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Prior to Notre Dame

In progress

  1. Lin, Z.†; Wang, Z.†; Huang, J.†; Yang, Y.; Cheng, Y.; Ye, Z.; Cai, Z.; Kulaksizoglu, A.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, X.; Mirkin, C. A.*. 2026
  2. Lin, Z.†; Huang, J.†; Pietryga, J.; Wang, Z.; Clarke, T.; Ye, Z.; Mirkin, C. A.*. 2026
  3. Huang, J.†; Kulaksizoglu, A.†; Pietryga, J.†; ; Shi, Z.; Ye, Z.; Smith, P. T.; McCormick, C. M.; Torrisi, S. B.; Montoya, J. H.; Wolverton, C.; Sargent, E. H.; Mirkin, C. A.* . 2026

In the News

Published Manuscript

  1. Ye, Z.†; Kang, D.†; Shen, B.; Huang, J.; Pietryga, J.; Lin, Z.; Zhang, X.; Wolverton, C. M.*; Mirkin, C. A.* A Three-component Strategy for Synthesizing High-Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles with High-Index Facets. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 148, 17, 18095–18102.
  2. Wang, Z.; Huang, J.; Chen, C.; Ye, Z.; Mirkin, C. A.* Polyelemental Nanoparticle Synthesis Enabled by Noncontact Metallothermic Reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 40, 36669–36676
  3. Peng, B.†; Liu, Z.†; Ma, X.†; Ni, W.; Huang, J.; Menon, A.; Kanatzidis, M.; Xie, K.; Sargent, E. H.* A cation-functionalized layer for ethylene electrosynthesis via CO reduction paired with H2 oxidation in a pure-water-fed solid-state electrolyser, Nat. Energy 2026, 11, 689–698
  4. Mirkin, C. A.*; et al., Huang, J.; 33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ACS Nano 2025, 19, 36, 31933–31968
  5. Huang, J.†; Tsai, Y.-H.†; Zheng, S.; Zhang, A.; Wang, S.; Pu, H.; Peng, B.; Liu, Z.; Hsiao, T.; Ma, C.; Li, B.; Wang, M.; Huang, Y.* Synthesis of PtCo nanotwinned catalysts via laser ablation. Nano Res., 2025, 18(12): 94908136
  6. Huang, J.†; Wang, Z.†; Liang, J.†; Li, X.; Pietryga, J.; Ye, Z.; Smith, P. T.; Kulaksizoglu, A.;McCormick, C. M.; Kim, J.; Peng, B.; Liu, Z.; Xie, K.; Torrisi, S. B.; Montoya, J. H.; Wu, G.; Sargent, E. H.*; Mirkin, C. A.* Accelerating the pace of OER catalyst discovery through megalibraries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 34, 30956–30966.
  7. Ye, Z.†; Shen, B.†; Kang, D.; Huang, J.; Wang, Z.; Wahl, C. B.; Shin, D.; Huang, L.; Shen, J.; Wolverton, C. M.*; Mirkin, C. A.* Using Surface Composition and Energy to Control the Formation of Either Tetrahexahedral or Hexoctahedral High-Index Facet Nanostructures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 19, 13519-13526.
  8. Huang, J.†; Peng, B.†; Zhu, C.†; Xu, M.; Liu, Y.; Liu, Z.; Zhou, J.; Wang, S.; Duan, X.; Heinz, H.*; Huang, Y.* Surface molecular pump enables ultrahigh catalyst activity. Sci. Adv. 2024, 10, eado3942
  9. Peng, B.†; Liu, Z.†; Sementa, L.; Jia, Q.; Sun, Q.; Segre, C. U.; Liu, E.;Xu, M.; Tsai, Y.-H.; Yan, X.; Zhao, Z.; Huang, J.; Pan, X.; Duan, X.; Fortunelli, A.*; Huang, Y.* Embedded oxide clusters stabilize sub-2 nm Pt nanoparticles for highly durable fuel cell. Nat. Catal. 2024, 7, 818–828 (2024)
  10. Zheng, S.; Huang, J.; Huang, S.; Murali, N.; Huang, Y.; Marian, J.; Wang, M.; Lavernia, E.; Apelian, D.; Li, X.* New dispersion mechanism for oxide dispersion-strengthened steels by liquid metallurgy. Materialia 2024, 35, 102123.
  11. Huang, Z.†; Cheng, T.†; Shah, A. H.†; Zhong, G.; Wan, C.; WanG, P.; Ding, M.; Huang, J.; Wan, Z.; Wang, S.; Cai, J.; Peng, B.; Liu, H.; Huang, Y.*; Goddard, W. A.*; Duan, X.* Edge sites dominate the hydrogen evolution reaction on platinum nanocatalysts. Nat. Catal. 2024, 5, (6), 513-523.
  12. Smith, P. T.; Ye, Z.; Pietryga, J.; Huang, J.; Wahl, C. B.; Orbeck, J. K.; Mirkin, C. A.* Molecular Thin Films Enable the Synthesis and Screening of Nanoparticle Megalibraries Containing Millions of Catalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 25, 14031-14043.
  13. Wan, C.; Zhang, Z.; Dong, J.; Xu, M.; Pu, H.; Baumann, D.; Lin, Z.; Wang, S.; Huang, J.; Shah, A. H.†; Pan, X.; Hu, T.; Alexandrova, A. N.*; Huang, Y.*; Duan, X.* Amorphous nickel hydroxide shell tailors local chemical environment on platinum surface for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. Nat. Mater. 2023, 22, 1022-1029.
  14. Zhu, E.†; Liu, Y.†; Huang, J.; Zhang, A.; Peng, B.; Liu, Z.; Liu, H.; Yu, J.; Li, Y.-R.; Yang, L.; Duan, X.; Huang, Y.* Bubble-Mediated Large-Scale Hierarchical Assembly of Ultrathin Pt Nanowire Network Monolayer at Gas/Liquid Interfaces. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 14 14152-14160.
  15. Cai, J.; Zhao, Q.; Hsu, W.-Y.; Choi, C.; Liu, Y.; Martirez, J. P; Chen, C.; Huang, J.; Emily, C. A.*; Huang, Y.* Highly Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 into Methane on Nanotwinned Cu. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 16, 9136-9143.
  16. Liu, Y.†; Zhu, E.†; Huang, J.; Zhang, A.; Shah, A. H.; Jia, Q.; Xu, M.; Liu, E.; Sun, Q.; Duan, X.; Huang, Y.* Periodic Assembly of Diblock Pt–Au Heteronanowires for the Methanol Oxidation Reaction. Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 7, 2758-2763.
  17. Wang, L.†; Wang, P.†; Huang, J.; Peng, B.; Jia, C.; Qian, Q.; Zhou, J.; Xu, D.; Huang, Y.; Duan, X.* A general one-step plug-and-probe approach to top-gated transistors for rapidly probing delicate electronic materials. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2022, 17, 1206-1213.
  18. Huang, J.; Sementa, L.; Liu, Z.; Barcaro, G.; Feng, M.; Liu, E.; Jiao, L.; Xu, M.; Leshchev, D.; Lee, S.-J.; Li, M.; Wan, C.; Zhu, E.; Liu, Y.; Peng, B.; Duan, X.; Goddard, W. A.*; Fortunelli, A.*; Jia, Q.*; Huang, Y.* Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts. Nat. Catal. 2022, 5, 513-523
  19. Huang, J.†; Peng, B.†; Stracensky, T.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, A.; Xu, M.; Liu, Y.; Zhao, Z.; Duan, X.; Jia, Q.; Huang, Y.* 1D PtCo nanowires as catalysts for PEMFCs with low Pt loading. Sci. China Mat. 2021, 65, 704-711.
  20. Ma, C.; Xu, D.; Wang, P.; Lin, Z.; Zhou, J.; Jia, C.; Huang, J.; Li, S.; Huang, Y.*; Duan, X.* Two-dimensional van der Waals thin film transistors as active matrix for spatially resolved pressure sensing. Nano Res. 2021, 14, 3395-3401.
  21. Zheng, S.; Rementeria, R.; Kan, W.; Xu, M.; Huang, J.; Huang, Y.; Pan, X.; Apelian, D.; Liang, Y.; Lin, J.; Perez, M.; Li, X.* Nanoparticle enabled high performance high modules steels. Scr. Mater. 2021, 201, 113954.
  22. Cao, B.; Zhao, Z.; Peng, L.; Shiu, H.-Y.; Ding, M.; Song, F.; Guan, X.; Lee, C. K.; Huang, J.; Zhu, D.; Fu, X.; Wong, G. C.; Liu, C.; Nealson, K.; Weiss, P. S.; Duan, X.*; Huang, Y.* Silver nanoparticles boost charge-extraction efficiency in Shewanella microbial fuel cells. Science 2021, 373, 1336-1340.
  23. Hu, M.; Huang, J.; Zhang, S.; Liu, Z.; Li, Q.; Yang, M.; Li, H.; Goto, T.; Tu, R.* In situ synthesis of V2O3@Ni as an efficient hybrid catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline and neutral media. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 2021, 46, 9101-9109.
  24. Hu, M.; Huang, J.; Li, Q.; Tu, R.*; Zhang, S.; Yang, M.; Li, H.; Goto, T.; Zhang, L. Self-supported MoSx/V2O3 heterostructures as efficient hybrid catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction. J. Alloys Compd. 2020, 827, 154262.
  25. Lee, S.-J; Lin, Z.; Huang, J.; Choi, C. S.; Chen, P.; Liu, Y.; Guo, J.; Jia, C.; Wang, Y.; Wang, L.; Liao, Q.; Shakir, I.; Duan, X.; Dunn, B.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, Y.*; Duan, X.* Programmable devices based on reversible solid-state doping of two-dimensional semiconductors with superionic silver iodide. Nat. Electron. 2020, 3, 630-637.
  26. Ma, C.; Xu, D.; Huang, Y.-C.; Wang, P.; Huang, J.; Zhou, J.; Liu, W.; Li, S.*; Huang, Y.*; Duan, X.* Robust Flexible Pressure Sensors Made from Conductive Micropyramids for Manipulation Tasks. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 12866-12876.
  27. Liu, Y.†; Wang, P.†; Wang, Y.; Lin, Z.; Liu, H.; Huang, J.; Huang, Y.; Duan, X.* van der Waals integrated devices based on nanomembranes of 3D materials. Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 2, 1410-1416.
  28. Huang, J.; Liu, Y.; Xu, M.; Wan, C.; Liu, H.; Li, M.; Huang, Z.; Duan, X.; Pan, X.; Huang, Y.* PtCuNi Tetrahedra catalysts with Tailored Surface for efficient alcohol oxidation. Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 8, 5431-5436.
  29. Li, M.†; Duanmu, K.†; Wan, C.†; Cheng, T.†; Zhang, L.; Dai, S.; Chen, W.; Zhao, Z.; Li, P.; Fei, H.; Zhu, Y.; Yu, R.; Luo, J.; Zang, K.; Lin, Z.; Ding, M.; Huang, J.; Sun, H.; Guo, J.; Pan, X.; Goddard, W. A.; Philippe, S.*; Huang, Y.*; Duan, X.* Single-atom tailoring of platinum nanocatalysts for high-performance multifunctional electrocatalysis. Nat. Catal. 2019, 2, 495-503.
  30. Zhu, E.; Yan, X.; Wang, S.; Xu, M.†; Wang, C.; Liu, H.; Huang, J.; Xue, W.; Cai, J.; Heinz, H.; Li, Y.*;Huang, Y.*; Peptide-assisted 2D assembly toward free-floating ultrathin Platinum nanoplates as effective electrocatalysts. Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 6, 3730-2736.
  31. Zhao, Z.†; Liu, H.†; Gao, W.; Xue, W.; Liu, Z.; Huang, J.; Pan, X.; Huang, Y.*; Surface-engineered PtNi-Onanostructure with record-high performance for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 29, 9046-9050.
  32. Zhang, C.†; Huang, J.†; Tu, R.*; Zhang, S.; Yang, M.; Li, Q.; Shi, J.; Li, H.; Zhang, L.; Goto, T.; Ohmori, H.Transfer-free growth of graphene on Al2O3 (0001) using a three-step method. Carbon 2018, 131, 10-17.
  33. Zhang, C.; Tu, R.; Zhang, S.*; Huang, J.; Gao, T.; Yang, M.; Li, Q.; Shi, J.; Zhang, L.; Goto, T. Synthesis of large size uniform single-crystalline trilayer graphene on premelting copper. Carbon 2017, 122, 352-360.
  34. Tu, R.*; Huang, J.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, S. Epitaxial Growth of Copper Film by MOCVD. Key Engi-neering Materials 2016, 680, 507-510.
  35. Xie, J.; Chen, X.; Huang, J.; Liu, Z.; Li, H.* Synthesis and characterization of stable graphene col-loidal dispersions. Journal of Functional Materials 2014, 12, 108-112.