2020

• Ma, W., Lutsko, J.F., Rimer, J.D. et al. (2020), Antagonistic cooperativity between crystal growth modifiers. Nature 577, 497–501 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1918-4

2019

• L. Lu, Z. Li, H. Li, X. Li, P. G. Vekilov, G. E. Karniadakis, Quantitative (2019). prediction of erythrocyte sickling for the development of advanced sickle cell therapies. Sci. Adv. 5, eaax3905 . https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax3905
• Vekilov, P.G. (2019). Crystallization tracked atom by atom. Nature 570, 450-452. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01965-2
• Xu, Y., M. S. Safari, et al. (2019). “Steady, Symmetric, and Reversible Growth and Dissolution of Individual Amyloid-β Fibrils.” ACS Chemical Neuroscience 10(6): 2967-2976. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.9b00179
• Safari, M. S., Wang, Z., et al. (2019). “Anomalous Dense Liquid Condensates Host the Nucleation of Tumor Suppressor p53 Fibrils.” iScience 12: 342-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.01.027

2018

• Olafson, K. N., Clark, R. J., Vekilov, P. G., Palmer, J. C., & Rimer, J. D. (2018). Structuring of Organic Solvents at Solid Interfaces and Ramifications for Antimalarial Adsorption on β-Hematin Crystals. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,10(35), 29288–29298. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b08579
• Vekilov, P. G., McCabe, J. W., Angel, L. A., Hawke, D. H., Byington, M. C., Safari, M. S., … Conrad, J. C. (2018). Weakly-bound Dimers that Underlie the Crystal Nucleation Precursors in Lysozyme Solutions. BioRxiv. Retrieved from http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/03/08/275222.abstract

2017

• Warzecha, M., Safari, M. S., Florence, A. J., & Vekilov, P. G. (2017). Mesoscopic Solute-Rich Clusters in Olanzapine Solutions. Crystal Growth & Design, 17(12), 6668–6676. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01299
• Olafson, K. N., Rimer, J. D., & Vekilov, P. G. (2017). Early Onset of Kinetic Roughening due to a Finite Step Width in Hematin Crystallization. Physical Review Letters, 119(19), 198101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.198101
• Olafson, K. N., Nguyen, T. Q., Vekilov, P. G., & Rimer, J. D. (2017). Frontispiece: Deconstructing Quinoline-Class Antimalarials to Identify Fundamental Physicochemical Properties of Beta-Hematin Crystal Growth Inhibitors. Chemistry – A European Journal, 23(55). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201785564
• Olafson, K. N., Nguyen, T. Q., Vekilov, P. G., & Rimer, J. D. (2017). Deconstructing Quinoline-Class Antimalarials to Identify Fundamental Physicochemical Properties of Beta-Hematin Crystal Growth Inhibitors. Chemistry – A European Journal, 23(55), 13638–13647. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201702251
• Safari, M. S., Byington, M. C., Conrad, J. C., & Vekilov, P. G. (2017). Polymorphism of Lysozyme Condensates. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121(39), 9091–9101. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05425
• Safari, M. S., Poling-Skutvik, R., Vekilov, P. G., & Conrad, J. C. (2017). Differential dynamic microscopy of bidisperse colloidal suspensions. Npj Microgravity,3(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-017-0027-7
• K.N. Olafson, T.Q. Nguyen, J.D. Rimer, P.G. Vekilov, Antimalarials inhibit hematin crystallization by unique drug-surface site interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jul 2017, 114 (29) 7531-7536. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700125114
• Safari, M.S., Poling-Skutvik, R., Vekilov, P.G. et al. Differential dynamic microscopy of bidisperse colloidal suspensions. npj Microgravity 3, 21 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-017-0027-7
• M.C. Byington, M.S. Safari, J.C. Conrad, P.G. Vekilov, Shear flow suppresses the volume of the protein-rich clusters in lysozyme solutions. J. Cryst. Growth, In print (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.12.080
• Yamazaki, Y.Kimura., P.G. Vekilov, E. Furukawa, M. Shirai, H. Matsumoto , A.E.S. Van Driessche, K. Tsukamoto, Two types of amorphous protein particles facilitate crystal nucleation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Feb 2017, 114 (9) 2154-2159. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1606948114
• M.A. Ketchum, A.M. Lee, P.G. Vekilov, J.D. Rimer, Biomimetic assay for hematin crystallization inhibitors: a new platform to screen antimalarial drugs. Crystal Growth & Design 17 (2017) 197–206. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01424

2016

• M.A.C. Potenza, T. Sanvito, F.P. Mariani, P.G. Vekilov, D. Maes, Confocal depolarized dynamic light scattering: a technique for complex fluids. Medical Research Archives, 2(2) (2016) 1. https://journals.ke-i.org/mra/article/view/407
• M.A. Vorontsova, P.G. Vekilov, D. Maes, Characterization of the diffusive dynamics of particles with time-dependent asymmetric microscopy intensity profiles. Soft Matter 12 (2016) 6926-6936. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SM00946H
• M.C. Byington, M.S. Safari, J.C. Conrad, P.G. Vekilov, Protein conformational flexibility enables the formation of dense liquid clusters: Tests Using Solution Shear. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7 (2016) 2339-2345. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00822
• S. Rittikulsittichai, A. Kolhatkar, S. Sarangi, M.A. Vorontsova, P.G. Vekilov, A. Brazdeikis and T.R. Lee, Multi-responsive Hybrid Particles: Thermo-, pH-, Photo-, and Magneto-responsive Magnetic Hydrogel Cores with Gold Nanorod Optical Triggers. Nanoscale 8 (2016) 11851-11861. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR09235C
• Lu, X. Li, P.G. Vekilov, G. Karniadakis, Probing the twisted structure of sickle hemoglobin fibers via coarse-grained molecular simulations. Biophys. J., 110 (2016) 2085-2093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2016.04.002

2015

• K.N. Olafson, M.A. Ketchum, J.D. Rimer, P.G. Vekilov, Molecular Mechanisms of Hematin Crystallization from Organic Solvent. Crystal Growth & Design, 15 (2015) 5535-5542. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01157
• Featured in New and Notable article A.B. Kolomeisky, Staying Together: Protein Molecules in Mesoscopic Clusters, Biophys. J., 109 (2015) 1759-1760.
• M.A. Vorontsova, H.Y. Chan, V. Lubchenko, and P.G. Vekilov, Lack of Dependence of the Sizes of the Mesoscopic Protein Clusters on Electrostatics. Biophys. J. 109 (2015) 1959-1968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2015.09.025

Biophysical Journal

Date: November 3, 2015
Volume: 109
Issue: 9

Details: Lack of Dependence of the Sizes of the Mesoscopic Protein Clusters on Electrostatics. Protein-rich clusters of steady submicron size and narrow size distribution exist in protein solutions in apparent violation of the classical laws of phase equilibrium. We use the highly basic protein lysozyme at nearly neutral and lower pH as a model and explore the response of the cluster population to the electrostatic forces, which govern numerous biophysical phenomena, including crystallization and fibrillization.

Crystal Engineering Communications

Date: November 7, 2015
Volume: 17
Issue: 41

Details: Hematin Crystallization in Water-Deprived Growth Environments. Hematin crystallization is the primary mechanism of heme detoxification in malaria parasites. Here, we show that water-saturated n-octanol serves as a biomimetic medium for crystal growth. This advancement has significant implications for the design of experiments to screen and assess antimalarial drugs. See Vekilov, Rimer and co-workers, p 7790.

• Vekilov, P. G., J. D. Rimer, et al. (2015). “Lipid or aqueous medium for hematin crystallization?” CrystEngComm 17(41): 7790-7800. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CE01178G
• M.S. Safari, M.A. Vorontsova, P.G. Vekilov, J.C. Conrad, Differential dynamic microscopy of weakly scattering and polydisperse protein-rich clusters. Phys. Rev. E 92 (2015) 042712. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp5011617
• Aich, M Freundlich, P.G. Vekilov, The free heme concentration in healthy human erythrocytes. Blood Cells, 55 (2015) 402 – 409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcmd.2015.09.003
• Aich, W. Pan, P.G. Vekilov, Thermodynamic mechanism of free heme action on sickle cell hemoglobin polymerization. AIChE Journal 61 (2015) 2861-2170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2010.07.024
• Maes, M.A. Vorontsova, M.A.C. Potenza, T. Sanvito, M. Sleutel, A.E.S. Van Driessche, M. Giglio, P.G. Vekilov, Do Protein Crystals Nucleate within Dense Liquid Clusters? Acta Crystallogr. Section F 71 (2015) 815-822. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053230X1500899
• Price, S., B. Rimez, et al. (2015). “Nucleation in complex multi-component and multi-phase systems: general discussion.” Faraday Discussions 179(0): 503-542. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD90039E
• Price, S., S. Veesler, et al. (2015). “Molecular self-assembly and clustering in nucleation processes: general discussion.” Faraday Discussions 179(0): 155-197. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD90036K
• Sun, C. C., W. Sun, et al. (2015). “Solvent and additive interactions as determinants in the nucleation pathway: general discussion.” Faraday Discussions 179(0): 383-420. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD90038G
• Sun, W., S. Booth, et al. (2015). “Time and space resolved methods: general discussion.” Faraday Discussions 179(0): 247-267. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD90037A
• Vorontsova, M. A., D. Maes, et al. (2015). “Recent advances in the understanding of two-step nucleation of protein crystals.” Faraday Discussions 179(0): 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4FD00217B

2014

• K.N. Olafson, J.D. Rimer, P.G. Vekilov, Growth of Large Hematin Crystals in Biomimetic Solutions. Crystal Growth & Design 14 (2014) 2123-2127. https://doi.org/10.1021/cg5002682
• P.G. Vekilov, Thermodynamics of protein crystallization: a dialogue with Professor Sunagawa. Journal of the Japanese Association for Crystal Growth. Special Issue: The Memory of the Late Professor Ichiro Sunagawa 41 (2014) 18–20.
• P.G. Vekilov, M.A. Vorontsova, Nucleation precursors in protein crystallization. Acta Cryst. F70 (2014) 271–282. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053230X14002386

2013

• M.A. Ketchum, K.N. Olafson, E.V. Petrova, J.D. Rimer, and P.G. Vekilov, Hematin crystallization from aqueous and organic solvents. J. Chem. Phys. 139 (2013) 121911. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4816106
• E.V. Petrova, A. Aich, M.C. Byington, P.G. Vekilov, Design of gastight picoliter reactors allowing in situ optical observation, J. Micromech. Microeng. 23 (2013) 105003.

2012

• P.G Vekilov, Phase diagrams and kinetics of phase transitions in protein solutions, J. Phys. Cond. Matter 24 (2012) 193101 (16 pp). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/19/193101
• V. Uzunova, W. Pan, V. Lubchenko, P.G. Vekilov, Control of the nucleation of sickle cell hemoglobin polymers by free hematin. Faraday Disc. 159 (2012) 87–104.
• Y. Li, V. Lubchenko, M.A. Vorontsova, L. Filobelo, P.G. Vekilov, Ostwald-like ripening of the anomalous mesoscopic clusters in protein solutions, J. Phys. Chem. 116 (2012) 10657-1066. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp303316s
• M. Sleutel, A.E.S. Van Driessche, W. Pan, E.K. Reichel, D. Maes, P.G. Vekilov, Does solution viscosity scale the rate of protein aggregation? J. Phys. Chem. Letters 3 (2012) 1258–1263. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz300459n
• H.Y. Chan, V. Lankevich, P.G. Vekilov, V. Lubchenko, Anisotropy of the Coulomb interaction between folded proteins: Consequences for mesoscopic aggregation of lysozyme, Biophys. J. 102 (2012) 1934-1943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2012.03.025

2011

• Y. Li, V. Lubchenko, P.G. Vekilov, The use of dynamic light scattering and Brownian microscopy to characterize protein aggregation. Sci. Instr. 82 (2011) 053106.
• P.G. Vekilov, Nucleation of Protein Condensed Phases, Rev. Chem. Eng. 27 (2011) 1-13.

1987-2010

• P.G. Vekilov, The two-step mechanism of nucleation of crystals in solution, Nanoscale 2 (2010) 2346 – 2357.
• V. Uzunova, W. Pan, O. Galkin, Free heme and the polymerization of sickle cell hemoglobin, Biophys. J., 99 (2010) 1976-1985.
• W. Pan, P.G. Vekilov, V. Lubchenko, The origin of anomalous mesoscopic phases in protein solutions, J. Phys. Chem. B 114 (2010) 7620-7630.

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Date: June 10, 2010
Volume: 114
Issue: 22

Details: Origin of Anomalous Mesoscopic Phases in Protein Solutions. Long-living mesoscopic clusters of a dense protein liquid are a necessary kinetic intermediate for the formation of solid aggregates of native and misfolded protein molecules; in turn, these aggregates underlie physiological and pathological processes and laboratory and industrial procedures. We predict and experimentally confirm that cluster dynamics obey a universal, diffusion-like scaling with time and wave vector, including in the critical-like regime.

• Y. Qutub, V. Uzunova, O. Galkin, and P.G. Vekilov, Interactions of hemin with a model erythrocyte membrane. J. Phys. Chem. B 114 (2010) 4529-4535.
• P.G. Vekilov, Nucleation, Crystal Growth and Design 10 (2010) 5007-5019.
• P.G. Vekilov, Phase transitions in protein solutions, Soft Matter 6 (2010) 5254-5272.
• W. Pan, V.V. Uzunova, P.G. Vekilov, Free heme in micromolar amounts enhances the attraction between sickle cell hemoglobin molecules, Biopolymers 91 (2009) 1108-1116.
• M. Shah, O. Galkin, P.G. Vekilov, Localized generation of attoliter protein solution droplets by electrofocused liquid-liquid separation J. Phys. Chem. B 113 (2009) 7340-7346.
• P.G. Vekilov, Metastable mesoscopic phases in concentrated protein solutions, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1161 (2009) 377–386
• W. Pan, L. Filobelo, N.D.Q. Pham, O. Galkin, V. Uzunova, P.G. Vekilov, Viscoelasticity in homogeneous protein solutions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 058101
• M. Maruyama, K. Tsukamoto, G. Sazaki, Y. Nishimura, P.G. Vekilov, Chiral and achiral mechanisms of regulation of calcite crystallization, Crystal Growth and Design, 9 (2009) 127-135
• P.G. Vekilov, Chemical engineers and the fundamental understanding of human disease. AIChE Journal 54 (2008) 2508-2515

AIChE Journal

Date: October 2008
Volume: 54
Issue: 10

Details: Chemical engineers and the fundamental understanding of human disease. In the fight against disease, chemical engineers have expanded several biomedical fields. There is a class of diseases for which the contribution of chemical engineers and physical chemists goes beyond the development of means to affect known processes, to the search for fundamental knowledge about the disease pathophysiology.

• J.E. Canterino, O. Galkin, P.G. Vekilov, R.E. Hirsch, Phase separation and crystallization of hemoglobin c in transgenic mouse and human erythrocytes, Biophys. J. 95 (2008) 4025-4033
• P.G Vekilov, B. M. Pettit, and R.L. Nagel, Determination of the transition-state entropy for aggregation suggests how the growth of sickle cell hemoglobin polymers can be slowed. J. Mol. Biol. 377 (2008) 882-888
• P.G. Vekilov, What determines the rate of growth of crystals from solution? Crystal Growth and Design, 7 (2007) 2796-2810
• P.G. Vekilov, What is the molecular-level role of the solution components in protein crystallization? Crystal Growth and Design, 7 (2007) 2239-2246
• O. Galkin, W. Pan, L. Filobelo, R.E. Hirsch, R.L. Nagel, P.G Vekilov, Two-step mechanism of homogeneous nucleation of sickle cell hemoglobin polymers, Biophys. J. 92 (2007) 902-913
• P.G. Vekilov, Sickle-cell haemoglobin polymerization: is it the primary pathogenic event of sickle-cell anaemia? British J. Haematology, 139 (2007) 173-184
• O. Gliko, W. Pan, P. Katsonis, N. Neumaier, O. Galkin, S. Weinkauf and P.G. Vekilov, Metastable liquid clusters in super- and undersaturated protein solutions. J. Phys. Chem. B 111 (2007) 3106-3114
• W. Pan, O. Galkin, L. Filobelo, R.L. Nagel, P.G. Vekilov, Metastable mesoscopic clusters in solutions of sickle cell hemoglobin, Biophys. J. 92 (2007) 267-277
• O. Galkin, R.L. Nagel, P.G Vekilov, The kinetics of nucleation and growth of sickle cell hemoglobin fibers, J. Mol. Biol. 365 (2007) 425-439
• P.G. Vekilov, Violation of Gibbs’s definition of phase for protein solutions, J. Assoc. Crystal Growth, 34 (2007) 56-62
• A. Penkova, W. Pan, F.V. Hodjaoglu, P.G. Vekilov, Nucleation of protein crystals under the influence of solution shear flow, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1077 (2006) 214 231
• P. Katsonis, S. Brandon, P.G. Vekilov, Corresponding-states laws for protein solutions, J. Phys. Chem. B 110 (2006) 17638-17644
• S. Brandon, P. Katsonis, P.G. Vekilov, Multiple extrema in the intermolecular potential and the phase diagram of protein solutions, Phys. Rev. E. 73 (2006) 061917
• D.K. Georgiou, P.G. Vekilov, A fast response mechanism for insulin storage in crystals may involve kink generation by association of 2D clusters, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103 (2006) 1681-1686
• Z.S. Derewenda, P.G. Vekilov, Entropy and surface engineering in protein crystallization. Acta Crystallogr. Section D 62 (2006) 116–124
• L.F. Filobelo, O. Galkin, P.G. Vekilov, Spinodal for the solution to crystal phase transformation.  J. Chem. Phys. 123 (2005) 014904
• D. Kashchiev, P.G. Vekilov, A.B. Kolomeisky, Kinetics of two-step nucleation of crystals, J. Chem. Phys. 122 (2005) 244706
• W. Pan, A.B. Kolomeisky, P.G. Vekilov, Nucleation of ordered solid phases of proteins via a disordered high-density state: phenomenological approach, J. Chem. Phys. 122 (2005) 174905
• A. Penkova, O. Gliko, I.L. Dimitrov, F.V. Hodjaoglu, C. Nanev, P.G. Vekilov, Enhancement and suppression of protein crystal nucleation due to electrically-driven convection,  J. Crystal Growth 275 (2005) 1527-1532
• O. Gliko, N. Neumaier, M. Fischer, I. Haase., A. Bacher, S. Weinkauf, P.G. Vekilov, Dense liquid droplets as a step source for the crystallization of lumazine synthase, J. Crystal Growth 275 (2005) 1409-1416
• P.G. Vekilov, Two-step mechanism for the nucleation of crystals from solution, J. Crystal Growth 275 (2005) 65-76
• A.A. Chernov, L.N. Rashkovich, P.G. Vekilov, Steps in solution growth: dynamics of kinks, bunching and turbulence.  J. Crystal Growth 275 (2005) 1-18
• O. Gliko, N. Neumaier, W. Pan, M. Fischer, I. Haase., A. Bacher, S. Weinkauf, P.G. Vekilov, A metastable prerequisite for the growth of lumazine synthase crystals, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 127 (2005) 3433-3438
• N.A. Booth, T. Land, P. Erhmann, P.G. Vekilov, The aspect ratio of potassium di-deuterium phosphate (DKDP) crystals.  Crystal Growth And Design 5 (2005) 105-110
• P.G. Vekilov, Dense liquid precursor for the nucleation of ordered solid phases from solution, Crystal Growth and Design, 4 (2004) 671-685
• A.A. Chernov, J.J. De Yoreo, L.N. Rashkovich, P.G. Vekilov, Step and kink dynamics in inorganic and protein crystallization, MRS Bulletin 29 (2004) 927-934
• Y. Qutub, I. Reviakine, C. Maxwell, J. Navarro, E. Landau, P.G. Vekilov, Mechanisms of in cubo growth and defect formation of three-dimensional bacteriorhodopsin crystals, J. Mol. Biol. 343, (2004) 1243-1254
• M. Shah, O. Galkin, and P.G. Vekilov, Smooth transition from metastability to instability in phase separating protein solutions. J. Chem. Phys. 121 (2004) 7505-7512
• A.R. Feeling-Taylor, S.-T. Yau, D.N. Petsev, R.L. Nagel, R. E. Hirsch, P.G. Vekilov, Crystallization mechanisms hemoglobin C in the R-state. Biophys. J., 87 (2004) 2621-2629
• Q. Chen, P.G. Vekilov , R.L. Nagel, R.E. Hirsch, Liquid-liquid separation in hemoglobins: distinct aggregation mechanisms of the b6 mutants. Biophys. J. 86 (2004) 1702-1712
• N.A. Booth, A.A. Chernov, P.G. Vekilov, Interplay of impurities and solution flow as determinants of step patterns dynamics, Phys. Rev. E 69 (2004) 011604
• O. Galkin, P.G. Vekilov, Mechanisms of homogeneous nucleation of polymers of sickle cell anemia hemoglobin in deoxy-state, J. Mol. Biol. 336 (2004) 43–59

Science

Date: February 14, 2003
Volume: 299
Issue: 5609

Details: Mechanisms of Homogeneous Nucleation of Polymers of Sickle Cell Anemia Hemoglobin in Deoxy State. The primary pathogenic event of sickle cell anemia is the polymerization of the mutant hemoglobin (Hb) S within the red blood cells, occurring when HbS is in deoxy state in the venous circulation. We implement a technique for direct determination of rates and induction times of primary nucleation of HbS fibers, based on detection of emerging HbS polymers using optical differential interference contrast microscopy after laser photolysis of CO-HbS.

• L. Bergeron, L. Filobelo, O. Galkin, P.G. Vekilov, Thermodynamics of the hydrophobicity in crystallization of insulin, Biophys. J. 85 (2003) 3935–3942
• I. Reviakine, D.K. Georgiou, P.G. Vekilov Capillarity effects on crystallization kinetics: insulin. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 (2003) 11684-11693
• O. Gliko, I. Reviakine, P.G. Vekilov, Stable equidistant step trains during crystallization of insulin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) 225503
• D.N. Petsev, X. Wu, O. Galkin and P.G. Vekilov, Thermodynamic functions of concentrated protein solutions from phase equilibria, J. Phys. Chem. B 107 (2003) 3921-3926
• H. Lin, S.-T. Yau and P.G. Vekilov, Dissipating step bunches during crystallization under transport control, Phys. Rev. E, 67 (2003) 0031606
• P.G. Vekilov and O. Galkin, On the methods of determination of homogeneous nucleation rates of protein crystals, Colloids and Surfaces A, 215 (2003) 125-130
• D.N. Petsev, K. Chen, O. Gliko, and P.G. Vekilov, Diffusion-limited kinetics of the solution-solid phase transition of molecular substances, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100 (2003) 792-796
• P.G. Vekilov, Self-Assembly of Apoferritin Molecules into Crystals: Thermodynamics of Molecular Level Processes, Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials 45 (2002) 175-199
• O. Gliko and P. G. Vekilov, Spatio-temporal step patterns during crystal growth in a transport controlled system, J. Phys. Chem., 106 (2002) 11800 – 11804
• N.A. Booth, B. Stanojev, A.A. Chernov, P.G. Vekilov, Differential phase-shifting interferometry for in situ surface characterization during solution growth of crystals, Rev. Sci. Intsr. 73 (2002) 3540-3545
• O. Gliko, N. A. Booth, P. G. Vekilov, Step bunching in a diffusion-controlled system: phase-shifting interferometry investigation of ferritin. Acta Crystallogr. Section D. 58 (2002) 1622-1627
• 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 (2002) 1611-1616
• O. Gliko, N. A. Booth, E. Rosenbach, P. G. Vekilov, Phase-shifting interferometry for the study of the step dynamics during crystallization of proteins. Crystal Growth and Design 2 (2002) 381-385
• K. Chen and P.G. Vekilov, Evidence for the surface diffusion mechanism of solution crystallization from molecular-level observations. Phys. Rev. E 66 (2002) 021606
• N. A. Booth, A. A. Chernov, P.G. Vekilov, Step Bunching in KDP Crystal Growth: Phenomenology, J. Materials Research 17 (2002) 2059-2065
• P.G. Vekilov, A.R. Feeling-Taylor, D.N. Petsev, O. Galkin, R.L. Nagel, R. E. Hirsch, Intermolecular Interactions, Nucleation and Thermodynamics of Crystallization of Hemoglobin C. Biophys. J. 83 (2002) 1147-1156
• N. A. Booth, A. A. Chernov, P.G. Vekilov, Characteristic lengthscales of step bunching in KDP crystal growth: in-situ differential phase-shifting interferometry study. J. Crystal Growth 237-239 (2002), 1818-1824
• O. Galkin, K. Chen, R.L. Nagel, R.E Hirsch, P.G. Vekilov, Liquid-liquid separation in solutions of normal and sickle cell hemoglobin, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99 (2002) 8479–8483
• 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. J. Crystal Growth 232 (2001) 27-29
• S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, and P.G. Vekilov, Real time, in-situ, monitoring of apoferritin crystallization and defect formation with molecular resolution. J. Crystal Growth 232 (2001) 188-194
• O. Galkin and P.G. Vekilov, Nucleation of protein crystals: critical nuclei, phase behavior, and control pathways. J. Crystal Growth 232 (2001) 63-76
• 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? J. Crystal Growth 232 (2001) 368-375
• 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 43 (2001) 343-352
• S.-T. Yau and P.G. Vekilov, Direct observation of nucleus structure and nucleation pathways, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123 (2001) 1080-1089
• 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 (2001) 73-79.
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