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55
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14609
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8470
National Ranking
2090

Overview

Pu-Xian Gao is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States and has made significant contributions in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work primarily focuses on topics related to Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, Analytical Chemistry and Sensors, and Catalysts for Methane Reforming.

Pu-Xian Gao has published extensively, with frequent venues including:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Nature Communications

Some recent papers include:

  • "Activating low-temperature diesel oxidation by single-atom Pt on TiO2 nanowire array" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Elucidating the Nature of the Cu(I) Active Site in CuO/TiO2 for Excellent Low-Temperature CO Oxidation" (2020) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Toward Long-Term Accurate and Continuous Monitoring of Nitrate in Wastewater Using Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE)-Solid-State Ion-Selective Electrodes (S-ISEs)" (2020) published in ACS Sensors
  • "Ultrathin platinum nanowire based electrodes for high-efficiency hydrogen generation in practical electrolyzer cells" (2021) published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Synergistic catalysis by Mn promoted ceria for molecular oxygen assisted epoxidation" (2020) published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Pu-Xian Gao include:

  • Xingxu Lu
  • Chunxiang Zhu
  • Jiyu Sun
  • Steven L. Suib
  • Binchao Zhao

Best Publications

  • Conversion of zinc oxide nanobelts into superlattice-structured nanohelices.

    Pu Xian Gao;Pu Xian Gao;Yong Ding;Yong Ding;Wenjie Mai;Wenjie Mai;William L. Hughes;William L. Hughes

  • Semiconducting and Piezoelectric Oxide Nanostructures Induced by Polar Surfaces

    Zhong Lin Wang;Xiang Yang Kong;Yong Ding;Puxian Gao

  • Dual-mode mechanical resonance of individual ZnO nanobelts

    X. D. Bai;Puxian Gao;Z. L. Wang;E. G. Wang

  • Single-crystal hexagonal disks and rings of ZnO: Low-temperature, large-scale synthesis and growth mechanism

    Feng Li;Yong Ding;Puxian Gao;Xinquan Xin

  • Crystallographic Orientation-Aligned ZnO Nanorods Grown by a Tin Catalyst

    P. X. Gao;Y. Ding;Z. L. Wang

  • Nanowire Piezoelectric Nanogenerators on Plastic Substrates as Flexible Power Sources for Nanodevices

    Pu Xian Gao;Jinhui Song;Jin Liu;Zhong Lin Wang

  • ZnO nanobelt/nanowire Schottky diodes formed by dielectrophoresis alignment across au electrodes.

    Chang Shi Lao;Jin Liu;Puxian Gao;Liyuan Zhang

  • Mesoporous Polyhedral Cages and Shells Formed by Textured Self-Assembly of ZnO Nanocrystals

    Pu Xian Gao;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Self-Assembled Nanowire−Nanoribbon Junction Arrays of ZnO

    Puxian Gao;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Nanopropeller arrays of zinc oxide

    Pu Xian Gao;Zhong L. Wang

  • Manganese-doped ZnO nanobelts for spintronics

    C. Ronning;Puxian Gao;Yong Ding;Z. L. Wang

  • Rectangular Porous ZnO–ZnS Nanocables and ZnS Nanotubes

    Xudong Wang;Puxian Gao;Jing Li;Christopher J. Summers

  • Measuring the Work Function at a Nanobelt Tip and at a Nanoparticle Surface

    Xuedong Bai;Ee Ge Wang;Puxian Gao;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Catalyst−Nanostructure Interfacial Lattice Mismatch in Determining the Shape of VLS Grown Nanowires and Nanobelts: A Case of Sn/ZnO

    Yong Ding;Pu Xian Gao;Zhong Lin Wang

  • A review of NOx storage/reduction catalysts: mechanism, materials and degradation studies

    Gang Liu;Pu-Xian Gao

  • Substrate Atomic-Termination-Induced Anisotropic Growth of ZnO Nanowires/Nanorods by the VLS Process

    Pu Xian Gao;Zhong L. Wang

  • Ni- and Mn-Promoted Mesoporous Co3O4: A Stable Bifunctional Catalyst with Surface-Structure-Dependent Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Wenqiao Song;Zheng Ren;Sheng-Yu Chen;Yongtao Meng

  • Direct synthesis and structure characterization of ultrafine CeO2 nanoparticles

    Chenguo Hu;Chenguo Hu;Zuwei Zhang;Hong Liu;Hong Liu;Puxian Gao

  • Low Temperature Propane Oxidation over Co3O4 based Nano-array Catalysts. Ni Dopant Effect, Reaction Mechanism and Structural Stability

    Zheng Ren;Zili Wu;Wenqiao Song;Wen Xiao

  • Monolithically integrated spinel M(x)Co(3-x)O(4) (M=Co, Ni, Zn) nanoarray catalysts: scalable synthesis and cation manipulation for tunable low-temperature CH(4) and CO oxidation.

    Zheng Ren;Venkatesh Botu;Sibo Wang;Yongtao Meng

  • Nanoarchitectures of semiconducting and piezoelectric zinc oxide

    Pu Xian Gao;Zhong L. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology
Yong Ding
Yong Ding Georgia Institute of Technology
Steven L. Suib
Steven L. Suib University of Connecticut
Wenjie Mai
Wenjie Mai Jinan University
Jun Ding
Jun Ding National University of Singapore
Yu Lei
Yu Lei Sun Yat-sen University
Rusen Yang
Rusen Yang Xidian University
Zili Wu
Zili Wu Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Xuedong Bai
Xuedong Bai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rampi Ramprasad
Rampi Ramprasad Georgia Institute of Technology

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