Combining surface-accessible Ag and Au colloidal nanomaterials with SERS for in situ analysis of molecule–metal interactions in complex solution environments

C Li, Y Zhang, Z Ye, SEJ Bell, Y Xu - Nature Protocols, 2023‏ - nature.com
The interactions between molecules and noble metal nanosurfaces play a central role in
many areas of nanotechnology. The surface chemistry of noble metal surfaces under ideal …

[HTML][HTML] Transition metal impurities in carbon-based materials: Pitfalls, artifacts and deleterious effects

W Kiciński, S Dyjak - Carbon, 2020‏ - Elsevier
From carbides in steel to cobalt–carbon covalent bonds in vitamin B 12, transition metal (TM)–
carbon interactions play a critical role in so many aspects of human life that we rarely realize …

Defect chemistry in heterogeneous catalysis: recognition, understanding, and utilization

C **e, D Yan, H Li, S Du, W Chen, Y Wang, Y Zou… - Acs …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis plays an important role in modern industry. Exploring catalysts with
high efficiency, low-cost, and high stability is an important issue for the research of …

Nature of intrinsic defects in carbon materials for electrochemical dechlorination of 1, 2-dichloroethane to ethylene

G Gan, S Fan, X Li, J Wang, C Bai, X Guo, M Tade… - ACS …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Carbon materials have been recognized as prospective catalysts for the electrocatalytic 1, 2-
dichloroethane (DCE) dechlorination reaction (DCEDR), which is an economical and …

Introduction, production, characterization and applications of defects in graphene

W Ahmad, Z Ullah, NI Sonil, K Khan - Journal of Materials Science …, 2021‏ - Springer
The successful preparation of graphene in research laboratory has brought a revolutionary
progress in almost all the research fields including physical, chemical and biological …

On‐Surface Synthesis of Non‐Benzenoid Nanographenes Embedding Azulene and Stone‐Wales Topologies

K Biswas, Q Chen, S Obermann, J Ma… - Angewandte …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The incorporation of non‐benzenoid motifs in graphene nanostructures significantly impacts
their properties, making them attractive for applications in carbon‐based electronics …

Topological stone–wales defects enhance bonding and electronic coupling at the graphene/metal interface

BP Klein, A Ihle, SR Kachel, L Ruppenthal, SJ Hall… - ACS …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Defects play a critical role for the functionality and performance of materials, but the
understanding of the related effects is often lacking, because the typically low concentrations …

On-surface synthesis of unsaturated carbon nanostructures with regularly fused pentagon–heptagon pairs

ICY Hou, Q Sun, K Eimre… - Journal of the …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Multiple fused pentagon–heptagon pairs are frequently found as defects at the grain
boundaries of the hexagonal graphene lattice and are suggested to have a fundamental …

Intrinsic carbon structural imperfections for enhancing energy conversion electrocatalysts

K Guo, N Li, L Bao, P Zhang, X Lu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts have been placed with great expectations since
their very first emergence. As a promising alternative to the noble metal-based counterparts …

Heptacyclic aromatic hydrocarbon isomers with two azulene units fused

J Guo, F Du, B Yu, P Du, H Li, J Zhang, H **n - Chemical Science, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Azulene, known for its unique electronic properties and structural asymmetry, serves as a
promising building block for the design of novel non-benzenoid polycyclic aromatic …