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).

Binding vs Etching: N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands on Gold Nanoparticles

Katherine M. Hatzis, K. V. Dilshan, T. Chandraguptha, Dana A. R. Nanan, Ankit Kumar Gautam, Mark D. Aloisio, Alexander V. Mironenko, Cathleen M. Crudden, Catherine J. Murphy

Journal of the American Chemical Society | 13 August 2026 | doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c06954

Early impacts of an equity, diversity, and inclusion program within a multidisciplinary research institute

Emily L. Albright, Sophie Felleiter, Jyoti Kotecha

Canadian Journal of Chemistry | 27 July 2026 |doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2026-0011

ToF-SIMS Analysis of NHC-Modified Naturally Oxidized Cu and Au Surfaces Providing Evidence for Covalent Bonding

Waruni G. K. Senanayake, Justin T. Lomax, Mark D. Aloisio, Cathleen M. Crudden, Paul J. Ragogna, Jeffrey D. Henderson, Heng-Yong Nie, Yolanda S. Hedberg

Langmuir | 23 July 2026 | doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6c01916

Mechanistic insights into the interplay of zinc content and coating thickness in zinc-rich polyester powder coatings

Marshall S. Yang, Chengqian Xian, Jian Chen, Zoltan W. Richter-Bisson, Yolanda S. Hedberg, James J. Noël

Progress in Organic Coatings | 14 March 2026 | doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2026.110265

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

Carbodiphosphorane as an Electron-Donating Ligand for Gold Nanoclusters

Taro Shigeta, Shinjiro Takano, Tatsuya Tsukuda

Langmuir | 16 June 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c01355

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

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

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

Nanoscale | 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 Zheng, 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

The 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

JACS Au| 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 Malola, 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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