在《Optics Letters》、《Analytical Chemistry》等期刊上发表SCI论文50余篇,其中以第一作者所著论文33篇,他引270余次。首次提出高灵敏度光波导折射仪, 复合光波导极化干涉仪以及channel-planar复合光波导增感的Mach-Zehnder干涉仪。和他人合作申请日本发明专利5项,其中3项已获授权(专利号:3702340,3968425,4051431)。代表性论文如下:
1.Z. Qi, S. Xia, N. Matsuda, “Spectropolarimetric interferometer based on single-mode glass waveguides”, Opt. Express, 16(2008)2245-2251.
2.Z. Qi, I. Honma, H. Zhou, “Nanoporous leaky waveguide based chemical and biological sensors with broadband spectroscopy”, Applied Physics Letters, 90(2007)011102(1-3).
3.Z. Qi, I. Honma, H. Zhou, “Chemical gas sensor application of open-pore mesoporous thin films based on integrated optical polarimetric interferometry”, Analytical Chemistry, 78(2006) 1034-1041.
4.Z. Qi, I. Honma, M. Ichihara, H. Zhou, “Layer-by-layer fabrication and characterization of gold-nanoparticle/myoglobin nanocomposite films”, Advanced Functional Materials, 16(2006) 377-386.
5.Z. Qi, N. Matsuda, A. Takatsu, K. Kato, “A kinetic study of Cytochrome c adsorption to hydrophilic glass by broadband time-resolved optical waveguide spectroscopy”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107(2003)6873-6875.
6.Z. Qi, N. Matsuda, J. Santos, A. Takatsu, K. Kato, “Prism-coupled multimode waveguide refractometer”, Optics Letters, 27(2002)689-691.
7.Z. Qi, N. Matsuda, K. Itoh, M. Murabayashi, C. Lavers, “A design for improving the sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer to chemical and biological measurands”, Sensors and Actuators B, 81(2002)254-258.
8.Z. Qi, K. Itoh, M. Murabayashi, H. Yanagi, “A composite optical waveguide based polarimetric interferometer for chemical and biological sensing applications”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 18(2000)1106-1110.