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Shape-persistent ladder molecules exhibit nanogap-independent conductance in singel-molecule junctions |
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Towards Correlative Electron Microscopy Imaging for Proteins and Cells |
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Electron Tomographic Reconstruction of Soft Nanomaterials for Morphometry Studies |
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| 97. | Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems Carlos L. Bassani, Greg van Anders, Uri Banin, Dmitry Baranov, Qian Chen, et al. Eran Rabani, Michael Engel, Alex Travesset* |
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| 96. | Nanoscopic Imaging of Self-Propelled Ultrasmall Catalytic Nanomotors
Zhiheng Lyu, Lehan Yao, Zhisheng Wang, Chang Qian, Zuochen Wang, Jiahui Li, Chang Liu, Yufeng Wang, and Qian Chen |
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| 95. | Neuronal innervation regulates the secretion of neurotrophic myokines and exosomes from skeletal muscle Kai-Yu Huang, Gaurav Upadhyay, Yujin Ahn, Masayoshoi Sakakura, Gelson J. Pagan-Diaz, Younghak Cho, Amanda C. Weiss, Chen Huang, Jennifer W. Mitchell, Jiahui Li, Yanqi Tan, Yu-Heng Deng, Austin Ellis-Mohr, Zhi Dou, Xiaotain Zhang, Sehong Kang, Qian Chen, Jonathan V. Sweedler, Sung Gap Im, Rashid Bashir, Hee Jung Chung, Gabriel Popescu, Martha U. Gillette, Mattia Gazzola and Hyunjoon Kong |
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| 94. | Electron videography of a lipid–protein tango
John W. Smith, Lauren N. Carnevale, Aditi Das, Qian Chen |
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| 93. | Nanoparticle self‑assemblies with modern complexity
Qian Chen and Xin Zhang |
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| 92. | Structure of alpha-synuclein fibrils derived from human Lewy body dementia tissue Dhruva D. Dhavale, AlexanderM. Barclay, Collin G. Borcik, Katherine Basore, Deborah A. Berthold, Isabelle R. Gordon, Jialu Liu, Moses H. Milchberg, Jennifer Y. O’Shea, Michael J. Rau, Zachary Smith, Soumyo Sen, Brock Summers, John Smith, Owen A. Warmuth, Richard J. Perrin, Joel S. Perlmutter, Qian Chen, James A. J. Fitzpatrick, Charles D. Schwieters, Emad Tajkhorshid, Chad M. Rienstra & Paul T. Kotzbauer |
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| 91. | Tunable magnetic confinement effect in a magnetic superlattice of graphene
Onur Tosun, Preetha Sarkar, Chang Qian, Matthew Gilbert, Qian Chen & Nadya Mason |
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| 90. | Beyond nothingness in the formation and functional relevance of voids in polymer films Falon C. Kalutantirige, Jinlong He, Lehan Yao, Stephen Cotty, Shan Zhou, John W. Smith, Emad Tajkhorshid, Charles M. Schroeder, Jeffrey S. Moore, Hyosung An, Xiao Su, Ying Li and Qian Chen Nature Communications 15, no. 1 (2024): 2852 [LINK][PDF] |
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| 89. | 4D-STEM Mapping of Nanocrystal Reaction Dynamics and Heterogeneity in a Graphene Liquid Cell Chang Liu, Oliver Lin, Saran Pidaparthy, Haoyang Ni, Zhiheng Lyu, Jian-Min Zuo and Qian Chen |
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No ground truth needed: unsupervised sinogram inpainting for nanoparticle electron tomography (UsiNet) to correct missing wedges |
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| 87. | Highly Ordered Eutectic Mesostructures via Template-Directed Solidification within Thermally Engineered Templates Sung Bum Kang, Guanglong Huang, Gaurav Singhal, Dajie Xie, Daniel H. Hsieh, Youngmun Lee, Ashish A. Kulkarni, John W. Smith, Qian Chen, Katsuyo Thornton, Sanjiv Sinha, Paul V. Braun |
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| 86. | Metabolic tagging of extracellular vesicles and development of enhanced extracellular vesicle based cancer vaccines
Rimsha Bhatta, Joonsu Han, Yusheng Liu, Yang Bo, David Lee, Jiadiao Zhou,Yueji Wang, Erik Russell Nelson, Qian Chen, Xiaojia Shelly Zhang, Wael Hassaneen, Hua Wang |
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Direct Imaging of Patch-Clasping and Relaxation in Robust and Flexible Nanoparticle Assemblies |
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Porous liquid metal-elastomer composites with high leakage resistance and antimicrobial property for skin-interfaced bioelectronics |
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Synthesis and emergent properties of structurally complex materials with nonrandom disorder |
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Correlative mapping of electrolyte-dependent microstructural development in cathode materials |
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A smart coating with integrated physical antimicrobial and strain-mapping functionalities for orthopedic implants |
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Electron Tomography and Machine Learning for Understanding the Highly Ordered Structure of Leafhopper Brochosomes |
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Introduction: Anisotropic Nanomaterials |
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Unravelling crystal growth of nanoparticles |
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| 77. | Biofeedstock-induced metal corrosion: Reactions between carbon steel and triacylglycerol-based solutions at elevated temperature Deborah Liu, Samyukta Shrivastav, Soheil Daraydel, Nathan Levandovsky, Hyosung An, Siddhesh Shevade, Qian Chen, Jessica A. Krogstad, Daniel V. Krogstad* Corrosion Science, 216, 111088 (2023) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 76. | Nanoparticle assembly and oriented attachment: Correlating controlling factors to the resulting structures Dongsheng Li*, Qian Chen, Jaehun Chun, Kristen Fichthorn, James De Yoreo, Haimei Zheng Chemical Reviews, 123 (6), 3127–3159 (2023) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 75. | Electron Microscopy Studies of Soft Nanomaterials Zhiheng Lyu, Lehan Yao, Wenxiang Chen, Falon C. Kalutantirige, and Qian Chen* Chemical Reviews, 123 (7), 4051–4145 (2023) [LINK][PDF] |
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| 74. | Chiral Assemblies of Pinwheel Superlattices on Substrates Shan Zhou, Jiahui Li, Jun Lu, Haihua Liu, Ji-Young Kim, Ahyoung Kim, Lehan Yao, Chang Liu, Chang Qian, Zachary D. Hood, Xiaoying Lin, Wenxiang Chen, Thomas E. Gage, Ilke Arslan, Alex Travesset, Kai Sun, Nicholas A. Kotov,* and Qian Chen* Nature, 612, pages 259–265 (2022) [LINK][PDF] - Highlighted @ ILLINOIS NEWS BUREAU: ''Organizing nanoparticles into pinwheel shapes offers new twist on engineered materials" - Interviewed by MRS Bulletin Podcast: ''Gold nanoparticles self-assemble into pinwheel superlattices" |
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| 73. | Symmetry-breaking in patch formation on triangular gold nanoparticles by asymmetric polymer grafting Ahyoung Kim, Thi Vo, Hyosung An, Progna Banerjee, Lehan Yao, Shan Zhou, Chansong Kim, Delia J. Milliron, Sharon C. Glotzer,* and Qian Chen* Nature Communications, 13, 6774 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] - Selected to Nature Communications editors' Highlight in materials science and chemistry. Click here for details. |
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| 72. | Formation and impact of nanoscopic oriented phase domains in electrochemical crystalline electrodes Wenxiang Chen, Xun Zhan, Renliang Yuan, Saran Pidaparthy, Adrian Xiao Bin Yong, Hyosung An, Zhichu Tang, Kaijun Yin, Arghya Patra, Heonjae Jeong, Cheng Zhang, Kim Ta, Zachary W. Riedel, Ryan M. Stephens, Daniel P. Shoemaker, Hong Yang, Andrew A. Gewirth, Paul V. Braun, Elif Ertekin, Jian-Min Zuo*, and Qian Chen* Nature Materials, 22, pages 92–99 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] - Highlighted @ ILLINOIS NEWS BUREAU: ''Previously unseen processes reveal path to better rechargeable battery performance'' |
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| 71. | Self-assembly of repetitive segment and random segment polymer architectures Hao Yu, Falon C Kalutantirige, Lehan Yao, Charles M Schroeder,* Qian Chen*, and Jeffrey S Moore* ACS Macro Letters, 11 (12), 1366–1372 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 70. | Seeking regularity from irregularity: Unveiling the synthesis‒nanomorphology relationships of heterogeneous nanomaterials using unsupervised machine learning Lehan Yao, Hyosung An, Shan Zhou, Ahyoung Kim, Erik Luijten, and Qian Chen* Nanoscale, 14, 16479 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 69. | Electrochemical generation of birnessite MnO2 nanoflowers for intercalation of Mg2+ ions Cheng Zhang, Xun Zhan, Talha Al-Zoubi, Yanling Ma, Pei-Chieh Shih, Fangfang Wang, Wenxiang Chen, Saran Pidaparthy, Ryan M Stephens, Qian Chen, Jian-Min Zuo, Hong Yang* Nano Energy, 102, 107696 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 68. | In-situ imaging of nucleation and growth of superlattices from nanoscale colloidal nanoparticles Zuochen Wang, Chang Liu, and Qian Chen* Journal of Crystal Growth, 601, pp 126955 (2023) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 67. | Quantifying structural heterogeneity in individual CsPbBr3 quantum dot superlattices Daniel E Clark, Victoria A Lumsargis, Daria D Blach, Kuixin Zhu, Alexander J Shumski, Lehan Yao, Qian Chen, Libai Huang, Christina W Li* Chemistry of Materials , 34, 10200 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 66. | The role of solid solutions in iron phosphate-based electrodes for selective electrochemical lithium extraction Gangbin Yan, George Kim, Renliang Yuan, Eli Hoenig, Fengyuan Shi, Wenxiang Chen, Yu Han, Qian Chen, Jian-Min Zuo, Wei Chen, Chong Liu* Nature Communications, 13, 4579 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 65. | Laser-scribed conductive, photoactive transition metal oxide on soft elastomers for Janus on-skin electronics and soft actuators Ganggang Zhao, Yun Ling, Yajuan Su, Zanyu Chen, Cherian J Mathai, Ogheneobarome Emeje, Alexander Brown, Dinesh Reddy Alla, Jie Huang, Chansong Kim, Qian Chen, Xiaoqing He, David Stalla, Yadong Xu, Zehua Chen, Pai-Yen Chen, Shubhra Gangopadhyay, Jingwei Xie, Zheng Yan* Science Advances, 8 (25), abp9734 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 64. | Chiral emergence in multistep hierarchical assembly of achiral conjugated polymers Kyung Sun Park, Zhengyuan Xue, Bijal B. Patel, Hyosung An, Justin J. Kwok, Prapti Kafle, Qian Chen, Diwakar Shukla and Ying Diao* Nature Communications, 13, 2738 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 63. | 4D-STEM mapping of nanoscale structural ordering in cathode materials Wenxiang Chen, Xun Zhan, Reliant Yuan, Saran Pidaparthy, Zhichu Tang, Jian-Min Zuo, Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28(S1), 2608 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 62. | Structural characterization of gold nanoparticles using liquid-phase 4D-STEM Oliver Lin, Chang Liu, Wenxiang Chen, Jian-Min Zuo, Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28(S1), 1860 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 61. | Machine learning based tracking of single nanoparticle vibrations from a projected 3D moiré lattice Chang Liu, Lehan Yao, Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28(S1), 94 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 60. | Mechanism and Performance Relevance of Nanomorphogenesis in Polyamide Films Revealed by Quantitative 3D Imaging and Machine Learning Hyosung An, John W. Smith, Bingqiang Ji, Stephen Cotty, Shan Zhou, Lehan Yao, Falon C. Kalutantirige, Wenxiang Chen, Zihao Ou, Xiao Su, Jie Feng, and Qian Chen* Science Advances, 8 (8), eabk188 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] - Highlighted @ ILLINOIS NEWS BUREAU: ''Water filtration membranes morph like cells'' |
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| 59. | Engineering Particle Size for Multivalent Ion Intercalation: Implications for Ion Battery Systems Wenxiang Chen, Zhichu Tang, and Qian Chen* ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5 (5), 5983–5992 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 58. | Size-Dependent Reaction Mechanism of λ-MnO2 Particles as Cathodes in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries Zhichu Tang, Wenxiang Chen, Zhiheng Lyu, and Qian Chen* Energy Material Advances, 2022, 9765710 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 57. | Beyond Snowflakes: Heterogeneity in Nanomaterials Qian Chen* Nano Letter, 22 (1), pp 3-5 (2022) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 56. | Integrating machine learning with liquid-phase TEM imaging to study nanoscale crystallization and macromolecular heterogeneity Chang Qian, Lehan Yao, Chang Liu, John W. Smith and Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27 (S2), pp 37-38 (2021) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 55. | Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Understand Electron Beam Interactions with Macromolecules in Liquid-phase Transmission Electron Microscopy John W. Smith, Chang Liu, and Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27 (S1), pp 2892-2893 (2021) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 54. | Enabling Low-dose Liquid-phase TEM with Advanced Signal Processing, Machine Learning, and Molecular Simulation John W. Smith, and Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27 (S1), pp 1314-1315 (2021) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 53. | Formation and surface melting of nanoparticle superlattices in a solution Ahyoung Kim, Chang Liu, Erik Luijten and Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27 (S1), pp 1244-1245 (2021) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 52. | Direct imaging on the deformation and sintering of polymeric particles at the nanoscale by liquid-phase TEM Chang Liu, Zihao Ou, Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27 (S1), 2630 (2021) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 51. | Near quantitative synthesis of urea macrocycles enabled by bulky N-substituent Yingfeng Yang, Hanze Ying, Zhixia Li, Jiang Wang, Yingying Chen, Binbin Luo, Danielle L. Gray, Andrew Ferguson, Qian Chen, Y. Z and Jianjun Cheng* Nature Communications, 12, 1572 (2021) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 50. | Nanoscale Cinematography of Soft Matter System under Liquid-Phase TEM Zihao Ou, Chang Liu, Lehan Yao, and Qian Chen* Accounts of Materials Research, 1 (1), pp 41–52 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 49. | Mechanistic insight into gold nanorod transformation in nanoscale confinement of ZIF-8 Cheongwon Bae, Jaedeok Lee, Lehan Yao, Suhyeon Park, Yeonju Lee, Jieun Lee, Qian Chen and Juyeong Kim* Nano Research, 14, pp 66–73 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 48. | Imaging how thermal capillary waves and anisotropic interfacial stiffness shape nanoparticle supracrystals Zihao Ou, Lehan Yao, Hyosung An, Bonan Shen and Qian Chen* Nature Communications, 11, 4555 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] - Selected to Nature Communications editors' Highlight in materials science and chemistry. Click here for details. |
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| 47. | Nucleation, growth, and superlattice formation of nanocrystals observed in liquid cell transmission electron microscopy Qian Chen, Jong Min Yuk, Matthew R. Hauwiller, Jungjae Park, Kyun Seong Dae, Jae Sung Kim and A. Paul Alivisatos MRS Bulletin, 45 (9), pp 713-726 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 46. | Liquid-phase Electron Microscopy Imaging of Cellular and Biomolecular Systems John W. Smith and Qian Chen* Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 8, pp 8490-8506 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 45. | Machine Learning to Reveal Nanoparticle Dynamics from Liquid-Phase TEM Videos Lehan Yao, Zihao Ou, Binbin Luo, Cong Xu, and Qian Chen* ACS Central Science, 6 (8), pp 1421-1430 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] - Selected as front cover of the issue. Click here for details. - Highlighted @ ILLINOIS NEWS BUREAU: ''Machine learning peeks into nano-aquariums'' Other news reports: Nanowerk, EurekAlert!, Phys.org. |
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| 44. | Interfacial crystallization under DNA control Chang Liu, and Qian Chen* Nature Materials, 19, pp 704–705 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 43. | “Colloid–Atom Duality” in the Assembly Dynamics of Concave Gold Nanoarrows Chang Liu, Zihao Ou, Fucheng Guo, Binbin Luo, Wenxiang Chen, Limin Qi, and Qian Chen* Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (27), pp 11669-11673 (2020)[LINK] [PDF] |
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| 42. | Kinetic pathways of crystallization at the nanoscale Zihao Ou¶, Ziwei Wang¶, Binbin Luo, Erik Luijten*, and Qian Chen* Nature Materials, 19, pp 450–455 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] - Watch the video - Selected as News & Views @ Nature Materials : ''Seeing crystal formation one particle at a time" - Highlighted @ ILLINOIS NEWS BUREAU: ''Crystallization clarified, researchers report" - Highlighted @ MRS Bulletin: ''Crystallization pathway imaged in real time at the nanoscale" |
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| 41. | Monolithic mtesla-level magnetic induction by self-rolled-up membrane technology Wen Huang, Zhendong Yang, Mark D. Kraman, Qingyi Wang, Zihao Ou, Miguel Muñoz Rojo, Ananth Saran Yalamarthy, Victoria Chen, Feifei Lian, Jimmy H. Ni, Siyu Liu, Haotian Yu, Lei Sang, Julian Michaels, Dane J. Sievers, J. Gary Eden, Paul V. Braun, Qian Chen, Songbin Gong, Debbie G. Senesky, Eric Pop and Xiuling Li* Science Advances, 6 (3), eaay4508 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 40. | Charting the quantitative relationship between two-dimensional morphology parameters of polyamide membranes and synthesis conditions Hyosung An, John W. Smith, Wenxiang Chen, Zihao Ou and Qian Chen* Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 5, pp 102-109 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] - Selected as front cover of the issue. Click here for details. - Selected by editors as a HOT MSDE article. Click here for details. |
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| 39. | Polymer−Peptide Conjugates Convert Amyloid into Protein Nanobundles through Fragmentation and Lateral Association John W. Smith, Xing Jiang, Hyosung An, Alexander M. Barclay, Giuseppe Licari, Emad Tajkhorshid, Edwin G. Moore, Chad M. Rienstra*, Jeffrey S. Moore*, and Qian Chen* ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3(2), pp 937-945 (2020) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 38. | Multivalent Polymer–Peptide Conjugates: A General Platform for Inhibiting Amyloid Beta Peptide Aggregation Xing Jiang, Abigail J. Halmes, Giuseppe Licari, John W. Smith, Yang Song, Edwin G. Moore, Qian Chen*, Emad Tajkhorshid*, Chad M. Rienstra*, Jeffrey S. Moore* ACS Macro Letters, 8, pp 1365-1371 (2019) [LINK] [PDF] |
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Tip-Patched Nanoprisms from Formation of Ligand Islands Ahyoung Kim, Shan Zhou, Lehan Yao, Stacey Ni, Binbin Luo, Charles E Sing, and Qian Chen* Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (30), pp 11796-11800 (2019)[LINK] [PDF] |
| 36. | Real-time Electron Microscopy of Protein Nanodiscs in Graphene Liquid Cells John W. Smith, Lauren N. Carnevale, Aditi Das and Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25 (S2), pp 1498-1499 (2019) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 35. | Determination of Crystallinity in Li1−xMgxMn2O4 Nanocrystals Based on Diffraction Patterns Correlation Analysis and Strain Mapping Xun Zhan, Renliang Yuan , Wenxiang Chen, Qian Chen* and Jian-Min Zuo Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25 (S2), pp 1972-1973 (2019) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 34. | Liquid-phase TEM imaging of self-assembly pathways of anisotropic nanoparticles Zihao Ou, Binbin Luo, Chang Liu, and Qian Chen* Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25 (S2), pp 1414-1415 (2019) [LINK] [PDF] |
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Effects of Particle Size on Mg2+ Ion Intercalation into λ-MnO2 Cathode Materials Wenxiang Chen, Xun Zhan, Binbin Luo, Zihao Ou, Pei-Chieh Shih, Lehan Yao, Saran Pidaparthy, Arghya Patra, Hyosung An, Paul V. Braun, Ryan M. Stephens, Hong Yang, Jian-Min Zuo* and Qian Chen* Nano Letters, 19, pp 4712-4720 (2019). [LINK] [PDF] |
| 32. | Hierarchical self-assembly of 3D lattices from polydisperse anisometric colloids Binbin Luo, Ahyoung Kim, John W. Smith, Zihao Ou, Zixuan Wu, Juyeong Kim and Qian Chen* Nature Communications, 10, 1815 (2019) [LINK] [PDF] - Highlighted ''Multistep self-assembly opens door to new reconfigurable materials'' Read the full news article here @ ILLINOIS NEWS BUREAU. Other news reports: phys.org, NSF science news, and nanotech-now. - Selected to Nature Communications editors' Highlight in Inorganic, Nanoscale and Physical Chemistry. Click here for details. |
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Unraveling the Morphology–Function Relationships of Polyamide Membranes Using Quantitative Electron Tomography Xiaohui Song, John W. Smith, Juyeong Kim, Nestor J. Zaluzec, Wenxiang Chen, Hyosung An, Jordan M. Dennison, David G. Cahill, Matthew A. Kulzick, and Qian Chen* ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (8), pp 8517–8526 (2019). [LINK] [PDF] |
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Reconfigurable nanoscale soft materials Zihao Ou, Ahyoung Kim, Wen Huang, Paul V. Braun, Xiuling Li, and Qian Chen* Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 23 (1), pp 41-49 (2019). [LINK] [PDF] |
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Colloidal Metal-Organic Framework Hexapods Prepared from Post-Synthesis Etching with Enhanced Catalytic Activity and Rollable Packing Zihao Ou, Xiaohui Song, Wen Huang, Xing Jiang, Subing Qu, Qingyi Wang, Paul V. Braun, Jeffrey S. Moore, Xiuling Li, and Qian Chen* ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 (48), pp 40990–40995 (2018). [LINK] [PDF] |
| 28. | Soft Matter X-ray Microanalysis in the Analytical Electron Microscope Mikhail Ovsyanko, Emrah Yucelen, Evgeniya Pechnikova, Meiken Falke, Qian Chen* and Nestor J. Zaluzec Microscopy and Microanalysis, 24 (S1), pp 776-777 (2019) [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 27. | Reconfigurable polymer shells on shape-anisotropic gold nanoparticle cores Juyeong Kim, Xiaohui Song, Ahyoung Kim, Binbin Luo, John W. Smith, Zihao Ou, Zixuan Wu and Qian Chen* Macromolecular Rapid Communications 39, 1800101 (2018). [LINK] [PDF] |
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| 26. | Size control of cross-linked carboxy-functionalized polystyrene particles: Four orders of magnitude of dimensional versatility Nina M. Sekerak, Kristin M. Hutchins, Binbin Luo, Jin Gu Kang, Paul V. Braun, Qian Chen and Jeffrey S. Moore European Polymer Journal, 101, pp 202-210 (2018). [LINK] [PDF] |
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Imaging the polymerization of multivalent nanoparticles in solution Juyeong Kim, Zihao Ou, Matthew R. Jones, Xiaohui Song and Qian Chen* Nature Communications, 8, 761 (2017). [LINK] [PDF] - Highlighted "Tiny aquariums put nanoparticle self-assembly on display". Read the full news article here @ ILLINOIS NEWS BUREAU. Other news reports: Nanowerk, EurekAlert!, Phys.org, Long Room, Controlled Environments, Science Newsline, Azonano, Technology.org. |
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Quantifying the self-assembly behavior of anisotropic nanoparticles using liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy Binbin Luo,* John W. Smith,* Zihao Ou and Qian Chen* Accounts of Chemical Research 50 (5), pp 1125–1133 (2017). [LINK] [PDF] - Selected to highlight by @ACSPublications. Click here for details. |
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Polymerization-like co-assembly of silver nanoplates and patchy spheres Binbin Luo, John W. Smith, Zixuan Wu, Juyeong Kim, Zihao Ou and Qian Chen* ACS Nano 11 (8), pp 7626–7633 (2017). [LINK] [PDF] |
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Polymorphic assembly from beveled gold triangular nanoprisms Juyeong Kim,* Xiaohui Song,* Fei Ji, Binbin Luo, Nicole F. Ice, Qipeng Liu, Qiao Zhang and Qian Chen* Nano Letters 17 (5), pp 3270–3275 (2017). [LINK] [PDF] - Highlighted "Playing with Nanoparticle Legos: Polymorphism in Nanoantenna Arrays". Read the full news article here. |
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Effects of cross-linking density on interfacial polymerization and scaffold Formation in functionalized polymer beads Kristin M. Hutchins, Chih-Yi Lee, Binbin Luo, Qian Chen and Jeffrey S. Moore Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research 56 (16), pp 4883–4886 (2017). [LINK] [PDF] |
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In Situ Electron Microscopy Imaging and Quantitative Structural Modulation of Nanoparticle Superlattices Juyeong Kim, Matthew R. Jones, Zihao Ou, Qian Chen* ACS Nano 10 (11), pp 9801–9808 (2016). [LINK] [PDF] - Selected to highlight and interview by ACSNano Podcast. Listen to us about this work (Episode 112 here). |
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Reversible and Precise Self-Assembly of Janus Metal-Organosilica Nanoparticles through a Linker-Free Approach Huicheng Hu, Fei Ji, Yong Xu, Jiaqi Yu, Qipeng Liu, Lei Chen, Qian Chen, Peng Wen, Yeshayahu Lifshitz, Yan Wang, Qiao Zhang and Shuit-Tong Lee ACS Nano 10 (8), pp 7323–7330 (2016). [LINK] [PDF] |
Prior to UIUC
- Xingchen Ye, Matthew R. Jones, Layne B. Frechette, Qian Chen, Alexander S. Powers, Peter Ercius, Gabriel Dunn, Grant M. Rotskoff, Son C. Nguyen, Vivekananda P. Adiga, Alex Zettl, Eran Rabani, Phillip L. Geissler, A. Paul Alivisatos, “Single-particle mapping of nonequilibrium nanocrystal transformation,” Science 354, 874 (2016). [LINK] [PDF]
- Jungwon Park, Hans Elmlund, Peter Ercius, Jong Min Yuk, David T. Limmer, Qian Chen, Kwanpyo Kim, Sang Hoon Han, David A. Weitz, Alex Zettl, and A. Paul Alivisatos, “3D structure of individual nanocrystals in solution by electron microscopy,” Science 349, 290-295 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
- Yingjie Zhang, Qian Chen, A. Paul Alivisatos, Miquel Salmeron, “Charge carrier trapping dynamics in quantum dot field effect transistors,” Nano Letters 15, 4657-4663 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
- Somin E. Lee, Qian Chen, Ramray Bhat, Shayne Petkiewicz, Jessica M. Smith, Vivian E Ferry, A. Paul Alivisatos, Mina J. Bissell, “Reversible aptamer-Au plasmon rulers for secreted single molecules,” Nano Letters 15, 4564-4570 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
- Qian Chen*, Hoduk Cho*, Karthish Manthiram, Mark Yoshida, Xingchen Ye, A. Paul Alivisatos, “Interaction potentials of anisotropic nanocrystals from the trajectory sampling of particle motion using in situ liquid phase transmission electron microscopy,” ACS Central Science1, 33-39 (2015). [LINK] [PDF] Highlights by Kyle J. M. Bishop, “Nanoscale self-assembly: seeing is understanding”, ACS Central Science 1, 16-17 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
- Kundan Chaudhary, Jaime J. Juárez, Qian Chen, Steve Granick, Jennifer A. Lewis, “Reconfigurable assemblies of Janus rods in AC electric fields,” Soft Matter 10, 1320-1324 (2014). [LINK] [PDF]
- Qian Chen, Jessica M. Smith, Jungwon Park, Kwanpyo Kim, Davy Ho, Haider I. Rasool, Alex Zettl, A. Paul Alivisatos, “3D motion of DNA-Au nanoconjugates in graphene liquid cell EM,” Nano Letters 13, 4556-4561 (2013). [LINK] [PDF]
- Xiaoming Mao, Qian Chen, Steve Granick, “Entropy favours open colloidal lattices,” Nature Materials 12, 217-222 (2013). [LINK] [PDF] News & views by Michael E. Cates, “Patchy colloids: entropy stabilizes open crystals,” Nature Materials 12, 179-180 (2013). [LINK] [PDF]
- Qian Chen, Jing Yan, Jie Zhang, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick, “Janus and multiblock colloidal particles,” Invited feature article for Langmuir 28, 13555-13561 (2012). [LINK] [PDF]
- Kundan Chaudhary, Qian Chen, Jaime J. Juárez, Steve Granick, Jennifer A. Lewis, “Janus colloidal matchsticks,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 12901-12903 (2012). [LINK] [PDF]
- Qian Chen, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick, “Staged self-assembly of colloidal metastructures,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 11080-11083 (2012). [LINK] [PDF]
- Qian Chen, Erich Diesel, Jonathan K. Whitmer, Sung Chul Bae, Erik Luijten, Steve Granick, “Triblock colloids for directed self-assembly,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 7725-7727 (2011). [LINK] [PDF]
- Qian Chen, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick, “Directed self-assembly of a colloidal kagome lattice,” Nature 469, 381-384 (2011). [LINK] [PDF] News & views by Flavio Romano and Francesco Sciortino, “Colloidal self-assembly: patchy from the bottom up,” Nature Materials 10, 171-173 (2011). [LINK] [PDF]
- Qian Chen, Jonathan Whitmer, Shan Jiang, Sung Chul Bae, Erik Luijten, Steve Granick, “Supracolloidal reaction kinetics of Janus spheres,” Science 331, 199-202 (2011). [LINK][PDF]
- Shan Jiang, Qian Chen, Mukta Tripathy, Erik Luijten, Kenneth S. Schweizer, Steve Granick, “Janus particle synthesis and assembly,” Advanced Materials 22, 1060-1071 (2010). [LINK] [PDF]
- Steve Granick, Shan Jiang, Qian Chen, “Janus particles,” Physics Today 62, 68-69 (2009). [LINK] [PDF]
- Shan Jiang, Mitchell J. Schultz, Qian Chen, Jeffrey S. Moore, Steve Granick, “Solvent-free synthesis of Janus colloidal particles,” Langmuir 24, 10073-10077 (2008). [LINK] [PDF]
- Nana Zhao, Yang Wei, Nijuan Sun, Qian Chen, Jingwei Bai, Longping Zhou, Yao Qin, Meixian Li and Limin Qi, “Controlled synthesis of gold nanobelts and nanocombs in aqueous mixed surfactant solutions,” Langmuir 24, 991-998 (2008). Most-cited Langmuir articles published in 2008. [LINK] [PDF]
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