2021

Zhixue Zhang,† Miao Xie,† Zhaojun Liu, Yiming Lu, Shumeng Zhang, Moxuan Liu, Kai Liu, Tao Cheng* and Chuanbo Gao*, Ultrathin Pt-Cu-Ni ternary alloy nanowires with multimetallic interplay for boosted methanol oxidation activity, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021,  4, 7, 6824-6832. Fulltext

Moxuan Liu^†, Miao Xie^†, Yilan Jiang, Zhaojun Liu, Yiming Lu, Shumeng Zhang, Zhixue Zhang, Xiaoxiao Wang, Kai Liu, Qing Zhang, Tao Cheng*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Core-shell nanoparticle with tensile strain enables highly efficient electrochemical ethanol oxidation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 15373-15380. Fulltext

Shumeng Zhang, Kai Liu, Zhaojun Liu, Moxuan Liu, Zhixue Zhang, Zhun Qiao, Liang Ming, and Chuanbo Gao*, Highly strained Au-Ag-Pd alloy nanowires for boosted electrooxidation of biomass-derived alcohols, Nano Letters, 2021, 21, 2, 1074–1082. Fulltext

2020

Moxuan Liu, Shumeng Zhang, Zhixue Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Kai Liu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Sulfite modification of platinum nanoparticles modulates electrocatalytic formic acid oxidation activity, Green Chemistry, 2020, 22, 5838-5844. Fulltext

2019

Qi-Kui Fan, Ting-Zhuo Liu, Hou-Shen Li, Shu-Meng Zhang, Kai Liu, and Chuan-Bo Gao*, Gold/oxide heterostructured nanoparticles for enhanced SERS sensitivity and reproducibility, Rare Metals, 2020, 39, 834–840. Fulltext Invited Contribution

Dawei Ding, Kai Liu, Qikui Fan, Bitao Dong, Yang Zhang, Yadong Yin, Chuanbo Gao*, and Shujiang Ding*, Nickel nanoparticles individually encapsulated in densified ceramic shells for thermally stable solar energy absorption, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 3039-3045.  Front Cover Paper  Fulltext

2018

Hongpo Liu, Kai Liu, Ping Zhong, Jing Qi, Jihong Bian, Qikui Fan, Kui Ren, Haoquan Zheng, Lu Han, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Ultrathin Pt-Ag alloy nanotubes with regular nanopores for enhanced electrocatalytic activity, Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30, 7744-7751.  Fulltext

Kai Liu, Hongpo Liu, Qikui Fan, Shumeng Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Lu Han, Houshen Li, and Chuanbo Gao*, Solid-to-hollow conversion of silver nanocrystals by surface-protected etching, Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018, 24, 19038-19044.  Hot Paper  Fulltext

Shumeng Zhang, Lei Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Moxuan Liu, Qikui Fan, Kai Liu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Robust synthesis of ultrathin Au-Ag nanowires as a high-surface-area, synergistic substrate for constructing efficient Pt-based catalysts, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 22161-22169. Emerging Investigators Themed Issue  Fulltext

Qikui Fan, Kai Liu, Ji Feng, Fumin Wang, Zhaojun Liu, Moxuan Liu, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Building high-density Au-Ag islands on Au nanocrystals by partial surface passivation, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1803199.  Fulltext   XJTU News   8月22日第三版（中国科技网报道地方要闻）

Zhaojun Liu, Jing Qi, Moxuan Liu, Shumeng Zhang, Qikui Fan, Hongpo Liu, Kai Liu, Haoquan Zheng, Yadong Yin*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Aqueous synthesis of ultrathin platinum/non-noble metal alloy nanowires for enhanced hydrogen evolution activity, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 11678-11682. Fulltext  材料人导读  研之成理   XJTU News   8月10日第四版（中国科技网科技新闻 地方要闻）

Juan Ge^†, Kai Liu^†, Wen Niu, Mi Chen, Min Wang, Yumeng Xue, Chuanbo Gao, Peter X. Ma,  Bo Lei*, Gold and gold-silver alloy nanoparticles enhance the myogenic differentiation of myoblasts through p38 MAPK signaling pathway and promote in vivo skeletal muscle regeneration, Biomaterials, 2018, 175, 19-29. Fulltext

Shumeng Zhang†, Lei Zhang†, Kai Liu, Moxuan Liu, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Digestive ripening in the formation of monodisperse silver nanospheres, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2018, 2, 1328-1333.   Materials Chemistry Frontiers HOT articles for 2018 Fulltext

Hongpo Liu, Ping Zhong, Kai Liu, Lu Han, Haoquan Zheng, Yadong Yin*, and Chuanbo Gao*,Synthesis of ultrathin platinum nanoplates for enhanced oxygen reduction activity, Chemical Science, 2018, 9, 398-404. Fulltext  Most popular 2018-2019 energy articles 

 Most Impactful Nanoscience Articles

2017

Qikui Fan, Kai Liu, Zhaojun Liu, Hongpo Liu, Lei Zhang, Ping Zhong, and Chuanbo Gao*, A ligand-exchange route to noble metal nanocrystals with a clean surface for enhanced optical and catalytic properties,Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2017, 34,1700075. Invited Contribution  Inside Front Cover Paper    Fulltext   Advanced Science News

2016

Kai Liu, Yaocai Bai, Lei Zhang, Zhongbo Yang, Qikui Fan, Haoquan Zheng, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Porous Au-Ag nanospheres with high-density and highly accessible hotspots for SERS analysis, Nano Letters 2016, 16, 3675–3681.  Fulltext   XJTU News    SPIE Newsroom Report   X-MOL News  ESI hot paper & highly cited paper

2015 

Lei Zhang, Tingzhuo Liu, Kai Liu, Lu Han, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Gold nanoframes by nonepitaxial growth of Au on AgI nanocrystals for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Nano Letters 2015, 15, 4448–4454. Fulltext  XJTU News   X-MOL News

2014

Dawei Ding, Kai Liu, Shengnan He, Chuanbo Gao*, and Yadong Yin*, Ligand-exchange assisted formation of Au/TiO₂ Schottky contact for visible-light photocatalysis, Nano Letters 2014, 14, 6731-6736. Fulltext XJTU News ESI highly cited paper  

Tingting Zhang, Hongyu Zhao, Shengnan He, Kai Liu, Hongyang Liu*, Yadong Yin*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Unconventional route to encapsulated ultrasmall gold nanoparticles for high-temperature catalysis, ACS Nano 2014, 8, 7297-7304. Fulltext XJTU News