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Semiconductor Quantum Dots & Spintronics

Thermoelectrics & Nanostructures

Self-Assembly

Nanostructures & Unique Optical Properties

Magnetic Nanomaterials

Core-Shell Nanostructures and Potential Applications

Nanostructure Growth Mechanisms

Nanocomposites

Ceramic Nanopowders

UPS & Conducting Polymer Precursors

Semi-empirical Molecular Calculations

Thermodynamics

Semiconductor QDs/NWs & Spintronics 

  1. p-Type Field-Effect Transistors of Single-Crystal ZnTe Nanobelts, Jun Zhang, Po-Chiang Chen, Guozhen Shen, Jibao He, Amar Kumbhar, Chongwu Zhou and Jiye Fang*,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  47(49) 9469-9471, (2008).  [supporting information]

  2. Co-reduction Colloidal Synthesis of III-V Nanocrystals: The Case of InP, Zhaoping Liu, Amar Kumbhar, Dan Xu, Jun Zhang, Zhaoyong Sun and Jiye Fang*,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  47 (19)  3540-3542 (2008).     VIP

  3. Synthesis of III-V Nanocrystals by Co-reduction Reactions, Zhaoping Liu and Jiye Fang, in Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials V, edited by S. Komarneni, K. Kaneko, J.C. Parker, and P. O'Brien (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1056E, Warrendale, PA, 2007), Paper Number 1056-HH03-31 (2008). 

  4. Synthesis and Characterization of High-Quality ZnS, ZnS:Mn2+ and ZnS:Mn2+/Zn (Core/Shell) Luminescent Nanocrystals, Zewei Quan, Zhenling Wang, Piaoping Yang, Jun Lin and Jiye Fang, Inorg. Chem., 46, 1354 - 1360 (2007).  

  5. Spontaneous Magnetization and Ferromagnetism in PbSe Quantum Dots, W. B. Jian, Weigang Lu, Jiye Fang, M. D. Lan and J. J. Lin, J. Appl. Phys., 99, 08N708 (2006).   

  6. Orbital Susceptibilities of PbSe Quantum Dots, W. B. Jian, Weigang Lu, Jiye Fang, S. J. Chiang, M. D. Lan, C. Y. Wu, Z. Y. Wu, F. R. Chen and J. J. Kai,  J. Chem. Phys, 124, 064711 (1-4) (2006).  

  7. Wet-chemical Synthesis of ZnTe Quantum Dots, Jun Zhang, Zhaoyong Sun and Jiye Fang, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 942E, paper 0942-W08-25 (2006).

  8. A Novel Approach for the Preparation of InP Nanocrystals, Zhaoyong Sun, Jun Zhang, Ming Zhang and Jiye Fang, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 942E, paper 0942-W08-24 (2006). 

  9. Single Crystalline Magnetite Nanotubes, Zuqin Liu, Daihua Zhang, Song Han, Chao Li, Bo Lei, Weigang Lu, Jiye Fang and Chongwu Zhou, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 6-7 (2005).    

  10. Formation of PbSe Nanocrystals: A Growth toward Nanocubes, Weigang Lu, Jiye Fang, Yong Ding and Zhong Lin Wang, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 19219 - 19222 (2005).    

  11. Perfect Orientation Ordered in-situ One-Dimensional-Self-Assembly of Mn-doped PbSe Nanocrystals,  Weigang Lu, Puxian Gao, Wen Bin Jian, Zhong Lin Wang and Jiye Fang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126(45), 14816-14821 (2004).    

  12. The First Synthesis of Pb1-xMnxSe Nanocrystals, Tianhao Ji, Wen-Bin Jian and Jiye Fang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125(28), 8448-8449 (2003).       

  13. Quantum-size-effect-enhanced Dynamic Magnetic Interactions among Doped Spins in Cd1-xMnxSe Nanocrystals, W.-B. Jian, Jiye Fang*, Tianhao Ji and Jibao He, Appl. Phys. Lett., 83(16), 3377-3379 (2003).     

  14. Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Pb1-xMnxSe, Tianhao Ji, Wen-Bin Jian, Jiye Fang*, Jinke Tang, Volodymyr Golub and Leonard Spinu, IEEE Trans. Mag., 39(5), 2791-2793 (2003).    

  15. Magnetic Properties of Fe-Doped Rutile,  W. Wang, J. Dai, J. Tang, D.-T. Jiang, Y. Chen, J. Fang, J. He, W. Zhou, L. Spinu, J. Supercond., 16(1), 155-157 (2003).    

  16. Preparation and Magnetic Properties of La0.9Ca0.1MnO3 Nanoparticles at 300 oC, Tianhao Ji, Jiye Fang, Volodymyr Golob, Jinke Tang and Charles. J. O'Connor, J. Appl. Phys., 92(11), 6833-36 (2002).    

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Thermoelectrics & Nanostructures

  1. Simple Cubic Super Crystals Containing PbTe Nanocubes and Their Core-Shell Building Blocks, Jun Zhang, Amar Kumbhar, Jibao He, Narayan Chandra Das, Kaikun Yang, Jian-Qing Wang, Howard Wang, Kevin L. Stokes and Jiye Fang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 (45)  15203-15209, (2008).  [supporting information] 

  2. Formation of PbSe Nanocrystals: A Growth toward Nanocubes, Weigang Lu, Jiye Fang, Yong Ding and Zhong Lin Wang, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 19219 - 19222 (2005).    

  3. Syntheses of Ag, PbSe and PbTe Nanocrystals and Their Binary Self-Assembly Exploration at Low Size-ratio, Weigang Lu, Jiyenn Fang, Jun Lin, Jun Zhang, Zhaoyong Sun and Kevin L. Stokes, J. NanoSci. NanoTechno., 6(6), 1662 - 1666 (2006).

  4. Bismuth Telluride Hexagonal Nanoplatelets and Their Two-Step Epitaxial Growth, Weigang Lu, Yong Ding, Yuxi Chen, Zhong Lin Wang and Jiye Fang, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127(28), 10112 - 10116 (2005).     

  5. Shape-Evolution and Self-Assembly of Monodisperse PbTe Nanocrystals, Weigang Lu, Jiye Fang*, Kevin L. Stokes and Jun Lin, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126 (38), 11798 - 11799 (2004).   

  6. Perfect Orientation Ordered in-situ One-Dimensional-Self-Assembly of Mn-doped PbSe Nanocrystals,  Weigang Lu, Puxian Gao, Wen Bin Jian, Zhong Lin Wang and Jiye Fang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126(45), 14816-14821 (2004).    

  7. Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Bi2S3 Nanobeads, Jiye Fang, Feng Chen, Kevin L. Stokes, Jibao He, Jinke Tang and Charles J. O’Connor, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 730, V5.5, 119-124 (2002).    

  8. Self-Assembled Bismuth Nanocrystallites, Jiye Fang, Kevin L. Stokes, Weilie Zhou, Wendong Wang and Jun Lin, Chem. Commun. 18, 1872-1873 (2001).  

  9. Synthesis and Properties of Lead Selenide Nanocrystal Solids, Feng Chen, Kevin L. Stokes, Weilie Zhou, Jiye Fang and Christopher B. Murray, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 691, 359-364 (2001).    

  10. Microemulsion-Processed Bismuth Nanoparticles, Jiye Fang, Kevin L. Stokes, Joan A. Wiemann, Weilie Zhou, Jianbiao Dai, Feng Chen and Charles J. O'Connor, Mater. Sci. Eng. B. 83 (1-3), 254 -257 (2001).  

  11. Nanometer-sized Bismuth Crystallites Synthesized from a High-temperature Reducing System, Jiye Fang, Kevin L. Stokes, Weilie L. Zhou, C. B. Murray and Charles J. O’Connor, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 676, Y8.9.1 - Y8.9.6 (2001).    

  12. Pattern Shape-controlled Self-assembly of Bi0.90Sb0.10 Nanocrystallites, Jiye Fang, Kevin L. Stokes, Jibao He, Weilie L. Zhou and Charles J. O’Connor, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 691, 365-370 (2001).    

  13. Nanocrystalline Bismuth Powder Synthesized via an in-situ Polymerization- microemulsion Process, Jiye Fang, Kevin L. Stokes, Joan A. Wiemann and Weilie Zhou, Mater. Lett., 42 (1-2), 113 - 120 (2000).   

  14. Colloidal Bismuth Nanoparticles: Synthesis and UV-Vis Absorption, Jiye Fang, Kevin L. Stokes, Weilie L. Zhou, Joan A. Wiemann, Jianbiao Dai and Charles J. O'Connor, "Cluster and Nanostructure Interfaces", pp. 91 - 96, Ed. by P. Jena, S. N. Khanna and B. K. Rao, World Scientific, Singapore, 2000 (ISBN 981-02- 4219-0).

  15. Synthesis and Properties of Bismuth Nanocrystals, Kevin L. Stokes, Jiye Fang and Charles J. O'Connor, Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference on Thermoelectrics, pp.374-377 (1999).

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Self-Assembly

  1. Simple Cubic Super Crystals Containing PbTe Nanocubes and Their Core-Shell Building Blocks, Jun Zhang, Amar Kumbhar, Jibao He, Narayan Chandra Das, Kaikun Yang, Jian-Qing Wang, Howard Wang, Kevin L. Stokes and Jiye Fang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 (45)  15203-15209, (2008).  [supporting information] 

  2. Super-Crystal Structures of Octahedral c-In2O3 Nanocrystals, Weigang Lu, Qingsheng Liu, Zhaoyong Sun, Jibao He, Chidi Ezeolu and Jiye Fang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 (22)  6983-6991, (2008).   [supporting information] 

  3. Syntheses of Ag, PbSe and PbTe Nanocrystals and Their Binary Self-Assembly Exploration at Low Size-ratio, Weigang Lu, Jiye Fang, Jun Lin, Jun Zhang, Zhaoyong Sun and Kevin L. Stokes, J. NanoSci. NanoTechno., 6(6), 1662 - 1666 (2006).

  4. Formation of PbSe Nanocrystals: A Growth toward Nanocubes, Weigang Lu, Jiye Fang, Yong Ding and Zhong Lin Wang, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 19219 - 19222 (2005).       

  5. Bismuth Telluride Hexagonal Nanoplatelets and Their Two-Step Epitaxial Growth, Weigang Lu, Yong Ding, Yuxi Chen, Zhong Lin Wang and Jiye Fang, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127(28), 10112 - 10116 (2005).   

  6. Y2O3 Micro/Nanoprisms with Trilobal Cross Section, Jie Zhang, Zhiguo Liu, Jun Lin and Jiye Fang, Cryst. Growth Des., 5(4), 1527 - 1530 (2005).      

  7. Shape-Evolution and Self-Assembly of Monodisperse PbTe Nanocrystals, Weigang Lu, Jiye Fang*, Kevin L. Stokes and Jun Lin, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126 (38), 11798 - 11799 (2004).   

  8. Perfect Orientation Ordered in-situ One-Dimensional-Self-Assembly of Mn-doped PbSe Nanocrystals,  Weigang Lu, Puxian Gao, Wen Bin Jian, Zhong Lin Wang and Jiye Fang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126(45), 14816-14821 (2004).    

  9. The First Synthesis of Pb1-xMnxSe Nanocrystals, Tianhao Ji, Wen-Bin Jian and Jiye Fang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125(28), 8448-8449 (2003).   

  10. Self-Assembled PbSe Nanoparticles into Nanorings, Weilie L. Zhou, Jibao He, Jiye Fang, Tuyet-Anh Huynh, Trevor J. Kennedy, Kevin L. Stokes and Charles J. O'Connor, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 775, P10.5.1-P10.5.5 (2003).    

  11. Self-Assembly of FePt Nanoparticles into Ring Structure, Weilie L. Zhou, Jibao He, Jiye Fang, Tuyet-Anh Huynh, Trevor J. Kennedy, Kevin L. Stokes and Charles J. O'Connor, J. Appl. Phys., 93(10), 7340-7342 (2003).     

  12. Self-Assembled Bismuth Nanocrystallites, Jiye Fang, Kevin L. Stokes, Weilie Zhou, Wendong Wang and Jun Lin, Chem. Commun. 18, 1872-1873 (2001). 

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Nanostructures & Unique Optical Properties

  1. Simple Cubic Super Crystals Containing PbTe Nanocubes and Their Core-Shell Building Blocks, Jun Zhang, Amar Kumbhar, Jibao He, Narayan Chandra Das, Kaikun Yang, Jian-Qing Wang, Howard Wang, Kevin L. Stokes and Jiye Fang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 (45)  15203-15209, (2008).  [supporting information] 

  2. Shape-Control of ZnTe Nanocrystal Growth in Organic Solution, Jun Zhang, Kai Sun, Amar Kumbhar and Jiye Fang*,  J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (14) 5454-5458 (2008).   [supporting information] 

  3. p-Type Field-Effect Transistors of Single-Crystal ZnTe Nanobelts, Jun Zhang, Po-Chiang Chen, Guozhen Shen, Jibao He, Amar Kumbhar, Chongwu Zhou and Jiye Fang*,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  47(49) 9469-9471, (2008).  [supporting information]

  4. Co-reduction Colloidal Synthesis of III-V Nanocrystals: The Case of InP, Zhaoping Liu, Amar Kumbhar, Dan Xu, Jun Zhang, Zhaoyong Sun and Jiye Fang*,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  ASAP (2008).    VIP

  5. One-pot Synthesis of Reverse Type-I In2O3@In2S3 Core-shell Nanoparticles, Zhaoyong Sun, Amar Kumbhar, Kai Sun, Qingsheng Liu and Jiye Fang*,  Chem. Commun. 1920-1922 (2008).  [supporting information] 

  6. Synthesis of III-V Nanocrystals by Co-reduction Reactions, Zhaoping Liu and Jiye Fang, in Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials V, edited by S. Komarneni, K. Kaneko, J.C. Parker, and P. O'Brien (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1056E, Warrendale, PA, 2007), Paper Number 1056-HH03-31 (2008). 

  7. Photoinduced Electrooptics in the In2O3 Nanocrystals Incorporated into PMMA Matrixes, I. V. Kityk, J. Ebothe, S. Tkaczyk, R. Miedzinski, L. Nzoghe-Mendome, Jibao He, Xiangcheng Sun, Kai Sun, Qingsheng Liu, Zhaoyong Sun, Jun Lin and Jiye Fang,  J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 19 (1), 016204 - 10p (2007).

  8. Low-Temperature Anomalies of the Two-Photon Absorption in In2O3 Nanocrystals Incorporated into PMMA Matrixes, I. V. Kityk, Qingsheng Liu, Zhaoyong Sun and Jiye Fang,  J. Phys. Chem. B, 110 (16), 8219 - 8222 (2006).  

  9. Drastic Increase of the Second-Order Susceptibilities for Monodisperse In2O3  Nanocrystals Incorporated into PMMA Matrices, I. V. Kityk, J. Ebothé, Qingsheng Liu, Zhaoyong Sun and Jiye Fang, NanoTechnology, 17(8), 1871-1877 (2006).  

  10. Sol-gel Synthesis and Characterization of SiO2@CaWO4, SiO2@CaWO4:Eu3+/ Tb3+ Core-shell Structured Spherical Particles, P. Y. Jia, X. M. Lin, G. Z. Li, M. Yu, J. Fang and J. Lin, NanoTechnology, 17(3), 734-742 (2006).      

  11. Sol-gel Derived BPO4: Ba2+ as a New Efficient and Environment-friendly Blue-emitting Material, C. K. Lin, Y. Luo, H. You, Z. Quan, J. Zhang, J. Fang and J. Lin, Chem. Mater.  18(2), 458 - 464 (2006).      

  12. Sol-Gel Fabrication and Photoluminescence Properties of SiO2@Gd2O3:Eu3+ Core-Shell Particles, G. Z. Li, M. Yu, Z. L. Wang, J. Lin, R. S. Wang and J. Fang, J. Nanosci. NanoTechnol. 6(5), 1416–1422 (2006).  

  13. A Facile Synthesis and Photoluminescent Properties of Redispersible CeF3, CeF3:Tb3+, and CeF3:Tb3+/LaF3 (Core/Shell) Nanoparticles, Z. L. Wang, Z. W. Quan, P. Y. Jia, C. K. Lin, Y. Luo, Y. Chen, J. Fang, W. Zhou, C. J. O'Connor and J. Lin, Chem. Mater., 18(8), 2030-2037