Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

He, Yang, Yuanyuan Li, Ming Lei, Felipe Polo-Garzon, Jorge Perez-Aguilar, Simon R. Bare, Eric Formo, et al. “Significant Roles of Surface Hydrides in Enhancing the Performance of Cu/BaTiO_2.8 H_0.2 Catalyst for CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol.” Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English) 63, no. 1 (January 2024): e202313389. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202313389.

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.

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.

Teeter, J., N. Y. Kim, T. Debnath, N. Sesing, T. Geremew, D. Wright, M. Chi, et al. “Achieving the 1D Atomic Chain Limit in Van der Waals Crystals.” Advanced Materials, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202409898.

Werghi, B., S. Saini, P. H. Chung, A. Kumar, A. M. Ebrahim, K. Abels, M. Chi, F. Abild-Pedersen, S. R. Bare, and M. Cargnello. “Dynamic Behavior of Pt Multimetallic Alloys for Active and Stable Propane Dehydrogenation Catalysts.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c09424.

Sodpiban, Ounjit, Tanika Kessaratikoon, Jacob Smith, Guodong Ren, Silvano Del Gobbo, Sonali Das, Miaofang Chi, Valerio D’Elia, and Bruce C. Gates. “Catalysts Prepared from Atomically Dispersed Ce(III) on MgO Rival Bulk Ceria for CO Oxidation.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15, no. 48 (December 2023): 55885–94. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c13708.

Stone, M. L., M. C. Cendejas, A. Persson, G. Liccardo, J. Smith, A. Kumar, C. Zhou, et al. “Ceria Incorporation in Sinter-Resistant Platinum-Based Catalysts.” ACS Catalysis 13, no. 22 (November 17, 2023): 14853–63. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c02766.

Bertrand, M., L. Groleau, T. Bibienne, S. Rousselot, X. Liu, M. Chi, F. Z. T. Yang, V. K. Peterson, S. Schmid, and M. Dollé. “Calcium substitution to improve the total ionic conductivity of the Li3/8Sr7/16Ta3/4Hf1/4O3 perovskite-type electrolyte.” Solid State Ionics 400 (November 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2023.116324.

Xie, Hua, Ning Liu, Qian Zhang, Hongtao Zhong, Liqun Guo, Xinpeng Zhao, Daozheng Li, et al. “A stable atmospheric-pressure plasma for extreme-temperature synthesis.” Nature 623, no. 7989 (November 2023): 964–71. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06694-1.

Mei, Hongyan, Guodong Ren, Boyang Zhao, Jad Salman, Gwan Yeong Jung, Huandong Chen, Shantanu Singh, et al. “Colossal Optical Anisotropy from Atomic-Scale Modulations.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 35, no. 42 (October 2023): e2303588. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202303588.