Press Coverage / Highlights

- Wang, W.; Feng, J.; Ye, Y.; Lyu, F.; Liu, Y-S.; Guo, J.; Yin, Y. Photocatalytic color switching of transition metal hexacyanometalate nanoparticles for high-performance light-printable rewritable paper, Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 755–761.
- This work has been highlighted by:
  
  Inkless Paper of the Future Can Be Printed (and Reprinted) With Light
  
  Reprintable Paper Offers Sustainable Alternative to the Printed Word
  
  No ink required: paper can be printed with light
  
  Reprintable paper becomes a reality
  
  Scientists have invented paper that you can print with light, erase with heat, and reuse 80 times
- Wang, W.; Xie, N.; He, L. and Yin, Y. Photocatalytic Color Switching of Redox Dyes for Ink-Free Light-Printable Rewritable Paper, Nat. Commun., 2014, 5, 5779.
- This work has been highlighted by:
  
  New Rewritable Paper Created By Chemists
  
  Writing with light
  
  Rewritable Paper Could Get Us Closer to Paperless
  
  California chemists develop rewritable paper
  
  Chemists fabricate novel rewritable paper
  
  Rewritable paper
  
  Printing with Light on Rewritable Paper
  
  Novel Rewritable Paper Fabricated By Chemists
  
  Shining a light on rewritable paper
  
  Re-paper
  
  Chemists use nanotechnology to fabricate novel rewritable paper
  
  Chemists fabricate novel rewritable paper
- Han, X.; Liu, Y. and Yin, Y. "Colorimetric Stress Memory Sensor Based on Disassembly of Gold Nanoparticle Chains", Nano Lett., 2014, 14, 2466-2470.
- This work has been highlighted by:
  
  New revolutionary sensor links pressure to color change
  
  Flexible pressure-sensor film shows how much force a surface 'feels' -- in color
  
  New Pressure Sensor Film Changes Color Depending on Force
  
  Color-changing film could revolutionize product development
  
  This Gold Nanoparticle Paint Changes Color Based on Touch
  
  Pressure sensor reveals the colours of stress
  
  Coating Changes Color under Pressure
  
  Flexible pressure-sensor film shows how much force a surface 'feels'—in color
- Wang, M.; He, L.; Zorba, S. and Yin, Y. "Magnetically Actuated Liquid Crystals", Nano Lett., 2014, 14, 3966-3971.
- This work has been highlighted by:
  
  Let there be light: Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals
  
  Let there be light: Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals
  
  Let there be light: Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals
  
  New Liquid Crystals Controlled by Magnetic Field
  
  Liquid Crystals Developed with Magnetic Nanorods
  
  Liquid Crystals that Respond to a Magnetic Field
  
  Magnetically Responsive Liquid Crystals Enable Novel Display Apps
  
  Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals
  
  Nanorods that can magnetically control liquid crystals
  
  Liquid crystals controlled by magnetic fields may lead to new optical applications
- Kim, H.; Ge, J.; Kim, J.; Choi, S.-E.; Lee, H.; Lee, H.; Park, W.; Yin, Y.; Kwon, S. "Structural Colour Printing Using a Magnetically Tunable and Lithographically Fixable Photonic Crystal", Nature Photonics 2009, 3, 534-540.
- This work has been highlighted by:
  
  Optical materials: Magnetic tuning
  
  New printing method takes a cue from nature
- Ge, J.; Goebl, J.; He, L.; Lu, Z. and Yin, Y. "Rewritable Photonic Paper with Hygroscopic Salt Solution as Ink", Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 4259-4264.
- This work has been highlighted by:
  
  Rewritable photonic paper
- Ge, J.; Lee, H.; He, L.; Kim, J.; Lu, Z.; Kim, H.; Goebl, J.; Kwon, S. and Yin, Y. "Magnetochromatic Microspheres: Rotating Photonic Crystals", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 15687-15694.
- This work has been highlighted by:
  
  Magnetic microspheres could have a range of colourful applications
  
  Magnetochromatic Beads
  
  Colorful, Magnetic Microspheres Could Make New Kind of Display
  
  Magnetochromatic Material Changes Color on Command
  
  Nail varnish that can be switched on or off: The future of color cosmetics?
- Zhang,Q.; Ge, J.; Pham, T.; Goebl, J.; Hu, Y.; Lu, Z. and Yin, Y. "Reconstruction of Ag Nanoplates by UV Irradiation: Tailored Optical Property and Enhanced Stability", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 3516-3519.
- This work has been highlighted by:
  
  Silver plates: Sizing and shaping with light
- Zhang, T.; Ge, J.; Hu, Y. and Yin, Y. "A General Approach for Transferring Hydrophobic Nanocrystals into Water", Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 3203 -3207.
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  A hot dip before swimming
- Ge, J.; Hu, Y. and Yin, Y. "Highly Tunable Superparamagnetic Colloidal Photonic Crystals", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7428-7431.
- This work is mentioned in:
  
  Making Colors with Magnets
  
  Colourful colloids
  
  Color changing crystals use magnetic fields
  
  Chameleon for optoelectronics
  
  Research could improve size, quality of display screens: scientists
  
  A Simple Magnet Can Control The Color Of A Liquid, Making New Technologies Possible
  
  'On demand' color in crystals
  
  A Rainbow From a Test Tube
  
  Magnet changes photonic-crystal-fluid color across the visible spectrum
  
  How Can a Magnet Change the Color of a Liquid?
  
  Chameleon for Optoelectronics
  
  Controlling iron oxide colour with magnetic fields
  
  A simple magnet can control the color of a liquid
  
  Optical semiconductors made of magnetic particles change their color depending on the strenth of the magnetic field

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