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Enhancing Efficiency of Industrially-Compatible Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells with Dually-Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Ye Yang, Chaohui Li

The antisolvent-assisted spin-coating still lags behind the thermal evaporation method in fabricating perovskite films atop industrially textured silicon wafers in making monolithic perovskite/silicon solar cells (P/S-TSCs). The inhomogeneity of hole-selec ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024

Fully Aromatic Self-Assembled Hole-Selective Layer toward Efficient Inverted Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells with Ultraviolet Resistance

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Peng Gao, Wei Yu, Ye Yang, Chaohui Li

Ultraviolet-induced degradation has emerged as a critical stability concern impeding the widespread adoption of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), particularly in the context of phase-unstable wide-band gap perovskite films. This study introduces a novel appro ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Quantifying the Solution Structure of Metal Nanoclusters Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

Francesco Stellacci, Stefan Guldin, Zhi Luo, Ye Yang, Huayan Yang

Metal nanoclusters are a unique class of synthetic material, as their crystal structures can be resolved using X-ray diffraction, and their chemical formula can be precisely determinated from mass spectroscopy. However, a complete structure characterizatio ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2022

Comparative characterisation of non-monodisperse gold nanoparticle populations by X-ray scattering and electron microscopy

Francesco Stellacci, Stefan Guldin, Zhi Luo, Ye Yang, Suiyang Liao, Runzhang Qi

Accurate nanoparticle size determination is essential across various research domains, with many functionalities in nanoscience and biomedical research being size-dependent. Although electron microscopy is capable of resolving a single particle down to the ...

2020

Calcium-triggered fusion of lipid membranes is enabled by amphiphilic nanoparticles

Francesco Stellacci, Zekiye Pelin Güven, Ye Yang, Ahmet Bekdemir

Lipid membrane fusion is an essential process for a number of critical biological functions. The overall process is thermodynamically favorable but faces multiple kinetic barriers along the way. Inspired by nature's engineered proteins such as SNAP recepto ...

National Academy of Sciences2020

Probing the interaction of nanoparticles with small molecules in real time via quartz crystal microbalance monitoring

Nikolaos Nianias, Stefan Guldin, Ye Yang, Runzhang Qi

Despite extensive advances in the field of molecular recognition, the real-time monitoring of small molecule binding to nanoparticles (NP) remains a challenge. To this end, we report on a versatile approach, based on quartz crystal microbalance with dissip ...

2019

Targeting small molecule drugs to T cells with antibody-directed cell-penetrating gold nanoparticles

Francesco Stellacci, Ye Yang, Ahmet Bekdemir

We sought to develop a nanoparticle vehicle that could efficiently deliver small molecule drugs to target lymphocyte populations. The synthesized amphiphilic organic ligand-protected gold nanoparticles (amph-NPs) were capable of sequestering large payloads ...

2019

Amphiphilic nanoparticle delivery enhances the anticancer efficacy of a TLR7 ligand via local immune activation

Francesco Stellacci, Marie Mueller, Ye Yang, Ahmet Bekdemir

Although immunotherapy shows great promise for the long-term control of cancer, many tumors still fail to respond to treatment. To improve the outcome, the delivery of immunostimulants to the lymph nodes draining the tumor, where the antitumor immune respo ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2019

Multidimensional Characterization of Mixed Ligand Nanoparticles Using Small Angle Neutron Scattering

Francesco Stellacci, Quy Ong Khac, Stefan Guldin, Zhi Luo, Ye Yang

The properties of ligand protected gold nanoparticles are determined by the synergistic interplay of their structural components, including the metal core, the ligand shell, and the solvation layer. However, the simultaneous characterization of all these c ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Phase behaviour and applications of a binary liquid mixture of methanol and a thermotropic liquid crystal

Francesco Stellacci, Stefan Guldin, Ye Yang, Maximiliano Jesus Jara Fornerod

2018

pH-Mediated molecular differentiation for fluorimetric quantification of chemotherapeutic drugs in human plasma

Francesco Stellacci, Stefan Guldin, Ye Yang

Royal Society of Chemistry2018

Structure-Property Relationships of Amphiphilic Nanoparticles That Penetrate or Fuse Lipid Membranes

Davide Demurtas, Francesco Stellacci, Randy Patrick Carney, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva, Zekiye Pelin Güven, Ye Yang, Ahmet Bekdemir

2018

High-throughput quantitation of inorganic nanoparticle biodistribution at the single-cell level using mass cytometry

Francesco Stellacci, Ye Yang, Ahmet Bekdemir, Li Tang

Inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) are studied as drug carriers, radiosensitizers and imaging agents, and characterizing nanoparticle biodistribution is essential for evaluating their efficacy and safety. Tracking NPs at the single-cell level with current techn ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

Nanoparticles comprising a metal core surrounded by a monolayer for lymph node targeting

Francesco Stellacci, Ye Yang, Ahmet Bekdemir

Amphiphilic gold nanoparticles (amph-NPs), composed of gold cores surrounded by an amphiphilic mixed organic ligand shell, are capable of embedding within and traversing lipid membranes. Active agent is bound thereto for use in vaccine and other adjuvant t ...

2017

Influence of the glycocalyx and plasma membrane composition on amphiphilic gold nanoparticle association with erythrocytes

Francesco Stellacci, Randy Patrick Carney, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva, Ye Yang, Ahmet Bekdemir

Erythrocytes are attractive as potential cell-based drug carriers because of their abundance and long life-span in vivo. Existing methods for loading drug cargos into erythrocytes include hypotonic treatments, electroporation, and covalent attachment onto ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2015

Enhancing Radiotherapy by Lipid Nanocapsule-Mediated Delivery of Amphiphilic Gold Nanoparticles to Intracellular Membranes

Francesco Stellacci, Randy Patrick Carney, Ye Yang

Amphiphilic gold nanoparticles (amph-NPs), composed of gold cores surrounded by an amphiphilic mixed organic ligand shell, are capable of embedding within and traversing lipid membranes. Here we describe a strategy using crosslink-stabilized lipid nanocaps ...

American Chemical Society2014

Effect of Particle Diameter and Surface Composition on the Spontaneous Fusion of Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles with Lipid Bilayers

Francesco Stellacci, Randy Patrick Carney, Ye Yang

Anionic, monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been shown to nondisruptively penetrate cellular membranes. Here, we show that a critical first step in the penetration process is potentially the fusion of such AuNPs with lipid bilayers. Free e ...

American Chemical Society2013