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The next 25 years of nanoscience and nanotechnology: A Nano Letters roadmap. Shim, W., Natelson, D., Arbiol, J, Besley, E. et al. Nano Letters in press (2025).

Charged particle dynamics in dry powder inhalers. Williamson, C., Baptiste, J., Hamilton, M., Pang, C., Prime, D., Stace, A. J. and Besley, E. Molecular Pharmaceutics in press (2025).

Electrostatic aggregation of charged, polarizable particles in extreme atmospheric environments. Reeve, C. P., Williamson, C., Shelton, E., Stace, A. J. and Besley, E. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 129, 7461-7469 (2025)

Spin crossover in metal-organic frameworks: a crystal embedded multi-reference study. Popov, I., Tchougréeff, A. and Besley, E. Journal of Chemical Physics 163, 054117 (2025).

One-size-fits-all: a universal binding site for metal atoms controls self-assembly of single-layer metal systems. Kohlrausch, E. C., Ghaderzadeh, S., Aliev, G., Saad, F., Alharbi, E., Ramasse, Q. M., Rance, G. A., Danaie, M., Thangamuthu, M., Young, M., Plummer, R., Morgan, D. J., Theis, W. Besley, E., Khlobystov, A. N. and Fernandes, J. A. Advanced Science e08034 (2025).

Timing the escape of a photoexcited electron from a molecular cage. Fields, C., Foerster, A., Ghaderzadeh, S., Popov, I., Huynh, B., Junqueira, F., James, T., Alonso Perez, S., Duncan, D., Lee. T.-L., Wang, Y., Bloodworth, S., Hoffman, G., Walkey, M., Whitby, R., Levitt, M., Kiraly, B., O'Shea, J., Besley, E. and Moriarty, P. Nature Communications 16, 5062 (2025).

Two-dimensional one-atom-thick gold grown on defect-engineered graphene. Joudi, W., Ghaderzadeh, S., Trentino, A., Mizohata, K., Mustonen, K., Besley, E., Kotakoski, J. and Åhlgren, E. H. ACS Nano 19, 22032-22043 (2025).

In situ transformation of tin microparticles to nanoparticles on nanotextured carbon support boosts the efficiency of the electrochemical CO2 reduction. Burwell, T., Thangamuthu, M., Besley, E., Chen, Y., Pyer, J., Fernandes, J. A., Lanterna, A., Licence, P., Aliev, G., Theis, W. and Khlobystov, A. N. ACS Applied Energy Materials 8, 2281-2290 (2025).

A descriptor guiding the selection of catalyst supports for ammonia synthesis. Weilhard, A., Popov, I., Kohlrausch, E. C., Aliev, G., Blankenship, L. S., Norman, L. T., Ghaderzadeh, S., Smith, L., Isaacs, M., O'Shea, J., Lanterna, A., Theis, W., Morgan, D., Hutchings, G. J., Besley, E., Khlobystov, A. N. and Fernandes, J. A. Chemical Science 16, 4851-4859 (2025).

Evolution of amorphous ruthenium nanoclusters into stepped truncated nano-pyramids on graphitic surfaces boosts hydrogen production from ammonia. Chen, Y., Young, B. J., Aliev, G. N., Kordatos, A., Popov, I., Ghaderzadeh, S., Liddy, T., Cull, W. J., Kohlrausch, E. C., Weilhard, A., Hutchings, G. J., Besley, E., Theis, W., Fernandes, J. A. and Khlobystov, A. N. Chemical Science 16, 2648-2660 (2025).

Nano Letters seed grants, take two. Odom, T. W., Besley, E., Colvin, V., Dionne, J. A., Herrmann, C., Nie, G., Prieto, A. L., van der Zande, A. M. and Wang, H. Nano Letters 24, 12011-12013 (2024).

Direct formation of copper nanoparticles from atoms at graphitic step-edges lowers overpotential and improves selectivity of electrocatalitic CO2 reduction. Burwell, T., Thangamuthu, M., Aliev, G. N., Ghaderzadeh, S., Kohlrausch, E. C., Chen, Y., Theis, W., Norman, L. T., Fernandes, J. A., Besley, E., Licence, P. and Khlobystov, A. N. Communications Chemistry 7, 140 (2024).

Strain-modulated defect engineering of two-dimensional materials. Santra, P., Ghaderzadeh, S., Ghorbani-Asl, M., Komsa, H.-P., Besley, E. and Krasheninnikov, A. V. npj 2D Materials and Applications 8, 33 (2024).

Machine learning insights into predicting biogas separation in metal-organic frameworks. Cooley, I., Boobier, S., Hirst, J. D. and Besley, E. Communications Chemistry 7, 102 (2024).

Understanding the electron beam resilience of two-dimensional conjugated metal-organic frameworks. Mücke, D., Cooley, I., Liang, B., Wang, Z., Park, S. W., Dong, R., Feng, X., Qi, H., Besley, E. and Kaiser, U. Nano Letters 24, 3014-3020 (2024).

The significance of mulitipole interaction for the stability of regular structures composed from charged particles. Lindgren, E. B., Avis, H., Miller, A., Stamm, B., Besley, E. and Stace, A. J. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 663, 458-466 (2024).