2005-2009

(23) Y. S. Zhao, J. Wu, J. Huang. "Vertical organic nanowire arrays: controlled synthesis and chemical sensors." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3158-3159.

(22) Z. Luo, Y. S. Zhao, W. Yang, A. Peng, Y. Ma, H. Fu, J. Yao. "Core−shell nanopillars of fullerene C60/C70 loading with colloidal Au nanoparticles: a Raman scattering investigation." J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 9612-9616.

(21) J. Wu, Y. S. Zhao, J. Huang, V. P. Dravid. "Electron diffraction of organic nanowires." Microscopy and Microanalysis 2009, 15, 54-55.

(20) Y. S. Zhao, J. Xu, A. Peng, H. Fu, Y. Ma, L. Jiang, J. Yao. "Optical waveguide based on crystalline organic microtubes and microrods." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7301-7305; Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 7411-7415.

Featured highlight: 'Tubular Waveguides', NPG Asia Materials.

(19) Y. S. Zhao, H. Fu, A. Peng, Y. Ma, D. Xiao, J. Yao. "Low-dimensional nanomaterials based on small organic molecules: preparation and optoelectronic properties." Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 2859-2876. (Invited Review Article).

(18) Y. S. Zhao, A. Peng, H. Fu, Y. Ma, J. Yao. "Nanowire waveguides and ultraviolet lasers based on small organic molecules." Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 1661-1665.

Featured highlight: 'Lasing Down the Line', NPG Asia Materials.

Research highlight: 'Nanowires: Small and Organic', Nature China.

(17) Y. S. Zhao, H. Fu, F. Hu, A. Peng, W. Yang, J. Yao. "Tunable emission from binary organic one-dimensional nanomaterials: an alternative approach to white-light emission." Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 79-83.

'News and Views' highlight: 'Materials Science: Lilliputian Light Sticks', Nature 2008, 451, 408-409.

(16) Y. S. Zhao, Z. Yu, A. Douraghy, A. F. Chatziioannou, Y. Mo, Q. Pei. "A facile route to bulk high-Z polymeric composites for the application of Gamma ray scintillation." Chem. Commun. 2008, 6008-6010. 

(15) Y. S. Zhao, W. Yang, D. Xiao, X. Sheng, X. Yang, Z. Shuai, Y. Luo, J. Yao. "Single crystalline nanotubes from small organic molecules." Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 6288. (Additions and Corrections)

(14) Y. S. Zhao, H. Zhong, Q. Pei, "Fluorescence resonance energy transfer in conjugated polymer composites for radiation detection." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2008, 10, 1848-1851. 

(13) H. Zhong, Y. S. Zhao, Y. Li, Q. Pei. "Photoluminescence quenching of conjugated polymer nanocomposites for gamma ray detection." Nanotechnology 2008, 19, 505503.

(12) Y. Wang, C. Zhan, H. Fu, X. Li, X. Sheng, Y. S. Zhao, D. Xiao, Y. Ma, J. Ma, J. Yao. "Switch from intra- to intermolecular H-bonds by ultrasound: Induced gelation and distinct nanoscale morphologies." Langmuir 2008, 24, 7635-7638.

(11) Y. S. Zhao, J. Yao. "Progress in the nanowire waveguides and lasers prepared from small organic molecules." Chinese Sci. Bull. 2008, 53(14), 1743. (Invited Research News)   

(10) Y. S. Zhao, H. Fu, F. Hu, A. Peng, J. Yao. "Multicolor emission from ordered assemblies of organic one-dimensional nanomaterials." Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 3554-3558.

(9) Y. S. Zhao, C. Di, W. Yang, G. Yu, Y. Liu, J. Yao. "Photoluminescence and electroluminescence from tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum nanowires prepared by adsorbent-assisted physical vapor deposition." Adv. Funct. Mater. 2006, 16, 1985-1991.   

(8) Y. Wang, H. Fu, A. Peng, Y. S. Zhao, D. Xiao, J. Ma, Y. Ma, J. Yao. "Distinct nanostructures from isomeric molecules of bis(iminopyrrole) benzenes: effects of molecular structures on nanostructural morphologies." Chem. Commun. 2007, 1623-1625.

(7) Y. S. Zhao, F. Hu, W. Yang, Y. Ma, H. Fu, J. Yao. "Fabrication and size-dependent optical properties of coppe/lophine core/shell nanocomposites." J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2007, 7, 1021-1027.

(6) X. Sheng, A. Peng, H. Fu, Y. Liu, Y. S. Zhao, Y. Ma, J. Yao. "Modulation of a fluorescence switch based on photochromic spirooxazine in composite organic nanoparticles." Nanotechnology 2007, 18, 145707.

(5) Y. S. Zhao, D. Xiao, W. Yang, A. Peng, J. Yao. "2,4,5-Triphenylimidazole nanowires with fluorescence narrowing spectra prepared through adsorbent-assisted physical vapor deposition Method." Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 2302-2306.

(4) Y. S. Zhao, W. Yang, J. Yao. "Organic nanocrystals with tunable morphologies and optical properties prepared with sonication technique." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2006, 8, 3300-3303.

(3) Y. S. Zhao, W. Yang, G. Zhang, Y. Ma, J. Yao. "A hierarchical self-assembly of 4,5-diphenylimidazole on copper." Colloids and Surfaces: A 2006, 277, 111-118.

(2) T. Zhai, Z. Gu, W. Yang, X. Zhang, J. Huang, Y. S. Zhao, D. Yu, H. Fu, Y. Ma, J. Yao. "Fabrication, structural characterization and photoluminescence of single-crystal Zn_xCd_1-xS zigzag nanowires." Nanotechnology 2006, 17, 4644-4649.

(1) Y. S. Zhao, W. Yang, D. Xiao, X. Sheng, X. Yang, Z. Shuai, Y. Luo, J. Yao. "Single crystalline submicrotubes from small organic molecules." Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 6430-6435.