Selected Publications

J. Miao, N. Paudyal, R.Y. Melinda, and J. Zhou, Effect of Ti Dopants in Ce_1−xTi_xO_2−δ-supported Ni Catalysts: Structure, Redox Properties, and Carbon Resistance in DRM, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2025, 15 (23), 7030-7042.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CY00760G

N. Paudyal, E.W. Peterson, Y.H. Zhou, S.D. Senanayake, and J. Zhou, Unravelling Adsorbate-metal-oxide Interactions: Water Vapor Chemistry on the Growth and Sintering of Ni over Reducible CeO₂(111) Thin Films, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2025, 129 (30), 13723-13731.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c01974

N. Paudyal, L.D. Hill, E.W. Peterson, N.J. Rifat, Y. Xu, and J. Zhou, Comparison of Nucleation, Chemical State, and Energetics of Ni and Co Nanoparticles on CeO₂(111), Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2025, 129(23), 10676-10684.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c01258

N. Paudyal, T. Ara, L.Z. Du, S.D. Senanayake, and J. Zhou, The Triple Component Interface of Ni-Co-Ce: Growth, Chemical State, and Stability of NiCo Bimetallic Particles on Reducible CeO₂(111) Thin Films, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024, 128, 16754-16765.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c04802

Md. S. Rahman, N. Paudyal, L.Z. Du, J. Zhou, and Y. Xu, The Structure, Oxidation States, and Energetics of Co Nanoparticles on CeO2(111): An STM and DFT Study, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024, 128(43), 18430-18441.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c03911

D.L. Braedt, A.S. Hudson M.C. Perry, and J. Zhou, Modular Reaction Control Systems for Live Monitoring of Long-term and/or Multi-channel Reactions, full patent was filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on 02/17/2022 and was assigned application number 17/674,700 by the USPTO.

E.W. Peterson, H.R. Wang, Z. Liu, T. Ara, S.D. Senanayake, J.A. Rodriguez, and J. Zhou, Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy and Temperature-programmed Desorption studies of CO Adsorption on Ni/CeO₂(111) Thin Films: The Role of the Ceria Support, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2022, 40, 013209.

https://avs.scitation.org/doi/10.1116/6.0001409

J. Zhou, L.Z. Du, D.L. Braedt, J. Miao, and S.D. Senanayake, Growth, Sintering, and Chemical States of Co Supported on Reducible CeO₂(111) Thin Films: The Effects of the Metal Coverage and the Nature of the Support, Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021, 154, 044704.

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0036952

L.Z. Du, E. Ginting, and J. Zhou, Morphology and Chemical States of Ni supported on Ti-modified CeO_x(111) Interfaces, Surface Science, 2020, 699, 1-7.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2020.121624

E. Ginting, L.Z. Du, and J. Zhou, Morphology and Electronic Properties of Ni Supported on Mn-doped CeO₂(111) Thin Films, Applied Surface Science, 2020, 514, 145850.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.145850

Y.H. Zhou, L.Z. Du, Z. Zou, and J. Zhou, A STM Study of Ni-Rh Bimetallic Particles on Reducible CeO₂(111), Surface Science, 2019, 681, 47-53.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2018.10.013

E. Ginting, E.W. Peterson, and J. Zhou, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Mn-doped CeO_x(111) Interfaces, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016, 197, 337-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.04.020

Z.Y. Liu, D.C. Grinter, P.G. Lustemberg, T.-D. Nguyen-Phan, Y.H. Zhou, S. Luo, I. Waluyo, E.J. Crumlin, D.J. Stacchiola, J. Zhou, J. Carrasco, H.F. Busnengo, M.V. Ganduglia-Pirovano, S.D. Senanayake, and J.A. Rodriguez, Dry Reforming of Methane on a Highly-active Ni-CeO₂ Catalyst: Effects of Metal-support Interactions on C-H Bond Breaking, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2016, 55 (26), 7455-7459.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201602489

Y.H. Zhou, E.W. Peterson, and J. Zhou, Growth and Structure of Ni-Au Bimetallic Particles on Reducible CeO₂(111), Topics in Catalysis, 2015, 58, 134-142.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-014-0352-y

Y.H. Zhou, E.W. Peterson, and J. Zhou, Effect of Nature of Ceria Supports on the Growth and Sintering Behavior of Au Nanoparticles, Catalysis Today, 2015, 240, 201-205.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2014.04.024

Y.H. Zhou and J. Zhou, Interactions of Ni Nanoparticles with Reducible CeO₂(111) Thin Films, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012, 116 (17), 9544-9549.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jp300259y

Y.H. Zhou, J.M. Perket, and J. Zhou, Growth of Pt Nanoparticles on Reducible CeO₂(111) Thin Films: Effect of Nanostructures and Redox Properties of Ceria, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 114, 11853-11860.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jp1007279

Y.H. Zhou and J. Zhou, Growth and Surface Structure of Ti-doped CeO_x(111) Thin Films, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2010, 1 (11), 1714-1720.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jz1004297

Y.H. Zhou, J. M. Perket, A.B. Crooks, and J. Zhou, Effect of Ceria Support on the Structure of Ni Nanoparticles, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2010, 1, 1147-1153.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jz1003044