Selected publications:

[1]  Z. Zhao, W. Chen, Q. Li, B. Xiong, Y. Ning,* and P. Yang, 

Interfacial Supra-Assembly of Copolymer Nanoparticles Enables the Formation of Nanocomposite Crystals with a Tunable Internal Structure, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, just accepted. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c07435 

[2] Y. Dong+, J. Chi+, Z. Ren, B. Xiong, Z. Liu, W. Zhang,* L. Wang, S. Fujii,* S. P. Armes,* and Y. Ning*,

Controlled Deformation of Soft Nanogel Particles Generates Artificial Biominerals with Ordered Internal Structure, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202300031.

[3] J. Zhang, B. Xiong, Z. Fu, Y. Ning*, D. Li*, Synergistic Effect of Hydroxyl and Carboxyl Groups on Promoting Nanoparticle Occlusion within Calcite, Small, 2023, 2207843.

[4] Z. Liu, B. Xiong, Y. Dong, Y. Ning*, D. Li*,

Metal–Organic Frameworks@ Calcite Composite Crystals, Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 16203-16210.

[5] Y. X. Dong, Z. Q. Liu, Y. Ning*, S. P. Armes* and D. Li, 

Occlusion of Diblock Copolymer-Modified Gold Nanoparticles Generates Diabolo-Shaped Au@ZnO Nanocomposite Crystals with Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties, Chem. Mater., 2022, 3357-3364.

[6] Y. Ning*, S. P. Armes* and D. Li, 

Polymer-Inorganic Crystalline Nanocomposite Materials via Nanoparticle Occlusion, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2022, 2100793.

[7] Y. Ning*, Y. D. Han, L. J. Han, M. J. Derry and S. P. Armes*,

Exerting Spatial Control During Nanoparticle Occlusion within Calcite Crystals, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020,59, 17966−17973.

[8] Y. Ning* and S. P. Armes*,

Efficient occlusion of nanoparticles within inorganic single crystals, Acc. Chem. Res., 2020,53, 1176−1186. 

[9] Y. Ning*, L. J. Han, M. Douverne, N. J. W. Penfold, M. J. Derry*, F. C. Meldrum and S. P. Armes*,

What dictates the spatial distribution of nanoparticles within calcite?J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019,141, 2481−2489.

[10] Y. Ning*, L. J. Han, M. J. Derry, F. C. Meldrum and S. P. Armes*,

Model anionic block copolymer vesicles provide important design rules for efficient nanoparticle occlusion within calcite, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2019,141, 2557−2567.

[11] Y. Ning, L. A. Fielding, L. P. D. Ratcliffe, Y.-W. Wang, F. C. Meldrum and S. P. Armes*,

Occlusion of sulfate-based diblock copolymer nanoparticles within calcite: effect of varying the surface density of anionic stabilizer chains. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 11734−11742.

[12] Y. Ning*, L. A. Fielding, J. Nutter, A. N. Kulak, F. C. Meldrum and S. P. Armes*, Spatially controlled occlusion of polymer-stabilized gold nanoparticles within ZnO,

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019,58, 4302–4307.

[13] M. Douverne, Y. Ning*, A. Tatani, F. C. Meldrum and S. P. Armes*,

How many phosphoric acid units are required to ensure uniform occlusion of sterically-stabilized nanoparticles within calcite?, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2019, 58, 8692–8697.

[14] Y. Ning*, D. J. Whitaker, C. J. Mable, M. J. Derry, N. J. W. Penfold, A. N. Kulak, D. C. Green, F. C. Meldrum and S. P. Armes*,

Anionic block copolymer vesicles act as Trojan horses to enable efficient occlusion of guest species into host calcite crystals, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 8396–8401.

[15] Y. Ning*, F. C. Meldrum and S. P. Armes*,

Efficient occlusion of oil droplets within calcite crystals, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 8964–8972.

[16] P-C. Yang*, Y. Ning*, T. J. Neal, E. Jones, B. R. Parker and S. P. Armes*,

Block copolymer microparticles comprising inverse bicontinuous phases prepared via polymerization-induced self-assembly, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 4200–4208.

[17] Y. Ning, L. A. Fielding, K. E. B. Doncom, N. J. W. Penfold, A. N. Kulak, H. Matsuoka and S. P. Armes*,

Incorporating diblock copolymer nanoparticles into calcite crystals: do anionic carboxylate groups alone ensure efficient occlusion?, ACS Macro Lett., 2016, 5, 311−315.

[18] Y. Ning, L. A. Fielding, T. S. Andrews, D. J. Growney and S. P. Armes*,

Sulfate-based anionic diblock copolymer nanoparticles for efficient occlusion within zinc oxide, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 6691–6702.

[19] Y. Ning, Y. Yang, C. Y. Wang*, T. Ngai* and Z. Tong,

Hierarchical porous polymeric microspheres as efficient adsorbents and catalyst scaffolds, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 8761–8763.

[20] Y. Ning, C. Y. Wang*, T. Ngai* and Z. Tong,

Fabrication of tunable Janus microspheres with dual anisotropy of porosity and magnetism, Langmuir,2013, 29, 5138−5144.