Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials: Metal Nanomaterials

Ye Chen; Jiawei Liu; Qinbai Yun; Hongfei Cheng; Xiaoya Cui; Zhanxi Fan; Lei Fu; Chuanbo Gao; Jingjie Ge; Yiyao Ge; Shaojun Guo; Sumei Han; Xun Hong; Bolong Huang; Hongwen Huang; Xiao Huang; Xiaoqing Huang; Xiaozhou Liao; Chongyi Ling; Dong Liu; Yang Lu; Qipeng Lu; Wenxin Niu; Faisal Saleem; Minhua Shao; Qi Shao; Zhenyu Shi; Li Song; Shouheng Sun; Richard D. Tilley; Deli Wang; An Liang Wang; Jinlan Wang; Pinxian Xi; Younan Xia; Yujie Xiong; Nailiang Yang; Pengfei Yin; Yifu Yu; Zhicheng Zhang; Meng Zhou; Ye Zhu; Hua Zhang

doi:10.1007/s40242-025-5055-3

Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials: Metal Nanomaterials

Ye Chen, Jiawei Liu, Qinbai Yun, Hongfei Cheng, Xiaoya Cui, Zhanxi Fan, Lei Fu, Chuanbo Gao, Jingjie Ge, Yiyao Ge, Shaojun Guo, Sumei Han, Xun Hong, Bolong Huang, Hongwen Huang, Xiao Huang, Xiaoqing Huang, Xiaozhou Liao, Chongyi Ling, Dong LiuYang Lu, Qipeng Lu, Wenxin Niu, Faisal Saleem, Minhua Shao, Qi Shao, Zhenyu Shi, Li Song, Shouheng Sun, Richard D. Tilley, Deli Wang, An Liang Wang, Jinlan Wang, Pinxian Xi, Younan Xia, Yujie Xiong, Nailiang Yang, Pengfei Yin, Yifu Yu, Zhicheng Zhang, Meng Zhou, Ye Zhu, Hua Zhang

Research output: Journal article publication › Review article › Academic research › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

Abstract

Phase is a fundamental structural parameter that distinguishes the atomic arrangement in materials. The recent advancement in phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) has witnessed the discovery and intriguing physicochemical properties of a number of unconventional phases in metal nanomaterials, enabling their promising applications in catalysis, optics, and so on. With the aid of advanced characterization techniques and theoretical calculations, phase engineering of metal nanomaterials has made significant progress in terms of precisely controlled synthesis, phase transformation, and phase-dependent property studies. This review summarizes the recent progress of PEN with a focus on metal nanomaterials. First, we introduce various synthetic strategies to prepare unconventional-phase metal nanomaterials, including monometallic and multimetallic nanomaterials. Second, we discuss methods to realize phase transformation of metallic nanomaterials. Then, we demonstrate various phase-dependent properties and applications of metal nanomaterials. Last, current challenges and exciting opportunities in the phase engineering of metal nanomaterials are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	370-413
Number of pages	44
Journal	Chemical Research in Chinese Universities
Volume	41
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-025-5055-3
Publication status	Published - 20 May 2025

Keywords

Metal nanomaterial
Nanocatalysis
Phase engineering of nanomaterial
Phase-dependent property
Unconventional-phase nanomaterial

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry

More information

10.1007/s40242-025-5055-3

Cite this

@article{bc7de90a00df4a9c832540d1731c3119,

title = "Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials: Metal Nanomaterials",

abstract = "Phase is a fundamental structural parameter that distinguishes the atomic arrangement in materials. The recent advancement in phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) has witnessed the discovery and intriguing physicochemical properties of a number of unconventional phases in metal nanomaterials, enabling their promising applications in catalysis, optics, and so on. With the aid of advanced characterization techniques and theoretical calculations, phase engineering of metal nanomaterials has made significant progress in terms of precisely controlled synthesis, phase transformation, and phase-dependent property studies. This review summarizes the recent progress of PEN with a focus on metal nanomaterials. First, we introduce various synthetic strategies to prepare unconventional-phase metal nanomaterials, including monometallic and multimetallic nanomaterials. Second, we discuss methods to realize phase transformation of metallic nanomaterials. Then, we demonstrate various phase-dependent properties and applications of metal nanomaterials. Last, current challenges and exciting opportunities in the phase engineering of metal nanomaterials are discussed.",

keywords = "Metal nanomaterial, Nanocatalysis, Phase engineering of nanomaterial, Phase-dependent property, Unconventional-phase nanomaterial",

author = "Ye Chen and Jiawei Liu and Qinbai Yun and Hongfei Cheng and Xiaoya Cui and Zhanxi Fan and Lei Fu and Chuanbo Gao and Jingjie Ge and Yiyao Ge and Shaojun Guo and Sumei Han and Xun Hong and Bolong Huang and Hongwen Huang and Xiao Huang and Xiaoqing Huang and Xiaozhou Liao and Chongyi Ling and Dong Liu and Yang Lu and Qipeng Lu and Wenxin Niu and Faisal Saleem and Minhua Shao and Qi Shao and Zhenyu Shi and Li Song and Shouheng Sun and Tilley, \{Richard D.\} and Deli Wang and Wang, \{An Liang\} and Jinlan Wang and Pinxian Xi and Younan Xia and Yujie Xiong and Nailiang Yang and Pengfei Yin and Yifu Yu and Zhicheng Zhang and Meng Zhou and Ye Zhu and Hua Zhang",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Jilin University, The Editorial Department of Chemical Research in Chinese Universities and Springer-Verlag GmbH 2025.",

year = "2025",

month = may,

day = "20",

doi = "10.1007/s40242-025-5055-3",

language = "English",

volume = "41",

pages = "370--413",

journal = "Chemical Research in Chinese Universities",

issn = "1005-9040",

publisher = "Springer International Publishing AG",

number = "3",

}

Chen, Y, Liu, J, Yun, Q, Cheng, H, Cui, X, Fan, Z, Fu, L, Gao, C, Ge, J, Ge, Y, Guo, S, Han, S, Hong, X, Huang, B, Huang, H, Huang, X, Huang, X, Liao, X, Ling, C, Liu, D, Lu, Y, Lu, Q, Niu, W, Saleem, F, Shao, M, Shao, Q, Shi, Z, Song, L, Sun, S, Tilley, RD, Wang, D, Wang, AL, Wang, J, Xi, P, Xia, Y, Xiong, Y, Yang, N, Yin, P, Yu, Y, Zhang, Z, Zhou, M, Zhu, Y & Zhang, H 2025, 'Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials: Metal Nanomaterials', Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 370-413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-025-5055-3

TY - JOUR

T1 - Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials: Metal Nanomaterials

AU - Chen, Ye

AU - Liu, Jiawei

AU - Yun, Qinbai

AU - Cheng, Hongfei

AU - Cui, Xiaoya

AU - Fan, Zhanxi

AU - Fu, Lei

AU - Gao, Chuanbo

AU - Ge, Jingjie

AU - Ge, Yiyao

AU - Guo, Shaojun

AU - Han, Sumei

AU - Hong, Xun

AU - Huang, Bolong

AU - Huang, Hongwen

AU - Huang, Xiao

AU - Huang, Xiaoqing

AU - Liao, Xiaozhou

AU - Ling, Chongyi

AU - Liu, Dong

AU - Lu, Yang

AU - Lu, Qipeng

AU - Niu, Wenxin

AU - Saleem, Faisal

AU - Shao, Minhua

AU - Shao, Qi

AU - Shi, Zhenyu

AU - Song, Li

AU - Sun, Shouheng

AU - Tilley, Richard D.

AU - Wang, Deli

AU - Wang, An Liang

AU - Wang, Jinlan

AU - Xi, Pinxian

AU - Xia, Younan

AU - Xiong, Yujie

AU - Yang, Nailiang

AU - Yin, Pengfei

AU - Yu, Yifu

AU - Zhang, Zhicheng

AU - Zhou, Meng

AU - Zhu, Ye

AU - Zhang, Hua

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Jilin University, The Editorial Department of Chemical Research in Chinese Universities and Springer-Verlag GmbH 2025.

PY - 2025/5/20

Y1 - 2025/5/20

N2 - Phase is a fundamental structural parameter that distinguishes the atomic arrangement in materials. The recent advancement in phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) has witnessed the discovery and intriguing physicochemical properties of a number of unconventional phases in metal nanomaterials, enabling their promising applications in catalysis, optics, and so on. With the aid of advanced characterization techniques and theoretical calculations, phase engineering of metal nanomaterials has made significant progress in terms of precisely controlled synthesis, phase transformation, and phase-dependent property studies. This review summarizes the recent progress of PEN with a focus on metal nanomaterials. First, we introduce various synthetic strategies to prepare unconventional-phase metal nanomaterials, including monometallic and multimetallic nanomaterials. Second, we discuss methods to realize phase transformation of metallic nanomaterials. Then, we demonstrate various phase-dependent properties and applications of metal nanomaterials. Last, current challenges and exciting opportunities in the phase engineering of metal nanomaterials are discussed.

AB - Phase is a fundamental structural parameter that distinguishes the atomic arrangement in materials. The recent advancement in phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) has witnessed the discovery and intriguing physicochemical properties of a number of unconventional phases in metal nanomaterials, enabling their promising applications in catalysis, optics, and so on. With the aid of advanced characterization techniques and theoretical calculations, phase engineering of metal nanomaterials has made significant progress in terms of precisely controlled synthesis, phase transformation, and phase-dependent property studies. This review summarizes the recent progress of PEN with a focus on metal nanomaterials. First, we introduce various synthetic strategies to prepare unconventional-phase metal nanomaterials, including monometallic and multimetallic nanomaterials. Second, we discuss methods to realize phase transformation of metallic nanomaterials. Then, we demonstrate various phase-dependent properties and applications of metal nanomaterials. Last, current challenges and exciting opportunities in the phase engineering of metal nanomaterials are discussed.

KW - Metal nanomaterial

KW - Nanocatalysis

KW - Phase engineering of nanomaterial

KW - Phase-dependent property

KW - Unconventional-phase nanomaterial

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105005535485

U2 - 10.1007/s40242-025-5055-3

DO - 10.1007/s40242-025-5055-3

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:105005535485

SN - 1005-9040

VL - 41

SP - 370

EP - 413

JO - Chemical Research in Chinese Universities

JF - Chemical Research in Chinese Universities

IS - 3

ER -

Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials: Metal Nanomaterials

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

More information

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this