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.; 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...

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, 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...

Heo, J.; P. Butreddy; G. K. Schenter; C. J. Mundy; J. J. DeYoreo; E. Nakouzi; J. Lee; J. Chun. Colloidal phenomena reflect the interplay between interfacial solution structure, interparticle forces, and dynamical response. COCIS . 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101887 . The physical and chemical...

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...

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.; Nienhuis, E. T.; Reynolds, J. G.; Marcial, J.; Loring, J. S.; Rosso, K. M.; Pearce, C. I. Sodium site occupancy and phosphate speciation in Natrophosphate are invariant to changes in NaF and Na3PO4 concentration. Inorg. Chem. Front . 2022. 9(19), 4864-4875. DOI: 10.1039/d2qi00868h...

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...

Pouvreau, M.; Q. Guo, H.-W. Wang, G.K. Schenter, C. I. Pearce, A. E. Clark, K. M. Rosso. An Efficient Reactive Force Field without Explicit Coordination Dependence for Studying Caustic Aluminum Chemistry. J. Phys. Chem. Lett . 2023. 14, 6743-6748. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01176 Reactive force...

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 X.; Rangel Guillen, T.; Graham, T. R.; Chen, P.; Zhao, Y.; Mergelsberg, S. T.; Zhu, Z.; Wang, Z.; Rosso, K. M.; Guo, X.; Zhang, X.; Incorporation of rare earth elements Sc, Y and La into gibbsite. J. Chem. Eng . 2024. 485:149809. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.149809 Rare earth elements (REE) are...

Guo, Q., M. Pouvreau, K. M. Rosso, A. E. Clark. Mechanisms of dissolution from gibbsite step edges elucidated by ab initio molecular dynamics with enhanced sampling. Science Direct: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta . 2023. 366, 201-209. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2023.11.007 Surface reactions underpin our...