10/31/2025: The ACS PRF grant (2025 ND) confirmed.

 

  09/22/2025: Areesha Maryam is rejoining the research group as a Visiting Researcher. Welcome back!

 

  09/04/2025: Welcome Chisom Nwafor, the new Ph.D. candidate to join our research group.

 

  08/18/2025: Welcome Nino Dzotsenidze, our new undergraduate student, to the research group.

 

  07/30/2025: Research article "Shape-Directed CuNi@Pt-Cu Nano-Octahedra for Enhanced Formic Acid Electrooxidation" accepted by Catal. for publication.

 

  07/30/2025: Congratulations to Colby Woolever-Frost on the successful defense of his Master's thesis.

 

  05/02/2025: Congratulations to Anna Dennett on the successful defense of her Master's thesis.

 

  05/02/2025: Congratulations to Areesha Maryam on the successful defense of her Master's thesis.

 

  01/16/2025: Welcome Colby Woolever-Frost and Penina Heimowitz, the new graduate and undergraduate students, respectively, to join our research group.

 

  12/31/2024: Invited article "Surface Manipulation on Pt2.2Ni(111) Nanocatalysts for Boosting Their ORR Performance in Alkaline Media" accepted by Chem. Mater. for publication.

 

  11/15/2024: Welcome Luca DiPietro, the new undergraduate student to join our research group.

 

  09/10/2024: Invited article "Surface-Engineered Pt-Ni(111) Nanocatalysts for Boosting Their ORR Performance via Thermal Treatment" accepted by ChemElectroChem for publication.

 

  07/26/2024: Invited article "Morphology-Controlled Synthesis of Multi-Metal-Based Spinel Oxide Nanocatalysts and Their Performance for Oxygen Reduction" accepted by Electron for publication.

 

  04/30/2024: Anna Dennett, as "an outstanding graduating senior in Chemistry", received an award from the American Institute of Chemists. Congratulations!

 

  02/28/2024: Article "Randomly Layered Superstructure of In2O3 Truncated Nano-Octahedra and High-Pressure Behavior" accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. for publication.

 

  10/30/2023: Welcome Joseph Delgado, the new Ph.D. candidate to join our research group.

 

  09/13/2023: Our publication, "Improvement of Oxygen Reduction Performance in Alkaline Media by Tuning Phase Structure of Pd-Bi Nanocatalysts (10.1021/jacs.1c08644)", has been acknowledged by the Editor-in-Chief of JACS as one of the most cited papers from 2020 to 2021. Congratulations to our team!

 

  08/02/2023: Our paper, "Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Performance on {101} CoMn2O4 Spinel Facets", was published in ACS Energy Lett.

 

  04/30/2023: "Improving Oxygen Reduction Performance of Surface-Layer-Controlled Pt-Ni Nano-Octahedra via Gaseous Etching" was published in Nano Lett.

 

  03/31/2023: Invited review paper, "Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Platinum-Based Nanocrystals and Their Electrocatalytic Applications in Fuel Cells", was published in Nano-Micro Letters.  

 

  03/20/2023: Welcome Areesha Maryam, the new Ph.D. candidate, to join the research group.

 

  02/28/2023: Invited review paper, "Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Platinum-Based Nanocrystals and Their Electrocatalytic Applications in Fuel Cells", was accepted by Nano-Micro Letters.  

 

  11/16/2022: Our Pt-Fe-Ni trimetallic paper published. This is an invited article to a Nanotechnology IFC on U.S. Department of Energy's Nanoscale Science Research Centers.   

 

  10/25/2022: Our first "spinel shape-controlled" paper, facet-defined CuMn2O4 spinel nanocatalysts for improving alkaline ORR, published.   

 

  09/01/2022: Welcome new undergraduate student, Anna Dennett, to the research group.   

 

  08/22/2022: Welcome Dr. Clament Selvam to the research group as a Postdoctoral Associate.

 

  05/25/2022: Welcome Kejia Li, the new Ph.D. candidate, to join the research group.

 

  12/22/2021: Article "Nanoscale Design of Pd-based Electrocatalysts for ORR Enhancement in Alkaline Media" (Ming Zhou, et. al.) accepted by Small Structure for publication.

 

  11/15/2021: Welcome Dr. Jinfong Pan to the research group as a Research Scientist.

 

  09/10/2021: Welcome Douglas J. Lee, the undergraduate student who joins the research group!

 

  09/03/2021: Article "Improvement of Oxygen Reduction Performance in Alkaline Media by Tuning Phase Structure of Pd-Bi Nanocatalysts" (Ming Zhou, et. al.) accepted by JACS for publication.

 

  07/30/2021: Welcome Dr. Can Li to the research group as a Postdoctoral Associate!

 

  06/09/2021: Review manuscript "Construction of Lattice Strain in Bimetallic Nanostructures and Its Effectiveness in Electrochemical Applications" was accepted by Small.

 

  05/19/2021: Yang Peng has successfully passed his Master's oral defense. Congratulations!

 

  05/05/2021: Can Li has successfully passed his Ph.D. oral defense, and submitted his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations!

 

  01/14/2021: Manuscript "Synthesis of Core@Shell Cu-Ni@Pt-Cu Nano-Octahedra and Their Improved MOR Activity" was published in Angewandte Chemie.

 

  11/16/2020: Welcome Prabhu Bharathan, the new Ph.D. student to join the research group.

 

  08/25/2020: Manuscript "Noble-Metal Based Random Alloy and Intermetallic Nanocrystals: Syntheses and Applications" accepted by Chem. Rev.

 

  06/01/2020: C. Li received Clifford E. Myers Summer Research Grant for supporting his summer study. Congratulations!

 

  05/01/2020: Fan Zhang has successfully passed his Master oral defense. Congratulations!

 

  03/01/2020: Welcome Mr. Imad Kemerchou to the Research Group as a visiting Ph.D. student.

 

  12/19/2019: Welcome Adam R. Thomas, the new MSE Ph.D. student to join the research group.

 

  11/08/2019: Welcome Yang Peng, the new MSE graduate student to join the research group.

 

  10/01/2019: Welcome Dr. Ming Zhou to the research group as a Postdoctoral Associate.

 

  09/11/2019: Welcome new undergraduate student, Bowen Wang, to join the research group.

 

  09/08/2019: Welcome Mingjiu Liu, the new MSE graduate student to join the research group.

 

  03/27/2019: Shaojie Jiang (Materials Science and Engineering)received university "Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research" (2018-19). Congratulations!