CHENG NanoBionics Group

Journal Papers

2010-present (After Joining Monash University)

• Debabrata Sikdar, Ivan D Rukhlenko*, Wenlong Cheng, Malin Premaratne, Optimized gold nanoshell ensembles for biomedical applications. Nanoscale Research Letters 2013, 8, 142.
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• Yue Tang, and Wenlong Cheng*, Nanoparticle-Modified Electrode with Size- and Shape-Dependent Electrocatalytic Activities. Langmuir 2013, 29, 3125-3132.
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• Yue Tang, Khee Chaw Ng, Yi Chen, Wenlong Cheng*, Lightweight, flexible, nanorod electrode with high electrocatalytic activity. Electrochemistry Communications 2013, 27, 120-123.
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• Debabrata Sikdar, Ivan D. Rukhlenko*, Wenlong Cheng, and Malin Premaratne, Effect of number density on optimal design of gold nanoshells for plasmonic photothermal therapy. Biomedical Optics Express 2013, 4, 15-31.

• Yi Chen, Zi Ouyang, Min Gu and Wenlong Cheng*, Mechanically Strong, Optically Transparent, Giant Metal Superlattice Nanomembranes From Ultrathin Gold Nanowires. Advanced Materials 2013, 25, 80-85.
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• Yi Chen and Wenlong Cheng*, DNA-based plasmonic nanoarchitectures: from structural design to emerging applications. Wires Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology 2012, 4, 587-604.
• Khee Chaw Ng and Wenlong Cheng*, Fine-tuning longitudinal plasmon resonances of nanorods by thermal reshaping in aqueous media. Nanotechnology 2012, 23, 105602.
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• Khee Chaw Ng, Indika B. Udagedara, Ivan D. Rukhlenko, Yi Chen, Yue Tang, Malin Premaratne, and Wenlong Cheng*, Free-Standing Plasmonic-Nanorod Superlattice Sheets. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 925-934.

• Yi Chen, Jing Fu, Khee Chaw Ng, Yue Tang and Wenlong Cheng*, Free-standing Polymer-Nanoparticle Superlattice Sheets Self-Assembled at the Air-Liquid Interface. Crystal Growth & Design 2011, 11, 4742–4746.

• Yi Chen, Khee Chaw Ng, Wenyi Yan, Yue Tang and Wenlong Cheng*, Ultraflexible plasmonic nanocomposite aerogel. RSC Advances 2011, 1, 1265-1270.

• Michael J. Campolongo, Shawn J. Tan, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Mervin Zhao, Yi Chen, Iva Xhangolli, Wenlong Cheng*, and Dan Luo* Crystalline Gibbs Monolayers of DNA-Capped Nanoparticles at the Air–Liquid Interface. ACS Nano 2011, 5, 7978–7985.

• Shawn, J. Tan, Michael J. Campolongo, Dan Luo and Wenlong Cheng*, Building Plasmonic Nanostructures with DNA. Nature Nanotechnology 2011, 6, 268-276.

• Michael J. Campolongo, Jason S. Kahn, Wenlong Cheng, Dayong Yang, Tiffany Gupton-Campolongo and Dan Luo, Adaptive DNA-based materials for switching, sensing, and logic devices. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 21, 6113-6121.

• Rong Long, Chung-Yuen Hui1, Wenlong Cheng, Michael J Campolongo and Dan Luo, Size Effect on Failure of Pre-stretched Free-Standing Nanomembranes. Nanoscale Research Letters, 2010, 5, 1236-1239.
  

• Wenlong Cheng, Mark R. Hartman, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Rong Long, Michael J. Campolongo, Ruipeng Li, Karthik Sekar, Chung-Yuen Hui, and Dan Luo, Probing in Real-Time the Soft Crystallization of DNA-Capped Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2010, 49, 380-384.

• Wenlong Cheng, Michael J. Campolongo, Shawn J. Tan, and Dan Luo, Freestanding Ultrathin Nano-membranes via Self-assembly. Nano Today 2009, 4, 482-493.

• Wenlong Cheng, Michael J. Campolongo, Judy J. Cha, Shawn J. Tan, Christopher C. Umbach, David A. Muller, and Dan Luo, Free-Standing Nanoparticle Superlattice Sheets Controlled by DNA. Nature Materials, 2009, 8, 519-525 (Full Article paper). In the news: cornell chronicle, physorg, azom, nanotechnology now, bionity, chemie, nextbigfuture, nanotechwire.

• Jong Lee, Young Roh, Soong Um, Hisakage Funabashi, Wenlong Cheng, Judy Cha, David Muller, and Dan Luo, Multifunctional Nano-architectures from DNAbased ABC Monomers. Nature Nanotechnology, 2009, 4, 430-436.

• Wenlong Cheng, Nokyoung, Park, Todd, M. Walter, Mark and Dan Luo, Nanopatterning Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Superlattices by Moulding Microdroplets. Nature Nanotechnology, 2008, 3, 682-690 (Cover Article). In the news: cornell chronicle, physorg, sciencedaily, upi, nanowerk, materialsgate, sciencecentric, iconocast, azonano, nanotechwire, reported in materialstoday as research news (materialstoday, 2008, 11, 15)

• Wenlong Cheng, Martin Steinhart, Ulrich Goesele, and Ralf B. Wehrsohn, Tree-like alumina nanopores generated in a non-steady-state anodization. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2007, 17, 3493-3495.

• Aiguo Wu, Wenlong Cheng, Zhuang Li, Junguang Jiang, Erkang Wang, Electrostatic-assembly metallized nanoparticles network by DNA template. Talanta, 2006, 68, 693-699.
• Wenlong Cheng, Shaojun Dong, and Erkang Wang, Spontaneous Fractal Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles and Controlled Generation of Aggregate-Based Fractal Networks at Air/Water Interface.  J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 19213–19218.
• Xiaoge Hu, Wenlong Cheng, Tie Wang, Yuling Wang, Erkang Wang and Shaojun Dong, Fabrication, Characterization, and Application in SERS of Self-Assembled Polyelectrolyte-Gold Nanorod Multilayered Films J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 19385-19389.
• Xiaoge Hu, Wenlong Cheng, Tie Wang, Erkang Wang and Shaojun Dong, Well-ordered end-to-end linkage of gold nanorods. Nanotechnology 2005, 16, 2164-2169.
• Minghua Huang, Yan Shen, Wenlong Cheng, Yong Shao, Xuping Sun, Baifeng Liu, Shaojun Dong, Nanocomposite films containing Au nanoparticles formed by electrochemical reduction of metal ions in the multilayer films as electrocatalyst for dioxygen reduction. ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA, 2005, 535, 15-22.
• Wenlong Cheng, Shaojun Dong and Erkang Wang, 2D and 3D Self-Assembled Au-Nanoparticle/CoTMPyP Nanostructured Materials: Film Structure, Tunable Electrocatalytic Activity and Plasmonic Properties. J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 19146-19154.
• Rongbo Zheng, Wenlong Cheng, Erkang Wang, Shaojun Dong, Synthesis of tellurium nanorods via spontaneous oxidation of NaHTe at room temperature. Chemical Physics Letters 2004, 395, 302-305.
• Wenlong Cheng and Erkang Wang, Size-dependent phase transfer of gold nanoparticles from water into toluene by tetraoctylammonium cations: A wholly electrostatic interaction. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 109, 24-26.
• Xiaoge Hu, Tie Wang, Wenlong Cheng, Erkang Wang, Shaojun Dong, Synthesis and assembly of metal nanowires. Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2004, 32, 9, 1240-1245.
• Wenlong Cheng, Xiaojun Han, Erkang Wang, Shaojun Dong, Interdigited phospholipid/alkanethiol bilayers assembled on APTMS-supported gold colloid electrodes. Electroanalysis, 2004, 16, 127-131.
• Wenlong Cheng, Shaojun Dong and Erkang Wang. Synthesis and self-assembly of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-capped gold nanoparticles. Langmuir, 2003, 19, 9434-9439.
• Wenlong Cheng, Shaojun Dong, and Erkang Wang, Iodine-Induced Gold Nanoparticle Fusion/Fragmentation/Aggregation and Iodine-Linked Nanostructured Assemblies on a Glass Substrate. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 42, 449-452.
• Wenlong Cheng, Shaojun Dong, and Erkang Wang, Site-Selective Self-Assembly of MPA-Bridged CuHCF Multilayers on APTMS-Supported Gold Colloid Electrodes. Chem. Mater., 2003, 15, 2495-2501.
• Wenlong Cheng, Shaojun Dong, and Erkang Wang, Gold nanoparticles as fine tuners of electrochemical properties of the electrode/solution interface. Langmuir, 2002, 18, 9947-9952.
• Wenlong Cheng, Xiaojun Han, Zhangquan Peng, Shaojun Dong, Erkang Wang, Investigation of electrochemical charging behaviors of "naked" gold nanoparticles ensembles in aqueous media. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2002, 20, 1031-1037.
• Wenlong Cheng, Shaojun Dong, and Erkang Wang, Colloid Chemical Approach to Nanoelectrode Ensembles with Highly Controllable Active Area Fraction. Anal. Chem., 2002, 74, 3599-3604.
• Wenlong Cheng, Junguang Jiang, Shaojun Dong and Erkang Wang, Alternate Assemblies of Thionine and Au-nanoparticles on an Amino Functionalized Surface Chem. Commun., 2002, 1706-1707.
• Wenlong Cheng, Shaojun Dong, and Erkang Wang, Studies of Electrochemical Quantized Capacitance Charging of Surface Ensembles of Silver Nanoparticles Electrochem. Commun., 2002, 4, 412-416.
• Xiaojun Han, Wenlong Cheng, Zheling, Zhang, Shaojun Dong and Erkang Wang, Direct Electron Transfer Between Hemoglobin and a Glassy Carbon Electrode Facilitated by Lipid-protected Gold Nanoparticles Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 2002, 1556, 273-277.

Book Chapters

• Inorganic Nanoparticle Modified Surfaces for Electrochemical and Biosensing Applications, Shaojun Dong and Wenlong Cheng, in Handbook of Electrochemical Nanotechnology, ISBN-10: 158883039X.
• Nucleic Acid Engineering, Wenlong Cheng, Liang Ding, Hisakage Funabashi, Nokyoung Park, Soong Ho Um, Jianfeng Xu, Dan Luo, in System Biology and Synthetic Biology, ISBN-10: 0471767786.
• Bio-Mediated Assembly of Ordered Nanoparticle Superstructures, Wenlong Cheng, Shawn J Tan, Michael J Campolongo, Mark R Hartman, Jason S Kahn, and Dan Luo, in Handbook of Nanofabrication, Gary Wiederrecht eds. ISBN-10: 0123751764.

Patents

• Dan Luo and Wenlong Cheng, Self-assembly of Nanoparticles Through Nucleic Acid Engineering (WO/2009/143157).
• Dan Luo and Wenlong Cheng, Apparatus and Method for Forming Self-Assembly Arrays (US/12/888,146).