Yugang Zhang

We developed a solution-based method to synthesize palladium nanoparticle of different shapes, and investigated the relationship between nanoparticle shape, ligand shell, and the emergent phase behavior of nanocube assemblies using small-angle x-ray scattering and electron microscopy. We also developed a general strategy for DNA functionalization and mediated assembly of 3D ordered heterogeneous systems, comprising plasmonic (Au), magnetic (FeO, Fe2O3), catalytic (Pd), and luminescent (CdSe/Te@ZnS and CdS@ZnS QDs) NPs. This strategy provides tremendous opportunities to study the self-assembly behavior and collective properties of heterogeneous systems. We observed rich phase behavior and novel disorder-to-order transition pathway of the assemblies, and also investigated their properties, including photoluminescence and magnetic response.

• B. S., Physics, Sep, 1998 ~ July, 2002
  Department of Physics, Qingdao University
• Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, Sep, 2002 ~ July, 2007
  Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISSP, CAS)

• Postdoctoral Research: Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Center for Functional Nanomaterials
  • Project: DNA-mediated assembly of nanoparticles

Yugang Zhang, Zhenyang Wang, Fang Lu, Ye Zhang, Yanhe Xiao, Lide Zhang, Property Modulation of Zinc Oxide Hierarchical Architectures in Photoluminescence and Raman Scattering, Applied Physics Letter, 89: 113110-1—-3, 2006

Yugang Zhang, Fang Lu, Zhenyang Wang, Lide Zhang, Aggregation of ZnO nanorods into films by oriented attachment, Journal of Physics and Chemistry C., 111: 4519-4523, 2007

Yugang Zhang, Fang Lu, Zhenyang Wang, Huixin Wang, Mingguang Kong, Xiaoguang Zhu, and Lide Zhang. ZnS Nanoparticle-Assisted Synthesis and Optical Properties of ZnS Nanotowers, Crystal Growth and Design, 7: 1459-1462, 2007

Fang Lu, Weiping Cai, Yugang Zhang, Honeycomb-like ZnO hierarchical micro/nanoarchitecture and its photocatalytic property, Advanced Functional Materials, 18: 1047-1056, 2008

Yugang Zhang, Fang Lu, Daniel van der Lelie, Oleg Gang, Continuous phase transformation in nanocube assemblies, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 135701, 2011