Research Bio
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (epr) research and instrumentation. Development of microwave apparatus, x-ray generators, helium temperature dewar assemblies and high vacuum equipment to enable epr sample characteristics to be measured at various temperatures and at both x-band frequencies (10 GHz) and at Q-band frequencies (35 GHz).
2013
Sutton KA, Black PJ, Mercer KR, Garman EF, Owen RL, Snell EH, Bernhard WA. "Insights into the mechanism of X-ray-induced disulfide-bond cleavage in lysozyme crystals based on EPR, optical absorption and X-ray diffraction studies." Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography. 2013 69(Pt 12):2381-94. Epub 2013 Nov 19. |
2010 Jul 22
Peoples AR, Mercer KR, Bernhard WA. "What fraction of DNA double-strand breaks produced by the direct effect is accounted for by radical pairs?" The journal of physical chemistry. B. 2010 Jul 22; 114(28):9283-8. |
1997 May
Mroczka NE, Mercer KR, Bernhard WA. "The effects of lattice water on free radical yields in X-irradiated crystalline pyrimidines and purines: a low-temperature electron paramagnetic resonance investigation." Radiation research. 1997 May; 147(5):560-8. |
1995
Krzyminiewski, R.; Bernhard, W.A.; Mercer, K.R.;. "Conversion of free radicals upon annealing of X-irradiated single crystal of cholest-4-en-3-one". Radiat. Phys. Chem. 1995; 45(3): 883-888. Link |
1994 Nov
Bernhard WA, Barnes J, Mercer KR, Mroczka N. "The influence of packing on free radical yields in crystalline nucleic acids: the pyrimidine bases." Radiation research. 1994 Nov; 140(2):199-214. |
