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• Directional water collection on wetted spider silk.

  Many biological surfaces in both the plant and animal kingdom possess unusual structural features at the micro- and nanometre-scale that control their…

  Authors: Yongmei Zheng, Hao Bai, Zhongbing Huang, Xuelin Tian, Fu-Qiang Nie, Yong Zhao, Jin Zhai, Lei Jiang

  Source: Nature. 2010 Feb 4

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• B2(BO)2(2-)-diboronyl diborene: a linear molecule with a triple boron-boron bond.

  We have produced and investigated an unique boron oxide cluster, B4O2(-), using photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Relatively simp…

  Authors: Si-Dian Li, Hua-Jin Zhai, Lai-Sheng Wang

  Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2008 Feb 27

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• Probing the electronic structure and band gap evolution of titanium oxide clusters (TiO(2))(n)(-) (n = 1-10) using photoelectron spectroscopy.

  TiO2 is a wide-band-gap semiconductor, and it is an important material for photocatalysis. Here we report an experimental investigation of the electro…

  Authors: Hua-Jin Zhai, Lai-Sheng Wang

  Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2007 Mar 14

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• Probing the electronic and structural properties of chromium oxide clusters (CrO3)n(-) and (CrO3)n (n = 1-5): photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional calculations.

  Photoelectron spectroscopy has been conducted for a series of (CrO3)n(-) (n = 1-5) clusters and compared with density functional calculations. Well-re…

  Authors: Hua-Jin Zhai, Shenggang Li, David A Dixon, Lai-Sheng Wang

  Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2008 Apr 16

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• Probing the electronic structure and chemical bonding of gold oxides and sulfides in AuOn(-) and AuSn(-) (n = 1, 2).

  The Au-O and Au-S interactions are essential in nanogold catalysis and nanotechnology, for which monogold oxide and sulfide clusters serve as the simp…

  Authors: Hua-Jin Zhai, Christian Bürgel, Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky, Lai-Sheng Wang

  Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2008 Jul 16

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• A photoelectron spectroscopic and theoretical study of B16- and B16(2-): an all-boron naphthalene.

  The structure and chemical bonding of B16- were studied using ab initio calculations and photoelectron spectroscopy. Its global minimum is found to be…

  Authors: Alina P Sergeeva, Dmitry Yu Zubarev, Hua-Jin Zhai, Alexander I Boldyrev, Lai-Sheng Wang

  Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2008 Jun 11

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• Probing the electronic structure of early transition-metal oxide clusters: polyhedral cages of (V2O5)n(-) (n = 2-4) and (M2O5(2)(-) (M = Nb, Ta).

  Vanadium oxide clusters, (V2O5)n, have been predicted to possess interesting polyhedral cage structures, which may serve as ideal molecular models for…

  Authors: Hua-Jin Zhai, Jens Döbler, Joachim Sauer, Lai-Sheng Wang

  Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2007 Oct 31

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• Hydrocarbon analogues of boron clusters--planarity, aromaticity and antiaromaticity.

  An interesting feature of elemental boron and boron compounds is the occurrence of highly symmetric icosahedral clusters. The rich chemistry of boron …

  Authors: Hua-Jin Zhai, Boggavarapu Kiran, Jun Li, Lai-Sheng Wang

  Source: Nature materials. 2003 Dec

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• Unique CO chemisorption properties of gold hexamer: Au6(CO)n- (n = 0-3).

  Elucidating the chemisorption properties of CO on gold clusters is essential to understanding the catalytic mechanisms of gold nanoparticles. Gold hex…

  Authors: Hua-Jin Zhai, Boggavarapu Kiran, Bing Dai, Jun Li, Lai-Sheng Wang

  Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2005 Aug 31

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• Electronic structure and chemical bonding in MO(n)- and MO(n) clusters (M = Mo, W; n = 3-5): a photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio study.

  Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) and ab initio calculations are combined to investigate the electronic structure of MO(n)- clusters (M = W, Mo; n = 3-…

  Authors: Hua-Jin Zhai, Boggavarapu Kiran, Li-Feng Cui, Xi Li, David A Dixon, Lai-Sheng Wang

  Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2004 Dec 15

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