In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

J Timoshenko, B Roldan Cuenya - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an
indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts …

Chemical diversity for tailoring negative thermal expansion

Q Li, K Lin, Z Liu, L Hu, Y Cao, J Chen… - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Negative thermal expansion (NTE), referring to the lattice contraction upon heating, has
been an attractive topic of solid-state chemistry and functional materials. The response of a …

Supervised machine-learning-based determination of three-dimensional structure of metallic nanoparticles

J Timoshenko, D Lu, Y Lin… - The journal of physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Tracking the structure of heterogeneous catalysts under operando conditions remains a
challenge due to the paucity of experimental techniques that can provide atomic-level …

Nanocatalysis: size-and shape-dependent chemisorption and catalytic reactivity

BR Cuenya, F Behafarid - Surface Science Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, the field of catalysis has experienced an astonishing transformation, driven
in part by more demanding environmental standards and critical societal and industrial …

Dynamic Evolution of Palladium Single Atoms on Anatase Titania Support Determines the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Activity

L Chen, SI Allec, MT Nguyen, L Kovarik… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Research interest in single-atom catalysts (SACs) has been continuously increasing.
However, the lack of understanding of the dynamic behaviors of SACs during applications …

Metal nanoparticle catalysts beginning to shape-up

B Roldan Cuenya - Accounts of chemical research, 2013 - ACS Publications
The field of heterogeneous catalysis has received a remarkable amount of interest from
scientific and industrial perspectives because of its enormous impact on the world's …

“Inverting” X-ray absorption spectra of catalysts by machine learning in search for activity descriptors

J Timoshenko, AI Frenkel - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
The rapid growth of methods emerging in the past decade for synthesis of “designer”
catalysts—ranging from the size and shape-selected nanoparticles to mass-selected …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchy of bond stiffnesses within icosahedral-based gold clusters protected by thiolates

S Yamazoe, S Takano, W Kurashige… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Unique thermal properties of metal clusters are believed to originate from the hierarchy of
the bonding. However, an atomic-level understanding of how the bond stiffnesses are …

[HTML][HTML] Electrochemical synthesis, characterisation and phytogenic properties of silver nanoparticles

R Singaravelan, S Bangaru Sudarsan Alwar - Applied Nanoscience, 2015 - Springer
This work exemplifies a simple and rapid method for the synthesis of silver nanodendrite
with a novel electrochemical technique. The antibacterial activity of these silver …

Size‐dependence of the melting temperature of individual Au nanoparticles

P Schlexer, AB Andersen, B Sebok… - Particle & Particle …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles have an immense importance in various fields, such as medicine, catalysis,
and various technological applications. Nanoparticles exhibit a significant depression in …