(1) Elucidating fine structures of active sites in zeolite catalysts and investigating fundamental catalytic mechanisms in zeolite-based catalysis, primarily via NMR
(2) Fundamental research on solid-state electrolytes
(3) Solid-state NMR method development and its application on material sciences
[1] Kuizhi Chen*; Zhehong Gan; Sarah Horstmeier; Jeffery L.White*; The Distribution of Aluminum Species in HZSM-5 Catalysts: 27Al NMR of Framework, Partially-Coordinated Framework, and Non-Framework Moieties, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143(17): 6669-6680
[2] Kuizhi Chen*; Sarah Horstmeier; Vy T. Nguyen; Bin Wang; Steven P.Crossley; Tram Pham; Zhehong Gan; Ivan Hung; Jeffery L. White*; Structure and Catalytic Characterization of a Second Framework Al(IV) Site in Zeolite Catalysts Revealed by NMR at 35.2 T, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142(16): 7514-7523.
[3] Kuizhi Chen; Maryam Abdolrahmani; Sarah Horstmeier; Tram N.Pham; Vy T.Nguyen; Michael Zeets; Bin Wang; Steven Crossley; Jeffery L.White*; Br？nsted-Br？nsted Synergies Between Framework and Non-Crystalline Protons in Zeolite H-ZSM-5, ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9(7): 6124-6136.
[4] Kuizhi Chen; Maryam Abdolrhamani; Eric Sheets; Jeremy Freeman; Garrett Ward; Jeffery L.White*; Direct Detection of Multiple Acidic Proton Sites in Zeolite HZSM-5, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139(51): 18698-18704.
[5] Kuizhi Chen; Jarred Kelsey; Jeffery L. White*; Lu Zhang; Daniel Resasco; Water Interactions in Zeolite Catalysts and Their Hydrophobically Modified Analogues, ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5(12): 7480-7487.
