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Jeong, S.; Wu, M.; Skalla, R.X.; Paranzino, B.; Kichigin, K. A.; Zhu, B.; Butrum-Griffith, A. N.; Zhan, X.; Zhong, Y.; Yan, C.; Pelz, P.; Ophus, C.; Xun Zhan, Yaxu Zhong, Chenyu Yan, Philipp Pelz, Colin Ophus, Rechberger, S.; Wang, Y.; Chen, J.; Yasuhara, A.; Aoyama, Y.; Kakefuda, M.; Willets, K. A.; Spiecker, E.*; Ye, X.* Kinetically controlled seed-mediated synthesis of colloidal copper nanotetrahedra with intricate internal structure. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, in press.

Ibáñez, M.*; Boehme, S. C.; Buonsanti, R.; De Roo, J.; Milliron, D. J.; Ithurria, S.; Rogach, A. L.; Cabot, A.; Yarema, M.; Cossairt, B. M.; Reiss, P.; Talapin, D. V.; Protesescu, L.; Hens, Z.; Infante, I.; Bodnarchuk, M. I.; Ye, X.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, H.; Lhuillier, E; Klimov, V. I.; Utzat, H.; Rainò, G.; Kagan, C. R.; Cargnello, M.; Son, J.; Kovalenko, M. V.* Prospects of nanoscience with nanocrystals: 2025 Edition. ACS Nano 2025, 19, 31969-32051. 5, 219-239.

Knobeloch, M.; O’Dell, Z. J.; Edwards, M. E.; Huang, C.; Nguyen, M.; Wahab, O. J.; Baker, L. A.; Henkelman, G.; Ye, X.; Yan, X.; Willets, K. A.; Skrabalak, S. E.* Learning from metal nanocrystal heterogeneity: A need for information-rich and high-throughput single-nanocrystal measurements. ACS Nanosci. Au 2025, 5, 219-239.

Zhu, B.; Chen, J.; Li, R.; Ren, J.; Wang, Y.; Zhong, Y.; Liu, Y., Yasuhara, A.; Kakefuda, M.; Aoyama, Y.; Vo, T.*; Ye, X.* Superstructural phase transitions in polymer-grafted nanooctahedra. Sci. Adv. 2025, 11, eadw2740.

Chen, J.; Yan, C.; Zhu, B.; Huang, C.; Cheng, F.; Duan, H.; Ye, X.* Electron microscopy in nanoparticle self-assembly research. Nano Res. 2025, 18, 94907286 (Invited review article).

Sridhar, S.; Nikolov, M.; Beutler, E.; Knobeloch, M.; Paranzino, B.; Vernon, K.; Zhong, Y.; Ye, X.; Baker, L. A.; Skrabalak, S. E.; Masiello, D. J.; Willets, K. A. Scattering vs. interference in interferometric scattering spectroscopy of plasmonic nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16, 4410-4418.

Alden, S. E.; Wahab, O. J.; Zhang, L.; Vernon, K. L.; Zhu, B.; Bailey, K. O.; Ye, X.; Baker, L. A.* Optically transparent carbon–silicon nitride windows for correlative structural and electrochemical analysis of nanomaterials. Anal. Chem. 2025, 97, 11798-11805.

Vernon, K. L.; Pungsrisai, T.; Wahab, O. J.; Alden, S. E.; Zhong, Y.; Choi, M.; Verma, E., Bentley, A. K.; Bailey, K. O.; Skrabalak, S. E.; Ye, X.; Willets, K. A.; Baker, L. A. Optically transparent carbon electrodes for single entity electrochemistry. ACS Electrochem. 2025, 1, 93-102.

Zhong, Y., Moore, T., Dwyer, T., Butrum-Griffith, A., Allen, V., Chen, J., Wang, Y., Cheng, F., Glotzer, S. ^‡, Ye, X.^‡ Engineering and direct imaging of nanocube self-assembly pathways. Nat. Chem. Eng. 2024, 1, 532-541. DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00102-9. Highlighted on the journal cover.

Chandler, B., Dey, D., Wang, Y., Ye, X., Schatz, G., Chen, L., Schaller, R. Coherent Phonon Dynamics in Plasmonic Gold Tetrahedral Nanoparticle Ensembles. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 9686–9691. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02146.

Miller, L., Young, T., Wang, Y., Draper, B., Ye, X., Jacobson, S. C., Jarrold, M. F. Complementary Nanoparticle Characterization by Resistive-Pulse Sensing, Electron Microscopy, and Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry. Anal. Chem. 2024, 96, 14239-14247. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c02901.

Kar, N., Huang, C., Sridhar, S., Edwards, M., Marie, M., Paranzino, B., Yan, X., Willets, K., Ye, X., Skrabalak, S. Magnifying Minds: Exploring the Concepts of Size and Scale with a Public Mural and Integrated Activities. J. Chem. Educ. 2024, 101, 3556-3563. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00111.

Kim, J., Kang, S., Cheng, F., Wang, Y., Ye, X., Park, J. Recent advances in liquid phase transmission electron microscopy of nanoparticle growth and self-assembly. MRS Bull. 2024, 49, 365–376. DOI: 10.1557/s43577-024-00702-z.

Bassini, C.L., van Anders, G., Banin, U., Baranov, D., Chen, Q., Djikstra, M., Dimitriyev, M. S., Efati, E., Faraudo, J., Gang, O., Gaston, N., Golestanian, R. , Guerrero-Garcia, G. I., Gruenwald, M., Haji-Akbari, A., Ibanez, M., Karg, M., Kraus, T., Lee, B., Van Lehn, R. C., Macfarlane, R. J., Mognetti, B. M., Nikoubashman, A., Osat, S., Prezhdo, O. V., Rotskoff, G. M., Saiz, L., Shi, A., Skrabalak, S., Smalyukh, I. I., Tagliazucchi, M., Talapin, D. V., Tkachenko, A. V., Tretiak, S., Vaknin, D., Widmer-Cooper, A., Wong, G. C. L., Ye, X., Zhou, S., Rabani, E., Engel, M., Travesset, A. Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems, ACS Nano 2024. 18, 14791–14840. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10201. pub image

Jeong, S., Huang, C., Levell Z., Skalla, R., Hong, W., Escorcia, N., Losovyj, Y., Zhu, B., Butrum-Griffith, A., Liu, Y., Li, C., Reifsnyder Hickey, D., Liu, Y., Ye, X. Facet-Defined Dilute Metal Alloy Nanorods for Efficient Electroreduction of CO2 to n-Propanol. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 4508–4520. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11013.

Wang, Y., Chen, J., Li, R., Götz, A., Drobek, D., Przybilla, T., Hübner, S., Pelz, P., Yang, L., Apeleo Zubiri, B., Spiecker, E., Engel, M., Ye, X. Controlled Self-Assembly of Gold Nanotetrahedra into Quasicrystals and Complex Periodic Supracrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 17902–17911. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05299. Highlighted on the cover of JACS.

Ten, A., West, C., Jeong, S., Hopper, E., Wang, Y., Zhu, B., Ramasse, Q., Ye, X., Ringe, E. Bimetallic copper palladium nanorods: plasmonic properties and palladium content effects. Nanoscale Adv. 2023, 5, 6524-6532. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00523B.

Liu, Y., Jiang, Z., Huang, C., Jeong, S., Coughlin, A., Zhang, S., Liu, Y., Ye, X. Ligand-Controlled Electroreduction of CO2 to Formate over Facet-Defined Bimetallic Sulfide Nanoplates. Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 5911-5918. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00703.

Jeong, S., Skalla, R., Wang, Y., Zhu, B., Ye, X. Elucidating the Role of Seed Structure in the Heterometallic Seeded Growth of Copper-Based Nanocrystals. Front. Nanosci. 2023, 5, 1163390. DOI: 10.3389/fnano.2023.1163390.

Neugebauer, N., Wang, Y., Elm, M., Hofmann, D., Heiliger, C., Ye, X., Klar, P. Distance and Size Dependence of the Interactions within Highly Ordered Magnetic Nanoparticle Mesocrystals. Phys. Rev. B 2023, 107, 18. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.184410.

Zhong, Y., Allen, V., Chen, J., Wang, Y., Ye, X. Multistep Crystallization of Dynamic Nanoparticle Superlattices in Nonaqueous Solutions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 14915-14922. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06535.

Wang, Y., Chen, J., Zhong, Y., Jeong, S., Li, R., Ye, X. Structural Diversity in Dimension-Controlled Assemblies of Tetrahedral Gold Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 13538-13546. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03196 Highlighted by JACS Spotlights.

Jeong, S., Choi, M., Jagdale, G., Zhong, Y., Siepser, N., Wang, Y., Zhan, X., Baker, L. ^‡, Ye, X.^‡ Unraveling Structural Sensitivity of CO2 Electroreduction at Facet-Defined Nanocrystal via Correlative Single-Entity and Macroelectrode Measurements. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 12673-12680. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02001 Highlighted by JACS Spotlights.

Diroll, B. T., Jeong, S., Ye, X. Ultrafast Dynamics of Colloidal Copper Nanorods: Intraband versus Interband Excitation. Small Sci. 2022, 2, 2100103 (Invited submission). DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202100103 pub image

Yadav, V., Jeong, S., Ye, X., Li, C. W. Surface-Limited Galvanic Replacement Reactions of Pd, Pt, and Au onto Ag Core Nanoparticles through Redox Potential Tuning, Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 1897-1904. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04176

Liu, Y., Klement, M., Wang, Y., Zhong, Y., Zhu, B., Chen, J., Engel, M., Ye, X. Macromolecular Ligand Engineering for Programmable Nanoprism Assembly. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 16163-16172. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07281 Highlighted by JACS Spotlights.

Xie, A., Tsvetkova, I., Liu, Y., Ye, X., Hewacitharange, P., Dragnea, B., Cadena-Nava, R. D. Hydrophobic Cargo Encapsulation into Virus Protein Cages by Self-Assembly in an Aprotic Organic Solvent. Bioconjugate Chem. 2021, 32, 2366-2376. DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00420

Wang, Y., Chen, J., Zhu, C., Zhu, B., Jeong, S., Yi, Y., Liu, Y., Fiadorwu, J., He, P., Ye, X. Kinetically Controlled Self-Assembly of Binary Polymer-Grafted Nanocrystals into Ordered Superstructures via Solvent Vapor Annealing. Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 5053-5059. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00890 pub image

Jagdale, G. S., Choi, M. H., Siepser, N. P., Jeong, S., Wang, Y., Skalla, R. X., Huang, K., Ye, X., Baker, L. A. Electrospray Deposition for Single Nanoparticle Studies. Anal. Methods 2021, 13, 4105-4113, DOI: 10.1039/D1AY01295A

Liu, S., Islam, M. D., Ku, Z., Boyd, D. A., Zhong, Y., Urbas, A. M., Smith, E., Derov, J., Nguyen, V. Q., Kim, W., Sanghera, J. S., Ko, Y., Genzer, J., Ye, X., Guo, Z., Seo, E., Ryu, J. E. Novel Computational Design of High Refractive Index Nanocomposites and Effective Refractive Index Tuning Based on Nanoparticle Morphology Effect. Composites Part B: Engineering 2021, 223, 109128. DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109128

Choi, M., Jeong, S., Wang, Y., Cho, S., Park, S., Ye, X.^‡, Baker, L. A. ^‡ Characterization of Ligand Adsorption at Individual Gold Nanocubes. Langmuir 2021, 37, 7701-7711. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00694

Ke, Y., Zhang, B., Wang, T., Zhong, Y., Yu, T. D., Wang, S., Liu, Y., Magdassi, S., Ye, X., Zhao, D., Xiong, Q., Sun, Z., Long, Y. Manipulating Atomic Defects in Plasmonic Vanadium Dioxide for Superior Solar and Thermal Management. Mater. Horiz. 2021, 8, 1700-1710. DOI: 10.1039/D1MH00413A

Zhong, Y., Liu, Z., Sarnello, E., Li, T., Liu, Y., Chen, J., Ye, X. Controlling Infrared Plasmon Resonances in Inverse-Spinel Cadmium Stannate Nanocrystals via Site-Selective Cation-Exchange Reactions. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 1954-1963. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03176

Lin, W. K., Cui, G., Burns, Z., Zhao, X., Liu, Y., Zhang, Z., Wang, Y., Ye, X., Park, Y., Lee, S. E. Optically and Structurally Stabilized Plasmo‐Bio Interlinking Networks. Adv. Mater. Interfaces. 2021, 8, 2001370. DOI: 10.1002/admi.202001370

Jeong, S., Liu, Y., Zhong, Y., Zhan, X., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Cha, P.M., Chen, J., Ye, X. Heterometallic Seed-Mediated Growth of Monodisperse Colloidal Copper Nanorods with Widely Tunable Plasmonic Resonances. Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 7263-7271. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02648

Liu, Y., Li, Y., Jeong, S., Wang, Y., Chen, J., Ye, X. Colloidal Synthesis of Nanohelices via Bilayer Lattice Misfit. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12777-12783. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05175 Highlighted on the cover of JACS; Highlighted by JACS Spotlights; ChemistryViews; Featured in JACS Early Career Investigators Virtual Collection.

Chen, L., Leonardi, A., Chen, J., Cao, M., Li, N., Su, D., Zhang, Q., Engel, M., Ye, X. Imaging the Kinetics of Anisotropic Dissolution of Bimetallic Core-Shell Nanocubes Using Graphene Liquid Cells. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11:3041. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16645-3

Liu, Z., Zhong, Y., Shafei, I., Jeong, S., Wang, L., Nguyen, H. T., Sun, C., Li, T., Chen, J., Chen, L., Losovyj, Y., Gao, X., Ma, W., Ye, X. Broadband Tunable Mid-Infrared Plasmon Resonances in Cadmium Oxide Nanocrystals Induced by Size-Dependent Nonstoichiometry. Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 2821-2828. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00542

Choi, M.*, Siepser, N. P.*, Jeong, S.*, Wang, Y., Jagdale, G., Ye, X.^‡,Baker, L. A. ^‡Probing Single-Particle Electrocatalytic Activity at Facet-Controlled Gold Nanocrystals. Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 1233-1239. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04640

Lu, K., Meng, X., Liu, Z., Chen, J., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Sarnello, E., Shi, G., Patil, R. P., Deng, W., Zhou J., Gu, M., Zhong, Y., Jeong, S., Gu, X. W., Li, T., Ye, X., Ma, W. Packing State Management to Realize Dense and Semiconducting Lead Sulfide Nanocrystals Film via a Single-Step Deposition. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2020, 1, 100183. DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100183

Islam, M. D., Liu, S., Doyd, D. A., Zhong, Y., Nahid, M. M., Henry, R., Taussig, L., Ko, Y., Nguyen, V. Q., Myers, J. D., Baker, C. C., Kim, W., Sanghera, J. S., Smith, E. M., Derov. J. S., Ye, X., Amassian, A., Ade, H., Genzer, J., Ryu. J. E. Enhanced Mid-Wavelength Infrared Refractive Index of Organically Modified Chalcogenide (ORMOCHALC) Polymer Nanocomposites with Thermomechanical Stability. Opt. Mater. 2020, 108, 110197. DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110197

Liu, Z., Zhong, Y., Shafei, I., Borman, R., Jeong, S., Chen, J., Losovyj, Y., Gao, X., Li, N., Du, Y., Sarnello, E., Li, T., Su, D., Ma, W., Ye, X. Tuning Infrared Plasmon Resonances in Doped Metal-oxide Nanocrystals Through Cation-exchange Reactions. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10:1394. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09165-2 Featured in Nature Communications Editor's Highlights.

Li, Z., Yang, W., Losovyj, Y., Chen, J., Xu, E., Liu, H., Werbianskyjs, M., Fertig, H. A., Ye, X., Zhang, S. Large-Size Niobium Disulfide Nanoflakes Down to Bilayers Grown by Sulfurization. Nano Res. 2018, 11, 5978-5988. DOI: 10.1007/s12274-018-2111-z

Lu, K., Wang, Y., Liu, Z., Han, L., Shi, G., Fang, H., Chen, J., Ye, X., Chen, S., Yang, F., Shulga, A.G., Wu, T., Gu, M., Zhou, S., Fan, J., Loi, M. A., Ma, W. High-Efficiency PbS Quantum Dots Solar Cells with Greatly Simplified Fabrication Processing via Solvent-Curing. Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1707572. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201707572

Liu, Z., Ma, W., Ye, X. Shape Control in the Synthesis of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals. Anisotropic Particle Assemblies, Elsevier, 2018, 37-54.

Rasin, B., Lindsay, B. J., Ye, X., Meth, J. S., Murray, C. B., Riggleman, R. A., Composto, R. J. Nanorod position and orientation in vertical cylinder block copolymer films. Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 3005-3014. DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00043D

Hauwiller, M. R., Ye, X., Jones, M. R., Chan, C. M., Calvin, J. J., Crook. M. F., Zheng, H., Alivisatos, A. P. Tracking the Effects of Ligands on Oxidative Etching of Gold Nanorods in Graphene Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 8, 10239–10250. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03601

Osowiecki, W.T., Ye, X., Satish, P., Bustillo, K.C., Clark, E.L., Alivisatos, A.P. Tailoring morphology of Cu-Ag nanocrescents and core-shell nanocrystals guided by a thermodynamic model. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 8569–8577.

Raja, S.N., Ye, X., Jones, M.R., Lin, L., Govindjee, S., Ritchie, R. Microscopic mechanisms of deformation transfer in high dynamic range branched nanoparticle deformation sensors. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9:1155

Liu, Z., Bekenstein, Y., Ye, X., Nguyen, S.C., Swabeck, J., Zhang, D., Lee, S., Yang, P., Ma, W., Alivisatos, A.P. Ligand mediated transformation of cesium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals to lead depleted Cs ₄PbBr ₆ nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5309-5312.

Ashkar, R., Hore, M.J.A., Ye, X., Natarajan, B., Greybush, N.J., Lam, T., Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B. Rapid large-scale assembly and pattern transfer of one-dimensional gold nanorod superstructures. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 25513–25521.

Gu, W.X., Ye, X., Koshy, D.M., Vachhani, S., Hosemann, P., Alivisatos, A.P. Tolerance to structural disorder and tunable mechanical behavior in self-assembled superlattices of polymer-grafted nanocrystals. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2017, 114, 2836-2841.

Xu, Y., Chen, L., Ye, X., Wang, X., Yu, J., Zhao, Y., Cao, M., Xia, Z., Sun, B., Zhang, Q. Cooperative interactions among CTA ⁺, Br ^- and Ag ⁺ during seeded growth of gold nanorods. Nano Res. 2017, 10, 2146--2155.

Ye, X.*, Chen, J.*, Irrgang, M. E.*, Engel, M.*, Dong, A., Glotzer, S.C., Murray, C.B. Quasicrystalline nanocrystal superlattice with partial matching rules. Nat. Mater. 2017, 16, 214--219.

Ye, X.*, Jones, M.R.*, Frechette, L.B., Chen, Q., Powers, A.S., Ercius, P., Dunn, G., Rotskoff, G.M., Nguyen, S.C., Adiga, V.P., Zettl, A., Rabani, E., Geissler, P.L., Alivisatos, A.P. Single-particle mapping of non-equilibrium chemical transformations. Science 2016, 354, 874-877.

Nguyen, S.C., Zhang, Q., Manthiram, K., Ye, X., Lomont, J.P., Harris, C.B, Weller, H., Alivisatos, A.P. Study on heat transfer dynamics from gold nanorods to the environment via time-resolved infrared spectroscopy. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 2144-2151.

Ye, X., Zhu, C., Ercius, P., Raja, S.N., He, B., Jones, M.R., Hauwiller, M.R., Liu, Y., Xu, T., Alivisatos, A.P. Structural diversity in binary superlattices self-assembled from polymer-grafted nanocrystals. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6:10052 .

Mattox, T.M., Ye, X., Manthiram, K., Schuck, P.J., Alivisatos, A.P., Urban, J.J. Chemical controls of plasmons in metal chalcogenide and metal oxide nanostructures. Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 5830-5837.

Chen, Q., Cho, H., Manthiram, K., Yoshida, M., Ye, X., Alivisatos, A.P. Interaction potentials of anisotropic nanocrystals from the trajectory sampling of particle motion using in situ liquid phase transmission electron microscopy. ACS Cent. Sci. 2015, 1, 33-39.

Hore, M.J.A., Ye, X., Ford, J., Gao, Y., Fei, J., Wu, Q., Rowan, S.J., Composto, R.J., Murray, C.B., Hammouda, B. Probing the structure, composition and spatial distribution of ligands on gold nanorods. Nano Lett.2015, 15, 5254–5260.

Chen, W., Tymchenko, M., Gopalan, P., Ye, X., Wu, Y., Zhang, M., Murray, C.B., Alu, A., Kagan, C.R. Large-area nanoimprinted colloidal Au nanocrystal-based nanoantennas for ultrathin polarizing plasmonic metasurfaces. Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 5254–5260.

Greybush, N.J., Saboktakin, M., Ye, X., Giovampaola, C.D., Oh, S.J., Berry, N.E., Engheta, N., Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. Plasmon-enhanced upconversion luminescence in single nanophosphor–nanorod heterodimers formed through template-assisted self-assembly. ACS Nano 2014, 8, 9482-9491.

Wang, D., Kang, Y., Ye, X., Murray, C.B. Mineralizer-assisted shape-control of rare earth oxide nanoplates. Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 6328-6332.

Ye, X.*, Fei, J.*, Diroll, B.T., Paik, T., Murray, C.B. Expanding the spectral tunability of plasmonic resonances in doped metal-oxide nanocrystals through cooperative cation–anion codoping. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 11680-11686.

Venta, K., Zanjani M. B., M., Ye, X., Danda, G., Murray, C.B., Lukes, J. R., Drndic, M. Gold nanorod translocations and charge measurement through solid-state nanopores. Nano Lett. 2014, 14, 5358-5364.

Metzger, B., Hentschel, M., Schumacher, T., Lippitz, M., Ye, X., Murray, C.B., Knabe, B., Buse, K., Giessen, H. Doubling the efficiency of third harmonic generation by positioning ITO nanocrystals into the hot-spot of plasmonic gap-antennas. Nano Lett. 2014, 14, 2867-2872.

Ye, X., Hickey, D.R., Fei, J., Diroll, B.T., Paik, T., Chen, J., Murray, C.B. Seeded growth of metal-doped plasmonic oxide heterodimer nanocrystals and their chemical transformation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5106-5115.

Fafarman, A.T., Hong, S., Oh, S.J., Caglayan, H., Ye, X., Diroll, B.T., Engheta, N., Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. Air-stable, nanostructured electronic and plasmonic materials from solution-processable, silver nanocrystal building blocks. ACS Nano 2014, 8, 2746-2754.

Wang, D, Hore, M.J.A., Ye, X., Zheng, C., Murray, C.B., Composto, R.J. Gold nanorod length controls dispersion, local ordering, and optical absorption in polymer nanocomposite films. Soft Matt. 2014, 10, 3404-3413.

Ye, X.*, Millan, A. J.*, Engel, M.*, Chen, J., Diroll, B.T., Glotzer, S.C., Murray, C.B. Shape alloys of nanorods and nanospheres from self-assembly. Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 4980-4988.

Saboktakin, M., Ye, X., Chettiar, U.K., Engheta, N., Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. Plasmonic enhancement of nanophosphor upconversion luminescence in Au nanohole arrays. ACS Nano 2013, 7, 7186-7192.

Ye, X.*, Chen, J.*, Engel, M.*, Millan, A. J.*, Li, W., Qi, L, Xing, G., Dong, A., Collins, J.E., Kagan, C.R., Li, J., Glotzer, S.C., Murray, C.B. Competition of entropic and energetic interactions for self-assembling nanoplates. Nat. Chem. 2013, 5, 466-473. (cover article)

Reifsnyder, D.C., Ye, X., Gordon, T.R., Song, C, Murray, C.B. Three-dimensional self-assembly of chalcopyrite copper indium diselenide nanocrystals into oriented films. ACS Nano 2013, 7, 4307-4315.

Ye, X.*, Gao, Y.*, Chen, J., Reifsnyder, D.C., Zheng, C., Murray, C.B. Seeded growth of monodisperse gold nanorods using bromide-free surfactant mixtures. Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 2163-2171.

Ye, X., Chen, J., Diroll, B.T., Murray, C.B. Tunable plasmonic coupling in self-assembled binary nanocrystal superlattices studied by correlated optical microspectrophotometry and electron microscopy. Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 1291-1297.

Ye, X.*, Zheng, C.*, Chen, J., Gao, Y., Murray, C.B. Using binary surfactant mixtures to simultaneously improve dimensional tunability and monodispersity in the seeded-growth of gold nanorods. Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 765-771.

Kang, Y., Ye, X., et al. Engineering catalytic contacts and thermal stability: gold-iron-oxide binary nanocrystal superlattices for CO oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1499-1505.

Chen, J., Ye, X., Oh, S.J., Kikkawa, J.M., Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B. Bistable magnetoresistance switching in exchange-coupled CoFe ₂O ₄-Fe ₃O ₄ binary nanocrystal superlattices by self-assembly and thermal annealing. ACS Nano 2013, 7, 1478-1486.

Kang, Y., Pyo, J., Ye, X., Diaz, R.E., Gordon, T.R., Stach, E.A., Murray, C.B. Shape-controlled synthesis of Pt nanocrystals: The role of metal carbonyls. ACS Nano 2013, 7, 645-653.

Fafarman, A.T., Hong, S., Caglayan, H., Ye, X., Diroll, B.T., Paik, T., Engheta, N., Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. Chemically tailored dielectric-to-metal transition for the design of metamaterials from nanoimprinted colloidal nanocrystals. Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 350-357.

Kang, Y.*, Ye, X.*, Chen, J., Cai, Y., Adzic, R.R., Stach, E.A., Murray, C.B. Design of Pt-Pd binary superlattices exploiting shape-effects and synergistic effects for oxygen reduction reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 42-45.

Esipova, T.V., Ye, X., Collins, J., Sakadzic, S., Mandeville, E.T., Murray, C.B., Vinogradov, S.A. Dendritic upconverting nanoparticles enable in vivo multiphoton microscopy with low-power continuous wave sources. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2012, 109, 20826-20831.

Saboktakin, M., Ye, X., Oh, S.J., Hong, S., Fafarman, A.T., Chettiar, U.K., Engheta, N., Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. Metal-enhanced upconversion luminescence tunable through metal manoparticle-nanophosphor separation. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 8758-8766.

Kang, Y., Pyo, J., Ye, X., Gordon, T.R., Murray, C.B. Synthesis, shape control, and methanol electro-oxidation properties of Pt-Zn alloy and Pt ₃Zn intermetallic nanocrystals. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 5642-5647.

Ye, X.*, Jin, L.*, Caglayan, H., Chen J., Xing, G., Zheng, C., Doan-Nguyen, V., Kang, Y., Engheta, N., Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B. Improved size-tunable synthesis of monodisperse gold nanorods through the use of aromatic additives. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 2804-2817.

Liu, Y., Ko, D.K., Oh, S.J., Gordon, T.R., Doan-Nguyen, V., Paik, T., Kang,Y., Ye, X., Jin, L., Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B. Near-infrared absorption of monodisperse silver telluride (Ag ₂Te) nanocrystals and photoconductive response of their self-assembled superlattices. Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 4657-4659.

Fafarman, A.T., Koh, W.K., Diroll, B.T., Kim, D., Ko, D.K., Oh, S.J., Ye, X., Doan-Nguyen, V., Crump, M.R., Reifsnyder, D.R., Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. Thiocyanate-capped nanocrystal colloids: vibrational reporter of surface chemistry and solution-based route to enhanced coupling in nanocrystal solids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15753-15761.

Dong, A., Chen, J., Ye, X., Kikkawa, J. M., Murray, C.B. Enhanced thermal stability and magnetic properties in NaCl-Type FePt–MnO binary nanocrystal superlattices. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13296-13299.

Chiu, C.Y., Li, R.J., Ruan, L.Y., Ye, X., Murray, C. B., Huang, Y. Shaping nanocrystals with biomolecular specificity. Nature Chem. 2011, 3, 393-399.

Dong, A.*, Ye, X.*, Chen, J.*, Murray, C.B. Two-dimensional binary and ternary nanocrystal superlattices: The case of monolayers and Bilayers. Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 841-846. (Highlighted by Science Editor’s choice)

Dong, A., Chen, J., Oh, S.J., Koh, W.K., Xiu, F.X., Ye, X., Ko, D.K., Wang, K.L., Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B. Multiscale periodic assembly of striped nanoparticle superlattice films on a liquid surface. Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 841-846.

Ye, X.*, Chen, J.*, Murray, C.B. Polymorphism in self-assembled AB ₆ binary nanocrystal superlattices. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2613-2620.

Dong, A., Ye, X., Chen, J., Kang, Y., Gordon, T., Kikkawa, J.M., Murray, C.B. A generalized ligand-exchange strategy enabling sequential surface functionalization of colloidal nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 998-1006.

Ye, X., Collins, J., Kang, Y., Chen, J., Chen, D., Yodh, A., Murray, C.B. Morphologically controlled synthesis of colloidal upconversion nanophosphors and their shape-directed self-assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2010, 107, 22430-22435.

Chen, J., Dong, A., Cai, J., Ye, X., Kang, Y., Kikkawa, J.M., Murray, C.B. Collective dipolar interactions in self-assembled magnetic binary nanocrystal superlattice membranes. Nano Lett. 2010, 10, 5103–5108.

Kang, Y.*, Ye, X.*, Murray, C.B. Size- and shape-selective synthesis of metal nanocrystals and nanowires using CO as a reducing agent. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 6156-6159.

Chen, J.*, Ye, X.*, Murray, C.B. Systematic electron crystallographic studies of self-assembled binary nanocrystal superlattices. ACS Nano 2010, 4, 2374-2381. (cover article)

Talapin, D.V., Shevchenko, E.V., Bodnarchuk, M.I., Ye, X., Chen, J., Murray, C.B. Quasicrystalline order in self-assembled binary nanoparticle superlattices. Nature 2009, 461, 964-967.

Kobayashi, H., Kosaka, N., Ogawa, M., Morgan, N.Y., Smith, P.D., Murray, C. B., Ye, X., Collins, J., Kumar, A.G., Bell, H., Choyke, P.L. In vivo multiple color lymphatic imaging using upconverting nanocrystals. J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 6481-6484.

Zhang, B., Hou, W.Y., Ye, X., Fu, S.Q., Xie, Y. Response to comment on “1D tellurium nanostructures: Photothermally assisted morphology-controlled synthesis and applications in preparing functional nanoscale materials”. Adv. Func.Mater. 2009, 19, 3193-3194.

Zhang, B., Hou, W.Y., Ye, X., Fu, S.Q., Xie, Y. 1D tellurium nanostructures: Photothermally assisted morphology-controlled synthesis and applications in preparing functional nanoscale materials. Adv. Func. Mater. 2007, 17, 486-492.

Zhang, B., Hou, W.Y., Zhu, X., Ye, X., Fei, L.F., Liu, X.M., Yang, J.L., Xie Y. Multiarmed tubular selenium with potentially unique electrical properties: Solution-phase synthesis and first-principles calculation. Small 2007, 3, 101-105.

Zhang, B., Ye, X., Wang, C.M., Xie Y. A facile solution-phase deposition approach to porous selenium materials. J. Mater. Chem. 2007, 17, 2706-2712. (cover article)

Zhang, B., Ye, X., Dai, W., Hou, W.Y., Xie, Y. Biomolecule-assisted synthesis and electrochemical hydrogen storage of porous spongelike Ni ₃S ₂ nanostructures grown directly on nickel foils. Chem. Euro. J. 2006, 12, 2337-2342.

Zhang, B., Ye, X., Hou, W.Y., Zhao, Y., Xie ,Y. Biomolecule-assisted synthesis and electrochemical hydrogen storage of Bi ₂S ₃ flowerlike patterns with well-aligned nanorods. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 1110, 8978-8985.

Zhang, B., Dai, W., Ye, X., Zuo, F., Xie, Y. Photothermally assisted solution-phase synthesis of microscale tubes, rods, shuttles, and an urchin-like assembly of single-crystalline trigonal selenium. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed .2006, 45, 2571-2574.

Zhang, B., Ye, X., Dai, W., Hou, W.Y., Zuo, F., Xie, Y. Biomolecule-assisted synthesis of single-crystalline selenium nanowires and nanoribbons via a novel flake-cracking mechanism. Nanotechnology 2006, 17, 385-390.

Zhang, B., Dai W., Ye, X., Hou, W.Y. & Xie Y. Solution-phase synthesis and electrochemical hydrogen storage of ultra-long single-crystal selenium submicrotubes. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 22830-22835.

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