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Czech scientists develop nanorobots that can remove microplastics from water

Covalent organic frameworks can play a key role in sustainable energy storage

Thanks to his successes at CATRIN, the young scientist has been awarded a position at the prestigious University of Oxford

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CATRIN enters a European project to develop batteries of a new generation

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Top 2024 & 2023 publications

Š. Kment, A. Bakandritsos, I. Tantis, H. Kmentová, Y. Zuo, O. Henrotte, A. Naldoni, M. Otyepka, R. S. Varma and R. Zbořil

"Single Atom Catalysts Based on Earth-Abundant Metals for Energy-Related Applications",

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, Article in press, 2024.
IF = 72.087

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00155

M. Maruthapandi, A. Durairaj, A. Saravanan, J. H. Luong, A. Bakandritsos, A. Gedanken and R. Zboril

"The innovative design of carbon dots on polymer texture for highly selective detection of amino compounds",

CARBON, vol. 228, pp. 119414, 2024.
IF = 11.307

DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119414

V. Vakati, V. Goyal, A. S. Alshammari, N. V. Kalevaru, S. Wohlrab, K. Natte, R. Zbořil and R. V. Jagadeesh

"Practical and scalable hydrogenation of nitro compounds using palladium-based nanocatalyst under ambient conditions",

CATALYSIS TODAY, Article in press, 2024.
IF = 6.562

DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114940

Y. Wang, N. Denisov, S. Qin, D. S. Gonçalves, H. Kim, B. B. Sarma and P. Schmuki

"Stable and Highly Active Single Atom Configurations for Photocatalytic H₂ Generation",

ADVANCED MATERIALS, Article in press, 2024.
IF = 32.086

DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400626

U. Kerketta, H. Kim, N. Denisov and P. Schmuki

"Grätzel‐Type TiO₂ Anatase Layers as Host for Pt Single Atoms: Highly Efficient and Stable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production",

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, vol. 14, iss. 4, pp. 2302998, 2024.
IF = 29.698

DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202302998

Mansi, V. Shrivastav, P. Dubey, S. Sundriyal, U. K. Tiwari and A. Deep

"Recent advances on core-shell metal-organic frameworks for energy storage applications: Controlled assemblies and design strategies",

COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS, vol. 499, pp. 215497, 2023.
IF = 24.833

DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215497

H. B. Kale, A. D. Kute, R. P. Gaikwad, P. Fornasiero, R. Zbořil and M. B. Gawande

"Synthesis and energy applications of copper-based single-atom electrocatalysts",

COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS, vol. 502, pp. 215602, 2024.
IF = 24.833

DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215602

K. Ghosh, S. Ng, P. Lazar, A. K. K. Padinjareveetil, J. Michalička and M. Pumera

"2D Germanane‐MXene Heterostructures for Cations Intercalation in Energy Storage Applications",

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, vol. 34, iss. 7, pp. 2308793, 2024.
IF = 19.924

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202308793

J. H. Kim, S. Wu, L. Zdrazil, N. Denisov and P. Schmuki

"2D Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets based on Pd‐TCPP as Photocatalysts for Highly Improved Hydrogen Evolution",

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 63, iss. 7, pp. e202319255, 2024.
IF = 16.823

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319255

B. Bartolomei, M. Sbacchi, C. Rosso, A. Günay‐Gürer, L. Zdražil, A. Cadranel, S. Kralj, D. M. Guldi and M. Prato

"Synthetic Strategies for the Selective Functionalization of Carbon Nanodots Allow Optically Communicating Suprastructures",

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 63, iss. 5, pp. e202316915, 2024.
IF = 16.823

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316915

V. K. Sharma, X. Ma and R. Zboril

"Single atom catalyst-mediated generation of reactive species in water treatment",

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS, vol. 52, iss. 22, pp. 7673-7686, 2023.
IF = 60.615

DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00627a

A. Cheruvathoor Poulose, G. Zoppellaro, I. Konidakis, E. Serpetzoglou, E. Stratakis, O. Tomanec, M. Beller, A. Bakandritsos and R. Zbořil

"Reply to: Primary role of photothermal heating in light-driven reduction of nitroarenes",

NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 18, iss. 4, pp. 327-328, 2023.
IF = 40.523

DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01353-y

Y. Wang, S. Qin, N. Denisov, H. Kim, Z. Bad'ura, B. B. Sarma and P. Schmuki

"Reactive Deposition Versus Strong Electrostatic Adsorption (SEA): A Key to Highly Active Single Atom Co‐Catalysts in Photocatalytic H₂ Generation",

ADVANCED MATERIALS, vol. 35, iss. 32, pp. 202211814, 2023.
IF = 32.086

DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211814

I. Tantis, S. Talande, V. Tzitzios, G. Basina, V. Shrivastav, A. Bakandritsos and R. Zboril

"Non‐van der Waals 2D Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage",

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Article in press, 2023.
IF = 19.924

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202209360

S. Rej, E. Y. Santiago, O. Baturina, Y. Zhang, S. Burger, S. Kment, A. O. Govorov and A. Naldoni

"Colloidal titanium nitride nanobars for broadband inexpensive plasmonics and photochemistry from visible to mid-IR wavelengths",

NANO ENERGY, vol. 104, pp. 107989, 2023.
IF = 19.069

DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107989

O. Henrotte, E. Y. Santiago, A. Movsesyan, L. Mascaretti, M. Afshar, A. Minguzzi, A. Vertova, Z. M. Wang, R. Zbořil, Š. Kment, A. O. Govorov and A. Naldoni

"Local Photochemical Nanoscopy of Hot-Carrier-Driven Catalytic Reactions Using Plasmonic Nanosystems",

ACS NANO, vol. 17, iss. 12, pp. 11427-11438, 2023.
IF = 18.027

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01009

M. Xie, M. Gao, Y. Yun, M. Malmsten, V. M. Rotello, R. Zboril, O. Akhavan, A. Kraskouski, J. Amalraj, X. Cai, J. Lu, H. Zheng and R. Li

"Antibacterial Nanomaterials: Mechanisms, Impacts on Antimicrobial Resistance and Design Principles",

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 62, iss. 17, pp. e202217345, 2023.
IF = 16.823

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217345

M. Altomare, S. Qin, V. A. Saveleva, Z. Badura, O. Tomanec, A. Mazare, G. Zoppellaro, A. Vertova, A. Taglietti, A. Minguzzi, P. Ghigna and P. Schmuki

"Metastable Ni(I)-TiO_2–x Photocatalysts: Self-Amplifying H₂ Evolution from Plain Water without Noble Metal Co-Catalyst and Sacrificial Agent",

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Article in press
IF = 16.383

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08199

M. Medved’, M. Di Donato, W. J. Buma, A. D. Laurent, L. Lameijer, T. Hrivnák, I. Romanov, S. Tran, B. L. Feringa, W. Szymanski and G. A. Woolley

"Mechanistic Basis for Red Light Switching of Azonium Ions",

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Article in press, 2023.
IF = 16.383

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06157

M. González-Sánchez, M. J. Mayoral, V. Vázquez-González, M. Paloncýová, I. Sancho-Casado, F. Aparicio, A. de Juan, G. Longhi, P. Norman, M. Linares and D. González-Rodríguez

"Stacked or Folded? Impact of Chelate Cooperativity on the Self-Assembly Pathway to Helical Nanotubes from Dinucleobase Monomers",

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 145, iss. 32, pp. 17805-17818, 2023.
IF = 16.383

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04773

V. Shrivastav, Mansi, B. Gupta, P. Dubey, A. Deep, W. Nogala, V. Shrivastav and S. Sundriyal

"Recent advances on surface mounted metal-organic frameworks for energy storage and conversion applications: Trends, challenges, and opportunities",

ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, vol. 318, pp. 102967, 2023.
IF = 15.190

DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.102967

J. M. R. Flauzino, M. Nalepa, D. D. Chronopoulos, V. Šedajová, D. Panáček, P. Jakubec, P. Kührová, M. Pykal, P. Banáš, A. Panáček, A. Bakandritsos and M. Otyepka

"Click and Detect: Versatile Ampicillin Aptasensor Enabled by Click Chemistry on a Graphene–Alkyne Derivative",

SMALL, Article in press, 2023.
IF = 15.153

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207216

L. Zdražil, Z. Baďura, M. Langer, S. Kalytchuk, D. Panáček, M. Scheibe, Š. Kment, H. Kmentová, M. A. Thottappali, E. Mohammadi, M. Medveď, A. Bakandritsos, G. Zoppellaro, R. Zbořil and M. Otyepka

"Magnetic Polaron States in Photoluminescent Carbon Dots Enable Hydrogen Peroxide Photoproduction",

SMALL, vol. 19, iss. 32, pp. 2206587, 2023.
IF = 15.153

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206587

A. Cheruvathoor Poulose, M. Medveď, V. R. Bakuru, A. Sharma, D. Singh, S. B. Kalidindi, H. Bares, M. Otyepka, K. Jayaramulu, A. Bakandritsos and R. Zbořil

"Acidic graphene organocatalyst for the superior transformation of wastes into high-added-value chemicals",

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 14, article no. 1373, 2023.
IF = 14.919

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36602-0

B. Mallada, M. Ondráček, M. Lamanec, A. Gallardo, A. Jiménez-Martín, B. de la Torre, P. Hobza and P. Jelínek

"Visualization of π-hole in molecules by means of Kelvin probe force microscopy",

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 14, iss. 1, pp. 4954, 2023.
IF = 14.919

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40593-3

S. Wu, I. Hwang, B. Osuagwu, J. Will, Z. Wu, B. B. Sarma, F. Pu, L. Wang, Z. Badura, G. Zoppellaro, E. Spiecker and P. Schmuki

"Fluorine Aided Stabilization of Pt Single Atoms on TiO₂ Nanosheets and Strongly Enhanced Photocatalytic H₂ Evolution",

ACS CATALYSIS, vol. 13, iss. 1, pp. 33-41, 2023.
IF = 13.700

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04481

Y. Zhang, L. Mascaretti, M. Melchionna, O. Henrotte, Š. Kment, P. Fornasiero and A. Naldoni

"Thermoplasmonic In Situ Fabrication of Nanohybrid Electrocatalysts over Gas Diffusion Electrodes for Enhanced H₂O₂ Electrosynthesis",

ACS CATALYSIS, vol. 13, iss. 15, pp. 10205-10216, 2023.
IF = 13.700

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c01837

E. Zhao, W. Zhang, L. Dong, R. Zbořil and Z. Chen

"Photocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions Using Water as the Proton Source",

ACS CATALYSIS, vol. 13, iss. 11, pp. 7557-7567, 2023.
IF = 13.700

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00326

T. Malina, C. Hirsch, A. Rippl, D. Panacek, K. Polakova, V. Sedajova, M. Scheibe, R. Zboril and P. Wick

"Safety assessment of graphene acid and cyanographene: Towards new carbon-based nanomedicine",

CARBON, vol. 211, pp. 118093, 2023.
IF = 11.307

DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118093

R. Dvorsky, J. Kukutschová, M. Pagáč, L. Svoboda, Z. Šimonová, K. Peterek Dědková, J. Bednář, R. G. Mendes, D. Matýsek, O. Malina, J. Tuček, Z. Vilamová, S. Kiselev, T. Gemming and P. Filip

"Analysis and modelling of single domain core-shell (αFeNi/chromite) nanoparticles emitted during selective laser melting, and their magnetic remanence",

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, vol. 400, pp. 136688, 2023.
IF = 11.072

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136688

Q. Yang, E. Nguyen, D. Panáček, V. Šedajová, V. Hrubý, G. Rosati, C. de C. C. Silva, A. Bakandritsos, M. Otyepka and A. Merkoçi

"Metal-free cysteamine-functionalized graphene alleviates mutual interferences in heavy metal electrochemical detection",

GREEN CHEMISTRY, Article in press, 2023.
IF = 11.034

DOI: 10.1039/D2GC02978B

S. Rotta Loria, B. R. Bricchi, A. Schirato, L. Mascaretti, C. Mancarella, A. Naldoni, A. Li Bassi, G. Della Valle and M. Zavelani‐Rossi

"Unfolding the Origin of the Ultrafast Optical Response of Titanium Nitride",

ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS, vol. 11, iss. 15, pp. 2300333 , 2023.
IF = 10.050

DOI: 10.1002/adom.202300333