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Overview

Petr Král is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Materials Science, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of interdisciplinary topics and appear in various established scientific venues. Notable papers include:

  • Computational Design of ACE2-Based Peptide Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 (2020, ACS Nano)
  • Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes (2022, Nature Materials)
  • Modified cyclodextrins as broad-spectrum antivirals (2020, Science Advances)
  • Self-Assembly of Aromatic Amino Acid Enantiomers into Supramolecular Materials of High Rigidity (2020, ACS Nano)
  • Three-step nucleation of metal-organic framework nanocrystals (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent coauthors that Petr Král has collaborated with include Yanxiao Han, Francesco Coppola, Pavel Řehák, Michał Sawczyk, and Roya Jafari. This suggests sustained research partnerships across multiple projects.

The scientist has contributed extensively to publications in several venues, with a strong presence in the following journals and platforms:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Nano
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Communications

Key topics that feature prominently in Petr Král's work include:

  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Research outputs reflect a multidisciplinary approach that integrates molecular biology techniques with materials chemistry, aiming to address challenges in biomedical engineering and nanotechnology. The combination of computational and experimental methods is evident in their exploration of topics such as peptide inhibitors targeting SARS-CoV-2 and all-solid-state battery electrolytes.

Overall, Petr Král's body of work demonstrates a focus on advancing knowledge in complex molecular assemblies and material properties, contributing to both fundamental science and applied technological solutions.

Best Publications

  • Robust carbon dioxide reduction on molybdenum disulphide edges

    Mohammad Asadi;Bijandra Kumar;Amirhossein Behranginia;Brian A. Rosen

  • Selective ion passage through functionalized graphene nanopores.

    Kyaw Sint;Boyang Wang;Petr Král

  • Nanomaterials by severe plastic deformation: review of historical developments and recent advances

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  • Self-assembly of magnetite nanocubes into helical superstructures

    Gurvinder Singh;Henry Chan;Artem Baskin;Elijah Gelman

  • Broad-spectrum non-toxic antiviral nanoparticles with a virucidal inhibition mechanism

    Valeria Cagno;Patrizia Andreozzi;Marco D'Alicarnasso;Paulo Jacob Silva

  • Multistep nucleation of nanocrystals in aqueous solution

    N. Duane Loh;Soumyo Sen;Michel Bosman;Michel Bosman;Shu Fen Tan

  • Chiral templating of self-assembling nanostructures by circularly polarized light

    Jihyeon Yeom;Bongjun Yeom;Henry Chan;Kyle W. Smith

  • Dipole-dipole interactions in nanoparticle superlattices.

    Dmitri V. Talapin;Elena V. Shevchenko;Christopher B. Murray;Alexey V. Titov

  • Computational Design of ACE2-Based Peptide Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2.

    Yanxiao Han;Petr Král

  • Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes

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  • Reversible trapping and reaction acceleration within dynamically self-assembling nanoflasks

    Hui Zhao;Soumyo Sen;T. Udayabhaskararao;Michal Sawczyk

  • Nanodroplet activated and guided folding of graphene nanostructures.

    Niladri Patra;Boyang Wang;Petr Král

  • Nanotube Electron Drag in Flowing Liquids

    Petr Král;Moshe Shapiro;Moshe Shapiro

  • Sandwiched graphene--membrane superstructures.

    Alexey V. Titov;Petr Král;Ryan Pearson

  • Electric polarization of heteropolar nanotubes as a geometric phase.

    E. J. Mele;Petr Král

  • Nanostructured Layered Cathode for Rechargeable Mg-Ion Batteries.

    Sanja Tepavcevic;Yuzi Liu;Dehua Zhou;Barry Lai

  • Reversible chromism of spiropyran in the cavity of a flexible coordination cage.

    Dipak Samanta;Daria Galaktionova;Julius Gemen;Linda J. W. Shimon

  • Atomically precise organomimetic cluster nanomolecules assembled via perfluoroaryl-thiol SNAr chemistry

    Elaine A. Qian;Alex I. Wixtrom;Jonathan C. Axtell;Azin Saebi

  • Modified cyclodextrins as broad-spectrum antivirals.

    Samuel T. Jones;Samuel T. Jones;Valeria Cagno;Valeria Cagno;Matej Janeček;Daniel Ortiz

  • Two-step enantio-selective optical switch.

    Petr Král;Ioannis Thanopulos;Moshe Shapiro;Doron Cohen

  • Diffusion and filtration properties of self-assembled gold nanocrystal membranes.

    Jinbo He;Xiao Min Lin;Henry Chan;Lela Vuković

  • Nanodroplet Activated and Guided Folding of Graphene Nanostructures

    Petr Kral;Niladri Patra;Boyang Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Moshe Shapiro
Moshe Shapiro University of British Columbia
Rafal Klajn
Rafal Klajn Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Seungpyo Hong
Seungpyo Hong University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alexander M. Spokoyny
Alexander M. Spokoyny University of California, Los Angeles
Ehud Gazit
Ehud Gazit Tel Aviv University
Linda J. W. Shimon
Linda J. W. Shimon Weizmann Institute of Science
Eugene J. Mele
Eugene J. Mele University of Pennsylvania
David Tománek
David Tománek Michigan State University
Andrew K. Whittaker
Andrew K. Whittaker University of Queensland
Nicholas A. Kotov
Nicholas A. Kotov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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