Yu Lab

Publications

  1. Li, Y., Annamareddy, A., Morgan, D., Yu, Z., Wang, B., Cao, C., Perepezko, J. H., Ediger, M., Voyles, P. M., & Yu, L. Surface Diffusion Is Controlled by Bulk Fragility across All Glass Types. Physical Review Letters, 128(7). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.075501
  2. Yu, J., Chen, Z., Fatina, C., Chatterjee, D., Bock, H., Richert, R., Voyles, P., Ediger, M. D., & Yu, L. (2023). Engineering the glass structure of a discotic liquid crystal by multiple kinetic arrests. Journal of Chemical Physics, 158(20). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0149886
  3. Cheng, S., Lee, Y., Yu, J., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. D. (2023). Surface Equilibration Mechanism Controls the Stability of a Model Codeposited Glass Mixture of Organic Semiconductors. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(18), 4297-4303. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00728
  4. Borchardt-Setter, K. A., & Yu, L. (2023). Assessing the Potential for Chiral Separation by Crystallization Using Crystal Energies. Crystal Growth and Design, 23(5), 3615-3622. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00077
  5. Chatterjee, D., Huang, S., Gu, K., Ju, J., Yu, J., Bock, H., Yu, L., Ediger, M. D., & Voyles, P. M. (2023). Using 4D STEM to Probe Mesoscale Order in Molecular Glass Films Prepared by Physical Vapor Deposition. Nano Letters, 23(5), 2009-2015. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00197
  6. Yao, X., Yu, L., & Zhang, G. G. (2023). Impact of Crystal Nuclei on Dissolution of Amorphous Drugs. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 20(3), 1796-1805. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00989
  7. Neusaenger, A. L., Yao, X., Yu, J., Kim, S., Hui, H. W., Huang, L., Que, C., & Yu, L. (2023). Amorphous Drug-Polymer Salts: Maximizing Proton Transfer to Enhance Stability and Release. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 20(2), 1347-1356. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00942
  8. López Burgos, G., Hernández Espinell, J. R., Graciani-Massa, T., Yao, X., Borchardt-Setter, K. A., Yu, L., López-Mejías, V., & Stelzer, T. (2023). Role of Heteronucleants in Melt Crystallization of Crystalline Solid Dispersions. Crystal Growth and Design, 23(1), 49-58. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00444
  9. Neusaenger, A., Yao, X., Yu, J., Kim, S., Hui, H., Huang, L., Yu, L., & Que, C. (2022). Amorphous Drug-Polymer Salts: Maximizing proton transfer to enhance stability and release.. Mol. Pharmaceutics. https://doi.org/ DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00942.
  10. Yao, x., Liu, Q., Wang, B., Guzei, I., Aristov, M. M., Shi, C., Zhang, G. Z., & Yu, L. (2022). Anisotropic Molecular Organization at a Liquid/Vapor Interface Promotes Crystal Nucleation with Polymorph Selection.. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 144(26), 11638-11645. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c02623
  11. Thoms, E., Yu, L., & Richert, R. (2022). From Very Low to High Fields: The Dielectric Behavior of the Liquid Crystal 5CB. J. Molecular Liquids, 368, 120664. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120664.
  12. Serezhkin, V. N., Yu, L., & Savchenkov, A. V. (2022). ROY: Using the Method of Molecular Voronoi−Dirichlet Polyhedra to Examine the Fine Features of Conformational Polymorphism.. Cryst. Growth Des, 22, 6717-6725. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00884
  13. Hernandez Espinell, J., Toro, V., Yao, X., Yu, L., Lopez-Mejias, V., & Stelzer, T. (2022). Solvent-mediated Polymorphic Transformations in Molten Polymers: The Account of Acetaminophen. . Mol. Pharm..
  14. Wu, H., Yao, X., Hao, H., & Yu, L. (2022). Surface Enhancement of Crystal Nucleation in Amorphous Acetaminophen.. Crystal Growth and Design, 22, 5598-5606. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00695
  15. Yu, J., Tan, X., Li, Y., & Yu, L. (2022). Surface Mobility of Amorphous Indomethacin Containing Moisture and a Surfactant: A Concentration–Temperature Superposition Principle. Mol. Pharmaceutics , 19, 2962-2970. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00311
  16. Yao, X., Borchardt, K. A., Gui, Y., Guzei, I. A., Yu, L., & Zhang, G. G. (2022). Surface-enhanced crystal nucleation and polymorph selection in amorphous posaconazole.. J. Chem. Phys, 157, 194502. https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0117668
  17. Yu, J., Yao, X., Que, C., Huang, L., Hui, H., Gong, Y., Qian, F., & Yu, L. (2022). Kinetics of Surface Enrichment of a Polymer in a Glass-Forming Molecular Liquid. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 19(9), 3350-3357. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00484
  18. Yao, X., Benson, E. G., Gui, Y., Stelzer, T., Zhang, G. G., & Yu, L. (2022). Surfactants Accelerate Crystallization of Amorphous Nifedipine by Similar Enhancement of Nucleation and Growth Independent of Hydrophilic–Lipophilic Balance. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 19(7), 2343-2350. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00156
  19. Annamareddy, A., Molina-Ruiz, M., Horton-Bailey, D., Hellman, F., Li, Y., Yu, L., & Morgan, D. (2022). Compositional trends in surface enhanced diffusion in lead silicate glasses. Computational Materials Science, 206, 111304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111304
  20. Gui, Y., Huang, C., Shi, C., Stelzer, T., Zhang, G. G., & Yu, L. (2022). Polymorphic selectivity in crystal nucleation. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 156(14), 144504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086308
  21. Li, Y., Bishop, C., Cui, K., Schmidt, J. R., Ediger, M. D., & Yu, L. (2022). Surface diffusion of a glassy discotic organic semiconductor and the surface mobility gradient of molecular glasses. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 156(9), 094710. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0079890
  22. Yu, J., Chen, Z., Teerakapibal, R., Benmore, C., Richert, R., & Yu, L. (2022). Structures of glasses created by multiple kinetic arrests. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 156(8), 084504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080846
  23. Yu, J., Li, Y., Yao, X., Que, C., Huang, L., Hui, H., Gong, Y., Qian, F., & Yu, L. (2022). Surface Enrichment of Surfactants in Amorphous Drugs: An X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 19(2), 654-660. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00786
  24. Gui, Y., Jin, Y., Ruan, S., Sun, G., López-Mejías, V., & Yu, L. (2022). Crystal Energy Landscape of Nifedipine by Experiment and Computer Prediction. Crystal Growth & Design, 22(2), 1365-1370. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01317
  25. Chen, Z., Yue, G., Cui, K., Schmidt, J. R., & Yu, L. (2021). Conformational distribution of a prolific polymorph generator ROY in its liquid and glass.. J. Phys. Chem. B, 125, 10304-10311. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05834
  26. Chen, Z., Bishop, C., Thoms, E., Bock, H., Ediger, M., Richert, R., & Yu, L. (2021). Controlling columnar order in a discotic liquid-crystal by kinetic arrest of disc tumbling. Chem. Mater., 33(12), 4757-4764. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01331
  27. Annamareddy, A., Li, Y., Yu, L., Voyles, P., & Morgan, D. (2021). Factors correlating to enhanced surface diffusion in metallic glasses. J. Chem. Phys., 154, 104502. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0039078
  28. Xin, Y., Neusaenger, A., & Yu, L. (2021). Perspective: Amorphous Drug-Polymer Salts.. Pharmaceutics, 13(8), 1271. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13081271
  29. Huang, C., Xin, Y., Benmore, C., & Yu, L. (2021). Structure of supercooled glycerol, xylitol, and D-sorbitol by synchrotron X-ray scattering and relation to dynamic fragility. . J. Chem. Phys., 155(244508). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0073986
  30. Chen, Z., Huang, C., Yao, X., Benmore, C. J., & Yu, L. (2021). Structures of glass-forming liquids by x-ray scattering: Glycerol, xylitol, and D-sorbitol. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 155(24), 244508. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0073986
  31. Gui, Y., McCann, E. C., Yao, X., Li, Y., Jones, K. J., & Yu, L. (2021). Amorphous Drug–Polymer Salt with High Stability under Tropical Conditions and Fast Dissolution: The Case of Clofazimine and Poly(acrylic acid). Molecular Pharmaceutics , 18(3), 1364–1372. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c01180
  32. Barták, J., Málek, J., Bagchi, K., Ediger, M. D., Li, Y., & Yu, L. (2021). Surface mobility in amorphous selenium and comparison with organic molecular glasses. Journal of Chemical Physics, 154(7). https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0041273
  33. Chen, Z., Yu, J., Teerakapibal, R., Meerpoel, L., Richert, R., & Yu, L. (2020). Organic glasses with tunable liquid-crystalline order through kinetic arrest of end-over-end rotation: The case of saperconazole. Soft Matter(16), 2025 – 2030. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sm02180a
  34. Yao, C., Guzei, I. A., Jin, Y., & Yu, L. (2020). Polymorphism of Piroxicam: New Polymorphs by Melt Crystallization and Crystal Structure Prediction. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.0c01165
  35. Li, X., Ou, X., Wang, B., Rong, H., Wang, B., Chang, C., Shi, B., Yu, L., & Lu, M. (2020). Rich polymorphism in nicotinamide revealed by melt crystallization and crystal structure prediction. Communications Chemistry , 3(1). https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-020-00401-1
  36. Gui, Y., Yao, X., Guzei, I. A., Aristov, M. M., Yu, J., & Yu, L. (2020). A Mechanism for Reversible Solid-State Transitions Involving Nitro Torsion. Chemistry of Materials, 32(18), 7754–7765. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02209
  37. Li, X., Ou, X., Rong, H., Huang, S., Nyman, J., Yu, L., & Lu, M. (2020). The Twelfth Solved Structure of ROY: Single Crystals of Y04 Grown from Melt Microdroplets. Crystal Growth and Design, 20(11), 7093–7097. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.0c01017
  38. Ou, 6., Li, X., Rong, H., Yu, L., & Lu, M. (2020). A general method for cultivating single crystals from melt microdroplets. Chemical Communications(56), 9950-9953. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc03157g
  39. Cao, C., Perepezko, J., & Yu, L. (2020). Surface diffusion of a gold-based metallic glass. Applied Physics Letters(116). https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0007838
  40. Li, Y., Zhang, W., Bishop, C., Huang, C., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. D. (2020). Surface diffusion in glasses of rod-like molecules posaconazole and itraconazole: Effect of interfacial molecular alignment and bulk penetration. Soft Matter(16), 5062-5070. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM00353K
  41. Lu, X., Li, M., Huang, C., Lowinger, M. B., Xu, W., Yu, L., Templeton, A. C., Byrn, S. R., & Su, Y. (2020). Atomic-level Drug Substance and Polymer Interaction in Posaconazole Amorphous Solid Dispersion from 19F Magic Angle Spinning NMR. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 7(17), 2585–2598. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00268
  42. Bagchi, K., Deng, C., Bishop, C., Li, Y., Jackson, N., Yu, L., Toney, M., de Pablo, J., & Ediger, M. (2020). Over what length scale does an inorganic substrate perturb the structure of a glassy organic semiconductor? . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(23), 26717–26726. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c06428
  43. Lu, X., Huang, C., Li, M., Skomski, D., Xu, W., Yu, L., Byrn, S., Templeton, A., & Su, Y. (2020). Molecular Mechanism of Crystalline-to-Amorphous Conversion of Pharmaceutical Solids from 19F Magic Angle Spinning NMR. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124(5), 5271–5283. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02131
  44. Bishop, C., Yu, L., Ediger, M. D., & Fytas, G. (2020). Extreme Elasticity Anisotropy in Molecular Glasses. Advanced Functional Materials(30). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202001481
  45. Bishop, C., Li, Y., Toney, M. F., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. D. (2020). Molecular orientation for vapor-deposited organic glasses follows rate-temperature superposition: The case of posaconazole. J. Phys. Chem. B, 124, 2505-2513.
  46. Li, X., Ou, X., Wang, B., Rong, H., Wang, B., Chang, C., Shi, B., Yu, L., & Lu, M. (2020). Nicotinamide: Seven New Polymorphic Structures Revealed by Melt Crystallization and Crystal Structure Prediction. ChemRxiv. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12387452
  47. Bishop, C., Delongchamp, Toney, M. F., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. D. (2019). Vapor deposition of a nonmesogen prepares highly structured organic glasses. PNAS, 116, 21421-21426. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908445116
  48. Bishop, C., Gujral, A., Toney, M. F., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. D. (2019). Vapor-Deposited Glass Structure Determined by Deposition Rate−Substrate Temperature Superposition Principle. Phys. Chem. Lett.. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01377
  49. Nyman, J., Yu, L., & Reutzel-Edens, S. M. (2019). Accuracy and reproducibility in crystal structure prediction: The curious case of ROY. CrystEngComm. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CE01902A
  50. Ediger, M., de Pablo, J., & Yu, L. (2019). Anisotropic vapor-deposited glasses: Hybrid organic solids. Accounts of Chemical Research, 52, 407-414. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00513
  51. Chen, Y., Chen, Z., Tylinski, M., Ediger, M., & Yu, L. (2019). Effect of molecular size and hydrogen bonding on surface diffusion, surface crystal growth, and stability of vapor-deposited glasses (Editor’s Pick). The Journal of Chemical Physics, 150, 024502. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5079441
  52. Yu, L., Su, Y., & Cai, T. (2019). Enhanced Crystal Nucleation in Glass-Forming Liquids by Tensile Fracture in the Glassy State. . Crystal Growth and Design, 19 , 40–44. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01427
  53. Amidon, G. E., Anderson, B. D., Balthasar, J. P., Christel Bergstrom, C., Gerald , S. M., Kasting, G., Kesisoglou, F., Khinast, J., Mager, D., Roberts, C. J., & Yu, L. (2019). Fifty-eight Years and Counting: High-Impact Publishing in Computational Pharmaceutical Sciences and Mechanism-based Modeling. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 108, 2-7. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2018.11.002
  54. Gui, Y., Chen, Y., & Yu, L. (2019). Improving Stability and Dissolution of Amorphous Clofazimine by Nano-Coating. Pharmaceutical Research, 36(67). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-019-2584-9
  55. Zeng, A., Yao, X., Gui, Y., Li, Y., Jones, K. J., & Yu, L. (2019). Inhibiting Surface Crystallization and Improving Dissolution of Amorphous Loratadine by Dextran Sulfate Nano-coating. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2019.02.018
  56. Bagchi, K., Jackson, N. E., Gujral, A., Huang, C., Toney, M. F., Yu, L., de Pablo, J., & Ediger, M. (2019). Origin of Anisotropic Molecular Packing in Vapor-Deposited Alq3 Glasses. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 10, 164–170. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03582
  57. Li, Y., Yu, J., Hu, S., Chen, Z., Sacchetti, M., Sun, C. C., & Yu, L. (2019). Polymer nanocoating of amorphous drugs for improving stability, dissolution, powder flow, and tabletability: The case of chitosan-coated indomethacin. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 16, 1305−1311.
  58. Zhong, Z., Xiaotong, Y. X., Yang, X., Wang, B. H., Yao, Y. F., Guo, B., Yu, L., Huang, Y., & Xu, J. (2019). Solvent-Polymer Guest Exchange in Carbamazepine Inclusion Complex: Structure, Kinetics and Implication for Guest Selection. CrystEngComm. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CE01766B
  59. Yao, X., Huang, C., Benson, E. G., Shi, C., Zhang, G. G., & Yu, L. (2019). Effect of polymer solute on crystal nucleation in glass-forming molecular liquids: Equal suppression of nucleation and growth. Crystal Growth Des., 20(1), 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01095
  60. Gujral, A., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. (2018). Anisotropic organic glasses. Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science, 22, 49-57. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cossms.2017.11.001
  61. Stan, F. S., Looijmans, S. S., Cavallo, D., Peters, G. W., & Yu, L. (2018). Cross-nucleation between polymorphs: Quantitative modeling of kinetics and morphology. Crystal Growth and Design , 18, 3921-3926. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00254
  62. Huang, C., Chen, Z., Gui, Y., Shi, C., Zhang, G. G., & Yu, L. (2018). Crystal nucleation rates in glass-forming molecular liquids: D-sorbitol, D-arabitol, D-xylitol, and glycerol (Editor’s Pick). The Journal of Chemical Physics, 149, 054503. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5042112
  63. Teerakapibal, R., Gui, Y., & Yu, L. (2018). Gelatin Nano-coating for Inhibiting Surface Crystallization of Amorphous Drugs. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-017-2315-z
  64. Teerakapibal, R., Huang, C., Gujral, A., Ediger, M., & Yu, L. (2018). Organic glasses with tunable liquid-crystalline order. Phys. Rev. Lett., 120, 055502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.055502.
  65. Su, Y., Yu, L., & Cai, T. (2018). Polymorphism of Griseofulvin: Concomitant Crystallization from the Melt and Single Crystal Structure of a Metastable Polymorph with Anomalously Large Thermal Expansion. Chem. Commun. , 54, 358-361.
  66. Zhen, C., Yang, K., Huang, C., Zhu, Z., Yu, L., & Qian, F. (2018). Surface enrichment and depletion of the active ingredient in spray dried amorphous solid dispersions. Pharm. Res. , 35(2), 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-018-2345-1
  67. Cavallo, D., Galli, F., Yu, L., & Alfonso, G. C. (2017). Cross-Nucleation between Concomitantly Crystallizing α- and γ-Phases in Polypivalolactone: Secondary Nucleation of One Polymorph on Another. Crystal Growth & Design. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00148
  68. Huang, C., Ruan, S., Cai, T., & Yu, L. (2017). Fast Surface Diffusion and Crystallization of Amorphous Griseofulvin. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 121(40), 9463-9468. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b07319
  69. Chen, Y., Zhu, M., Laventure, A., Lebel, O., Ediger, M. D., & Yu, L. (2017). Influence of Hydrogen Bonding on the Surface Diffusion of Molecular Glasses: Comparison of Three Triazines. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 121(29), 7221-7227. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05333
  70. Zhu, M., & Yu, L. (2017). Isomerization energies of azopyridines. J. Therm. Anal. Calorimetry , on line, 10.1007/s10973-017-6913-0. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6913-0
  71. Gomez, J., Gujral, A., Huang, C., Bishop, C., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. (2017). Nematic-like stable glasses without equilibrium liquid crystal phases. J. Chem. Phys. , 146, 54503.
  72. Shi, C., Teerakapibal, R., Yu, L., & Zhang, G. (2017). Pair distribution functions of amorphous organic thin films from synchrotron X-ray scattering in transmission mode. IUCrJ , 4, 555–559. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252517009344
  73. Yu, L., & Zhu, M. (2017). Polyamorphism of D-manntitol. J. Chem. Phys., 146, 244503. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4989961
  74. Yu, L., Roque Flores, R., Guzei, I., & do Rosario Matos, J. (2017). Polymorphs of the Antiviral Drug Ganciclovir polymorph I. Acta Crystallographica Section C (73), 1-5.
  75. Chen, Y., Zhang, W., & Yu, L. (2017). Tensile Fracture of Molecular Glasses Studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetry: Reduction of Heat Capacity by Lateral Constraint. J. Phys. Chem. B. , 121, 444−449.
  76. Gujra;, A., Gomez, J., Jiang, J., Huang, C., O’Hara, K., Toney, M., Chabinyc, M., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. (2017). Tunable smectic-like packing in vapor-deposited glasses of a liquid crystal. Chem. Mater, 29, 849–858. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04877
  77. Gómez, J., Jiang, J., Gujral, A., Huang, C., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. D. (2017). Vapor deposition of a smectic liquid crystal: highly anisotropic, homogeneous glasses with tunable molecular orientation. Soft Matter, 12(11), 2942-2947. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sm02944a
  78. Yu, L., & Huang, C. (2017). Crystal nucleation kinetics in glass-forming molecular liquids: A comparison of 4 polyalcohols (D-sorbitol, D-arabitol, xylitol, and glycerol).
  79. Yu, L., & Huang, C. (2017). Effect of Low-Concentration Polymers on Crystal Growth in Molecular Glasses: A Controlling Role for Polymer Segmental Mobility Relative to Host Dynamics.
  80. Yu, L., & Teerakapibal, R. (2017). Gelatin Nano-coating for Inhibiting Surface Crystallization of Amorphous Drugs.
  81. Yu, L., & Teerakapibal, R. (2017). Organic Glasses with Tunable Liquid-crystalline Order.
  82. Ruan, S., Musumeci, D., Zhang, W., Gujral, A., Ediger, M. D., & Yu, L. (2017). Surface transport mechanisms in molecular glasses probed by the exposure of nano-particles. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 146(20), 203324. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4978667
  83. Huang, C., Powell, C. T., Sun, Y., Cai, T., & Yu, L. (2017). Effect of Low-Concentration Polymers on Crystal Growth in Molecular Glasses: A Controlling Role for Polymer Segmental Mobility Relative to Host Dynamics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121(8), 1963-1971. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b11816
  84. Gómez, J., Gujral, A., Huang, C., Bishop, C., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. D. (2017). Nematic-like stable glasses without equilibrium liquid crystal phases. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 146(5), 054503. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4974829
  85. Gujral, A., Gómez, J., Jiang, J., Huang, C., O’Hara, K. A., Toney, M. F., Chabinyc, M. L., Yu, L., & Ediger, M. D. (2017). Highly Organized Smectic-like Packing in Vapor-Deposited Glasses of a Liquid Crystal. Chemistry of Materials, 29(2), 849-858. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04877
  86. Yu, L., Ediger, M., Huang, ., Gujral, A., Jiang, ., & (2016). Vapor deposition of a smectic liquid crystal: Homogeneous, highly anisotropic glasses with tunable molecular orientation. Soft Matter .
  87. Chen, Y., Zhang, W., & Yu, L. (2016). Hydrogen Bonding Slows Down Surface Diffusion of Molecular Glasses. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120(32), 8007-8015. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05658
  88. Ruan, S., Zhang, W., Sun, Y., Ediger, M. D., & Yu, L. (2016). Surface diffusion and surface crystal growth of tris-naphthyl benzene glasses. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 145(6), 064503. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960301
  89. Zhang, W., Teerakapibal, R., & Yu, L. (2016). Surface Mobility of Amorphouso-Terphenyl: A Strong Inhibitory Effect of Low-Concentration Polystyrene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120(27), 6842-6847. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b04606
  90. Yu, L. (2016). Surface mobility of molecular glasses and its importance in physical stability. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 100, 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2016.01.005
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