Dr. Peter G. Vekilov

Publications

Book Chapter

  1. P.G. Vekilov, Elementary processes of protein crystal growth, in Studies and Concepts in Crystal Growth, Ed. by H. Komatsu (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1993) p. 25-49.

Review paper

  1. P.G. Vekilov and J.I.D. Alexander, Dynamics of layer growth in protein crystallization, Chem. Rev. 100 (2000) 2061-2089.

Papers in peer reviewed journals (PDF files of some of these papers are available, please e-mail vekilovp@email.uah.edu)

  1. Yu.G. Kuznetsov, A.A. Chernov, P.G. Vekilov and I.L. Smol'skii, Kinetics of growth of (101) faces of NH4H2PO4 crystals from aqueous solutions. Sov. Phys.-Crystallogr. 32 (1987) 584-587.
  2. P.G. Vekilov, Yu.G. Kuznetsov and A.A. Chernov, Dissolution morphology and kinetics of (101) ADP face; mild etching of possible surface defects. J. Crystal Growth 102 (1990) 706-716.
  3. P.G. Vekilov and Yu.G. Kuznetsov, Growth kinetics irregularities due to changed dislocation source activity; (101) ADP face. J. Crystal Growth 119 (1992) 248-260.
  4. P.G. Vekilov, Yu.G. Kuznetsov and A.A. Chernov, The effect of temperature on step motion; (101) ADP face. J. Crystal Growth 121 (1992) 44-52.
  5. P.G. Vekilov, Yu.G. Kuznetsov and A.A. Chernov, Interstep interaction in solution growth; (101) ADP face. J. Crystal Growth 121 (1992) 643-655.
  6. P.G. Vekilov and Chr. Nanev, Elementary growth kinetics of silver electrocrystallization. J. Crystal Growth 125 (1992) 229-236.
  7. P.G. Vekilov, Yu.G. Kuznetsov and A.A. Chernov, Elementary growth mechanism of dipyramid ADP face. Ferroelectrics 142 (1993) 145-152.
  8. P.G. Vekilov, M. Ataka and T. Katsura, Laser Michelson Interferometry investigation of protein crystal growth. J. Crystal Growth 130 (1993) 317-320.
  9. P.G. Vekilov, M. Ataka and T. Katsura, Growth processes of protein crystals revealed by laser Michelson interferometry investigation. Acta Crystallogr. D51 (1995) 207-219.
  10. P.G. Vekilov, L.A. Monaco and F. Rosenberger, High resolution interferometric technique for in-situ studies of crystal growth morphologies and kinetics. J. Crystal Growth 146 (1995) 289-296.
  11. P.G. Vekilov, L.A. Monaco and F. Rosenberger, Facet morphology response to non-uniformities in nutrient and impurity supply. I. Experiments and interpretation. J. Crystal Growth, 156 (1995) 267-278.
  12. P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Dependence of lysozyme growth kinetics on step sources and impurities. J. Crystal Growth 158 (1996) 540-551.
  13. H. Lin, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Facet morphology response to non-uniformities in nutrient and impurity supply. II. Numerical modeling. J. Crystal Growth 158 (1996) 552-559.
  14. B.R. Thomas, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Heterogeneity determination and purification of commercial hen egg white lysozyme. Acta Crystallogr. D52 (1996) 776-784.
  15. P.G. Vekilov, L.A. Monaco, B.R. Thomas, V. Stojanoff and F. Rosenberger, Repartitioning of NaCl and protein impurities in lysozyme crystallization. Acta Crystallogr. D52 (1996) 785-798.
  16. F. Rosenberger, P.G. Vekilov, M. Muschol and B.R. Thomas, Nucleation and crystallization of globular proteins - What do we know and what is missing? J. Crystal Growth, 167 (1996) 1-27.
  17. P.G. Vekilov, J.I.D. Alexander and F. Rosenberger, Nonlinear response of layer growth dynamics in the mixed kinetics-bulk transport regime. Phys. Rev. E 54 (1996) 6650-6660.
  18. P.G. Vekilov, H. Lin and F. Rosenberger, Unsteady crystal growth due to step-bunch cascading. Phys. Rev. E 55 (1997) 3202-3214.
  19. V. Stojanoff, D.P. Siddons, L.A. Monaco, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, X-ray topography of tetragonal lysozyme grown by the temperature controlled technique. Acta Crystallogr. D53 (1997) 588-595.
  20. F. Rosenberger, P.G. Vekilov, H. Lin and J.I.D. Alexander, A rationale for system-dependent advantages and disadvantages of solution crystal growth at low gravity. Microgravity Sci. Tech., 10 (1997) 29-35.
  21. B.R. Thomas, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Effects of microheterogeneity on hen egg white lysozyme crystallization. Acta Crystallogr. D54 (1998) 226-236.
  22. P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Protein crystal growth under forced solution flow: experimental setup and general response of lysozyme. J. Crystal Growth 186 (1998) 251-261.
  23. P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Increased stability in crystal growth kinetics in response to bulk transport enhancement. Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 2654-2656.
  24. P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Intrinsic kinetics fluctuations as cause of growth inhomogeneity in protein crystals. Phys. Rev. E 57 (1998) 6979-6981.
  25. P.G. Vekilov, B.R. Thomas and F. Rosenberger, Effects of convective solute and impurity transport on protein crystal growth. J. Phys. Chem., 102 (1998) 5208-5216.
  26. P.G. Vekilov, F. Rosenberger, H. Lin and B.R. Thomas, Nonlinear dynamics of layer growth and consequences for protein crystal perfection, J. Crystal Growth, 196 (1998) 261-275.
  27. D.C. Carter, K. Lim, J.X. Ho, B.S. Wright, P.D. Twigg, T.Y. Miller, J. Chapman, K. Keeling, J. Ruble, P.G. Vekilov, B.R. Thomas, F. Rosenberger and A.A. Chernov, Lower dimer impurity incorporation may result in higher perfection of HEWL crystal grown in µg. A case study. J. Crystal Growth, 196 (1998) 623-637.
  28. F. Rosenberger, H. Lin and P.G. Vekilov, Finite-amplitude instability in growth step trains with overlapping step supply fields. Phys. Rev. E 59 (1999) 3155-3164.
  29. A. R. Feeling-Taylor, R. M. Banish, R. Elison Hirsch and P.G. Vekilov, Miniaturized scintillation technique for protein solubility determinations, Rev. Sci. Instr. 70 (1999) 2845-2849.
  30. O. Galkin and P.G. Vekilov, Direct determination of the nucleation rates of protein crystals. J. Phys. Chem. 103 (1999) 10965-10971.
  31. M. Wang, X.-B. Yin, P.G. Vekilov, R.-W. Peng and N.B. Ming, Intrinsic stability of concentration field in diffusion limited growth and its effects on crystallization. Phys. Rev. E 60 (1999) 1901-1905.

  32. P.G. Vekilov, Protein crystal growth - microgravity aspects. Advances in Space Research 24 (1999) 1231-1240.

  33. O. Galkin and P.G. Vekilov, Are nucleation kinetics of protein crystals similar to those of liquid droplets? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122 (2000) 156-163.

  34. D.N. Petsev and P.G. Vekilov, Evidence for non-DLVO hydration interactions in solutions of the protein apoferritin. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 1339-1342.

  35. D.N. Petsev, B.R. Thomas, S.-T. Yau and P.G. Vekilov, Interactions and aggregation of apoferritin molecules in solution: Effects of added electrolyte. Biophysical J. 78 (2000) 2060-2069.

  36. B.R. Thomas, A.A. Chernov, P.G. Vekilov and D.C. Carter, Distribution coefficients on protein impurities in ferritin and lysozyme crystals. Self-purification in microgravity. J. Crystal Growth 211 (2000) 149-156.

  37. O. Galkin and P.G. Vekilov, Control of protein crystal nucleation around the metastable liquid-liquid phase boundary, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97 (2000) 6277-6281.

  38. S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas and P.G. Vekilov, Molecular mechanisms of crystallization and defect formation. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 353-356.

  39. S.-T. Yau and P.G. Vekilov, Quasi-planar nucleus structure in apoferritin crystallisation. Nature 406 (2000) 494-497.
  40. M.D. Serrano, O. Galkin, S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, R.L. Nagel, R. E. Hirsch, and P.G. Vekilov, Are protein crystallization mechanisms relevant to understanding and control of polymerization of deoxyhemoglobin S? J. Crystal Growth (2000) accepted.
  41. O. Galkin and P.G. Vekilov, Nucleation of protein crystals: critical nuclei, phase behavior, and control pathways. J. Crystal Growth (2000) accepted.
  42. S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, and P.G. Vekilov, Real time, in-situ, monitoring of apoferritin crystallization and defect formation with molecular resolution. J. Crystal Growth (2000) accepted.
  43. D.N. Petsev, B.R. Thomas, S.-T. Yau, D. Tsekova, C.N. Nanev, W.W. Wilson, and P.G. Vekilov, Temperature-independent solubility and interactions between apoferritin monomers and dimers in solution. J. Crystal Growth (2000) accepted
  44. R. E. Hirsch., R.E. Samuel, N.A Fataliev, M.J. Pollack, O. Galkin, P.G. Vekilov, and R.L. Nagel, Differential pathways in oxy and deoxy HbC aggregation/crystallization. Proteins: Structure, Function, Genetics (2000) submitted.
  45. S.-T. Yau, D.N. Petsev, B.R. Thomas, and P.G. Vekilov, Molecular-level thermodynamic and kinetic parameters for the self-assembly of apoferritin molecules into crystals. J. Mol. Biol (2000) submitted.
  46. S.-T. Yau, B.R. Thomas, and P.G. Vekilov, Molecular mechanisms of microheterogeneity-induced defect formation in ferritin crystallization, Proteins: Structure, Function, Genetics (2000) submitted.
  47. S.-T. Yau and P.G. Vekilov, Direct observation of nucleus structure and nucleation pathways, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2000) submitted.

Conference proceedings

  1. P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, High-resolution in-situ interferometric studies of lysozyme crystals growth. Proceedings of the AIAA 1995 Space Programs and Technologies Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, AL, USA, AIAA-95-3579.
  2. H. Lin, P.G. Vekilov and F. Rosenberger, Modeling mass transport and surface kinetics of protein crystals growth. Proceedings of the AIAA 1995 Space Programs and Technologies Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, AL, USA, AIAA-95-3581.
  3. F. Rosenberger, P.G. Vekilov, H. Lin and J.I.D. Alexander, A rationale for system-dependent advantages and disadvantages of solution crystal growth at low gravity. Proceedings of the AIAA 1997 Space Programs and Technologies Conference and Exhibit, Reno, NE, USA, AIAA-97-XXX
  4. A.A. Chernov, P.G. Vekilov, S.R. Coriell, B.T. Murray and G.B. McFadden, Step Bunching: Influence of Impurities and Solution Flow. Proceedings of the NASA Materials Science Conference, July 14-16, 1998, Huntsville, AL.