Publications

PUBLICATIONS (prior to LSU) 

  1. N. Angehrn, Pu Duan, J.Y. Zhang, M. Hong, “Binding Sites of a PET Ligand in Tau Fibrils with the Alzheimer’s Disease Fold from 19F and 13C Solid-State NMR”, Biochemistry, 2025, 64, 1624.
  2. N El Mammeri, Pu Duan, M. Hong, “Structures of ΔD421 Truncated Tau Fibrils”, J.Mol. Biol., 2025, 10, 169051.
  3. N El Mammeri, Pu Duan, M. Hong, “Pseudo-Phosphorylated Tau Forms Paired Helical Filaments in the Presence of High-Curvature Cholesterol-Containing Lipid Membranes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 2510-2522.
  4. Pu Duan*, A.J. Dregni*, H. Xu, L. Changolkar, V. M-Y. Lee, E. B. Lee and M. Hong, “Alzheimer’s disease seeded tau forms paired helical filaments yet lacks seeding potential”, J. Biol. Chem., 2024, 9, 107730.
  5. Pu Duan, N. El Mammeri and M. Hong, “Milligram-Scale Assembly and NMR Fingerprint of Tau Fibrils Adopting the Alzheimer’s Disease Fold”, J. Biol. Chem., 2024, 6, 107326.
  6. Pu Duan, M. Hong, “Selective Detection of Intermediate-Amplitude Motion by Solid-State NMR”, Phys. Chem. B, 2024, 128, 2293,
  7. N El Mammeri*, A.J. Dregni*, Pu Duan, M. Hong, “Structures of AT8 and PHF1 Phospho-Mimetic Tau: Insights Into the Posttranslational Modification Code of Tau Amyloid Formation”, Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2024, 121, e2316175121.
  8. Pu Duan, A.J. Dregni, N El Mammeri, M Hong, “Structure of the Non-Helical Filament of the Alzheimer's Disease Tau Core”, Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2023, 120, e2310067120.
  9. N El Mammeri, Pu Duan, A.J. Dregni, M. Hong, “Amyloid fibril structures of tau: Conformational plasticity of the second microtubule-binding repeat”, Adv., 2023, 9, eadh4731.
  10. N El Mammeri, O. Gampp, Pu Duan, M. Hong, “Membrane-induced tau amyloid fibrils”, Biol., 2023, 6, 467.
  11. Medeiros-Silva, A.J. Dregni, N.H. Somberg, Pu Duan, M. Hong, “Atomic structure of the open SARS-CoV-2 E viroporin”, Sci. Adv., 2023, 9, eadi9007
  12. Pu Duan, A.J. Dregni, M. Hong, “Solid-State NMR 19F–1H–15N Correlation Experiments for Resonance Assignment and Distance Measurements of Multifluorinated Proteins”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2022, 126, 7021
  13. J. Dregni,* Pu Duan,* H. Xu, L. Changolkar, N El Mammeri, V.M.Y. Lee, M. Hong, “Fluent Molecular Mixing of Tau Isoforms in Alzheimer’s Disease Neurofibrillary Tangles”, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 2967.
  14. Pu Duan, K.J. Chen, G. Wijegunawardena, A.J. Dregni, H.K. Wang, H. Wu, M. Hong, “Binding Sites of a Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Agent in Alzheimer’s β-Amyloid Fibrils Studied Using 19F Solid-State NMR ”,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 1416–1430.
  15. E Mammeri, A.J. Dregni, Pu Duan, H.K. Wang, M Hong, “Microtubule-Binding Core of the Tau Protein”, Sci. Adv., 2022, 8, eabo4459.
  16. Pu Duan, J. Kaser, J.J. Lyczakowski, P. Phyo, T. Tryfona, P. Dupree, M. Hong, “Xylan Structure and Dynamics in Native Brachypodium Grass Cell Walls Investigated by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy”, ACS Omega, 2021, 6, 15460–15471.
  17. D. Gelenter, A.J. Dregni, Pu Duan, M. Hong, “Structurally Based Design of Glucagon Mutants That Inhibit Fibril Formation”, Biochemistry, 2021.
  18. J. Dregni, H.K. Wang, H. Wu, Pu Duan, J. Jin, W.F. DeGrado, M. Hong, “Inclusion of the C-Terminal Domain in the beta-Sheet Core of Heparin-Fibrillized Three-Repeat Tau Protein Revealed by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021.
  19. J. Dregni,* Pu Duan,* M. Hong, “Hydration and Dynamics of Full-Length Tau Amyloid Fibrils Investigated by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance”, Biochemistry, 2020, 59, 2237–2248.
  20. Fu, B. Wang, D. Zhu, Z. Zhou, S. Bao, X. Qu, Y. Guo, L. Liang, S. Zheng, Pu Duan, J. Mao, K. Schmidt-Rohr, S. Tao, P.J.J. Alvarez, “Mechanism for selective binding of aromatic compounds on oxygen-rich graphene nanosheets based on molecule size/polarity matching”, Sci. Adv., 2022, 8, eabn4650.
  21. Chen, M. Jin, Pu Duan, J. Mejia, W. Chu, X. Ye, X. Cao, K. Schmidt-Rohr, M.L. Thompson, H. Gao, J. Mao, “Structural composition of immobilized fertilizer N associated with decomposed wheat straw residues using advanced nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy combined with 13C and 15N labeling”, Geoderma, 2021, 398, 115110.
  22. Tyufekchiev, J. Finzel, Z. Zhang, W. Yao, S. Sontgerath, C. Skangos, Pu Duan, K. Schmidt- Rohr, M.T. Timko, “A New Method for Solid Acid Catalyst Evaluation for Cellulose Hydrolysis”, Sustain. Chem., 2021, 2, 645.
  23. Yang, Pu Duan, K. Schmidt-Rohr, J.J. Pignatello, “Physicochemical changes in biomass chars by thermal oxidation or ambient weathering and their impacts on sorption of a hydrophobic and a cationic compound”, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2021, 55, 13072.
  24. Pu Duan, M.S. Lamm, FY. Yang, W. Xu, D. Skomski, YC Su, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “Quantifying Molecular Mixing and Heterogeneity in Pharmaceutical Dispersions at Sub-100 nm Resolution by Spin Diffusion NMR”, Pharmaceutics, 2020, 17, 3567–3580.
  25. Pu Duan, Zhi, L. Coburn, C. L. Haynes, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “A molecular fluorophore in citric acid/ethylenediamine carbon dots identified and quantified by multinuclear solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance”, Magn. Reson. Chem., 2020.
  26. G.M. Mileo, S. Yuan, S. Ayala Jr, Pu Duan, R. Semino, S.M. Cohen, K. Schmidt-Rohr, G. Maurin, “Structure of the Polymer Backbones in polyMOF Materials”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 10863.
  27. Guerra, A. Zaker, Pu Duan, A.R. Maag, G.A. Tompsett, A.B. Brown, K. Schmidt-Rohr, M.T. Timko, “Analysis of coke formed during zeolite-catalyzed supercritical dodecane cracking: Effect of supercritical water”, Appl. Catal. A-GEN., 2020, 590, 117330.
  28. Tyufekchiev, K. Ralph, Pu Duan, S. Yuan, K. Schmidt-Rohr, M.T. Timko, “Rapid Depolymerization of Decrystallized Cellulose to Soluble Products via Ethanolysis under Mild Conditions’, ChemSusChem, 2020.
  29. Yuan, Pu Duan, D.L. Berthier, G. Le´on, H. Sommer, J.-Y. Saint-Laumer, K. Schmidt- Rohr, “Multinuclear solid-state NMR of complex nitrogen-rich polymeric microcapsules: Weight fractions, spectral editing, component mixing, and persistent radicals’, Solid State Nucl. Magn. Reson., 2020, 106, 101650
  30. Duarte, Pu Duan, J.-D. Mao, W.-Y. Chu, A.C. Duarte, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “Exploring water-soluble organic aerosols structures in urban atmosphere using advanced solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy’, Atmos. Environ., 2020.
  31. Pu Duan, J.C. Moreton, S.R. Tavares, R. Semino, G. Maurin, S.M. Cohen, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “Polymer Infiltration into Metal-Organic Frameworks in Mixed-Matrix Membranes Detected in Situ by NMR”,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 7589-7595.
  32. Pu Duan, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “Quick, selective NMR spectra of COH moieties in 13C-enriched solids”, J. Mag. Reson., 2019, 301, 80-84.
  33. Tyufekchiev, A. Kolodziejczak, Pu Duan, K. Schmidt-Rohr, M. Foston, M.T. Timko, “Reaction Engineering Implications of Cellulose Crystallinity and Water-Promoted Recrystallization”, Green Chem., 2019, 21, 5541-5555.
  34. Cao, F. Xiao, Pu Duan, J. Pignatello, J. Mao, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “Effects of post-pyrolysis air oxidation on the chemical composition of biomass chars investigated by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy”, Carbon, 2019, 153, 173-178.
  35. A. Kassie, Pu Duan, M.B. Gray, K. Schmidt-Rohr, P.M. Woodward, C.R Wade, “Synthesis and Reactivity of Zr MOFs Assembled from PNNNP-Ru Pincer Complexes”, Organometallics, 2019, 38, 3419-3428.
  36. J. Fritzsching, Pu Duan, E.M. Alberts, A.M.T. Perdomo, P. Kenny, J.J Wilker, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “Silk-like Protein with Persistent Radicals Identified in Oyster Adhesive by Solid-State NMR”, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2019, 2, 2840-2852.
  37. A. Kassie, Pu Duan, E.T. McClure, K. Schmidt-Rohr, P.M. Woodward, C.R Wade, “Postsynthetic Metal Exchange in a Metal-Organic Framework Assembled from Co (III) Diphosphine Pincer Complexes”, Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 3227-3236.
  38. A. Gerkman, S. Yuan, Pu Duan, J. Taufan, K. Schmidt-Rohr, G.GD Han, “Phase transition of spiropyrans: impact of isomerization dynamics at high temperatures”, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 5813-5816.
  39. Pu Duan, Li, T. Wang, B. Chen, S.J. Juhl, D. Koeplinger, V.H. Crespi, J.V. Badding, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “The Chemical Structure of Carbon Nanothreads Analyzed by Advanced Solid-State NMR”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 7658-7666.
  40. Pu Duan, Cao, H. Pham, A. Datye, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “Protective Carbon Overlayers from 2,3-Naphthalenediol Pyrolysis on Mesoporous SiO2 and Al2O3 Analyzed by Solid-State NMR”, Materials, 2018, 11, 980.
  41. Wang, Pu Duan, E.-S. Xu, B. Vermilyea, B. Chen, X. Li, J.V. Badding, K. Schmidt-Rohr, V.H. Crespi, “Constraining Carbon Nanothread Structures by Experimental and Calculated Nu- clear Magnetic Resonance Spectra”, Nano Lett., 2018, 18, 4934-4942.
  42. Tyufekchiev, Pu Duan, K. Schmidt-Rohr, S. Granados Focil, M.T. Timko, M.H. Emmert, “Cellulase-Inspired Solid Acids for Cellulose Hydrolysis: Structural Explanations for High Catalytic Activity”, ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 1464-1468.
  43. Huo, Pu Duan, H.N. Pham, Y.J. Chan, A.K. Datye, K. Schmidt-Rohr, B.H. Shanks, “Improved hydrothermal stability of Pd nanoparticles on nitrogen-doped carbon supports”, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8, 3548-3561.
  44. Li, T. Wang, Pu Duan, M. Baldini, H.-T. Huang, B. Chen, S.J. Juhl, D. Koeplinger, V.H. Crespi, K. Schmidt-Rohr, R. Hoffmann, N. Alem, M. Guthrie, X. Zhang, J.V. Badding, “Carbon Nitride Nanothread Crystals Derived from Pyridine”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 4969-4972.
  45. Huo, R.L. Johnson, Pu Duan, H.N. Pham, D. Mendivelso-Perez, E.A. Smith, A.K. Datye, K. Schmidt-Rohr, B.H. Shanks, “Stability of Pd nanoparticles on carbon-coated supports under hydrothermal conditions”, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8, 1151-1160.
  46. R. Reiner, N.T. Mucha, A. Rothstein, J.S. Temme, Pu Duan, K. Schmidt-Rohr, B.M. Foxman, C.R. Wade, “Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks Assembled from Pd and Pt PNNNP Pincer Complexes: Synthesis, Postsynthetic Modification, and Lewis Acid Catalysis”, Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 2663-2672.
  47. Pu Duan, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “Composite-pulse and partially dipolar dephased multiCP for improved quantitative solid-state 13C NMR”, J. Magn. Reson., 2017, 285, 68-78.
  48. Xie, Pu Duan, N. Kaylor, K. Yin, B. Huang, K. Schmidt-Rohr, R.J. Davis, “Deactivation of Supported Pt Catalysts during Alcohol Oxidation Elucidated by Spectroscopic and Kinetic Analyses”, ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 6745-6756.
  49. Cao, M.R. Mulholland, J.R. Helms, P.W. Bernhardt, Pu Duan, J. Mao, K. Schmidt-Rohr, “A Major Step in Opening the Black Box of High-Molecular-Weight Dissolved Organic Nitrogen by Isotopic Labeling of Synechococcus and Multibond Two-Dimensional NMR”, Anal. Chem., 2017, 89, 11990-11998.
  50. N. Pham, A.E. Anderson, R.L. Johnson, T.J. Schwartz, B.J. O’Neill, Pu Duan, K. Schmidt- Rohr, J.A. Dumesic, A.K. Datye, “Carbon Overcoating of Supported Metal Catalysts for Im- proved Hydrothermal Stability”, ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5, 4546-4555.

*: equal contribution to the work.