2024

90. S. Singh, K. O. Sulaiman, Mahwar, R. W. J. Scott Catal. Sci. Technol. 2024, 14, 322-333. "Following the Temperature-induced Activation of Carbon-supported Trigonal Pd3 Nanoclusters for Catalysis" 

2023

89. K. O. Sulaiman, R. W. J. Scott Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13, 5104-5112.; "Atom-Precise Silver-Palladium Bimetallic Clusters on Carbon Supports as Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts"

88. V. Sudheeshkumar, M. Lavier, B. Lukan, J. Shen, N. Semagina, R. W. J. Scott Catal. Today, 2023, 407, 223-229.; "Silica-Encapsulated Palladium Clusters for Methane Combustion Catalysis"

2022

87. K. O. Sulaiman, M. Zubair, G. King, N. Bedford, R. W. J. Scott PCCP, 2022, 24, 24834-24844.; "Taking a Different Road: Following Ag25 and Au25 Cluster Activation via In Situ Differential Pair Distribution Function Analysis."

86. K. O. Sulaiman, A. Bueckert, A. Abdellah, S. K. Veeranmaril, D. C. Higgins, R. W. J. Scott J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 38, 16117–16126.; "Atom-Precise Ag Clusters as Precursors for Selective Bimetallic AgPd Heterogeneous Catalysts."

85. S. E. Sivan, K. H. Kang, S. J. Han, O. F. N. Okello, S.-Y. Choi, V. Sudheeshkumar, R. W. J. Scott, H.-J. Chae, S. Park, U-H. Lee J. Catalysis, 2022, 408, 316-328.; "Highly active and durable Ru nanoclusters dispersed on CeO2 support for ammonia synthesis"

84. M. Alyari, R. W. J. Scott Langmuir, 2022, 38, 3212–3222.; "Au Cluster-Cored Dendrimers Fabricated by Direct Synthesis and Post-Functionalization Routes"

2021

83. M. Alyari, R. W. J. Scott Langmuir 2021, 37, 13471-13478.; "Size-Controlled Synthesis of Modifiable Glycine-Terminated Au Nanoclusters as a Platform for Further Functionalization"

82. A. M. Fontes, C. Oliveira, P. Bargiela, M. G. C. da Rocha, R. Geris, A. F. da Silva, M. K. Gangishetty, R. W. J. Scott, M. Malta Langmuir, 2021, 37, 12961-12971.; "Unveiling the surface and the ultrastructure of palladized fungal biotemplates"

81. K. O. Sulaiman, R. W. Purves, R. W. J. Scott J. Chem. Phys. 2021, 155, 084301.; "Exploring the Structure of Atom-Precise Silver-Palladium Bimetallic Clusters Prepared via Improved Single-Pot Co-reduction Synthesis Protocol"

"80. J. Jiang, C. Tsounis, L. C. Gallington, Y. Hu, R. W. J. Scott, J. A. Scott, N. M. Bedford ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 7691-7701.; "Disordered TiOx-SiOx Nanocatalysts Using Bioinspired Synthetic Routes"

79. H.-S. Chen, T. M. Benedetti, J. Lian, S. Cheong, P. B. O'Mara, K. O. Sulaiman, C. H. W. Kelly, R.W. J. Scott, J. J. Gooding, R. D. Tilley ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 2235-2243.; "The Role of the Secondary Metal in Ordered and Disordered Pt-M Intermetallic Nanoparticles: An Example of Pt3Sn Nanocubes for the Electrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation"

78. V. Sudheeshkumar, C. Soong, S. Dogel, R. W. J. Scott Small, 2021, 2004539.; "Probing the Thermal Stability of (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane-Protected Au25 Clusters by in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy"

2020

77. V. Sudheeshkumar, M. Alyari, M. Gangishetty, R. W. J. Scott Catal. Sci. Technol. 2020, 10, 8421-8428.; "Galvanic Synthesis of AgPd Bimetallic Catalysts from Ag Clusters Dispersed in a SIlica Matrix"

76. B. A. Chivers, R. W. J. Scott Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 7706-7718.; "Selective Oxidation of Crotyl Alcohol by AuxPd Bimetallic Psuedo-Single-Atom Catalysts"

75. W. G. Barrett, S. Nasr, J. Chen, Y. Hu, R. E. Hayes, R. W. J. Scott, N. Semagina Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 4229-4236.; "Strong metal-support interactions in Pd/Co3O4 catalyst in wet methane combustion: in situ X-ray absorption study"

74.H.-S. Chen, T. M. Benedetti, V. R. Gonçales, N. M. Bedford, R. W. J. Scott, R. F. Webster, S. Cheong, J. J. Gooding, R. D. Tilley J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 6, 3231-3239.; "Preserving the Exposed Facets of Pt3Sn Intermetallic Nanocubes During Order to Disorder Transition Allows Elucidation of Effect of Degree of Alloy Ordering on Electrocatalysis"

73. W. Barrett, J. Shen, Y. Hu, R. E. Hayes, R. W. J. Scott, N. Semagina ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 944-952.; "Understanding the Role of SnO2 Support in Water-Tolerant Methane Combustion: In situ Observation of Pd(OH)2 and Comparison with Pd/Al2O3"

72. V. Sudheeshkumar, K. O. Sulaiman, R. W. J. Scott Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 55-69.; "Activation of atomically precise clusters for catalysis" (Hot article)

2019

71. K. O. Sulaiman, V. Sudheeshkumar, R. W. J. Scott RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 28019-28027.; "Activation of atomically precise silver clusters on carbon supports for styrene oxidation reactions"

2018

  1. V. Sudheeshkumar, A. Lushington, X. Sun, R. W. J. Scott ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2018, 1, 6904-6911.; "Thermal Stability of Alumina-Overcoated Au25 Clusters for Catalysis"
  2. A. Banerjee, Y. Yao, M.-R. R Durr, W. G. Barrett, Y. Hu, R. W. J. Scott Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8, 5207 - 5216.; "Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of iron nanoparticles as hydrogenation catalysts in alcohols and tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquids: do solvents matter?"
  3. A. Shivhare, R. W. J. Scott Mol. Catal., 2018, 457, 33-40.; "Au25 Clusters as Precursors for the Synthesis of AuPd Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Isolated Atomic Pd-Surface Sites"

2017

  1. M. K. Gangishetty, A. M. Fontes, M. Malta, T. L. Kelly, R. W. J. Scott RSC Adv. , 2017, 7, 40218-40226. ;"Improving the Rates of Pd-Catalyzed Reactions by Exciting the Surface Plasmons of AuPd Bimetallic Nanotriangles"
  2. Y. Yao, C. Patzig, Y. Hu, R. W. J. Scott J. Phys. Chem. C , 2017, 121, 19735-19742. ;"X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Studies of the Penetrability of Hollow Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by Galvanic Exchange Reactions"
  3. H. Nassiri, K. E. Lee, Y. Hu, R. E. Hayes, R. W. J. Scott, N. Semagina J. Catal. , 2017, 352, 649-656. ;"Water shifts PdO-catalyzed lean methane combustion to Pt-catalyzed rich combustion in Pd-Pt catalysts: In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy"
  4. Y. Yao, S. Rubino, B. D. Gates, R. W. J. Scott, Y. Hu Catal. Today , 2017, 291, 180-186.;"In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopic studies of magnetic Fe@FexOy/Pd nanoparticle catalysts for hydrogenation reactions"
  5. V. Sudheeshkumar, A. Shivhare, R. W. J. Scott Catal. Sci. Technol. , 2017, 7, 272-280.;"Synthesis of Sinter-Resistant Au@Silica Catalysts Derived from Au25 Clusters"
  6. H. Nassiri, K. E. Lee, Y. Hu, R. E. Hayes, R. W. J. Scott, N. Semagina ChemPhysChem , 2017, 18, 238–244. ;"Platinum inhibits low-temperature dry lean methane combustion via palladium reduction in Pd-Pt/Al2O3: An in situ X-ray absorption study"
  7. K. E. Lee, A. Shivhare, Y. Hu, R. W. J. Scott, Catal. Today , 2017, 280, 259-265. ;"Supported Bimetallic AuPd Clusters Using Activated Au25 Clusters"

2016

  1. A. Banerjee, R. W. J. Scott, book chapter in Nanocatalysis in Ionic Liquids, by Martin Prechtl, 2016, Wiley-VCH, Ch. 6, pp 97-123.;"Au, Ag, and Cu Nanostructures"
  2. J. Timoshenko, A. Shivhare, R. W. J. Scott, D. Lu, A. I. Frenkel Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. , 2016, 18, 19621-19630. ;"Solving local structure around dopants in metal nanoparticles with ab-initio modeling of X-ray absorption near edge structure"
  3. A. Shivhare, R. W. J. Scott, RSC Adv. , 2016, 6, 62579-62584. ;"Following the Thermal and Chemical Activation of Supported Au Clusters using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy"
  4. M. K. Gangishetty, R. W. J. Scott, T. L. Kelly, Dalton Trans. , 2016, 45, 9827-9834. ;"Thermal Degradation Mechanism of Triangular Ag@SiO2 Nanoparticles"
  5. M. K. Gangishetty, R. W. J. Scott, T. L. Kelly, Nanoscale , 2016, 8, 6300-6307. ;"Effect of Relative Humidity on Crystal Growth, Device Performance and Hysteresis in Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells"

2015

  1. A. Shivhare, K. E. Lee, Y. Hu, R. W. J. Scott, J. Phys. Chem. C , 2015, 119, 23279-23284. ;"Following the Reactivity of Au25(SC8H9)18 - Clusters With Pd2+ and Ag+ Ions Using in Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: A Tale of Two Metals"
  2. Y. Yao, C. Patzig, Y. Hu, R. W. J. Scott, J. Phys. Chem. C , 2015, 119, 21209–21218. ;"In situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Study of Fe@FexOy/Pd and Fe@FexOy/Cu Nanoparticle Catalysts Prepared by Galvanic Exchange Reactions."
  3. J. Shen, R. W. J. Scott, R. E. Hayes, N. Semagina App. Catal. A: Gen. , 2015, 502, 350-360. ;"Structural evolution of bimetallic Pd-Ru catalysts in oxidative and reductive applications."
  4. A. Shivhare, L. Wang, R. W. J. Scott, Langmuir, 2015, 31, 1835–1841. ;"Isolation of Carboxylic Acid-Protected Au25 Clusters using a Borohydride Purification Strategy."
  5. R. W. J. Scott, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 2015, 93, 623-630. (invited feature article) ;"Rational Design and Characterization of Bimetallic Gold-Palladium Nanoparticle Catalysts."
  6. A. Banerjee, R. W. J. Scott, Green Chem., 2015, 17, 1597-1604. ;"Optimization of transition metal nanoparticle- phosphonium IL composite catalytic systems for deep hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation reactions."

2014

  1. M. K. Gangishetty, R. W. J. Scott, T. L. Kelly Langmuir, 2014, 30, 14352–14359. ;"Panchromatic Enhancement of Light Harvesting Efficiency in DSSCs using Thermally Annealed Au@SiO2 Triangular Nanoprisms."
  2. N. K. Giri, A. Banerjee, R. W. J. Scott, M. F. Paige, R. P. Steer Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 26252-26260 ;"Spectroscopic and photophysical study of the demetallation of a zinc porphyrin and the aggregation of its free base in a tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquid."
  3. Y. Yao, Y. Hu, R. W. J. Scott, J. Phys. Chem. C , 2014, 118, 22317–22324. ;"Watching Iron Nanoparticles Rust: An In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Study."
  4. A. Banerjee, R. Theron, R. W. J. Scott, J. Mol. Catal. A, 2014, 393, 105-111. ;"Design, synthesis, catalytic application, and strategic redispersion of plasmonic silver nanoparticles in ionic liquid media."

2013

  1. M. K. Gangishetty, K. E. Lee, R. W. J. Scott, T. L. Kelly ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces , 2013, 5, 11044–11051. ;"Plasmonic Enhancement of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells in the Red-to-NIR Region using Triangular Core-Shell Ag@SiO2 Nanoparticles."
  2. A. Shivhare, D. Chevrier, R. W. Purves, R. W. J. Scott J. Phys. Chem. C , 2013, 117, 20007–20016. ;"Following the Thermal Activation of Au25(SR)18 Clusters for Catalysis by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy."
  3. A. MacLennan, A. Banerjee, Y. Hu, J. T. Miller, R. W. J. Scott ACS Catalysis, 2013, 3, 1411–1419. ;"in situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Analysis of Gold-Palladium Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts."
  4. M. N. Revoy, R. W J. Scott, A. P. Grosvenor, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 10095-10105. ;"Ceria nano-cubes: dependence of the electronic structure on synthetic and experimental conditions."
  5. A. Banerjee, R. W. J. Scott, book chapter in Nanocatalysis: Synthesis and Applications, by Vivek Polshettiwar and Tewodros Asefa, 2013, Ch. 5.;"Nanocatalysts for Hiyama, Stille, Kumuda and Nigeshi C-C Coupling Reactions"
  6. A. Banerjee, R. Theron, R. W. J. Scott, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 3227-3229.; "Redispersion of Transition Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts in Tetraalkylphosphonium Ionic Liquids"
  7. A. Shivhare, S. J. Ambrose, H. Zhang, R. W. Purves, R. W. J. Scott, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 276-278.; "Stable and Recyclable Au25 Clusters for the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol"
  8. A. MacLennan, A. Banerjee, R. W. J. Scott, Catal. Today, 2013, 207, 170-179.; "Aerobic Oxidation of Unsaturated Alcohols Using Sequentially-Grown AuPd Nanoparticles in Water and Tetraalkylphosphonium Ionic Liquids"

2012

37. A. Banerjee, R. Theron, R. W. J. Scott, ChemSusChem 2012, 5, 109-116.; "Highly Stable Noble Metal Nanoparticles in Tetraalkylphosphonium Ionic Liquids for in-situ Catalysis" (invited)

2011

  1. M. Dasog, W. Hou, R. W. J. Scott, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 8569-8571; "Controlled Growth and Catalytic Activity of Gold Monolayer Protected Clusters in Presence of Borohydride Salts"
  2. T. Balcha, J. Strobl, C. Fowler, P. Dash, R. W. J. Scott, ACS Catal. 2011, 1, 425–436; "Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Crotyl Alcohol using AuPd Core-Shell Nanoparticles" 
  3. C. F. Calver, P. Dash, R. W. J. Scott, ChemCatChem 2011, 3, 695-697; "Selective Hydrogenations with Ag-Pd Catalysts Prepared by Galvanic Exchange Reactions".
  4. P. Dash, R. W. J. Scott, Mater. Lett. 2011, 65, 7.; "One-pot Synthesis of Supported-Nanoparticle Materials in Ionic Liquid Solvents".

2010

  1. J. Szmytkowski, T. Bond, M. F. Paige, R. W. J. Scott, R. P. Steer J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 11471.; "Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties of ZnTPP in a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid".
  2. Y. Lu, M. Dasog, A. F. G. Leontowich, R. W. J. Scott, M. F. Paige J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 17446.; "Fluorescently-labeled Gold Nanoparticles with Minimal Fluorescence Quenching".
  3. T. R. Gore, T. Bond, W. Zhang, R. W. J. Scott, I. J. Burgess, Electrochem. Commun. 2010, 12, 1340.; "Hysteresis in the Measurement of Double Layer Capacitance at the Gold - Ionic Liquid Interface.".
  4. P. Dash, S. Miller, R. W. J. Scott, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem 2010, 329, 86.; "Stabilizing Nanoparticle Catalysts in Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquids: A Comparative Study". Ranked One of the Top 25 Hottest Articles of J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical during July-September, 2010.
  5. P. Dash, R. W. J. Scott, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2010, 1217, 1217-Y01-07.; "Towards the Rational Design of Supported-Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts".
  6. A. F. G. Leontowich, C. F. Calver, M. Dasog, R. W. J. Scott, Langmuir 2010, 26, 1285.; "Surface Properties of Water-Soluble Glycine-Cysteamine-Protected Gold Clusters".

2009

  1. W. Hou, M. Dasog, R. W. J. Scott, Langmuir 2009, 25, 12954.; "Probing the Relative Stability of Thiolate and Dithiolate- Protected Au Monolayer-Protected Clusters".
  2. P. Dash, T. Bond, C. Fowler, W. Hou, N. Coombs, R. W. J. Scott, J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 12719.; "Rational Design of Supported PdAu Nanoparticle Catalysts from Structured Nanoparticle Precursors".
  3. P. Dash, R. W. J. Scott, Chem. Commun. 2009, 812.; "1-Methylimidazole Stabilization of Gold Nanoparticles in Imidazolium Ionic Liquids".

2008

  1. P. Dash, N. A. Dehm, R. W. J. Scott, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 2008, 286, 114.; "Bimetallic PdAu Nanoparticles as Hydrogenation Catalysts in Imidazolium Ionic Liquids". 
    Ranked One of the Top 25 Hottest Articles of J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical during July-September, 2008.
  2. R. W. J. Scott, P. Dash, in Ionic Liquids in Materials Synthesis and Application ; G.A. Baker, J.S. Wilkes, H. Yang, Eds.; Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1082E, Warrendale, PA, 2008, 1082-Q04-02.;"Bimetallic Nanoparticles as Catalysts in Imidazolium Ionic Liquids".
  3. M. Dasog, A. Kavianpour, M. F. Paige, H. B. Kraatz, R. W. J. Scott, Can. J. Chem. 2008, 86, 368.; "Chemical functionalization and modification of surface-bound cystamine-glycine monolayers on gold nanoparticles".
  4. W. Hou, N. A. Dehm, R. W. J. Scott, J. Catal. 2008 , 253, 22.; "Alcohol oxidations in aqueous solutions using Au, Pd, and bimetallic AuPd nanoparticle catalysts". 
    Ranked One of the Top 25 Hottest Articles of J. Catalysis during January-March, 2008.

2007

  1. M. Dasog, R. W. J. Scott, Langmuir 2007, 23, 3381.; "Understanding the Oxidative stability of Au MPCs in the presence of halide ions under ambient conditions".

2006 and earlier

Prior to University of Saskatchewan

  1. J. C. Garcia-Martinez, O. M. Wilson, R. W. J. Scott, R. M. Crooks, in Metal-Containing and Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers and Materials; Newkome, G. R., Manners, I., Schubert, U. S., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series: Anaheim, 2006, 928, 215.;"Extraction of Metal Nanoparticles from Dendrimer Templates".
  2. R. W. J. Scott, C. Sivadinarayana, O. M. Wilson, Z. Yan, D. W. Goodman, R. M. Crooks, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1380.; "Titania-supported PdAu bimetallic catalysts prepared from dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticle precursors".
  3. R. W. J. Scott, O. M. Wilson, R. M. Crooks, J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 692.; "Synthesis, characterization, and applications of dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles".
  4. O. M. Wilson, R. W. J. Scott, J. C. Garcia-Martinez, R. M. Crooks, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1015.; "Synthesis, characterization, and structure-selective extraction of 1-3nm diameter AuAg dendrimer-encapsulated bimetallic nanoparticles".
  5. R. W. J. Scott, O. M. Wilson, R. M. Crooks, Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 5682.; "Titania-supported Au and Pd nanoparticles synthesized from dendrimer-encapsulated metal nanoparticle precursors".
  6. R. W. J. Scott, O. M. Wilson, S.-K. Oh, E. A. Kenik, R. M. Crooks, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 15583.; "Bimetallic palladium-gold dendrimer encapsulated catalysts".
  7. O. M. Wilson, R. W. J. Scott, J. C. Garcia-Martinez, R. M. Crooks, Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 4202.; "Separation of dendrimer-encapsulated Au and Ag nanoparticles by selective extraction".    
  8. H. Ye, R. W. J. Scott, R. M. Crooks, Langmuir 2004, 20, 2915.; "Preparation, characterization, and surface immobilization of platinum and palladium nanoparticles encapsulated within amine-terminated poly(amidoamine) dendrimers".
  9. J. C. Garcia-Martinez, R. W. J. Scott, R. M. Crooks, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 11190.; "Extraction of monodisperse palladium nanoparticles from dendrimer templates".
  10. R. W. J. Scott, H. Ye, R. R. Henriquez, R. M. Crooks, Chem. Mater. 2003, 15, 3873.; "Synthesis, stability, and catalytic activity of dendrimer-encapsulated palladium nanoparticles".
  11. R. W. J. Scott, A. K. Datye, R. M. Crooks, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 3708.; "Bimetallic palladium-platinum dendrimer-encapsulated catalysts".
  12. R. W. J. Scott, M. Mamak, K. Kwong, N. Coombs, G. A. Ozin, J. Mater. Chem. 2003, 13, 1406.; "Making sense out of sulfated tin dioxide mesostructures".
  13. R. W. J. Scott, N. Coombs, G. A. Ozin, J. Mater. Chem. 2003, 13, 969.; "Non-aqueous synthesis of mesostructured tin dioxide".
  14. R. W. J. Scott, S. M. Yang, D. E. Williams, G. A. Ozin, Chem. Commun. 2003, 688.; "Electronically addressable SnO2 inverted opal gas sensors fabricated on interdigitated gold microelectrodes".
  15. R. W. J. Scott, S. M. Yang, G. A. Ozin, D. E. Williams, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2003, 13, 225.; "Engineered sensitivity of structured tin dioxide chemical sensors: Opaline architectures with controlled necking".
  16. R. W. J. Scott, S. M. Yang, G. Chabanis, N. Coombs, D. E. Williams, G. A. Ozin, Adv. Mater. 2001, 13, 1468.; "Tin dioxide opals and inverted opals: Near-ideal microstructures for gas sensors".
  17. M. J. MacLachlan , R. W. J. Scott, G. A. Ozin, D. F. McIntosh, J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 630.; "Self-assembly of microporous thiogermanate frameworks".
  18. R. W. J. Scott, M. J. MacLachlan, G. A. Ozin, Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 1999, 4, 113.; "Synthesis of metal sulfide materials with controlled architecture".