Publications
NFRF-Funded Research
The work below is affiliated with the Carbon to Metal Coating Institute at Queen's University and was supported by the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (#NFRFT-2020-00573).
Combined electrodeposition and electropolymerization method to produce surface-bound polystyrenyl NHC thin films
Jessica L. Bosso Justin T. Lomax, Garima Garg, Wai-Tung Shiu, Jordan N. Bentley, Matthew J. Turnbull, Monika R. Snowdon, James J. Noël, Cathleen M. Crudden, Joe B. Gilroy, Paul J. Ragogna
Chemical Science | 10 March 2026 | doi.org/10.1039/d6sc00603e
N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Adhesion Promoters on Aluminum Alloy 6061
Jashanpreet Kaur, Vikram Singh, Alban Morel, Amélie Ruest, Mark D. Aloisio, Cathleen M. Crudden, Janine Mauzeroll
Advanced Materials Interface | 28 January 2026 | doi.org/10.1002/admi.202500719
Beyond wingtips: backbone alkylation affects the orientation of N-heterocyclic carbenes on gold nanoparticles
Ahmadreza Nezamzadeh, Shayanta Chowdhury, Gaohe Hu, Nathaniel L. Dominique, Emmett Desroche, Sakiat Hossain, Mark D. Aloisio, Michael Furlan, Ryan R. K. Groome, Kayla Boire, Alastair B. McLean, Lasse Jensen, Jon P. Camden, Cathleen M. Crudden
Chemical Science | 12 January 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sc05986k
Electrodeposition of N-heterocyclic carbene on mild steel surfaces
Vikram Singh, Thilini M. Suduwella, Anastasia Messina, Antoine Juneau, Mark D. Aloisio, Cathleen M. Crudden, Janine Mauzeroll
Journal of Materials Chemistry A | 8 October 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TA05828G
N-heterocyclic carbenes as clickable molecular anchors for electrochemical surface functionalization of metals and glassy carbon
Antoine Juneau, Ahmadreza Nezamzadeh, Béatrice Laberge, Anastasia Messina, Justin Lomax, Thilini M. Suduwella, Jashanpreet Kaur, Vikram Singh, Mark D. Aloisio, Paul J. Ragogna, Cathleen M. Crudden, Janine Mauzeroll
Chemical Science | 3 October 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC03908H
Benzimidazolium hydrogen carbonate salts—Investigation of thermal properties in the context of small molecule inhibitors
Eden Goodwin, Jordan N. Bentley, Maram Bakiro, Mark D. Aloisio, Justin Lomax, Ishwar Singh, Alex J. Veinot, Ahmadreza Nezamzadeh, Paul Ragogna, Cathleen M. Crudden, Seán T. Barry
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A | 30 September 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0004886 | Editor's Pick
Development of an AMBER-Compatible Force Field for Gold Nanoclusters Protected by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
María Francisca Matus, Maryam Sabooni Asre Hazer, Sami Malola, Hannu Häkkinen
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 9 September 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.5c00945
Mechanisms of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex Lattice Formation
Emmett DesRoche, Felipe Crasto de Lima, Ryan R. K. Groome, Michael Furlan, Francesco Tumino, Alex Inayeh, Mark D. Aloisio, Ishwar Singh, Alex J. Veinot, Roberto H. Miwa, Cathleen M. Crudden, Alastair B. McLean
ACS Nano | 25 August 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c06139
Optimizing Anti-Corrosive Properties of Polyester Powder Coatings Through Montmorillonite-Based Nanoclay Additive and Film Thickness
Marshall Shuai Yang, Chengqian Xian, Jian Chen, Yolanda Susanne Hedberg, James Joseph Noël
Corrosion and Materials Degradation | 25 August 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3390/cmd6030039
Aggregation, stabilization, and binding between bovine serum albumin and gold nanoparticles of varying sizes
Seyedeh Marzieh Kalantarian, Zhiqiang Wang, Zoltan Wolfgang Richter-Bisson, Ivan Barker, Michael Auinger, Heng-Yong Nie, Yolanda Susanne Hedberg
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects | 2 August 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2025.137914
High-Density Self-Assembled Monolayers of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Au(111)─Observation of Normal and Mesoionic Bonding Modes
Michael Furlan, Patrick Melix, Mark D. Aloisio, Robert Jahn, Alastair B. McLean, Ralf Tonner-Zech, Cathleen M. Crudden
Chemistry of Materials | 31 July 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c00886
Tuning the Surface Chemistry of NHC–Protected Au13 Nanoclusters Via a Robust Amide Coupling Procedure
Andrew L. D. M. Laluk, Dennis A. Buschmann, Shinjiro Takano, Angus I. Sullivan, Parimah Aminfar, Kevin Stamplecoskie, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Cathleen M. Crudden
Chemical Science | 31 July 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC02951A
Analysis of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Their Monolayers by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Peak-Fitting, Effects of Molecular Architecture and Impact of Possible Impurities
Ahmadreza Nezamzadeh, Ekrupe Kaur, Mark D. Aloisio, Dana A. R. Nanan, Yolanda S. Hedberg, Cathleen M. Crudden, Mark C. Biesinger
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 28 July 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c03111
N-Heterocyclic carbene-promoted copper powder conditioning for thermal spray applications
Jashanpreet Kaur, Golnoush Asadiankouhidehkordi, Vikram Singh, Andre C. Liberati, Ahmad Diraki, Souhaila Bendahmane, Mark D. Aloisio, Payank Patel, Jeffrey Henderson, Fadhel Ben Ettouil, Cathleen M. Crudden, Mark Biesinger, Annie Levasseur, Christian Moreau, Janine Mauzeroll
Journal of Materials Chemistry A | 13 May 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA07631A
Atomic Layer Restructuring of Gold Surfaces by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes over Large Surface Areas
Eden Goodwin, Matthew Davies ,Maram Bakiro, Emmett Desroche, Francesco Tumino, Mark Aloisio, Cathleen M. Crudden, Paul J. Ragogna, Mikko Karttunen, Seán T. Barry
ACS Nano | 16 April 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c17517
Effect of Nanoparticle Size on Cysteine‐Gold Surface Interactions
S. Marzieh Kalantarian, Peter Slovenský, Zhiqiang Wang, Valentin Romanovski, Elena Romanovskaia, Maroš Halama, Michael Auinger, Heng-Yong Nie, Yolanda S. Hedberg
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization | 19 March 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.202400230
Atomically-precise Au(22)(Lys-Cys-Lys)(16) nanoclusters for radiation sensitization
Elham Zeinizade, Goonay Yousefalizideh, Parimah Aminfar, Matthew Horn, Lili Ding, Layla Pires, Alina Jaglanian, Lucie Malbeteau, Kristen Harrington, Carla Calçada, Mohamad Dukuray, Brian C. Wilson, Marianne Koritzinsky, Juan Chen, Kevin G. Stamplecoskie, Gang Zheng
Journal of Nanobiotechnology | 7 March 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-025-03256-7
Self-Assembled Monolayers of Triazolylidenes on Gold and Mixed Gold/Dielectric Substrates
Dana A.R. Nanan, Justin T. Lomax, Jordan Bentley, Lindsay Misener, Alex. J. Veinot, Wai-Tung Shiu, Lijia Liu ,Paul J. Ragogna, Cathleen M. Crudden
Journal of the American Chemical Society | 9 February 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c11125
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Deposition on a Copper Powder Surface Using Mechanochemistry
Jéssica S. G. Selva, Yuanjiao Li, Jashanpreet Kaur, Antoine Juneau, Ahmad Diraki, Souhaila Bendahmane, Jeffrey D. Henderson, Mark D. Aloisio, Anastasia Messina, Ahmadreza Nezamzadeh, Camilo J. Viasus Pérez, Mark C. Biesinger, Annie Levasseur, Cathleen M. Crudden, Janine Mauzeroll
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 29 January 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c13890
Forming N-heterocyclic carbene monolayers: not all deposition methods are the same
Aruna Chandran, Nathaniel L. Dominique, Gurkiran Kaur, Vincent Clark, Phattananawee Nalaoh, Lilian Chinenye Ekowo, Isabel M. Jensen, Mark D. Aloisio, Cathleen M. Crudden, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, David M. Jenkins, Jon P. Camden
Nanoscale | 24 January 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR04428B
Diving into Unknown Waters: Water-Soluble Clickable Au(13) Nanoclusters Protected with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for Bio-Medical Applications
Angus I. Sullivan, Emily A. Steele, Shinjiro Takano, Elham Zeinizade, Juan Chen, Sami Malola, Kumar Siddhant, Hannu Häkkinen, Kevin G. Stamplecoskie, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Gang Zheng, Cathleen M. Crudden
Journal of the American Chemical Society | 22 January 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c14240
Impact of Ligand Structure on Biological Activity and Photophysical Properties of NHC-Protected Au(13) Nanoclusters
Viveka K. Kulkarni, Emily L. Albright, Elham Zeinizade, Emily Steele, Juan Chen, Lili Ding, Sami Malola, Shinjiro Takano ,Kristen Harrington, Nahyun Kwon, Tetyana I. Levchenko, Masakazu Nambo, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hannu Häkkinen, Kevin Stamplecoskie, Gang Zheng, Cathleen M. Crudden
Journal of the American Chemical Society | 22 January 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c12072
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Overlayers on Mild Steel
Lila Laundry-Mottiar, Thilini Malsha Suduwella, Waruni G. K. Senanayake, Matthew J. Turnbull, Antoine Juneau, Ekrupe Kaur, Mark D. Aloisio, Thiago M. Guimarães Selva, Jeffrey D. Henderson, Heng-Yong Nie, Mark Biesinger, James J. Noel, Yolanda S. Hedberg, Cathleen M. Crudden, Janine Mauzeroll
Chemistry of Materials | 24 December 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01804
Tuning photoluminescence properties of Au clusters by surface modification and doping: lessons from case studies of icosahedral Au13
Dennis Alexander Buschmann, Haru Hirai, Tatsuya Tsukuda
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers | 9 September 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI01773K
If the Crown Fits: Sterically Demanding N-Heterocyclic Carbene Promotes the Formation of Au(8)Pt Nanoclusters
Joseph F. DeJesus, Samuel I. Jacob, Quan Manh Phung, Koichi Mimura, Yoshitaka Aramaki, Takashi Ooi, Masakazu Nambo, Cathleen M. Crudden
Journal of the American Chemical Society | 14 August 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04873
Energetics and Redox Kinetics of Pure Ferrocene-Terminated N-Heterocyclic Carbene Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold
Lin Qi, Robert M. Mayall, Dianne S. Lee, Christene Smith, April Woods, Mina R. Narouz, Alexander Hyla, Hridaynath Bhattacharjee, Zhe She, Cathleen M. Crudden, Viola Ingrid Birss
Langmuir | 6 August 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01446
Metal-ligand bond in group-11 complexes and nanoclusters
Maryam Sabooni Asre Hazer, Sami Malola, Hannu Häkkinen
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | 9 July 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP00848K
Deposition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Reactive Metal Substrates─Applications in Area-Selective Atomic Layer Deposition
Justin T. Lomax, Eden Goodwin, Mark D. Aloisio, Alex J. Veinot, Ishwar Singh, Wai-Tung Shiu, Maram Bakiro, Jordan Bentley, Joseph F. DeJesus, Peter G. Gordon, Lijia Liu, Seán T. Barry, Cathleen M. Crudden, Paul J. Ragogna
Chemistry of Materials | 28 May 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00412
Defining the nature of adventitious carbon and improving its merit as a charge correction reference for XPS
Lauren H. Grey, Heng-Yong Nie, Mark C. Biesinger
Applied Surface Science | 30 April 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.159319
Toll like receptor-based electrochemical sensors via N-heterocyclic carbene-modified surfaces: towards improved sensing of DNA molecules
Dianne S. Lee, Mir Pouyan Zarabadi, Hridaynath Bhattacharjee, Lin Qi, Jennifer F. McLeod, Kasra Saeedfar, Ishwar Singh, April Woods, Anastasia Messina, Viola I. Birss, Cathleen M. Crudden, Zhe She
Materials Advances | 18 April 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MA00188E
Monitoring alterations in a salt layer’s deliquescence properties during the atmospheric corrosion of a metal surface using a quartz crystal microbalance
Arthur Situm, Mohammad Sabeti, November Schmidt, Dmitrij Zagidulin, Mehran Behazin, James J. Noël
Corrosion Science | 1 April 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2024.111845
Electrocatalytic CO Reduction with Atomically Precise Au Nanoclusters: Effect of Ligand Shell on Catalytic Performance
Tetyana I. Levchenko, Hong Yi, Mark D. Aloisio, Ngoc Kim Dang, Guorui Gao, Shriya Sharma, Cao-Thang Dinh, Cathleen M. Crudden
ACS Catalysis | 7 March 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c06114 | Editor's Choice
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters
Emily L. Albright, Tetyana I. Levchenko, Viveka K. Kulkarni, Angus I. Sullivan, Joseph F. DeJesus, Sami Malola, Shinjiro Takano, Masakazu Nambo, Kevin Stamplecoskie, Hannu Häkkinen, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Cathleen M. Crudden
Journal of the American Chemical Society | 19 February 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c11031
Intensified metallic effect and improved tribocorrosion resistance through microwave-based fabrication of metallic powder coatings
Wei Liu, Marshall Yang, Xinping Zhu, Yufu Wei, Yolanda Hedberg, Hui Zhang, Jesse Zhu
Progress in Organic Coatings | 27 January 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2024.108218
Enantiopure Chiral Au Nanoclusters Stabilized by Ditopic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO
Emily L. Albright, Sami Malola, Samuel I. Jacob, Hong Yi, Shinjiro Takano, Koichi Mimura, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hannu Häkkinen, Masakazu Nambo, Cathleen M. Crudden
Chemistry of Materials | 22 January 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02288
N-heterocyclic carbene adsorption states on Pt(111) and Ru(0001)
Tianchi Zhang, Sonali B. Khomane, Ishwar Singh, Cathleen M. Crudden, Peter H. McBreen
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | 5 January 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP03539E
Bonding and Electronic Interactions of Hydrogen with Gold Superatoms
Subarna Maity, Shinjiro Takano, Shinya Masuda, Tatsuya Tsukuda
Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 19 December 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c07090
Mesoionic Carbene-based Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold
Dianne S. Lee, Ishwar Singh, Alex J. Veinot, Mark D. Aloisio, Justin T. Lomax, Paul J. Ragogna, Cathleen M. Crudden
Chemical Science | 15 Dec 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC04720B
Report on the method for the removal of NHC films cleanly from metal surfaces
Eden Goodwin, Justin Lomax, Jorsan Bentley, Dana Nanan, Jessica Bosso, Maram Bakiro, Ellie (Wai Tung) Shiu, Ahmadreza Nezamzadeh, Mark Aloisio, Seán Barry, Paul Ragogna, Cathleen Crudden
Deliverable Report, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) | December 2023
Accelerated size-focusing light activated synthesis of atomically precise fluorescent Au2(Lys-Cys-Lys) clusters
Parimah Aminfar, Travis Ferguson, Emily Steele, Emerson M. MacNeil, María Francisca Matus, Sami Malola, Hannu Häkkinen, Paul N. Duchesne, Hans-Peter Loock, Kevin G. Stamplecoskie
Chemical Science | 1 Dec 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR04793H
Synergistic Effect of Nanoclay and Barium Sulfate Fillers on the Corrosion Resistance of Polyester Powder Coatings
Jinbao Huang, Marshall Shuai Yang, Chengqian Xian, James Joseph Noël, Yolanda Susanne Hedberg, Jian Chen, Ubong Eduok, Ivan Barker, Jeffrey Daniel Henderson, Haiping Zhang, Liqin Wang, Hui Zhang, Jesse Zhu
Coatings | 25 September 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13101680
Insights into the synthesis of NHC-stabilized Au nanoclusters through real-time reaction monitoring
Junliang Liu, Yusuke Sato, Viveka K. Kulkarni, Angus I. Sullivan, Wenyu Zhang, Cathleen M. Crudden, Jason E. Hein
Chemical Science | 7 September 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC02077K
Photochemical synthesis of fluorescent Au (RGDC) and excited state reactivity with molecular oxygen
Parimah Aminfar, Goonay Yousefalizadeh, Emily Steele, Juan Chen, Gang Zhengbc, Kevin G. Stamplecoskie
Nanoscale | 18 July 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR02258G
Study on the Self-Repairing Effect of Nanoclay in Powder Coatings for Corrosion Protection
Marshall Shuai Yang, Jinbao Huang , Hui Zhang , James Joseph Noël, Yolanda Susanne Hedberg, Jian Chen, Ubong Eduok, Ivan Barker, Jeffrey Daniel Henderson, Chengqian Xian, Haiping Zhang, Jesse Zhu
Coatings | 7 July 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13071220
Report on the method for the removal of NHC films cleanly from metal surfaces
Eden Goodwin, Justin Lomax, Jorsan Bentley, Dana Nanan, Jessica Bosso, Maram Bakiro, Ellie (Wai Tung) Shiu, Ahmadreza Nezamzadeh, Mark Aloisio, Seán Barry, Paul Ragogna, Cathleen Crudden
Deliverable Report, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) | June 2023
A Revealing Insight into Gold Cluster Photocatalysts: Visible versus (Vacuum) Ultraviolet Light
Marshall Shuai Yang, Jinbao Huang , Hui Zhang , James Joseph Noël, Yolanda Susanne Hedberg, Jian Chen, Ubong Eduok, Ivan Barker, Jeffrey Daniel Henderson, Chengqian Xian, Haiping Zhang, Jesse Zhu
Journal of Physical Chemical Letters | 28 April 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00509
Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapies: Synergy Opportunities for Nanomedicine
Marta Overchuk, Robert A. Weersink, Brian C. Wilson, Gang Zheng
ACS Nano | 27 April 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c00891
Synthesis and Characterization of a Monodentate N‑Heterocyclic Carbene-Protected Au11-Nanocluster via Reduction with KC8
Angus I. Sullivan, Joseph F. DeJesus, Sami Malola, Shinjiro Takano, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hannu Häkkinen, Cathleen M. Crudden
Chemistry of Materials | 24 March 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03429
Functionalization of Metal-Supported Graphene by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene
Tianchi Zhang, Sonali B. Khomane, Ishwar Singh, Cathleen M. Crudden, Peter H. McBreen
Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 19 August 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02342
Evaluating the Thermal Behaviour of Benzimidazolylidene Sources for Thin-Film Applications
Alex J. Veinot, Matthew B. E. Griffiths, Ishwar Singh, Joseph A. Zurakowski, Paul A. Lummis, Seán T. Barry, Cathleen M. Crudden
Materials Advances | 9 June 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00413E
Doping-Mediated Energy-Level Engineering of M@Au12 Superatoms (M=Pd, Pt, Rh, Ir) for Efficient Photoluminescence and Photocatalysis
Haru Hirai, Shinjiro Takano, Takuya Nakashima, Takeshi Iwasa, Tetsuya Taketsugu, Tatsuya Tsukuda
Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 24 May 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202207290
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Hydrido Au24 Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Reduction of Co2
Viveka K. Kulkarni, Behnam Nourmohammadi Khiarak, Shinjiro Takano, Sami Malola, Emily L. Albright, Tetyana I. Levchenko, Mark D. Aloisio, Cao-Thang Dinh, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hannu Häkkinen, Cathleen M. Crudden
Journal of the American Chemical Society| 12 May 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c00789
NHC-stabilized Au10 Nanoclusters and Their Conversion to Au25 Nanoclusters." Journal of the American Chemical Society Gold
Paul A. Lummis, Kimberly M. Osten, Tetyana I. Levchenko, Maryam Sabooni Asre Hazer, Sami Malola, Bryan Owens-Baird, Alex J. Veinot, Emily L. Albright, Gabriele Schatte, Shinjiro Takano, Kirill Kovnir, Kevin G. Stamplecoskie, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hannu Häkkinen, Masakazu Nambo, Cathleen M. Crudden
Journal of the American Chemical Society| 6 April 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.2c00004
Effect of Nanoparticle Size on the near-Surface Ph-Distribution in Aqueous and Carbonate Buffered Solutions
Thomas Stepan, Lisa Tété, Lila Laundry-Mottiar, Elena Romanovskaia, Yolanda S. Hedberg, Herbert Danninger, Michael Auinger
Electrochimica Acta| 20 March 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.139923
Highly Ordered N‑Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Cu(111)
Eloise Angove, Federico Grillo, Herbert A. Früchtl, Alex J. Veinot, Ishwar Singh, J. Hugh Horton, Cathleen M. Crudden, Christopher J. Baddeley
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters | 24 February 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04073
Isomer Dynamics of the [Au6(Nhc-S)4]2+ Nanocluster
Maryam Sabooni Asre Hazer, Sami Malolab, Hannu Häkkinen
Chemical Communications| 8 February 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC00676F
Electrochemical Estimations of the Gold Nanoparticle Size Effect on Cysteine-Gold Oxidation
Elena Romanovskaia, Peter Slovenský, S. Marzieh Kalantarian, Lila Laundry-Mottiar, Valentin Romanovski, Maroš Halama, Michael Auinger, Yolanda S. Hedberg
Journal of The Electrochemical Society| 4 February 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac4bf8
Synthesis and Characterization of Enantiopure Chiral Bis NHC-Stabilized Edge-Shared Au10 Nanocluster with Unique Prolate Shape
Renee W. Y. Man, Hong Yi, Sami Malola, Shinjiro Takano, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hannu Häkkinen, Masakazu Nambo, Cathleen M. Crudden
Journal of the American Chemical Society| 31 January 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c11857
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Chemistry – A European Journal| 19 May 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202002308
Conjugation of a Scintillator Complex and Gold Nanorods for Dual-Modal Image-Guided Photothermal and X-Ray-Induced Photodynamic Therapy of Tumors
Li Luo, Wenjing Sun, Yushuo Feng, Ruixue Qin, Jinghui Zhang, Dandan Ding, Tianhang Shi, Xiangmei Liu, Xiaoyuan Chen, Hongmin Chen
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 27 February 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c01189
Surface Chemistry of Gold Nanoparticles for Health-Related Applications
Jiangjiang Zhang, Lei Mou, Xingyu Jiang
Chemical Science | 15 January 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC06497D
N-heterocyclic Carbene and Thiol Micropatterns Enable the Selective Deposition and Transfer of Copper films
Zhe She, Mina R. Narouz, Christene A. Smith, Amy MacLean, Hans-Peter Loock, Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz, Cathleen M. Crudden
Chemical Communications| 24 Dec 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC08919E
Robust, Highly Luminescent Au13 Superatoms Protected by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Mina R. Narouz, Shinjiro Takano, Paul A. Lummis, Tetyana I. Levchenko, Ali Nazemi, Sami Kaappa, Sami Malola, Goonay Yousefalizadeh, Larry A. Calhoun, Kevin G. Stamplecoskie, Hannu Häkkinen, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Cathleen M. Crudden
Journal of the American Chemical Society| 9 September 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b07854
N-heterocyclic carbene-functionalized magic-number gold nanoclusters
Mina R. Narouz, Kimberly M. Osten, Phillip J. Unsworth, Renee W. Y. Man, Kirsi Salorinne, Shinjiro Takano, Ryohei Tomihara, Sami Kaappa, Sami Malola, Cao-Thang Dinh, J. Daniel Padmos, Kennedy Ayoo, Patrick J. Garrett, Masakazu Nambo, J. Hugh Horton, Edward H. Sargent, Hannu Häkkinen, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Cathleen M. Crudden
Nature Chemistry| 15 April 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0246-5
N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Materials Chemistry
Christene A. Smith, Mina R. Narouz, Paul A. Lummis, Ishwar Singh, Ali Nazemi, Chien-Hung Li, Cathleen M. Crudden
Chemical Reviews| 2 April 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00514