Yingbo Zhao

Our research directions include the design and synthesis of ordered molecular materials, their interface and growth control, and incorporation into optoelectronic and chemical sensing devices. We are specifically interested in metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, and low-dimensional molecular crystals. In device design, we aim to leverage the unique properties of ordered molecular materials to achieve new functions and characteristics.

2023

Zhang, Y.,# Liu, Y.,# Bao, W., Zhang, X., Yan, P., Yao, X., Chen, M.-Z., Xie, T-Y., Cao, L., Cai, X., Li, H., Deng, Y., Zhao, L., Zeng, M-H., Jiang, S., Zhao, Y.,* Xie, J.*; Monolithic Titanium Alkoxide Networks for Lithium-Ion Conductive All-Solid-State Electrolytes. Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 4066–4073.

Chen, M.-Z., Li, J., Liao, S., Guo, Y. -H., Liu, T., Ma, R. -F., Xie, T. -Y., Liu, W. -D., Peng, S. -X., Kuang, X., Yin, Z.,* Zhao, Y.,* Zeng, M.-H.,*; Multi-stage Transformations of a Cluster-Based Metal-Organic Framework: Perturbing Crystals to Glass-Forming Liquids that Re-Crystallize at High Temperature. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, e202305942.

Yin, Z.,*Zhao, Y.,* Zeng, M.-H.,* Challenge, Advance and Emerging Opportunities for Metal-Organic Framework Glasses: from Dynamic Chemistry to Material Science and Noncrystalline Physics. Acta Chimica Sinica, 2023, 81, 246-252.

Bao, W.; Zhang, Y.; Cao, L.; Jiang, Y.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, N.; Liu, Y.; Yan, P.; Wang, X.; Liu, Y.; Li, H.; Zhao, Y.; Xie, J.*; A H₂O-initiated crosslinking strategy for ultrafine nanoclusters reinforced high toughness polymer-in-plasticizer solid electrolyte Adv. Mater. 2023, 2304712. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202304712

Xu, Y.; Sun, T.; Zeng, T.; Zhang, X.; Yao, X.; Liu, S.; Shi, Z.; Wen, W.; Zhao, Y.; Jiang, S.; Ma, Y.; Zhang, Y.-B.*; Symmetry-breaking dynamics in a tautomeric 3D covalent organic framework. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 4215.

Zhang, X.; Xu, Z.; Wang, Z.; Liu, H.; Zhao, Y.; Jiang, S.*; High-throughput and machine learning approaches for the discovery of metal organic frameworks. APL Materials, 2023, 11, 060901, 8 pp.

2022

Yin, Z., Zhao, Y., Wan, S., Yang, J., Shi, Z., Peng, S.-X., Chen, M.-Z., Xie, T.-Y., Zeng, T.-W., Yamamuro, O., Nirei, M., Akiba, H., Zhang, Y.-B.,^* Yu, H.-B.,^* Zeng, M.-H.,^* Synergistic Stimulation of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Stable Super-cooled Liquid and Quenched Glass, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (29), 13021-13025.

Wei, L., Sun, T., Shi, Z. Xu, Z., Wen, W., Jiang, S., Zhao, Y^*., Ma, Y^*., Zhang, Y.-B^*.; Guest-adaptive molecular sensing in a dynamic 3D covalent organic framework. Nat Commun 2022, 13, 7936. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35674-8

Before ShanghaiTech

1. Wang, V., Zhao, Y., Javey, A.^*; Performance limits of an alternating current electroluminescent device. Adv. Mater., 33, 2005635, (2021).

2. Zhao, Y., Wang, V., Javey, A.^*; Molecular materials with short radiative lifetime for high-speed light-emitting devices. Matter, 3, 1832-1844,(2020).

3.  Zhao, Y.^#, Wang, V.^#, Lien, D.-H.^#, Javey, A.^*; Generic electroluminescent device for emission from infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths. Nat. Electron.,3, 612–621,(2020).

4. Zhao, H.^#, Zhao, Y.^#, Song, Y., Zhou, M., Lv, W., Tao, L., Feng, Y., Song, B., Ma, Y., Zhang,   J., Xiao, J., Wang, Y., Lien, D.-H., Amani, M., Kim, H., Chen, X., Wu, Z.,   Ni, Z., Wang P., Shi, Y., Ma, H.^*, Zhang, X., Xu, J.-B., Troisi,   A., Javey, A.^*, Wang, X.^*; Strong optical response and light emission from a monolayer molecular crystal. Nat. Commun., 10, 1-9, (2019).

5. Zhao, P., Wang, R., Lien, D.-H., Zhao, Y., Kim, H., Cho, J., Ahn, G. H., Javey, A.^*; Scanning probe lithography patterning of monolayer semiconductors and application in quantifying edge recombination. Adv. Mater., 31, 1900136, (2019).

6. Nyein, H.Y.Y.^#, Bariya, M.^#, Kivimäki,   L., Uusitalo, S., Liaw, T. S., Jansson, E., Ahn, C. H., Hangasky, J.A., Zhao,   J., Lin, Y., Happonen, T., Chao, M., Liedert, C., Zhao, Y., Tai, L.-C., Hiltunen, J., Javey, A.^*; Regional and correlative sweat analysis using high-throughput microfluidic sensing patches toward decoding sweat. Sci. Adv., 5, eaaw9906, (2019).

7.  Ji, W., Zhao, Y.,   Fahad, H.M., Bullock, J., Allen, T., Lien, D.-H., Wolf, S.D., Javey, A.^*; Dip coating passivation of crystalline silicon by lewis acids. ACS nano, 13, 3723-3729, (2019).

8. Kim, H.^#, Ahn, G.H.^#, Cho,   J., Amani, M., Mastandrea, J. P., Groschner, C. K., Lien, D.-H., Zhao, Y., Ager, J. W., Scott, M.C.,   Chrzan, D. C., Javey, A.^*; Synthetic WSe₂ monolayers with high photoluminescence quantum yield. Sci. Adv., 5, eaau4728, (2019).

9. Bariya, M.^#, Shahpar, Z.^#,   Park, H., Sun, J., Jung, Y., Gao, W., Nyein, H.Y.Y., Liaw, T. S., Tai, L.-C.,   Ngo, Q. P., Chao, M., Zhao, Y.,   Hettick, M., Cho, G.^*, Javey, A.^*; Roll-to-Roll gravure printed electrochemical sensors for wearable and medical devices. ACS nano, 12, 6978-6987, (2018).

10. Diercks, C. S.^#, Lin, S.^#,   Kornienko, N., Kapustin, E. A., Nichols, E. M., Zhu, C., Zhao, Y., Chang, C. J.^*, & Yaghi, O. M.^*; Reticular electronic tuning of porphyrin active sites in covalent organic frameworks for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 1116-1122, (2018).

11. Zhao, Y. ^#, Guo,   L. ^#, Gándara, F., Ma, Y., Liu, Z., Zhu, C., Lyu, H., Trickett, C., Kapustin, E., Terasaki, O., Yaghi, O. M.^*; A Synthetic Route for Crystals of   Woven Structures, Monodisperse Nanocrystals, and Thin Films of Covalent   Organic Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 13166–13172, (2017).

12. Zhao, Y., Lee,   S-Y., Becknell, N., Yaghi, O. M.^*, & Angell, C.A.^*; Nanoporous Transparent MOF Glasses with Accessible Internal Surface. J. Am. Chem. Soc.138, 10818-10821, (2016). Selected as JACS spotlight

13.  Liu, Y. ^#, Ma, Y. ^#, Zhao, Y. ^#, Sun, X., Gándara, F., Furukawa, H., Liu, Z., Zhu,   H., Zhu, C., Suenaga, K., Oleynikov, P., Alshammari, A. S., Zhang, X., Terasaki, O.^* & Yaghi, O. M.^*; Weaving of Organic Threads into a Crystalline Covalent Organic Framework. Science 351, 365-369, (2016). Selected  for Science front cover art

14. Jiang, J.^#, Zhao, Y.^#   & Yaghi, O. M.^*; Covalent Chemistry beyond Molecules. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 3255-3265, (2016). Selected as JACS spotlight

      15.  Rungtaweevoranit, B.^*, Zhao, Y.^*, Choi, K. M. & Yaghi, O. M.^*; Cooperative Effects at the Interface of Nanocrystalline Metal-organic Frameworks. Nano Res. 9, 47-58, (2016).

16.  Zhao, Y^#., Kornienko, N.^#, Liu, Z., Zhu, C., Asahina,   S., Kuo, T.-R., Bao, W., Xie, C., Hexemer, A., Terasaki, O., Yang, P.^* & Yaghi, O. M.^*; Mesoscopic Constructs of Ordered and Oriented Metal-organic Frameworks on Plasmonic Silver Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 2199-2202, (2015). Selected as ACS Editor’s Choice paper

17.  Kornienko, N.^#, Zhao, Y.^#, Kley, C. S., Zhu, C., Kim, D., Lin, S., Chang, C. J., Yaghi, O. M.^* & Yang, P.^*; Metal-organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Reduction of   Carbon Dioxide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 14129-14135, (2015).

18.  Lin, S.^#, Diercks, C. S.^#,   Zhang, Y.-B.^#, Kornienko, N., Nichols, E. M., Zhao, Y., Paris, A. R., Kim, D., Yang, P., Yaghi, O. M. ^* & Chang, C. J.^*; Covalent Organic Frameworks Comprising Cobalt Porphyrins for Catalytic CO₂ Reduction in Water. Science 349, 1208-1213, (2015).

19.  Peri, D., Ciston, J., Gándara, F., Zhao, Y., Yaghi, O. M.^*; Crystalline Fibers of Metal–Peptide Double Ladders. Inorg. Chem. 52, 13818-13820, (2013).