Browsing by Author "Yang, X."
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Bifunctional highly fluorescent hollow porous microspheres made of BaMoO4: Pr3+ nanocrystals via a template-free synthesis
Yang, X.; Zhou, Y.; Yu, X.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Sun, X. W. (The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011)We report a bifunctional hollow porous microsphere composed of single-component BaMoO4 : Pr3+ nanocrystals by a facile template-free synthesis. All the as-synthesized hollow microspheres are well-dispersed with a diameter ... -
A bright cadmium-free, hybrid organic/quantum dot white light-emitting diode
Yang, X.; Divayana, Y.; Zhao, D.; Swee Leck, K.; Lu, F.; Tiam Tan, S.; Putu Abiyasa, A.; Zhao Y.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Wei Sun, X. (American Institute of Physics, 2012-12-06)We report a bright cadmium-free, InP-based quantum dot light-emitting diode (QD-LED) with efficient green emission. A maximum brightness close to 700 cd/m2 together with a relatively low turn-on voltage of 4.5 V has been ... -
Electroluminescence efficiency enhancement in quantum dot light-emitting diodes by embedding a silver nanoisland layer
Yang, X.; Hernandez-Martinez, P. L.; Dang C.; Mutlugün, E.; Zhang, K.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Sun X. W. (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2015)A colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED) is reported with substantially enhanced electroluminescence by embedding a thin layer of Ag nanoislands into hole transport layer. The maximum external quantum efficiency ... -
Facile synthesis of luminescent AgInS2–ZnS solid solution nanorods
Yang, X.; Tang, Y.; Tan S.T.; Bosman, M.; Dong, Z.; Leck K.S.; Ji Y.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Sun, X. W. (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2013-04-16)Highly luminescent semiconducting AgInS2–ZnS solid solution nanorods are successfully prepared by a facile one-pot solvothermal method. The resulting solid solution nanorods with length of 32 ± 5 nm are formed by fast ... -
Fano resonances in THz metamaterials composed of continuous metallic wires and split ring resonators
Li, Z.; Cakmakyapan, S.; Butun, B.; Daskalaki, C.; Tzortzakis, S.; Yang, X.; Özbay, Ekmel (Optical Society of America, 2014)We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that Fano resonances can be obtained in terahertz metamaterials that are composed of periodic continuous metallic wires dressed with periodic split ring resonators. An ... -
Full Visible Range Covering InP/ZnS Nanocrystals with High Photometric Performance and Their Application to White Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes
Yang, X.; Zhao, D.; Leck K.S.; Tan S.T.; Tang, Y. X.; Zhao, J.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Sun, X. W. (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2012-04-30)High-quality InP/ZnS core–shell nanocrystals with luminescence tunable over the entire visible spectrum have been achieved by a facile one-pot solvothermal method. These nanocrystals exhibit high quantum yields (above 60%), ... -
High-quality InP/ZnS nanocrystals with high photometric performance and their application to white quantum dot light-emitting diodes
Yang, X.; Tan, S. T.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Sun, X. W. (IEEE, 2012)Full visible range covering InP/ZnS core-shell nanocrystals with high photometric performance have been prepared. Making use of these nanocrystals, we demonstrate a white quantum dot LED with a high color rendering index ... -
High‐resolution MRI of deep‐seated atherosclerotic arteries using motexafin gadolinium
Brushett, C.; Qiu, B.; Atalar, Ergin; Yang, X. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008)Purpose: To evaluate the potential of using motexafin gadolinium (MGd) to characterize atherosclerotic plaques of deep-seated arteries with MRI. Materials and Methods: We exposed vascular endothelial cells (EC) and smooth ... -
Intracoronary MR imaging using a 0.014-inch MR imaging-guidewire: Toward MRI-guided coronary interventions
Qiu, B.; Gao, F.; Karmarkar, P.; Atalar, Ergin; Yang, X. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008)Purpose: To validate the feasibility of using a newly designed MR imaging-guidewire (MRIG) to guide angioplasty balloon placement in coronary arteries. Materials and Methods: A custom gold/sliver/Nitinol/MP35N-based, ... -
Light extraction efficiency enhancement of colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diodes using large-scale nanopillar arrays
Yang, X.; Dev, K.; Wang, J.; Mutlugun, E.; Dang, C.; Zhao Y.; Liu, S.; Tang, Y.; Tan S.T.; Sun, X. W.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2014)A colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED) is reported with substantially enhanced light extraction efficiency by applying a layer of large-scale, low-cost, periodic nanopillar arrays. Zinc oxide nanopillars are ... -
Low-cost, large-scale, ordered ZnO nanopillar arrays for light extraction efficiency enhancement in quantum dot light-emitting diodes
Yang, X.; Dev, K.; Wang, J.; Mutlugün, E.; Dang, C.; Zhao, Y.; Tan, S. T.; Sun, X. W.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan (IEEE, 2014)We report a QLED with enhanced light outcoupling efficiency by applying a layer of periodic ZnO nanopillar arrays. The resulting QLED reaches the record external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 9.34% in green-emitting QLEDs ... -
MRI-guided gene therapy
Yang, X.; Atalar, Ergin (John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2006-05-22)MRI has the ability to generate high-contrast and high-resolution images, to obtain multiple diagnostic evaluations of organ function and morphology, and to provide multiple image planes with no risk of ionizing radiation. ... -
Near resonant third-order optical nonlinearities of colloidal InP/ZnS quantum dots
Wang, Y.; Yang, X.; He, T. C.; Gao, Y.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Sun, X. W.; Sun, H. D. (AIP Publishing, 2013)We have investigated the third-order optical nonlinearities of high-quality colloidal InP/ZnS core-shell quantum dots (QDs) using Z-scan technique with femtosecond pulses. The two-photon absorption cross-sections as high ... -
Phased-array MRI of canine prostate using endorectal and endourethral coils
Yung, A. C.; Oner, A. Y.; Serfaty, J-M.; Feneley, M.; Yang, X.; Atalar, Ergin (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003)A four-channel phased array consisting of one surface coil, two endorectal coils, and one flexible endourethral loop coil was designed for MRI of the canine prostate. The endorectal coils provide high signal in the posterior ... -
Plasmon-based photopolymerization: near-field probing, advanced photonic nanostructures and nanophotochemistry
Zhou, X.; Soppera, O.; Plain, J.; Jradi, S.; Sun, X. W.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Yang, X.; Deeb, C.; Gray, S. K.; Wiederrecht, G. P.; Bachelot, R. (IOP Publishing, 2014-11-03)Hybrid nanomaterials are targeted by a rapidly growing group of nanooptics researchers, due to the promise of optical behavior that is difficult or even impossible to create with nanostructures of homogeneous composition. ... -
Simultaneous radiofrequency (RF) heating and magnetic resonance (MR) thermal mapping using an intravascular MR imaging/RF heating system
Qiu, B.; El-Sharkawy, A.-M.; Paliwal, V.; Karmarkar, P.; Gao, F.; Atalar, Ergin; Yang, X. (John Wiley & Sons, 2005-06)Previous studies have confirmed the possibility of using an intravascular MR imaging guidewire (MRIG) as a heating source to enhance vascular gene transfection/expression. This motivated us to develop a new intravascular ... -
Solution Processed Tungsten Oxide Interfacial Layer for Efficient Hole-Injection in Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes
Yang, X.; Mutlugun, E.; Zhao, Y.; Gao, Y.; Leck, K. S.; Ma, Y.; Ke, L.; Tan, S. T.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Sun, X. W. (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2014)A highly efficient and stable QLED using an inorganic WO3 nanoparticle film as a hole injection layer is demonstrated.The resulting WO3 nanoparticle-based QLEDs also exhibit superior performance compared to that of the ... -
SSFP-based MR thermometry
Paliwal, V.; El-Sharkawy, A.-M.; Du, X.; Yang, X.; Atalar, Ergin (John Wiley & Sons, 2004)Of the various techniques employed to quantify temperature changes by MR, proton resonance frequency (PRF) shift-based phase-difference imaging (PDI) is the most accurate and widely used. However, PDI is associated with ... -
Transition metal oxides on organic semiconductors
Zhao Y.; Zhang, J.; Liu, S.; Gao, Y.; Yang, X.; Leck K.S.; Abiyasa, A. P.; Divayana, Y.; Mutlugun, E.; Tan S.T.; Xiong, Q.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Sun, X. W. (Elsevier BV, 2014-04)Transition metal oxides (TMOs) on organic semiconductors (OSs) structure has been widely used in inverted organic optoelectronic devices, including inverted organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and inverted organic solar ...