Publications

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32. Many-Body Exciton Interactions, Coherence, and Transport in Perovskite Quantum Dots
Kinjol Barua, Sonja G Nusser, Shriya Gumber, Nicholas R Favate, Emma Daggett, Meng-Jia Sun, Jonathan D Hood, Jianshu Cao, Christina W Li, Oleg V Prezhdo, Libai Huang* Nano Lett. 2026, 26, 21, 6766–6779. 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c01029

31. Designing Coherence in Perovskite Quantum Dot Assemblies by Choice of Ligand
Shriya Gumber, Mohit Chaudhary, Carlos Mora Perez, Nicholas Favate, Libai Huang, Christina W Li, Oleg V Prezhdo* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2026, 17, 23, 6411–6417. 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c01359

30. Experimental Assessments and Kinetic Models of Palladium Nanoparticle Sintering Behavior on Alumina Supports
Brandon K Bolton, Asanka Wijerathne, Joanna M Rosenberger, Sanghyun Ahn, William A Swann, Andrew Bean Getsoian, Christina W Li, Christopher Paolucci, Rajamani Gounder* J. Phys. Chem. C 2025, 129, 47, 21132–21144. 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05313

29.  Tailoring Pt–Cu Alloy Surfaces to Enhance OH Adsorption for Stereoselective Directed Hydrogenation
Joanna M Rosenberger, Wei Hong, Mona Abdelgaid, Vinay Kadian, William A Swann, Nkem Azuka, Giannis Mpourmpakis, Christina W Li* ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 10416-10432.  acscatal.5c02175

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28.  Computational Screening of Ligands for Enhanced Interactions between Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots
Elizabeth Stippell, Carlos Mora Perez, Nicholas Favate, Libai Huang, Christina W Li, Oleg V Prezhdo* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16, 5666-5673.  10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c01307

27.  A Catalytic Asymmetric Intramolecular [4+ 1]-Cycloaddition for the Total Synthesis of Terpene Alkaloid Natural Products 
Wen Xiu, Calvin D Huffman, William A Swann, Christina W Li, Christopher Uyeda* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 17510-17516.  10.1021/jacs.5c04607

26.  Environment-assisted quantum transport of excitons in perovskite nanocrystal superlattices
Daria D. Blach, Victoria A. Lumsargis-Roth, Chern Chuang, Daniel E. Clark, Shibin Deng, Olivia F. Williams, Christina W. Li, Jianshu Cao & Libai Huang* Nature Commun. 2025, 16, 1270.  10.1038/s41467-024-55812-8

25.  Pt3Mn/SiO2 + ZSM-5 Bifunctional Catalyst for Ethane Dehydroaromatization
Shan Jiang, Che-Wei Chang, William A. Swann, Christina W. Li and Jeffrey T. Miller* Catalysts 2024, 14, 365.  10.3390/catal14060365

24.  Valence-to-core X-ray emission spectroscopy to resolve the size-dependent valence electronic structure of Pt nanoparticles
David P. Dean, Gaurav S. Deshmukh, Christopher K. Russell, Kuixin Zhu, Christina W. Li, Jeffrey Greeley, Denis Lechshev, Eli Stavitski* and Jeffrey T. Miller* Catal. Sci. Technol. 2024, 14, 2580-2592.  10.1039/D3CY01554H

23.  Calcium additives enhance coke migration and catalyst stability for Pt-based catalysts in ethane dehydrogenation
Vamakshi Yadav †, Joanna M. Rosenberger †, Brandon K. Bolton, Rajamani Gounder, Christina W. Li* J. Catal. 2024, 432, 115446.  10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115446   †Equal Contribution

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22.  Diastereoselective Hydrogenation of Tetrasubstituted Olefins using a Heterogeneous Pt-Ni Alloy Catalyst
William A. Swann, Anish Yadav, Nicholas B. Colvin, Nicole K. Freundl, Dr. Christina W. Li* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202317710.  10.1002/ange.202317710, PDF of Supporting Information

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21.  Facet-Defined Dilute Metal Alloy Nanorods for Efficient Electroreduction of CO 2 to n-Propanol
Soojin Jeong, Chuanliang Huang, Zachary Levell, Rebecca X. Skalla, Wei Hong, Nicole J. Escorcia, Yaroslav Losovyj, Baixu Zhu, Alex N. Butrum-Griffith, Yang Liu, Christina W. Li, Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, Yuanyue Liu*, and Xingchen Ye* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, ASAP.  10.1021/jacs.3c11013

20.  Reaction Chemistry at Discrete Organometallic Fragments on Black Phosphorus
Kendahl L Walz Mitra, Michael Riehs, Andrei Draguicevic, William A Swann, Christina W Li, Alexandra Velian*  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, 49, e202311575.  10.1002/anie.202311575

19.  Factors Controlling Intercalation of Metal Atoms into WS 2: Implications for Electronically Tunable Semiconductors
Kuixin Zhu, Yiyin Tao, Sagarmoy Mandal, Ming Chen, and Christina W. Li*  ACS Appl. Nano Mater.  2023, 6, 16846-16855.  10.1021/acsanm.3c03028

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18.  Solution-Phase Synthesis of Vanadium Intercalated 1T′-WS 2 with Tunable Electronic Properties
Kuixin Zhu, Yiyin Tao, Daniel E. Clark, Wei Hong, and Christina W. Li*  Nano Lett.  2023, 23, 4471-4478.  10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00826

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17.  Controlled site coverage of strong metal–support interaction (SMSI) on Pd NP catalysts
Christian J. Breckner, Kuixin Zhu, Mingrui Wang, Guanghui Zhang, Christina W. Li and Jeffrey T. Miller*  Catal. Sci. Technol.  2023, 13, 157-169.  10.1039/D2CY01707E

 

16.  Quantifying Structural Heterogeneity in Individual CsPbBr 3 Quantum Dot Superlattices
Daniel E. Clark, Victoria A. Lumsargis, Daria D. Blach, Kuixin Zhu, Alexander J. Shumski, Lehan Yao, Qian Chen, Libai Huang*, and Christina W. Li*  Chem. Mater.  2022, 34, 10200-10207.  10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03153

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15.  Superradiance and Exciton Delocalization in Perovskite Quantum Dot Superlattices
Daria D. Blach †, Victoria A. Lumsargis †, Daniel E. Clark †, Chern Chuang, Kang Wang, Letian Dou, Richard D. Schaller, Jianshu Cao, Christina W. Li* , and Libai Huang*  Nano Lett. 2022,  22, 7811-7818.  10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02427    †Equal Contribution

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14.  Kinetics of Propylene Epoxidation over Extracrystalline Gold Active Sites on AU/TS-1 Catalysts
Arvay, J. W.; Hong, W.; Li, C. W.; Delgass, W. N., Ribeiro, F. H.; and Harris, J. W.*  ACS Catal.  2022, 12 ,  10147–10160.  10.1021/acscatal.2c02213

 

13.  Haptophilicity and Substrate-Directed Reactivity in Diastereoselective Heterogeneous Hydrogenation
Hong, W. †; Swann, W. A. †; Yadav, V. †; Li, C. W.*  ACS Catal. 2022, 12 , 7643–7654. Invited Perspective.  10.1021/acscatal.2c02028    †Equal Contribution

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12.  Kinetic and Thermodynamic Factors Influencing Palladium Nanoparticle Redispersion into Mononuclear Pd(II) Cations in Zeolite Supports
Lardinois, T.; Mandal, K.; Yadav, V.; Wijerathne, A.; Bolton, B.; Lippie, H.; Li, C. W.; Paolucci, C.*; Gounder, R.*  J. Phys. Chem. C  2022, 126, 8337-8353. 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c01613

 

11.  Surface-Limited Galvanic Replacement Reactions of Pd, Pt, and Au onto Ag Core Nanoparticles through Redox Potential Tuning
Yadav, V.; Jeong, S.; Ye, X.; Li, C. W.*  Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 1987-1904. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04176

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10.  Controlling the Co-S Coordination Environment in Co-Doped WS 2 Nanosheets for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction
 Hong, W. †; Meza, E. †; Li, C. W.* J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 19865-19873. 10.1039/D1TA02468J   †Equal Contribution
 Invited Article: Emerging Investigators 2021

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9.  Heterogeneous Hydroxyl-Directed Hydrogenation: Control of Diastereoselectivity through Bimetallic Surface Composition
Shumski, A. J.; Swann, W. A.; Escorcia, N. J.; Li, C. W.*   ACS Catalysis  2021, 11, 6128-6134. 10.1021/acscatal.1c01434

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8.  Influence of the Defect Stability on n-Type Conductivity in Electron-Doped α- and β-Co(OH) 2 Nanosheets
Martinez, E. Y.; Zhu, K.; Li, C. W.*   Inorganic Chemistry  2021, 60, 6950-6956.  10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00455
Invited Article: Heterogeneous Interfaces through the Lens of Inorganic Chemistry

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7.   Modulating the Structure and Hydrogen Evolution Reactivity of Metal Chalcogenide Complexes through Ligand Exchange onto Colloidal Au Nanoparticles
Yadav, V.; Lowe, J. S.; Shumski, A. J.; Liu, E. Z.; Greeley, J.;  Li, C. W.*  ACS Catalysis  2020, 10, 13305-13313. DOI:  10.1021/acscatal.0c02895

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6.   Reversible Electron Doping of Layered Metal Hydroxide Nanoplates (M = Co, Ni) Using n-Butyllithium
Martinez, E. Y.; Zhu, K.; Li, C. W.*  Nano Lett.  2020, 20, 7580-7587. DOI:  10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03092

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5.  Colloidal Synthesis of Well-Defined Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Nonoxidative Alkane Dehydrogenation
Escorcia, N. J.; LiBretto, N. J.; Miller, J. T.; Li, C. W.*  ACS Catalysis  2020, 17, 9813-9823. DOI:  10.1021/acscatal.0c01554

 

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4.  Solution-Phase Activation and Functionalization of Colloidal WS 2 Nanosheets with Ni Single Atoms
Meza, E.; Diaz, R. E.; Li, C. W.*  ACS Nano  2020, 14, 2238-2247. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b09245

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3.    Microstructural Evolution of Au@Pt Core-shell Nanoparticles under Electrochemical Polarization
Hong, W.; Li, C. W.*  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces  2019, 11, 30977-30986 . DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10158

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2.    Surface functionalization of Pt nanoparticles with metal chlorides for bifunctional CO oxidation
Martinez, E. Y.; Li, C. W.*   Polyhedron 2019,  170, 239-244 . DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2019.05.048
Invited Article: Women with MOxy: Metal Oxide Chemistry from Female Investigators

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1.    Systematic Control of Redox Properties and Oxygen Reduction Reactivity through Colloidal Ligand-Exchange Deposition of Pd on Au
Huang, X.; Shumski, A. J.; Zhang, X.; Li, C. W.*   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018,  140, 28, 8918-8923 . DOI:  10.1021/jacs.8b04967

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Prior to Purdue

5.   Probing the Active Surface Sites for CO Reduction on Oxide-derived Copper Electrocatalysts
Li, C. W.; Verdaguer-Casadevall, A.; Johansson, T. P.; Scott, S. B.; McKeown, J. T.; Kumar, M.; Stephens, I. E. L.; Kanan, M. W.; Chorkendorff, I.   J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2015, 137, 9808-9811.

4.   Electroreduction of carbon monoxide to liquid fuel on oxide-derived nanocrystalline copper
Li, C. W.; Ciston, J.; Kanan, M. W.  Nature  2014, 508, 504-507.

3.   Aqueous CO 2 Reduction at Very Low Overpotential on Oxide-derived Au Nanoparticles
Chen, Y.; Li, C. W.; Kanan, M. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2012, 134, 19969-19972.

2.   CO 2 Reduction at Low Overpotential on Cu Electrodes Resulting from the Reduction of Thick Cu 2O Films
Li, C. W.; Kanan, M. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2012, 134, 7231-7234.

1.   Finite-Size Effects in O and CO Adsorption for the Late Transition Metals
Peterson, A. A.; Grabow, L. C.; Brennan, T. P.; Shong, B.; Ooi, C.; Wu, D. M.; Li, C. W.; Kushwaha, A.; Medford, A.; Mbuga, F.; Li, L.; Norskov, J. Topics in Catalysis  2012, 1-7.