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  1. The core of Alzheimer’s disease tau protein forms a non-helical structure

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Mei Hong, Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  2. Atomic structure of the open SARS-CoV-2 E viroporin

    Article • Science Advances, October 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  3. Amyloid fibril structures of tau: Conformational plasticity of the second microtubule-binding repeat

    Article • Science Advances, July 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  4. Solid-State NMR 19F–1H–15N Correlation Experiments for Resonance Assignment and Distance Measurements of Multifluorinated Proteins

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, September 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  5. Mechanism for selective binding of aromatic compounds on oxygen-rich graphene nanosheets based on molecule size/polarity matching

    Article • Science Advances, July 2022, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  6. Microtubule-binding core of the tau protein

    Article • Science Advances, July 2022, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  7. Binding Sites of a Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Agent in Alzheimer’s β-Amyloid Fibrils Studied Using 19F Solid-State NMR

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  8. A New Method for Solid Acid Catalyst Evaluation for Cellulose Hydrolysis

    Article • Sustainable Chemistry, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  9. Structurally Based Design of Glucagon Mutants That Inhibit Fibril Formation

    Article • Biochemistry, June 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  10. Xylan Structure and Dynamics in Native Brachypodium Grass Cell Walls Investigated by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • ACS Omega, June 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  11. Inclusion of the C-Terminal Domain in the β-Sheet Core of Heparin-Fibrillized Three-Repeat Tau Protein Revealed by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  12. Quantifying Molecular Mixing and Heterogeneity in Pharmaceutical Dispersions at Sub-100 nm Resolution by Spin Diffusion NMR

    Article • Molecular Pharmaceutics, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  13. Hydration and Dynamics of Full-Length Tau Amyloid Fibrils Investigated by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

    Article • Biochemistry, May 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  14. Multinuclear solid-state NMR of complex nitrogen-rich polymeric microcapsules: Weight fractions, spectral editing, component mixing, and persistent radicals

    Article • Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, April 2020, Elsevier

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  15. Rapid Depolymerization of Decrystallized Cellulose to Soluble Products via Ethanolysis under Mild Conditions

    Article • ChemSusChem, March 2020, Wiley

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  16. Effects of post-pyrolysis air oxidation on the chemical composition of biomass chars investigated by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Article • Carbon, November 2019, Elsevier

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  17. Synthesis and Reactivity of Zr MOFs Assembled from PNNNP-Ru Pincer Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, September 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  18. Silk-Like Protein with Persistent Radicals Identified in Oyster Adhesive by Solid-State NMR

    Article • ACS Applied Bio Materials, May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  19. Polymer Infiltration into Metal–Organic Frameworks in Mixed-Matrix Membranes Detected in Situ by NMR

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  20. Quick, selective NMR spectra of C OH moieties in 13C-enriched solids

    Article • Journal of Magnetic Resonance, April 2019, Elsevier

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  21. Postsynthetic Metal Exchange in a Metal–Organic Framework Assembled from Co(III) Diphosphine Pincer Complexes

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, February 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  22. Phase transition of spiropyrans: impact of isomerization dynamics at high temperatures

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  23. Reaction engineering implications of cellulose crystallinity and water-promoted recrystallization

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  24. Constraining Carbon Nanothread Structures by Experimental and Calculated Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra

    Article • Nano Letters, June 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  25. Protective Carbon Overlayers from 2,3-Naphthalenediol Pyrolysis on Mesoporous SiO2 and Al2O3 Analyzed by Solid-State NMR

    Article • Materials, June 2018, MDPI AG

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  26. The Chemical Structure of Carbon Nanothreads Analyzed by Advanced Solid-State NMR

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  27. Carbon Nitride Nanothread Crystals Derived from Pyridine

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  28. Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks Assembled from Pd and Pt PNNNP Pincer Complexes: Synthesis, Postsynthetic Modification, and Lewis Acid Catalysis

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, February 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  29. Cellulase-Inspired Solid Acids for Cellulose Hydrolysis: Structural Explanations for High Catalytic Activity

    Article • ACS Catalysis, January 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Marion H. Emmert, Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  30. Improved hydrothermal stability of Pd nanoparticles on nitrogen-doped carbon supports

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  31. Stability of Pd nanoparticles on carbon-coated supports under hydrothermal conditions

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  32. Composite-pulse and partially dipolar dephased multiCP for improved quantitative solid-state 13 C NMR

    Article • Journal of Magnetic Resonance, December 2017, Elsevier

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  33. A Major Step in Opening the Black Box of High-Molecular-Weight Dissolved Organic Nitrogen by Isotopic Labeling of Synechococcus and Multibond Two-Dimensional NMR

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, October 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  34. Deactivation of Supported Pt Catalysts during Alcohol Oxidation Elucidated by Spectroscopic and Kinetic Analyses

    Article • ACS Catalysis, September 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan

  35. Carbon Overcoating of Supported Metal Catalysts for Improved Hydrothermal Stability

    Article • ACS Catalysis, June 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Postdoctoral Associate Pu Duan