Publications

The most updated list can be found on Google Scholar.

2025

Lim, K.R.G., Owen, C.J., Kaiser, S.K., Routh, P.K., Mendoza, M., Park, K.-C.K., Kim, T.-S., Garg, S., Gardener, J.A., Russotto, L., O’Connor, C.R., Bijl, M., Aizenberg, M., Reece, C., Lee, J.D., Frenkel, A.I., Kozinsky, B., Aizenberg, J. Nanoscale wetting controls reactive Pd ensembles in synthesis of dilute PdAu alloy catalysts. Nature Communications 2025, 12, 13778. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61540-4

Prior to joining UC Merced

2024

Lee, J.D.,*,†, Filie, A.,* Wilson, L., Nguyen, K., Shirman, T., Guan, E., Luneau, M., Frenkel, A., Aizenberg, M., Aizenberg, J., Madix, R.J., Friend, C.M. Poisoning Effect in The Oxidation of Higher Chain Alcohols over Dilute PdAu Alloy Catalysts. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2024, 12, 13778. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA01383B

Paik, T., Greybush, N.J., Najmr, S., Woo, H.Y., Hong, S.V., Kim, S.H., Lee, J.D., Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B. Shape-controlled synthesis and self-assembly of highly uniform upconverting calcium fluoride nanocrystals. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2024, 11, 278. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI01864D

2023

Foucher, A.C., Lee, J.D., Qi, Z., Li, G., Ouyang, G., Cui, J., Boscoboinik, J.A., Friend, C.M., Biener, J., Stach, E.A. Boosting the H2-D2 Exchange Activity of Dilute Nanoporous Ti-Cu Catalysts through Oxidation-Reduction Cycle-Induced Restructuring. Advanced Engineering Materials 2023, 25, 2201724. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202201724

2022

Mohrhusen, L., Egle, T., Lee, J.D., Friend, C.M., Madix, R.J. Creation of Well-Defined Pd Surface Sites on Single Crystal Pd33Ag67: From Ensembles to Single Atoms. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 20332. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03838

Lee, J.D.,† Qi, Z., Foucher, A.C., Ngan, H.T., Dennis, K., Cui, J., Sadykov, I.I., Crumlin, E.J., Sautet, P., Stach, E.A., Friend, C.M., Madix, R.J., Biener, J. Facilitating Hydrogen Dissociation over Dilute Nanoporous Ti–Cu Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 16778. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c00830 (Highlighted on LLNL News) 

Foucher, A.C., Yang, S., Rosen, D.J., Lee, J.D., Huang, R., Jiang, Z., Barrera, F.G., Chen, K., Hollyer, G.G., Friend, C.M., Gorte, R.J., Murray, C.B., Stach, E.A. Synthesis and Characterization of Core-Shell Cu-Ru, Cu-Rh, and Cu-Ir Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 7919. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c02538

Rosen, D.J., Foucher, A.C., Lee, J.D., Yang, S., Marino, E., Stach, E.A., Murray, C.B. Microwave Heating of Nanocrystals for Rapid, Low-Aggregation Intermetallic Phase Transformations. ACS Materials Letters 2022, 4, 823. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00174

Lee, J.D., Miller, J.B, Shneidman, A.V., Sun, L., Weaver, J.F., Aizenberg, J., Biener, J., Boscoboinik, J.A., Foucher, A.C., Frenkel, A.I., van der Hoeven, J.E.S., Kozinsky, B., Marcella, N., Montemore, M.M., Ngan, H.T., O’Connor, C.R., Owen, C.J., Stacchiola, D.J., Stach, E.A., Madix, R.J., Sautet, P., Friend, C.M. Dilute Alloys Based on Au, Ag, or Cu for Efficient Catalysis: From Synthesis to Active Sites. Chemical Reviews 2022, 122, 8785. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00967

Foucher, A.C., Marcella, N., Lee, J.D., Rosen, D.J., Tappero, R., Murray, C.B., Frenkel, A.I., Stach, E.A. Dynamical Change of Valence States and Structure in NiCu3 Nanoparticles during Redox Cycling. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 1991. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c10824

2021

Foucher, A.C., Marcella, N., Lee, J.D., Rosen, D.J., Tappero, R., Murray, C.B., Frenkel, A.I., Stach, E.A. Structural and Valence State Modification of Cobalt in CoPt Nanocatalysts in Redox Conditions. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 20619. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c09450

2020

Lee, J.D., Wang, C., Jin, T., Gorte, R.J., Murray, C.B. Engineering the Composition of Bimetallic Nanocrystals to Improve Hydrodeoxygenation Selectivity for 2-Acetylfuran. Applied Catalysis A: General 2020, 606, 117808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117808

Lee, J.D., Metal and Metal Oxide Nanocrystals for Catalysis and Magnetic Applications. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Jan 2020.

Banerjee, S., Liu, C.-H., Jensen, K.M.Ø., Juhás, P., Lee, J.D., Tofanelli, M., Ackerson, C.J., Murray, C.B., Billinge, S.J.L. Cluster-mining: An approach for determining core structures of metallic nanoparticles from atomic pair distribution function data. Acta Crystallographica Section A 2020, 76, 24–31. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053273319013214

2019

Zhang, Z., Wu, Q., Johnson, G., Ye, Y., Li, X., Li, N., Cui, M., Lee, J.D., Liu, C., Zhao, S., Li, S., Orlov, A., Murray, C.B., Zhang, X., Gunnoe, T.B., Su, D., Zhang, S. Generalized Synthetic Strategy for Transition-Metal-Doped Brookite-Phase TiO2 Nanorods. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 16548–16552. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b06389

Zhao, T., Oh, N., Jishkariani, D., Zhang, M., Wang, H., Lee, J.D., Zeng, C., Muduli, M., Choi, H.-J., Su, D., Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. General Synthetic Route to High-Quality Colloidal III–V Semiconductor Quantum Dots Based on Pnictogen Chlorides. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 15145–15152. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b06652

Lee, J.D., Jishkariani, D., Zhao, Y., Najmr, S., Rosen, D., Kikkawa, J.M., Stach, E.A., Murray, C.B. Tuning the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of PtCo Nanocrystals by Cobalt Concentration with Atomic-Scale Understanding. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 26789–26797. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b06346. (Highlighted on Penn Today)

Jishkariani, D., Elbert, K.C., Wu, Y., Lee, J.D., Hermes, M., Wang, D., van Blaaderen, A., Murray, C.B. Nanocrystal Core Size and Shape Substitutional Doping and Underlying Crystalline Order in Nanocrystal Superlattices. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 5712–5719. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b01107

Pepin, P.A., Lee, J.D., Foucher, A.C., Murray, C.B., Stach, E.A., Vohs, J.M. The Influence of Surface Platinum Deposits on the Photocatalytic Activity of Anatase TiO2 Nanocrystals. Journal of Physical Chemistry C2019, 123, 10477–10486. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01861

Wang, H., Butler, D.J., Straus, D.B., Oh, N., Wu, F., Guo, J., Xue, K., Lee, J.D., Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. Air-Stable CuInSe2 Nanocrystal Transistors and Circuits via Post-Deposition Cation Exchange. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 2324–2333. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b09055

Banerjee, S., Liu, C.-H., Jensen, K.M.O., Juhas, P., Lee, J.D., Tofanelli, M., Ackerson, C.J., Murray, C.B., Billinge, S.J.L. Cluster-mining: An approach for determining core structures of metallic nanoparticles from atomic pair distribution function data. arXiv:1901.08754.

2018

Banerjee, S., Liu, C.-H., Lee, J.D., Kovyakh, A., Grasmik, V., Prymak, O., Koenigsmann, C., Liu, H., Wang, L., Abeykoon, A.M.M., Wong, S.S., Epple, M., Murray, C.B., Billinge, S.J.L. Improved Models for Metallic Nanoparticle Cores from Atomic Pair Distribution Function (PDF) Analysis. Journal of Physical Chemistry C2018, 122, 29498–29506. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05897

Pepin, P.A., Lee, J.D., Murray, C.B., Vohs, J.M. Thermal and Photocatalytic Reactions of Methanol and Acetaldehyde on Pt-Modified Brookite TiO2 Nanorods. ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 11834–11846. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b03081

Goulas, K.A,* Lee, J.D.,* Zheng, W., Lym, J., Yao, S., Oh, D.S., Wang, C., Gorte, R.J., Chen, J.G., Murray, C.B., Vlachos, D.G. Spectroscopic Characterization of a Highly Selective NiCu3/C Hydrodeoxygenation Catalyst. Catalysis Science & Technology 2018, 8, 6100–6108. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CY01280F

Elbert, K.C., Lee, J.D., Wu, Y., Murray, C.B. Improved Chemical and Colloidal Stability of Gold Nanoparticles through Dendron Capping. Langmuir 2018, 34, 13333–13338. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02960

Yang, H., Wong, E., Zhao, T., Lee, J.D., Xin, H.L., Chi, M., Fleury, B., Tang, H.-Y., Gaulding, E.A., Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B. Charge Transport Modulation in PbSe Nanocrystal Solids by AuxAg1–x Nanoparticle Doping. ACS Nano2018, 12, 9091–9100. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b03112

Wang, C., Mao, X., Lee, J.D., Onn, T.M., Yeh, Y.-H., Murray, C.B., Gorte, R.J. A Characterization Study of Reactive Sites in ALD-Synthesized WOx/ZrO2 Catalysts. Catalysts 2018, 8, 292–307.  https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8070292

Paik, T., Cargnello, M., Gordon, T.R., Zhang, S., Yun, H., Lee, J.D., Woo, H.Y., Oh, S.J., Kagan, C.R., Fornasiero, P., Murray, C.B. Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Substoichiometric Colloidal WO3–x Nanowires. ACS Energy Letters 2018, 3, 1904–1910. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00925

Najmr, S., Lu, T., Keller, A.W., Zhang, M., Lee, J.D., Makvandi, M., Pryma, D.A., Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B. Preparation of Silica Coated and 90Y-radiolabeled β-NaYF4 Upconverting Nanophosphors for Multimodal Tracing. Nano Futures 2018, 2, 025002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-1984/aab947.

Wang, C., Lee, J.D., Ji, Y., Onn, T.M., Luo, J., Murray, C.B., Gorte, R.J. A Study of Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol to 1,5-Pentanediol over Pt-WOx/C. Catalysis Letters 2018, 148, 1047–1054. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2323-6

Wang, C., Luo, J., Liao, V., Lee, J.D., Onn, T.M.,Murray, C.B., Gorte, R.J. A Comparison of Furfural Hydrodeoxygenation over Pt-Co and Ni-Fe Catalysts at High and Low H2 Pressures. Catalysis Today 2018, 302, 73–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2017.06.042

2017

Elbert, K.C., Jishkariani, D., Wu, Y., Lee, J.D., Donnio, B., Murray, C.B. Design, Self-Assembly, and Switchable Wettability in Hydrophobic, Hydrophilic, and Janus Dendritic Ligand–Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid Materials. Chemistry of Materials 2017, 29, 8737–8746. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02928

Jishkariani, D.,* Lee, J.D.,* Yun, H.,* Paik, T., Kikkawa, J.M., Kagan, C.R., Donnio, B., Murray, C.B. The Dendritic Effect and Magnetic Permeability in Dendron Coated Nickel and Manganese Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles. Nanoscale 2017, 9, 13922–13928. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR05769E

Luo, J., Monai, M., Wang, C., Lee, J.D., Duchoň, T., Dvořák, F., Matolín, V., Murray, C.B., Fornasiero, P., Gorte, R.J. Unraveling Surface State and Composition of Highly Selective Nanocrystalline Ni-Cu Alloy Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation of HMF. Catalysis Science & Technology 2017, 7, 1735–1743. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CY02647H

Chen, Y.-C., Wang, C.-W., Lee, J.D., Chen, P.-C., Chang, H.-T. Control of the Fluorescence of DNA‐templated Silver Nanoclusters by Adenosine Triphosphate and Mercury(II). Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society 2017, 64, 8–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.201600246

2016

Luo, J., Lee, J.D., Yun, H., Wang, C., Monai, M., Murray, C.B., Fornasiero, P., Gorte, R.J. Base Metal-Pt Alloys: A General Route to High Selectivity and Stability in the Production of Biofuels from HMF. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2016, 199, 439–446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.06.051

Luo, J.,Yun, H., Mironenko, A.V., Goulas, K., Lee, J.D., Monai, M., Wang, C., Vorotnikov, V., Murray, C.B., Vlachos, D.G., Fornasiero, P., Gorte, R.J. Mechanisms for High Selectivity in the Hydrodeoxygenation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural over PtCo Nanocrystals. ACS Catalysis 2016, 6, 4095–4104. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b00750

2014

Lee, J.D., Cang, J., Chen, Y.-C., Chen, W.-Y., Ou, C.-M., Chang, H.-T. Detection of Adenosine 5’-Triphosphate by Fluorescence Variation of Oligonucleotide-Templated Silver Nanoclusters. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2014, 58, 266–271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2014.02.068

Lee, J.D., Logic Gates of Silver Nanoclusters Controlled by Adenosine 5’-Triphosphate and pH. Master thesis, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2013.