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Publications

For full list, see ‪M S Bootharaju - ‪Google Scholar

Representative publications (†Equal contribution; *corresponding author)

  1. Yoo, S.;† Kim, D.;† Deng, G.;† Chen, Y.;† Lee, K.; Yoo, S.; Liu, X.; Tang, Q.;* Hwang, Y. J.;* Hyeon, T.;* Bootharaju, M. S.* Impact of Heterocore Atoms on CO2 Electroreduction in Atomically Precise Silver Nanoclusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 12546–12554.
  2. Yoo, S.;† Lee, C. W.;† Lee, K.;† Moon, J.; Ji, H.; Moon, J.; Shin, D.; Kweon, Y.; Lee, J.; Kim, K.; Lee, J.; Deng, G.; Lee, B. H.; Ryu, J.; Kim, M.;* Bootharaju, M. S.;* Hyeon, T.* Low‐Temperature Atomic Metal Deposition for an Efficient Dual‐Site Incorporated Photocatalyst. Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, e06402.
  3. Deng, G.;† Yun, H.;† Chen, Y.;† Yoo, S.; Lee, K.; Jang, J.; Liu, X.; Lee, C. W.; Tang, Q.;* Bootharaju, M. S.;* Hwang, Y. J.;* Hyeon, T.* Ferrocene-Functionalized Atomically Precise Metal Clusters Exhibit Synergistically Enhanced Performance for CO2 Electroreduction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202418264.
  4. Yoo, S.;† Yoo, S.;† Deng, G.;† Sun, F.;† Lee, K.; Jang, H.; Lee, C. W.; Liu, X.; Jang, J.; Tang, Q.;* Hwang, Y. J.;* Hyeon, T.;* Bootharaju, M. S.* Nanocluster Surface Microenvironment Modulates Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2313032.
  5. Deng, G.;† Malola, S.;† Ki, T.;† Liu, X.; Yoo, S.; Lee, K.; Bootharaju, M. S.;* Hakkinen, H.;* Hyeon, T.* Structural Isomerism in Bimetallic Ag20Cu12 Nanoclusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 26751–26758.
  6. Bootharaju, M. S.;†,* Lee, C. W.;† Deng, G.;† Kim, H.;† Lee, K.; Lee, S.; Chang, H.; Lee, S.; Sung, Y. E.; Yoo, J. S.;* Zheng, N.;* Hyeon, T.* Atom-Precise Heteroatom Core-Tailoring of Nanoclusters for Enhanced Solar Hydrogen Generation. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2207765. (Issue cover)
  7. Deng, G.;† Yun, H.;† Bootharaju, M. S.;†,* Sun, F.;† Lee, K.; Liu, X.; Yoo, S.; Tang, Q.;* Hwang, Y. J.;* Hyeon, T.* Copper Doping Boosts Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 27407–27414.
  8. Deng, G.;† Kim, J.;† Bootharaju, M. S.;†,* Sun, F.;† Lee, K.; Tang, Q.;* Hwang, Y. J.;* Hyeon, T.* Body-Centered-Cubic-Kernelled Ag15Cu6 Nanocluster with Alkynyl Protection: Synthesis, Total Structure, and CO2 Electroreduction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 3401–3407. (Issue cover)
  9. Deng, G.; Lee, K.; Deng, H.; Malola, S.; Bootharaju, M. S.;* Häkkinen, H.;* Zheng, N.;* Hyeon, T.* Alkynyl-Protected Chiral Bimetallic Ag22Cu7 Superatom with Multiple Chirality Origins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202217483.
  10. Lee, K.;† Deng, G.;† Bootharaju, M. S.;* Hyeon, T.* Synthesis, Assembly, and Applications of Magic-Sized Semiconductor (CdSe)13 Cluster. Acc. Chem. Res. 2023, 56, 1118–1127.
  11. Wang, H.; Bootharaju, M. S.; Kim, J. H.; Wang, Y.; Wang, K.; Zhao, M.; Zhang, R.; Xu, J.; Hyeon, T.; Wang, X.; Song, S.; Zhang, H. Synergistic interactions of neighboring platinum and iron atoms enhance reverse water-gas shift reaction performance. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2264–2270.
  12. Bootharaju, M. S.;† Baek, W.;† Deng, G.;† Singh, K.;† Voznyy, O.; Zheng, N.; Hyeon, T. Structure of a subnanometer-sized semiconductor Cd14Se13 cluster. Chem 2022, 8, 2978-2989.
  13. Baek, W.;† Bootharaju, M. S.;† Walsh, K. M.; Lee, S.; Gamelin, D. R.; Hyeon, T. Highly luminescent and catalytically active suprastructures of magic-sized semiconductor nanoclusters. Nature Mater. 2021, 20, 650–657.
  14. Bootharaju, M. S.;† Lee, S.;† Deng, G.;† Malola, S.; Baek, W.; Häkkinen, H.; Zheng, N.; Hyeon, T. Ag44(EBT)26(TPP)4 Nanoclusters with Tailored Molecular and Electronic Structure. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9038-9044.
  15. Baek, B.;† Bootharaju, M. S.;† Lorenz, S.; Lee, S.; Stolte, S.; Fainblat, R.; Bacher, G.; Hyeon, T. Nanoconfinement-controlled synthesis of highly active, multinary nanoplatelet catalysts from lamellar magic-sized nanocluster templates. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2107447.
  16. Lee, S.;† Bootharaju, M. S.;† Deng, G.; Malola, S.; Häkkinen, H.; Zheng, N.; Hyeon, T. [Pt2Cu34(PET)22Cl4]2─: An Atomically Precise, 10-Electron PtCu Bimetal Nanocluster with a Direct Pt-Pt Bond. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12100−12107. 
  17. Lee, S.;† Bootharaju, M. S.;† Deng, G.; Malola, S.; Baek, W.; Häkkinen, H.; Zheng, N.; Hyeon, T. [Cu32(PET)24H8Cl2](PPh4)2: A Copper Hydride Nanocluster with a Bisquare Antiprismatic Core. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13974-13981.
  18. Bootharaju, M. S.; Chang, H.; Deng, G.; Malola, S.; Baek, W.; Häkkinen, H.; Zheng, N.; Hyeon, T. Cd12Ag32(SePh)36: Non-Noble Metal Doped Silver Nanoclusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8422-8425.
  19. Bootharaju, M. S.; Kozlov, S. M.; Cao, Z.; Harb, M.; Maity, N.; Shkurenko, A.; Parida, M. R.; Hedhili, M. N.; Eddaoudi, M.; Mohammed, O. F.; Bakr, O. M.; Cavallo, L.; Basset, J. M. Doping-induced anisotropic self-assembly of silver icosahedra in [Pt2Ag23Cl7(PPh3)10] nanoclusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 1053–1056.
  20. Bootharaju, M. S.; Dey, R.; Gevers, L. E.; Hedhili, M. N.; Basset, J. M.; Bakr, O. M. A new class of atomically precise, hydride-rich silver nanoclusters co-protected by phosphines.
  21. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13770–13773.
  22. Bootharaju, M. S.; Joshi, C. P.; Parida, M. R.; Mohammed, O. F.; Bakr, O. M. Templated atom-precise galvanic synthesis and structure elucidation of a [Ag24Au(SR)18]─ nanocluster. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 922–926. (Issue cover)
  23. Soldan, G.; Aljuhani, M. A.; Bootharaju, M. S.; AbdulHalim, L. G.; Parida, M. R.; Emwas, A. H.; Mohammed, O. F.; Bakr, O. M. Gold Doping of Silver Nanoclusters: A 26-Fold Enhancement in the Luminescence Quantum Yield. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5749-5753.
  24. Alhilaly, M. J.;† Bootharaju, M. S.;† Joshi, C. P.; Besong, T. M.; Emwas, A. H.; Juarez-Mosqueda, R.; Kaappa, S.; Malola, S.; Adil, K.; Shkurenko, A.; Häkkinen, H.; Eddaoudi, M.; Bakr. O. M. [Ag67(SPhMe2)32(PPh3)8]3+: Synthesis, total structure, and optical properties of a large box-shaped silver nanocluster. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14727–14732.
  25. Joshi, C. P.; Bootharaju, M. S.; Alhilaly, M. J.; Bakr, O. M. [Ag25(SR)18]─: The “golden” silver nanoparticle. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11578–11581. (Highlighted in Phys.org web 2015)
  26. AbdulHalim, L. G.; Bootharaju, M. S.; Tang, Q.; Gobbo, S. D.; AbdulHalim, R. G.; Eddaoudi, M.; Jiang, D.; Bakr, O. M. Ag29(BDT)12(TPP)4: A tetravalent nanocluster. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11970–11975. (Issue cover; highlighted in JACS Spotlights 2015)