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Theoretical study of the CO2 adsorption by Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) (2017)
Journal Article
Izzaouihda, S., Abou El Makarim, H., Benoit, D. M., & Komiha, N. (2017). Theoretical study of the CO2 adsorption by Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs). Journal of physical chemistry. C, 121(37), 20259-20265. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04977

Density functional theory with Grimme's empirical correction, DFT-D3, has been used to examine the adsorption of a carbon dioxide molecule by different sets of zeolitic imidazolate framework materials (ZIF-1 to -4, -6 to -10, and -zni). We have calcu... Read More about Theoretical study of the CO2 adsorption by Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs).

Periodic dispersion-corrected approach for isolation spectroscopy of N2 in an argon environment: Clusters, surfaces, and matrices (2017)
Journal Article
Makina, Y., Mahjoubi, K., Benoit, D. M., Jaidane, N.-E., Al-Mogren, M. M., & Hochlaf, M. (2017). Periodic dispersion-corrected approach for isolation spectroscopy of N2 in an argon environment: Clusters, surfaces, and matrices. The journal of physical chemistry. A, 121(21), 4093-4102. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.7b00093

© 2017 American Chemical Society. Ab initio and Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof (PBE) density functional theory with dispersion correction (PBE-D3) calculations are performed to study N 2 -Ar n (n ≤ 3) complexes and N 2 trapped in Ar matrix (i.e., N 2 @... Read More about Periodic dispersion-corrected approach for isolation spectroscopy of N2 in an argon environment: Clusters, surfaces, and matrices.

Colloid particle formulations for antimicrobial applications (2017)
Journal Article
Halbus, A. F., Horozov, T. S., & Paunov, V. N. (2017). Colloid particle formulations for antimicrobial applications. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 249, 134-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2017.05.012

Colloidal particles are being extensively studied in various antimicrobial applications due to their small size to volume ratio and ability to exhibit a wide spectrum of antibacterial, antifungal, antialgal and antiviral action. The present review fo... Read More about Colloid particle formulations for antimicrobial applications.

Light scattering study of the “pseudo-layer” compression elastic constant in a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal (2016)
Journal Article
Parsouzi, Z., Pardaev, S. A., Welch, C., Ahmed, Z., Mehl, G. H., Baldwin, A. R., Gleeson, J. T., Lavrentovich, O. D., Allender, D. W., Selinger, J. V., Jákli, A., & Sprunt, S. (2016). Light scattering study of the “pseudo-layer” compression elastic constant in a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 18(46), 31645-31652. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP06292J

The nematic twist-bend (TB) phase, exhibited by certain achiral thermotropic liquid crystalline (LC) dimers, features a nanometer-scale, heliconical rotation of the average molecular long axis (director) with equally probable left- and right-handed d... Read More about Light scattering study of the “pseudo-layer” compression elastic constant in a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal.

Amine catalysis for the organocatalytic diboration of challenging alkenes (2016)
Journal Article
Farre, A., Soares, K., Briggs, R. A., Balanta, A., Benoit, D. M., & Bonet, A. (2016). Amine catalysis for the organocatalytic diboration of challenging alkenes. Chemistry: a European journal, 22(49), 17552-17556. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201603979

© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim The generation of in situ sp 2 –sp 3 diboron adducts has revolutionised the synthesis of organoboranes. Organocatalytic diboration reactions have represented a milestone in terms of unpredictable re... Read More about Amine catalysis for the organocatalytic diboration of challenging alkenes.

Preparation and attachment of liquid-infused porous supra-particles to liquid interfaces (2016)
Journal Article
Al-Shehri, H., Horozov, T. S., & Paunov, V. N. (2016). Preparation and attachment of liquid-infused porous supra-particles to liquid interfaces. Soft matter, 12(40), 8375-8387. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01651k

© 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry. We prepared model porous composite supra-particles and investigated the effect of the initial infused fluid phase on their attachment at the liquid-fluid interface. We used a simple method for fabrication of mil... Read More about Preparation and attachment of liquid-infused porous supra-particles to liquid interfaces.

Attachment of composite porous supra-particles to air–water and oil–water interfaces: theory and experiment (2016)
Journal Article
Paunov, V. N., Al-Shehri, H., & Horozov, T. S. (2016). Attachment of composite porous supra-particles to air–water and oil–water interfaces: theory and experiment. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 18(38), 26495-26508. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp05453f

We developed and tested a theoretical model for the attachment of fluid-infused porous supra-particles to a fluid–liquid interface. We considered the wetting behaviour of agglomerated clusters of particles, typical of powdered materials dispersed in... Read More about Attachment of composite porous supra-particles to air–water and oil–water interfaces: theory and experiment.

Ocean acidification affects marine chemical communication by changing structure and function of peptide signalling molecules (2016)
Journal Article
Roggatz, C. C., Lorch, M., Hardege, J. D., & Benoit, D. M. (2016). Ocean acidification affects marine chemical communication by changing structure and function of peptide signalling molecules. Global change biology, 22(12), 3914-3926. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13354

Ocean acidification is a global challenge that faces marine organisms in the near future with a predicted rapid drop in pH of up to 0.4 units by the end of this century. Effects of the change in ocean carbon chemistry and pH on the development, growt... Read More about Ocean acidification affects marine chemical communication by changing structure and function of peptide signalling molecules.

Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable lignin nanoparticles with tunable surface properties (2016)
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Richter, A. P., Bharti, B., Armstrong, H. B., Brown, J. S., Plemmons, D., Paunov, V. N., Stoyanov, S. D., & Velev, O. D. (2016). Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable lignin nanoparticles with tunable surface properties. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 32(25), 6468-6477. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01088

Lignin nanoparticles can serve as biodegradable carriers of biocidal actives with minimal environmental footprint. Here we describe the colloidal synthesis and interfacial design of nanoparticles with tunable surface properties using two different li... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable lignin nanoparticles with tunable surface properties.

Fabrication of living soft matter by symbiotic growth of unicellular microorganisms (2016)
Journal Article
Das, A. A. K., Bovill, J., Ayesh, M., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (2016). Fabrication of living soft matter by symbiotic growth of unicellular microorganisms. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4(21), 3685-3694. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tb02489g

We report the fabrication of living soft matter made as a result of the symbiotic relationship of two unicellular microorganisms. The material is composed of bacterial cellulose produced in situ by acetobacter (Acetobacter aceti NCIMB 8132) in the pr... Read More about Fabrication of living soft matter by symbiotic growth of unicellular microorganisms.

An environmentally benign antimicrobial nanoparticle based on a silver-infused lignin core (2015)
Journal Article
Richter, A. P., Brown, J. S., Bharti, B., Wang, A., Gangwal, S., Houck, K., Cohen Hubal, E. A., Paunov, V. N., Stoyanov, S. D., & Velev, O. D. (2015). An environmentally benign antimicrobial nanoparticle based on a silver-infused lignin core. Nature nanotechnology, 10(9), 817-823. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.141

Silver nanoparticles have antibacterial properties, but their use has been a cause for concern because they persist in the environment. Here, we show that lignin nanoparticles infused with silver ions and coated with a cationic polyelectrolyte layer... Read More about An environmentally benign antimicrobial nanoparticle based on a silver-infused lignin core.

Artificial multicellular assemblies from cells interfaced with polymers and nanomaterials (2014)
Book Chapter
Das, A. A., Fakhrullin, R. F., & Paunov, V. N. (2014). Artificial multicellular assemblies from cells interfaced with polymers and nanomaterials. In R. Fakhrullin, I. Choi, & Y. Lvov (Eds.), Cell surface engineering: fabrication of functional nanoshells (162-184). Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781782628477-00162

In this chapter we review the recent developments in fabrication of multicellular assemblies from cells modified with polymers and nanomaterials. We focus on the specific properties of such “cyborg” cells that allow a variety of new methods to be use... Read More about Artificial multicellular assemblies from cells interfaced with polymers and nanomaterials.