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  • 2013 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Anastassia N. Alexandrova is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with particular focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics explored in their work include catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, carbon dioxide reduction techniques and catalysts, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, machine learning applications in materials science, molecular junctions and nanostructures, and advanced chemical physics studies.

Notable recent publications by Anastassia N. Alexandrova include:

  • Amorphous nickel hydroxide shell tailors local chemical environment on platinum surface for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (2023, Nature Materials)
  • The role of alkali metal cations and platinum-surface hydroxyl in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (2022, Nature Catalysis)
  • Ensembles of Metastable States Govern Heterogeneous Catalysis on Dynamic Interfaces (2020, Accounts of Chemical Research)
  • Why Boron Nitride is such a Selective Catalyst for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • CO2 Hydrogenation to Formate and Formic Acid by Bimetallic Palladium-Copper Hydride Clusters (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anastassia N. Alexandrova include:

  • Zisheng Zhang
  • Harry W. T. Morgan
  • Eric R. Hudson
  • Philippe Sautet
  • Claire E. Dickerson

The scientist has published numerous articles in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Catalysis
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Anastassia N. Alexandrova was awarded the status of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2013.

Best Publications

  • All-Boron Aromatic Clusters as Potential New Inorganic Ligands and Building Blocks in Chemistry

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Hua-Jin Zhai;Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Hepta‐ and Octacoordinate Boron in Molecular Wheels of Eight‐ and Nine‐Atom Boron Clusters: Observation and Confirmation

    Hua-Jin Zhai;Anastassia N. Alexandrova;K. Alexander Birch;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Structure of the Na x Cl x+1 - (x=1-4) clusters via ab initio genetic algorithm and photoelectron spectroscopy

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev;You-Jun Fu;Xin Yang

  • The role of alkali metal cations and platinum-surface hydroxyl in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

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  • Search for the Lin(0/+1/-1) (n = 5-7) Lowest-Energy Structures Using the ab Initio Gradient Embedded Genetic Algorithm (GEGA). Elucidation of the Chemical Bonding in the Lithium Clusters.

    Anastassia N Alexandrova;Alexander I Boldyrev

  • Electronic structure and chemical bonding of B5− and B5 by photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations

    Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang;Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Ensembles of Metastable States Govern Heterogeneous Catalysis on Dynamic Interfaces

    Zisheng Zhang;Borna Zandkarimi;Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Anastassia N. Alexandrova

  • Structure and Bonding in B6 - and B6: Planarity and Antiaromaticity

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab Initio Study of B3- and B4- Anions and Their Neutrals

    Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang;Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Electronic Structure, Isomerism, and Chemical Bonding in B7 - and B7

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • σ-Aromaticity and σ-Antiaromaticity in Alkali Metal and Alkaline Earth Metal Small Clusters

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Fluxionality of Catalytic Clusters: When It Matters and How to Address It

    Huanchen Zhai;Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Anastassia N. Alexandrova

  • Molecular Wheel B82- as a New Inorganic Ligand. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab Initio Characterization of LiB8-

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Mysteries of metals in metalloenzymes.

    Crystal E. Valdez;Quentin A. Smith;Michael R. Nechay;Anastassia N. Alexandrova

  • Ensemble-Average Representation of Pt Clusters in Conditions of Catalysis Accessed through GPU Accelerated Deep Neural Network Fitting Global Optimization.

    Huanchen Zhai;Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Anastassia N. Alexandrova

  • Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Capture and Concentration.

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  • Ethylene Dehydrogenation on Pt4,7,8 Clusters on Al2O3: Strong Cluster Size Dependence Linked to Preferred Catalyst Morphologies

    Eric T. Baxter;Mai Anh Ha;Ashley C. Cass;Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Anastassia N. Alexandrova

  • Why Urea Eliminates Ammonia Rather Than Hydrolyzes in Aqueous Solution

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;William L. Jorgensen

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio study of the doubly antiaromatic B(6) (2-) dianion in the LiB(6) (-) cluster.

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Dodecaborane‐Based Dopants Designed to Shield Anion Electrostatics Lead to Increased Carrier Mobility in a Doped Conjugated Polymer

    Taylor J. Aubry;Jonathan C. Axtell;Victoria M. Basile;K. J. Winchell

  • Boron Switch for Selectivity of Catalytic Dehydrogenation on Size-Selected Pt Clusters on Al2O3.

    Mai Anh Ha;Eric T. Baxter;Ashley C. Cass;Scott L. Anderson

  • Artificial Photosynthesis on TiO2-Passivated InP Nanopillars

    Jing Qiu;Guangtong Zeng;Mai-Anh Ha;Mingyuan Ge

  • Catalytic Mechanism and Performance of Computationally Designed Enzymes for Kemp Elimination

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Daniela Röthlisberger;David Baker;William L. Jorgensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander I. Boldyrev
Alexander I. Boldyrev Utah State University
Lai-Sheng Wang
Lai-Sheng Wang Brown University
Philippe Sautet
Philippe Sautet University of California, Los Angeles
Hua-Jin Zhai
Hua-Jin Zhai Shanxi University
Stefan Vajda
Stefan Vajda Czech Academy of Sciences
Scott L. Anderson
Scott L. Anderson University of Utah
Gregory V. Hartland
Gregory V. Hartland University of Notre Dame
Kit H. Bowen
Kit H. Bowen Johns Hopkins University
Nikolay V. Dokholyan
Nikolay V. Dokholyan Pennsylvania State University
William L. Jorgensen
William L. Jorgensen Yale University

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