Publications
Prior to UIC
16. "DNA Origami Protection and Molecular Interfacing through Engineered Sequence-Defined Peptoids"
Wang, S.-T.; Gray, M. A.; Xuan, S.; Lin, Y.; Byrnes, J.; Nguyen, A. I.; Todorova, N.; Stevens, M. M.; Bertozzi, C. R.; Zuckermann, R. N.; Gang, O.; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2020, 117, 6339-6348.
15. "Cooperative Intramolecular Hydrogen-Bonding Strongly Enforces cis-Peptoid Folding"
Wijaya, A.,* Nguyen, A. I.,* Roe, L. T., Butterfoss, G. L., Spencer, R. K., Li, N. K., Zuckermann, R. N., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 19436-19447. DOI:
*Equal contribution
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Amtawong, J., Balcells, D., Wilcoxen, J., Handford, R. C., Biggins, N., Nguyen, A. I., Britt, R. D., Tilley, T. D., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 19436-19447. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10320
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13. “Stabilization of reactive Co4O4 cubane oxygen-evolution catalysts within porous frameworks”
Nguyen, A. I.,* Van Allsburg, K. M.,* Terban, M. W., Bajdich, M., Oktawiec, J., Amtawong, J., Ziegler, M. S., Dombrowski, J. P., Lakshmi, K. V., Drisdell, W. S., Yano, J., Billinge, S. J. L., Tilley, T. D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2019, 116, 11630-11639. *Equal contribution
Commentary by Wang, D. and Meyer, T. J.
Media coverage in: UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, AAS, DOE, phys.org
Nguyen, A. I.; Spencer, R. K.; Anderson, C. L.; Zuckermann, R. N. Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 8806-8813.
11. “Influence of a “Dangling” Co(II) Ion Bound to a [MnCo3O4] Oxo Cubane”
Nguyen, A. I.; Darago, L. E.; Balcells, D.; Tilley, T. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 9030-9033.
Wang, S–T.; Lin, Y.; Spencer, R. K.; Thomas, M. R.; Nguyen, A. I.; Amdursky, N.; Pashuck, E. T.; Skaalure, S. C.; Song, C. Y.; Parmar, P. A.; Morgan, R. M.; Ercius, P.; Aloni, S.; Zuckermann, R. N.; Stevens, M. M. ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 8579–8589.
9. “Artificial Metalloproteins Containing Co4O4 Active Sites”
Olshansky, L.; Huerta-Lavorie, R.; Nguyen, A. I.; Vallapurackal, J.; Furst, A.; Tilley, T. D.; Borovik, A. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2739-2742.
8. "Manganese–Cobalt Oxido Cubanes Relevant to Manganese-Doped Water Oxidation Catalysts”
Nguyen, A. I.; Suess, D. L. M.; Darago, L. E.; Oyala, P. H.; Levine, D. S.; Ziegler, M. S.; Britt, R. D.; Tilley, T. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5579-5587.
Nguyen, A. I.; Wang, J.; Levine, D. S.; Ziegler, M. S.; Tilley, T. D. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 4274-4284.
Nguyen, A. I.; Ziegler, M. S.; Oña-Burgos, P.; Sturzbecher-Hohne, M.; Kim, W.; Bellone, D. E.; Tilley, T. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 12865-12872.
5. “Efficient C–H Bond Activations via O2 cleavage by a Dianionic Co(II) Complex”
Nguyen, A. I.; Hadt, R. G.; Solomon, E. I.; Tilley, T. D. Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 2874-2878.
4. “Designing Catalysts for Nitrene Transfer Using Early Transition Metals and Redox-Active Ligands”
Heyduk, A. F.; Zarkesh, R. A.; Nguyen, A. I. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 9849-9863.
3. “Catalytic Nitrene Transfer by a Zirconium(IV) Redox-Active Ligand Complex”
Nguyen, A. I.; Zarkesh, R. A.; Lacy, D. C.; Thorson, M. K.; Heyduk, A. F. Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 166-169.
Blackmore, K. J.; Nguyen, A. I.; Heyduk, A. F. Inorg. Synth., 2010, 35, 92-96.
Nguyen, A. I.; Blackmore, K. J.; Carter, S. M.; Zarkesh, R. A.; Heyduk, A. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 3307-3316.