Publications

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 9, no. 1 (January 2025): e2400742. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202400742.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tiukalova, E., O. Olunloyo, K. Xiao, A. R. Lupini, and M. Chi. “Probing Atomic Structure and Excitons in 2D Heterostructures Through Cryogenic STEM-EELS.” In Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30:1373–74, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.674.

Ren, G., G. Y. Jung, H. Chen, B. Zhao, R. K. Vasudevan, A. R. Lupini, M. Chi, J. A. Hachtel, J. Ravichandran, and R. Mishra. “Direct Observation of Strain-Induced Ferrochiral Transition in Quasi-1D BaTiS3.” In Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30:1409–10, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.693.

Ni, H., A. F. May, J. M. Zuo, and M. Chi. “Probing Structural and Chemical Short-Range Ordering in Fe5-xGeTe2 using 4D-STEM and EELS.” In Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30:1522–23, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.752.

Chi, M., H. Ni, E. Tiukalova, and J. Chao. “Understanding Phase Transitions in 2D van der Waals Materials via Atomic-Scale Cryogenic STEM.” In Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30:1572, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.776.

Kim, H., E. Tiukalova, M. E. Manley, R. P. Hermann, M. Chi, and A. R. Lupini. “Atomic Scale Observation of Incommensurate Modulation in Ba2TiSi2O8.” In Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30:1512, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.747.

Ren, G., X. Li, P. Omprakash, J. A. Hachtel, A. R. Lupini, M. Chi, X. Xu, and R. Mishra. “Observation of Ultra-Thin Polar Domains in La-doped HfO2.” In Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30:1119–20, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.556.

Mendoza Trujillo, K. L., H. Ni, G. Varnavides, M. Chi, C. Ophus, A. K. Petford-Long, and C. Phatak. “Evaluation of Phase Reconstruction Techniques in Quantitatively Analyzing Nanoscale Magnetic Materials.” In Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30:1023–24, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.503.

Smith, J., and M. Chi. “Discovery of Accelerated Three-way Catalyst Sintering in Mixed Gas Environments.” In Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30:1686, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.831.

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.

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.