By Scientia Professor Liming Dai

Journal articles

Bhushan B; Galasso B; Bignardi C; Nguyen CV; Dai L; Qu L, 2008, 'Adhesion, friction and wear on the nanoscale of MWNT tips and SWNT and MWNT arrays', Nanotechnology, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/19/12/125702

Huang H; Dai L; Wang DH; Tan LS; Osawa E, 2008, 'Large-scale self-assembly of dispersed nanodiamonds', Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, pp. 1347 - 1352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b716676a

Peng Q; Park K; Lin T; Durstock M; Dai L, 2008, 'Donor-π-acceptor conjugated copolymers for photovoltaic applications: Tuning the open-circuit voltage by adjusting the donor/acceptor ratio', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112, pp. 2801 - 2808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp7105428

Sihn S; Ganguli S; Roy AK; Qu L; Dai L, 2008, 'Enhancement of through-thickness thermal conductivity in adhesively bonded joints using aligned carbon nanotubes', Composites Science and Technology, 68, pp. 658 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.09.016

Li L; Kang SW; Harden J; Sun Q; Zhou X; Dai L; Jakli A; Kumar S; Li Q, 2008, 'Nature-inspired light-harvesting liquid crystalline porphyrins for organic photovoltaics', Liquid Crystals, 35, pp. 233 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678290701806584

Qu L; Peng Q; Dai L; Spinks GM; Wallace GG; Baughman RH, 2008, 'Carbon nanotube electroactive polymer materials: Opportunities and challenges', MRS Bulletin, 33, pp. 215 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrs2008.47

Wang H; Fang J; Cheng T; Ding J; Qu L; Dai L; Wang X; Lin T, 2008, 'One-step coating of fluoro-containing silica nanoparticles for universal generation of surface superhydrophobicity', Chemical Communications, pp. 877 - 879, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b714352d

Chen W; Qu L; Chang D; Dai L; Ganguli S; Roy A, 2008, 'Vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes infiltrated with temperature-responsive polymers: Smart nanocomposite films for self-cleaning and controlled release', Chemical Communications, pp. 163 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b715079b

Liao L; Dai L; Smith A; Durstock M; Lu J; Ding J; Tao Y, 2007, 'Photovoltaic-active dithienosilole-containing polymers', Macromolecules, 40, pp. 9406 - 9412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma071825x

Sun Q; Dai L; Zhou X; Li L; Li Q, 2007, 'Bilayer- and bulk-heterojunction solar cells using liquid crystalline porphyrins as donors by solution processing', Applied Physics Letters, 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2823586

Schrand AM; Dai L; Schlager JJ; Hussain SM; Osawa E, 2007, 'Differential biocompatibility of carbon nanotubes and nanodiamonds', Diamond and Related Materials, 16, pp. 2118 - 2123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2007.07.020

Zhu L; Chang DW; Dai L; Hong Y, 2007, 'DNA damage induced by multiwalled carbon nanotubes in mouse embryonic stem cells', Nano Letters, 7, pp. 3592 - 3597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl071303v

Chen W; Li X; Dai L, 2007, 'Surface adsorption and replacement of acid-oxidized single-walled carbon nanotubes and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) chains', Research Letters in Physical Chemistry, 2007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/17378

Qu L; Dai L, 2007, 'Gecko-foot-mimetic aligned single-walled carbon nanotube dry adhesives with unique electrical and thermal properties', Advanced Materials, 19, pp. 3844 - 3849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200700023

Qu L; Chen W; Dai L; Roy A; Tolle TB, 2007, 'Polymer and aligned carbon nanotube nanocomposites and nanodevices', SAMPE Journal, 43, pp. 38 - 46

Dai L, 2007, 'Electrochemical Sensors Based on Architectural Diversity of the π‐Conjugated Structure: Recent Advancements from Conducting Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes', ChemInform, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.200742270

Welna DT; Taylor B; Qu L; Dai L; Durstock M, 2007, 'Analysis of Nanostructured Carbon Intercalation Electrodes for Lithium-ion Batteries', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2007-02, pp. 276 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2007-02/7/276

Chang DW; Dai L, 2007, 'Photo-induced formation and self-assembling of gold nanoparticles in aqueous solution of amphiphilic dendrimers with oligo(p-phenylene vinylene) core branches and oligo(ethylene oxide) terminal chains', Nanotechnology, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/18/36/365605

Qu L; Dai L, 2007, 'Direct growth of three-dimensional multicomponent micropatterns of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes interposed with their multi-walled counterparts on Al-activated iron substrates', Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17, pp. 3401 - 3405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b703046k

Zhang Y; Liu C; Shi W; Wang Z; Dai L; Zhang X, 2007, 'Direct measurements of the interaction between pyrene and graphite in aqueous media by single molecule force spectroscopy: Understanding the π-π interactions', Langmuir, 23, pp. 7911 - 7915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la700876d

Naebe M; Lin T; Tian W; Dai L; Wang X, 2007, 'Effects of MWNT nanofillers on structures and properties of PVA electrospun nanofibres', Nanotechnology, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/18/22/225605

Yang Y; Qu L; Dai L; Kang TS; Durstock M, 2007, 'Electrophoresis coating of titanium dioxide on aligned carbon nanotubes for controlled syntheses of photoelectronic nanomaterials', Advanced Materials, 19, pp. 1239 - 1243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200602181

Zhou X; El Khoury JM; Qu L; Dai L; Li Q, 2007, 'A facile synthesis of aliphatic thiol surfactant with tunable length as a stabilizer of gold nanoparticles in organic solvents', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 308, pp. 381 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2007.01.040

Liu J; Dai L; Baur JW, 2007, 'Multiwalled carbon nanotubes for flow-induced voltage generation', Journal of Applied Physics, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2710776

Yang J; Qu L; Zhao Y; Zhang Q; Dai L; Baur JW; Maruyama B; Vaia RA; Shin E; Murray PT; Luo H; Guo ZX, 2007, 'Multicomponent and multidimensional carbon nanotube micropatterns by dry contact transfer', Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 7, pp. 1573 - 1580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2007.341

Lu W; Qu L; Dai L; Henry K, 2007, 'Superior Capacitive Performance of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes in Ionic Liquids', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2007-01, pp. 178 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2007-01/3/178

Schrand AM; Szczublewski K; Schlager JJ; Dai L; Hussain SM, 2007, 'Interaction and biocompatibility of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in PC-12 Cells', International Journal of Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration, 3, pp. 115 - 121

Chang DW; Dai L, 2007, 'Luminescent amphiphilic dendrimers with oligo(p-phenylene vinylene) core branches and oligo(ethylene oxide) terminal chains: Syntheses and stimuli-responsive properties', Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17, pp. 364 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b613278b

Zhao K; Zhuang S; Chang Z; Songm H; Dai L; He P; Fang Y, 2007, 'Amperometric glucose biosensor based on platinum nanoparticles combined aligned carbon nanotubes electrode', Electroanalysis, 19, pp. 1069 - 1074, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.200603823

Schrand AM; Huang H; Carlson C; Schlager JJ; Osawa E; Hussain SM; Dai L, 2007, 'Are diamond nanoparticles cytotoxic?', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, pp. 2 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp066387v

Zhao K; Song H; Zhuang S; Dai L; He P; Fang Y, 2007, 'Determination of nitrite with the electrocatalytic property to the oxidation of nitrite on thionine modified aligned carbon nanotubes', Electrochemistry Communications, 9, pp. 65 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2006.07.001

Qu L; Dai L, 2007, 'Polymer-masking for controlled functionalization of carbon nanotubes', Chemical Communications, pp. 3859 - 3861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b707698c

Patil A; Ohashi T; Buldum A; Dai L, 2006, 'Controlled preparation and electron emission properties of three-dimensional micropatterned aligned carbon nanotubes', Applied Physics Letters, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2345253

Singh U; Prakash V; Abramson AR; Chen W; Qu L; Dai L, 2006, 'Mechanical characterization device for in situ measurement of nanomechanical properties of micro/nanostructures', Applied Physics Letters, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2271576

Hwang SH; Moorefield CN; Dai L; Newkome GR, 2006, 'Functional nanohybrids constructed via complexation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with novel hexameric metallomacrocyles', Chemistry of Materials, 18, pp. 4019 - 4024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm060510d

Qu L; Zhao Y; Dai L, 2006, 'Carbon microfibers sheathed with aligned carbon nanotubes: Towards multidimensional, multicomponent, and multifunctional nanomaterials', Small, 2, pp. 1052 - 1059, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.200600097

Liu J; Li X; Dai L, 2006, 'Water-assisted growth of aligned carbon nanotube-ZnO heterojunction arrays', Advanced Materials, 18, pp. 1740 - 1744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200502346

Li X; Chen W; Zhan Q; Dai L; Sowards L; Pender M; Naik RR, 2006, 'Direct measurements of interactions between polypeptides and carbon nanotubes', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110, pp. 12621 - 12625, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp061518d

Ding L; Bo Z; Chu Q; Li J; Dai L; Pang Y; Karasz FE; Durstock MF, 2006, 'Cover Picture: Macromol. Chem. Phys. 10/2006', Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 207, pp. 853 - 853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.200690016

Ding L; Bo Z; Chu Q; Li J; Dai L; Pang Y; Karasz FE; Durstock MF, 2006, 'Photophysical and electroluminescent properties of hyperbranched polyfluorenes', Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 207, pp. 870 - 878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.200600055

Qu L; Dai L; Osawa E, 2006, 'Shape/size-controlled syntheses of metal nanoparticles for site-selective modification of carbon nanotubes', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, pp. 5523 - 5532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja060296u

Ji T; Li S; Chang DW; Dai L, 2006, 'Amphiphilic light-emitting dendrons with oligo(phenylene vinylene) branches and oligo(ethylene oxide) terminal chains', Synthetic Metals, 156, pp. 392 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2005.12.020

Bajpai V; He P; Goettler L; Dong JH; Dai L, 2006, 'Controlled syntheses of conducting polymer micro- and nano-structures for potential applications', Synthetic Metals, 156, pp. 466 - 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2006.01.008

Wei C; Dai L; Roy A; Tolle TB, 2006, 'Multifunctional chemical vapor sensors of aligned carbon nanotube and polymer composites', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, pp. 1412 - 1413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja0570335

Liu J; Li X; Schrand A; Ohashi T; Dai L, 2005, 'Controlled syntheses of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Catalyst particle size and density control via layer-by-layer assembling', Chemistry of Materials, 17, pp. 6599 - 6604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm051512l

Liu JW; Li XJ; Schrand A; Ohashi T; Dai LM, 2005, 'Controlled syntheses of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Catalyst particle size and density control via layer-by-layer assembling', CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 17, pp. 6599 - 6604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm051512l

Ding L; Chang D; Dai L; Ji T; Li S; Lu J; Tao Y; Delozier D; Connell J, 2005, 'Luminescent dendrons with oligo(phenylenevinylene) core branches and oligo(ethylene oxide) terminal chains', Macromolecules, 38, pp. 9389 - 9392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma0506233

Li L; Dai L, 2005, 'Template-free electrodeposition of multicomponent metal nanoparticles for region-specific growth of interposed carbon nanotube micropatterns', Nanotechnology, 16, pp. 2111 - 2117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/16/10/023

Patil A; Li L; Dai L; Casavant M; Strong K, 2005, 'Carbon-nanotube electron emitters for display applications', Journal of the Society for Information Display, 13, pp. 709 - 718, http://dx.doi.org/10.1889/1.2080507

Ramachandran G; Simon GP; Cheng YB; Dai L, 2005, 'Control of fluorescence emission color of benzo 15-crown-5 ether substituted oligo phenylene vinylene-ceramic nanocomposites', Polymer, 46, pp. 7176 - 7184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2005.05.087

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