Publications

We ask that any publication that resulted from work done in the facility contain an acknowledgement of the NTU Center of High Field NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging. Past published materials are listed below. If you have authored an article that contained work done by the facility that is not listed, please email Dr Xue Kai or Dr Thomas Hooper with the DOI link. 
  1. Tan, L. L.; Ngiam, J. J.; Sim, E. S. Z.; Conway, P. L.; Loo, S. C. J. Liquorilactobacillus Satsumensis from Water Kefir Yields α-Glucan Polysaccharides with Prebiotic and Synbiotic Qualities. Carbohydrate Polymers 2022, 290, 119515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119515.
  2. Lv, C.; Lee, C.; Zhong, L.; Liu, H.; Liu, J.; Yang, L.; Yan, C.; Yu, W.; Hng, H. H.; Qi, Z.; Song, L.; Li, S.; Loh, K. P.; Yan, Q.; Yu, G. A Defect Engineered Electrocatalyst That Promotes High-Efficiency Urea Synthesis under Ambient Conditions. ACS Nano 2022, 16 (5), 8213–8222. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c01956.
  3. Lu, Y.; Sharma, B.; Soon, W. L.; Shi, X.; Zhao, T.; Lim, Y. T.; Sobota, R. M.; Hoon, S.; Pilloni, G.; Usadi, A.; Pervushin, K.; Miserez, A. Complete Sequences of the Velvet Worm Slime Proteins Reveal That Slime Formation Is Enabled by Disulfide Bonds and Intrinsically Disordered Regions. Advanced Science 2022, n/a (n/a), 2201444. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202201444.
  4. Zhang, N.; Lai, H. Y.; Gautam, A.; De Kwek, D. Y.; Dong, Y.; Wang, Q.; Ng, K. W. An Enzymatic Method for Harvesting Functional Melanosomes after Keratin Extraction: Maximizing Resource Recovery from Human Hair. J Polym Environ 2022, 30 (3), 1045–1054. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-021-02246-8.
  5. Zhang, N.; Lai, H.; Gautam, A.; Zhao, Z.; Wang, Q.; Ng, K. W. Facile and Efficient Enzymatic Methods for Harvesting or Removal of Cuticle Cells from Human Hair Shafts. Journal of Natural Fibers 2021, 0 (0), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2021.2009397.
  6. Li, Q.-Q.; Hamamoto, Y.; Kwek, G.; Xing, B.; Li, Y.; Ito, S. Diazapentabenzocorannulenium: A Hydrophilic/Biophilic Cationic Buckybowl. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 61 (4), e202112638. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202112638.
  7. Lv, C.; Zhong, L.; Liu, H.; Fang, Z.; Yan, C.; Chen, M.; Kong, Y.; Lee, C.; Liu, D.; Li, S.; Liu, J.; Song, L.; Chen, G.; Yan, Q.; Yu, G. Selective Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Urea with Nitrate and Carbon Dioxide. Nat Sustain 2021, 4 (10), 868–876. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00741-3.
  8. Kumar, A.; Nandwana, V.; Ryoo, S.-R.; Ravishankar, S.; Sharma, B.; Pervushin, K.; Dravid, V. P.; Lim, S. Magnetoferritin Enhances T2 Contrast in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Macrophages. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2021, 128, 112282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2021.112282.
  9. Shoaib, M.; Chen, Q.; Shi, X.; Nair, N.; Prasanna, C.; Yang, R.; Walter, D.; Frederiksen, K. S.; Einarsson, H.; Svensson, J. P.; Liu, C. F.; Ekwall, K.; Lerdrup, M.; Nordenskiöld, L.; Sørensen, C. S. Histone H4 Lysine 20 Mono-Methylation Directly Facilitates Chromatin Openness and Promotes Transcription of Housekeeping Genes. Nat Commun 2021, 12 (1), 4800. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25051-2.
  10. Sharma, B.; Grandjean, J.; Phillips, M.; Kumar, A.; Mandino, F.; Yeow, L. Y.; Low, K. J. Y.; Nandwana, V.; Dravid, V. P.; Bengang, X.; Lim, S.; Pervushin, K. Lipocalin-Type Prostaglandin d Synthase Conjugates as Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents for Detecting Amyloid β-Rich Regions in the Brain of Live Alzheimer’s Disease Mice. Advanced NanoBiomed Research 2021, 1 (11), 2100019. https://doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202100019.
  11. Seviour, T.; Winnerdy, F. R.; Wong, L. L.; Shi, X.; Mugunthan, S.; Foo, Y. H.; Castaing, R.; Adav, S. S.; Subramoni, S.; Kohli, G. S.; Shewan, H. M.; Stokes, J. R.; Rice, S. A.; Phan, A. T.; Kjelleberg, S. The Biofilm Matrix Scaffold of Ps Eudomonas Aeruginosa Contains G-Quadruplex Extracellular DNA Structures. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 2021, 7 (1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-021-00197-5.
  12. Shi, X.; Prasanna, C.; Pervushin, K.; Nordenskiöld, L. Solid-State NMR 13C, 15N Assignments of Human Histone H3 in the Nucleosome Core Particle. Biomol NMR Assign 2020, 14 (1), 99–104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-020-09927-w.
  13. Shi, X.; Prasanna, C.; Soman, A.; Pervushin, K.; Nordenskiöld, L. Dynamic Networks Observed in the Nucleosome Core Particles Couple the Histone Globular Domains with DNA. Communications Biology 2020, 3 (1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01369-3.
  14. Tan, D. J. Y.; Das, P.; Winnerdy, F. R.; Lim, K. W.; Phan, A. T. Guanine Anchoring: A Strategy for Specific Targeting of a G-Quadruplex Using Short PNA, LNA and DNA Molecules. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56 (44), 5897–5900. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC01778G.
  15. Maity, A.; Winnerdy, F. R.; Chang, W. D.; Chen, G.; Phan, A. T. Intra-Locked G-Quadruplex Structures Formed by Irregular DNA G-Rich Motifs. Nucleic Acids Research 2020, 48 (6), 3315–3327. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa008.
  16. Gabryelczyk, B.; Cai, H.; Shi, X.; Sun, Y.; Swinkels, P. J. M.; Salentinig, S.; Pervushin, K.; Miserez, A. Hydrogen Bond Guidance and Aromatic Stacking Drive Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of Intrinsically Disordered Histidine-Rich Peptides. Nature Communications 2019, 10 (1), 5465. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13469-8.
  17. Winnerdy, F. R.; Das, P.; Heddi, B.; Phan, A. T. Solution Structures of a G-Quadruplex Bound to Linear- and Cyclic-Dinucleotides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (45), 18038–18047. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b05642.
  18. Sengar, A.; Vandana, J. J.; Chambers, V. S.; Di Antonio, M.; Winnerdy, F. R.; Balasubramanian, S.; Phan, A. T. Structure of a (3+1) Hybrid G-Quadruplex in the PARP1 Promoter. Nucleic Acids Research 2019, 47 (3), 1564–1572. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky1179.
  19. Winnerdy, F. R.; Bakalar, B.; Maity, A.; Vandana, J. J.; Mechulam, Y.; Schmitt, E.; Phan, A. T. NMR Solution and X-Ray Crystal Structures of a DNA Molecule Containing Both Right- and Left-Handed Parallel-Stranded G-Quadruplexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2019, 47 (15), 8272–8281. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz349.
  20. Truong, T. H. A.; Winnerdy, F. R.; Phan, A. T. An Unprecedented Knot-like G-Quadruplex Peripheral Motif. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58 (39), 13834–13839. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201907740.
  21. Hiew, S. H.; Mohanram, H.; Ning, L.; Guo, J.; Sánchez‐Ferrer, A.; Shi, X.; Pervushin, K.; Mu, Y.; Mezzenga, R.; Miserez, A. A Short Peptide Hydrogel with High Stiffness Induced by 310-Helices to β-Sheet Transition in Water. Advanced Science 2019, 6 (21), 1901173. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201901173.
  22. Shi, X.; Prasanna, C.; Nagashima, T.; Yamazaki, T.; Pervushin, K.; Nordenskiöld, L. Structure and Dynamics in the Nucleosome Revealed by Solid-State NMR. Angewandte Chemie 2018, 130 (31), 9882–9886. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201804707.
  1. Wang, W.; Hanindita, F.; Hamamoto, Y.; Li, Y.; Ito, S. Fully Conjugated Azacorannulene Dimer as Large Diaza[80]Fullerene Fragment. Nat Commun 2022, 13 (1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29106-w.
  2. Kanwat, A.; Ghosh, B.; Ng, S. E.; Rana, P. J. S.; Lekina, Y.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Yantara, N.; Kovalev, M.; Chaudhary, B.; Kajal, P.; Febriansyah, B.; Tan, Q. Y.; Klein, M.; Shen, Z. X.; Ager, J. W.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Mathews, N. Reversible Photochromism in ⟨110⟩ Oriented Layered Halide Perovskite. ACS Nano 2022, 16 (2), 2942–2952. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c10098.
  3. Rana, P. J. S.; Febriansyah, B.; Koh, T. M.; Muhammad, B. T.; Salim, T.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Kanwat, A.; Ghosh, B.; Kajal, P.; Lew, J. H.; Aw, Y. C.; Yantara, N.; Bruno, A.; Pullarkat, S. A.; Ager, J. W.; Leong, W. L.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Mathews, N. Alkali Additives Enable Efficient Large Area (>55 Cm2) Slot-Die Coated Perovskite Solar Modules. Advanced Functional Materials 2113026. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202113026.
  4. Kanwat, A.; Ghosh, B.; Ng, S. E.; Rana, P. J. S.; Lekina, Y.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Yantara, N.; Kovalev, M.; Chaudhary, B.; Kajal, P.; Febriansyah, B.; Tan, Q. Y.; Klein, M.; Shen, Z. X.; Ager, J. W.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Mathews, N. Reversible Photochromism in ⟨110⟩ Oriented Layered Halide Perovskite. ACS Nano 2022, 16 (2), 2942–2952. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c10098.
  5. Vashishtha, P.; Griffith, B. E.; Fang, Y.; Jaiswal, A.; Nutan, G. V.; Bartók, A. P.; White, T.; Hanna, J. V. Elucidation of the Structural and Optical Properties of Metal Cation (Na+, K+, and Bi3+) Incorporated Cs2AgInCl6 Double Perovskite Nanocrystals. J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10 (7), 3562–3578. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA08263A.
  6. Lekina, Y.; Dintakurti, S. S. H.; Febriansyah, B.; Bradley, D.; Yan, J.; Shi, X.; England, J.; White, T.; Hanna, J. V.; Shen, Z. X. The Effect of Organic Cation Dynamics on the Optical Properties in (PEA)2(MA)[Pb2I7] Perovskite Dimorphs. J. Mater. Chem. C 2021, 9 (47), 17050–17060. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TC04181A.
  7. Jagadeeswararao, M.; Vashishtha, P.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Kanwat, A.; Lim, J. W. M.; Vishwanath, S. K.; Yantara, N.; Park, T.; Sum, T. C.; Chung, D. S.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Mathews, N. One-Pot Synthesis and Structural Evolution of Colloidal Cesium Lead Halide–Lead Sulfide Heterostructure Nanocrystals for Optoelectronic Applications. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12 (39), 9569–9578. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02915.
  8. Hooper, T. J. N.; Fang, Y.; Brown, A. A. M.; Pu, S. H.; White, T. J. Structure and Surface Properties of Size-Tuneable CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals. Nanoscale 2021, 13 (37), 15770–15780. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NR04602K.
  9. Fan, J.; Yang, M.-C.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Su, M.-D.; So, C.-W. Diboron-Carbene Complexes Derived from a Geminal Dianion. Organometallics 2021, 40 (12), 1848–1853. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00108.
  10. Febriansyah, B.; Lekina, Y.; Kaur, J.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Harikesh, P. C.; Salim, T.; Lim, M. H.; Koh, T. M.; Chakraborty, S.; Shen, Z. X.; Mathews, N.; England, J. Formation of Corrugated n = 1 2D Tin Iodide Perovskites and Their Use as Lead-Free Solar Absorbers. ACS Nano 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c08204.
  11. Brown, A. A. M.; Vashishtha, P.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Ng, Y. F.; Nutan, G. V.; Fang, Y.; Giovanni, D.; Tey, J. N.; Jiang, L.; Damodaran, B.; Sum, T. C.; Pu, S. H.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Mathews, N. Precise Control of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystal Growth at Room Temperature: Size Tunability and Synthetic Insights. Chem. Mater. 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04569.
  12. Vashishtha, P.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Fang, Y.; Kathleen, D.; Giovanni, D.; Klein, M.; Chien Sum, T.; G. Mhaisalkar, S.; Mathews, N.; White, T. Room Temperature Synthesis of Low-Dimensional Rubidium Copper Halide Colloidal Nanocrystals with near Unity Photoluminescence Quantum Yield. Nanoscale 2021, 13 (1), 59–65. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR08093D.
  13. Xu, H.-S.; Luo, Y.; Li, X.; See, P. Z.; Chen, Z.; Ma, T.; Liang, L.; Leng, K.; Abdelwahab, I.; Wang, L.; Li, R.; Shi, X.; Zhou, Y.; Lu, X. F.; Zhao, X.; Liu, C.; Sun, J.; Loh, K. P. Single Crystal of a One-Dimensional Metallo-Covalent Organic Framework. Nature Communications 2020, 11 (1), 1434. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15281-1.
  14. Dung, N. T.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Unluer, C. Improving the Carbonation Resistance of Na2CO3-Activated Slag Mixes via the Use of Reactive MgO and Nucleation Seeding. Cement and Concrete Composites 2020, 103832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2020.103832. 
  15. Dung, N. T.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Unluer, C. Enhancing the Performance of MgO-Activated Slag-Fly Ash Mixes by Accelerated Carbonation. Journal of CO2 Utilization 2020, 42, 101356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2020.101356.
  16. Febriansyah, B.; Koh, T. M.; Rana, P. J. S.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Ang, Z. Z.; Li, Y.; Bruno, A.; Grätzel, M.; England, J.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Mathews, N. Hybrid 2D [Pb(CH3NH2)I2]n Coordination Polymer Precursor for Scalable Perovskite Deposition. ACS Energy Letters 2020, 5 (7), 2305–2312. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00781.
  17. Kanwat, A.; Yantara, N.; Ng, Y. F.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Rana, P. J. S.; Febriansyah, B.; Harikesh, P. C.; Salim, T.; Vashishtha, P.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Mathews, N. Stabilizing the Electroluminescence of Halide Perovskites with Potassium Passivation. ACS Energy Lett. 2020, 5, 1804–1813. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00553.
  18. Vashishtha, P.; Griffith, B. E.; Brown, A. A. M.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Fang, Y.; Ansari, M. S.; Bruno, A.; Pu, S. H.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; White, T.; Hanna, J. V. Performance Enhanced Light-Emitting Diodes Fabricated from Nanocrystalline CsPbBr3 with In Situ Zn2+ Addition. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2020, 2 (12), 4002–4011. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00827.
  19. Xie, L.; Vashishtha, P.; Koh, T. M.; Harikesh, P. C.; Jamaludin, N. F.; Bruno, A.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Li, J.; Ng, Y. F.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Mathews, N. Realizing Reduced Imperfections via Quantum Dots Interdiffusion in High Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Materials 2020, 32, 2003296. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202003296.
  20. Qian, C.; Zhou, W.; Qiao, J.; Wang, D.; Li, X.; Teo, W. L.; Shi, X.; Wu, H.; Di, J.; Wang, H.; Liu, G.; Gu, L.; Liu, J.; Feng, L.; Liu, Y.; Quek, S. Y.; Loh, K. P.; Zhao, Y. Linkage Engineering by Harnessing Supramolecular Interactions to Fabricate 2D Hydrazone-Linked Covalent Organic Framework Platforms toward Advanced Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (42), 18138–18149. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c08436.
  21. Halevi, O.; Chen, J.; Thangavel, G.; Morris, S. A.; Uliel, T. B.; Tischler, Y. R.; Lee, P. S.; Magdassi, S. Synthesis through 3D Printing: Formation of 3D Coordination Polymers. RSC Adv. 2020, 10 (25), 14812–14817. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA01887B. 
  22. Zhen, W.; Yuan, X.; Shi, X.; Xue, C. Grafting Molecular Cobalt-Oxo Cubane Catalyst on Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Oxidation. Chemistry – An Asian Journal 2020, 15 (16), 2480–2486. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202000583. 
  23. Sennu, P.; Chua, R.; Dintakurti, S. S. H.; Hanna, J. V.; Ramabhadran, R. O.; Aravindan, V.; Madhavi, S. Supersaturated “Water-in-Salt” Hybrid Electrolyte towards Building High Voltage Na-Ion Capacitors with Wide Temperatures Operation. Journal of Power Sources 2020, 472, 228558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228558. 
  24. Solanki, A.; Tavakoli, M. M.; Xu, Q.; Dintakurti, S. S. H.; Lim, S. S.; Bagui, A.; Hanna, J. V.; Kong, J.; Sum, T. C. Heavy Water Additive in Formamidinium: A Novel Approach to Enhance Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency. Advanced Materials 2020, 32 (23), 1907864. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201907864.
  25. Dung, N. T.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Unluer, C. Accelerating the Reaction Kinetics and Improving the Performance of Na2CO3-Activated GGBS Mixes. Cement and Concrete Research 2019, 126, 105927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.105927.
  26. Bhattacharjee, A.; Fang, Y.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Kelly, N. L.; Gupta, D.; Balani, K.; Manna, I.; Baikie, T.; Bishop, P. T.; White, T. J.; Hanna, J. V. Crystal Chemistry and Antibacterial Properties of Cupriferous Hydroxyapatite. Materials 2019, 12 (11), 1814. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12111814.
  27. Brown, A. A. M.; Hooper, T. J. N.; Veldhuis, S. A.; Chin, X. Y.; Bruno, A.; Vashishtha, P.; Tey, J. N.; Jiang, L.; Damodaran, B.; Pu, S. H.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Mathews, N. Self-Assembly of a Robust Hydrogen-Bonded Octylphosphonate Network on Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals for Light-Emitting Diodes. Nanoscale 2019, 11 (25), 12370–12380. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR02566A.