- Parab, A.D.; Budi, A.; Slocik, J.M.; Rao, R.; Naik, R.R.; Walsh, T.R.; Knecht, M.R.* Molecular-Level Insights on Biologically-Driven Graphite Exfoliation for the Generation of Graphene in Aqueous Media, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 2219-2228.
- Nguyen, M.A. Bobé, C.; Bode, A.; Portela, M.E.; Munro, C.J.; Knecht, M.R.;* Collins, K.C. Identification of Toxicity Effects of Cu2O Nanoparticles on C. elegans as a Function of Particle Morphology and Size, Env. Sci.: Nano, 2020, ASAP.
- Walsh, T.R.; Knecht, M.R.* Biomolecular Materials Recognition in Two Dimensions: Peptide Binding to Graphene, h-BN, and MoS2 Nanosheets as Unique Bioconjugates, Bioconj. Chem. 2019, 30, 2727-2750.
- Munro, C.J.; Bell, E.C.; Cohn, J.; Zahran, E.M.; Bachas, L.G. Knecht, M.R.* Amino Acids for the Sustainable Production of Cu2O Materials: Effects on Morphology and Photocatalytic Activity, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 17055-17064.
- Bell, E.C.; Munro, C.J.; Shukla, D.; Cohn, J.L. Knecht, M.R.* Biomimetic Strategies to Produce Catalytically Reactive CuS Nanodisks, Nanoscale Adv. 2019, 1, 2857-2865. (Featured on the cover of the August 2019 issue.)
- Parab, A.; Slocik, J.M.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.* Peptide-Driven Fabrication of Catalytically Reactive Rhodium Nanoplates, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2018, 1, 7149-7158.
- Lawrence, R.L.; Cendan, V.J.; Scola, B.; Liu, Y.; Lim, C.-K.; Prasad, P.N.; Swihart, M.T.; Knecht, M.R.* Optical Control of Biomimetic Nanoparticle Catalysts Based upon the Metal Component, J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 28055-28064.
- Munro, C.J.; Knecht, M.R.* Engendering Materials Directing Peptides with Non-Native Functionalities through Synthetic Sequence Modifications, J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 26686-26697.
- Lawrence, R.L.; Hughes, Z.E.; Cendan, V.J.; Liu, Y.; Lim, C.-K.; Prasad, P.N.; Swihart, M.T.; Walsh, T.R.; Knecht, M.R.* Optical Control of Nanoparticle Catalysis Influenced by Photoswitch Positioning in Hybrid Peptide Capping Ligands, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 33640-33651.
- Nguyen, M.A. Hughes, Z.E.; Liu, Y.; Swihart, M.T.; Knecht, M.R.*; Walsh, T.R. Peptide-Mediated Growth and Dispersion of Au Nanoparticles in Water via Sequence Engineering, J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 11532-11542.
- Tunable assembly of biomimetic peptoids as templates to control nanostructure catalytic activity
Authors: Merrill, N.A.; Yan, F.; Jin, H.; Mu, P.; Chen, C.-L.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Peptide-Mediated Growth and Dispersion of Au Nanoparticles in Water via Sequence Engineering
Authors: Nguyen, M.A.; Hughes, Z.E.; Liu, Y.; Swihart, M.T.; Knecht, M.R.; Walsh, T.R.
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- Solution Effects on Peptide-Mediated Reduction and Stabilization of Au Nanoparticles
Authors: Munro, C.J.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Biointerface Structural Effects on the Properties and Applications of Bioinspired Peptide-Based Nanomaterials
Authors: Walsh, T.R. and Knecht, M.R.
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- Nature of Peptide Wrapping onto Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts and Driving Forces for Size Control
Authors: Ramezani-Dakhel, H.; Bedford, N.M.; Woehl, T.J.; Knecht, M.R.; Naik, R.R.; Heinz, H.
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- Reliable Computational Design of Biological and Inorganic Materials to the Large Nanometer Scale Using the Interface Force Field
Authors: Dharmawardhana, C.; Kanhaiya, K.; Lin, T.Z. Knecht, M.R.; Miao, J.; Heinz, H.
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- Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nanomaterial for Reductive Debromination: Visible Light Degradation of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers by Cu2O@Pd Nanostructures
Authors: Miller, E.B.; Zahran, E.M.; Knecht, M.R.; Bachas, L.G.
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- Effects of Metal Composition and Ratio on Peptide-Templated Multimetallic PdPt Nanomaterials
Authors: Merrill, N.A.; Nitka, T.T.; McKee, E.M.; Merino, K.C.; Drummy, L.F.; Lee, S.; Reinhart, B.; Ren, Y.; Munro, C.J.; Pylypenko, S.; Frenkel, A.I.; Bedford, N.M.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Elucidating the influence of materials-binding peptide sequence on Au surface interactions and colloidal stability of Au nanoparticles
Authors: Hughes, Z.E.; Nguyen, M.A.; Li, Y.; Swihart, M.T.; Walsh, T.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Pd-decorated m-BiVO4/BiOBr ternary composite with dual heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic activity
Authors: Pálmai, M.;Zahran, E.; Angamaro, S.; Bálint, Z.; Pászti, Z.; Knecht, M.R.; Bachas, L.G.
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- Remote Optically-Controlled Modulation of Catalytic Properties of Nanoparticles through Reconfiguration of the Inorganic/Organic Interface
Authors: Lawrence, R.L.; Scola, B.; Li, Y.; Lim, C.-K.; Prasad, P.N.; Swihart, M.T.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Peptide Sequence Effects Control the Single Pot Reduction, Nucleation, and Growth of Au Nanoparticles
Authors: Munro, C.J.; Hughes, Z.E, Walsh, T.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Optical Modulation of Peptide-Nanoparticle Interactions
Authors: Slocik, J.M.; Kuang, Z.; Knecht, M.R.; Naik, R.R.
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- Toward a Modular Multi-material Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly Strategy via Bionano-combinatorics: Bifunctional Peptides for Linking Au and Ag Nanomaterials
Authors: Briggs, B.D.;Palofox-Hernandez,J.P.;Li, Y.; Lim, C.-K.; Woehl, T.J.;Bedford, N.M.; Seifert, S.; Swihart, M.T.; Prasad, P.N.; Walsh, T.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Dose-Rate Controlled Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopic Mapping of Biohybrid Nanoparticles
Authors: Zhu, Y.; Munro, C.J.; Olszta, M.; Edwards, D.; Braunschweig, A.B.; Knecht, M.R.; Browning, N.
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- Converting Light Energy to Chemical Energy: A New Catalytic Approach for Sustainable Environmental Remediation
Authors: Nguyen, M.A.; Zahran, E.M.; Wilbon, A.S.; Besmer, A.V.; Cendan, V.J.; Ranson, W.A.; Lawrence, R.L.; Cohn, J.L.; Bachas, L.G.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Plasmon-Enhanced Two-Photon-Induced Isomerization for Highly-Localized Light-Based Actuation of Inorganic/Organic Interfaces
Authors: Lim, C.-K.; Li, X.; Li, Y.; Drew, K.L.M.; Palafox-Hernandez, J.P.; Tang, Z.; Baev, A.; Kuzmin, A.N.; Knecht, M.R.; Walsh, T.R.; Swihart, T.R.; Ågren, H.; Prasad, P.N.
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- Optical Actuation of Inorganic/Organic Interfaces: Comparing Peptide-Azobenzene Ligand Reconfiguration on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles
Authors: Palafox-Hernandez, J.P.; Lim, C.-K.; Tang, Z.; Drew, K.; Li, Y.; Swihart, M.T.; Prasad, P.N.; Knecht, M.R.; Walsh, T.R.
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- Sequence-Dependent Structure/Function Relationships of Catalytic Peptide-Enabled Gold Nanoparticles Generated under Ambient Synthetic Conditions
Authors: Bedford, N.M.; Hughes, Z.E.; Tang, Z.; Li, Y.; Briggs, B.D.; Ren, Y.; Swihart, M.T.; Petkov, V.G.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.; Walsh, T.R.
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- Identifying the Atomic-Level Effects of Metal Composition on the Structure and Catalytic Activity of Peptide-Templated Materials
Authors: Merrill, N.A.; McKee, E.M.; Merino, K.C.; Drummy, L.F.; Lee, S.; Reinhart, B.; Ren, Y.; Frenkel, A.I.; Naik, R.R.; Bedford, N.M.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Atomic-scale identification of Pd leaching in nanoparticle catalyzed C–C coupling: effects of particle surface disorder
Authors: Briggs, B.D.; Bedford, N.M.; Seifert, S.; Koerner, H.; Naik, R.R.; Frenkel, A.I.;Knecht, M.R.
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- Triggering nanoparticle surface ligand rearrangement via external stimuli: light-based actuation of biointerfaces
Authors: Tang, Z.; Lim, C.-K.; Palafox-Hernandez, J.P.; Drew, K.L.M.; Li, Y.; Swihart, M.T.; Prasad, P.N.; Walsh, T.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Direct Synthetic Control over the Size, Composition, and Photocatalytic Activity of Octahedral Copper Oxide Materials: Correlation Between Surface Structure and Catalytic Functionality
Authors: Nguyen, M.A.; Bedford, N.M.; Ren, Y.; Zahran, E.M.; Goodin, R.C.; Bachas, L.G.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Elucidation of Peptide-Directed Palladium Surface Structure for Biologically Tunable Nanocatalysts
Authors: Bedford, N.M.; Ramezani-Dakhel, H.; Slocik, J.M.; Briggs, B.D.; Ren, Y.; Frenkel, A.I.; Petkov, V.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Reductant and Sequence Effects on the Morphology and Catalytic Activity of Peptide-Capped Au Nanoparticles
Authors: Briggs. B.D.; Li, Y.; Swihart, M.T.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Comparative Study of Materials-Binding Peptide Interactions with Gold and Silver Surfaces and Nanostructures: A Thermodynamic Basis for Biological Selectivity of Inorganic Materials
Authors: Palafox-Hernandez, J.P.; Tang, Z.; Huges, Z.E.; Li, Y.; Swihart, M.T.; Prasad, P.N.; Walsh, T.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Examination of Transmetalation Pathways and Effects in Aqueous Suzuki Coupling Using Biomimetic Pd Nanocatalysts
Authors: Briggs, B.D.; Pekarek, R.T.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Peptide-Modified Dendrimers as Templates for the Production of Highly Reactive Catalytic Nanomaterials
Authors: Bedford, N.M.; Bhandari, R.; Slocik, J.M.; Seifert, S.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Structure of Arginine Overlayers at the Aqueous Gold Interface: Implications for Nanoparticle Assembly
Authors: Wright, L.B.; Merrill, N.A.; Knecht, M.R.; Walsh, T.R.
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- Peptide-mediated synthesis of gold nanoparticles: effects of peptide sequence and nature of binding on physicochemical properties
Authors: Li, Y.; Tang, Z.; Prasad, P.N.; Knecht, M.R.; Swihart, M.T.
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- Effects of Substrate Molecular Structure on the Catalytic Activity of Peptide-Templated Pd Nanomaterials
Authors: Pacardo, D.B.; Ardman, E.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Light-Activated Tandem Catalysis Driven by Multicomponent Nanomaterials
Authors: Zahran, E.M.; Bedford, N.M.; Nguyen, M.A.; Chang, Y-J.; Guiton, B.S.; Naik, R.R.; Bachas, L.G.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Biomolecular Recognition Principles for Bionanocombinatorics: An Integrated Approach To Elucidate Enthalpic and Entropic Factors
Authors: Tang, Z.; Palafox-Hernandez, J.P.; Law, W-C.; Hughes, Z.E.; Swihart, M.T.; Prasad, P.N.; Knecht, M.R.; Walsh, T.R
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- Structural Control and Catalytic Reactivity of Peptide-Templated Pd and Pt Nanomaterials for Olefin Hydrogenation
Authors: Bhandari, R.; Pacardo, D.B.; Bedford, N.M.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Structural and Equilibrium Effects of the Surface Passivant on the Stability of Au Nanorods
Authors: Merrill, N.A.; Sethi, M.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Exploiting Localized Surface Binding Effects to Enhance the Catalytic Reactivity of Peptide-Capped Nanoparticles
Authors: Coppage, R.; Slocik, J.M; Ramezani-Dakhel, H.; Bedford, N.M.; Heinz, H.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Stability, surface features, and atom leaching of palladium nanoparticles: toward prediction of catalytic functionality
Authors: Ramezani-Dakhel, H.; Mirau, P.A.; Naik, R.R; Knecht, M.R.; Heinz, H.
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- Exploring the mechanism of Stille C–C coupling via peptide-capped Pd nanoparticles results in low temperature reagent selectivity
Authors: Pacardo, D.B.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Isolation of Template Effects That Control the Structure and Function of Nonspherical, Biotemplated Pd Nanomaterials
Authors: Bhandari, R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic application of networked Au nanostructures fabricated using peptide templates
Authors: Bhandari, R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Determining Peptide Sequence Effects That Control the Size, Structure, and Function of Nanoparticles
Authors: Coppage, R.; Slocik, J.M.; Briggs, B.D.; Frenkel, A.I.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Fibronectin Binding to the Treponema pallidum Adhesin Protein Fragment rTp0483 on Functionalized Self-Assembled Monolayers
Authors: Dickerson, M.T.; Abney, M.B.; Cameron, C.E.; Knecht, M.R.; Bachas, L.G.; Anderson, K.W.
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- Nanotechnology Meets Biology: Peptide-based Methods for the Fabrication of Functional Materials
Authors: Briggs, B.D.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Mimicking nature’s strategies for the design of nanocatalysts
Authors: Bhandari, R.; Coppage, R.; Knecht, M.
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- Crystallographic Recognition Controls Peptide Binding for Bio-Based Nanomaterials
Authors: Coppage, R.; Slocik, J.M.; Briggs, B.D.; Frenkel, A.I.; Heinz, H.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Employing materials assembly to elucidate surface interactions of amino acids with Au nanoparticles
Authors: Sethi, M.; Law, W.-C.; Fennell, W.A.; Prasad, P.N.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Interrogating the catalytic mechanism of nanoparticle mediated Stille coupling reactions employing bio-inspired Pd nanocatalysts
Authors: Pacardo, D.B.; Slocik, J.M.; Kirk, K.C.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Effects of the Material Structure on the Catalytic Activity of Peptide-Templated Pd Nanomaterials
Authors: Bhandari, R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Suppression of Ycf1p Function by Cka1p-dependent Phosphorylation is Attenuated in Response to Salt Stress
Authors: Pickin, K.A.; Ezenwajiaku, N.; Overcash, H.; Sethi, M.; Knecht, M.R.; Paumi, C.M.
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- Biological Surface Effects of Metallic Nanomaterials for Applications in Assembly and Catalysis
Authors: Sethi, M.; Pacardo, D.B.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Understanding the Mechanism of Amino Acid-Based Au Nanoparticle Chain Formation
Authors: Sethi, M.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Elucidation of Peptide Effects that Control the Activity of Nanoparticles
Authors: Coppage, R.; Slocik, J.M.; Sethi, M.; Pacardo, D.B.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Employing high-resolution materials characterization to understand the effects of Pd nanoparticle structure on their activity as catalysts for olefin hydrogenation
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Pacardo, D.B.
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- Peptide template effects for the synthesis and catalytic application of Pd nanoparticle networks
Authors: Jakhmola, A.; Bhandari, R.; Pacardo, D.B.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Biomimetic Synthesis of Pd Nanocatalysts for the Stille Coupling Reaction
Authors: Pacardo, D.B.; Sethi, M.; Jones, S.E.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Fabrication and Biofunctionalization of Carbon-Encapsulated Au Nanoparticles
Authors: Chopra, N.; Bachas, L.G.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Bio-inspired colorimetric detection of Hg2+ and Pb2+ heavy metal ions using Au nanoparticles
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Sethi, M.
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- Linear Assembly of Au Nanorods Using Biomimetic Ligands
Authors: Sethi, M.; Joung, G.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Stability and Electrostatic Assembly of Au Nanorods for Use in Biological Assays
Authors: Sethi, M.; Joung, G.; Knecht, M.R.
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- Structural Analysis of PdAu Dendrimer-Encapsulated Bimetallic Nanoparticles
Authors: Weir, M.G.; Knecht, M.R.; Frenkel, A.I.; Crooks, R.M.
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- Quantitative Analysis of the Stability of Pd Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles
Authors: Carino, E.V.; Knecht, M.R.; Crooks, R.M.
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- Synthesis and Characterization of Pt Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles: Effect of the Template on Nanoparticle Formation
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Weir, M.G.; Myers, V.S.; Pyrz, W.D.; He, Y.; Petkov, V.; Buttrey, D.J.; Frenkel, A.I.; Crooks, R.M.
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- Periodicity and Atomic Ordering in Nanosized Particles of Crystals
Authors: Petkov, V.; Bedford, N.; Knecht, M.R.; Weir, M.G.; Crooks, R.M.; Tang, W.; Henkelman, G.; Frenkel, A.I.
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- Structural Rearrangement of Bimetallic Alloy PdAu Nanoparticles within Dendrimer Templates to Yield Core/Shell Configurations
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Weir, M.G.; Frenkel, A.I.; Crooks, R.M.
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- Magnetic properties of dendrimer-encapsulated iron nanoparticles containing an average of 55 and 147 atoms
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Crooks, R.M.
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- Synthesis, Characterization, and Magnetic Properties of Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nickel Nanoparticles Containing less than 150 Atoms
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Garcia-Martinez, J.C.; Crooks, R.M.
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- Effect of Pd Nanoparticle Size on the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Allyl Alcohol
Authors: Wilson, O.M.; Knecht, M.R.; Garcia-Martinez, J.C.; Crooks, R.M.
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- Hydrophobic Dendrimers as Templates for Au Nanoparticles
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Garcia-Martinez, J.C.; Crooks, R.M.
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- Size Control of Dendrimer-Templated Silica
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Sewell, S.L.; Wright, D.W.
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- Dendrimer-Mediated Formation of Multicomponent Nanospheres
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Wright, D.W.
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- Amine-Terminated Dendrimers as Biomimetic Templates for Silica Nanosphere Formation
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Wright, D.W.
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- Functional analysis of the biomimetic silica precipitating activity of the R5 peptide from Cylindrotheca fusiformis
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Wright, D.W.
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BOOK CHAPTERS
- Self-Assembled Biological Structures as Templates for Nanoparticle Formation. In Self Assembled Nanostructures of Biopolymers, Organic Semiconductors, and Inorganic Compounds
Authors: Merrill, N.M.; Knecht, M.R.
- Pd Nanoparticles in C-C Coupling Reactions. In Metal Nanoparticles for Catalysis
Authors: Pacardo, D.B.; Knecht, M.R.
- Bio-Inspired Nanocatalysis. In Bio-Inspired Nanotechnology
Authors: Coppage, R.; Knecht, M.R.
- Amino Acid Mediated Linear Assembly of Au Nanomaterials. InNanobiotechnology Protocols
Authors: Sethi, M.; Knecht, M.R.
- Biomimetic Synthesis of Nanoparticles. In Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry
Authors: Sethi, M.; Knecht, M.R.
- Biogenic Nanoparticles. In The Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Authors: Slocik, J.M.; Knecht, M.R.; Wright, D.W.
BOOKS
- Bio-Inspired Nanotechnology
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Walsh, T.R, Eds.
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- Non-Specific Proteases Can Produce Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
Authors: Knecht, M.R.
- A Light Upon the Horizon: Young Analytical Chemists Forging New Scientific Pathways During an Economic Downturn
Authors: Knecht, M.R.; Daunert, S.
- Micro/Nano Technology for Genomics and Proteomics
Authors: Knecht, M.R.;Ed. M. Ozkan and M.J. Heller