Publications
In popular press
Wheeler, K.E. From Nano to Nature: Predicting the fate of nanomaterials in the environment is no small task. Slate, 2016.
This article is part of the nanotechnology installment of Futurography, a series in which Future Tense introduces readers to the technologies that will define tomorrow.
Peer reviewed research (*SCU undergraduate co-authors, DOI hyperlinked)
Park, H.-Y., Chung, C., Eiken, M.K.*, Baumgartner, K.V.*, Fahy, K.M.*, Leung, K.Q.*, Bouzos, E.*, Wheeler, K.E., Asuri, P., Riley, K.R. Silver nanoparticle interactions with glycated and nonglycated human serum albumin mediate toxicity Frontiers in Toxicology, 2023, 5, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/ftox.2023.1081753
Fahy, K.M.*, Eiken, M.K.*, Baumgartner, K.V.*, Leung, K.Q.*, Anderson, S.E.*, Berggren, E.*, Bouzos, E.*, Schmitt, L.R.*, Asuri, P., Wheeler, K.E. Silver Nanoparticle Surface Chemistry Determines Interactions with Human Serum Albumin and Cytotoxic Responses in Human Liver Cells ACS Omega, 2023, 8 (3), 3310–3318. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c06882
Hoang, K.N.L., Wheeler, K.E., Murphy, C.J. Isolation Methods Influence the Protein Corona Composition on Gold-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. Anal. Chem., 2022, 94 (11), 4737–4746. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05243
Hughes, S.M. et al. The Primarily Undergraduate Nanomaterials Cooperative: A New Model for Supporting Collaborative Research at Small Institutions on a National Scale. ACS Nanosci. Au, 2021, 1(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.1c00020
For more information, see the Nano Cooperative website here.
Wheeler, K.E.; Chetwynd, A.J.; Fahy, K.M.*; Hong, B.S.*; Tochihuitl, J.A.*; Foster, L.A.*; Lynch, I. Environmental dimensions of the protein corona. Nature Nanotechnology, 2021, 16(6), 617-629. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-00924-1
Featured on the journal front cover.
House, J.S.; Bouzos, E.*; Fahy, K.*; Francisco, V.M.*; Lloyd, D.T.; Wright, F.A.; Motsinger-Reif, A.A.; Asuri, P.; Wheeler, K.E. Low‐Dose Silver Nanoparticle Surface Chemistry and Temporal Effects on Gene Expression in Human Liver Cells. Small, 2020, 16(21), e2000299. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202000299
Zapata, A.; Nguyen, M.*; Ling, C.*; Rogers, J.*; Damiano, S.*; Hayzelden, C.; Wheeler, K.E. The role of human serum and solution chemistry in fibrinogen peptide-nanoparticle interactions. Nanoscale Advances, 2020, 2, 2429 – 2440. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NA00793H.
Part of the themed Nanoscale Advances HOT Article Collection
Chetwynd, A.J.; Wheeler, K.E.; Lynch, I. Best practice in reporting corona studies: Minimum information about Nanomaterial Biocorona Experiments (MINBE). Nano Today, 2019, 100758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2019.06.004
Leong, H.S.; Butler, K.S.....Pastore, C. On the issue of transparency and reproducibility in nanomedicine. Nature Nanotechnology, 2019, 14, 629-635. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0496-9
Part of a collection of papers on Transparency and reproducibility in nanobiomedicine
Park, G.*; Amaris, Z.N.*; Eiken, M.K.*; Baumgartner, K.V.*; Johnston, K.A.; Williams, M.A.*; Marckwordt, J.G.*; Millstone, J.E.; Splan, K.E.; Wheeler, K.E. Characterization of silver and silver nanoparticle interactions with zinc finger peptides. Environmental Science: Nano, 2019, 6, 2367-2378. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EN00065H
Highlighted in the Emerging Investigator series.
Nameth, C.; Wheeler, K.E. Identifying the Underlying Assumptions of an Interdisciplinary Collaboration on Curriculum Development Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 2018, 5(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v5i2.912
Findlay, M.* ; Freitas, D.N.*; Mobed-Miremadi, M.; Wheeler, K.E. Machine learning provides predictive analysis into silver nanoparticle protein corona formation from physicochemical properties. Environmental Science: Nano, 2018, 5, 64-71. DOI: 10.1039/C7EN00466D
Featured on the journal front cover.
Amaris, Z.N.*; Freitas, D.N.*; Mac, K.*; Gerner, K.T.*; Nameth, C.; Wheeler, K.E. Nanoparticle synthesis, characterization, and ecotoxicity: a research-based set of laboratory experiments for a general chemistry course. Journal of Chemical Education 2017, 94 (12), 1939–1945. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00369
Freitas, D.N.*, Martinolich, A.J.*,Amaris, Z.N.*, Wheeler, K.E. Beyond the passive interactions at the Nano-Bio interface: Evidence of Cu metalloprotein driven oxidative dissolution of silver nanoparticles. Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2016, 14(7). DOI: 10.1186/s12951-016-0160-6.
Eigenheer, R.; Castellanos, E.R.*; Nakamoto, M.Y.*; Gerner, K.T.*; Lampe, A.M.*; Wheeler, K.E. Silver Nanoparticle Protein Corona Composition Compared Across Engineered Particle Properties and Environmentally Relevant Reaction Conditions. Environmental Science: Nano, 2014, 1(3), 238-247. DOI: 10.1039/C4EN00002A.
Featured on the back, front cover and highlighted as a "HOT article" by the journal.
Doku, R.T.; Park, G.*; Wheeler, K.E.; Splan, K.E. Spectroscopic Characterization of Copper(I) Binding to Apo- and Metal-reconstituted Zinc Finger Peptides. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 18(6):669-78. DOI: 10.1007/s00775-013-1012-6
Martinolich, A.J.*; Park, G.*; Nakamoto, M.Y.*; Gate, R.; Wheeler, K.E. Structural and functional effects of Cu metalloprotein-driven silver nanoparticle dissolution. Environmental Science & Technology 2012, 46, 6355-6362. DOI: 10.1021/es300901h
K. Wheeler Publications from research prior to SCU
Jiao, Y.; Siebers, A.K.; Wilmes, P.; Wheeler, K.E. ; Banfield, J.F.; Thelen, M.P. Characterization of extracellular polymeric substances from an acidophilic microbial biofilms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2010, 76(9), 2916-2922. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02289-09
Ashkenaz, D.E.; Hall, W.P.; Haynes, C.L.; Hicks, E.M.; McFarland, A.D.; Sherry, L.J.; Stuart, D.A.; Wheeler, K.E.; Yonzon, C.R.; Zhao, J.; Godwin, H.A.; Van Duyne, R.P. Coffee Cup Atomic Force Microscopy. Journal of Chemical Education 2010, 87 (3), 306-307. DOI: 10.1021/ed800076t
Goltsman, D.S.; Denef, V.J.; Singer, S.W.; VerBerkmoes, N.C.; Lefsrud, M.; Muller, R.; Wheeler, K.E. ; Zemla, A.; Dick, G.J.; Hauser, L.; Land, M.; Shah, M.; Thelen, M.P. Hettich, R.L.; Banfield, J.F. Comparative proteogenomic analyses of biofilm communities dominated by chemoautotrophic, iron-oxidizing ‘Leptospirillum rubarum’ and Leptospirillum ferrodiazophum populations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009, 79(13), 4599-4615. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02943-08
Wheeler, K.E.; Cull, D.A.; Nocek, J.M.; Yatsunyak, L.; Rosenzweig, A.C.; Hoffman, B.M. Dynamic docking of cytochrome b5 with myoglobin and α-hemoglobin: Heme Neutralization ‘Squares’ and the Properties of the Electron-Transfer-Reactive Configurations. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 3906-17. DOI: 10.1021/ja067598g
Wheeler, K.E.; Nocek, J.M.; Hoffman, B.M. NMR Spectroscopy can characterize proteins encapsulated in a sol-gel matrix. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 14782-3. DOI: 10.1021/ja066244m
Hoffman, B.M.; Celis, L.M.; Cull, D.A.; Patel, A.D.; Seifert, J.L.; Wheeler, K.E.; Wang, J.; Yao, J.; Kurnikov, I.V.; Nocek, J.M. Differential influence of dynamic processes on forward and reverse electron transfer across a protein-protein interface. Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences USA 2005, 102, 3564-3569. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408767102
Wheeler, K.E.; Lees, N.S.; Gurbiel, R.J.; Hatch, S.L.; Nocek, J.M.; Hoffman, B.M. Electrostatic influence on rotational mobilities of sol-gel-encapsulated solutes by NMR and EPR spectroscopie. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, 13459-13463. DOI: 10.1021/ja046659c
