Synchrotrons in the Greater Caribbean and Beyond

Research

Castaño, V. M., de Córdoba, P. F., Sans, J. A., & Violini, G. (2024). Big science in Latin America: accelerate particles and progress. Nature, 627(8002), 32-34. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00598-4

Aguado-Cortes, C., Santamaría-Holek, I., & M Castaño, V. (2023). Translational Structure Map of SARS-CoV-2: A Clinical Analysis of its Origin. The Open COVID Journal, 3(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/26669587-v3-e230711-2022-17

Cuéllar-Cruz, M., Pérez, K. S., Mendoza, M. E., & Moreno, A. (2020). Biocrystals in plants: A short review on biomineralization processes and the role of phototropins into the uptake of calcium. Crystals, 10(7), 591. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10070591

Mirkin, N., Jaconcic, J., Stojanoff, V., & Moreno, A. (2008). High resolution X‐ray crystallographic structure of bovine heart cytochrome c and its application to the design of an electron transfer biosensor. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 70(1), 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.21452

Campos-Escamilla, C., Siliqi, D., Gonzalez-Ramirez, L. A., Lopez-Sanchez, C., Gavira, J. A., & Moreno, A. (2021). X-ray characterization of conformational changes of human apo-and holo-transferrin. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(24), 13392. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222413392

Elejalde-Cadena, N. R., Cabrera-Hernández, J. S., Hernández-Rivera, R., & Moreno, A. (2020). Searching for a clue to characterize a crystalline dinosaur’s eggshell of Baja California, Mexico. ACS omega, 5(40), 25936-25946. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.0c03334

Moreno, A. (2022). State-of-the Art Research in Biomolecular Crystals. Crystals, 13(1), 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13010058

Pérez-Aguilar, C. D., & Cuéllar-Cruz, M. (2022). The formation of crystalline minerals and their role in the origin of life on Earth. Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials, 68(1), 100558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2022.100558

Tornero-Gutiérrez, F., Ortiz-Ramírez, J. A., López-Romero, E., & Cuéllar-Cruz, M. (2023). Materials used to prevent adhesion, growth, and biofilm formation of Candida species. Medical Mycology, 61(7), myad065. https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myad065

Román-Casiano, K. M., Martínez-Rocha, A. L., Romo-Lozano, Y., López-Rodríguez, A., Cervantes-García, D., Sierra-Campos, E., … & Ruiz-Baca, E. (2021). Enzyme activity and expression of catalases in response to oxidative stress in Sporothrix schenckii. Microbial pathogenesis, 161, 105270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2021.105270

Vázquez-López, N. A., Cruz-Jiménez, G., Obregón-Herrera, A., Ruiz-Baca, E., Pedraza-Reyes, M., López-Romero, E., & Cuéllar-Cruz, M. (2022). Identification of Secondary Metabolites from Mexican Plants with Antifungal Activity against Pathogenic Candida Species. Journal of Chemistry, 2022(1), 8631284. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8631284

Ortiz-Ramírez, J. A., Cuéllar-Cruz, M., Villagómez-Castro, J. C., & López-Romero, E. (2023). Fungal Glycosidases in Sporothrix Species and Candida albicans. J. Fungi 2023, 9, 919. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090919

Castro-Ramirez, I., Rocha-Amador, D. O., Ruiz-Vera, T., Alegría-Torres, J. A., Cruz-Jiménez, G., Enciso-Donis, I., & Costilla-Salazar, R. (2023). Environmental and biological monitoring of organochlorine pesticides in the city of Salamanca, Mexico. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 45(6), 2839-2856. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-022-01368-9

Carreño-Márquez, I. J. A., Castillo-Sandoval, I., Pérez-Cázares, B. E., Fuentes-Cobas, L. E., Esparza-Ponce, H. E., Menéndez-Méndez, E., … & Montero-Cabrera, M. E. (2021). Evolution of the Astonishing Naica Giant Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico. Minerals, 11(3), 292. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11030292

Faudoa-Gómez, F. G., Fuentes-Cobas, L. E., Esparza-Ponce, H. E., Canche-Tello, J. G., Reyes-Cortés, I. A., Fuentes-Montero, M. E., … & Montero-Cabrera, M. E. (2024). Geological and Crystallochemical Characterization of the Margaritasite–Carnotite Mineral from the Uranium Region of Peña Blanca, Chihuahua, Mexico. Minerals, 14(4), 431.  https://doi.org/10.3390/min14040431

Reyes-Montero, A., Castañeda-Guzmán, R., Villafuerte-Castrejón, M. E., Chávez-Carvayar, J. Á., & Pardo, L. (2023). Perovskite-like structure ceramic materials and their design for electrical applications. In Perovskite Ceramics (pp. 317-338). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90586-2.00005-X

Villalobos-Portillo, E. E., Burciaga-Valencia, D. C., Fuentes-Montero, L., Montero-Cabrera, M. E., Chateigner, D., & Fuentes-Cobas, L. E. (2020). Texture, 2D diffraction and piezoelectricity. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio, 59(5), 219-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bsecv.2019.12.002

Rodríguez, A. C., Fuentes-Montero, L., Cobas, L. E. F., Monroy, J. N., & Villalobos-Portillo, E. (2022). System of methods and programs for the characterization of axial textures by synchrotron light and electrons. Suplemento de la Revista Mexicana de Física, 3(1), 010605-1. http://dx.doi.org/10.31349/SuplRevMexFis.3.010605

Arman, M. M., Imam, N. G., Portales, R. L., & El-Dek, S. I. (2020). Synchrotron radiation X-ray absorption fine structure and magnetization improvement of A-site Ce3+ doped LaFeO3. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 513, 167097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167097

Bang, B. B., Sendja, B. T., Medellin-Castillo, N. A., Portales, R. L., Delgado, G. J. L., Alvarez, C. C., … & López, S. Y. R. (2022). Chemical speciation of lead adsorbed onto volcanic ashes by ICP-OES and XANES. Suplemento de la Revista Mexicana de Física, 3(1), 010602-1. https://doi.org/10.31349/SuplRevMexFis.3.010602

Sendja, B. T., Kamgne, D. T., Portales, R. L., & Aquilanti, G. (2023). EXAFS study of the local environment of lead and iron sorbed onto volcanic ash. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 267, 147379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2023.147379

Loyde De La Cruz, L. A., González Méndez, B., Cruz Avalos, A. M., & Loredo Portales, R. (2022). Agricultural Soils and Heavy Metals, a Toxic Relationship that can be Remedied. Epistemus (Sonora), 16(33), 93-98. https://doi.org/10.36790/epistemus.v16i33.228

Smith, J. A., Singh-Wilmot, M. A., Carter, K. P., Cahill, C. L., & Ridenour, J. A. (2020). Supramolecular assembly of lanthanide-2, 3, 5, 6-tetrafluoroterephthalic acid coordination polymers via fluorine⋯ fluorine interactions: a platform for luminescent detection of Fe 3+ and nitroaromatic compounds. New Journal of Chemistry, 44(28), 12317-12330. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ02604B 

Smith, J. A., Singh-Wilmot, M. A., Min, Z., Carter, K. P., Gilbert, S., Andrews, M. B., … & Holman, K. T. (2023). Polymorphism from a 1: 1 Ln: BTB reaction pot: Solvothermal versus sonochemical synthesis of Ln-MOFs. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 546, 121299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2022.121299

Jermaine A. Smith, Marvadeen A. Singh-Wilmot, Christopher H. Hossack, Christopher L. Cahill, Risan A. C. Ford. Expanding the Library: Twenty New Ln(III) Metal–Organic Frameworks, Including Two Isoreticular Pairs, from Dihaloterephthalic Acid. Crystal Growth and Design, 2024, 24, 19, 7822–7836 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c00558

Smith, J.A.; Singh-Wilmot, M.A.; Carter, K.P.; Cahill, C.L.; Ridenour, J. Lanthanide-2,3,5,6-Tetrabromoterephthalic Acid Metal–Organic Frameworks: Evolution of Halogen•••Halogen Interactions across the Lanthanide Series and Their Potential as Selective Bifunctional Sensors for the Detection of Fe3+, Cu2+, and Nitroaromatics, Crystal Growth & Design, 2019, 19, 1, 305-319. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01426

Singh-Wilmot, M.A.; Sinclair, R.A.; Kahwa, I.A.; and Lough, A.J. Eu3+ Substitutional Defects and Their Effect on the Luminescence Spectral and Decay Dynamics of Sal-Type One Dimensional Rare Earth Coordination Polymers and Trinuclear Complexes, Journal of Luminescence, 2017, 182, 98-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.08.006

Smith, J.A.; Singh-Wilmot, M.A.; Carter, K.P.; Cahill, C.L.; Lough A. J.; Knee, C.S. Eight Rare Earth Metal Organic Frameworks and Coordination Polymers from 2-Nitroterephthlate: Syntheses, Structures, Solid State Luminescence and an Unprecedented Topology, New Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 40, 7338-7349. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6NJ00822D

Singh-Wilmot, M.A.; Sinclair, R.A.; Andrews, M.; Rowland, C.; Cahill, C.L.; Murugesu, M. Nonanuclear Lanthanide(III) Nanoclusters: Structures, Luminescence and Magnetic Properties, Polyhedron, 2013, 53, 187-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2013.01.028

Min, Z.; Singh-Wilmot, M.A.; Cahill, C.; Andrews, M.; Taylor, R. Isoreticular Ln-MOFs: Synthesis, Structures and Photoluminescence of a Family of 3-D Phenylcarboxylates, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 4419-4426. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201200345

Russell, F.A.; Mulabagal, V.; Thompson, D.R.; Singh-Wilmot, M.A.; Reynolds, W.F.; Nair, M.G.; Langer, V.; Reese, P.B. Stemodin-Derived Analogues with Lipid Peroxidation, Cyclooxygenase Enzymes and Human Tumour Cell Proliferation Inhibitory Activities. Phytochemistry, 2011, 72, 2361-2368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.08.024

Bakir, M.; Green, O.; Singh-Wilmot, M.A. Synthesis, Spectroscopic and X-ray Crystallographic Analysis of Manganese Compounds of Di-2-pyridyl ketone thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazone (dpktch): The Reaction of Mn(CO)5Br with dpktch. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2010, 967, 174-182.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2010.01.005

Fernández-Félix, T. C., & Santana, J. A. (2022). Atomic Structures of single-layer nanoislands of Ni, Cu, Rh, Pd, Ag, Ir, Pt, Au supported on Au (111) from density functional theory calculations. Surface science, 716, 121960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2021.121960