Articles:

  1. Neetesh Kumar, Rishab Sahani, Cheng-Yu Lai, Daniela R Radu, “Bridging energy harvesting and high-performance electroluminescence in large-area single cation FAPbI3 perovskite devices through Rb⁺/K⁺ dual cation doping”, Nano Energy, Volume 148, February 2026, 111683, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111683
  2. Jake Carrier, Linisha Biswal, Catherine Buzzi, Sarah Rodriguez, Mia Vuong, Annie Pereira, Daniela Radu, Cheng-Yu Lai,” Controlled Incorporation of Silver Nanoparticles into a Formate-Free MOF-808 Matrix: Toward a Robust Hybrid Antibacterial Material”, ACS Appl. Eng. Mater. ASAP, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00910
  3. Cheng-Yu Lai, Fei Zhang, Alisha Gogia, Daniel Munoz, Navdeep Kaur, Melanie Cue, Daniela Radu, “ Photothermal Properties of Nanostructured Black Titanium Dioxide for Targeted Cellular and Microbial Elimination” ACS Omega, ASAP, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c06175
  4. Jake Carrier, Cheng-Yu Lai, Daniela Radu,” Lignin-Based Platform as a Potential Low-Cost Sorbent for the Direct Air Capture of CO2, ACS Environ. Au 2024, ASAP. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.4c00008
  5. CY Chang, N Kaur, R Prado-Rivera, CY Lai, D Radu, “Size-Controlled Cu3VSe4 Nanocrystals as Cathode Material in Platinum-Free Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 11, 13719–13728. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c18658
  6. F Zhang, H Na, J Carrier, CY Chang, D Radu, CY Lai, “Lignin-Based Nanospheres as Environmental Remediation Platforms for Anionic Dye Contaminants”, ACS Omega 2024, 9, 10, 12006–12014.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c09834
  7. J Fina, N Kaur, CY Chang, CY Lai, Dr. Radu,” Enhancing light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells through mesoporous silica nanoparticle-mediated diffuse scattering back reflectors”, Electronic Materials 4 (3), 124-135, https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat4030010
  8. N. Kaur., Oyon S.A., C.-Y. Lai, Dr. Radu, “From reflection to absorption: Improving light harvesting of dye-sensitized solar cells with Cu nanowires as reflectors ” Optical Materials, 2023, 142,114074.
  9. Venedicto. M.; Carrier J., Ha Na., Chang. C.Y., Dr. Radu, CY Lai, “ Disulfide-Modified Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications ”, Crystals 2023, 13(7), 1067. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13071067
  10. Prado-Rivera, R; C-Y Lai; Haqqani Mohammed, M.A.; Chang, C.-Y.; Syed, F; Radu, D. R., “Facile Synthesis and Single-Switch Antenna Application of Germanium-Doped Vanadium Dioxide”, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2023 5 (6), 3480-3488. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c00498
  11. N. Kaur, F. M. Syed, J. Fina, C. -Y. Lai and D. R. Radu, “Ag Reflectors: An Effective Approach to Improve Light Harvesting in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells,” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2023, 3, 2, 250-253. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2023.3238796
  12. Gonzalez-Moya, J.R.; Chang, C.Y.; Radu, D.R.; Lai, C.Y. “Photocatalytic Deposition of Nanostructured CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dot Films on Mesoporous TiO2 and Their Enhanced Visible-Light Photodegradation Properties”. ACS Omega 2022, 7, 30, 26738–26748.
  13. Chang, C.Y.; Prado-Rivera, R.; Liu, M.; Lai, C.Y.; Radu, D.R. Colloidal Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of Cu3NbS4 and Cu3NbSe4 Sulvanite Nanocrystals. ACS Nanoscience Au 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00021
  14. Attar, G.S.; Liu, M.; Lai, C.-Y.; Radu, D.R. Green Synthesis of Ge1-xSnx Alloy Nanoparticles for Optoelectronic Applications. Crystals 2021, 11, 1216. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11101216
  15. Liu, M.; Bhandari, A.; Haqqani Mohammed, M.A.; Radu, D.R.; Lai, C.-Y. Versatile Silver Nanoparticles-Based SERS Substrate with High Sensitivity and Stability. Appl. Nano 2021, 2, 242-256. https://doi.org/10.3390/applnano2030017
  16. Liu, M.; Radu, D.R.; Selopal, G.S.; Bachu, S.; Lai, C.-Y. Stand-Alone CuFeSe2 (Eskebornite) Nanosheets for Photothermal Cancer Therapy. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2008. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11082008
  17. Prado-Rivera, R.; Chang, C.-Y.; Liu, M.; Lai, C.-Y.; Radu, D.R. Sulvanites: The Promise at the Nanoscale. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 823. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11030823
  18. Liu, M.; Lai, C.-Y.; Chang, C.-Y.; Radu, D.R. Solution-Based Synthesis of Sulvanite Cu3TaS4 and Cu3TaSe4 Nanocrystals. Crystals 2021, 11, 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11010051
  19. Liu, M, Lai, CY., Zhang, M., Radu, D. Cascade synthesis and optoelectronic applications of intermediate bandgap Cu3VSe4 nanosheets. Sci Rep 10, 21679 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78649-9
  20. “Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of Cu3VSe4 nanocrystals”, Liu M, Lai C-Y, Selopal GS, Radu DR, PLOS ONE 15(5): e0232184 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232184
  21. “Synthesis of highly efficient Cu2ZnSnSxSe4−x (CZTSSe) nanosheet electrocatalyst for dye-sensitized solar cells”, Mohammadnezhad, M.; Liu, M.; Selopal, G.S.; Pardo, F.N.; Wang, Z.M.; Stansfield, B.; Zhao, H.; Lai, C-Y.; Radu, D.; Rosei, F. Electrochim. Acta, p. 135954, Feb. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.135954
  22. “Sulvanite” (Cu3VS4) Nanocrystals for Printable Thin Film Photovoltaics”, Chen, C.-C.; Stone, K. H.; Lai, C.-Y.; Dobson, K. D.; Radu, D. Materials Letters Materials Letters 2018, 211, 179-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.09.063
  23. “The Promise of Solution-Processed Fe2GeS4 Thin Films in Iron Chalcogenide Photovoltaics “ Liu, M.; Berg, D.; Hwang, P.-Y.; Lai, C.-Y.; Babbe, F.; Dobson, K.; Radu, D. Journal of Materials Science 2018, 53, 7725-7734. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2082-1
  24. “A rapid molecular precursor solid-state route to crystalline Fe2GeS4 nanoparticles”, Hwang, P.-Y.; Berg, D.; Liu, M.; Lai, C.-Y.; Radu, D.R.  Materials Letters 2018, 223, 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.04.020
  25. “Absorption and scattering cross-section extinction values of silver nanoparticles”, Hlaing, M.; Gebear-Eigzabher, B.; Roa, A.; Marcano, A.; Radu, D.R.; Lai, C.-Y. Optical Materials 2016, 58, 439-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.06.013
  26. “Functionalized stellate macroporous silica nanospheres for CO2 mitigation”, Radu, D. R.; Pizzi, N. A.; Lai, C.-Y. Journal of Materials Science 2016, 51, 10632–10640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0284-y
  27. “Chalcogenide Nanoparticles Precursor in Thin-Film Photovoltaics—Processing Limitations”, Daniela R. Radu, Dominik Berg, Mimi Liu, Kevin Dobson, Po-Yu Hwang and Cheng-Yu Lai, 43rd IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference Proceedings, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749617
  28. “Enzyme Immobilization on Mesoporous Silica Supports”, Lai, Cheng-Yu; Radu, Daniela R.; Heterogeneous Catalysts for Today’s Challenges, Royal Society of Chemistry (2015) https://doi.org/10.1039/9781849737494-00100
  29. “Novel Solution Process for Fabricating Ultra-Thin-Film Absorber Layers in Fe2SiS4 and Fe2GeS4 Photovoltaics” Orefuwa, S. A.; Lai, C.-Y.; Dobson, K.; Ni, C.; Radu, D. MRS Online Proceedings Library 2014, 1670, M3 –10.1557/opl.2014.507. https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2014.507
  30. “Reversible binding and fluorescence energy transfer between surface-derivatized CdS nanoparticles and multi-functionalized fluorescent mesoporous silica nanospheres” Lai, C.-Y.; Wu, C.-W.; Radu, D. R.; Trewyn, B. G.; Lin, V. S.-Y. Studies in surface science and catalysis 2007, 170, 1827-1835 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2991(07)81066-4
  31. “Fine-tuning the degree of organic functionalization of mesoporous silica nanosphere materials via an interfacially designed co-condensation method” Radu, D. R.; Lai C-Y; Huang J.; Shu X.; Lin, V. S.-Y. Chemical Communications 2005, (10) 1264-1266. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B412618A
  32. “Real-Time Imaging of Tunable Adenosine 5-Triphosphate Release from an MCM-41-Type Mesoporous Silica Nanosphere-Based Delivery System” Gruenhagen, J. A.; Lai, C.-Y.; Radu, D. R.; Lin, V. S. Y.; Yeung, E. S. Spectrosc. 2005, 59 (4), 424-431. http://as.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=as-59-4-424
  33. “A Polyamidoamine Dendrimer-Capped Mesoporous Silica Nanosphere-Based Gene Transfection Reagent” Radu, D. R.; Lai, C.-Y.; Jeftinija, K.; Rowe, E. W.; Jeftinija, S.; Lin, V. S.-Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126 (41), 13216-13217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja046275m
  34. Gatekeeping Layer Effect:  A Poly(lactic acid)-coated Mesoporous Silica Nanosphere-Based Fluorescence Probe for Detection of Amino-Containing Neurotransmitters” Radu, D. R.; Lai C-Y; Wiench J.W.; Pruski M.; Lin, V. S.-Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126(6), 1640-1641. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja038222v
  35. “Fabrication of Rhenium Disulfide/Mesoporous Silica Core–Shell Nanoparticles for a pH-Responsive Drug Release and Combined Chemo-Photothermal Therapy” H Na, J Carrier, S Oyon, CY Lai. ACS Applied Bio Materials 7 (5), 3337-3345
  36. “Enhancing Efficiency in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Incorporation of Cu3VSe4 Nanocrystals into TiO2 Photoanodes” N Kaur, L Biswal, A Prieto, CY Lai, DR Radu. ACS Applied Energy Materials
 

 

Patent:

  1. Daniela Rodica Radu, Cheng-Yu Lai, Melissa Venedicto, Faizan Syed, Dakota Aaron Thomas, Samuel Oyon, ” Additive-polymer composite materials and methods of fabricating the same”, US Patent 11,958,956 (2024)
  2. A Hassan, E Alwan, DR Radu, CY Lai, “Dual-band antenna arrays and methods of fabricating the same”,US Patent 11,862,854 (2024)
  3. VA Kickhoefer, G Nemerow, CY Lai, C Wiethoff, M Han, “Vault complexes LH Rome”
    US Patent 9,951,107 (2018)
  4. “Nanoscale precursors for the synthesis of Fe(Si,Ge)(S,Se)crystalline particles and layers” Radu, Daniela Rodica, Cheng-Yu Lai, US 9634161 (2017)
  5. LH Rome, VA Kickhoefer, GR Nemerow, CY Lai, CM Weithoff, MR Han, “Vault complexes for facilitating biomolecule delivery”, US Patent 9,181,312 (2015)
  6. “Aqueous process for producing crystalline copper chalcogenide nanoparticles, the nanoparticles so-produced, and inks and coated substrates incorporating the nanoparticles” Johnson, Lynda Kaye; Radu, Daniela Rodica; Lai, Cheng-Yu; Lu, Meijun; Malajovich, Irina WO 2011066205 (2011)