• A$_2$P$_2$S$_6$ (A = Ba and Pb): a good platform to study the polymorph effect and lone pair effect to form an acentric structure 

  Ji, Bingheng; Sarkar, Arka; Wu, Kui; Swindle, Andrew; Wang, Jian (The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022-05-14)

  Three ternary thiophosphates α-Ba$_2$P$_2$S$_6$, β-Ba$_2$P$_2$S$_6$, and Pb$_2$P$_2$_S$_6$ were synthesized via a high temperature salt flux method or an I2 transport reaction. β-Ba$_2$P$_2$S$_6$ and Pb$_2$P$_2$S$_6$ were ...

• Structure of the anthrax protective antigen D425A dominant negative mutant reveals a stalled intermediate state of pore maturation 

  Scott, Harry; Huang, Wei; Andra, Kiran; Mamillapalli, Sireesha; Gonti, Srinivas; Day, Alexander; Zhang, Kaiming; Mehzabeen, Nurjahan; Battaile, Kevin P.; Raju, Anjali; Lovell, Scott; Bann, James G.; Taylor, Derek J. (Elsevier, 2022-05-15)

  The tripartite protein complex produced by anthrax bacteria (Bacillus anthracis) is a member of the AB family of β-barrel pore-forming toxins. The protective antigen (PA) component forms an oligomeric prepore that assembles ...

• Evolution of structure and transport properties of the Ba$_8$Cu$_{16}$P$_{30}$ clathrate-I framework with the introduction of Ga 

  Sarkar, Arka; Viswanathan, Gayatri; Yox, Philip; Harycki, Stasia; Cerasoli, Frank T.; Wang, Jian; Perras, Frédéric A.; Gundlach-Graham, Alexander; Donadio, Davide; Kovnir, Kirill (American Institute of Physics Inc., 2022-05-09)

  Two type-I clathrates were synthesized by introducing Ga into the framework of the Ba$_8$Cu$_{16}$P$_{30}$ type-I clathrate. The introduction of minute amounts of Ga, 1.9% Ga/Mtotal (where $M_{total}$ = Cu + Ga), resulted ...

• Assessing the Dipole Moments and Directional Cross Sections of Proteins and Complexes by Differential Ion Mobility Spectrometry 

  Pathak, Pratima; Shvartsburg, Alexandre A. (American Chemical Society, 2022-05-02)

  Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) has become a mainstream approach to fractionate complex mixtures, separate isomers, and assign the molecular geometries. All modalities were grouped into linear IMS (based on the absolute ...

• Evolution of electronic and magnetic properties in the topological semimetal SmSbxTe2-x 

  Pandey, Krishna; Basnet, Rabindra; Wang, Jian; Da, Bo; Hu, Jin (American Physical Society, 2022-04-21)

  The ZrSiS-Type materials have attracted intensive attention due to the existence of various topological fermions. The magnetic version of the ZrSiS-Type materials, LnSbTe (Ln=lanthanides), is an ideal candidate to explore ...

• Synthesis, crystal and electronic structures, and nonlinear optical properties of Y$_4$Si$_3$S$_{12}$ 

  Bardelli, Stefano; Ye, Zhengyang; Wang, Fei (Wiley, 2022-03-21)

  A new acentric sulfide Y$_4$Si$_3$S$_{12}$ was grown by a high temperature vapor transport reaction. The crystal structure of Y$_4$Si$_3$S$_{12}$ was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Y$_4$Si$_3$S$_{12}$ is ...

• SrZnSnSe$_4$: A quaternary selenide with large second harmonic generation and birefringence 

  Hou, Fengjuan; Mei, Dajiang; Zhang, Yiling; Liang, Fei; Wang, Jian; Lu, Jie; Lin, Zheshuai; Wu, Yuandong (Elsevier, 2022-02-08)

  Infrared nonlinear optical (NLO) materials with great laser conversion efficient play a key role in military and civil fields. SrZnSnSe$_4$ was synthesized via replacing S elements with Se in SrZnSnS$_4$ compound. SrZnSnSe$_4$ ...

• Ba6(CuxZy)Sn4S16(Z = Mg, Mn, Zn, Cd, In, Bi, Sn): High chemical flexibility resulting in good nonlinear-optical properties 

  Ji, Bingheng; Wu, Kui; Chen, Yunhua; Wang, Fei; Rossini, Aaron J.; Zhang, Bingbang; Wang, Jian (American Chemical Society, 2022-02-07)

  Seven acentric sulfides Ba6(CuxZy)Sn4S16 (Z = Mg, Mn, Zn, Cd, In, Bi, Sn) were grown by a high-temperature salt flux method. The crystal structures of the Ba6(CuxZy)Sn4S16 (Z = Mg, Mn, Zn, Cd, In, Bi, Sn) compounds were ...

• Binding sites of a positron emission tomography imaging agent in Alzheimer’s β amyloid fibrils studied using 19f solid-state NMR 

  Duan, Pu; Chen, Kelly J.; Wijegunawardena, Gayani; Dregni, Aurelio J.; Wang, Harrison K.; Wu, Haifan; Hong, Mei (ACS Publications, 2022-01-11)

  Amyloid imaging by positron emission tomography (PET) is an important method for diagnosing neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Many 11C- and 18F-labeled PET tracers show varying binding capacities, ...

• Ultraviolet-curable cycloaliphatic polyesters containing spiroacetal moieties for application as powder coatings 

  Hammer, Theodore J.; Pugh, Coleen; Soucek, Mark D. (American Chemical Society, 2022-03-15)

  Thermosetting cycloaliphatic powder coatings that exhibit good weatherability, corrosion resistance, and mechanical properties have been desired for some time. Unfortunately, most cycloaliphatic resins have glass transition ...

• Uncover new reactivity of genetically encoded alkyl bromide non-canonical amino acids 

  Shu, Xin; Asghar, Sana; Yang, Fan; Li, Shang-Tong; Wu, Haifan; Yang, Bing (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-02-18)

  Genetically encoded non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) with electrophilic moieties are excellent tools to investigate protein-protein interactions (PPIs) both in vitro and in vivo. These ncAAs, including a series of alkyl ...

• Investigation of abiotic degradation of tire cryogrinds 

  Thomas, Jomin; Moosavian, Sayed Kasra; Cutright, Teresa; Pugh, Coleen; Soucek, Mark D. (Elsevier, 2022-01-05)

  The abundance of microplastics found in the environment is a major cause of concern. Tire tread particles containing additives such as curing accelerators and antioxidants, can be a major source of elastomer pollution in ...

• Complex coordinated functional groups: A great genes for nonlinear optical materials 

  Wang, Jian; Wang, Weikang; Mei, Dajiang (Elsevier, 2021-12-04)

  Complex coordinated functional groups [MAxBy] (M = Central coordination element; A, B = P, O, S, Se, F, Cl, Br or I) are composed of different types of anions A, B jointly linked to the same central cation M, which are in ...

• From Three-Dimensional Clathrates to Two-Dimensional Zintl Phases AMSb2 (A = Rb, Cs; M = Ga, In) Composed of Pentagonal M–Sb Rings 

  Wang, Jian; Owens-Baird, Bryan; Kovnir, Kirill (American Chemical Society, 2021-12-14)

  Three new antimonide Zintl phases, RbGaSb2, CsGaSb2, and CsInSb2, were discovered during exploration of corresponding A−M−Sb (A = Rb, Cs; M = Ga, In) ternary systems while searching for new clathrates. The AGaSb2 ...

• Synthesis, crystal growth, electronic properties and optical properties of $Y_6IV_{2.5}S_{14}$ (IV=Si, Ge) 

  Ye, Zhengyang; Bardelli, Stefano; Wu, Kui; Sarkar, Arka; Swindle, Andrew L.; Wang, Jian (Wiley, 2021-12-06)

  Two isostructural ternary acentric sulfides, $Y_6Si_{2.5}S_{14}$ (1) and $Y_6Ge_{2.5}S_{14}$ (2) were re-investigated to understand the origin of the chemical flexibility of $RE_6B_xC_yCh_{14}$(RE=Y, La−Lu; B=Si, Ge, Sn, ...

• Structure-guided design of potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease: Structural, biochemical, and cell-based studies 

  Dampalla, Chamandi S.; Rathnayake, Athri D.; Perera, Krishani Dinali; Jesri, Abdul Rahman M.; Nguyen, Harry Nhat; Miller, Matthew J.; Thurman, Hayden A.; Zheng, Jian; Kashipathy, Maithri M.; Battaile, Kevin P.; Lovell, Scott; Perlman, Stanley (American Chemical Society, 2021-12-01)

  The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on public health worldwide, and there is an urgent need for the creation of an armamentarium of effective therapeutics, including vaccines, biologics, and small-molecule ...

• Applying band gap engineering to tune the linear optical and nonlinear optical properties of noncentrosymmetric chalcogenides $La_4Ge_3Se_X S_{12- x} (x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)$ 

  Cicirello, Gary; Wu, Kui; Zhang, Bingbing; Wang, Jian (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021-09-10)

  $La_4Ge_3S_{12}$ was structurally characterized in 1974 without any optical or nonlinear optical properties reported. Herein we report that the acentric crystal structure of $La_4Ge_3S_{12}$ has been confirmed by single-crystal ...

• Disentangling lipid isomers by high-resolution differential ion mobility spectrometry/ozone-induced dissociation of metalated species 

  Berthias, Francis; Poad, Berwyck L.J.; Thurman, Hayden A.; Bowman, Andrew P.; Blanksby, Stephen J.; Shvartsburg, Alexandre A. (American Chemical Society, 2021-11-09)

  The preponderance and functional importance of isomeric biomolecules have become topical in biochemistry. Therefore, one must distinguish and identify all such forms across compound classes, over a wide dynamic range as ...

• Search for active-sterile antineutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions with the NOvA experiment 

  Acero, Mario A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, Leo; Anfimov, Nikolay V.; Antoshkin, A.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas (American Physical Society, 2021-11-11)

  This Letter reports results from the first long-baseline search for sterile antineutrinos mixing in an accelerator-based antineutrino-dominated beam. The rate of neutral-current interactions in the two NOvA detectors, at ...

• Maleated soybean oil derivatives as versatile reactive diluents: Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation 

  Pellegrene, Brittany; Hammer, Theodore J.; Pugh, Coleen; Soucek, Mark D. (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2021-11-02)

  Four maleated soybean oil (SBO) derivatives were synthesized and used as bio-based reactive diluents (RDs) for alkyd coating systems. The RDs were prepared in a two-step fashion: (a) Maleation of SBO with maleic anhydride ...

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