Xiaoya Cui Ph.D.

2021 Research Fellow, Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program, Tsinghua University.
2021 Advanced Innovation Fellow, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology.

Main Research Fields

My research project focuses on the structural engineering of 2D nanomaterials for cryo-EM. By the structural engineering and surface/interface modification of 2D nanomaterials, the 2D material-based grids for cryo-EM can be prepared, which can greatly enhance the resolution of single-particle cryo-EM and cryo-ET. In this project, the inter-disciplinary study among material science, chemistry and biology can, in turn, significantly boost the breakthrough of cryo-EM in biology, chemistry and other research fields.

Selected Publications

1. Cui, X.; Zhang, Z.; Gong, Y.; Saleem, F.; Chen, B.; Du, Y.; Lai, Z.; Yang, N.; Li, B.; Gu, L.*; Zhang, H.* Defect-Rich, Candied Haws-Shaped AuPtNi Alloy Nanostructures for Highly Efficient Electrocatalysis. CCS Chem. 2020, 2, 24-30.

2. Zhang, Z.; Liu, G.; Cui, X. (co-first author), Gong, Y.; Yi, D.; Zhang, Q.; Ding, F.*; Gu, L.*; Zhu, Y.*; Zhang, H.* Evoking Ordered Vacancies in Metallic Nanostructures Towards a Vacated Barlow Packing for High-Performance Hydrogen Evolution. Sci. Adv. 2021, 7: eabd6647.

3. Zhu, Y.; Cui, X. (co-first author); Liu, H.; Zhang, Z.*; Hu, W.* Tandem Catalysis in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction. Nano Research 2021,14, 4471.

4. Xu, J.; Cui, X. (co-first author); Liu, N.; Chen, Y.; Wang, H.-W. Structural Engineering of Graphene for High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy. SmartMat 2021, 2: 202.

5. Dou, S.; Xu, J.; Cui, X. (co-first author); Liu, W.; Zhang, Z.; Deng, Y.; Hu, W.; Chen, Y.* High-Temperature Shock Enabled Nanomanufacturing for Energy-Related Applications. Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 2001331.

6. Saleem, F.; Zhang, Z.; Cui, X. (co-first author); Gong, Y.; Chen, B.; Lai, Z.; Yun, Q.; Gu, L.*; Zhang, H.* Elemental Segregation in Multimetallic Core-Shell Nanostructures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14496-14500.

7. Saleem, F.; Cui, X. (co-first author); Zhang, Z.; Liu, Z.; Dong, J.; Chen, Y.; Cheng, H.; Zhang, X.; Ding, F.*; Zhang, H.* Size-Dependent Phase Transformation of Noble Metal Nanomaterials. Small 2019, 15, 1903253.

8. Yang, C.*(Supervisor); Cui, X.; Zhang, Z.; et al. Fractal Dendrite-based Electrically Conductive Composites for Laser-scribed Flexible Circuits. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 8150. (Highlighted by C&EN News).