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Search Publications by: Veronika Szalai (Fed)

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Iron-sulfur clusters are involved in post-translational arginylation

January 28, 2023
Author(s)
Verna Van, Janae Brown, Corin R. O'Shea, Hannah Rosenbach, Ijaz Mohamed, Nna-Emeka Ejimogu, Toan Bui, Veronika Szalai, Kelly Chacon, Ingrid Span, Aaron T. Smith
Eukaryotic arginylation is an essential post-translational modification that both modulates protein stability and regulates protein half-life through the N-degron pathway. Arginylation is catalyzed by a family of enzymes known as the arginyl-tRNA

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of Carbonated Hydroxyapatite Synthesized through Calcium Phosphate Cements

August 5, 2022
Author(s)
Alline F. Myers, Shozo Takagi, Stanislav Frukhtbeyn, Laurence Chow, Veronika Szalai, Lonnie Cumberland, Ileana Pazos, Eaman Karim
Ionizing radiation-induced paramagnetic defects in calcified tissues like tooth enamel are indicators of irradiation dose. Hydroxyapatite (HA), the principal constituent in these materials, incorporates a variety of anions (CO32, F, Cl, SiO44 ) and

The YcnI protein from Bacillus subtilis contains a copper-binding domain

September 1, 2021
Author(s)
Madhura Damle, Stephen Peters, Veronika Szalai, Oriana Fisher
Bacteria require a precise balance of copper ions to ensure that essential cuproproteins are fully metalated while also avoiding copper-induced toxicity. The Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis maintains appropriate copper homeostasis in part through

Scalable microresonators for room-temperature detection of electron spin resonance from dilute, sub-nanoliter volume solids

October 28, 2020
Author(s)

Nandita S. Abhyankar, Amit K. Agrawal, Pragya R. Shrestha, Russell A. Maier, Robert D. McMichael, Jason P. Campbell, Veronika A. Szalai

Microresonators used for spin detection in volume-limited samples suffer from poor quality factors, which adversely affect sensitivity and ease of coupling to the microwave source. Here we adapt a metamaterial design with toroidal moment to confine

The C-terminus and Third Cytoplasmic Loop Cooperatively Activate Mouse Melanopsin Phototransduction

July 21, 2020
Author(s)
Juan C. Valdez-Lopez, Stephen T. Petr, Matthew P. Donohue, Robin J. Bailey, Meheret Gebreeziabher, Evan G. Cameron, Julia B. Wolf, Veronika Szalai, Phyllis R. Robinson
Melanopsin, an atypical vertebrate visual pigment, mediates non-image forming light responses including circadian photoentrainment and pupillary light reflexes, and contrast detection for image formation. Melanopsin-expressing intrinsically photosensitive

The FeoC [4Fe4S] Cluster Is Redox-Active and Rapidly Oxygen-Sensitive

November 12, 2019
Author(s)
Aaron T. Smith, Richard O. Linkous, Nathan Max, Alexandrea E. Sestok, Veronika Szalai, Kelly N. Chacon
The acquisition of iron is essential to establishing virulence among most pathogens. Under acidic and/or anaerobic conditions, most bacteria utilize the widely-distributed ferrous iron (Fe2+) uptake (Feo) system to import metabolically-required iron. The

Nonresonant transmission line probe for sensitive interferometric electron spin resonance detection

August 5, 2019
Author(s)
Pragya R. Shrestha, Nandita S. Abhyankar, Mark A. Anders, Kin P. Cheung, Robert M. Gougelet, Jason T. Ryan, Veronika A. Szalai, Jason P. Campbell
Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy measures paramagnetic free radicals, or electron spins, in a variety of biological, chemical, and physical systems. Detection of diverse paramagnetic species is important in applications ranging from quantum

Mapping Electron Transfer at MoS2 using Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy

October 29, 2018
Author(s)
Nicole L. Ritzert, Veronika Szalai, Thomas P. Moffat
Understanding the role of macroscopic and atomic defects in the interfacial electron transfer properties of layered transition metal dichalcogenides is important in optimizing their performance in energy conversion and electronic devices. Means of

Integration of a versatile bridge concept in a 34 GHz pulsed/CW EPR spectrometer

March 1, 2018
Author(s)
Alan H. Band, Matthew P. Donohue, Boris Epel, Shraeya Madhu, Veronika Szalai
We present a 34 GHz continuous wave (CW)/pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer capable of pulse-shaping that is based on a novel microwave bridge design. The bridge radio frequency (RF)-in/RF-out design (500 MHz to 1 GHz input/output

Deconvoluting the Influences of 3D Structure on the Performance of Photoelectrodes for Solar-Driven Water Splitting

February 7, 2017
Author(s)
Daniel V. Esposito, Youngmin Lee, Heayoung Yoon, Paul M. Haney, Natalie Labrador, Thomas P. Moffat, A. A. Talin, Veronika A. Szalai
Abstract Three-dimensionally (3D) structured photoelectrodes offer a number of potential benefits for solar fuels production compared to conventional planar photoelectrodes, including decreased optical losses, higher surface area for catalysis, more facile

Fabrication of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy-Atomic Force Microscopy (SECM-AFM) Probes to Image Surface Topography and Reactivity at the Nanoscale

January 27, 2017
Author(s)
Jeyavel Velmurugan, Amit K. Agrawal, Sang M. An, Eric A. Choudhary, Veronika A. Szalai
Electrocatalysts, used in energy applications, rely on the solid-liquid interface to carry out productive chemistry. This interface is generally less amenable to standard surface-science characterization methods, making the investigation of the surface

Optical Fluorescence Microscopy for Spatially Characterizing Electron Transfer across a Solid-Liquid Interface on Heterogeneous Electrodes

April 28, 2016
Author(s)
Eric A. Choudhary, Jeyavel Velmurugan, James M. Marr, James A. Liddle, Veronika A. Szalai
Heterogeneous catalytic materials and electrodes are used for (electro)chemical transformations, including those important for energy storage and utilization. Due to the heterogeneous nature of these materials, activity measurements with sufficient spatial

N-methylmesoporphyrin IX fluorescence as a reporter of strand orientation in guanine quadruplexes

April 1, 2014
Author(s)
Navin C. Sabharwal, Victoria Savikhin, Joshua Turek-Herman, John M. Nicoludis, Veronika Szalai, Liliya Yatsunyk
Guanine quadruplexes (GQ) are four-stranded DNA structures formed by guanine-rich DNA sequences. Formation of GQs inhibits cancer cell survival, but detecting GQs in vivo has proved difficult, in part because of GQ structural diversity. Development of GQ

Design Considerations for Enhancing Absorption in Semiconductors on Metals with Surface Plasmon Polaritons

March 5, 2014
Author(s)
Christopher C. Bohn, Amit K. Agrawal, Youngmin Lee, Charles J. Choi, Matthew Davis, Paul M. Haney, Henri J. Lezec, Veronika A. Szalai
Surface plasmon polaritons have attracted attention for energy applications such as photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical cells because of their ability to improve optical absorption in thin fi lms. We show that surface plasmon polaritons enhance

Tunable electrical conductivity in metal-organic framework thin film devices

January 3, 2014
Author(s)
Albert A. Talin, Andrea Centrone, Alexandra C. Ford, Michael E. Foster, Vitalie Stavila, Paul M. Haney, Robert A. Kinney, Veronika Szalai, Farid El Gabaly, Heayoung Yoon, Francois Leonard, Mark Allendorf
We report a strategy for realizing tunable electrical conductivity in MOFs in which the nanopores are infiltrated with redox-active, conjugated guest molecules. This approach is demonstrated using thin-film devices of the MOF Cu3(BTC)2 (also known as HKUST

Synapsable quadruplex-mediated fibers

May 3, 2013
Author(s)
Veronika A. Szalai, Miguel A. Mendez
We have fabricated and characterized a novel DNA based nanofiber created by synergistic self-assembly of guanine quadruplex (Hoogsteen base pairing) and double-stranded DNA (Watson-Crick base pairing). The assembly of our nanofibers occurs in several steps

Effect of Tin Doping on alpha-Fe2O3 Photoanodes for Water Splitting

June 28, 2012
Author(s)
Christopher C. Bohn, Amit Agrawal, Erich C. Walter, Mark D. Vaudin, Andrew Herzing, Paul M. Haney, Albert A. Talin, Veronika Szalai
Sputtered-deposited films of α-Fe2O3 of thickness 600 nm were investigated as photoanodes for solar water splitting and found to have photocurrents as high as 0.8 mA/cm2 at 1.23 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). The incorporation of Sn into