Papers from Dr. Yu's Early Career

1. Yu, H. Z.; Baskin, J. S.; Zewail, A. H., Ultrafast dynamics of porphyrins in the condensed phase: II. Zinc Tetraphenylporphyrin, J. Phys. Chem. A 2002, 106, 9845-9854.
2. Baskin, J. S.; Yu, H. Z.; Zewail, A. H., Ultrafast dynamics of porphyrins in the condensed phase: I. free base tetraphenylporphyrin, J. Phys. Chem. A 2002, 106, 9837-9844.
3. Yu, H. Z.; ​Morin, S.; Wayner, D. D. M.; Alonge, P.; Henry de Villeneuve, C., Molecularly tunable “organic capacitors” at silicon / electrolyte interfaces, J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 11157-11161.
4. Yu, H. Z.; Ye, S.; Zhang, H. L.; Uosaki, K.; Liu, Z. F., Molecular orientation and electrochemical stability of azobenzene self-assembled monolayers on gold: an in situ FTIR study, Langmuir 2000, 16, 6948-6954.
5. Yu, H. Z.; Boukherroub, R.; Morin, S.; Wayner, D. D. M., Facile interfacial electron transfer through n-alkyl monolayers formed on hydrogen-terminated n-Si (111), Electrochem. Comm. 2000, 2, 562-566.
6. Yu, H. Z.; Baskin, J. S.; Steiger, B.; Anson, F. C.; Zewail, A. H., Femtosecond dynamics and electrocatalysis of the reduction of O2: ruthenated cobalt porphyrins, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 484-485.
7. Yu, H. Z.; Xia, N.; Liu, Z. F., SERS titration of p-mercaptopyridine self-assembled monolayers at aqueous buffer / gold interfaces, Anal. Chem. 1999, 71, 1354-1358.
8. Yu, H. Z.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, H. L.; Liu, Z. F., Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) from azobenzene self-assembled "sandwiches", Langmuir 1999, 15, 16-19.
9. Zhang, J.; Yu, H. Z.; Zhao, J.; Liu, Z. F.; Li, H. L., SEIRS and SERS of azobenzene acid monolayers on silver island films, Appl. Spectrosc. 1999, 53, 1305-1308.
10. Zhu, T.; Yu, H. Z.; Wang, Y. C.; Liu, Z. F., Irreversible absorption and reduction of p-nitrothiophenol monolayers on gold: electrochemical in situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. A 1999, 337, 241-244.
11. Yu, H. Z.; Zhang, H. L.; Liu, Z. F.; Ye, S.; Uosaki, K., Monitoring electron transfer in azobenzene self-assembled monolayers by in situ infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy, Langmuir 1998, 14, 619-624.
12. Yu, H. Z.; Xia, N.; Zhang, J.; Liu, Z. F., Constructing different "bridges" for interfacial electron transfer in azobenzene LB/SAM composite bilayers, J. Electroanal. Chem. 1998, 448, 119-124.
13. Yu, H. Z.; Baskin, J. S.; Steiger, B.; Wan, C. Z.; Anson, F. C.; Zewail, A. H., Femtosecond dynamics of metalloporphyrins: electron transfer and energy redistribution, Chem. Phys. Lett. 1998, 293, 1-8.
14. Shao, H. B.; Yu, H. Z.; Cheng, G. J.; Zhang, H. L.; Liu, Z. F., Formation kinetics and electrochemical behavior of azobenzene self-assembled monolayers on gold electrodes, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem. 1998, 102, 111-117.
15. Yu, H. Z.; Shao, H. B.; Luo, Y.; Zhang, H. L.; Liu, Z. F., Evaluation of the tunneling constant for long-range electron transfer in azobenzene self-assembled monolayers on gold, Langmuir 1997, 13, 5774-5778.
16. Yu, H. Z.; Zhao, J. W.; Wang, Y. Q.; Cai, S. M. Liu, Z. F., Fabricating azobenzene self-assembled monolayers via step-by-step surface modification of cysteamine monolayers on gold, J. Electroanal. Chem. 1997, 438, 221-224.
17. Yu, H. Z.; Wang, Y. Q.; Cai, S. M.; Liu, Z. F., Structural and electrochemical investigations of self-assembled monolayers of azobenzenealkanethiol and ferrocenealkanethiol containing amido linkages, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem. 1997, 101, 257-264.
18. Yu, H. Z.; Zhao, J. W.; Wang, Y. Q.; Liu, Z. F., Self-assembling kinetics of azobenzene alkanethiol monolayers on gold, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. A 1997, 294, 107-112.
19. Zhu, T.; Yu, H. Z.; Wang, J.; Wang, Y. Q.; Cai, S. M.; Liu, Z. F., Two-dimensional surface-enhanced Raman mapping of differently prepared gold substrates with azobenzene self-assembled monolayers, Chem. Phys. Lett. 1997, 265, 334-340.
20. Shao, H. B.; Yu, H. Z.; Zhao, J. W.; Zhao, C. X.; Liu, Z. F., The effect of packing density on the electron-transfer kinetics of azobenzenethiol monolayers on gold, Chem. Lett. 1997, 749-750.
21. Wang, Y. Q.; Yu, H. Z.; Mu, T.; Luo, Y.; Zhao, C. X.; Liu, Z. F., Photochromic and electrochemical behavior of crown-ether derived azobenzene monolayer assemblies, J. Electroanal. Chem. 1997, 438, 127-131.
22. Zhu, T.; Yu, H. Z.; Cai, S. M.; Liu, Z. F., Electrochemical in situ Raman studies of azobenzene self-assembled monolayers on gold, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. A 1997, 294, 79-82.
23. Yu, H. Z.; Wang, Y. Q.; Cheng, J. Z.; Zhao, J. W.; Cai, S. M.; Inokuchi, H.; Fujishima, A.; Liu, Z. F., Electrochemical behavior of azobenzene self-assembled monolayers on gold, Langmuir 1996, 12, 2843-2848.
24. Yu, H. Z.; Wang, Y. Q.; Cai, S. M.; Liu, Z. F., The effect of terminal group on the electron-transfer kinetics of azobenzene self-assembled monolayers on gold, Chem. Lett. 1996, 903-904.
25. Wang, Y. Q.; Yu, H. Z.; Cheng, J. Z.; Zhao, J. W.; Cai, S. M.; Liu, Z. F., End-group dominated electron-transfer kinetics of azobenzene self-assembled monolayers, Langmuir 1996, 12, 5466-5471.
26. Yu, H. Z.; Wang, Y. Q.; Cheng, J. Z.; Zhao, J. W.; Cai, S. M.; Inokuchi, H.; Fujishima, A.; Liu, Z. F., Fabricating electroactive azobenzene self-assembled monolayers and their characterization, J. Electroanal. Chem. 1995, 395, 327-330.
27. Yu, H. Z.; Gu, Y. S.; Sun, Q.; Yin, Y. J.; Li, X. C.; Shen, G. L.; Wang, L. M., Dissociative excitation of CH₃OH and CH3NO2 by collisions with metastable helium in the beam experiment, Chem. Phys. Lett. 1994, 230, 243-248.