​Synthesis and self-assembly of functional nanoparticles with enhanced emission and catalytic properties

• Contribution of Metal Defects in the Assembly Induced Emission of Cu Nanoclusters
  Zhennan Wu, Huiwen Liu, Tingting Li, Jiale Liu, Jun Yin, Omar F. Mohammed, Osman. M. Bakr,...
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 4318-4321. (Highlighted by Nature Middle East), (2017)
• Single-unit-cell thick Co9S8 nanosheets from preassembled Co14 nanoclusters
  Zhennan Wu, Haoyang Zou, Tingting Li, Ziyi Cheng, Huiwen Liu, Yi Liu, Hao Zhang, Bai Yang
  Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 416-419, (2017)
• Assembly-Induced Enhancement of Cu Nanoclusters Luminescence with Mechanochromic Property
  Zhennan Wu, Jiale Liu, Yang Gao, Huiwen Liu, Tingting Li, Haoyang Zou, Zhigang Wang, Kai Z...
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 12906-12913, (2015)
• Self-assembly of nanoclusters into mono-, few-, and multilayered sheets via dipole-induced asymmetric van der Waals...
  Zhennan Wu, Jiale Liu, Yanchun Li, Ziyi Cheng, Tingting Li, Hao Zhang,* Zhongyuan Lu, and ...
  ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 6315-6323, (2015)
• Colloidal self-assembly of catalytic copper nanoclusters into ultrathin ribbons
  Zhennan Wu, Yanchun Li, Jiale Liu, Zhongyuan Lu, Hao Zhang* and Bai Yang
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 1219612200, (2014)
• Self-assembly of Au15 into single-cluster-thick sheets at the interface of two miscible high-boiling solvents
  Zhennan Wu, Chunwei Dong, Yanchun Li, Hongxia Hao, Hao Zhang,* Zhongyuan Lu, Bai Yang
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 9952-9955, (2013)
• Hot-injection synthesis of manganese-ion-doped NaYF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals with red up-converting emission and tunable...
  Zhennan Wu, Min Lin, Sen Liang, Yi Liu, Hao Zhang, Bai Yang
  Part. Part. Syst. Charact., 2013, 30, 311-315. (Highlighted by Materials Views o..., (2013)
• A pluronic F127 coating strategy to produce stable up-conversion NaYF4:Yb,Er (Tm) nanoparticles in culture media fo...
  Zhennan Wu, Changrun Guo, Sen Liang, Hao Zhang, Liping Wang, Hongchen Sun, Bai Yang
  J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 18596-18602, (2012) 

• ​B.S.  2011, Materials Chemistry, Anhui, China
• Ph.D. 2016, Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Jilin, China

• ​27. Jul. 2016-present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Functional Nanomaterials Lab, PSE, KAUST.
• Sept. 2011-July 2016, PhD. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics in Jilin University, Jilin, China.
• Sept. 2007-July 2011, B.S. in Materials Chemistry in Huaibei Normal University, Anhui, China.

• ​​​KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)​​​
  
• Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)​