Publications

Publications (* corresponding author)


From Shandong University

  1. Q. Wang*, Y. Ma, X. Ji, H. Yan and Q. Qiu. Regioselective Acylation of Anisole with arboxylic-acid over HZSM-5 Catalyst. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm. (22): 2307-2308 (1995).
  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 (2): 99-102 (1996).
  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 (1-2): 51-57 (1996).

From New York University

  1. 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).
  2. N.C. Seeman, J. Chen, Y. Zhang, B. Liu, H. Qiu, T.-J. Fu, Y. Wang, X. Li, X. Yang, J. Qi, F. Liu, L.A. Wenzler, S, Du, J.E. Mueller, H. Wang, C. Mao, W. Sun, Z. Shen, M.H. Wong, H. Yan and R. Sha. “A Bottom-Up Approach to Nanotechnology Using DNA”, In: Biological Molecules in Nanotechnology, ed. by S.C. Lee, IBC Libraries, Southborough, MA, Chapter 8 (1998).
  3. N.C. Seeman, C. Mao, F. Liu, R. Sha, X. Yang, L. Wenzler, X. Li, Z. Shen, H. Yan, P. Sa-Ardyen, X. Zhang, W. Shen, J. Birac, P. Lukeman, Y. Pinto, J. Qi, B. Liu, H. Qiu, S.M. Du, H. Wang, W. Sun, Y. Wang, T.-J. Fu, Y. Zhang, J.E. Mueller and J. Chen. “Nicks, Nodes, and New Motifs for DNA Nanotechnology”. In: Frontiers of Nano-Optoelectronic Systems, ed. by L. Pavesi & E. Buzanova, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 177-198 (2000).
  4. T. H. LaBean, H. Yan, J. Kopatsch, F. Liu, E. Winfree, J. H. Reif and N. C. Seeman*. The Construction, analysis, ligation and self-assembly of DNA Triple Crossover Molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 1848-1860 (2000).
  5. H. Yan, X. Yang, Z. Shen and N. C. Seeman*. A Robust Sequence-dependent Rotary DNA Device, Nature, 415, 62-65 (2002).
  6. 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).
  7. H. Yan and N. C. Seeman*. Edge-sharing DNA triangles and One-dimensional self-assembly. J. Supramol. Chem., 1, 229-237 (2003).
  8. 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).
  9. 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).
  10. 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).
  11. 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).

From Duke University

  1. 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
    (http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2003/070203
    /DNA_makes_nano_barcode_070203.html    )
  2. 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 World Service radio program Discovery today (Oct. 29).
    • Editor’s choice of Science magazine, MATERIALS SCIENCE: DNA Makes a Move
    (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/
    vol302/issue5642/twil.shtml    ).
  3. 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
    (http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2003/102203
    /DNA_forms_nano_waffles_102203.html    )
  4. 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).
  5. 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).
  6. 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:
    (http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2004/
    110304/DNA_machines_take_a_walk_110304.htm    )
  7. 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 Conference Proceedings 725 (DNA-Based Molecular Electronics), 43-52. (2004).
  8. 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).
  9. M. Stojacovic, T. LaBean, H. Yan, Computing with Nucleic Acids. In: Bioelectronics, From Theory to Applications, ed. by I. Willner, Weily VCH, 2005. ISBN: 3-527-30690-0
  10. 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).

From Arizona State University

  1. H. Yan*, Nucleic Acid Nanotechnology, Science, 306, 2048-2049 (2004).
  2. Y. Liu, & H. Yan*, Modular Self-assembly of DNA Lattice with Tunable Periodicity, Small, 3,327-330 (2005).
  3. 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).
  4. 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).
  5. Y. Liu, C.X. 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: (http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=4616)
  6. Y. Liu, Y. Ke, H. Yan*, Self-assembly of symmetric finite size DNA nanoarrays, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 17140-17141 (2005).
  7. K. Lund, Y. Liu, S. Lindsay, H. Yan*, Self-assembling Molecular Pegboard, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 17606-17607 (2005).
  8. H. Yan, Y. Liu, “DNA nanotechnology: an evolving field”. In: Nanotechnology: Science and Computation, ed. by J. Chen, N. Janoska, G. Rozenberg, Springer, 2005, ISBN: 3-540-30295-6.
  9. 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).
  10. H. Yan*, B. Xu, Towards Rapid DNA Sequencing: Detecting Single-Stranded DNA with a Solid-State Nanopore, Small. 2, 310-312 (2006).
  11. 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: (http://www.physorg.com/news11996.html)
  12. 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).
  13. K. Lund, B. Williams, Y. Ke, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, DNA nanotechnology: a rapidly evolving field, Current Nanoscience 2, 113-122 (2006).
  14. L. Lin, H. Wang, Y. Liu, H. Yan, and S. Lindsay*, Recognition imaging with a DNA aptamer, Biophysical J. 90, 4236-4238, (2006).
  15. R. Chhabra, J. Sharma, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Addressable Molecular Tweezers for DNA templated coupling reactions, Nano Lett. 6, 978-983, (2006).
  16. S. Rinker, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Two Dimensional LNA/DNA arrays: estimating the helicity of LNA/DNA hybrid duplex, Chem. Commum. 2675-2677, (2006).
  17. K. Lund, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Combinatorial Self-assembly of DNA Nanostructures, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 4, 3402-3403, (2006).
    Featured in RSC Publishing and chosen as Inside Cover image.
  18. C. Lin, Y. Liu, S. Rinker, H. Yan*, DNA tile Based Self-assembly: Building Complex Nano-architectures, ChemPhysChem, 7, 1641-1647, (2006).
  19. C. Lin, E. Katilius, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Self-assembled Signaling Aptamer Nanoarrays for Protein Detection, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 5296-5301 (2006).
  20. C. Lin, M. Xie, J. Chen, Y. Liu, H. Yan*, Rolling Circle Amplification of a DNA Nano-junction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., (2006) Accepted, in press.
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