Curriculum Vitae_Wenxiang Chen
Publications
Peer-reviewed journals
- Chen, X. Zhan, R. Yuan, S. Pidaparthy, A. X. B. Yong, H. An, Z. Tang, K. Yin, A. Patra, H. Jeong, C. Zhang, K. Ta, Z. W. Riedel, R. M. Stephens, D. P. Shoemaker, H. Yang, A. A. Gewirth, P. V. Braun, E. Ertekin, J.-M. Zuo, Q. Chen, “Formation and impact of nanoscopic oriented phase domains in electrochemical crystalline electrodes”, Nat. Mater. 22, 92–99 (2023) Click here for the news report by Illinois News Bureau.
- Lvu, L. Yao, W. Chen, F. C. Kalutantirige, Q. Chen, “Electron microscopy studies of anisotropic soft nanomaterials”, Chem. Rev. accepted (2022)
- Zhou, J. Li, J. Lu, H. Liu, J.-Y. Kim, A. Kim, L. Yao, C. Liu, C. Qian, Z. Hood, X. Lin, W. Chen, T. Gage, I. Arslan, A. Travesset, K. Sun, N. Kotov, Q. Chen, “Chiral assemblies of pinwheel superlattices on substrates”, Nature 612, 259–265 (2022)
- Chen, Z. Tang, Q. Chen, “Engineering particle size for multivalent ion intercalation: implications for ion battery systems”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 5, 5983–5992 (2022)
- Tang, W. Chen, Z. Lyu, Q. Chen, “Size-dependent reaction mechanism of λ-MnO2 particles as cathodes in aqueous zinc-ion batteries”, Energy Mater. Adv. 2022, 9765710 (2022)
- An, J. W. Smith, B. Ji, S. Cotty, S. Zhou, L. Yao, F. C. Kalutantirige, W. Chen, Z. Ou, X. Su, J. Feng, Q. Chen, “Mechanism and performance relevance of nanomorphogenesis in polyamide films revealed by quantitative 3D imaging and machine learning”, Sci. Adv. 8, eabk1888 (2022)
- Yan, G. Kim, R. Yuan, E. Hoenig, F. Shi, W. Chen, Y. Han, Q. Chen, J.-M. Zuo, W. Chen, C. Liu, “The role of solid solutions in iron phosphate-based electrodes for selective electrochemical lithium extraction”, Nat. Commun. 13, 4579 (2022)
- Zhang, X. Zhan, T. Al-Zoubi, Y. Ma, P.-C. Shih, F. Wang, W. Chen, S. Pidaparthy, R. M. Stephens, Q. Chen, J.-M. Zuo, H. Yang, “Electrochemical generation of birnessite MnO2 nanoflowers for intercalation of Mg2+ ions”, Nano Energy 102, 107696 (2022)
- Liu, Z. Ou, F. Guo, B. Luo, W. Chen, L. Qi, Q. Chen, “Colloid-atom duality in the assembly dynamics of concave gold nanoarrows”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.142, 11669–11673 (2020)
- Chen, X. Zhan, B. Luo, Z. Ou, P.-C. Shih, L. Yao, S. Pidaparthy, A. Patra, H. An, P. V. Braun, R. M. Stephens, H. Yang, J.-M. Zuo, Q. Chen, “Effects of particle size on Mg2+ ion intercalation into λ-MnO2 cathode materials”, Nano Lett. 19, 4712–4720 (2019)
- An, J. W. Smith, W. Chen, Z. Ou, Q. Chen, “Charting the quantitative relationship between two-dimensional morphology parameters of polyamide membranes and synthesis conditions”, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 5, 102–109, (2020)
- Song, J. W. Smith, J. Kim, N. J. Zaluzec, W. Chen, H. An, J. M. Dennison, D. G. Cahill, M. A. Kulzick, Q. Chen, “Unraveling the morphology–function relationships of polyamide membranes using quantitative electron tomography”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces11, 8517–8526 (2019)
- Chen, J. Guo, Q. Zhao, P. Gopalan, A. T. Fafarman, A. Keller, M. Zhang, Y. Wu, C. B. Murray, C. R. Kagan, “Designing strong optical absorbers via continuous tuning of interparticle interaction in colloidal gold nanocrystal assemblies”, ACS Nano 13, 7493–7501 (2019)
- Chen, W. Liu, Y. Jiang, M. Zhang, N. Song, N. J. Greybush, J. Guo, A. K. Estep, K. T. Turner, R. Agarwal, C. R. Kagan, “Ultrasensitive, mechanically responsive optical metasurfaces via strain amplification”, ACS Nano 12, 10683–10692 (2018)
- Chen, G. Wu, M. Zhang, N. J. Greybush, J. P. Howard-Jennings, N. Song, F. S. Stinner, S. Yang, C. R. Kagan, “Angle-independent optical moisture sensors based on hydrogel-coated plasmonic lattice arrays”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 1, 1430–1437 (2018)
- Zhang, V. Pacheco-Peña, Y. Yu, W. Chen, N. J. Greybush, A. Stein, N. Engheta, C. B. Murray, C. R. Kagan, “Nanoimprinted chiral plasmonic substrates with three-dimensional nanostructures”, Nano Lett. 18, 7389–7394 (2018)
- Zhang, J. Guo, Y. Yu, Y. Wu, H. Yun, D. Jishkariani, W. Chen, N. J. Greybush, C. Kübel, A. Stein, C. B. Murray, C. R. Kagan, “3D nanofabrication via chemo‐mechanical transformation of nanocrystal/bulk heterostructures”, Adv. Mater. 30, 1800233 (2018)
- Zhao, T. Zhao, J. Guo, W. Chen, M. Zhang, C. R. Kagan, “The effect of dielectric environment on doping efficiency in colloidal PbSe nanostructures”, ACS Nano 12, 1313–1320 (2018)
- Zhang, D. J. Magangnosc, I. Liberal, Y. Yu, H. Yun, H. Yang, Y. Wu, J. Guo, W. Chen, Y. J. Shin, A. Stein, J. M. Kikkawa, N. Engheta, D. S. Gianola, C. B. Murray, C. R. Kagan, “High-strength magnetically-switchable plasmonic nanorods assembled from a binary nanocrystal mixture”, Nat. Nanotechnol. 12, 228–232 (2017)
- Chen, M. Tymchenko, P. Gopalan, X. Ye, Y. Wu, M. Zhang, C. B. Murray, A. Alu, C. R. Kagan, “Large-area nanoimprinted colloidal Au nanocrystal-based nanoantennas for ultrathin polarizing plasmonic metasurfaces”, Nano Lett. 15, 5254–5260 (2015)
- Chen, G. Chen, D. E. Kim, “Two-color field for the generation of an isolated attosecond pulse in water-window region”, Opt. Express 19, 20610–20615 (2011)
Book Chapter (Invited)
- Zhou, W. Chen, Q. Chen, invited (2020), in the book “Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Nanostructures” by World Scientific Publishing Company
Patent
- Ultra-sensitive, mechanically-responsive optical metasurfaces via strain amplification (US 2021/0088392 A1, awarded 03/25/2021). Inventors: C. R. Kagan, K. T. Turner, Chen, Y. Jiang
Conference Papers
- Chen, X. Zhan, R. Yuan, S. Pidaparthy, Z. Tang, J.-M. Zuo, Q. Chen, “4D-STEM mapping of nanoscale structural ordering in cathode materials”, Microsc. Microanal. 28, 2608–2609 (2022)
- Lin, C. Liu, W. Chen, J.-M. Zuo, Q. Chen, “Structural characterization of gold nanoparticles using liquid-phase 4D-STEM”, Microsc. Microanal. 28, 1860–1861 (2022)
- Zhan, J.-M. Zuo, W. Chen, Q. Chen, “Determination of Mn valences in Li1−xMgxMn2O4using monochromated EELS in an aberration-corrected STEM”, Microsc. Microanal. 25, 658–659, (2019)
- Zhan, R. Yuan, W. Chen, Q. Chen, J.-M. Zuo, “Determination of crystallinity in Li1−xMgxMn2O4 nanocrystals based on diffraction patterns correlation analysis and strain mapping”, Microsc. Microanal. 25, 1972–1973, (2019)