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Direct formation of copper nanoparticles from atoms at graphitic step edges lowers overpotential and improves selectivity of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (2024)
Journal Article
Burwell, T., Thangamuthu, M., Aliev, G. N., Ghaderzadeh, S., Kohlrausch, E. C., Chen, Y., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2024). Direct formation of copper nanoparticles from atoms at graphitic step edges lowers overpotential and improves selectivity of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Communications Chemistry, 7(1), Article 140. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-024-01218-y

A key strategy for minimizing our reliance on precious metals is to increase the fraction of surface atoms and improve the metal-support interface. In this work, we employ a solvent/ligand/counterion-free method to deposit copper in the atomic form d... Read More about Direct formation of copper nanoparticles from atoms at graphitic step edges lowers overpotential and improves selectivity of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction.

Strain-modulated defect engineering of two-dimensional materials (2024)
Journal Article
Santra, P., Ghaderzadeh, S., Ghorbani-Asl, M., Komsa, H., Besley, E., & Krasheninnikov, A. V. (2024). Strain-modulated defect engineering of two-dimensional materials. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 8(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-024-00472-x

Strain- and defect-engineering are two powerful approaches to tailor the opto-electronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials, but the relationship between applied mechanical strain and behavior of defects in these systems remains elusive. Us... Read More about Strain-modulated defect engineering of two-dimensional materials.

The significance of multipole interactions for the stability of regular structures composed from charged particles. (2024)
Journal Article
Lindgren, E. B., Avis, H., Miller, A., Stamm, B., Besley, E., & Stace, A. J. (2024). The significance of multipole interactions for the stability of regular structures composed from charged particles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 663, Article 458-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.146

Identifying the forces responsible for stabilising binary particle lattices is key to the controlled fabrication of many new materials. Experiments have shown that the presence of charge can be integral to the formation of ordered arrays; however, a... Read More about The significance of multipole interactions for the stability of regular structures composed from charged particles..