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Linxiao Chen

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Chemistry

College: College of Science

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Indiana University, 2019
    Major: Chemistry

Current Scheduled Teaching

CHEM 6940.774Individual ResearchSpring 2026

Previous Scheduled Teaching

CHEM 1420.004General Chemistry II for Science MajorsFall 2025 Syllabus SPOT
CHEM 1420.204General Chemistry II for Science MajorsFall 2025

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Amagbor, S.C., Maruf, A.A., Adesope, Q., Khan, M.H., R Mudiyanselage, R., Pudasaini, A., Ashrafian, A., Dhungana, M., Sonnier, K., Chen, L., Golden, T.D., Ma, S., Kelber, J. (2026). Effects of Nonstoichiometry on the Ambient Oxidation of Cubic Mo2C and Impact on CO Hydrogenation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. American Chemical Society (ACS). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c07904
  • Nwachukwu, U.C., Moegling, M.J., Perera, S.M., Pathan, A.N., Chen, J., Rezvani, F., Vannante Valappil, A.R., Zhou, C., Rahman, L., Liu, J., Kim, S., Eagan, J.M., Deshpande, S., Porosoff, M.D., Chen, L. (2025). Intrinsically Bifunctional and Tunable Tungsten Carbide Catalysts Enable Efficient PVC-Compatible Polyolefin Hydrocracking. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147 (52) 47963-47976. American Chemical Society (ACS). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c11845
  • Chen, L., Moore, C.G., Umhey, C.E., Perez-Aguilar, J.E., Hong, J., Hoffman, A.S., Thorpe, R.M., Moreira, J.B., Kovarik, L., Bare, S.R., Raugei, S., McEwen, J., Szanyi, J. (2025). Tuning Catalytic Reactivity via Wetting Control through Oxygen Vacancies: Ru Clusters on Anatase TiO2 and CeO2 Supports. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147 (35) 31779-31790. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c08781
  • Chen, G., Zhang, H., Sun, Y., Tao, J., Chen, L., Van Geem, K.M., Li, N., Cheng, Z., Yan, B. (2025). Photooxidation-pyrolysis coupling: A breakthrough for sustainable recycling of photocured waste with reduced toxicity. Chemical Engineering Journal. 518 164867. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.164867
  • Uchagawkar, A., Ramanathan, A., Zhu, H., Chen, L., Hu, Y., Douglas, J., Mais, M., Kobayashi, T., Subramaniam, B. (2024). Insights into Dopant-Mediated Tuning of Silica-Supported Mo Metal Centers for Enhanced Olefin Metathesis. ACS Catalysis. 14 (11) 8317-8329. American Chemical Society (ACS). https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c01700
  • Chen, L., Meira, D., Kovarik, L., Szanyi, J. (2024). Hydrogen Spillover Is Regulating Minority Rh1 Active Sites on TiO2 in Room-Temperature Ethylene Hydrogenation. ACS Catalysis. 14 (10) 7369-7380. American Chemical Society (ACS). https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c00482
  • Chen, L., Moreira, J.B., Meyer, L.C., Szanyi, J. (2023). Efficient and selective dual-pathway polyolefin hydro-conversion over unexpectedly bifunctional M/TiO2-anatase catalysts. Other. 335 122897. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337323005404
  • Song, I., Koleva, I.Z., Aleksandrov, H.A., Chen, L., Heo, J., Li, D., Wang, Y., Szanyi, J., Khivantsev, K. (2023). Ultrasmall Pd Clusters in FER Zeolite Alleviate CO Poisoning for Effective Low-Temperature Carbon Monoxide Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145 (50) 27493-27499. American Chemical Society (ACS). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c08916
  • Chen, L., Allec, S.I., Nguyen, M., Kovarik, L., Hoffman, A.S., Hong, J., Meira, D., Shi, H., Bare, S.R., Glezakou, V., Rousseau, R., Szanyi, J. (2023). Dynamic Evolution of Palladium Single Atoms on Anatase Titania Support Determines the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Activity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145 (19) 10847-10860. American Chemical Society (ACS). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c02326
  • Khivantsev, K., Jaegers, N.R., Aleksandrov, H.A., Song, I., Pereira-Hernandez, X.I., Engelhard, M.H., Tian, J., Chen, L., Motta Meira, D., Kovarik, L., Vayssilov, G.N., Wang, Y., Szanyi, J. (2023). Single Ru(II) Ions on Ceria as a Highly Active Catalyst for Abatement of NO. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145 (9) 5029-5040. American Chemical Society (ACS). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c09873
  • Chen, L., Kovarik, L., Meira, D., Szanyi, J. (2022). Differentiating and Understanding the Effects of Bulk and Surface Mo Doping on CO2 Hydrogenation over Pd/Anatase-TiO2. ACS Catalysis. 12 (21) 13492-13500. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c03181
  • Chen, L., Meyer, L.C., Kovarik, L., Meira, D., Pereira-Hernandez, X.I., Shi, H., Khivantsev, K., Guti\'errez, Oliver Y., Szanyi, J. (2022). Disordered, Sub-Nanometer Ru Structures on CeO2 are Highly Efficient and Selective Catalysts in Polymer Upcycling by Hydrogenolysis. ACS Catalysis. 12 (8) 4618-4627. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c00684
  • Chen, L., Zhu, Y., Meyer, L.C., Hale, L.V., Le, T.T., Karkamkar, A., Lercher, J.A., Gutiérrez, O.Y., Szanyi, J. (2022). Effect of reaction conditions on the hydrogenolysis of polypropylene and polyethylene into gas and liquid alkanes. Other. 7 (4) 844-854. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). https://doi.org/10.1039/d1re00431j
  • Liu, Y., Chen, L., Zhang, W., Liu, H. (2022). Recyclable Cu Salt-Derived Brønsted Acids for Hydrolytic Hydrogenation of Cellulose on Ru Catalyst. Other. 4 (9) 3162-3169. Chinese Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.021.202101506
  • Ali, I.S., Chen, L., Rezvani, F., Zhou, X., Tait, S.L. (2022). Tuning coordinated supported catalysts: Carboxylic acid-based ligands to improve ceria-supported Pt catalysts for hydrosilylation. Other. 639 118634. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2022.118634
  • Chen, L., Ali, I.S., Sterbinsky, G.E., Zhou, X., Wasim, E., Tait, S.L. (2021). Ligand-coordinated Ir single-atom catalysts stabilized on oxide supports for ethylene hydrogenation and their evolution under a reductive atmosphere. Other. 11 (6) 2081-2093. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cy01132k
  • Chen, L., Kovarik, L., Szanyi, J. (2021). Temperature-Dependent Communication between Pt/Al2O3 Catalysts and Anatase TiO2 Dilutant: the Effects of Metal Migration and Carbon Transfer on the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 11 (19) 12058-12067. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c03133
  • Chen, L., Unocic, R.R., Hoffman, A.S., Hong, J., Braga, A.H., Bao, Z., Bare, S.R., Szanyi, J. (2021). Unlocking the Catalytic Potential of TiO2-Supported Pt Single Atoms for the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction by Altering Their Chemical Environment. Other. 1 (7) 977-986. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00111
  • Zhou, X., Sterbinsky, G.E., Wasim, E., Chen, L., Tait, S.L. (2021). Tuning Ligand‐Coordinated Single Metal Atoms on TiO2 and their Dynamic Response during Hydrogenation Catalysis. ChemSusChem. 14 (18) 3635-3635. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202101640
  • Zhou, X., Chen, L., Sterbinsky, G.E., Mukherjee, D., Unocic, R.R., Tait, S.L. (2020). Pt-Ligand single-atom catalysts: tuning activity by oxide support defect density. Other. 10 (10) 3353-3365. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cy02594d
  • Engelhard, M.H., Baer, D.R., Chen, L. (2020). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data from lightly Pd doped TiO2 anatase nanoparticles. Other. 27 (2) American Vacuum Society. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0000407
  • Nelson, N.C., Chen, L., Meira, D., Kovarik, L., Szanyi, J. (2020). In Situ Dispersion of Palladium on TiO2 During Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction: Formation of Atomically Dispersed Palladium. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59 (40) 17657-17663. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202007576
  • Chen, L., Ali, I.S., Tait, S.L. (2020). Bidentate N‐based Ligands for Highly Reusable, Ligand‐coordinated, Supported Pt Hydrosilylation Catalysts. Other. 12 (13) 3576-3584. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202000085
  • Chen, L., Agrawal, V., Tait, S.L. (2019). Sulfate promotion of selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide by ammonia on ceria. Other. 9 (8) 1802-1815. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cy02590h
  • Chen, L., Ali, I.S., Sterbinsky, G.E., Gamler, J.T., Skrabalak, S.E., Tait, S.L. (2019). Alkene Hydrosilylation on Oxide‐Supported Pt‐Ligand Single‐Site Catalysts. Other. 11 (12) 2843-2854. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201900530
  • Chen, L., Sterbinsky, G.E., Tait, S.L. (2018). Synthesis of platinum single-site centers through metal-ligand self-assembly on powdered metal oxide supports. Journal of Catalysis. 365 303-312. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2018.07.004
  • Chen, L., McCann, J.P., Tait, S.L. (2018). A re-examination of the catalyst activation and temperature hysteresis in methane combustion on Pt/Al2O3. Other. 549 19-30. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2017.09.008

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Chen, L. (Principal), "Developing Catalytic Processes for Polystyrene Upcycling as Solid Hydrogen Carrier," sponsored by The University of Akron, State, $10000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Grant - Research

  • Chen, L., "Leveraging Epitaxial Growth to Deconvolute Particle Size and Density Effects in Thermal Catalysis," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $328132 Funded. (2024).
  • Chen, L. (Principal), "Renewable Bio-Derived Styrene from the Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of Lignin Derivatives," sponsored by CenTiRe: NSF Industry University Collaborative Research Center, National, $210000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Chen, L., "Gas-Flow Systems for the Catalytic Upcycling of Plastic Waste," sponsored by Alicat Scientific, Private, $5000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
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