Sibel Ebru Yalcin

@medicine.yale.edu

Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry & Microbial Sciences Institute
Yale University

Sibel Ebru Yalcin

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Biophysics, Spectroscopy, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics
25

Scopus Publications

4951

Scholar Citations

19

Scholar h-index

21

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Systems and methods for forming biological nanowires and applications thereof
    N MALVANKAR, SE Yalcin
    US Patent 12,612,434 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 6
  • Compositions and methods for making and using protein nanowires with tunable functionality
    F Isaacs, N MALVANKAR, DM Shapiro, SE Yalcin, G Mandava
    US Patent App. 18/833,335 , 2025
    2025
  • A widespread and ancient bacterial machinery assembles cytochrome OmcS nanowires essential for extracellular electron transfer
    C Shen, AI Salazar-Morales, W Jung, J Erwin, Y Gu, A Coelho, K Gupta, ...
    Cell chemical biology 32 (2), 239-254. e7 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 10
  • A widespread porin-cytochrome complex Om (abc) B kickstarts microbial respiration and nanowire formation
    J Erwin, C Shen, V Saldivar, AS Morales, V Pentalic, F Samatey, P Dahl, ...
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Microbial biofilms as living photoconductors due to ultrafast electron transfer in cytochrome OmcS nanowires
    J Neu, CC Shipps, MJ Guberman-Pfeffer, C Shen, V Srikanth, JA Spies, ...
    Nature Communications 13 (1), 5150 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 70
  • A 300-fold conductivity increase in microbial cytochrome nanowires due to temperature-induced restructuring of hydrogen bonding networks
    PJ Dahl, SM Yi, Y Gu, A Acharya, C Shipps, J Neu, JP O’Brien, ...
    Science advances 8 (19), eabm7193 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 87
  • Protein nanowires with tunable functionality and programmable self-assembly using sequence-controlled synthesis
    DM Shapiro, G Mandava, SE Yalcin, P Arranz-Gibert, PJ Dahl, C Shipps, ...
    Nature communications 13 (1), 829 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 86
  • Structure of Geobacter pili reveals secretory rather than nanowire behaviour
    Y Gu, V Srikanth, AI Salazar-Morales, R Jain, JP O’Brien, SM Yi, RK Soni, ...
    Nature 597 (7876), 430-434 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 219
  • Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation
    GCL Wong, JD Antani, PP Lele, J Chen, B Nan, MJ Kühn, A Persat, JL Bru, ...
    Physical biology 18 (5), 051501 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 100
  • The blind men and the filament: understanding structures and functions of microbial nanowires
    SE Yalcin, NS Malvankar
    Current opinion in chemical biology 59, 193-201 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 112
  • Electric field stimulates production of highly conductive microbial OmcZ nanowires
    SE Yalcin, JP O’Brien, Y Gu, K Reiss, SM Yi, R Jain, V Srikanth, PJ Dahl, ...
    Nature chemical biology 16 (10), 1136-1142 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 222
  • Direct observation of anisotropic growth of water films on minerals driven by defects and surface tension
    SE Yalcin, BA Legg, M Yeşilbaş, NS Malvankar, JF Boily
    Science advances 6 (30), eaaz9708 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 55
  • Probing the Role of Metal Coordination and pH in Assembly and Function of Cytochrome Nanowires
    V Srikanth, Y Gu, JP O'Brien, R Jain, SE Yalcin, SM Yi, FA Samatey, ...
    Biophysical Journal 118 (3), 335a-336a , 2020
    2020
  • Structure of microbial nanowires reveals stacked hemes that transport electrons over micrometers
    F Wang, Y Gu, JP O’Brien, SM Yi, SE Yalcin, V Srikanth, C Shen, D Vu, ...
    Cell 177 (2), 361-369. e10 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 638
  • Mechanism of metal-like conductivity in bacterial protein nanowires
    S Yi, Y Gu, J Neu, JP O'brien, SE Yalcin, D Vu, W Huynh, V Batista, ...
    APS March Meeting Abstracts 2019, F65. 010 , 2019
    2019
  • Conformation-induced conductivity switching in bacterial protein nanowires
    SE Yalcin, JP O'brien, A Acharya, Y Gu, P Dahl, S Yi, W Huynh, ...
    APS March Meeting Abstracts 2019, Y64. 005 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 1
  • Towards a molecular-level understanding of metal-like conductivity in bacterial protein nanowires
    P Dahl, A Acharya, SE Yalcin, S Yi, JP O'brien, V Batista, N Malvankar
    APS March Meeting Abstracts 2019, C31. 007 , 2019
    2019
  • Structural Basis for Metallic Conductivity in Bacterial Pili Protein Filaments
    SE Yalcin, P O'Brien, W Huynh, Y Gu, T Varga, N Malvankar
    APS March Meeting Abstracts 2018, C51. 005 , 2018
    2018
  • Femtosecond Dynamics of Nanoscale Molecular Heterogeneity
    JM Atkin, B Pollard, B Metzger, PM Sass, SE Yalcin, AS Lea, PE Teichen, ...
    International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, UW1A. 3 , 2016
    2016
  • Photoluminescence imaging of solitary dopant sites in covalently doped single-wall carbon nanotubes
    HHSD Nicolai F. Hartmann, Sibel Ebru Yalcin, Lyudmyla Adamska, Erik H Haroz ...
    Nanoscale , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 85

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Phase-engineered low-resistance contacts for ultrathin MoS 2 transistors
    R Kappera, D Voiry, SE Yalcin, B Branch, G Gupta, AD Mohite, ...
    Nature materials 13 (12), 1128-1134 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 2207
  • Structure of microbial nanowires reveals stacked hemes that transport electrons over micrometers
    F Wang, Y Gu, JP O’Brien, SM Yi, SE Yalcin, V Srikanth, C Shen, D Vu, ...
    Cell 177 (2), 361-369. e10 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 638
  • Visualization of charge propagation along individual pili proteins using ambient electrostatic force microscopy
    NS Malvankar, SE Yalcin, MT Tuominen, DR Lovley
    Nature nanotechnology 9 (12), 1012-1017 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 261
  • Metallic 1T phase source/drain electrodes for field effect transistors from chemical vapor deposited MoS2
    R Kappera, D Voiry, SE Yalcin, W Jen, M Acerce, S Torrel, B Branch, S Lei, ...
    Apl Materials 2 (9) , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 246
  • Electric field stimulates production of highly conductive microbial OmcZ nanowires
    SE Yalcin, JP O’Brien, Y Gu, K Reiss, SM Yi, R Jain, V Srikanth, PJ Dahl, ...
    Nature chemical biology 16 (10), 1136-1142 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 222
  • Structure of Geobacter pili reveals secretory rather than nanowire behaviour
    Y Gu, V Srikanth, AI Salazar-Morales, R Jain, JP O’Brien, SM Yi, RK Soni, ...
    Nature 597 (7876), 430-434 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 219
  • Electronic structure and chemical nature of oxygen dopant states in carbon nanotubes
    X Ma, L Adamska, H Yamaguchi, SE Yalcin, S Tretiak, SK Doorn, H Htoon
    ACS nano 8 (10), 10782-10789 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 193
  • Block-copolymer-based plasmonic nanostructures
    PA Mistark, S Park, SE Yalcin, DH Lee, O Yavuzcetin, MT Tuominen, ...
    ACS nano 3 (12), 3987-3992 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 142
  • The blind men and the filament: understanding structures and functions of microbial nanowires
    SE Yalcin, NS Malvankar
    Current opinion in chemical biology 59, 193-201 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 112
  • Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation
    GCL Wong, JD Antani, PP Lele, J Chen, B Nan, MJ Kühn, A Persat, JL Bru, ...
    Physical biology 18 (5), 051501 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 100
  • A 300-fold conductivity increase in microbial cytochrome nanowires due to temperature-induced restructuring of hydrogen bonding networks
    PJ Dahl, SM Yi, Y Gu, A Acharya, C Shipps, J Neu, JP O’Brien, ...
    Science advances 8 (19), eabm7193 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 87
  • Protein nanowires with tunable functionality and programmable self-assembly using sequence-controlled synthesis
    DM Shapiro, G Mandava, SE Yalcin, P Arranz-Gibert, PJ Dahl, C Shipps, ...
    Nature communications 13 (1), 829 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 86
  • Photoluminescence imaging of solitary dopant sites in covalently doped single-wall carbon nanotubes
    HHSD Nicolai F. Hartmann, Sibel Ebru Yalcin, Lyudmyla Adamska, Erik H Haroz ...
    Nanoscale , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 85
  • Microbial biofilms as living photoconductors due to ultrafast electron transfer in cytochrome OmcS nanowires
    J Neu, CC Shipps, MJ Guberman-Pfeffer, C Shen, V Srikanth, JA Spies, ...
    Nature Communications 13 (1), 5150 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 70
  • Bench-top aqueous two-phase extraction of isolated individual single-walled carbon nanotubes
    NK Subbaiyan, ANG Parra-Vasquez, S Cambré, MAS Cordoba, SE Yalcin, ...
    Nano research 8 (5), 1755-1769 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 58
  • Direct observation of anisotropic growth of water films on minerals driven by defects and surface tension
    SE Yalcin, BA Legg, M Yeşilbaş, NS Malvankar, JF Boily
    Science advances 6 (30), eaaz9708 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 55
  • Spectral properties of multiply charged semiconductor quantum dots
    SE Yalcin, JA Labastide, DL Sowle, MD Barnes
    Nano letters 11 (10), 4425-4430 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 55
  • Direct imaging of charge transport in progressively reduced graphene oxide using electrostatic force microscopy
    SE Yalcin, C Galande, R Kappera, H Yamaguchi, U Martinez, ...
    ACS nano 9 (3), 2981-2988 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 42
  • Electrostatic force microscopy and spectral studies of electron attachment to single quantum dots on indium tin oxide substrates
    SE Yalcin, B Yang, JA Labastide, MD Barnes
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (29), 15847-15853 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 35
  • Spectral bandwidth and phase effects of resonantly excited ultrafast surface plasmon pulses
    SE Yalcin, Y Wang, M Achermann
    Applied Physics Letters 93 (10) , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 17