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    2026

    95. Xiaoxiao Wang†, Peiping Yu†, Moxuan Liu†, Lei Wang, Fanfan Shang, Fangpu Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Yuke Bai, Kai Liu, Liang Zhang, Shengchun Yang, Qing Zhang, Tao Cheng, and Chuanbo Gao*, Oxidation-Resistant AgRuIr Alloy Nanocages for Efficient and Enduring Oxygen Evolution in Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolysis. Nature Communications, 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71943-6.   


    94. Kai Liu*, Qingbo Wa, Yeming He, Zhiyuan Liang, Yan He, Zemin He, Wenyuan Duan, Yongming Zhang, Duqiang Xin, Jianxin Guo, Zhaojun Liu, Yangfei Gao, and Chuanbo Gao*, Nitrite-mediated synthesis of ultrathin Ag nanoplates for flexible electrode fabrication. Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36, e2977. 

     

    93. Zhaojun Liu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Control of atomic condensed states in multimetallic nanoparticles and their catalytic effects. Progess in Chemistry, 2026, 38, 85-102. 

     

    2025

    92. Lu Han*, Yanhang Ma*, Xueliang Zhang, Nobuhisa Fujita, Chuanbo Gao, Keiichi Miyasaka, Shunai Che, and Osamu Terasaki*, Structure determination of mesoporous crystals by transmission electron microscopy. Polyhedron (Special Issue: "Celebrating the Careers of Peter Ford and Galen Stucky"), 2025, 282, 117811.

     

    91. Xiaoxiao Wang†, Zhongshuang Xu†, Hao Yang†, Zerui Mu, Zhaojun Liu, Qikui Fan, Tao Cheng,* and Chuanbo Gao*, Oxidative etching and regrowth route to icosahedral gold nanocrystals with strain-enhanced electrocatalytic properties. Nano Research, 2025, 18, 94907662.

     

    90. Ye Chen, Jiawei Liu, Qinbai Yun, Hongfei Cheng, Xiaoya Cui, Zhanxi Fan, Lei Fu, Chuanbo Gao, (…...), and Hua Zhang*, Phase engineering of nanomaterials: Metal nanomaterials. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2025, 41, 370-413. 

     

    89. Chunxia Wu, Fangpu Zhang, Tao Sun, Zhixue Zhang, Junlin She, Zerui Mu, Zhaoyu Wang, Yuening Liang, Zhaojun Liu, and Chuanbo Gao*, High-entropy alloy nanowires for efficient and durable hydrogen oxidation reaction. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2025, 2500381.

     

    88. Kai Liu*†, Qikui Fan†, Zhun Qiao†, Zhixue Zhang, Yongzhao Zhang, Zhiqun Chen, Hao Ma, Zemin He*, Zongcheng Miao, Jiaofei Huo, Duqiang Xin, Jianxin Guo, and Chuanbo Gao*, Selective oxidation etching synthesis of triangular Cu nanoplates with tunable optical properties for SERS analysis, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 510, 161673. 

     

    87. Zhixue Zhang,† Peiping Yu,† Zhaojun Liu,† Kai Liu, Zerui Mu, Zhibin Wen, Junlin She, Yuke Bai, Qing Zhang*, Tao Cheng*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Off-equilibrium hydrothermal synthesis of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025,  147, 9640−9652.

     

    86. Zhaojun Liu,† Zhengyan Wang,† Zhaoyu Wang, Hao Yuan, Yuke Bai, Xiaoxiao Wang, Zerui Mu, Chunxia Wu, Kai Liu, Zhun Hu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Lattice-mismatch-induced formation of defect-rich Pd-Cu alloy nanocages for enhanced formic acid oxidation activity, Science China Chemistry, 2025, 68, 481-491.

     

    2024

    85. Yuke Bai,† Zhaojun Liu,† Xiaoxiao Wang, Zhixue Zhang, Kai Liu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Tailoring Ni-Fe-B electronic effects in layered double hydroxides for enhanced oxygen evolution activity, Small, 2024, 2407564.

     

    84. Xiaoxiao Wang,† Hao Yang,† Moxuan Liu, Zhaojun Liu, Kai Liu, Zerui Mu, Yan Zhang, Tao Cheng*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Locally Varying Surface Binding Affinity on Pd-Au Nanocrystals Enhances Electrochemical Ethanol Oxidation Activity, ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 18701-18711.

     

    83. Zhibin Wen, Shumeng Zhang, Hao Yuan, Zhixue Zhang, Junlin She, Zhun Qiao, Zhaojun Liu, Kai Liu, Zhun Hu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Precision synthesis of sub-3 nm bimetallic alloy nanoparticles for efficient and selective catalytic hydrogenolysis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-dimethylfuran, ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14, 6305-6318. 

     

    2023

    82. Zhaojun Liu, Zerui Mu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Alloy nanocrystals: Synthesis paradigms and implications (Perspective), Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2023, 42, 100156. 

     

    81. Kai Liu, Zhun Qiao, and Chuanbo Gao*, Preventing galvanic replacement reaction toward unconventional bimetallic core-shell nanostructures, Molecules, 2023, 28, 5720.

     

    80. Kai Liu,† Hao Yang,† Yilan Jiang,† Zhaojun Liu, Shumeng Zhang, Zhixue Zhang, Zhun Qiao, Yiming Lu, Tao Cheng*, Osamu Terasaki, Qing Zhang*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Coherent hexagonal platinum skin on nickel nanocrystals for enhanced hydrogen evolution activity, Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 2424.

     

    79. Zhun Qiao,† Xinyu Wei,† Hongpo Liu, Kai Liu*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Seed-mediated synthesis of thin gold nanoplates with tunable edge lengths and optical properties, Nanomaterials, 2023, 13, 711. 

      

    78. Zhun Qiao, Hao Yang, Qikui Fan, Zhaojun Liu, Kai Liu*, Zhibin Wen, Zhengyan Wang, Tao Cheng, and Chuanbo Gao*, Lattice mismatch–induced formation of copper nanoplates with embedded ultrasmall platinum or palladium cores for tunable optical properties, Small, 2023, 19, 2206838.

      

    77. Zhaojun Liu, Yilan Jiang, Zhixue Zhang, Xiaoxiao Wang, Kai Liu, Zhun Qiao, Moxuan Liu, Shumeng Zhang, Zerui Mu, Qing Zhang, and Chuanbo Gao*, Synthesis of noble/non-noble metal alloy nanostructures via an active hydrogen-involved interfacial reduction strategy, Nature Synthesis, 2023, 2, 119-128. 

     

    76. Zhibin Wen, Shumeng Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Zhixue Zhang, Zhun Qiao, Kai Liu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Size-engineered noble metal nanoclusters synthesized by impregnation for size-dependent catalysis, Science China Materials, 2023, 66,1417-1426.

     

    2022

    75. Chuanbo Gao*, Osamu Terasaki*, Counting charges per metal nanoparticle (Perspective), Science, 2022, 378, 133-134.

     

    74. Yuke Bai,† Yu Wu,† Xichen Zhou, Yifan Ye, Kaiqi Nie, Jiaou Wang, Miao Xie, Zhixue Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Tao Cheng*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Promoting nickel oxidation state transitions in single-layer NiFeB hydroxide nanosheets for efficient oxygen evolution, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 6094.

     

    73. Zhaojun Liu, Zerui Mu, Kai Liu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Zhun Qiao, Zhixue Zhang, and Chuanbo Gao*, Efficient shape transformation of palladium nanocrystals by biphasic oxidative etching and regrowth, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2022, 6, 2905-2912.

     

    72. Moxuan Liu, Kai Liu*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Effects of ligands on synthesis and surface-engineering of noble metal nanocrystals for electrocatalysis, ChemElectroChem, 2022, 9, e202200651. 

     

    71. Moxuan Liu,† Zhaojun Liu,† Miao Xie, Zhixue Zhang, Shumeng Zhang, Tao Cheng*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Ligand-mediated self-terminating growth of single-atom Pt on Au nanocrystals for improved formic acid oxidation activity, Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 202103195.

     

    2021

    70. Zhixue Zhang,† Miao Xie,† Zhaojun Liu, Yiming Lu, Shumeng Zhang, Moxuan Liu, Kai Liu, Tao Cheng*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Ultrathin Pt-Cu-Ni ternary alloy nanowires with multimetallic interplay for boosted methanol oxidation activity, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021,  4, 7, 6824-6832. 

     

    69. Moxuan Liu†, Miao Xie†, Yilan Jiang, Zhaojun Liu, Yiming Lu, Shumeng Zhang, Zhixue Zhang, Xiaoxiao Wang, Kai Liu, Qing Zhang, Tao Cheng*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Core-shell nanoparticle with tensile strain enables highly efficient electrochemical ethanol oxidation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 15373-15380. 

     

    68. Juan Ge, Yannan Li, Min Wang, Chuanbo Gao, Shuanying Yang, Bo Lei*, Engineering conductive antioxidative antibacterial nanocomposite hydrogel scaffolds with oriented channels promotes structure-functional skeletal muscle regeneration, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 425, 130333. 

     

    67. Dawei Ding,* Hu Wu, Xiaoping He, Fan Yang, Chuanbo Gao*, Yadong Yin, and Shujiang Ding*, A metal nanoparticle assembly with broadband absorption and suppressed thermal radiation for enhanced solar steam generation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 11241-11247. 

     

    66. Shumeng Zhang, Kai Liu, Zhaojun Liu, Moxuan Liu, Zhixue Zhang, Zhun Qiao, Liang Ming, and Chuanbo Gao*, Highly strained Au-Ag-Pd alloy nanowires for boosted electrooxidation of biomass-derived alcohols, Nano Letters, 2021, 21, 2, 1074–1082.

     

    65. Chuanbo Gao†, Fenglei Lyu†, and Yadong Yin*, Encapsulated metal nanoparticles for catalysis, Chemical Reviews, 2021, 121, 2, 834-881.

     

    2020

    64. Moxuan Liu, Shumeng Zhang, Zhixue Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Kai Liu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Sulfite modification of platinum nanoparticles modulates electrocatalytic formic acid oxidation activity, Green Chemistry, 2020, 22, 5838-5844. 

     

    63. Hua Ma*, Xiaofang Liu, Chuanbo Gao, and Yadong Yin*, The calculated dielectric function and optical properties of bimetallic alloy nanoparticles, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020, 124, 2721-2727.

     

    62. Qikui Fan†, Hao Yang†, Juan Ge, Shumeng Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Bo Lei, Tao Cheng, Youyong Li, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Customizable ligand exchange for tailored surface property of noble metal nanocrystals, Research, 2020, 2131806.

     

    2019

    61. Na Li*, Pingping Wei, Linan Yu, Junyi Ji, Jiupeng Zhao, Chuanbo Gao, Yao Li*, Yadong Yin*, Dynamically switchable multicolor electrochromic films, Small, 2019, 15, 1804974.

     

    60. Qi-Kui Fan, Ting-Zhuo Liu, Hou-Shen Li, Shu-Meng Zhang, Kai Liu, and Chuan-Bo Gao*, Gold/oxide heterostructured nanoparticles for enhanced SERS sensitivity and reproducibility, Rare Metals, 2020, 39, 834–840.

     

    59. Dawei Ding, Kai Liu, Qikui Fan, Bitao Dong, Yang Zhang, Yadong Yin, Chuanbo Gao*, and Shujiang Ding*, Nickel nanoparticles individually encapsulated in densified ceramic shells for thermally stable solar energy absorption, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 3039-3045.

     

    2018

    58. Hongpo Liu, Kai Liu, Ping Zhong, Jing Qi, Jihong Bian, Qikui Fan, Kui Ren, Haoquan Zheng, Lu Han, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Ultrathin Pt-Ag alloy nanotubes with regular nanopores for enhanced electrocatalytic activity, Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30, 7744-7751.

     

    57. Ji Feng, Chuanbo Gao*, and Yadong Yin*, Stabilization of noble metal nanostructures for catalysis and sensing, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 20492-20504.

     

    56. Hongyu Zhao†, Siyu Yao†, Mengtao Zhang†, Fei Huang, Qikui Fan, Shumeng Zhang, Hongyang Liu*, Ding Ma*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Ultra-small platinum nanoparticles encapsulated in sub-50 nm hollow titania nanospheres for low-temperature water-gas shift reaction, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 36954-36960.

     

    55. Kai Liu, Hongpo Liu, Qikui Fan, Shumeng Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Lu Han, Houshen Li, and Chuanbo Gao*, Solid-to-hollow conversion of silver nanocrystals by surface-protected etching, Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018, 24, 19038-19044. 

     

    54. Shumeng Zhang, Lei Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Moxuan Liu, Qikui Fan, Kai Liu, and Chuanbo Gao*, Robust synthesis of ultrathin Au-Ag nanowires as a high-surface-area, synergistic substrate for constructing efficient Pt-based catalysts, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 22161-22169. 

     

    53. Qikui Fan, Kai Liu, Ji Feng, Fumin Wang, Zhaojun Liu, Moxuan Liu, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Building high-density Au-Ag islands on Au nanocrystals by partial surface passivation, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1803199. 

     

    52. Zhaojun Liu, Jing Qi, Moxuan Liu, Shumeng Zhang, Qikui Fan, Hongpo Liu, Kai Liu, Haoquan Zheng, Yadong Yin*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Aqueous synthesis of ultrathin platinum/non-noble metal alloy nanowires for enhanced hydrogen evolution activity, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 11678-11682.

     

    51. Juan Ge†, Kai Liu†, Wen Niu, Mi Chen, Min Wang, Yumeng Xue, Chuanbo Gao, Peter X. Ma,  Bo Lei*, Gold and gold-silver alloy nanoparticles enhance the myogenic differentiation of myoblasts through p38 MAPK signaling pathway and promote in vivo skeletal muscle regeneration, Biomaterials, 2018, 175, 19-29. 

     

    50. Shumeng Zhang†, Lei Zhang†, Kai Liu, Moxuan Liu, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Digestive ripening in the formation of monodisperse noble metal nanospheres, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2018, 2, 1328-1333.  

     

    49. Hongpo Liu, Ping Zhong, Kai Liu, Lu Han, Haoquan Zheng, Yadong Yin*, and Chuanbo Gao*,Synthesis of ultrathin platinum nanoplates for enhanced oxygen reduction activity, Chemical Science, 2018, 9, 398-404.

     

    48. Xin Wang†, Licheng Bai, Hongyan Liu, Xuefeng Yu, Yadong Yin*, and Chuanbo Gao*, A unique disintegration-reassembly route to mesoporous titania nanocrystalline hollow spheres with enhanced photocatalytic activity, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1704208.

     

    47. Hongyu Zhao, Fan Zhang, Shumeng Zhang, Shengnan He, Fei Shen, Xiaogang Han*, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Scalable synthesis of sub-100 nm hollow carbon nanospheres for energy storage applications, Nano Research, 2018, 11, 1822-1833.

      

    2017

    46. Lei Zhang, Xiao Sha, Qikui Fan, Lu Han, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Gold nanoshurikens with uniform sharp tips for chemical sensing by the localized surface plasmon resonance, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 17037-17043. 

     

    45. Yaocai Bai, Chuanbo Gao, and Yadong Yin*, Fully alloyed Ag/Au nanorods with tunable surface plasmon resonance and high chemical stability, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 14875-14880. 

     

    44. Guoqing Wang, Yiding Liu, Chuanbo Gao*, Lei Guo, Miaofang Chi, Kuniharu Ijiro, Mizuo Maeda, and Yadong Yin*, Island growth in the seed-mediated overgrowth of monometallic colloidal nanostructures, Chem, 2017, 3,  678-690. 

     

    43. Lei Zhang, Qikui Fan, Xiao Sha, Ping Zhong, Jie Zhang, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Self-assembly of noble metal nanoparticles into sub-100 nm colloidosomes with collective optical and catalytic properties, Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 6103-6110.

     

    42. Qikui Fan, Kai Liu, Zhaojun Liu, Hongpo Liu, Lei Zhang, Ping Zhong, and Chuanbo Gao*, A ligand-exchange route to noble metal nanocrystals with a clean surface for enhanced optical and catalytic properties,Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2017, 34,1700075.

     

    41. Licheng Bai, Shumeng Zhang, Qiang Chen*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Synthesis of ultrasmall platinum nanoparticles on polymer nanoshells for size-dependent catalytic oxidation reactions, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9, 9710–9717. 

     

    40. Ping Zhong, Hongpo Liu, Jie Zhang, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Controlled synthesis of octahedral platinum-based mesocrystals by oriented aggregation, Chemistry - A European Journal 2017, 23, 6803–6810.

     

    39. Meng Yu, Bo Lei*, Chuanbo Gao, Jin Yan, and Peter X. Ma*, Optimizing surface-engineered ultra-small gold nanoparticles for highly efficient miRNA delivery to enhance osteogenic differentiation of bone mesenchymal stromal cells. Nano Research 2017, 10, 49–63. 

     

    2016

    38. Licheng Bai, Xin Wang, Qiang Chen*, Yifan Ye, Haoquan Zheng, Jinghua Guo, Yadong Yin*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Explaining the size dependence in platinum-nanoparticle-catalyzed hydrogenation reactions, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 15656–15661.

     


    37. Xinyu Wei, Qikui Fan, Hongpo Liu, Yaocai Bai, Lei Zhang, Haoquan Zheng, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Holey Au-Ag alloy nanoplates with built-in hotspots for surface-enhanced Raman scattering, Nanoscale 2016, 8, 15689–15695.


     

    36. Kai Liu, Yaocai Bai, Lei Zhang, Zhongbo Yang, Qikui Fan, Haoquan Zheng, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Porous Au-Ag nanospheres with high-density and highly accessible hotspots for SERS analysis, Nano Letters 2016, 16, 3675–3681. 

     

    35. Hongyu Zhao, Dawei Wang, Chuanbo Gao*, Hongyang Liu*, Lu Han, and Yadong Yin*, Ultrafine platinum/iron oxide nanoconjugates confined in silica nanoshells for highly-durable catalytic oxidation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016, 4, 1366–1372.

     

    34. Xin Wang, Qipeng Lu, Xuefei Wang, Jibong Joo, Michael Dahl, Bo Liu*, Chuanbo Gao*, and Yadong Yin*, Photocatalytic surface-initiated polymerization on TiO2 toward well-defined composite nanostructures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 538–546.

     

    2015 

    33. Hongpo Liu, Tingzhuo Liu, Lei Zhang, Lu Han, Chuanbo Gao*, and Yadong Yin*, Etching-free epitaxial growth of gold on silver nanostructures for high chemical stability and plasmonic activity, Advanced Functional Materials 2015, 25, 5435–5443. 

        

    32. Lei Zhang, Tingzhuo Liu, Kai Liu, Lu Han, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Gold nanoframes by nonepitaxial growth of Au on AgI nanocrystals for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Nano Letters 2015, 15, 4448–4454.

     

    31. Ran Su, Yajing Shen, Linglong Li, Dawei Zhang, Guang Yang, Chuanbo Gao, and Yaodong Yang*, Silver modified nanosized ferroelectrics as a novel photocatalyst, Small 2015, 11, 202-207.

     

    2014

    30. Dawei Ding, Kai Liu, Shengnan He, Chuanbo Gao*, and Yadong Yin*, Ligand-exchange assisted formation of Au/TiO2 Schottky contact for visible-light photocatalysis, Nano Letters 2014, 14, 6731-6736.

     

    29. Tingting Zhang, Hongyu Zhao, Shengnan He, Kai Liu, Hongyang Liu*, Yadong Yin*, and Chuanbo Gao*, Unconventional route to encapsulated ultrasmall gold nanoparticles for high-temperature catalysis, ACS Nano 2014, 8, 7297-7304.

     

     28. Chuanbo Gao,* Yongxing Hu, Mingsheng Wang, Miaofang Chi, and Yadong Yin*, Fully alloyed Ag/Au nanospheres: Combining the plasmonic property of Ag with the stability of Au, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136, 7474-7479. 

      

     27. Xiaxia Liu, Linglong Li, Yaodong Yang, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, One-step growth of triangular nanoplates with predictable sizes on a large scale, Nanoscale 2014, 6, 4513-4516.

     

    2013

    26. Mingsheng Wang, Chuanbo Gao, Le He, Qipeng Lu, Jinzhong Zhang, Chi Tang, Serkan Zorba, and Yadong Yin*, Magnetic tuning of plasmonic excitation of gold nanorods,Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 15302-15305. 

     
    25. Xiaxia Liu, Yadong Yin, and Chuanbo Gao*, Size-tailored synthesis of quasi-nanospheres by kinetically controlled seeded growth, Langmuir 2013, 29, 10559-10565. 
     
    24. Chuanbo Gao, James Goebl, and Yadong Yin*, Seeded growth route to noble metal nanostructures, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2013, 1, 3898−3909. 
     
    (Before Joining XJTU)
    2012
    23. Chuanbo Gao, Zhenda Lu, Ying Liu, Qiao Zhang, Miaofang Chi, Quan Cheng, Yadong Yin*, Highly stable silver nanoplates for surface plasmon resonance biosensing, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51, 5629-5633. 
     
    22. Chuanbo Gao, John Vuong, Qiao Zhang, Yiding Liu, Yadong Yin*, One-step seeded growth of Au nanoparticles with widely tunable sizes, Nanoscale 2012, 4, 2875-2878.
     
    2011
    21. Chuanbo Gao, Qiao Zhang, Zhenda Lu, Yadong Yin*, Templated synthesis of metal nanorods in silica nanotubes,Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011, 133, 19706-19709. 
     
    20. Chuanbo Gao, Zhenda Lu, Yadong Yin*, Gram-scale synthesis of silica nanotubes with controlled aspect ratios by templating of nickel-hydrazine complex nanorods, Langmuir 2011, 27, 12201-12208. 
       
    19. Zhenda Lu, Chuanbo Gao, Qiao Zhang, Miaofang Chi, Jane Y. Howe, Yadong Yin*, Direct assembly of hydrophobic nanoparticles to multifunctional structures, Nano Letters 2011, 11, 3404-3412. 
     
    18. Zhenda Lu, Lei Sun, Kevin Nguyen, Chuanbo Gao, Yadong Yin*, Formation mechanism and size control in one-pot synthesis of mercapto-Silica colloidal spheres, Langmuir 2011, 27, 3372-3380. 
     
    17. Haoquan Zheng, Chuanbo Gao*, Baowei Peng, Shunai Che*, pH-Responsive drug delivery system based on coordination bonding in a mesostructured surfactant/silica hybrid, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2011, 115, 7230-7237.
     
    16. Lu Han, Qianru Chen, Yu Wang, Chuanbo Gao*, Shunai Che*, Synthesis of amino group functionalized monodispersed mesoporous silica nanospheres using anionic surfactant, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2011, 139, 94-103. 
       
    15. Lu Han, Chuanbo Gao, Xiaowei Wu, Qianru Chen, Peng Shu, Zhiguang Ding, Shunai Che*, Anionic surfactants templating route for synthesizing silica hollow spheres with different shell porosity. Solid State Sciences, 2011, 13, 721-728.
     
    2010
    14.Chuanbo Gao, Shunai Che*, Organically functionalized mesoporous silica by co-structure-directing route,Advanced Functional Materials 2010, 20, 2750-2768. (Feature Article)

    13. Chuanbo Gao, Haoquan Zheng, Lei Xing, Shunai Che*, Designable coordination bonding in mesopores as a pH-responsive system, Chemistry of Materials 2010, 22, 5437-5444.
     
    12. Qianru Chen, Lu Han, Chuanbo Gao, Shunai Che*, Synthesis of monodispersed mesoporous silica spheres (MMSSs) with controlled particle size using gemini surfactant. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2010, 128, 203-212.
     
    2009
    11. Chuanbo Gao, Isabel Izquierdo-Barba, Ikuhiko Nakase, Shiroh Futaki*, Juanfang Ruan, Kasutami Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Kazuyuki Kuroda, Osamu Terasaki*, Shunai Che*, Mesostructured silica based delivery system for a drug with a peptide as a cell-penetrating vector, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2009, 122, 201−207. 
     
    10. Peng Shu, Juanfang Ruan, Chuanbo Gao, Huachun Li, Shunai Che*, Formation of mesoporous Co3O4 replicas of different mesostructures with different pore sizes, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2009, 123, 314-323.
       
    9. Runhuan Gong, Lu Han, Chuanbo Gao, Mouhai Shu, Shunai Che*, Molecular design of AEC tri-block anionic surfactant towards rational synthesis of targeted thick-walled mesoporous silica, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2009, 19, 3404-3411.

     

    2008
    8. Chuanbo Gao, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Osamu Terasaki, Shunai Che*, Formation of diverse mesophases templated by a diprotic anionic surfactant, Chemistry - A European Journal 2008, 14, 11423−11428. 
     
    7. Haiying Jin, Huibin Qiu, Chuanbo Gao, Shunai Che*, Synthetic design towards targeted chiral anionic surfactant templated chiral mesoporous silica, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2008, 116, 171−179. 
     
    6. Haoquan Zheng, Chuanbo Gao, Shunai Che*, Amino and quaternary ammonium group functionalized mesoporous silica: An efficient ion-exchange method to remove anionic surfactant from AMS,Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2008, 116, 299−307.

     

    2007
    5. Chuanbo Gao, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Osamu Terasaki, Kazutami Sakamoto, Shunai Che*, Molecular design of the surfactant and the co-structure-directing agent (CSDA) toward rational synthesis of targeted anionic surfactant templated mesoporous silica, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2007, 17, 3591−3602. 
     
    4. Yasuhiro Sakamoto*, Chuanbo Gao, Shunai Che, Osamu Terasaki, TEM Studies of bicontinuous cubic mesoporous crystals, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 2007,165, 207-210.
     
    2006
    3. Chuanbo Gao, Shunai Che*, Anionic Surfactant Templated Mesoporous Silica (AMS), Acta Petrolei Sinica 2006, 22, 22-32.
     
    2.Chuanbo Gao, Huibin Qiu, Wei Zeng, Yasuhiro Sakamoto*, Osamu Terasaki, Kazutami Sakamoto, Qun Chen, Shunai Che*, Formation mechanism of anionic surfactant-templated mesoporous silica, Chemistry of Materials 2006, 18, 3904−3914. 
     
    1. Chuanbo Gao, Yasuhiro Sakamoto*, Kazutami Sakamoto, Osamu Terasaki, Shunai Che*, Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous silica AMS-10 with bicontinuous cubic Pn-3m symmetry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2006, 45, 4295-4298.

BOOK CHAPTERS

    4. Chuanbo Gao, Zhaojun Liu, Control of atomic condensed states in multimetallic nanoparticles and their catalytic effects, in “Condensed Matter Structural Chemistry”, 2026,  pp 103-141, Elsevier.


    3. Guoqing Wang, Lan Zhang, Qian Li, ChuanboGao, Colloidal Au nanoplates: Synthesis, properties, applications, in "Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials", vol. 1, 2023, pp. 113-137, Elsevier.

     

    2. Chunxia Wu, Chuanbo Gao, Methods for Ligand Exchange, in "Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials", vol. 2, 2023, pp. 277-301, Elsevier. 

     

    1. Xinyu Wei, Ping Zhong, Chuanbo Gao, Gold (79Au), in "Handbook of Synthetic Methodologies and Protocols of Nanomaterials", vol. 1, 2019, World Scientific.


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