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2017
232. Kristopher W. Williams, Nicholas R. Monahan, Tyler J. S. Evans, X.-Y. Zhu, "Direct time-domain view of Auger recombination in a semiconductor," Phys. Rev. Lett. 2017, 118, 087402.

231. Gregory D. Scholes, Graham R. Fleming, Lin X. Chen, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Andreas Buchleitner, David F. Coker, Gregory S. Engel, Rienk van Grondelle, Akihito Ishizaki, David M. Jonas, Jeff S. Lundeen, James K.  McCusker, Shaul Mukamel, Jennifer P. Ogilvie, Alexandra Olaya-Castro, Mark A. Ratner, Frank C. Spano, K. Birgitta Whaley, Xiaoyang Zhu,"Utilizing Coherence to Enhance Function in Chemical and Biophysical Systems," Nature, 2017, 543, 647-656.

230. Nicholas R. Monahan, Dezheng Sun, H. Tamura, Kristopher W. Williams, Bolei Xu, Yu Zhong, Bharat Kumar, Colin Nuckolls, Avetik R. Harutyunyan, Gugang Chen, Hai-Lung Dai, D. Beljonne, Yi Rao, X.-Y. Zhu, "Dynamics of the triplet pair state reveals the likely co-existence of coherent and incoherent singlet fission in crystalline hexacene," Nature Chem. 2017, 9, in 341-346.

229. Haiming Zhu, M. Tuan Trinh, Yongping Fu, Jue Wang, Prakriti P. Joshi, Kiyoshi Miyata, Song Jin, X.-Y. Zhu, "Organic cations might not be essential for the exceptional properties of bandedge carriers in lead halide perovskites," Adv. Mater. 2017, 29,1603072.

2016
228. Boyuan Zhang, M. Tuan Trinh, Brandon Fowler, Melissa Ball, Qizhi Xu, Fay Ng, Michael L. Steigerwald, X.-Y. Zhu, Colin Nuckolls, Yu Zhong, "Rigid, conjugated macrocycles for high performance organic photodetectors," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 16426-16431.

227. Daniel Niesner, Haiming Zhu, Kiyoshi Miyata, Prakriti Joshi, Tyler J. Evans, B. J. Kudisch, M. Tuan Trinh, M. Marks, X.-Y. Zhu, "Persistent energetic electrons in methylammonium lead iodide perovskite thin films," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15717−15726.

226. Zhi Guo, Xiaoxi Wu, Tong Zhu, X.-Y. Zhu, Libai Huang, "Electron-phonon scattering in atomically thin 2D perovskites," ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 9992-9998.

225. Xuan Wang, Hamidreza Rahmani, Zhou Jun, Joshua H. Mendez Plaskus, Matthew Gorfien, Dong Li, Cory A. Nelson, Kin Wai Lei, Abraham Wolcott, X.-Y. Zhu, Junjie Li, Jianming Cao, "Ultrafast lattice dynamics in lead selenide quantum dot induced by laser excitation," Appl. Phys. Lett. 2016, 108, 153105.

224. Haiming Zhu, Kiyoshi Miyata, Yongping Fu, Jue Wang, Prakriti P. Joshi, Daniel Niesner, Kristopher J. Williams, Song Jin, X.-Y. Zhu, "Screening in crystalline liquids protects energetic carriers in hybrid perovskites," Science, 2016, 353, 1409-1413.

223. Yongping Fu, Haiming Zhu, Constantinos C. Stoumpos, Qi Ding, Jue Wang, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, X-Y. Zhu, Song Jin, "Broad wavelength tunable robust lasing from single-crystal nanowires of cesium lead halide perovskites (CsPbX3, X=Cl, Br, I)," ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 7963-7972.

222. Te Hu, Matthew Smith, Emma R. Dohner, Meng-Ju Sher, Xiaoxi Wu, M. Tuan Trinh, Alan Fisher, Jeff Corbett, X.-Y. Zhu, Hemamala I. Karunadasa, and Aaron M. Lindenberg, "Mechanism for broadband white-light emission from two-dimensional (110) hybrid perovskites," J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 2258-63.

221. Gang Li, Ki-Young Yoon, Xinjue Zhong, X.-Y. Zhu, Guangbin Dong, "Efficient bottom-up preparation of graphene nanoribbons via mild Suzuki−Miyaura polymerization of simple triaryl monomers," Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 9116-9120.

220. Y. Chen, H.-T. Yi, X. Wu, R. Haroldson, Y. Gartstein, Y. I. Rodionov, K. S. Tikhonov, A. Zakhidov, X.-Y. Zhu, V. Podzorov, "Extended carrier lifetimes and diffusion lengths in hybrid perovskites revealed by steady-state Hall effect and photoconductivity measurements," Nature Commun. 2016 7, 12253.

219. C. A. Nelson, X.-Y. Zhu, "Determine electric field directions at semiconductor surfaces by femtosecond frequency domain interferometric second harmonic (FDISH) generation," Chem. Phys. 2016, 478, 69-72.

218. Eric G. Fuemmeler, Samuel N. Sanders, Andrew B. Pun, Elango Kumarasamy, Tao Zeng, Kiyoshi Miyata, Michael L. Steigerwald, X-Y. Zhu, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Luis M. Campos, Nandini Ananth, "A direct mechanism of ultrafast intramolecular singlet fission in pentacene dimers," ACS Central Sci. 2016, 2, 316-324.

217. H. T. Yi, X. Wu, X.-Y. Zhu, V. Podzorov, "Intrinsic charge transport across phase transitions in hybrid organo-inorganic perovskites," Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 6509-6514.

216. Xiaodong Zhou, Kibum Kang, Ali Dadgar, Nicholas R. Monohan, X.-Y. Zhu, Jiwoong Park, and Abhay N. Pasupathy, "Atomic-scale spectroscopy of gated monolayer MoS2," Nano Lett., 2016, 16, 3148-3154.

215. Kristopher W. Williams, Nicholas R. Monahan, Daniel D. Koleske, Mary H. Crawford, X.-Y. Zhu, "Ultrafast and band-selective Auger recombination in InGaN quantum wells," Appl. Phys. Lett. 2016, 108, 141105.

214. X.-Y. Zhu, "The perovskite fever and beyond," Acct. Chem. Res. 2016, 49, 355-356.

213. Bonnie Choi, Jaeeun Yu, Daniel W. Paley, M. Tuan Trinh, Maria Paley, Jessica M. Karch, Andrew C. Crowther, Chul-Ho Lee, Roger Lalancette, X.-Y. Zhu, Philip Kim, Michael L. Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls, Xavier Roy, "Van der Waals Solids from Self-Assembled Nanoscale Building Blocks," Nano Lett. 2016,16, 1445-1449.

212. Yongping Fu, Haiming Zhu, Alex Schrader, Dong Liang, Qi Ding, Leekyoung Hwang, X-Y. Zhu, Song Jin, "Nanowire lasers of formamidinium lead halide perovskites and their stabilized alloys with improved stability," Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 1000-1008.

2015
211. Timothy Atallah, Martin Gustafson, Elliot Schmidt, C. Daniel Frisbie, X.-Y. Zhu, "Charge Saturation and Intrinsic Doping in Electrolyte-Gated Organic Semiconductors," J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 4840-4844.

210. X.-Y. Zhu, V. Podzorov, "Charge carriers in hybrid organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites might be protected as large polarons," J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 4758-4761.

209. Qishui Chen, M. Tuan Trinh, Daniel W. Paley, Molleigh B. Preefer, Haiming Zhu, Brandon S. Fowler, X.-Y. Zhu, Michael L. Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls, "Strain-Induced Stereoselective Formation of Blue-Emitting Cyclostilbenes," Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 12282–12288.

208. Yu Zhong, M. Tuan Trinh, Rongsheng Chen, Geoff Purdum, Petr P. Khlyabich, Melda Sezen, Seokjoon Oh, Haiming Zhu, Brandon Fowler, Boyuan Zhang, Wei Wang, Chang-Yong Nam, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Charles Black, Michael L. Steigerwald, Yueh-Lin Loo, Hexing Li, Shengxiong Xiao, Fay Ng, X.-Y. Zhu, Colin Nuckolls, "Molecular helices as electron acceptors in high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells," Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 8284 (1-8).

207. Samuel N. Sanders, Andrew B. Pun, M. Tuan Trinh, Bonnie Choi, Jianlong Xia, Elliot J. Taffet, Jonathan Z. Low, John R. Miller, Xavier Roy, X.-Y. Zhu, Michael L. Steigerwald, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Luis M. Campos, "Quantitative Intramolecular singlet fission in bipentacenes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8965–8972.

206. Kin W. Lei, X.-Y. Zhu, D. L. Fan, "Rational fabrication of arrays of plasmonic metal−quantum dot sandwiched nanodisks with enhanced Förster resonance energy transfer," J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 16230−16238.

205. X.-Y. Zhu, N. R. Monahan, Z. Gong, H. Zhu, K. J. Williams, C. A. Nelson, "Perspective: charge transfer excitons at van der Waals interfaces," J. Am Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8313–8320.

204. Nicholas R. Monahan, Kristopher W. Williams, Bharat Kumar, Colin Nuckolls, X.-Y. Zhu, "Direct observation of entropy driven electron-hole pair separation at an organic semiconductor interface," Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015, 114, 247003.

203. M. Tuan Trinh, Xiaoxi Wu, D. Niesner, X.-Y. Zhu, "Many-body interactions in photo-excited lead iodide perovskite," J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 9285-9290.

202. Xiaoxi Wu, M. Tuan Trinh, X.-Y. Zhu, "Exciton many-body interactions in two-dimensional lead iodide perovskite quantum wells," J. Phys. Chem. C. 2015, 119, 14714-14721.

201. X.-Y. Zhu, "Photoemission from excitons in organic semiconductors," J. Elec. Spec. Rel. Phenom. 2015, 204, 75-79

200. Haiming Zhu, Yongping Fu, Fei Meng, Xiaoxi Wu, Zizhou Gong, Qi Ding, Martin V. Gustafsson, M. Tuan Trinh, Song Jin, X.-Y. Zhu, "Lead halide perovskite nanowire lasers with low lasing thresholds and high quality factors," Nature Mater. 2015, 14, 636-642.

199. X. Wu, M. T. Trinh, D. Niesner, H. Zhu, Z. Norman, J. S. Owen, O. Yaffe, B. J. Kudisch, X.-Y. Zhu, "Trap States in Lead Iodide Perovskites," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2089-2096.

198. N. R. Monohan, X.-Y. Zhu, "Charge Transfer-Mediated Singlet Fission" Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 2015, 66, 601-618.

197. Erik Busby, Jianlong Xia, Qin Wu, Jonathan Z. Low, Rui Song, John R. Miller, X-Y. Zhu, Luis M. Campos, Matthew Y. Sfeir, A design strategy for intramolecular singlet fission mediated by charge-transfer states in donor-acceptor systems," Nature Mater. 2015, 14, 426-433.

196. M. Tuan Trinh, Yu Zhong, Theanne Schiros, Qishui Chen, Steffen Jockusch, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Michael Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls, X.-Y. Zhu, "Intra- to Inter-Molecular Singlet Fission," J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 1312-1319.

2014
195. C. A. Nelson, J. Luo, A. Jen, R. B. Laghumavarapu, D.L. Huffaker, X.-Y. Zhu, "Time, energy, and phase resolved second harmonic generation at semiconductor interfaces,"J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 27981–27988. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp5094614

194. Yu Zhong, M. Tuan Trinh, Rongsheng Chen, Willy Wang, Bharat Kumar, Chang-Yong Nam, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Charles Black, Shengxiong Xiao, Michael L. Steigerwald, Fay Ng, X.-Y. Zhu, Colin Nuckolls, "Efficient organic solar cells with helical perylene diimide electron acceptors”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (43), pp 15215–15221 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja5092613

193. X. Y. Zhu, "How to Draw Energy Level Diagrams in Excitonic Solar Cells,"J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2014, 5, 2283–2288. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz5008438

192. Yu Zhong, Bharat Kumar, Seokjoon Oh, M. Tuan Trinh, Ying Wu, Katherine Elbert, Panpan Li, X.-Y. Zhu, Shengxiong Xiao, Fay Ng, Michael L. Steigerwald, Colin Nuckoll, "Helical Ribbons for Molecular Electronics,"J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8122-8130. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja503533y

191. Erik Busby, Timothy C. Berkelbach, Bharat Kumar, Alexey Chernikov, Yu Zhong, Htay Hlaing, X.-Y. Zhu, Tony F. Heinz, Mark S. Hybertsen, Matthew Y. Sfeir, David R. Reichman, Colin Nuckolls, Omer Yaffe, "Multiphonon relaxation slows singlet fission in crystalline hexacene,"J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1391-1397. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1021/ja503980c

190. Xiaoxi Wu, Heungman Park, X.-Y. Zhu, "Probing Transient Electric Fields in Photo-excited Organic Semiconductor Thin Films and Interfaces by Time-resolved Second Harmonic Generation,"J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 10670–10676. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp502381j

189. Lei Shen, Yini Wang, Chia-I Lin, H.-W. Liu, Athena Guo, X.-Y. Zhu, "Membrane Environment Can Enhance the Interaction of Glycan Binding Protein to Cell Surface Glycan Receptors,"ACS Chem. Biol. 2014, 9, 1877-1884. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cb5004114

188. Jeong Won Kim, Heungman Park, X.-Y. Zhu, "Charge transport and separation dynamics at the C60/GaAs(001) interface,"J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118 (6), pp 2987–2991 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp412180t

2013
187. M. Tuan Trinh, M. Y. Sfeir, J. J. Choi, J. S. Owen, X.-Y. Zhu, "A hot electron-hole pair breaks the symmetry of a semiconductor quantum dot,"Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 6091-6097. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl403368y

186. J. R. Tritsch, W.-L. Chan, X. Wu, N. R. Monahan, X.-Y. Zhu, "Harvesting singlet fission for solar energy conversion via triplet energy transfer,"Nature Commun. 2013, 4, 2679. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3679.

185. C. A. Nelson, N. R. Monahan, X.-Y. Zhu, "Exceeding the Shockley–Queisser Limit in Solar Energy Conversion,"Energy & Environmental Science 2013, 6, 3508-3519. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3EE42098A

184. J. D. Morris, T. L. Atallah, H. Park, Z. Ooi, A. Dodabalapurd, X.-Y. Zhu, "Quantifying space charge accumulation in organic bulk heterojunctions by nonlinear optical microscopy,"Organic Electronics 2013, 14, 3014-3018. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2013.08.026

183. X.-Y. Zhu, "Guest Editorial:  Exceeding the limit in solar energy conversion with multiple excitons,"Acct. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 1239-1241. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar4001235

182. H. Park, M. Gutierrez, X. Wu, J. W. Kim, X.-Y. Zhu, "Optical probe of charge separation at organic/inorganic semiconductor interfaces,"J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117,10974-10979. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp4029408

181. Wai-Lun Chan, Timothy C. Berkelbach, Makenzie R. Provorse, Nicholas R. Monahan, John R. Tritsch, Mark S. Hybertsen, David R. Reichman, Jiali Gao, X.-Y. Zhu, "The quantum coherent mechanism for singlet fission: experiment and theory,"Acct. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 1321-1329. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar300286s

180. J. D. Morris, T. L. Atallah, C. J. Lombardo, A. Dodabalapur, X.-Y. Zhu, "Mapping electric field distributions in biased organic bulk heterojunctions under illumination by nonlinear optical microscopy,"Appl. Phys. Lett. 2013, 102, 033301. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4788707

179. K. J. Williams, C. A. Nelson, X. Yan, L. Li, X.-Y. Zhu, "Photo-induced hot electron transfer from graphene quantum dots to TiO2,"ACS Nano 2013, 7, 1388-1394. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn305080c

178. K. W. Lei, Tyler West, X.-Y. Zhu, "Template-assembly of quantum dot molecules,"J. Phys. Chem. B. 2013, 117, 4582-4586. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp308706b

177. A. Jailaubekov, A. P. Willard, J. Tritsch, W.-L. Chan, N. Sai, R. I. Gearba, L. G. Kaake, K. J. Williams, K. Leung, P. J. Rossky, X.-Y. Zhu, "Hot charge transfer excitons set the time limit for charge separation at donor/acceptor interfaces in organic photovoltaics,"Nature Mater. 2013, 12, 66-73. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NMAT3500

2012
176. H.-Y. Chen, S. Maiti, Cory A. Nelson, X.-Y. Zhu, Dong Hee Son, "Tuning Temperature Dependence of Dopant Luminescence via Local Lattice Strain in Core/Shell Nanocrystal Structure,"J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 23838-23843. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp3091073

175. W.-L. Chan, J. R. Tritsch, X.-Y. Zhu, "Harvesting singlet fission for solar energy conversion: one versus two electron transfer from the quantum mechanical superposition,"J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 18295–18302. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja306271y

174. Hanu-Yuan Gong, Brett M Rambo, Cory Nelson, Vincent M Lynch, X.-Y. Zhu, Jonathan Sessler, "Rare-earth cation effects on three-dimensional metal-organic rotaxane framework (MORF) self assembly,"Chem. Comm. 2012, 48, 10186-10188 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2CC34200F

173. N. Sai, R. I. Gearba, A. Dolocan, J. Tritsch, W.-L. Chan, J. R. Chelikowsky, K. Leung, X.-Y. Zhu, "Understanding the interfacial dipole field of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc)/C60: theory and experiment"J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 2173-2177. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz300744r

172. L. Shen, T. Adachi, D. A. Venden Bout, X.-Y. Zhu, "A mobile precursor determines amyloid-β peptide fibril formation at the liquid-solid interface,"J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 14172–14178. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja305398f ]

171. L. Shen, A. Garland, Y. Wang, Z. Li, C. W. Bielawski, Athena Guo, X.-Y. Zhu, "Two-dimensional nanoarrays of individual protein molecules,"Small 2012, 8, 3169-3174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201200673

170. W.-L. Chan, M. Ligges, X.-Y. Zhu, "The energy barrier in singlet fission can be overcome through coherent coupling and entropic gain,"Nature Chem. 2012, 4, 840-845. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NCHEM.1436

169. C. A. Nelson, X.-Y. Zhu, "Reversible electronic traps in PbS quantum dot solids induced by an order-disorder phase transition in capping molecules,"J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7792-7795. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja3004649

168. L. Miaja-Avila, J. Tritsch, A. Wolcott, W.-L. Chan, C. A. Nelson, X.-Y. Zhu, "Direct mapping of hot electron relaxation and multiexciton generation dynamics in PbSe quantum dots,"Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 1588-1591. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl204489a

167. A. Garland, L. Shen, X.-Y. Zhu, "Mobile precursor state mediated protein adsorption on solid surfaces,"Prog. Surf. Sci. 2012, 87, 1-22. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.progsurf.2012.02.001

166. D. Sánchez-Portal, J. Stähler, X.-Y. Zhu, "Basic theory of heterogeneous electron transfer,"in: Dynamics at Solid State Surfaces and Interfaces, Part II: Fundamentals. U. Bovensiepen, H. Petek, M. Wolf (Ed.), Whiley-VCH, Berlin (2012). ISBN: 978-3-527-40924-2.

2011
165. W.-L. Chan, M. Ligges, A. Jailaubekov, L. Kaake, L. Miaja-Avila, X.-Y. Zhu, "Observing the Multi-Exciton State in Singlet Fission and Ensuing Ultrafast Multi-Electron Transfer,"Science 2011, 334, 1541-1545. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1213986

164 Han-Yuan Gong, Brett M. Rambo, Cory A. Nelson, Won Cho, Vincent M. Lynch, X.-Y. Zhu, Moonhyun Oh, Jonathan L. Sessler, "Multi component self-assembly: supramolecular organic frameworks containing metal–rotaxane subunits (RSOFs),"Dalton Trans. 2011, 41, 1134-1137. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1dt11495f

163. BongSoo Kim, Seong Ho Choi, X.-Y. Zhu, C. Daniel Frisbie, "Effect of Surface Linking Group and Metal Work Function on Molecular Tunnel Junctions: the Case of Oligoacene Thiols and Dithiols between Ag, Au and Pt Contacts,"J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 19864–19877. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja207751w

162. L. Kaake, A. Jailaubekov, K. Williams, X.-Y. Zhu, "Probing ultrafast charge separation at organic donor/acceptor interfaces by a femtosecond electric field meter,"Appl. Phys. Lett. 2011, 99, 083307. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3632062

161. W.-L. Chan, J. Tritsch, A. Dolocan, M. Ligges, L. Miaja-Avila, X.-Y. Zhu, "Momentum resolved quantum interference in optically excited surface states,"J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 135, 031101. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3615541

160. L. Shen, X.-Y. Zhu, "Evidence for mobile precursor states in nonspecific protein adsorption,"Langmuir 2011, 27, 7059–7064. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la200602v

159. I. R. Gearba, J. Morris, T. Mills, D. Black, R. Pindak, X.-Y. Zhu, "Quantify interfacial electric fields and local crystallinity in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells," Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21, 2666-2673. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201100139

158. A. Wolcott, V. Doyeux, C. A. Nelson, R. Gearba, K. W. Lei, K. G. Yager, A. D. Dolocan, K. Williams, D. Nguyen, X.-Y. Zhu, "Anomalously Large Polarization Effect Responsible for Excitonic Redshifts in PbSe Quantum Dot Solids,"J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 795–800. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz200080d

157. M. Feng, J. Zhao, T. Huang, X.-Y. Zhu, H. Petek, "The electronic properties of superatom states of hollow molecules,"Acct. Chem. Res. 2011, 44, 360-368. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar1001445

156. L. Shen, Athena Guo, X.-Y. Zhu, "Tween surfactants: adsorption, self-organization, and protein resistance,"Surf. Sci. 2011, 605, 494–499. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2010.12.005

155. W. A. Tisdale, X.-Y. Zhu, "Artificial atoms on semiconductor surfaces,"PNAS 2011, 108, 965–970. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1006665107

2010
154. X.-Y. Zhu, A. Kahn, "Electronic Structure and Dynamics at Organic Donor/Acceptor Interfaces,"MRS Bulletin 2010, 35, 443-448. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrs2010.582

153. B. A. Timp, X.-Y. Zhu, "Electronic energy alignments at PbSe quantum dots / ZnO() interfaces,"Surf. Sci. 2010, 604, 1335-1341. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2010.04.026

152. W. A. Tisdale, K. J. Williams, B. A. Timp, D. J. Norris, E. S. Aydil, X.-Y. Zhu, "Hot electron transfer from semiconductor nanocrystals,"Science 2010, 328, 1543-1547. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1185509

151. Matthias Muntwiler and X.-Y Zhu, "Chapter 15: Exciton formation and decay at surfaces and interfaces,"in Dynamics at Solid State Surfaces and Interfaces. Volume 1: Recent Developments, edt. U. Bovensiepen, H. Petek, M. Wolf (Wiley-VCH, Berlin, 2010). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527633418

150. L. Kaake, B. Paulson, C. D. Frisbie, X.-Y. Zhu, "Mixing at a Charged Interface Between a Polymer Semiconductor and a Polyelectrolyte Dielectric,"J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 862-867. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz900471g

149. L. Kaake, P. F. Barbara, X.-Y. Zhu, "Intrinsic charge trapping in organic and polymeric semiconductors: a physical chemistry perspective,"J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 628–635. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz9002857