Murielle Watzky, Ph.D.
RESEARCH GROUP
PUBLICATIONS
16. H.E. Sandoe, M.A. Watzky* and S.A. Diaz “Experimental Probes of Silver Metal Nanoparticle Formation Kinetics: Comparing Indirect Versus More Direct Methods” International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 2019, 51, 861-871. DOI: 10.1002/kin.21315
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15. M.A. Watzky* and R.G. Finke* "Gold Nanoparticle Formation Kinetics and Mechanism: A Critical Analysis of the “Redox Crystallization” Mechanism " ACS Omega 2018, 3, 1555-1563. DOI:10.1021/acsomega.7b01772
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14. L. Bentea, M.A. Watzky* and R.G. Finke* "Sigmoidal Nucleation and Growth Curves Across Nature Fit by the Finke-Watzky Model of Slow Continuous Nucleation and Autocatalytic Growth: Explicit Formulas for the Lag and Growth Times Plus Other Key Insights”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2017, 121, 5302-5312. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12021
PRIOR TO UNC:
13. A.M. Morris, M.A. Watzky* and R.G. Finke* “Protein aggregation kinetics, mechanism and curve-fitting: A review of the literature” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 2009, 1794, 375-397.
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12. A.M. Morris, M.A. Watzky, J.N. Agar, R.G. Finke* “Fitting neurological protein aggregation kinetic data via a 2-step, minimal/Ockham’s razor model: The Finke-Watzky mechanism of nucleation followed by autocatalytic growth” Biochemistry 2008, 47, 2413-2427.
11. M.A. Watzky, E.E Finney and R.G. Finke* “Transition-metal nanocluster size vs. formation time and the catalytically effective nucleus number: A mechanism-based treatment” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, 11959-11969.
10. M.A. Watzky, A.M. Morris, E.D. Ross* and R.G. Finke* “Fitting yeast and mammalian prion aggregation kinetic data with the Finke-Watzky 2-step model of nucleation and autocatalytic growth” Biochemistry 2008, 47, 10790-10800.
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9. M.A. Watzky and R.G. Finke* “Transition metal nanocluster formation kinetic and mechanistic studies. A new mechanism when hydrogen is the reductant: Slow, continuous nucleation and fast autocatalytic surface growth” Journal of the American Chemical Society 1997, 119, 10382-10400.
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8. M.A. Watzky and R.G. Finke* “Nanocluster size-control and “magic number” investigations. Experimental tests of the “living metal polymer” concept and of mechanism-based size-control predictions leading to the syntheses of Iridium(0) nanoclusters centering about four sequential magic numbers” Chemistry of Materials 1997, 9, 3083-3095.
7. M.A. Watzky, A.V. Macatangay, R.A. Van Camp, S.E. Mazzetto, X. Song, J.F. Endicott* and T. Buranda “Spectroscopic and electrochemical probes of electronic coupling in some cyanide bridged transition metal donor-acceptor complexes” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 1997, 101, 8441-8459.
6. J.F. Endicott*, M.A. Watzky, X. Song and T. Buranda “Observations implicating vibronic coupling in covalently linked transition metal electron transfer systems” Coordination Chemistry Reviews 1997, 159, 295-323.
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5. M.A. Watzky, J.F. Endicott*, X. Song, Y. Lei and A.V. Macatangay “Red shifted cyanide stretching frequencies in cyanide bridged, transition metal donor-acceptor complexes: Support for vibronic coupling” Inorganic Chemistry 1996, 35, 3463-3473.
4. J.F. Endicott*, X. Song, M.A. Watzky and T. Buranda “Photoinduced electron transfer in linked transition metal donor-acceptor complexes” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology 1994, 82, 181-190.
3. M.A. Watzky, X. Song and J.F. Endicott* “Forbidden p-s donor-acceptor electronic coupling in linked transition metal complexes: Contrasting behavior of Ruthenium(II) donors with Ruthenium(III) and Cobalt(III) acceptors” Inorganica Chimica Acta 1994, 226, 109-116.
2. M.A. Watzky, D. Waknine, M.J. Heeg, J.F. Endicott* and L.A. Ochrymowycz “Tetradendate macrocyclic complexes of Platinum: Evaluation of the stereochemical alterations of redox behavior and the X-Ray crystal structure of (1,4,7,10-tetrathiacyclodecane)-Platinum(II) chloride” Inorganic Chemistry 1993, 32, 4882-4888.
1. J.F. Endicott*, X. Song, M.A. Watzky, T. Buranda and Y. Lei “Electrochemical and spectroscopic manifestations of donor-acceptor coupling in cyanide bridged complexes: Contrasts between Ru-CN-Ru, Co-CN-Ru and Rh-CN-Ru systems” Chemical Physics 1993, 176, 427-438.
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BOOK CHAPTERS
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M.A. Watzky “ACS Student Chapter at the University of Northern Colorado: The Legacy of Professor Kimberly A. O. Pacheco” in Building and Maintaining Award-Winning ACS Student Member ChaptersVolume 3; ACS Symposium Series 1278; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2018; p. 107-114.
J.F. Endicott*, M.A. Watzky, A.V. Macatangay, S.E. Mazzetto, X. Song and T. Buranda “Some effects of vibronic coupling in covalently linked transition metal donor-acceptor complexes” in “Electron and Ion Transfer in Condensed Media. Theoretical Physics for Reaction Kinetics.”; A.A. Kornyshev, M. Tosi and J. Ulstrup Eds; World Scientific: Singapore, 1997; p.139-164.