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Robert F. Klie

University of Illinois System · US
Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, Advancements in Battery Materials, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties.
h-index
62
citations
17,350
works
598
NIH funding
primary concept
Chemistry
email

Recent publications

Deciphering Catalyst–Support Interaction via Doping for Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Evolution Catalysis
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025cited by 39position: middledoi
A Light-Responsive Metal–Organic Framework with Perchlorinated Nanographene Ligands
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025cited by 10position: middledoi
In Situ Formation of Ripplocations in Hybrid Organic–Inorganic MXenes
Advanced Materials 2025cited by 7position: lastdoi
MXenoids: Generalization of MXene-Inspired Covalent Surface Modifications Across Two-Dimensional Materials
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
High-Nickel Cathodes with Mechanical and Interfacial Robustness via Tailored Concentration Gradients for Stable Li-Ion Batteries
ACS Energy Letters 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
Materials laboratories of the future for alloys, amorphous, and composite materials
MRS Bulletin 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
Atomic-Scale Tracking of Beam-Induced Phase Transitions in MgCr<sub>1.5</sub>Mn<sub>0.5</sub>O<sub>4</sub>
Chemistry of Materials 2025cited by 4position: lastdoi
Synthesis and Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Cd<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub> and (Cd<sub><i>x</i></sub>Zn<sub>1–<i>x</i></sub>)<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub> Quantum Dots
Nano Letters 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Strain Effects in SrHfO<sub>3</sub> Films Grown by Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy
ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Unsupervised Machine Learning for Atomic-Resolution S(TEM) Image Analysis and Management
Microscopy and Microanalysis 2025cited by 1position: lastdoi
Polymorphism in the Ruddlesden–Popper Nickelate La<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>: Discovery of a Hidden Phase with Distinctive Layer Stacking
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024cited by 104position: middledoi
Ion-Exchange Effects in One-Dimensional Lepidocrocite TiO<sub>2</sub>: A Cryogenic Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and Density Functional Theory Study
Chemistry of Materials 2024cited by 29position: lastdoi
Entropy-Stabilized Multication Fluorides as a Conversion-Type Cathode for Li-Ion Batteries–Impact of Element Selection
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2024cited by 11position: middledoi
OsO <sub>2</sub> as the Contrast‐Generating Chemical Species of Osmium‐Stained Biological Tissues in Electron Microscopy
ChemBioChem 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
Coherent Erbium Spin Defects in Colloidal Nanocrystal Hosts
ACS Nano 2024cited by 7position: middledoi
Automated Defect Detection in Atomic Resolution STEM Images: A Machine Learning Approach with Variational Convolutional Autoencoders
Microscopy and Microanalysis 2024cited by 5position: lastdoi
Direct synthesis and chemical vapor deposition of 2D carbide and nitride MXenes
Science 2023cited by 658position: middledoi
CdTe-based thin film photovoltaics: Recent advances, current challenges and future prospects
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2023cited by 359position: middledoi
Enabling selective zinc-ion intercalation by a eutectic electrolyte for practical anodeless zinc batteries
Nature Communications 2023cited by 277position: middledoi
Hybrid organic–inorganic two-dimensional metal carbide MXenes with amido- and imido-terminated surfaces
Nature Chemistry 2023cited by 122position: middledoi
Effect of Antisolvent Additives in Aqueous Zinc Sulfate Electrolytes for Zinc Metal Anodes: The Case of Acetonitrile
ACS Energy Letters 2023cited by 56position: middledoi
Titanium oxide-based 1D nanofilaments, 2D sheets, and mesoporous particles: Synthesis, characterization, and ion intercalation
Matter 2023cited by 35position: middledoi
Solid state reduction of nickelate thin films
Physical Review Materials 2023cited by 31position: middledoi
Variational Convolutional Autoencoders for Anomaly Detection in Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
Small 2023cited by 18position: lastdoi
Insights into the reactivity and lithium plating mechanisms of ultra-thin metal oxide coatings for anode-free solid-state lithium metal batteries
Frontiers in Batteries and Electrochemistry 2023cited by 10position: middledoi
Electrolyte Reactivity on the MgV<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Cathode Surface
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023cited by 9position: middledoi
On the structure of one-dimensional TiO2 lepidocrocite
Matter 2022cited by 46position: middledoi
Investigation of Ca Insertion into α-MoO<sub>3</sub> Nanoparticles for High Capacity Ca-Ion Cathodes
Nano Letters 2022cited by 35position: middledoi
β-V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> as Magnesium Intercalation Cathode
ACS Applied Energy Materials 2022cited by 24position: middledoi
Intercalation of Ca into a Highly Defective Manganese Oxide at Room Temperature
Chemistry of Materials 2022cited by 19position: middledoi

Grants

Single-particle electrochemistry to identify fundamental barriers to magnesium ion intercalation in transition metal oxides
NSF2312359$699,1462023–2026PIRePORTER
Discovering Novel Properties in Few-Layer MXenes Using Analytical, In-Situ Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
NSF2309396$549,7182023–2027PIRePORTER
MRI: Acquisition of a Monochromated, Magnetic-Field-Free, Atomic-Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Enabling Multidisciplinary Research and Education
NSF2215976$3,990,0002022–2026PIRePORTER
A combined theory-experiment study of electronic, magnetic and thermal properties of complex oxide nano-structures
NSF1831406$645,2122018–2023PIRePORTER
MRI: Acquisition of a Dual-EELS Gatan Quantum Imaging Spectrometer to Upgrade the JEOL ARM200CF at UIC.
NSF1626065$520,1002016–2019PIRePORTER
Controlling Defects in Transition Metal Oxide Thin Films
NSF1408427$455,2102014–2017PIRePORTER
Understanding the Active Sites in Selective Alcohol Synthesis with Promoted Rh Catalysts
NSF1067020$340,6642011–2015PIRePORTER
MRI-R2: Acquisition of an Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope for Multidisciplinary Research and Education at UIC
NSF0959470$1,999,9992010–2012PIRePORTER
CAREER: Atomic-Resolution Study of Electron-Spin Interaction in Strongly-Correlated Mixed-Valence Cobalt Oxide Nano-Structures
NSF0846784$400,0002009–2014PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Jordi Cabana · University of Illinois Chicago19 papers (2015–2025)Patrick J. Phillips · University of Illinois Chicago17 papers (2013–2018)Peter Zapol · Argonne National Laboratory16 papers (2012–2025)Amin Salehi‐Khojin · University of Illinois Chicago15 papers (2014–2020)John T. Vaughey · Argonne National Laboratory11 papers (2017–2022)Tadas Paulauskas · University of Illinois Chicago11 papers (2012–2021)Baris Key · Argonne National Laboratory11 papers (2015–2022)Poya Yasaei · University of Illinois Chicago10 papers (2014–2019)Canhui Wang · University of Illinois Chicago10 papers (2013–2019)Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar · University of Illinois Chicago10 papers (2013–2017)Jacob R. Jokisaari · University of Illinois Chicago10 papers (2018–2020)Saul H. Lapidus · North Carolina State University10 papers (2018–2022)Serdar Öğüt · National University of Singapore10 papers (2012–2019)Liang Hong · University of Illinois Chicago9 papers (2016–2020)Jinglong Guo · University of Illinois Chicago9 papers (2019–2025)Bob Jin Kwon · University of Illinois Chicago9 papers (2018–2022)Anmin Nie · University of Illinois Chicago8 papers (2013–2017)Arashdeep Singh Thind · University of Illinois System8 papers (2023–2025)Yingjie Yang · University of Illinois Chicago8 papers (2023–2025)Timothy T. Fister · Argonne National Laboratory8 papers (2017–2023)