Facilities-Chemical Synthetic Lab
Facilities-Chemical Synthetic Lab
Eppendorf Thermomixer (X3)
Temperature Controller (X8)
Tube Furnace
Oven
Vigor Glovebox
Analytical Balance (0.01 mg)
Eppendorf Thermocycler X40
Eppendorf Centrifuge 5425 Refrigerated
Eppendorf Centrifuge 5804 Refrigerated
Eppendorf Centrifuge 5420
Sonicator
Sonicator
Facilities-Nanolithography and Fabrication
TERA-Fab Polymer Pen Lithography (PPL)
UV 3D Printer
Bambu 3D Printer
Spin Coater
Plasma Etching
Milli-Q Water Purification System
Facilities-Physical Chemistry Lab
Nikon Ti2-E Inverted Optical Microscope
Autofocus
Motorized Precision Stage
Fluorescence Imaging
Microspectroscopy
Andor Kymera Spectrometer and Newton EMCCD
Single-molecule Spectroscopy
Scanning Spectroscopy
Quantum Emission and Coherence
Second Harmonic Generation
Ocean Optics USB4000 Spectrometer
Fluorescence/Emission
Absorption/Extinction
Reflection
Scattering
Zeiss Imager.Z2 Upright Optical Microscope
Bright/darkfield
Fluorescence Imaging
DIC Contrast Imaging
Polarized Optical Microscope
Picoquant Picosecond Pulsed Laser (405 nm, 640 nm)
Fluorescence Lifetime
Time-correlated Single-Photon Counting
Quantum Opitcs
Coherent OBIS CW Lasers (405 nm, 488 nm, 640 nm)
Continuous Wavelength
Tunable Intensity
Linearly Polarized
Mueller Matrix/DOP Optics
Light Polarization Status
Degree of Polarization
Linearly/Circularly Polarized Photons
Mueller Matrix Methods
MPD Single-Photon Detector
Single-photon Detection
Quantum Emission
Quantum Coherence
Second Order Coherence
Picoquant PicoHarp 330 Timing Module
3 ps Timing Precision
Time-Resolved Spectroscopy
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
Quantum Entanglement
Selective Publications in Nanophotonics:
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.
(PDF), (Link)
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.
Selective Publications in Chiral Opitcs:
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
Selective Publications in Nanoplasmonics:
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)
Selective Publications in Biomimetic Soft Robotics:
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.
Selective Publications in Background-free Bioimaging:
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.