Representative papers

1. Jian Peng, Bili Chen, Zhichang Wang, Jing Guo, Binghui Wu, Shuqiang Hao, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Qin Zhou, Zhi Liu, Shuqin Hong, Sifan You, Ang Fu, Zaifa Shi, Hao Xie, Duanyun Cao, Chang-Jian Lin, Gang Fu*, Lan-Sun Zheng, Ying Jiang*, Nanfeng Zheng*. "Surface coordination layer passivates oxidation of copper"  Nature 2020, 586, 390-394.>>Fulltext link

   

2. Pengxin Liu, Yun Zhao, Ruixuan Qin, Shiguang Mo, Guangxu Chen, Lin Gu, Daniel M. Chevrier, Peng Zhang, Qing Guo, Dandan Zang, Binghui Wu, Gang Fu*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Photochemical route for synthesizing atomically dispersed palladium catalysts", Science 2016, 352, 797-801.>>Fulltext link

   
   

3. Guangxu Chen, Yun Zhao, Gang Fu*, Paul N. Duchesne, Lin Gu*, Yanping Zheng, Xuefei Weng, Mingshu Chen, Peng Zhang, Chih-Wen Pao, Jyh-Fu Lee, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Interfacial Effects in Iron-Nickel Hydroxide Platinum Nanoparticles Enhance Catalytic Oxidation", Science 2014, 344, 495-499. >>Fulltext link

   
   

4. Pengpeng Ruan, Bili Chen, Qin Zhou, Hansong Zhang, Yahao Wang, Kunlong Liu, Wenting Zhou, Ruixuan Qin, Zhi Liu, Gang Fu*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Upgrading heterogeneous nickel catalysts with thiol modification", The Innovation 2022, 4, 100362.>>Fulltext link

   

5. Hui Shen, Qingyuan Wu, Sami Malola, Ying-Zi Han, Zhen Xu, Ruixuan Qin, Xiongkai Tang, Yang-Bo Chen, Boon K. Teo, Hannu Häkkinen*, Nanfeng Zheng*, “N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Gold Nanoclusters with Organometallic Motifs for Promoting Catalysis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 10844–10853.>>Fulltext link

   

6. Kunlong Liu, Lizhi Jiang, Wugen Huang, Guozhen Zhu, Yue-Jiao Zhang, Chaofa Xu, Ruixuan Qin, Pengxin Liu, Chengyi Hu, Jingjuan Wang, Jian-Feng Li, Fan Yang*, Gang Fu*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Atomic overlayer of permeable microporous cuprous oxide on palladium promotes hydrogenation catalysis", Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 2597.>>Fulltext link

   

7. Hui Shen, Qingyuan Wu, Maryam SabooniAsre Hazer, Xiongkai Tang, Ying-Zi Han, Ruixuan Qin, Chuxin Ma, Sami Malola, Boon K.Teo, Hannu Häkkinen*, Nanfeng Zheng*, “Regioselective hydrogenation of alkenes over atomically dispersed Pd sites on NHC-stabilized bimetallic nanoclusters”, Chem 2022, 8, 2380-2392.>>Fulltext link

   

8. Kunlong Liu, Ruixuan Qin, Nanfeng Zheng*, “Insights into the Interfacial Effects in Heterogeneous Metal Nanocatalysts toward Selective Hydrogenation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 4483-4499. >>Fulltext link

   

9. Hui Shen, Zhen Xu, Maryam Sabooni Asre Hazer, Qingyuan Wu, Jian Peng, Ruixuan Qin, Sam Malola, Boon K. Teo*, Hannu Häkkinen, Nanfeng Zheng*, ”Surface Coordination of Multiple Ligands Endows N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Gold Nanoclusters with High Robustness and Surface Reactivity”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 3752-3758. >>Fulltext link
   

   

10. Yu Wang, Ruixuan Qin, Yongke Wang, Juan Ren, Wenting Zhou, Laiyang Li, Jiang Ming, Wuyong Zhang, Gang Fu*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroaromatics at the nanoscale Fe(III)-OH-Pt interface", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12736-12740. >>Fulltext Link
    

    

11. Lizhi Jiang, Kunlong Liu, Sung-Fu Hung, Lingyun Zhou, Ruixuan Qin, Qinghua Zhang, Pengxin Liu, Lin Gu, Hao Ming Chen, Gang Fu*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Facet engineering accelerates spillover hydrogenation on highly diluted metal nanocatalysts", Nat. Nanotechnol. 2020, 15, 848–853.>>Fulltext link

    

12. Ruixuan Qin, Lingyun Zhou, Pengxin Liu, Yue Gong, Kunlong Liu, Chaofa Xu, Yun Zhao, Lin Gu, Gang Fu*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Alkali ions secure hydrides for catalytic hydrogenation", Nat. Catal. 2020, 3, 703–709.>>Fulltext link

    

13. Kunlong Liu, Ruixuan Qin, Lingyun Zhou, Pengxin Liu, Qinghua Zhang, Wentong Jing, Pengpeng Ruan, Lin Gu, Gang Fu*, Nanfeng Zheng*, “Cu₂O-supported atomically dispersed Pd catalysts for semihydrogenation of terminal alkynes: critical role of oxide supports”, CCS Chem. 2019, 1, 207-214. >>Fulltext link

    

14. Chaofa Xu, Guangxu Chen, Yun Zhao, Pengxin Liu, Xinping Duan, Lin Gu, Gang Fu*, Youzhu Yuan*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Interfacing with silica boosts the catalysis of copper", Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 3367.>>Fulltext link

    

15. Pengxin Liu, Ruixuan Qin, Gang Fu*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Surface Coordination Chemistry of Metal Nanomaterials", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 2122-2131.>>Fulltext link
    

    
    

16. Guangxu Chen, Chaofa Xu, Xiaoqing Huang, Jinyu Ye, Lin Gu, Gang Li, Zichao Tang, Binghui Wu, Huayan Yang, Zipeng Zhao, Zhiyou Zhou, Gang Fu*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Interfacial Electronic Effects Control the Reaction Selectivity of Platinum Catalysts", Nat. Mater. 2016, 15, 564-569.>>Fulltext link

    
    

17. Huayan Yang, Yu Wang, Huaqi Huang, Lars Gell, Lauri Lehtovaara, Sami Malola, Hannu Häkkinen*, Nanfeng Zheng*, "All-thiol-stabilized Ag₄₄ and Au₁₂Ag₃₂ nanoparticles with single-crystal structures", Nat. Commun. 2013, 4, 2422.>>Fulltext link

    

18. Binghui Wu, Huaqi Huang, Jing Yang, Nanfeng Zheng*, Gang Fu*, "Selective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes catalyzed by amine-capped platinum-cobalt nanocrystals", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 3440-3443.>>Fulltext link

    

19. Xiaoqing Huang, Shaoheng Tang, Xiaoliang Mu, Yan Dai, Guangxu Chen, Zhiyou Zhou, Fangxiong Ruan, Zhilin Yang, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Freestanding palladium nanosheets with plasmonic and catalytic properties", Nat. Nanotechnol. 2011, 6, 28-32.>>Fulltext link

    

20. Xiaoqing Huang, Zipeng Zhao, Jingmin Fan, Yueming Tan, Nanfeng Zheng*, "Amine-Assisted Synthesis of Concave Polyhedral Platinum Nanocrystals Having {411} High-Index Facets", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4718-4721.>>Fulltext link