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Articles in Refereed Journals

 

2020 -

41.

D. Belić, O. Fragueiro, D. Salah, A. Beckett, M. Volk and M. Brust

Imaging of Nanoscale Gold in “Intact” Biological Cells by Environmental Electron Microscopy.

Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125 (2021) 27865-27875. DOI

40.

T. Entradas, S. Waldron and M. Volk

The Detection Sensitivity of Commonly Used Singlet Oxygen Probes in Aqueous Environments.

Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B: Biology 204 (2020) 111787. DOI

 

2015 - 2019

39.

A.M. Davidson, M. Brust, D.L. Cooper and M. Volk

Sensitive Analysis of Protein Adsorption to Colloidal Gold by Differential Centrifugal Sedimentation.

Analytical Chemistry 89 (2017) 16807-6814. DOI

38.

E. Colangelo, J. Comenge, D. Paramelle, M. Volk, Q. Chen and R. Lévy

Characterizing Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticles.

Bioconjugate Chemistry 28 (2017) 11-22. DOI

37.

E. Colangelo, Q. Chen, A.M. Davidson, D. Paramelle, M.B. Sullivan, M. Volk and R. Lévy

Computational and Experimental Investigation of the Structure of Peptide Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticles.

Langmuir 33 (2017) 438-449. DOI

36.

S.J. Chadwick, D. Salah, P.M. Livesey, M. Brust and M. Volk

Singlet Oxygen Generation by Laser Irradiation of Gold Nanoparticles.

Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (2016) 10647-10657. DOI

35.

S. Mauri, M. Volk, S. Byard, H. Berchtold and H. Arnolds

Stabilization of Insulin by Adsorption on a Hydrophobic Silane Self-Assembled Monolayer.

Langmuir 31 (2015) 8892-8900. DOI

34.

M. Volk, L. Milanesi, J.P. Waltho, C.A. Hunter and G.S. Beddard

The Roughness of the Protein Energy Landscape Results in Anomalous Diffusion of the Polypeptide Backbone.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (2015) 762-782. DOI

 

2010 - 2014

33.

Ž. Krpetić, A.M. Davidson, M. Volk, R. Lévy, M. Brust and D.L. Cooper

High-Resolution Sizing of Monolayer-Protected Gold Clusters by Differential Centrifugal Sedimentation.

ACS Nano 7 (2013) 8881-8890. DOI

32.

E.A. Gooding, S. Sharma, S.A. Petty, B. Nolan and M. Volk

pH-Dependent Helix Folding Dynamics of poly-Glutamic Acid.

Chemical Physics 422 (2013) 115-123. DOI

31.

L. Milanesi, J.P. Waltho, C.A. Hunter, D.J. Shaw, G.S. Beddard, G.D. Reid, S. Dev and M. Volk

Measurement of Energy Landscape Roughness of Folded and Unfolded Proteins.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109 (2012) 19563-19568. DOI

30.

M. Bruning, I. Barsukov, B. Franke, S. Barbieri, M. Volk, S. Leopoldseder, Z. Ucurum and O. Mayans

The Intracellular Ig Fold: A Robust Protein Scaffold for the Engineering of Molecular Recognition.

Protein Engineering, Design & Selection 25 (2012) 205–212. DOI

29.

C.P. Shaw, D.A. Middleton, M. Volk and R. Lévy
Amyloid-Derived Peptide Forms Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticle with a Curvature-Dependent β-Sheet Structure.
ACS Nano 6 (2012) 1416–1426. DOI

28.

M.T. Khuc, L. Mendonça, S. Sharma, X. Solinas, M. Volk and F. Hache

Measurement of Circular Dichroism Dynamics in a Nanosecond Temperature-Jump Experiment.

Review of Scientific Instruments 82 (2011) 054302. DOI

27.

Ž. Krpetić, P. Nativo, V. Sée, I.A. Prior, M. Brust and M. Volk

Inflicting Controlled Non-thermal Damage to Sub-cellular Structures by Laser-activated Gold Nanoparticles.

Nano Letters 10 (2010) 4549-4554. DOI

 

2005 – 2009

26.

I. Robinson, M. Volk, L.D. Tung, G. Caruntu, N. Kay and N.T.K. Thanh
Synthesis of Co Nanoparticles by Pulsed Laser Irradiation of Cobalt Carbonyl in Organic Solution.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 104 (2009) 9497-9501 DOI

25.

A. Pozo Ramajo, S.A. Petty, and M. Volk
Fast Folding Dynamics of
a-Helical Peptides - Effect of Solvent Additives and pH
Chemical Physics 323 (2006) 11-20 DOI

24.

E.A. Gooding, A. Pozo Ramajo, J. Wang, C. Palmer, E. Fouts, and M. Volk
The Effects of Individual Amino Acids on the Fast Folding Dynamics of
a-Helical Peptides
Chemical Communications (2005) 5985-5987. DOI

23.

A. Pozo Ramajo, S.A. Petty, A. Starzyk, S.M. Decatur, and M. Volk
The
a-Helix Folds More Rapidly at the C-Terminus than at the N-Terminus
Journal of the American Chemical Society 127 (2005) 13784-13785. DOI

 

2000 – 2004

22.

S.A. Petty and M. Volk
Fast Folding Dynamics of an
a-Helical Peptide with Bulky Side Chains.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 6 (2004) 1022-1030. DOI

21.

M. Volk
Fast Initiation of Peptide and Protein Folding Processes. (Microreview)
European Journal of Organic Chemistry (2001), 2605-2621.

20.

R.W. Flood, T.P. Geller, S.A. Petty, S.M. Roberts, J. Skidmore and M. Volk
Efficient Asymmetric Epoxidation of
a,b-Unsaturated Ketones Using a Soluble Triblock Polyethylene Glycol - Polyamino Acid Catalyst.
Organic Letters 3 (2001) 683-686. DOI

19.

Y. Kholodenko, M. Volk, E. Gooding, and R.M. Hochstrasser
Energy dissipation and relaxation processes in deoxy myoglobin after photoexcitation in the Soret region.
Chemical Physics 259 (2000), 71- 87. DOI

18.

M. Volk, P. Gilch, C. Kompa, R. Haselsberger, P. Härter, M. Stöckl, W. Scherer, K. Latzel and M.-E. Michel-Beyerle
Carbonyl Spectator Bonds as Sensitive Sensors for Charge Transfer Reactions on the Femtosecond Time Scale.
Journal of Physical Chemistry A 104 (2000) 4984-4988. Direct Access

 

1995 – 1999

17.

M. Volk
Comment on "Transient Anisotropy and Fragment Rotational Excitation in the Femtosecond-Photodissociation of Triiodide in Solution".
Journal of Physical Chemistry A 103 (1999) 5621-5622. Direct Access

16.

R. Metzler, J. Klafter, J. Jortner and M. Volk
Multiple Time Scales for Dispersive Kinetics in Early Events of Peptide Folding.
Chemical Physics Letters 293 (1998) 477-484.

15.

S. Gnanakaran, M. Lim, M. Volk, E. Gooding, Y. Kholodenko and R.M. Hochstrasser
Chemical Reaction Dynamics of Some Simple Molecules in Solution.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London A 356 (1998) 377-388.

14.

M. Volk, G. Aumeier, T. Langenbacher, R. Feick, A. Ogrodnik and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Energetics and Mechanism of Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial Photosynthesis. A Comparative Study on Reaction Centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Chloroflexus aurantiacus.
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 102 (1998) 735-751. Direct Access

13.

M. Volk, Y. Kholodenko, H.S.M. Lu, E.A. Gooding, W.F. DeGrado and R.M.Hochstrasser
Peptide Conformational Dynamics and Vibrational Stark Effects Following Photoinitiated Disulfide Cleavage.
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 101 (1997) 8607-8616.

12.

H.S.M. Lu, M. Volk, Y. Kholodenko, E. Gooding, R.M. Hochstrasser and W.F. DeGrado
Aminothiotyrosine Disulfide, an Optical Trigger for Initiation of Protein Folding.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 119 (1997) 7173-7180.

11.

M. Volk, S. Gnanakaran, E. Gooding, Y. Kholodenko, N. Pugliano and R.M. Hochstrasser
Anisotropy Measurements of the Solvated HgI2 Dissociation: Transition State and Fragment Rotational Dynamics.
Journal of Physical Chemistry A 101 (1997) 638-643.

10.

S. Gnanakaran, M. Lim, N. Pugliano, M. Volk and R.M. Hochstrasser
Energy and Phase Relaxation Accompanying Impulsive Reactions in Liquids.
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 8 (1996) 9201-9220.

 

1990 – 1994

9.

S.-T. Kim, M. Volk, G. Rousseau, P.F. Heelis, A. Sancar and M.E. Michel­Beyerle
Laser Flash Photolysis on an Intermediate in the Repair of Pyrimidine Dimers by DNA Photolyase.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 116 (1994) 3115-3116.

8.

A. Ogrodnik, W. Keupp, M. Volk, G. Aumeier and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Inhomogeneity of Radical Pair Energies in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Revealed by Differences in Recombination Dynamics of P+HA
- When Detected in Delayed Emission and in Absorption.
Journal of Physical Chemistry 98 (1994) 3432-3439.

7.

M. Volk, M. Gilbert, G. Rousseau, M. Richter, A. Ogrodnik and M.E. Michel­Beyerle
Similarity of Primary Radical Pair Recombination in Photosystem II and Bacterial Reaction Centers.
FEBS Letters 336 (1993) 357-362.

6.

M. Volk, T. Häberle, R. Feick, A. Ogrodnik and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
What Can Be Learned from the Singlet-Triplet Splitting of the Radical Pair P+H
- in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center? Conclusions from Electric Field Effects on the P+H- Recombination Dynamics.
Journal of Physical Chemistry 97 (1993) 9831-9836.

5.

A. Ogrodnik, T. Langenbacher, G. Bieser, J. Siegl, U. Eberl, M. Volk and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Electric Field-Induced Decrease of Quantum Yield of Charge Separation in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers.
Chemical Physics Letters 198 (1992) 653-658.

4.

M. Volk, G. Aumeier, T. Häberle, A. Ogrodnik, R. Feick and M.E. Michel­Beyerle
Sensitive Analysis of the Occupancy of the Quinone Binding Site at the Active Branch of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1102 (1992) 253-259.

3.

M. Volk, G. Scheidel, A. Ogrodnik, R. Feick and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
High Quantum Yield of Charge Separation in Reaction Centers of Chloroflexus aurantiacus.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1058 (1991) 217-224.

 

1988 – 1989

2.

A. Ogrodnik, M. Volk, R. Letterer, R. Feick and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Determination of Free Energies in Reaction Centers of Rb. sphaeroides.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 936 (1988) 361-371.

1.

P. Finckh, H. Heitele, M. Volk and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Electron Donor/Acceptor Interaction and Reorganization Parameters from Temperature-Dependent Intramolecular Electron Transfer Rates.
Journal of Physical Chemistry 92 (1988) 6584-6590.

Contributions to Books

12.

C. Bentley, M. Volk, J. Magnusson and C. Alexander

Polymer Coil-Globule Transition Dynamics on the Nanosecond Time Scale

Central Laser Facility Annual Report 2009-2010, 30. Link

11.

P. Nativo, M. Brust, V. Sée, I. Prior and M. Volk

Laser-induced Delivery of Gold Nanoparticles into Living Cells

Central Laser Facility Annual Report 2008/09, 190-192. Link

10.

R. Whynes, M. Volk, S.M. Tavender and M. Towrie
UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Reveals Details of the "Random Coil" State of Polypeptides.
Central Laser Facility Annual Report 2007-2008, 169-172. Link

9.

M. Volk, A. Pozo Ramajo, S.A. Petty, A. Starzyk and S.M. Decatur
Time- Resolved Isotope-edited IR Spectroscopy - Detailed Insight into the Fast Folding Dynamics of
a-Helical Peptides
Central Laser Facility Annual Report 2004/2005, 173-174. Link

8.

M. Volk and A. Pozo Ramajo
Laser-Pulse Induced Temperature Jumps for Investigating Fast Processes of
a-Helix Folding Comparison of Direct and Indirect Heating of Water
Central Laser Facility Annual Report 2003/2004, 100-101.

7.

Y. Kholodenko, M. Volk, E. Gooding and R.M. Hochstrasser
New Features in the Ultrafast Ligand Dynamics and Energy Dissipation in Myoglobin.
in: Ultrafast Phenomena X (Eds. P.F. Barbara, J.G. Fujimoto, W.H. Knox and W. Zinth), pp. 351-352, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1996.

6.

M. Volk, A. Ogrodnik and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
The Recombination Dynamics of the Radical Pair P+H
- in External Magnetic and Electric Fields.
in: Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria (Eds. R.E. Blankenship, M.T. Madigan and C.E. Bauer), Chapter 27, pp. 595-626, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1995.

5.

Ogrodnik, T. Langenbacher, U. Eberl, M. Volk and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Primary Charge Separation in Reaction Centers: Time-Resolved Spectral Features of Electric Field Induced Reduction of Quantum Yield.
in : The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center II: Structure, Spectroscopy and Dynamics (Eds. J. Breton and A. Vermeglio), pp. 261-270, Plenum Press, New York, 1992.

4.

R. Feick, J.L. Martin, J. Breton, M. Volk, G. Scheidel, T. Langenbacher, C. Urbano, A. Ogrodnik and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Biexponential Charge Separation and Monoexponential Decay of P+H
- in Reaction Centers of Chloroflexus aurantiacus.
in : Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria (Ed. M.E. Michel-Beyerle), pp. 181-188, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1990.

3.

W. Aumeier, U. Eberl, A. Ogrodnik, M. Volk, G. Scheidel, R. Feick, M. Plato and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Unidirectionality of Charge Separation in Reaction Centers of Rb. sphaeroides and Chloroflexus aurantiacus .
in : Current Research in Photosynthesis, Vol.I (Ed. M. Baltscheffsky), pp. 133-136, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1990.

2.

W.J. Coleman, D.C. Youvan, W. Aumeier, U. Eberl, M. Volk, E. Lang, J. Siegl, R. Heckmann, W. Lersch, A. Ogrodnik and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
How Conclusive is Mutagenetic Replacement of Trp M250 in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers ?
in : Current Research in Photosynthesis, Vol.I (Ed. M. Baltscheffsky), pp. 153-156, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1990.

1.

A. Ogrodnik, M. Volk and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
On the Energetics of the States 1P*, 3P* and P+H
- in Reaction Centers of Rb. sphaeroides.
in : The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center, Structure and Dynamics (Eds. J. Breton and A. Vermeglio), pp. 177-183, Plenum Press, New York, 1988.

Major Conference Abstracts

 

2000 - 

17.

R. Whynes, M. Gonzales Barriuso, R. Cosstick and M. Volk
Nitrobenzyl Phototrigger for Fast Protein Folding Processes.
Biophysical Journal Supplement (2009) 324a.

16.

M. Volk, L. Milanesi, J.P. Waltho, C.A. Hunter, S. Dev, D.J. Shaw, G.S. Beddard and G.D. Reid
Universal Scaling Law for Polypeptide Backbone Dynamics on the Pico- to Millisecond Time Scale.
Biophysical Journal Supplement (2009) 322a.

15.

T. Lyons, D. Martin and M. Volk
Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Measure Mechanical Strength of Nanometre Scale Protein Fibrils.
Biophysical Journal Supplement (2009) 397a.

14.

E.A. Gooding, A. Pozo Ramajo, J. Wang, C. Palmer, E. Fouts and M. Volk
Correlation Between Side Chain Helix Propensity and Fast Folding Dynamics of
a-Helical Peptides.
Biophysical Journal 90 (2006) 169a.

13.

M. Volk, A. Pozo Ramajo, A. Starzyk, S.A. Petty and S.M. Decatur
Time-Resolved Isotope-Edited Infrared Spectroscopy Reveals That the
a-Helix Folds More Rapidly at the C-Terminus Than at the N-Terminus.
Biophysical Journal 90 (2006) 345a.

12.

A. Pozo Ramajo, S.A. Petty and M. Volk
The Effect of Solvent Additives and pH on the Fast Folding Dynamics of Alanine-Based
a-Helical Model Peptides.
Biophysical Journal 90 (2006) 345a.

11.

B. Nolan, E. Gooding, S. Sharma and M. Volk
The helix-coil transition of polyglutamic acid.
Biophysical Journal 88 (2005) 34a.

10.

S.A. Petty and M. Volk
The Amide I Band of Helical Peptides.
Biophysical Journal 86 (2004) 617a.

9.

M. Volk, A. Pozo Ramajo, E. Leary and S.A. Petty
Fast Folding Dynamics of Complex
a-Helical Peptides.
Biophysical Journal 86 (2004) 503a.

8.

M. Volk, R.M. Orange and S.A. Petty
Kinetic Simulations of
a-Helix Folding Following Fast Temperature Jumps.
Biophysical Journal 84 (2003) 166a.

 

1990 - 1999 

7.

M. Volk, Y. Kholodenko, E. Gooding, H. Lu, W.F. DeGrado and R.M. Hochstrasser
Early Events in Protein Folding Studied by Photoinitiation of
a-Helix Formation in De Novo Peptides.
Biophysical Journal 72 (1997) A21.

6.

A. Ogrodnik, W. Keupp, M. Volk, G. Aumeier and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Energetic Inhomogeneity of P+H
- in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers of Rb. sphaeroides.
Biophysical Journal 66 (1994) A127.

5.

T. Langenbacher, G. Bieser, U. Eberl, M. Volk, A. Ogrodnik and M.E. Michel­Beyerle
Electric Field Induced Decrease of Quantum Yield of Charge Separation in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers.
Biophysical Journal 64 (1993) A132.

4.

M. Gilbert, G. Rousseau, M. Richter, A. Ogrodnik, M. Volk and M.E. Michel­Beyerle
Recombination Dynamics of the Radical Pair P+H
- in Photosystem II.
Biophysical Journal 64 (1993) A132.

3.

M. Volk, W. Neumann, A. Ogrodnik, K.A. Gray, D. Oesterhelt and M.E. Michel­Beyerle
The Effect of Site-Directed Mutagenesis at Position M210 on the Energies of the Charge Separated States P+B
- and P+H- in Reaction Centers of Rb. sphaeroides.
Biophysical Journal 64 (1993) A18.

2.

A. Ogrodnik, U. Eberl, T. Häberle, W.Keupp, T. Langenbacher, J. Siegl, M. Volk and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Time-Resolved Electric Field Effects on Fluorescence and Absorption of Reaction Centers from Rb. sphaeroides.
Biophysical Journal 61 (1992) A152.

1.

M. Volk, G. Aumeier, R. Feick, A. Ogrodnik and M.E. Michel-Beyerle
Comparative Energetics for Primary Charge Separation in Reaction Centers from Rb. sphaeroides and Chloroflexus aurantiacus.
Biophysical Journal 61 (1992) A100.

Other

1.

M. Volk
Book-Review of "Optical Spectroscopy in Chemistry and Life Sciences" by Werner Schmidt
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 45 (2006) 694.
Angewandte Chemie 118 (2006) 709.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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