Selected Publications
Books and Review Papers
- Zhixun Luo and Shiv Khanna, <<Metal Clusters and Their Reactivity>>, Springer Nature Pte Ltd., 2020.
- Zhixun Luo*,Castleman, A. W.,Jr.* Special and General Superatoms. Acc. Chem. Res. 2014, 47, 2931-2940 (Invited Review).
- Zhixun Luo*, A. W. Castleman, Jr.*, and Shiv N. Khanna*. Reactivity of Metal Clusters. Chem. Rev., 2016, 116, 14456−14492
- Yuhan Jia, Zhixun Luo*, Thirteen-atom metal clusters for genetic materials, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2019, 400, 213053.
- Baoqi Yin and Zhixun Luo*, Coinage Metal Clusters: From Superatom Chemistry to Genetic Materials, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2021, 429, 213643.
- Z. Luo, S. Lin. Advances in Cluster Superatoms for a 3d Periodic Table of Elements, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2024, 500, 215505.
- L. Geng; Zhixun Luo*, Magnetic Metal Clusters and Superatoms. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 1856-1865. Doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03637 (Invited Review).
- Zhixun Luo*; Aamir Shehzad, Advances in naked metal clusters for catalysis. ChemPhysChem 2024, e202300715. Doi:10.1002/cphc.202300715 (Invited Review).
Instrument papers
- Benben Huang, Haiming Wu, Mengzhou Yang, Zhixun Luo*, An integrated instrument of a tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer for cluster reaction and soft-landing deposition Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2022, in production.
- Hanyu Zhang, Haiming Wu, Yuhan Jia, Lijun Geng, Zhixun Luo*, Hongbing Fu and Jiannian Yao, An integrated instrument of DUV-IR photoionization mass spectrometry and spectroscopy for neutral clusters. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2019, 90 (7), 073101.
- Chengqian Yuan, Xianhu Liu, Chenghui Zeng, Hanyu Zhang,Meiye Jia,Yishi Wu, Zhixun Luo*,Hongbing Fu*,and Jiannian Yao*. All-solid-state deep ultraviolet laser for single-photon ionization mass spectrometry. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 2016, 87, 024102.
- Hanyu Zhang; Lijun Geng; Yuhan Jia; Xin Lei; Zhixun Luo*, A 45-degree ion-extraction photoelectron velocity map imaging apparatus coupled to the DUV-IR mass spectrometry and spectroscopy instrument. Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2022. Doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2022.116932.
- Zhixun Luo; W. H. Woodward; J. C. Smith; A. W. Castleman, Growth kinetics of Al clusters in the gas phase produced by a magnetron-sputtering source. Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2012, 309, 176-181. Doi:DOI 10.1016/j.ijms.2011.09.016.
Research papers
- Yuhan Jia; Cong-Qiao Xu; Chaonan Cui; Lijun Geng; Hanyu Zhang; Yang-Yang Zhang; Shiquan Lin; Jiannian Yao; Zhixun Luo*; Jun Li*, Rh19−: A high-spin super-octahedron cluster. Sci. Adv. 2023, 9, eadi0214.
- Benben Huang; Hanyu Zhang; Wen Gan; Mengzhou Yang; Zhixun Luo*; Jiannian Yao, Nb12+——Niobespherene: a full-metal hollow cage cluster with superatomic stability and resistant to CO attack. Natl. Sci. Rev. 2023, 10, nwac197.
- Lijun Geng, Mouyi Weng, Cong-Qiao Xu, Hanyu Zhang, Chaonan Cui, Haiming Wu, Xin Chen, Mingyu Hu, Hai Lin, Zhen-Dong Sun, Xi Wang, Han-Shi Hu, Jun Li, Jiaxin Zheng, Zhixun Luo*, Feng Pan*, Jiannian Yao*, Co13O8—Metalloxocubes: A new class of perovskite-like neutral clusters with cubic aromaticity, Natl. Sci. Rev. 2021, 8(1), naaa201.
- Chaonan Cui; Hanyu Zhang; Yuming Gu; Lijun Geng; Yuhan Jia; Shiquan Lin; Jing Ma*; Zhixun Luo*, Tailoring Titanium Carbide Clusters for New Materials: from Met-Cars to Carbon-Doped Superatoms. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024,146 (13), 9302-9310.
- L. Geng; T. Sengupta; X. Li; C. Cui; S. Lin; X. L. Xu; A. C. Reber; S. N. Khanna; W. J. Zheng; Zhixun Luo*, Unusually High-Spin Fe12C12- Metallo-Carbohedrene Clusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145 (49), 26908–26914.
- Zhixun Luo; Grover, C. J.; Reber, A. C.; Khanna, S. N.*; Castleman, A. W., Jr*: Probing the Magic Numbers of Aluminum–Magnesium Cluster Anions and Their Reactivity toward Oxygen. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 4307-4313.
- Zhixun Luo, Gamboa, G. U.; Smith, J. C.; Reber, A. C.; Reveles, J. U.; Khanna, S. N.*; Castleman, A. W., Jr.*: Spin Accommodation and Reactivity of Silver Clusters with Oxygen: The Enhanced Stability of Ag13-. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 18973-18978.
- Zhixun Luo;Cheng, X.; Luo, Y.; Loo, B. H.; Peng, A.; Yao, J. N.*: Photo-Assisted Magnetization of Fullerene C60 with Magnetic-Field Trapped Raman Scattering.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 1130-1135.
- Lijun Geng; Chaonan Cui; Baoqi Yin; Hanyu Zhang; Yuhan Jia; Zhixun Luo*, Co12C12-——metallo-carbospherenes: a new class of magic clusters for hydrogen storage. Sci. Bull. 2022, 67 (22), 2280-2284.
- L. Geng; P. Wang; S. Lin; R. Shi; J. Zhao; Zhixun Luo*, On the nature of Con±/0 clusters reacting with water and oxygen. Commun. Chem. 2024, 7 (1), 68.
- Lijun Geng; Xiaohu Yu; Zhixun Luo*, A stable and strongly ferromagnetic Fe17O10– cluster with an accordion-like structure. Commun. Chem. 2023, 6 (1), 149.
- Hanyu Zhang, Haiming Wu, Yuhan Jia, Baoqi Yin, Lijun Geng, Zhixun Luo* and Klavs Hansen. The Reactivity of Cationic Vanadium Clusters with Water: Hy-drogen Release from Single H2O Molecule on Vn + (3 ≤ n ≤ 30), Commun. Chem., 2020, COMMSCHEM-20-0181C.
- Chaonan Cui; Yuhan Jia; Hanyu Zhang; Lijun Geng; Zhixun Luo*, Plasma-assisted Dinitrogen Activation via Dual Platinum Cluster Catalysis: A Strategy for Ammonia Synthesis under Mild Conditions. CCS Chem. 2022, 1, 1-25.
- Baoqi Yin; Qiuying Du; Lijun Geng; Hanyu Zhang; Zhixun Luo*; Si Zhou*; Jijun Zhao, Superatomic Signature and Reactivity of Silver Clusters with Oxygen: Double Magic Ag17– with Geometric and Electronic Shell Closure. CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 1–13.
- Hanyu Zhang, Arthur C. Reber, Lijun Geng, Daniel Rabayda, Haiming Wu, Zhixun Luo*, Jiannian Yao, and Shiv N. Khanna*, Formation of Al+(C6H6)13: The Origin of Magic Number in Metal-benzene Clusters Determined by the Nature of the Core, CCS Chem. 2019, 1, 571-581.
- Chaonan Cui, Zhixun Luo*, Jiannian Yao, Enhanced Catalysis of Pt3 Clusters Supported on Graphene for N-H Bond Dissociation, CCS Chem. 2019, 1, 215-225.
- Zhixun Luo, Liu, Y.; Kang, L.; Wang, Y.; Fu, H.; Ma, Y.; Yao, J. N.*; Loo, B. H.: Controllable Nanonet Assembly Utilizing a Pressure-Difference Method Based on Anodic Aluminum Oxide Templates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8905 - 8908.
- Zhixun Luo*, Arthur C. Reber, Meiye Jia, William H. Blades, Shiv N. Khanna* and A. W. Castleman. Jr.*. What determines if a ligand activates or passivates a superatom cluster?. Chem. Sci., 2016, 7,3067-3074.
- Chaonan Cui; Hongchao Zhang; Ran Cheng; Benben Huang; Zhixun Luo*, On the Nature of Three-Atom Metal Cluster Catalysis for N2 Reduction to Ammonia. ACS Catal. 2022, 14964-14975.
- Haiming Wu; Mengzhou Yang; Benben Huang; Wen Gan; Zhixun Luo*, Ligand Accommodation Causes Altered Reactivity of Silver Clusters with Iodomethane: Superatomic Stability of Ag9I2+ in Mimicking XeF2. Sci. China Chem. 2022, 65, 1594-1600.
- Haiming Wu; Zhixun Luo*, Chlorine-Passivated Superatom Al37 Clusters for Nonlinear Optics. Sci. China Chem. 2018, 61, 1619–1623.
- Chengqian Yuan; Pan An; Jing Chen; Zhixun Luo*; Jiannian Yao*, Unraveling weak interactions in aniline-pyrrole dimer clusters. Sci. China Chem. 2016, 59 (10), 1270-1276.
- B. Huang; H. Zhang; L. Geng; Zhixun Luo*, An Open-Shell Superatom Cluster Ta10- with Enhanced Stability by United d-d pi Bonds and d-Orbital Superatomic States. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 9711-9717.
- Y. Jia; J. Li; M. Huang; L. Geng; H. Zhang; S. B. Cheng*; Y. Yi; Zhixun Luo*, Ladder Oxygenation of Group VIII Metal Clusters and the Formation of Metalloxocubes M13O8+. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 733-739.
- Yuhan Jia; Xinlei Yu; Hanyu Zhang; Longjiu Cheng*; Zhixun Luo*, Tetrahedral Pt10– Cluster with Unique Beta Aromaticity and Superatomic Feature in Mimicking Methane. J. Phys. Chem.Lett. 2021, 5115-5122.
- Hanyu Zhang; Mingzheng Zhang; Yuhan Jia; Lijun Geng; Baoqi Yin; Shunning Li; Zhixun Luo*; Feng Pan*, Vanadium Cluster Neutrals Reacting with Water: Superatomic Features and Hydrogen Evolution in a Fishing Mode. J. Phys. Chem.Lett. 2021, 12, 1593-1600.
- C. Cui, Y. Jia, H. Zhang, L. Geng, Zhixun Luo*, Plasma-Assisted Chain Reactions of Rh3+ Clusters with Dinitrogen: N identical withN Bond Dissociation. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 8222-8230.
- B. Yin, Q. Du, L. Geng, H. Zhang, Zhixun Luo*, S. Zhou*and J. Zhao, Anionic Copper Clusters Reacting with NO: An Open-Shell Superatom Cu18, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 5807-5814.
- Zhixun Luo, Smith, J. C.; Woodward, W. H.; Castleman, A. W., Jr.*: Reactivity of Aluminum Clusters with Water and Alcohols: Competition and Catalysis? J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 3818-3821.
- D. Ma; X. Lei; C. Cui; Q. Yi; Z. Luo*, Hydrogen Evolution Reactions of Hydrocarbons and Hydroborons Promoted by Superatomic Nbn- Clusters. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 9888-9893. Doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02120.
- C. Cui; Y. Jia; S. Lin; L. Geng; Z. Luo*, The Reactivity of Ptn+ Clusters With N2O Facilitated by Dual Lewis-Acid Sites. Small 2024, 1, e2404638. Doi:10.1002/smll.202404638.