Postdoctoral Fellow                                              Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry

Dept. of Materials and Engineering                    Institute of Chemistry

University of Utah                                               Chinese Academy of Sciences

Advisor: Prefessor Ling Zang                              Advisor: Prefessor Jincai Zhao

August 2008-October 2009                                  September 2003-June 2006

Assistant Scientist                                               B.A. in Biochemistry

Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry                Dept. of Polymer Materials

Southern Illinois University Carbondale           Xi’an Jiaotong University

Advisor: Prefessor Ling Zang                              September 1996-June 2000

December 2006-October 2008

22.          Zhang, C.; Che, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Yang, X.; Zang, L. "Fluorescent Nanoscale Zinc (II)-Carboxylate Coordination Polymers for Explosive Sensing", Chem. Commun. 47 (2011) 2336-2338.

21.       Che, Y.; Huang, H.; Xu, M.; Zhang, C.; Bunes, B. R.; Yang, X.; Zang, L.* “Interfacial Engineering of Organic Nanofibril Heterojunctions: a General Approach to High Photoconductivity, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133 (2011) 1087-1091.

20.       Huang, H.; Che, Y.; Zang, L.* “Direct Synthesis of Highly Pure Perylene Tetracarboxylic Monoimide.” Tetrahedron Letters, 2010, in press.

19.       Chaudhuri, D.; Li, D.B.; Che, Y.; Shafran E.; Gerton, J. M. Zang,L.; and Lupton, J. M. * “Long-range exciton migration in molecular H-aggregate nanowires.” Nano Letters, 2010, 11, 488-492.

18.       Che, Y.; Yang, X.; Liu, G.; Yu, C.; Ji, H.; Zhao, J.*; Zang, L.* “Ultrathin n-type organic nanoribbons with high photoconductivity and application in optoelectronic vapor sensing of explosives.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 5743-5750.

17.       Zhang, C.; Che, Y.*; Yang, X.;. Bunes, B. R.; Zang, L.* “Organic nanofibrils based on linear carbazole trimer for explosive sensing.” Chemical Communications. 2010, 46，5560-5562. (As a Co-Principal Investigator)

16.       Che, Y.; Yang, X.; Zhang, Z.; Zuo, J.; Moore, J.*; Zang, L.* “Ambient photodoping of p-type organic nanofibers: highly fficientphotoswitching and electrical vapor sensing of amines.” Chemical Communications, 2010, 46，4127-4129.

15.       Zhang, Z.; Che, Y.; Smaldone, R. A.; Bunes, B. R.; Moore, J. S.*; Zang, L.*  “ Reversible Dispersion and Release of Carbon Nanotubes Using Foldable Oligomers.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 14113–14117.

14.       Che, Y.; Yang, X.; Balakrishnan, K.; Zuo, J.; Zang, L.* “Highly Polarized and Self-Waveguided Emission from Single-Crystalline Organic Nanobelts.” Chemistry of Materials 2009, 21, 2930-2934.

13.       Che, Y.; Zang, L.* “Enhanced fluorescence sensing of amine vapor based on ultrathin nanofibers.” Chemical Communications 2009, 34, 5106-5108.

12.       Che, Y.; Yang, X.; Zang, L.* “Ultraselective fluorescent sensing of Hg2+ through metal coordination-induced molecular aggregation.” Chemical Communications 2008, 1413-1415.

11.       Zang, L.*; Che, Y.; Moore, J. S.* “One-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Planar pi-Conjugated Molecules: Adaptable Building Blocks for Organic Nanodevices.”Accounts of Chemical Research 2008, 41, 1596-1608.

10.       Che, Y.; Yang, X.; Loser, S.; Zang, L.* “Expedient vapor probing of organic amines using fluorescent nanofibers fabricated from an n-type organic semiconductor.” Nano Letters 2008, 8, 2219-2223.

9.         Che, Y.; Datar, A.; Yang, X.; Naddo, T.; Zhao, J.*; Zang, L.* “Enhancing One-Dimensional Charge Transport through Intermolecular pi-Electron Delocalization: Conductivity Improvement for Organic Nanobelts.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 6354-6355.

8.         Che, Y.; Datar, A.; Balakrishnan, K.; Zang, L.* “Ultralong Nanobelts Self-Assembled from an Asymmetric Perylene Tetracarboxylic Diimide.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 7234-7235.

7.         Naddo, T.; Che, Y.; Zhang, W.; Balakrishnan, K.; Yang, X.; Yen, M.; Zhao, J.; Moore, J. S.; Zang, L.* “Detection of Explosives with a Fluorescent Nanofibril Film.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 6978-6979.

6.         Che, Y.; Ma, W.; Ji, H.; Zhao, J.*; Ling, Z. “Visible Photooxidation of Dibenzothiophenes Sensitized by 2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-4,6-diphenylpyrylium: An Electron Transfer Mechanism without Involvement of Superoxide.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2006, 110, 2942-2948.

5.         Che, Y.; Ma, W.; Ren, Y.; Chen, C.; Zhang, X.; Zhao, J.*; Ling, Z. “Photooxidation of Dibenzothiophene and 4,6-Dimethyldibenzothiophene Sensitized by N-Methylquinolinium Tetrafluoborate: Mechanism and Intermediates Investigation.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B  2005, 109, 8270-8276

4.         Tang, J.*; Che, Y.; Liu, H.; Wang, Y. “Relationship between the morphological structure and mechanical propertiesof copper-in-hydrophilic polymer gradient composite films.” Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2005, 95, 539-545.

3.         Yu, Y.; Yu, J. C.; Yu, J.; Kwok, Y.; Che, Y.; Zhao, J.; Ding, L.; Ge, W.; Wong, P. “Enhancement of photocatalytic activity of mesoporous TiO2 by using carbon nanotubes.” Applied Catalysis A: General 2005, 289, 186–196

2.         Yu, Y.; Yu, J. C.; Chan, C.; Che, Y.; Zhao, J.; Ding, L.; Ge, W.; Wong, P. “Enhancement of adsorption and photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by using carbon nanotubes for the treatment of azo dye.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2005, 61 1–11

1.         Ren, Y.; Che, Y.; Ma, W.; Zhang, X.; Shen, T.; Zhao, J.* “Selective photooxidation of styrene in organic-water biphasic media.” New Journal of Chemistry 2004, 28, 1464-1469.