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  1. Alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid salts for supercapatteries

    Article • RSC Sustainability, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  2. Ion-combination specific effects driving the enzymatic activity of halophilic alcohol dehydrogenase 2 from Haloferax volcanii in aqueous ionic liquid solvent mixtures

    Article • RSC Sustainability, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  3. The adaptability of the ion binding site by the Ag(I)/Cu(I) periplasmic chaperone SilF.

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  4. Application of a Synthetic Ferredoxin‐Inspired [4Fe4S]‐Peptide Maquette as the Redox Partner for a [FeFe]‐Hydrogenase

    Article • ChemBioChem, June 2023, Wiley

    Prof Anna K Croft

  5. The adaptability of the ion binding site by the Ag(I)/Cu(I) periplasmic chaperone SilF

    Article • April 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof Anna K Croft

  6. If It Is Hard, It Is Worth Doing: Engineering Radical Enzymes from Anaerobes

    Article • Biochemistry, September 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  7. Activation of Glycyl Radical Enzymes─Multiscale Modeling Insights into Catalysis and Radical Control in a Pyruvate Formate-Lyase-Activating Enzyme

    Article • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, June 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  8. Perspective—Redox Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Supercapattery

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, March 2022, The Electrochemical Society

    Professor George Zheng Chen, Prof Anna K Croft

  9. Effect of Oriented Electric Fields on Biologically Relevant Iron–Sulfur Clusters: Tuning Redox Reactivity for Catalysis

    Article • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, January 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  10. Controlling the outcome of SN2 reactions in ionic liquids: from rational data set design to predictive linear regression models

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  11. Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering: Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE

    Article • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, November 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  12. Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering – Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE

    Article • May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  13. Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering – Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE

    Article • May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  14. Molecular Dynamics of Mycolic Acid Monolayers

    Article • March 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  15. Molecular Dynamics of Mycolic Acid Monolayers

    Article • March 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  16. Revealing solvent-dependent folding behavior of mycolic acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by advanced simulation analysis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Modeling, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Anna K Croft

  17. Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering – Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE

    Article • November 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  18. Ion‐Reagent Interactions Contributing to Ionic Liquid Solvent Effects on a Condensation Reaction

    Article • ChemPhysChem, November 2018, Wiley

    Prof Anna K Croft

  19. Revealing Solvent-Dependent Folding Behavior of Mycolic Acids from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by Advanced Simulation Analysis

    Article • September 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  20. Revealing Solvent-Dependent Folding Behavior of Mycolic Acids from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by Advanced Simulation Analysis

    Article • September 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  21. Anaerobic Radical Enzymes for Biotechnology

    Article • ChemBioEng Reviews, April 2018, Wiley

    Prof Anna K Croft

  22. Improved NOE fitting for flexible molecules based on molecular mechanics data – a case study with S-adenosylmethionine

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  23. Radical Reaction Control in the AdoMet Radical Enzyme CDG Synthase (QueE): Consolidate, Destabilize, Accelerate

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, December 2016, Wiley

    Prof Anna K Croft

  24. Reactivity of disulfide bonds is markedly affected by structure and environment: implications for protein modification and stability

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Anna K Croft

  25. Monoclinic crystal form of the EpoB NRPS cyclization-docking bidomain from Sorangium cellulosum

    Article • November 2016, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Prof Anna K Croft

  26. Rhombohedral crystal form of the EpoB NRPS cyclization-docking bidomain from Sorangium cellulosum

    Article • November 2016, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Prof Anna K Croft

  27. Structural elements of an NRPS cyclization domain and its intermodule docking domain

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof Anna K Croft

  28. Oxidation of disulphide bonds is markedly affected by structure and environment: Implications for protein modification

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  29. Electrochemical processing of lignin in ionic liquids

    Article • Faraday Discussions, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor George Zheng Chen, Prof Anna K Croft

  30. Three dimensional ink-jet printing of biomaterials using ionic liquids and co-solvents

    Article • Faraday Discussions, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  31. Computational approaches to understanding reaction outcomes of organic processes in ionic liquids

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  32. Differential spontaneous folding of mycolic acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, May 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  33. UPLC-MS profiling of low molecular weight phlorotannin polymers in Ascophyllum nodosum, Pelvetia canaliculata and Fucus spiralis

    Article • Metabolomics, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Anna K Croft

  34. Enrichment of polyphenol contents and antioxidant activities of Irish brown macroalgae using food-friendly techniques based on polarity and molecular size

    Article • Food Chemistry, August 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  35. Towards solvent-controlled reactivity in ionic liquids

    Article • Pure and Applied Chemistry, April 2013, De Gruyter

    Prof Anna K Croft

  36. Probing the importance of ionic liquid structure: a general ionic liquid effect on an SNAr process

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  37. Does the cation really matter? The effect of modifying an ionic liquid cation on an SN2 process

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  38. Reaction mechanisms: polar reactions

    Article • "Annual Reports Section ""B"" (Organic Chemistry)", January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  39. Influence of pressurised liquid extraction and solid-liquid extraction methods on the phenolic content and antioxidant activities of Irish macroalgae

    Article • International Journal of Food Science & Technology, December 2012, Wiley

    Prof Anna K Croft

  40. Structural diversity in the AdoMet radical enzyme superfamily

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, November 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  41. Radical Use of Rossmann and TIM Barrel Architectures for Controlling Coenzyme B12Chemistry

    Article • Annual Review of Biophysics, June 2012, Annual Reviews

    Prof Anna K Croft

  42. ‘One-pot’ Hammett plots: a general method for the rapid acquisition of relative rate data

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  43. Reaction mechanisms: polar reactions

    Article • "Annual Reports Section ""B"" (Organic Chemistry)", January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  44. Investigating the origin of entropy-derived rate accelerations in ionic liquids

    Article • Faraday Discussions, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  45. Medicinal Chemistry and Ligand Profiling for Evaluation of Promising Marine Bioactive Molecules

    Article • October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Anna K Croft

  46. Understanding the conformational behaviour of mycolic acids in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, August 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  47. Anion–π interactions influence pKa values

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2011, Beilstein Institut

    Prof Anna K Croft

  48. Controlling the action of chlorine radical: from lab to environment

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  49. Reaction mechanisms: polar reactions

    Article • "Annual Reports Section ""B"" (Organic Chemistry)", January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  50. Ionic liquids through the looking glass: theory mirrors experiment and provides further insight into aromatic substitution processes

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  51. Reaction mechanisms : Part (iii) Polar reactions

    Article • "Annual Reports Section ""B"" (Organic Chemistry)", January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  52. A review of antihypertensive and antioxidant activities in macroalgae

    Article • Botanica Marina, January 2010, De Gruyter

    Prof Anna K Croft

  53. Generation and stereoselective transformations of 3-phenylcyclopropene

    Article • Tetrahedron, November 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  54. Ionic Liquids: Just Molten Salts After All?

    Article • Molecules, July 2009, MDPI AG

    Prof Anna K Croft

  55. Electropolymerization Studies on a Series of Thiophene-Substituted 1,3-Dithiole-2-ones: Solid-State Preparation of a Novel TTF-Derivatized Polythiophene

    Article • Macromolecules, March 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Simon J Coles, Prof Anna K Croft

  56. Solvent reorganisation as the driving force for rate changes of Menschutkin reactions in an ionic liquid

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  57. Radicals by Design

    Article • CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, September 2008, Swiss Chemical Society

    Prof Anna K Croft

  58. Remote aromatic stabilization in radical reactions

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, May 2008, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  59. Proline-rich proteins—deriving a basis for residue-based selectivity in polyphenolic binding

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  60. The importance of solvent reorganisation in the effect of an ionic liquid on a unimolecular substitution process

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  61. Thiamine Biosynthesis inEscherichia coli: Identification of the Intermediate and By-Product Derived from Tyrosine

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2007, Wiley

    Prof Anna K Croft

  62. Chlorine–benzene complexes—the reliability of density functionals for non-covalent radical complexes

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Anna K Croft

  63. Stereocontrol in ene-dimerisation and trimerisation of 1-trimethylsilyl-3-phenylcyclopropene

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, April 2006, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  64. Ethyl Diazoacetate in Catalytic Reactions with Imides: Experimental and Calculation Data

    Article • Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Anna K Croft

  65. Anchimeric Assistance in Hydrogen-Atom Transfer to Bromine

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2004, CSIRO Publishing

    Prof Anna K Croft

  66. Generation and stereocontrolled trapping of 3-phenylcyclopropene and its derivatives

    Article • Mendeleev Communications, January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  67. Strategic use of amino acid N-substituents to limit α-carbon-centered radical formation and consequent loss of stereochemical integrity

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, October 2003, Elsevier

    Prof Anna K Croft

  68. Design of Radical-Resistant Amino Acid Residues:  A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Investigation

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Anna K Croft

  69. An H.P.L.C. Study of Cooperative Guest Binding by a Covalently Linked b-Cyclodextrin Dimer

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 1997, CSIRO Publishing

    Prof Anna K Croft