Publications

  • Sufyan SA & van Devener B (2023). Electronic Tuning of Gold Nanoparticle Active Sites for Reduction Catalysis. ACS applied materials & interfaces. Vol. 15, 121012181210-1218. Published, 01/01/2023.
  • Sayed A. Sufyan, Brian van Devener, Paulo Perez & Michael M. Nigra (2022). Electronic Tuning of Gold Nanoparticle Active Sites for Reduction Catalysis. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Vol. 15, 1210. Published, 12/29/2022.
  • Joseph S. Brindle, Patrick S. Nelson, Rashmi P. Charde, Sayed Abu Sufyan & Michael M. Nigra (2022). Catalytic cooperativity between glucose oxidase and gold nanoparticles in the sequential oxidation of glucose to saccharic acid. Green Chemistry. Published, 06/03/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC03453G
  • Joe Brindle & Michael M. Nigra (2022). The role of water and copper oxide in methane oxidation using AuPd nanoparticle catalysts. Chem. Eng. J. Published, 05/14/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136979
  • Joseph S. Brindle, Sayed Abu Sufyan & Michael Nigra (2022). Support, composition, and ligand effects in partial oxidation of benzyl alcohol using gold-copper clusters. Catal. Sci. Technol. Published, 04/30/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CY00137C
  • Nidhi Kapil, Fabio Cardinale, Tobias Weißenberger, Panagiotis Trogadas, Alexander Nijhuis, Michael Nigra & Marc-Olivier Coppens (2021). Gold nanoparticles with tailored size through ligand modification for catalytic applications. Chemical Communications. Published, 09/24/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC04165G
  • Joseph Brindle & Michael M. Nigra (2021). Compensation Effect Exhibited by Gold Bimetallic Nanoparticles during CO Oxidation. ACS Omega. Published, 09/09/2021.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsomega.1c04...
  • N. Kapil, T. Weissenberger, F. Cardinale, P. Trogadas, T.A. Nijhuis, M.M. Nigra & M.-O. Coppens (2021). Precisely Engineered Supported Gold Clusters as a Stable Catalyst for Propylene Epoxidation. Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. Vol. 60, 18185. Published, 06/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202104952
  • S. Agarwal, R.A. Mysko, M.M. Nigra, S. Mohanty & M.P. Hoepfner (2021). Plasmonic photocatalytic enhancement of L-cysteine self-assembled gold nanoparticle clusters for Fenton reaction catalysis. Langmuir. Vol. 37, 3281. Published, 03/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03254
  • A.S. Perera, P. Trogadas, M.M. Nigra, H. Yu & M.-O. Coppens (2018). Optimization of mesoporous titanosilicate catalysts for cyclohexene epoxidation via statistically guided synthesis. J. Mater. Chem. Vol. 53, 7279. Published, 01/2018.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2057-2
  • Silo Meoto, Niall Kent, Michael Nigra & Marc-Olivier Coppens (2017). Effect of stirring rate on the morphology of FDU-12 mesoporous silica particles. Elsevier. Published, 09/01/2017.
  • Silo Meoto, Niall Kent, Michael M. Nigra & Marc-Olivier Coppens (2017). Mesostructure of mesoporous silica/anodic alumnia hierarchical membranes tuned with ethanol. ACS Publications. Published, 04/24/2017.
  • S. Meoto, N. Kent, M.M. Nigra & M.-O. Coppens (2017). Effect of stirring rate on the morphology of FDU-12 mesoporous silica particles. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. Vol. 249, 61. Published, 01/2017.
  • Michele M. Lynch, Jichuan Liu, Michael Nigra & Marc-Olivier Coppens (2016). Chaperonin-Inspired pH Protection by Mesoporous Silica SBA-15 on Myoglobin and Lysozyme. Langmuir. Vol. 32, 9604. Published, 08/26/2016.
  • Panagiotis Trogadas, Michael M. Nigra & Marc-Olivier Coppens (2016). Nature-inspired optimization of hierarchical porous media for catalytic and separation processes. New J. Chem. Vol. 40, 4016. Published, 02/12/2016.
  • Michael M. Nigra & Alexander Katz (2015). Cooperative catalysis on solid surfaces versus soluble molecules. Wiley-VCH. Published, 03/13/2015.
  • Joseph J. Jankolovits, Oz M. Gazit, Michael M. Nigra, James Bohling, John A. Roper, III & Alexander Katz (2015). Single-pot encapsulation of oxide particles within a polysaccharide multilayer nanocasting. Wiley. Published, 02/11/2015.
  • Michael M. Nigra & Alexander Katz (2014). Identification of binding and reactive sites in metal cluster catalysts: Homogeneous-heterogeneous bridges. Wiley-VCH. Published, 04/24/2014.
  • Nigra MM, Yeh AJ, Okrut A, DiPasquale AG, Yeh SW, Solovyov A & Katz A (2013). Accessible gold clusters using calix[4]arene N-heterocyclic carbene and phosphine ligands. Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003). Vol. 42, 12762-71. Published, 08/01/2013.
  • Michael M. Nigra, Jeong-Myeong Ha & Alexander Katz (2013). Identification of site requirements for reduction of 4-nitrophenol using gold nanoparticle catalysts. Catal. Sci. Technol. Vol. 3, 2976. Published, 06/25/2013.
  • Michael M. Nigra, Ilke Arslan & Alexander Katz (2012). Gold nanoparticle-catalyzed reduction in a model system: Quantitative determination of reactive heterogeneity of a supported nanoparticle surface. J. Catal. Vol. 295, 115. Published, 09/13/2012.
  • Nisha Shukla, Michael M. Nigra & Abigail D. Ondeck (2012). One-step synthesis and photoluminescence evaluation of cadmium-containing quantum dots”. Nano-Micro Lett. Vol. 4, 52. Published, 03/28/2012.
  • Ogino I, Nigra MM, Hwang SJ, Ha JM, Rea T, Zones SI & Katz A (2011). Delamination of layered zeolite precursors under mild conditions: synthesis of UCB-1 via fluoride/chloride anion-promoted exfoliation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 133, 3288-91. Published, 03/01/2011.
  • Shukla N, Nigra MM, Bartel MA, Nigra AM & Gellman AJ (2011). Fe2o3 shell growth on Pt nanoparticles. Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Vol. 11, 2480-5. Published, 03/01/2011.
  • de Silva N, Ha JM, Solovyov A, Nigra MM, Ogino I, Yeh SW, Durkin KA & Katz A (2010). A bioinspired approach for controlling accessibility in calix[4]arene-bound metal cluster catalysts. Nature Chemistry. Vol. 2, 1062-8. Published, 11/01/2010.
  • Nisha Shukla, M.M. Nigra, M.A. Bartel, T. Nuhfer, C. Phatak & A.J. Gellman (2010). Angle-resolved TEM Imaging of Pt Nanoparticles. Catal. Lett. Vol. 140, 85. Published, 09/30/2010.
  • Shukla N & Nigra MM (2010). Synthesis of CdSe quantum dots with luminescence in the violet region of the solar spectrum. Luminescence : the journal of biological and chemical luminescence. Vol. 25, 14-8. Published, 03/01/2010.
  • Shukla N, Nigra MM, Nuhfer T, Bartel MA & Gellman AJ (2009). Tailoring the shapes of Fe(x)Pt(100-x) nanoparticles. Nanotechnology. Vol. 20, 065602. Published, 05/01/2009.
  • N. Shukla, M.M. Nigra, M.A. Bartel, T. Nuhfer & A.J. Gellman (2009). Tailoring the shapes of FexPt100-x nanoparticles. Nanotechnology. Vol. 20, 065602. Published, 01/15/2009.
  • Nisha Shukla & Michael M. Nigra (2007). Synthesis and self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles. Surface Science. Vol. 601, 2615. Published, 01/03/2007.

Research Keywords

  • Soft Matter
  • Nanotechnology
  • Enzyme Catalysis
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Energy
  • Catalysis

Presentations

  • Verma, C.; Brindle, J.; Nigra, M.M.; “Cooperative Catalysis for Selective Oxidation with Hybrid Gold Nanoparticle Enzyme Materials” AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2019.
  • Kapil, N.; Nigra, M.M.; Coppens, M.-O.; “Atomically Precise Gold Clusters with Modulated Ligand and Support Environment for Oxidation Catalysis” AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2019.
  • Brindle, J.; Nigra, M.M.; “Gold Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Applications in Selective Oxidation Catalysis” AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2019.
  • Brindle, J.; Nelson, P.; Verma, C.; Nigra, M.M.; “Cooperative oxidation catalysis with hybrid gold nanoparticle-oxidase materials” 26th North American Meeting of the North American Catalysis Society, Chicago, IL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2019.
  • Brindle, J.; Nigra, M.M.; “Gold-copper bimetallic clusters for application in selective oxidation” 26th North American Meeting of the North American Catalysis Society, Chicago, IL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2019.
  • Brindle, J.; Nigra, M.M.; “Facile novel synthesis and characterization of gold-copper bimetallic nanoclusters for applications in oxidation catalysis” AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2018.
  • Fink, K.; Yang, S.; Chica, A.; Johnson, W.P.; Nigra, M.M.; “Nanostructured Au/organoclay materials for methylmercury adsorption” AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2018.
  • Kapil, N.; Nigra, M.M.; Coppens, M.-O.; “Supported gold clusters with modulated environment for catalysis” AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 2018. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2018.
  • Nigra, M.M.; “Improvements in teaching core undergraduate courses after Chemical Engineering Summer School” AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 2018. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2018.
  • Kapil, N.; Nigra, M.M.; Coppens, M.-O.; “Supported gold nanoparticles with molecular control over the chemical and geometrical environment.” ISCRE 25, Florence, Italy. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2018.
  • "Nanoengineering the environment around catalytic active sites" Michael M. Nigra, Nidhi Kapil, Marc-Olivier Coppens. AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 2017. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/29/2017.
  • "Using organic ligands to direct nanoparticle size and surface accessibility: A Nature Inspired Approach” Michael M. Nigra, Marc-Olivier Coppens, Nidhi Kapil ACS Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, Aug. 2017. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/22/2017.
  • “Tailoring Interfaces for Enhanced Catalytic Activity in Metallic and Enzymatic Catalysts Using Inspiration from Nature” Michael M. Nigra, Nidhi Kapil, Marc-Olivier Coppens 25th North American Meeting of the North American Catalysis Society, Denver, CO, Jun. 2017. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/07/2017.
  • Chaperonin-Inspired Enzyme Protection By Mesoporous Silica. Michele M. Lynch, Michael M. Nigra, Marc-Olivier Coppens. AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Nov. 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/17/2016.
  • Michael M. Nigra, Nidhi Kapil, Marc-Olivier Coppens. Using Bound Organic Ligands to Direct Particle Size and Understand Catalytic Activity of Gold Nanoparticles AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Nov. 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/16/2016.
  • Synthesis of a Highly Active Hierarchically Ordered Micro-Meso Porous Titanosilicate Via Statistically Optimized Synthesis. Ayomi S. Perera, Panagiotis Trogadas, Michael M. Nigra, Kaipei Qiu, Marc-Olivier Coppens. AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Nov. 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/16/2016.
  • Using active site confinement and ligand approaches to control catalysis. Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis, Jun. 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/13/2016.