Publications

Zhou, Chengshuang, Jinwon Oh, Michael L. Stone, Sydney Richardson, Pin-Hung Chung, Jorge Osio-Norgaard, Bang T. Nhan, Abinash Kumar, Miaofang Chi, and Matteo Cargnello. “A General Approach for Metal Nanoparticle Encapsulation Within Porous Oxides.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 36, no. 50 (December 2024): e2409710. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202409710.

Wang, Y., C. Thomas, K. Garman, H. Kim, Z. Chen, M. Chi, and C. Ban. “The Key Role of Grain Boundary Dynamics in Revolutionizing the Potential of Solid Electrolytes.” Advanced Functional Materials 34, no. 45 (November 5, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202404434.

Jangid, Manoj K., Tae H. Cho, Tao Ma, Daniel W. Liao, Hwangsun Kim, Younggyu Kim, Miaofang Chi, and Neil P. Dasgupta. “Eliminating chemo-mechanical degradation of lithium solid-state battery cathodes during >4.5 V cycling using amorphous Nb₂O₅ coatings.” Nature Communications 15, no. 1 (November 2024): 10233. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54331-w.

Teeter, Jordan, Na Yeon Kim, Topojit Debnath, Nicholas Sesing, Tekwam Geremew, Dylan Wright, Miaofang Chi, et al. “Achieving the 1D Atomic Chain Limit in Van der Waals Crystals.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 36, no. 48 (November 2024): e2409898. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202409898.

Werghi, Baraa, Shikha Saini, Pin-Hung Chung, Abinash Kumar, Amani M. Ebrahim, Kristen Abels, Miaofang Chi, Frank Abild-Pedersen, Simon R. Bare, and Matteo Cargnello. “Dynamic Behavior of Pt Multimetallic Alloys for Active and Stable Propane Dehydrogenation Catalysts.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, no. 45 (November 2024): 30966–75. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c09424.

Kumar, Abinash, Elizaveta Tiukalova, Kartik Venkatraman, Andrew Lupini, Jordan A. Hachtel, and Miaofang Chi. “Calibrating cryogenic temperature of TEM specimens using EELS.” Ultramicroscopy 265 (November 2024): 114008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2024.114008.

Ni, H., W. R. Meier, H. Miao, A. F. May, B. C. Sales, J. M. Zuo, and M. Chi. “Real-space visualization of atomic displacements in a long-wavelength charge density wave using cryogenic 4D-STEM.” Physical Review Materials 8, no. 10 (October 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.104414.

Robinson, Alex W., Amirafshar Moshtaghpour, Jack Wells, Daniel Nicholls, Miaofang Chi, Ian MacLaren, Angus I. Kirkland, and Nigel D. Browning. “High-speed 4-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy using compressive sensing techniques.” Journal of Microscopy 295, no. 3 (September 2024): 278–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.13315.

Huang, Zhennan, Lu Wang, Tangyuan Li, Kartik Venkatraman, Yang He, Felipe Polo-Garzon, Jacob Smith, et al. “Atomic Scale Responses of High Entropy Oxides to Redox Environments.” Nano Letters 24, no. 37 (September 2024): 11537–43. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c02985.

Smith, Jacob, Hoang Tran, Kevin M. Roccapriore, Zhaiming Shen, Guannan Zhang, and Miaofang Chi. “Advanced Compressive Sensing and Dynamic Sampling for 4D-STEM Imaging of Interfaces.” Small Methods, September 2024, e2400742. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202400742.

Ock, J. Y., A. Bhattacharya, T. Wang, C. Gainaru, Y. Wang, K. L. Browning, M. Lehmann, et al. “Percolating Interfacial Layers Enhance Conductivity in Polymer-Composite Electrolytes.” Macromolecules 57, no. 15 (August 13, 2024): 7489–98. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00615.

Smith, J., G. Liccardo, M. C. Cendejas, M. Stone, S. Mandal, F. Abild-Pedersen, M. Cargnello, and M. Chi. “Sintering Mechanism of Pt/Al2O3 in Complex Emission Gases Elucidated via In Situ Environmental STEM.” ACS Materials Letters 6, no. 8 (August 5, 2024): 3301–11. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c00422.

Liccardo, Gennaro, Melissa C. Cendejas, Shyama C. Mandal, Michael L. Stone, Stephen Porter, Bang T. Nhan, Abinash Kumar, et al. “Unveiling the Stability of Encapsulated Pt Catalysts Using Nanocrystals and Atomic Layer Deposition.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, no. 34 (August 2024): 23909–22. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c06423.

Zhao, Boyang, Guodong Ren, Hongyan Mei, Vincent C. Wu, Shantanu Singh, Gwan Yeong Jung, Huandong Chen, et al. “Giant Modulation of Refractive Index from Picoscale Atomic Displacements.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 36, no. 24 (June 2024): e2311559. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202311559.

Chen, Y., R. Rana, Y. Zhang, A. S. Hoffman, Z. Huang, B. Yang, F. D. Vila, et al. “Dynamic structural evolution of MgO-supported palladium catalysts: from metal to metal oxide nanoparticles to surface then subsurface atomically dispersed cations.” Chemical Science 15, no. 17 (April 4, 2024): 6454–64. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc00035h.

Yan, J., A. Kumar, M. Chi, M. Brahlek, T. Z. Ward, and M. A. McGuire. “Orbital degree of freedom in high entropy oxides.” Physical Review Materials 8, no. 2 (February 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.024404.

Pawlik, Veronica D., Xiaohuan Zhao, Marc Figueras-Valls, Trenton J. Wolter, Zachary D. Hood, Yong Ding, Jingyue Liu, Miaofang Chi, Manos Mavrikakis, and Younan Xia. “Thermal Stability of Au Rhombic Dodecahedral Nanocrystals Can Be Greatly Enhanced by Coating Their Surface with an Ultrathin Shell of Pt.” Nano Letters 24, no. 2 (January 2024): 549–56. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02680.

Thapaliya, Bishnu P., Alexander S. Ivanov, Hsin-Yun Chao, Meghan Lamm, Harry M. Meyer, Miaofang Chi, Xiao-Guang Sun, Tolga Aytug, Sheng Dai, and Shannon M. Mahurin. “Low-Temperature Molten Salt Electrochemical CO₂ Upcycling for Advanced Energy Materials.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16, no. 2 (January 2024): 2251–62. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c14858.

Wang, T., J. Ock, X. C. Chen, F. Wang, M. Li, M. S. Chambers, G. M. Veith, et al. “Flux Synthesis of A-site Disordered Perovskite La0.5M0.5TiO3 (M═Li, Na, K) Nanorods Tailored for Solid Composite Electrolytes.” Advanced Science, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202408805.

Chen, Zitao, Haoyan Cheng, Zhenming Cao, Jiawei Zhu, Thomas Blum, Qinyuan Zhang, Miaofang Chi, and Younan Xia. “Extraordinary Thermal Stability and Sinter Resistance of Sub-2 nm Platinum Nanoparticles Anchored to a Carbon Support by Selenium.” Nano Letters 24, no. 4 (January 2024): 1392–98. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04601.

Zhang, S., Z. Fang, M. Chi, and N. H. Perry. “Facile Interfacial Reduction Suppresses Redox Chemical Expansion and Promotes the Polaronic to Ionic Transition in Mixed Conducting (Pr,Ce)O2−δ Nanoparticles.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c14828.

Ren, G., G. Y. Jung, H. Chen, C. Wang, B. Zhao, R. K. Vasudevan, J. A. Hachtel, et al. “Strain-Driven Stabilization of a Room-Temperature Chiral Multiferroic with Coupled Ferroaxial and Ferroelectric Order.” Advanced Functional Materials, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202416560.

Nguyen, Q. N., K. K. Li, Y. Ding, A. Janssen, Z. Huang, M. Chi, and Y. Xia. “Facile Synthesis of Rhodium-Based Nanocrystals in a Metastable Phase and Evaluation of Their Thermal and Catalytic Properties.” Small Methods, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202401143.

Zhang, H., M. A. McGuire, A. F. May, H. Y. Chao, Q. Zheng, M. Chi, B. C. Sales, et al. “Stacking disorder and thermal transport properties of α-RuCl3.” Physical Review Materials 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.014402.

Huang, Zhennan, Tangyuan Li, Boyang Li, Qi Dong, Jacob Smith, Shuke Li, Lin Xu, Guofeng Wang, Miaofang Chi, and Liangbing Hu. “Tailoring Local Chemical Ordering via Elemental Tuning in High-Entropy Alloys.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, no. 3 (January 2024): 2167–73. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c12048.