Group Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Jakhmola, A.; Bhandari, R.; Pacardo, D.B.; Knecht, M.R. Peptide Template Effects for the Synthesis and Catalytic Application of Pd Nanoparticle Networks. J. Mater. Chem. 2009, accepted, in press.
  2. Sethi, M.; Knecht, M.R. Experimental Studies on the Interactions Between Au Nanoparticles and Amino Acids: Bio-Based Formation of Branced Linear Structures, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2009, 1, 1270-1278.
  3. Pacardo, D.B.; Sethi, M.; Jones, S.E.; Naik, R.R.; Knecht, M.R. Biomimetic Synthesis of Pd Nanocatalysts for the Stille Coupling Reaction, ACS Nano 2009, 3, 1288-1296.
  4. Chopra, N.; Bachas, L.G.; Knecht, M.R. Fabrication and Biofunctionalization of Carbon-Encapsulated Au Nanoparticles, Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 1176-1178. A summary of this paper was featured on the NanoWerk website.
  5. Knecht, M.R.; Sethi, M. Bio-Inspired Colorimetric Detection of Hg2+ and Pb2+ Heavy Metal Ions Using Au Nanoparticles, Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2009, 394, 33-46.
  6. Sethi, M.; Joung, G.; Knecht, M.R. Linear Assembly of Au Nanorods Using Biomimetic Ligands, Langmuir 2009, 25, 1572-1581.
  7. Sethi, M.; Joung, G.; Knecht, M.R. Stability and Electrostatic Assembly of Au Nanorods for use in Biological Assays, Langmuir 2009, 25, 317-325.
  8. Weir, M.G.; Knecht, M.R.; Frenkel, A.I.; Crooks, R.M. Structural Analysis of PdAu Dendrimer-Encapsulated PdAu Nanoparticles. Langmuir, 2009, ASAP.
  9. Carino, E.V.; Knecht, M.R.; Crooks, R.M. Quantitative Analysis of the Stability of Pd Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles, Langmuir, 2009, 25, 10279-10284.
  10. Knecht, M.R.; Weir, M.G.; Myers, V.S.; Pyrz, W.D.; He, Y.; Petkov, V.; Buttrey, D.J.; Frenkel, A.I.; Crooks, R.M. Synthesis and Characterization of Pt Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles: Effect of the Template Upon Nanoparticle Formation, Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 5218-5228.
  11. Petkov, V.; Bedford, N.; Knecht, M.R.; Weir, M.G.; Crooks, R.M.; Tang, W.; Henkelman, G.; Frenkel, A.I. Periodicity and Atomic Ordering in Nanosized Particles of Crystals, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008,112, 8907-8911.
  12. Knecht, M.R.; Weir, M.G.; Frenkel, A.I.; Crooks, R.M. Structural Rearrangement of Bimetallic Alloy PdAu Nanoparticles within Dendrimer Templates to Yield Core/Shell Configurations, Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 1019-1028.
  13. Knecht, M.R.; Crooks, R.M. Magnetic Properties of Dendrimer-Encapsulated Iron Nanoparticles Containing an Average of 55 and 147 Atoms, New J. Chem. 2007, 31, 1349-1353.
  14. Knecht, M.R.; Garcia-Martinez, J.C.; Crooks, R.M. Synthesis, Characterization, and Magnetic Properties of Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nickel Nanoparticles Containing <150 Atoms, Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 5039-5044.
  15. Wilson, O.M.; Knecht, M.R.; Garcia-Martinez, J.C.; Crooks, R.M.  The Effect of Pd Nanoparticle Size on the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Allyl Alcohol, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4510-4511.  A summary of this paper was featured in Science 2006, 311, 1837.
  16. Knecht, M.R.; Garcia-Martinez, J.C.; Crooks, R.M.  Hydrophobic Dendrimers as Templates for Au Nanoparticles, Langmuir 2005, 21, 11981-11986.
  17. Knecht, M.R.; Sewell, S.L.; Wright, D.W. Size Control of Dendrimer-Templated Silica, Langmuir 2005, 21, 2058-2061.
  18. Knecht, M.R.; Wright, D.W. Dendrimer Mediated Formation of Multicomponent Nanospheres, Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 4890-4895.
  19. Knecht, M.R.; Wright, D.W. Amine-Terminated Dendrimers as Biomimetic Templates for Silica Nanosphere Formation, Langmuir 2004, 20, 4728-4732.
  20. Knecht, M.R.; Wright, D.W. Functional Analysis of the Biomimetic Silica Precipitating Activity of the R5 Peptide from Cylindrotheca fusiformis, Chem. Commun. 2003, 24, 3038-3039.

Book Chapters

  1. Slocik, J.M.; Knecht, M.R.; Wright, D.W.  Biomimetic Synthesis of Nanoparticles. In Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edition, R. Bruce King, Ed.; John Wiley and Sons Ltd.: New York NY, 2005;  371-391.
  2. Slocik, J.M.; Knecht, M.R.; Wright, D.W.  Biogenic Nanoparticles. In The Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, H.S. Nalwa, Ed.; American Scientific Publishers: Stevenson Ranch CA, 2004; 293-308.

Other

  1. Knecht, M.R. Non-Specific Proteases Can Produce Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 8276-8278.
  2. Knecht, M.R.; Daunert, S. A Light Upon the Horizon: Young Analytical Chemists Forging New Scientific Pathways During an Economic Downturn. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2009, 394, 1-3.
  3. Knecht, M.R. Micro/Nano Technology for Genomics and Proteomics Ed. M. Ozkan and M.J. Heller, Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2008, 392, 19-20.