Publications

116. K. Hong, O. Chen* and Y. Bai*. Emergent Quantum Properties from Low-Dimensional Building Blocks and Their Superlattices. Nano Research 2024, In press. Maintext

115. L. Wang, S. Kulthinee, N. Yano, H. Wen, L. Zhang, Z. Saleeba, N. Jin, O. Chen, Z. and T. C. Zhao*. Gold Nanoparticles-Conjugation of Irisin Enhances Therapeutic Effect by Improving Cardiac Function and Attenuating Inflammation in Sepsis. Molecular Diversity 2024, In press. Maintext

114. Z. Liu, C. Hao, Y. Liu, R. Wu, J. Zhang, Z. Chen, F. Wang, L. Guan, X. Li*, A. Tang* and O. Chen*. Short-Wave Infrared Light-Emitting Diodes Using Colloidal CuInS2 Quantum Dots with ZnI2 Dual-Passivation. ACS Nano 2024, 18, 21523-21533. Maintext

113. Y. Nagaoka, J. Schneider, N. Jin, T. Cai, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, R. Li, K.-S., Kim, and O. Chen*. Dynamic Transformation of High-Architectural Nanocrystal Superlattices upon Solvent Molecule Exposure. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 13093-13104. Maintext

112. Z. Liu, C. Hao, Y. Sun, J. Wang, L. Dube, M. Chen, W. Dang, J. Hu, X. Li*, and O. Chen*. Rigid CuInS2/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots fo High Performance Infrared Light-Emitting Diodes. Nano Letters 2024, 24, 5342-5350. Maintext

111. J. Schneider, Y. Nagaoka, H. Fan*, and O. Chen*. Chemical and Architectural Intricacy from Nanoscale Tetrahedra and Their Analogues. MRS Bulletin 2024, 49, 1-11. Maintext

110. T. Cai, W. Shi, R. Wu, C. Chu, N. Jin, J. Wang, W. Zheng, X. Wang*, and O. Chen*. Lanthanide Doping into All-Inorganic Heterometallic Halide Layered Double Perovskite Nanocrystals for Multimodal Visible and Near-Infrared Emission. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 3200-3209. Maintext 

109. F. Bateni, S. Sadeghi, N. Orougi, J. Bennett, V. Punati, C. Stark, J. Wang, M. Rosko, O. Chen, F. Castellano, K. Reyes, and M. Abolhasani*. Smart Dope: A Self-Driving Fluidic Lab for Accelerated Development of Doped Perovskite Quantum Dots. Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 14,  2302303. Maintext 

108. L. Dube, P. Saghy, and O. Chen*. Post-Synthetic Doping and Ligand Engineering of Cs2AgInCl6 Double Perovskite Nanocrystals. J. Phy. Chem. C 2023, 127, 21849-21859. Maintext (Special Issue: The Physical Chemistry of Perovskites)

107. N. Jin, Y. Sun, W. Shi, P. Wang, Y. Nagaoka, T. Cai, R. Wu, L. Dube, H. Nyiera, Y. Liu, T. Mani, X. Wang, J. Zhao, and O. Chen*. Type-I CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dot-Gold Heterostructural Nanocrystals for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 21886-21896. Maintext (highlighted in Nature Reviews Materials)

106. Y. Nagaoka*, P. Saghy, and O. Chen. The Art of Peer Pressure Between Nanocrystals: High-Pressure Surface Nanochemistry. MRS Communications 2023, 13, 928-941. Maintext 

105. K. Kobbekaduwa, E. Liu, Q. Zhao, J. Bains, J. Zhang, Y. Shi, H. Zheng, D. Li, T. Cai, O. Chen, A. Rao, M. Beard, J. Luther, and J. Gao*. Ultrafast Carrier Drift Transport Dynamics in CsPbI3 Perovskite Nanocrystalline Thin Films. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 13997-14004. Maintext 

104. J. Wang, T. Cai, and O. Chen*. Cesium Copper Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal-Based Photon-Managing Devices for Enhanced Ultraviolet Photon Harvesting. Nano Letters 2023, 23, 4367-4374. Maintext 

103. P. Saghy, A. Brown, C. Chu, L. Dube, W. Zheng, J. Robinson*, and O. Chen*. Lanthanide Double Perovskite Nanocrystals with Emissions Covering the UV-C to NIR Spectral Range. Advanced Optical Materials 2023, 2300277. Maintext 

102. S. Lu, D. Morrow, Z. Li, C. Guo, X. Yu, H. Wang*, J. Schultz, J. O’Connor, N. Jin, F. Fang, W. Wang, R. Cui, O. Chen, C. Su, M. Wasielewski, X. Ma*, and X. Li*. Encapsulating Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Supramolecular Cages Enables Ultrafast Guest-Host Electron and Vibrational Energy Transfer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5191-5202. Maintext 

101. W. MacSwain, H. Lin, Z. Li, S. Li, C. Chu, L. Dube, O. Chen, G. Leem, and W. Zheng*. Facilitated Electron Transfer by Mn Dopants in 1-Dimensional CdS Nanorods for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 7066-7076. Maintext 

100. Z. Liu, Y. Sun, T. Cai, H. Yang, J. Zhao, T. Yin, C. Hao, M. Chen, W. Shi, X. Li, L. Guan,  X. Li, X. Wang, A. Tang*, and O. Chen*. Two-Dimensional Cs2AgInxBi1-xCl6 Alloyed Double Perovskite Nanoplatelets for Solution-Processed Light-Emitting Diodes. Advanced Materials 2023, 25, 2211235. Maintext 

99. H. Yang, W. Shi, Y. Nagaoka, Z. Liu, R. Li, and O. Chen*. Access and Capture of Layered Double Perovskite Polytypic Phase through High-Pressure Engineering. J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 2407-2415. Maintext(Special Issue:Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry)

98. T. Cai, L. Dube, P. Saghy, H. Yang, and O. Chen*. Progress in All-Inorganic Heterometallic Halide Layered Double Perovskites. Trends in Chemistry 2023, 5, 29-44 (Selected as Front Cover Article and Featured Review). Maintext 

97. Y. Nagaoka, J. Schneider, H. Zhu, and O. Chen*. Quasicrystalline Materials from Non-Atom Building Blocks. Matter 2023, 6, 30-58. Maintext

96. P. Wang*, W. Shi, N. Jin, Z. Liu, Y. Wang, T. Cai, K. Hills-Kimball, H. Yang, X. Yang, Y. Jin, Z. Wang, J. Zhao, and O. Chen*. Counterbalancing of Electron and Hole Transfer in Quantum Dots for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution. Nano Research 2023, 16, 2271-2277. Maintext

95. I. Peng, K. Hills-Kimball, I. M. Lovelace, J. Wang, M. Rios, O. Chen, and L-Q. Wang*. Exploring the Colors of Copper-Containing Pigments, Copper(II) Oxide and Malachite, and Their Origins in Ceramic Glazes. Colorants 2022, 1(4), 376-387. Maintext

94. H. Zhu, Z. Fan, S. Song, D. Eggert, Y. Liu, W. Shi, Y. Yuan, K.-S. Kim, M. Gruenwald*, and O. Chen*. Dual Atomic Coherence in the Self-Assembly of Patchy Heterostructural Nanocrystals. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 15053-15062. Maintext

93. J. Wang, Y. Yuan, J. Schneider, W. Zhou, H. Zhu, T. Cai, and O. Chen*. Quantum Dot-Based Luminescent Solar Concentrators Fabricated through the Ultrasonic Spray-Coating Method. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 41013-41021. Maintext

92. H. Yang, T. Cai, L. Dube, and O. Chen*. Synthesis of Double Perovskite and Quadruple Perovskite Nanocrystals Through Post-Synthetic Transformation Reactions. Chemical Science 2022, 13, 4874-4883. Maintext

91. Y. Sun, Y. Wang, H. Zhu, N. Jin, A. Mohammad, N. Biyikli, O. Chen, K. Chen, and J. Zhao*. Excitation Wavelength-Dependent Photoluminescence Decay of Single Quantum Dots Near Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles. J. Chem. Phys. 2022, 156, 154701.

90. Y. Yuan, D. Kim, J. Zhou, D. Chang, F. Zhu, Y. Nagaoka, Y. Yang, M. Pham, S. Oscher, O. Chen, P. Ercius, A. Schmid, and J. Miao*. Three-Dimensional Atomic Packing in Amorphous Solids with Liquid-Like Structure. Nature Materials 2022, 21, 95-102.

89. K. Hills-Kimball, I. Lovelace, I. Peng, J. Wang, H. Garces, M. Rios, O. Chen, and L-Q. Wang*. New Insights to the Interactions between Amorphous Georgite Pigment and Linseed Oil Binder that Lead to a Drastic Color Change. Inorganica Chimica Acta 2022, 529 120661.

88. T. Cai, W. Shi, D. Gosztola, K. Kobbekaduwa, H. Yang, N. Jin, Y. Nagaoka, L. Dube, J. Schneider, S. Hwang, J. Gao, X. Ma, and O. Chen*. Colloidal Synthesis and Charge Carrier Dynamics of Cs4Cd1-xCuxSb2Cl12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) Layered Double Perovskite Nanocrystals. Matter 2021, 4, 2936-2952. Maintext

87. S. Lohmann, T. Cai, D. Morrow, O. Chen, and X. Ma*. Brightening of Dark States in CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots Caused by Light-Induced Magnetism. Small 2021, 2101527.

86. Y. Yuan#, N. Jin#, P. Saghy, L. Dube, H. Zhu, and O. Chen*. Quantum Dot Photocatalysts for Organic Transformations. J. Phys. Chem. L 2021, 12, 7180-7193. (# Equal Contribution). Maintext

85. Y. Sun, H. Zhu, N. Jin, O. Chen, and J. Zhao*. Fast Lifetime Blinking in Compact CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 15433-15440.

84. F. Bateni, R. Epps, K. Abdel-latif, R. Dargis, S. Han, A. Volk, M. Ramezani, T. Cai, O. Chen, and M. Abolhasani*. Ultrafast Cation Doping of Perovskite Quantum Dots in Flow. Matter 2021, 4, 2429-2447.

83. K. Hills-Kimball, H. Yang, T. Cai, J. Wang, and O. Chen*. Recent Advances in Ligand Design and Engineering in Lead Halide

Perovskite Nanocrystals. Advanced Science 2021, 2100214. Maintext

82. Y. Lv, Y. Yuan, N. Hu, N. Jin, D. Xu*, R. Wu, H. Shen, O. Chen* and L. S. Li*. Thick-Shell CdSe/ZnS/CdZnS/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots for Quantitative Immunoassays. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021, 4, 2855-2865. Maintext

81. H. Yang, T. Cai, L. Dube. K. Hills-Kimball, and O. Chen*. Synthesis of Ultrathin Perovskite Nanowires via a Postsynthetic Transformation Reaction of Zero-Dimensional Perovskite Nanocrystals. Crystal Growth & Design 2021, 21, 1924-1930. Maintext

80. Z. Liu, H. Yang, J. Wang, Y. Yuan, K. Hills-Kimball, T. Cai, P. Wang, A. Tang*, and O. Chen*. Synthesis of Lead-Free Cs2AgBiX6 (X = Cl, Br, I) Double Perovskite Nanoplatelets and Their Application in CO2 Photocatalytic Reduction. Nano Letters 2021, 21, 1620-1627. Maintext

79. Y. Nagaoka, M. Suda, I Yoon, N. Chen, H. Yang, Y. Liu, B. A. Anzures, S. W. Parman, Z. Wang, M. Gruenwald, H. Yamamoto, O. Chen*. Bulk Grain-Boundary Materials from Nanocrystals. Chem 2021, 7, 509-525. Maintext Highlighted at: News at Brown, Brown University

78. A. Fischer, M. Jaeckstein, K. Gottschling, M. Heine, F. Sass, N. Mangels, C. Schlein, A. Worthmann, O. T. Bruns, Y. Yuan, H. Zhu, O. Chen, H. Ittrich, S. Nilsson, P. Stefanicka, J. Ukropec, M. Balaz, H. Dong, W. Sun, R. Reimer, L. Scheja, J. Heeren*. Lysosomal Lipoprotein Processing in Endothelial Cells Stimulateds Adipose Tissue Thermogenic Adaptation. Cell Metabolism 2021, 33, 1-18.

77. H. Yang, W. Shi, T. Cai, K. Hills-Kimball, Z. Liu, L. Dube and O. Chen*. Synthesis of Lead-Free Cs4(Cd1-xMnx)Bi2Cl12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) Layered Double Perovskite Nanocrystals with Controlled Mn-Mn Coupling Interaction. Nanoscale 2020, 12, 23191-23199. (Emerging Investigators Collection). Maintext

76. W. Shi#, T. Cai#, Z. Wang* and O. Chen*. The effects of monovalent metal cations on the crystal and electronic structures of Cs2MBiCl6 (M = Ag, Cu, Na, K, Rb, and Cs) perovskites. J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 153, 141101. (JCP Emerging Investigators Special Collection). # Equal Contribution. Maintext

75. Y. Yuan, H. Zhu, K. Hills-Kimball, T. Cai, W. Shi, Z. Wei, H. Yang, Y. Candler, P. Wang, J. He and O. Chen*. Stereoselective C–C Oxidative Coupling Reactions Photocatalyzed by Zwitterion Ligands Capped CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2-9. Maintext

74. J. Yi, X. Ge, E. Liu, T. Cai, C. Zhao, S. Wen, H. Sanabria, O. Chen, A. Rao,* and J. Gao*. The Correlation between Phase Transition and Photoluminescence Properties of CsPbX3 (X=Cl, Br, I) Perovskite Nanocrystals. Nanoscale Advances 2020, 2, 4390-4394.

73. T. Cai, J. Wang, W. Li, K. Hills-Kimball, H. Yang, Y. Nagaoka, Y. Yuan, R. Zia and O. Chen*. Mn2+/Yb3+ Codoped CsPbCl3 Perovskite Nanocrystals with Triple-Wavelength Emission for Luminescent Solar Concentrators. Advanced Science 2020, 2001317. Maintext

72. T. Cai, W. Shi, S. Hwang, K. Kobbekaduwa, Y. Nagaoka, H. Yang, K. Hills-Kimball, H. Zhu, J. Wang, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, D. Su, J. Gao and O. Chen*. Lead-Free Cs4CuSb2Cl12 Layered Double Perovskite Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11927-11936. Maintext

71. L. Peng, H. Zhu, W. Wang, O. Chen and X. Ma*. Influence of Local Structures on the Energy Transfer Efficiencies of Quantum-Dot Films. Physical Review B 2020, 102, 035437.

70. Q. Li, D. Zhou, J. Chai, W. So, T. Cai, M. Li, L. Peteanu, O. Chen, M Cotlet, X. W. Gu,* H. Zhu* and R. Jin*. Structural Distortion and Electron Redistribution in Dual-Emitting Gold Nanoclusters. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 2897.

69. K. Hills-Kimball, M. Jesus Perez, Y. Nagaoka, T. Cai, H. Yang, A. H. Davis, W. Zheng and O. Chen*. Ligand Engineering for Mn2+ Doping Control in CsPbCl3 Perovskite Nanocrystals via a Quasi-Solid-Solid Cation Exchange Reaction. Chemistry of Materials 2020, 32, 2489-2500. Maintext

68. Y. Luo, Y. Wang, M. Liu, H. Zhu, O. Chen, S. Zou and J. Zhao*. Colloidal Assembly of Au–Quantum Dot–Au Sandwiched Nanostructures with Strong Plasmon–Exciton Coupling. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 2449-2456.

67. J. Xu, Y. Yuan, M. Liu, S. Zou, O. Chen and D. Zhang*. Quantification of the Photon Absorption, Scattering, and On-resonance Emission Properties of CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots: Effect of Shell Geometry and Volumes. Analytical Chemistry 2020, 92, 5346-5353.

66. L. Jin, X. Su, J. Shi, K-C. Shih, D. Cintron, T. Cai, M-P. Nieh, O. Chen, S. Suib, M. Jain* and J. He*. Crystalline Mesoporous Complex Oxides: Porosity‐Controlled Electromagnetic Response. Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 1909491.

65. H. Yang, T. Cai, E. Liu, K. Hills-Kimball, J. Gao and O. Chen*. Synthesis and Transformation of Zero-Dimensional Cs3BiX6 (X = Cl, Br) Perovskite-Analogue Nanocrystals. Nano Research 2020, 13, 282-291. Maintext

64. Z. Xi, X. Cheng, Z. Gao, M. Wang, T. Cai, M. Muzzio, E. Davidson, O. Chen, Y. Jung, S. Sun, Y. Xu* and X. Xia*. Strain Effect in Palladium Nanostructures as Nanozymes. Nano Letters 2020, 20, 272-277.

63. J. Wang, Y. Yuan, H. Zhu, T. Cai, Y. Fang and O. Chen*. Three-Dimensional Macroporous Photonic Crystal Enhanced Photon Collection for Quantum Dot-Based Luminescent Solar Concentrator. Nano Energy 2020, 67, 104217. Maintext

62. E. Liu, H. Zhu, J. Yi, K. Kobbekaduwa, P. Adhikari, J. Liu, Y. Shi, J. Zhang, H. Li,A. Oprisan, A. M. Rao, H. Sanabria*, O. Chen* and J. Gao*. Manipulating charge transfer from core to shell in CdSe/CdS/Au heterojunction quantum dots. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 48551-48555. Maintext

61. H. Zhu, T. Cai, Y. Yuan, X. Wang, Y. Nagaoka, J. Zhao, Z. Liu, R. Li and O. Chen*. Pressure-Induced Transformations of Three-Component Heterostructural Nanocrystals with CdS-Au2S Janus Nanoparticles as Hosts and Small Au Nanoparticles as Satellites. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2019, 2, 6804-6808. Maintext

60. C. Yu, X. Guo, Z. Yin, Z. Zhao, X. Li, J. Robinson, M. Muzzio, C. Barbosa, M. Shen, Y. Yuan, J. Wang, J. Antolik, G. Lu, D. Su, O. Chen, P. Guduru, C. Seto* and S. Sun*. Highly Efficient AuPd Nanoparticle Catalyst for Synthesizing Polybenzoxazole with Controlled Polymerization. Matter 2019, 1, 1-13.

59. H. Yang, W. Fan. K, Hills-Kimball, O. Chen* and L-Q. Wang*. Introducing Manganese-Doped Lead-Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots – A Simple Synthesis Illustrating Optoelectronic Properties of Semiconductors. Journal of Chemical Education 2019, 96, 2300-2307. Maintext

58. M. Que, Z. Dai, H. Yang, H. Zhu, Y. Zong, W. Que*, N. Padture*, Y. Zhou* and O. Chen*. Quantum-Dot-Induced Cesium-Rich Surface Imparts Enhanced Stability to Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters 2019, 4, 1970-1975. Maintext

57. J. Xu, Y. Yuan, S. Zou, O. Chen and D. Zhang*. A Divide-and-Conquer Strategy for Quantification of Light Absorption, Scattering, and Emission Properties of Fluorescent Nanomaterials in Solutions. Analytical Chemistry 2019, 91, 8540-8548.

56. Y. Zhang#, H. Yang#, M. Chen, N. Padture*, O. Chen* and Y. Zhou*. Fusing Nanocrystals into Thin-Films: Fabrication of High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells with a Laterally-Homogeneous Graded-Heterojunction. Advanced Energy Materials 2019, 1900243 (# Equal contribution). Maintext

55. N. Chen, T. Cai, W. Li, K. Hills-Kimball, H. Yang, M. Que, Y. Nagaoka, Z. Liu, D. Yang, A. Dong, C. Xu, R. Zia and O. Chen*. Yb- and Mn-Doped Lead-Free Double-Perovskite Cs2AgBiX6 (X = Cl-, Br-) Nanocrystals. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 16855-16863. Maintext

54. J. Zhao*, O. Chen*, J. He* and S. Zou*. Editorial: Metal and Semiconductor Nanocrystals. Frontiers in Chemistry 2019, 7, 310. Maintext

53. H. Zhu, Z, Fan, L. Yu, M. A. Wilson, Y. Nagaoka, D. Eggert, C. Cao, Y. Liu, Z. Wei, X. Wang, J. He, J. Zhao, R. Li, Z. Wang, M. Gruenwald* and O. Chen*. Controlling Nanoparticle Orientations in Self-Assembly of ‘Patchy’ Quantum Dot-Gold Heterostructural Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6013-6021. Maintext

52. Y. Yuan, H. Zhu, X. Wang, D. Cui, Z. Gao, D. Su, J. Zhao and O. Chen*. Cu-Catalyzed Synthesis of CdZnSe-CdZnS Alloy Quantum Dots with Highly Tunable Emission. Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31, 2635-2643. Maintext

51. Y. Yuan, H. Zhu, Y. Nagaoka, R. Tan, A. H. Davis, W. Zheng and O. Chen*. Reversible Photo-Switching of Dual Color Fluorescent Mn-Doped CdS-ZnS Quantum Dots Modulated by Diarylethene Molecules. Frontiers in Chemistry 2019, 7, 145. (Invited to Special Theme of Frontiers in Chemistry: Rising Stars) Maintext

50. Y. Nagaoka, H. Zhu, D. Eggert and O. Chen*. Single-Component Quasicrystalline Nanocrystal Superlattices through Flexible Polygon Tiling Rule. Science 2018, 362, 1396-1400. Maintext Perspective in Science, 2018, 362, 1354-1355 Highlighted at: News at Brown, Brown University

49. T. Cai, H. Yang, K. Hills-Kimball, J-P. Song, H. Zhu, E. Hofman, W. Zheng, B. M. Rubenstein and O. Chen*. Synthesis of All-Inorganic Cd-Doped CsPbCl3 Perovskite Nanocrystals with Dual-Wavelength Emission. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 7079–7084. Maintext

48. Y. Nagaoka, R. Tan, R. Li, H. Zhu, D. Eggert, Y. Wu, Y. Liu, Z. Wang and O. Chen*. Superstructures Generated from Truncated Tetrahedral Quantum Dots. Nature 2018, 561, 378-382. Maintext Highlighted at: News at Brown, Brown UniversityScienceDailyNational Science Foundation (NSF) News

47. H. Yang, Y. Zhang, K. Hills-Kimball, Y. Zhou* and O. Chen*. Building Bridges between Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals and Thin-Film Solar Cells. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2018, 2, 2381-2397. Maintext

46. H. Zhu, Z. Fan, Y. Yuan, M. A. Wilson, K. Hills-Kimball, Z. Wei, J. He, R. Li*, M. Gruenwald* and O. Chen*. Self-Assembly of Quantum Dot-Gold Hetero-Dimer Nanocrystals with Orientational Order. Nano Letters 2018, 18, 5049-5056. Maintext

45. H. Zhu, T. Cai, M. Que, J-P. Song, B. M. Rubenstein, Z. Wang and O. Chen*. Pressure-Induced Phase Transformation and Bandgap Engineering of Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite Nanocrystals. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 4199–4205. Maintext

44. M. Heine, A. W. Fischer, C. Schlein, C. Jung, L. G. Straub, K. Gottschling, N. Mangels, Y. Yuan, S. K. Nilsson, G. Liebscher, O. Chen, R. Schreiber, R. Zechner, L. Scheja and J. Heeren*. Lipolysis triggers a systemic insulin response essential for efficient energy replenishment of activated brown adipose tissue in mice. Cell Metabolism 2018, 28, 644-655.

43. C. Fang, H. Zhu, O. Chen and M. B. Zimmt*. Reactive two-component monolayers template bottom-up assembly of nanoparticle arrays on HOPG. Chemical Communications 2018, 54, 8056-8059.

42. Y. Chen, J. Cordero, H. Wang, D. Franke, O. Achorn, F. Freyria, I. Coropceanu, H. Wei, O. Chen, D. J Mooney and M. G. Bawendi*. A Ligand System for the Flexible Functionalization of Quantum Dots via Click Chemistry. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 130, 4742-4746.

41 J Gao*, AM Rao, H Li, J Zhang and O Chen. Carrier Transport Dynamics in High Speed Black Phosphorus Photodetectors. ACS Photonics 2018, 5, 1412-1417.

40. J. Lee, X. Feng, O. Chen, M. G. Bawendi* and J. Huang*. Stable, small, specific, low-valency quantum dots for single-molecule imaging. Nanoscale 2018, 10, 4406-4414.

39. S. Dey, Y. Zhou, Y. Sun, J. A Jenkins, D. Kriz, S. L Suib, O. Chen, S. Zou and J. Zhao*. Excitation wavelength dependent photon anti-bunching/bunching from single quantum dots near gold nanostructures.Nanoscale 2018, 10, 1038-1046.

38. Y. Chen, D. Montana, H. Wei, J. Cordero, M. Schneider, X. Le Guevel, O. Chen, O. T. Bruns and M. G. Bawendi*. Shortwave Infrared in Vivo Imaging with Gold Nanoclusters. Nano Letters 2017, 17, 6330–6334.

37. H. Zhu, Y. Nagaoka, K. Hills-Kimball, R. Tan, L. Yu, Y. Fang, K. Wang, R. Li, Z. Wang, and O. Chen*. Pressure-Enabled Synthesis of Hetero-Dimers and Hetero-Rods through Intraparticle Coalescence and interparticle Fusion of Quantum-Dot-Au Satellite Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8408-8411. Maintext

36. R. Tan, Y. Yuan, Y. Nagaoka, D. Eggert, X. Wang, S. Thota, P. Guo, H. Yang, J. Zhao and O. Chen*. Monodisperse Hexagonal Pyramidal and Bipyramidal Wurtzite CdSe-CdS Core-Shell Nanocrystals. Chemistry of Materials 2017, 29, 4097-4108. Maintext

35. K. Hills-Kimball, Y. Nagaoka, C. Cao, E. Chaykovsky and O. Chen*. Synthesis of Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals through Solid-Liquid-Solid Cation Exchange. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2017, 5, 5680-5684. (Special Theme of Emerging Investigators 2017 and Selected as a “HOT” paper). Maintext

34. Y. Nagaoka, K. Hills-Kimball, R. Tan, R. Li, Z. Wang and O. Chen*. Nanocube Superlattices of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskites and Pressure-Induced Phase Transformations at Atomic and Mesoscale Levels. Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1606666. Maintext

33. O. Bruns, T. Bischof, D. Harris, D. Franke, Y. Shi, L. Riedemann, A. Bartelt, F. Jaworski, J. Carr, C. Rowlands, M. Wilson, O. Chen, H. Wei, G. Hwang, D. Montana, I. Coropceanu, O. Achorn, J. Kloepper, J. Heeren, P. So, D. Fukumura, K. Jensen, R. Jain and M. G. Bawendi*. Next Generation in vivo Optical Imaging with Short-Wave Infrared Quantum Dots. Nature Biomedical Engineering 2017, 1, 0056.

32. H. Wei, O. Bruns, M. G. Kaul, E. C. Hansen, M. Barch, A. Wisniowska, O. Chen, Y. Chen, N. Li, S. Okada, J. M. Cordero, M. Heine, C. T. Farrar, D. M. Montana, G. Adam, H. Ittrich, A. Jasanoff, P. Nielsen and M. G. Bawendi*. Exceedingly Small Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as Positive MRI Contrast Agents. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 2017, 114, 2325-2330.

31. D. Franke, D. Harris, O. Chen, O. Bruns, J. Carr, M. W. Wilson and M. G. Bawendi*. Continuous Injection Synthesis of Indium Arsenide Quantum Dots for Short-Wavelength Infrared Imaging. Nature Communications 2016, 7, 12749.

30. R. Tan#, H. Zhu#, C. Cao and O. Chen*. Multi-Component Superstructures Self-Assembled from Nanocrystal Building Blocks. Nanoscale 2016, 8, 9944-9961. (Invited, Selected as “HOT Article Collection”). # Equal contribution. Maintext

29. R. Li, J. Zhang, R. Tan, F. Gerdes, Z. Luo, H. Xu, J. A. Hollingsworth, C. Klinke, O. Chen and Z. Wang*. Competing Interactions between Various Entropic Forces toward Assembly of Pt3Ni Octahedra into a Body-Centered Cubic Superlattice. Nano Letters 2016, 16, 2792-2799.

28. R. Jensen, I. Huang, O. Chen, J. Choy, T. Bischof, M. Loncar, M. G. Bawendi. Optical Trapping and Two-Photon Excitation of Colloidal Quantum Dots using Bowtie Apertures. ACS Photonics 2016, 3, 423-427.

27. Dey, Y. Zhou, X. Tian, J. A. Jenkins, O. Chen, S. Zou and J. Zhao. An Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Study of Biexciton Quantum Yield Enhancement in Single Quantum Dots Near Gold Nanoparticles. Nanoscale 2015, 7, 6851-6858.

26. P. D. Chowdary, D. L. Che, L. Kaplan, O. Chen, K. Pu, M. G. Bawendi and B. Cui. Nanoparticle-assisted optical tethering of endosomes reveals the cooperative function of dyneins in retrograde axonal transport. Scientific Reports 2015, 5, 18059.

25. J. Cui J, A. P. Beyler, I. Coropceanu, L. Cleary, T. R. Avila, Y. Chen, J. M. Cordero, S. L. Heathcote, D. K. Harris, O. Chen, J. Cao and M. G. Bawendi.Evolution of the Single-Nanocrystal Photoluminescence Linewidth with Size and Shell: Implications for Exciton-Phonon Coupling and the Optimization of Spectral Linewidths. Nano Letters 2015, 16, 289-296.

24. X. Zhang, A. Shamirian, A. M. Jawaid, C. M. Tyrakowski, L. E. Page, A. Das, O. Chen, A. Isovic, A. Hassan and P. T. Snee. Monolayer Silance-Coated, Water-Soluble Quantum Dots. Small 2015, 11, 6091-6096.

23. M. Abolhasani, C. W. Coley, L. Xie, O. Chen, M. G. Bawendi and J. F. Jensen. Oscillatory Microprocessor for Growth and in Situ Characterization of Semiconductor Nanocrystals. Chemistry of Materials 2015, 27, 6131-6138.

22. G. Satat, B. Heshmat, C. Barsi, D. Raviv, O. Chen, M. G. Bawendi and R. Raskar. Locating and Classifying Fluorescent Tags Behind Turbid Layers Non-Invasively Using Sparsity-Based Time-Resolved Inversion. Nature Communications 2015, 6, 6796.

21. O. Chen, L. Riedemann, F. Etoc, H. Herrmann, M. Coppey, M. Barch, C. T. Farrar, J. Zhao, O. T. Bruns, H. Wei, P. Guo, J. Cui, R. Jensen, Y. Chen, D. K. Harris, J. M. Cordero, Z. Wang, A. Jasanoff, D. Fukumura, R. Reimer, M. Dahan, R. K. Jain and M. G. Bawendi, et al. Magneto-Fluorescent Core-Shell Supernanoparticles. Nature Communications 2014, 5, 5093. (Highlighted in the MIT News)

20. O. Chen, H. Wei, A. Maurice, M. G. Bawendi and P. Reiss. Pure Colors from Core-Shell Quantum Dots. MRS Bulletin 2013, 38, 696-702. (Invited)

19. J. Cui, A. Beyler, L. Marshall, O. Chen, D. Harris, D. Wanger, X. Brokmann and M. G. Bawendi. Direct Probe of Spectral Inhomogeneity Reveals Synthetic Tunability of Single-Nanocrystal Spectral Linewidths. Nature Chemistry 2013, 5, 602-606.

18. O. Chen, J. Zhao, V. P. Chauhan, J. Cui, C. Wong, D. Harris, H. Wei, H. S. Han, D. Fukumura, R. K. Jain and M. G. Bawendi. Compact High-Quality CdSe-CdS Core-Shell Nanocrystals with Narrow Emission Linewidths and Suppressed Blinking. Nature Materials 2013, 12, 445-451. (Highlighted on the MIT homepage)

17. H. Wei, O. Bruns, O. Chen and M. G. Bawendi. Compact Zwitterion-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for in vitro and in vivo Imaging. Integr. Biol 2013, 5, 108-114.

16. J. Zhao, O. Chen, D. B. Strasfeld and M. G. Bawendi. Biexciton Quantum Yield Heterogeneities in Single CdSe (CdS) Core (Shell) Nanocrystals and Its Correlation to Exciton Blinking. Nano Letters 2012, 12 (9), 4477-4483.

15. V. P. Chauhan, T. Stylianopoulos, J. D. Martin, Z. Popovic, O. Chen, W. S. Kamoun, M. G. Bawendi, D. Fukumura and R. K. Jain. Normalization of Tumor Blood Vessels Improves the Delivery of Nanomedicines in A Size-Dependent Manner. Nature Nanotechnology 2012, 7, 383-388.

14. T. Wang, J. Zhuang, J. Lynch, O. Chen, Z. Wang, X. Wang, D. LaMontagne, H. Wu, Z. Wang and Y. C. Cao. Self-Assembled Colloidal Superparticles from Nanorods. Science. 2012, 338 (6105), 358-363.

13. V. P. Chauhan, Z. Popovic, O. Chen, J. Cui, D. Fukumura, R. K. Jain and M. G. Bawendi. Fluorescent Nanorods and Nanospheres for Real-Time In Vivo Probing of Nanoparticle Shape-Dependent Tumor Penetration. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 11417-11420.

12. Y. Nagaoka, O. Chen, Z. Wang and Y. C. Cao. Structure Control of Nanocrystal Superlattices Using Organic Guest Molecules. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 134 (6), 2868-2871.

11. O. Chen, Y. Yang, T. Wang, H. Wu, C. Niu, J, Yang and Y. C. Cao. Surface-Functionalization-Dependent Optical Properties of II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133 (43), 17504-17512.

10. H. Wu, O. Chen, J. Zhuang, J. Lynch, D. LaMontagne, Y. Nagaoka and Y. C. Cao. Formation of Heterodimer Nanocrystals: UO2/In2O3 and FePt/In2O3. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133 (43), 14327-14337.

9. O. Chen, D. Shelby, Y. Yang, J. Zhuang, T. Wang, C. Niu, N. Omenetto and Y. C. Cao. Excitation-Intensity-Dependent, Color-Tunable, Dual Emissions from Mn-Doped CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Nanocrystals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 10132-10135. (Selected as a “Hot paper”)

8. Z. Wang, O. Chen, Y. C. Cao, K. Finkelstein, D. Smilgies, X. Lu and W. A. Bassett. Integrating In-situ High Pressure Small and Wide Angle Synchrotron X-ray Scattering for Exploiting New Physics of Nanoparticle Supercrystals. Rev. Sci. Instru. 2010, 81, 093902-1-5.

7. O. Chen, J. Zhuang, F. Guzzetta, J. Lynch, A. Angerhofer and Y. C. Cao. Synthesis of Water-Soluble 2,2¡-Diphenyl-1-Picrylhydrazyl Nanoparticles: A New Standard for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (35), 12542-12543.

6. J. Zhuang, A. Shaller, J. Lynch, H. Wu, O. Chen, A. D.Q. Li and Y. C. Cao. Cylindrical Superparticles from Semiconductor Nanorods. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131(17), 6084-6085.

5. Y. Yang, O. Chen, A. Angerhofer and Y. C. Cao. Radio-Position-Controlled Doping of CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Nanocrystals: Surface Effects and Position-Dependent Properties. Chem. Eur. J.. 2009, 15, 3186-3197.

4. O. Chen, X. Chen, Y. Yang, J. Lynch, H. Wu, J. Zhuang and Y. C. Cao. Synthesis of Metal-Selenide Nanocrystals Using Selenium Dioxide as the Selenium Precursor. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8638-8641. (Selected as a “Very Important Paper”)

3. Y. Yang, O. Chen, A. Angerhofer and Y. C. Cao. On Doping CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Nanocrystals with Mn. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (46), 15649-15661.

2. Y. Yang, O. Chen, A. Angerhofer and Y. C. Cao. Radial-Position-Controlled Doping in CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (38), 12428-12429.

1. S. Yin, S. Wei, G. Xie, Q. Bian, J. Zhang, O. Chen and H. Yang. XAFS and XRD Studies on Structures of Nd9Fe85-xMnxB6 Nanocomposites. Phys. Scr. 2005, T115, 658-660.