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Atomic-Scale Imaging of Transformation of Nickel Nanocrystals to Nickel Carbides in Real Time (2025)
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Yan, P., Zhang, D., Zhang, W., Sun, K., Jin, M., Chamberlain, T., Khlobystov, A. N., Kaiser, U., Hu, Y., & Cao, K. (2025). Atomic-Scale Imaging of Transformation of Nickel Nanocrystals to Nickel Carbides in Real Time. ACS Nano, 19(25), 23306-23314. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c06292

Transition of metal-to-metal carbide plays a key role in heterogeneous catalysis. We confined nickel nanocrystals in single-walled carbon nanotubes, stimulated delivery of carbon atoms by the 80 keV electron beam, and imaged the entire carbonization... Read More about Atomic-Scale Imaging of Transformation of Nickel Nanocrystals to Nickel Carbides in Real Time.

Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps (2025)
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Cull, W. J., Ramasse, Q. M., Biskupek, J., Rance, G. A., Cardillo‐Zallo, I., Weare, B. L., Fay, M. W., Roy Whitney, R., Scammell, L. R., Alves Fernandes, J., Kaiser, U., Patanè, A., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2025). Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps. Advanced Materials, Article 2501821. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202501821

Manipulating semiconductor properties without altering their chemical composition holds promise for electronic and optical materials. However, linking atomic positions in nanomaterials to their functional properties is challenging due to their polydi... Read More about Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps.

The role of carbon catalyst coatings in the electrochemical water splitting reaction (2025)
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Townsend, W. J. V., López-Alcalá, D., Bird, M. A., Jordan, J. W., Rance, G. A., Biskupek, J., Kaiser, U., Baldoví, J. J., Walsh, D. A., Johnson, L. R., Khlobystov, A. N., & Newton, G. N. (2025). The role of carbon catalyst coatings in the electrochemical water splitting reaction. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 4460. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59740-z

Designing inexpensive, sustainable, and high-performance oxygen-evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts is one of the largest obstacles hindering the development of new electrolyzers. Carbon-coated metal/metal oxide (nano)particles have been used i... Read More about The role of carbon catalyst coatings in the electrochemical water splitting reaction.

A nanoscale chemical oscillator: reversible formation of palladium nanoparticles in ionic liquid (2025)
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Lodge, R. W., Cull, W. J., Weilhard, A., Argent, S. P., Alves Fernandes, J., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2025). A nanoscale chemical oscillator: reversible formation of palladium nanoparticles in ionic liquid. Nanoscale, 17(16), 10105-10116. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR04150J

From the theory of chaos-to-order transitions to the origins of life on Earth, oscillating chemical reactions play a fundamental role in nature. This study demonstrates how chemical oscillators can exist at the nanoscale, bridging the gap between mol... Read More about A nanoscale chemical oscillator: reversible formation of palladium nanoparticles in ionic liquid.

In Situ Transformation of Tin Microparticles to Nanoparticles on Nanotextured Carbon Support Boosts the Efficiency of the Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction (2025)
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Burwell, T., Thangamuthu, M., Besley, E., Chen, Y., Pyer, J., Alves Fernandes, J., Lanterna, A. E., Licence, P., Aliev, G. N., Theis, W., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2025). In Situ Transformation of Tin Microparticles to Nanoparticles on Nanotextured Carbon Support Boosts the Efficiency of the Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 8(4), 2281-2290. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.4c02830

Developing sustainable, efficient catalysts for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to valuable products remains a crucial challenge. Our research demonstrates that combining tin with nanostructured carbon support leads to a dynamic interface promo... Read More about In Situ Transformation of Tin Microparticles to Nanoparticles on Nanotextured Carbon Support Boosts the Efficiency of the Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction.

A descriptor guiding the selection of catalyst supports for ammonia synthesis (2025)
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Weilhard, A., Popov, I., Kohlrausch, E. C., Aliev, G. N., Blankenship, L. S., Norman, L. T., Ghaderzadeh, S., Smith, L., Isaacs, M., O'Shea, J., Lanterna, A. E., Theis, W., Morgan, D., Hutchings, G. J., Besley, E., Khlobystov, A. N., & Alves Fernandes, J. (2025). A descriptor guiding the selection of catalyst supports for ammonia synthesis. Chemical Science, 16(11), 4851-4859. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc08253b

The efforts to increase the active surface area of catalysts led to reduction of metal particle size, down to single metal atoms. This results in increasing importance of support-metal interactions. We demonstrate the mechanisms through which the sup... Read More about A descriptor guiding the selection of catalyst supports for ammonia synthesis.

Evolution of amorphous ruthenium nanoclusters into stepped truncated nano-pyramids on graphitic surfaces boosts hydrogen production from ammonia (2025)
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Chen, Y., Young, B. J., Aliev, G. N., Kordatos, A., Popov, I., Ghaderzadeh, S., Liddy, T. J., Cull, W. J., Kohlrausch, E. C., Weilhard, A., Hutchings, G. J., Besley, E., Theis, W., Alves Fernandes, J., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2025). Evolution of amorphous ruthenium nanoclusters into stepped truncated nano-pyramids on graphitic surfaces boosts hydrogen production from ammonia. Chemical Science, 16(6), 2648-2660. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc06382a

Atomic-scale changes can significantly impact heterogeneous catalysis, yet their atomic mechanisms are challenging to establish using conventional analysis methods. By using identical location scanning transmission electron microscopy (IL-STEM), whic... Read More about Evolution of amorphous ruthenium nanoclusters into stepped truncated nano-pyramids on graphitic surfaces boosts hydrogen production from ammonia.