Publications
Chang Chien, T.-C.; Delley, M. F.*
"Disentangling Chemical Interaction and Electric Fields at Electrochemical Interfaces"
J. Phys. Chem. C 2025, 129, 999, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c07553.

Wyss, V.; Dinu, I. A.; Marot, L.; Palivan, C.; Delley, M. F.*
"Thermocatalytic epoxidation by cobalt sulfide inspired by the material's electrocatalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction"
Catal. Sci. Technol. 2024, DOI: 10.1039/d4cy00518j.

Chang Chien, T.-C.; Delley, M. F.*
"Interfacial Chemistry and Catalysis of Inorganic Materials"
CHIMIA 2024,78, 7, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2024.7.
(Special issue: Ambizione Fellows and Young Professors in Switzerland)
Arnosti, N. A.; Wyss, V.; Delley, M. F.*
"Controlled Surface Modification of Cobalt Phosphide with Sulfur Tunes Hydrogenation Catalysis"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023,145, 23556, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07312.
Highlighted in CHIMIA, see link.

Delley, M. F.*; Wenger, O. S.*
"A Farewell Symposium to the Retiring Professors Catherine E. Housecroft and Edwin C. Constable"
CHIMIA 2023, 77, 452.
Delley, M. F.*; Nichols, E. M.; Mayer, J. M.
"Electrolyte Cation Effects on Interfacial Acidity and Electric Fields"
J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 8477.

Delley, M. F.†,*; Nichols, E. M.†,*; Mayer, J. M.*
"Interfacial Acid/Base Equilibria and Electric Fields Concurrently Probed by In-Situ Surface-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy"
JACS 2021,143, 10778.

Castillo-Lora, J.†; Delley, M. F.†; Laga, S. M.†; Mayer, J. M. († equal contributions)
"Two-electron-two-proton reduction from colloidal ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles to molecular substrates"
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 7687.

Delley, M. F.*; Wu, Z.; Mundy, M. E.; Ung, D.; Cossairt, B. M.; Wang, H.; Mayer, J. M.*
"Hydrogen on Cobalt Phosphide"
JACS 2019, 141, 15390.

Saouma, C. T.; Richard, S.; Smolders, S.; Delley, M. F.; Ameloot, R.; Vermoortele, F.; De Vos, D. E.; Mayer, J. M.
"Bulk-to-Surface Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactivity of the Metal-Organic Framework MIL-125"
JACS 2018, 140, 16184.

Valdez, C. N.†; Delley, M. F.†; Mayer, J. M. († equal contributions)
"Cation Effects on the Reduction of Colloidal ZnO Nanocrystals"
JACS 2018, 140, 8924.

Copéret, C.; Allouche, F.; Chan, K. W.; Conley, M. P.; Delley, M. F.; Fedorov, A.; Moroz, I. B.; Mougel, V.; Pucino, M.; Searles, K.; Yamamoto, K.; Zhizhko, P. A.
"Bridging the Gap between Industrial and Well-Defined Supported Catalysts"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6398.

Delley, M. F.; Lapadula, G.; Núñez-Zarur, F.; Comas-Vives, A.; Kalendra, V.; Jeschke, G.; Baabe, D.; Walter, M. D.; Rossini, A. J.; Lesage, A.; Emsley, L.; Maury, O.; Copéret, C.
"Local Structures and Heterogeneity of Silica-Supported M(III) Sites Evidenced by EPR, IR, NMR, and Luminescence Spectroscopies"
JACS 2017, 139, 8855.

Delley, M. F. ; Praveen, C. S.; Borosy, A. P.; Núñez-Zarur, F.; Comas-Vives, A.; Copéret, C.
"Olefin Polymerization on Cr(III)/SiO 2 : Mechanistic Insights from the Differences in Reactivity between Ethene and Propene"
J. Catal. 2017, 354, 223.

Delley, M. F.; Silaghi, M.-C.; Núñez-Zarur, F.; Kovtunov, K. V.; Salnikov, O. G.; Estes, D. P.; Koptyug, I. V.; Comas-Vives, A.; Copéret, C.
"X–H Bond Activation on Cr(III),O Sites (X = R,H): Key Steps in Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation Processes"
Organometallics 2017, 36, 234.

Delley, M. F.*
"A Molecular Approach to Well-Defined Metal Sites Supported on Oxides with Oxidation State and Nuclearity Control"
CHIMIA 2015, 69(4), 168.
Conley, M. P.†; Delley, M. F.†; Núñez-Zarur, F.†; Comas-Vives, A.; Copéret, C. († equal contributions)
"Heterolytic Activation of C–H Bonds on Cr III –O Surface Sites is a Key Step in Catalytic Polymerization of Ethylene and Dehydrogenation of Propane"
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 5065.

Delley, M. F.; Núñez-Zarur, F.; Conley, M. P.; Comas-Vives, A.; Siddiqi, G.; Norsic, S.; Monteil, V.; Safonova, O. V.; Copéret, C.
"Proton Transfers are Key Elementary Steps in Ethylene Polymerization on Isolated Chromium(III) Silicates"
PNAS 2014, 111, 11624.
Delley, M. F.; Conley, M. P.; Copéret, C.
"Polymerization on CO-Reduced Phillips Catalyst Initiates through the C–H Bond Activation of Ethylene on Cr–O Sites"
Catal. Lett. 2014, 144, 805.

Conley, M. P.; Delley, M. F.; Siddiqi, G.; Lapadula, G.; Norsic, S.; Monteil, V.; Safonova, O. V.; Copéret, C.
"Polymerization of Ethylene by Silica-Supported Dinuclear Cr III Sites through an Initiation Step Involving C–H Bond Activation"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1872.
Patents
Delley, M. F.; Conley, M. P.; Copéret, C.
"Chromium(III) Silicate Catalysts Suitable for PE Synthesis"
2013, EP2826795A1, WO2015007828.