Perspective: Mechanochemistry of biological and synthetic molecules

Direct Observation of the Reversible Two-State Unfolding and Refolding of an α/β Protein by Single-Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy

(2015) Chengzhi He et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Pinpointing Mechanochemical Bond Rupture by Embedding the Mechanophore into a Macrocycle

(2015) Doreen Schütze et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Probing the structural dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids with optical tweezers

(2015) Dustin B Ritchie et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Perspective: Single polymer mechanics across the force regimes

(2015) Omar A. Saleh   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Finding mechanochemical pathways and barriers without transition state search

(2015) Stanislav M. Avdoshenko et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

On the use of different coordinate systems in mechanochemical force analyses

(2015) Tim Stauch et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The mean shape of transition and first-passage paths

(2015) Won Kyu Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A generalized force-modified potential energy surface for mechanochemical simulations

(2015) Gopinath Subramanian et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Shapes of dominant transition paths from single-molecule force spectroscopy

(2015) Dmitrii E. Makarov   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Perspective: Insight into reaction coordinates and dynamics from the potential energy landscape

(2015) D. J. Wales   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Reaction Coordinates and Pathways of Mechanochemical Transformations

(2015) Stanislav M. Avdoshenko et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Force-Rate Characterization of Two Spiropyran-Based Molecular Force Probes

(2015) Gregory R. Gossweiler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dynamics of Equilibrium Folding and Unfolding Transitions of Titin Immunoglobulin Domain under Constant Forces

(2015) Hu Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Optimizing 1-μs-Resolution Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy on a Commercial Atomic Force Microscope

(2015) Devin T. Edwards et al.   NANO LETTERS

Testing Landscape Theory for Biomolecular Processes with Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy

(2015) Katherine Truex et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

On artifacts in single-molecule force spectroscopy

(2015) Pilar Cossio et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Protein misfolding occurs by slow diffusion across multiple barriers in a rough energy landscape

(2015) Hao Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extracting intrinsic dynamic parameters of biomolecular folding from single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments

(2015) Gi-Moon Nam et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Influence of Potential Shape on Constant-Force Atomic-Scale Sliding Friction Models

(2015) Octavio J. Furlong et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

On the Commonality Between Theoretical Models for Fluid and Solid Friction, Wear and Tribochemistry

(2015) Hugh Spikes et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Molecular engineering of mechanophore activity for stress-responsive polymeric materials

(2015) Cameron L. Brown et al.   Chemical Science

Reconstructing Folding Energy Landscapes by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy

(2014) Michael T. Woodside et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Determining Intrachain Diffusion Coefficients for Biopolymer Dynamics from Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy Measurements

(2014) Michael T. Woodside et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Ultrastable atomic force microscopy: Improved force and positional stability

(2014) Allison B. Churnside et al.   FEBS LETTERS

A density functional theory model of mechanically activated silyl ester hydrolysis

(2014) Michael F. Pill et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Communication: Newton homotopies for sampling stationary points of potential energy landscapes

(2014) Dhagash Mehta et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

On the calculation of internal forces in mechanically stressed polyatomic molecules

(2014) Stanislav M. Avdoshenko et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A quantitative quantum-chemical analysis tool for the distribution of mechanical force in molecules

(2014) Tim Stauch et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Communication: Does force spectroscopy of biomolecules probe their intrinsic dynamic properties?

(2014) Dmitrii E. Makarov   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Exploring the topography of the stress-modified energy landscapes of mechanosensitive molecules

(2014) Sai Sriharsha M. Konda et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Strain-Induced Strengthening of the Weakest Link: The Importance of Intermediate Geometry for the Outcome of Mechanochemical Reactions

(2014) Ramon Groote et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanically triggered heterolytic unzipping of a low-ceiling-temperature polymer

(2014) Charles E. Diesendruck et al.   Nature Chemistry

Computational and Theoretical Insights into Protein and Peptide Translocation

(2014) Dmitrii Makarov   PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE LETTERS

Resolving the molecular mechanism of cadherin catch bond formation

(2014) Kristine Manibog et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanochemical Activation of Covalent Bonds in Polymers with Full and Repeatable Macroscopic Shape Recovery

(2014) Gregory R. Gossweiler et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Force Distribution Analysis of Mechanochemically Reactive Dimethylcyclobutene

(2013) Wenjin Li et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Isolated catalyst sites on amorphous supports: A systematic algorithm for understanding heterogeneities in structure and reactivity

(2013) Bryan R. Goldsmith et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Catch bond-like kinetics of helix cracking: Network analysis by molecular dynamics and Milestoning

(2013) Steven M. Kreuzer et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Interplay of non-Markov and internal friction effects in the barrier crossing kinetics of biopolymers: Insights from an analytically solvable model

(2013) Dmitrii E. Makarov   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Exploring the role of internal friction in the dynamics of unfolded proteins using simple polymer models

(2013) Ryan R. Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Molecular Catch Bonds and the Anti-Hammond Effect in Polymer Mechanochemistry

(2013) Sai Sriharsha M. Konda et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

“Flex-Activated” Mechanophores: Using Polymer Mechanochemistry To Direct Bond Bending Activation

(2013) Michael B. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Atomic force microscopy with sub-picoNewton force stability for biological applications

(2013) Ruby May A. Sullan et al.   METHODS

Combined nonmetallic electronegativity equalisation and point–dipole interaction model for the frequency-dependent polarisability

(2013) Hans S. Smalø et al.   MOLECULAR PHYSICS

The Janus-faced role of external forces in mechanochemical disulfide bond cleavage

(2013) Przemyslaw Dopieralski et al.   Nature Chemistry

Single-molecule junctions beyond electronic transport

(2013) Sriharsha V. Aradhya et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Biomechanics of cell adhesion: how force regulates the lifetime of adhesive bonds at the single molecule level

(2013) Sabyasachi Rakshit et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

From mechanical folding trajectories to intrinsic energy landscapes of biopolymers

(2013) M. Hinczewski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High-Speed Force Spectroscopy Unfolds Titin at the Velocity of Molecular Dynamics Simulations

(2013) F. Rico et al.   SCIENCE

Ring opening vs. direct bond scission of the chain in polymeric triazoles under the influence of an external force

(2012) Hans S. Smalø et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Comparison of the predictive performance of the Bell–Evans, Taylor-expansion and statistical-mechanics models of mechanochemistry

(2012) Yancong Tian et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Covalent Mechanochemistry: Theoretical Concepts and Computational Tools with Applications to Molecular Nanomechanics

(2012) Jordi Ribas-Arino et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Prediction of reaction barriers and force-induced instabilities under mechanochemical conditions with an approximate model: A case study of the ring opening of 1,3-cyclohexadiene

(2012) Adrian Bailey et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Evolution of the Potential Energy Landscape with Static Pulling Force for Two Model Proteins

(2012) David J. Wales et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Transition Path Times for Nucleic Acid Folding Determined from Energy-Landscape Analysis of Single-Molecule Trajectories

(2012) Krishna Neupane et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Polymer mechanochemistry: the design and study of mechanophores

(2012) Johnathan N Brantley et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Direct observation of a force-induced switch in the anisotropic mechanical unfolding pathway of a protein

(2012) B. Jagannathan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Energy landscape analysis of native folding of the prion protein yields the diffusion constant, transition path time, and rates

(2012) H. Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Single-Molecule Fluorescence Experiments Determine Protein Folding Transition Path Times

(2012) H. S. Chung et al.   SCIENCE

Chemomechanics: chemical kinetics for multiscale phenomena

(2011) Zhen Huang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Biomolecules under mechanical stress: A simple mechanism of complex behavior

(2011) Yohichi Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Chemical reactions modulated by mechanical stress: Extended Bell theory

(2011) Sai Sriharsha M. Konda et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The physical chemistry of mechanoresponsive polymers

(2011) Timothy J. Kucharski et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Mechanically Activated Molecular Switch through Single-Molecule Pulling

(2011) Ignacio Franco et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

DNA-Based Optomechanical Molecular Motor

(2011) Martin McCullagh et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Entropic and Enthalpic Contributions to Force-Dependent Dissociation Kinetics of the Pyrophosphate Bond

(2011) Matthew Hermes et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structure–Mechanochemical Activity Relationships for Cyclobutane Mechanophores

(2011) Matthew J. Kryger et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Locating the Barrier for Folding of Single Molecules under an External Force

(2011) Olga K. Dudko et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Competition between Orbitals and Stress in Mechanochemistry

(2010) Gurpaul S. Kochhar et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Complex Unfolding Kinetics of Single-Domain Proteins in the Presence of Force

(2010) Michael Schlierf et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The resistance curve for subcritical cracks near the threshold

(2010) Haifeng Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE

Single-molecule Force Spectroscopy Approach to Enzyme Catalysis

(2010) Jorge Alegre-Cebollada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

From molecular mechanochemistry to stress-responsive materials

(2010) Ashley L. Black et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Fold Catastrophes and the Dependence of Free-Energy Barriers to Conformational Transitions on Applied Force

(2010) Daniel J. Lacks et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Direct evidence of the multidimensionality of the free-energy landscapes of proteins revealed by mechanical probes

(2010) Zu Thur Yew et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Single-Molecule Rupture Dynamics on Multidimensional Landscapes

(2010) Yohichi Suzuki et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Free energy profiles from single-molecule pulling experiments

(2010) G. Hummer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chemomechanics with molecular force probes

(2010) Zhen Huang et al.   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Trapping a Diradical Transition State by Mechanochemical Polymer Extension

(2010) J. M. Lenhardt et al.   SCIENCE

Theoretical Aspects of the Biological Catch Bond

(2009) Oleg V. Prezhdo et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Understanding Covalent Mechanochemistry

(2009) Jordi Ribas-Arino et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

First Principles Dynamics and Minimum Energy Pathways for Mechanochemical Ring Opening of Cyclobutene

(2009) Mitchell T. Ong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-induced activation of covalent bonds in mechanoresponsive polymeric materials

(2009) Douglas A. Davis et al.   NATURE

Nonlinear Low-Force Elasticity of Single-Stranded DNA Molecules

(2009) O. A. Saleh et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Computer Simulations and Theory of Protein Translocation

(2008) Dmitrii E. Makarov   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Pulling Direction as a Reaction Coordinate for the Mechanical Unfolding of Single Molecules†

(2008) Robert B. Best et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Multiple Probes are Required to Explore and Control the Rugged Energy Landscape of RNA Hairpins

(2008) Changbong Hyeon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Theory, analysis, and interpretation of single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments

(2008) O. K. Dudko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA