This study investigates how circadian clock regulation impacts carbon partitioning between storage, growth, and product synthesis in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 in providing insights for potential strategies for enhanced bioproduction. In our analysis we explore circadian regulatory rewiring of...

Lee, J., E. Nakouzi, J. Heo, B. A. Legg, G. K. Schenter, D. Li, C. Park, H. Ma, J. Chun. Effects of particle shape and surface roughness on van der Waals interactions and coupling to dynamics in nanocrystals. J. Colloid Interface Sci . 2023. 652,1974-1983. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.160 The van der...

Reynolds, J. G.; Nienhuis, E. T.; Mergelsberg, S. T.; Pearce, C. I.; Rosso, K. M. The Apparent Reversal of the Law of Mass Action in Concentrated Multicomponent Aqueous Solutions. J Mol Liq . 2023. 377, 121470. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121470 Although it is well known that aqueous electrolyte...

Chen, P.; Zhu, Y.; Bergman, R.; Xue, S.; Zhao, Y.; LaVerne, J.; Guo, X.; Pearce, C. I.; Wang, Z.; Chen, T.; Rosso, K.; Zhang, X. Effects of Ionizing Radiation on the Thermodynamic Stability of Boehmite and Gibbsite. J. Phys. Chem. C . 2024. 128(8), 3578-3587. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c08456 We...

Nienhuis, E. T.; Pouvreau, M.; Graham, T. R.; Prange, M. P.; Page, K.; Loring, J. S.; Stack, A. G.; Clark, A. E.; Schenter, G. K.; Rosso, K. M.; Pearce, C. I.; Wang, H.-W. Structure and reactivity of sodium aluminate complexes in alkaline solutions. J. Mol. Liq . 2022. 367(Part A), 120379. DOI: 10...

Lambros, E., B. Link, M. Chow, F. Lipparini, S. Hammes-Schiffer, X. Li. Assessing Implicit and Explicit Polarizable Solvation Models for Nuclear–Electronic Orbital Systems: Quantum Proton Polarization and Solvation Energetics. J. Phys. Chem. A . 2023. 127(44) 9322-9333. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03153...

Graham, T. R.; Hu, J. Z.; Jaegers, N. R.; Zhang, Xin; Pearce, C. I.; Rosso, K. M. An amorphous sodium aluminate hydrate phase mediates coordination change in highly alkaline sodium hydroxide solutions. Inorg. Chem. Front . 2022. 9(24), 6344-6357. DOI: 10.1039/D2QI01642G Aluminum (Al) transformations...

Reynolds, J. G.; Graham, T. R.; Pearce, C. I. Ion hydration controls self-diffusion in multicomponent aqueous electrolyte solutions of NaNO2-NaOH-H2O. Journal of Molecular Liquids . 2022. 360, 119441. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119441 Determining the diffusive properties of multicomponent...

Liu, Wei; Pouvreau, Maxime; Stack, Andrew; Yang, Xiaoning; Clark, Aurora E. Concentration Dependent Interfacial Chemistry of the NaOH(aq): Gibbsite Interface. PCCP . 2022. 24(35), 20988-21008. DOI: 10.1039/D2CP01997C Caustic conditions are often employed for dissolution of a wide variety of minerals...

Wei, Y.; E. T. Nienhuis; S. T. Mergelsberg; T. R. Graham; Q. Guo, G. K. Schenter; C. I. Pearce; A.E. Clark. Cation Coordination Polyhedra Lead to Multiple Lengthscale Organization in Aqueous Electrolytes. Chem. Commun . 2023. 59 (69), 10400-10403. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02416D Understanding multiple...

Zhao, Y.; Q. Guo; S. Xue; P. Chen; Q. Zhao; L. Liu; H. Hlushko; J. LaVerne; C. Pearce; A. Miao; Z. Wang; K. M. Rosso; X. Zhang. Effect of Adsorbed Carboxylates on the Dissolution of Boehmite Nanoplates in Highly Alkaline Solutions. ES&T . 2024. 58(4): 2017-2026. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c06595...

Zhou, J.; Xue, S.; Liu, L.; Zhang, X.; Rosso, K. M. Particle-Based Crystallization. ACS Symposium Series: Crystallization via Non-Classical Pathways Vol II: Aggregation, Biomineralization, Imaging & Application. 2021 . Vol. 1383, 37-73. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2021-1383.ch002 . Particle-based...

Smith, W.; Pouvreau, M.; Rosso, K.; Clark, A.E. pH Dependent Reactivity of Boehmite Surfaces from First-Principles Molecular Dynamics. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys . 2022. 24(23), 14177-14186. DOI: 10.1039/D2CP00534D pH dependent interfacial chemistry depends upon the distribution and respective pKa...

Lambros, E., J. H. Fetherolf, S. Hammes-Schiffer, X. Li. A Many-Body Perspective of Nuclear Quantum Effects in Aqueous Clusters. J. Phys. Chem . Lett. 2024, 15, 4070-4075. DOI: 10.1021/acs.pclett.4c00439 Nuclear quantum effects play an important role in the structure and thermodynamics of aqueous...

Lambros, E.; B. Link; M. Chow; S. Hammes-Schiffer; X. Li. Solvent Induced Proton Polarization within the Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Framework. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023. 14(12), 2990-2995. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00471 To explicitly account for nuclear quantum effects and solvent environments in...