Publications from Research Conducted at Bio-SANS

2013 Publications

• Brosey C. A., Yan C., Tsutakawa S. E., Heller W. T., Rambo R. P., Tainer J. A., Ivanov I., Chazin W. J., "A new structural framework for integrating replication protein A into DNA processing machinery", Nucleic Acids Research , (2013).
• Hayes D. G., Alkhatib M. H., Rio J. Gomezdel, Urban V. S., "Physicochemical characterization of water-in-oil microemulsions formed by a binary 1,3-dioxolane alkyl ethoxylate/aerosol-OT surfactant system", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 417, 99-110 (2013).
• Heberle F. A., Petruzielo R. S., Pan J., Drazba P., Kucerka N., Standaert R. F., Feigenson G. W., Katsaras J., "Bilayer thickness mismatch controls domain size in model membranes", Journal of the American Chemical Society , (2013).
• Liberton M., Page L. E., O'Dell W. B., O'Neill H., Mamontov E., Urban V. S., Pakrasi H. B., "Organization and flexibility of cyanobacterial thylakoid membranes examined by neutron scattering", Journal of Biological Chemistry 288, 3632-3640 (2013).
• Murnen H. K., Rosales A. M., Dobrynin A. V., Zuckermann R. N., Segalman R. A., "Persistence length of polyelectrolytes with precisely located charges", Soft Matter 9, 90-98 (2013).
• Petruzielo R. S., Heberle F. A., Drazba P., Katsaras J., Feigenson G. W., "Phase behavior and domain size in sphingomyelin-containing lipid bilayers", Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes , (2013).

2012 Publications

• Aytar B. S., Muller J. P.E., Golan S., Kondo Y., Talmon Y., Abbott N. L., Lynn D. M., "Chemical oxidation of a redox-active, ferrocene-containing cationic lipid: influence on interactions with DNA and characterization in the context of cell transfection", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 387, 56-64 (2012).
• Berry K. D., Bailey K. M., Beal J., Diawara Y., Funk L., Hicks J. S., Jones A. B., Littrell K. C., Pingali S. V., Summers P. R., Urban V. S., Vandergriff D. H., Johnson N. H., Bradley B. J., "Characterization of the neutron detector upgrade to the GP-SANS and Bio-SANS instruments at HFIR", Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 693, 179-185 (2012).
• Dong H., Shu J. Y., Dube N., Ma Y., Tirrell M. V., Downing K. H., Xu T., "3-Helix micelles stabilized by polymer springs", Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 11807-11814 (2012).
• Dyer C. W., "The role of non-bonding interactions and bonding schemes in the structure and properties of multi-component polymer systems", University of Tennessee , (2012).
• Harton S. E., Pingali S. V., Nunnery G. A., Baker D. A., Walker S. H., Muddiman D. C., Koga T., Rials T. G., Urban V. S., Langan P., "Evidence for complex molecular architectures for solvent-extracted lignins", ACS Macro Letters 1, 568 (2012).
• He L., Piper A., Meilleur F., Hernandez R., Heller W. T., Brown D. T., "Conformational changes in Sindbis virus induced by decreased pH revealed by small-angle neutron scattering", Journal of Virology 86, 1982-1987 (2012).
• Hsu C.-Y., Nieh M.-P., Lai P.-S., "Facile self-assembly of porphyrin-embedded polymeric vesicles for theranostic applications", Chemical Communications 48, 9343-9345 (2012).
• Jayasundar J. J., Ju J. H., He L., Liu D., Meilleur F., Zhao J., Callaway D. J.E., Bu Z., "Open conformation of ezrin bound to PIP2 and to F-actin revealed by neutron scattering", Journal of Biological Chemistry 287, 37119-37133 (2012).
• Luk A., Murthy N. S., Wang W., Rojas R., Kohn J., "Study of nanoscale structures in hydrated biomaterials using small-angle neutron scattering", Acta Biomaterialia 8, 1459-1468 (2012).
• Markarian M. Z., Hariri H. H., Reisch A., Urban V. S., Schlenoff J. B., "A small-angle neutron scattering study of the equilibrium conformation of polyelectrolytes in stoichiometric saloplastic polyelectrolyte complexes", Macromolecules 45, 1016-1024 (2012).
• Muller J. P.E., Aytar B. S., Kondo Y., Lynn D. M., Abbott N. L., "Incorporation of DOPE into lipoplexes formed from a ferrocenyl lipid leads to inverse hexagonal nanostructures that allow redox-based control of transfection in high serum", Soft Matter 8, 6608-6619 (2012).
• Murnen H., "Solution self-assembly of sequence specific biomimetic polymers", University of California, Berkeley , (2012).
• O'Dell W. B., Beatty K. J., Tang J. K.-H., Blankenship R. E., Urban V. S., O'Neill H., "Sol-gel entrapped light harvesting antennas: immobilization and stabilization of chlorosomes for energy harvesting", Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, 22582-22591 (2012).
• O'Neill H. M., Chathoth S. M., Cardoso M. B., Baker G. A., Mamontov E., Urban V. S., "Characterization of morphology and active agent mobility within hybrid silica sol-gel composites", Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 13972-13979 (2012).
• Pan J., Heberle F. A., Tristram-Nagle S., Szymanski M., Koepfinger M., Katsaras J., Kucerka N., "Molecular structures of fluid phase phosphatidylglycerol bilayers as determined by small angle neutron and X-ray scattering", Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 1818, 2135-2148 (2012).
• Qian S., Dean R., Urban V. S., Chaudhuri B. N., "The internal organization of mycobacterial partition assembly: does the DNA wrap a protein core?", PLoS One 7, e52690 (2012).
• Rosales A. M., Murnen H. K., Kline S. R., Zuckermann R. N., Segalman R. A., "Determination of the persistence length of helical and non-helical polypeptoids in solution", Soft Matter 8, 3673-3680 (2012).
• Satsoura D., Kucerka N., Shivakumar S., Pencer J., Griffiths C., Leber B., Andrews D. W., Katsaras J., Fradin C., "Interaction of the full-length Bax protein with biomimetic mitochondrial liposomes: a small-angle neutron scattering and fluorescence study", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1818, 384-401 (2012).
• Tang K. H., Blankenship R. E., "Neutron and light scattering studies of light-harvesting photosynthetic antenna complexes", Photosynthesis Research 111, 205-217 (2012).
• White G. Von, Chen Y., Roder-Hanna J., Bothun G. D., Kitchens C. L., "Structural and thermal analysis of lipid vesicles encapsulating hydrophobic gold nanoparticles", ACS Nano 6, 4678-4685 (2012).

2011 Publications

• Cardoso M. B., Smolensky D., Heller W. T., Hong K., O'Neill H., "Supramolecular assembly of biohybrid photoconversion systems", Energy & Environmental Science 4, 181-188 (2011).
• Chaudhuri B. N., Gupta S., Urban V. S., Chance M. R., D''Mello R., Smith L., Lyons K., Gee J., "A combined global and local approach to elucidate spatial organization of the mycobacterial ParB-parS partition assembly", Biochemistry 50, 1799-1807 (2011).
• Heldt C. L., Kurouski D., Sorci M., Grafeld E., Lednev I. K., Belfort G., "Isolating toxic insulin amyloid reactive species that lack β-sheets and have wide pH stability", Biophysical Journal 100, 2792-2800 (2011).
• Heldt C. L., Sorci M., Posada D., Hirsa A., Belfort G., "Detection and reduction of microaggregates in insulin preparations", Biotechnology and Bioengineering 108, 237-241 (2011).
• Kučerka N., Nieh M. P., Katsaras J., "Fluid phase lipid areas and bilayer thicknesses of commonly used phosphatidylcholines as a function of temperature", Biochimica et Biophysica Acta- Biomembranes 1808, 2761-2771 (2011).
• Lee C. C., Sun Y., Qian S., Huang H. W., "Transmembrane pores formed by human antimicrobial peptide LL-37", Biophysical Journal 100, 1688-1696 (2011).
• Mouzakis K. M., "Porosity and pore networks of caprocks: a nanoscale experimental approach investigating the gothic shale and marine Tuscaloosa shale - implications to carbon sequestration", Colorado School of Mines , (2011).
• Pai S. S., Hammouda B., Hong K., Pozzo D. C., Przybycien T., Tilton R. D., "The conformation of the poly(ethylene glycol) chain in mono-PEGylated lysozyme and mono-PEGylated human growth hormone", Bioconjugate Chemistry 22, 2317-2323 (2011).
• Pai S., "Adsorption of poly(ehtylene glogol) conjugated proteins to biomaterials used in delivery", Carnegie Mellon University , (2011).
• Petridis L., Pingali S. V., Urban V., Heller W. T., O'Neill H. M., Foston M., Ragauskas A., Smith J. C., "Self-similar multiscale structure of lignin revealed by neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulation", Physical Review E 83, 61911 (2011).
• Pingali S. V., O'Neill H. M., McGaughey J., Urban V. S., Rempe C. S., Petridis L., Smith J. C., Evans B. R., Heller W. T., "Small angle neutron scattering reveals pH-dependent conformational changes in trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I: Implications for enzymatic activity", Journal of Biological Chemistry 286, 32801-32809 (2011).
• Qian S., Heller W. T., "Peptide-induced asymmetric distribution of charged lipids in a vesicle bilayer revealed by small-angle neutron scattering", Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115, 9831-9837 (2011).
• Richter A. G., Dergunov S. A., Ganus B., Thomas Z., Pingali S. V., Urban V., Liu Y., Porcar L., Pinkhassik E., "Scattering studies of hydrophobic monomers in liposomal bilayers: an expanding shell model of monomer distribution", Langmuir 27, 3792-3797 (2011).
• Stanley C. B., Perevozchikova T., Berthelier V., "Structural formation of Huntingtin Exon 1 aggregates probed by small-angle neutron scattering", Biophysical Journal 100, 2504-2512 (2011).
• Tang K. H., Zhu L., Urban V. S., Collins A. M., Biswas P., Blankenship R. E., "Temperature and ionic strength effects on the chlorosome light-harvesting antenna complex", Langmuir 27, 4816-4828 (2011).
• Tekobo S., Richter A. G., Dergunov S. A., Pingali S. V., Urban V. S., Yan B., Pinkhassik E., "Synthesis, characterization, and controlled aggregation of biotemplated polystyrene nanodisks", Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13, 6427-6437 (2011).

2010 Publications

• Cardoso M. B., Luckarift H. R., Urban V. S., O'Neill H., Johnson G. R., "Protein localization in silica nanospheres derived via biometric mineralization", Advanced Functional Materials 20, 3031-3038 (2010).
• Cardoso M. B., Smolensky D., Heller W. T., O'Neill H., "Investigation of detergent effects on the solution structure of spinach Light Harvesting Complex II", Journal of Physics: Conference Series 251, 12041 (2010).
• Gomez del Rio J., Hayes D. G., Urban V. S., "Partitioning behavior of an acid-cleavable, 1,3-dioxolane alkyl ethoxylate, surfactant in single and binary surfactant mixtures for 2- and 3-phase microemulsion systems according to ethoxylate head group size", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 352, 424-435 (2010).
• He L., Piper A., Meilleur F., Myles D. A. A., Hernandez R., Brown D. T., Heller W. T., "The structure of Sindbis virus produced from vertebrate and invertebrate hosts determined by small-angle neutron scattering", Journal of Virology 84, 5270-5276 (2010).
• Heller W. T., O'Neill H. M., Zhang Q., Baker G. A., "Characterization of the influence of the ionic liquid 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride on the structure and thermal stability of green fluorescent protein", Journal of Physical Chemistry B 114, 13866-13871 (2010).
• Kent M. S., Cheng G., Murton J. K., Carles E. L., Dibble D. C., Zendejas F., Rodriquez M. A., Tran H., Holmes B., Simmons B. A., Knierim B., Auer M., Banuelos J. L., Urquidi J., Hjelm R. P., "Study of enzymatic digestion of cellulose by small angle neutron scattering", Biomacromolecules 11, 357-368 (2010).
• Liu X., Abbott N. L., "Characterization of the nanostructure of complexes formed by single- or double- stranded oligonucleotides with a cationic suractant", Journal of Physical Chemistry B 114, 15554-15564 (2010).
• Luk A., "Poly(DTE-co-PEG carbonate) as a model system for investigating the effects of physicochemical polymer characteristics on protein adsorption and cell attachment", Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey , (2010).
• Pingali S. V., Urban V. S., Heller W. T., McGaughey J., O'Neill H. M., Foston M., Myles D. A., Ragauskas A. J., Evans B. R., "SANS study of cellulose extracted from switchgrass", Acta Crystallographica D 66, 1189–1193 (2010).
• Pingali S. V., Urban V. S., Heller W. T., McGaughey J., O'Neill H., Foston M., Myles D. A., Ragauskas A., Evans B. R., "Breakdown of cell wall nanostructure in dilute acid pretreated biomass", Biomacromolecules 11, 2329-2335 (2010).
• Stanley C. B., O'Neill H. M., Rowe E. L., Berthelier V. M., "SANS and osmotic stress approach to study protein preferential hydration and association", Biophysical Journal 98, 452a (2010).
• Tang K. H., Urban V. S., Wen J., Xin Y., Blankenship R. E., "SANS investigation of the photosynthetic machinery of Chloroflexus aurantiacus", Biophysical Journal 99, 2398-2407 (2010).
• Tekobo S., "Two-dimensional motifs in organic materials: nanodisks, nano-disk based nanocoposites, and nanothin surface-mounted films", University of Memphis , (2010).
• White G. Von, "Synthesis, stabilization, and characterization of metal nanoparticles", Clemson University , (2010).

2009 Publications

• Alkhatib M. H., Hayes D. G., Urban V. S., "Characterization of microemulsion systems formed by a mixed 1,3-dioxolane ethoxylate/octyl glucoside surfactant system", Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 12, 277-283 (2009).
• Baker G. A., Heller W. T., "Small-angle neutron scattering studies of model protein denaturation in aqueous solutions of the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride", Chemical Engineering Journal 147, 6-12 (2009).
• Cardoso M. B., Smolensky D., Heller W. T., O'Neill H., "Insight into the structure of light-harvesting complex II and its stabilization in detergent solution", Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113, 16377–16383 (2009).
• Luo G., Zhang Q., Del Castillo A. R., Urban V., O'Neill H., "Characterization of sol-gel-encapsulated proteins using small-angle neutron scattering", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 1, 2262- 2268 (2009).

Previous Publications

• Heller W. T., Lynn G. W., Urban V. S., Weiss K., Myles D. A. A., "The Bio-SANS small-angle neutron scattering instrument at Oak Ridge National Laboratory", Neutron News 19, 22-23 (2008).

61 publications were retrieved from the Neutron Sciences Publication Database.

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