Publications
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Optical sequencing of single synthetic polymers
Ye, R.; # Sun, X.; # Mao, X.; # Alfonso, F.A.; Baral, S.; Liu, C.; Coates, G.W.; Chen, P.
Nat. Chem., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01363-2; SharedIt link
News highlights:
“Flashy molecules decode a polymer’s lengthening chain,” Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03497-2 (2023)
“Tracking polymerization with laser focus,” Chem. Eng. News. November 22, 2023
“Cornell chemists image basic blocks of synthetic polymers,” Cornell Chronicle, November 9, 2023
Molecular-scale Insights into Cooperativity Switching of xTAB Adsorption on Gold Nanoparticles
Xu, L.; # Ye, R.; # Mavrikakis, M.; Chen., P.
ACS Central Science, accepted on 11/27/2023
Nanoscale cooperative adsorption for materials control
Ye, R.; # Zhao, M.; # Mao, X.; Wang, Z.; Garzón, D.A.; Pu, H.; Zhao, Z.; Chen, P.
Highlighted in "The many facets of cooperativity”, Nat. Rev. Mater. ", Nat. Commun. Editors’ Highlights in Materials Science and Chemistry, US Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs, and Cornell Chronicle.
Analogy between Enzyme and Nanoparticle Catalysis: A Single-Molecule Perspective
Ye, R.; # Mao, X.; # Sun, X.; Chen, P.
A Supported Au Nanoparticles with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands as Active and Stable Heterogeneous Catalysts for Lactonization
Ye, R.; # Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; # Kazantsev, R.; Fakra, S.; Wickemeyer, B.; Toste, F. D.; Somorjai, G.
Integration of Homogeneous, Heterogeneous, and Enzyme Catalysts for Optimized Performances
Ye, R.; Zhao, J.; Wickemeyer, B. B.; Toste, F. D.; Somorjai, G. A.
Development and Elucidation of Superior Turnover Rates and Selectivity of Supported Molecular Catalysts
Ye, R.; # Liu, W.-C.; # Han, H.-L.; # Somorjai, G. A.
Supported Iron Catalysts for Michael Addition Reactions
Ye, R.; # Faucher, F. F.; # Somorjai, G. A.
Surface Science Approach to the Molecular Level Integration of the Principles in Heterogeneous, Homogeneous, and Enzymatic Catalysis
Hurlburt, T. J.; Liu, W.-C.; Ye, R.; Somorjai, G. A.
New Insights into Aldol Reactions of Methyl Isocyanoacetate Catalyzed by Heterogenized Homogeneous Catalysts
Ye, R.;# Zhao, J.;# Yuan, B.;# Liu, W.-C.; De Araujo, J. R.; Faucher, F. F.; Chang, M.; Deraedt, C. V.; Toste, F. D.; Somorjai, G. A.
Supported Dendrimer-encapsulated Metal Clusters: Toward Heterogenizing Homogeneous Catalysts
Ye, R.; Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; Deraedt, C. V.; Toste, F. D.; Somorjai, G. A.
A comparison of photo-catalytic activities and of gold nanoparticles following plasmonic and interband excitation and a strategy for harnessing interband hot carriers for solution phase oxidative photo-catalysis
Zhao, J.; # Nguyen, S.; # Ye, R.; # Ye, B.; # Weller H.; Somorjai, G. A.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Toste. F. D.
Dendrimer-Stabilized Metal Nanoparticles as Efficient Catalysts for Reversible Dehydrogenation/Hydrogenation of N-Heterocycles
Deraedt, C. V.; Ye, R.; Toste, F. D.; Somorjai, G. A.
Spongy Nickel-Organic Photocatalyst for Nearly 100% Selective CO2 to CO Conversion
Niu, K.-Y.; # Xu, Y.; # Wang, H.; # Ye, R.; Xin, H.; Tian, C.; Lin, F.; Lum, Y.; Bustillo, K.; Koper, M. T. M; Doeff, M. M; Ager, J.; Xu, R.; Zheng, H.
Platinum and Other Transition Metal Nanoclusters (Pd, Rh) Stabilized by PAMAM Dendrimer as Excellent Heterogeneous Catalysts: Application To the MethylCycloPentane (MCP) Hydrogenative Isomerisation
Deraedt, C. V.; Melaet, G.; Ralston, W. T.; Ye, R.; Somorjai, G. A.
Metal Nanoparticles Catalyzed Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation in the Liquid Phase
Ye, R.; Yuan, B.; Zhao, J.; Ralston, W. T.; Wu, C.-Y.; Unel Barin, E.; Toste, F. D.; Somorjai, G. A.
Molecular catalysis science: Perspective on unifying the fields of catalysis
Ye, R.; Hurlburt, T. J.; Sabyrov, K.; Alayoglu, S.; Somorjai, G. A.
Tailoring Transition-Metal Hydroxides and Oxides by Photon-Induced Reactions
Niu, K.-Y.;# Fang, L.;# Ye, R.;# Nordlund, D.; Doeff, M. M.; Lin, F.; Zheng, H.
Co–Rh Nanoparticles for the Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide: Catalytic Performance Towards Alcohol Production and Ambient Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study
Liu, W.-C.; Melaet, G.; Ralston, W. T.; Alayoglu, S.; Horowitz, Y.; Ye, R.; Hurlburt, T.; Mao, B.; Crumlin, E.; Salmeron, M.; Somorjai, G. A.
Effect of Acidic Properties of Mesoporous Zeolites Supporting Pt Nanoparticles on Hydrogenative Conversion of Methylcyclopentane
Na, K.; Alayoglu, S.; Ye, R.; Somorjai, G. A.