Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University, China. 1992.
M.S. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China. 1989
B.S. Department of Physics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China. 1983
Recent Publications:
Y. Zhao, J. Y. Fang, “Zigzag Lipid Tubules”. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2008, 112, 10964.
Y. Zhao, K. Tamhane, X. Zhang, L. An, J. Y. Fang, “Radial Elasticity of Self-Assembled Lipid Tubules”. ACS Nano 2008. 2, 1466.
Y. Zhao, Z. Ge, J. Y. Fang, “Elastic Modulus of Nanotubes”. Phys. Rev. E 2008, 78, 031914.
J. Y. Fang, “Ordered Arrays of Self-Assembled Lipid Tubules: Fabrication and Applications.” Journal of Materials Chemistry. Feature Article. 2007, 17, 3479.
Y. Zhao, L. An, J. Y. Fang, “Buckling of Self-Assembled Lipid Tubules in Shrinking Liquid Droplets”. Nano Letters 2007. 7, 1360.
L. Guo, P. Chowdhury, J. Y. Fang, F. Gai, “Heterogeneous and Anomalous Diffusion of Molecules inside Lipid Tubules”. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2007. 111, 14244.
Y. Zhao, J. Liu, Y. Sohn, J. Y. Fang, “Synthesis of Hybrid Lipid-Silica Cylinders with Nanoscale Helical Ripples”. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2007. 111, 6418.
Y. Zhao, N. Mahajan, J. Y. Fang, “Fabrication of Self-Assembled Cylindrical Lipid Tubules with Birefringent Core”. Small 2006, 2, 364.
Y. Zhao, N. Mahajan, R. Lu, J. Y. Fang, “Liquid-Crystal Imaging of Molecular-Tilt Organization in Self-Assembled Tubules of Chiral Phospholipids”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2005, 102, 7438.
C. Whitehouse, J. Y. Fang, A. Aggeli, M. Bell, R. M. Brydson, C. W. G. Fishwick, C. M. Knobler, J. Henderson, R. W. Owens, N. H., Thomson, N. Boden, “Adsorption and Self-assembly of Peptides on Substrates”. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2005, 44, 1965.