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ORCID: 0000-0002-4932-6699
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Journal Articles

2025

40. Molecular-Resolution Imaging of Ice Crystallized from Liquid Water by Cryogenic Liquid-Cell TEM.
Jingshan S. Du, Suvo Banik, Henry Chan, Birk Fritsch, Ying Xia, Ajay S. Karakoti, Andreas Hutzler, Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, James J. De Yoreo.
Nature Communications 2025, 16, 8342. [DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-62451-0] [arXiv:2406.00915]

• Featured in Nature Communications Editor’s Highlights, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
• Featured in Department of Energy Office of Science Research News Update
• Highlighted by Science News: Ice is more flexible than you think, a new nano-movie shows
• Highlighted by Naked Science: Physicists for the first time have taken a closer look at how the molecular structure of ice copes with the stress from gas bubbles
• Highlighted by Inovação Tecnológica: Is ice flexible? It is, and that has huge implications
• Highlighted by PNNL News: A Chilling Discovery: The Surprising Flexibility of Ice; adapted by PHYS.ORG, AZoNano, AzoMaterials, MSN News UK, etc.
• Highlighted by Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg News: The Surprising Flexibility of Ice at the Nanoscale
• PNNL Research Highlight: Seeing Ice Crystals at the Atomic Level
• Gatan, Inc. Experiment Brief: Atomic resolution imaging of hexagonal water ice

39. Achieving Electrode Smoothing by Controlling the Nucleation Phase of Metal Deposition Through Polymer-Substrate Binding.
Ying Xia, Duo Song, Mingyi Zhang, Zheming Wang, Chenyang Shi, Jingshan S. Du, Sun Hae Ra Shin, Mark H. Engelhard, Praveen K. Thallapally, Christine A. Orme, Jinhui Tao, Maria L. Sushko, James. J. De Yoreo, Jun Liu.
Advanced Materials 2025. [DOI:10.1002/adma.202503218] [arXiv:2502.05809]

38. 33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
Chad A. Mirkin, Sarah Hurst Petrosko, Natalie Artzi, Koray Aydin, Austin Biaggne, C. Jeffrey Brinker, Katherine E. Bujold, Y. Charles Cao, Rachel R. Chan, Chaojian Chen, Peng-Cheng Chen, Xiaodong Chen, Olivier J. G. L. Chevalier, Chung Hang Jonathan Choi, Richard M. Crooks, Vinayak P. Dravid, Jingshan S. Du, Sasha B. Ebrahimi, Hongyou Fan, Omar K. Farha, C. Adrian Figg, Tanner D. Fink, Connor M. Forsyth, Harald Fuchs, Franz M. Geiger, Nathan C. Gianneschi, Kyle J. Gibson, David S. Ginger, SiShi Guo, Justin S. Hanes, Liangliang Hao, Jin Huang, Bryan M. Hunter, Fengwei Huo, Jeongmin Hwang, Rongchao Jin, Shana O. Kelley, Thomas J. Kempa, Youngeun Kim, Sergej Kudruk, Sneha Kumari, Kaitlin M. Landy, Ki-Bum Lee, Noel J. Leon, Jun Li, Yuanwei Li, Zhiwei Li, Bin Liu, Guoliang Liu, Xiaogang Liu, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Jochen H. Lorch, Taokun Luo, Robert J. Macfarlane, Jill E. Millstone, Milan Mrksich, Catherine J. Murphy, Rajesh R. Naik, Andre E. Nel, Christopher Oetheimer, Jenny K. Hedlund Orbeck, So-Jung Park, Benjamin E. Partridge, Nicholas A. Peppas, Michelle L. Personick, Arindam Raj, Namrata Ramani, Michael B. Ross, Stacey Barnaby Ross, Edward H. Sargent, Tanushri Sengupta, George C. Schatz, Dwight S. Seferos, Tamar Seideman, Soyoung Eileen Seo, Bo Shen, Wooyoung Shim, Donghoon Shin, Ulrich Simon, Andrew J. Sinegra, Peter T. Smith, Alexander M. Spokoyny, Peter J. Stang, Alexander H. Stegh, J. Fraser Stoddart, Dayne F. Swearer, Weihong Tan, Michelle H. Teplensky, C. Shad Thaxton, David R. Walt, Mary X. Wang, Zhe Wang, Wei David Wei, Paul S. Weiss, Peter H. Winegar, Younan Xia, Yi Xie, Xiaoyang Xu, Peidong Yang, Yiming Yang, Zihao Ye, Kuk Ro Yoon, Cuizheng Zhang, Hua Zhang, Ke Zhang, Liangfang Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Ye Zhang, Zijian Zheng, Wenjie Zhou, Shengshuang Zhu, and Wei Zhu.
ACS Nano 2025, 19 (36), 31933–31968. [DOI:10.1021/acsnano.5c12854]

2024

37. Crystallization and Assembly at Interfaces: Celebrating the Achievements of a Vibrant Research Community.
Jingshan S. Du, Xin Qi, Soyoung E. Seo, Shuai Zhang, Olaf J. Borkiewicz.
MRS Advances 2024, 9 (13), 1037–1038. [DOI:10.1557/s43580-024-00922-0]

36. Assembly of Short Amphiphilic Peptoids into Nanohelices with Controllable Supramolecular Chirality.
Renyu Zheng, Mingfei Zhao, Jingshan S. Du, Tarunya Rao Sudarshan, Yicheng Zhou, Anant K. Paravastu, James J. De Yoreo, Andrew L. Ferguson, Chun-Long Chen.
Nature Communications 2024, 15, 3264. [DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-46839-y]

• Highlighted by PNNL News: Designer Peptoids Mimic Nature’s Helices; adapted by PHYS.ORG, Technology Networks, BioEngineer.org, NanoWerk News, etc.

35. Ru/MgO Catalyst with Dual Ru Structure Sites for Efficient CO Production from CO2 Hydrogenation.
Shaohua Xie^†, Kailong Ye^†, Jingshan S. Du^†, Xing Zhang, Daekun Kim, Jeremia Loukusa, Lu Ma, Steven N. Ehrlich, Nebojsa S. Marinkovic, James J. De Yoreo, Fudong Liu.
Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 487, 150486. [DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2024.150486] [Accepted Manuscript] (Invited research article)

34. Non-Classical Crystallization in Soft and Organic Materials.
Jingshan S. Du, Yuna Bae, James J. De Yoreo.
Nature Reviews Materials 2024, 9 (4), 229–248. [DOI:10.1038/s41578-023-00637-y] [Free Full Text Link]

• Featured on the Front Cover.
• Highlighted by PHYS.ORG: Deciphering How Crystals Form in Non-Classical Ways
• PNNL Research Highlight: Deciphering How Crystals Form in Non-Classical Ways.

33. Time’s Dance with Gold: Tracking the Isomeric Fluctuations of Au Clusters.
Jingshan S. Du.
Nanoscale Horizons 2024, 9 (4), 504–505. [DOI:10.1039/D4NH90007C] [RSC Blog Version]

32. Colloidal Quasicrystals Engineered with DNA.
Wenjie Zhou^†, Yein Lim^†, Haixin Lin^†, Sangmin Lee^†, Yuanwei Li, Ziyin Huang, Jingshan S. Du, Byeongdu Lee, Shunzhi Wang, Ana Sánchez-Iglesias, Marek Grzelczak, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Sharon C. Glotzer, Chad A. Mirkin.
Nature Materials 2024, 23 (3), 424–428. [DOI:10.1038/s41563-023-01706-x] [Free Full Text Link]

• Highlighted by TunisieSoir News: Revolutionary Nanoparticle Quasicrystal: A DNA-Built Marvel.
• Highlighted by Tech Explorist: A quasicrystal from nanoparticles using DNA.
• Highlighted by BNN Breaking: DNA-modified Building Blocks Used to Engineer Colloidal Quasicrystals: A Nanotechnology Breakthrough.
• Highlighted by University of Michigan News: Nanoparticle quasicrystal constructed with DNA; adapted by Tech Xplore, Futurity, Nanotechnology Now, SciTechDaily, Nanowerk News, etc.
• Highlighted by CIC biomaGUNE News: Colloidal quasicrystals engineered with DNA; adapted by Agencia Servicio de Información y Noticias Científicas, BioTech Spain, etc.
• Highlightled by International Institute for Nanotechnology News: Scientific Breakthrough: Northwestern University Researchers Engineer Colloidal Quasicrystals Using DNA-Modified Building Blocks; adapted by PHYS.ORG.

2023

31. Discovering Polyelemental Nanostructures with Redistributed Plasmonic Modes Through Combinatorial Synthesis.
Jingshan S. Du^†, Charles Cherqui^†, Tyler W. Ueltschi, Carolin B. Wahl, Marc Bourgeois, Richard P. Van Duyne, George C. Schatz, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Science Advances 2023, 9 (51), eadj6129. [DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adj6129]

30. Preventative Studies Should Begin Now for Detecting AI-Generated Microscopy Images.
Jingshan S. Du, Mingyi Zhang.
Matter 2023, 6 (6), 1673–1674. [DOI:10.1016/j.matt.2023.04.009]

29. From Heterostructures to Solid-Solutions: Structural Tunability in Mixed Halide Perovskites.
Donghoon Shin^†‡, Minliang Lai^†, Yongjin Shin, Jingshan S. Du, Liban Jibril, James M. Rondinelli, Chad A. Mirkin
Advanced Materials 2023, 35 (11), 2205923. [DOI:10.1002/adma.202205923]

2022

28. Editorial: Nanotechnology for Natural Products.
Jingshan S. Du, Tongkai Chen, Fang Liu, Shengpeng Wang, Jinming Zhang, Ruoyu Zhang.
Frontiers in Chemistry 2022, 10, 1069892. [DOI:10.3389/fchem.2022.1069892]

27. Intermetallic Nanocrystal Discovery Through Modulation of Atom Stacking Hierarchy.
Jingshan S. Du, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
ACS Nano 2022, 16 (12), 20796–20804. [DOI:10.1021/acsnano.2c08038] [Free Full Text Link]

• Featured on the Front Cover.

26. Is Open Access Worth the Cost?
Jingshan S. Du.
The Scientist 2022, 36 (2), 15–16.
TS Digest 2022 (6:1), 9–10. [Online version]

• Cited in the G7 Open Science Working Group Research on Research Sub-Working Group Final Report.

25. The Emergence of Valency in Colloidal Crystals Through Electron Equivalents.
Shunzhi Wang^†, Sangmin Lee^†, Jingshan S. Du^†, Benjamin E. Partridge, Ho Fung Cheng, Wenjie Zhou, Vinayak P. Dravid, Byeongdu Lee, Sharon C. Glotzer, Chad A. Mirkin.
Nature Materials 2022, 21 (5), 580–587. [DOI:10.1038/s41563-021-01170-5] [Free Full Text Link]

• Highlighted by Materials Today News: Broken symmetry leads to unnatural colloidal crystals.
• Highlighted by Northwestern Engineering News: How to Break Symmetry in Colloidal Crystals; adapted by PHYS.ORG, NANO Magazine, International Institute for Nanotechnology News, Nanowerk News, etc.
• Highlighted by University of Michigan News: Nanostructures get complex with electron equivalents; adapted by Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights, Nanotechnology Now, etc.
• Argonne National Laboratory Press Release: X-rays help scientists uncover new forms of material using designer DNA; adapted by PHYS.ORG, Laboratory Equipment, Nanotechnology World Association, SciTechDaily, Technology Org, AZoMaterials, Nanowerk News, Technology Networks, etc.

2021

24. Site-Isolated Upconversion Nanoparticle Arrays Synthesized in Polyol Nanoreactors.
David D. Xu^‡, Carolin B. Wahl^‡, Jingshan S. Du, Shawn Irgen-Gioro, Emily A. Weiss, Chad A. Mirkin.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125 (47), 26125–26131. [DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08562] [Free Full Text Link]

23. Galvanic Transformation Dynamics in Heterostructured Nanoparticles.
Jingshan S. Du, Kun He, Yaobin Xu, Carolin B. Wahl^‡, David D. Xu^‡, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31 (46), 2105866. [DOI:10.1002/adfm.202105866] [Free Full Text Link]

22. A Bidirectional Nanomodification Approach for Synthesizing Hierarchically Architected Mixed Oxide Electrodes for Oxygen Evolution.
Qian Rong^†‡, Jingshan S. Du^†, Xinqi Chen, Qingju Liu, Vinayak P. Dravid.
Small 2021, 17 (17), 2007287. [DOI:10.1002/smll.202007287] [Free Full Text Link]

• Highlighted by Northwestern Engineering News: Potato Chips Inspire Novel Method for Water-Splitting; adapted by International Institute for Nanotechnology News.

21. Twin Pathways: Discerning the Origins of Multiply Twinned Colloidal Nanoparticles.
Jingshan S. Du, Wenjie Zhou, Sara M. Rupich, Chad A. Mirkin.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60 (13), 6858−6863. [DOI:10.1002/anie.202015166] [Free Full Text Link]
Angewandte Chemie 2021, 133 (13), 6934-6939. [DOI:10.1002/ange.202015166]

2020

20. Position‐ and Orientation‐Controlled Growth of Wulff‐Shaped Colloidal Crystals Engineered with DNA.
Lin Sun, Haixin Lin, Yuanwei Li, Wenjie Zhou, Jingshan S. Du, Chad A. Mirkin.
Advanced Matterials 2020, 32 (47), 2005316. [DOI:10.1002/adma.202005316] [Free Full Text Link]

19. Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal Arrays: Multiplexed Synthesis and Size-Dependent Emission.
Jingshan S. Du^†, Donghoon Shin^†‡, Teodor K. Stanev, Chiara Musumeci, Zhuang Xie, Ziyin Huang, Minliang Lai, Lin Sun, Wenjie Zhou, Nathaniel P. Stern, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Science Advances 2020, 6 (39), eabc4959. [DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abc4959]

• Highlighted by Nature Electronics: All perovskites great and small
• Highlighted by Perovskite-Info: New method for synthesizing halide perovskite nanocrystals could create better displays
• Highlighted by Northwestern Engineering News: Perovskite Nanocrystals Show Their True Colors; adapted by International Institute for Nanotechnology News.

18. Chain-End Functionalized Polymers for the Controlled Synthesis of Sub-2 nm Particles.
Peng-Cheng Chen, Yuan Liu, Jingshan S. Du, Brian Meckes, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142 (16), 7350−7355. [DOI:10.1021/jacs.0c02244] [Free Full Text Link]

17. Light‐Responsive Colloidal Crystals Engineered with DNA.
Jinghan Zhu, Haixin Lin, Youngeun Kim, Muwen Yang, Kacper Skakuj, Jingshan S. Du, Byeongdu Lee, George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne, Chad A. Mirkin.
Advanced Materials 2020, 32 (8), 1906600. [DOI:10.1002/adma.201906600] [Free Full Text Link]

2019

16. Colloidal Crystal “Alloys”.
Shunzhi Wang, Jingshan S. Du, Nicolas J. Diercks, Wenjie Zhou, Eric W. Roth, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141 (51), 20443−20450. [DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b11109] [Free Full Text Link]

15. Particle Analogs of Electrons in Colloidal Crystals.
Martin Girard^†, Shunzhi Wang^†, Jingshan S. Du^†, Anindita Das^†, Ziyin Huang, Vinayak P. Dravid, Byeongdu Lee, Chad A. Mirkin, Monica Olvera de la Cruz.
Science 2019, 364 (6446), 1174−1178. [DOI:10.1126/science.aaw8237]

• Highlighted by MRS Bulletin: DNA-enveloped particles show electron-like behavior in colloidal crystals
• Highlighted by Quanta Magazine: Strange Metal-like Bonds Discovered in Customized Crystals
• Highlighted by The Economist Espresso: Roam if you want to: nanoparticles
• Highlighted by Marshable India: Researchers Have Discovered Electron Equivalents In Macroscopic Colloidal Solution
• Highlighted by Northwestern Now: Electron-behaving nanoparticles rock current understanding of matter; adapted by PHYS.ORG, Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights, Civil + Structural Engineer, etc.
• Argonne National Laboratory Press Release: Scientists discover ​”electron equivalents” in colloidal systems; adapted by PHYS.ORG, Nanowerk News, etc.

14. Interface and Heterostructure Design in Polyelemental Nanoparticles.
Peng-Cheng Chen, Mohan Liu, Jingshan S. Du, Brian Meckes, Shunzhi Wang, Haixin Lin, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chris Wolverton, Chad A. Mirkin.
Science 2019, 363 (6430), 959−964. [DOI:10.1126/science.aav4302]

• Highlighted by Nano Today: Recipe for nanoparticle interfaces revealed
• Highlighted by Northwestern Now: New blueprint for understanding, predicting and optimizing complex nanoparticles; adapted by Materials Today News, PHYS.ORG, ScienceDaily, etc.

13. Catalyst Discovery Through Megalibraries of Nanomaterials.
Edward J. Kluender^†, James L. Hedrick^†, Keith A. Brown, Rahul Rao, Brian Meckes, Jingshan S. Du, Liane M. Moreau, Benji Maruyama, Chad A. Mirkin.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2019, 116 (1), 40−45. [DOI:10.1073/pnas.1815358116]

• Highlighted by Science News: ‘Megalibraries’ of nanomaterials could speed clean energy and other grand challenge targets
• Highlighted by Nature Reviews Chemistry: Printing megalibraries
• Highlighted by Northwestern Now: New megalibrary approach proves useful for the rapid discovery of new materials; adapted by Materials Today News, PHYS.ORG, Nanowerk News, etc.

2018

12. Windowless Observation of Evaporation-Induced Coarsening of Au-Pt Nanoparticles in Polymer Nanoreactors.
Jingshan S. Du, Peng-Cheng Chen, Brian Meckes, Edward J. Kluender, Zhuang Xie, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140 (23), 7213−7221. [DOI:10.1021/jacs.8b03105] [Free Full Text Link] [arXiv:1806.00497]

• Highlighted by International Institute for Nanotechnology News: Polymer nanoreactors enable windowless in situ electron observation of nanoparticle dynamics in fluids

2017

11. Multistage Transformation and Lattice Fluctuation at AgCl-Ag Interface.
Jingshan S. Du, Jungwon Park, QHwan Kim, Wonho Jhe, Vinayak P. Dravid, Deren Yang, David A. Weitz.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2017, 8 (23), 5853−5860. [DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02875] [Free Full Text Link] [arXiv:1711.04899]

10. Structural Evolution of Three-Component Nanoparticles in Polymer Nanoreactors.
Peng-Cheng Chen, Jingshan S. Du, Brian Meckes, Liliang Huang, Zhuang Xie, James L. Hedrick, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139 (29), 9876−9884. [DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b03163] [Free Full Text Link]

9. Solution-Phase Photochemical Nanopatterning Enabled by High-Refractive-Index Beam Pen Arrays.
Zhuang Xie^†, Pavlo Gordiichuk^†, Qing-Yuan Lin, Brian Meckes, Peng-Cheng Chen, Lin Sun, Jingshan S. Du, Jinghan Zhu, Yuan Liu, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
ACS Nano 2017, 11 (8), 8231−8241. [DOI:10.1021/acsnano.7b03282] [Free Full Text Link]

• Highlighted by ACS Nano: And There Was Light: Prospects for the Creation of Micro- and Nanostructures through Maskless Photolithography

8. The Structural Fate of Individual Multicomponent Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles in Polymer Nanoreactors.
Jingshan S. Du^†, Peng-Cheng Chen^†, Brian Meckes, Zhuang Xie, Jinghan Zhu, Yuan Liu, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017, 56 (26), 7625−7629. [DOI:10.1002/anie.201703296] [arXiv:1705.05760]
Angewandte Chemie 2017, 129 (26), 7733−7737. [DOI:10.1002/ange.201703296]
Corrigendum: Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57 (21), 5977. [DOI:10.1002/anie.201803189] Angewandte Chemie 2018, 130 (21), 6085. [DOI:10.1002/ange.201803189]

7. Embedding Ultrafine and High-Content Pt Nanoparticles at Ceria Surface for Enhanced Thermal Stability.
Jingshan S. Du^†, Ting Bian^†, Junjie Yu, Yingying Jiang, Xiaowei Wang, Yucong Yan, Yi Jiang, Chuanhong Jin, Hui Zhang, Deren Yang.
Advanced Science 2017, 4 (9), 1700056. [DOI:10.1002/advs.201700056]

6. Intermetallic Nanocrystals: Syntheses and Catalytic Applications.
Yucong Yan, Jingshan S. Du, Kyle D. Gilroy, Deren Yang, Younan Xia, Hui Zhang.
Advanced Materials 2017, 29 (14), 1605997. [DOI:10.1002/adma.201605997] [arXiv:1702.08137] (Invited review)
Correction: Advanced Materials, 2019, 31 (4), 1806746. [DOI:10.1002/adma.201806746]

Before 2017

5. Developing an Aqueous Approach for Synthesizing Au and M@Au (M = Pd, CuPt) Hybrid Nanostars with Plasmonic Properties.
Jingshan Du, Junjie Yu, Yalin Xiong, Zhuoqing Lin, Hui Zhang, Deren Yang.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2015, 17 (2), 1265−1272. [DOI:10.1039/C4CP04757E] [Accepted Manuscript] [arXiv:1410.8163]

4. Kinetically-Controlled Growth of Cubic and Octahedral Rh-Pd Alloy Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts with High Activity and Durability.
Yucong Yan^†, Fangwei Zhan^†, Jingshan Du, Yingying Jiang, Chuanhong Jin, Maoshen Fu, Hui Zhang, Deren Yang.
Nanoscale 2015, 7 (1), 301−307. [DOI:10.1039/c4nr04942j] [Accepted Manuscript]

3. Facile Synthesis of High-Quality Pt Nanostructures with Controlled Aspect-Ratio for Methanol Electro-Oxidation.
Yi Li, Ting Bian, Jingshan Du, Yalin Xiong, Fangwei Zhan, Hui Zhang, Deren Yang.
CrystEngComm 2014, 16 (36), 8340−8343. [DOI:10.1039/c4ce00713a] [Accepted Manuscript]

2. Langmuir Isotherm in Solution Adsorption Experiment.
Jingshan Du.
Research and Exploration in Laboratory 2014, 33 (10), 207−210. [DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1006-7167.2014.10.049] [Full Text on ResearchGate]

1. A Design of a Remote-Control Telescope System for High-School Students.
Jingshan Du, Yanzhi Liu, Shenming Fu, Lan Lin.
Astronomical Research & Technology 2013, 10 (2), 194−200. [DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1672-7673.2013.02.014] [Full Text on ResearchGate]

• Featured on the Front Cover.

Patents and Disclosures

4. Structurally modified nanosheets of metal oxides and related methods.
US 11,982,005. U.S. Patent. [Google Patents]

3. Halide perovskite nanocrystal array and its preparation.
PCT/US2020/063324. PCT Application (KR/EP/US/CA/JP/AU/CN). Publication No. WO 2021/188168 [Google Patents]

2. Polymer-assisted synthesis of nanoparticles.
US 11,599,020. U.S. Patent. [Google Patents]

1. Device and method for measuring flow rate of fluid.
CN 103063868. China Patent. [Google Patents]

Invited Talks

12. Direct Observation of Atomic-Scale Facet Evolution During Ice Crystallization. Gordon Research Conference: Crystal Growth and Assembly. June 22^nd–27^th, 2025. Manchester, NH. (Short talk)

11. Directly Observing the Ice-Water Interface with Molecular Resolution.
Caltech Engineering and Applied Sciences Trailblazers Symposium. November 7^th–8^th, 2024. Pasadena, CA.

10. Molecular-Resolution Electron Imaging of Defects and Dynamics at the Ice-Water Interface.
2024 Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory User Meeting. October 8^th–10^th, 2024. Richland, WA.

9. Molecular-Resolution Electron Imaging of Defects and Dynamics at the Ice-Water Interface.
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2024. July 28^th–August 1^st, 2024. Cleveland, OH.
8^th Annual Pre-Meeting Congress for Students, Post-Docs, and Early-Career Professionals in Microscopy and Microanalysis. July 27^th, 2024. Cleveland, OH. (Award address)
Proceedings paper: Microscopy and Microanalysis 2024, 30 (S1), 1751–1752. [DOI:10.1093/mam/ozae044.865]

8. Deciphering Nanoscale Complexities: From Synthetic to Natural Crystal Systems.
Titans of the Tiny Symposium, Northwestern University. July 13^th, 2024. Evanston, IL.

7. Imperfections Make a Perfect Revelation: Discovering Complex Local Structures in Crystalline Materials and Ice.
Materials Science and Engineering Seminar, University of Washington. January 8^th, 2024. Seattle, WA.

6. Nanoscale Defects and Melting Behaviors of Ice Revealed at Atomic Resolution.
Gordon Research Seminar: Crystal Growth and Assembly. June 17^th–18^th, 2023. Manchester, NH.

5. Discovering and Deciphering Bimetallic Nanocrystal Structures from a Library-on-a-Chip.
Ryan Fellows Reunion Symposium, September 9^th, 2022. Evanston, IL.

4. From Making Crystals to Seeing Crystal Evolution: Developing New Imaging Capabilities to Understand Molecular Icing.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Linus Pauling Seminar, February 24^th, 2021. Online Virtual Meeting.

3. Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal Arrays: Multiplexed Synthesis and Side-Dependent Emission.
SPIE Student Seminar Series, August 4^th, 2020. Online Virtual Meeting.

2. Accelerating Complex Nanomaterial Discovery Using A Combinatorial Library Approach.
43^rd International Precious Metals Institute Annual Conference, June 15^th−18^thth, 2019. Reno, NV, United States. (Award address)

1. Classical Electron Equivalent Nanoparticles in Metal-like Colloidal Crystals.
36^th John E. Hilliard Symposium, Northwestern University, May 16^th, 2019. Evanston, IL, United States.

Contributed Presentations

26. Direct Observation of Atomic-Scale Facet Evolution During Ice Crystallization.
Jingshan S. Du, Lehan Yao, Suvo Banik, Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, Maxim Ziatdinov, James J. De Yoreo.
American Chemical Society Fall 2025 National Meeting. August 17^th–21^st, 2025. Washington, DC. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: 4308286

25. Observing Liquid Water Crystallization at Atomic Resolution.
Jingshan S. Du, James J. De Yoreo.
2025 American Physical Society Global Physics Summit. March 16^th–21^st, 2025, Anaheim, CA. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: MAR-B45

24. Molecular-Resolution Imaging of Ice Crystallized from Liquid Water.
Jingshan S. Du, Suvo Banik, Henry Chan, Birk Fritsch, Ying Xia, Andreas Hutzler, Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, James J. De Yoreo.
2024 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting. December 1^st–6^th, 2024. Boston, MA. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: CH05.15.06

23. Molecular-Resolution Elucidation of Ice Defects Formed by Liquid Water Crystallization. Jingshan S. Du, Suvo Banik, Henry Chan, Birk Fritsch, Ying Xia, Andreas Hutzler, Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, James J. De Yoreo.
AVS 70^th International Symposium. November 3^rd–8^th, 2024. Tampa, FL. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the abstract book: NS1-MoM-7

22. Molecular Resolution Electron Imaging of Ice-Water Interfacial Dynamics. Jingshan S. Du, James J. De Yoreo.
Princeton-Nature Conference: 3^rd Frontiers in Electron Microscopy for Physical and Life Sciences. October 16^th–18^th, 2024. Princeton, NJ. (Poster)

21. Molecular-Resolution Elucidation of Ice Defects Formed by Liquid Water Crystallization.
Jingshan S. Du, Suvo Banik, Henry Chan, Birk Fritsch, Ying Xia, Andreas Hutzler, Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, James J. De Yoreo.
American Chemical Society Fall 2024 National Meeting. August 18^th-22^rd, 2024. Denver, CO. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: 4086609

20. Discovering Plasmonic Hetero-Nanoparticles Through Combinatorial Synthesis.
Jingshan S. Du, Charles Cherqui, Tyler W. Ueltschi, George C. Schatz, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
American Chemical Society Fall 2024 National Meeting. August 18^th-22^rd, 2024. Denver, CO. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: 4094381

19. Watching Ice-Water Interfacial Dynamics at Molecular Resolution.
Jingshan S. Du, James J. De Yoreo.
Gordon Research Conference: Water and Aqueous Solutions. July 21^st–26^th, 2024. Holderness, NH. (Poster)
Gordon Research Seminar: Water and Aqueous Solutions. July 20^th–21^st, 2024. Holderness, NH. (Poster)

18. Molecular-Resolution Elucidation of Ice Defects Formed by Liquid Water Crystallization.
Jingshan S. Du, Suvo Banik, Henry Chan, Birk Fritsch, Ying Xia, Andreas Hutzler, Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, James J. De Yoreo.
98^th ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium. June 23^rd–26^th, 2024. Seattle, WA. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: 202

17. Nanoscale Defects and Melting Behaviors of Ice Revealed at Atomic Resolution.
Jingshan S. Du, James J. De Yoreo.
2023 Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting. October 8^th–11^th, 2023. Minneapolis, MN. (Poster, Future Faculty Symposium)

16. Nanoscale Defects and Melting Behaviors of Ice Revealed at Atomic Resolution.
Jingshan S. Du, James J. De Yoreo.
2023 Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory User Meeting. October 3^rd–5^th, 2023. Richland, WA. (Oral talk)

15. Nanoscale Defects and Melting Behaviors of Ice Revealed at Atomic Resolution.
Jingshan S. Du, James J. De Yoreo.
Gordon Research Conference: Crystal Growth and Assembly. June 18^th–23^rd, 2023. Manchester, NH. (Poster)

14. Revealing the Flexibility of Hydrogen Bond Networks in Hexagonal Ice by Frozen Liquid-Cell Electron Microscopy.
Jingshan S. Du, James J. De Yoreo.
American Physical Society March Meeting 2023. March 5^th–10^th, 2023. Las Vegas, NV. (Oral talk; APS DCP New Investigator Travel Award)
Abstract available in the programming archive: A03.00003

13. Modulation of Atom Stacking Hierarchy Leads to New Intermetallic Nanocrystal Structures.
Jingshan S. Du, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
American Physical Society March Meeting 2023. March 5^th–10^th, 2023. Las Vegas, NV. (Poster)
Abstract available in the programming archive: N00.00383

12. Revealing the Flexibility of Hydrogen Bond Networks in Hexagonal Ice by Frozen Liquid Cell.
Jingshan S. Du, James J. De Yoreo.
Gordon Research Conference: Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy, October 9^th–14^th, 2022. Ventura, CA. (Poster)
Gordon Research Seminar: Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy, October 8^th–9^th, 2022. Ventura, CA. (Poster)

11. Elucidating the Plasmonic Modes in Metal Nanojunctions with Nanoparticle Libraries.
Jingshan S. Du, Charles Cherqui, George C. Schatz, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
2021 MRS Spring Meeting, April 18^th−23^th, 2021. Online Virtual Meeting. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: NM05.06.08

10. Multiplexed Nanocrystal Arrays of Halide Perovskites.
Jingshan S. Du, Donghoon Shin, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
2021 MRS Spring Meeting, April 18^th−23^th, 2021. Online Virtual Meeting. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: EL02.12.06

9. Microscopy-Based Approaches to Characterizing Analogs of Classical Electrons in Colloidal Crystals Engineered with DNA.
Jingshan S. Du, Shunzhi Wang, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2020, August 3^rd−7^th, 2020. Online Virtual Meeting. (Oral talk)
Proceedings paper: Microscopy and Microanalysis 2020, 26 (S2), 2016−2019. [DOI:10.1017/S1431927620020152]

8. Hierarchically Structured Mixed Oxide Electrodes for Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A Multimodal Electron Microscopy Study.
Jingshan S. Du, Qian Rong, Xinqi Chen, Qingju Liu, Vinayak P. Dravid.
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2020, August 3^rd−7^th, 2020. Online Virtual Meeting. (Oral talk)
Proceedings paper: Microscopy and Microanalysis 2020, 26 (S2), 618−620. [DOI:10.1017/S1431927620015305]

7. Polymer Nanoreactor Approach for Combinatorial Investigation of Complex Nanoparticles.
Jingshan S. Du, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Gordon Research Conference: Crystal Growth and Assembly, June 23^rd−28^th, 2019. Manchester, NH, United States. (Poster)
Gordon Research Seminar: Crystal Growth and Assembly, June 22^nd−23^rd, 2019. Manchester, NH, United States. (Poster)

6. Attoliter Polymer Reactors as Combinatorial Tools for Understanding Alloy Nanocrystal Structure−Function Relationship.
Jingshan S. Du, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
American Chemical Society Spring 2019 National Meeting, Marth 31^st−April 6^th, 2019. Orlando, FL, United States. (Oral talk)
Abstract awailable in the programming archive: INOR 1079

5. Site-Specific Polymer Nanoreactors for Studying Complex Nanoparticles Using Correlative Electron Microscopy.
Jingshan S. Du, Peng-Cheng Chen, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
2018 MRS Spring Meeting, April 2^nd−6^th, 2018. Phoenix, AZ, United States. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: NM05.02.04

4. Using STEM to Probe the in-situ Dynamics of Multimetallic Nanoparticles Grown in Polymer Nanoreactors.
Jingshan S. Du, Peng-Cheng Chen, Vinayak P. Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin.
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2017, August 6^th−10^th, 2017. St. Louis, MO, United States. (Oral talk)
Proceedings paper: Microscopy and Microanalysis 2017, 23 (S1), 872−873. [DOI:10.1017/S1431927617005025]

3. Multi-Stage Transformation and Lattice Fluctuation at Agcl-Ag Nanoparticle Interface.
Jingshan S. Du, Jungwon Park, QHwan Kim, Vinayak P. Dravid, Deren Yang, David A. Weitz.
253^rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 2^nd−6^th, 2017. San Francisco, CA, United States. (Oral talk)
Abstract available in the programming archive: COLL 836

2. Surface-Embedded Pt/CeO₂ Hybrid Nanostructure with High Catalytic Activity and Thermal Stability.
Jingshan Du, Junjie Yu^§, Ting Bian, Yi Jiang, Hui Zhang, Deren Yang. (§replacement speaker)
7^th National Meeting of Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, October 18^th−19^th, 2014. Xi’an, China. (Oral talk, Outstanding Paper Award)

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1. Controlled Synthesis of Au and M@Au Nanostars and Their LSPR Properties.
Jingshan Du, Hui Zhang, Deren Yang.
Graduate Joint Forum on Technologies & Sensors, Cyrus Tang Center for Sensor Materials and Applications, Zhejiang University, June 13^th, 2014. Hangzhou, China. (Poster)