Publications

• Werner, E. J.; Botta, M.; Aime, S.; Raymond, K. N. "Effect of a Mesitylene-Based Ligand Cap on the Relaxometric Properties of Hydroxypyridonate Gd(III) MRI Contrast Agents." Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging, 2009, 4, 220-229.
• Padgett, C.; Saad, A. in Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, Volume 58 titled “Applications of Soft Computing, From Theory to Praxis”, “Genetic Algorithms in Chemistry: Success or Failure is in the Genes” 2009, 181-189.
• Baird, W. “Introduction to Inertial Navigation” American Journal of Physics, 2009, 77(9),841-847.
• Padgett, C.  “Multiscale Modeling of Metal–Metal Contact Dynamics Under High Electromagnetic Stress: Timescales and Mechanisms for Joule Melting of Al–Cu Asperities” IEEE, 2009, 45(1), 331 – 335.
• Padgett, C.  “Modeling the Effect of Varying Electrical Voltage on the Plastic Deformation of a Single Asperity in Hot-Switched RF MEMS Contacts, Material Research Society, Symposium Proceedings, 2009, vol. 1137-EE10-15.
• Shields, G. “Computational Approaches for the Designe of Peptides with Anti-Breast Cancer Properties” Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2009, 1(1), 201-212.
• Wallace, R.  Musa Georgiana, a new intersectional hybrid banana with edible banana breeding relevance and ornamental potential, Nordic Journal of Botany, 2009, 27, 182-185.
• Padgett, C.; Gutt, K., Whitesides, T. “Computational Studies on the Mechanical Properties of Diamond Nanotoroids”, Computational Materials Science, 2009, 46 (2), 491-494.
• Werner, E. J.; Kozhukh, J.; Botta, M.; Moore, E. G.; Avendano, S.; Aime, S.; Raymond, K. N. “1,2-Hydroxypyridonate/Terephthalamide Complexes of Gadolinium(III):  Synthesis, Stability, Relaxivity and Water Exchange Properties” Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48 (1), pp 277–286.
• Shinall, B.; Yavuz, C.T.; , Markedly Improved CO₂ Capture Efficiency and Stability of Gallium Substituted Hydrotalcites at Elevated Temperatures, Chem. Mater., 2009, 21 (15), pp 3473–3475.
• Irving, D.L.; Padgett, C.W.; Brenner, D.W. "Coupled Molecular Dynamics/Continuum Simulations of Joule Heating and Melting of Isolated Copper-Aluminum Asperity Contacts"  Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 17, 2009, doi: 10.1088/0965-0393.

2008

• Fonash, E.G.; Wallace, R.; Krewer, G. “Why Are There Seeds in My Banana?  A Look at Ornamental Bananas”  Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2008, 39(1), 67-71.
• Purohit, Y.; Sang, S.; Irving, D.L.; Padgett, C.W.; Scattergood, R.O.; Brenner, D. W. “Atomistic Modeling of the Segregation of Lead Impurities to a Grain Boundary in an Aluminum Bycrstalline Solid” Materials Science & Engineering, 2008, 493, 97-100.
• Krewer, G; Fonasah, E.G.; Rieger, M.; Wallace, R.; Linvill, D.; Mullnix, B. “Evaluation of Commercial Banana Cultivars in Southern Georgia for Ornamental and Nursery Production,  J.  Am. Soc. for Hort. Science, Hort Technology, 2008, 18 (3), 529-535.
• Jang, S.; Purohit, Y.; Irving, D.L.; Padgett, C.; Brenner, D.; Scattergood, R.O. “Influence of Pb segregation on the deformation of nanocrystalline Al:  Insights from molecular simulations”  Acta Materialia, 2008, 56, 4750-4761.
• Medley, C. D.; Smith, J. E.; Tang, Z.; Wu, Y.; Bamrungsap, S.; Tan, W. “Gold Nanoparticle Based Colorimetric Assay for the Direct Detection of Cancerous Cells”  Analytical Chemistry, 2008, 80, 4, 1067-1072.
• Jang, S.; Purohit, Y.; Irving, D.; Padgett, C.; Brenner, D.; Scattergood, R.O. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Deformation in Nanocrystalline Al-Pb Alloys” Materials Science & Eng. A, 2008, 493, 53-57.
• Baird, W.H. “Magnetometer Constructon and Applications for Introductory Physics” Am. J. Physics, 2008, 76(9), 807-808.
• Werner, E.J.; Datta, A.; Jocher, C.J.; Raymond, K.N. “High-Relaxivity MRI Contrast Agents:  Where Coordination Chemistry Meets Medical Imaging”  Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2008, 47, 8568-8580.
• Huffman, J. W.; Smith, V. J.; Padgett, L. W. “Acylation of N-p-toluenesulfonylpyrrole under Friedel-Crafts conditions:  evidence for organoaluminum intermediates”  Tetrahedron, 64, 2008, 2104-2112.

• Hu, Y.; Hu, Z.; Padgett, C.W.; Shenderova, O.A.; Brenner, D. W. “Nanocomposites and Carbon Nanstructures” in Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology, 2^nd Edition, 2007.
• Hakkinen, M.; Wallace, R. H. “Musa siamensis, a new Musa species (Musaceae) from S.E. Asia” Folia Malaysiana, 2007, 8(2), 61-70. 
• Fonsah, E. G.; Krewer, G.; Wallace, R.; Mullinix, B. “ Banana Trials:  A Potential Niche and Ethnic Market in Georgia” Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2007, 38(3), 14-21. 
• Wallace, R. H.; Krewer, G.; Fonsah, E. G. “A Short Cycle Banana for Fruit Production in South Georgia” Southeastern Palms, 2007, 15(4) 13-17.
• Padgett, C. W.; Schall, J. D.; Crill, J. W.; Brenner, D. W. “Fixing Interatomic Potentials Using Multiscale Modeling:  ad hoc Schemes for Coupling Atomic and Continuum Simulations” in Multiscale Simulation Methods for Nanomaterials, Wiley, 2007.
• Helmly, B.C.; Lynch, W.E.; Nivens, D.A.  Preparation and Spectroscopic Characterization of MoS₂ and MoSe₂ Nanoparticles. Spectroscopy Letters  2007, 40, 483-492.
• Padgett, C.W.; Arman, H.D.; Pennington, W.T. Crystal structures elucidated form X-ray powder diffraction data without prior indexing.  Crystal Growth and Design, 2007, 7 (2), pp 367–372
• Carpenter, S.; Wallace, R. “A Review of Stereochemistry:  An Exercise for the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory” Chem. Educator. 2007, 12 (6), 409-410.
• Bongini, R.E.; Culver, S.B.; Elkins, K. M.; “Engineering Aluminum Binding Affinity in an Isolated EF-hand from Troponin C: A Computational Site-Directed Mutagensis Study”, J. of Inorg. Biochemistry, 2007, 101 (9), 1251-1264.
• Brenner, D.W.; Irving, D. L.; Kingon, A.I.; Krim, J.; Padgett, C.W. “Multiscale Analysis of Liquid Lubrication Trends from Industrial Machines to Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems” Langmuir, 2007, 23, 9253-9257.

2006

• Carpenter, S. R.; Wallace, R. H.  “A Quick and Easy Simplification of Benzocaine's NMR Spectrum.”  J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 637.
• Hammond, R. J.; Poston, B. W.; Giviriga, I.; Feske, B. D. “Biocatalytic Synthesis Towards Both Antipodes of 3-hyrdoxy-3-phenylpropanitrile, a Precursor to Fluoxetine, Atomoxetine and Nisoxetine.”  Tet. Lett.  2007, 48, 1217-1219.
• Feske B. D.  “Bestatin:  Three Decades of Synthetic Strategies.” Current Organic Chemistry, 2007, 11, 483-496.
• Nivens, D. A.; Lynch, W. E.; Helmly, B. C.; Nguyen, N. T.; Dingra, N.; Chow, J.; Svendsen, A.; Harris, B.; Meeks, A.; Dyal, C. Hadden, J.; Tibah, D. “Nanotechnology Education Through Laboratory Redesign and Vertical Threads.” E-Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, 2006, 931, KK03-01.
• Baker, E.; Dyal, C.; Harris, B.;  Miller, J.; Moore, J.; Lynch, W. E.; Nivens, D.  A. “Materials Based Laboratory – Intercalation of Organic Materials and Polymers Into Minerals.” The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(5), 321-324.
• Abdelmaksound, M.; Lee, S. M.; Padgett, C. W.; Irving, D. L.; Brenner, D. W.; Krim, J. “STM, QCM, and the Winsdshield Wiper Effect: A Joint Theoretical-Experimental Study of Adsorbate Mobility and Lubrication at High Sliding Rates.” Langmuir, 2006, 22, 9606-9609.
• Padgett, C.W.; Shenderova, O.; Brenner, D. W.  Thermal Conductivity of Diamond Nanorods: Molecular Simulations and Scaling Relations. Nano Lett. 2006, 6(8), 1827-1831.
• Hu, Y.; Shenderova, O.A.; Hu, Z.; Padgett, C.W.; Brenner, D.W. Carbon Nanostructures for Advanced Composites.  Rep. Prog. Phys. 2006, 69, 1847-1895.
• Huffman, J. W., Padgett, L. W., Isherwood, M. L., Wiley, J. L., Martin, B. R.  1-Alkyl-2-aryl-4-(1-naphthoyl)pyrroles: New high affinity ligands for the cannabinoid CB₁ and CB₂ receptors.  Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2006, 16, 5432-5435.