiñones, R.; Garretson, S.; Behnke, G.; Fagan, J.W.; Mueller, K.T.; Agarwal, S.; Gupta, R.K. “Fabrication of Phosphonic Acid Films on Nitinol Nanoparticles by Dynamic Covalent Assembly”, Thin Solid Films, 2017, 642C, 195 – 206. Click here for a link to the paper.
  15. Quiñones, R.; Logan, J. L.; Sunderland, D. P.; Neff, D.; Westfall, T. D.; Hijazi, A. “Integrating Elemental Analysis and Chromatography Techniques by Analyzing Metal Oxide and Organic UV Absorbers in Commercial Sunscreens”, J. Chem. Educ., 2016, 93 (8), 1434–1440. Click here for a link to the paper.
  16. Logan, J. L.; Quiñones, R.; Sunderland, D. P. “Poster Presentations: Turning a Lab of the Week into a Culminating Experience”, J. Chem. Educ., 2015, 92 (1), 96–101. Click here for a link to the paper.
  17. Quiñones, R.; Rodriguez, K.; Iuliucci, R. J. “Investigation of phosphonic acid surface modifications on zinc oxide nanoparticles under ambient conditions”, Thin Solid Films, 2014, 564, 155 – 164. Click here for a link to the paper.
  18. Pacilio J. E.; Tokarski, J. T.; Quiñones, R.; Iuliucci, R. J. “High-Resolution Solid-State NMR: Characterization of Polymorphism in Cimetidine a Pharmaceutical Compound”, J. Chem. Educ., 2014, 91 (8), 1236–1239.` Click here for a link to the paper.

Other Publications

  1. Roy, S.; Quiñones, R.; Matzger, A. “Structural and Physicochemical Aspects of Dasatinib Hydrate and Anhydrate phases”, J. Cryst. Growth Des., 2012, 12 (4), 2122−2126. Click here for a link to the paper.
  2. Lutker, K. M.; Quiñones, R.; Xu, J.; Ramamoorthy, A.; Matzger, A. J., “Polymorphs, and Hydrates of Acyclovir”, J. Pharm. Sci., 2011, 100 (3), 949 – 963. Click here for a link to the paper.
  3. Raman, A.;  Quiñones, R.; Barriger, L.; Eastman, R.; Parsi, A.; Gawalt, E. S. “Understanding Organic Film Behavior on Alloy and Metal Oxides”, Langmuir, 2010, 26 (3), 1747–1754. Click here for a link to the paper.
  4. Lekse, J; Yao, J., Quiñones, R.; Aitken, J. A. “Synthesis, Structure, and Physicochemical Characterization of a Noncentrosymmetric, Quaternary Thiostannate: EuCu2SnS4”,J. Solid State Chem., 2009, 182 (1), 141 – 146. Click here for a link to the paper.
  5. Quiñones, R.; Gawalt, E. S. “Polystyrene Formation on Monolayer-Modified Nitinol Effectively Controls Corrosion”, Langmuir, 2008, 24 (19), 10858 – 10864. Click here for a link to the paper.
  6. Quiñones, R.; Raman, A.; Gawalt, E. S. “Functionalization of nickel oxide using alkylphosphonic acid self-assembled monolayers”, Thin Solid Films, 2008, 516 (23), 8774 – 8781. Click here for a link to the paper.
  7. Quiñones, R.; Gawalt, E. S. “Study of the Formation of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Nitinol”, Langmuir, 2007, 23 (20), 10123 – 10130. Click here for a link to the paper.
  8. Quiñones, R.; Raman, A. Gawalt, E. S. “An approach to differentiating between multi- and monolayers using MALDI-TOF MS” Surf. Interface Anal., 2007, 39 (7), 593 – 600. Click here for a link to the paper.