Aonan Zhu

ORCID: 0000-0002-5987-9975
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Research Areas
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Nankai University
2020-2024

Jilin University
2023

Jilin Medical University
2023

Jilin Normal University
2018-2022

Hangzhou Dianzi University
2019

The central dilemma in label-free situ surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for monitoring of heterogeneously catalyzed reactions is the need plasmonically active nanostructures signal enhancement. Here, we show that assembly catalytically transition-metal nanoparticles into dimers boosts their intrinsically insufficient plasmonic activity at monomer level by several orders magnitude, thereby enabling SERS various important single-dimer level. Specifically, demonstrate Pd nanocubes...

10.1021/jacs.1c13240 article EN Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022-03-14

Perovskite semiconductors as advanced solar energy-converting materials are promising catalysts for photoredox organic synthesis. Despite the high concentration of charge carriers generated on perovskite surface, efficient utilization these nonequilibrium and shambolic energetic to trigger a chemical reaction remains hot challenging subject. Here, we report photon-mediated electron shuttle between paired redox sites nanocrystals reformation highly stable carbon–halogen bonds, where both...

10.1021/acscatal.2c01044 article EN ACS Catalysis 2022-05-03

Abstract Plasmonic catalysis has emerged as a promising approach to solar‐chemical energy conversion. Notably, hot carriers play decisive role in plasmonic since only when their matches with the LUMO or HOMO of reactant molecule, can reaction be activated. However, carrier depends on intrinsic physicochemical properties metal substrate and interaction incident light. Tuning is great significance for but remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate that electrons significantly elevated an...

10.1002/anie.202318817 article EN Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024-01-15

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful technique for discrimination of bimolecules in complex systems. However, its practical applications face challenges such as complicated manufacturing procedures and limited scalability SERS substrates, well poor reproducibility during detection which compromises the reliability SERS-based analysis. In this study, we developed convenient method simultaneous fabrication massive substrates with an internal standard to eliminate...

10.1021/acssensors.4c01092 article EN ACS Sensors 2024-08-05

Overexpression of the Lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive fraction alpha-fetoprotein (AFP-L3) is an essential biomarker for early diagnosis hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we designed a new surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy active chip detection AFP with high sensitivity and excellent repeatability. This was composed honeycomb gold nanostructure array strong electromagnetic field coupling due to special cavity geometric characteristics structure. The structure exhibited...

10.1021/acsami.9b16288 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019-11-05

We discuss how the controllable carrier influences localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and charge transfer (CT) in same system based on ultraviolet–visible surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) measurements. The LSPR can be easily tuned from 580 to 743 nm by changing sputtering power of Cu2S Ag composite substrate. During this process, surprisingly, we find that is proportional Cu2S. This observation indicates accurately adjusted content semiconductor, or even density. Moreover,...

10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02416 article EN The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2018-09-06

Dual-atom catalysts (DACs) have garnered significant interest due to their high atom utilization and synergistic catalysis. However, developing a precise synthetic method for DACs comprehending the underlying catalytic mechanisms remain challenging. In this study, we employ photoinduced anchoring strategy precisely synthesize PtCo DAC on graphitic carbon nitride (CN). A Co was anchored CN through lone-pair electrons of nitrogen. Upon light irradiation, photoelectrons gathering at site can...

10.1021/jacs.4c09611 article EN Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024-11-21

Abstract Excessive thiram residues in food have the potential to negatively impact human health. Hence, development of a convenient and fast detection method is highly desirable. In this study, an efficient, repeatable, sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active chip was manufactured via low-cost colloidal lithography technique. The plasmonic structure composed series silver nanospheres nanowires. Interestingly, type creates nanocavity space with characteristic geometry...

10.1088/1361-6528/abd279 article EN Nanotechnology 2020-12-11

Abstract Rapid, simple, and reliable detection of toxics at trace level is great significance for public health. Surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) as a powerful vibrational spectroscopic technique molecules probing provides advantages in detection; however, the low reproducibility SERS signals from spot to substrate remains challenge restricting its real applications. Here, we report facile method reproducibly preparing highly uniform self‐assembled monolayers gold nanostars (Au NSs...

10.1002/jrs.6350 article EN Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 2022-04-05

Abstract Plasmonic catalysis has emerged as a promising approach to solar‐chemical energy conversion. Notably, hot carriers play decisive role in plasmonic since only when their matches with the LUMO or HOMO of reactant molecule, can reaction be activated. However, carrier depends on intrinsic physicochemical properties metal substrate and interaction incident light. Tuning is great significance for but remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate that electrons significantly elevated an...

10.1002/ange.202318817 article EN Angewandte Chemie 2024-01-15

AFP-L3 is one of the most important biomarkers for early diagnosis liver cancer.

10.1039/d0ce00786b article EN CrystEngComm 2020-01-01

Finding of light inhibition hydrogenation reactions and the development a plasmonic switcher for reaction control, performed through interfacial electron transfer in hybrid nanoparticle reversed by effect.

10.1039/d2cc06642d article EN Chemical Communications 2023-01-01

In the present study, a sunflower-like nanostructure array composed of series synaptic nanoparticles and nanospheres was manufactured through an efficient low-cost colloidal lithography technique. The primary electromagnetic field contribution generated by surface structures also determined finite-difference time-domain software to simulate hotspots. This structure exhibited high repeatability excellent sensitivity; hence, it used as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) active...

10.3390/molecules26041197 article EN cc-by Molecules 2021-02-23

Plasmon-excitation-driven hot electrons have been demonstrated to initiate chemical transformations when exposed visible light. Nevertheless, achieving six-electron plasmon photocatalysis remains both rare and challenging due the inability maintain persistent utilization of electrons. Moreover, plasmonic photocatalysts predominantly rely on noble metal nanomaterials, such as gold (Au) silver (Ag) nanostructures. In this study, we explore catalysis chemistry utilizing non-noble copper (Cu)...

10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00563 article EN ACS Photonics 2023-08-23

Controlling chemical reactions by plasma is expected to be a new method for improving the structural properties of substrates. An Au nanojar array was prepared when deposited onto 2D polystyrene (PS) array. The site-selective growth Ag nanoparticle rings realized around necks local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)-assisted reaction. catalytic hotspots in nanostructure could controlled both etching nanojars and or TiO2 sputtering nanojars, which were confirmed sites LSPR-assisted structure...

10.3390/nano9111553 article EN cc-by Nanomaterials 2019-10-31

The advancement of catalysis has been significantly propelled by the evolution bimetallic nanocatalysts from their monometallic analogues. Nevertheless, fundamental understanding why exhibit superior or distinct performances compared with corresponding counterparts remains elusive. In this study, we implement a palladium–nickel (PdNi) nanoparticle-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction as research model, which is vital for forming carbon–carbon bonds in organic synthesis. By using...

10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c06096 article EN The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023-10-31
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