Publications
2021
Driving energetically unfavorable dehydrogenation dynamics with plasmonics, Katherine Sytwu, Michal Vadai, Fariah Hayee, Daniel Angell, Alan Dai, Jefferson Dixon, Jennifer Dionne. Science Article
Press release: Engineers find a way to control chemical catalysts with sculpted light.
Shared Facilities used: SNSF, SNF, SRCC
January 15
A Single Immunization with Spike-Functionalized Ferritin Vaccines Elicits Neutralizing Antibody Responses against SARS-CoV-2 in Mice, Abigail Powell, Kaiming Zhang, Mrinmoy Sanyal, Shaogeng Tang, Payton Weidenbacher, Shanshan Li, Tho Pham, John Pak, Wah Chiu, Peter Kim. ACS Central Science Article
Press release: Stanford single-dose nanoparticle vaccine for COVID-19
Shared facilities used: ChEM-H Macromolecular Structure Knowledge Center , BSL3, Stanford-SLAC CryoEM (S2E2)
January 5
2020
Underpotential lithium plating on graphite anodes caused by temperature heterogeneity. H. Wang, Y. Zhu, S. C. Kim, A. Pei, Y. Li, D. T. Boyle, H. Wang, Z. Zhang, Y. Ye, W. Huang, Y. Liu, J. Xu, J. Li, F. Liu, and Y. Cui Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Article
Shared facilities used: SNSF, SNF
November 9
Resolving individual atoms of protein complex by cryo-electron microscopy. Zhang, K, Pintilie, GD, Li, S, Schmid, MF, & Chiu, W. Cell Research. Article
Shared facilities used: S2E2
November 2
Ultralight and fire-extinguishing current collectors for high-energy and high-safety lithium-ion batteries. Y. Ye, L.-Y. Chou, Y. Liu, H. Wang, H. K. Lee, W. Huang, J. Wan, K. Liu, G. Zhou, Y. Yang, A. Yang, X. Xiao, X. Gao, D. T. Boyle, H. Chen, W. Zhang, S. C. Kim, and Y. Cui. Nature Energy. Article
Press release: New Method to Improve Safety and Efficiency of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Shared facilities used: SNSF, SNF
October 15
Cryo-EM and MD infer water-mediated proton transport and autoinhibition mechanisms of Vo complex Roh, SH, Shekhar, M, Pintilie, G, Chipot, C, Wilkens, S, Singharoy, A, & Chiu, W Science Advances Article
Press release: First detailed look at how a molecular Ferris wheel delivers protons to cellular factories
Shared facilities used: S2E2
October 7
Plasmonic and electrostatic interactions enable uniformly-enhanced liquid bacterial surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Loza Tadesse, Chi-Sing Ho, Dong-Hua Chen, Hamed Arami, Niaz Banaei, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, Stefanie Jeffrey, Amr Saleh, and Jennifer Dionne. Nano Letters Article
Press Release: Identifying bacteria in their natural habitat
Shared facilities used: SOM/CSIF, SNSF, SRCC
September 20
A glycoprotein B-neutralizing antibody structure at 2.8 A uncovers a critical domain for herpesvirus fusion initiation. Oliver, SL, Xing, Y, Chen, DH, Roh, SH, Pintilie, GD, Bushnell, DA, Sommer, MH, Yang, E, Carfi, A, Chiu, W, & Arvin, AM. Nature Communications Article
Press release: Cryo-EM study yields new clues to chicken pox infection
Shared facilities used: S2E2, SOM
August 18
High quality factor phase gradient metasurfaces. M.Lawrence*, D. Barton*, J. Dixon, J-H. Song, J. van de Groep, M. Brongersma and J. Dionne. Nature Nanotechnology Article
Press Release: Slowing and steering light with resonant nanoantennas
Shared facilities used: SNF, SNSF, SRCC
August 17
A 3.4-A cryo-EM structure of the human coronavirus spike trimer computationally derived from vitrified NL63 virus particles. Zhang, K, Li, S, Pintilie, G, Chmielewski, D, Schmid, MF, Simmons, G, Jin, J, & Chiu, W. QRB Discovery
Press release: Scientists get the most realistic view yet of a coronavirus spike's protein structure
Shared facilities used: S2E2
August 11
Revealing the structure of a catalytic combustion active-site ensemble combining uniform nanocrystal catalysts and theory insights. Yang, A.-C.; Choksi, T.; Streibel, V.; Aljama, A.; Wrasman, C. J.; Roling, L. T.; Goodman, E. D.; Thomas, D.; Bare, S. R.; Sánchez-Carrera, R. S.; Schäfer, A.; Li, Y.; Abild-Pedersen, A.; Cargnello, M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article
Press release: SLAC and Stanford scientists home in on pairs of atoms that boost a catalyst’s activity
Shared facilities used: SNSF, SMF
June 30
Molecular design for electrolyte solvents enabling energy-dense and long-cycling lithium metal batteries Z. Yu, H. Wang, X. Kong, W. Huang, Y. Tsao, D. G. Mackanic, K. Wang, X. Wang, W. Huang, S. Choudhury, Y. Zheng, C. V. Amanchukwu, S. T. Hung, Y. Ma, E. G. Lomeli, J. Qin, Y. Cui, and Z. Bao. Nature Energy Article
Press Release: New battery electrolyte developed at Stanford may boost the performance of electric vehicles
Shared facilities used: SNSF
June 22
Cryogenic single-molecule fluorescence annotations for electron tomography reveal in situ organization of key proteins in Caulobacter. Dahlberg, PD, Saurabh, S, Sartor, AM, Wang, J, Mitchell, PG, Chiu, W, Shapiro, L, & Moerner, WE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article
Press release: Scientists marry two powerful techniques to pinpoint locations of individual molecules in their cellular neighborhoods
Shared facilities used: S2E2, SOM, SNSF
June 8
Resolving Nanoscopic and Mesoscopic Heterogeneity of Fluorinated Species in Battery Solid-Electrolyte Interphases by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy William Huang, Hansen Wang, David T. Boyle, Yuzhang Li, and Yi Cui. ACS Energy Letters Article
Shared facilities used: SNSF
March 16
Extracellular cGAMP is a cancer-cell-produced immunotransmitter involved in radiation-induced anticancer immunity. J. A. Carozza, V. Böhnert, K. C. Nguyen, G. Skariah, K. E. Shaw, J. A. Brown, M. Rafat, R. von Eyben, E. E. Graves, J. S. Glenn, M. Smith, L. Li. Nature Cancer. Article
Press Release: ChEM-H researchers work toward new understanding of cancer camouflage
Shared facilities used: Medicinal Chemistry Knowledge Center (a follow-up Cell Chemical Biology paper also used Macromolecular Structure Knowledge Center, which has corresponding cover art shown)
February 24
Revealing multiple classes of stable quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride with correlated optical and electron microscopy F. Hayee, L. Yu, J.L. Zhang, C. Ciccarino, M. Nguyen, A. Marshall, I. Aharonovich, J. Vučković, P. Narang, T. Heinz and J. Dionne. Nature Materials. Article
Press Release: Defects add color to quantum systems
Shared facilities used: SNF, SNSF, SRCC
February 24
PI4KIIIβ is a therapeutic target in chromosome 1q–amplified lung adenocarcinoma. X. Tan, P. Banerjee, E. A. Pham, F. U. N. Rutaganira, K. Basu, N. Bota-Rabassedas, H.-F. Guo, C. L. Grzeskowiak, X. Liu, J. Yu, L. Shi, D. H. Peng, B. L. Rodriguez, J. Zhang, V. Zheng, D. Y. Duose, L. M. Solis, B. Mino, M. Gabriela Raso, C. Behrens, I. I. Wistuba, K. L. Scott, M. Smith, K. Nguyen, G. Lam, I. Choong, A. Mazumdar, J. L. Hill, D. L. Gibbons, P. H. Brown, W. K. Russell, K. Shokat, C. Creighton, J. S. Glenn, J. M. Kurie. Science Translational Medicine Article
Press Release: Antiviral treatments lead researchers to develop possible cancer drug
Shared facilities used: Medicinal Chemistry Knowledge Center
January 22