Publications

2023

1. Interfaceless Exchange Bias in CoFe2O4 Nanocrystals.

Beatriz Rivas-Murias, Martin Testa-Anta, Alexander S. Skorikov, Miguel Comesaña-Hermo, Sara Bals and Veronica Salgueiriño,* Nano Letters, 2023, 23, 1688 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04268

2. Plasmonics: A Versatile Toolbox for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis.

Charlène Brissaud, Luvas V. Besteiro, Jean-Yves Piquemal and Miguel Comesaña-Hermo,* Solar RRL, 2023, 7, 2300195 https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300195 

3. Mechanism of formation of Co-Ru Nanoalloys: The Key Role of Ru in the Reduction Pathway of Co.

Brandon Azeredo, Tayssir Ben Ghzaiel, Ning Huang, Sophie Nowak, Jennifer Peron, Marion Giraud, Jeyadevan Balachandran, Olivier Taché, Laurent Barthe, Jean-Yves Piquemal,* Valérie Briois and Lorette Sicard,* Phyisical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023, ASAP https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp02522e 

4. Porosity as a Morphology Marker to Probed the Degradation of IrO2 Anode Catalyst Layers in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers.

Silvia Duran, Alexis Grimaud,* Marco Faustini* and Jennifer Peron,* Chemistry of Materials, 2023, ASAP https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01524 

2022

Maxime Gayrard, Benedetta Marmiroli, François Chancerel, Philippe Decorse, Heinz Amenitsch, Jennifer Peron, Andrea Cattoni, and Marco Faustini,* Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 1706 https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr07455e

2. Block-Copolymers Enable Direct Reduction and Structuration of Noble Metal-Based Films.

Maxime Gayrard, François Maria Letizia De Marco, Denys Naumenko, Cédric Boissière, Laurence Rozes, Heinz Amenitsch, Jennifer Peron, Andrea Cattoni, and Marco Faustini,* Small, 2022, 18, 2104204 https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr07455e

3. Co-Ru Nanoalloy Catalysts for the Aceptorless Dehydrogenation of Alcohols.

Brandon Azeredo, Tayssir Ben Ghzaiel, Ning Huang, Kamila Kazmierczak, Wenjie Shen, Guillaume Wang, Delphine Schaming, Patricia Beaunier, Philippe Decorse, Noémie Perret, Jennifer Peron, Marion Giraud, Carine Michel, Lorette Sicard,* and Jean-Yves Piquemal,* ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 5733 https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr07455e

4. Experimental Study of the Kinetics of Degradation of n-Dodecane under Thermo-Oxidative Stress at Low Temperature and Mechanism Inferred.

Soraya Aminane, Mickaël Sicard,* Yanis Melliti, Frédéric Ser, and Lorette Sicard,* Fuels, 2022, 307, 121669 https://doi.org/1010.1016/j.fuel.2021.121669 

5. Chiral Generation of Hot Charge Carriers for Polarization-Sensitive Photocatalysis.

Yoel Negrín-Montecelo, Artur Movsesyan, Jie Gao, Sven Burger, Zhiming M. Wang, Sylvain Nlate, Emilie Pouget, Reiko Oda, Miguel Comesaña-Hermo,* Alexander O. Govorov,* and Miguel A. Correa-Duarte* J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1663 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c10526  

6. Challenges and Opportunities for Renewable Ammonia Production via Plasmon-Assisted Photocatalysis.

Begoña Puértolas,* Miguel Comesaña-Hermo,* Lucas V. Besteiro,* Margarita Vázquez-González,* and Miguel A. Correa-Duarte*, Adv. Energy Mater. 2022 12, 2103909 10.1002/aenm.202103909.

7. Ruthenium Icosahedra and Ultrathin Platelets: The Role of Surface Chemistry on the Nanoparticle Structure.

Raj Kumar Ramamoorthy, Katerina Soulantica, Iker Del Rosal, Raul Arenal, Philippe Decorse, Jean-Yves Piquemal, Bruno Chaudret, Romuald Poteau, and Guillaume Viau,* Chem. Mater. 2022 34, 2931 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03452.

8. Chiral Bio-Inspired Plasmonics: A Paradigm Shift for Optical Activity and Photochemistry.

Oscar Ávalos-Ovando, Eva Yazmin Santiago, Artur Movsesyan, Peng Yu, Lucas V. Besteiro, Larousse Khosravi Khorashad, Hiromi Okamoto, Joseph M. Slocik, Miguel A. Correa-Duarte, Miguel Comesaña-Hermo, Tim Liedl, Zhiming Wang,* Gil Markovich,* Sven Burger,* and Alexander O. Govorov,* ACS Photonics 2022, 9, 2219 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00445.

9. Synergistic Combination of Charge Carriers and Energy-Transfer Processes in Plasmonic Photocatalysis.

Yoel Negrín-Montecelo, Xiang-Tian Kong, Lucas V. Besteiro, Enrique Carbó-Argibay, Zhiming M. Wang, Moisés Pérez-Lorenzo, Alexander O. Govorov,* Miguel Comesaña-Hermo* and Miguel A. Correa-Duarte,* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 35734 10.1021/acsami.2c08685.

10. Plasmonic Photocatalysis in Aqueous Solution: Assessing the Contribution of Thermal Effects and Evaluating the Role of Photogenerated ROS.

Yoel Negrín-Montecelo, Charlène Brissaud, Jean-Yves Piquemal, Alexander O. Govorov, Miguel A. Correa-Duarte, Lucas V. Besteiro* and Miguel Comesaña-Hermo,* Nanoscale 2022, 14, 11612 10.1039/D2NR02431D.

11. Green synthesis of water splitting electrocatalysts: IrO2 nanocages via Pearson's chemistry.

Marine Elmaalouf, Alexandre Da Silva, Silvia Duran, Cédric Tard, Miguel Comesaña-Hermo, Sarra Gam-Derouich, Valérie Briois, Damien Alloyeau, Marion Giraud, Jean-Yves Piquemal* and  Jennifer Peron,* Chemical Science 2022, 13, 11807 10.1039/D2SC03640A.

12. High-Entropy-Alloy Nanocrystal Based Macro- and Mesoporous Materials.

Maria Letizia De Marco, Walid Baaziz, Sharmin Sharna, François Devred, Claude Poleunis, Alexandre Chevillot-Biraud, Sophie Nowak, Ryma Haddad, Mateusz Odziomek, Cédric Boissière, Damien P. Debecker,  Ovidiu Ersen, Jennifer Peron* and Marco Faustini,* ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 15837 10.1021/acsnano.2c05465.

2021

1. The origin of the high electrochemical activity of pseudo-amorphous iridium oxides.

M. Elmaalouf, M. Odziomek, S. Duran, M. Gayrard, M. Bahri, C. Tard, A. Zitolo, B. Lassalle-Kaiser, J.-Y. Piquemal, O. Ersen, C. Boissière, C. Sanchez, M. Giraud*, M. Faustini*, J. Peron.* Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 3935 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24181-x  

2. Replacing Metals with Oxides in Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching Enables Direct Fabrication of Silicon Nanowires by Solution Processing.

M. Gayrard, J. Voronkoff, C. Boissière, D. Montero, L. Rozes, A. Cattoni, J. Peron, M. Faustini*. Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 5, 2310–2317, 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00178

3. Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity and Stability Benchmarks for Supported and Unsupported IrOx Electrocatalysts.

C. D. Ferreira da Silva, F. Claudel, V. Martin, R. Chattot, S. Abbou, K. Kumar, I. Jiménez-Morales, S. Cavaliere, D. Jones, J. Rozière, Ll. Solà-Hernandez, C. Beauger, M. Faustini, J. Peron, B. Gilles, T. Encinas, L. Piccolo, F. H. Barros de Lima, L. Dubau, F. Maillard*, ACS Catalysis  2021, 11, 7, 4107-4116 10.1021/acscatal.0c04613 

4. Introducing cobalt as a potential plasmonic candidate combining optical and magnetic functionalities within the same nanostructure

M. Braik, I. Sow, J. Nelayah, A. Belkhir, M. Faustini, S. Mercone, S. Nowak, P. Decorse, J.-Y. Piquemal*, N. Felidj*. Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 2639-2647. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR06966C 

5. Synthesis and properties of nanostructured tungsten oxide on Au(111)

R. Harsh, M. Ben Youssef, C. Chacon, V. Repain, A. Bellec, Y. Girald, S. Rousset, J.-Y. Piquemal, M. Seydou, P. Decorse, P. Lang*, J. Lagoute*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 660-666. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10258  

6. Can the stereogenic 1,1'-bi-2-naphtol molecule be coordinated to W(VI) or Mo(VI) peroxo moieties?

J.-Y. Piquemal*, P. Herson, L.-M. Chamoreau. Chemistry Select, 2021, 6, 1244-1247. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202004515 

7. Influence of capping ligands on the catalytic performances of cobalt nanoparticles prepared with the organometallic route

K. Kazmierczak, D. Yi, A. Jaud, P.-F. Fazzini, M. Estrader, G. Viau, P. Decorse, J.-Y. Piquemal, C. Michel, M. Besson, K. Soulantica*, N. Perret*. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 7711-7720. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c01388 

8. Impact of Ni doping on the morpholofical, electrical and dielectric properties of YMn0.4Fe0.6-xNixO3 (0<x<0.1) multiferroics

S. Chihaoui*, N. Kharrat, M. A. Wederni, M. Koubaa, W. Cheikhrouhou-Koubaa, L. Sicard, A. Cheikhrouhou, K. Khirouni, Physica B: Cond. Matter, 2021, 603, 412748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2020.412748 


2020

1. Aerosol synthesis of thermally stable porous noble metals and alloys by using bi-functional templates

M. Odziomek, M. Bahri, C. Boissiere, C. Sanchez, B. Lassalle-Kaiser, A. Zitolo, O. Ersen, S. Nowak, C. Tard, M. Giraud*, M. Faustini*, J. Peron*, Mater. Horiz., 2020, 7, 541-550. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9MH01408J 


2. Importance of the decoration in shaped cobalt nanoparticles in the acceptor-less secondary alcohol dehydrogenation

K. Kaźmierczak, R. Kumar Ramamoorthy, A. Moisset, G. Viau, A. Viola, M. Giraud, J. Peron, L. Sicard, J.-Y. Piquemal, M. Besson, N. Perret*, C. Michel*. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 4923-4937. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CY00390E 


3. On the importance of the crystalline surface structure on the catalytic activity and stability of tailored unsupported cobalt nanoparticles for the solvent-free acceptor-less alcohol dehydrogenation

A. Viola, J. Peron, M. Giraud, L. Sicard, A. Chevillot-Biraud, P. Decorse, S. Nowak, P. Beaunier, P. Lang, J.-Y. Piquemal*, J. Coll. Interf. Sci., 2020, 573, 165-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.04.005 

4. Photophysical effects behind the efficiency of hot electron injection in plasmon-assisted catalysis: The joint role of morphology and composition

Y. Negrín-Montecelo, M. Comesaña-Hermo*, L. Khosravi Khorashad, A. Sousa-Castillo, Z. Wang, M. Pérez-Lorenzo*, T. Liedl, A. O. Govorov*, M. A. Correa-Duarte*, ACS Energy Lett., 2020, 5, 395-402. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02478 

5. Remote Activation of Hollow Nanoreactors for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis in Biorelevant Media

A. Sousa-Castillo, J. R. Couceiro, M. Tomás-Gamasa, A. Mariño-López, F. López, W. Baaziz, O. Ersen, M. Comesaña-Hermo*, J. L. Mascareñas*, M. A. Correa-Duarte*, Nano Lett., 2020, 20, 7068-7076. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02180 

6. Structural and Magnetic Implications of Transition Metal Migration within Octahedral Core−Shell Nanocrystals

B. Rivas-Murias*, M. Testa-Anta, P. Torruella, S. Estradé, F. Peiró, B. Rodríguez-González, M. Comesaña-Hermo, V. Salgueiriño*, Chem. Mater., 2020, 32, 10435-10446. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03017 

7. Enhanced magnetic behavior of cobalt nano-rods elaborated by the polyol process assisted with an external magnetic field

M. A. Bousnina, A. Dakhlaoui-Omrani, F. Schoenstein, Y. Soumare, A. H. Barry, J.-Y. Piquemal, G. Viau, S. Mercone, N. Jouini, Nanomaterials, 2020, 10, 334. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020334 

2019

1. Hierarchically Structured Ultraporous Iridium‐Based Materials: A Novel Catalyst Architecture for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers. 

M. Faustini, M. Giraud, D. Jones, J. Rozière, M. Dupont, T. R. Porter, S. Nowak, M. Bahri, O. Ersen, C. Sanchez, C. Boissière*, C. Tard*, J. Peron*. Adv. Energy Mater., 2019, 9, 1802136. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201802136 

Back Cover. Porous Electrocatalysts: Hierarchically Structured Ultraporous Iridium‐Based Materials: A Novel Catalyst Architecture for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers (Adv. Energy Mater. 4/2019) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aenm.201970012  

2. One-Pot Seed-Mediated Growth of Co Nanoparticles by the Polyol Process: Unraveling the Heterogeneous Nucleation. 

R. Kumar Ramamoorthy, A. Viola, B. Grindi, J. Peron, C. Gatel, M. Hytch, R. Arenal, L. Sicard, M. Giraud, J.-Y. Piquemal*, G. Viau*. Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 12, 9160-9169. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04584  

3. Impact of noble-metals on the catalytic stability of cobalt nanoparticles for the acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols. 

A. Viola, M. Peboscq, J. Peron,* M. Giraud, L. Sicard, R. K. Ramamoorthy, B. Azeredo, S. Nowak, P. Decorse, G. Viau, J.-Y. Piquemal.* Catal. Today, 2019, 333, 97-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2018.05.036 

4. Magnetocaloric Effect in La0.67Ba0.33Mn0.95Ni0.05O3 Manganite Near Room Temperature

N. Kharrat*, I. Sfifir Debbebi, W. Cheikhrouhou-Koubaa, M. Koubaa, A. Cheikhrouhou, L. Sicard, J. Supercond. Novel Magn., 2019, 32, 1241-1251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-018-4816-3 

5. Effect of nickel doping on the electrical conductance properties of La0.67Ba0.33Mn1-xNixO3 (x=0 and 0.075) manganite

N. Kharrat*, R. Lahouli, W. Cheikhrouhou-Koubaa, L. Sicard, K. Khirouni, M. Koubaa, A. Cheikhrouhou, Solid State Comm., 2019, 297, 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2019.05.007 

6. Raman spectroscopy to unravel the magnetic properties of iron oxide nanocrystals for biorelated applications

M. Testa-Anta, M. A. Ramos-Docampo, M. Comesaña-Hermo, B. Rivas-Murias, V. Salgueiriño*, Nanoscale Adv., 2019, 1, 2086-2103. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NA00064J 

7. Titanate nanowires as one-dimensional hot spot generators for broadband Au–TiO2 Photocatalysis

Y. Negrín-Montecelo, M. Testa-Anta, L. Marín-Caba, M. Pérez-Lorenzo, V. Salgueiriño, M. A. Correa-Duarte, M. Comesaña-Hermo*, Nanomaterials, 2019, 9, 990. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9070990 


2018

1. pH-dependence on HER electrocatalytic activity of iron sulfide pyrite nanoparticles. 

M. Villalba, J. Peron, M. Giraud*, C. Tard*. Electrochem. Comm., 2018, 91, 10-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2018.04.019 

2. The polyol process: a unique method for easy access to metal nanoparticles with tailored sizes, shapes and compositions. 

F. Fiévet*, S. Ammar-Merah, R. Brayner, F. Chau, M. Giraud, F. Mammeri, J. Peron, J.-Y. Piquemal*, L. Sicard, G. Viau. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2018, 47, 5187-5233. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CS00777A 

Back Cover. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cs/c8cs90083c#!divAbstract 

3. Dynamic Shaping of Femtoliter Dew Droplets. 

M. Faustini*, A. Cattoni, J. Peron, C. Boissière, P. Ebrard, A. Malchère, P. Steyer, D. Grosso*. ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 3243–3252. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b07699 

4. Unsupported shaped cobalt nanoparticles as efficient and recyclable catalysts for the solvent-free acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols. 

A. Viola, J. Peron, K. Kazmierczak, M. Giraud, C. Michel, L. Sicard, N. Perret, P. Beaunier, M. Sicard, M. Besson, J.-Y. Piquemal*. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8, 562-572. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CY02089A 

5. Optical microalgal biosensors for aqueous contaminants using organically doped silica as cellular hosts.

N. B. Ahmed, S. Masse, G. Laurent, J.-Y. Piquemal, C. Yepremian, R. Brayner*, T. Coradin*, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2018, 410, 1205-1216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-017-0405-8 

6. Consolidation of cobalt nanorods: A new route for rare-earth free nanostructured permanent magnets.

S. Ener, E. Anagnostopoulou, I. Dirba, F. Ott, T. Blon, J.-Y. Piquemal, K. P. Skokov, O. Gutfleisch, G. Viau*. Acta Mater., 2018, 145, 290-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.12.009 

7. Importance of the synthesis and sintering methods on the properties of manganite ceramics: The example of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3. F. Ayadi, S. Ammar, S. Nowak, W. Cheikhrouhou-Koubaa, Y. Regaieg, M. Koubaa, J. Monnier, L. Sicard*. J. Alloy. Comp., 2018, 759, 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.05.113 

2017