2020 Publications

Cracking Under Internal Pressure: Photodynamic Behavior of Vinyl Azide Crystals Through N2 Release
Shields, Dylan; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Sambath, Karthik; Ranaweera, Ranaweera A. A. Upul; Schramm, Stefan; Duncan, Alexander; Duncan, Benjamin; Krause, Jeanette; Gudmundsdottir, Anna; Naumov, Panče*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020) 142, 18565—18575.

Loss of ß-actin leads to accelerated mineralization and dysregulation of osteoblast-differentiation genes during osteogenic reprogramming
Gjorgjieva, Tamara; Xie, Xin, Commins, Patrick; Pasricha, Renu; Mahmood, S. Raza; Gunsalus, Kristin C..; Naumov, Panče; Percipalle, Piergiorgio*
Advanced Science (2020) 7, 2002261.

The Rise of the Dynamic Crystals
Naumov, Panče; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Ahmed, Ejaz; Catalano, Luca; Commins, Patrick; Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Li, Liang
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020) 142, 13256—13272. (Invited Perspective Article)

Mechanically Assisted Bioluminescence with Natural Luciferase
Schramm, Stefan; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Kurlevskaya, Anastasiya; Commins, Patrick; Mitani, Ysuo; Wu, Chun; Ohmiya, Yoshihiro; Naumov, Panče*
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2020) 59, 16485—16489.

From Mechanical Effects to Mechanochemistry: Softening and Depression of the Melting Point of Deformed Plastic Crystals
Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Pejov, Ljupčo; Commins, Patrick; Hu, Qichi; Naumov, Panče*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020) 142, 11219—11231. (highlighted on the journal cover)

Sequencing and Welding of Molecular Single-Crystal Optical Waveguides
Catalano, Luca; Berthaud, Julien; Dushaq, Ghada; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Rezgui, Rachid; Rasras, Mahmoud; Ferlay, Sylvie; Hosseini, Mir Wais;* Naumov, Panče*
Advanced Functional Materials (2020) 30, 2003443.

Micromanipulation of Mechanically Compliant Organic Single‐Crystal Optical Microwaveguides
Naumov, Panče; Annadhasan, Mari; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Chinnasamy, Ragaverthini; Catalano, Luca; Ahmed, Ejaz; Ghosh, Soumyajit; Chandrasekar, Rajadurai
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2020) 59, 13821—13830.

Efficiently Self-Healing Boronic Ester Crystals
Commins, Patrick; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Raj, Gijo; Naumov, Panče*
Chemical Science (2020) 11, 2606—2613. (highlighted on the journal cover)

Structure–Mechanical Relationships in Polymorphs of an Organic Semiconductor (C4-NT3N)
Cappuccino, Chiara; Catalano, Luca; Marin, Francesco; Dushaq, Ghada; Raj, Gijo; Rasras, Mahmoud; Rezgui, Rachid; Zambianchi, Massimo; Melucci, Manuela; Naumov, Panče;* Maini, Lucia*
Crystal Growth & Design (2020) 20, 884—891.

Efficient Screening for Ternary Molecular Ionic Cocrystals using a Complementary Mechanosynthesis and Computational Structure Prediction Approach
Shunnar, Abeer F.; Dhokale, Bhausaheb; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Bowskill, David H.; Sugden, Isaac J.; Hernandez, Hector H.; Naumov, Panče; Mohamed, Sharmarke*
Chemistry─A European Journal (2020) 26, 4752—4765.

Global Performance Indices for Dynamic Crystals as Organic Thermal Actuators
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Li, Liang; Colin-Molina, Abraham; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Naumov, Panče*
Advanced Materials (2020) 32, 1906216. (Invited article; highlighted in journal back cover)

Mechanically Responsive Crystals: Analysis of Macroscopic Strain Reveals “Hidden” Processes
Desta, Israel Tilahun; Chizhik, Stanislav A.;* Sidelnikov, Anatoli A.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Boldyreva, Elena V.;* Naumov, Panče*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2020) 124, 300—310.

Extraordinary Anisotropic Thermal Expansion in Photosalient Crystals
Yadava, Khushboo; Gallo, Gianpiero; Bette, Sebastian; Mulijanto, Caroline Evania; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Park, In-Hyeok; Medishetty, Raghavender; Naumov, Panče; Dinnebier Robert E.; Vittal, Jagadese J.*
IUCrJ (2020) 7, 83—89.

Supramolecular Organization of Model Polycyclic Aromatic Molecules: Comparison of 2D and 3D Assemblies
Raj, Gijo; Kikkawa, Yoshihiro; Catalano, Luca; Pasricha, Renu; Norikane, Yasuo; Naumov, Panče*
ChemNanoMat (2020) 6, 68—72.