First reads from our group

• J.L. Yuly, P. Zhang, X. Ru, K. Terai, N. Singh, and D.N. Beratan, “Efficient and reversible electron bifurcation with either normal or inverted potentials at the bifurcating cofactor,” Chem, 8, 1870-1886 (2021).
• J. Yuly, P. Zhang, C.E. Lubner, J.W. Peters, and D.N. Beratan, “Universal free energy landscape produces efficient and reversible electron bifurcation,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci (USA), 117, 21045-21051 (2020).  Awarded Cozzarelli Prize in Mathematical and Physical Sciences for 2020 from PNAS.
• D.N. Beratan, “Why are protein and DNA electron transfer so different?” Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 70, 71-97 (2019).
• R.D. Teo, B.J.G. Rousseau, E.R. Smithwick, R. Di Felice, D.N. Beratan, and A. Migliore, “Charge transfer between [4Fe4S] proteins and DNA is unidirectional.  Implications for biomolecular signaling,” Chem., 5, 122-137 (2019). Highlighted in “Preview” article by J.D. Goodpaster, Chem 5, 12-14 (2019)
• N.F. Polizzi, Y. Wu, T. Lemmin, S-Q. Zhang, J. Rawson, D.N. Beratan, M.J. Therien, W.F. DeGrado, “Strategy for designing hyperstable, non-natural protein-cofactor complexes with sub-Å accuracy,” Nature Chem., 9, 1157-1164 (2017).
• L. Zheng, A.R. Dave, N.F. Polizzi, A. Migliore, D.N. Beratan, “Where is the electronic oscillator strength?  Mapping oscillator strength across molecular absorption spectra,” J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 1933-1943 (2016).
• S.S. Skourtis, C. Liu, P. Antoniou, A.M. Virshup, and D.N. Beratan, “Dexter energy transfer pathways,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA), 113, 8115-8120 (2016).
• C. Liu, Y. Zhang, P. Zhang, D.N. Beratan, L. Xiang, Y. Li, and N-J. Tao, Engineering nanometer-scale coherence in soft matter,” Nature Chem., 8, 941-945 (2016).
• Y. Zhang, C. Liu, A. Balaeff, S. S. Skourtis, and D.N. Beratan,  “A flickering resonance mechanism for biological charge transfer,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci (USA), 111, 10049-10054 (2014).
• ​​​A. Virshup, J. Contreras-Garcia, P. Wipf, W. Yang, and D.N. Beratan, “Stochastic voyages into uncharted chemical space produce a representative library of all possible drug-like compounds,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 7296-7303 (2013).
• N.F. Polizzi, S.S. Skourtis, and D.N. Beratan, “Physical constraints on charge transport through bacterial nanowires,” Faraday Discuss., 155, 43-61 (2012).
• E. Hatcher, A. Balaeff, S. Keinan, R.Venkatramani, and D.N. Beratan, “PNA versus DNA:  effects of structural fluctuations on electronic structure and hole transport mechanisms,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 11752-11761 (2008).
• I.A. Balabin, D.N. Beratan, and S.S. Skourtis, “The persistence of structure over fluctuations in biological electron-transfer reactions,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 158102 (2008).
• P. Mukhopadhyay, G. Zuber, P. Wipf, D.N. Beratan, “Contribution of a solute’s chiral solvent imprint to optical rotation,” Angew. Chemie Int. Ed., 46, 6450-6452 (2007).
• T.R. Prytkova, I.V. Kurnikov, D.N. Beratan, “Coupling coherence distinguishes structure sensitivity in protein electron transfer,” Science, 315, 622-625 (2007).
• M. Wang, X. Hu, D.N. Beratan, and W. Yang, “Designing molecules by optimizing potentials,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 3228-3232 (2006).
• J. Lin, I.A. Balabin, and D.N. Beratan, “The nature of aqueous tunneling pathways between electron-transfer proteins,” Science, 310, 1311-1313 (2005).
• S. S. Skourtis, I.A. Balabin, T. Kawatsu, and D.N. Beratan, Protein dynamics and electron transfer:  electronic decoherence and non-Condon effects, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 102: 3552-3557 (2005).
• S.S. Skourtis, D.H. Waldeck, and D.N. Beratan, “Loss of Pathway Coherence in Inelastic Bridge-mediated Electron Transfer,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 15511-15518 (2004).
• M.R. Goldsmith, P. Wipf, and D.N. Beratan, “Optical rotation of non-covalent aggregates,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 15696-15697 (2003).
• Z-X. Liang, J.M. Nocek, K.H. Huang, R.T. Hayes, I.V. Kurnikov, D.N. Beratan, and B.M. Hoffman, “Dynamic docking and electron transfer between Zn-myoglobin and  cytochrome b₅,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 6849-6859 (2002).
• R.K. Kondru, P. Wipf, and D.N. Beratan, “Theory assisted determination of absolute stereochemistry for complex natural products via computation of molar rotation angles.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 2204-2205 (1998).
• S. Priyadarshy, S.M. Risser, and, D.N. Beratan, “DNA is not a molecular wire:  protein-like electron transfer predicted in an extended pi-electron system,” J. Phys. Chem., 100, 17678-17682 (1996).
• D.N. Beratan, J.N. Betts, and J.N. Onuchic, “Protein electron transfer rates are predicted to be set by the bridging secondary and tertiary structure,” Science, 252, 1285-1288 (1991).
• S.R. Marder, D.N. Beratan, and L-T. Cheng, “Approaches for optimizing the first electronic hyperpolarizability of conjugated organic molecules,” Science, 252, 103-106 (1991).
• D.N. Beratan, J.N. Onuchic, J.N. Betts, B. Bowler, and H.B. Gray, “Electron mediation pathways in ruthenated proteins,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 112, 7915-7921 (1990).
• J.N. Onuchic and D.N. Beratan, “A predictive theoretical model for electron tunneling pathways in proteins,” J. Chem. Phys., 92, 722-733 (1990).