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Wenxin Niu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and engineering. Their work spans 85 publications in materials science and 47 in engineering. Within these domains, Niu has focused on specialized subfields such as materials chemistry, renewable energy and sustainability, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, electrical and electronic engineering, as well as biomedical engineering.

Niu's research covers several prominent topics, including:

  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaboration with researchers such as Guobao Xu, Fengxia Wu, Fenghua Li, Hsien-Yi Hsu, and Shiyu Xia.

Publication venues where Niu's work most often appears include:

  • Small (7 publications)
  • Nature Communications (4 publications)
  • ACS Applied Nano Materials (4 publications)
  • Nanoscale (4 publications)
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (3 publications)

Recent published papers by Wenxin Niu showcase a range of research interests across nanomaterials, catalysis, and advanced fabrication methods:

  • "Ethylene Selectivity in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction on Cu Nanomaterials: A Crystal Phase-Dependent Study," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Heterophase fcc-2H-fcc gold nanorods," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Unconventional-Phase Crystalline Materials Constructed from Multiscale Building Blocks," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "Unveiling One-Pot Template-Free Fabrication of Exquisite Multidimensional PtNi Multicube Nanoarchitectonics for the Efficient Electrochemical Oxidation of Ethanol and Methanol with a Great Tolerance for CO," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Synthesis of Chiral Au Nanocrystals with Precise Homochiral Facets for Enantioselective Surface Chemistry," 2022, Nano Letters

Best Publications

  • Two-Dimensional Metal Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

    Y. B. Chen;Zhanxi Fan;Zhicheng Zhang;Wenxin Niu

  • Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Palladium Nanocrystals

    Wenxin Niu;Ling Zhang;Guobao Xu

  • Environmentally Friendly and Highly Sensitive Ruthenium(II) Tris(2,2′‐bipyridyl) Electrochemiluminescent System Using 2‐(Dibutylamino)ethanol as Co‐Reactant

    Xiaoqing Liu;Lihong Shi;Wenxin Niu;Haijuan Li

  • Selective synthesis of single-crystalline rhombic dodecahedral, octahedral, and cubic gold nanocrystals.

    Wenxin Niu;Shanliang Zheng;Dawei Wang;Xiaoqing Liu

  • Surface Plasmon-Driven Water Reduction: Gold Nanoparticle Size Matters

    Kun Qian;Brendan C. Sweeny;Aaron C. Johnston-Peck;Wenxin Niu

  • Highly Symmetric Gold Nanostars: Crystallographic Control and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Property.

    Wenxin Niu;Yi An Alvin Chua;Weiqing Zhang;Hejin Huang

  • Solvothermal synthesis of metal nanocrystals and their applications

    Jianping Lai;Wenxin Niu;Rafael Luque;Rafael Luque;Guobao Xu

  • Crystal phase-based epitaxial growth of hybrid noble metal nanostructures on 4H/fcc Au nanowires.

    Qipeng Lu;An-Liang Wang;Yue Gong;Wei Hao

  • Seed-Mediated Growth of Nearly Monodisperse Palladium Nanocubes with Controllable Sizes

    Wenxin Niu;Zhi-Yuan Li;Lihong Shi;Xiaoqing Liu

  • Ethylene Selectivity in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction on Cu Nanomaterials: A Crystal Phase-Dependent Study.

    Ye Chen;Zhanxi Fan;Jiong Wang;Chongyi Ling;Chongyi Ling

  • Simultaneous electrochemical determination of uric acid, dopamine, and ascorbic acid at single-walled carbon nanohorn modified glassy carbon electrode.

    Shuyun Zhu;Haijuan Li;Wenxin Niu;Guobao Xu

  • Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Nanosheets with Bright, Tunable Photoluminescence and High Stability.

    Shuang Yang;Wenxin Niu;An-Liang Wang;Zhanxi Fan

  • Synthesis and applications of noble metal nanocrystals with high-energy facets

    Ling Zhang;Wenxin Niu;Guobao Xu

  • Amperometric glucose biosensor based on single-walled carbon nanohorns

    Xiaoqing Liu;Lihong Shi;Wenxin Niu;Haijuan Li

  • Halide Anions as Shape-Directing Agents for Obtaining High-Quality Anisotropic Gold Nanostructures

    Joseph S. DuChene;Wenxin Niu;John M. Abendroth;Qi Sun

  • Crystallographic control of noble metal nanocrystals

    Wenxin Niu;Guobao Xu

  • Seed-mediated growth of noble metal nanocrystals: crystal growth and shape control

    Wenxin Niu;Ling Zhang;Guobao Xu

  • A Template-Free and Surfactant-Free Method for High-Yield Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse 3-Aminophenol–Formaldehyde Resin and Carbon Nano/Microspheres

    Jianming Zhao;Wenxin Niu;Ling Zhang;Haoran Cai

  • Submonolayered Ru Deposited on Ultrathin Pd Nanosheets used for Enhanced Catalytic Applications.

    Zhicheng Zhang;Ye Liu;Bo Chen;Yue Gong

  • Electrochemiluminescence from tris(2,2 '-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II)-graphene-Nafion modified electrode

    Haijuan Li;Jiuan Chen;Shuang Han;Wenxin Niu

Frequent Co-Authors

Guobao Xu
Guobao Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rafael Luque
Rafael Luque King Saud University
Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Xianmao Lu
Xianmao Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ye Chen
Ye Chen Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Zhanxi Fan
Zhanxi Fan City University of Hong Kong
Lin Gu
Lin Gu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bing Li
Bing Li Jiangsu University
Zhicheng Zhang
Zhicheng Zhang Tianjin University
Qiyuan He
Qiyuan He City University of Hong Kong

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