Publications in 2020

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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]
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]
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.
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]
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]
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.
44.		Interfacial crystallization under DNA control Chang Liu, and Qian Chen* Nature Materials, 19, pp 704–705 (2020) [LINK] [PDF]
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]
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"
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]
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.
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]