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Phone: (208)885-6552
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Renfrew Hall
804 Rayburn, Rm 116

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875 Perimeter Dr, MS 2343
Moscow, ID 83844-2343

Selected Recent Publications

"Highest Measured Anodic Stability in Aqueous Solutions: Graphenic Electrodes from the Thermolyzed Asphalt Reaction" I. Francis Cheng, Yuqun Xie, Isaiah Owusu Gyan, Nolan R. Nicholas, RSC Advances, 2013, 3(7), 2379-2384.

“Sulfur as an Important Co-factor in the formation of Multilayer Graphene in the Thermolyzed Asphalt Reaction” Yuqun Xie, Simon D. McAllister,  Seth A. Hyde, Jency Pricilla Sundararajan , B. A. Fouetio Kengne, David N. McIlroy, and I. Francis Cheng* Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 5723-5729. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/jm/c2jm15934a

S. Karmakar and P. J. Hrdlicka, “DNA Strands with Alternating Incorporations of LNA and 2'-O-(pyren-1-yl)methyluridine: SNP-discriminating RNA Detection Probes”, Chem. Sci., doi: 10.1039/C3SC50726B (2012) http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/sc/c3sc50726b

S. P. Sau, P. Kumar, P. K. Sharma and P. J. Hrdlicka, “Fluorescent Intercalator Displacement Replacement (FIDR) Assay: Determination of Relative Thermodynamic and Kinetic Parameters in Triplex Formation - A Case Study using Triplex-forming LNAs”, Nucleic Acids Res., 2012, 40, e162. http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/08/01/nar.gks729.full

P. J. Hrdlicka and Michael E. Østergaard, “Fluorophore-functionalized Locked Nucleic Acids (LNAs)” in “DNA Conjugates and Sensors, RSC Biomolecular Science Series”, edited by K. R. Brown and T. Brown (RSC Publishing, 2012), Vol. 26, 1-33. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/chapter/bk9781849734271-00001/978-1-84973-427-1

“Synthesis and hybridization properties of oligonucleotides modified with 5-(1-aryl-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-2′-deoxyuridines”Mamta Kaura, Pawan Kumar and Patrick J. Hrdlicka. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012 http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2012/ob/c2ob26717a

S. P. Sau and P. J. Hrdlicka, “C2’-Pyrene-functionalized Triazole-linked DNA: Universal Hybridization to DNA/RNA”, J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77, 5-16 (cover article). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo201845z

"Synthesis and Evaluation of Anticancer Natural Product Analogues Based on Angelmarin: Targeting the Tolerance towards Nutrient Deprivation." Jakob Magolan, Nathan B.P. Adams, Hiroko Onozuka, Natasha L. Hungerford, Hiroyasu Esumi, Mark. J. Coster.ChemMedChem 2012 ASAP (online March 16, 2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201100564

"Directed Remote Aromatic Metalations: Mechanisms and Driving Forces." David Tilly, Jakob Magolan, Jacques Mortier.  Chemistry - A European Journal 2012, 18, 3804-3820 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201103920

R. H. Mitchell, P. Zhang, D. J. Berg and R. V. Williams, “An Experimental Estimate of the Relative Aromaticity of the Cyclooctatetraene Dianion by Fusion to Dimethyldihydropyrene,Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 8144.

R. V. Williams, W. D. Edwards, P. Zhang, D. J. Berg and R. H. Mitchell, “Experimental Verification of the Homoaromaticity of 1,3,5-Cycloheptatriene and the Evaluation of the Aromaticity of Tropone and the Tropylium Cation Using the Dimethyldihydropyrene Probe,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 16742.

“Synthesis of graphene paper from pyrolyzed asphalt” I. Francis Cheng, R. Allen Gonzales, Yuqun Xie, Przemysław  R. Brejna, Jency Pricilla Sundararajan, B. A. Fouetio Kengne, D. Eric Aston, David N. McIlroy, Jeremy D. Foutch and Peter R. Griffiths Carbon, 2011, 49, 2852-2861. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2011.03.020

“Fabrication of Porous Hollow Glass Microspheres” Yuqun Xie, Simon D. McAllister, Dean B. Edwards, I. Francis Cheng, Journal of Power Sources, 2011, 24, 10727-10730. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.07.049

P. R. Griffiths, D. E. Pivonka and R. V. Williams, “The Experimental Realization of a Neutral Homoaromatic Carbocycle,” Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 9193

“Radical stabilization in dissolved humates”, Barbora Bakajova and Ray von Wandruszka, Open J. Phys. Chem., 1(3), 55-60 (2011).

K. Ayub, R. Li, C. Bohne, R. V. Williams and R. H. Mitchell, “Calculation Driven Synthesis of an Excellent Dihydropyrene Negative Photochrome and its Photochemical Properties,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4040.

"The Clouding of an Anionic Surfactant in Acid Solution: Mechanistic and Analytical Implications", Joey Charboneau and Ray von Wandruszka, J. Surfact. Deterg., 13(3), 281-286 (2010).

“Humic acids as reducing agents: the involvement of quinoid moieties in arsenate reduction”, Noel Palmer and Ray von Wandruszka, Environ. Sci. Poll. Res., 17, 1362-1370 (2010).

"The influence of aggregation on the redox chemistry of humic substances", Noel Palmer and Ray von Wandruszka, Environ. Chem., 6, 178-184 (2009).

“Adsorbents for the removal of arsenic, cadmium, and lead from contaminated waters”, Sai Krishna Yadanaparthi, David Graybill, and Ray von Wandruszka, J. Haz. Mat., 171, 1-15 (2009).

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