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Chenjie Zeng is a researcher affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States, specializing in materials science with a particular focus on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials. Their research incorporates experimental and theoretical approaches to nanoscale materials and their applications.

Their work primarily revolves around nanocluster synthesis and applications, quantum dots synthesis and properties, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, crystallization and solubility studies, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chenjie Zeng include:

  • Fuyan Ma
  • Khalil A. Abboud
  • Saryvoudh A. Mech
  • Łukasz Dobrzycki
  • Grayson Johnson

Their publications have appeared in several journals and databases, with recurring contributions to:

  • Nature Synthesis
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nanoscale
  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Selected recent papers by Chenjie Zeng include:

  • "Precision synthesis of a CdSe semiconductor nanocluster via cation exchange," 2023, Nature Synthesis
  • "Nanocluster superstructures assembled via surface ligand switching at high temperature," 2023, Nature Synthesis
  • "Mapping the reaction zones for CdTe magic-sized clusters and their emission properties," 2022, Nanoscale
  • "From Magic Size to Atomic Precision: Facile Synthesis of a CdTe Semiconductor Nanocluster," 2025, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Mass Spectrometry of Au10(4-tert-butylbenzenethiolate)10 Nanoclusters Using Superconducting Tunnel Junction Cryodetection Reveals Distinct Metastable Fragmentation," 2022, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Best Publications

  • Atomically Precise Colloidal Metal Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles: Fundamentals and Opportunities

    Rongchao Jin;Chenjie Zeng;Meng Zhou;Yuxiang Chen

  • Total Structure and Electronic Properties of the Gold Nanocrystal Au36(SR)24

    Chenjie Zeng;Huifeng Qian;Tao Li;Gao Li

  • Chiral Structure of Thiolate-Protected 28-Gold-Atom Nanocluster Determined by X-ray Crystallography

    Chenjie Zeng;Tao Li;Anindita Das;Nathaniel L Rosi

  • Emergence of hierarchical structural complexities in nanoparticles and their assembly.

    Chenjie Zeng;Yuxiang Chen;Kristin Kirschbaum;Kelly J. Lambright

  • Structural patterns at all scales in a nonmetallic chiral Au133(SR)52 nanoparticle

    Chenjie Zeng;Yuxiang Chen;Kristin Kirschbaum;Kannatassen Appavoo

  • Nonsuperatomic [Au23(SC6H11)16]- nanocluster featuring bipyramidal Au15 kernel and trimeric Au3(SR)4 motif.

    Anindita Das;Tao Li;Katsuyuki Nobusada;Chenjie Zeng

  • Gold Nanoclusters Promote Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation at the Nanocluster/CoSe2 Interface

    Shuo Zhao;Renxi Jin;Hadi Abroshan;Chenjie Zeng

  • Gold–Thiolate Ring as a Protecting Motif in the Au20(SR)16 Nanocluster and Implications

    Chenjie Zeng;Chong Liu;Yuxiang Chen;Nathaniel L. Rosi

  • Generation of Singlet Oxygen by Photoexcited Au25(SR)18 Clusters

    Hideya Kawasaki;Hideya Kawasaki;Santosh Kumar;Gao Li;Chenjie Zeng

  • Gold Quantum Boxes: On the Periodicities and the Quantum Confinement in the Au28, Au36, Au44, and Au52 Magic Series

    Chenjie Zeng;Yuxiang Chen;Kenji Iida;Katsuyuki Nobusada

  • Thiolate ligands as a double-edged sword for CO oxidation on CeO2 supported Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)18 nanoclusters.

    Zili Wu;Deen Jiang;Amanda K Mann;David R Mullins

  • Isomerism in Au28(SR)20 Nanocluster and Stable Structures.

    Yuxiang Chen;Chong Liu;Qing Tang;Chenjie Zeng

  • Crystal structure and electronic properties of a thiolate-protected Au24 nanocluster

    Anindita Das;Tao Li;Gao Li;Katsuyuki Nobusada

  • Crystal Structure of Barrel-Shaped Chiral Au130(p-MBT)50 Nanocluster

    Yuxiang Chen;Chenjie Zeng;Chong Liu;Kristin Kirschbaum

  • Evolution from the plasmon to exciton state in ligand-protected atomically precise gold nanoparticles.

    Meng Zhou;Chenjie Zeng;Yuxiang Chen;Shuo Zhao

  • Transformation Chemistry of Gold Nanoclusters: From One Stable Size to Another.

    Chenjie Zeng;Yuxiang Chen;Anindita Das;Rongchao Jin

  • Gold tetrahedra coil up: Kekulé-like and double helical superstructures.

    Chenjie Zeng;Yuxiang Chen;Chong Liu;Katsuyuki Nobusada

  • Thiol Ligand-Induced Transformation of Au38(SC2H4Ph)24 to Au36(SPh-t-Bu)24

    Chenjie Zeng;Chunyan Liu;Yong Pei;Rongchao Jin

  • Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Conversion Powered by Renewable Energy

    Douglas R. Kauffman;Jay Thakkar;Rajan Siva;Christopher Matranga

  • Tuning the Magic Size of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters via Isomeric Methylbenzenethiols.

    Yuxiang Chen;Chenjie Zeng;Douglas R. Kauffman;Rongchao Jin

Frequent Co-Authors

Rongchao Jin
Rongchao Jin Carnegie Mellon University
Nathaniel L. Rosi
Nathaniel L. Rosi University of Pittsburgh
Matthew Y. Sfeir
Matthew Y. Sfeir City University of New York
Paul R. Ohodnicki
Paul R. Ohodnicki University of Pittsburgh
Roberto R. Gil
Roberto R. Gil Carnegie Mellon University
Huifeng Qian
Huifeng Qian Olin Corporation (United States)
Uzi Landman
Uzi Landman Georgia Institute of Technology
Robert L. Whetten
Robert L. Whetten Northern Arizona University
Manzhou Zhu
Manzhou Zhu Anhui University
Hideya Kawasaki
Hideya Kawasaki Kansai University

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