Selected publications£º

58.  Teng Huang, Fei Meng and Limin Qi,* ¡°Facile synthesis and one-dimensional assembly of cyclodextrin-capped gold nanoparticles and their applications in catalysis and surface-enhanced Raman scattering¡±, J. Phys. Chem. C  2009, published online.

57.  Longping Zhou, Guosong Hong, Limin Qi* and Yunfeng Lu, ¡°Seeding-growth of helical mesoporous silica nanofibers templated by achiral cationic surfactant¡±, Langmuir 2009, 25, 6040-6044.

56.  Yurong Ma and Limin Qi,* ¡°Solution-phase synthesis of inorganic hollow structures by templating strategies¡±, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2009, 335, 1-10. (Invited feature article)

55.  Han Yu and Limin Qi,* ¡°Polymer-assisted crystallization and optical properties of uniform microrods of organic dye Sudan II¡±, Langmuir 2009, 25, 6781-6786. (Highlighted by ACS "Noteworthy Chemistry")

54.  Cheng Li, Guosong Hong, Pengwei Wang, Dapeng Yu and Limin Qi,* ¡°Wet chemical approaches to patterned arrays of well-aligned ZnO nanopillars assisted by monolayer colloidal crystals¡±, Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 891-897.

53.  Teng Huang and Limin Qi,* ¡°Controlled Synthesis of PbSe nanotubes by solvothermal transformation from selenium nanotubes¡±, Nanotechnology 2009, 20, 025606  (7pp). (Highlighted by nanotechweb)

52.  Jining Gao, Quanshui Li, Huabo Zhao, Lianshan Li, Chunling Liu, Qihuang Gong and Limin Qi,* ¡°One-pot synthesis of uniform Cu2O and CuS hollow spheres and their optical limiting properties¡±, Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 6263-6269.

51.  Yao Qin, Yin Song, Nijuan Sun, Nana Zhao, Meixian Li and Limin Qi,* ¡°Ionic liquid-assisted growth of single-crystalline dendritic gold nanostructures with a three-fold symmetry¡±, Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 3965-3972.

50.  Lianshan Li, Nijuan Sun, Youyuan Huang, Yao Qin, Nana Zhao, Jining Gao, Meixian Li, Henghui Zhou and Limin Qi,* ¡°Topotactic transformation of single-crystalline precursor discs into disc-like Bi2S3 nanorod networks¡±, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 1194-1201.

49.  Cheng Li and Limin Qi,* ¡°Bioinspired fabrication of 3D ordered macroporous single crystals of calcite via a transient amorphous phase¡±, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2388-2393. (VIP, Frontispiece picture, Highlighted by Angew. Chem.)

48.  Nana Zhao, Yang Wei, Nijuan Sun, Qian Chen, Jingwei Bai, Longping Zhou, Yao Qin, Meixian Li and Limin Qi,* ¡°Controlled synthesis of gold nanobelts and nanocombs in aqueous mixed surfactant solutions¡±, Langmuir 2008, 24, 991-998.

47.  Jinhu Yang, Conghua Lu, Hong Su, Jiming Ma, Humin Cheng and Limin Qi,* ¡°Morphological and structural modulation of PbWO4 crystals directed by dextrans¡±, Nanotechnology 2008, 19, 035608 (7pp).

46.  Hailiang Wang and Limin Qi,* ¡°Controlled synthesis of Ag2S, Ag2Se and Ag nanofibers using a general sacrificial template and their application in electronic device fabrication¡±, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008,  18, 1249-1256.

45.  Yan Zhou, Wen-Jun Liu, Yuguo Ma,* Hailiang Wang, Limin Qi,* Yong Cao, Jian Wang* and Jian Pei,* ¡°Single microwire transistors of oligoarenes by direct solution process¡±, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 12386-12387.

44.  Jingwei Bai, Yao Qin, Chengyang Jiang and Limin Qi,* ¡°Polymer-controlled synthesis of silver nanobelts and hierarchical nanocolumns¡±, Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 3367-3369.

43.  Peng Liu, Yurong Ma, Weiwei Cai, Zhenzhong Wang, Jian Wang, Limin Qi and Dongmin Chen,* ¡°Photoconductivity of single-crystalline selenium nanotubes¡± Nanotechnology 2007, 18, 205704 (5pp).

42.  Huijuan Zhang, Jun Wu, Longping Zhou, Dayong Zhang and Limin Qi,* ¡°Facile synthesis of monodisperse microspheres and gigantic hollow shells of mesoporous silica in mixed water-ethanol solvents¡± Langmuir 2007, 23, 1107-1113. 

41.  Limin Qi, ¡°Synthesis of inorganic nanostructures in reverse micelles¡±, in Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science (Second Edition), pp. 6183-6207; P. Somasundaran, Eds.; Taylor & Francis: New York, 2006.

40.  Conghua Lu, Limin Qi,* Jinhu Yang, Li Tang, Dayong Zhang and Jiming Ma, ¡°Hydrothermal growth of large-scale micropatterned arrays of ultralong ZnO nanowires and nanobelts on zinc substrate¡±, Chem. Commun. 2006, 3551-3553.

39.  Huijuan Zhang and Limin Qi,* ¡°Low-temperature, template-free synthesis of wurtzite ZnS nanostructures with hierarchical architectures¡±, Nanotechnology 2006, 17, 3984-3988.

38.  Dayong Zhang, Dong Yang, Huijuan Zhang, Conghua Lu and Limin Qi,* ¡°Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of hollow microparticles of titania and titania/carbon composites templated by Sephadex G-100¡±, Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 3477-3485.

37.  Nana Zhao and Limin Qi,* ¡°Low-temperature synthesis of star-shaped PbS nanocrystals in aqueous solutions of mixed cationic-anionic surfactants¡±, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 359-362.

36.  Hongtao Shi, Xiaohong Wang, Nana Zhao, Limin Qi* and Jiming Ma, ¡°Growth mechanism of penniform BaWO4 nanostructures in catanionic reverse micelles involving polymers¡±, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 748-753.

35.  Conghua Lu, Limin Qi,* Jinhu Yang, Xiaoyu Wang, Dayong Zhang, Jinglin Xie and Jiming Ma, ¡°One-pot synthesis of octahedral Cu2O nanocages by a catalytic solution route¡±, Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 2562-2567.

34.  Conghua Lu, Limin Qi,* Hailin Cong, Xiaoyu Wang, Jinhu Yang, Linglu Yang, Dayong Zhang, Jiming Ma and Weixiao Cao, ¡°Synthesis of calcite single crystals with porous surface by templating of polymer latex particles¡±, Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 5218-5224.

33.  Hao-Ling Sun, Hongtao Shi, Fei Zhao, Limin Qi* and Song Gao,* ¡°Shape-dependent magnetic properties of low-dimensional nanoscale prussian blue (PB) analogue SmFe(CN)6¡Á4H2O¡±, Chem. Commun. 2005, 4339-4341.

32.  Yurong Ma, Limin Qi,* Wei Shen and Jiming Ma, ¡°Selective synthesis of single-crystalline selenium nanobelts and nanowires in micellar solutions of nonionic surfactants¡±, Langmuir 2005, 21, 6161-6164.

31.  Dayong Zhang and Limin Qi,* ¡°Synthesis of mesoporous titania networks consisting of anatase nanowires by templating of bacterial cellulose membranes¡±, Chem. Commun. 2005, 2735-2737.

30.   Hongtao Shi, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Nianzu Wu, ¡°Architectural control of hierarchical nanobelt superstructures in catanionic reverse  micelles¡±, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2005, 15, 442-450.

29.   Jinhu Yang, Limin Qi,* Conghua Lu, Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Morphosynthesis of rhombdodecahedral silver cages by self-assembly coupled with precursor crystal templating¡±, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 598-603.

28.   Conghua Lu, Limin Qi,* Jinhu Yang, Dayong Zhang, Nianzu Wu and Jiming Ma, ¡°A simple template-free solution route for the controlled synthesis of Cu(OH)2 and CuO nanostructures¡±, J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 17825-17831.

27.   Jinhu Yang, Limin Qi,* Dongbai Zhang, Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Dextran-controlled crystallization of silver microcrystals with novel morphologies¡±, Cryst. Growth Des. 2004, 4, 1371-1375.

26.   Conghua Lu, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma, Humin Cheng, Maofeng Zhang and Weixiao Cao, ¡°Controlled growth of micropatterned, oriented calcite films on a self-assembled multilayer film¡±, Langmuir, 2004, 20, 7378-7380.

25.   Yurong Ma, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Micelle-mediated synthesis of single-crystalline selenium nanotubes¡±, Adv. Mater. 2004, 16, 1023-1026.

24.   Yurong Ma, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Hierarchical, star-shaped PbS crystals formed by a simple solution route¡±, Cryst. Growth Des. 2004, 4, 351-354.

23.   Dongbai Zhang, Limin Qi,* Jinhu Yang, Jiming Ma, Humin Cheng and Lan Huang, ¡°Wet chemical synthesis of silver nanowire thin films at ambient temperature¡±, Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 872-876.

22.   Yurong Ma, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma, Humin Cheng and Wei Shen, ¡°Synthesis of submicrometer-sized CdS hollow spheres in aqueous solutions of a triblock copolymer¡±, Langmuir 2003, 19, 9079-9085.

21.     Hongtao Shi, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma, Humin Cheng and Buyao Zhu, ¡°Synthesis of hierarchical superstructures consisting of BaCrO4 nanobelts in catanionic reverse micelles¡±, Adv. Mater. 2003, 15, 1647-1651.

20.     Dong Yang, Limin Qi* and Jiming Ma, ¡°Well-defined star-shaped calcite crystals formed in agarose gels¡±, Chem. Commun. 2003, 1180-1181.

19.     Dong Yang, Limin Qi* and Jiming Ma, ¡°Hierarchically ordered networks comprising crystalline ZrO2 tubes through sol-gel mineralization of eggshell membranes¡±, J. Mater. Chem. 2003, 13, 1119-1123.

18.     Yurong Ma, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Facile synthesis of hollow ZnS nanospheres in block copolymer solutions¡±, Langmuir 2003, 19, 4040-4042. (Times cited: 99)

17.     Hongtao Shi, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Polymer-directed synthesis of penniform BaWO4 nanostructures in reverse micelles¡±, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 3450-3451. (Times cited: 167)

16.     Dongbai Zhang, Limin Qi, Jiming Ma* and Humin Cheng, ¡°The formation of crystalline nanosized titania in reverse micelle at room temperature¡±, J. Mater. Chem. 2002, 12, 3677-3680.

15.     Dong Yang, Limin Qi* and Jiming Ma, ¡°Eggshell membrane templating of hierarchically ordered macroporous networks composed of TiO2 tubes¡±, Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 1543-1546.

14.     Dongbai Zhang, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Synthesis of submicrometer-sized hollow silver spheres in mixed polymer-surfactant solutions¡±, Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 1499-1502. (Times cited: 123)

13.     Dongbai Zhang, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Biomimetic growth of strontium oxalate aggregates with unusual morphologies in the presence of poly(methacrylic acid)¡±, CrystEngComm 2002, 4, 536-538.

12.     Hongtao Shi, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Synthesis of single crystal BaWO4 nanowires in catanionic reverse micelles¡±, Chem. Commun. 2002, 1704-1705.

11.     Dongbai Zhang, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Morphological control of calcium oxalate dihydate by a double-hydrophilic block copolymer¡±, Chem. Mater. 2002, 14, 2450-2457.  (Highlighted by MRS Bull.)

10.     Limin Qi,* Jie Li and Jiming Ma, ¡°Biomimetic morphogenesis of calcium carbonate in mixed solutions of surfactants and double-hydrophilic block copolymers¡±, Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 300-303. (Times cited: 166)

9.     Dongbai Zhang, Limin Qi,* Jiming Ma and Humin Cheng, ¡°Formation of silver nanowires in aqueous solutions of a double-hydrophilic block copolymer¡±, Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 2753-2755. (Times cited: 111)

8.     Limin Qi, Helmut Cölfen, Markus Antonietti, Mei Li, Jeremy D. Hopwood, Alexandra J. Ashley and Stephen Mann, ¡°Formation of BaSO4 fibers with morphological complexity in aqueous polymer solutions¡±, Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 3526-3532. (Times cited: 98)

7.     Helmut Cölfen and Limin Qi, ¡°A systematic examination of the morphogenesis of calcium carbonate in the presence of a double-hydrophilic block copolymer¡±, Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 106-116. (Times cited: 253)

6.     Limin Qi, Helmut Cölfen and Markus Antonietti, ¡°Synthesis and characterization of CdS nanoparticles stabilized by double-hydrophilic block copolymers¡±, Nano Lett. 2001, 1, 61-65. (Times cited: 122)

5.     Limin Qi, Helmut Cölfen and Markus Antonietti, ¡°Control of barite morphology by double-hydrophilic block copolymers¡±, Chem. Mater. 2000, 12, 2392-2403. (Times cited: 122)

4.     Limin Qi, Helmut Cölfen and Markus Antonietti, ¡°Crystal design of barium sulfate using double-hydrophilic block copolymers¡±, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 604-607. (Times cited: 165)

3.     Limin Qi, Jiming Ma, Humin Cheng and Zhenguo Zhao, ¡°Micrometer-sized mesoporous silica spheres grown under static conditions¡±, Chem. Mater. 1998, 10, 1623-1626.

2.     Limin Qi, Jiming Ma, Humin Cheng and Zhenguo Zhao, ¡°Synthesis and characterization of mesostructured tin oxide with crystalline walls¡±, Langmuir 1998, 14, 2579-2581.

1.     Limin Qi, Jiming Ma, Humin Cheng and Zhenguo Zhao, ¡°Reverse micelle based formation of BaCO3 nanowires¡±, J. Phys. Chem. B 1997, 101, 3460-3463. (Times cited: 145)

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