Chemistry for a Smart, Sustainable Future
Design responsive photonic crystals
with computational methods
Selected publications:
1. Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials.
Li, Z.; Fan, Q.; and Yin, Y., Chem. Rev. 2021, 122 (5), 4976–5067.
2. Coupling morphological and magnetic anisotropy for assembling tetragonal colloidal crystals.
Li, Z.; Qian, C.; Xu, W.; Zhu, C.; Yin, Y., Sci. Adv. 2021, 7 (37), eabh1289.
3. Multicolor Photonic Pigments for Rotation‐Asymmetric Mechanochromic Devices.
Li, Z.; Wang, X.; Han, L.; Zhu, C.; Xin, H.; Yin, Y., Adv. Mater. 2022, 34 (4), 2107398. (Frontispiece)
4. Smart materials by nanoscale magnetic assembly.
Li, Z.; Yang, F.; Yin, Y., Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30 (2), 1903467.
(PDF), (Link)
5. Stimuli‐responsive optical nanomaterials.
Li, Z.; Yin, Y., Adv. Mater. 2019, 31 (15), 1807061.
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6. Magnetic assembly of nanocubes for orientation-dependent photonic responses.
Li, Z.; Wang, M.; Zhang, X.; Wang, D.; Xu, W.; Yin, Y., Nano Lett. 2019, 19 (9), 6673-6680.
7. Thickness-dependent wrinkling of PDMS films for programmable mechanochromic responses.
Li, Z.; Liu, Y.; Marin, M.; Yin, Y., Nano Res. 2020, 13 (7), 3.
Responsive plasmonic nanocrystals
Selected publications:
1. Creation and reconstruction of thermochromic Au nanorods with surface concavity.
Li, Z.; Zhang, J.; Jin, J.; Yang, F.; Aleisa, R.; and Yin, Y., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (38), 15791–15799.
2. Coupling magnetic and plasmonic anisotropy in hybrid nanorods for mechanochromic responses.
Li, Z.; Jin, J.; Yang, F.; Song, N.; Yin, Y., Nat. Commun. 2020, 11 (1), 2883.
3. Magnetically tunable plasmon coupling of Au nanoshells enabled by space-free confined growth.
Li, Z.; Fan, Q.; Wu, C.; Li, Y.; Cheng, C.; Yin, Y., Nano Lett. 2020, 20 (11), 8242-8249.
4. Colloidal assembly and active tuning of coupled plasmonic nanospheres.
Li, Z.; Wang, W.; Yin, Y., Trends Chem. 2020, 2 (7), 593-608. (Invited review, Cover)
5. Editorial: Recent Advances in Responsive Optical Nanomaterials.
Li, Z.; He, L.; and Zeng, J., Front. Chem. 2021, doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.760187 (Editorial preface)
Multi-scale assembly of biomimetic
soft robotics
Selected publications:
1. Light-powered soft steam engines for self-adaptive oscillation and biomimetic swimming.
Li, Z.; Myung, N., V.; Yin, Y., Science Robotics. 2021, 6 (61), eabi4523.
2. Polarization‐modulated multidirectional photothermal actuators.
Li, Z.; Ye, Z.; Han, L.; Fan, Q.; Wu, C.; Ding, D.; Xin, H. L.; Myung, N. V.; Yin, Y., Adv. Mater. 2021, 33 (3), 2006367.
3. Creating chameleon-like smart actuators.
Li, Z.; Yin, Y., Matter 2019, 1 (3), 550-551.
Algorithm-powered nanorobotics
for background-free bioimaging
Selected publications:
1. Fast Fourier Transform-weighted Photoacoustic Imaging by In Vivo Magnetic Alignment of Hybrid Nanorods.
Li, Z.; Meng, Z.; Tian, F.; Zhou, X.; Zhong, X.; Xiao, Y.; Chen, W.; Chen, Q.; Cheng, L.; Yang, M.; Liu, Z.; Yin, Y., Nano Lett. 2022, 22 (13), 5158–5166.
2. Magnetic field-modulated plasmonic scattering of hybrid nanorods for FFT-weighted OCT imaging in NIR-II.
Li, Z.; Poon, W.; Qi, F.; Park, B., H,; Yin, Y., ACS nano 2022, 16 (8), 12738–12746.
Algorithm design for field chirality
Selected publications:
1. A magnetic assembly approach to chiral superstructures.
Li, Z.; Fan, Q.; Ye, Z.; Wu, C.; Wang, Z.; Yin, Y., Science 2023 380 (6652) 1384-1390.
(PDF), (Link), (Science Research Highlights)
2. Magnetic/plasmonic hybrid nanodisks with dynamically tunable mechano-chiroptical responses.
Qi, F.; Li, L.; Li, Z.; Qiu, L.; Meng, Z.; Yin, Y., ACS Nano 2023, 17 (2) 1427–1436
