2006-2010

40. “A systems approach towards the stoichiometry-controlled hetero-assembly of nanoparticles”, Yong Wang, Gang Chen, Miaoxin Yang, Georg Silber, Shuangxi Xing, Li Huey Tan, Feng Wang, Yuhua Feng, Xiaogang Liu, Shuzhou Li and Hongyu Chen*, Nature Communications, 2010, 1, 87.link



39. “Mechanical Nano-Springs: Induced Coiling and Uncoiling of Ultrathin Au Nanowires”, Jun Xu, Hong Wang, Cuicui Liu, Yaimei Yang, Tao Chen, Yawen Wang, Feng Wang, Xiaogang Liu, Bengang Xing* and Hongyu Chen*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132(34), 11920-11922.(High lighted in RSC Chemistry World, ACS Noteworth Chemistry, and Nature Asia.).link



38. “Scalable Routes to Janus Au-SiO2 and Ternary Ag-Au-SiO2 Nanoparticles”, Tao Chen, Gang Chen, Shuangxi Xing, Tom Wu and Hongyu Chen*, Chemistry of Materials, 2010, 22(13), 3826-3828.link



37. “3D dendritic gold nanostructures: seeded growth of a multi-generation fractal architecture”, Ming Pan, Shuangxi Xing, Ting Sun, Wenwen Zhou, Melinda Sindoro, Hui Hian Teo, Qingyu Yan and Hongyu Chen*, Chemical Communications, 2010, 46(38), 7112-7114(High lighted on the inside cover).link



36. “Mechanistic investigation into the spontaneous linear assembly of gold nanospheres”, Miaoxin Yang, Gang Chen, Yunfeng Zhao, Georg Silber, Yong Wang, Shuangxi Xing, Yu Han* and Hongyu Chen*, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2010, 12(38), 11850-11860(an invited paper to a theme dissue on Supraparticle Physical Chemistry).link



35. “Probing the Kinetics of Short-Distance Drug Release from Nanocarriers to Nanoacceptors”, Hong Wang, Jun Xu, Jinghao Wang, Tao Chen, Yong Wang, Yan Wen Tan, Haibin Su, Khai Leok Chan and Hongyu Chen*, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2010, 49(45), 8426-8430.link



34. “Reducing the Symmetry of Bimetallic Au@Ag Nanoparticles by Exploiting Eccentric Polymer Shells”, Shuangxi Xing, Yuhua Feng, Yee Yan Tay, Tao Chen, Jun Xu, Ming Pan, Jiating He, Huey Hoon Hng, Qingyu Yan, Hongyu Chen*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132(28), 9537-9539.link



33. “Hotspot-Induced Transformation of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Fingerprints”, Tao Chen, Hong Wang, Gang Chen, Yong Wang, Yuhua Feng, Wei Shan Teo, Tom Wu and Hongyu Chen*, ACS Nano, 2010, 4(6), 3087-3094.link



32. “Measuring the Ensemble-Averaged SERS Enhancement from Hot-Spots of Nanoparticle Dimers and Trimers”, Gang Chen, Yong Wang, Miaoxin Yang, Jun Xu, Sook Jin Goh, Ming Pan, and Hongyu Chen*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132(11), 3644-3645.link



31. “Simultaneous phase and size control of upconversion nanocrystals through lanthanide doping”, Feng Wang, Yu Han, Chin Seong Lim, Yunhao Lu, Juan Wang, Jun Xu, Hongyu Chen, Chun Zhang, Minghui Hong and Xiaogang Liu*, Nature, 2010, 463(7284), 1061-1065.link



30. “Tunable Upconversion Emissions from Lanthanide-doped Monodisperse β-NaYF4 Nanoparticles”, Feng Wang, Juan Wang, Jun Xu, Xuejia Xue, Hongyu Chen and Xiaogang Liu*, Spectroscopy Letters, 2010, 43(5), 400-405(Specialedition:SpectroscopyofLanthanideMaterialsII).link



29. “Hydrazine-hydrothermal method to synthesize three-dimensional chalcogenide framework for photocatalytic hydrogen generation”, Yi Liu, Pushkar D. Kanhere, Chui Ling Wong, Yuefeng Tian, Yuhua Feng, Freddy Boey, Tom Wu, Hongyu Chen, Tim J. White, Zhong Chen and Qichun Zhang*, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2010, 183(11), 2644-2649.link



28. “Lanthanide-doped LiYF4 Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Multicolor Upconversion Tuning”, Juan Wang, Feng Wang, Jun Xu, Yong Wang, Yongsheng Liu, Xueyuan Chen, Hongyu Chen, Xiaogang Liu*, Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2010, 13(6-7), 731-736.link



27. “Generation of dual patterns of metal oxide nanomaterials based on seed-mediated selective growth”, Zongyou Yin, Qiyuan He, Xiao Huang, Gang Lu, Huey Hoon Hng, Hongyu Chen, Can Xue, Qingyu Yan, Freddy Boey, Qichun Zhang, Hua Zhang*, Langmuir, 2010, 26(7), 4616-4619.link



26. “High-Purity Separation of Gold Nanoparticle Dimers and Trimers”, Gang Chen, Yong Wang, Li Huey Tan, Miaoxin Yang, Lee Siew Tan, Yuan Chen and Hongyu Chen*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131(12), 4218-4219.link



25. “Fabrication of Polymer Nanocavities with Tailored Openings”, Li Huey Tan, Shuangxi Xing, Tao Chen, Gang Chen, Xiao Huang, Hua Zhang and Hongyu Chen*, ACS Nano, 2009, 3(11), 3469-3474.link



24. “Facile Fabrication of Triple-layer (Au@Ag)@Polypyrrole Core-Shell and (Au@H2O)@Polypyrrole Yolk-Shell Nanostructures”, Shuangxi Xing, Li Huey Tan, Tao Chen, Yanhui Yang and Hongyu Chen*, Chemical Communications, 2009, 13, 1653-1654.link



23. “Highly Controlled Core/Shell Structures: Tunable Conductive Polymer Shells on Gold Nanoparticles and Nanochains”, Shuangxi Xing, Li Huey Tan, Miaoxin Yang, Ming Pan, Yunbo Lv, Qinghu Tang, Yanhui Yang and Hongyu Chen*, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009, 19(20), 3286-3291.link



22. “Probing the Kinetics of Ligand Exchange on Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering”, Yuhua Feng, Shuangsi Xing, Jun Xu, Hong Wang, Jun Wei Lim and Hongyu Chen*, Dalton Transactions, 2010, 39(2), 349-351(Athemeissue“showcasingthestrengthofresearchbeingcarriedoutbytomorrow'sleadersinthefieldofinorganicchemistry”).link



21. “Fabrication of Core/Shell Structure of M@C (M=Se, Au, Ag2Se) and Transformation to Yolk/Shell Structure by Electron Beam Irradiation or Vacuum Annealing”, Jixin Zhu, Ting Sun, Huey Hoon Hng, Jan Ma, Freddy Yin Chiang Boey, Xiong Wen Lou, Hua Zhang, Can Xue, Hongyu Chen and Qingyu Yan*, Chemistry of Materials, 2009, 21(16), 3848-3852.link



20. “Polymer-encapsulated Silver Nanoparticle Monomer and Dimer for Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering”, Chaoling Du, Miaoxin Yang, Yumeng You, Tao Chen, Hongyu Chen and Zexiang Shen*, Chemical Physics Letters, 2009, 473(4-6), 317-320.link



19. “Self-assembled Shape- and Orientation- Controlled Synthesis of Nanoscale Cu3Si Triangles, Squares, and Wires”, Zhou Zhang, Lai Mun Wong, Hock Guan Ong, Xin Jiao Wang, Jun Ling Wang, Shi Jie Wang, Hongyu Chen* and Tom Wu*, Nano Letters, 2008, 8(10), 3205-3210.(HighlightedbyNatureAsia).link



18. “Controlled Assembly of Eccentrically Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles”, Tao Chen, Miaoxin Yang, Xinjiao Wang, Li Huey Tan and Hongyu Chen*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130(36), 11858-11859.link



17. “Polymer-Encapsulated Gold-Nanoparticle Dimers: Facile Preparation and Catalytical Application in Guided Growth of Dimeric ZnO-Nanowires”, Xinjiao Wang, Gongping Li, Tao Chen, Miaoxin Yang, Zhou Zhang, Tom Wu* and Hongyu Chen*, Nano Letters, 2008, 8(9), 2643-2647.link



16. “Encapsulation of Single Small Gold Nanoparticles by Diblock Copolymers”, Hongyu Chen*, Sinoj Abraham, Juana Mendenhall, Soazig C. Delamarre, Kahli Smith, Il Kim and Carl A. Batt, ChemPhysChem, 2008, 9(3), 388-392.link



15. “Tailoring the photoluminescence of ZnO nanowires using Au nanoparticles”, Tao Chen, Guozhong Xing, Zhou Zhang, Hongyu Chen and Tom Wu*, Nanotechnology, 2008, 19(43), 435711.link



14. “Tunable wettability in surface-modified ZnO-based hierarchical nanostructures”, Gongping Li, Tao Chen, Bin Yan, Yun Ma, Zhou Zhang, Tom Yu, Zexiang Shen, Hongyu Chen and Tom Wu*, Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 92(17), 173104.link



13. “Ir(III)-Induced C-Bound to N-Bound Tautomerization of a N-Heterocyclic Carbene”, Xinjiao Wang, Hongyu Chen and Xingwei Li*, Organometallics, 2007, 26(18), 4684-4687.link



12. “Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging with Water-Soluble Lead Salt Quantum Dots”, Byung-Ryool Hyun*, Hongyu Chen, Diego A. Rey, Frank W. Wise, and Carl A. Batt, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2007, 111(20), 5726-5730.link



11. “Homogeneous water oxidation by a di-μ-oxo dimanganese complex in the presence of Ce4+”, Ranitendranath Tagore, Hongyu Chen, Hong Zhang, Robert H. Crabtree and Gary W. Brudvig*, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2007, 360(9), 2983-2989.link



10. “Speciation of the Catalytic Oxygen Evolution System: [MnIII/IV2O2(terpy)2­(H2O)2](NO3)3 + HSO5-”, Hongyu Chen, Ranitendranath Tagore, Gerald Olack, John S. Vrettos, Tsu-Chien Weng, James Penner-Hahn, Robert H. Crabtree* and Gary W. Brudvig*, Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, 46(1), 34-43.link



9. “Determination of μ-Oxo Exchange Rates in Di-μ-Oxo Dimanganese Complexes by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry”, Ranitendranath Tagore, Hongyu Chen, Robert H. Crabtree* and Gary W. Brudvig*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128(29), 9457-9465.link



8. “A multifrequency high-field EPR (9-285 G Hz) investigation of a series of dichloride mononuclear penta-coordinated Mn(II) complexes”, Carole Duboc*, Vincent Astier-Perret, Hongyu Chen, Jacques Pécaut, Robert H. Crabtree, Gary W. Brudvig, Marie-Noëlle Collomb, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2006, 359(5), 1541-1548.link



7. “Dendrimer-Scaffold-Based Electron-Beam Patterning of Biomolecules”, Parijat Bhatnagar, Sonny S. Mark, Il Kim, Hongyu Chen, Brad Schmidt, Michal Lipson, Carl A. Batt*, Advanced Materials, 2006, 18(3), 315-319.link