近年来，负责主持了国家“863”纳米专项、国家标准项目、上海市科委纳米专项、上海市科委-联合利华项目、上海市科委半导体照明专项、上海市科委-联合利华项目、总装备部项目及企业项目共计10多项。累计发表论文70多篇，其中在SCI论文50多篇（包括在Advanced Functional Materials、Journal of Materials Chemistry、Macromolecules、Journal of Physical Chemistry B、Langmuir 、Journal of Sol-gel Science and Technology、Journal of Colloid and Interface Science等期刊）。其中发表在Macromolecules上的论文 “A Facile Method for Fabrication of Ordered Porous Polymer Films” 被《Nature China》作为研究亮点报道（Published Online: 24 September 2008, DOI: 10.1038/Nchina.2008.224）。共申请国家发明专利50多项（其中有1项美国专利、2项欧洲专利），已获得授权的专利30项。合作出版专著《现代涂料配方设计》1部，获得国家科技进步二等奖1项、省部级奖励10项（一等奖5项、二等奖1项、三等奖4项）、2008年“复旦大学巾帼建功奖”。

主要研究方向：
1.    水性树脂及涂层材料（乳液聚合、高性能建筑涂料、塑料涂料、防腐防锈涂料、耐高温涂料、水性胶黏剂等）
2.    有机-无机纳米杂化及仿生自组装（纳米多孔材料、光子晶体材料、结构颜色膜等）
3.    光电功能材料（LED封装材料、智能火灾报警电缆材料、新型光源及催化材料等）

代表性论文：

1．Fang Li, Yingchun Zhu*, Bo You*, Donghui Zhao, Qichao Ruan, Yi Zeng, Chuanxian Ding,. “Smart Hydrogels co-Switched by Hydrogen Bond and π-π Stacking for Continuously Regulated Controlled-Release System”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2010, 20, 1–8
2．Bo You, Nangeng Wen, Lei Shi, Limin Wu, Jian Zi, “Facile Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Colloidal Crystal Film with Large-Area and Robust Mechanical Properties”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009, 19, 3594–3597
3．Bo You, Lei Shi, Nangeng Wen, Limin Wu, Jian Zi, “A Facile Method for Fabrication of Ordered Porous Polymer Films”, Macromolecules, 2008, 41: 6624-6626
4．Bo You, Nangen Wen, Shuxue Zhou, Limin Wu, Dongyuan Zhao., “Facile method for fabrication of nanocomposite films with ordered porous surface”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2008, 112, 7706-7712. 
5．Yichen Cao, Bo You*, Limin Wu*, “Facile Fabrication of Hollow Polymer Microspheres through Phase-Inversion Method”, Langmuir, 2010, 26(9):6115 
6．Zhehong Shen, Yue Zhu, Limin Wu*, Bo You*, Jian Zi,. “Fabrication of Robust Crystal Balls from the Electrospray of Soft Polymer Spheres / Silica Dispersion”, Langmuir, 2010, 26(9): 6604-6609.