By Scientia Professor Liming Dai

Book Chapters

Ohashi T; Dai L, 2006, 'Chapter 15 C60 and carbon nanotube sensors', in Carbon Nanotechnology, Elsevier, pp. 525 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-044451855-2/50018-8

Jin MH-C; Durstock M; Dai L, 2006, 'Chapter 17 Optical limiters and photovoltaic devices based on C60, carbon nanotubes and their nanocomposites', in Carbon Nanotechnology, Elsevier, pp. 611 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-044451855-2/50020-6

Qu L; Lee KM; Dai L, 2006, 'Chapter 8 Functionalization and applications of carbon nanotubes', in Carbon Nanotechnology, Elsevier, pp. 191 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-044451855-2/50011-5

Dai L; He P, 2005, 'Carbon Nanotube Biosensors', in Biomedical and Biological Nanotechnology - Vol. 1 of The Handbook of Biomems and Bio-nanotechnology, pp. 175 - 205

Dai L; Qu LT; Li LC; Bajpai V; Shi GQ, 2005, 'Conducting Polymer and Carbon Mesoporous Structures by Electrochemical Synthesis', in Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, pp. 505 - 516

Dai L; Aussawasathien D; He P, 2005, 'Polymer Nanofibres and Polymer Sheathed Carbon Nanotubes for Sensors', in Polymer Nanofibres

Dai L; Jin MH-C, 2005, 'Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Organic Photovoltaic Devices', in Organic Photovoltaics

Dai L, 2004, 'Polymer Nanostructures', in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Amer Scientific Pub, pp. 763 - 790

Dai L; Reneker DH, 2003, 'Polymer Nanowires and Nanofibers', in Nanowires and Nanobelts, Springer US, pp. 269 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-28747-8_15

Dai L, 2002, 'From Conducting Polymers to Carbon Nanotubes: New Horizons in Plastic Microelectronics and Carbon Nanoelectronics', in Perspectives of Fullerene Nanotechnology, Springer Netherlands, pp. 93 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9598-3_9

Dai LM, 2002, 'From conducting polymers to carbon nanotubes: New horizons in plastic microelectronics and carbon nanoelectronics', in Osawa E (ed.), , SPRINGER, pp. 93 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47621-5_9

Dai L; Zientek P; St John H; Pasic P; Chatelier RC; Griesser HJ, 1996, 'Covalently Attached Thin Coatings Comprising Saccharide and Alkylene Oxide Segments', in Surface Modification of Polymeric Biomaterials, pp. 147 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1953-3_17

Edited Books

Dai L, 2018, Preface, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527811458

Zhi C; Dai L, 2018, Flexible Energy Conversion and Storage Devices, John Wiley & Sons

Lu W; Baek JB; Dai L, 2015, Preface, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118980989

Dai L; Zhang M; Naik RR, (eds.), 2015, Carbon Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications, Springer, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22861-7

Dai L, 2006, Carbon Nanotechnology: Recent Developments in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science and Device Applications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-51855-2.X5000-1

Dai L, (ed.), 2004, Intelligent Macromolecules for Smart Devices: from Materials Synthesis to Device Applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin

Journal articles

Bui TS; Ma Z; Zhong W; Alfaza G; Kumar PV; Zhou S; Yang Y; Li Y; Daiyan R; Lovell E; Dai L; Amal R, 2026, 'Selective electrochemical reduction of nitrate-to-ammonia mediated by silver single atoms anchored on defective g-C3N4', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125954

Li Q; Cheong S; Poerwoprajitno AR; Xiang S; Frenkel AI; Yang Y; Bedford NM; Umer S; Lessio M; Ohnishi I; Ramadhan ZR; Huber DL; Dai L; Schuhmann W; Gooding JJ; Tilley RD, 2025, 'How the Arrangement of Platinum Atoms on Ruthenium Nanoparticles Improves Hydrogen Evolution Activity', Advanced Materials, 37, pp. e09610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202509610

Luong QT; Guo J; Trần-Phú T; Ma Z; Zhang M; Tricoli A; Xia Z; Dai L; Amal R; Daiyan R, 2025, 'Understanding the potential of metal oxides for electrochemical co-reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrite', Materials Today Energy, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2025.102044

Zhi S; Dai Q; Wang H; Wu D; Zhao L; Hu C; Dai L, 2025, 'Heteroatom-DopedCarbon Materials for MultifunctionalNoncatalytic Applications', ACS Nano, 19, pp. 29860 - 29897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c04478

Oluigbo CJ; Poerwoprajitno AR; Xie Y; Somerville SV; Persson I; Ramadhan ZR; Cheong S; Dai L; Huber DL; Gooding JJ; Tilley RD, 2025, 'Controlling the Ru Island Decoration on Ni Nanoparticles to Tune the Activity for 5-Hydroxylmethylfurfural (HMF) Oxidation', Chemistry of Materials, 37, pp. 6090 - 6095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01781

Li Y; Lawson T; Hou Y; Dai L, 2025, 'Multifunctional Carbon-Based Metal-Free Catalysts for Cascade Electrochemical-Chemical Coupling Catalyses', Advanced Functional Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202423960

Liu Y; Zhang Y; Sun Z; Dai L; Liu B; Li W, 2025, 'Catalysts with three-dimensional porous structure for electrocatalytic water splitting', Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01392

Ren X; Sui X; Karton A; Nishina Y; Lin T; Asanoma D; Owens L; Ji D; Wen X; Quintano V; Tripathi K; Pant KK; Dai L; Andreeva DV; Foller T; Novoselov KS; Joshi R, 2025, 'Synergetic hydrogen-bond network of functionalized graphene and cations for enhanced atmospheric water capture', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2508208122

Leverett J; Baghestani G; Tran‐Phu T; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Johannessen B; Simondson D; Wen H; Chang SLY; Tricoli A; Simonov AN; Dai L; Amal R; Daiyan R; Hocking RK, 2025, 'Direct Observation of Electron Donation onto the Reactants and a Transient Poisoning Mechanism During CO₂ Electroreduction on Ni Single Atom Catalysts', Angewandte Chemie, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202424087

Leverett J; Baghestani G; Tran-Phu T; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Johannessen B; Simondson D; Wen H; Chang SLY; Tricoli A; Simonov AN; Dai L; Amal R; Daiyan R; Hocking RK, 2025, 'Direct Observation of Electron Donation onto the Reactants and a Transient Poisoning Mechanism During CO2 Electroreduction on Ni Single Atom Catalysts', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202424087

Xiao S; Xie Y; Poerwoprajitno AR; Gloag L; Li Q; Cheong S; Ramadhan ZR; Persson I; Soda Y; Huber DL; Dai L; Gooding JJ; Tilley RD, 2025, 'Formation of open ruthenium branched structures with highly exposed active sites for oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysis', Chemical Science, 16, pp. 9284 - 9289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5sc01861g

Li J; Wu J; Shi F; Wang M; Zou Z; Lu Z; Dai L; Li CM, 2025, 'O-O bridge adsorption catalysis of different metal single atoms toward high-sensitive detection of H2O2', Chemical Engineering Journal, 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.160786

Zhang H; Bai Y; Sun W; Yang X; Ma R; Dai L; Li CM, 2025, 'Realizing the Synergy of Interface and Dual-Defect Engineering for Molybdenum Disulfide Enables Efficient Sodium-Ion Storage', ACS Nano, 19, pp. 9081 - 9095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c17967

Liu B; Xu S; Gao Y; Luo X; Xiong J; Li H; Yu Z; Zhang L; Zhang Q; Zhao S; Zhang B; Xia Z; Chen L; Feng B; Dai L; Wang B, 2025, 'Intrinsic Mechanical Effects on the Activation of Carbon Catalysts', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, pp. 4258 - 4267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c14372

Li Y; Liu Y; Peng X; Zhao Z; Li Z; Yang B; Zhang Q; Lei L; Dai L; Hou Y, 2025, 'Accelerated Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer via Engineering Palladium Sub-Nanoclusters for Scalable Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413159

Li Y; Liu Y; Peng X; Zhao Z; Li Z; Yang B; Zhang Q; Lei L; Dai L; Hou Y, 2025, 'Accelerated Proton‐Coupled Electron Transfer via Engineering Palladium Sub‐Nanoclusters for Scalable Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide', Angewandte Chemie, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202413159

Li Y; Guo J; Yang Y; Wang B; Wen H; Bui TS; Chang SLY; Bedford NM; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Amal R; Hou Y; Tilley R; Xia Z; Dai L, 2025, 'Atomically Dispersed Copper Electrocatalysts with Proton-feeding Centers for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis by Nitrate Electroreduction', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202508619

Kou Z; Shi D; Yang B; Li Z; Zhang Q; Lu J; Zhang T; Lei L; Li Y; Dai L; Hou Y, 2025, 'Efficient green synthesis of ammonia: from mechanistic understanding to reactor design for potential production', Chemical Society Reviews, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5cs00969c

Ren X; Lin T; Sun B; Ramadhan ZR; Yin H; Hussain F; Dai Q; Tilley R; Dai L; Gu Z; Joshi R, 2025, 'Electrostatically Induced Intercalation of Layered Double Hydroxide in Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Electrochemical Energy Storage', Advanced Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202515923

Sun J; Qu Z; Gao Y; Li T; Hong J; Zhang T; Zhou R; Liu D; Tu X; Chen G; Brüser V; Weltmann KD; Mei D; Fang Z; Borras A; Barranco A; Xu S; Ma C; Dou L; Zhang S; Shao T; Chen G; Liu D; Lu X; Bo Z; Chiang WH; Vasilev K; Keidar M; Nikiforov A; Jalili AR; Cullen PJ; Dai L; Hessel V; Bogaerts A; Murphy AB; Zhou R; Ostrikov K, 2024, 'Plasma power-to-X (PP2X): status and opportunities for non-thermal plasma technologies', Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad7bc4

Li M; Yu Z; Sun Z; Liu Y; Sha S; Li J; Ge R; Dai L; Liu B; Fu Q; Li W, 2024, 'An efficient hydrogen evolution catalyst constructed using Pt-modified Ni3S2/MoS2with optimized kinetics across the full pH range', Nanoscale, 17, pp. 3189 - 3202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4nr03811h

Wang M; Chen J; Zhang S; Sun Y; Kong W; Geng L; Li Y; Dai L; Li Z; Wu M, 2024, 'Synergistic Interactions Between Co Nanoparticles and Unsaturated Co-N2 Sites for Efficient Electrocatalysis', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202410373

He F; Liu Y; Yang X; Chen Y; Yang CC; Dong CL; He Q; Yang B; Li Z; Kuang Y; Lei L; Dai L; Hou Y, 2024, 'Accelerating Oxygen Electrocatalysis Kinetics on Metal–Organic Frameworks via Bond Length Optimization', Nano Micro Letters, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01382-9

Sha S; Yu Z; Li Y; Xu H; Dai L; Cairney JM; Yang W; Li Y; Prucnal S; Li S; Liu B; Li W, 2024, 'Efficient pathways for photogenerated charge transfer induced by Co dopants in WO3/TiO2 nanorod arrays', Acta Materialia, 281, pp. 120389 - 120389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120389

Liu B; Zhu Y; Sha S; Ge R; Cheng C; Yin J; Huang Z; Dai L; Li S; Li W, 2024, 'Strong Interaction between Molybdenum Compounds and Mesoporous CMK-5 Supports Boosts Hydrogen Evolution Reaction', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202408613

Zhao L; Yan R; Mao B; Paul R; Duan W; Dai L; Hu C, 2024, 'Advanced Nanocarbons Toward two-Electron Oxygen Electrode Reactions for H2O2 Production and Integrated Energy Conversion', Small, 20, pp. e2403029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202403029

Jia C; Sun Q; Liu R; Mao G; Maschmeyer T; Gooding JJ; Zhang T; Dai L; Zhao C, 2024, 'Challenges and Opportunities for Single-Atom Electrocatalysts: From Lab-Scale Research to Potential Industry-Level Applications', Advanced Materials, 36, pp. e2404659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404659

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G; Gooding J, 2024, 'Materials Research at the University of New South Wales Over the Last 75 Years', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202415007

Wang X; Sun B; Dai Q; Zhu L; Gu Z; Dai L, 2024, 'Metal-Free Carbon Co-Catalysts for Up-Conversion Photo-Induced Catalytic Cancer Therapy', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408560

Lin Q; Kundu D; Skyllas-Kazacos M; Lu J; Zhao D; Amine K; Dai L; Wang DW, 2024, 'Perspective on Lewis Acid-Base Interactions in Emerging Batteries', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202406151

Zhai Q; Huang H; Lawson T; Xia Z; Giusto P; Antonietti M; Jaroniec M; Chhowalla M; Baek JB; Liu Y; Qiao S; Dai L, 2024, 'Recent Advances on Carbon-Based Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Energy and Chemical Conversions', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202405664

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G, 2024, 'The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation at University of New South Wales, Sydney', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202413894

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