Publications (Last Update: Aug 27, 2008)

 

Journal Articles 2008

Sreeja Parameswaran, Ruili Wang and Gary Hastings (2008)
     Calculation of the Vibrational Properties of Chlorophyll-a In Solution 
     J. Phys. Chem. A, Accepted

Gary Hastings, Ruili Wang, Peter Krug, David Katz and Julia Hilliard (2008)

Infrared Microscopy For The Study of Biological Cell Monolayers. I: Spectral Effects of Acetone and Formalin Fixation.

Biopolymers, In Press.

Gary Hastings and Ruili Wang (2008)
Vibrational Mode Frequency Calculations of Chlorophyll-d for Assessing (P740+-P740) FTIR Difference Spectra Obtained Using

Photosystem I Particles from Acaryochloris marina

Photosynthesis Research. 95, 55-62. (pdf

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G. Hastings, K.M. Priyangika Bandaranayake and Enrique Carrion (2008)

Time-resolved FTIR Difference Spectroscopy in Combination With Specific Isotope Labeling For The Study of A1, The Secondary

Electron Acceptor in Photosystem 1.

Biophys. J. 94, 11, 4383-4392. (pdf)

 

Journal Articles 2007

Ruili Wang, Sreeja Parameswaran and Gary Hastings (2007)
   Density Functional Theory Based Calculations of the Vibrational Properties of Chlorophyll-a
   Vibrational Spectroscopy,
44, 357–368 (pdf)

 

Book Chapters 2006

Gary Hastings, (2006)
    FTIR Studies of the Intermediate Electron Acceptor A1.
    In: Photosystem I: The Light-Driven Plastocyanin: Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase
    Editor: Golbeck, J.H. Series Title: Advances in Photosynthesis in Respiration

    Volume 24. Chapter 20, pp 301-318.

 

Journal Articles 2006

K.M. Priyangika Bandaranayake, Ruili Wang T. Wade Johnson and Gary Hastings (2006)
   Time-resolved FTIR Difference Spectroscopy for the Study of Photosystem I Particles with Plastoquinone-9 Occupying the A1 Binding Site
   Biochemistry 45, 12733-12740 (pdf)

K.M. Priyangika Bandaranayake, Velautham Sivakumar, Ruili Wang and Gary Hastings (2006)
    Modeling The A1 Binding Site In Photosystem I. Density Functional Theory For The Calculation Of
   “Anion – Neutral” FTIR Difference Spectra of Phylloquinone
   Vibrational Spectroscopy 42(1), 78-87. (pdf)

K.M. Priyangika Bandaranayake, Ruili Wang and Gary Hastings (2006)
     Modification of the Phylloquinone in the A1 Binding Site in Photosystem I Studied Using Time-resolved
     FTIR Difference Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory.
     Biochemistry  45, 4121-4127. (pdf)

G. Ariyawansa, M. B. M. Rinzan, S. G. Matsik, A. G. U. Perera, G. Hastings, H. C. Liu, M. Buchanan, G. I. Sproule, V. I. Gavrilenko, and V. P. Kuznetsov (2006)

    Characteristics of a Si dual-band detector responding in both near- and far-infrared regions

   Appl.Phys.Lett., 89, 061112 (pdf)

 

Journal Articles 2005

Velautham Sivakumar, Ruili Wang and Gary Hastings (2005)
    A1 Reduction in Intact Cyanobacterial Photosystem I Particles Studied Using Time-resolved Step-scan Fourier Transform Infra-red
    Difference Spectroscopy and Isotope Labeling.
    Biochemistry  44, 1880-1893 (pdf)

G. Ariyawansa, MBM Rinzan, DG Esaev, G. Hastings, SG Matsik, AGU Perera, HC Lui, BN Zvonkov and VI Gavrilenko. (2005)

      Near and Far-Infrared p-GaAs Dual Band Detector

      Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 143510, 1-3 (pdf)


Journal Articles 2004

Yajing Li, Marie-Gabrielle Lucas, Tatyana Konovalova, Brian Abbott, Fraser MacMillan, Alexander Petrenko,
    Velautham Sivakumar, Ruili Wang, Gary Hastings, Feifei Gu, Johan van Tol, Louis-Claude Brunel,
    Russell Timkovich, Fabrice Rappaport and Kevin Redding (2004). Web release date: 09-03-04
    Mutation of the Putative Hydrogen-Bond Donor to P700 of Photosystem I.
    Biochemistry 43, 12634-12647 (pdf)

V.P.S. Perera, P.V.V. Jayaweera, P.K.D.D.P. Pitigala, P.K.M. Bandaranayake, G. Hastings, A.G.U. Perera and K.Tennakone (2004)
    Construction of a photovoltaic device by deposition of thin films of the conducting polymer polythiocyanogen.
    Synthetic Metals.
143, 283-287. (pdf)

Ruili Wang, Velautham Sivakumar, T. Wade Johnson and Gary Hastings (2004).
    FTIR Difference Spectroscopy In Combination With Isotope Labeling for Identification of
    The Carbonyl Modes of P700 and P700+ in Photosystem I.
    Biophys. J.
86, 1061-1073.  (pdf)

Journal Articles 2003

Ruili Wang, Velautham Sivakumar, Yajing Li, Kevin Redding and Gary Hastings (2003).
    Mutation Induced Modulation of Hydrogen Bonding To P700 Studied Using FTIR Difference Spectroscopy.
    Biochem. 42, 9889-9897. (pdf)

 Sivakumar, V., Wang, R. and Hastings, G. (2003).
    Photo-Oxidation of P740, the Primary Electron Donor in Photosystem I From Acaryochloris marina.
    Biophys. J. 85, 5, 3162-3172 (pdf)

Journal Articles 2002

Yang, J., Yang, H., Ye, Y., Hopkins, H. and Hastings, G. (2002)
    Temperature Induced Formation of a Non-native Intermediate State of the All b sheet Protein CD2.     
    Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
36, 1-18. (pdf)

Anderson, N. A., Hao, E. C., Ai, X., Hastings, G. and Lian, T. Q. (2002)
    Subpicosecond photoinduced electron transfer from a conjugated polymer to SnO2 semiconductor nanocrystals
    Physica E
, 14, 215-218. (pdf)

Journal Articles 2001

Hastings, G. and Sivakumar, V. (2001)
    A Fourier Transform Infra-red Absorption Difference Spectrum Associated With The Reduction of A
1
    in Photosystem I: Are Both Phylloquinones Involved In Electron Transfer? 
    Biochem. 40, 3681-3689. (pdf)

Hastings, G. (2001)

    Time-Resolved, Step-Scan, Fourier Transform Infra-red and Visible Absorption Difference Spectroscopy
    for the Study of Photosystem I of Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolving Organisms. 
    Applied Spectrosc. 55, 7, 894-900 (pdf)

Anderson, N., Hao, E., Xin, A., Hastings, G. and Lian, T. (2001)
    Ultrafast and long-lived photoinduced charge separation in MEH-PPV/nanoporous semiconductor thin film composites.
    Chem.Phys. Letts. 347, 304-310. (pdf)

Hastings, G., Ramesh, V. M., Wang, R., Sivakumar, V. and Webber, A.  (2001)
    Primary Donor Photo-Oxidation in Photosystem I: A Re-Evaluation of (P700+-P700) Fourier Transform Infrared Difference Spectra.
    Biochem. 40, 12943-12949. (pdf)

Hastings, G. and Sivakumar, V. (2001)
    Time-resolved Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy for the study of A1 reduction in intact photosystem I.
    Proceedings XII International Congress on Photosynthesis. Brisbane, Australia, August 18-23. (pdf)

 

Prior to 2001

Hastings, G. (1999).  in Ace Your Midterm and Finals: Introduction To Physics.
   Chapter 23, 232-248.  Editor: Alan Axelrod. (McGraw Hill)

Baba, K., Itoh, S., Hastings, G. & Hoshina, S., (1996)
   Photoinhibition of photosystem I electron transfer activity in isolated photosystem I preparations with
   different chlorophyll content.
   Photosynthesis Research 47, 121-130.

Hastings, G.
, Hoshina, S., Webber, A., Lin, S. & Blankenship, R. E. (1995)
   Universality of  electron and energy transfer processes in photosystem one.
   Biochemistry 34, 15512-15522.

Hastings, G.
, Reid, L. J., Lin, S. & Blankenship, R. E. (1995)
   Excited state dynamics in photosystem I. Effects of detergent and excitation wavelength.
   Biophysical Journal 69, 5, 2044-2055.

 

Kleinherenbrink, F. A. M., Hastings, G., Wittmershaus, B. & Blankenship, R. E. (1994).
   Delayed fluorescence from Fe-S type Photosynthetic Reaction Centers at Low Redox Potential.
   Biochemistry  33, 3096-3105

Hastings, G.
, Kleinherenbrink, F. A. M., Lin, S. & Blankenship, R. E. (1994).
   Time resolved fluorescence and absorption studies of photosystem 1.
   Biochemistry  33, 3185-3192

Hastings, G., Kleinherenbrink, F. A. M., Lin, S. McHugh, T., J. & Blankenship, R. E. (1994).
   Observation of the reduction and reoxidation of the primary electron acceptor in photosystem 1.
   Biochemistry 
33, 3193-3200.

Durrant, J. R., Hastings, G., Joseph, M., Barber, J., Porter G. & Klug, D. R., (1993).
   Oxidation of P680 with an effective rate of (21ps)-1 in isolated photosystem two reaction centers.
   Biochemistry  32, 8259-8267.

Hastings, G., Durrant, J. R., Barber, J., Porter G. & Klug, D. R., (1992).
   Observation of pheophytin reduction in photosystem two reaction centers.
   Biochemistry 
31, 7638-7647.

Durrant, J. R., Hastings, G., Hong, Q., Barber, J., Porter G. & Klug, D. R., (1992).
    Determination of P680 singlet state lifetimes in photosystem two reaction centers.
    Chem. Phys. Letts, 188, 1-2, 54-59.

Durrant, J. R., Hastings, G., Joseph, M., Barber, J., Porter G. & Klug, D. R., (1992).
    Sub-picosecond equilibration of excitation energy in isolated photosystem two reaction centers.
   
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 11632-11636.

Klug, D. R., Durrant, J. R., Hastings, G., Barber, J. & Porter G., (1992).
   
Electron and energy transfer in isolated photosystem 2 reaction centers 1: Discrimination of five kinetic components.
    In Research in Photosynthesis, ed. Murata, N., Vol. II, 243-246.

Hastings, G., Durrant, J. R., Barber, J., Porter G. & Klug, D. R., (1992).
    Electron and energy transfer in isolated photosystem 2 reaction centers 2: Radical Pair Formation.
    In Research in Photosynthesis, ed. Murata, N., Vol. II, 247-250.

Klug, D. R., Durrant, J. R., Hastings, G., Barber, J. & Porter G., (1991).
    Electron transfer in  photosystem 2 reaction centers.
    In Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, eds. Hester R.E., Girling R. B., 51-54.

 

Proceedings

Gary Hastings and K. M. Priyangika Bandaranayake (2008)

   Quinone anion bands in A1/A1 FTIR difference spectra investigated using photosystem I particles with specifically labeled Naphthoquinones incorporated into the A1 

    binding site

   In: Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun. 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research 2007.

   Eds: Allen, J.F.; Gantt, E.; Golbeck, J.H.; Osmond, B.  pp69-72.

Wang, R. and Hastings, G. (2005)

    Uniformly 13C Labeled Photosystem I Particles For Distinguishing Bands Due to Amide I in (P700+-P700) FTIR Difference Spectra.

    In: Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives. Procedings of the 13th International Conference In Photosynthesis, pp70-71.

    Editors: van der Est, A and Bruce, D. Alliance Communications Group, Lawrence KS

Wang, R. and Hastings, G. (2005)

    A1 Reduction in Intact Cyanobacterial Photosystem I Studied Using Time-resolved Step-scan Fourier Transform Infra-red Difference Spectroscopy

    In Combination With Site Directed Mutagenesis and Quinone Exchange Experiments.

    In: Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives. Procedings of the 13th International Conference In Photosynthesis, pp59-60.

    Editors: van der Est, A and Bruce, D. Alliance Communications Group, Lawrence KS

 

 

 

Conference Abstracts

2008

Gary Hastings, Ruili Wang and Sreeja Parameswaran

Oral: Calculation of the Vibrational Properties of Chlorophyll-a In Solution.

Twenty Fifth Annual Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference. April 18-20 (2008). Woods Hole, MA.

Conference Booklet, p20.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

Gary Hastings and K.M. P. Bandaranayake (2006)

Poster: Time-resolved FTIR Difference Spectroscopy For The Study of Photosystem I Particles With 18O Labeled Phylloquinone Occupying The A1 Binding Site.

32nd Annual Midwest Regional Conference in Photosynthesis. Turkey Run State Park, Indiana, p34. 10-29-06 to 10-31-06.

Gary Hastings and K.M. P. Bandaranayake (2006)

Poster: Modification of the Quinone Occupying the A1 Binding Site in Cyanobacterial Photosystem I Studied Using Time-resolved Step-scan FTIR Difference Spectroscopy

Gordon Conference in Photosynthesis.  Smithfield, Rhode Island. 7-02-06 to 7-07-06.

Gary Hastings and Ruili Wang (2006)

Poster: Density Functional Theory Based Calculations for the Study of the Vibrational Properties of Chlorophyll a.

23rd Annual Eastern Regional Conference in Photosynthesis. Woods Hole, MA. Oral Presentation D2, p23. 4-21-06 to 4-23-06.

K.M. Priyangika Bandaranayake, Ruili Wang and Gary Hastings (2006)

Time-resolved FTIR Difference Spectroscopy Used To Study Photosystem I Particles With Different Quinones Occupying The A1 Binding Site

23rd Annual Eastern Regional Conference in Photosynthesis. Woods Hole, MA. Oral Presentation B5, p18. 4-21-06 to 4-23-06.

Sreeja Parameswaran and Gary Hastings (2006)

On the Origin of the 1656(+)/1637(-) cm-1 Difference Band in (P700+-P700) FTIR Difference Spectra:  Low Temperature FTIR

Difference Spectroscopy for the Study of P700 IN Y(B718)T mutant Cyanobacterial PS I particles.

23rd Annual Eastern Regional Conference in Photosynthesis. Woods Hole, MA. Oral Presentation B3, p16. 4-21-06 to 4-23-06.

Gary Hastings, K.M.P. Bandaranayake and Ruili Wang. (2006)

Poster: A1 Reduction in Intact Cyanobacterial Photosystem I Studied Using Time-resolved Step-scan FTIR Difference  Spectroscopy In Combination With

Isotope Labeling, Site Directed Mutagenesis, Quinone Exchange and Density Functional Theory Calculations.

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Awardee Meeting. 2/26/06 – 2/28/06. Warrenton, Virginia.

 

 

 

PhD Thesis

Wang, R. (2005)

    FTIR Difference Spectroscopy for the Study of P700, the Primary Electron Donor in Photosystem I.

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

    Electronic Thesis Dissertation -11242005-164322

 

Sivakumar, V. (2004)

    Static and Time-resolved FTIR Difference Spectroscopy for the Study of A1, The Secondary Electron Acceptor in Photosystem I.

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.