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  1. Nanozymes for biomedical applications

    Article • APL Materials, October 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  2. A silica nanobean carrier utilizing lysosomal and mitochondrial autophagy to kill ovarian cancer cell

    Article • APL Materials, May 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  3. Ca2+, pH and thermo triple-responsive mechanized Zr-based MOFs for on-command drug release in bone diseases

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  4. Controlled drug delivery systems based on calixarenes

    Article • Chinese Chemical Letters, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  5. A facile preparation of crystalline GeS2 nanoplates and their photocatalytic activity

    Article • Journal of Alloys and Compounds, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  6. In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy Exploring Molecular Changes of Drug-Treated Cancer Cell Nucleus

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, February 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  7. Pillar[5,6]arene-Functionalized Silicon Dioxide: Synthesis, Characterization, and Adsorption of Herbicide

    Article • Langmuir, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  8. Supramolecular assembly-induced yellow emission of 9,10-distyrylanthracene bridged bis(pillar[5]arene)s

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  9. Reverse micelles based on biocompatible β-cyclodextrin conjugated polyethylene glycol block polylactide for protein delivery

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  10. Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks gated by pillar[5]arene supramolecular switches

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Xin Wang

  11. Sugar and pH dual-responsive snap-top nanocarriers based on mesoporous silica-coated Fe3O4magnetic nanoparticles for cargo delivery

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  12. Construction of stable polymeric vesicles based on azobenzene and beta-cyclodextrin grafted poly(glycerol methacrylate)s for potential applications in colon-specific drug delivery

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  13. Cover Picture: Carboxylatopillarene‐Modified Reduced Graphene Oxides with High Water Dispersibility for Fluorescent Dye Sensing (Chin. J. Chem. 1/2015)

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  14. One-pot solvothermal synthesis of biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles mediated by cucurbit[n]urils

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  15. Molecular and supramolecular switches on mesoporous silica nanoparticles

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  16. ChemInform Abstract: Self‐Assembly and Applications of Poly(glycidyl methacrylates) and Their Derivatives

    Article • ChemInform, December 2014, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  17. Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Coated by Layer-by-Layer Self-assembly Using Cucurbit[7]uril for in Vitro and in Vivo Anticancer Drug Release

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, November 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  18. Covalent modification of graphene oxide with polynorbornene by surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization

    Article • Polymer, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  19. Pillarene functionalized polymer monolithic column for the solid-phase microextraction preconcentration of parabens

    Article • RSC Advances, September 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  20. Molecular recognition and self-assembly of pillarenes

    Article • Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  21. ChemInform Abstract: Switchable Host‐Guest Systems on Surfaces

    Article • ChemInform, August 2014, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  22. Applications of pillarenes, an emerging class of synthetic macrocycles

    Article • Science China Chemistry, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  23. Pillar[5]arene‐Based Supramolecular Organic Frameworks for Highly Selective CO2‐Capture at Ambient Conditions

    Article • Advanced Materials, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  24. Ditopic pillar[5]arene-based fluorescence enhancement material mediated by [c2]daisy chain formation

    Article • Chemical Communications, July 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  25. Carboxylatopillarene-Modified Reduced Graphene Oxides with High Water Dispersibility for Fluorescent Dye Sensing

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  26. Self-assembly and applications of poly(glycidyl methacrylate)s and their derivatives

    Article • Chemical Communications, May 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  27. Separation and preconcentration of gold and palladium ions with a carboxylated pillar[5]arene derived sorbent prior to their determination by flow injection FAAS

    Article • Microchimica Acta, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  28. Switchable Host–Guest Systems on Surfaces

    Article • Accounts of Chemical Research, March 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  29. Acetylcholine-Triggered Cargo Release from Supramolecular Nanovalves Based on Different Macrocyclic Receptors

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, March 2014, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  30. Nanoassembles constructed from mesoporous silica nanoparticles and surface-coated multilayer polyelectrolytes for controlled drug delivery

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  31. Efficient inhibition of human papillomavirus 16 L1 pentamer formation by a carboxylatopillarene and a p-sulfonatocalixarene

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  32. Efficient syntheses of pillar[6]arene-based hetero[4]rotaxanes using a cooperative capture strategy

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  33. Host–guest properties of pillar[7]arene towards substituted adamantane ammonium cations

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  34. Selective recognition of “solvent” molecules in solution and the solid state by 1,4-dimethoxypillar[5]arene driven by attractive forces

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  35. Stimuli-responsive biocompatible nanovalves based on β-cyclodextrin modified poly(glycidyl methacrylate)

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  36. β-Cyclodextrin-conjugated amino poly(glycerol methacrylate)s for efficient insulin delivery

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  37. Near-infrared light-responsive supramolecular nanovalve based on mesoporous silica-coated gold nanorods

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  38. Stimuli-responsive blue fluorescent supramolecular polymers based on a pillar[5]arene tetramer

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  39. Reverse micelles based on β-cyclodextrin-incorporated amphiphilic polyurethane copolymers for protein delivery

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  40. Construction of reverse vesicles from pseudo-graft poly(glycerol methacrylate)s via cyclodextrin–cholesterol interactions

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  41. Dithienylethene-based rotaxanes: synthesis, characterization and properties

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jun Yin, Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  42. Relative Unidirectional Translation in an Artificial Molecular Assembly Fueled by Light

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  43. Antimicrobial activities of polymeric quaternary ammonium salts from poly(glycidyl methacrylate)s

    Article • Polymers for Advanced Technologies, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  44. Stimuli-responsive PGMA-gated mesoporous silica for controlled drug delivery

    Article • Journal of Controlled Release, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  45. Quaternized poly(glycerol methacrylate)s for enhanced pDNA delivery

    Article • Journal of Controlled Release, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  46. Construction of Hetero[n]rotaxanes by Use of Polyfunctional Rotaxane Frameworks

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  47. ChemInform Abstract: Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Supramolecular Macrocycles

    Article • ChemInform, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  48. Gold nanoparticles functionalized with supramolecular macrocycles

    Article • Chinese Chemical Letters, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  49. Mechanized Silica Nanoparticles Based on Pillar[5]arenes for On‐Command Cargo Release

    Article • Small, May 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  50. One‐Pot Synthesis of Tetrafluoro‐ and Tetrachlorofluorescein Derivatives and Their Stabilization by β‐Cyclodextrin

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, April 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  51. Viologen-Mediated Assembly of and Sensing with Carboxylatopillar[5]arene-Modified Gold Nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  52. Electrospun nanofibers and multi-responsive supramolecular assemblies constructed from a pillar[5]arene-based receptor

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  53. Supramolecular chemistry

    Article • "Annual Reports Section ""B"" (Organic Chemistry)", January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  54. Pillararene-functionalized Fe3O4 nanoparticles as magnetic solid-phase extraction adsorbent for pesticide residue analysis in beverage samples

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  55. Enzyme-responsive supramolecular nanovalves crafted by mesoporous silica nanoparticles and choline-sulfonatocalix[4]arene [2]pseudorotaxanes for controlled cargo release

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  56. Supramolecular self-assembly and photophysical properties of pillar[5]arene-stabilized CdTe quantum dots mediated by viologens

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  57. Quaternized amino poly(glycerol-methacrylate)s for enhanced pDNA delivery

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  58. Post-modification of poly(glycidyl methacrylate)s with alkyl amine and isothiocyanate for effective pDNA delivery

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  59. Temperature- and pH-responsive nanoparticles of biocompatible polyurethanes for doxorubicin delivery

    Article • International Journal of Pharmaceutics, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  60. Layer‐by‐layer supramolecular assemblies based on linear and star‐shaped poly(glycerol methacrylate)s for doxorubicin delivery

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, December 2012, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  61. Inside Cover: Cucurbit[7]uril Pseudorotaxane‐Based Photoresponsive Supramolecular Nanovalve (Chem. Eur. J. 30/2012)

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2012, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  62. Cucurbit[7]uril Pseudorotaxane‐Based Photoresponsive Supramolecular Nanovalve

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2012, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang, Yulong Sun

  63. Polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles of amino poly(glycerol methacrylate)s and insulin

    Article • International Journal of Pharmaceutics, February 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  64. One-pot synthesis of pillar[n]arenes catalyzed by a minimum amount of TfOH and a solution-phase mechanistic study

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  65. “Clicked” fluoropolymer elastomers as robust materials for potential microfluidic device applications

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  66. Carboxylated poly(glycerol methacrylate)s for doxorubicin delivery

    Article • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  67. ChemInform Abstract: Light-Driven Artificial Molecular Machines

    Article • ChemInform, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  68. Towards biocompatible nanovalves based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles

    Article • MedChemComm, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  69. Amino poly(glycerol methacrylate)s for oligonucleic acid delivery with enhanced transfection efficiency and low cytotoxicity

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  70. Improving pore exposure in mesoporous silica films for mechanized control of the pores

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  71. pH Clock-Operated Mechanized Nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  72. Molecular active plasmonics: controlling plasmon resonances with molecular machines

    Article • August 2009, SPIE

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  73. Dual-Controlled Nanoparticles Exhibiting AND Logic

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  74. A nanoplasmonic switch based on molecular machines

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  75. Acid−Base Actuation of [c2]Daisy Chains

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  76. A Mechanical Actuator Driven Electrochemically by Artificial Molecular Muscles

    Article • ACS Nano, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  77. Active Molecular Plasmonics: Controlling Plasmon Resonances with Molecular Switches

    Article • Nano Letters, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  78. Molecular Muscle based Nano-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (NEMS)

    Article • January 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  79. A Plasmonic Switch Based on Molecular Machine-Au Nanodisk Complexes

    Article • January 2009, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  80. Syntheses of dibenzo-18-crown-6 lariat isomers and their complexation with lanthanoid nitrates

    Article • Supramolecular Chemistry, November 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  81. pH-Responsive Supramolecular Nanovalves Based on Cucurbit[6]uril Pseudorotaxanes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, March 2008, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  82. pH‐Responsive Supramolecular Nanovalves Based on Cucurbit[6]uril Pseudorotaxanes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, March 2008, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  83. Enzyme-Responsive Snap-Top Covered Silica Nanocontainers

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  84. Experimental Evidence That GNA and TNA Were Not Sequential Polymers in the Prebiotic Evolution of RNA

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  85. Conjugates of poly(dl-lactic acid) with ethylenediamino or diethylenetriamino bridged bis(β-cyclodextrin)s and their nanoparticles as protein delivery systems

    Article • Journal of Controlled Release, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  86. Photo-Induced Switchable Binding Behavior of Bridged Bis(β-cyclodextrin) with an Azobenzene Dicarboxylate Linker

    Article • Journal of inclusion phenomena and molecular recognition in chemistry, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  87. Selective Binding Thermodynamics of Bile Acids by Oligo (ethylenediamino)-β-Cyclodextrins and Their Copper (II) Complexes

    Article • Journal of inclusion phenomena and molecular recognition in chemistry, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  88. Linear Polypseudorotaxanes Possessing Many Metal Centers Constructed from Inclusion Complexes of α-, β-, and γ-Cyclodextrins with 4,4‘-Dipyridine

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, March 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  89. Polyrotaxane with Cyclodextrins as Stoppers and Its Assembly Behavior

    Article • Macromolecules, May 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  90. Efficient fluorescent sensors of oligopeptides by dithiobis(2-benzoylamide)-bridged bis(β-cyclodextrin)s: structure in solution, binding behavior, and thermodynamic origin

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, February 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  91. Thio[2-(benzoylamino)ethylamino]-β-CD fragment modified gold nanoparticles as recycling extractors for [60]fullerene

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  92. The construction of a supramolecular polymeric rotaxane from bipyridine-ruthenium and cyclodextrin

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  93. Molecular Recognition Thermodynamics and Structural Elucidation of Interactions between Steroids and Bridged Bis(β-cyclodextrin)s

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  94. Correlation between Thermodynamic Behavior and Structure in the Complexation of Modified β-Cyclodextrins and Bile Salts

    Article • Supramolecular Chemistry, July 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  95. Molecular design of crown ethers. 22. Synthesis of benzocrown ether derivatives and their solvent extraction with univalent/bivalent metal picrates

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, June 2004, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  96. Residue‐ and Sequence‐Selective Binding of Nonaromatic Dipeptides by Bis(β‐cyclodextrin) with a Functional Tether

    Article • ChemBioChem, May 2004, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  97. Diastereoisomer‐Selective Inclusion Complexation of Cinchona Alkaloids with a Modified β‐Cyclodextrin: Fluorescent Behavior Enhanced by Chiral‐Tether Binding. Short Communication

    Article • Chemistry & Biodiversity, March 2004, Wiley

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  98. Cyclodextrin-Modified Gold Nanoparticle Aggregate formed by Simple host–Guest Interactions with 1,10-Phenanthroline

    Article • Journal of Chemical Research, February 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  99. Cooperative molecular recognition of dyes by dyad and triad cyclodextrin–crown ether conjugates

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  100. Thermodynamics of the Molecular and Chiral Recognition of Cycloalkanols and Camphor by Modified β-Cyclodextrins Possessing Simple Aromatic Tethers

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  101. Molecular Recognition and Cooperative Binding Ability of Fluorescent Dyes by Bridged Bisβ-cyclodextrin)s Tethered with Aromatic Diamine

    Article • Journal of inclusion phenomena and molecular recognition in chemistry, December 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  102. Thermodynamic Origin of Molecular Selective Binding of Bile Salts by Aminated β-Cyclodextrins

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, November 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang

  103. Supramolecular Self-Assemblies of β-Cyclodextrins with Aromatic Tethers:  Factors Governing the Helical Columnar versus Linear Channel Superstructures

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ying-Wei Yang