Journal Papers (Contact author(s) are marked with *. Same contribution first author(s) are marked with #.)
Citation times/H-index: 7768/41 (Web of Science), 9378/45 (Google Scholar)
2026
98. Zhe Liu, Yan Shen,* Tao Cui, Xing Zhen, Tao Liu, Runze Zhan, Shuai Tang, Yu Zhang, Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao,* and Shaozhi Deng,* "Molybdenum monocrystalline material for ultraviolet plasmonics", Laser Photonics Rev. DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202501089 (2026). December 18, 2025 简介：通过热蒸发沉积法制备出毫米级超平整钼单晶薄膜，并测试验证了其在紫外波段优异的表面等离极化激元特性；由于钼材料本身高熔点、结构稳定的优点，上述薄膜为紫外等离激元纳米光子器件提供了理想材料体系。
97. Shengsui Cai,# Jing Wang,#,* Wenxuan Liu, Zhaolong Cao, Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao,* Shaozhi Deng, "Enhancement of deep ultraviolet chiral molecular sensing performance by collective lattice resonances of diamond nanostructure arrays", Nanoscale Advances, 8(1): 260-270 (2026). November 21, 2025 简介：利用金刚石纳米结构周期阵列的手性晶格共振纳米光子模式，产生深紫外超手征局域光场，计算验证其可将手性分子深紫外圆二色吸收信号增强2个数量级。 (Funding: NSFC 2024YFA1209003, 62375290, 12088101, 62411560271)
2025
96. Chaoqi Dai,# Sikai Chen,# Boyuan Wen, Bingrui Li, Lei Shao, Fangfei Ming,* and Shaozhi Deng,* "Unveiling boundary-localized interfacial interactions in temperature-controlled Au-assisted exfoliation of MoS2 monolayers", Nanomaterials 15(23): 1835 (2025). December 4, 2025
94. Tao Liu, Haowen Chen, Wenxuan Liu, Huanzhen Wu, Xing Zhen, Shasha Li, Lei Shao,* Shao-Zhi Deng, "Deep-ultraviolet plasmon resonances on hybrid Si nanostructures for photoluminescence enhancement", Discover Nano 20: 136 (2025). August 14, 2025 (Funding: NSFC 2024YFA1209003, 62375290, 12088101; PRTRP-2019QN01C216; STPPGP-2023B1212060025) 简介：通过激发深紫外波段等离激元共振以及与法布里珀罗谐振腔的耦合，实现硅纳米结构在深紫外波段的强等离激元光场局域能力。
93. He Huang, Bo Tian, Yang Chen, Xinyue Xia, Ximin Cui, Lei Shao,* Huanjun Chen, Jianfang Wang,* "Coherent polaritons in WSe2-monolayer-sandwiched Au-nanodisk-on-mirror structures", ACS Nano 19(27): 25284-25294 (2025). July 4, 2025 (Funding: NSFC 62375290, 12088101; PRTRP-2019QN01C216)简介：通过等离激元纳腔与二维激子的强耦合，在室温条件下实现了百纳米尺度的能谷相干测量，有望推动能谷电子、光电子器件发展。
92. Xinyue Xia,# He Huang,# Shasha Li, Ruoqi Ai, Zhiyuan Tian, Feng Yan, Lei Shao,* Jianfang Wang,* "Switching on dark excitons in WSe2 monolayer at room temperature with plasmonic Au nanodisk-on-mirror cavities", Laser Photonics Rev. 19(18): e02012 (2025). May 20, 2025
91. Xing Zhen, Huazhen Wu, Wenyong Feng, Haowen Chen, Jing Wang, Huanjun Chen, Ningsheng Xu, Lei Shao,* Shao-Zhi Deng, "Single-particle plasmon spectroscopy revealing the local strain-induced band structure change in two-dimensional semiconductors", Adv. Opt. Mater. 13(16): 2500158 (2025). May 12, 2025 (Funding: NSFC 62375290, 2024YFA1209003, 62411560271; PRTRP-2019QN01C216; STPPGP-2023B1212060025)
90. Jiapeng Zheng, Yuang Fu, Jing Wang, Wei Zhang, Xinhui Lu, Hai-Qing Lin, Lei Shao,* Jianfang Wang,* "Circularly polarized OLEDs from chiral plasmonic nanoparticle-molecule hybrids", Nat. Commun. 16: 1658 (2025). February 15, 2025 Featured in the focus of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry by Nature Communications. Featured in the subject of Nanophotonics and plasmonics in Nature Communications. ESI highly cited paper. 简介：开发了基于手性等离激元纳米结构与非手性分子复合体系的手性发光材料，揭示了其手性激子发光机理，研制出比同类器件发光不对称因子高一个数量级（达0.31）、外量子效率达2.5%的圆偏振OLED器件。(Funding: NSFC 12088101, 62375290; PRTRP-2019QN01C216; STPPGP-2023B1212060025)
2024
88. Zongming Xie,# Junhao Zhuang,# Haowen Chen, Lei Shao,* Zhongyi Chen, Yunpeng Jiang, Siqi Bi, Xin Wei, Aizheng Chen, Shi-Bin Wang, Nina Jiang,* "Janus photothermal films with oriented plasmonic nanoparticle in cavity for effective heat control in solar-thermal-electric generators", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 16(49): 68006-68015 (2024). November 20, 2024 (Media report) (PRTRP-2019QN01C216; STPPGP-2023B1212060025)
85. Tao Cui, Yan Shen,* Ao Cheng, Zhe Liu, Shi Jia, Shuai Tang, Lei Shao, Huanjun Chen, Shaozhi Deng, "Highly efficient molybdenum nanostructures for solar thermophotovoltaic systems: One-step fabrication of absorber and design of selective emitter", Chem. Eng. J. 487: 150389 (2024). May 1, 2024
84. Yue Wang,# Junzhuan Wang,# Ruijuan Tian, Jiapeng Zheng, Lei Shao,* Bo Liu,* Fengqiu Wang, Xuetao Gan,* Yi Shi, Xiaomu Wang*, "Optical coupling in atomic waveguide for vertically integrated photonics", Research 7: 0329 (2024). March 11, 2024 (Funding: PRTRP-2019QN01C216; JCYJ20210324140805014)
83. Yurui Fang,* Nan Gao, Lei Shao,* "Photoemission enhancement of plasmonic hot electrons by Au antenna-sensitizer complexes", ACS Nano 18(4): 3397-3404 (2024). January 12, 2024 Highlighted by Advances in Engineering (Funding: PRTRP-2019QN01C216; SYSU-Grant 23PTPY03)
82. Yilin Chen, Jiapeng Zheng, Lingling Zhang, Shasha Li, Yang Chen, Ka Kit Chui, Wei Zhang,* Lei Shao, and Jianfang Wang,* "Inversion of the chiroptical responses of chiral gold nanoparticles with a gold film", ACS Nano 18(1):383-394 (2024). December 21, 2023
2023
81. Xiaopeng Bai, Shiu Hei Lam, Jingtian Hu, Ka Kit Chui, Xiao-Ming Zhu, Lei Shao, Tsz Him Chow, Jianfang Wang,* "Colloidal plasmonic TiN nanoparticles for efficient solar seawater desalination", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15(48): 55856-55869 (2023). November 20, 2023
79. Jiapeng Zheng,# Christina Boukouvala,# George Lewis,# Yicong Ma, Yang Chen, Emilie Ringe,* Lei Shao,* Zhifeng Huang, Jianfang Wang,* "Halide-assisted differential growth of chiral nanoparticles with threefold rotational symmetry", Nat. Commun. 14(1): 3783 (2023). June 24, 2023 [IF 16.6] Featured in the focus of Materials Science and Chemistry and Inorganic and Physical Chemistry by Nature Communications; Featured in the subject of nanoparticle synthesis in Nature Communications. 简介：利用卤离子诱导差异生长突破手性金纳米颗粒的可控制备难题，实现具有三重与四重旋转对称性、等离激元手性光学性质优异的一系列手性金纳米晶高通量、高纯度制备。(Funding: PRTRP-2019QN01C216; JCYJ20210324140805014)
78. Zhongyi Chen, Jing Wang, Haijun Zhou, Zongming Xie, Lei Shao,* Aizheng Chen, Shi-Bin Wang, Nina Jiang,* "Janus nano-micro structure-enabled coupling of photothermal conversion, heat localization and water supply for high-efficiency solar-driven interfacial evaporation", Adv. Funct. Mater. 33(41): 2303656 (2023). June 14, 2023 (Media report 1, Media report 2) 简介：开发了基于等离激元复合微纳结构的二维界面太阳能蒸发器，利用等离激元光热转换、微尺度热场局域和介孔毛细作用等多种效应，实现了99.1%的太阳能-水蒸气转换效率和近100%除盐率的海水淡化应用。(Funding: PRTRP-2019QN01C216; JCYJ20210324140805014)
77. Shasha Li,# Ruoqi Ai,# Ka Kit Chui, Yini Fang, Yunhe Lai, Xiaolu Zhuo, Lei Shao,* Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin, "Routing the exciton emissions of WS2 monolayer with the high-order plasmon modes of Ag nanorods", Nano Lett. 23(10): 4183-4190 (2023). May 9, 2023 简介：通过单层二维半导体不同激子与银纳米棒中的高阶等离激元光学模式的不同共振耦合作用，实现了对二维激子辐射的空间角分布控制与辐射方向的电场动态调控。(Funding: NSFC 12088101; PRTRP-2019QN01C216; JCYJ20210324140805014)
76. Tongtong Zhang, Lingzhi Wang, Jing Wang, Zhongqiang Wang, Madhav Gupta, Xuyun Guo, Ye Zhu, Yau Chuen Yiu, Tony K.C. Hui, Yan Zhou, Can Li, Dangyuan Lei, Kwai Hei Li, Xinqiang Wang, Qi Wang,* Lei Shao,* Zhiqin Chu,* "Multimodal dynamic and unclonable anti-counterfeiting using robust diamond microparticles on heterogeneous substrate", Nat. Commun. 14(1): 2507 (2023). May 2, 2023 (PHYS.ORG, HKU News, 港大新闻稿) 简介：利用含硅空位中心金刚石微粒特殊的生长过程与散射、发光特性，开发了适用于高温、强酸、强紫外辐射等恶劣环境的多模态、可动态编码、不可克隆的低成本光学防伪标签。(Funding: PRTRP-2019QN01C216; JCYJ20210324140805014)
75. Jing Wang, Jiapeng Zheng, Kwai Hei Li, Jianfang Wang, Hai-Qing Lin, Lei Shao,* "Excitation of chiral cavity plasmon resonances in film-coupled chiral Au nanoparticles", Adv. Opt. Mater. 11(18): 2202865 (2023). Feburary 2, 2023 (Advanced Science News report, selected as "Top-viewed article" among work published in Advanced Optical Materials between January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023, up to 12 months after publication) 简介：揭示了金属纳米颗粒-金属薄膜耦合结构中手性等离激元纳腔模式高效激发的机制，并展示了其在量子发光体偏振性质调控方面的应用。(Funding: NSFC 12088101; NSFC/RGC, N_CUHK408/18; PRTRP-2019QN01C216; JCYJ20210324140805014)
2022
74. He Huang,# Hao Wang,# Shasha Li,# Jingyao Jiang, Yi Liu, Mingyang Cai, Lei Shao,* Huanjun Chen, Jianfang Wang,* "WS2-flake-sandwiched, Au-nanodisk-enabled high-quality Fabry-Pérot nanoresonators for photoluminescence modulation", ACS Nano 16(9): 14874-14884 (2022). August 29, 2022 (Funding: NSFC/RGC, N_CUHK408/18; PRTRP-2019QN01C216; JCYJ20210324140805014)
73. Shasha Li, Ka Kit Chui, Fuhuan Shen, He Huang, Shizheng Wen, ChiYung Yam, Lei Shao,* Jianbin Xu, Jianfang Wang,* "Generation and detection of strain-localized excitons in WS2 monolayer by plasmonic metal nanocrystals", ACS Nano 16(7): 10647-10656 (2022). July 11, 2022 [IF 17.1] (Chinese Introduction) 简介：利用等离激元纳米结构对二维材料应力场与局域电磁场的同时调控，实现了二维TMDC半导体中应力局域激子的室温发光。 (Funding: NSFC NSAF U1930402; OEMT-2019-KF-07)
72. Tianye Huang,# Xuecou Tu,# Changqing Shen, Binjie Zheng, Junzhuan Wang, Hao Wang, Kaveh Khaliji, Sang Hyun Park, Zhiyong Liu, Teng Yang, Zhidong Zhang, Lei Shao, Xuesong Li,* Tony Low,* Yi Shi,* Xiaomu Wang,* "Observation of chiral and slow plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene", Nature 605(7908): 63-68 (2022). May 4, 2022 [IF 64.8] (Reports from University of Minnesota)
71. Juan Li,# Zhenfeng Liu,# Dehua Tian, Baojun Li, Lei Shao,* Zaizhu Lou,* "Assembly of gold nanorods functionalized by zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for surface enhanced Raman scattering", Nanoscale 14(14): 5561-5568 (2022). March 21, 2022 [IF 6.7] (Funding: PRTRP-2019QN01C216; JCYJ20210324140805014)
69. Yang Li, Jing Wang, Hai-Qing Lin, Lei Shao,* "Plasmon-coupling-induced photon scattering torque", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 39(3): 671-676 (2022). February 4, 2022 (Funding: 2017YFA0303400; NSFC NSAF U1930402; PRTRP-2019QN01C216; OEMT-2019-KF-07; JCYJ20210324140805014)
68. Yao Lu, Shiu Hei Lam, Wenzheng Lu, Lei Shao, Tsz Him Chow,* Jianfang Wang,* "All-state switching of the Mie resonance of conductive polyaniline nanospheres", Nano Lett. 22(3): 1406-1414 (2022). January 27, 2022 [IF 10.8]
67. Jixiang Jing, Yau Chuen Yiu, Cong Chen, Dangyuan Lei, Lei Shao, Qi Wang, Kwai Hei Li, Ngai Wong,* Zhiqin Chu,* "A data-mining-assisted design of structural colors on diamond metasurfaces", Adv. Photonics Res. 3(3): 2100292 (2022). (Selected as Inside Front cover of Advanced Photonics Research) January 19, 2022
66. Haoyuan Bai,# Shiu Hei Lam,# Jianhua Yang,# Xizhe Cheng, Shasha Li, Ruibin Jiang, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang,* "A schottky-barrier-free plasmonic semiconductor photocatalyst for nitrogen fixation in a “one-stone-two-birds” manner", Adv. Mater. 34(2): 2104226 (2022). October 16, 2021 [IF 29.4]
2021
65. Xueqing Yang,# Yao Lu,# Yi Liu, Jing Wang, Lei Shao,* Jianfang Wang,* "Heterostructures built through site-Selective deposition on anisotropic plasmonic metal nanocrystals and their applications", Small Structures 2(12): 2100101. REVIEW October 13, 2021 [IF 15.9] (Funding: NSFC NSAF U1930402; NSFC/RGC, N_CUHK408/18; PRTRP-2019QN01C216)
64. Jianhua Yang,# Jiapeng Zheng,# Ruoqi Ai, Yunhe Lai, Tsz Him Chow, Lei Shao,* Jianfang Wang,* "Plasmon-enhanced, self-traced nanomotors on the surface of silicon", Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 60(47): 24958-24967 (2021). October 18, 2021 [IF 16.6]
63. Xueqing Yang,# Yi Liu,# Shiu Hei Lam, Jing Wang, Shizheng Wen, ChiYung Yam, Lei Shao,* Jianfang Wang,* "Site-selective deposition of metal-organic frameworks on gold nanobipyramids for surface-enhanced Raman scattering", Nano Lett. 21(9): 8205-8212 (2021). September 17, 2021 (Funding: NSFC NSAF U1930402; NSFC/RGC, N_CUHK408/18; PRTRP-2019QN01C216)
62. Jiapeng Zheng,# Xizhe Cheng,# Han Zhang,# Xiaopeng Bai, Ruoqi Ai, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang,* "Gold nanorods: The most versatile plasmonic nanoparticles", Chem. Rev. 121(21): 13342-13453 (2021). REVIEW September 27, 2021 ESI highly cited paper. (Funding: NSFC/RGC, N_CUHK408/18)
61. Shasha Li, He Huang, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang,* "How to utilize excited plasmon energy efficiently", ACS Nano 15(7): 10759-10768 (2021). PERSPECTIVE June 17, 2021
60. Ruoqi Ai, Christina Boukouvala, George Lewis, Hao Wang, Han Zhang, Yunhe Lai, He Huang, Emilie Ringe*, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang,* "Facet- and gas-dependent reshaping of Au nanoplates by plasma treatment", ACS Nano 15(6): 9860-9870 (2021). June 11, 2021
59. Han Zhang, Shiu Hei Lam, Yanzhen Guo, Jianhua Yang, Yao Lu, Lei Shao, Baocheng Yang, Lehui Xiao, Jianfang Wang,* "Selective deposition of catalytic metals on plasmonic Au nanocups for room-light-active photooxidation of o-phenylenediamine", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13(44): 51855-51866 (2021). April 28, 2021
58. Jiapeng Zheng, Tsz Him Chow, Shasha Li, Jianfang Wang, Lei Shao,* "Electrophoretic plasmonic ink for dynamic color display", Adv. Opt. Mater. 9(12): 2100091 (2021). April 12, 2021 (Funding: NSFC NSAF U1930402; NSFC/RGC, N_CUHK408/18; PRTRP-2019QN01C216)
57. Shasha Li, Hao Wang, Jing Wang, Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao,* "Control of light–valley interactions in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides with nanophotonic structures", Nanoscale 13(13): 6357-6372 (2021). MINIREVIEW March 2, 2021 (in the themed collection of Nanoscale Emerging Investigators 2021. Introduction of this collection can be found here.) (Funding: NSFC NSAF U1930402; PRTRP-2019QN01C216; OEMT-2019-KF-07)
56. Shuxia Zhao, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang, Hai-Qing Lin,* Wei Zhang,* "Chirality-selective transparency induced by lattice resonance in bilayer metasurfaces", Photonics Res. 9(4): 484-493 (2021). March 19, 2021
55. Yunhe Lai, Ximin Cui, Nannan Li, Lei Shao, Wei Zhang, Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin,* “Asymmetric light scattering on heterodimers made of Au nanorods vertically standing on Au nanodisks”, Adv. Opt. Mater. 9(3): 2001595 (2021). December 3, 2020
54. Nannan Li,# Yunhe Lai,# Shiu Hei Lam, Haoyuan Bai, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang,* “Directional control of light with nanoantennas”, Adv. Opt. Mater. 9(1): 2001081 (2021). (Selected as Inside Front cover of Advanced Optical Materials) November 1, 2020
2020
53. Ximin Cui, Yunhe Lai, Ruoqi Ai, Hao Wang, Lei Shao, Huanjun Chen, Wei Zhang, Jianfang Wang,* "Anapole states and toroidal resonances realized in simple gold nanoplate-on-mirror structures", Adv. Opt. Mater. 8(23): 2001173 (2020). October 9, 2020
52. Lili Liang,# Shiu Hei Lam,# Lijuan Ma,# Wenzheng Lu, Shi-Bin Wang, Aizheng Chen, Jianfang Wang, Lei Shao,* Nina Jiang,* "(Gold nanorod core)/(poly(3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene) shell) nanostructures and their monolayer arrays for plasmonic switching", Nanoscale 12(40): 20684-20692 (2020). September 15, 2020 (Funding: NSFC NSAF U1930402)
51. Lingfei Li,# Lei Shao,# Xiaowei Liu, Anyuan Gao, Hao Wang, Binjie Zheng, Guozhi Hou, Khurram Shehzad, Linwei Yu, Feng Miao, Yi Shi, Yang Xu,* Xiaomu Wang,* "Room-temperature valleytronic transistor", Nat. Nanotechnol. 15(9): 743-749 (2020). July 20, 2020 [IF 38.3] 简介：基于金属-二维半导体界面处等离激元自旋热电子注入新原理，开发了“能谷场效应晶体管”，可通过光与门电压控制能谷自旋流。(Funding: NSFC NSAF U1930402)
50. Jiangsheng Xie, Keyou Yan,* Houyu Zhu, Guixia Li, Han Wang, Hepeng Zhu, Pengjie Hang, Shenghe Zhao, Wenyue Guo, Daiqi Ye, Lei Shao, Xin Guan, To Ngai, Xuegong Yu, Jianbin Xu,"Identifying the functional groups effect on passivating perovskite solar cells", Sci. Bull. 65(20): 1726-1734 (2020). June 9, 2020
49. Xiaoyan Wu, Rulin Wang, Na Liu, Hao Zou, Bin Shao, Lei Shao, ChiYung Yam,* "Controlling the emission frequency of graphene nanoribbon emitters based on spatially excited topological boundary states", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22(16): 8277-8283 (2020). February 27, 2020
48. Hao Wang, Shasha Li, Ruoqi Ai, He Huang, Lei Shao,* Jianfang Wang,* "Plasmonically enabled two-dimensional material-based optoelectronic devices", Nanoscale 12(15): 8095-8108 (2020). MINIREVIEW (Selected as Front cover of Nanoscale) February 11, 2020 (Funding: NSFC NSAF U1930402; NSFC/RGC, N_CUHK408/18)
47. Jiapeng Zheng, Shiu Hei Lam, He Huang, Lei Shao,* "Recent progress in optical-resonance-assisted movement control of nanomotors", Adv. Intell. Syst. 2(3): 1900160 (2020). March 03, 2020 (Funding: NSFC NSAF U1930402; NSFC/RGC, N_CUHK408/18)
46. Ximin Cui, Yunhe Lai, Feng Qin,* Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin, "Strengthening Fano resonance on gold nanoplates with gold nanospheres", Nanoscale 12(3): 1975-1984 (2020). December 26, 2019
45. Nina Jiang,* Danyang Li, Lili Liang, Qing Xu, Lei Shao, Shi-Bin Wang, Aizheng Chen, Jianfang Wang,* "(Metal yolk)/(porous ceria shell) nanostructures for high-performance plasmonic photocatalysis under visible light", Nano Research 13(5): 1354–1362 (2020). December 19, 2019
44. Ximin Cui, Xiaolong Zhu, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang,* Anders Kristensen, "Plasmonic color laser printing inside transparent gold nanodisk-embedded poly(dimethylsiloxane) matrices", Adv. Opt. Mater. 8(1): 1901605 (2020). November 18, 2019
2019
43. Tsz Him Chow, Nannan Li, Xiaopeng Bai, Xiaolu Zhuo, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang,* "Gold nanobipyramids: An emerging and versatile type of plasmonic nanoparticles", Acc. Chem. Res. 52(8): 2136-2146 (2019). August 1, 2019
41. Lingfei Li, Wei Liu, Anyuan Gao, Yaolong Zhao, Qin Lu, Li Yu, Junzhuan Wang, Linwei Yu, Lei Shao,* Feng Miao, Yi Shi, Yang Xu,* Xiaomu Wang,* "Plasmon excited ultrahot carriers and negative differential photoresponse in vertical graphene van der Waals heterostructure", Nano Lett. 19(5): 3295-3304 (2019). April 26, 2019
40. Lei Shao,* Jiapeng Zheng, "Fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures by hole-mask colloidal lithography: Recent development", Appl. Mater. Today 15: 6-17 (2019). REVIEW January 12, 2019
2018
39. Ximin Cui, Feng Qin, Yunhe Lai, Hao Wang, Lei Shao,* Huanjun Chen, Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin,* "Molecular tunnel junction-controlled high-order charge transfer plasmon and Fano resonances", ACS Nano 12(12): 12541-12550 (2018). November 21, 2018
38. Srdjan S. Aćimović, Hana Šípová-Jungová, Gustav Emilsson, Lei Shao, Andreas B. Dahlin, Mikael Käll, Tomasz J. Antosiewicz,* "Antibody-antigen interaction dynamics revealed by analysis of single-molecule equilibrium fluctuations on individual plasmonic nanoparticle biosensors", ACS Nano 12(10): 9958-9965 (2018). August 30, 2018
37. Caihong Fang,* Guili Zhao, Zijun Zhang, Jiapeng Zheng, Qian Ding, Xiaoxiao Xu, Lei Shao,* Baoyou Geng,* "Morphology engineering of Au/(PdAg alloy) nanostructures for enhanced electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation", Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 35(10): 1800258 (2018). August 14, 2018
36. Lei Shao,* Daniel Andrén, Steven Jones, Peter Johansson, Mikael Käll,* "Optically controlled stochastic jumps of individual gold nanorod rotary motors", Phys. Rev. B 98(8): 085404 (2018). (preprint arXiv:1804.07161). August 2, 2018
35. Hana Šípová,* Lei Shao, Nils Odebo Länk, Daniel Andrén, Mikael Käll,* "Photothermal DNA release from laser-tweezed individual gold nanomotors driven by photon angular momentum", ACS Photonics 5(6): 2168-2175 (2018). (Selected as Cover story of ACS Photonics) March 6, 2018
34. Lei Shao,* Mikael Käll,* "Light-driven rotation of plasmonic nanomotors", Adv. Funct. Mater. 28(25): 1706272 (2018). FEATURE ARTICLE [ESI hot paper and highly cited paper] January 26, 2018
33. Lei Shao, Xiaolu Zhuo, Jianfang Wang,* "Advanced plasmonic materials for dynamic color display", Adv. Mater. 30(16): 1704338 (2018). PROGRESS REPORT November 10, 2017
32. Daniel Andrén,* Lei Shao, Nils Odebo Länk, Srdjan S. Aćimović, Peter Johansson, Mikael Käll,* "Probing photothermal effects on optically trapped gold nanorods by simultaneous plasmon spectroscopy and Brownian dynamics analysis", ACS Nano 11(10): 10053-10061 (2017). September 5, 2017
31. Faegheh Hajizadeh,# Lei Shao,*,# Daniel Andrén, Peter Johansson, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Mikael Käll, "Brownian fluctuations of an optically rotated gold nanorod", Optica 4(7): 746-751 (2017). June 30, 2017
30 Ruggero Verre,* Lei Shao, Nils Odebo Länk, Pawel Karpinski, Andrew B. Yankovich, Tomasz J. Antosiewicz, Eva Olsson, Mikael Käll*, "Metasurfaces and colloidal suspensions composed of 3D chiral Si nanoresonators", Adv. Mater. 29(29): 1701352 (2017). June 6, 2017
2016
29. Kunli Xiong, Gustav Emilsson, Ali Maziz, Xinxin Yang, Lei Shao, Edwin W. H. Jager, Andreas B. Dahlin*, "Plasmonic metasurfaces with conjugated polymers for flexible electronic paper in color", Adv. Mater. 28(45): 9956-9960 (2016). (selected as a Cover story of Advanced Materials. Highlighted by 20+ news stories) September 27, 2016
27. Robin Ogier, Lei Shao,* Mikael Svedendahl, Mikael Käll*, "Continuous-gradient plasmonic nanostructures fabricated by evaporation on a partially exposed rotating substrate", Adv. Mater. 28(23): 4658-4664 (2016). (selected as a Cover story of Advanced materials.) April 9, 2016
26. Gülis Zengin, Tina Gschneidtner, Ruggero Verre, Lei Shao, Tomasz J. Antosiewicz, Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Mikael Käll, Timur Shegai*, "Evaluating conditions for strong coupling between nanoparticle plasmons and organic dyes using scattering and absorption spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem. C 120(37): 20588–20596 (2016). February 23, 2016
2015
25. Lei Shao,* Zhong-Jian Yang, Daniel Andrén, Peter Johansson, Mikael Käll*, "Gold nanorod rotary motors driven by resonant light scattering", ACS Nano 9(12): 12542-12551 (2015). (Highlighted by Nanotechweb.org, American Chemical Society) November 13, 2015
24. Lei Shao, Yuting Tao, Qifeng Ruan, Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin*, "Comparison of the plasmonic performances between lithographically fabricated and chemically grown gold nanorods", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17(16): 10861-10870 (2015). March 20, 2015
2014
23. Mengyu Chen, Lei Shao, Stephen V. Kershaw, Hui Yu, Jianfang Wang, Andrey L. Rogach, Ni Zhao*, "Photocurrent enhancement of HgTe quantum dot photodiodes by plasmonic gold nanorod structures", ACS Nano 8(8): 8208-8216 (2014). July 14, 2014
22. Nina Jiang, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang*, "(Gold nanorod core)/(polyaniline shell) plasmonic switches with large plasmon shifts and modulation depths", Adv. Mater. 26(20): 3282-3289 (2014). March 3, 2014
21. Lei Shao,# Xiaomu Wang,# Haitao Xu, Jianfang Wang,* Jian-Bin Xu,* Lian-Mao Peng, Hai-Qing Lin, "Nanoantenna-sandwiched graphene with giant spectral tuning in the visible-to-near-infrared region", Adv. Opt. Mater. 2(2): 162-170 (2014). (Highlighted by Materials Views China) November 24, 2013
20. Qifeng Ruan, Lei Shao, Yiwei Shu, Jianfang Wang,* Hongkai Wu,* "Growth of monodisperse gold nanospheres with diameters from 20 nm to 220 nm and their core/satellite nanostructures", Adv. Opt. Mater. 2(1): 65-73 (2014). November 24, 2013
19. Lei Shao, Qifeng Ruan, Ruibin Jiang, Jianfang Wang*, "Macroscale colloidal noble metal nanocrystal arrays and their refractive index-based sensing characteristics", Small 10(4): 802-811 (2014). October 2, 2013
2013
18. Qianjin Chen,* Jianqi Wang, Lei Shao, "Nanoparticle-loaded cylindrical micelles from nanopore extrusion of block copolymer spherical micelles", Macromol. Rapid Commun. 34(23-24): 1850-1855 (2013). November 19, 2013
17. Caihong Fang, Yih Hong Lee, Lei Shao, Ruibin Jiang, Jianfang Wang,* Qing-Hua Xu,* "Correlating the plasmonic and structural evolutions during the sulfidation of silver nanocubes", ACS Nano 7(10): 9354-9365 (2013). September 13, 2013
16. Ruibin Jiang, Si Cheng, Lei Shao, Qifeng Ruan, Jianfang Wang,* "Mass-based photothermal comparison among gold nanocrystals, PbS nanocrystals, organic dyes, and carbon black", J. Phys. Chem. C 117(17): 8909-8915 (2013). April 9, 2013
15. Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao, Qian Li, Jianfang Wang,* "Gold nanorods and their plasmonic properties", Chem. Soc. Rev. 42(7): 2679-2724 (2013). REVIEW (most read CSR reviews in 2013) [ESI highly cited paper] November 6, 2012
14. Ruibin Jiang, Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao, Qian Li, Jianfang Wang,* "Unraveling the evolution and nature of the plasmons in (Au core)-(Ag shell) nanorods", Adv. Mater. 24(35): OP200-OP207 (2012). June 20, 2012 (Top downloaded articles)
13. Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao, Kat Choi Woo, Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin, "Plasmonic-molecular resonance coupling: plasmonic splitting versus energy transfer", J. Phys. Chem. C 116(26): 14088-14095 (2012). June 06, 2012
12. Lei Zhao, Tian Ming, Lei Shao, Huanjun Chen, Jianfang Wang,* "Plasmon-controlled Förster resonance energy transfer", J. Phys. Chem. C 116(14): 8287-8296 (2012). March 21, 2012
11. Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao, Yat Cho Man, Chunmei Zhao, Jianfang Wang,* Baocheng Yang, "Fano resonance in (gold core)-(dielectric shell) nanostructures without symmetry breaking", Small 8(10): 1503-1509 (2012). March 14, 2012
10. Lei Shao, Andrei S. Susha, Lap Shan Cheung, Tapan K. Sau, Andrey L. Rogach,* Jianfang Wang,* "Plasmonic properties of single multispiked gold nanostars: correlating modeling with experiments", Langmuir 28(24): 8979-8984 (2012). Feburary 22, 2012
9. Lei Shao,# Caihong Fang,# Huanjun Chen, Yat Cho Man, Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin, "Distinct plasmonic manifestation on gold nanorods induced by the spatial perturbation of small gold nanospheres", Nano Lett. 12(3): 1424-1430 (2012). January 23, 2012
8. Caihong Fang,# Lei Shao,# Yihua Zhao, Jianfang Wang,* Hongkai Wu,* "A gold nanocrystal/poly(dimethylsiloxane) composite for plasmonic heating on microfluidic chips", Adv. Mater. 24(1): 94-98 (2012). December 6, 2011
7. Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao, Tian Ming, Kat Choi Woo, Yat Cho Man, Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin,* "Observation of the Fano resonance in gold nanorods supported on high-dielectric-constant substrates", ACS Nano 5(8): 6754-6763 (2011). July 25, 2011
6. Kat Choi Woo,# Lei Shao,# Huanjun Chen, Yao Liang, Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin,* "Universal scaling and Fano resonance in the plasmon coupling between gold nanorods", ACS Nano 5(7): 5976-5986 (2011). June 25, 2011
5. Manda Xiao, Huanjun Chen, Tian Ming, Lei Shao, Jianfang Wang,* "Plasmon-modulated light scattering from gold nanocrystal-decorated hollow mesoporous silica microspheres", ACS Nano 4(11): 6565-6572 (2010). October 12, 2010
4. Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao, Tian Ming, Zhenhua Sun, Chunmei Zhao, Baocheng Yang, Jianfang Wang,* "Understanding the photothermal conversion efficiency of gold nanocrystals", Small 6(20): 2272-2280 (2010). September 08, 2010
3. Lei Shao,# Kat Choi Woo,# Huanjun Chen, Zhao Jin, Jianfang Wang,* Hai-Qing Lin,* "Angle- and energy-resolved plasmon coupling in gold nanorod dimers", ACS Nano 4(6): 3053-3062 (2010). May 18, 2010
2. Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao, Kat Choi Woo, Tian Ming, Hai-Qing Lin, Jianfang Wang,* "Shape-dependent refractive index sensitivities of gold nanocrystals with the same plasmon resonance wavelength", J. Phys. Chem. C 113(41): 17691-17697 (2009). September 11, 2009
1. Feng Huang, Bin Xie, Bingjun Wu, Lei Shao, Ming Li, Haiqian Wang*, Yousong Jiang, Yizhou Song, "Enhancing the crystallinity and surface roughness of sputtered TiO2 thin film by ZnO underlayer", Appl. Surf. Sci. 255(15): 6781-6785 (2009). March 03, 2009
