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“Scaling Law of Quantum Confinement in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Benjamin Eller, Charles Clark, and YuHuang Wang. arXiv:2410.21672
“[2 + 2] Cycloaddition Produces Divalent Organic Color-Centers with Reduced Heterogeneity in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” Qu, H.; Han, Y.; Fortner, J.; Wu, X.; Kilina, S.; Kilin, D.; Tretiak, S.; Wang, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024 (in press).
“Defect Pairs in Boron Nitrides That Exhibit Strong Electronic Transitions in the Infrared.” Lee, Seungyeop; Fortner, Jacob; Wang, YuHuang.* Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2024, 128, 28, 11672–11678.
“Cavity-enhanced photon indistinguishability at room temperature and telecom wavelengths” Lukas Husel, Julian Trapp, Johannes Scherzer, Xiaojian Wu, Peng Wang, Jacob Fortner, Manuel Nutz, Thomas Hümmer, Borislav Polovnikov, Michael Förg, David Hunger, YuHuang Wang, Alexander Högele. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 3989.
“Programming sp3 Quantum Defects along Carbon Nanotubes with Halogenated DNA.” Wu, X.; Kim, M.; Wang, L.; Kizhakke Veetil, A.; Wang, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 13, 8826–8831.
“Quantum defect sensitization via phase-changing supercharged antibody fragments.” Kim, Mijin; McCann, James; Fortner, Jacob; Randall, Ewelina; Chen, Chen; Chen, Yu; Yaari, Zvi; Wang, YuHuang; Koder, Ronald*; Heller, Daniel*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 18, 12454–12462.
“Surfactant-Aided Stabilization of Individual Carbon Nanotubes in Water Around the Critical Micelle Concentration.” Wang, Peng; Misra, Rahul Prasanna; Zhang, Chiyu; Blankschtein, Daniel*; Wang, YuHuang*. Langmuir 2024, 40, 1, 159–169 (Journal Cover).
“Direct Writing of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes across a Trench” Barnes, Benjamin; Wang, Ziyi; Alibrahim, Ayman; Lin, Qinglin; Wu, Xiaojian; Wang, YuHuang*. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 22, 22701–22707.
“Spontaneous Sieving of Water from Ethanol using Angstrom-sized Nanopores.” Rayabharam, Archith; Qu, Haoran; Wang, YuHuang*; Aluru, Narayana R.* Nanoscale 2023, 15, 12626 – 12633. DOI: 10.1039/D3NR02768F
“Functional PDMS elastomer: latest advances in design strategy, materials science, and emerging applications.” Shaopeng Li, Jiaqi Zhang, Jian He, YuHuang Wang, Zhongjie Huang,* Huan Pang,* Yiwang Chen. Advanced Science 2023, 10, 2304506.
“Rational structural design of polymer pens for energy-efficient photoactuation.” Zhongjie Huang*, Le Li, Taishan Yin, Keith A Brown*, YuHuang Wang* Polymers 2023, 15, 3595.
“Nanosensor-based monitoring of autophagy-associated lysosomal acidification in vivo,” Kim, M.; Chen, C.; Yaari, A, Z.; Frederiksen, R.; Randall, E.; Wollowitz, J.; Cupo, C.; Wu, X.; Shah, J.; Worroll, D.; Lagenbacher, R. E.; Goerzen, D.; Li, Y.M.; An, H.; Wang, Y.; Heller, D.A. Nature Chemical Biology 2023 in press (Featured by Nat. Chem. Biol. News & Views)
“Fluids and Electrolytes under Confinement in Single-Digit Nanopores,” Narayana Aluru, Fikret Aydin, Martin Z. Bazant, Daniel Blankschtein, Alexandra H. Brozena, J. Pedro de Souza, Menachem Elimelech, Samuel Faucher, John T. Fourkas,* Matthias Kuehne, Heather J. Kulik, Hao-Kun Li, Zhongwu Li, Arun Majumdar, Joel Martis, Rahul Prasanna Misra, Aleksandr Noy, Tuan Anh Pham, Haoran Qu, Archith Rayabharam, Mark A. Reed, Cody L. Ritt, Zuzanna Siwy, Michael S. Strano,* YuHuang Wang,* Cheng Zhan, Ze Zhang. Chemical Reviews 2023, 123, 2737-2831 (Journal Cover)
“Localized Photoactuation of Polymer Pens for Nanolithography.” Huang, Z.*; Li, S.; Zhang, J.; Pang, H.; Ivankin, A.; Wang, Y.* Molecules 2023, 28, 1171.
“Van der Waals SWCNT@BN Heterostructures Synthesized from Solution-Processed Chirality-Pure Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes.” Chiyu Zhang, Jacob Fortner, Peng Wang, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Shuhui Wang, Ming Liu, Shigeo Maruyama, YuHuang Wang*. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 18630-18636.
“Quantum Coupling of Two Atomic Defects in a Carbon Nanotube Semiconductor” Jacob Fortner, YuHuang Wang, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2022, 13, 8908–8913
“Can armchair nanotubes host organic color centers?” Benjamin Eller,* Jacob Fortner, Jacek Klos, YuHuang Wang*, Charles W. Clark* Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 2022, 34, 464004 (Special Issue on Materials Science of Quantum Computing; invited)
“Engineering Defects with DNA.” Wang, Y. H. Science 2022, 377, 473-474.
“Parallel field-effect nanosensors detect trace biomarkers instantly at physiological high ionic strength conditions.” Barnes, B.; Wang, P.; Wang, Y. H. ACS Sensors 2022, 7, 9, 2537–2544 (Journal Cover).
“Quantum Defects: What pairs with the aryl group when breaking a C=C bond on sp2 carbon lattices?” Wang, P.; Fortner, J.; Luo, H.; Kłos, J.; Wu, X.; Qu, H.; Chen, F.; Li, Y.; Wang, Y.H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 29, 13234-13241.
“Reconfiguring Organic Color Centers on the sp2 Carbon Lattice of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” Qu, H.; Wu, X.; Fortner, J.; Kim, M.; Wang, P.; Wang, Y.H.* ACS Nano 2022, 16, 2, 2077–2087.
“Detection of ovarian cancer via the spectral fingerprinting of quantum-defect-modified carbon nanotubes in serum by machine learning” Kim, M.; Chen, C.; Wang, P.; Yang, Y.; Mulvey, J.; Wun, C.; Antman-Passig, M.; Luo, H.; Cho, S.; Long-Roche, K.; Ramanathan, L. V.; Jagota, A.; Zheng, M.; Wang, Y.; Heller, D. A.* Nature Biomedical Engineering 2022, 6, 267–275 (Journal Cover).
“Formation of Organic Color Centers in Air-Suspended Carbon Nanotubes Using Vapor-Phase Reaction” D. Kozawa,* X. Wu, A. Ishii, J. Fortner, K. Otsuka, R. Xiang, T. Inoue, S. Maruyama, Y. Wang, Y. K. Kato*. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 2814.
“Tunable photo-patterning of organic color-centers” Dou, Q.; Xu, B.B.*; Wu, X.J.; Mo, J.; Wang, Y.H.* Materials & Design 2021, 212, 110252.
“Cleanly Removable Surfactant for Carbon Nanotubes”, Zhang, Chiyu; Wang, Peng; Barnes, Benjamin; Fortner, Jacob; Wang, YuHuang* Chemistry of Materials 2021, 12, 4551–4557.
“Electroluminescence from 4-nitroaryl organic color centers in semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes,” Xu, B.*; Wu, X.J.; Kim, M.; Wang, P.; Wang, Y.* Journal of Applied Physics 2021, 129, 044305. (Special Topic on Physics and Applications of Nanotubes, guest edited by Shigeo Maruyama, Michael Arnold, and Ralph Krupke, in collaboration with JAP Associate Editors Masayoshi Tonouchi and Lian-Mao Peng).
“Beyond Color: The New Carbon Ink.” Wang, P.; Barnes, B.; Huang, Z.; Wang, Z.; Wang, Y.* Adv. Mater. 2021, 2005890 (invited review article).
“Massively Parallel, Cantilever-free Atomic Force Microscopy.” Cao, W.; Alsharif, N.; Zhongjie Huang, Z.; Alice White, A.; Wang, Y.; Brown, K.* Nature Communications 2021, 12, 393.
“Selective filling of n-hexane in a tight nanopore.” Haoran Qu, Archith Rayabharam, Xiaojian Wu, Peng Wang, Yunfeng Li, Jeffrey Fagan, Narayana R. Aluru, YuHuang Wang.* Nature Communications 2021, 12, 310.
“Applications of Cellulose Nanomaterials in Stimuli-Responsive Optics.” Peng, Z.*; Lin, Q.; Tai, Y. A.; Wang, Y.H.* Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2020, 68, 46, 12940-12955. (Invited review article. Special Issue: Highlights of AGFD program at 258th ACS National Meeting, San Diego)
“A flexible mesofiber-based fast current collector.” Henry, H.K., Hu, J., Cheng, X. Hwang, W.; Briber, R.*; Wang, Y.H.*; Lee, S. B.* J. Mater. Sci. 2020, 55, 11391–11402.
“Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation.” Heller, D. A.*; Jena, P. V.; Pasquali, M.; Kostarelos, K.; Delogu, L. G.; Meidl, R. E.; Rotkin, S. V.; Scheinberg, D. A.; Schwartz, R. E.; Terrones, M.; Wang, Y.; Bianco, A.; Boghossian, A. A.; Cambré, S.; Cognet, L.; Corrie, S. R.; Demokritou, P.; Giordani, S.; Hertel, T.; Ignatova, T.; Islam, M. F.; Iverson, N. M.; Jagota, A.; Janas, D.; Kono, J.; Kruss, S.; Landry, M. P.; Li, Y.; Martel, R.; Maruyama, S.; Naumov, A. V.; Prato, M.; Quinn, S. J.; Roxbury, D.; Strano, M. S.; Tour, J. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Wenseleers, W.; Yudasaka, M. Nature Nanotechnology 2020, 15 (3), 164-166.
“Dry-Drawability of Few-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Grown by Alcohol Chemical Vapor Deposition.” Okada, M.*; Igimi, S.; Inoue, T.; Cheng, X. Y.; Xiang, R.; Chiashi, S.; Inoue, Y.; Wang, Y.H.; Maruyama, S. J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 16729-17440.
“Hidden fine structure of quantum defects revealed by single carbon nanotube magneto-photoluminescence.” Kim, Y.; Goupalov, S. V.; Weight, B. M.; Gifford, B.J.; He, X.; Saha, A.; Kim, M.; Ao, G.; Wang, Y.H.; Zheng, M.; Tretiak, S.; Doorn, S. K.*, Htoon, H.* ACS Nano 2020, 14, 3, 3451–3460.
“Photolithography of Organic Color-Centers.” Huang, Z.; Powell, L. R.; Wu, X.; Kim, M.; Qu, H.; Ng, A. L.; Wang, Y.* Advanced Materials 2020, 1906517.
“Probing the Electrical Double Layer by operando X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy through a Carbon Nanotube-Strengthened Graphene Window.” Wang, P.+; Li, Y.+; Wang, L.; Klos, J.; Peng, Z.; Kim, N.; Bluhm, H.; Gaskell, K.; Liu, P.; Lee, S.B.; Eichhorn, B.*; Wang, Y.* EcoMat 2020; 2:e12023. https://doi.org/10.1002/eom2.12023. Also check out the force field deposited at https://zenodo.org/record/3696970#.Xq94pqhKhPZ
“Fluorescent sp3 Defect-Tailored Carbon Nanotubes Enable NIR-II Single Particle Imaging in Live Brain Slices at Ultra-Low Excitation Doses.” Mandal, A.; Wu, X.; Ferreira, J. S.; Kim, M.; Powell, L. R.; Kwon, H.; Groc, L.; Wang, Y.H.; Cognet, L.*. Scientific Reports 2020, 10, 1-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62201-w.
“Quantitative Infrared Spectroscopy of Environmentally Sensitive and Rough Materials.” Xu, B.B.; Peng, Z.W.; Wu, Z.P.; Zhang, X.A.; Wang, Y. H.* Reviews of Scientific Instruments 2019, 90, 113102.
“Designing textile architectures for high energy-efficiency human body sweat- and cooling-management.” Kun Fu; Zhi Yang; Yong Pei; Yongxin Wang; Beibei Xu; YuHuang Wang; Bao Yang; Liangbing Hu*. Advanced Fiber Materials 2019, 1, 61–70.
“Ultrafast Exciton Trapping at sp3 Quantum Defects in Carbon Nanotubes.” Sykes, M.; Kim, M.; Wu, X.J.; Wiederrecht, G.P.; Peng, L.; Wang, Y.H.; Gosztola, D. J.; Ma, X.D.* ACS Nano 2019, 13, 13264-13270.
“Probing Trions at Chemically Tailored Trapping Defects.” Kwon, H.J.; Kim, M.; Nutz, M; Hartmann, N.F.; Perrin, V.; Meany, B.; Hofmann, M. S.; Clark, C.W.; Htoon, H.; Doorn, S.K.; Högele, A.; Wang, Y.H.* ACS Central Science 2019, 5, 1786-1794. (Supplementary Journal Cover)
“One-pot, large-scale synthesis of organic color center-tailored semiconducting carbon nanotubes.” Luo, H.B.; Wang, P.; Wu, X.J.; Qu, H.; Ren, X.M.; Wang, Y. H.* ACS Nano 2019, 13, 1378417-8424.
“Chemically-tailored Carbon Nanotubes as a New Toolbox for Biomedicine and Beyond.” Barnes, B.; Brozena, A.; Wang, Y.H. The Biochemist. 2019, 41 (4), page 10-13 (A special issue celebrating Elements in Biochemistry from the Biochemical Society; invited perspective article).
“Photon correlation spectroscopy of luminescent quantum defects in carbon nanotubes.” Nutz, M.; Zhang, J.X.; Kim, M.; Kwon, H.; Wang, Y.H.; Högele, A.* Nano Letters 2019, 19, 10, 7078-7084.
“Single-defect spectroscopy in the shortwave infrared.” Wu, X.J.; Kim, M.J.; Qu, H.; Wang, Y.H.* Nature Communications 2019, 10: 2672.
“Controlling the optical properties of carbon nanotubes with organic colour-centre quantum defects.” Brozena, A.; Kim, M.J.; Powell, L. R.; Wang, Y. H.*. Nature Reviews Chemistry 2019, 3, 375–392. DOI: 10.1038/s41570-019-0103-5.
“Fluorescent sp3 Defect-Tailored Carbon Nanotubes Enable NIR-II Single Particle Imaging in Live Brain Slices at Ultra-Low Excitation Doses.” Amit Mandal, Xiaojian Wu, Joana S. Ferreira, Mijin Kim, Lyndsey R. Powell, Hyejin Kwon, Laurent Groc, YuHuang Wang, Laurent Cognet*. 2019, BioRxiv 2019.
“Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport Through Single-Digit Nanopores: a Review and Perspective.” Samuel J. Faucher, Narayana R. Aluru, Martin Z. Bazant, Daniel Blankschtein, Alexandra H. Brozena, John Cumings, J. Pedro de Souza, Menachem Elimelech, Razi Epsztein, John T. Fourkas, Heather Kulik, Amir Levy, Arun Majumdar, Charles Martin, Michael McEldrew, Rahul Prasanna Misra, Aleksandr Noy, Tuan Anh Pham, Ananth Govind Rajan, Mark A. Reed, Eric Schwegler, Zuzanna S. Siwy, YuHuang Wang, and Michael Strano. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019, 123, 21309-21326 (invited review article; journal cover).
“Self-sorting of 10 μm Long Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Solution.” Wang, P.; Barnes, B.; Wu, X.; Qu, H.; Zhang, C.; Headrick, R.; Pasquali, M.; Wang, Y.H.* Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1901641.
“Fluorescent Ultrashort Nanotubes from Defect-Induced Chemical Cutting.” Li, Yunfeng; Wu, Xiaojian; Kim, Mijin; Qu, Haoran; Fortner, Jacob; Wang, YuHuang*. Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31, 4536-4544.
“Optical Effects of Divalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes.” Gifford, Brendan; He, Xiaowei; Kim, Mijin; Kwon, Hyejin; Saha, Avishek; Sifain, Andrew; Wang, YuHuang; Htoon, Han; Kilina, Svetlana; Doorn, Stephen*; Tretiak, Sergei.* Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31, 6950-6961.
“Dynamic Gating of Infrared Radiation in a Textile.” Zhang, X.; Yu, S.J.; Xu, B.B.; Li, M.; Peng, Z. W.; Wang, Y.; Deng, S.L.; Wu, X.J.; Wu, Z.P.; Ouyang, M.*; Wang, Y. H.* Science 2019, 363, 619-623. Read a free copy of Reprint & Full Text courtesy of Science. This article is widely reported by news media including C&EN, New Scientist, MIT Technology Review, Scientific American, The Washington Post, BBC, The Times, and many others as tracked by Science at its Info & Metrics.
“Plasmonic-Enhanced Cholesteric Films: Co-assembling Anisotropic Gold Nanorods with Cellulose Nanocrystals.” Cheng, Zheng; Ma, Yi; Yang, Lin; Cheng, Feng; Huang, Zhongjie; Natan, Avi; Li, Hongyan; chen, Yong; Cao, Daxian; Huang, Zhifeng; Wang, YuHuang; Liu, Yongmin; Zhu, Hongli.* Advanced Optical Materials 2019, 1801816. (Journal Cover)
“Design of Elastomer-CNT Film Photoactuators for Nanolithography.” Li, L.; Huang, Z.J.; Wang, Y.H.*; Brown, K.A.* Polymers 2019, 11, 314 (Special Issue Lithography with polymer stamp techniques. guest editors: Michael Hirtz, Harold Fuchs), invited.
“Stretchable Transparent Conductive Films from Long Carbon Nanotube Metals.” Wang, P.; Peng, Z.; Li, M.X.; Wang, Y. H.* Small 2018, 14, 1802625 (Frontispiece).
“Concentrated Electrolytes Stabilize Bismuth-Based Potassium-Ion Batteries.” Zhang, R.; Bao, J.Z.; Wang, Y.H.; Sun, C.-F.* Chemical Science 2018, 9, 6193-6198. (This article is part of the themed collection: 2018 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection)
“Mapping structure-property relationships of organic color centers.” Mijin Kim, Xiaojian Wu, Geyou Ao, Xiaowei He, Hyejin Kwon, Nicolai F. Hartmann, Ming Zheng, Stephen K. Doorn, YuHuang Wang. CHEM (Cell Press) 2018, 4, 2180-2191. Download a free copy while available.
“Ultrashort carbon nanotubes that fluoresce brightly in the near infrared.” Danné, N.; Kim, M.; Godin, A.G.; Kwon, H.; Gao, Z.H.; Wu, J.X.; Hartmann, N.; Doorn, S.K.; Lounis, B.; Wang, Y.H.; Cognet, L.* ACS Nano 2018, 12 (6), 6059–6065
“Channeling Excitons to Emissive Sites in Carbon Nanotube Semiconductors beyond the Dilute Regime.” Powell, L. R.; Kim, M.; Piao, Y.M.; Wang, Y. H.* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 2803-2807. Download a free copy while available.
“Light‐Responsive Chemistry to Enable Tunable Interface‐Dependent Mechanical Properties in Composites.” Frank Gardea*, Zhongjie Huang, Bryan Glaz, Shashi Karna, Xiyuan Cheng, Zhiwei Peng, YuHuang Wang. Advanced Materials Interfacies 2018, 5, 1800038.
“Phosphine-Free Synthesis and Shape Evolution of MoSe2 Nanoflowers for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reactions.” C. Zhang, X. Chen, Z. Peng, X. Fu, L. Lian, W. Luo, J. Zhang, H. Li, Y. Wang and D. Zhang*. CrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 2491 (featured on the Cover).
“Phosphine-Free Synthesis and Optical Stabilities of Composition-tuneable Monodisperse Ternary PbSe1-xSx Alloyed Nanocrystals via Cation Exchange.” Zhang, Chi; Fu, Xiaoming; Peng, Zhiwei; Gao, JunHui; Xia, Yong; Zhang, Jianbing; Luo, Wei; Li, Honglang; Wang, YuHuang; Zhang, Daoli*. CrystEngComm 2018, 20, 2519.
“Photo-actuated Pens for Molecular Printing.” Huang, Z.J.; Li, L.; Zhang, X.A.; Alsharif, N.; Wu, X.J.; Peng, Z.W.; Cheng, X.Y.; Wang, P.; Brown, K.A.;* Wang, Y.H.* Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1705303.
“Self-Assembly and Photoactivation of Blue Luminescent CsPbBr3 Mesocrystals Synthesized at Ambient Temperature.” Fu, X.; Zhang, C; Peng, Z.; Xia, Y.; Zhang, J.; Luo, W.; Lu, Z.; Guo, L. J.; Li, H.; Wang, Y.H.; Zhang, D.* Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2018, 6, 1701 – 1708.
“Controlled synthesis of brightly fluorescent CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals employing Pb(C17H33COO)2 as sole lead source.” Fu, X.; Peng, Z.; Zhang, C.; Xia, Y.; Zhang, J.; Luo, W.; Guo, L. J.; Li, H.*; Wang, Y. H.*, Zhang, D.* RSC Advances 2018, 8, 1132-1139.
“Photochemical Creation of Fluorescent Quantum Defects in Carbon Nanotube Hosts.” Wu, X.; Kim, M.; Kwon, H.; Wang, Y. H.* Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 648-653 (Frontispiece).
“Graphene as a functional layer for semiconducting carbon nanotube transistor sensors.” Peng, Z.; Ng, L. A.; Kwon, H.; Chen, C. F.; C. S. Lee; Wang, Y. H.* Carbon 2017, 125, 49-55. (read for free until Dec 9).
“Chirality-Selective Functionalization of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes with a Reactivity-Switchable Molecule.” Powell, L. R.; Kim, M.; Wang, Y. H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (36), pp 12533–12540 (Journal Cover).
Read the JACS Spotlight by Melissae Fellet. “Reaction Selectively Functionalizes Less Reactive Chiral Nanotube.” JACS (Spotlights), 2017, 139, 13587..
“Superacid-Surfactant Exchange: Enabling Non-destructive Dispersion of Full-length Carbon Nanotubes in Water.” Wang, P.; Kim, M.; Peng, Z.; Sun, C.-F.; Lieberman, A.; Mok, J.; Wang, Y. H.* ACS Nano 2017, 11 (9), pp 9231–9238..
“Optically triggered melting of DNA on individual semiconducting carbon nanotubes.” Wang, C.-Y.; Meany, B.; Wang, Y.H.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 9326-9330.
“Capillary electrophoresis of covalently functionalized single-chirality carbon nanotubes.” He, P.-L.*, Meany, B., Wang, C.-Y.; Piao, Y.; Kwon, H.; Deng, S.-L.; Wang, Y. H.* Electrophoresis 2017, 38, 1669-1677.
“Laser lithography of a tube-in-a-tube nanostructure.” Ng, A.L.; Piao, Y.; Wang, Y.H.* ACS Nano 2017, 11, 3320-3327. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00624.
“Chemical gating of a synthetic tube-in-a-tube semiconductor.” Ng, A.L.; Chen, C.-F.; Kwon, H.; Peng, Z.; Lee, C.S.; Wang, Y.H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 3045–3051.
“Chemical control and spectral fingerprints of electronic coupling in carbon nanostructures.” Klos, J.; Kim, M.; Alexander, M. H.; Wang, Y.H.* Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2016, 120 (51), 29476–29483. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09612.
“Optical excitation of carbon nanotubes drives localized diazonium reactions.” Powell, L.; Piao, Y.; Wang, Y.H.* Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2016, 7, 3690-3694.
“Li3PO4 matrix enables long cycle life and high energy efficiency bismuth-based battery.” Sun, C.-F.; Hu, J.K.; Wang, P.; Cheng, X.-Y.; Lee, S. B.*; Wang, Y.H.* Nano Letters, 2016, 16, 5875-5882.
“Photoluminescence dynamics of aryl sp3 defects in single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Hartmann, N. F.; Velizhanin, K. A.; Haroz, E. H.; Kim, M.; Ma, X.; Wang, Y. H., Htoon, H.; Doorn, S. K.* ACS Nano 2016, 10, 8355-8365.
“Fluorescent carbon nanotube defects manifest substantial vibrational reorganization.” Kim, M.; Adamska, L.; Hartmann, N. F.; Kwon, H.; Liu, J.; Velizhanin, K. A.; Piao, Y.; Powell, L. R.; Meany, B.; Doorn, S. K.*; Tretiak, S.; Wang, Y.H.* J. Phys. Chem. C. 2016, 120, 11268–11276.
“Blocking oxidation failures of carbon nanotubes through selective protection of defects.” Sun, C.F.; Glaz, B. J.*; Okada, M.; Baker, E. III; Cheng, X.-Y.; Karna, S.; Wang, Y.H.*, Advanced Materials 2016, 28, 6672–6679.
“Molecularly tunable fluorescent quantum defects.” Kwon, H.; Furmanchuk, A.; Kim, M.; Meany, B.; Guo, Y.; Schatz, G. C.*; Wang, Y.H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 6878-6885.
(highlighted by JACS Spotlights. see: Fellet, M. “New fluorescent nanostructures through surface modification.” JACS 2016, 138, 6689).
“Dual-template ordered mesoporous carbon/Fe2O3 nanowires as lithium-ion battery anodes.” Hu, J.; Sun, C.-F.; Gillette, E.; Gui, Z.; Wang, Y.H.*; Lee, S.B.* Nanoscale 2016, 8, 12958-12969.
“Optical Probing of Local pH and Temperature in Complex Fluids with Covalently Functionalized, Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes.” Kwon, H.‡, Kim, M.‡, Meany, B.; Piao, Y.; Powell, L. R.; Wang, Y.H.*. J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 3733–3739.
“Interfacial oxygen stabilizes silicon anodes.” Sun, C.-F.; Zhu, H.-L.; Okada, M.; Gaskell, K.; Inoue, Y.; Hu, L.; Wang, Y. H.* Nano Letters 2015, 15, 703-708.
“Selective breakdown of metallic pathways in double-walled carbon nanotube networks.” Ng, A. L.; Sun, Y.; Powell, L.; Sun, C.-F.; Chen, C.-F.*, Lee, C. S.; Wang, Y. H.* Small 2015, 11, 96-102 (Journal Cover).
“Ammonium laurate surfactant for cleaner deposition of carbon nanotubes” Nilsson, H. M.; Meany, B.; Ticey, J.; Sun, C.-F., Wang, Y. H.; Cumings, J.* Langmuir 2015 , 31, 6948-6955.
“Controlled Defects in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes Promote Efficient Generation and Luminescence of Trions.” Brozena, A.H.; Leeds, J. D.; Zhang, Y.; Fourkas, J. T.; Wang, Y.* ACS Nano 2014, 8, 4239–4247.
“Propagative Exfoliation of High Quality Graphene.” Feng, L.; Liu, Y.-W.; Tang, X-Y.; Piao, Y. –M.; Deng, S. L.*; Xie, S. Y.; Wang, Y.*; Zheng, L. S. Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 4487-4496.
“Hoop-strong nanotubes for battery electrodes.“ Karki, K.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, Y.; Sun, C.-F.; Hu, L.; Wang, Y.; Wang, C. S.*; Cumings, J.* ACS Nano 2013, 7, 8295-8302.
“Brightening of carbon nanotube photoluminescence through the incorporation of sp3 defects.” Piao, Y. M.; Meany, B.; Powell, L. R.; Valley, N.; Kwon, H.; Schatz, G. C.; Wang, Y.* Nature Chemistry 2013, 5, 840-845.
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Wang, Q.-H.; Strano, M. S. “Carbon nanotubes: A bright future for defects.” Nature Chemistry 2013, 5, 812-813.
“CuO necklaces: Controlled synthesis of oxide-carbon heterostructures for enhanced lithium storage performance.” Zhang, Y.; Xu, M.*; Wang, F.; Song, X.; Wang, Y.; Yang, S. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2013, 117, 12346-12351.
“Weavable high-capacity electrodes.” Sun, C.-F.; Zhu, H.-L.; Baker, E. B. III; Okada, M.; Wan, J.Y.; Ghemes, A.; Inoue, Y.; Hu, L.B.*; Wang, Y.* Nano Energy 2013, 2, 987-994.
“Propagative sidewall alkylcarboxylation induces red-shifted photoluminescence in single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Zhang, Y.; Valley, N.; Brozena, A.; Piao, Y.M.; Song, X.; Schatz, G. C.*; Wang, Y.* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 826−830.
“Covalently functionalized double-walled carbon nanotubes combine high sensitivity and selectivity in the electrical detection of small molecules.” Huang, J.; Ng, A.; Piao, Y. M.; Chen, C. F.; Green, A.; Hersam, M. C.; Lee, C.; Wang, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 2306-2312.
“A beaded-string Silicon Anode.” Sun, C.F.; Karki, K.; Jia, Z.;Liao, H.; Zhang, Y.; Li, T.*; Qi, Y.*; Cumings, J.*; Rubloff, G. W.; Wang, Y.* ACS Nano 2013, 7, 2717–2724.
“Achieving ultrahigh concentrations of fluorescent single-walled carbon nanotubes using small-molecule viscosity modifiers.” Leed, J. D.; Fourkas, J. T.*; Wang, Y.* Small 2013, 9, 241-247.
“Acyclic cucurbit[n]uril molecular clips selectively solubilize single-walled carbon nanotubes in water.” Shen, C.; Da, M.; Meany, B.; Issacs, L.*; Wang, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7254−7257.
“Interfacial Mechanics of Carbon Nanotube@α-Silicon Co-axial Nanostructures.” Liao, H. –W.; Karki, K.; Zhang, Y.; Cumings, J.*; Wang, Y.* Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 4318-4322.
“Optical and electrical properties of inner tubes in outer wall-selectively functionalized double-wall carbon nanotubes.” Piao, Y. M.; Chen, C. F.; Green, A. A.; Kwon, H.; Hersam, M. C.; Lee, C. S.; Schatz, G. C.; Wang, Y.* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 1577-1582.
“Outerwall selective alkylcarboxylation and enrichment of double-walled carbon nanotubes.” Deng, S.; Piao, Y.-M.; Brozena, A. H.; Wang Y.* J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 18568-18574 (Journal back cover).
“Confined propagation of covalent chemical reactions on single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Deng, S.; Zhang, Y.; Brozena, A. H.; Mayes, M. L.; Banerjee, P.; Chiou, W. A.; Rubloff, G. W.; Schatz, G. C.; Wang Y.* Nature Communications 2011 2:382 doi: 10.1038/ncomms1384.
“Gold-substrate enhanced scanning electron microscopy of functionalized single wall carbon nanotubes.” Zhang, Y.; Wang, Y.* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 885-888.
“Diameter-dependent, progressive alkylcarboxylation of single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Deng, S.; Brozena, A. H.; Zhang, Y.; Piao, Y.-M.; Wang, Y.* Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 758-760 (invited research article for web themed issue: Carbon Nanostructure. Edited by Nazario Martín, Dirk M. Guldi, Luis Echegoyen)
“Double-walled carbon nanotubes: challenges and opportunities.” Shen, C.; Brozena, A. H.; Wang Y.* Nanoscale 2011, 3, 503 – 518. (invited review article).
“Outer wall selectively oxidized, water-soluble double-walled carbon nanotubes.” Brozena, A.H.; Moskowitz, J.; Shao, B.; Deng, S. L.; Liao, H. W.; Gaskell K. J.; Wang, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 3932-3938.
“Nanofabrication beyond electronics.” Wang, Y.*; Mirkin, C. A.; Park, S.-J. ACS Nano 2009, 3, 1049-1056 (invited perspective).
Publications Prior to Maryland
“Assembly of nanorods into designer superstructures: The role of templating, capillary forces, adhesion, and polymer hydration.” Ciszek, J. W.; Huang, L.; Tsonchev, S.; Wang, Y.; Shull, K. R.; Ratner, M. A.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. ACS Nano 2010, 4, 259-266 (Journal Cover)
“Nanoscale molecular transport: the case of Dip-Pen Nanolithography.” Giam, L. R.†; Wang, Y.†; Mirkin, C. A. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2009, 113, 3779-3782 (Special issue “George C. Schatz Festschrift”) († equal contribution).
“A self-correcting inking strategy for cantilever arrays addressed by an inkjet printer and used for Dip-Pen Nanolithography.” Wang, Y.†; Giam, L. R.†; Park, M.; Lenhert, S.; Fuchs, H.; Mirkin, C. A. Small 2008, 4, 1666-1670 (Journal Cover). († equal contribution)
“Superparamagnetic sub-5 nm Fe@C nanoparticles: isolation, structure, magnetic properties, and directed assembly.” Wang, Y.†; Wei W.†; Maspoch, D.; Wu, J.-S.; Dravid, V.; Mirkin, C. A. Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 3761-3765 († equal contribution).
“Kinetically-controlled, shape-directed assembly of nanorods.” Ciszek, J. W.; Huang, L.; Wang, Y.; Mirkin, C. A. Small 2008, 4(2), 206–210 (Journal Cover).
“Applications of Dip-Pen Nanolithography.” Salaita, K.; Wang, Y.; Mirkin, C. A. Nature Nanotech. 2007, 2, 145-155.
“Massively Parallel Dip-Pen Nanolithography of heterogeneous supported phospholipid multilayer patterns.” Lenhert, S.; Sun, P.; Wang, Y.; Mirkin, C. A.; Fuchs, H. Small 2007, 3, 71-75 (Journal Cover).
“A highly selective, one-pot purification method for single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Wang, Y.*; Shan, H.; Hauge, R. H.; Pasquali, M.*; Smalley, R. E. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 1249-1252. #4 “Most-Accessed Articles” within the journal: January–March, 2007
“Nanoscopically flat, open-ended, single-walled carbon substrates for continued growth.” Kim, M.-J.; Haroz, E.; Wang, Y.; Shan, H.; Da, S.; Nicholas, N.; Kittrell, C.; C. Moore, V. C.; Jung, Y.; Luzzi, D.; Wheeler, R.; BensonTolle, T.; Fan, H.; Hwang, W.-F.; Wainerdi, T. J.; Schmidt, H.; Hauge, R. H.; Smalley, R. E. Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 15-21.
“Rings of single-walled carbon nanotubes: molecular-template directed assembly and Monte Carlo simulations.” Zou, S.; Maspoch, D.; Wang, Y.; Mirkin, C. A.; Schatz, G. C. Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 276-280.
“Controlling the shape, orientation and linkage of carbon nanotube features with nano affinity templates.” Wang, Y.; Maspoch, D.; Zou, S.; Schatz, G. C.; Smalley, R. E.; Mirkin, C. A. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2006, 103, 2026-2031.
“Massively Parallel Dip-Pen Nanolithography with 55,000-Pen Two-Dimensional Arrays.” Salaita, K.†; Wang, Y.†; Fragala, J.; Liu, C.; Mirkin, C. A. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7220-7223 (Journal Cover, † equal contribution).
“Asymmetric functionalization of gold nanoparticles with oligonucleotides.” Xu, X.; Rosi, N.; Wang, Y.; Hou, F. W.; Mirkin, C. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 9286 -9287.
“Revealing the substructure of single-walled carbon nanotube fibers.” Wang, Y.; Ericson, L. M.; Kittrell, C.; Kim, M. J.; Shan, H.; Fan, H.; Ripley, S.; Ramesh, S.; Hauge, R. H.; Adams, W. W.; Pasquali, M.; Smalley, R. E. Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 6361-6368.
“Continued growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Wang, Y.; Kim, M. J.; Shan, H. W.; Kittrell, C.; Fan, H.; Ericson, L.; Aprepalli, S.; Hauge, R.; Smalley, R. E. Nano Lett. 2005, 5(6), 997-1002 (Journal Cover).
“‘Bed-of-nails’ ultrathin membranes of single wall carbon nanotubes.” Wang, Y.; Da, S.; Kim, M. J.; Kelley K. F.; Kittrell, C.; Hauge, R. H.; Smalley, R. E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9502-9503.
“Phase behavior and rheology of SWNTs in superacids.” Davis, V.; Ericson, L. M.; Parra-Vasquez, N.; Fan, H.; Wang, Y.; Prieto, V.; Longoria, J. A.; Ramesh, S.; Saini, R. K; Kittrell, C.; Billups, W. E.; Adams, W. W.; Hauge, R. H.; Smalley, R.; Pasquali, M. Macromolecules 2004, 37, 154-160 (Journal Cover).
“Macroscopic, neat, single-walled carbon nanotube fibers.” Ericson, L. M; Fan, H.; Peng, H.; Davis, V. A.; Zhou, W.; Sulpizio, J.; Wang, Y.; Booker, R.; Vavro, J.; Guthy, C.; Parra-Vasquez, A.; Kim, M.; Ramesh, S.; Saini, R. K.; Kittrell, C.; Lavin, G.; Schmidt, H.; Adams, W.; Billups, W.; Pasquali, M.; Hwang, W.; Hauge, R.; Fischer, J. E.; Smalley, R. E. Science 2004, 305, 1447-1450.
Comment on “Single crystals of single-walled carbon nanotubes formed by self-assembly.” Matthew, F. C.; Wang, Y.; Lupini, A. R.; Eres, G.; Puretzky, A. A.; Brinson, B.; Melechko, A. V.; Geohegan, D. B.; Cui, H.; Johnson, M.; Pennycook, S. J.; Lowndes, D. H.; Arepalli, S.; Kittrell, C.; Sivaram, S.; Kim, M.; Lavin, G.; Kono, J.; Hauge, H.; Smalley, R. E. Science 2003, 300, 1236.