Publications
Publications by Year
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Maya Abdou*, Santosh K. Gupta†, Jose P. Zuniga#, and Yuanbing Mao, Insight into the Effect of A-Site Cations on Structural and Optical Properties of RE2Hf2O7:U Nanoparticles, Journal of Luminescence, 2019, 207, in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.02.059 |
Santosh K. Gupta†, Maya Abdou*, Partha Sarathi Ghosh, Jose P. Zuniga#, and Yuanbing Mao, Thermally Induced Disorder-Order Phase Transition of Gd2Hf2O7:Eu3+ Nanoparticles and its Implication on Photo- and Radio-Luminescence, ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 2779-2791. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b03458 |
Madhab Pokhrel†, Santosh K. Gupta†, Kareem Wahid*, and Yuanbing Mao, Pyrochlore Rare-Earth Hafnate RE2Hf2O7 (RE = La and Pr) Nanoparticles Stabilized by Molten-Salt Synthesis at Low Temperature, Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58(2), 1241-1251. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02728. |
Victoria Trummel*, Santosh K. Gupta†, Madhab Pokhrel†, Donald Wall, and Yuanbing Mao, Investigating the impact of gamma radiation on structural and optical properties of Eu3+ doped rare-earth hafnate pyrochlore nanocrystals, Journal of Luminescence, 2019, 207, 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.10.069 |
Héctor A. De Santiago*, Santosh K. Gupta†, and Yuanbing Mao, A green, facile and cost-effective method to prepare polyhydroxylated fullerene with high purity and its vibrational, thermal and optical characterizations, Separation and Purification Technology, 2019, 210, 927-934.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2018.08.033. |
| Santosh K. Gupta†, Jose Zuniga#, Maya Abdou*, and Yuanbing Mao, Thermal annealing effects on La2Hf2O7:Eu3+ nanoparticles: A curious case study of structural evolution and site-specific photo- and radio-luminescence, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2018, 5(10), 2508-2521. DOI: 10.1039/C8QI00713F |
Jose Zuniga#, Maya Abdou*, Santosh K. Gupta†, and Yuanbing Mao, Molten-Salt Synthesis of Complex Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018, (140), e58482. DOI: 10.3791/58482. |
Santosh K. Gupta†, Jose Zuniga#, P.S. Ghosh, Maya Abdou*, and Yuanbing Mao, Correlating Structure and Luminescence Properties of Undoped and Eu3+ doped La2Hf2O7 Nanoparticles Prepared with Different Co-Precipitating pH Values through Experimental and Theoretical Studies, Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 57(18), 11815-11830. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01983. |
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Swati Mohan† and Yuanbing Mao, Dependence of (photo)electrochemical properties on geometry factors of hydrothermally synthesized delafossite copper gallium oxide CuGaO2 toward oxygen evolution reaction, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165(10), H1-H7. DOI: 10.1149/2.0291810jes |
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Maya Abdou*, Santosh K. Gupta†, Jose Zuniga#, and Yuanbing Mao, On Structure and Phase Transformation of Uranium Doped La2Hf2O7 Nanoparticles as an Efficient Nuclear Waste Host, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2018, 2, 2201 - 2211 (cover). DOI: 10.1039/c8qm00266e |
| Jose Zuniga#, Santosh K. Gupta†, Maya Abdou*, and Yuanbing Mao, The Effect of Molten Salt Synthesis Processing Duration on the Photo- and Radio-luminescence of UV, Visible and X-ray Excitable La2Hf2O7:Eu3+ Nanoparticles, ACS Omega, 2018, 3(7), 7757–7770. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b00987. |
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Lin Wei#, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao, Microwave Popped Co(II)-Graphene Oxide Hybrid: Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Hydrogen Storage, Engineered Science, 2018, 3, 62-66. DOI: 10.30919/es8d723. |
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Loreana Molero, Luissanyi Campos, Luis Sosa, Yuanbing Mao, Nancy Flores, Efren Delgado, and Karen Lozano, Development and Characterization of Glandless Cottonseed Meal/Pullulan Fine Fiber Mats, Archives of Nanomedicine: Open Access Journal, 2018, 1(4), ANOAJ.MS.ID.000117. |
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Jose Zuniga*, Santosh K. Gupta†, Madhab Pokhrel†, and Yuanbing Mao, Exploring optical properties of La2Hf2O7:Pr3+ nanoparticles under UV and X-ray excitation for potential lighting and scintillating applications, New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 9381-9392 (back cover). DOI: 10.1039/c8nj00895g. |
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Zichao Wei, Zhaofeng Wang, William R. T. Tait, Madhab Pokhrel†, Yuanbing Mao, Jingjing Liu, Lichun Zhang, Weixing Wang, and Luyi Sun, Synthesis of green phosphors from highly active amorphous silica derived from rice husks, Journal of Materials Science, 2018, 53(3), 1824-1832. DOI: |
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Mandana Akia, Dulce Capitanachi, Misael Martinez, Carlos Hernandez, Hector de Santiago*, Yuanbing Mao, Karen Lozano, Development and optimization of alumina fine fibers utilizing a centrifugal spinning process, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2018, 262, 175-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2017.11.039. |
S. Mohan and Y. Mao, Hydrothermal synthesized
copper gallium delafossite nanoflakes for (photo)electrocatalytic water
splitting, ECS Transaction, 2017, 77, 1985-1994.
J. Bravo*, H. Chirino*, and Y. Mao, Heterogeneous TiO2@carbon core@shell nanostructured
photocatalysts for high efficient waste water treatment, New Journal of Chemistry, 2017, 41, 13600-13610. DOI:
10.1039/C7NJ02083J.
Mandana Akia, Lee Cremar, Mircea Chipara, Edgar
Munoz, Hilario Cortez, Hector de Santiago, Fernando J. Rodriguez-Macias,
Yadira I. Vega-Cantú, Hamidreza Arandiyan, Hongyu Sun, Timothy Lodge,
Yuanbing Mao, and Karen Lozano, In Situ Production of
Graphene-Fiber Hybrid Structures, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 25474-25480.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07509
Q. Li#, X. Sun#, K. Lozano, and
Y. Mao, Dependence of Photoelectrochemical Properties on
Geometry Factors of Interconnected „Caterpillar-like“ ZnO
Networks, Electrochimica Acta, 2017, 222, 232-245. DOI:
10.1016/j.electacta.2016.10.162.
M. Pokhrel†,
A. Burger, M. Groza, and Y. Mao, Enhance the Photoluminescence and
Radioluminescence of La2Zr2O7:Eu3+ Core
Nanoparticles by Coating with a Thin Y2O3 Shell, Optical Materials, 2017, 68, 35-41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.11.008
K. Wahid*,
M. Pokhrel†, and Y. Mao, Structural,
Photoluminescence and Radioluminescence Properties of Eu3+ Doped La2Hf2O7
Nanoparticles, Journal of Solid State
Chemistry, 2017, 245, 89-97. DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2016.10.004.
M. Pokhrel†,
M. Alcoutlabi, and Y. Mao, Optical and X-Ray Induced Luminescence from Eu3+
Doped La2Zr2O7 Nanoparticles, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 693, 719-729. DOI:
10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.09.218.
J. Ahmed†
and Y. Mao, Synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic properties of
Delafossite CuGaO2, Journal of
Solid State Chemistry, 2016, 242, 77-85. DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2016.07.006.
J. Ahmed†
and Y. Mao, Ultrafine Iridium Oxide Nanorods Synthesized by Molten Salt Method
toward Electrocatalytic Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 212, 686-693. DOI:
10.1016/j.electacta.2016.06.122.
N. Obregon, H. Campos, V. Agubra, M. Pokhrel†, J. Macossay, M. Alcoutlabi, Y. Mao,
D. Flores, D. De La Garza, Effect of Polymer Concentration, Rotational Speed
and Solvent Mixture on Fiber Formation Using Centrifugal Spinning, Fibers,
2016, 4, 20.
M. Pokhrel†,
K. Wahid*, and Y. Mao, Systematic
Studies on RE2Hf2O7:5%Eu3+ (RE = Y,
La, Pr, Gd, Er, and Lu) Nanoparticles: Effects of the A-Site RE3+
Cation and Calcination on Structure and Photoluminescence, Journal of Physical Chemistry C,
2016, 120,
14828-14839. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b04798.
- L. D. Cremar, J. Acosta-Martinez, A. Villarreal, A. Salinas, L. Wei#, Y. Mao, and K. Lozano, High-throughput of multifunctional carbon nanofibers from water soluble precursor, Chemical Fibers International, 2016, 66, 40-42.
(http://textination.de/de/document/1145985479292875/2.0/Chem_Fibers_Inter_manuscript%20_Lozano.pdf)
L. Wei#, and Y. Mao, Enhanced hydrogen storage performance of reduced graphene oxide hybrids
with nickel or its metallic mixtures based on spillover mechanism, International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy, 2016, 41, 11692
- 11699. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.04.030.
M. Pokhrel†, C. Valdes*, and Y. Mao, Ultraviolet upconversion
enhancement in triply doped NaYF4:Tm3+,Yb3+ particles:
the role of Nd3+ or Gd3+ co-doping,” Optical Materials, 2016, 58, 67 - 75.
M. Pokhrel†,
G. A. Kumar, C.-G. Ma, M. G. Brik, B. W. Langloss, I. N. Stanton, M. J. Therien,
D. K. Sardar, and Y. Mao, Electronic and Optical Properties of Er-Doped Y2O2S
Phosphors, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015, 3, 11486 – 11496
M. Pokhrel†,
M. G. Brik, and Y. Mao, Particle size and crystal phase dependent
photoluminescence of La2Zr2O7:Eu3+
nanoparticles, Journal of the American
Ceramic Society, 2015, 98,
3192 - 3201.
X. Sun#, Q. Li#, and Y. Mao, The
Optimal Ratio of Polypyrrole Decoration on V2O5
Nanofibers as electrode materials for energy storage, Electrochimica
Acta, 2015, 174, 563 - 573.
B. B. Srivastava†, A. Kuang, and Y. Mao, Persistent luminescent
sub-10-nm Cr doped ZnGa2O4 nanoparticles by a bi-phasic
synthesis route, Chemical
Communications, 2015, 51, 7372 - 7375.
F. Xu, B. Weng, M.
Alcoutlabi, Y. Mao, K. Lozano, Large-scale production of cellulose fibrous membranes for lithium-ion
battery separators via Forcespinning, Cellulose, 2015, 22,
1311-1320.
D. Owens*,
A. Han, L. Sun, and Y. Mao, Synthesis and hydrogen storage capacity of
VTMS(X)-HMS-3 mesoporous ordered silica, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015, 40, 2736-2741.
E. Garcia*,
Q. Li#, X. Sun#, K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, TiO2 fibers: tunable
polymorphic phase transformation and electrochemical properties, Journal
of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2015, 15, 3750-3756.
Y. Mao, Branched nanostructures for
photoelectrochemical water splitting,
Nanomaterials & Energy, 2014, 3(4), 103-128. (Feature article. DOI: 10.1680/nme.14.00008)
X. Sun#, Q. Li#, J. Jiang, and Y. Mao, Morphology-tunable synthesis of ZnO
nanoforest and its
photoelectrochemical performance,
Nanoscale, 2014, 6(15),
8769-8780. DOI: 10.1039/C4NR01146E.
Q. Li#,
X. Sun#, K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, Facile
and scalable synthesis of ‘caterpillar-like’ ZnO Nanostructures with enhanced photoelectrochemical water-splitting effect, Journal
of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118, 13467-13475.
S. Alaparthi#, Y. Tian†, and Y. Mao, Synthesis and luminescence properties of Eu:La2Zr2O7@YBO3
core@shell nanoparticles, Nanotechnology, 2014, 25, 025703.
A. Altecor*,
K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, Mixed-valent VOx/polymer nanohybrid fibers
for flexible energy storage materials, Ceram.
Intern. 2014, 40, 5073-5077.
S. Alaparthi#, L. Lu*, Y. Tian†, and Y. Mao, Europium doped lanthanum zirconate nanoparticles with high concentration
quenching. Mater. Res. Bull. 2014, 49, 114-118.
X. Sun#, Q. Li#, Y. Lü, Y. Mao, Three-dimensional
ZnO@MnO2 core/shell nanoforests with superior electrochemical
performance. Chemical Communication, 2013, 49, 4456-4458
Q. Li#, X. Sun#, K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, Asymmetric supercapacitors with dominant
pseudocapacitance based on manganese oxide nanoflowers in neutral aqueous electrolyte, RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 24886-24890.
Y. Tian†,
B. Chen, B. Tian, Y. Mao, J. Sun, X. Li, J. Zhang, S. Fu, H. Zhong, B. Dong, X. Zhang, H. Xia, R. Hua, Size-dependent
energy transfer and spontaneous radiative transition properties of Dy3+
ions in the GdVO4 phosphors, J.
Nanopart. Res. 2013, 15, 1757/1-1757/10.
Y. Mao, J. Parsons, J. McCloy, Magnetic
properties of double perovskite oxide La2BMnO6
nanocrystals. Nanoscale 2013, 5, 4720-4728.
Q. Li#,
K. Lozano, Y. Lü, Y. Mao, Heterogeneous Manganese oxide-encased carbon
nanocomposite fibers for high performance pseudocapacitors, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding 2013, 34(9), 41-55.
Y. Mao, Facile synthesis of ferromagnetic double
perovskite oxide La2BMnO6 nanoparticles, RSC Advances, 2012, 2(33), 12675-12678.
A. Altecor*,
Y. Mao, and K. Lozano, Large-scale production of tin-doped indium oxide
nanofibers by ForcespinningTM, Funct.
Mater. Lett., 2012, 5, 1250020.
S. Wei, P. Mavinakuli, D. Chen, R. Asapu, Y. Mao, Q. Wang, G. Liang, N. Haldolaarachchige, D. Young, and Z. Guo, Polypyrrole-titania nanocomposites derived from different oxidation polymerization, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2011, 158, K205-K212.
J. Zhu, S. Wei, L. Zhang, Y. Mao, J. Ryu, N. Haldolaarachchige, D. Young, and Z. Guo, Electrical and dielectric properties of polyaniline-Al2O3 nanocomposites derived from various Al2O3 nanostructures, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 3952-3959.
J. Zhu, S. Wei, L. Zhang, Y. Mao, J. Ryu, N.
Haldolaarachchige, A. Karki, D. Young, and Z. Guo, Polyaniline-tungsten oxide
metacomposites with tunable electronic properties, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 342-348 (2011).
J. Zhu, L. Zhang, Y. Mao, P. Mavinakuli, D.
Young, Z. Guo, S. Wei, J. Ryu and A. Karki, Conductive polypyrrole/tungsten
oxide metacomposites with negative permittivity, J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 16335-16342.