By Dr Albert Fahrenbach

Journal articles

Lee CK; Gangadharappa C; Fahrenbach AC; Kim DJ, 2024, 'Harnessing Radicals: Advances in Self-Assembly and Molecular Machinery', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408271

Deckel Y; Brown JJ; Senthilkumar T; Fahrenbach AC, 2024, 'Dehydration promotes phosphoramidate-linked amino acidyl and peptido adenosine conjugates†', Chemical Communications, 60, pp. 11920 - 11923, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4cc03602f

Marshall LK; Fahrenbach AC; Thordarson P, 2024, 'RNA-Binding Peptides Inspired by the RNA Recognition Motif', ACS Chemical Biology, 19, pp. 243 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.3c00694

Peng Z; Adam ZR; Fahrenbach AC; Kaçar B, 2023, 'Assessment of Stoichiometric Autocatalysis across Element Groups', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145, pp. 22483 - 22493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c07041

Yi R; Mojica M; Fahrenbach AC; James Cleaves H; Krishnamurthy R; Liotta CL, 2023, 'Carbonyl Migration in Uronates Affords a Potential Prebiotic Pathway for Pentose Production', JACS Au, 3, pp. 2522 - 2535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.3c00299

Tran QP; Yi R; Fahrenbach AC, 2023, 'Towards a prebiotic chemoton - nucleotide precursor synthesis driven by the autocatalytic formose reaction', Chemical Science, 14, pp. 9589 - 9599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3sc03185c

Hendrikse SIS; Todorova N; Soleimaninejad H; Charchar P; Sani MA; Al Taief K; Berengut JF; Wickham SFJ; Gras SL; Fahrenbach AC; Thordarson P; Ellis AV, 2023, 'Exploring Artificial Nucleic Acid Mimicking Peptide Nanofibers', Chemistry of Materials, 35, pp. 4355 - 4365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00445

Yi R; Jia TZ; Meringer M; Marshall LK; Chen C; McGlynn SE; Fahrenbach AC; Cleaves HJ, 2023, 'Alternating co-synthesis of glycol nucleic acid (GNA) monomers with dicarboxylic acids via drying', Chemical Communications, 59, pp. 6865 - 6868, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2cc06818d

Saha A; Yi R; Fahrenbach AC; Wang A; Jia TZ, 2022, 'A Physicochemical Consideration of Prebiotic Microenvironments for Self-Assembly and Prebiotic Chemistry', Life, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12101595

Adam ZR; Fahrenbach AC; Jacobson SM; Kacar B; Zubarev DY, 2021, 'Radiolysis generates a complex organosynthetic chemical network', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81293-6

Tran QP; Adam ZR; Fahrenbach AC, 2020, 'Prebiotic reaction networks in water', Life, 10, pp. 1 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life10120352

Lim RWJ; Fahrenbach AC, 2020, 'Radicals in prebiotic chemistry', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 92, pp. 1971 - 1986, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0805

Fahrenbach AC; Tran QP, 2020, 'Prebiotic metabolism gets a boost', Nature Chemistry, 12, pp. 982 - 985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-00567-0

Jiao T; Wu G; Zhang Y; Shen L; Lei Y; Wang C; Fahrenbach AC; Li H, 2020, 'Selbstorganisation in Wasser mit N‐substituierten Aminen', Angewandte Chemie, 132, pp. 18506 - 18524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201910739

Jiao T; Wu G; Zhang Y; Shen L; Lei Y; Wang CY; Fahrenbach AC; Li H, 2020, 'Self-Assembly in Water with N-Substituted Imines', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59, pp. 18350 - 18367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201910739

Todd ZR; Fahrenbach AC; Ranjan S; Magnani CJ; Szostak JW; Sasselov DD, 2020, 'Ultraviolet-Driven Deamination of Cytidine Ribonucleotides under Planetary Conditions', Astrobiology, 20, pp. 878 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ast.2019.2182

Yi R; Tran QP; Ali S; Yoda I; Adam ZR; Cleaves HJ; Fahrenbach AC, 2020, 'A continuous reaction network that produces RNA precursors', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117, pp. 13267 - 13274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922139117

Yi R; Fahrenbach A; Hongo Y, 2020, 'Radiolytically Driven Chemical Evolution', Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 129, pp. 837 - 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.5026/jgeography.129.837

Adam ZR; Hongo Y; Cleaves HJ; Yi R; Fahrenbach AC; Yoda I; Aono M, 2018, 'Estimating the capacity for production of formamide by radioactive minerals on the prebiotic Earth', Scientific Reports, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18483-8

Yi R; Hongo Y; Yoda I; Adam ZR; Fahrenbach AC, 2018, 'Radiolytic Synthesis of Cyanogen Chloride, Cyanamide and Simple Sugar Precursors', ChemistrySelect, 3, pp. 10169 - 10174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/slct.201802242

Tam CP; Zhou L; Fahrenbach AC; Zhang W; Walton T; Szostak JW, 2018, 'Synthesis of a Nonhydrolyzable Nucleotide Phosphoroimidazolide Analogue That Catalyzes Nonenzymatic RNA Primer Extension', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, pp. 783 - 792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b11623

Adam ZR; Fahrenbach AC; Kacar B; Aono M, 2018, 'Prebiotic geochemical automata at the intersection of radiolytic chemistry, physical complexity, and systems biology', Complexity, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9376183

Todd ZR; Fahrenbach AC; Magnani CJ; Ranjan S; Björkbom A; Szostak JW; Sasselov DD, 2018, 'Solvated-electron production using cyanocuprates is compatible with the UV-environment on a Hadean-Archaean Earth', Chemical Communications, 54, pp. 1121 - 1124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7cc07748c

Yi R; Hongo Y; Fahrenbach AC, 2018, 'Synthesis of imidazole-activated ribonucleotides using cyanogen chloride', Chemical Communications, 54, pp. 511 - 514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7cc08489g

Jia TZ; Fahrenbach AC; Kamat NP; Adamala KP; Szostak JW, 2017, 'Retraction: Oligoarginine peptides slow strand annealing and assist non-enzymatic RNA replication.', Nat Chem, 9, pp. 1286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2885

Zhang W; Tam CP; Walton T; Fahrenbach AC; Birrane G; Szostak JW, 2017, 'Insight into the mechanism of nonenzymatic RNA primer extension from the structure of an RNA-GpppG complex', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, pp. 7659 - 7664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704006114

Tayi AS; Shveyd AK; Sue ACH; Szarko JM; Rolczynski BS; Cao D; Kennedy TJ; Sarjeant AA; Stern CL; Paxton WF; Wu W; Dey SK; Fahrenbach AC; Guest JR; Mohseni H; Chen LX; Wang KL; Stoddart JF; Stupp SI, 2017, 'Tayi et al. reply', Nature, 547, pp. E14 - E15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature22802

Fahrenbach AC; Giurgiu C; Tam CP; Li L; Hongo Y; Aono M; Szostak JW, 2017, 'Common and Potentially Prebiotic Origin for Precursors of Nucleotide Synthesis and Activation', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, pp. 8780 - 8783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b01562

Tam CP; Fahrenbach AC; Björkbom A; Prywes N; Izgu EC; Szostak JW, 2017, 'Downstream oligonucleotides strongly enhance the affinity of GMP to RNA primer-template complexes', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, pp. 571 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b09760

Jia TZ; Fahrenbach AC; Kamat NP; Adamala KP; Szostak JW, 2016, 'Oligoarginine peptides slow strand annealing and assist non-enzymatic RNA replication', Nature Chemistry, 8, pp. 915 - 921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2551

Cheng C; Cheng T; Xiao H; Krzyaniak MD; Wang Y; McGonigal PR; Frasconi M; Barnes JC; Fahrenbach AC; Wasielewski MR; Goddard WA; Stoddart JF, 2016, 'Influence of Constitution and Charge on Radical Pairing Interactions in Tris-radical Tricationic Complexes', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138, pp. 8288 - 8300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b04343

Hartlieb KJ; Liu WG; Fahrenbach AC; Blackburn AK; Frasconi M; Hafezi N; Dey SK; Sarjeant AA; Stern CL; Goddard WA; Stoddart JF, 2016, 'Quantum Mechanical and Experimental Validation that Cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) Forms a 1:1 Inclusion Complex with Tetrathiafulvalene', Chemistry - A European Journal, 22, pp. 2736 - 2745, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201502157

Larsen AT; Fahrenbach AC; Sheng J; Pian J; Szostak JW, 2015, 'Thermodynamic insights into 2-thiouridine-enhanced RNA hybridization', Nucleic Acids Research, 43, pp. 7675 - 7687, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv761

Izgu EC; Fahrenbach AC; Zhang N; Li L; Zhang W; Larsen AT; Blain JC; Szostak JW, 2015, 'Uncovering the thermodynamics of monomer binding for RNA replication', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137, pp. 6373 - 6382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b02707

Fahrenbach AC, 2015, 'Template-directed nonenzymatic oligonucleotide synthesis: Lessons from synthetic chemistry', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 87, pp. 205 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pac-2014-1004

Fahrenbach AC, 2015, 'ChemInform Abstract: Template‐Directed Nonenzymatic Oligonucleotide Synthesis: Lessons from Synthetic Chemistry', ChemInform, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201519288

Witus LS; Hartlieb KJ; Wang Y; Prokofjevs A; Frasconi M; Barnes JC; Dale EJ; Fahrenbach AC; Stoddart JF, 2014, 'Relative contractile motion of the rings in a switchable palindromic [3]rotaxane in aqueous solution driven by radical-pairing interactions', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 12, pp. 6089 - 6093, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ob01228c

Nchimi-Nono K; Dalvand P; Wadhwa K; Nuryyeva S; Alneyadi S; Prakasam T; Fahrenbach AC; Olsen JC; Asfari Z; Platas-Iglesias C; Elhabiri M; Trabolsi A, 2014, 'Radical-cation dimerization overwhelms inclusion in [N]pseudorotaxanes', Chemistry - A European Journal, 20, pp. 7334 - 7344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201400069

Fahrenbach AC; Bruns CJ; Li H; Trabolsi A; Coskun A; Stoddart JF, 2014, 'Ground-state kinetics of bistable redox-active donor-acceptor mechanically interlocked molecules', Accounts of Chemical Research, 47, pp. 482 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar400161z

Li H; Cheng C; McGonigal PR; Fahrenbach AC; Frasconi M; Liu WG; Zhu Z; Zhao Y; Ke C; Lei J; Young RM; Dyar SM; Co DT; Yang YW; Botros YY; Goddard WA; Wasielewski MR; Astumian RD; Stoddart JF, 2013, 'Relative unidirectional translation in an artificial molecular assembly fueled by light', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135, pp. 18609 - 18620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja4094204

Basuray AN; Jacquot de Rouville H; Hartlieb KJ; Fahrenbach AC; Stoddart JF, 2013, 'ChemInform Abstract: Beyond Perylene Diimides—Diazaperopyrenium Dications as Chameleonic Nanoscale Building Blocks', ChemInform, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201325198

Liu Z; Frasconi M; Lei J; Brown ZJ; Zhu Z; Cao D; Iehl J; Liu G; Fahrenbach AC; Botros YY; Farha OK; Hupp JT; Mirkin CA; Stoddart JF, 2013, 'Selective isolation of gold facilitated by second-sphere coordination with α-cyclodextrin', Nature Communications, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2891

Wadhwa K; Nuryyeva S; Fahrenbach AC; Elhabiri M; Platas-Iglesias C; Trabolsi A, 2013, 'Intramolecular redox-induced dimerization in a viologen dendrimer', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 1, pp. 2302 - 2307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3tc00740e

Basuray AN; De Rouville HPJ; Hartlieb KJ; Fahrenbach AC; Stoddart JF, 2013, 'Beyond perylene diimides - Diazaperopyrenium dications as chameleonic nanoscale building blocks', Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 8, pp. 524 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asia.201200780

Barnes JC; Fahrenbach AC; Cao D; Dyar SM; Frasconi M; Giesener MA; Benítez D; Tkatchouk E; Chernyashevskyy O; Shin WH; Li H; Sampath S; Stern CL; Sarjeant AA; Hartlieb KJ; Liu Z; Carmieli R; Botros YY; Choi JW; Slawin AMZ; Ketterson JB; Wasielewski MR; Goddard WA; Stoddart JF, 2013, 'A radically configurable six-state compound', Science, 339, pp. 429 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1228429

Fahrenbach AC; Warren SC; Incorvati JT; Avestro AJ; Barnes JC; Stoddart JF; Grzybowski BA, 2013, 'Organic switches for surfaces and devices', Advanced Materials, 25, pp. 331 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201201912

Li H; Zhu Z; Fahrenbach AC; Savoie BM; Ke C; Barnes JC; Lei J; Zhao YL; Lilley LM; Marks TJ; Ratner MA; Stoddart JF, 2013, 'Mechanical bond-induced radical stabilization', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135, pp. 456 - 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja310060n

Fahrenbach AC; Sampath S; Late DJ; Barnes JC; Kleinman SL; Valley N; Hartlieb KJ; Liu Z; Dravid VP; Schatz GC; Van Duyne RP; Stoddart JF, 2012, 'A semiconducting organic radical cationic host-guest complex', ACS Nano, 6, pp. 9964 - 9971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn303553z

Wang C; Dyar SM; Cao D; Fahrenbach AC; Horwitz N; Colvin MT; Carmieli R; Stern CL; Dey SK; Wasielewski MR; Stoddart JF, 2012, 'Tetrathiafulvalene hetero radical cation dimerization in a redox-active [2]catenane', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, pp. 19136 - 19145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja307577t

Basuray AN; Jacquotderouville HP; Hartlieb KJ; Kikuchi T; Strutt NL; Bruns CJ; Ambrogio MW; Avestro AJ; Schneebeli ST; Fahrenbach AC; Stoddart JF, 2012, 'The chameleonic nature of diazaperopyrenium recognition processes', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 51, pp. 11872 - 11877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201205089

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