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Research Interests(Full Synopsis)

The central piece of our research work is to develop strategies for the functionalization of the nanometer-sized materials to expand their application potentiality in Biomedical/Chemical Sciences.

1. “Magnetic Nanoparticles as an Orthogonal Support of Polymer Resins: Applications to Solid-Phase Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions”, Zheng, Y.; Stevens, P. D.; Gao, Y., J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 537-542.

2. Gao, Y. in Nanofabrication towards Biomedical Applications - Biofunctionalization of Nanomaterials, Kumar, C., Ed.; Wiley-VCH: New York, 2005, pp72-98.

3. “Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle-Supported Catalysis of Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions”, Stevens, P. D.; Fan, J.; Gardimalla, H. M. R.; Yen, M.; Gao, Y. Organic Lett., 2005, 7, 2085-2088.

4. “Recycling of Homogeneous Pd Catalysts using Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles as Novel Soluble Supports for Suzuki, Heck, and Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Reactions”, Stevens, P. D.; Li, G.; Fan, J.; Yen, M.; Gao, Y. Chem. Commun. 2005, 4435-4437.

5. “Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle-Supported Enzymatic Resolution of Racemic Carboxylates”, Gardimalla,H. M. R.; Mandal, D.; Stevens, P. D.; Yen, M., Gao, Y. Chem Commun, 2005, 4432-4434.

6. “Cross-linking the Linear Polymeric Chains in the ATRP Synthesis of Iron Oxide/Polystyrene Core/Shell Nanoparticles”, Li, G.; Fan, J.; Gao, Y. Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 1835-1837.

7. “Use of Water-Soluble Fe2O3 Nanoparticles with Narrow Size Distributions in Isolating Avidin”, Fan, J.; Lu, J.; Xu, R.; Jiang, R.; Gao, Y. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2003, 266, 215-218.

8. “Synthesis of Monodisperse g-Fe2O3 Nanocrystals Coated with the Ligands of Alkyl Sulfonate/Alcohol”, Lu, J.;  Fan, J.;  Xu, R.;  Roy, S.;  Ali, N.; Gao, Y. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2003, 258, 427-431.