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l Q. Li (Ed.), Photoactive Functional Soft Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2018 (ISBN 978-3-527-34482-6).

l Q. Li (Ed.), Functional Organic and Hybrid Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2017 (ISBN 978-3-527-34254-9).

l Q. Li (Ed.), Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy, Springer, Heidelberg, 2016 (ISBN 978-3-319-32021-2).

l Q. Li (Ed.), Anisotropic Nanomaterials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications, Springer, Heidelberg, 2015 (ISBN 978-3-319-18292-6).

l Q. Li (Ed.), Nanoscience with Liquid Crystals: From Self-Organized Nanostructures to Applications, Springer, Heidelberg, 2014 (ISBN 978-3-319-04866-6).

l Q. Li (Ed.), Intelligent Stimuli Responsive Materials: From Well-defined Nanostructures to Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2013 (ISBN 978-1-118-45200-4).

l Q. Li (Ed.), Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2012 (ISBN 978-1-118-07861-7).

l Q. Li (Ed.), Self-Organized Organic Semiconductors: From Materials to Device Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2011 (ISBN 978-0-470-55973-4).







Encyclopedia Chapters


l H. K. Bisoyi and Q. Li, "Liquid Crystals" in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, John Wiley & Sons, 2014 edition.

l C. Xue and Q. Li, "Gold Nanorods" in Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, third edition, Taylor & Francis, 2015.




Chapters


¡¤ Z. Zheng, D. Shen, Y. Lu, and Q. Li, ¡°Light Reconfigurable Chiral Liquid Crystal Superstructure for Dynamic Diffraction Manipulations¡±, Chapter 10 in Nonconventional Liquid Crystals and Their Applications (Eds: W. Lee and S. Kumar), De Gruyter (Walter De Gruyter GmbH), 2020.

¡¤ D. Yang and Q. Li, ¡°Color Reflective LCD Based on Cholesteric Liquid Crystals¡±, Chapter 30 in High Quality Liquid Crystal Displays and Smart Devices: Trends, Challenges and Solutions (Ed: S. Ishihara), The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2019.

¡¤ H. Bisoyi, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, ¡°Soft Materials Driven by Photothermal Effect and Their Applications¡±, Chapter 1 in Photoactive Functional Soft Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2018.

¡¤ L. Wang and Q. Li, ¡°Light-driven Self-Organized Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures Enabled by Chiral Molecular Switches or Motors: From 1D to 3D Photonic Crystals¡±, Chapter 3 in Photoactive Functional Soft Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2018.

¡¤ L. Chen and Q. Li, ¡°Soft Photoactuators in Micorfludics¡± Chapter 5 in Photoactive Functional Soft Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2018.

¡¤ J. Hu, S. Ma, H. Yu, and Q. Li, ¡°Photomechanical Soft Nanocomposites: Synergies between Soft Matrix and Energy Conversion Additives¡±, Chapter 8 in Photoactive Functional Soft Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2018.

¡¤ A.S. Amrutha, A. S. Achalkumar, and Q. Li, ¡°Light-Driven Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals and Their Applications¡±, Chapter 7 in Photoactive Functional Soft Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2018.

¡¤ D. Yu, X. Xiao, Z. Yuan, and Q. Li, ¡°Self-Assembled Graphene Nanostructures and Their Applications¡±, Chapter 2 in Functional Organic and Hybrid Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2017.

¡¤ L. Wang and Q. Li, ¡°Photochromic Organic and Hybrid Self-Organized Nanostructures: From Molecular Design to Applications¡±, Chapter 3 in Functional Organic & Hybrid Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2017.

¡¤ A. S. Achalkumar, M. Mathews, and Q. Li, ¡°Stimuli-Directed Self-Organizing 1D Organic Semiconducting Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Applications¡±, Chapter 7 in Functional Organic and Hybrid Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2017.

¡¤ R. S. Zola and Q. Li, ¡°Stimuli-Directed Helical Axis Switching in Chiral Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures¡±, Chapter 8 in Functional Organic and Hybrid Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, 2017.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi and Q. Li, ¡°Nanostructured Self-Organized Heliconical Nematic Liquid Crystals: Twist Bend Nematic Phase¡±, Chapter 16 in Functional Organic and Hybrid Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2017.

¡¤ L. Wang, Karla Gutierrez, and Q. Li, ¡°Photochromic Chiral Liquid Crystal Sensors¡±, Chapter 2 in Liquid Crystalline Sensors (Eds: A. Schenning, G. Crawford and D. J. Broer), CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2017.

¡¤ H. Bisoyi and Q. Li, ¡°Discotic Liquid Crystals for Self-Organizing Photovolatics¡±, Chapter 6 in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2016.

¡¤ Z. Zheng and Q. Li, ¡°Self-Organized Chiral Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures for Energy-Saving Devices¡±, Chapter 14 in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2016.

¡¤ M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie, H. K. Bisoyi, Q. Li, S. Wang, and H. Tian, ¡°Photochromic Bulk Materials¡±, Chapter 8 in Photochromic Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Eds: H. Tian and J. Zhang), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2016.

¡¤ C. Xue and Q. Li, ¡°Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticels: Preparation, Properties, and Applications¡±, Chapter 3 in Anisotropic Nanomaterials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2015.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi and Q. Li, ¡°Liquid Crystalline Anisotropic Nanoparticles: From Metallic and Semiconducting Nanoparticles to Carbon Nanomaterials¡±, Chapter 6 in Anisotropic Nanomaterials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2015.

¡¤ M. Mathews, A. S. Achalkumar, and Q. Li, ¡°Self-assembled 1D Semiconductors: Liquid Crystalline Columnar Phase¡±, Chapter 7 in Anisotropic Nanomaterials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2015.

¡¤ T.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chen, and Q. Li, ¡°Self-organized 3D Photonic Superstructures: Blue Phase Liquid Crystal¡±, Chapter 9 in Anisotropic Nanomaterials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2015.

¡¤ L. Wang and Q. Li, ¡°Stimuli Responsive Self-Organized Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures: From 1D to 3D Photonic Crystals¡±, Chapter 17 in Organic & Hybrid Photonic Crystals (Ed: D. Comoretto), Springer, New York, 2015.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi, S. Kumar, and Q. Li, ¡°Liquid Crystalline 1D and 2D Carbon Materials¡±, Chapter 3 in Nanoscience with Liquid Crystals: From Self-Organized Nanostructures to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2014.

¡¤ C. Xue and Q. Li, ¡°Liquid Crystal-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid Materials¡±, Chapter 4 in Nanoscience with Liquid Crystals: From Self-Organized Nanostructures to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2014.

¡¤ Y. Li and Q. Li, ¡°Photoresponsive Chiral Liquid Crystal Materials: From 1D Helical Superstructures to 3D Periodic Cubic Lattices and Beyond¡±, Chapter 5 in Nanoscience with Liquid Crystals: From Self-Organized Nanostructures to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2014.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi and Q. Li, ¡°Directing Self-Organized Columnar Nanostructures of Discotic Liquid Crystals for Device Applications¡±, Chapter 7 in Nanoscience with Liquid Crystals: From Self-Organized Nanostructures to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2014.

¡¤ L. Yu, H. Yu, and Q. Li, ¡°Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in Photodeformable Liquid Crystalline Polymers¡±, Chapter 10 in Nanoscience with Liquid Crystals: From Self-Organized Nanostructures to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), Springer, Heidelberg, 2014.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi and Q. Li, ¡°Stimuli Responsive Alignment Control of Semiconducting Discotic Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures¡±, Chapter 3 in Intelligent Stimuli Responsive Materials: From Well-defined Nanostructures to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

¡¤ Y. Li and Q. Li, ¡°Photoresponsive Cholesteric Liquid Crystals¡±, Chapter 5 in Intelligent Stimuli Responsive Materials: From Well-defined Nanostructures to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

¡¤ H. Yu and Q. Li, ¡°Photomechanical Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Motion in Response to Light¡±, Chapter 7 in Intelligent Stimuli Responsive Materials: From Well-defined Nanostructures to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

¡¤ C. Xue and Q. Li, ¡°Stimuli Responsive Smart Organic Hybrid Metal Nanoparticles¡±, Chapter 9 in Intelligent Stimuli Responsive Materials: From Well-defined Nanostructures to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

¡¤ C. Xue and Q. Li, ¡°Semiconducting Discotic Liquid Crystals for Optoelectronic Applications¡±, Chapter 2 in Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

¡¤ C. Yelamaggad, S. K. Prasad, and Q. Li, ¡°Photo-Stimulated Phase Transformations in Liquid Crystals and Their Non-Display Applications¡±, Chapter 4 in Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

¡¤ Y. Wang and Q. Li, ¡°Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switches or Motors in Liquid Crystal Media¡±, Chapter 5 in Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

¡¤ M. Mathews and Q. Li, ¡°Self-Organizing Discotic Liquid Crystals as Novel Organic Semiconductors¡±, Chapter 4 in Self-Organized Organic Semiconductors: From Materials to Device Applications (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

¡¤ J. Ma and Q. Li, ¡°Smectic Liquid Crystal Semiconductors¡±, Chapter 5 in Self-Organized Organic Semiconductors: From Materials to Applications (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

¡¤ L. Jin and Q. Li, ¡°Self-Organized Fullerene Based Organic Semiconductors¡±, Chapter 7 in Self-Organized Organic Semiconductors: From Materials to Device Application (Ed: Q. Li), John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

¡¤ Q. Li, J. M. El Khoury, X. Zhou, A. Urbas, L. Qu, and L. Dai. ¡°Synthesis of the Thiol Surfactant with Tunable Length as a Stabilizer of Gold Nanoparticles¡±, Chapter 4 in Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Passivation, Stabilization, and Functionalization (Eds: R. Nagarajan and T. A. Hatton), Oxford University Press, 2008.

¡¤ Q. Li and L. Li, ¡°Photoconducting Discotic Liquid Crystals¡±, Chapter 11 in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals (Ed: A. Ramamoorthy), Springer, 2007.



Selected Peer Reviewed Journal Publications


¡¤ L. Fang, Z. Lin, Y. Zhang, B. Ye, J. Li, Q. Ran, X. Wang, M. Yang, Z. Yuan, X. Lin, D. Yu, X. Chen, and Q. Li, Robust, Ultrafast and Reversible Photoswitching in Bulk Polymers Enabled by Octupolar Molecule Design. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63, e202402349 (selected as Very Important Paper, and highlighted in the cover).

¡¤ Y. Xu, X. Zhang, Z. Song, X. Chen, Y. Huang, J. Wang, B. Li, S. Huang, and Q. Li, In-situ Light-Writable Orientation Control in Liquid Crystal Elastomer Film Enabled by Chalcones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63, e202319698 (selected as Hot Paper).

¡¤ F. Fan, X.-M. Chen, J. Lin, M. Lin, L. Li, Y. Gu, Y. Chai, H. Zhang, X. Chen, and Q. Li, Peptide-Based Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Self-Assemblies for Ultrasensitive and Visual Detection of Herparin. Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 34, 2314832.

¡¤ W.-C. Gao, J. Qiao, J. Hu, Y.-S. Guan, and Q. Li, Recent Advances in Intrinsically Stretchable Electronic Materials and Devices. Responsive Materials 2024, 3, 20230022.

¡¤ S. Ma, P. Xue, Y. Tang, R. Bi, X. Xu, L. Wang, and Q. Li, Responsive soft actuators with MXene nanomaterials. Responsive Materials 2024, 2, e20230026.

¡¤ Y. Zhang, Z.-G. Zheng, and Q. LiMultiple degrees-of-freedom programmable soft-matter-photonics: Configuration, manipulation, and advanced applications. Responsive Materials 2024, 2, e20230029.

¡¤ X. Wang, B. Sprinkle, H. K. Bisoyi, T. Yang, L. Chen, S. Huang, and Q. Li, Colloidal Tubular Microrobots for Cargo Transport and Compression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2023, 120, e2304685120.

¡¤ S. Lin, Y. Tang, W. Kang, H. K. Biosoyi, J. Guo, and Q. Li, Photo-Triggered Full-Color Circular Polarized Luminescence Based on Photonic Capsules for Multilevel Information Encryption. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 3005.

¡¤ Y. Tang, H. K. Biosoyi, X.-M. Chen, Z. Liu, X. Chen, S. Zhang, and Q. Li, Pyroptosis-Mediated Synergistic Photodynamic and Photothermal Immunotherapy Enabled by Tumor Membrane-Targeted Photosensitive Dimer. Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 2300232.

¡¤ Y. Huang, Y. Xu, H. K. Bisoyi, Z. Liu, J. Wang, Y. Tao, T. Yang, S. Huang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Photo-Controllable Elongation Actuation of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Films with Well-Defined Crease Structures. Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 2304378.

¡¤ Y. Wang, C.-L. Yuan, W. Huang, P.-Z. Sun, B. Liu, H.-L. Hu, Z. Zheng, Y.-Q. Lu, and Q. Li, Programmable Jigsaw Puzzles of Soft Materials Enabled by Pixelated Holographic Surface Reliefs. Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 2211521.

¡¤ H.-Q. Wang, Y. Tang, Z.-Y. Huang, F.-Z. Wang, P.-F. Qiu, X. Zhang, C.-H. Li, and Q. Li, A Dual-Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer for Multi-Level Encryption and Transient Information Display. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202313728.

¡¤ H. Wang, Y. Tang, H. K. Bisoyi, and Q. Li, Reversible Handedness Inversion and Circularly Polarized Light Reflection Tuning in Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Using Visible-Light-Driven Macrocyclic Chiral Switches. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202216600.

¡¤ W. Kang, Y. Tang, X. Meng, S. Lin, X. Zhang, J. Guo, and Q. Li, A Photo- and Thermo-Driven Azoarene-Based Circularly Polarized Luminescence Molecular Switch in a Liquid Crystal Host. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202311486.

¡¤ C. Yuan, J. Chen, B. Liu, P. Sun, H. Hu, Y. Tang, Y. Wang, Y. Zhan, M. Li, Z. Zheng, and Q. Li, Hyper-stable Field-stimulated Soft Cholesteric Heliconical Architectures. Matter 2023, 6, 3555.

¡¤ Q. Li, Responsive Materials: Leading the Development of Materials Science. Responsive Materials 2023, 1, e20230010.

¡¤ X. Hu, B. Lei, S.-S. Li, L.-J. Chen, and Q. Li, Responsive Biohybrid System with Living Cell-laden Hydrogels. Responsive Materials 2023, 1, e20230009.

¡¤ S.-Y. Chen, Z.-H. Zhao, C.-H. Li, and Q. Li, Responsive Materials Based on Coordination Bonds. Responsive Materials 2023, 1, e20230011.

¡¤ Y. Peng, Y. Xin, J. Zhang, M. D. Dickey, and Q. Li, Functional Heterophase Liquid Metals. Responsive Materials 2023, 1, e20230003.

¡¤ J. Gao, Y. Tang, D. Martella, J. Guo, D. S. Wiersma, and Q. Li, Stimuli-Responsive Photonic Actuator. Responsive Materials 2023, 1, 20230008.

¡¤ J. Liu, Z. P. Song, L. Y. Sun, B.-X. Li, Y.-Q. Lu, and Q. Li, Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Chiral Orientationallly Ordered Soft Matter Systems. Responsive Materials 2023, 1, e20230005.

¡¤ X.-F. Hou, X. Chen, J.-H. Wei, Y. Xu, X.-M. Chen, and Q. Li, Supramolecular dissipative self-assembly systems: Approaches and applications. Responsive Materials 2023, 1, e20230016.

¡¤ N. Qian, H. K. Bisoyi, M. Wang, S. Huang, Z. Liu, X.-M. Chen, J. Hu, H. Yang, and Q. Li, A Visible and Near-Infrared Light-Fueled Omnidirectional Twist-Bend Crawling Robot. Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 33, 2214205.

¡¤ R. Zheng, L. Ma, W. Feng, J. Pan, Z. Wang, Z. Chen, Y. Zhang, C. Li, P. Chen, H. K. Bisoyi, B. Li, Q. Li, and Y. Lu, Autonomous Self-Sustained Liquid Crystal Actuators Enabling Active Photonic Applications. Advanced Functional Materials 2023 33, 2301142.

¡¤ Y. Tang, X. Wang, G. Zhu, Z. Liu, X.-M. Chen, H. K. Bisoyi, X. Chen, X. Chen, Y. Xu, J. Li, and Q. Li, Hypoxia-Responsive Photosensitizer Targeting Dual Organelles for Photodynamic Therapy of Tumors. Small 2023, 19, 2205440.

¡¤ P. Xue, Y. Chen, Y. Xu, C. Valenzuela, X. Zhang, H. K. Bisoyi, X. Yang, L. Wang, X. Xu, and Q. Li, Bioinspired MXene-Based Soft Actuators Exhibiting Angle-Independent Structural Color. Nano-Micro Letters 2023, 15, 1.

¡¤ S. Huang, J. Sun, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Tao, J. Wang, Y. Xu, Y. Huang, M. Wang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Recyclable and Photothermal Free-Standing Adhesive Tape toward Reconfigurable Soft Actuators. Chemistry of Materials 2023, 35, 3705.

¡¤ H. Chen, M. Geng, Z. Chen, J. Chen, J. Zhan, B. Yu, L. Ju, C. Ding, Y. Guan, Z. Liu, W. Lu, and Q. Li, Digitally Controlled Tunable Fabric Microwave Filter Based on Organic Electrochemical Transistors. Advanced Materials Technologies 2023, 8, 2300428.

¡¤ N. Qian, X. Hou, Y. Tang, S. Zhang, X. Chen, and Q. Li, Supramolecular Luminescent Nano-Assemblies Based on Macrocycles and Amphiphiles for Cell Imaging. ChemPhotoChem 2023, 7, e202300018.

¡¤ X.-Q. Wang, A. M.-W. Tam, W.-Q. Yang, A. D. Kiselev, D. Shen, V. Vhigrinov, H.-S. Kwok, and Q. Li, Light Reconfigurable Topological Optical Phase Structure Enabled by a Photoresponsive Chiral System. Advanced Optical Materials 2023, 11, 2202529.

¡¤ G. Zhu, Z. Liu, H. K. Biosoyi, Q. Qi, X. Liu, and Q. Li, Photoinduced Polymorphism of Fluorescent Organic Molecules in Solid State. Advanced Optical Materials 2023, 11, 2302627.

¡¤ G. Zhu, Z. Liu, H. K. Biosoyi, and Q. Li, Controllable Versatility in a Single Molecular System from Photoisomerization to Photocyclization. Advanced Optical Materials 2023, 11, 2301908.

¡¤ J. Qiao, X. Chen, X. Xu, B. Fan, Y.-S. Guan, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Metal-Organic Framework-based Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Nanoprobe for Highly Selective Detection of Staphylococcus Aureus. Journal of Material Chemistry B 2023, 11, 8519.

¡¤ X.-M. Chen, X. Chen, X.-F. Hou, S. Zhang, D. Chen, and Q. Li, Self-Assembled Supramolecular Artificial Light-Harvesting Nanosystems: Construction, Modulation, and Applications. Nanoscale Advances 2023, 5, 1830.

¡¤ Z. Liu, Q. Jiang, H. K. Bisoyi, G. Zhu, Z.-Z. Nie, K. Jiang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Multifunctional Ionic Conductive Anisotropic Elastomers with Self-Wrinkling Microstructures by In Situ Phase Separation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023, 15, 28546.

¡¤ X.-F. Hou, X.-M. Chen, H. K. Bisoyi, Q. Qi, T. Xu, D. Chen, and Q. Li, Light-Driven Aqueous Dissipative Pseudorotaxanes with Tunable Fluorescence Enabling Deformable Nano-Assemblies. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023, 15, 11004.

¡¤ Y. Huang, S. Huang, and Q. Li, Mechanochromic Polymers Based on Mechanophores. ChemPlusChem 2023, 88, e202300213.

¡¤ X.-M. Chen, W.-J. Feng, H. K. Bisoyi, S. Zhang, X. Chen, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Light-Activated Photodeformable Supramolecular Dissipative Self-Assemblies. Nature Communications 2022, 13, 3216.

¡¤ B. Liu, C.-L. Yuan, H.-L. Hu, H. Wang, Y.-W. Zhu, P.-Z. Sun, Z.-Y. Li, Z.-G. Zheng, and Q. Li, Dynamically Actuated Soft Heliconical Architecture via Frequency of Electric Fields. Nature Communications 2022, 13, 2712.

¡¤ Z. Yu, H. K. Bisoyi, X.-M. Chen, Z.-Z. Nie, M. Wang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, An Artificial Light-Harvesting System with Controllable Efficiency Enabled by an Annulene-Based Anisotropic Fluid. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 61, e202200466.

¡¤ Z. Liu, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Huang, M. Wang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Thermo- and Mechanochromic Camouflage and Self-healing in Biomimetic Soft Actuators Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 61, e202115755 (selected as Hot Paper)(Highlighted in the Frontispiece).

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi, and Q. Li, Liquid Crystals: Versatile Self-Organized Smart Soft Materials. Chemical Reviews 2022, 122, 4887-4926.

¡¤ M. Yang, Y. Xu, X. Zhang, H. K. Bisoyi, P. Xue, Y. Yang, X. Yang, C. Valenzuela, Y. Chen, L. Wang, W. Feng, and Q. Li, Bioinspired Phototropic MXene-Reinforced Soft Tubular Actuators for Omnidirectional Light-Tracking and Adaptive Photovoltaics. Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 2201884.

¡¤ Y. Guan, J. Qiao, Y. Liang, H. K. Bisoyi, C. Wang, W. Xu, D. Zhu, and Q. Li, High Mobility Air Stable n-Type Organic Small Molecule Semiconductor with High UV-Visible-to-NIR Photoresponse. Light: Science & Applications 2022, 11, 236.
¡¤ X. Zhang, Y. Xu, C. Valenzuela, X. Zhang, L. Wang, W. Feng, and Q. Li, Liquid Crystal-Templated Chiral Nanomaterials: From Chiral Plasmonics to Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Light: Science & Applications 2022, 11, 223.

¡¤ B.-Y. Yu, D.-W. Yue, K.-X. Hou, L. Ju, H. Chen, C. Ding, Z.-G. Liu, Y.-Q. Dai, H. K. Bisoyi, Y.-S. Guan, W.-B. Lu, C.-H. Li, and Q. Li, Stretchable and Self-Healable Spoof Plasmonic Meta-Waveguide for Wearable Wireless Communication System. Light: Science & Applications 2022, 11, 307.

¡¤ X. Chen, H. K. Bisoyi, X.-F. Chen, X.-M. Chen, S. Zhang, Y. Tang, G. Zhu, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Hierarchical Supramolecular Self-Assembly of an Excitation-Wavelength-Dependent-Emissive Fluorophore and Cucurbiturils for Secondary Encryption. Matter 2022, 5, 3883.

¡¤ X.-M. Chen, K.-W. Cao, H. K. Bisoyi, S. Zhang, N. Qian, L. Guo, D.-S. Guo, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Amphiphilicity-Controlled Polychromatic Emissive Supramolecular Self-Assemblies for Highly Sensitive and Efficient Artificial Light-Harvesting Systems. Small 2022, 2204360.

¡¤ X. Zhang, F. Hassan, H. K. Bisoyi, H. Wang, Z. Zhou and Q. Li, Visible Light, Temperature, and Electric Field-Driven Rotation of Diffraction Gratings Enabled by an Axially Chiral Molecular Switch. Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2022, 6, 3698.

¡¤ M. Wang, T. Hu, H. L. Bisoyi, Z. Yu, L. Liu, Y. Song, J. Yang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Rheological Tunable Magnetic Fluids with Long-Term Stability. Small 2022, 8, 2204609.

¡¤ H. Wang, H. K. Bisoyi, X. Zhang, F. Hassan, and Q. Li, Visible Light-Driven Molecular Switches and Motors: Recent Developments and Applications. Chemistry-A European Journal 2022, 28, e202103906.

¡¤ X.-F. Hou, S. Zhang, X. Chen, H. K. Bisoyi, T. Xu, J. Liu, D. Chen, X.-M. Chen, and Q. Li, Synchronous Imaging in Golgi Apparatus and Lysosome Enabled by Amphiphilic Calixarene-Based Artificial Light-Harvesting Systems. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 22443.

¡¤ Q. Chen, F. Liang, T. Yang, Q. Li, S. Wu, and X.-M. Song, Asymmetric Ultrathin Silica Nanonets as a Super-Performance Emulsifier. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2022, 628, 109-120.

¡¤ Y. Yang, S. Huang, Y. Ma, J. Yi, Y. Jiang, X. Chang, and Q. Li, Liquid and Photoliquefiable Azobenzene Derivatives for Solvent-free Molecular Solar Thermal Fuels. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 35623.

¡¤ X.-M. Chen, S. Zhang, X. Chen, and Q. Li, Tunable Circularly Polarized Luminescent Supramolecular Systems: Approaches and Applications. ChemPhotoChem 2022, 6, e202200032 (highlighted in the Front Cover).

¡¤ G. Babakhanova, H. Wang, M. Rajabi, D. Li, Q. Li, and O. D. Lavrentovich, Elastic and Electro-Optical Properties of Flexible Fluorinated Dimers with Negative Dielectric Anisotropy. Liquid Crystals 2022, 49, 982-994.

¡¤ G. Zhu, Y. Sun, H. Zhang, Y.-S. Guan, J. Li, P. Wang, H. Yang, B. Lin, and Q. Li, A Bryophyte-like Polymer Layer Protected Supercapacitor Electrode with Enhanced Cycling Stability. Materials Letters 2022, 327, 33041.

¡¤ Y. He, S. Lin, J. Guo, and Q. Li, Circularly Polarized Luminescent Self-Organized Helical Superstructures: From Materials and Stimulus-Responsiveness to Applications. Aggregate 2021, 2, e141.

¡¤ S. Huang, Y. Shen, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Tao, Z. Liu, M. Wang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Covalent Adptable Liquid Crystal Networks Enabled by Reversible Ring-Opening Cascades of Cyclic Disulfides. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 12534-12551 (highlighted in the cover).

¡¤ X. Chen, X. Hou, H. K. Bisoyi, W. Feng, Q. Cao, S. Huang, H. Yang, D. Chen, and Q. Li, Light-fueled Transient Supramolecular Assemblies in Water as Fluorescence Modulators. Nature Communications 2021, 12, 4993.

¡¤ H. Liu, Y. Xin, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Peng, J. Zhang, and Q. Li, Stimuli-Driven Insulator-Conductor Transition in a Flexible Polymer Composite Enabled by Biphasic Liquid Metal. Advanced Materials 2021, 33, 2104634 (highlighted in the cover).

¡¤ P. Lv, X. Yang, H. K. Bisoyi, H. Zeng, X. Zhang, Y. Chen, P. Xue, S. Shi, A. Priimagi, L. Wang, W. Feng, and Q. Li, Stimuli-Driven Liquid Metal and Liquid Crystal Network Actuators for Programmable Soft Robotics. Materials Horizons 2021, 8, 2475-2484 (Highlighted in the cover).

¡¤ Y. Huang, H. K. Bisoyi, S. Huang, M. Wang, X. Chen, Z. Liu, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Bioinspired Synergistic Photochromic Luminescence and Programmable Liquid Crystal Actuators. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 11247-11251 (selected as VIP paper).

¡¤ F. Zhou, P. Gu, Z. Luo, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Ji, Y. Li, Q. Xu, Q. Li, and J. Lu, Unexpected organic hydrate luminogens in the solid state. Nature Communications 2021, 12, 2339.

¡¤ J. Yang, X. Zhang, X. Zhang, L. Wang, W. Feng, and Q. Li, Beyond the Visible: Bio-Inspired Infrared Adaptive Materials. Advanced Materials 2021, 33, 2004754.

¡¤ H. Q. Chen, X. Y. Wang, H. K. Bisoyi, L. J. Chen, and Q. Li, Liquid Crystals in Curved Confined Geometries: Microfluidics Bring New Capabilities for Photonic Applications and Beyond. Langmuir 2021, 37, 3789-3807. (selected as ACS Editors' Choice)

¡¤ L. Chen, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Huang, S. Huang, M. Wang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Healable and Rearrangeable Networks of Liquid Crystal Elastomers Enabled by Diselenide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 16394-16398 (selected as Hot Paper).

¡¤ P. Xue, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Chen, H. Zeng, J. Yang, X. Yang, P. Lv, X. Zhang, A. Priimagi, L. Wang, X. Xu, and Q. Li, Near-Infrared Light-Driven Shape-Morphing of Programmable Anisotropic Hydrogels Enabled by MXene Nanosheets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 3390-3396 (selected as Hot Paper).

¡¤ S. Lin, K. Gutierrez Cuevas, X. Zhang, J. Guo, and Q. Li, Fluorescent Photochromic Cyanodiarylethene Molecular Switches: An Emerging and Promising Class of Functional Diarylethene, Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31, 2007957.

¡¤ Y. He, S. Zhang, H. K. Bisoyi, J. Qiao, H. Chen, J. Gao, J. Guo, and Q. Li, Irradiation-Wavelength Directing Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by Hydrogen Bonded Chiral Fluorescent Molecular Switches. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 27158-27163 (selected as Hot Paper and highlighted in the cover).

¡¤ M. Wang, Y. Song, H. K. Bisoyi, J. Yang, L. Liu, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Liquid Crystal Elastomer Based Unprecedented Two-Way Shape-Memory Aerogel. Advanced Science 2021, 8, 2102674 (highlighted in the Frontispiece).

¡¤ S. Huang, Y. Huang, and Q. Li, Photodeformable Liquid Crystalline Polymers Containing Functional Additives: Toward Photomanipulatable Intelligent Soft Systems. Small Structures, 2021, 2, 2100038.

¡¤ Y. Yang, L. Wang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, 3D Chiral Photonic Nanostructures Based on Blue Phase Liquid Crystals. Small Science, 2021, 2, 2100007.

¡¤ N. Shen, M. Hu, X.-Q. Wang, P.-Z. Sun, C.-L. Yuan, B. Liu, D. Shen, Z.-G. Zheng, and Q. Li, Cholesteric Soft Matter Molded Helical Photonic Architecture toward Volatility Monitoring of Organic Solvent. Advanced Photonic Research 2021, 2, 2100018.

¡¤ K. Thapa, O. S. Iadloveska, H. K. Bisoyi, D. A. Paterson, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, Q. Li, S. V. Shiyanovskii, and O. D. Lavrentovich, Combined Electric and Photocontrol of Selective Light Reflection at An Oblique Helicoidal Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Doped with Azoxybenzene Derivative. Physical Review E 2021, 104, 044702.

¡¤ Z. Zheng, Y. Lu, and Q. Li, Photoprogramable Mesogenic Soft Helical Architectures: A Promising Avenue Toward Future Chiro-Optics. Advanced Materials 2020, 32, 1905318 (highlighted in the front cover).

¡¤ L. Wang, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Nature-Inspired Emerging Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From Molecular Self-Assembly to DNA Mesophase and Nanocolloids, Advanced Materials 2020, 32, 1801335.

¡¤ Q. Ye, F. Zheng, E. Zhang, H. K. Bisoyi, S. Zheng, D. Zhu, Q. Lu, H. Zhang, and Q. Li, Solvent Polarity Driven Helicity Inversion and Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Chiral Aggregation Induced Emission Fluorophores. Chemical Science 2020, 11, 9989-9993.

¡¤ X. Chen. Q. Cao, H. Bisoyi, M. Wang, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Efficient Near-Infrared Emissive Artificial Supramolecular Light-Harvesting System for Imaging in Golgi Apparatus. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 10493-10496.

¡¤ H. Wang, H. K. Bisoyi, B. Li, M. E. McConney, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Visible Light-Driven Halogen Bond Donor Based Molecular Switches: From Reversible Unwinding to Handedness Inversion in Self-Organized Soft Helical Superstructures. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 2684-2687.

¡¤ Q. Mo, B. Liu, W. Huang, P. Sun, Z. Li, H. K. Bisoyi, D. Shen, Z. Zheng, Y. Lu, and Q. Li, Reversible On-Off of Chirality and Anisotropy in Patterned Coexistence of Achiral-Anisotropic and Chiral-Isotropic Soft Materials. Advanced Optical Materials 2020, 8, 2000155.

¡¤ Y. Shan, L. You, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Yang, Y. Ge, K. Che, S. Li, L. Chen, and Q. Li, Annular Structural Colors from Bowl-like Shriveled Photonic Microshells of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals. Advanced Optical Materials 2020, 8, 2000692.

¡¤ X. Zhang, B. Koz, H. K. Bisoyi, H. Wang, K. G. Gutierrez-Cuevas, M. E. McConney, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Electro- and Photo-Driven Orthogonal Switching of a Helical Superstructure Enabled by an Axially Chiral Molecular Switch. ACS Applied Materials and Interface 2020, 12, 49, 55215¨C55222.

¡¤ Y. Chen, L. Li, Y. Yang, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Jia, J. Ju, S. Huang, H. Yu, H. Yang, and Q. Li, Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Liquid Crystals of Azopyridines-Enabled by Halogen Bonding toward Sensor in Aquatic Environment. RSC Advances 2020, 10, 35873-35877.

¡¤ B. Li, Y. Nastishin, H. Wang, M. Gao, S. Paladugu, R. Li, M. Fukuto, Q. Li, S. Shiyanovskii, and O. Lavrentovich, Liquid Crystal Phases with Unusual Structures and Physical Properties Formed by Acute-Angle Bent-Core Molecules. Physical Review Research 2020, 2, 033371.

¡¤ T. Varol, O. Avci, O. Hakli, C. Xue, Q. Li, and U. Anik, An Unsymmetrical Perylene Diimide Dye Modified Carbon Felt Electrode as A Novel Electrochemical Platform for Dopamine Detection. ChemistrySelect 2020, 5, 11698.

¡¤ M. Recanello, E. Lenzi, A. Martins, Q. Li, and R. Zola, Extended Adsorbing Surface Reach and Memory Effects on the Diffusive Behavior of Particles in Confined Systems. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2020, 151, 119433.

¡¤ C. Yuan, W. Huang, Z. Zheng, B. Liu, H. K. Bisoyi, Y. Li, D. Shen, Y. Lu, and Q. Li. Stimulated Transformation of Soft Helix among Helicoidal, Heliconical and Their Inverse Helices. Science Advances 2019, 5, aax9501.

¡¤ J. Li, H. K. Bisoyi, S. Lin, J. Guo, and Q. Li, 1,2-Dithienyldicyanoethene Based Visible-Light-Driven Chiral Fluorescent Molecular Switch for Rewritable Multimodal Photonic Devices. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 16052-16056.

¡¤ H. Wang, H. K. Bisoyi, M. E. McConney, A. M. Urbas, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Visible Light Induced Self-Organized Helical Superstructure in Orientationally Ordered Fluids. Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1902958.

¡¤ H. Wang, H. Bisoyi, A. M. Urbas, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Reversible Circularly Polarized Reflection in a Self-Organized Helical Superstructure Enabled by a Visible Light-Driven Axially Chiral Molecular Switch. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 8078-8082.

¡¤ H. Bisoyi and Q. Li, Stimuli Directed Alignment of Self-Organized 1D Semiconducting Columnar Liquid Crystal Nanostructures for Organic Electronics. Progress in Materials Science 2019, 104, 1-52.

¡¤ J. Li, H. Bisoyi, J. Tian, J. Guo, and Q. Li, Optically Rewritable Transparent Liquid Crystal Displays Enabled by Light-Driven Chiral Fluorescent Molecular Switches. Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1807751.

¡¤ R. S. Zola, H. Bisoyi, H. Wang, A. Urbas, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Dynamic Control of Light Direction Enabled by Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Crystal Gratings. Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1806172.

¡¤ P. Chen, L. Ma, W. Hu, Z. Shen, H. Bisoyi, S. Wu, S. Ge, Q. Li, and Y. Lu, Chirality Invertible Superstructure Mediated Active Planar Optics. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 2518.

¡¤ Q. Li, A. P. H. Schenning, and T. J. Bunning, Advanced Optical Materials 2019, 7, 1901160.

¡¤ M. Yang, Z. Yuan, J. Liu, Z. Fang, L. Fang, D. Yu, and Q. Li, Photoresponsive Actuators Built from Carbon-Based Soft Materials, Advanced Optical Materials 2019, 7, 1900069.

¡¤ L. Ma, W. Hu, Z. Zheng, S. Wu, P. Chen, Q. Li, and Y. Lu, Light-activated Liquid Crystalline Hierarchical Architecture Towards Photonics. Advanced Optical Materials 2019, 7, 1900393.

¡¤ S. Lin, J. Li, H. K. Bisoyi, A. Juan, J. Guo, and Q. Li, Dicyanodistyrylthiophene Based Emissive Chiral Photoswitches: Effect of the Position of Cyano Group on Reversible Photoisomerization and Fatigue Resistance. ChemPhotoChem 2019, 3, 480-486.

¡¤ T. Varol, B. Perk, O. Avci, O. Akpolat, O. Hakli, C. Xue, Q. Li, and U. Anik, Fabrication of Graphene/Azobenzene-Perylene Diimide Derivative Modified Electrochemical Sensors for the Dopamine Detection Based on Full Factorial Experimental Design. Measurement 2019, 147, 106867.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi, S. Kumar, Q. Li, M. R. Fisch, G. Singh, and D. M. Agra-Kooijman, Chiral and Orientationally Ordered Fluid Mesophases Formed by Oxadiazole Bisaniline Based Achiral Bent Mesogens, Liquid Crystals 2019, 46, 1373-1382.

¡¤ H. Wang, H. K. Bisoyi, A. M. Urbas, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, The Halogen Bond: An Emerging Supramolecular Tool in the Design of Functional Mesomorphic Materials. Chemistry A European Journal 2019, 25, 1369-1378.

¡¤ K. Zhou, H. Bisoyi, J. Jin, C. Yuan, Z. Liu, D. Shen, Y. Lu, Z. Zheng, W. Zhang, and Q. Li, Light-Driven Reversible Transformation between Self-Organized Simple Cubic Lattice and Helical Superstructure Enabled by a Molecular Switch Functionalized Nanocage. Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1800237 (highlighted in the front cover).

¡¤ L. Wang and Q. Li, Photochromism into Nanosystems: Towards Lighting Up the Future Nanoworld. Chemical Society Reviews 2018, 47, 1044-1097.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Stimuli-Driven Control of the Helical Axis of Self-Organized Soft Helical Superstructures. Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1706512.

¡¤ H. Wang, H. K. Bisoyi, A. Urbas, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Photochemically and Thermally Driven Full Color Reflection in a Self-organized Helical Superstructure Enabled by a Halogen Bonded Chiral Molecular Switch. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 1627-1631 (selected as a VIP).

¡¤ H. Bisoyi, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Soft Materials Driven by Photothermal Effect and Their Applications. Advanced Optical Materials 2018, 6, 1800458 (Advanced Optical Materials Hall of Fame).

¡¤ Z. Yuan, X. Xiao, J. Li, Z. Zhao, D. Yu, and Q. Li, Self-Assembled Graphene-Based Architectures and Their Applications. Advanced Science 2018, 5, 1700626.

¡¤ M. Yu, Y. Jiang, Y. Shin, J. Jiang, H. Yang, H. Zhang, J. Xue, Q. Li, and D.-K. Yang, Effect of Biaxiality on Chirality in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals. Soft Matter 2018, 14, 6530-6536.

¡¤ R. F. de Souza, E. K. Lenzi, R. T. de Souza, L. R. Evangelista, Q. Li, and R. S. Zola, Surface Induced Twist in Nematic and Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals: Slip-Stick-Like and Constrained Motion, Soft Matter 2018, 14, 2084-2093.

¡¤ B. Li, H. Wang, V. Borshch, Q. Li, S. Shiyanovskii, and O. Lavrentovich, Enhanced Nanosecond Electro-Optic Effect in Isotropic and Nematic Phases of Dielectrically Negative Nematics Doped by Strongly Polar Additive. Journal of Molecular Liquids 2018, 267, 450-455.

¡¤ R. F. de Souza, S. Granado, L. R. Evangelista, E. K. Lenzi, Q. Li, and R. S. Zola, Effect of Dynamically Changing the Substrate's Easy Axis on the Response Time of Nematic Samples, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 2018, 30.

¡¤ B. Narayan, K. Nagura, T. Takaya, K. Iwata, A. Shinohara, H. Shinmori, H. Wang, Q. Li, X. Sun, H. Li, S. Ishihara, and T. Nakanishi, Effect of Regioisomerism on the Photophysical Properties of Alkylated-naphthalene Liquids, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2018, 20, 2970-2975 (selected as hot article and inside front cover).

¡¤ Z. Zheng, C. Yuan, W. Hu, H. K. Bisoyi, M. Tang, Z. Liu, P. Sun, W. Yang, X. Wang, D. Shen, Y. Li, F. Ye, Y. Lu, G. Li, and Q. Li, Light-patterned Crystallographic Direction of a Self-organized Three-dimensional Soft Photonic Crystal, Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1703165 (highlighted in the front cover).

¡¤ Z. Zheng, R. S. Zola, H. K. Bisoyi, L. Wang, Y. Li, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Dynamic Reconfigurable Zigzig Pattern Formation in a Soft Helical Superstructure, Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1701903.

¡¤ L. Zhang, L. Wang, U. S. Hiremath, H. K. Bisoyi, G. C. Nair, C. V. Yelamaggad, A. M. Urbas, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Dynamic Orthogonal Switching of a Thermoresponsive Self-organized Helical Superstructure, Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1700676-1-5 (selected as a VIP paper).

¡¤ L. Wang, H. K. Bisoyi, Z. Zheng, K. G. Gutierrez-Cuevas, G. Singh, S. Kumar, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Self-Organized Chiral Liquid Crystalline Superstructures for Adaptive Windows Enabled by Mesogen-Functionalized Graphene, Materials Today 2017, 20, 230-237.

¡¤ L. Wang, D. Chen, K. Gutierrez-Cuevas, H. K. Bisoyi, J. Fan, G. Li, R. S. Zola, T. J. Bunning, D. A. Weitz, and Q. Li, Optically Reconfigurable Chiral Microspheres of Self-organized Helical Superstructures with Handedness Inversion, Materials Horizons 2017, 4, 1190-1195.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi and Q. Li, Light-Driven Liquid Crystalline Materials: From Photo-Induced Phase Transitions and Property Modulations to Applications, Chemical Reviews 2016, 116, 15089-15166.

¡¤ Z. Zheng, Y. Li, H. K. Bisoyi, L. Wang, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Three-Dimensional Control of the Helical Axis of a Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal by Light, Nature 2016, 531, 352-356.

¡¤ K. G. Gutierrez-Cuevas, L. Wang, Z. Zheng, H. K. Bisoyi, G. Li, L. Tan, R. A. Vaia and Q. Li, Frequency-Driven Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Loaded with Mesogen-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 13090-13094.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi and Q. Li, Light-Directed Handedness Inversion of Self-Organized Helical Superstructure: Dynamic Photoswitching the Chirality of Circularly Polarized Reflection, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 2994-3010.

¡¤ Y. Wang, Z. Zheng, H. K. Bisoyi, K. G. Gutierrez-Cuevas, L. Wang, R. S. Zola, and Q. Li, Thermally Reversible Full Color Selective Reflection in a Self-organized Helical Superstructure Enabled by a Bent-core Oligomesogen Exhibiting Twist-bend Nematic Phase, Materials Horizons 2016, 3, 442-446 (selected as hot article).

¡¤ S. M. Salili, J. Xiang, H. Wang, Q. Li, D. A Paterson, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, O. D. Lavrentovich, S. N. Sprunt, J. T. Gleeson, and A. Jakli, Magnetically Tunable Selective Reflection of Light by Heliconical Cholesterics, Physical Review E 2016, 94, 042705.

¡¤ Ling Wang, Karla G. Gutierrez-Cuevas, Augustine Urbas, and Q. Li, Near-Infrared Light-Directed Handedness Inversion in Plasmonic Nanorod Embedded Helical Superstructure, Advanced Optical Materials2016, 4, 247-251 (highlighted in Frontispiece).

¡¤ A. Moheghi, H. Nemati, Y. Li, Q. Li, and D.-K. Yang, Bistable Salt Doped Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Light Shutter, Optical Materials 2016, 52, 219-223.

¡¤ R. Sun, H. Bisoyi, M. Xie, and Q. Li, Photo and Redox Dual-Stimuli-Directed Reversible Disassembly and Reassembly of Linear Supramolecular Polymer Formed by Orthogonal Host-Guest Molecular Recognition, Dyes and Pigments 2016, 132, 336-341.

¡¤ L. Wang and Q. Li, Stimuli-Directing Self-Organized 3D Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures: From Materials Design to Photonic Applications, Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26, 10-28 (highlighted in the front cover).

¡¤ J. Fan, Y. Li, H. K. Bisoyi, R. S. Zola, D. Yang, T. J. Bunning, D. A. Weitz, and Q. Li, Light-Directing Omnidirectional Circularly Polarized Reflection from Liquid Crystal Droplets, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54, 2160-2164.

¡¤ L. Wang, K. G. Gutierrez-Cuevas, H. K. Bisoyi, J. Xiang, G. Singh, R. S. Zola, S. Kumar, O. D. Lavrentovich, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, NIR Light-Directing Self-Organized 3D Photonic Superstructures Loaded with Mesogen-Functionalized Anisotropic Plasmonic Nanorods, Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 15039-15042.

¡¤ K. G. Gutierrez-Cuevas, L. Wang, C. Xue, S. Gautam, S. Kumar, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Near Infrared Light-Driven Liquid Crystal Phase Transition Enabled by Hydrophobic Mesogen Grafted Plasmonic Gold Nanorods, Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 9845-9848.

¡¤ L. Wang, H. Dong, Y. Li, R. Liu, Y. Wang, H. K. Bisoyi, L.-D. Sun, C.-H. Yan, and Q. Li, Photoluminescence-Driven Reversible Handedness Inversion of Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by Unprecedented Near-Infrared Light Nanotransducers, Advanced Materials 2015, 27, 2065-2069.

¡¤ J. Xiang, Y. Li, Q. Li, D. Paterson, J. Storey, C. Imrie, and O. Lavrentovich, Electrically Tunable Selective Reflection of light from Ultraviolet to Visible and Infrared by Heliconical Cholesterics, Advanced Materials2015, 27, 3014-3018.

¡¤ C. Xue, J. Xiang, H. Nemati, H. K. Bisoyi, K. Gutierrez-Cuevas, L. Wang, M. Gao, S. Zhou, O. D. Lavrentovich, D. Yang, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Light-Driven Reversible Alignment Switching of Liquid Crystal Enabled by Azo Thiol Grafted Gold Nanoparticles, ChemPhysChem 2015, 16, 1852-1856.

¡¤ Y. Wang, G. Singh, D. M. Agra-Kooijman, M. Gao, H. K. Bisoyi, C. Xue, M. Fisch, S. Kumar, and Q. Li, Room Temperature Heliconical Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal, CrystEngCommun 2015, 17, 2778-2782 (communications, selected as hot article and highlighted in the cover).

¡¤ V. Guimaraes, H. Ribeiro, Q. Li, L. R. Evangelista, E. K. Lenzi, and R. S. Zola, Unusual Diffusing Regimes Caused by Different Adsorbing Surfaces, Soft Matter 2015, 11, 1658-1666 (communication).

¡¤ H.-C. Jau, Y. Li, C.-C. Li, C.-W. Chen, C.-T. Wang, H. K. Bisoyi, T.-H. Lin, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Light-Driven Wide-Range Non-Mechanical Beam Steering and Spectrum Scanning Based on a Self-Organized Liquid Crystal Grating Enabled by a Chiral Molecular Switch, Advanced Optical Materials 2015, 3, 166-170 (highlighted in MaterialsView and the Frontispiece).

¡¤ C. Xue, C.-C. Kung, M. Gao, C.-C. Liu, L. Dai, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Facile Fabrication of 3D Layer-by-layer Graphene-Gold Nanorod Hybrid Architecture for Hydrogen Peroxide Based Electrochemical Biosensor, Sensing and BioSensing Research 2015, 3, 7-11.

¡¤ H. K. Bisoyi and Q. Li, Light-Directing Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From 1D to 3D, Accounts of Chemical Research2014, 47, 3184-3195.

¡¤ L. Wang, H. Dong, Y. Li, C. Xue, L. Sun, C. Yan, and Q. Li, Reversible Near-Infrared Light Directed Reflection in a Self-organized Helical Superstructure Loaded with Upconversion Nanoparticles, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136, 4480-4483.

¡¤ T. V. Mykytiuk, I. P. Ilchishin, O. V. Yaroshchuk, R. M. Kravchuk, Y. Li, and Q. Li, Rapid Reversible Photo-tuning of Lasing Frequency in Dye-doped Cholesteric Liquid Crystal, Optics Letters 2014, 39, 6490-6493.

¡¤ Y. Li, M. Wang, H. Wang, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Rationally Designed Axially Chiral Switches with High Helical Twisting Power, Chemistry A European Journal 2014, 20, 16286-16292.

¡¤ L. Chen, Y. Li, J. Fan, Hari K. Bisoyi, D. A. Weitz, and Q. Li, Photoresponsive Monodisperse Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Micro-Shells for Tunable Omnidirectional Lasing Enabled by a Visible Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switch, Advanced Optical Materials 2014, 2, 845-848 (highlighted in the cover).

¡¤ C. Xue, M. Gao, L. Zhu, L. Dai, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Building 3D Layer-by-Layer Graphene-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid Architecture with Tunable Interlayer Distance, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2014, 118, 15332-15338.

¡¤ J.-L. Shui, F. Du, C. Xue, Q. Li, and L. Dai, Vertically Aligned N-Doped Coral-Like Carbon Fiber Arrays as Efficient Air Electrodes for High-Performance Non-Aqueous Li-O2 Batteries, ACS Nano 2014, 8, 3015-3022. ¡¤¡¤ Y. Li, C. Xue, M. Wang, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Photodynamic Chiral Molecular Switches with Thermal Stability: From Reflection Wavelength Tuning to Handedness Inversion of Self-Organized Helical Superstructures, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2013, 52, 13703-13707.

¡¤ T.-H. Lin, Y. Li, C.-T. Wang, H.-C. Jau, C.-W. Chen, C.-C. Li, H. K. Bisoyi, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Red, Green and Blue Reflections Enabled in Optically Tunable Self-Organized 3D Cubic Nanostructured Thin Film, Advanced Materials 2013, 25, 5050-5054 (highlighted in Nature Photonics 2013, 7, 767).

¡¤ Y. Li, M. Wang, T. J. White, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Azoarenes Bearing Opposite Chiral Configurations: Light-Driven Dynamic Reversible Handedness Inversion in Self-Organized Helical Superstructure, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2013, 52, 8925-8929 (Hot paper selected by the editors).

¡¤ C. Xue, Y. Xue, L. Dai, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Size and Shape Dependent Fluorescence Quenching of Gold Nanoparticles on Perylene Dye, Advanced Optical Materials 2013, 1, 581-587 (highlighted on the cover).

¡¤ R. Sun, X. Ma, M. Gao, H. Tian, and Q. Li, Light-Driven Linear Helical Supramolecular Polymer Formed by Molecular-Recognition-Directed Self-Assembly of Bis-p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene and Pseudorotaxane, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 5990-5993.

¡¤ C. Xue, K. Gutierrez-Cuevas, M. Gao, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Photo-modulated Self-assembly of Hydrophobic Thiol Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanorods and Their Alignment in Thermotropic Liquid Crystal, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2013, 117, 21603-21608.

¡¤ Y. Li, M. Wang, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Photoswitchable but Thermally Stable Axially Chiral Dithienylperfluorocyclopentene Dopant with High Helical Twisting Power, Journal of Material Chemistry C 2013, 1, 3889-4044 (highlighted on the cover and selected as a hot paper).

¡¤ X. Ma, Y. Xue, L. Dai, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Hydrophilic Cucurbit[7]uril Rotaxane Mixed Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanorods, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 2682-2687.

¡¤ C. Xue, O. Birel, Y. Xue, L. Dai, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, pH and Temperature Modulated Aggregation of Hydrophilic Gold Nanorods with Perylene Dyes and Carbon Nanotubes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2013, 117, 6752-6758.

¡¤ C. Xue, O. Birel, Y. Li, X. Ma, M. Gao, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Metal Complex Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanorods: A Parallel Facile Synthesis and Self-Assembly, Journal of Colloid & Interface Science 2013, 398, 1-6 (Editor's choice, highlighted on the cover).

¡¤ Y. Li, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Reversible Light-Directed Red, Green and Blue Reflections with Thermal Stability Enabled by a Self-Organized Helical Superstructure, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, 9573-9576.

¡¤ Y. Wang, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Reversible Visible-Light Tuning of Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by Unprecedented Light-Driven Axially Chiral Molecular Switches, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, 3342-3345.

¡¤ X. Ma, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Controllable Self-Assembling of Gold Nanorods via On and Off Supramolecular Noncovalent Interactions, Langmuir 2012, 28, 16263-16267.

¡¤ Y. Li and Q. Li, Photochemically Reversible and Thermally State Axially Chiral Diarylethene Switches, Organic Letters 2012, 14, 4362-4365.

¡¤ Y. Wang, H. Yoon, H. K. Bisoyi, S. Kumar and Q. Li, Hybrid Rod-like and Bent-core Liquid Crystal Dimers Exhibiting Biaxial Smectic-A and Nematic Phases, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22, 20363-20367.

¡¤ C. Xue, O. Birel, M. Gao, S. Zhang, L. Dai, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Perylene Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanorods: Unique Optical, Electronic Properties and Self-Assemblies, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2012, 116, 10396-10404.

¡¤ C. Xue, Y. Xu, Y. Pang, D. Yu, L. Dai, M. Cao, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Organo-Soluble Porphyrin Mixed Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanorods with Intercalated Fullerenes, Langmuir 2012, 28, 5956-5963.

¡¤ Y. Wang and Q. Li, Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switches or Motors in Liquid Crystals, Advanced Materials 2012, 24, 1926-1945.

¡¤ Q. Li, Y. Li, J. Ma, D.-K. Yang, T. J. White, and T. J. Bunning, Directing Dynamic Control of Red, Green and Blue Reflection Enabled by a Light-Driven Self-Organized Helical Superstructure, Advanced Materials 2011, 23, 5069-5073 (Highlighted in Nature Photonics 2011, 5, 713).

¡¤ K. Rameshbabu, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Self-Organized Photochromic Dithienycyclopentent Organogels, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2011, 21, 15673-15677.

¡¤ Y. Li, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Synthesis and Characterization of Light-Driven Dithienylcyclopentene Switches with Axial Chirality, Journal of Organic Chemistry 2011, 76, 7148-7156.

¡¤ K. Rameshbabu, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Synthesis and Characterization of Thermally Irreversible Photochromic Cholesteric Liquid Crystals, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2011, 115, 3409-3415.

¡¤ M. Mathews, R. Zola, D. Yang, and Q. Li, Thermally, Photochemically and Electrically Switchable Reflection Colors from Self-Organized Chiral Bent-core Liquid Crystals, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2011, 21, 2098-2103.

¡¤ N. Kim, Q. Li, and T. Kyu, Effect of trans-cis Photoisomerization on Phase Equilibria and Phase Transition of Liquid-Crystalline Azobenzene Chromophore and Its Blends with Reactive Mesogenic Diacrylate. Physical Review E 2011, 83, 031702-1-8.

¡¤ M. Mathews, S. Kang, S. Kumar and Q. Li, Designing Bent-core Nematogens towards Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals, Liquid Crystals 2011, 38, 31-40 (cover page).

¡¤ Y. Li, D. Yu, L. Dai, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Hydrophobic Chiral Hybrid Gold Nanorods, Langmuir 2011, 27, 98-103.

¡¤ M. Mathews, R. Zola, Hurley, S., D. Yang, T. J. White, T. J. Bunning, and Q. Li, Light-Driven Reversible Handedness Inversion in Self-organized Helical Superstructures, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 18361-18366.

¡¤ L. Jin, Y. Li, J. Ma, and Q. Li, Synthesis of Novel Thermally Reversible Photochromic Axially Chiral Spirooxazines, Organic Letters 2010, 12, 3552-3555.

¡¤ M. Ji, Y. Li, T. White, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Light-Driven Nanoscale Chiral Molecular Switch: Reversible Dynamic Full Range Color Phototuning, Chemical Communications 2010, 46, 3463-3465 (Top ten download paper, and highlights in Chemical Technology).

¡¤ B. Senyuk, H. Wonderly, M. Mathews, Q. Li, S. V. Shiyanovskii, and O. D. Lavrentovich, Surface Alignment, Anchoring Transitions, Optical Properties and Topological Defects in the Nematic Phase of Thermotropic Bent-Core Liquid Crystal A131, Physical Review E 2010, 82, 041711-1-13.

¡¤ P. Sathyanarayana, T. A. Kumar, V. S. S. Sastry, M. Mathews, Q. Li, H. Takezoe, and S. Dhara, Rotational Viscosity of a Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystal, Applied Physics Express 2010, 3, 091702.

¡¤ T. White, R. L. Bricker, L. V. Natarajan, V. P. Tondiglia, C. Bailey, L. Green, Q. Li, and T. J. Bunning, Electromechanical and Light Tunable Cholesteric Liquid Crystals, Optics Communications 2010, 283, 3434-3436.

¡¤ T. White, R. L. Bricker, L. V. Natarajan, V. P. Tondiglia, L. Green, Q. Li, and T. J. Bunning, Electrically Switchable, Photoaddressable Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Reflectors, Optics Express 2010, 18, 173-178.

¡¤ P. Sathyanarayana, M. Mathews, Q. Li, K. V. Le, H. Takezoe, and S. Dhara, Splay Bend Elasticity of A Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystal, Physical Review E (Rapid Communications) 2010, 81, 010702/1-4.

¡¤ N. Venkataraman, G. Magyar, E. Montbach, A. Khan, T. Schneider, J. W. Doane, L. Green, and Q. Li, Thin Flexible Photosensitive Cholesteric Displays, Journal of the Society for Information Display 2009, 17, 869-873.

¡¤ T. White, R. L. Bricker, L. V. Natarajan, N. V. Tabiryan, L. Green, Q. Li, and T. J. Bunning, Phototunable Azobenzene Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with 2000 nm Range, Advanced Functional Materials 2009, 19, 3484-3488.

¡¤ L. Green, Y. Li, T. White, A. Urbas, T. Bunning, and Q. Li, Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switches with Tetrahedral and Axial Chirality, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (Communications) 2009, 7, 3930-3933.

¡¤ J. M El Khoury, X. Zhou, L. Qu, L. Dai, A. Urbas, and Q. Li, Organo-soluble Photoresponsive Azo Hybrid Gold Nanorods, Chemical Communications 2009, 2109-2111.

¡¤ X. Zhou, S. Kang, S. Kumar, and Q. Li, Self-assembly of Discotic Liquid Crystal Porphyrin into More Controllable Ordered Nanostructure Mediated by Fluorophobic Effect, Liquid Crystals 2009, 36, 269-274.

¡¤ K. V. Le, M. Mathews, M. Chambers, J. Harden, Q. Li, H. Takezoe, and A. Jakli, Electro-Optic Technique to Study Biaxiality of Liquid Crystals with Positive Dielectric Anisotropy: The Case of a Bent-Core Material, Physical Review E (Rapid Communications) 2009, 79, 030701/1-030701/4.

¡¤ X. Zhou, S. Kang, S. Kumar, R. Kulkar, S. Z. D. Cheng, and Q. Li, Self-Assembly of Porphyrin and Fullerene Supramolecular Complex into Highly Ordered Nanostructure by Thermal Annealing, Chemistry of Materials(Communications) 2008, 20, 3551-3553.

¡¤ E. Montbach, N. Venkataraman, J. W. Doane, A. Khan, G. Magyar, I. Shiyanovskaya, T. Schneider, L. Green, and Q. Li, Novel Optically Addressable Photochiral Displays, Society for Information Display Digest of Technical Papers 2008, 39, 919-922.

¡¤ L. Li, S. Kang, J. Harden, Q. Sun, X. Zhou, L. Dai, A. Jakli, S. Kumar, and Q. Li, Nature Inspired Light-harvesting Liquid Crystalline Porphyrins for Organic Photovoltaics, Liquid Crystals 2008, 35, 233-239.

¡¤ Q. Sun, L. Dai, X. Zhou, L. Li, and Q. Li, Bilayer- and Bulk-heeterojunction Solar Cells Using Liquid Crystalline Porphyrins as Donors by Solution Processing, Applied Physics Letters 2007, 91, 253505/1-253505/3.

¡¤ C. V. Yelamaggad, I. Shashikala, and Q. Li, Liquid Crystal Trimers Composed of Banana-Shaped and Rod-Like Anisometric Segments: Synthesis and Characterization, Chemistry of Materials 2007, 19, 6561-6568.

¡¤ S. Kang, Q. Li, B. D. Chapman, R. Pindak, J. O. Cross, L. Li, M. Nakata, and S. Kumar, Micro-focus X-ray Diffraction Study of the Columnar Phase of Porphyrin-based Mesogens, Chemistry of Materials 2007, 19, 5657-5663.

¡¤ Q. Li, L. Green, N. Venkataraman, I. Shiyanovskaya, A. Khan, A. Urbas, and J. W. Doane, Reversible Photoswithable Axially Chiral Dopants with High Helical Twisting Power, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 12908-12909.

¡¤ X. Zhou, T. Narayanan, and Q. Li, New Mesogen with Thermotropic Cubic Phase: 3,4,5-Tris-(11,11,12,12,13,13,14,14,15,15,16,16-tridecafluoro-hexadecyloxy)-benzoic Acid. Liquid Crystals 2007, 34, 1243-1248.

¡¤ X. Zhou, J. M. El Khoury, L. Qu, L. Dai, and Q. Li, A Facile Synthesis of Aliphatic Thiol Surfactant with Tunable Length as a Stabilizer of Gold Nanoparticles in Organic Solvents. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2007, 308, 381-384.

¡¤ C. V. Yelamaggad, I. S. Shashikala, U. S. Hiremath, G. Liao, A. Jakli, D. S. S. Rao, S. Krishna, and Q. Li, Fluorine Containing Nonsymmetrical Five-ring Achiral Banana-Shaped Compounds with Columnar and Synclinic Antiferroelectric Layered Phases. Soft Matter 2006, 2, 785-792.

¡¤ C. V. Yelamaggad, I. S. Shashikala, G. Liao, D. S. S. Rao, S. Krishna, Q. Li, and A. Jakli. Blue Phase, Smectic Fluids, and Unprecedented Sequences in Liquid Crystal Dimers. Chemistry of Materials (Communications) 2006, 18, 6100-6102.

¡¤ C. Chen, P. J. Bos, J. Kim, Q. Li, and J. E. Anderson, Improved Liquid Crystals for Vertical Alignment Applications, Journal of Applied Physics 2006, 99, 123523/1-123523/6.

¡¤ Q. Li, L. Li, J. Kim, H.-K. Park, and J. Williams. Reversible Photoresponsive Chiral Liquid Crystals Containing Cholesteryl Moiety and Azobenzene Linker. Chemistry of Materials 2005, 17, 6018-6021.


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