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  • 2012 - David Turnbull Lectureship, Materials Research Society

Overview

Robert Sinclair is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans a variety of topics within these fields, with a notable emphasis on electrocatalysts and catalytic processes related to energy conversion and materials chemistry.

The main topics covered in Sinclair's research include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • 2D Materials and Applications

The scientist's subfields of study reflect a multidisciplinary approach, involving Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Robert Sinclair has published several papers in well-regarded scientific journals. Key recent publications include:

  • "Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity-Stability Relationships in Ru-Based Pyrochlores" (2020), ACS Catalysis
  • "Remotely controlled near-infrared-triggered photothermal treatment of brain tumours in freely behaving mice using gold nanostars" (2022), Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Mitochondria-Rich Extracellular Vesicles Rescue Patient-Specific Cardiomyocytes From Doxorubicin Injury" (2021), JACC CardioOncology
  • "Nitride or Oxynitride? Elucidating the Composition-Activity Relationships in Molybdenum Nitride Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction" (2020), Chemistry of Materials
  • "First-Row Transition Metal Antimonates for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction" (2022), ACS Nano

The researcher has frequently published in venues such as:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Nature Nanotechnology
  • JACC CardioOncology

Sinclair's frequent collaborators have included Yunzhi Liu, Alessandro Gallo, Jens K. Nørskov, Thomas F. Jaramillo, and Melissa E. Kreider.

In 2012, Robert Sinclair was awarded the David Turnbull Lectureship by the Materials Research Society.

Best Publications

  • Highly stretchable polymer semiconductor films through the nanoconfinement effect

    Jie Xu;Sihong Wang;Ging Ji Nathan Wang;Chenxin Zhu

  • A brain tumor molecular imaging strategy using a new triple-modality MRI-photoacoustic-Raman nanoparticle

    Moritz F Kircher;Adam de la Zerda;Jesse V Jokerst;Cristina L Zavaleta

  • Tuning Interlayer Coupling in Large-Area Heterostructures with CVD-Grown MoS2 and WS2 Monolayers

    Sefaattin Tongay;Wen Fan;Wen Fan;Jun Kang;Joonsuk Park

  • Doping against the native propensity of MoS2: degenerate hole doping by cation substitution.

    Joonki Suh;Tae Eon Park;Der Yuh Lin;Deyi Fu

  • The preparation of cross‐section specimens for transmission electron microscopy

    John C. Bravman;Robert Sinclair

  • Metastable phase formation in titanium‐silicon thin films

    Robert Beyers;Robert Sinclair

  • Particle Size, Surface Coating, and PEGylation Influence the Biodistribution of Quantum Dots in Living Mice

    Meike L. Schipper;Gopal Iyer;Ai Leen Koh;Zhen Cheng

  • Anomalous moment and anisotropy behavior in Fe3O4 films.

    D. T. Margulies;F. T. Parker;F. E. Spada;R. S. Goldman

  • Designing Boron Nitride Islands in Carbon Materials for Efficient Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

    Shucheng Chen;Zhihua Chen;Samira Siahrostami;Drew Higgins

  • The Exosome Total Isolation Chip.

    Fei Liu;Fei Liu;Ophir Vermesh;Vigneshwaran Mani;Tianjia J. Ge

  • Photoacoustic Imaging of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Living Mice via Silica-Coated Gold Nanorods

    Jesse V. Jokerst;Mridhula Thangaraj;Paul J. Kempen;Robert Sinclair

  • DIRECT FORMATION OF ORDERED COPT AND FEPT COMPOUND THIN FILMS BY SPUTTERING

    M. R. Visokay;R. Sinclair

  • Amorphous Ti-Si alloy formed by interdiffusion of amorphous Si and crystalline Ti multilayers

    Karen Holloway;Robert Sinclair

  • Defective Carbon-Based Materials for the Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

    Shucheng Chen;Zhihua Chen;Samira Siahrostami;Taeho Roy Kim

  • Codoping titanium dioxide nanowires with tungsten and carbon for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance

    In Sun Cho;Chi Hwan Lee;Yunzhe Feng;Manca Logar

  • Ultratransparent and stretchable graphene electrodes

    Nan Liu;Alex Chortos;Ting Lei;Lihua Jin

  • Modeling of agglomeration in polycrystalline thin films : application to TiSi2 on a silicon substrate

    T. P. Nolan;R. Sinclair;R. Beyers

  • Pro-efferocytic nanoparticles are specifically taken up by lesional macrophages and prevent atherosclerosis

    Alyssa M. Flores;Niloufar Hosseini-Nassab;Kai-Uwe Jarr;Jianqin Ye

  • Intranasal delivery of targeted polyfunctional gold-iron oxide nanoparticles loaded with therapeutic microRNAs for combined theranostic multimodality imaging and presensitization of glioblastoma to temozolomide.

    Uday K. Sukumar;Rajendran J.C. Bose;Meenakshi Malhotra;Husam A. Babikir

  • Real-Time Intravital Imaging of RGD−Quantum Dot Binding to Luminal Endothelium in Mouse Tumor Neovasculature

    Bryan Ronain Smith;Zhen Cheng;Abhijit De;Ai Leen Koh

  • The structure of TiNi martensite

    G. M. Michal;R. Sinclair

  • A brain tumor molecular imaging strategy using a new triple-modality MRI-photoacoustic-Raman nanoparticle

    Adam de la Zerda;Moritz F. Kircher;Moritz F. Kircher;Jesse V. Jokerst;Cristina L. Zavaleta

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanjiv S. Gambhir
Sanjiv S. Gambhir Stanford University
Bruce M. Clemens
Bruce M. Clemens Stanford University
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
Shan X. Wang
Shan X. Wang Stanford University
Fritz B. Prinz
Fritz B. Prinz Stanford University
Fernando Ponce
Fernando Ponce Arizona State University
Zhenan Bao
Zhenan Bao Stanford University
Jennifer A. Dionne
Jennifer A. Dionne Stanford University
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Stacey F. Bent
Stacey F. Bent Stanford University

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