1. 制备和表征具有优良物理化学性能的纳米材料。
2. 研究纳米材料的光学，电学，催化等特性。
3. 组装纳米材料单元成多级纳米结构，构件纳米器件和纳米系统。
4. 应用各种发光纳米材料进行生物成像和生物检测的研究。

近期代表性论文：　 

1.　Zhanjun Gu, Yingchao Yang, Kaiyuan Li, Xinyong Tao, Gyula Eres, Jane Y. Howe, Litong Zhang, Xiaodong Li, Zhengwei Pan,” Aligned carbon nanotube-reinforced silicon carbide composites produced by chemical vapor infiltration” Carbon, 2011,49, 2475-2482.(IF=4.89)

2.　 Gan Tian , Zhanjun Gu *, Liangjun Zhou , Wenyan Yin , Xiaoxiao Liu , Liang Yan , Shan Jin ,Wenlu Ren , Gengmei Xing , Shoujian Li , and Yuliang Zhao *，“Mn 2 + Dopant-Controlled Synthesis of NaYF ₄ :Yb/ErUpconversion Nanoparticles for in vivo Imaging and Drug Delivery”， Advance Materials, 2012, 24，1226-1231.( IF= 10.88)

3.　 Zhanjun Gu, Feng. Liu, Jane Howe, Mariappan. Paranthaman, and Zhengwei. Pan, “Aligned Zinc Oxide Nanorod Arrays Grown Directly on Zinc Foils and Zinc Microspheres by a Low-Temperature Oxidization Method”, ACS NANO, 2009, 3 (2), pp 273–278. (IF=9, times cited: 26)

4.　 Wenyan Yin, Liangjun Zhou, Zhanjun Gu^*, Gan Tian, Shan Jin, Liang Yan, Xiaoxiao Liu, Gengmei Xing, Wenlu Ren, Feng Liu, Zhengwei Pan, Yuliang Zhao^{,*, “}Lanthanide-Doped GdVO₄ Upconversion Nanophosphors with Tunable Emissions and Their Applications for Biomedical Imaging J. Mater. Chem., 2012, published online. DOI:10.1039/C2JM16152D. (IF=5.1)

5.　 Liangjun Zhou, Zhanjun Gu*, Xiaoxiao Liu, Wenyan Yin, Gan Tian, Liang Yan, Shan Jin, Wenlu Ren, Gengmei Xing, Wei Li, Xueling Chang, Zhongbo Hu and Yuliang Zhao*, “Size-tunable synthesis of lanthanide-doped Gd₂O₃ nanoparticles and their applications for optical and magnetic resonance imaging” J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 966. (IF=5.1)

6.　 Gan Tian, Zhanjun Gu*, Xiaoxiao Liu, Liangjun Zhou,| Wenyan Yin, Liang Yan, Shan Jin, Wenlu Ren, Gengmei Xing, Shoujian Li, and Yuliang Zhao*,” Facile Fabrication of Rare-Earth-Doped Gd2O3 Hollow Spheres with Upconversion Luminescence, Magnetic Resonance, and Drug Delivery Properties” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011,115, 23790. (IF=4.3)

7.　 Zhanjun Gu, Feng Liu, Xufan Li, Jane Howe, Jun Xu, Yuliang Zhao and Zhengwei Pan，“Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) Luminescence from ZnGa₂O₄Nanowire Arrays ”J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1 (1), pp 354–357。(times cited: 5)

8.　 Zhanjun Gu, Feng. Liu, Jane Howe, Mariappan. Paranthaman, and Zhengwei. Pan, “Germanium-Catalyzed Hierarchical Al₂O₃ and SiO₂ Nanowire Bunch Arrays”, Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 347. (IF=4.2，times cited:5)

9.　  Zhanjun Gu, Mariappan Paranthaman, and Zhendwei. Pan, “Vapor-Phase Synthesis of Gallium Phosphide Nanowires”, Crystal Growth &Design.2009, 9 (1), pp 525–527. (IF=4.0，times cited: 10)

10. Zhanjun Gu, Feng. Liu, Jane Howe, Mariappan. Paranthaman, and Zhengwei. Pan, “Three-Dimensional Germanium Oxide Nanowire Networks”, Crystal Growth &Design.2009, 9 (1), pp 35–39. (IF=4.0，times cited: 9)