Defect-Rich Metal Nanocrystals in Catalysis

Trimetallic PtSnRh Wavy Nanowires as Efficient Nanoelectrocatalysts for Alcohol Electrooxidation

(2015) Kezhu Jiang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Crystalline Control of {111} Bounded Pt3Cu Nanocrystals: Multiply-Twinned Pt3Cu Icosahedra with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Properties

(2015) Xiuhui Sun et al.   ACS Nano

A Comprehensive Study of Formic Acid Oxidation on Palladium Nanocrystals with Different Types of Facets and Twin Defects

(2015) Sang-Il Choi et al.   ChemCatChem

Facile Synthesis of Ultrathin Bimetallic PtSn Wavy Nanowires by Nanoparticle Attachment as Enhanced Hydrogenation Catalysts

(2015) Jiabao Ding et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Grain-Boundary-Dependent CO2 Electroreduction Activity

(2015) Xiaofeng Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

3D Imaging of Twin Domain Defects in Gold Nanoparticles

(2015) Andrew Ulvestad et al.   NANO LETTERS

Use of Reduction Rate as a Quantitative Knob for Controlling the Twin Structure and Shape of Palladium Nanocrystals

(2015) Yi Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanophotonics: Shrinking light-based technology

(2015) A. F. Koenderink et al.   SCIENCE

Nanocatalysis: size- and shape-dependent chemisorption and catalytic reactivity

(2015) Beatriz Roldan Cuenya et al.   SURFACE SCIENCE REPORTS

Exceptional Size-Dependent Activity Enhancement in the Electroreduction of CO2 over Au Nanoparticles

(2014) Hemma Mistry et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High Density Catalytic Hot Spots in Ultrafine Wavy Nanowires

(2014) Xiaoqing Huang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electroreduction of carbon monoxide to liquid fuel on oxide-derived nanocrystalline copper

(2014) Christina W. Li et al.   NATURE

Atomistic Simulation of Tensile Deformation Behavior of ∑5 Tilt Grain Boundaries in Copper Bicrystal

(2014) Liang Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Facile Synthesis of Palladium Right Bipyramids and Their Use as Seeds for Overgrowth and as Catalysts for Formic Acid Oxidation

(2013) Xiaohu Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Uniform Platinum Icosahedra Made by Hot Injection-Assisted GRAILS Method

(2013) Wei Zhou et al.   NANO LETTERS

On the role of surface diffusion in determining the shape or morphology of noble-metal nanocrystals

(2013) X. Xia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Catalysis on faceted noble-metal nanocrystals: both shape and size matter

(2013) Shuifen Xie et al.   Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Size and Shape Control of Metal Nanoparticles for Reaction Selectivity in Catalysis

(2012) Kwangjin An et al.   ChemCatChem

Shape control of bimetallic nanocatalysts through well-designed colloidal chemistry approaches

(2012) Jun Gu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

PtM (M=Cu, Co, Ni, Fe) Nanocrystals: From Small Nanoparticles to Wormlike Nanowires by Oriented Attachment

(2012) Xiaofei Yu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Facile Synthesis of Gold Wavy Nanowires and Investigation of Their Growth Mechanism

(2012) Cun Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Defining Rules for the Shape Evolution of Gold Nanoparticles

(2012) Mark R. Langille et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stepwise Evolution of Spherical Seeds into 20-Fold Twinned Icosahedra

(2012) M. R. Langille et al.   SCIENCE

Real-Time Imaging of Pt3Fe Nanorod Growth in Solution

(2012) H.-G. Liao et al.   SCIENCE

Catalysis Based on Nanocrystals with Well-Defined Facets

(2011) Kebin Zhou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Controlling the Synthesis and Assembly of Silver Nanostructures for Plasmonic Applications

(2011) Matthew Rycenga et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Nanomaterials of high surface energy with exceptional properties in catalysis and energy storage

(2011) Zhi-You Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Gold nanoparticles in biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives

(2011) Lev Dykman et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The golden age: gold nanoparticles for biomedicine

(2011) Erik C. Dreaden et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Recent advances in catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells

(2011) Xiao Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

The impacts of nanotechnology on catalysis by precious metal nanoparticles

(2011) Rongchao Jin   Nanotechnology Reviews

Composition-Dependent Formation of Platinum Silver Nanowires

(2010) Zhenmeng Peng et al.   ACS Nano

Shape-Dependent Catalytic Properties of Pt Nanoparticles

(2010) Simon Mostafa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Freestanding palladium nanosheets with plasmonic and catalytic properties

(2010) Xiaoqing Huang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Ruthenium-Based Heterocyclic Carbene-Coordinated Olefin Metathesis Catalysts†

(2009) Georgios C. Vougioukalakis et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Prospects of Colloidal Nanocrystals for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications

(2009) Dmitri V. Talapin et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Electrocatalytic Activity and Interconnectivity of Pt Nanoparticles on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Fuel Cells

(2009) Shuangyin Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Sub-10 nm Platinum Nanocrystals with Size and Shape Control: Catalytic Study for Ethylene and Pyrrole Hydrogenation

(2009) Chia-Kuang Tsung et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structural stability of icosahedral FePt nanoparticles

(2009) Rongming Wang et al.   Nanoscale

Disordered, quasicrystalline and crystalline phases of densely packed tetrahedra

(2009) Amir Haji-Akbari et al.   NATURE

Gold nanocages covered by smart polymers for controlled release with near-infrared light

(2009) Mustafa S. Yavuz et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Reaction selectivity in heterogeneous catalysis

(2009) Gabor A. Somorjai et al.  

Controlling the Thickness of the Surface Oxide Layer on Cu Nanoparticles for the Fabrication of Conductive Structures by Ink-Jet Printing

(2008) Sunho Jeong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals: Simple Chemistry Meets Complex Physics?

(2008) Younan Xia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Engineering Selectivity in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Ag Nanowires as Selective Ethylene Epoxidation Catalysts

(2008) Phillip Christopher et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Controlled Growth of Super-Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Spinning Continuous Unidirectional Sheets with Tunable Physical Properties

(2008) Kai Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Designer platinum nanoparticles: Control of shape, composition in alloy, nanostructure and electrocatalytic property

(2008) Zhenmeng Peng et al.   Nano Today

Shape Control of Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals

(2008) Andrea R. Tao et al.   Small