Recent Publications

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 in press (2024).

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).