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Books

(3) K. Yao and Y. B. Zheng. Nanophotonics and Machine Learning. (Springer, 2023) ISBN: 9783031204722. Featured by Nanowerk; ChineseOptics; X-MOL; School of Engineering;

(2) Y. B. Zheng and Z. Wu (editors). Intelligent Nanotechnology: Merging Nanoscience and Artificial Intelligence. (Elsevier Science, 2022) ISBN: 9780323857963.

(1) Y. B. Zheng. Molecular Active Plasmonics: Harnessing Molecular Machines for Nanophotonic Applications. (VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010) ISBN-10: 3639271750.

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Journal Papers (176 papers)

2024 (11 papers)

A. Swain, P. S. Kollipara, and Y. B. Zheng. Bubble-Printed Microscale Silver Thermistors.

R. Unni, M. Zhou, P. R. Wiecha, and Y. B. Zheng. Advancing Materials Science through Next-Generation Machine Learning. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science (2024).

J. Li, R. Yang, K. Yao, Y. Huang, Y. Rho, D. E. Fan, Y. B. Zheng, and C. P. Grigoropoulos. Near-Field Nanoimaging of Colloidal Transition Metal Dichalcogenide WaveguidesAdvanced Functional Materials (2024). 

Z. Chen and Y. B. Zheng. Persistent and Responsive Collective Motion with Adaptive Time Delay. Science Advances (2024). 

C. Xiao, K. Yao, X. Liu, Y. Sun, M. Yan, W. Hua, Y. B. Zheng, and H. Zhou. Machine-Learning-Enabled Design of Photonic Materials.

J. Li, D. Zhang, Z. Guo, 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. ZhengLight-Driven C-H Activation Mediated by 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Nature Communications (arXiv)

P. S. Kollipara, Z. Wu, K. Yao, D. Lin, Z. Ju, X. Zhang, T. Jiang, H. Ding, J. Fang, J. Li, B. A. Korgel, J. M. Redwing, G. Yu, and Y. B. Zheng. Three-Dimensional Optothermal Manipulation of Light-Absorbing Particles in Phase-Change Gel Media. ACS Nano (2024)Featured by Nanowerk;

K. Yao, J. Fang, T. Jiang, A. F. Briggs, A. M. Skipper, Y. Kim, M. A. Belkin, B. A. Korgel, S. R. Bank, and Y. B. Zheng. Tuning Multipolar Mie Scattering of Particles on a Dielectric-Covered Mirror. ACS Nano (arXiv)

Z. Chen, H. Ding, P. S. Kollipara, J. Li, and Y. B. Zheng. Synchronous and Fully Steerable Active Particle Systems for Enhanced Mimicking of Collective Motion in Nature. Advanced Materials 36 (2024) 2304759. Selected as Editor's Choice; Featured as Frontispiece; Featured by Nanowerk

 

2023 (12 papers)

M. Herber, A. J. Amaya, N. Giese, B. B. Rajeeva, Y. B. Zheng, and E. H. Hill. Bubble Printing of Layered Silicates: Surface Chemistry Effects and Picomolar Förster Resonance Energy Transfer SensingACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15 (2023) 55022-55029.

J. Fang, K. Yao, M. Wang, Z. Yu, T. Zhang, T. Jiang, S. Huang, B. A. Korgel, M. Terrones, A. Alù, and Y. B. Zheng. Observation of Room-Temperature Exciton-Polariton Emission from Wide-Ranging 2D Semiconductors Coupled with a Broadband Mie ResonatorNano Letters 23 (2023) 9803-9810.

Y. Kim and Y. B. Zheng. Advancing Optothermal Manipulation: Decoupling Temperature and Flow Fields in Quasi-Isothermal MicrostreamingLight: Science & Applications 12 (2023) 211.

P. S. Kollipara and Y. B. Zheng. Breaking Boundaries in Optical Manipulation: Beyond Nobel-Prize-Winning Tweezers. Photonics Insights 2 (2023) C04.

A. Swain, Z. Chen, Y. Liu, Z. Wu, and Y. B. Zheng. Large-Area Ultrathin Moiré Chiral Metamaterials by Thermal-Tape-Transfer Printing. ACS Photonics 10 (2023) 1225-1231.

J. Fang, S. Huang, K. Yao, T. Zhang, M. Terrones, W. Huang, Y. Pan, and Y. B. Zheng. Tunable Couplings of Photons with Bright and Dark Excitons in Monolayer Semiconductors on Plasmonic-Nanosphere-on-Mirror Cavities. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (2023) 9105-9112.

 

P. S. Kollipara, X. Li, J. Li, Z. Chen, H. Ding, S. Huang, Z. Qin, and Y. B. Zheng. Hypothermal Opto-Thermophoretic Tweezers. Nature Communications 14 (2023) 5133. [Research Square]; Nature Portfolio Communities "Behind the Paper"; Nanowerk; TACC; TMI; CSE; Phys.org; Nanowerk; HPCwire; Newswise; EurekAlert!; Mirage News; Bioengineering.org; Sciencenewsnet; Scienmag; Photonics;  

Y. Liu, R. Unni, X. Lou, M. Yang, and Y. B. Zheng. High-Resolution Volumetric Imaging and Classification of Organisms with Standard Optical MicroscopyNano Letters 23 (2023) 5148-5154.

H. Ding, P. K. Kollipara, K. Yao, Y. Chang, D. J. Dickinson, and Y. B. Zheng. Multimodal Optothermal Manipulations along Various Surfaces. ACS Nano 17 (2023) 9280-9289.

 

P. S. Kollipara, Z. Chen, and Y. B. Zheng. Optical Manipulation Heats Up: Present and Future of Optothermal Manipulation. ACS Nano 17 (2023) 7051-7063.

Y. Liu, Z. Wu, D. Armstrong, H. Wolosker, and Y. B. Zheng. Detection and Analysis of Chiral Molecules as Disease BiomarkersNature Reviews Chemistry 7 (2023) 355-373. [SharedIt]

H. Ding, Z. Chen, C. Ponce, and Y. B. Zheng. Optothermal Rotation of Micro-/Nano-Objects. Chemical Communications 59 (2023) 2208-2221.

2022 (10 papers)

J. Li, K. Yao, Y. Huang, J. Fang, P. S. Kollipara, D. E. Fan, and Y. B. Zheng. Tunable Strong Coupling in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanowires. Advanced Materials 34 (2022) 2200656. Featured on a Frontispiece.

P. S. Kollipara, R. Mahendra, J. Li, and Y. B. Zheng. Bubble-Pen Lithography: Fundamentals and Applications (Nanoscience: Special Issue Dedicated to Professor Paul S. Weiss). Aggregate 3 (2022) e189. Featured as Back Cover Article; Outstanding Cover Award;

  

H. Ding, Z. Chen, P. S. Kollipara, Y. Liu, Y. Kim, S. Huang, and Y. B. Zheng. Programmable Multimodal Optothermal Manipulation of Synthetic Particles and Biological Cells. ACS Nano 16 (2022) 10878-10889. Featured by Nanowerk; ACS材料X;

J. Li, A. Alfares, and Y. B. Zheng. Optical Manipulation and Assembly of Micro/Nanoscale Objects on Solid Substrates. iScience 25 (2022) 104035.

Y. Kim, H. Ding, and Y. B. Zheng. Investigating Water/Oil Interfaces with Opto-Thermophoresis. Nature Communications 13 (2022) 3742. Featured by Nanowerk; x-mol;

J. Fang, K. Yao, T. Zhang, M. Wang, T. Jiang, S. Huang, B. A. Korgel, M. Terrones, A. Alù, and Y. B. Zheng. Room-Temperature Observation of Near-Intrinsic Exciton Linewidth in Monolayer WS2. Advanced Materials 34 (2022) 2108721. Featured as a Frontispiece. Featured by MaterialsViews;

Y. Liu, H. Ding, J. Li, X. Lou, M. Yang, and Y. B. Zheng. Light-Driven Single-Cell Rotational Adhesion Frequency Assay. eLight 2 (2022) 13. Featured by 中国光学 (as Cover Article);Light: Science & Applications News & Views; EurekAlert!;

 

Z. Chen, J. Li, and Y. B. Zheng. Heat-Mediated Optical Manipulation. Chemical Reviews 122 (2022) 3122-3179. Featured by X-molFeatured as a Supplementary Journal Cover Article.

 

H. Ding, P. S. Kollipara, Y. Kim, A. Kotnala, J. Li, Z. Chen, and Y. B. Zheng. Universal Optothermal Micro/Nanoscale Rotors. Science Advances 8 (2022) eabn8498. (also see In Review); Featured by Phys.org; Nanowerk; x-mol;

2021 (18 papers)

J. Li and Y. B. Zheng. Optothermally Assembled NanostructuresAccounts of Materials Research 2 (2021) 352-363. Featured as a Supplementary Journal Cover Article.

 

J. Li, Z. Chen, Y. Liu, P. S. Kollipara, Y. Feng, Z. Zhang, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Refrigerative TweezersScience Advances 7 (2021) eabh1101. Featured by UT News; Eurekalert!; BioengineerScienMag; Phys.org; ForbesAlertNanotechnology Now; ScienceDaily; AzoOptics; SciTechDaily; Sina; SohuNanowerk; Optics.org; x-mol; ExplicaPhotonics; Physics World; Zhihu;     

 

K. Yao and Y. B. Zheng. Controlling the Polarization of Chiral Dipolar Emission with a Spherical Dielectric Nanoantenna. The Journal of Chemical Physics 155 (2021) 224110. 

S. Huang, J. Li, J. Fang, H. Ding, W. Huang, X. Zhao, and Y. B. Zheng. Self-Limiting Opto-Electrochemical Thinning of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13 (2021) 58966-58973.

R. Unni, K. Yao, X. Han, M. Zhou, and Y. B. Zheng. A Mixture-Density-Based Tandem Optimization Network for On-Demand Inverse Design of Thin-Film High Reflectors. Nanophotonics 10 (2021) 4057-4065.

X. Peng, A. Kotnala, B. B. Rajeeva, M. Wang, K. Yao, N. Bhatt, D. Penley, and Y. B. Zheng. Plasmonic Nanotweezers and Nanosensors for Point-of-Care ApplicationsAdvanced Optical Materials 9 (2021) 2100050. Featured as a Back Cover Article.

 

A. Kotnala, H. Ding, and Y. B. Zheng. Enhancing Single-Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy with Simple and Robust Hybrid NanoaperturesACS Photonics 8 (2021) 1673-1682.

J. T. Fourkas, J. Gao, Z. Han, H. Liu, B. Marmiroli, M. J. Naughton, J. S. Petersen, Y. Sun, A. V. Pret, and Y. B. Zheng. Grand Challenges in Nanofabrication: There Remains Plenty of Room at the Bottom. Frontiers in Nanotechnology 3 (2021) 700849.

Y. Liu, Z. Wu, P. Kollipara, R. Montellano, K. Sharma, and Y. B. Zheng. Label-Free Ultrasensitive Detection of Abnormal Chiral Metabolites in DiabetesACS Nano 15 (2021) 6448-6456. Featured by Nanowerk; ME; CSE;

 

Z. Chen, P. S. Kollipara, H. Ding, A. Pughazhendi, and Y. B. Zheng. Liquid Optothermoelectrics: Fundamentals and Applications. Langmuir 37 (2021) 1315-1336(Invited Feature Article). Featured as a Front Cover Article

 

M. L. De Marco, T. Jiang, J. Fang, S. Lacomme, Y. B. Zheng, A. Baron, B. A. Korgel, P. Barois, G. L. Drisko, C. Aymonier. Broadband Forward Light Scattering by Architectural Design of Core-Shell Silicon ParticlesAdvanced Functional Materials 31 (2021) 2100915.

J. Fang, M. Wang, K. Yao, T. Zhang, A. Krasnok, T. Jiang, J. Choi, E. Kahn, B. A. Korgel, M. Terrones, X. Li, A. Alù, and Y. B. Zheng. Directional Modulation of Exciton Emission Using Single Dielectric Nanospheres. Advanced Materials 33 (2021) 2007236(arXiv) Featured as an Inside Front Cover Article. Featured by x-mol;

 

J. Fang, A. Swain, R. Unni, and Y. B. Zheng. Decoding Optical Data with Machine Learning. Laser & Photonics Reviews 15 (2021) 2000422. (First published online: 23 December 2020). Featured as a Back Cover Article 

 

Y. Kim, J. Gonzales, and Y. B. Zheng. Sensitivity-Enhancing Strategies in Optical Biosensing. Small 17 (2021) 2004988. Featured as a Back Cover Article.

 

J. Li, M. Wang, Z. Wu, H. Li, G. Hu, T. Jiang, J. Guo, Y. Liu, K. Yao, Z. Chen, J. Fang, D. L. Fan, B. A. Korgel, A. Alù, and Y. B. Zheng. Tunable Chiral Optics in All-Solid-Phase Reconfigurable Dielectric NanostructuresNano Letters 21 (2021) 973-979. Featured as a Front Cover Article. Featured by Nanowerk; x-mol;

 

H. Wang, B.-B. Xu, Y.-L. Zhang, P. S. Kollipara, S. Liu, L. Lin, Q.-D. Chen, Y. B. Zheng, and H.-B. Sun. Light-Driven Magnetic Encoding for Hybrid Magnetic MicromachinesNano Letters 21 (2021) 1628-1635. Featured by Nanowerk;

H. Ding, P. S. Kollipara, L. Lin, and Y. B. Zheng. Atomistic Modeling and Rational Design of Optothermal Tweezers for Targeted ApplicationsNano Research 14 (2021) 295-303. (First published online: 01 October 2020). Featured as a Back Cover Article.

 

2020 (11 papers)

R. Unni, K. Yao, and Y. B. Zheng. Deep Convolutional Mixture Density Network for Inverse Design of Layered Photonic StructuresACS Photonics 7 (2020) 2703-2712. Featured as a Supplementary Cover Article. Featured by Nanowerk;

 

A. Pughazhendi, Z. Chen, Z. Wu, J. Li, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermoelectric Tweezers: Principles and Applications. Frontiers in Physics 8 (2020) 580014. Invited article for collections on topic of Optical Trapping (Laser Tweezers) and Nanosurgery (Laser Scissors), hosted by Michael W. Berns, Daryl Preece, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and Monika Ritsch-Marte.

M. Wang, A. Krasnok, S. Lepeshov, G. Hu, T. Jiang, J. Fang, B. A. Korgel, A. Alú, and Y. B. Zheng. Suppressing Material Loss in the Visible and Near-Infrared Range for Functional Nanophotonics Using Bandgap Engineering. Nature Communications 11 (2020) 5055. (arXiv); Featured by X-Mol;

Y. Kim, H. Ding, and Y. B. Zheng. Enhancing Surface Capture and Sensing of Proteins with Low-Power Optothermal Bubbles in a Biphasic LiquidNano Letters 20 (2020) 7020-7027. Featured as a Supplementary Cover Article; Featured by Nanowerk;

 

X. Peng, Z. Chen, P. S. Kollipara, Y. Liu, J. Fang, L. Lin, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermoelectric Microswimmers. Light: Science & Applications 9 (2020) 141. Also see Editorial Summary - Optical actuation: microparticle swimming. Featured by Nanowerk; Phys.org; X-mol; Weixin; Zhihu; Physics World; SYFY WIRE

 

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;         

A. Kotnala, P. S. Kollipara, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermoelectric Speckle Tweezers. Nanophotonics 9 (2020) 927-933.

P. S. Kollipara, J. Li, and Y. B. Zheng. Optical Patterning of Two-Dimensional Materials. Research 2020 (2020) 6581250.

L. Lin, P. S. Kollipara, A. Kotnala, T. Jiang, Y. Liu, X. Peng, B. A. Korgel, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermoelectric Pulling of Light-Absorbing Particles. Light: Science & Applications 9 (2020) 34. Also see Editorial Summary - Optical pulling: Light can move particles against the stream. Featured by EurekAlert!; 中国光学; NewScientist;

J. Gan, B. B. Rajeeva, Z. Wu, D. Penley, and Y. B. Zheng. Plasmon-Enhanced Hierarchical Photoelectrodes with Mechanical Flexibility for Hydrogen Generation from Urea Solution and Human UrineJournal of Applied Electrochemistry 50 (2020) 63-69.

A. Kotnala, P. S. Kollipara, J. Li, and Y. B. Zheng. Overcoming Diffusion-Limited Trapping in Nanoaperture Tweezers Using Opto-Thermal-Induced Flow. Nano Letters 20 (2020) 768-779. Featured by Nanowerk;

2019 (13 papers)

J. Li, Y. Liu, L. Lin, M. Wang, T. Jiang, J. Guo, H. Ding, P. S. Kollipara, Y. Inouse, D. Fan, B. A. Korgel, and Y. B. Zheng. Optical Nanomanipulation on Solid Substrates via Optothermally-Gated Photon NudgingNature Communications 10 (2019) 5672. Featured by Nanowerk; X-MolTop 50 Physics Articles;

Z. Wu, J. Li, X. Zhang, J. M. Redwing, and Y. B. Zheng. Room-Temperature Active Modulation of Valley Dynamics in a Monolayer Semiconductor through Chiral Purcell Effects. Advanced Materials 31 (2019) 1904132. Featured as Frontispiece; Featured by Nanowerk; MaterialsViewsChina;

 

P. S. Kollipara, L. Lin, and Y. B. Zheng. Thermo-Electro-Mechanics at Individual Particles in Complex Colloidal Systems. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (2019) 21639-21644. Featured as Supplementary Journal Cover.

 

B. B. Rajeeva, P. Kunal, P. S. Kollipara, P. V. Acharya, M. Joe, M. S. Ide, K. Jarvis, Y. Liu, V. Bahadur, S. M. Humphrey, and Y. B. Zheng. Accumulation-Driven Unified Spatiotemporal Synthesis and Structuring of Immiscible Metallic Nanoalloys. Matter 1 (2019) 1606-1617. also see Matter PreviewOvercoming Immiscibility via a Milliseconds-Long “Shock” Synthesis toward Alloyed Nanoparticles; Featured by Nanowerk; Laser Focus World;

  

A. Kotnala and Y. B. Zheng. Digital Assembly of Colloidal Particles for Nanoscale ManufacturingParticle and Particle Systems Characterization 36 (2019) 1900152. 

L. Lin, P. S. Kollipara, and Y. B. Zheng. Digital Manufacturing of Advanced Materials: Challenges and Perspective. Materials Today 28 (2019) 49-62. Featured as Inside Front Cover Article; Highlighted by Polymer;

 

J. Li, E. H. Hill, L. Lin, and Y. B. ZhengOptical Nanoprinting of Colloidal Particles and Functional Structures. ACS Nano 13 (2019) 3783-3795.

A. Kotnala and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermophoretic Fiber Tweezers. Nanophotonics 8 (2019) 475-485.

M. Wang, Z. Wu, A. Krasnok, T. Zhang, M. Liu, H. Liu, L. Scarabelli, J. Fang, L. Liz-Marzán, M. Terrones, A. Alu, and Y. B. Zheng. Dark-Exciton-Mediated Fano Resonance from a Single Gold Nanostructure on Monolayer WS2 at Room Temperature. Small 15 (2019) 1900982. (arXiv) Featured as an Inside Back Cover Article

 

X. Wang, Z.-J. Liu, E. H. Hill, Y. B. Zheng, G.-Q. Guo, Y. Wang, P. S. Weiss, J. Yu, and Y.-W. Yang. Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Pillarene-Based Nanomaterial for Label-Free Sensing and Catalysis. Matter 1 (2019) 848-861. Featured as Front Cover Article. Also see Matter Preview: Multi-functional pillararene-stabilized gold nanoparticles. Highlighted by JLU Chemistry Department NewsPolymer-scienceToutiaowww.polymer.cnPolymer-ChinaEnergistCSCM_OFFICECell Press: Matter Author Review; 

 

L. Lin, S. Lepeshov, A. Krasnok, T. Jiang, X. Peng, B. A. Korgel, A. Alu, and Y. B. Zheng. All-Optical Reconfigurable Chiral Metamolecules. Materials Today 25 (2019) 10-20. Featured as Inside Front Cover Article; Featured by Nanowerk; X-MOL;

 

K. Yao, R. Unni, and Y. B. ZhengIntelligent Nanophotonics: Merging Photonics and Artificial Intelligence at the Nanoscale. Nanophotonics 8 (2019) 339-366. (arXiv)

2018 (18 papers)

L. Lin and Y. B. Zheng. Manipulating Nanoparticles in an Opto-Thermoelectric Field. Optics & Photonics News 29 (2018) 60. Selected as OPN's Year in Optics; Featured as Front Cover Article.

  

J. Li, L. Lin, Y. Inouse, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermophoretic Tweezers and Assembly. Journal of Micro and Nano Manufacturing 6 (2018) 040801.

L. Lin, J. Li, W. Li, M. N. Yogeesh, J. Shi, X. Peng, Y. Liu, B. B. Rajeeva, M. F. Becker, Y. Liu, D. Akinwande, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-thermoplasmonic Nanolithography for On-Demand Patterning of 2D Materials. Advanced Functional Materials 28 (2018) 1803990. Featured as Back Cover Article. Featured by Nanowerk; Xincailiao

 

Y. Liu, L. Lin, B. B. Rajeeva, J. W. Jarrett, X. Li, X. Peng, P. Kollipara, K. Yao, D. Akinwande, A. K. Dunn, and Y. B. Zheng. Nanoradiator-Mediated Deterministic Opto-Thermoelectric Manipulation. ACS Nano 12 (2018) 10383-10392. Featured by Nanowerk

E. H. Hill, J. Li, L. Lin, Y. Liu, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermophoretic Attraction, Trapping and Dynamic Manipulation of Lipid Vesicles. Langmuir 34 (2018) 13252-13262.

L. Lin, M. Wang, X. Peng, E. N. Lissek, Z. Mao, L. Scarabelli, E. Adkins, S. Coskun, H. E. Unalan, B. A. Korgel, L. M. Liz-Marzán, E. L. Florin, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermoelectric Nanotweezers. Nature Photonics 12 (2018) 195-201. Also see "News & Views": Thermoelectric fields hold nanoparticles by Prof. Frank Cichos. Featured by UT NewsOSA-OPNPhys.orgIEEE Electronics360NanowerkScience DailyAzo NanoNanotechweb; Eurekalert!; The Daily Texan; Kurzweil; Bioengineering; Bintroo; Brinkwire; PhotonicsViews; NextBIGfuture; Photonics; LaserFocusWorld-Japan; x-mol; Product Design and Development; Laser Focus World; Medical Device DevelopmentsNature Collection of Nobel Prize in Physics 2018; 2019 Co-op Best Paper Award;            

 

X. Peng, L. Lin, E. H. Hill, P. Kunal, S. M. Humphrey, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermophoretic Manipulation of Colloidal Particles in Non-Ionic LiquidsJournal of Physical Chemistry C 122 (2018) 24226-24234. Featured as Front Cover Article.

 

J. Cheng, E. H. Hill, Y. B. Zheng, T. He, and Y. Liu. Optically Active Plasmonic Resonance in Self-Assembled NanostructuresMaterials Chemistry Frontiers 2 (2018) 662-678.

X. Peng, J. Li, L. Lin, Y. Liu, and Y. B. ZhengOpto-Thermophoretic Manipulation and Construction of Colloidal Superstructures in Photocurable HydrogelsACS Applied Nano Materials 1 (2018) 3998-4004. Featured as Front Cover Article

Z. Wu, Y. Liu, E. H. Hill, and Y. B. Zheng. Chiral Metamaterials via Moiré Stacking. Nanoscale 10 (2018) 18096-18112. Featured as Inside Front Cover Article.

Z. Wu, X. Chen, M. Wang, J. Dong, and Y. B. Zheng. High-Performance Ultrathin Active Chiral MetamaterialsACS Nano 12 (2018) 5030-5041.

L. Lin, E. H. Hill, X. Peng, and Y. B. Zheng. Optothermal Manipulations of Colloidal Particles and Living Cells. Accounts of Chemical Research 51 (2018) 1465-1474. Featured by x-mol;

 

S. Lepeshov, M. Wang, A. Krasnok, O. Kotov, T. Zhang, H. Liu, T. Jiang, B. Korgel, M. Terrones, Y. B. Zheng, and A. Alú. Tunable Resonant Coupling in Single Si Nanoparticle-Monolayer WSStructures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 (2018) 16690-16697. (arXiv)

B. B. Rajeeva, Z. Wu, A. Briggs, P. Acharya, B. S. Walker, X. Peng, V. Bahadur, S. R. Bank, and Y. B. Zheng. "Point-and-Shoot" Synthesis of Metallic Ring Arrays and Surface-Enhanced Optical Spectroscopy. Advanced Optical Materials 6 (2018) 1701213Featured as Front Cover Article

Z. Wu and Y. B. Zheng. Moiré Metamaterials and MetasurfacesAdvanced Optical Materials 6 (2018) 1701057Featured as Inside Cover Article. Featured by Materials Views China

 

M. Wang, A. Krasnok, T. Zhang, L. Scarabelli, H. Liu, Z. Wu, L. M. Liz-Marzán, M. Terrones, A. Alù, and Y. B. Zheng. Tunable Fano Resonance and Plasmon-Exciton Coupling in Single Au Nanotriangles on Monolayer WS2 at Room TemperatureAdvanced Materials 30 (2018) 1705779. Featured as Frontispiece. Highlighted by Materials Views China;

 

B. B. Rajeeva, L. Lin, and Y. B. Zheng. Design and Applications of Lattice Plasmon Resonances. Nano Research 11 (2018) 4423-4440. Featured as Cover Article. 

Y. Liu, Z. Wu, E. H. Hill, and Y. B. Zheng. Mid-Infrared Superabsorbers Based on Quasi-Periodic Moiré MetasurfacesChinese Optics Letters 16 (2018) 050004. Invited

 

2017 (11 papers)

L. Lin, J. Zhang, X. Peng, Z. Wu, A. C. H. Coughlan, Z. Mao, M. A. Bevan, and Y. B. Zheng. Opto-Thermophoretic Assembly of Colloidal Matter. Science Advances 3 (2017) e1700458. Featured by Laser Focus WorldNanowerk; Nanotechweb; Xincailiao; TodayChemical 

 

Y. Zhou, L. Zhang, L. Lin, B. Wygant; Y. Liu, Y. Zhu, Y. B. Zheng, C. Mullins, Y. Zhao, X. Zhang, and G. Yu. Highly Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting from Hierarchical WO3/BiVO4 Nanoporous Sphere Arrays. Nano Letters 17 (2017) 8012-8017. 

L. Lin*, X. Peng*, and Y. B. Zheng. Reconfigurable Opto-Thermoelectric Printing of Colloidal Particles. Chemical Communications 53 (2017) 7357-7360. Emerging Investigator issue. Featured by X-MOL; Weixin; Atlas of Science

B. B. Rajeeva, M. AlabandiL. Lin, E. P. Peillo, A. K. Dunn, and Y. B. Zheng. Patterning and Fluorescence Tuning of Quantum Dots with Haptic-Interfaced Bubble Printing. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 5 (2017) 5693-5699. 2017 Emerging Investigator Issue; 2017 HOT paper; back cover; Featured by Nanowerk; Nanotechweb; 3DPrint;

M. Wang, W. Li, L. Scarabelli, B. B. Rajeeva, M. Terrones, L. Liz-Marzán, D. Akinwande, and Y. B. Zheng. Plasmon-Trion and Plasmon-Exciton Resonance Energy Tranfer from a Single Plasmonic Nanoparticle to Monolayer MoS2. Nanoscale 9 (2017) 13947-13955. Featured as Inside Cover Article. 

  

L. Lin, X. Peng, Z. Mao, X. Wei, C. Xie, and Y. B. Zheng. Interfacial-Entropy-Driven Thermophoretic Tweezers. Lab on a Chip 17 (2017) 3061-3070. Featured as outside back cover article;

M. Wang, G. Hartmann, Z. Wu, L. Scarabelli, B. B. Rajeeva, L. Liz-Marzán, G. S. Hwang, Y. B. ZhengControlling Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence via Intersystem Crossing in Photoswitchable Molecules. Small 13 (2017) 1701763. Featured as Frontispiece. 

 

B. B. Rajeeva*, L. Lin*, E. P. Peillo, X. Peng, M. A. Albandi, W. W. Yu, A. K. Dunn, and Y. B. Zheng. High-Resolution Bubble Printing of Quantum Dots. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9 (2017) 16725-16733. Featured by Nanowerk; Nanotechweb; 3DPrint;

L. Lin*, X. Peng*, X. Wei, Z. Mao, C. Xie and Y. B. Zheng. Thermophoretic Tweezers for Low-Power and Versatile Manipulation of Biological Cells. ACS Nano 11 (2017)  3147–3154. X-MOL平台微信公众号;

Z. Wu and Y. B. Zheng. Moiré Chiral Metamaterials. Advanced Optical Materials 5 (2017) 1700034. Featured as Cover Article; Highlighted by UT Daily News; Nanowerk; Nanotechweb; MaterialsViewsBest of Advanced Optical Materials 2017 issue;

  

D. Lin, Z. Wu, S. Li, Z. Jiang, Z. Zhong, Y. B. Zheng and X. Yang. Large-Area Au-Nanoparticle-Functionalized Si Nanorod Arrays for Spatially Uniform Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. ACS Nano 11 (2017) 1478-1487.

L. Lin*, X. Peng*, M. Wang, L. Scarabelli, Z. Mao, L. Liz-Marzán, M. Becker, Y. B. Zheng. Light-Directed Reversible Assembly of Plasmonic Nanoparticles Using Plasmon-Enhanced Thermophoresis. ACS Nano 10 (2016) 9659-9668. PDF. Highlighted by Nanowerk; Nanotechweb;

Z. Wu, G. Kelp, M. N. Yogeesh, W. Li, A. Briggs, B. B. Rajeeva, D. Akinwande, S. Bank, G. Shvets, Y. B. Zheng. Dual-Band Moiré Metasurface Patches for Multifunctional Biomedical Applications. Nanoscale 8 (2016) 18461-18468. PDF. Highlighted by "Nanowerk". 

Z. L. Wu, W. Li, M. N. Yogeesh, S. Jung, A. L. Lee, K. McNichola, A. Briggs, S. Bank, M. Belkin, D. Akinwande, and Y. B. Zheng. Tunable Graphene Metasurfaces with Gradient Features by Self-assembly-based Moiré Nanosphere Lithography. Advanced Optical Materials 4 (2016) 2035-2043. PDF. Highlighted by NanowerkNanotechweb; MaterialsViews

M. Wang, B. B. Rajeeva, L. Scarabelli, E. P. Perillo, A. K. Dunn, L. Liz-Marzan, and Y. B. Zheng. Molecular-Fluorescence Enhancement via Blue-Shifted Plasmon-Induced Resonance Energy Transfer. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (2016) 14820-14827. PDF.

J. Y. Gan, B. B. Rajeeva, Z. L. Wu, D. Penley, C. Liang, Y. X. Tong, and Y. B. Zheng. Plasmon-Enhanced Nanoporous BiVO4 Photoanodes for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Nanotechnology 27 (2016) 235401. PDF. 

L. Lin and Y. B. Zheng. Substrate-Independent Lattice Plasmon Modes for High-Performance On-Chip Plasmonic Sensors. Plasmonics 11 (2016) 1427-1435. PDF.

J. Y. Gan, B. B. Rajeeva, Z. L. Wu, D. Penley, and Y. B. Zheng. Hydrogen-Reduced Bismuth Oxyiodide Nanoflake Arrays with Plasmonic Enhancements for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Reduction. Electrochimica Acta 219 (2016) 20-27. PDF

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 0Video 1Video 2; Video 3; Video 4; Video 5; Video 6; Highlighted by Nanowerk; Nanotechweb; ChemistryViews; EurekAlert; Phys.org; OSA-OPN; IEEE Spectrum; Materials TodayUT NewsPhotonics; ScienceDailyAzonano; SemiconductorEngineeringThe Daily Texan; StatesmanDiscovery Channel; SPIE BACUS News; LaserFocusWorld网易科技Science (Editor's Choice);

 

J. Lee, B. B. Rajeeva, T. Yuan, Z. H. Guo, M. Al-Hashimi, Y. B. Zheng, and L. Fang. Thermodynamic Synthesis Of Solution Processable Ladder Polymers. Chemical Science 7 (2016) 881-889.

Z. L. Wu and Y. B. Zheng. Radiative Enhancement of Plasmonic Nanopatch Antennas. Plasmonics 11 (2016) 213-222PDF

                                                                                                                     

2015 (14 papers)

J. Gan and Y. B. Zheng. Blossom in Photosynthesis. IEEE Photonics Society Newsletter 29 (2015) 23-24. PDF.

Y. Zhang, M. Wang, E. Zhu, Y. B. Zheng, Y. Huang, and X. Huang. Seedless Growth of Palladium Nanocrystals with Tunable Structures: From Tetrahedra to Nanosheets. Nano Letters 15 (2015) 7519-7525. PDF

Z. L. Wu, K. Chen, R. Menz, T. Nagao, and Y. B. Zheng. Tunable Multiband Metasurfaces by Moiré Nanosphere LithographyNanoscale 7 (2015) 20391 - 20396. PDF.

D. Ahmed , X. Peng , A. Ozcelik , Y. B. Zheng , T. J. Huang. Acousto-Plasmofluidics: Acoustic Modulation of Surface Plasmon Resonance in Microfluidic Systems AIP Advances 5 (2015) 097161PDF.

B. B. Rajeeva, D. Hernandez, M. Wang, E. Perillo, L. Lin, L. Scarabelli, B. Pingali, L. Liz-Marzan, A. Dunn, J. Shear, and Y. B. Zheng. Regioselective Localization and Tracking of Biomolecules on Single Gold Nanoparticles. Advanced Science 2 (2015) 1500232. PDF.

L. Lin and Y. B. Zheng. Optimizing Plasmonic Nanoantennas via Coordinated Multiple CouplingScientific Reports 5 (2015) 14788. PDF.

M. Wang, C. Zhao, X. Miao, Y. Zhao, J. Rufo, Y. J. Liu, T. J. Huang, and Y. B. Zheng. Plasmofluidics: Merging Light and Fluids at the Micro-/Nano-Scale. Small 11 (2015) 4423-4444. PDF.

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 Nano 9 (2015) 6031-6040. PDF.

K. Chen, E. S. P. Leong, R. Michael, N. Tadaaki, Y. J. Liu, and Y. B. Zheng. Active Molecular Plasmonics: Tuning Surface Plasmon Resonances by Exploiting Molecular Dimensions. Nanophotonics (2015) 186-197. PDF.

J. Y. Gan, X. Lu, B. B. Rajeeva, R. Menz, Y. Tong, and Y. B. Zheng. Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation over Hydrogen-Reduced Nanoporous BiVO4 with Ni–BElectrocatalyst. ChemElectroChem 2 (2015) 1385-1395.

Z. L. Wu, N. Song, R. Menz, B. Pingali, Y. W. Yang, and Y. B. Zheng. Nanoparticles Functionalized with Supramolecular Host-Guest Systems for Nanomedicine and Healthcare. Nanomedicine 10 (2015) 1493-1514. PDF.

S. Wen, H. Pan, and Y. B. Zheng. Electronic Properties of Tin Dichalcogenide Monolayers and Effects of Hydrogenation and Tension. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 (2015) 3714-3721. PDF.

2014 (1 paper)

B. B. Rajeeva, R. Menz, and Y. B. Zheng. Towards Rational Design of Multifunctional Theranostic Nanoparticles: What Barriers do We Need to Overcome?. Nanomedicine 9 (2014) 1767-1770. PDF.

Before UT Austin (46 papers)

Li, H. ; Chen, D. X. ; Sun, Y. L. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Tan, L. L. ; Weiss, P. S. ; Yang, Y. W. . Viologen-Mediated Assembly of and Sensing with Carboxylatopillar[5]Arene-Modified Au Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 1570-1576.

Pathem, B. K. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Morton, S. ; Petersen, M. ; Zhao, Y. ; Chung, C. - H. ; Yang, Y. ; Jensen, L. ; Nielsen, M. B. ; Weiss, P. S. . Photoreaction of Matrix-Isolated Dihydroazulene-Functionalized Molecules on Au{111}. Nano Letters 2013, 13, 337–343.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Pathem, B. K. ; Hohman, J. N. ; Thomas, J. C. ; Kim, M. ; Weiss, P. S. . Photoresponsive Molecules in Well-Defined Nanoscale Environments. Advanced Materials 2013, 25, 302–312.

Pathem, B. K. ; Claridge, S. A. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Weiss, P. S. . Molecular Switches and Motors on Surfaces. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 2013, 64, 605–630.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Payton, J. L. ; Bin Song, T. -; Pathem, B. Krishna; Zhao, Y. ; Ma, H. ; Yang, Y. ; Jensen, L. ; Jen, A. K. - Y. ; Weiss, P. S. . Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to Probe Photoreaction Pathways and Kinetics of Isolated Reactants on Surfaces: Flat Versus Curved Substrates. Nano Letters 2012, 12, 5362–5368.

Zhao, Y. ; Walker, T. ; Zheng, Y. Bing; Lin, S. - C. ; Ahmad, A. Nawaz; Kiraly, B. ; Scott, J. ; Huang, T. Jun. Mechanically Tuning the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances of Gold Nanostructure Arrays. Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine 2012, 3, 011007.

Pathem, B. K. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Payton, J. L. ; Song, T. - B. ; Yu, B. C. ; Tour, J. M. ; Yang, Y. ; Jensen, L. ; Weiss, P. S. . Effect of Tether Conductivity on the Efficiency of Photoisomerization of Azobenzene-Functionalized Molecules on Au{111}. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2012, 3, 2388–2394.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Kiraly, B. ; Weiss, P. S. ; Huang, T. J. . Molecular Plasmonics for Biology and Nanomedicine. Nanomedicine 2012, 7, 751–770.

Yan, L. ; Zheng, Y. B.,  Zhao, F. ; Li, S. ; Gao, X. ; Xu, B. ; Weiss, P. S. ; Zhao, Y. . Chemistry and Physics of A Single Atomic Layer: Strategies and Challenges for Functionalization of Graphene and Graphene-Based Materials. Chemical Society Reviews 2012, 41, 97–114.

Chen, C. - C. ; Dou, L. ; Zhu, R. ; Chung, C. - H. ; Bin Song, T. -; Zheng, Y. Bing; Hawks, S. ; Li, G. ; Weiss, P. S. ; Yang, Y. . Visibly Transparent Polymer Solar Cells Produced by Solution Processing. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 7185–7190.

Zhu, R. ; Chung, C. - H. ; Cha, K. C. ; Yang, W. ; Zheng, Y. Bing; Zhou, H. ; Bin Song, T. -; Chen, C. - C. ; Weiss, P. S. ; Li, G. ; et al. Fused Silver Nanowires with Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and Organic Polymers for Highly Transparent Conductors. ACS Nano 2011, 5, 9877–9882.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Payton, J. L. ; Chung, C. - H. ; Liu, R. ; Cheunkar, S. ; Pathem, B. Krishna; Yang, Y. ; Jensen, L. ; Weiss, P. S. . Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to Probe Reversibly Photoswitchable Azobenzene in Controlled Nanoscale Environments. Nano Letters 2011, 11, 3447–3452.

Lapsley, M. I. ; Chiang, I. K. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Ding, X. ; Mao, X. ; Huang, T. J. . A Single-Layer, Planar, Optofluidic Mach–Zehnder Interferometer for Label-Free Detection. Lab on a Chip 2011, 11, 1795–1800.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Kiraly, B. ; Cheunkar, S. ; Huang, T. J. ; Weiss, P. S. . Incident-Angle-Modulated Molecular Plasmonic Switches: A Case of Weak Exciton–Plasmon Coupling. Nano Letters 2011, 11, 2061–2065.

Liu, Y. J. ; Zheng, Y. Bing; Liou, J. ; Chiang, I. - K. ; Khoo, I. Choon; Huang, T. Jun. All-Optical Modulation of Localized Surface Plasmon Coupling in A Hybrid System Composed of Photoswitchable Gratings and Au Nanodisk Arrays. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2011, 115, 7717–7722.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Hao, Q. ; Yang, Y. - W. ; Kiraly, B. ; Chiang, I. - K. ; Huang, T. Jun. Light-Driven Artificial Molecular Machines. Journal of Nanophotonics 2010, 4, 042501–042501.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Kiraly, B. ; Huang, T. J. . Molecular Machines Drive Smart Drug Delivery. Nanomedicine 2010, 5, 1309.

Hao, Q. ; Juluri, B. Krishna; Zheng, Y. B. ; Wang, B. ; Chiang, I. - K. ; Jensen, L. ; Crespi, V. ; Eklund, P. C. ; Huang, T. Jun. Effects of Intrinsic Fano Interference on Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Comparison between Platinum and Gold. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2010, 114, 18059–18066.

Hsiao, V. K. S. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Lloyd, P. F. ; Bunning, T. J. ; Cartwright, A. N. ; Yan, W. ; Huang, T. J. . Holographically Fabricated Dye-Doped Nanoporous Polymers as Matrix for Laser Desorption/ionization Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine 2010, 1, 041011.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Juluri, B. Krishna; Jensen, L. Lin; Ahmed, D. ; Lu, M. ; Jensen, L. ; Huang, T. Jun. Dynamic Tuning of Plasmon–Exciton Coupling in Arrays of Nanodisk–J-Aggregate Complexes. Advanced Materials 2010, 22, 3603–3607.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Juluri, B. K. ; Kiraly, B. T. ; Huang, T. J. . Ordered Au Nanodisk and Nanohole Arrays: Fabrication and Applications. ASME Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine 2010, 1, 031011.

Yan, W. ; Hsiao, V. K. S. ; Zheng, Y. Bing; Shariff, Y. M. ; Gao, T. ; Huang, T. Jun. Towards Nanoporous Polymer Thin Film-Based Drug Delivery Systems. Thin Solid Films 2009, 517, 1794–1798.

Juluri, B. K. ; Lu, M. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Huang, T. J. ; Jensen, L. . Coupling between Molecular and Plasmonic Resonances: Effect of Molecular Absorbance. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2009, 113, 18499–18503.

Liu, Y. J. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Shi, J. ; Huang, H. ; Walker, T. R. ; Huang, T. Jun. Optically Switchable Gratings Based on Azo-Dye-Doped, Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals. Optics Letters 2009, 34, 2351–2353.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Jensen, L. ; Yan, W. ; Walker, T. R. ; Juluri, B. Krishna; Jensen, L. ; Huang, T. Jun. Chemically Tuning the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances of Gold Nanostructure Arrays. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2009, 113, 7019–7024.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Yang, Y. - W. ; Jensen, L. ; Fang, L. ; Juluri, B. Krishna; Flood, A. H. ; Weiss, P. S. ; J Stoddart, F. ; Huang, T. Jun. Active Molecular Plasmonics: Controlling Plasmon Resonances with Molecular Switches. Nano Letters 2009, 9, 819–825.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Huang, T. J. . Surface Plasmons of Metal Nanostructure Arrays: From Nanoengineering to Active Plasmonics. Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation 2008, 13, 215.

Juluri, B. K. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Ahmed, D. ; Jensen, L. ; Huang, T. J. . Effects of Geometry and Composition on Charge-Induced Plasmonic Shifts in Gold Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2008, 112, 7309–7317.

Hsiao, V. K. S. ; Zheng, Y. Bing; Juluri, B. Krishna; Huang, T. Jun. Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches Based on Au Nanodisk Arrays and Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals. Advanced Materials 2008, 20, 3528–3532.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Juluri, B. K. ; Mao, X. ; Walker, T. R. ; Huang, T. J. . Systematic Investigation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Long-Range Ordered Au Nanodisk Arrays. Journal of Applied Physics 2008, 103, 014308.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Huang, T. Jun; Desai, A. Yogesh; Wang, S. Jie; Tan, L. Kheng; Gao, H. ; Huan, A. Cheng Hon. Thermal Behavior of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Au/TiO2 Core/shell Nanoparticle Arrays. Applied Physics Letters 2007, 90, 183117.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Juluri, B. K. ; Huang, T. J. . The Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Nanospheres within Microtubes. Nanotechnology 2007, 18, 275706.

Hsiao, V. K. S. ; Waldeisen, J. R. ; Zheng, Y. ; Lloyd, P. F. ; Bunning, T. J. ; Huang, T. Jun. Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (Aptes)-Functionalized Nanoporous Polymeric Gratings: Fabrication and Application in Biosensing. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2007, 17, 4896–4901.

Chong, M. A. S. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Gao, H. ; Tan, L. K. . Combinational Template-Assisted Fabrication of Hierarchically Ordered Nanowire Arrays on Substrates for Device Applications. Applied Physics Letters 2006, 89, 233104–233104.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Wang, S. J. ; Kong, L. B. ; Tripathy, S. ; Huan, A. C. H. ; Ong, C. K. . Structural Properties and Dopant-Modified Bandgap Energies of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 Thin Films Grown on LaAlO3 Substrates. Journal of Electroceramics 2006, 16, 571–574.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Wang, Y. ; Wang, S. ; Huan, C. H. A. . Fabrication of Nonspherical Colloidal Particles via Reactive Ion Etching of Surface-Patterned Colloidal Crystals. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2006, 277, 27–36.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Wang, S. J. ; Huan, A. C. H. ; Tripathy, S. ; Chai, J. W. ; Kong, L. B. ; Ong, C. K. . Band-Gap Energies and Structural Properties of Doped Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 Thin Films. Journal of Applied Physics 2006, 99, 014106–014106.

Zhao, W. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Low, H. Y. . Fabrication of Multi-Dimensional Colloid Crystals on Raised Surfaces via Reversal Nanoimprint Lithography. Microelectronic Engineering 2006, 83, 404–408.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Wang, S. J. ; Huan, C. H. A. . Microstructure-Dependent Band Structure of HfO2 Thin Films. Thin Solid Films 2006, 504, 197–200.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Wang, S. J. ; Huan, A. C. H. ; Wang, Y. H. . Fabrication of Tunable Nanostructure Arrays Using Ion-Polishing-Assisted Nanosphere Lithography. Journal of Applied Physics 2006, 99, 034308–034308.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Wang, S. J. ; Huan, A. C. H. ; Wang, Y. H. . Fabrication of Large Area Ordered Metal Nanoring Arrays for Nanoscale Optical Sensors. Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 2006, 352, 2532–2535.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Wang, S. J. ; Huan, A. C. H. ; Tan, C. Y. ; Yan, L. ; Ong, C. K. . Al2O3-Incorporation Effect on the Band Structure of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 Thin Films. Applied Physics Letters 2005, 86, 112910–112910

Zheng, Y. B. ; Wang, Y. H. ; Wang, S. J. ; Huan, C. H. A. . Size-Controllable Heteroporous Films as Templates for Ordered Uniform Nanocolloidal Cluster Arrays. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2005, 15, 4109–4111.

Chai, J. W. ; Pan, J. S. ; Wang, S. J. ; Huan, C. H. A. ; Lau, G. S. ; Zheng, Y. B. ; Xu, S. . Thermal Behaviour of Ultra-thin Co Overlayers on Rutile TiO(1 0 0) Surface. Surface Science 2005, 589, 32–41.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Chua, S. J. ; Huan, C. H. A. ; Miao, Z. L. . Growth of InAs Quantum Dots on Shallow Spherically Shaped Craters Prepared on GaAs (0 0 1) Substrates: An Extended Set of Vicinal Surfaces. Journal of Crystal Growth 2004, 263, 161–166.

Zheng, Y. B. ; Chua, S. J. ; Huan, C. H. A. ; Miao, Z. L. . Selective Growth of GaAs Quantum Dots on the Triangle Nanocavities Bounded by SiO2 Mask on Si Substrate by MBE. Journal of Crystal Growth 2004, 268, 369–374.

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Book Chapters

(8) 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). 

(7) R. Sanders, Y. Liu, and Y. B. Zheng. Towards Single-Molecule Chiral Sensing and Separation. in Single Molecule Sensing Beyond Fluorescence, edited by Dr. Warwick Bowen, Dr. Frank Vollmer, and Dr. Reuven Gordon (Springer, January 2022, Chapter 9: 271-293).

(6) Z. Wu, L. Lin, and Y. B. Zheng. Nanophotonics and Optoelectronics Based on Two-Dimensional MoS2. in Emerging 2D Materials and Devices for the Internet of Things, edited by Dr. Li Tao and Dr. Deji Akinwande (ELSEVIER, June 2020, Chapter 5: 121-137).

(5) 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). 

(4) X. Peng, B. B. Rajeeva, D. Teal, and Y. B. Zheng. Plasmofluidics for Biosensing and Medical Diagnostics. in Nanotechnology Characterization Tools for Biosensing & Medical Diagnosis, Edited by Dr. Kumar Challa (Springer, 2018, Chapter 5: 213-247).

(3) B. B. Rajeeva and Y. B. Zheng. Molecular Plasmonics: From Molecular-Scale Measurements and Control to Applications. in Nanotechnology: Delivering the Promise, Edited by Drs. H. N. Cheng, Larry Doemeny, and Diane Grob Schmidt (American Chemical Society, 2016, Chapter 2). PDF

(2) Y. B. Zheng and P. S. Weiss. Designing, Measuring, and Controlling Functional Molecules and Precise Assemblies. in Beilstein-Institut Proceedings: Molecular Engineering and Control (Beilstein-Institut, 2013).

(1) Y. B. Zheng, B. K. Pathem, J. N. Hohman, and P. S. Weiss. Functional Supromolecular Assemblies: First Glimpses and Upcoming Challenges. in Beilstein-Institut Proceedings: Functional Nanoscience (Beilstein-Institut, 2011).

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Patents

Issued Patents

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 Y. Kim, "Devices, Systems, and Methods for Analyte Sensing with Optothermally Generated Bubbles in Biphasic Liquid Samples," PCT/US2021/040795 (July 8, 2021).

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).