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Chen, Q.; X. Zhang. Nanoparticle Self-Assemblies with Modern Complexity. MRS Bulletin , 2024, 49, 310-318. DOI: 10.1557/s43577-024-00700-1 Thanks to decades of tireless efforts, nanoparticle assemblies have reached an extremely high level of controllability, sophistication, and complexity, with new...

Graham, T. R.; Hu, J. Z.; Jaegers, N. R.; Zhang, Xin; Pearce, C. I.; Rosso, K. M. An amorphous sodium aluminate hydrate phase mediates coordination change in highly alkaline sodium hydroxide solutions. Inorg. Chem. Front . 2022. 9(24), 6344-6357. DOI: 10.1039/D2QI01642G Aluminum (Al) transformations...

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Felsted, R. G.; Graham, T. R.; Zhao, Y.; Bazak, J. D.; Nienhuis, E.; Pauzauskie, P.; Joly, A; Pearce, C.; Wang, Z.; Rosso, K. Anionic effects on concentrated aqueous lithium ion dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. Lett . 2024, 15, 5076-5087. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00585 The dynamics, orientational...

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Graham, T. R.; Nienhuis, E. T.; Reynolds, J. G.; Marcial, J.; Loring, J. S.; Rosso, K. M.; Pearce, C. I. Sodium site occupancy and phosphate speciation in Natrophosphate are invariant to changes in NaF and Na3PO4 concentration. Inorg. Chem. Front . 2022. 9(19), 4864-4875. DOI: 10.1039/d2qi00868h...

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Heo, J.; P. Butreddy; G. K. Schenter; C. J. Mundy; J. J. DeYoreo; E. Nakouzi; J. Lee; J. Chun. Colloidal phenomena reflect the interplay between interfacial solution structure, interparticle forces, and dynamical response. COCIS . 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101887 . The physical and chemical...

Smith, W.; Pouvreau, M.; Rosso, K.; Clark, A.E. pH Dependent Reactivity of Boehmite Surfaces from First-Principles Molecular Dynamics. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys . 2022. 24(23), 14177-14186. DOI: 10.1039/D2CP00534D pH dependent interfacial chemistry depends upon the distribution and respective pKa...