麻豆社

Education

• B.Sc., 聽Jilin University, China
• M.Sc., Jilin University, China
• PhD 聽University of Western Ontario
• PDF, McGill University

Research interests

Our research focuses on understanding the structure and properties of nanomaterials using synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy (e.g. XAFS, XPS). Of particular interest are metal nanoparticles (e.g. Au, Pt, Pd, Ag) prepared by wet-chemical method with applications in catalysis and biomedicine.

Selected awards and honours

• Board of Directors, Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
  
• Faculty of Science Killam Professorship, 麻豆社聽聽
  
• Clarivate/Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%)
• Stanford/Elsevier Top-cited Scientist (top 2%)
  
• Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry (Letter/A/B/C)
  

Selected publications

• "Element-Specific Local Chemical Order of High-Entropy Nanoalloys", D Morris, B Li, Y Yao, Z Huang, R Shahbazian-Yassar, G Wang, L Hu, P Zhang, ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 26752
  
• 鈥淚nteractions between Ultrastable Na4Ag44(SR)30 Nanoclusters and Coordinating Solvents: Uncovering the Atomic-scale Mechanism鈥�, D Chevrier, B Conn, B Li, D Jiang, T Bigioni, A Chatt, P Zhang, ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 8433
  
• 鈥淕olden single-atomic-site platinum electrocatalysts鈥�, P Duchesne, Z Li, C Deming, V Fung, X Zhao, J Yuan, T Regier, A Aldalbahi, Z Almarhoon, S Chen, D Jiang, N Zheng, P Zhang, Nature Mater. 2018, 17, 1033
  
• 鈥淢olecular-scale ligand effects in small gold-thiolate nanoclusters鈥�, DM Chevrier, L Raich, C Rovira, A Das, Z Luo, Q Yao, A Chatt, J Xie, R Jin, J Akola, P Zhang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 15430 聽
  
• 鈥淭he Surface Structure of Silver-coated Gold Nanocrystals and Its Influence on Shape Control,鈥� 聽J Padmos, M Personick, Q Tang, P Duchesne, D Jiang, C Mirkin, P Zhang, 聽Nature Commun, 2015, 6, 7664