Publications by James Richard Pankhurst

Modulating the Reactivity of Liquid Ga Nanoparticle Inks by Modifying Their Surface Chemistry

Raffaella Buonsanti, James Richard Pankhurst, Laia Castilla Amorós, Tzu-Chin Chang Chien

Micro- and nanosized particles of liquid metals, particularly Ga-based alloys, are attracting increasing attention for applications in several fields. The surface functionalization of Ga-based nanoparticles (NPs) with organic ligands renders easily process ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Copper Nanocrystal Morphology Determines the Viability of Molecular Surface Functionalization in Tuning Electrocatalytic Behavior in CO2 Reduction

Raffaella Buonsanti, James Richard Pankhurst, Valery Okatenko, Pranit Srinivas Iyengar

Molecular surface functionalization of metallic catalysts is emerging as an ever-developing approach to tuning their catalytic performance. Here, we report the synthesis of hybrid catalysts comprising copper nanocrystals (CuNCs) and an imidazolium ligand f ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Theory-Guided Enhancement of CO2 Reduction to Ethanol on Ag-Cu Tandem Catalysts via Particle-Size Effects

Raffaella Buonsanti, James Richard Pankhurst, Pranit Srinivas Iyengar

In the CO2 reduction reaction, the design of electrocatalysts that selectively promote alcohols over hydrocarbons (e.g., ethanol over ethylene) hinges on the understanding of the pathways and specific sites that form alcohols. Herein, theoretical considera ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Colloidal Synthesis of Cu-M-S (M = V, Cr, Mn) Nanocrystals by Tuning the Copper Precursor Reactivity

Raffaella Buonsanti, Seyedehbehnaz Varandili, James Richard Pankhurst, Valeria Mantella

New ternary and higher order inorganic materials are needed for a large variety of applications, yet their synthesis still represents a chemistry challenge. Herein, we focus on the synthesis of Cu-M-S nanocrystals (where M = V, Cr, Mn) via a wet-chemistry ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Ligand-mediated formation of Cu/metal oxide hybrid nanocrystals with tunable number of interfaces

Raffaella Buonsanti, Seyedehbehnaz Varandili, Dragos-Constantin Stoian, Jan Vávra, James Richard Pankhurst

Combining domains of different chemical nature within the same hybrid material through the formation of heterojunctions provides the opportunity to exploit the properties of each individual component within the same nano-object; furthermore, new synergisti ...

2020

Exploring the Chemical Reactivity of Gallium Liquid Metal Nanoparticles in Galvanic Replacement

Raffaella Buonsanti, Seyedehbehnaz Varandili, Dragos-Constantin Stoian, James Richard Pankhurst, Laia Castilla Amorós

Micron/nanosized particles of liquid metals possess intriguing properties and are gaining popularity for applications in various research fields. Nevertheless, the knowledge of their chemistry is still very limited compared to that of other classes of mate ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Polymer Lamellae as Reaction Intermediates in the Formation of Copper Nanospheres as Evidenced by In Situ X-ray Studies

Raffaella Buonsanti, Dragos-Constantin Stoian, James Richard Pankhurst, Valeria Mantella, Chethana Janardhana Gadiyar, Michal Stanislaw Strach, Kilian Frank

The classical nucleation theory (CNT) is the most common theoretical framework used to explain particle formation. However, nucleation is a complex process with reaction pathways which are often not covered by the CNT. Herein, we study the formation mechan ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Insights into Reaction Intermediates to Predict Synthetic Pathways for Shape-Controlled Metal Nanocrystals

Raffaella Buonsanti, Anna Loiudice, Shubhajit Das, James Richard Pankhurst, Valeria Mantella, Michal Stanislaw Strach, Pranit Srinivas Iyengar

Understanding nucleation phenomena is crucial across all branches of physical and natural sciences. Colloidal nanocrystals are among the most versatile and tunable synthetic nanomaterials. While huge steps have been made in their synthetic development, syn ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

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