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Publications (†equal contribution; *corresponding author)
2024
37. J. Li, D. Zhang, Z. Guo, Z. Chen, X. Jiang, J. M. Larson, H. Zhu, T. Zhang, Y. Gu, B. Blankenship, M. Chen, Z. Wu, S. Huang, R. Kostecki, A. M. Minor, C. P. Grigoropoulos, D. Akinwande, M. Terrones, J. M. Redwing, H. Li, and Y. Zheng, Light-Driven C-H Activation Mediated by 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. (arXiv; Research Square) Nature Communications in revision.
36. Y. Liu†, J. Li*†, Y. Zhu*†, Q. Ai, R. Xu, R. Yang, B. Zhang, Q. Fang, T. Zhai, C. Xu, T. Terlier, H. Zhu, C. P. Grigoropoulos, J. Lou*, Spatially-resolved anion diffusion and tunable waveguides in bismuth halide perovskites. Nano Letters 2024, 24, 5182–5188.
35. J. Li, R. Yang, N. Higashitarumizu, S. Dai, J. Wu, A. Javey, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, Transient Nanoscopy of Exciton Dynamics in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Advanced Materials 2024, 36, 2311568.
34. J. Li†, R. Yang†, K. Yao, Y. Huang, Y. Rho, D. E. Fan, Y. Zheng, and C. P. Grigoropoulos. Near-Field Nanoimaging of Colloidal Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Waveguides. Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 34, 2312127.
33. R. Yang†, J. Li†*, and C. P. Grigoropoulos*. Numerical Study of Carrier Dynamics in Pump-Probe Near-Field Nanoscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2024, 128, 261–267.
32. Z. Chen, H. Ding, P. S. Kollipara, J. Li, and Y. Zheng. Synchronous and Fully Steerable Active Particle Systems for Enhanced Mimicking of Collective Motion in Nature. Advanced Materials 2024, 36, 2304759. (Selected as Editor's Choice; Featured as Frontispiece)
31. B. W. Blankenship, T. Meier, S. Arvin, J. Li, N. Seymour, N. De La Torre, B. Hsu, N. Zhao, S. Mavrikos, R. Li, C. P. Grigoropoulos. Non-Destructive Imaging of Manufacturing Defects in Micro-Architected Materials. ACS Applied Engineering Materials 2024, in press.
30. P. S. Kollipara, Z. Wu, K. Yao, D. Lin, Z. Ju, X. Zhang, T. Jiang, H. Ding, J. Fang, J. Li, B. A. Korgel, J. M. Redwing, G. Yu, and Y. Zheng. Three-dimensional optothermal manipulation of light-absorbing particles in phase-change gel media. ACS Nano 2024, 18, 8062–8072
2023
29. J. Li†, R. Yang†, Y. Rho, P. Ci, M. Eliceiri, H. K. Park, J. Wu, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, Ultrafast optical nanoscopy of carrier dynamics in silicon nanowires. Nano Letters 2023, 23, 1445–1450. (Featured by Berkeley Engineering; Phys.org; Nanowerk; Photonics.com; American Ceramic Society; The Science Times; Tech Explorist; Nanotechnology Now; Nanotechnology World; Flipboard; Zephyrnet; DOE Twitter; etc. )
28. P. Kollipara, X. Li, J. Li, Z. Chen, H. Ding, S. Huang, Z. Qin, and Y. Zheng, Hypothermal opto-thermophoretic tweezers. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 5133. (Featured by Nanowerk; TMI; CSE; Phys.org; EurekAlert!; Mirage News; Bioengineering.org; Sciencenewsnet; Scienmag; etc.)
27. T. Zhang, K. Dong, J.C. Li, F. Meng, J. Li, S. Munagavalasa, C. P. Grigoropoulos, J. Wu, and J. Yao. Twisted moiré photonic crystal enabled optical vortex generation through bound states in the continuum. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 6014.
26. J. C. Li, K. Dong, T. Zhang, D. Tseng, C. Fang, R. Guo, J. Li, Y. Xu, C. Dun, J. J. Urban, T. Hong, C. P. Grigoropoulos, A. Javey, J. Yao, J. Wu . Printable, emissivity-adaptive and albedo-optimized covering for year-round energy saving. Joule 2023, 7, 2552-2567.
2022
25. J. Li†, K. Yao†, Y. Huang†, J. Fang, P. S. Kollipara, D. Fan, and Y. Zheng. Tunable Strong Coupling in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanowires. Advanced Materials 2022, 34, 2200656. (Featured as a Frontispiece)
24. J. Li†, P. S. Kollipara†, Y. Liu, K. Yao, Y. Liu, and Y. Zheng. Opto-Thermocapillary Nanomotors on Solid Substrates. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 8820–8826. (Featured by UT Research; CSE News; TMI News; The Daily Texan; EurekAlert!; Optics & Photonics News; Nanowerk; Mirage News; Phys.org; AZoNano; True Virtual News; Whats New; Swift Telecast; SciTech Daily; Today UK News; Tech Times; Photonics.com; Haptic; Smart 2.0; Verve Times; Head Topics; Industry Update; StatNano; News Break; Knowledia; My Droll; Samachar Central; TechCodex; Madrid; Inovacao Tecnologica; Noticias de la Ciencia; Tech Briefs; etc.)
23. J. Li*. From Marble Games to Colloidal Nanomotors: The Journey of a First-Generation Student. Nano Letters 2022, 22, 9217-9218. (Featured as Front Cover)
22. Z. Chen†, J. Li†, and Y. Zheng. Heat-Mediated Optical Manipulation. Chemical Reviews 2022, 122, 3122-3179. (Featured as Cover, also featured by x-mol)
21. J. Li, A. Alfares, and Y. Zheng. Optical Manipulation and Assembly of Micro/Nanoscale Objects on Solid Substrates. iScience 2022, 25, 104035.
20. D. Wang, K. Dong, J. Li, C. P. Grigoropoulos, J. Yao, J. Hong, and J. Wu. Low-loss, geometry-invariant optical waveguides with near-zero-index materials. Nanophotonics 2022, 11, 4747-4753.
19. H. Ding, P. S. Kollipara, Y. Kim, A. Kotnala, J. Li, Z. Chen, and Y. Zheng. Universal Optothermal Micro/Nanoscale Rotors. Science Advances 2022, 8, eabn8498. (Featured by Phys.org and Nanowerk)
18. Y. Liu, H. Ding, J. Li, X. Lou, M. Yang, and Y. B. Zheng. Light-Driven Single-Cell Rotational Adhesion Frequency Assay. eLight 2022, 2, 13. (Featured by Light: Science & Applications News & Views; EurekAlert!)
17. Z. Chen, J. Li, and Y. Zheng. Plasmon-Enhanced Optothermal Manipulation. In Plasmon-Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions (Springer Series in Lecture Note in Nanoscale Science and Technology), Springer, Cham, 2022, 233-259.
16. P. S. Kollipara, R. Mahendra, J. Li, and Y. Zheng. Bubble-Pen Lithography: Fundamentals and Applications. Aggregate 2022, 3, e189. (Featured as Back Cover, 2022 Outstanding Cover Award of Aggregate )
2021
15. J. Li, Z. Chen, Y. Liu, P. S. Kollipara, Y. Feng, Z. Zhang, and Y. Zheng. Opto-Refrigerative Tweezers. Science Advances 2021, 7, eabh1101. (Featured by UT News; Eurekalert!; Bioengineer; ScienMag; Phys.org; ForbesAlert; Nanotechnology Now; ScienceDaily; AZoOptics; AZoNano; SciTechDaily; Sina; Sohu; Nanowerk; Optics.org; x-mol; Explica; Photonics; Physics World; 2022 Texas Mechanical Engineer; UT TMI Newsletter; Khem Geek; News Break; Opera News; Lab Manager; Science Atlas; etc.)
14. J. Li†, M. Wang†, Z. Wu, H. Li, G. Hu, T. Jiang, J. Guo, Y. Liu, K. Yao, Z. Chen, J. Fang, D. Fan, B. A. Korgel, A. Alù, and Y. Zheng. Tunable Chiral Optics in All-Solid-Phase Reconfigurable Dielectric Nanostructures. Nano Letters 2021, 21, 973–979. (Featured as Cover, also featured by Nanowerk; x-mol)
13. J. Li, and Y. Zheng. Optothermally Assembled Nanostructures. Accounts of Materials Research 2021, 2, 352-363. (Featured as Cover)
12. S. Huang, J. Li, J. Fang, H. Ding, W. Huang, X. Zhao, and Y. Zheng. Self-Limiting Opto-Electrochemical Thinning of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 58966–58973.
2020
11. P. S. Kollipara†, J. Li†, and Y. Zheng. Optical Patterning of Two-Dimensional Materials. Research 2020, 2020, 6581250.
10. A. Kotnala, P. S. Kollipara, J. Li, and Y. Zheng. Overcoming Diffusion-Limited Trapping in Nanoaperture Tweezers Using OptoThermal-Induced Flow. Nano Letters 2020, 20, 768-779. (Featured by Nanowerk)
9. A. Pughazhendi, Z. Chen, Z. Wu, J. Li, and Y. Zheng. Opto-Thermoelectric Tweezers: Principles and Applications. Frontiers in Physics 2020, 8, 580014.
2019
8. J. Li, Y. Liu, L. Lin, M. Wang, T. Jiang, J. Guo, H. Ding, P. S. Kollipara, Y. Inoue, D. Fan, B. A. Korgel, and Y. Zheng. Optical Nanomanipulation on Solid Substrates via Optothermally-gated Photon Nudging. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 5672. (Featured as Top 50 Physics Articles in 2019, also featured by Nanowerk; x-mol)
7. J. Li†, E. H. Hill†, L. Lin, and Y. Zheng. Optical Nanoprinting of Colloidal Particles and Functional Structures. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 3783-3795.
6. Z. Wu, J. Li, X. Zhang, J. M. Redwing, and Y. Zheng. Room-Temperature Modulation of Valley Excitons in a Monolayer Semiconductor through Chiral Purcell Effects. Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1904132. (Featured as Frontispiece, also featured by Nanowerk; MaterialsViewsChina)
2018
5. J. Li, L. Lin, Y. Inoue, and Y. Zheng. Opto-Thermophoretic Tweezers and Assembly. Journal of Micro and Nano Manufacturing 2018, 6, 040801.
4. L. Lin†, J. Li†, W. Li†, M. N. Yogeesh, J. Shi, X. Peng, Y. Liu, B. B. Rajeeva, M. F. Becker, Y. Liu, D. Akinwande, and Y. Zheng. Opto-Thermoplasmonic Nanolithography for On-Demand Patterning of 2D Materials. Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28, 1803990. (Featured as Cover, also featured by Nanowerk; Xincailiao)
3. E. H. Hill, J. Li, L. Lin, Y. Liu, and Y. Zheng. Opto-Thermophoretic Attraction, Trapping and Dynamic Manipulation of Lipid Vesicles. Langmuir 2018, 34, 13252-13262.
2. X. Peng†, J. Li†, L. Lin†, Y. Liu, and Y. Zheng. Opto-Thermophoretic Manipulation and Construction of Colloidal Superstructures in Photocurable Hydrogels. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2018, 1, 3998-4004. (Featured as Cover)
2017
1. J. Li, Z. Wu, X. Sun, X. Zhang, R. Dai, J. Zuo, and Z. Zhao. Controlled Hydrothermal Synthesis and Luminescent Properties of Y2WO6:Eu3+ Nanophosphors for Light-Emitting Diodes. Journal of Materials Science 2017, 52, 3110-3123.
