Publications
June 27, 2024
Best Paper Award from International Association for Dental Research Group
A research paper from a collaborative team including Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers received a best scientific paper award from the Mineralized Tissue Group (MTG) of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). The award was presented at the 2024 IADR meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana to the study lead, Susrut Akkineni, a former graduate student in the De…
April 15, 2024
Article Featured on Front Cover: Nature Reviews Materials
The review article “Non-classical crystallization in soft and organic materials” has been featured on the Front Cover of Nature Reviews Materials in its April issue. The image illustrates crystallization via a dense liquid precursor as the free energy of the system decreases, as well as the in-situ observation of this process. Artwork by Cortland Johnson…
February 6, 2024
Deciphering How Crystals Form in Non-Classical Ways
A new article published in Nature Review Materials provided a high-level review of the non-classical crystallization pathways of soft and organic materials. Du, J.S., Bae, Y. & De Yoreo, J.J. Non-classical crystallization in soft and organic materials. Nat Rev Mater (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-023-00637-y Free full-text access is available via https://rdcu.be/dxXOs.
October 20, 2023
Research Elucidating New Materials Dissolution Pathways Highlighted by Nature Communications
A new publication from the group led by former graduate student Guomin Zhu has been highlighted by Nature Communications in its Inorganic and Physical Chemistry focus section. This work revealed that mesocrystals may dissolve through particle detachment, an inverse process of crystallization by particle attachment (CPA). The original paper is freely available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41443-y.
May 6, 2022
Two Articles in PNAS Provide New Insights on Surface-Bound Protein Assembly and Templated Mineralization
Two independent reports led by Dr. Shuai Zhang and Susrut Akkineni were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. In the first study, high-speed atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of rod-like proteins were analyzed by machine learning and simulations to reveal the dynamics of their rotation on a mica…
April 29, 2022
Study Published in ACS Nano Created New Peptoid-Quantum Dot Hybrid Structures
In a new collaborative study, graduate student Madison Monahan, co-advised by Jim and Prof. Brandi Cossairt, reported the synthesis of new hybrid materials composed of peptoid-functionalized CdSe and CdS quantum dots. The particle arrangement and microstructure in these materials are directed by particle size and surface chemistry. The full article is available at https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c01203.
February 16, 2022
New Publication in Angewandte Chemie: Peptoid-directed Formation of Au Nanostars
Congratulations to Biao Jin and co-workers for the acceptance of a manuscript on peptoid-directed formation of Au nanostars in Angewandte Chemie. Full article available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202201980.