Publications
2009
76. Z. Deng*, H. Yan, Y. Liu*, Band Gap Engineering of Quaternary Alloyed ZnCdSSe Quantum Dots via a Facile Phosphine-Free Colloidal Method, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009, Accepted).
75. R. Chhabra, J. Sharma, H. Wang, S. Zou, S. Lin, H. Yan, S. Lindsay*, Y. Liu*, Distance-dependent interactions between gold nanoparticles and fluorescent molecules with DNA as tubable spacers, Nanotechnology 20, 485201 (2009).
74. Y. Ke, S. M. Douglas, M. Liu, J. Sharma, A. Cheng, A. Leung, Y. Liu, W. M. Shih*, H. Yan*, Multilayer DNA Origmai Packed on a Square Lattice, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 15903-15908 (2009).
73. L. A. Stearns, R. Chhabra, J. Sharma, Y. Liu, W. T. Petuskey, H. Yan*, J. C. Chaput*, Template-Directed Nucleation and Growth of Inorganic Nanoparticles on DNA Scaffolds, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45, 8494-8496 (2009).
72. S. Pal, H. Yan, Y. Liu*, Stable Silver Nanoparticle-DNA Conjugates for Directed Self-assembly of Core-Satellite Silver-Gold Nanoclusters, Chem. Commun. 6059-6061 (2009).
71. Z. Li, B. Wei, J. Nangreave, C. Lin, Y. Liu, Y. Mi*, H. Yan*, A Replicable Tetrahedral Nanostructure Self-Assembled from a Single DNA Strand, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 13093-13098 (2009).
70. Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Designer Curvature, Science 325, 685-686 (2009).
69. Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Coordinating Corners, Nature Chemistry 1, 339-340 (2009).
68. C. S. Andersen, M. M. Knudsen, R. Chhabra, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, K. V. Gothelf*, Distance Dependent Interhelical Couplings of Organic Rods Incorporated in DNA 4-Helix Bundles, Bioconjugate Chem. 20, 1538-1546 (2009).
67. J. Nangreave, H. Yan*, Y. Liu*, Studies of Thermal Stability of Multivalent DNA Hybridization in a Nanostructured System, Biophys. J. 97, 563-571 (2009).
66. A. E. Gerdon, S.-S. Oh, W. Hsieh, Y. Ke, H. Yan*, H. T. Soh*, Controlled Delivery of DNA Origami on Patterned Surface, Small 5, 1942-1946 (2009).
65. Y. Ke, J. Sharma, M. Liu, K. Jahn, Y. Liu*, H. Yan*, Scaffolded DNA Origami of a DNA Tetrahedron Molecular Container, Nano. Lett. 9, 2445-2447 (2009).
64. C. Lin, H. Yan*, DNA Nanotechnology: A Cascade of Activity, Nature Nanotechnol. 4, 211-212 (2009). Invited News & Views article.
63. C. Lin, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Designer DNA Nanoarchitectures, Biochemistry, 48, 1663-1674 (2009).
62. J. Sharma, R. Chhabra, A. Cheng, J. Brownell, Y. Liu*, H. Yan*, Control of Self-Assembly of DNA Tubules Through Integration of Gold Nanoparticles, Science, 323, 112-116 (2009).
- Highlight by National Science Foundation.
61. C. Lin, Y. Ke, Z. Liu, J. Wang, Y. Liu*, H. Yan*, Designer Nanoarchitectures Self-assembled from Mirror Image DNA, Nano Lett. 9, 433-436 (2009).
2008
60. C. Lin, S. Rinker, X. Wang, Y. Liu, N. C. Seeman*, H. Yan*, In-vivo Cloning of DNA Nanostructures, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105, 17626-17635 (2008).
- See commentary from Nature news and PNAS.
59. Z. Li, Y. Ke, C. Lin, H. Yan*, Y. Liu*, Subtractive Assembly of DNA Nanoarchitectures Driven by Fuel Strand Displacement, Chem. Commun. 4318-4320 (2008).
58. C. Lin, J. Nangreave, Z. Li, H. Yan*, Y. Liu*, Signal Amplification on a DNA Tile based Biosensor with Enhanced Sensitivity, Nanomedicine 3, 521-528 (2008).
57. Y. Xu, Q. Wang, P. He, Q. Dong, F. Liu, Y. Liu, L. Lin, H. Yan*, X. Zhao*, Cell Nucleus Penetration by Quantum Dots Induced by Nuclear Staining Organic Fluorophore and UV-Irradiation, Advanced Materials 20, 3468-3473 (2008).
56. J. Sharma, R. Chhabra, C. S. Anderson, K. V. Gothelf, H. Yan*, Y. Liu*, Toward Reliable Gold Nanoparticle Patterning on Self-assembled DNA Nanoscaffold, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 7820-2821 (2008).
55. C. S. Anderson, H. Yan, K. V. Gothelf*, Bridging One Helical Turn in dsDNA by Templated Dimerization of Molecular Rods, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 5569-5572 (2008).
54. J. Sharma, Y. Ke, C. Lin, R. Chhabra, Q. Wang, J. Nangreave, Y. Liu*, H. Yan*, DNA Tile Directed Self-assembly of Quantum Dots into Two-dimensional Nanopatterns, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 5157-5159 (2008).
53. S. Rinker, Y. Ke, Y. Liu*, H. Yan*, Self-assembled DNA Nanostructures for distance dependent multivalent ligand-protein binding, Nature Nanotechnol. 3, 418-422 (2008).
52. Y. Ke, S. Lindsay, Y. Chang, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Self-assembled Water-soluble Nucleic Acid Probe Tiles for Label Free RNA Detection, Science 319, 180-183 (2008).
- This paper has been highlighted by Reuters and many other news agencies and was commented by high profile journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Nature Methods.
51. J. sharma, R. Chhabra, H. Yan, Y. Liu*, A Facile In situ Generation of Dithiocarbamate Ligands for Stable Gold Nanoparticle-Oligonucleotide Conjugates Chem. Commun. 18, 2140-2142 (2008).
50. Q. Wang, Y. Liu, Y. Ke, H. Yan*, Quantum Dots Bioconjugation During Core-Shell Synthesis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 316-319 (2008).
2007
49. C. Lin, X. Wang, Y. Liu, N. C. Seeman, H. Yan*, Rolling Circle Enzymatic Replication of a Complex Multi-crossover DNA Nanostructure, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 14475-14481 (2007).
48. R. Chhabra, J. Sharma, Y. Ke, Y. Liu, S. Rinker, S. Lindsay, H. Yan*, Spatially
Addressable Multi-protein Nanoarrays Templated by Aptamer Tagged DNA
Nanoarchitectures, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 10304-10305 (2007).
- This paper was highlighted by the editor of Nature Nanotechnology as “Research Highlight”.
47. Q. Wang, Y. Liu, C. Lin, H. Yan*, Lay-by-layer Growth of Superparamagnetic and fluorecently barcoded Nanospheres, Nanotechnology 18, 40, 405026 (2007).
46. C. Lin, Y. Ke, Y. Liu, M. Mertig, J. Gu, H. Yan*, Functional DNA Nanotube Arrays: Bottom-up Meets Top-down, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 6089-6092 (2007).
- This paper was chosen by the editors as “Hot Paper”.
45. Q. Wang, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Mechanism of a Self-templating Synthesis of Monodispersed Hollow Silica Nanospheres with Tunable Size and Shell Thickness, Chem. Commun. 2339-2341 (2007)
44. Q. Wang, Y. Xu, X. Zhao, Y. Chang, Y. Liu, L. Jiang, J. Sharma, D.-K. Seo*, H. Yan*, A Facile One-step In situ Functionalization of Quantum Dots with Preserved Photoluminescence for Bioconjugation, J. Am. Chem. Soc.129, 6380-6381, (2007).
43. B. Williams, K. Lund, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, J. Chaput*, Self-assembled Peptide Nanoarrays: An Approach to Studying Protein-protein Interactions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 3051-3054 (2007).
42. C. Lin, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Self-assembled Combinatorial Encoding Nanoarrays for Multiplexed Biosensing, Nano Lett. 7, 507-512 (2007).
41. J. Sharma, R. Chhabra, H. Yan, Y. Liu*, pH-driven Conformational Switch of “i-motif” DNA for Reversible Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles. Chem. Commun. 477-479 (2007).
2006
40. C. Lin, M. Xie, J. Chen, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Rolling Circle Amplification of a DNA Nano- junction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45, 7537-7539 (2006).
- This paper was chosen by the editors as “Hot Paper”.
39. C. Lin, E. Katilius*, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, H. Yan*, Self-assembled Signaling Aptamer Nanoarrays for Protein Detection, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45, 5296-5301 (2006).
38. C. Lin, Y. Liu, S. Rinker, H. Yan*, DNA Tile Based Self-assembly: Building Complex Nano-architectures, ChemPhysChem 7, 1641-1647 (2006).
37. K. Lund, Y. Liu, H. Yan*,Combinatorial Self-Assembly of DNA Nanostructures, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 4, 3402-3403 (2006)
- Chosen by the editors as Inside Cover image.
36. S. Rinker, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Two Dimensional LNA/DNA arrays: Estimating the Helicity of LNA/DNA Hybrid Duplex, Chem. Commun. 2675-2677 (2006).
35. R. Chhabra, J. Sharma, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Addressable Molecular Tweezers for DNA Templated Coupling Reactions, Nano Lett. 6, 978-983 (2006).
34. L. Lin, H. Wang, Y. Liu, H. Yan, and S. Lindsay*, Recognition Imaging with a DNA Aptamer, Biophysical J. 90, 4236-4238 (2006).
33. K. Lund, B. Williams, Y. Ke, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, DNA Nanotechnology: a rapidly evolving field, Current Nanoscience 2, 113-122 (2006).
32. Y. Ke, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, H. Yan*, A Study of DNA Tube Formation Mechanisms Using 4-, 8- and 12-Helix DNA Nanostructures, J. Am. Chem. Soc.128, 4414-4421 (2006).
31. J. Zhang, Y, Liu, Y. Ke, H. Yan*, Periodic Square-like Gold Nanoparticle Arrays Templated by a DNA Nanogrids on a Surface, Nano Lett.6, 248-251 (2006).
- Featured in physorg.com.
30. H. Yan*, B. Xu, Towards Rapid DNA Sequencing: Detecting Single-Stranded DNA with a Solid-State Nanopore, Small 2, 310-312 (2006).
29. J. Sharma, R. Chhabra, Y. Liu, Y. Ke, H. Yan*, DNA Templated Self-assembly of Two-Dimensional and Periodical Gold Nanoparticle Arrays, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45, 730-735 (2006).
2005
28. K. Lund, Y. Liu, S. Lindsay, H. Yan*, Self-assembling Molecular Pegboard, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 17606-17607 (2005).
27. Y. Liu, Y. Ke, H. Yan*, Self-assembly of Symmetric Finite Size DNA Nanoarrays, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 17140-17141 (2005).
26. Y. Liu, C. Lin, H. Li, H. Yan*, Aptamer Directed Self-assembly of Proteins on a DNA Nanostructure, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 4333 (2005).
- Featured in physorg.com.
25. S. H. Park, P. Yin, Y. Liu, J. Reif, T. H. LaBean, H. Yan*, Programmable DNA Self-assemblies for Nanoscale Organization of Ligands and Proteins. Nano Lett. 5, 729 (2005).
24. S. H. Park, R. Barish, H. Li , J. H. Reif , G. Finkelstein, H. Yan*, and T. H. LaBean*, Three Helix Bundle DNA Tiles Self-assemble into 2D Lattice or 1D Templates for Silver Nanowires. Nano Lett. 5, 693 (2005).
23. Y. Liu, & H. Yan*, Modular Self-assembly of DNA Lattice with Tunable Periodicity, Small 1, 327-330 (2005).
22. J. H. Reif*, T. H. LaBean, S. Sahu, H. Yan and P. Yin, Design, Simulation, and Experimental Demonstration of Self-assembled DNA Nanostructures and Motors. In: UPP2004, LNCS 3566, ed. by J.P. Banatre, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 173-187, (2005).
21. N. C. Seeman*, B. Ding , S. Liao , T. Wang, W.B. Sherman, P.E. Constantinou, J. Kopatsch, C. Mao, R. Sha, F. Liu, H. Yan & P.S. Lukeman, Experiments in Structural DNA Nanotechnology: Arrays and Devices , Proc. SPIE; Nanofabrication: Technologies, Devices and Applications 5592, 71-81 (2005).
20. Sha, R., Zhang, X., Liao, S., Constantinou, P.E., Ding, B., Wang, T., Garibotti, A.V., Zhong, H., Israel, L.B., Wang, X., Wu, G., Chakraborty, B., Chen, J., Zhang, Y., Mao, C., Yan, H., Kopatsch, J., Zheng, J., Lukeman, P.S., Sherman, W.B. and Seeman, N.C.*, Motifs and Methods in Structural DNA Nanotechnology, Proc. Intl. Conf. Nanomaterials, NANO 2005, July 13-15, 2005, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Srivakasi, India, V. Rajendran, ed., pp. 3-10 (2005).
19. R. Sha, X. Zhang, S. Liao, P. Constantinou, B. Ding, T. Wang, A. V. Garibotti, H. Zhong, L. B. Israel, X. Wang, G. Wu, B. Chakraborty, J. Chen, Y. Zhang, H. Yan, Z Shen, W. SHen, P.Sa-Ardyen, J. Kopatsch, J. Zheng, P. Lukeman, W.B. Sherman, C. Mao, N. Jonoska, N. C. Seeman*. Structural DNA Nanotechnology: Molecular Construction and Composition. In: UC2005, LNCS 3699, ed. by C.S. Calude et al. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 20-31 (2005).
2004
18. H. Yan*, Nucleic Acid Technology, Science, 306, 2048-2049 (2004).
17. S. H. Park, H. Yan, J.H. Reif, T. H. LaBean, G. Finkelstein*, Electronic Nanostructures Templated on Self-assembled DNA Scaffolds, Nanotechnology 15, S525-S527 (2004).
16. H. Yan*, P. Yin, S. H. Park, H. Li, L. Feng, X. Guan, D. Liu, J. H. Reif, T. H. LaBean Self-Assembled DNA Structures for Nanoconstruction. AIP Proceedings 725 (DNA-Based Molecular Electronics), 43-52. (2004).
15. P. Yin, H. Yan*, X.J. Guan, A.J. Turberfield*, J. H. Reif*, An Autonomous Unidirectional DNA Walker. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43, 4906-4911 (2004).
- Featured in Technology Research News, TRNMag.com.
14. H. Li, S. H. Park, J. H. Reif, T. H. LaBean, H. Yan* DNA Templated Self-Assembly Of Protein And Nanoparticle Linear Arrays. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 418 (2004).
13. Z. Shen, H. Yan, T. Wang, N. C. Seeman* Paranemic Crossover DNA: A Generalized Holliday Structure with Applications in Nanotechnology. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 1666 (2004).
2003
12. H. Yan*, L. Feng, T. H. LaBean, J. H. Reif* Parallel Molecular Computation of Pair-wise Exclusive-Or (XOR) Using DNA “String Tile” Self-Assembly. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 14246 (2003).
11. H. Yan*, S. H. Park, G. Finkelstein, J. H. Reif & T. H. LaBean*, DNA Templated Self-assembly of Protein Arrays and Highly Conductive Nanowires. Science, 301, 1882 (2003).
- Featured in Technology Research News, TRNMag.com: DNA forms nano waffles.
10. L. Feng, S. H. Park, J. H. Reif, H. Yan*, A Two-State DNA Lattice Switched By DNA Nanoactuator. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42, 4342 (2003).
- Featured by an interview with BBC radio program Discovery today (Oct. 29, 2003).
- Editor’s choice of Science magazine, MATERIALS SCIENCE: DNA Makes a Move.
9. H. Yan, T. H. LaBean, L. Feng, J. H. Reif*. Directed Nucleation Assembly of DNA tile Complexes for Barcode Patterned Lattices. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100, 8103 (2003).
- Featured in Technology Research News, TRNMag.com: DNA makes nano barcode.
8. H. Yan, N. C. Seeman*. Edge-Sharing DNA Triangles And One-Dimensional Self-Assembly. J. Supramol. Chem., 1, 229-237 (2003).
2002 and Before
7. X. Zhang, H. Yan, Z. Shen and N. C. Seeman*. Paranemic Cohesion of Topologically-Closed DNA Molecules. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 12940-12941 (2002).
6. H. Yan, X. Yang, Z. Shen and N. C. Seeman*. A Robust Sequence-dependent Rotary DNA Device, Nature, 415, 62-65 (2002).
5. T. H. LaBean, H. Yan, J. Kopatsch, F. Liu, E. Winfree, J. H. Reif and N. C. Seeman*. The Construction, Analysis, Ligation and Aelf-assembly of DNA Triple Crossover Molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 1848-1860 (2000).
4. N. C. Seeman, H. Wang, X. Yang, F. Liu, C. Mao, W. Sun, L. Wenzler, Z. Shen, R. Sha, H. Yan, M.H. Wong, P. Sa-Ardyen, B. Liu, H. Qiu, X. Li, J. Qi, S.M. Du, Y. Zhang, J.E. Mueller, T.-J. Fu, Y. Wang, and J. Chen. “New Motifs in DNA Nanotechnology”, Nanotechnology 9, 257-273 (1998).
3. Y. Ma, Q. Wang*, H. Yan, X. Ji and Q. Qiu. Zeolite-Catalyzed Esterification. 1. Synthesis Of Acetates, Benzoates And Phthalates. Appl. Catal. 139, 51-57 (1996).
2. Q. Wang*, Y. Ma, X. Ji, H. Yan, Q. Qiu. Zeolite-Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Acylation Of Aromatics. 1. Synthesis Of 4-Acyl Anisole With A HY Catalyst. Chin. Chem. Lett. 7, 99-102 (1996).
1. Q. Wang*, Y. Ma, X. Ji, H. Yan and Q. Qiu. Regioselective Acylation Of Anisole With Carboxylic-Acid Over HZSM-5 Catalyst. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm. 22, 2307-2308 (1995).

