Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Chemistry and Biochemistry Department faculty.
Submissions from 2016
Impact of Annealing-Induced Intermixing on the Electronic Level Alignment at the In2S3/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Film Solar Cell Interface, Marcus Bär, Nicolas Barreau, Francois Couzinié-Devy, Lothar Weinhardt, Regan G. Wilks, John Kessler, and Clemens Heske
Soft X-ray and Electron Spectroscopy: A Unique "Tool Chest" to Characterize the Chemical and Electronic Properties of Surfaces and Interfaces, M Bär, Lothar Weinhardt, and Clemens Heske
Isotope Effects in the Resonant Inelastic Soft X-ray Scattering Maps of Gas-Phase Methanol, A Benkert, F Meyer, D Hauschild, Monika Blum, W Yang, R G. Wilks, M Bär, F Reinert, C Heske, and L Weinhardt
Lanthanide Complexation of 2,6-Bis(5,6-dipyridyl-1,2,4-triazinyl)pyridine - Solvent- and Lanthanide-Ion-Controlled Ligand Coordination Mode and Denticity, A Bhattacharyya, Paul Forster, D B. Rego, and K R. Czerwinski
Thermotropic liquid–crystalline properties of 4,4′-dialkoxy-3,3′-diaminobiphenyl compounds and their precursors, Pradip Bhowmik, S T. Killarney, J J. Koh, O Tanthmanatham, H Han, T Harris, M R. Fisch, D M. Agra-Kooijman, L Sharpnack, and S Kumar
Photochemical behavior of the quadruply metal-metal bonded [Tc2Cl8]2− anion in acetonitrile, B P. Burton-Pye, Frederic Poineau, J Bertoia, K R. Czerwinski, L C. Francesconi, and A P. Sattelberger
Gaining Insights on the H2-Sorbent Interactions: Robust soc-MOF Platform as a Case Study, A J. Cairns, J Eckert, L Wojtas, M Thommes, D Wallacher, P A. Georgiev, Paul Forster, Y Belmabkhout, J Ollivier, and M Eddaoudi
Ent-Labdane Diterpenoids from the Aerial Parts of Eupatorium obtusissmum, Q A. Castillo, J Triana, J L. Eiroa, L Calcul, E Rivera, L Wojtas, J M. Padrón, L Boberieth, M Keramane, E Abel-Santos, L A. Báez, and E A. Germosén
Ditechnetium Heptoxide Revisited: Solid-State, Gas-Phase, and Theoretical Studies, Bradley C Childs, H Braband, K Lawler, D S. Mast, L Bigler, U Stalder, P M. Forster, K R. Czerwinski, R Alberto, A P. Sattelberger, and F Poineau
A New Look at the Electronic Structure of Transparent Conductive Oxides—A Case Study of the Interface between Zinc Magnesium Oxide and Cadmium Telluride, Douglas A Duncan, R Mendelsberg, M Mezher, K Horsley, Samantha Rosenberg, Monika Blum, G Xiong, L Weinhardt, M Gloeckler, and Clemens Heske
A closer look at initial CdS growth on high-efficiency Cu(In, Ga)Se2 absorbers using surface-sensitive methods, T M. Friedlmeier, P Jackson, D Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, D Hauschild, O Kiowski, D Hariskos, Lothar Weinhardt, Clemens Heske, and M Powalla
Kinetics of the formation of precipitates and the physicochemical properties of technetium-99 and rhenium sulfides according to small-angle X-ray scattering and ultramicrocentrifugation data, K E. German, Y A. Obruchnikova, A V. Safonov, V E. Tregubova, A V. Afanas’ev, A V. Kopytin, O S. Kryzhovets, Frederic Poineau, E V. Abkhalimov, and A A. Shiryaev
p53-dependent up-regulation of CDKN1A and down-regulation of CCNE2 in response to beryllium, Priyatham Gorjala, J G. Cairncross, and R K. Gary
The effect of NaCl on room-temperature-processed indium oxide nanoparticle thin films for printed electronics, M Häming, T T. Baby, S K. Garlapati, B Krause, H Hahn, S Dasgupta, Lothar Weinhardt, and Clemens Heske
Band-Gap Widening at the Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Surface: A Novel Determination Approach Using Reflection Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, D Hauschild, E Handick, S Göhl-Gusenleitner, F Meyer, H Schwab, A Benkert, S Pohlner, J Palm, S Tougaard, Clemens Heske, Lothar Weinhardt, and F Reinert
Geometric phase effects in ultracold hydrogen exchange reaction, Jisha Hazra, B K. Kendrick, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath
Mechanism of lysine 48 selectivity during polyubiquitin chain formation by the Ube2R1/2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, Spencer Hill, J S. Harrison, S M. Lewis, B Kuhlman, and Gary Kleiger
Amine-Catalyzed Phospha-Michael Reaction of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones with Multifunctional N-Heterocyclic Phosphine-Thioureas as Phosphonylation Reagent, Hai Huang and Junyong Kang
A Reagent-Controlled Phospha-Michael Addition Reaction of Nitroalkenes with Bifunctional N-Heterocyclic Phosphine (NHP)-Thioureas, Hai Huang, J Palmas, and J Y. Kang
The San1 ubiquitin ligase functions preferentially with ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Ubc1 during protein quality control, Rebeca Ibarra, D Sandoval, E K. Fredrickson, R G. Gardner, and Gary Kleiger
Investigation of the Ionic Hydration in Aqueous Salt Solutions by Soft X-ray Emission Spectroscopy, Y L. Jeyachandran, F Meyer, A Benkert, Marcus Bär, Monika Blum, W Yang, F Reinert, Clemens Heske, L Weinhardt, and M Zharnikov
Molecular and Electronic Structure of Re2Br4(PMe3)4, Erik V Johnstone, Frederic Poineau, T K. Todorova, Paul Forster, L K. Sørensen, I Fdez-Galván, R Lindh, K R. Czerwinski, and A P. Sattelberger
Construction of Stereogenic α,α-Disubstituted Cycloalkanones via 1° Amine Thiourea Dual Catalysis: Experimental Scope and Computational Analyses., Jun Y. Kang, Ryne C. Johnston, Kevin M. Snyder, Paul H. Cheong, and Rich G. Carter
Geometric phase effects in the ultracold H + H2 reaction, B K. Kendrick, Jisha Hazra, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath
Geometric phase effects in the ultracold D + HD → D + HD and D + HD ← H + D2 reactions, B K. Kendrick, J Hazra, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath
Tag Team Ubiquitin Ligases, Gary Kleiger and R Deshaies
Evaluating the Selectivity of Sorbents for Noble Gas Separations across a Range of Temperatures, Loadings, and Gas Compositions, Keith V Lawler and P M. Forster
Assessing zeolite frameworks for noble gas separations through a joint experimental and computational approach, Keith V Lawler, Amit Raj Sharma, B Alagappan, and Paul Forster
Regulation of DNA replication and chromosomal polyploidy by the MLL-WDR5-RBBP5 methyltransferases, F Lu, X Wu, F Yin, C CF Lee, M Yu, I S. Mihaylov, J Yu, Hong Sun, and Hui Zhang
Octafluorodirhenate(III) Revisited: Solid-State Preparation, Characterization, and Multiconfigurational Quantum Chemical Calculations, Samundeeswari Mariappan-Balasekaran, T K. Todorova, C T. Pham, T Hartmann, U Abram, A P. Sattelberger, and F Poineau
Equation of state for technetium from X-ray diffraction and first-principle calculations, Daniel S Mast, E Kim, E M. Siska, F Poineau, K R. Czerwinski, B Lavina, and P M. Forster
Phospha-Michael addition reaction of maleimides employing N-heterocyclic phosphine-thiourea as a phosphonylation reagent: synthesis of 1-aryl-2,5-dioxopyrrolidine-3-yl-phosphonate derivatives, Nagaraju Molleti, C Bjornberg, and Junyong Kang
Catalyst-free synthesis of α1-oxindole-α-hydroxyphosphonates via phospha-aldol reaction of isatins employing N-heterocyclic phosphine (NHP)-thiourea, Nagaraju Molleti and Jun Y. Kang
Utility of Bifunctional N-Heterocyclic Phosphine (NHP)-Thioureas for Metal-Free Carbon-Phosphorus Bond Construction toward Regio- and Stereoselective Formation of Vinylphosphonates, Karimulla Mulla, K L. Aleshire, Paul Forster, and Junyong Kang
Utility of Bifunctional N-Heterocyclic Phosphine (NHP)-Thioureas for Metal-Free Carbon–Phosphorus Bond Construction toward Regio- and Stereoselective Formation of Vinylphosphonates, Karimulla Mulla, Kyle L. Aleshire, Paul M. Forster, and Jun Yong Kang
1,3,2-Diazaphospholidine (N-Heterocyclic Phosphine)-Mediated Carbon-Phosphorus Bond-Forming, One-Pot Tandem Reaction: A Route to α-Amino Phosphonates, Karimulla Mulla and J Y. Kang
Perspective: Ultracold molecules and the dawn of cold controlled chemistry, Balakrishnan Naduvalath
Review: Teaching and learning STEM: A practical guide, MaryKay Orgill
Tuning the Oxidation State, Nuclearity, and Chemistry of Uranium Hydrides with Phenylsilane and Temperature: The Case of the Classic Uranium(III) Hydride Complex [(C5Me5)2U(μ-H)]2, J K. Pagano, Jacquelyn Dorhout, Ken Czerwinski, D E. Morris, B L. Scott, R Waterman, and J L. Kiplinger
Structural study of the ammonium octafluoroneptunate, [NH4]4NpF8, Frederic Poineau, C M. Silva, C B. Yeamans, G S. Cerefice, A P. Sattelberger, and K R. Czerwinski
Separation of Americium in High Oxidation States from Curium Utilizing Sodium Bismuthate, Jason M Richards and R Sudowe
Characterization of pentavalent and hexavalent americium complexes in nitric acid using X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and first-principles modeling, C Riddle, Ken Czerwinski, Eunja Kim, P Paviet, P Weck, F Poineau, and S Conradson
Latex-modified concrete overlays using waste paint, A M. Said, O I. Quiroz, David W Hatchett, and M Elgawady
Site-directed mutants of human RECQ1 reveal functional importance of the zinc binding domain, F Sami, Ronald Gary, Y Fang, and S Sharma
Towards Printed Organic Light-Emitting Devices: A Solution-Stable, Highly Soluble CuI–NHetPHOS, M Wallesch, A Verma, C Fléchon, H Flügge, D M. Zink, S M. Seifermann, J M. Navarro, T Vitova, J Göttlicher, R Steininger, Lothar Weinhardt, M Zimmer, M Gerhards, Clemens Heske, S Bräse, T Baumann, and D Volz
Site- and Symmetry-Resolved Resonant X-ray Emission Study of a Highly Ordered PTCDA Thin Film, Lothar Weinhardt, O Fuchs, A Fischer, M Weigand, F Meyer, A Benkert, M Blum, M Bär, S Pookpanratana, J Denlinger, C Heske, and E Umbach
Site- and symmetry-resolved resonant x-ray emission study of a highly or-ordered PTCDA thin film, Lothar Weinhardt, Oliver Fuchs, Andre Fischer, Markus Weigand, Frank Meyer, Andreas Benkert, Monika A. Blum Marcus, Baer, Sujitra Pookpanratana, Jonathan D. Denlinger Clemens, Heske, and Eberhard Umbach
Full-dimensional quantum dynamics of CO in collision with H2, B Yang, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, P Zhang, X Wang, J M. Bowman, R C. Forrey, and P C. Stancil
Full-dimensional quantum dynamics of rovibrationally inelastic scattering between CN and H2, B Yang, X H. Wang, P C. Stancil, J M. Bowman, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, and R C. Forrey
Acid sphingomyelinase is required for cell surface presentation of Met receptor tyrosine kinase in cancer cells, Linyu Zhu, Xiahui Xiong, Yongsoon Kim, Naomi Okada, Fei Lu, Hui Zhang, and Hong Sun
Submissions from 2015
Collisions and Reactions in Ultracold Gases, Naduvalath Balakrishnan and Jisha Hazra
What do biochemistry students pay attention to in external representations of protein translation? The case of the Shine–Dalgarno sequence, Thomas J. Bussey and MaryKay Orgill
The nature of the volatile technetium species formed during vitrification of borosilicate glass, B.C. Childs, F. Poineau, Kenneth R. Czerwinski, and Alfred P. Sattelberger
Characterization of sulfur bonding in CdS:O buffer layers for CdTe-based thin-film solar cells, Douglas A. Duncan, Jason M. Kephart, Kimberly Horsley, Monika Blum, Michelle Mezhert, Lothar Weinhardt, Marc Häming, Regan G. Wilks, Timo Hofmann, Wanli Yang, Marcus Bär, Walajabad S. Sampath, and Clemes Heske
Mutual vibrational quenching in CO + H2 collisions, Robert C. Forrey, B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, and N. Balakrishnan
Faculty Perceptions of the Factors Influencing Success in STEM fields, Eshani Gandhi-Lee, Heather Skaza, Erica Marti, PG Schrader, and MaryKay Orgill
Annealing-induced effects on the chemical structure of the In2S3/CuIn(S,Se)2 thin-film solar cell interface, D Hauschild, F. Meyer, A Benkert, D Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, S. Pohlner, J Palm, Monika A. Blum, W Yang, R G. Wilks, M Bär, Clemens Heske, L Weinhardt, and F Reinert
Importance of Geometric Phase Effects in Ultracold Chemistry, Jisha Hazra, Brian K. Kendrick, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath
Quantum dynamics of tunneling dominated reactions at low temperatures, Jisha Hazra and Balakrishnan Naduvalath
Paradoxical Anaerobism in Desert Pupfish, Matt Heuton, Luis Ayala, Chris Burg, Kyle Dayton, Ken McKenna, Aldo Morante, Georgina Puentedura, Natasha Urbina, Stanley Hillyard, Spencer Steinberg, and Frank van Breukelen
Poly(pyridinium salt)s with organic counterions derived from 3,3′-dimethylnaphthidine: Thermal, liquid crystalline, and optical properties, Robin Jose, Dat Truong, Haesook Han, and Pradip K. Bhowmik
Affective dimensions in chemistry education, Murat Kahveci and MaryKay Orgill
Preface, Murat Kahveci and MaryKay Orgill
The geometric phase controls ultracold chemistry, B. K. Kendrick, Jisha Hazara, and Naduvalath Balakrishnan
Geometric Phase Appears in the Ultracold Hydrogen Exchange Reaction, B. K. Kendrick, Jisha Hazra, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath
Hydrothermal synthesis and solid-state structures of polynuclear technetium iodide compounds, William M. Kerlin, Frederic Poineau, Paul M. Forster, Kenneth R. Czerwinski, and Alfred P. Sattelberger
On the importance of a precise crystal structure for simulating gas adsorption in nanoporous materials, Ketih V. Lawler, Zeric Hulvey, and Paul M. Forster
Unusual solvent-dependent photophysical and self-assembly properties of NO2 substituted T-shaped phenazines., Dong-chan Lee, L V. Brownell, K Jang, S J. Han, and Kathleen A. Robins
Chapter 7: Targeting Non-Acetylation Histone Erasers, Fei Lu and Hui Zhang
Ultracold chemistry with alkali-metal-rare-earth molecules, C. Makrides, Jisha Hazra, G B. Pradhan, A Petrov, B K. Kendrick, T González-Lezana, N Balakrishnan, and S Kotochigova
Proline Sulfonamide-Catalyzed, Domino Process for Asymmetric Synthesis of Amino- and Hydroxy-Substituted Bicyclo[2.2.2]octanes, El-Mansy Mohamed, Jun Y. Kang, Rajinikanth Lingampally, and Rich G. Carter
Biochemistry instructors' perceptions of analogies and their classroom use, MaryKay Orgill, Thomas J. Bussey, and George M. Bodner
Teaching and learning about the interface between chemistry and biology, MaryKay Orgill and Melanie M. Cooper
Group 7 Metal-Metal Bonds, F. Poineau, A. P. Sattelberger, E. Lu, and S. T. Liddle
Larrea tridentata Uptake of Trace Metals in Mine Tailings within an Arid Region of Nevada, USA, Douglas B. Sims, Christopher J. Collumb, Vernon F. Hodge, Konstatninos I. Vatalis, and George Valakas
Quantum Scattering Calculations for Ro-Vibrational De-Excitation of CO by Hydrogen Atoms, Lei Song, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Ad van der Avoird, Tijs Karman, and Gerrit C. Groenenboom
Quantum Calculation of Inelastic CO Collisions With H. III. Rate Coefficients for Ro-Vibrational Transitions, Lei Song, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, K M. Walker, P C. Stancil, W F. Thi, I Kamp, A Van Der Avoired, and G C. Groenenboom
Bridging the efficiency gap: Fully Bridged Dinuclear Cu(I)-complexes for Singlet Harvesting in High-Efficiency OLEDs, Daniel Volz, Ying Chen, Manuela Wallesch, Rui Liu, Charlotte Flechon, Daniel M. Zink, Jana Friedrichs, Harald Flügge, Ralph Steininger, Jörg Göttlicher, Clemens Heske, Lothar Weinhardt, Stefan Bräse, Franky So, and Thomas Baumann
Quantum Calculation of Inelastic Co Collisions With H. II. Pure Rotational Quenching of High Rotational Levels, Kyle M. Walker, L. Song, B. H. Yang, G. C. Groenenboom, A. van der Avoird, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil
Probing hydrogen bonding orbitals: resonant inelastic soft X-ray scattering of aqueous NH3, L. Weinhardt, E. Ertan, M. Iannuzzi, M. Weigand, O. Fuchs, M. Bär, Monica Blum, J. D. Denlinger, W. Yang, E. Umbach, M. Odelius, and Clemes Heske
Quantum dynamics of CO–H2 in full dimensionality, Benhui Yang, P. Zhang, X. Wang, P. C. Stancil, J. M. Bowman, Naduvalath Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey
Collisional quenching of highly rotationally excited HF, B. Yang, K. M. Walker, R. C. Forrey, P. C. Stancil, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath
Cullin Ubiquitin E3 Ligases, Hui Zhang
Submissions from 2013
Room temperature thermotropic liquid crystalline phases of catanionic surfactants derived from quaternary ammonium surfactants and bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate, Robin Jose, Tilesh Jayantilal Patel, Troy Allen Cather, Janusz Grebowicz, Haesook Han, Pradip K. Bhowmik, Dena Mae Agra-Kooijman, and Satyendra Kumar
Solution, thermal and optical properties of bis(pyridinium salt)s as ionic liquids, Tae Soo Jo, Jung Jae Koh, Haesook Han, and Pradip K. Bhowmik
Synthesis of [PtCl2(4,4'-dialkoxy-2,2'-bipyridine)] complexes and their in vitro anticancer properties, Van Vo, Ontida Tanthmanatham, Haesook Han, Pradip K. Bhowmik, and Bryan L. Spangelo
Submissions from 2012
A new method to derive electronegativity from resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, Stephane Carniato, Loic Journel, Renaud Guillemin, Maria Novella Piancastelli, Wayne C. Stolte, Dennis W. Lindle, and Marc Simon
Thomson-resonant interference effects in elastic x-ray scattering near the Cl K edge of HCl, Stephane Carniato, P. Selles, Loic Journel, Renaud Guillemin, Wayne C. Stolte, L. El Khoury, T. Marin, Faris Gel'mukhanov, Dennis W. Lindle, and Marc Simon
Electronic structure of polycrystalline cadmium dichloride studied by X-ray spectroscopies and ab initio calculations, I. N. Demchenko, M. Chernyshova, Wayne C. Stolte, D. T. Speaks, and A. Derkachova
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering of methyl chloride at the chlorine K edge, L. El Khoury, Loic Journel, Renaud Guillemin, Stephane Carniato, Wayne C. Stolte, T. Marin, Dennis W. Lindle, and Marc Simon
Angular and dynamical properties in resonant inelastic x-ray scattering: Case study of chlorine-containing molecules, Renaud Guillemin, Wayne C. Stolte, Loic Journel, Stephane Carniato, Maria Novella Piancastelli, Dennis W. Lindle, and Marc Simon
Synthesis and Transformation of Zn-Doped PbS Quantum Dots, Xingliang He, Iraida N. Demchenko, Wayne C. Stolte, Anthony van Buuren, and Hong Liang
Anionic and cationic photodissociation of the chloroform molecule excited in the vicinity of the Cl 1s edge, A. F. Lago, R. L. Cavasso-Filho, G. G. B. de Souza, A. C. F. Santos, Wayne C. Stolte, and Alfred S. Schlachter
K-Shell X-Ray Spectroscopy of Atomic Nitrogen, M. M. Sant'Anna, Gunnar Ohrwall, Wayne C. Stolte, Alfred S. Schlachter, Dennis W. Lindle, and B. M. McLaughlin
Submissions from 2011
An XANES and XES investigation of the electronic structure of indium rich InxGa1-xN films, Iraida N. Demchenko, M. Chernyshova, E. Piskorska-Hommel, R. Minikayev, J. Z. Domagala, T. Yamaguchi, Wayne C. Stolte, and K. Lawniczak-Jablonska
Submissions from 2010
Resonant X-ray Raman scattering on molecules: a benchmark study on HCl, Stephane Carniato, Richard Taieb, Loic Journel, Renaud Guillemin, Wayne C. Stolte, Dennis W. Lindle, Faris Gel'mukhanov, and Marc Simon
Jahn-Teller coupling and fragmentation after core-shell excitation ini CF4 investigated by partial-ion-yield spectroscopy, Renaud Guillemin, Wayne C. Stolte, Maria Novella Piancastelli, and Dennis W. Lindle
Photofragmentation of BF3 upon B and F K-shell excitation by partial-ion-yield spectroscopy, Renaud Guillemin, Wayne C. Stolte, Maria Novella Piancastelli, and Dennis W. Lindle
X-ray absorption studies of chlorine valence and local environments in borosilicate waste glasses, David A. McKeown, Hao Gan, Ian L. Pegg, Wayne C. Stolte, and I. N. Demchenko
Photofragmentation of cyanogen upon carbon and nitrogen K-shell excitation by partial ion yield experiments, Gunnar Ohrwall, Wayne C. Stolte, Renaud Guillemin, Maria Novella Piancastelli, and Dennis W. Lindle