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41. Shih, M. C.; Tan, S.; Lu, Y.; Kodalle, T.; Lee, D-K.; Dong, T.; Larson, B.W.; Park, S.; Zhang, R.; Grotevent, M. J.; Sverko, T.; Zhu, H.; Lin, Y-K.; Sutter-Fella, C. M.; Zhu, K.; Beard, M. C.; Bulović, V.; Bawendi, M.* G. A 2D/3D heterostructure perovskite solar cell with a phase-pure and pristine 2D layer. Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2416672.
40. Tan, S.;† Shih, M. C.;† Lu, Y.;† Choi, S. G.; Dong, Y.; Lee, J. H.; Yavuz, L.; Larson, B. W.; Park, S. Y.; Kodalle, T.; Zhang, R.; Grotevent, M. J.; Lin, Y. K.; Zhu, H.; Bulovié, V.; Sutter-Fella, C. M.; Park, N. G.; Beard, M. C.; Lee, J. W.; Zhu, K.;* Bawendi, M. G,* Spontaneous formation of robust 2D perovskite phases. Science, 2025. 388 (6747), 639-645.
39. Lu, Y.;† Zhu, H.;† Tan, S.; Zhang, R.; Shih, M.-C.; Grotevent, M. J.; Lin, Y.; Choi, S.-G.; Lee, J.-W.; Bulović, V.; Bawendi, M. G.* Stabilization of organic cations in lead halide perovskite solar cells using phosphine oxides derivatives. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024. 146 (32), 22387-22395. (†co-first author)
38. Grotevent, M. J.; Lu, Y.; Sverko, T.; Shih, M.-C.; Tan, S.; Zhu, H.; Dang, T.; Mwaura, J. K.; Swartwout, R.; Beiglböck, F.; Kothe, L.; Bulović, V.; Bawendi, M. G.* Additive-free oxidized Spiro-MeOTAD hole transport layer significantly improves thermal solar cell stability. Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 2400456.
37. Krajewska, C. J.; Kick, M.; Kaplan, A. E. K.; Berkinsky, D. B.; Zhu, H.; Sverko, T.; Van Voorhis, T.; Bawendi, M. G.* A-site cation influence on the structural and optical evolution of ultrathin lead halide perovskite nanoplatelets. ACS Nano 2024, 18 (11), 8248–8258.
36. Heindl, M. B.; Zhu, H.; Bawendi, M. G.; Herink, G.*, Electro-absorptive quantum dot antenna resolves terahertz lightwaves via biased Stark effect. ACS Photonics 2024, 11 (1), 13–17.
35. Zhu, H.; Kick, M.; Ginterseder, M.; Krajewska, C. J.; Sverko, T.; Li, R.; Lu, Y.; Shih, M. C.; Van Voorhis, T.; Bawendi, M. G.*, Synthesis of zwitterionic CsPbBr3 nanocrystals with controlled anisotropy using surface-selective ligand pairs. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2304069.
34. Lu, Y.; Shih, M.-C.; Tan, S.; Grotevent, M. J.; Wang, L.; Zhu, H.; Zhang, R.; Lee, J.-H.; Lee, J.-W.; Bulović, V.; Bawendi, M. G.*, Rational design of a chemical bath deposition based tin oxide electron transport layer for perovskite photovoltaics. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2304168.
33. Proppe, A. H.; Berkinsky, D. B.; Zhu, H.; Sverko, T.; Kaplan, A. E.; Horowitz, J. R.; Kim, T.; Chung, H.; Jun, S.; Bawendi, M. G.*, Highly stable and pure single-photon emission with 250 ps optical coherence times in InP colloidal quantum dots. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01432-0.
32. Zhang, J.; Ning, Y.; Zhu, H.; Rotile, N.J.; Wei, H.; Diyabalanage, H.; Hansen, E.C.; Zhou, I.Y.; Barrett, S.C.; Sojoodi, M.; Tanabe, K.K.; Humblet, V.; Jasanoff, A.; Caravan, P.; Bawendi, M. G.*, Fast detection of liver fibrosis with collagen-binding single-nanometer iron oxide nanoparticles via T1-weighted MRI. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2023, 123 (18), e2220036120.
31. Krajewska, C. J.; Kaplan, A. E.; Kick, M.; Berkinsky, D. B.; Zhu, H.; Sverko, T.; Voorhis, T. V.; Bawendi, M. G.*, Controlled assembly and anomalous thermal expansion of ultrathin cesium lead bromide nanoplatelets. Nano Lett. 2023, 23 (6), 2148–2157.
30. Nagaoka, Y.; Schneider, J.; Zhu, H.; Chen, O.*, Quasicrystalline materials from non-atom building blocks. Matter 2023, 6 (1), 30-58.
29. Zhu, H.; Sverko, T.; Zhang, J.; Berkinsky, D. B.; Sun, W.; Krajewska, C. J.; Bawendi, M. G.*, One-dimensional highly-confined CsPbBr3 nanorods with enhanced stability: synthesis and spectroscopy. Nano Lett. 2022, 22 (20), 8355–8362.
28. Wang, J.; Yuan, Y.; Schneider, J.; Zhou, W.; Zhu, H.; Cai, T.; Chen, O.*, Quantum dot-based luminescent solar concentrators fabricated through the ultrasonic spray-coating method. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14 (36), 41013–41021.
27. Zhu, H.; Fan, Z.; Shi, W.; Eggert, D.; Liu, Y.; Yuan, Y.; Kim, K-S.; Grünwald, M.*; Chen, O.*, Dual atomic coherence in the self-assembly of patchy heterostructural nanocrystals. ACS Nano 2022, 125 (9), 15053–15062.
26. Sun, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zhu, H.; Jin, N.; Mohammad, A.; Biyikli, N.; Chen, O.; Chen, K.; Zhao, J.*, Excitation wavelength-dependent photoluminescence decay of single quantum dots near plasmonic gold nanoparticles. J. Chem. Phys. 2022, 156, 154701.
25. Sun, Y.; Zhu, H.; Jin, N.; Chen, O.; Zhao, J.*, Fast lifetime blinking in compact CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125 (28), 15433–15440.
24. Yuan, Y.; Jin, N.; Saghy, P.; Dube, L.; Zhu, H.; Chen, O.*, Quantum dot photocatalysts for organic transformations. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12 (30), 7180-7193.
23. Fischer, A. W.*; Jaeckstein, M. Y.*; Gottschling, K.; Heine, M.; Sass, F.; Mangels, N.; Schlein, C.; Worthmann, A.; Bruns, O. T.; Yuan, Y.; Zhu, H.; Chen, O.; Ittrich, H.; Nilsson, S. K.; Sun, E.; Scheja, L.; Heeren. J., Lysosomal lipoprotein processing in endothelial cells stimulateds adipose tissue thermogenic adaptation. Cell Metab. 2021, 33 (3), 547-564.
22. Yuan, Y.; Zhu, H.; Hills-kimball, K.; Cai, T.; Shi, W.; Wei, Z.; Yang, H.; Wang, P.; He, J.; Chen, O.*, Stereoselective C–C oxidative coupling reactions photocatalyzed by CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (50), 22563-22569.
21. Cai, T.; Shi, W.; Hwang, S.; Kobbekaduwa, K.; Nagaoka, Y.; Yang, H.; Hills-Kimball, K.; Zhu, H.; Wang, J.; Su, D.; Gao, J.; Wang, Z.; Chen, O.*, Lead-free layered double perovskite Cs4CuSb2Cl12 nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (27), 11927-11936.
20. Peng, L.; Zhu, H.; Wang, W.; Chen, O.; Ma, X.*, Influence of local structures on the energy transfer efficiencies of quantum-dot films. Phys. Rev. B 2020,102 (3), 035437.
19. Luo, Y.; Wang, Y.; Liu, M.; Zhu, H.; Chen, O.; Zou, S.; Zhao, J.*, Colloidal assembly of Au-quantum dot-Au sandwiched nanostructures with strong plasmon-exciton coupling. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020,11 (7), 2449-2456.
18. Zhu, H.; Cai, T.; Yuan, Y.; Wang, X.; Nagaoka, Y.; Zhao, J.; Liu, Z.; Li, R.; Chen, O.*, Pressure-induced transformations of three-component heterostructural nanocrystals with CdS-Au2S janus nanoparticles as hosts and small Au nanoparticles as satellites. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2 (11), 6804-6808.
17. Liu, E.; Zhu, H.; Yi, J.; Kobbekaduwa, K.; Adhikari, P.; Liu, J.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, J.; Li, H.; Oprisan, A.; Rao, A.; Sanabria, H.; Chen, O.; Gao, J.*, Manipulating charge transfer from core to shell in CdSe/CdS/Au heterojunction quantum dots. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11 (51), 48551-48555.
16. Wang, J.; Yuan, Y.; Zhu, H.; Cai, T.; Fang, Y.; Chen, O.*, Three-dimensional macroporous photonic crystal enhanced photon collection for quantum dot-based luminescent solar concentrator. Nano Energy 2019, 67, 104217.
15. Que, M.; Dai, Z.; Yang, H.; Zhu, H.; Zong, Y.; Que, W.; Padture, N. P.; Zhou, Y.; Chen, O.*, Quantum-dot-induced cesium-rich surface imparts enhanced stability to formamidinium lead iodide perovskite solar cells. ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4 (8), 1970-1975.
14. Zhu, H.; Fan, Z.; Yu, L.; Wilson, M. A.; Nagaoka, Y.; Eggert, D.; Cao, C.; Liu, Y.; Wei, Z.; Wang, X.; He, J.; Zhao, J.; Li, R.; Wang, Z.; Gruenwald, M.*; Chen, O.*, Controlling nanoparticle orientations in the self-assembly of ‘patchy’ quantum dot-gold heterostructural nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (14), 6013-6021.
13. Yuan, Y.; Zhu, H.; Wang, X.; Cui, D.; Gao, Z.; Su, D.; Zhao, J.; Chen, O.*, Cu-catalyzed synthesis of CdZnSe-CdZnS alloy quantum dots with highly tunable emission. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31 (7), 2635-2643.
12. Yuan, Y.; Zhu, H.; Nagaoka, Y.; Tan, R.; Davis, A. H.; Zheng, W.; Chen, O.*, Reversible photo-switching of dual-color fluorescent Mn-doped CdS-ZnS quantum dots modulated by diarylethene molecules. Front. Chem. 2019, 7,145.
11. Cai, T.; Yang, H.; Hills-Kimball, K.; Song, J. P.; Zhu, H.; Hofman, E.; Zheng W.; Rubenstein B. M.; Chen, O.*, Synthesis of all-inorganic Cd-doped CsPbCl3 perovskite nanocrystals with dual-wavelength emission. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9 (24), 7079-7084.
10. Fang, C.; Zhu, H.; Chen, O.; Zimmt M. B.*, Reactive two-component monolayers template bottom-up assembly of nanoparticle arrays on HOPG. Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 8056-8059.
9. Nagaoka, Y.; Zhu, H.; Eggert, D.; Chen, O.*, Single-component quasicrystalline nanocrystal superlattices through flexible polygon tiling rule. Science 2018, 362 (6421), 1396-1400. (Highlighted by News at Brown, https://www.brown.edu/news/2018-12-20/quasicrystal)
8. Nagaoka, Y.; Tan, R.; Li, R.; Zhu, H.; Eggert, D.; Wu, Y.A.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Z.; Chen, O.*, Superstructures generated from truncated tetrahedral quantum dots. Nature 2018, 561 (7723), 378-382
7. Zhu, H.; Cai, T.; Que, M.; Song, J. P.; Rubenstein, B. M.; Wang, Z. W.; Chen, O.*, Pressure-induced phase transformation and band-gap engineering of formamidinium lead iodide perovskite nanocrystals. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9 (15), 4199-4205.
6. Zhu, H.; Fan, Z.; Yuan, Y.; Wilson, M. A.; Hills-Kimball, K.; Wei, Z.; He, J.; Li, R.; Gruenwald, M.*; Chen, O.*, Self-assembly of quantum dot-gold heterodimer nanocrystals with orientational order. Nano Lett. 2018, 18 (8), 5049-5056.
5. Zhu, H.; Nagaoka, Y.; Hills-Kimball, K.; Tan, R.; Yu, L.; Fang, Y.; Wang, L.; Chen, O.*, 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 (25) 8408-8411. (Highlighted in CHESS news, https://www.chess.cornell.edu/about/news/pressure-induced-fabrication-janus-nanoparticles-and-helically-decorating-nanorods)
4. Luciano, M.; Erfanzadeh, M.; Zhou, F.; Zhu, H.; Bornhuetter, T.; Roeder, B.; Zhu, Q.; Brueckner, C.*, In vivo photoacoustic tumor tomography using a quinoline-annulated porphyrin as NIR molecular contrast agent. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017,15, 972-983.
3. Tan, R.;† Zhu, H.;† Cao, C.; Chen, O.*, Multi-component superstructures self-assembled from nanocrystal building blocks. Nanoscale 2016, 8, 9944-9961. (Invited, Selected as “HOT Article Collection”)
2. Sun, Q.; Zhu, H.; Chen, Y.; Yang, X.; Sun, X.*; Lin, G., Squaramide-catalyzed synthesis of enantioenriched spirocyclic oxindoles via ketimine intermediates with multiple active sites. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (45), 13253-13257.
1. Sun, Q.; Chen, X.; Zhu, H.; Lin, H.; Sun, X.*; Lin, G., Asymmetric synthesis of poly-substituted spirocyclohexane oxindole via a squaramide catalyzed cascade Michael–Michael–Aldol sequence. Org. Chem. Front. 2015, 2, 110-113.