Petr Král's Research Group
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Selected Publications:

E. Vokac, L. Vuković and P. Král, Electrokinetic Phenomena in Thin Nanotubes, submitted.  

A. Titov B. Wang, K. Sint and P. Král, Multi-functional Refoldable Bio-nano Junctions, submitted.  

A. Titov, P. Král and R. Pearson, Sandwiched Graphene-Membrane Superstructures, submitted.  

L. Vuković and P. Král, Coulombically Driven Rolling of Nanorods on Water, in press, Phys. Rev. Lett.  

A. Titov, P. Zapol, P. Král, D.-J. Liu, H. Iddir, K. Baishya and L. Curtiss, Catalytic Fe-xN Sites in Carbon Nanotubes, in press, J. Phys. Chem. C.  

N. Patra, B. Wang and P. Král, Nanodroplet Activated and Guided Folding of Graphene Nanostructures, Nano Letters 9, 3766 (2009).  

S. R. Stoyanov, A. Titov and P. Král, Transition metal and nitrogen doped carbon nanostructures, Coor. Chem. Rev. 253, 2852 (2009).  

S. R. Stoyanov and P. Král, Multifunctional metal-doped carbon nanocapsules, J. Chem. Phys. 129, 234702 (2008);   Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Sci. & Technol. Vol. 19, Issue 1.  

K. Sint, B. Wang and P. Král, Selective Ion Passage through Functionalized Graphene Nanopores, JACS (Communication) 130, 16448 (2008).  

B. Wang, L. Vuković and P. Král, Nanoscale Rotary Motors Driven by Electron Tunneling, Phys. Rev. Let. 101, 186808 (2008);   Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Sci. & Technol. Vol. 18, Issue 20.  

A. Titov and P. Král, Modeling the Self-Assembly of Colloidal Nanorod Superlattices Nano Letters 8, 3605 (2008).  

B. Wang and P. Král, Dragging of Polarizable Nanodroplets by Distantly Solvated Ions, Phys. Rev. Let. 101, 046103 (2008);   Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Sci. & Technol. Vol. 18, Issue 5;   Virtual Journal of Biol. Phys. Res. Vol. 16, Issue 3.

B. Wang and P. Král, Chemically Tunable Nanoscale Propellers of Liquids, Phys. Rev. Let. 98, 266102 (2007), PRL - cover story, highlighted: Nature 448, 108 (2007), Virt. Jour. of Nano. Sci. & Technol. Vol. 16, Issue 2.  

D. Talapin, E. Shevchenko, C. B. Murray, A. Titov and P. Král, Dipole-dipole Interactions in Nanoparticle Superlattices, Nano Letters 7, 1213 (2007), highlighted: Science 316, 342 (2007).  

S. R. Stoyanov, P. Král and B. Wang, Extended Electronic States above Metal-doped Carbon Nanostructures, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 153110 (2007), Virt. Jour. of Nano. Sci. & Technol. Vol. 15, Issue 16.  

B. Wang and P. Král, Optimal Atomistic Modifications of Material Surfaces: Design of Selective Nesting Sites for Biomolecules, Small 3, 580 (2007), Small - cover story.  

P. Král, I. Thanopulos and M. Shapiro, Coherently Controlled Adiabatic Passage, Rev. Mod. Phys. 79, 53 (2007), Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science Vol. 6, Issue 2.  

B. Wang and P. Král, Coulombic Dragging of Molecules on Surfaces Induced by Separately Flowing Liquids, JACS (Communication) 128, 15984 (2006).  

S. R. Stoyanov and P. Král, Metallo-pyrrole-capped Carbon Nanocones,
J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 21480 (2006).  

B. Wang, P. Král and I. Thanopulos, Docking of Chiral Molecules on Twisted and Helical Nanotubes: Nanomechanical Control of Catalysis, Nano Letters 6, 1918 (2006).  

P. Král and T. Seideman, Current-Induced Rotation of Helical Molecular Wires, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 184702 (2005), Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Sci. & Technol. Vol. 12, Issue 20.  

P. Král, I. Thanopulos and M. Shapiro, Quantum-field Coherent Control: Production of Broken-symmetry Entangled States, Phys. Rev. Lett. A 72, 020303(R) (2005), Virtual Journal of Quantum Information Vol. 5, Issue 9.  

D. Segal, P. Král and M. Shapiro, Ultraslow phonon-assisted collapse of tubular image states, Surface Science 577, 86 (2005).  

D. Segal, B. E. Granger, H. R. Sadeghpour, P. Král and M. Shapiro, Tunable Bands of Electronic Image States in Nanowire Lattices, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 016402 (2005),   Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Sci. & Technol. Vol. 11, Issue 2.  

D. Gerbasi, P. Brumer, I. Thanopulos, P. Král and M. Shapiro,
Theory of the two step enantiomeric purification of 1,3 dimethylallene,
J. Chem. Phys. 120, 11557 (2004),   Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science Vol. 3, Issue 7.  

P. Král and M. Shapiro, Quantum coding and decoding in multi-level adiabatic passage schemes, Chem. Phys. Lett. 393, 488 (2004).  

D. Segal, P. Král and M. Shapiro, Electric and magnetic-field tuning of tubular image states above suspended nanowires, Chem. Phys. Lett. 392, 314 (2004).  

D. Segal, P. Král and M. Shapiro, Shaping of detached image states above suspended nanowires, Phys. Rev. B 69, 153405 (2004),   Virt. Jour. Nano. Sci. & Technol. Vol. 9, Issue 16,  

I. Thanopulos, P. Král and M. Shapiro, Complete Control of Population Transfer between Clusters of Degenerate States, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 11003 (2004),   Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science Vol. 3, Issue 4.  

P. Král, Control of catalytic activity of proteins in vivo by nanotube ropes excited with infrared light, Chem. Phys. Lett. 382, 399 (2003).  

P. Král, I. Thanopulos, M. Shapiro and D. Cohen, Two-Step Enantio-selective Optical Switch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 033001 (2003).  

P. Král, Nanoscale processing by adaptive laser pulses, Phys. Rev. B 66, 241401R (2002),   Virtual Journal Nano. Sci. & Technol. Vol. 6, Issue 25.  

B. E. Granger, P. Král, H. R. Sadeghpour and M. Shapiro, Highly-extended Image States around Nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 135506 (2002),   PRL - cover story  

P. Král, Z. Amitay and M. Shapiro, Analytic Solution of the Non-Degenerate Quantum Control Problem, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 063002 (2002),   Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science Vol. 1, Issue 3.  

P. Král and M. Shapiro, Complete adiabatic passage to arbitrarily sculpted superposition states, Phys. Rev. A 65, 043413 (2002).  

P. Král and H. R. Sadeghpour, Laser Spinning of Nanotubes: A path to fast-rotating microdevices, Phys. Rev. B 65, 161401(R) (2002),   Virt. Jour. Nano. Sci. & Technol. Vol. 5, Issue 16.   Science-News-Week  

E. J. Mele and P. Král, Electric Polarization of Heteropolar Nanotubes as a Geometric Phase, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 056803 (2002).  

P. Král and M. Shapiro, Cyclic Population Transfer in Quantum Systems with Broken Symmetry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 183002 (2001).  

P. Král, J. Firuásek and M. Shapiro, Competition between Electron and Hole Stimulated Raman Passage, Phys. Rev. A 64, 023414 (2001).  

P. Král and M. Shapiro, Nanotube Electron Drag in Flowing Liquids, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 131 (2001).  

P. Král, Species Orthogonalization, J. Theor. Biol. 212, 355 (2001). 

P. Král, E. J. Mele and D. Tománek, Photogalvanic Effects in Heteropolar Nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1512 (2000). 

P. Král and J. E. Sipe, Quantum kinetic theory of two-beam current injection in bulk semiconductors, Phys. Rev. B 61, 5381 (2000). 

P. Král and D. Tománek, Laser-Driven Atomic Pump, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5373 (1999).  

P. Král and A. P. Jauho, Resonant tunneling in a pulsed phonon field, Phys. Rev. B 59, 7656 (1999).  

P. Král, F. W. Sheard and F. F. Ouali, Hot-phonons-assisted resonant tunneling in a quantum well, Phys. Rev. B 57, 15428 (1998).  

P. Král, Nonequilibrium linked cluster expansion for steady-state quantum transport
Phys. Rev. B 56, 7293 (1997).
 

P. Král, Generalized gradient expansions in quantum transport equations,
Jour. of Stat. Phys. 86, 1337 (1997).
 

P. Král, Linearized quantum transport equations:  ac-conductance of a quantum wire with an electron-phonon interaction, Phys. Rev. B 53, 11034 (1996).  

P. Král and J. Masek, Excitation of electron wave packets in low dimensional semiconductor structures by inhomogeneous light pulses, Acta Physica Polonica 82, 697 (1992). 

P. Král, Kerr interaction with displaced and squeezed Fock states,
Phys. Rev. A 42, 4177 (1990).
 

P. Král, Displaced and squeezed Fock states,
J. Mod. Opt. 37, 889 (1990).