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Aleksei Aksimentiev

Aleksei Aksimentiev

Part-time Faculty
Nanoelectronics and Nanomaterials

3025 Beckman Institute
405 North Mathews Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801

(217) 244-4932


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Aksimentiev, A.; Brunner, R.; Cruz-Chu, E. R.; Comer, J.; Schulten, K., Modeling Transport Through Synthetic Nanopores. IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine 2009, 3, 21-28.

Comer, J.; Dimitrov, V.; Zhao, Q.; Timp, G.; Aksimentiev, A., Microscopic Mechanics of Hairpin DNA Translocation through Synthetic Nanopores. Biophysical Journal 2009, 96, (2), 593-608.

Cruz-Chu, E. R.; Aksimentiev, A.; Schulten, K., Ionic Current Rectification through Silica Nanopores. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2009, 113, (5), 1850-1862.

Maffeo, C.; Aksimentiev, A., Structure, dynamics, and ion conductance of a phospholamban pentamer. Biophysical Journal 2009, 96, 4853–4865.

Aksimentiev, A.; Brunner, R.; Cohen, J.; Comer, J.; Cruz-Chu, E.; Hardy, D.; Rajan, A.; Shih, A.; Sigalov, G.; Yin, Y.; Schulten, K., Computer Modeling in Biotechnology, a Partner in Development. In Protocols in Nanostructure Design, Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press: 2008; pp 181-234.

Carr, R.; Weinstock, I. A.; Sivaprasadarao, A.; Muller, A.; Aksimentiev, A., Synthetic Ion Channels via Self-Assembly: A Route for Embedding Porous Polyoxometalate Nanocapsules in Lipid Bilayer Membranes. Nano Letters 2008, 8, (11), 3916-3921.

Cherezov, V.; Liu, W.; Derrick, J. P.; Luan, B.; Aksimentiev, A.; Katritch, V.; Caffrey, M., In meso crystal structure and docking simulations suggest an alternative proteoglycan binding site in the OpcA out membrane adhesin. Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics 2008, 71, (1), 24-34.

Luan, B. Q.; Aksimentiev, A., Electro-osmotic screening of the DNA charge in a nanopore. Physical Review E 2008, 78, (2).

Luan, B.; Aksimentiev, A., DNA Attraction in Monovalent and Divalent Electrolytes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, (47), 15754-+.

Luan, B.; Aksimentiev, A., Strain softening in stretched DNA. Physical Review Letters 2008, 101, (11).

Sigalov, G.; Comer, J.; Timp, G.; Aksimentiev, A., Detection of DNA sequences using an alternating electric ?eld in a nanopore capacitor. Nano Letters 2008, 8, (56-63).

Zhao, Q.; Comer, J.; Dimitrov, V.; Yemenicioglu, S.; Aksimentiev, A.; Timp, G., Stretching and unzipping nucleic acid hairpins using a synthetic nanopore. Nucleic Acids Research 2008, 36, (5), 1532-1541.

Cruz, E.; Aksimentiev, A.; Schulten, K., Computational studies of ionic conduction through silica nanopores. Biophysical Journal 2007, 651A-651A.

Luan, B. Q.; Caffrey, M.; Aksimentiev, A., Structure refinement of the OpcA adhesin using molecular dynamics. Biophysical Journal 2007, 93, (9), 3058-3069.

Luan, B.; Cherezov, V.; Liu, W.; Moore, J.; Derrick, J.; Caffrey, M.; Aksimentiev, A. Refining X-ray structures of the adhesin OpcA with molecular dynamics. Biophysical Journal 2007, 5A-5A.

Wells, D. B.; Abramkina, V.; Aksimentiev, A., Exploring transmembrane transport through alpha-hemolysin with grid-steered molecular dynamics. Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 127, (12).

Zhao, Q.; Sigalov, G.; Dimitrov, V.; Dorvel, B.; Mirsaidov, U.; Sligar, S.; Aksimentiev, A.; Timp, G. Detecting SNPs using a synthetic nanopore. Nano Letters 2007, 6, 1680-1685.

Cruz-Chu, E. R.; Aksimentiev, A.; Schulten, K. (2006), "Water-silica force field for simulating nanodevices," Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110, (43), 21497-21508.

Zhao, Q.; Dimitrov, V.; Dimauro, O.; Dorvel, B.; Sigalov, G.; Aksimentiev, A.; Sligar, S.; Timp, G. Force spectroscopy using an electric field in a synthetic nanopore. Biophysical Journal 2007, 162A-162A.

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