The Chen Research Group

2024

1. Manso, R.H.; Hoffman, A.S.; Mansley, Z.R.; York, S.; Wang, F.; Zhu, Y.; Bare, S.R.; Chen, J.* Synthesis of Amorphous and Various Phase-Pure Nanoparticles of Nickel Phosphide with Uniform Sizes via a Trioctylphosphine-Mediated Pathway, Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 18981-18991. (Link)

   

2. Ahmadzadeh, S.; Sagardui, A.; Huitink, D.; Chen, J.; Ubeyitogullari, A.* Cellulose–Starch Composite Aerogels as Thermal Superinsulating Materials, ACS Omega 2024, 9, 49205-49213.(Link)
3. Manso, R.H.; Hong, J.; Wang, W.; Acharya, P.; Hoffman, A.S.; Tong, X.; Wang, F.; Greenlee, L.F.; Zhu, Y.; Bare, S.R.; Chen, J.* Revealing Structural Evolution of Nickel Phosphide-Iron Oxide Core-Shell Nanocatalysts in Alkaline Medium for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 6440-6453. (Link)

   

4. Qing, G.; Chen. J.* Influence of Oxygen Vacancies in La0.4Sr0.6FeO3-δ Perovskite Oxide Nanoparticles for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ECS Transactions 2024, 113, 3-8. (Link)
5. Kaur, S.; Chen, J.; Ubeyitogullari, A.* Formation of Nanoporous Aerogels from Defatted Rice Bran via Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Drying, Sustainable Food Technol. 2024, 2, 152-161.(Link)

   2023

6. Qing, G.; Thompson, D.; Heske, C.; Greenlee, L.;* Chen, J.* Understanding the Degradation of La1-xSrxFeO3-δ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) Perovskite Oxides during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Solution, J. Electrochem. Soc. 2023, 107, 106505. (Link)

   

7. Rogers, A.; Niyonshuti, I.I.; Ou, J.; Shrestha, D.; Okyere, D.; Chen, J.; Wang, Y.* The shape modulation of laser-induced nanowelded microstructures using two colors. Colloids Interfaces 2023, 7, 67. (Link)
8. Ahmadzadeh, S.; Hettiarachchy, N.; Luthra, K.; Chen, J.; Seo, H.-S.; Atungulu, G.G.; Ubeyitogullari, A. Effects of polyphenol-rich grape seed and green tea extracts on the physicochemical properties of 3D-prineted edible soy protein films, Food Packaging and Shelf Life 2023, 40, 101184. (Link)
9. Russell, B.; Rogers, A.; Yoder, R.; Kurilich, M.; Krishnamurthi, W.R.; Chen, J.; Wang, Y. Silver Ions Inhibit Bacterial Movement and Stall Flagellar Motor, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 11704. (Link)
10. Acharya, P.; Hong, J.; Manso, R.; Hoffman, A.; Kekedy-Nagy, L.; Chen, J.;* Bare, S.;* Greenlee, L. Temporal Ni K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study Reveals Kinetics of Ni Redox Behavior of Iron-Nickel Oxide Bimetallic OER Catalyst, J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 11891-11901. (Link)

    

11. Shrestha, D.; Ou, J.; Rogers, A.; Jereb, A.; Okyere, D.; Chen, J.; Wang Y.* Bacterial Mobility and Motility in Porous Media Mimicked by Microspheres, Colloids Surf. B: Biointerfaces 2023, 222:113128. (Link)
12. Soltani-Kordshuli, F.; Choudhury, D.; Goss, J.A.; Campbell, M.; Smith E.; Sonntag, S.; Niyonshuti, I.I.; Okyere, D.; Smeltzer, M.S.; Chen, J.; Zou, M.* Cartilage-Inspired Surface Textures for Improved Tribological Performance of Orthopedic Implants. J. Mech. Behavior Biomed. Mater. 2023, 138, 105572. (Link)
    

    2022

13. Qing, G.; Thompson, D.; Benamara, M.; Heske, C.; Greenlee, L.F.;* Chen, J.* Ambient-Pressure Ozone Treatment Enables Tuning of Oxygen Vacancy Concentration in the La1-xSrxFeO3-δ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) Perovskite Oxides. Mater. Adv. 2022, 3, 8229-8240. (Link)

    

14. Okyere, D.; Manso R.H.; Tong, X.; Chen, J.* Stability of Polyethylene Glycol-Coated Copper Nanoparticles and Their Optical Properties, Coating 2022, 12, 776. (Link)
15. Sikes, J.C.; Niyonshuti, I.I.;2 Kanokkanchana, K.; Chen, J.; Tschulik, K.; Fritsch, I.* Single Particle Electrochemical Oxidation of Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-Capped Silver Nanospheres, Nanocubes, and Nanoplates in Potassium Nitrate and Potassium Hydroxide, J. Electrochem. Soc. 2022, 169, 056508. (Link)
16. Acharya, P.; Manson, R.H.; Hoffman, A.S.; Perez Bakovic, S.I.; Kéledy-Nagy, L.; Bare, S.R.; Chen, J.; Greenlee, L.* Fe Coordination Environment, Fe-Incorporated Ni(OH)2 Phase, and Metallic Core Are Key Structural Components to Active and Stable Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, ACS Catalysis 2022, 12, 1992-2008. (Link)

    

    2021

17. Xi, X.; Niyonshuti, I.I.; Yu, N.; Yao, L.; Fu, Y.; Chen, J.; Li, Y.* Label-Free Quartz Crystal Microbalance Biosensor Based on Aptamer-Capped Gold Nanocages Loaded with Polyamidoamine for Thrombin Detection, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 10, 10047. (Link)
18. Soltani-Kordshuli, F.; Okyere, D.; Miller, C.; Harris, N.; Afshar-Mohajer, M.; Ghosh, S.K.; Chen, J.; Zou, M.* Tribological Behavior of the PDA/PTFE + Cu-SiO2 Nanoparticle Thin Coatings, Surf. Coat. Technol. 2021, 409, 126852. (Link)
19. Rogers, A.;  Niyonshuti, I.I.; Cai, A,; Wang, F.; Benamara, M.; Chen, J.;* Wang Y.* Real-Time Imaging of Laser-Induced Nanowelding of Silver Nanoparticles in Solution, J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 10422-10430. (Link)
    

    2020

20. Niyonshuti, I.I.; Krishnamurthi, V.R.; Okyere, D.; Song, L.;1 Benamara, M.; Tong, X.; Wang, Y.;* Chen, J.* Polydopamine Surface Coating Synergizes the Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 40067-40077. (Link)

    

21. Crane, C.C.; Manso, R.H.; Li, J.; Benamara, M.; Tao, J.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, F.; Chen, J.* A Metal-on-Metal Growth Approach to Metal-Metal Oxide Core-Shell Nanostructures with Plasmonic Properties, J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 31, 17191-17203. (Link)

    

22. Krishnamurthi, V.R.; Rogers, A.; Peifer, J.; Niyonshuti, I.; Chen, J.; Wang, Y.* Microampere Electric Currents Caused Bacterial Membrane Damage and Two-Way Leakage in Short Time, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2020, DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01015-20. (Link)
23. Sadoon, A.A.; Khadka, P.; Freeland, J.; Gundampati, R.K.; Manso, R.H.; Ruiz, M.; Krishnamurthi, V.R.; Thallapuranam, S.K.; Chen, J.; Wang, Y.* Silver Ions Caused Faster Diffusive Dynamics of Histone-Like Nucleoid-Structuring Proteins in Live Bacteria, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2020, DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02479-19. (Link)
24. Choudhury, D.; Niyonshuti, I.I.; Chen, J.; Goss, J.A.; Zou, M.* Tribological Performance of Polydopamine+Ag Nanoparticles/PTFE Thin Films, Tribology International 2020, 144, 106097. (Link)
    

    2019

25. Acharya, P.; Nelson, Z.J.; Benamara, M.; Manso, R.H.; Perez Bakovic, S.I.; Abolhassani, M.; Lee, S.; Reinhart, B.; Chen, J.; Greenlee, L.F.* Chemical Structure of Fe-Ni Nanoparticles for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis, ACS Omega 2019, 4, 17209. (Link)
26. Krishnamurthi, V.R.; Chen, J.; Wang, Y.* Silver Ions Cause Oscillation of Bacterial Length of Escherichia coli. Scientific Reports 2019, 9, 11745. (Link)
27. Wang, T.; Jones, J.D.; Niyonshuti, I.I.; Agrawal, S.; Gundampati, R.K.; Kumar, T.K.S.;* Quinn, K.P.;* Chen, J.* Biocompatible, Injectable Anionic Hydrogels based on Poly(oligo ethylene glycol monoacrylate-co-acrylic acid) for Protein Delivery, Advanced Therapeutics 2019, DOI: 10.1002/adtp.201900092. (Link)

    

28. Alqahtany, M.;† Khadka, P.;† Niyonshuti, I.;† Krishnamurthi, V.R.; Sadoon, A.A.; Challapalli, S.D.; Chen, J.;* Wang, Y.* Nanoscale Reorganizations of Histone-like Nucleoid Structuring Protein in Escherichia coli are Caused by Silver Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology 2019, 30, 385101. (†co-first authors) (Link)
29. Liang, Z.; Song, L; Deng, S.; Zhu, Y.; Stavitski, E.; Adzic, R.R.; Chen, J.;* Wang, J.X.* Direct 12-Electron Oxidation of Ethanol on Ternary Au(core)-PtIr(shell) Electrocatalyst, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 24, 9629. (Link)

    

30. Song, J.; Lin, L.; Yang, Z.; Zhu, R.; Zhou, Z.;* Li, Z.-W.;* Wang, F.; Chen, J.; Yang, H.;* Chen, X.* Self-Assembled Responsive Bilayered Vesicles with Adjustable Oxidative Stress for Enhanced Cancer Imaging and Therapy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 20, 8158-8170. (Link)
31. Mano, R.H.; Acharya, P.; Deng, S.; Crane, C.C.; Reinhart, B.; Lee, S.; Tong, X.; Nykypanchuk, D.; Zhu, J.; Zhu, Y.; Greenlee, L.F.;* Chen. J.* Controlling the 3-D Morphology of Ni-Fe-Based Nanocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Nanoscale 2019, 11, 8170-8184. (Link)

    

32. Jenkins, S.V.;* Nedosekin, D.A.; Shaulis, B.J.; Wang, T.J.; Jamsshidi-Parsian, A.; Pollock, E.D.; Chen, J.; Dings, R.P.M.; Griffin, R.J. Enhanced Photothermal Treatment Efficacy and Normal Tissue Protection via Vascular Targeted Gold Nanocages, Nanotheranostics 2019, 3, 145-155. (Link)
33. Chen, S.; Wu, H.; Tao, J.; Xin, H.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, J.* Pt-Ni Seed-Core-Frame Hierarchical Nanostructures and Their Conversion to Nanoframes for Enhanced Methanol Electro-Oxidation, Catalysts 2019, 9, 39. (invited paper) (Link)
    

    2018

34. Song, L.; Liang, Z.; Ma, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, J.; Adzic, R.R.; Wang, J.X.* Temperature-Dependent Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism of Ammonia Oxidation on Pt, Ir, and PtIr Alloy catalysts, J. Electrochem. Soc. 2018, 165, J3095-J3100. (Link)
35. Zamani, P.; Ozdemir, J.; Ha, Y.; Benamara, M.; Kuchuk, A.V.; Wang, T.; Chen, J.; Khosropour, A.R.;* Beyzavi, H.M.* Magnetic Nanoparticle Anchored Deep Eutectic Solvents as a Catalyst for the Etherification and Amination of Naphthols, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201800743. (Link)
36. Li, J.; Sun, K.; Li, J.; Meng, Q.; Fu, X.; Yin, W.-G.; Lu, D.; Li, Y.; Babzien, M.; Fedurin, M.; Swinson, C.; Malone, R.; Palmer, M.; Mathurin, L.; Manso, R.; Chen, J.; Konik, R.M.; Cava, R.J.; Zhu, Y.; Tao, J.* Probing the Pathway of an Ultrafast Structural Phase Transition to Illuminate the Transition Mechanism in Cu2S, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2018, 113, 041904. (Link)
37. Manso, R.H.; Song, L.; Liang, Z.; Wang, J.X.; Chen, J.* CuPt and CuPtRu Nanostructures for Ammonia Oxidation Reaction, ECS Transactions, 2018, 85, 177-182. (Link)
38. Mathurin, L.E.; Benamara, M.; Tao, J.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, J.* Tailoring the Surface Structures of CuPt and CuPtRu One-dimensional Nanostructures by Coupling Co-reduction with Galvanic Replacement, Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2018, 35, 1800053. (Link)

    

39. Meeker D.G.;+ Wang, T.;+ Harrington, W.N.; Zharov, V.P.; Johnson, S.A.; Jenkins, S.V.; Oyibo, S.E.; Walker, C.M.; Mills, W.B.; Shirtliff, M.E.; Beenken, K.E.; Chen, J.;* Smeltzer, M.S.* Versatility of Targeted Antibiotic-loaded Gold Nanoconstructs for the Treatment of Biofilm-associated Bacterial Infections, Int. J. Hyperthermia 2018, 34, 209-219. (+: Equal contribution) (Link)
40. Jenkins, S.V.; Nedosekin, D.A.; Miller, E.K.; Zharov, V.P.; Dings, R.P.M.; Chen, J.; Griffin, R. Galectin-1-based Tumor-targeting for Gold Nanostructure-mediated Photothermal Therapy, Int. J. Hyperthermia, 2018, 34, 19-29. (Link)
41. Mathurin, L.E.; Tao, J.; Xin, H.; Li, J.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, J.* Dendritic Core-Frame and Frame Multimetallic Rhombic Dodecahedra: A Comparison Study of Composition and Structure Effects on Electrocatalysis of Methanol Oxidation, ChemNanoMat 2018, 4, 76-87. (Link)
    

    

    2017

42. Haque, M.; Imamura, R.; Brown, G.A.; Krishnamurthi, V.R.; Niyonshuti, I.I.; Marcelle, T.; Mathurin, L.E.; Chen, J.;* Wang, Y.* An Experiment-based Model Quantifying Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles on Escherichia Coli, RSC Advances 2017, 7, 56173-56182. (Link)
    
43. Tao, J.;* Chen, J.;* Li, J.; Mathurin, L.E.; Zheng, J.-C.; Li, Y.; Lu, D.; Cao, Y.; Wu, L.; Cava, R.J.;* Zhu, Y. Reversible Structure Manipulation by Tuning Carrier Concentration in Metastable Cu2S, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2017, 114, 9832-9837. (Link)
    

    

44. Vasicek, T.W.; Jenkins, S.V.; Vaz, L.; Chen, J.; Stenken J.A. Thermoresponsive Nanoparticle Agglomeration/Aggregation in Salt Solutions: Dependence on Graft Density, J. Colloid & Interface Sci. 2017, 506, 338-345. (Link)
45. Yang, Z.; Song, J.; Dai, Y.; Chen, J.; Wang, F.; Lin, L.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, F.; Yu, G.; Zhou, Z.; Fan, W.; Huang, W.; Fan, Q; Chen, X. Self-assembly of Semiconductoring-plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles with Enhanced Optical Property for Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy, Theranostics, 2017, 7, 2177-2185. (Link)
46. Orishchin, N.; Crane, C.C.; Brownell, M.; Wang, T.; Jenkins, S.; Zou, M.; Nair, A.; Chen, J.* Rapid Deposition of Uniform Polydopamine Coating on Nanoparticle Surface with Controllable Thickness, Langmuir, 2017, 33, 6046-6053. (Link)
    

    

47. Cameron, C.C.; Wang, F.; Li, J.; Tao, J.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, J.* Synthesis of Copper-Silica Core-Shell Nanostructures with Sharp and Stable Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance, J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 5684-5692. (Link)
    

    

48. Choudhury, D.; Lackner, J.; Fleming, R.A.; Goss, J.; Chen, J.; Zou, M. Diamond-like Coating with Zirconium-containing Interlayers for Orthopedic Implants, J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mater. 2017, 68, 51-61. (Link)
    

2016

49. Beckford, S.; Mathurin, L.; Chen, J.; Fleming, R.A.; Zou, M. The Effects of Polydopamine Coated Cu Nanoparticles on Tribological Properties of Polydopamine/PTFE Coatings, Tribology International 2016, 103, 87-94. (Link)
50. Song, J.; Wang, F.; Yang, X.; Ning, B.; Harp, M.G.; Culp, S.H.; Hu, S.; Huang, P.; Nie, L.; Chen, J.; Chen, X. Gold Nanoparticle Coated Carbon Nanotube Ring with Enhanced Raman Scattering and Photothermal Conversion Property for Theranostic Applications, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 136, 7005-7015. (Link)
51. Kwizera, E.A.; Chaffin, E.; Shen, X.; Chen, J.; Zou, Q.; Wu, Z.; Gai, Z.; Bhana, S.; O’Connor, R.; Wang, L.; Adhikari, H.; Mishra, S.R.; Wang, Y.; Huang, X. Size- and Shape-Controlled Synthesis and Properties of Magnetic-Plasmonic Core-Shell Nanoparticles, J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 10530-10546. (Link)
52. Meeker, D.G.;# Jenkins S.V.;# Miller, E.K., Beenken, K.E.; Loughran, A.J.; Powless, A.; Muldoon, T.J.; Galanzha, E.I.; Zharov, V.P.; Smeltzer, M.S.;* Chen, J.* Synergistic Photothermal and Antibiotic Killing of Biofilm-associated Staphylococcus aureus using Targeted, Antibiotic-loaded Gold Nanoconstructs, ACS Infect. Dis. 2016, 2, 241-250. (#these authors contributed equally.) (Link)(SI)
    

    

53. Xia, J.; Stephen, A.; Cameron, C.C.; Chen, J.; Dimitrov, N. Impact of Structure and Composition on the De-alloying of CuxAu(1-x) Bulk and Nanoscale Alloys, J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 2299-2308. (Link)
54. Jenkins, S.V.; Srivatsan, A.; Reynolds, K.Y.; Gao, F.; Zhang, Y.; Heyes, C.D.; Pandey, R.K.; Chen, J. Understanding the Interactions between Porphyrin-Containing Photosensitizers and Polymer-coated Nanoparticles in Model Biological Environments, J. Colloid & Interface Sci. 2016, 461, 225-231. (Link)
    

    2015

55. Beckford, S.; Mathurin, L.; Chen, J.; Zou, M. The Influence of Cu Nanoparticles on the Tribological Properties of Polydopamine/PTFE + Cu Films, Tribology Lett. 2015, 59, 11: DOI: 10.1007/s11249-015-0543-0. (Link)
    
56. Jenkins, S.V.; Chen, S.; Chen, J. Gold-Copper Alloyed Nanorods for Metal-catalyzed Organic Reactions: Implication of Surface Ligands on Nanoparticle-based Heterogeneous Catalysis, Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 3368-3372. (Link)
    

    

57. Jenkins, S.V.; Gohman, T.D.; Miller, E.K.; Chen, J. Synthesis of Hollow Gold-Silver Alloyed Nanoparticles: A “Galvanic Replacement” Experiment for Chemistry and Engineering Students, J. Chem. Ed. 2015, 92, 1056-1060. (Link)(SI)
    
58. Lisunova, M.;* Dunklin, J. R.; Jenkins, S. V.; Chen, J.;* Roper, K.D.* The Unusual Visible Photothermal Response of Free Standing Multilayered Films Based on Plasmonic Bimetallic Nanocages, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 15719-15727. (Link)
    
59. Jenkins, S.V.; Qu, H.; Mudalige, T.; Ingle, T.; Wang, R.; Wang, F.; Howard, P.C.; Chen, J.; Zhang, Y. Rapid Determination of Plasmonic Nanoparticle Agglomeration Status in Blood, Biomaterials, 2015, 51, 226-237. (Link)
    

2014

60. Crane, C.C.; Tao, J.; Wang, F.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, J. Mask-Assisted Seeded Growth of Segmented Metallic Heteronanostructures, J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 28134-28142. (Link)
    

    

61. Beckford, S.; Cai, J.; Chen, J.; Zou, M. Use of Au Nanoparticle-Filled PTFE Films to Produce Low-Friction and Low-Wear Surface Coatings, Tribology Lett. 2014, 56, 223-230. (Link)
62. Milana L.; Justin N.; Wei, X.; Jenkins, S.V.; Chen, J.; Roper, K.D. Aqueous Dispersion of Plasmonic Hollow Metal Nanoparticles, Materials Lett. 2014, 117, 241-243. (Link)
63. Srivatsan, A.; Jenkins, S.V.; Jeon, M.; Wu, Z.; Kim, C.;* Chen, J.;* Pandey, R.* Gold Nanocage-Photosensitizer Conjugates for Dual-Modal Image-Guided Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy, Theranostics, 2014, 4, 163-174. (Link)
64. Jeon, M.; Jenkins, S.V.; Oh, J.; Kim, J.; Peterson, T.; Chen, J.;* Kim, C.* Nonionizing Photoacoustic Cystography with Near-Infrared Absorbing Gold Nanostructures as Optical-Opaque Tracers, Nanomedicine, 2014, 9, 1377-1388. (Link)

2013

65. Taylor, E.; Chen, S.; Tao, J.; Wu, L.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, J. Synthesis of Pt-Cu Nanodendrites by Controlling Reduction Kinetics for Enhanced Electro-Oxidation of Methanol, ChemSusChem 2013, 6, 1863-1867. (Link)
    

    

66. Chen, S.; Jenkins, S.V.; Tao, J.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, J. Anisotropic Seeded Growth of Cu-M (M = Au, Pt, or Pd) Bimetallic Nanorods with Tunable Optical and Catalytic Properties, J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 8924-8932. (Link)
    

    

2012

67. Chen, S.; Si, R.; Taylor, E.; Janzen, J.; Chen, J. Synthesis of Pd/Fe3O4 hybrid nanocatalysts with controllable interface and enhanced catalytic activities for CO oxidation, J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 12969-12976. (Link)
    

    

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