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...

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...

Huestis, P.L.; Anovitz, L.M.; Kolesnikov, A.I.; Jensen, G.; Barker, J.; Bleuel, M.; Gagnon, C.; Mildner, D. F. R.; Zhang, X.; Zong, M.; LaVerne, J. A. Effects of γ-Irradiation, Cation Size and Salt Concentration on the Aggregation of Boehmite Nanoplatelets. J. Phys. Chem C . 2023. 127(10), 4896-4904...

Ho, T. A.; Rosso, K. M.; Criscenti, L. J. Atomistic Mismatch Defines Energy−Structure Relationships during Oriented Attachment of Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022 . 13, 9339-9347. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02511 Oriented attachment is an important crystal growth pathway in nature and has...

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; 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...

Liu, T.; Nikhil, R.; Nakouzi, E.; Legg, B. A.; Chun, J.; Liu, L.; Schenter, G. K.; De Yoreo, J. J.; Anovitz, L. M.; Stack, A. G. Molecular Mechanisms of Sorbed ion Effects During Boehmite Particle Aggregation. Langmuir . 2024, 40(17), 8791-8805. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03532 Classical theories...

Chen, Q.; X. Zhang. Nanoparticle Self-Assemblies with Modern Complexity. MRS Bulletin , 2024, 49, 310-318. DOI: 10.1557/s43577-024-00700-1 Thanks to decades of tireless efforts, nanoparticle assemblies have reached an extremely high level of controllability, sophistication, and complexity, with new...

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...

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...

Liu, A; Chow M.; Wildman, A.; Frisch, M. J.; Hammes-Schiffer, S.; Li, X. Simultaneous Optimization of Nuclear-Electronic Orbitals. J. Phys. Chem . A. 2022. 126(39), 7033-7039. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c05172 Accurate modeling of important nuclear quantum effects, such as nuclear delocalization, zero...

Nakouzi, E.; S. Kerisit; B. A. Legg; S. Yadav; D. Li; A. G. Stack; C. J. Mundy; J. Chun; G. K. Schenter; J. J. De Yoreo. Solution Structure and Hydration Forces between Mica and Hydrophilic Versus Hydrophobic Surfaces. J. Phys. Chem C . 2023. 127 (5) 2741-2752. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c09120 Solid...

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...

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...

Riechers, S. L.; X. Zhang; J. A. LaVerne, K. M. Rosso. Direct Measurement of Mineral Dissolution Enhanced by X-ray Irradiation. J Phys. Chem . C. 2023. 127 (36), 17694-17699. DOI: 10.1021acs.jpcc.3c02817 Developing a predictive understanding of mineral-phase stability in extreme chemical conditions...