Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2021
Stay calm and focus on the learning outcomes: Tools for taking biophysical chemistry online, Maria Ballester, Brian L. Van Hoozen Jr., and Arthur Sikora
Motif WFYY of human PrimPol is crucial to stabilize the incoming 3′-nucleotide during replication fork restart, Patricia R. Calvo, María I. Martínez-Jiménez, Marcos Díaz, Gorazd Stojkovic, Kazutoshi Kasho, Susana Guerra, Sjoerd Wanrooij, Juan Méndez, and Luis Blanco
Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of a family of Mn(II) compounds with substituted 2-aminopyridinium ions, David J. Carnevale, Louise N. Dawe, Christopher P. Landee, Mark M. Turnbull, and Jan L. Wikaira
Experimental evidence that metapopulation structure can accelerate adaptive evolution, Partha Pratim Chakraborty, Louis R. Nemzer, and Rees Kassen
Effects of nitrogen depletion on the biosorption capacities of Neochloris minuta and Neochloris alveolaris for five heavy metals, Dimitri Giarikos, Jessica Brown, Reza Razeghifard, Duy Vo, Ammy Castillo, Nikhil Nagabandi, Justin Gaffney, Miriam Zelden, Anna Antakshinova, Sara Rodriguez, and Safiyah Muhammad
The pedagogical representation of mass functions with LEGO and their origin, Stefan Kautsch
A Spectroscopic Survey of Superthin Galaxies, Stefan J. Kautsch, Dmitry Bizyaev, Dimitry I. Makarov, Vladimir P. Reshetnikov, Alexander V. Mosenkov, and Alexandra V. Antipova
Roundup® and Glyphosate Exposure Elicits Proconvulsant Behavior in C. elegans, Akshay Naraine, Isis Sweeny, Rebecca Aker, Venkatesh Shanbhag, and Ken Dawson-Scully
Visualizing Amino Acid Substitutions in a Physicochemical Vector Space, Louis R. Nemzer
Critical and Ictal Phases in Simulated EEG Signals on a Small-World Network, Louis R. Nemzer, Gary D. Cravens, Robert M. Worth, Francis Motta, Andon Placzek, Victor Castro, and Jennie Q. Lou
Morphology Transformation of Foldamer Assemblies Triggered by Single Oxygen Atom on Critical Residue Switch, Byung-Chang Oh, Eunyoung Yoon, Jintaek Gong, Jaewook Kim, Russell W. Driver, Yongjun Kim, Woo Youn Kim, and Hee-Seung Lee
An Asymmetric SN2 Dynamic Kinetic Resolution, Nomaan M. Rezayee, Valdemar J. Enemærke, Sif T. Linde, Johannes N. Lamhauge, Gabriel J. Reyes-Rodríguez, Karl Anker Jørgensen, Chenxi Lu, and K. N. Houk
Submissions from 2020
Protonation of Planar and Nonplanar Porphyrins: A Calorimetric and Computational Study, Maria Ballester, Luca Ravotto, J. Martin E. Quirke, R. Lopez de la Vega, John A. Shelnutt, Andrei V. Cheprakov, Sergei A. Vinogradov, and Craig J. Medforth
Hyperbranched Bisphosphonate‐Functional Polymers via Self‐Condensing Vinyl Polymerization and Postpolymerization Multicomponent Reactions, Patricia R. Calvo, Chelsea A. Sparks, Justin Hochberg, Kenneth B. Wagner, and Brent S. Sumerlin
The Visualization and Measurements of Mass Functions with LEGO, Kyle K. Hansotia and Stefan Kautsch
Antagonistic Roles of GRK2 and GRK5 in Cardiac Aldosterone Signaling Reveal GRK5-Mediated Cardioprotection via Mineralocorticoid Receptor Inhibition, Jennifer Maning, Katie Anne McCrink, Celina M. Pollard, Victoria Desimine, Jennifer Ghandour, Arianna Perez, Natalie Cora, Krysten E. Ferraino, Barbara Parker, Ava Brill, Beatrix Aukszi, and Anastasios Lymperopoulos
Concierge Care and Patient Reviews, Louis R. Nemzer and Florence Neymotin
Theoretical study of the adsorption of analgesic environmental pollutants on pristine and nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheets, Richard Perry
Identification of Lipid Biomarkers of Metastatic Potential and Gene Expression (HER2/p53) in Human Breast Cancer Cell Cultures Using Ambient Mass Spectrometry, Heather Robison, Corryn E. Chini, Troy J. Comi, Seung Woo Ryu, Elaine Ognjanovski, and Richard Perry
Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic by the Biochemistry Authentic Scientific Inquiry Lab (BASIL) CURE Consortium: Reflections and a Case Study on the Switch to Remote Learning, Arthur Sikora, Stefan M. Irby, Bonnie Hall, Stephen A. Mills, Julia R. Koeppe, Michael Pikaart, Samantha E. Wilner, Paul A. Craig, and Rebecca Roberts
Submissions from 2019
Locating Intercalants Within Lipid Bilayers Using Fluorescence Quenching by Bromophospholipids and Iodophospholipids, Carmit Alexenberg, Michal Afri, Shlomi Eliyahu, Hani Porat, Ayala Ranz, and Aryeh A. Frimer
A Practical, Quantitative Electrostatics Experiment, Bryan K. Armentrout and Diego Castano
Discovery and Development of Azasteroids as Anticancer Agents, Nagaraju Birudukota, Mukesh Madan Mudgal, and Venkatesh M. Shanbhag
Umpolung Strategy for α‐Functionalization of Aldehydes for the Addition of Thiols and other Nucleophiles, Jakob Blom, Gabriel J. Reyes-Rodriguez, Henriette N. Tobiesen, Johannes N. Lamhauge, Marc C. Iversen, Casper L. Barløse, Niels Hammer, Matilde Rusbjerg, and Karl Anker Jørgensen
In Situ Observation of Conformational Dynamics and Protein Ligand–Substrate Interactions in Outer-Membrane Proteins With DEER/PELDOR Spectroscopy, Benesh Joseph, Eva A. Jaumann, Arthur Sikora, Katja Barth, Thomas F. Prisner, and David Cafiso
High-Resolution Local Measurements of F Region Ion Temperatures and Joule Heating Rates Using SuperDARN and Ground-Based Optics, Andrew Kiene, W A. Bristow, M G. Conde, and D L. Hampton
Directing Foldamer Self‐Assembly with a Cyclopropanoyl Cap, Danim Lim, Hyunjoong Kim, Jintaek Gong, Jae-Hoon Eom, Eunyoung Yoon, Russell Driver, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Hee-Seung Lee
The Place of ARBs in Heart Failure Therapy: Is Aldosterone Suppression the Key?, Uma Markan, Samhitha Pasupuleti, Celina M. Pollard, Arianna Perez BHS Student, Beatrix Aukszi, and Anastasios Lymperopoulos
Treating Epilepsy with Physics, Louis R. Nemzer
How Words Matter: Machine Learning & Movie Success, Louis R. Nemzer and Florence Neymotin
Prevalence of Diarylprolinol Silyl Ethers as Catalysts in Total Synthesis and Patents, Gabriel J. Reyes-Rodriguez, Nomaan M. Rezayee, Andreu Vidal-Albalat, and Karl Anker Jørgensen
Flexible Implementation of the BASIL CURE, Rebecca Roberts, Bonnie Hall, Colette Daubner, Anya Goodman, Michael Pikaart, Arthur Sikora, and Paul Craig
Implementation of a Research-Based Curriculum in Student Biochemistry Labs: The BASIL Model, Arthur Sikora
Heavy Metal Accumulation in Seagrasses in Southeastern Florida, Erin M. Smith, Dimitri Giarikos, Andre Daniels, and Amy Hirons
Submissions from 2018
Bismuth(III)-Thiophenedicarboxylates as Host Frameworks for Lanthanide Ions: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Photoluminescent Behavior, Alyssa K. Adcock, Bradley Gibbons, Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Jeffery A. Bertke, J. Faye Rubinson, Daniel T. de Lill, and Karah E. Knope
The Physics of Moving Bodies, Diego Castano
Enhancing Luminescence in Lanthanide Coordination Polymers Through Dilution of Emissive Centers, Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Kelly L. Rue, Heather A. Ten Hoeve, and Daniel T. de Lill
Starch, Lipid, and Protein Accumulation in Nutrient-Stressed Microalgal Cells Studied Using Fourier Transform Infrared Microscopy, Gary Hastings, Jodian Thomas, Keillor Witt, Dimitri Giarikos, and Reza Razeghifard
Teaching Vibrational Spectra to Assign Themselves, Paul L. Houston, Brian L. Van Hoozen Jr., Chen Qu, Qi Yu, and Joel M. Bowman
Measurements of Ion-Neutral Coupling in the Auroral F Region in Response to Increases in Particle Precipitation, Andrew Kiene, W A. Bristow, M G. Conde, and D L. Hampton
Engineering the Surface Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Utilizing Aqueous RAFT Photografting of Acrylate/Methacrylate Monomers, Cary A. Kuliasha, Rebecca L. Fedderwitz, Patricia R. Calvo, Brent S. Sumerlin, and Anthony B. Brennan
Engineering the Surface Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Utilizing Aqueous RAFT Photografting of Acrylate/Methacrylate Monomers, Cary A. Kuliasha, Rebecca L. Fedderwitz, Patricia R. Calvo, Brent S. Sumerlin, and Anthony B. Brennan
Enantioselective Oxidative Coupling of Carboxylic Acids to α-Branched Aldehydes, Lars A. Leth, Line Næsborg, Gabriel J. Reyes-Rodriguez, Henriette N. Tobiesen, Marc C. Iversen, and Karl Anker Jørgensen
The E-STEAM (Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) Project for Girls Mentoring Program, Rose Llanos-Almeida, M. McDermott, R. Sims, Molly J. Scanlon, S. Hicks, Maria Ballester, Tennille Davis Shuster, Kandy G. Lopez-Moreno, Melissa L. Dore, R. Anderson, S. Fabius, and J. Torruellas Garcia
Direct Enantio‐ and Diastereoselective Oxidative Homocoupling of Aldehydes, Line Næsborg, Lars A. Leth, Gabriel J. Reyes-Rodriguez, Teresa A. Palazzo, Vasco Corti, and Karl Anker Jørgensen
Assessing Gaussian Process Regression and Permutationally Invariant Polynomial Approaches To Represent High-Dimensional Potential Energy Surfaces, Chen Qu, Brian L. Van Hoozen Jr., Joel M. Bowman, and Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernandez
Vibrational Tug-of-War: The pKA Dependence of the Broad Vibrational Features of Strongly Hydrogen-Bonded Carboxylic Acids, Brian L. Van Hoozen Jr. and Poul B. Petersen
Detection of a transient FeV(O)(OH) species involved in olefin oxidation by a bio-inspired non-haem iron catalyst, Shuangning Xu, Jedidiah J. Veach, Williamson N. Oloo, Kevin C. Peters, Junyi Wang, Richard H. Perry, and Lawrence Que Jr.
Submissions from 2017
Very Thin Disc Galaxies in the SDSS Catalog of Edge-on Galaxies, D. V. Bizyaev, Stefan Kautsch, Natalia Ya. Sotnikova, Vladimir P. Reshetnikov, and Aleksander V. Mosenkov
Methods for Introducing Inorganic Polymer Concepts throughout the Undergraduate Curriculum, Daniel T. de Lill and Charles E. Carraher Jr.
Reversible Solvent-Induced Transformation of a One-Dimensional Uranyl Coordination Polymer Using 4,4′-Oxybis(benzoate), Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Benny C. Chan, and Daniel T. de Lill
A General Model of Sensitized Luminescence in Lanthanide-Based Coordination Polymers and Metal–Organic Framework Materials, Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Jessica M. Clark, Alec Paulive, Garrett P. Tanner, and Daniel T. de Lill
Nitroaromatic Sensing with a New Lanthanide Coordination Polymer [Er2(C10H4O4S2)3(H2O)6]N Assembled by 2,2′-Bithiophene-5,5′-Dicarboxylate, Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Raul E. Ortega, Logesh Mathivathanan, and Daniel T. de Lill
Developing Luminescent Lanthanide Coordination Polymers and Metal-Organic Frameworks for Bioimaging Applications, Aida Gonzalez, Xiu Mei-Chu, Kathryn A. Pitton, Ryan Crichton, and Jeffrey D. Einkauf
Studying the Universe and Finding Planets – Why It Matters and What It Means, Stefan Kautsch
Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Drugs and Inhibition of Adrenal Beta-Arrestin-1-Dependent Aldosterone Production: Implications for Heart Failure Therapy, Anastasios Lymperopoulos and Beatrix Aukszi
A Binary Representation of the Genetic Code, Louis R. Nemzer
Shannon Information Entropy in the Canonical Genetic Code, Louis R. Nemzer
Lithium Hexamethyldisilazide-Mediated Enolization of Acylated Oxazolidinones: Solvent, Cosolvent, and Isotope Effects on Competing Monomer- and Dimer-Based Pathways, Gabriel J. Reyes-Rodriguez, Russell F. Algera, and David B. Collum
A Combined Electronic Structure and Molecular Dynamics Approach to Computing the OH Vibrational Feature of Strongly Hydrogen-Bonded Carboxylic Acids, Brian L. Van Hoozen Jr. and Poul B. Petersen
Strain Alleviation in an Isomorphous Series of Lanthanide 2-Nitroterephthalates [Ln2(TPNO2)3(H2O)2]·2H2O (Ln = Pr – Lu, except Pm), Ralph A. Zehnder, Nick Fontaine, Badwi A. Mouawad, Jacob K. Leonard, Matthias Zeller, Frank R. Fronczek, Daniel T. de Lill, April Ballard, Daniel Bonnette, Aaron Head, Krishna Ghimire, Jordan N. Welch, Elee R. Barber, Jared M. Murray, Christian Dempsey, James Jenkins, Gregory Jackson, Mary Tokunboh, Stevie R. Bach, and Jaimie A. Treadway Harris
Submissions from 2016
Hyperbranched Polymers via RAFT Self-Condensing Vinyl Polymerization, Jawaher A. Alfurhood, Patricia R. Bachler, and Brent S. Sumerlin
Hyperbranched Poly(N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide) via RAFT Self-Condensing Vinyl Polymerization, Jawaher A. Alfurhood, Hao Sun, Patricia R. Bachler, and Brent S. Sumerlin
Modular Segmented Hyperbranched Copolymers, Patricia R. Bachler, Kaitlyn E. Forry, Chelsea A. Sparks, Michael D. Schulz, Kenneth B. Wagener, and Brent S. Sumerlin
Ligand Passivated Core−Shell FePt@Co Nanomagnets Exhibiting Enhanced Energy Product, David J. Carnevale, Michael Shatruk, and Geoffrey F. Strouse
Angles, Triangle Inequalities, Correlation Matrices and Metric-Preserving and Subadditive Functions, Diego Castano, Vehbi Emrah Paksoy, and Fuzhen Zhang
Synchronized Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging, Troy J. Comi, Seung Woo Ryu, and Richard H. Perry
Hole‐Size Relationships in the Assembly of a Furandicarboxylate‐Based Metallolinker in Praseodymium Coordination Polymers Synthesized under Basic Conditions, Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Joseph P. Karram, Natalie E. Greig, Benny C. Chan, and Daniel T. de Lill
Rethinking Sensitized Luminescence in Lanthanide Coordination Polymers and MOFs: Band Sensitization and Water Enhanced Eu Luminescence in [Ln(C15H9O5)3(H2O)3]n (Ln = Eu, Tb), Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Tanya T. Kelley, Benny C. Chan, and Daniel T. de Lill
Structural, Spectroscopic, and Computational Studies of [2,2′-bithiophene]-5-carboxylic Acid, Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Logesh Mathivathanan, and Daniel T. de Lill
Online Single Particle Analysis of Chemical Composition and Mixing State of Crop Straw Burning Particles: From Laboratory Study to Field Measurement, Juntao Huo, Xiaohui Lu, Xinning Wang, Hong Chen, Xingnan Ye, Song Gao, Deborah S. Gross, Jianmin Chen, and Xin Yang
Ligand Induced Conformational Changes of a Membrane Transporter in E. coli Cells Observed with DEER/PELDOR, Benesh Joseph, Arthur Sikora, and David S. Cafiso
Combining paper-based electrochemistry and mass spectrometry, Yao-Min Liu and Richard H. Perry
Linking Autism and Epilepsy, Florence Neymotin and Louis R. Nemzer
Allosteric Signaling Is Bidirectional in an Outer-Membrane Transport Protein, Arthur Sikora, Benesh Joseph, Morgan Matson, Jacob R. Staley, and David S. Casifo
Submissions from 2015
Aminobisphosphonate Polymers via RAFT and a Multicomponent Kabachnik–Fields Reaction, Patricia R. Bachler, Michael D. Schulz, Chelsea A. Sparks, Kenneth B. Wagener, and Brent S. Sumerlin
Functional Precision Polymers via ADMET Polymerization, Patricia R. Bachler and Kenneth B. Wagener
Outstanding Laser Damage Threshold in Li2MnGeS4 and Tunable Optical Nonlinearity in Diamond-Like Semiconductors, Jacilynn A. Brant, Daniel J. Clark, Yong Soo Kim, Joon I. Jang, Ashley Weiland, and Jennifer A. Aitken
A New Class of Lithium Ion Conductors with Tunable Structures and Compositions: Quaternary Diamond-like Thiogermanates, Jacilynn A. Brant, Kasey P. Devlin, Christian Bischoff, Deborah Watson, Steve W. Martin, Michael D. Gross, and Jennifer A. Aitken
Fast Lithium Ion Conduction in Li2SnS3: Synthesis, Physicochemical Characterization, and Electronic Structure, Jacilynn A. Brant, Danielle M. Massi, N. A. W. Holzwarth, Joseph H. MacNeil, Alexios P. Douvalis, Thomas Bakas, Steve W. Martin, Michael D. Gross, and Jennifer A. Aitken
Thermoelectric Transport Properties of CuFeInTe3, H. Cabrera, I. Zumeta-Dube, D. Korte, P. Grima-Gallardo, F. Alvarado, Jennifer A. Aitken, Jacilynn A. Brant, Jian-Han Zhang, A. Calderon, E. Marin, M. Aguilar-Frutis, J. E. Erazo, E. Perez-Cappe, and M. Franko
Polymorphism and Second Harmonic Generation in a Novel Diamond-like Semiconductor: Li2MnSnS4, Kasey P. Devlin, Andrew J. Glaid, Jacilynn A. Brant, Jian-Han Zhang, Matthew N. Srnec, Daniel J. Clark, Yong Soo Kim, Joon I. Jang, Kimberly R. Daley, Meghann A. Moreau, Jeffry D. Madura, and Jennifer A. Aitken
Mass Spectrometry of Atmospheric-Pressure Ball Plasmoids, Scott E. Dubowsky, David M. Friday, Kevin C. Peters, Zhangji Zhao, Richard H. Perry, and Benjamin J. McCall
Preparation, Crystal Structure, Thermal Analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Optical Band-Gaps of Cu2GeTe4 and Cu2SnTe4 Alloys, Pedro Grima Gallardo, Ricardo Pena, Luis Nieves, Gustavo Marcano, Miguel Quintero, Ekadink Moreno, Jian-Han Zhang, Jacilynn A. Brant, and Jennifer A. Aitken
Managing Short-Lived Climate Forcers in Curbing Climate Change: An Atmospheric Chemistry Synopsis, Song Gao
Luminescent Lanthanide Coordination Polymers Synthesized via In-Situ Hydrolysis of Dimethyl-3,4-furandicarboxylate, Natalie E. Greig, Jeffrey D. Einkauf, Jessica M. Clark, Eric J. Corcoran, Joseph P. Karram, Charles A. Kent, Vadine E. Eugene, Benny C. Chan, and Daniel T. de Lill
Distance Measurement on an Endogenous Membrane Transporter in E. coli Cells and Native Membranes Using EPR Spectroscopy, Benesh Joseph, Arthur Sikora, Enrica Bordignon, Gunnar Jeschke, David S. Cafiso, and Thomas F. Prisner
Equatorial F region neutral winds and shears near sunset measured with chemical release techniques, Andrew Kiene, M F. Larsen, and E Kudeki
Paper-Based Electrochemical Cell Coupled to Mass Spectrometry, Yao-Min Liu and Richard H. Perry
African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana) Can Detect TNT Using Olfaction: Implications for Biosensor Application, Ashadee K. Miller, Michael C. Hensman, Sean Hensman, Kip Schulz, Paul Reid, Mike Shore, Jessica S. Brown, Kenneth G. Furton, and Stephen Lee
Does the Stellar Disc Flattening Depend on the Galaxy Type, A. V. Mosenkov, N. Ya. Sotnikova, V. P. Reshetnikov, D. V. Bizyaev, and Stefan Kautsch
Imprisoned Lightning: Charge Transport in Trehalose-Derived Sugar Glasses, Louis R. Nemzer, Mahantesh S. Navati, and Joel M. Friedman
Multistage Reactive Transmission-Mode Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Kevin C. Peters, Troy J. Comi, and Richard H. Perry
Photochemistry of Free and Bound Zn-Chlorophyll Analogues to Synthetic Peptides Depend on the Quinone and pH, Reza Razeghifard
Origin of the Hadži ABC Structure: An Ab Initio Study, Brian L. Van Hoozen Jr. and Poul B. Petersen
Infrared Nonlinear Optical Properties of Lithium-Containing Diamond-like Semiconductors Li2ZnGeSe4 and Li2ZnSnSe4, Jian-Han Zhang, Daniel J. Clark, Jacilynn A. Brant, Charles W. Sinagra III, Yong Soo Kim, Joon I. Jang, and Jennifer A. Aitken
Submissions from 2014
NMR-Based Molecular Ruler for Determining the Depth of Intercalants Within the Lipid Bilayer: Part III: Studies on Keto Esters and Acids, Michal Afri, Carmit Alexenberg, Pinchas Aped, Efrat Bodner, Sarit Cohen, Michal Ejgenburg, Shlomi Eliyahu, Pessia Gilinsky-Sharon, Yifat Harel, Miriam E. Naqqash, Hani Porat, Ayala Ranz, and Aryeh A. Frimer
NMR-Based Molecular Ruler for Determining the Depth of Intercalants Within the Lipid Bilayer. Part IV: Studies on Ketophospholipids, Michal Afri, Carmit Alexenberg, Pinchas Aped, Efrat Bodner, Sarit Cohen, Michal Ejgenburg, Shlomi Eliyahu, Pessia Gilinsky-Sharon, Yifat Harel, Miriam E. Naqqash, Hani Porat, Ayala Ranz, and Aryeh A. Frimer
NMR-Based Molecular Ruler for Determining the Depth of Intercalants Within the Lipid Bilayer. Part V: A Comparison of Liposomes, Bioliposomes and Erythrocyte Ghosts, Michal Afri, Carmit Alexenberg, Efrat Bodner, Aryeh A. Frimer, Abraham I. Jacob, and Miriam E. Naqqash
The Catalog of Edge-On Disk Galaxies from SDSS. I. The Catalog and the Structural Parameters of Stellar Disks, D. V. Bizyaev, Stefan Kautsch, A. V. Mosenkov, V. P. Reshetnikov, N. Ya. Sotnikova, and N. V. Yablokova