Publications

2021

Xiang Li, Peiyuan Gao, Yun-Yu Lai, J. David Bazak, Aaron Hollas, Heng-Yi Lin, Vijayakumar Murugesan, Shuyuan Zhang, Chung-Fu Cheng, Wei-Yao Tung, Yueh-Ting Lai, Ruozhu Feng, Chien-Lung Wang, Wei Wang and Yu Zhu Symmetry-breaking design of an organic iron complex catholyte for a long cyclability aqueous organic redox flow battery  Nat Energy, 2021
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-021-00879-6

Xuhui Xia, Chung-Fu Cheng, Yu Zhu and Bryan D.Vogtac Ultrafast microwave-assisted synthesis of highly nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous carbon Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2021, 310, 110639
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1387181120306399#undfig1

Tsung-Kai Yang, Jou-Tsen Ou, Heng-Yi Lin, Wei-Cheng Peng, Meng-Hsuan Jao, Jia Chen, Bin Sun, Yu Zhu and Chien-Lung Wang Adaptive molecular quaternary clips made with pyrene functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane  Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 173-176
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2020/na/d0na00793e

2020

Ke Pan, Feng Zou, Marcello Canova, Yu Zhu, Jung-Hyun Kim Comprehensive electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study of Si-Based anodes using distribution of relaxation times analysis.  Journal of Power Sources, 2020, 479, 229083
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775320313781?via%3Dihub

Feng Zou,, Kewei Liu, Chung-fu Cheng, Yijie Ji and Yu Zhu Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) derived carbon-coated NiS nanoparticles anchored on graphene layers for high-performance Li-S cathode material.   Nanotechnology, 2020, 31, 48
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6528/abae9b/meta

Xue Liu, Sheng Liu, Liubov Yu. Antipina, Yibo Zhu, Jinliang Ning, Jinyu Liu, Chunlei Yue, Abin Joshy, Yu Zhu, Jianwei Sun, Ana M. Sanchez, Pavel B. Sorokin, Zhiqiang Mao, Qihua Xiong and Jiang Wei High yield production of ultrathin fibroid semiconducting nanowire of Ta2Pd3Se8.  Nano Research 2020, 13, 1627–1635
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12274-020-2784-y

Haichang Zhang, Wei-Yao Tung, Xiang Li, Hailiang Jin, Ruonan Deng, Yu-Ming Chen, Yifan Mao and Yu Zhu Conjugated polymer with dynamic and thermoreversible hydrogen bonding on the backbone.  Polymer, 203 (2020), 122787
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122787

Yun-Yu Lai, Xiang Li, Kewei Liu, Wei-Yao Tung, Chung-Fu Cheng and Yu Zhu Stable Low-Cost Organic Dye Anolyte for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery.  ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 2290–2295
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsaem.9b01735

Yun-Yu Lai, Xiang Li and Yu Zhu Polymeric Active Materials for Redox Flow Battery Application.  ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2020, 2, 2, 113-128
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsapm.9b00864?fbclid=IwAR1XfrYlsnKVcbKX76uFiOSZHTHY232ZeCoVA_j2-RiN6ooY0YqemL9pQHs

2019

Kewei Liu, Yanfeng Xia, Chung-fu Cheng, Xuhui Xia, Feng Zou, Bryan D. Vogt and Yu Zhu Microwave Processed, Onion-like Carbon and Fluoropolymer Passivated Lithium Metal Electrode for Enhanced Li Stripping/Plating Performance.  ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2019, 2, 11, 7933-7941
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsaem.9b01416

Prasad Raut, Si Li, Yu-Ming Chen, Yu Zhu and Sadhan C. Jana Strong and Flexible Composite Solid Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Li-Ion Batteries.  ACS Omega 2019, 4, 19, 18203-18209
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsomega.9b00885

Chung-Fu Cheng, Xiang Li, Kewei Liu, Feng Zou, Wei-Yao Tung, Yi-Fan Huang, Xuhui Xiac, Chien-Lung Wang, Bryan D.Vogt and Yu Zhu A high-performance lithium-ion capacitor with carbonized NiCo2O4 anode and vertically-aligned carbon nanoflakes cathode. Energy Storage Materials, 2019, 22, 265–274266
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405829719308943

Chung-Fu Cheng, Yu-Ming Chen, Feng Zou, Kewei Liu, Yanfeng Xia, Yi-Fan Huang, Wei-Yao Tung, Mohan Raj Krishnan, Bryan D. Vogt, Chien-Lung Wang, Rong-Ming Ho and Yu Zhu Li-Ion Capacitor Integrated with Nano-network-Structured Ni/NiO/C Anode and Nitrogen-Doped Carbonized Metal–Organic Framework Cathode with High Power and Long Cyclability.  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 30694−30702
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.9b06354

Feipeng Yang, Dillon Presto, Yanbo Pan, Kewei Liu, Leyao Zhou, Suresh Narayanan, Yu Zhu, Zhenmeng Peng, Mark D. Soucek, Mesfin Tsige and Mark D. Foster
Proximity to Graphene Dramatically Alters Polymer Dynamics. Macromolecules 2019, 52, 14, 5074-5085
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00317

Xiaoyi Chen, Wei-Yao Tung, Kun Yang, Yu-Ming Chen, Kewei Liu, Chung-Fu Cheng and Yu Zhu Electropolymerized Porous Conjugated Polymer Film as an Electrode for a Stable, High Energy Density Thin Film Asymmetric Supercapacitor.  ACS Appl. Polym. Mater.2019, 17, 1634-1640
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsapm.9b00208

Kewei Liu, Chung-Fu Cheng, Leyao Zhou, Feng Zou, Wenfeng Liang, Miaoyu Wang, Yu Zhu A shear thickening fluid based impact resistant electrolyte for safe Li-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources 423 (2019) 297–304
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378775319303039

Ke Pan, Feng Zou, Marcello Canova, Yu Zhu, Jung-Hyun Kim Systematic electrochemical characterizations of Si and SiO anodes for high-capacity Li-Ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources 413 (2019) 20–28
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775318313612

Kun Yang, Xiang Li, Yi-Fan Huang, Ram S. Bhatta, Jiawei Liu, Mesfin Tsige, Chien-Lung Wang, Stephen Z.D. Cheng, Yu Zhu Investigation of hydrogen-bonding mediated molecular packing of diketopyrrolopyrrole based donor-acceptor oligomers in the solid state. Polymer, 160 (2019), 238–245
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386118310504

2018

Wenfeng Liang, Yunfan Shao, Yu-Ming Chen, and Yu Zhu A 4 V Cathode Compatible, Superionic Conductive Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Solid Lithium Metal Batteries with Long Cycle Life. ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2018, 1 (11), 6064–6071
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsaem.8b01138

Chung-Fu Cheng, Yu-Ming Chen, Feng Zou, Kai-Chieh Yang, Tzu-Ying Lin, Kewei Liu, Chih-Huang Lai, Rong-Ming Ho and Yu Zhu Nanoporous gyroid Ni/NiO/C nanocomposites from block copolymer templates with high capacity and stability for lithium storage. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018,6, 13676-13684
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/ta/c8ta04077j

Si Li, Yu-Ming Chen, Wenfeng Liang, Yunfan Shao, Kewei Liu, Zhorro Nikolov and Yu Zhu A Superionic Conductive, Electrochemically Stable Dual-Salt Polymer Electrolyte. Joule 2, 1–19, September 19, 2018
https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(18)30244-7

Kewei Liu, Feng Zou, , Yuandong Sun, Zitian Yu, Xinye Liu, Leyao Zhou, Yanfeng Xi, Bryan D. Vogt, Yu Zhu Self-assembled Mn3O4/C nanospheres as high-performance anode materials for lithium ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources 395 (2018) 92–97
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775318305482

Jin Qian, Clinton G. Wiener, Yu Zhu, Bryan D. Vogt Swelling and plasticization of polymeric binders by Li-containing carbonate electrolytes using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation. Polymer 143 (2018) 237-244
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386118303082

Haichang Zhang, Kewei Liu, Kuan-Yi Wu, Yu-Ming Chen, Ruonan Deng, Xiang Li, Hailiang Jin, Si Li, Steven S.C. Chuang, Chien-Lung Wang, and Yu Zhu Hydrogen-Bonding Mediated Solid-State Self-Assembled Isoepindolidiones (isoEpi) Crystal for Organic Field-Effect Transistor. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (11), pp 5888–5895
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11992

Kewei Liu, Changlin Zhang, Yuandong Sun, Guanghui Zhang, Xiaochen Shen, Feng Zou, Haichang Zhang, Zhenwei Wu, Evan C. Wegener, Clinton J. Taubert, Jeffrey T Miller, Zhenmeng Peng, and Yu Zhu A High-Performance Transition Metal Phosphide Alloy Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Nano, 2018, 12 (1), pp 158–167
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.7b04646

2017

Burcu E. Gurkana, Zhe Qiang, Yu-Ming Chen, Yu Zhu, and Bryan D. Vogt Enhanced Cycle Performance of Quinone-Based Anodes for Sodium Ion Batteries by Attachment to Ordered Mesoporous Carbon and Use of Ionic Liquid Electrolyte. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2017, 164, H5093-H5099
http://jes.ecsdl.org/content/164/8/H5093.abstract

Prasad Raut, Wenfeng Liang, Yu-Ming Chen, Yu Zhu, and Sadhan C. Jana Syndiotactic Polystyrene-Based Ionogel Membranes for High Temperature Electrochemical Applications. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9 (36), 30933–30942.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b09155

Qiang, Zhe; Liu, Xinye; Zou, Feng; Cavicchi, Kevin; Zhu, Yu; Vogt, Bryan Bimodal Porous Carbon-Silica Nanocomposites for Li-Ion Batteries. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 16702−16709.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b03795

Haichang Zhang, Ruonan Deng, Jing Wang, Xiang Li, Yu-Ming Chen, Kewei Liu, Clinton J. Taubert,
Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and Yu Zhu Crystalline Organic Pigment-Based Field-Effect Transistors. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 21891−21899.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b03170

Haichang Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Yifan Mao, Kewei Liu, Yu-Ming Chen, Zhang Jiang, Joseph Strzalka, Wenjun Yang, Chien-Lung Wang, Yu Zhu Naphthodipyrrolidone (NDP) Based Conjugated Polymers with High Electron Mobility and Ambipolar Transport Properties. ‎Polym. Chem, 2017, 8, 3255–3260.
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/py/c7py00616k#!divAbstract

Haichang Zhang, Kun Yang, Yu-Ming Chen, Ram Bhatta, Mesfin Tsige, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Yu Zhu Polymers Based on Benzodipyrrolidone and Naphthodipyrrolidone with Latent Hydrogen-Bonding on the Main Chain. Macromol. Chem. Phys, 2017, 1600617
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/macp.201600617/abstract

Xinye Liu, Feng Zou, Kewei Liu, Zhe Qiang, Clinton J. Taubert, Putu Ustriyana, Bryan D. Vogt and Yu Zhu Binary Metal Organic Frameworks Derived Hierarchical Hollow Ni3S2/Co9S8/N-doped Carbon Composite with Superior Sodium Storage Performance. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 11781–11787.
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/TA/C7TA00201G

Sarang M. Bhaway, Zhe Qiang, Yanfeng Xia, Xuhui Xia, Byeongdu Lee, Kevin G. Yager, Lihua Zhang, Kim Kisslinger, Yu-Ming Chen, Kewei Liu, Yu Zhu, and Bryan D. Vogt Operando Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-Ray Scattering/X-Ray Diffraction of Model Ordered Mesoporous Lithium Ion Batteries Anodes. ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 1443-1454
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.6b06708

Zhe Qiang, Yu-Ming Chen, Burcu Gurkan, Yuanhao Guo, Miko Cakmak, Kevin A. Cavicchi, Yu Zhu, Bryan D. Vogt Cooperatively Assembled Nitrogen-doped Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/Iron Oxide Nanocomposites For Low-cost, Long Cycle Life Sodium-ion Batteries. Carbon, 2017, 116, 286-293
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622317301124

Zhe Qiang†, Yu-Ming Chen†, Yanfeng Xia, Wenfeng Liang, Yu Zhu*, Bryan D. Vogt* Ultra-long Cycle Life, Low-Cost Room Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries Enabled by Highly Doped (N,S) Nanoporous Carbons. Nano Energy, 2017, 32, 59-66
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211285516305821

2016

Kewei Liu†, Zitian Yu†, Xiaowen Zhu, Shuo Zhang, Feng Zou, and Yu Zhu A Universal Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-Active Graphene Cathode for Lithium-Air Battery. RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 102272-102279
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/ra/c6ra23331g

Yu-Ming Chen, Wenfeng Liang, Si Li, Feng Zou, Sarang M. Bhaway, Zhe Qiang, Min Gao, Bryan D. Vogt and Yu Zhu A Nitrogen Doped Carbonized Metal–organic Framework for High Stability Room Temperature Sodium–sulfur Batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 12471-12478
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/ta/c6ta04529d#!divAbstract

Sarang M. Bhaway, Yu-Ming Chen, Yuanhao Guo, Pattarasai Tangvijitsakul, Mark D. Soucek, Miko Cakmak, Yu Zhu, and Bryan D. Vogt Hierarchical Electrospun and Cooperatively Assembled Nanoporous Ni/NiO/MnOx/Carbon Nanofiber Composites for Lithium Ion Battery Anodes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (30), 19484-19493
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.6b05592

Abdul-Rahman O. Raji, Tanvi Varadhachary, Kewang Nan Tuo Wang, Jian Lin, Yongsung Ji, Bostjan Genorio, Yu Zhu, Carter Kittrell, and James M. Tour Composites of Graphene Nanoribbon Stacks and Epoxy for Joule Heating and Deicing of Surfaces. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (5), 3551–3556
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.5b11131

Tianyu Meng, Chang Liu, Kai Wang, Tianda He, Yu Zhu, Abdullah Al-Enizi, Ahmed Elzatahry, and Xiong Gong High Performance Perovskite Hybrid Solar Cells with E-beam-Processed TiOx Electron Extraction Layer. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (3), 1876–1883
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.5b098736

Feng Zou, Yu-Ming Chen, Kewei Liu, Zitian Yu, Wenfeng Liang, Min Gao, Sarang M. Bhaway and Yu Zhu Metal Organic Frameworks Derived Hierarchical Hollow NiO/Ni/Graphene Composites for Lithium and Sodium Storage. ACS Nano, 2016, 10 (1), 377–386
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.5b05041

Ruixuan He, Mauricio Echeverri, Daniel Ward, Yu Zhu, and Thein Kyu Highly Conductive Solvent-free Polymer Electrolyte Membrane for Lithium-ion Batteries: Effect of Prepolymer Molecular Weight. J. Mem. Sci. 2016, 498, 208-217
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376738815302386

2015

Jeongwoo Lee, Yu-Ming Chen, Yu Zhu and Bryan D. Vogt Tuning SEI Formation on Nanoporous Carbon-titania Composite Sodium Ion Batteries Anodes and Performance with Subtle Processing Changes. RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 99329-99338
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra14907j#!divAbstract

Kewei Liu, Yu-Ming Chen, Gina M. Policastro, Matthew L. Becker, and Yu Zhu Three-dimensional Bi-continuous Graphene Monolith from Polymer Templates. ACS Nano 2015, 9(6), 6041-6049
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.5b01006

Yu-Ming Chen, Aozhen Xie, and Yu Zhu Cyclability of a Lithium–Oxygen Battery Containing N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone and a Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Cathode. ChemElectroChem 2015, 2(2), 208-212
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/celc.201402311/abstract

Yu-Ming Chen, and Yu Zhu CVD of Carbon Nanotubes in Porous Nickel for Anodes in Lithium Ion Battery. Curr. Opin. Chem. Engr. 2015, 7, 32-39
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211339814000872

2014

Kun Yang, Tianda He, Xiaoyi Chen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Yu Zhu Patternable Conjugated Polymers with Latent Hydrogen–bonding on the Main Chain. Macromolecules 2014, 47 (24), 8479–8486

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma501960t

Jeongwoo Lee, Yu-Ming Chen, Yu Zhu, and Bryan D. Vogt Fabrication of Porous Carbon/TiO2 Composites through Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation and Use As an Anode for Na-Ion Batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 6 (23), 21011–21018

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am5058037

Pei Dong, Yu Zhu, Jing Zhang, Feng Hao, Jingjie Wu, Sidong Lei, Hong Lin, Robert H Hauge, James M Tour and Jun Lou Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes/Graphene Hybrid Electrode as a TCO- and Pt- free Flexible Cathode for Solar Cell Applications. J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 20902-20907

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/ta/c4ta05264a#!divAbstract

Pei Dong , Yu Zhu , Jing Zhang , Cheng Peng , Zheng Yan , Lei Li , Zhiwei Peng , Gedeng Ruan , Wanyao Xiao , Hong Lin , James M. Tour, and Jun Lou Graphene on Metal Grids as the Transparent Conductive Material for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (45), 25863–25868

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp505735j

Abdul-Rahman O. Raji, Sydney Salters, Errol L. G. Samuel, Yu Zhu, Vladimir Volman, and James M. Tour Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbon Films as a Radiofrequency and Optically Transparent Material. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014,  6 (19), 16661–16668

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am503478w

Tianda He, Aozhen Xie, Darrell H. Reneker, and Yu Zhu A Tough and High-Performance Transparent Electrode from a Scalable and Transfer-Free Method. ACS Nano 2014, 8 (5), 4782–4789

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn500678b

Vladimir Volman , Yu Zhu , Abdul-Rahman O Raji , Bostjan Genorio , Wei Lu , Changsheng Xiang , Carter Kittrell , and James M. Tour Radiofrequency Transparent, Electrically Conductive Graphene Nanoribbon Thin Films as De-icing Heating Layers. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6 (1), 298–304

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am404203y

2013

Zhang, C. G.; Peng, Z. W.; Lin, J; Zhu, Y.; Ruan, G. D.; Hwang, C. C.; Lu, W.; Hauge, R. H.; Tour, J. M. Splitting of a Vertical Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Carpet to a Graphene Nanoribbon Carpet and Its Use in Supercapacitors. ACS Nano 2013, 7(6), 5151–5159.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn400750n

Lin, J.; Zhang, C. G.; Yan, Z.; Zhu, Y.; Peng, Z. W.; Hauge, R. H.; Natelson, D.; Tour, J. M., 3-Dimensional Graphene Carbon Nanotube Carpet-Based Microsupercapacitors with High Electrochemical Performance. Nano Letters 2013, 13, 72-78.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl3034976

Lu, W.; Ruan, G.; Genorio, B.; Zhu, Y.; Novosel, B.; Peng, Z.; Tour, J. M., Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbons via Anionic Polymerization Initiated by Alkali Metal-Intercalated Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano 2013, 7, 2669-2675.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn400054t

2012

Zhu, Y.; Li, L.; Zhang, C.; Casillas, G.; Sun, Z.; Yan, Z.; Ruan, G.; Peng, Z.; Raji, A.-R. O.; Kittrell, C.; Hauge, R. H.; Tour, J. M., A seamless three-dimensional carbon nanotube graphene hybrid material. Nature communications 2012, 3, 1225.
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n11/full/ncomms2234.html

Zhu, Y.; James, D. K.; Tour, J. M., New Routes to Graphene, Graphene Oxide and Their Related Applications. Advanced Materials 2012, 24, 4924-4955.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201202321/abstract

Zhu, Y.; Li, X.; Cai, Q.; Sun, Z.; Casillas, G.; Jose-Yacaman, M.; Verduzco, R.; Tour, J. M., Quantitative Analysis of Structure and Bandgap Changes in Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons during Thermal Annealing. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, 11774-11780.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja304471x

Zhu, Y.; Tour, J. M., ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES Non-oxide boost. Nature Photonics 2012, 6, 72-73.

http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/v6/n2/full/nphoton.2011.349.html

Yan, Z. ||; Ma, L. ||; Zhu, Y. ||; Lahiri, I.; Hahm, M. G.; Liu, Z.; Yang, S.; Xiang, C.; Lu, W.; Peng, Z., Sun, Z. Z.; Kittrell, C.; Lou, J.; Choi, W.; Ajayan, P. M.; Tour, J. M. Three-Dimensional Metal–Graphene–Nanotube Multifunctional Hybrid Materials. ACS Nano 2012, 7, 58-64.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn3015882

Genorio, B.; Lu, W.; Dimiev, A. M.; Zhu, Y.; Raji, A.-R. O.; Novosel, B.; Alemany, L. B.; Tour, J. M., In Situ Intercalation Replacement and Selective Functionalization of Graphene Nanoribbon Stacks. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 4231-4240.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn300757t

Sun, Z. Z.; Raji, A. R. O.; Zhu, Y.; Xiang, C. S.; Yan, Z.; Kittrel, C.; Samuel, E. L. G.; Tour, J. M., Large-Area Bernal-Stacked Bi-, Tri-, and Tetralayer Graphene. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 9790-9796.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn303328e

Xiang, C. S.; Lu, W.; Zhu, Y.; Sun, Z. Z.; Yan, Z.; Hwang, C. C.; Tour, J. M., Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Nanoribbon-Coated Conductive Kevlar Fibers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2012, 4, 131-136.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am201153b

Yan, Z.; Lin, J.; Peng, Z. W.; Sun, Z. Z.; Zhu, Y.; Li, L.; Xiang, C. S.; Samuel, E. L.; Kittrell, C.; Tour, J. M., Toward the Synthesis of Wafer-Scale Single-Crystal Graphene on Copper Foils. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 9110-9117.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn303352k

Yan, Z.; Yao, J.; Sun, Z.; Zhu, Y.; Tour, J. M., Controlled Ambipolar-to-Unipolar Conversion in Graphene Field-Effect Transistors Through Surface Coating with Poly(ethylene imine)/Poly(ethylene glycol) Films. Small 2012, 8, 59-62.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201101528/abstract

2011

Zhu, Y.; Sun, Z. Z.; Yan, Z.; Jin, Z.; Tour, J. M., Rational Design of Hybrid Graphene Films for High-Performance Transparent Electrodes. ACS Nano 2011, 5, 6472-6479.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn201696g

Zhu, Y.; Lu, W.; Sun, Z. Z.; Kosynkin, D. V.; Yao, J.; Tour, J. M., High Throughput Preparation of Large Area Transparent Electrodes Using Non-Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbons. Chemistry of Materials 2011, 23, 935-939.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm1019553

Sun, Z.; Pint, C. L.; Marcano, D. C.; Zhang, C.; Yao, J.; Ruan, G.; Yan, Z.; Zhu, Y.; Hauge, R. H.; Tour, J. M., Towards hybrid superlattices in graphene. Nature Communications 2011, 2,559.

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v2/n11/full/ncomms1577.html

Yan, Z.; Peng, Z. W.; Sun, Z. Z.; Yao, J.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, Z.; Ajayan, P. M.; Tour, J. M., Growth of Bilayer Graphene on Insulating Substrates. ACS Nano 2011, 5, 8187-8192.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn202829y

Yan, Z.; Sun, Z. Z.; Lu, W.; Yao, J.; Zhu, Y.; Tour, J. M., Controlled Modulation of Electronic Properties of Graphene by Self-Assembled Monolayers on SiO2 Substrates. ACS Nano 2011, 5, 1535-1540.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn1034845

2010

Tieke, B.; Rabindranath, A. R.; Zhang, K.; Zhu, Y., Conjugated polymers containing diketopyrrolopyrrole units in the main chain. Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 2010, 6, 830-845.

http://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/single/articleFullText.htm?publicId=1860-5397-6-92

Zhu, Y.; Tour, J. M., Graphene Nanoribbon Thin Films Using Layer-by-Layer Assembly. Nano Letters 2010, 10, 4356-4362.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl101695g

Sun, Z.; Yan, Z.; Yao, J.; Beitler, E.; Zhu, Y.; Tour, J. M., Growth of graphene from solid carbon sources. Nature 2010, 468, 549-552.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7323/full/nature09579.html

2009

Zhu, Y.; Zhang, K.; Tieke, B., Electrochemical Polymerization of Bis(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-Substituted 1,4-Diketo-3,6-diphenyl-pyrrolo 3,4-c pyrrole (DPP) Derivative. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2009, 210, 431-439.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/macp.200800507/abstract

Zhu, Y.; Higginbotham, A. L.; Tour, J. M., Covalent Functionalization of Surfactant-Wrapped Graphene Nanoribbons. Chemistry of Materials 2009, 21, 5284-5291.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm902939n

Jin, Z.; Lomeda, J. R.; Price, B. K.; Lu, W.; Zhu, Y.; Tour, J. M., Mechanically Assisted Exfoliation and Functionalization of Thermally Converted Graphene Sheets. Chemistry of Materials 2009, 21, 3045-3047.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm901601g

Rabindranath, A. R.; Zhu, Y.; Zhang, K.; Tieke, B., Purple red and luminescent polyiminoarylenes containing the 1, 4-diketo-3, 6-diphenylpyrrolo [3, 4-c] pyrrole (DPP) chromophore. Polymer 2009, 50, 1637-1644.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003238610900130X

2007

Zhu, Y.; Rabindranath, A. R.; Beyerlein, T.; Tieke, B., Highly luminescent 1, 4-diketo-3, 6-diphenylpyrrolo [3, 4-c] pyrrole-(DPP-) based conjugated polymers prepared upon Suzuki coupling. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 6981-6989.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma0710941

2006

Zhu, Y.; Heim, I.; Tieke, B., Red emitting diphenylpyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based polymers prepared by Stille and Heck coupling. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2006, 207, 2206-2214.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/macp.200600363/abstract

Rabindranath, A. R.; Zhu, Y.; Heim, I.; Tieke, B., Red Emitting N-Functionalized Poly (1, 4-diketo-3, 6-diphenylpyrrolo [3, 4-c] pyrrole)(Poly-DPP): A Deeply Colored Polymer with Unusually Large Stokes Shift. Macromolecules 2006, 39, 8250-8256.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma061024e