Publications:

RECENT PUBLICATIONS


1. Gang Wang and Siu-Tung Yau ¿Spatial confinement induced enzyme stability for bioelectronic applications¿, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 11921-11926 (2007).

2. G. Wang, N. M. Thai and S.-T. Yau ¿Preserved enzymatic activity of glucose oxidase immobilized on unmodified electrodes for glucose detection¿, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 22, 2158-2164 (2007).

3. Y. Choi, G. Wang and S.-T. Yau, "An electronic composite material with room-temperature negative differential resistance", Applied Physics Letters, 89, 233116 (2006).

4. G. Wang, K. Mantey, M. Nayfeh and S.-T. Yau, ¿Amperometric Detection of Bio-Medically Important Substances Using Si29 Particles¿, Applied Physics Letters, 89, 243901 (2006).

5. G. Wang and S.-T. Yau, ¿Preserved enzymatic activity of glucose oxidase immobilized on an unmodified electrode¿, Electrochemistry Communications, 8, 987-992 (2006).

6. S.-T. Yau, Iris Thai, Ela Strauss, Narender Rana and Gang Wang., ¿Inlaying nanoscale surface recess structures with nanoscale objects¿, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 6, 796-801 (2006).

7. G. Wang and S.-T. Yau, ¿Enzyme-Immobilized Si-SiO2 Electrode: Fast Electron Transfer with Preserved Enzymatic Activity¿, Applied Physics Letters 87, 253901 (2005).

8. E. Manning and S.-T. Yau, ¿Spatially selective immobilization of ferritin using solid-solution interfacial interactions¿, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 23, 2309-2313 (2005).

9. S.-T. Yau and G. Qian, ¿A Prototype Protein Field-Effect Transistor¿, Applied Physics Letters 86, 103508 (2005).

10. E. Strauss, B. Thomas and S.-T. Yau, ¿Enhancing electron transfer at the cytochrome c ¿ immobilized microelectrode and macroelectrode¿, Langmuir 20, 8768-8772 (2004).

11. N. Rana and S.-T. Yau, ¿Constructing low-dimensional assemblies of nanoparticles¿, Nanotechnology 15, 275-278 (2004).

12. A. Feeling-Taylor, S.-T. Yau, D. Petsev, R. Nagel, R. E. Hirsch and P. G. Vekilov, ¿Crystallization mechanisms of hemoglobin c in the R-state¿, Biophysical Journal 87, 1-9 (2004).

13. H. Lin, S.-T. Yau and P. G. Vekilov,  ¿Dissipating step bunches during crystallization under transport control¿, Physical Review E 67, article # 031606 (2003).

14. P. G. Vekilov, A. R. Feeling-Taylor, S.-T. Yau, and D. Petsev, ¿Solvent entropy contribution to the free energy of protein crystallization¿, Acta Crystallogr. Section D 58, 1611-1616 (2002).

15. M.D. Serrano, O. Galkin, S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, R.L. Nagel, R. E.Hirsch, and P.G. Vekilov, ¿Are protein crystallization mechanisms relevant to understanding and control of polymerization of deoxyhemoglobin S?¿, Journal of Crystal Growth 232, 368-375 (2001).

16. S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, and P.G. Vekilov, ¿Real time, in-situ, monitoring of apoferritin crystallization and defect formation with molecular resolution¿, Journal of Crystal Growth 232, 188-194 (2001). (II, Exp, Anal)

17. D.N. Petsev, B.R. Thomas, S.-T. Yau, D. Tsekova, C.N. Nanev, W.W. Wilson, and P.G. Vekilov, ¿Temperature-independent solubility and interactions between apoferritin monomers and dimers in solution¿, Journal of Crystal Growth 232, 21-29 (2001).

18. S.-T. Yau and P.G. Vekilov, ¿Direct observation of nucleus structure and nucleation pathways¿, Journal of  American Chemical Society 123, 1080-1089 (2001).

19. S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, O. Galkin, O. Gliko, and P.G. Vekilov, ¿Molecular mechanisms of microheterogeneity-induced defect formation in ferritin crystallization¿, Proteins: Structure, Function, Genetics, 43, 343-352 (2001).

20. H. Lin, D.N. Petsev, S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas and P.G. Vekilov,  ¿Lower Incorporation of Impurities in Ferritin Crystals by Suppression of Convection: Modeling Results¿, Crystal Growth and Design, 1, 73-79 (2001).

21. S. Biggs, C. A. Lukey, G. M. Spinks, and S.-T. Yau, ¿An atomic force microscopy study of weathering of polyester/melamine paint surfaces¿, Progress in Organic Coatings 42, 49-58 (2001).

22. S.-T. Yau, D.N. Petsev, B.R. Thomas, and P.G. Vekilov, ¿Molecular-level thermodynamic and kinetic parameters for the self-assembly of apoferritin molecules into crystals¿, Journal of Molecular Biology, 303, 667-678 (2000).

23. S.-T. Yau and P. G. Vekilov, ¿Quasi-planar nucleus structure in apoferritin crystallalisation¿, Nature 406, 494-497 (2000).

24. S.-T. Yau, B. R. Thomas, and P. G. Vekilov, ¿Molecular mechanisms of crystallisation and defect formation", Physical Review Letters 85, 353-356 (2000).

25. S.-T. Yau, C. Zhang, and P.Innis, ¿Asymmetry and rectification of tunnel current in a nanometer metal-conjugated polymer¿metal junction¿, Journal of Chemical Physics 112, 6774-6778 (2000).

26. D. N. Petsev, B. R. Thomas, S.-T. Yau, and P. G. Vekilov, ¿Interactions and aggregation of apoferritin molecules in solution: effects of added electrolytes¿, Biophysical Journal 78, 2060-2069 (2000).