Selected Publications

Selected Publication List (in reverse chronological order):
(Full list can be found from Google Scholar)

(co-first author: # corresponding author: *)

2026

  • Q. Luo, H. L. Wong, M. B. Muljadi, Y. Guo, H. L. Chao, B. Verminshu, Y. Chen, J. Wang, C. H. J. Choi, Self-therapeutic Noble Metal Nanoparticles: Promise and Considerations for Clinical Translation, ACS Nano Medicine, 2026, accepted.
  • Y. Wu, P. Han, L. Zheng, C. Ma, L. Xu, Y. Chen*, Z. Ke*, Dimensional Reduction and Electronic Modulation of 3D MOFs to Ultrathin 2D MOF Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution. SusMat, 2026, accepted, DOI: 10.1002/sus2.70100.
  • L. Xu#, C. Luan#, M. Sun#, W. Chen, X. Liu, C. Ma, L. Zheng, G. Wang, P. Han, P. Gu, X. Wang, C. Shu, C. Lyu, Z. Zhang, N. Yang, H. He, X. Li, D. Su, B. Huang*, W. Zhang*, Y. Chen*, General Synthesis of Amorphous Pd-based Nanoparticles towards Highly Efficient Nitrate-to-ammonia Electrocatalysis, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2026, e76745. Link
  • Y. Chen*, Z. Fan*, J. Ge*, Q. He*, Z. Lai*, J. Liu*, C. Tan*, H. Zhang*, Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials (PEN): Evolution, Current Challenges, and Future Opportunities. Adv. Mater. 2026, e73260. 
  • P. Han#, X. Xu#, W. Chen, L. Zheng, C. Ma, L. Xu, G. Wang, P. Gu, W. Wang, Q. He, Z. Zeng, J. Wang, C. Ling*, Z. Gu*, Y. Chen*, Boron-Insertion-Induced Lattice Engineering of Rh Nanocrystals towards Enhanced Electrocatalytic Conversion of Nitric Oxide to Ammonia. Nano-Micro Lett. 2026, 18, 74. Link

2025

  • L. Zheng#, Y. Zhang#, W. Chen#, X. Xu#, R. Zhang, X. Ren*, X. Liu, W. Wang, J. Qi, G. Wang, C. Ma, L. Xu, P. Han, Q. He, D. Ma, J. Wang, C. Ling*, D. Su*, M. Shao*, Y. Chen*, Carbon-Extraction-Triggered Phase Engineering of Rhodium Nanomaterials for Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202500985. Link
  • X. Wang#, C. Shu#, G, Wang, Han, Peng, L. Zheng, L. Xu, Y. Chen*, Recent Progress of Noble Metal-based Nanozymes: Structure Engineering and Biomedical Applications, Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 10557-10580. Link
  • P. Han, Y. Chen*, Lattice Engineering of High-entropy Alloy Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Applications, Materials Lab, 2025, 2025, 4, 240018. (Back Cover) Link
  • C. Ma#, W. Chen#, Y. Wu#, W. Wang#, L. Xu, C. Chen, L. Zheng, G. Wang, P. Han, P. Gu, X. Wang, Y. Zhu, Z. Zeng, H. He, Q. He,* Z. Ke*, D. Su*, Y. Chen*, Undercoordinated Two-dimensional Pt Nanoring Stabilized on a Ring-on-sheet Nanoheterostructure for Highly Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Nano Letters, 2025, 25, 8, 3212–3220. Link

2024

  • W. Wang, J. Wu, C. Ma, J. Qi, K. Bao, L. Zhai, D.V. Maheswar Repaka, X. Han, C. Ma, Z. Wu, L. Wang, F. Gong, Y. Liu, Y. Chen*, Q. He*, Confined Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Diphosphide Nanosheets via Gas-Solid Transformation, Small, 2024, 2408782.
  • L. Zheng#, Y. Wu#, K. Li, G. Wang, C. Ma, C. Chen, P. Han, Y. Zhu, Z. Ke*, and Y. Chen*, Epitaxial Growth of Unconventional 2H Noble Metal and Crystal Phase-dependent Selectivity of Pt in Hydrogenation Catalysis, ACS Materials Letters, 2024, 6, 4149-4157. (Front Cover) Link
  • Y. Xia, N. Lin, J. Zha, H. Huang, Y. Zhang, H. Liu, J. Tong, S. Xu, P. Yang, H. Wang, L. Zheng, Z. Zhang, Z. Yang, Y. Chen, H. P. Chan, Z. Wang, C. Tan, 2D Reconfigurable Memory Device Enabled by Defect Engineering for Multifunctional Neuromorphic Computing, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2403785.
  • T. Ying, Y. Xiong, H. Peng, R. Yang, L. Mei, Z. Zhang, W. Zheng, R. Yan, Y. Zhang, H. Hu, C. Ma, Y. Chen, X. Xu, J. Yang, D. Voiry, C. Y. Tang, J. Fan, Z. Zeng, Achieving Exceptional Volumetric Desalination Capacity Using Compact MoS2 Nanolaminates, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2403385.
  • J. Qi, Y. Dai, C. Ma, C. Ke, W. Wang, Z. Wu, X. Wang, K. Bao, Y. Xu, H. Huang, L. Wang, J. Wu, G. Luo, Y. Chen, Z. Lin, Q. He, Surfactant-Free Ultrasonication-Assisted Synthesis of 2d Tellurium Based on Metastable 1T’-MoTe2, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2306962.
  • L. Zheng#, L. Xu#, P. Gu#, and Y. Chen*, Lattice engineering of noble metal-based nanomaterials via metal-nonmetal interactions for catalytic applications, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 7841. Link

2023

  • Q. Yun, Y. Ge, Z. Shi, J. Liu, X. Wang, A. Zhang, B. Huang, Y. Yao, Q. Luo, L. Zhai, J. Ge, Y. Peng, C. Gong, M. Zhao, Y. Qin, C. Ma, G. Wang, Q. Wa, X. Zhou, Z. Li, S. Li, W. Zhai, H. Yang, Y. Ren, Y. Wang, L. Li, X. Ruan, Y. Wu, B. Chen, Q. Lu, Z. Lai, Q. He, X. Huang,* Y. Chen,* H. Zhang* Recent Progress on Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials, Chemical Reviews, 2023, 123, 13489. Link
  • W. Wang, Y. Song, C. Ke, Y. Li, Y. Liu, C. Ma, Z. Wu, J. Qi, K. Bao, L. Wang, J. Wu, S. Jiang, J. Zhao, C. Lee, Y. Chen, G. Luo, Q. He, R. Ye, Filling the Gap between Heteroatom Doping and Edge Enrichment of 2D Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution, ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 1287-1297.

2022

  • J. Yin, J. Zhou, Y. Wang, Y. Ma, X. Zhou, G. Wang, Y. Yang, P. Lu, J. Yu, Y. Chen, Y. Yuan, C. Ye, S. Xi, Z. Fan, Controlled Synthesis of 2D Prussian Blue Analog Nanosheets with Low Coordinated Water Content for High-Performance Lithium Storage, Small Methods, 2022, 6, 2201107.
  • Y. Zhai#, P. Han#, Q. Yun, Y. Ge, X. Zhang*, Y. Chen*, H. Zhang*, Phase engineering of metal nanocatalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction, eScience, 2022, 2, 467-485. Link
  • W. Wang, J. Qi, L. Zhai, C. Ma, C. Ke, W. Zhai, Z. Wu, K. Bao, Y. Yao, S. Li, B. Chen, D. V. M. Repaka, X. Zhang, R. Ye, Z. Lai, G. Luo, Y. Chen, Q. He, Preparation of 2D Molybdenum Phosphide via Surface-Confined Atomic Substitution, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2203220.
  • L. Pan, L. Zheng, Y. Chen, Z. Ke,* Y. Yeung*, A Mechanochemical, Catalyst-Free Cascade Synthesis of 1,3-Diols and 1,4-Iodoalcohols Using Styrenes and Hypervalent Iodine Reagents, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, e202207926.
  • Y. Wang, J. Zhou, C. Lin, B. Chen, Z. Guan, A. M. Ebrahim, G. Qian, C. Ye, L. Chen, Y. Ge, Q. Yun, X. Wang, X. Zhou, G. Wang, K. Li, P. Lu, Y. Ma, Y. Xiong, T. Wang, L. Zheng, S. Chu, Y. Chen, B. Wang, C.-S. Lee, Y. Liu, Q. Zhang, Z. Fan, Decreasing the Overpotential of Aprotic Li-CO2 Batteries with the In-Plane Alloy Structure in Ultrathin 2D Ru-Based Nanosheets, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32, 2202737.
  • C. Xie, W. Niu, P. Li, Y. Ge, J. Liu, Z. Fan, X. Liu, Y. Chen, M. Zhou, Z. Li, M. Ma, Y. Yue, J. Wang, L. Zhu, K. Luo, Y. Zhang, Y. Wu, L. Wang, B. Xu, H. Zhang, Z. Zhao, Y. Tian, Hard nanocrystalline gold materials prepared via high-pressure phase transformation, Nano Research, 2022, 15, 6678–6685.
  • Y. Ma, J. Yu, M. Sun, B. Chen, X. Zhou, C. Ye, Z. Guan, W. Guo, G. Wang, S. Lu, D. Xia, Y. Wang, Z. He, L. Zheng, Q. Yun, L. Wang, J. Zhou, P. Lu, J. Yin, Y. Zhao, Z. Luo, L. Zhai, L. Liao, Z. Zhu, R. Ye, Y. Chen, Y. Lu, S. Xi, B. Huang, C. Lee, Z. Fan, Confined growth of silver‐copper Janus nanostructures with {100} facets for highly selective tandem electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction, Advanced Materials, 2022, 2110607.
  • A. Kismarahardja, Z. Wang, D. Li, L. Wang, L. Fu, Y. Chen, Z. Fan, Y. Chen, X. Han, H. Zhang, X. Liao, Deformation-Induced Phase Transformations in Gold Nanoribbons with the 4H Phase, ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 3272–3279.
  • J. Wang, J. Yu, M. Sun, L. Liao, Q. Zhang, L. Zhai, X. Zhou, L. Li, G. Wang, F. Meng, D. Shen, Z. Li, H. Bao, Y. Wang, J. Zhou, Y. Chen, W. Niu, B. Huang, L. Gu, C. Lee, Z. Fan, Surface Molecular Functionalization of Unusual Phase Metal Nanomaterials for Highly Efficient Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction under Industry‐Relevant Current Density, Small, 2022, 18, 2106766.
  • X. Zhou, Y. Ma, Y. Ge, S. Zhu, Y. Cui, B. Chen, L. Liao, Q. Yun, Z. He, H. Long, L. Li, B. Huang, Q. Luo, L. Zhai, X. Wang, L. Bai, G. Wang, Z. Guan, Y. Chen, C. Lee, J. Wang, C. Ling, M. Shao, Z. Fan, H. Zhang, Preparation of Au@Pd Core–Shell Nanorods with fcc-2H-fcc Heterophase for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidation, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 547.
  • C. Ma#, L. Zheng#, G. Wang#, J. Guo#, L. Li, Y. Chen*, H. Zhang*, Phase engineering of metal-organic frameworks, Aggregate, 2022, 3, e145. Link

2021

  • G. Wang#, C. Ma#, L. Zheng#, Y. Chen*. Colloidal Synthesis of Au Nanomaterials with Controlled Morphology and Crystal Phase via the [Au(I)-oleylamine] Complex, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 19534-19553. Link
  • Y. Ge, X. Wang, B. Chen, Z. Huang, Z. Shi, B. Huang, J. Liu, G. Wang, Y. Chen, L. Li, S. Lu, Q. Luo, Q. Yun, H. Zhang*, Preparation of fcc-2H-fcc Heterophase Pd@Ir Nanostructures for High-performance Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution, Advanced Materials, 2021, e2107399.
  • Y. Ge, X. Wang B. Huang, Z. Huang, B. Chen, C. Ling, J. Liu, G. Liu, J. Zhang, G. Wang, Y. Chen, L. Li, L. Liao, L. Wang, Q. Yun, Z. Lai, S. Lu, Q. Luo, J. Wang, Z. Zheng, H. Zhang*, Seeded Synthesis of Unconventional 2H-Phase Pd Alloy Nanomaterials for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021. 143, 17292.
  • Z. Lai, Q. He, T. Tran, M. Repaka, D. Zhou, Y. Sun, S. Xi, Y. Li, A. Chaturvedi, C. Tan, B. Chen, G. Nam, B. Li, C. Ling, W. Zhai, Z. Shi, D. Hu, V. Sharma, Z. Hu, Y. Chen, Z. Zhang, Y. Yu, X. R. Wang, R. V. Ramanujan, Y. Ma, K. Hippalgaonkar*, H. Zhang*, Metastable 1T’-phase group VI transition metal dichalcogenide crystals. Nature Materials, 2021, 20, 1113–1120.
  • J. Ge#, P. Yin#, Y. Chen#, H. Cheng, J. Liu, B. Chen, C. Tan, P. Yin, H. Zheng, Q. Li, S. Chen, W. Xu, X. Wang, G. Wu, R. Sun, X. Shan, X. Hong, H. Zhang*, Ultrathin amorphous/crystalline heterophase Rh and Rh alloy nanosheets as tandem catalysts for direct indole synthesis, Advanced Materials, 2021, 2006711. Link
  • H. Cheng, N. Yang, X. Liu, Y. Guo, B. Liu, J. Yang, Y. Chen, B. Chen, Z. Fan, Q. Lu, S. Yuan, J. Wang*, L. Gu*, H. Zhang*, Quasi-epitaxial growth of magnetic nanostructures on 4H-Au nanoribbons, Advanced Materials, 2021, 2007140.

Before 2020

  • Z. Fan#, M. Bosman#, Z. Huang#, Y. Chen#, C. Ling, L. Wu, Y. Akimov, R. Laskowski, B. Chen, P. Ercius, J. Zhang, X. Qi, M. Goh, Y. Ge, Z. Zhang, W. Niu, J. Wang, H. Zheng*, H. Zhang*, Heterophase fcc-2H-fcc gold nanorods. Nature Communications, 2020. 11, 3293. Link
  • Y. Chen, J. Wang, Z. Fan, C. Ling, W. Niu, Z. Huang, G. Liu, B. Chen, Z. Lai, X. Liu, B. Li, Y. Zong, L. Gu, J. Wang*, X. Wang*, H. Zhang*, Ethylene selectivity in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on Cu nanomaterials: a crystal phase-dependent study. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 12760-12766. Link
  • Y. Chen, Z. Lai, X. Zhang, Z. Fan, Q. He, C. Tan, H. Zhang*, Phase engineering of nanomaterials. Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020, 4, 243-256. Link 
  • Y. Chen, Z. Fan, Z. Zhang, W. Niu, C. Li, N. Yang, B. Chen, H. Zhang*, Two-dimensional metal nanomaterials: synthesis, properties, and applications. Chemical Reviews, 2018, 118, 6409-6455. Link
  • Z. Fan, X. Huang, Y. Chen, W. Huang, H. Zhang*, Facile synthesis of gold nanomaterials with unusual crystal structures. Nature Protocols, 2017, 12, 2367-2378.
  • Y. Chen, Z. Fan, Z. Luo, X. Liu, Z. Lai, B. Li, Y. Zong, L. Gu, H. Zhang*, High-yield synthesis of crystal-phase-heterostructured 4H/fcc Au@Pd core-shell nanorods for electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation. Advanced Materials, 2017, 29, 1701331. Link
  • Z. Fan#, Y. Chen#, Y. Zhu, J. Wang, B. Li, Y. Zong, H. Zhang*, Epitaxial growth of unusual 4H hexagonal Ir, Rh, Os, Ru and Cu nanostructures on 4H Au nanoribbons. Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 795-799.
  • Z. Lai#, Y. Chen#, C. Tan, X. Zhang, H. Zhang*, Self-assembly of two-dimensional nanosheets into one-dimensional nanostructures. Chem, 2016, 1, 59-77.
  • B. Li#, Y. Chen#, X. Ge, J. Chai, X. Zhang, T. Hor, G. Du, Z. Liu*, H. Zhang*, Mussel-inspired one-pot synthesis of transition metal and nitrogen Co-doped carbon (M/N–C) as efficient oxygen catalysts for Zn-air batteries, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 5067-5075.