This project was supervised by Dr. Hugh Horton from the Department of Chemistry at Queen’s University. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have extensive applications in chemical resistance,…
Johnston CW, Skinnider MA, Wyatt MA, Li X, Ranieri MRM, Yang L, Zechel DL, Bin Ma, and Magarvey NA*. An automated Genomes-to-Natural Products platform (GNP)…
Zechel DL*, PhnK: Another piece of the carbon-phosphorus lyase puzzle. Structure 2016, 24, 3-4. My commentary on some very nice work by the Zhang and…
Séguin J and Zechel DL*, “The Di-Iron Oxygenase PhnZ” in the Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Messerschmidt, A., Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2016.…
Horsman G* and Zechel DL*. Phosphonate Biochemistry. Chem. Rev. 2016, in press online. I’m very excited about this joint effort with Geoff Horsman (Wilfrid Laurier…
Cell-surface engineering strategies that permit long-lived display of well-defined, functionally active molecules are highly attractive for eliciting desired cellular responses and for understanding biological processes.…
During cryopreservation, ice recrystallization is a major cause of cellular damage. Conventional cryoprotectants such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and glycerol function by a number of…
Existing Janus filters cannot separate oil from emulsions stabilized by non-ionic surfactants. Reported in this paper are universal Janus filters that separate oil from emulsions…
Friction and wear impact the functionality, efficiency, and longevity of all devices containing sliding contacts, with substantial economic and environment impacts. Estimates place the cost…
Molecular dynamics (MD) uses Newton’s equations to simulate the motion of the atoms in a chemical system. To model reactions, the forces must be obtained…