Publications in 2022

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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"
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.
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''
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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''
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]
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]
57.		Beyond Snowflakes: Heterogeneity in Nanomaterials Qian Chen* Nano Letter, 22 (1), pp 3-5 (2022) [LINK] [PDF]