Publications
S. K. Chandy, S. A. Bowers, K. Ragahvachari, L.-S. Li, "Structural Dependence of CO2 Reduction Electrocatalyzed by Metal-Nanographene Complexes: A Computational Study ", J. Phys. Chem A. (2023).
M. Yin, S. K. Chandy, S. A. Bowers, K. Ragahvachari, L.-S. Li, "Selective Electrocatalyzed Reduction of CO2 to Formate by Mononuclear Mo(Diimine)(CO)4 Complexes", ChemCatChem. e202300523 (2023).
S. K. Chandy, S. A. Bowers, M. Yin, L. Liu, K. Ragahvachari, L.-S. Li, "Proton-Coupled, Low-Energy Pathway for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction at Re(Diimine) Complexes with a Conjugated Pyrazinyl Moiety", Inorg. Chem. 61, 7505 (2022).
B. W. Noffke, D. Beckett, K. Ragahvachari, L.-S. Li, "Aromatic Fragmentation Based on a Ring Overlap Scheme: An Algorithm for Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using the Molecules-in-Molecules Fragmentation-Based Method", J. Chem. Theory Comput.. 16, 2160 (2020).
R. N. Schangaard, K. Ragahvachari, L.-S. Li, "Redox "Innocence" of Re(I) in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Nanographene-Re Complexes", Inorg. Chem. 57, 10548 (2018).
Y. Liu, B. W. Noffke, X. Gao, Y. Lozovyj, Y. Cui., Y. Fu, K. Raghavachari, L.-S. Li, "Reductive Defluorination of Graphite Monofluoride by Weak, Non-Nucleophilic Reductants Reveals Low-Lying Electron-Accepting Sites", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 14287 (2018).
X. Qiao, Q. Li, R. N. Schaugaard, B. W. Noffke, Y. Liu, D. Li, L. Liu, K. Raghavachari, L.-S. Li, "Well-Defined Nanographene-Rhenium Complex as an Efficient Electrocatalyst and Photocatalyst for Selective CO2 Reduction", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 3934 (2017).
B. W. Noffke, Q. Li, K. Raghavachari, L.-S. Li, "A Model for the pH-Dependent Selectivity of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalyzed by N-Doped Graphitic Carbon", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 13923 (2016).
Q. Li, B. W. Noffke, Y. Liu, L.-S. Li, "Understanding Fundamental Processes in Carbon Materials with Well-Defined Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots" (Invited Perspective), Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 20, 346 (2015).
B. W. Noffke, Q. Li, L.-S. Li, K. Raghavachari, "Oxygen Activation by N-Doped Graphitic Carbon Nanostructures", Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1725, DOI: 10.1557/opl.2015.164 (2015).
Y. Liu, B. W. Noffke, X. Qiao, Q. Li, X. Gao, K. Raghavachari, L.-S. Li, "Basal Plane Fluorination of Graphene by XeF2 via a Radical Cation Mechanism", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 3645 (2015).
C. Sun, F. Figge, I. Ozfidan, M. Korkusinski, X. Yan, L.-S. Li, P. Hawrylak, J. A. McGuire, "Biexciton Binding of Dirac Fermions Confined in Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots", Nano Lett. 15, 5472 (2015).
C. Sun, F. Figge, J. A. McGuire, Q. Li, L.-S. Li, "Biexciton Auger Recombination in Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots", Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 107401 (2014).
Q. Li, B. W. Noffke, Y. Wang, B. Menezes, D. G. Peters, K. Raghavachari, L.-S. Li, "Electrocatalytic Oxygen Activation by Carbanion Intermediates of Nitrogen-Doped Graphitic Carbon", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 3358 (2014).
K. J. Williams, C. A. Nelson, X. Yan, L.-S. Li, X. Zhu, "Hot Electron Injection from Graphene Quantum Dots to TiO2", ACS Nano 7, 1388 (2013).
X. Yan, B. Li, L.-S. Li, "Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots with Well-Defined Structures" (Invited Perspective), Acct. Chem. Res. 46, 2254 (2013).
Q. Li, S. Zhang, L. Dai, L.-S. Li, "Nitrogen-Doped Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Size-Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 18932 (2012).
X. Yan, Q. Li, L.-S. Li, "Formation and Stabilization of Palladium Nanoparticles on Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 16095 (2012).
X. Yan, B. Li, X. Cui, Q. Wei, K. Tajima, L.-S. Li, "Independent Tuning of the Band Gap and Redox Potential of Graphene Quantum Dots", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2, 1119 (2011).
I. P. Hamilton, B. Li, X. Yan, L.-S. Li, "Alignment of Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots on Polar Surfaces", Nano Letters 11, 1124 (2011).
M. L. Mueller, X. Yan, B. Dragnea, L.-S. Li, "Slow Hot-Carrier Relaxation in Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots", Nano Letters 11, 56 (2011).
X. Yan, L.-S. Li, "Solution-Chemistry Approach to Graphene Nanostructures" (Invited Review), J. Mat. Chem. 21, 3295 (2011).
L.-S. Li, X. Yan, "Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots" (Invited Perspective), J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 2572 (2010).
M. L. Mueller, X. Yan, J. A. McGuire, L.-S. Li, "Triplet States and Electronic Relaxation in Photoexcited Graphene Quantum Dots",Nano Letters 10, 2679 (2010).
X. Yan, X. Cui, B. Li, L.-S. Li, "Large, Solution-Processable Graphene Quantum Dots as Light Absorbers for Photovoltaics",Nano Letters 10, 1869 (2010).
X. Yan, X. Cui, L.-S. Li, "Synthesis of Large, Stable Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots with Tunable Size", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 5944 (2010).
L.-S. Li, "Fluorescence Probes for Membrane Potentials Based on Mesoscopic Electron Transfer", Nano Letters 7, 2981 (2007).
Selected Publications Prior to Indiana
L.-S. Li, H. Z. Jiang, B. W. Messmore, S. R. Bull, S. I. Stupp, "A Torsional Strain Mechanism to Tune Pitch in Supramolecular Helices", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 5873 (2007).
L.-S. Li, S. I. Stupp, "One-dimensional Assembly of Lipophilic Inorganic Nanoparticles Templated by Peptide-Based Nanofibers with Binding Functionalities", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 1833 (2005).
L.-S. Li, M. Marjanska, G. H. J. Park, A. Pines, A. P. Alivisatos, "Phase diagram of solution of CdSe nanorods", J. Chem. Phys. 120, 1149 (2004).
L.-S. Li, A. P. Alivisatos, "Origin and scaling of the permanent dipole moment in CdSe nanorods", Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, Art. 097402 (2003).
L.-S. Li, J. Walda, L. Manna, A. P. Alivisatos, "Lyotropic liquid crystalline phase of CdSe quantum rod solution", Nano Letters 2, 557 (2002) (cover article).
L.-S. Li, J. T. Hu, W. D. Yang, A. P. Alivisatos, "Band gap variation of size- and shape-controlled colloidal CdSe quantum rods", Nano Letters 1, 349 (2001).
J. Hu, L.-S. Li, W. D. Yang, L. Manna, L. W. Wang, A. P. Alivisatos, "Linearly polarized emission from colloidal semiconductor quantum rods", Science 292, 2060 (2001).