Publications
Selected Publications:
[1] Yingkui Yang, Xiaolin Xie and Yiu-Wing Mai. “Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes for Polymer Nanocomposites” in Book (Eds: Tony McNally and Petra Potschke) “Polymer Carbon Nanotube Composites: Synthesis, Properties and Applications”, ISBN: 9781845697617, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, UK, 2011.
[2] Yingkui Yang, Xiaolin Xie and Wei Cui. “Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Ionic Liquids” in Book (Eds: Ali Mohammad and M. Inamuddin) “Green Solvents Properties and Applications in Chemistry”, ISBN: 9789400717114, Springer, UK.
[3] Wei Cui, Feipeng Du, Jinchao Zhao, Wei Zhang, Yingkui Yang, Xiaolin Xie, Yiu-Wing Mai. Improving thermal conductivity while retaining high electrical resistivity of epoxy composites by incorporating silica-coated multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Carbon, 2011, 49: 495–500.
[4] Yingkui Yang, Chi Pong Tsui, Chak Yin Tang, Shengqiang Qiu, Qiang Zhao, Xinjian Cheng, Zhengguang Sun, Robert Kwok Yiu Li, Xiaolin Xie. Functionalization of carbon nanotubes with biodegradable supramolecular polypseudorotaxanes from grafted-poly(ε-caprolactone) and α-cyclodextrins. European Polymer Journal, 2010, 46: 145–155.
[5] Yingkui Yang, Shengqiang Qiu, Xiaolin Xie, Xianbao Wang, Robert Kwok Yiu Li. A facile, green, and tunable method to functionalize carbon nanotubes with water-soluble azo initiators by one-step free radical addition. Applied Surface Science, 2010, 256: 3286–3292.
[6] Yingkui Yang, Shengqiang Qiu, Chengen He, Wenjie He, Linjuan Yu, Xiaolin Xie. Green chemical functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with poly(ε-caprolactone) in ionic liquids, Applied Surface Science, 2010, 257: 1010–1014.
[7] Yingkui Yang, Shengqiang Qiu, Xianbao Wang, Xiaolin Xie. Functionalization and structure control of carbon nanotubes with polymers: polymer-grafted carbon nanotubes. Progress in Chemistry, 2010, 22: 684–695. Title listed in cover page
[8] Zhifang Yang, Xiaotao Wang, Yingkui Yang, Yonggui Liao, Yen Wei, Xiaolin Xie. Synthesis of electroactive tetraaniline-PEO-tetraaniline triblock copolymer and its self-assembled vesicle with pH-response, Langmuir, 2010, 26: 9386–9392.
[9] Ronghua Zhang, Yingkui Yang, Xiaolin Xie, Robert Kwok Yiu Li. Dispersion and crystallization studies of hyper-branched poly(urea-urethane)s-grafted carbon nanotubes filled polyamide-6 nanocomposites. Composites: Part A, 2010, 41: 670–677.
[10] Xiaotao Wang, Yingkui Yang, Zhifang Yang, Xingping Zhou, Yonggui Liao, Chenchen Lv, Feng-Chih Chang, Xiaolin Xie. Thermal properties and liquid crystallinity of side-chain azobenzene copolymer containing pendant polyhedral oligomeric silsequioxanes. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2010, 102: 739–744.
[11] Xiaotao Wang, Yingkui Yang, Zhifang Yang, Yonggui Liao, Wei Zhang, Xiaolin Xie. Synthesis and photo-responsive behaviors of hollow polyazobenzene micro-spheres. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55: 3441–3447.
[12] Xinjian Cheng, Qiang Zhao, Yingkui Yang, Sie Chin Tjong, Robert Kwok Yiu Li. A facile method for the synthesis of ZnS/polystyrene composite particles and ZnS hollow microspheres. Journal of Materials Science, 2010, 45: 777–782.
[13] Yingkui Yang, Zhifang Yang, Qiang Zhao, Xinjian Cheng, Sie Chin Tjong, Robert Kwok Yiu Li, Xiaotao Wang, Xiaolin Xie. Immobilization of RAFT agents on silica nanoparticles utilizing an alternative functional group and subsequent surface-initiated RAFT polymerization. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2009, 47: 467–484.
[14] Yingkui Yang, Shengqiang Qiu, Wei Cui, Qiang Zhao, Xinjian Cheng, Robert Kwok Yiu Li, Xiaolin Xie, Yiu-Wing Mai. A facile method to fabricate silica-coated carbon nanotubes and silica nanotubes from carbon nanotubes templates. Journal of Materials Science, 2009, 44: 4539–4545.
[15] Qiang Zhao, Richard C. M. Yam, Baoqing Zhang, Yingkui Yang, Xinjian Cheng, Robert Kwok Yiu Li. Novel all-cellulose ecocomposites prepared in ionic liquids. Cellulose, 2009, 16: 217–226.
[16] Feipeng Du, Kangbing Wu, Yingkui Yang, Lang Liu, Tian Gan, Xiaolin Xie. Synthesis and electrochemical probing of water-soluble poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate-co-acrylic acid)-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology, 2008, 19: 085716.
[17] Xinjian Cheng, Qiang Zhao, Yingkui Yang, Sie Chin Tjong, Robert Kwok Yiu Li. A facile method to prepare CdS/polystyrene composite particles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2008, 326: 121–128.
[18] Yingkui Yang, Xiaolin Xie, Zhifang Yang, Xiaotao Wang, Wei Cui, Jingying Yang, Yiu-Wing Mai. Controlled synthesis and novel solution rheology of hyperbranched poly(urea-urethane)-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Macromolecules, 2007, 40: 5858–5867.
[19] Yingkui Yang, Xiaotao Wang, Lang Liu, Xiaolin Xie, Zhifang Yang, Robert Kwok Yiu Li, Yiu-Wing Mai. Structures and photoresponsive behaviors of multiwalled carbon nanotubes grafted by polyurethanes containing azobenzene side-chains. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007, 111: 11231–11239.
[20] Yingkui Yang, Lianbo Mao, Xiaolin Xie, Yiu-Wing Mai. Liquid crystallinity and novel assembly of amorphous polymer grafted carbon nanotubes. Solid State Phenomena, 2007, 121-123: 1411–1414.
[21] Yingkui Yang, Xiaolin Xie, Jingao Wu, Yiu-Wing Mai. Synthesis and self-assembly of polystyrene-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes with a hairy-rod nanostructure. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2006, 44: 3869–3881. Highlighted by “Heart Cut” of the American Chemical Society (Jul-31 2006).
[22] Yingkui Yang, Xiaolin Xie, Jingao Wu, Zhifang Yang, Xiaotao Wang, Yiu-Wing Mai. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes functionalized by hyperbranched poly (urea-urethane)s by a one-pot polycondensation. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2006, 27: 1695–1701. Listed as a Most-Accessed Journal Article during 9/2006-11/2008.
