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Books

Journal Papers (196 papers)

2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · Before UT Austin

2026 (8 papers)

J. Zhou, Y. Peng, P. Du, J. Zhang, Z. Jin, X. Dai, Y. Zhong, Y. Ji, Z. Chen, M. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. B. Zheng, J. Chen, J. Qu, and Y. Shao Ice-Phase Optothermal Tweezers Nature Communications 17 (2026) 7108.

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2025 (8 papers)

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2024 (15 papers)

J. Li, D. Zhang, Z. Guo, Z. Chen, X. Jiang, J. M. Larson, H. Zhu, T. Zhang, Y. Gu, B. Blankenship, M. Chen, Z. Wu, S. Huang, R. Kostecki, A. M. Minor, C. P. Grigoropoulos, D. Akinwande, M. Terrones, J. M. Redwing, H. Li, and Y. B. Zheng Light-Driven C-H Activation Mediated by 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Nature Communications 15 (2024) 5546. (arXiv); Nature Portfolio Communities “Behind the Paper”; Featured by Phys.org; Mirage; Nanowerk; MSN; The Science Times; Tech Explorist; Knowridge; Interesting Engineering; Futurity; Optics; Earth; Anthropocene; AZO optics; Hackaday; OPN; Photonics Spectra; Electro Optics; Youtube;

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2023 (12 papers)

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2022 (10 papers)

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2021 (18 papers)

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2020 (11 papers)

H. Zhang, K. Ly, X. Liu, Z. Chen, M. Yan, Z. Wu, X. Wang, Y. B. Zheng, H. Zhou, and T. Fan Biologically Inspired Flexible Photonic Films for Efficient Passive Radiative Cooling Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 117 (2020) 14657-14666. Featured by UT News; Engineering News; TMI News; Tech Xplore; Mirage News; Sohu; Sina; ZME Science; The Patent; Small Tech News; New Atlas; Nanowerk; Innovazione; Ikons; Revolution-Green; Popular Mechanics; Yahoo; cnBeta; la Repubblica; Aawsat; Korfezhaberi; Fanatic; Lanetaneta; PCI Magazine; Futurity; SYFY WIRE; Spectrum News; Physics World;

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2019 (13 papers)

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2018 (18 papers)

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2017 (11 papers)

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2016 (11 papers)

L. Lin*, X. Peng*, Z. Mao, W. Li, M. N. Yogeesh, B. B. Rajeeva, E. P. Perillo, A. K. Dunn, D. Akinwande, and Y. B. Zheng Bubble-Pen Lithography Nano Letters 16 (2016) 701-708. PDF; SI; Video 0; Video 1; Video 2; Video 3; Video 4; Video 5; Video 6; Highlighted by Nanowerk; Nanotechweb; ChemistryViews; EurekAlert; Phys.org; OSA-OPN; IEEE Spectrum; Materials Today; UT News; Photonics; ScienceDaily; Azonano; SemiconductorEngineering; The Daily Texan; Statesman; Discovery Channel; SPIE BACUS News; LaserFocusWorld; 网易科技Science (Editor’s Choice);

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2015 (14 papers)

K. Chen, B. B. Rajeeva, Z. L. Wu, M. Rukavina, T. D. Dao, S. Ishii, M. Aono, T. Nagao, and Y. B. Zheng Moire Nanosphere Lithography ACS Nano9(2015) 6031-6040. PDF.

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2014 (1 paper)

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Before UT Austin (46 papers)

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Book Chapters

Z. Chen, J. Li, and Y. B. Zheng Plasmon-Enhanced Optothermal Manipulation in Plasmon-Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions (Springer Series in Lecture Note in Nanoscale Science and Technology), edited by Yu Peng, Dr. Hongxing Xu, and Dr. Zhiming Wang (Springer, January 2022, Pages: 233-259).

E. H. Hill, C. Hanske, C. Hamo, and Y. B. Zheng Assembly of Plasmonic Nanoparticles in 21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook (Volume 6), edited by Dr. Klaus Sattler (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, November 2020, Chapter 14).

Patents

Issued Patents

Y. B. Zheng and Y. Kim Devices, Systems, and Methods for Analyte Sensing with Optothermally Generated Bubbles in Biphasic Liquid Samples issued as U. S. Patent No. 12,392,773 on August 19, 2025.

Y. B. Zheng and Z. Wu Nanostructured Plasmonic Materials and Methods of Making and Use Thereof issued as U.S. Patent No. 11,519,857 on December 6, 2022.

Y. B. Zheng, L. Lin, and J. Li Optical Patterning Systems and Methods issued as U.S. Patent No. 11,448,965 on September 20, 2022.

Y. B. Zheng, L. Lin, and X. Peng Methods and Systems for Optical Control of Metal Particles with Thermophoresis issued as U.S. Patent No. 11,060,976 on July 13, 2021.

Y. B. Zheng and B. B. Rajeeva Optical Printing Systems and Methods issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,640,873 on May 5, 2020.

Y. B. Zheng, L. Lin, and X. Peng Methods and Systems for Optothermal Particle Control issued as US Patent No. 10,620,121 on April 14, 2020.

Y. B. Zheng, L. Lin, and X. Peng Methods and Systems for Assembly of Particle Superstructures issued as US Patent No. 10,603,685 on March 31, 2020.

Y. B. Zheng, L. Lin, and M. Wang Nanostructured Photonic Materials issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,371,892 on August 6, 2019.

Y. B. Zheng, L. Lin, and X. Peng Lithographic Systems and Methods issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,281,398 on May 7, 2019.

Provisional Patents

Y. B. Zheng and J. Li Method of Activating C-H Bonds Using Light and 2D Materials 63/721,356 (Nov. 15, 2024).

Y. B. Zheng and S. Huang Systems and Methods for Thinning Transition Metal Dichalcogenides PCT/US2021/059111 (Nov. 12, 2021)

Y. B. Zheng, K. Sharma, Y. Liu, and Z. Wu Devices, Systems, and Methods for Chiral Sensing Provisional Patent Application, 63/051,120 (2020).

Y. B. Zheng and J. Li Methods of Manipulating Particles on Solid Substrates via Optothermally-Gated Photon Nudging Provisional Patent Application (2019).