1. Tianyu Zhou, Zhiyang Zhang*, Jiadong Chen, Qiaoning Wang, Yan Chen, Yanzhou Wu, Jaebum Choo*, Lingxin Chen*, Advancing Whole-Cell Biosensors: Kinetics-Dependent Metabolic SERS Analytics for Pollutant Differentiation and Quantification[J]. Analytical Chemistry.
2. Xiaobo Xie, Xinyue Hu, Xin Ca, Qianhui Zhou, Wei Yang, Ranran Yu , Shuaiqi Liu, Huili Hu, Ji Qi*, Zhiyang Zhang*, Heavy Metal Ion Detection Based on Lateral Flow Assay Technology: Principles and Applications[J].Biosensors, 2025, 7 ,15(7), 438.
3. Shuoyang Yan, Zhiyang Zhang*, Jiadong Chen, Qiaoning Wang, Yanzhou Wu, Yifan Sui, Shiyu Wang, Quande Che, Na Zhou, Ling Chen*, Lingxin Chen*, Cavity-Like Silver Aggregates-Based Colloidal SERS Microfluidic Platform for Highly Reproducible Online Reaction Process Analysis[J]. Small, 2025, 2501338.
4. Wei Zhang, Ranran Yu, Jiadong Chen, Yanzhou Wu, Yan Chen, Yifan Sui, Shuoyang Yan, Zhiyang Zhang*, Lingxin Chen*, One-pot preparation of anionic ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles with low SERS background for detecting reaction intermediates under strong oxidative conditions[J]. Analyst, 2025.
5. Tianyu Zhou, Zhiyang Zhang*, Centrifugation-Induced Stable Colloidal Silver Nanoparticle Aggregates for Reproducible Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection[J]. Biosensors, 2025, 15(5), 298.
6. Hai Liu, Yufeng Hu, Zhiyang Zhang*, Fabricating a Three-Dimensional Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate Using Hydrogel-Loaded Freeze-Induced Silver Nanoparticle Aggregates for the Highly Sensitive Detection of Organic Pollutants in Seawater[J]. Sensors, 2025, 25(8), 2575.
7. Shuang Su, Zhiyang Zhang*, Jiadong Chen, Yan Chen, XinCao, Shuoyang Yan, Ranran Yu, Jie Shao, Xiaokun Wang*, Jaebum Choo, Lingxin Chen*, Portable on-site colorimetric kit using stable gold nanorod powder for tracing hydrogen sulfide in typical environmental samples[J]. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025, 138389.
8. Shuoyang Yan, Ling Chen*, Zhiyang Zhang*, Utilizing Freeze-Thaw-Ultrasonication to Prepare Mesoporous Silica-Encapsulated Colloidal Silver Nanoaggregates with Long-Term Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Activity[J]. Sensors, 2025, 25(6), 1840.
9. Xin Cao, Zhiyang Zhang*, Jiadong Chen, Ji Qi, Yanzhou Wu, Zhenyu Liu, Yan Chen, Xiaobo Xie, Shuang Su, Chunlei Xia, Lingxin Chen*, Xiaoyan Wang*, Harnessing Octadecyl Trimethylammonium Bromide Stabilized Gold Nanorods as a Sensitive Visual Detection Platform: Detection of p-Aminophenol at nM Levels as A Case[J]. Langmuir, 2025, 41, 9, 6335–6344.
2024
10. Zhiyang Zhang*, Yanzhou Wu, Xin Cao, Junpeng Gao, Shuoyang Yan, Shuang Su, Yixuan Wu, Na Zhou, Xiaoyan Wang, Lingxin Chen*, Highly Monodisperse Stable Gold Nanorod Powder for Optical Sensor[J]. Nano Letters, 2024.
11. Yan Chen, Zhiyang Zhang*, Yanzhou Wu, Yixuan Wu, Jianping Wang, Meichun Liu, Lingxin Chen*, Surfactant-Free Method to Prevent Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation and Its Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Applications[J]. Langmuir, 2024, 40(41), 21832-21841.
12. Qian Yanga b, Yixuan Wub c, Jiadong Chenc, Mengdan Luc, Xiaoyan Wangb f, Zhiyang Zhang*b, Hua Xiongd, Jaebum Chooc, Lingxin Chen*b e, Plasmonic nanomaterial-enhanced fluorescence and Raman sensors: Multifunctional platforms and applications[J]. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 507, 215768.
13. Meichun Liu, Zhiyang Zhang*, Yanzhou Wu, Yan Chen, Ke Liu, Tianyu Zhou, Xuming Zhuang, Lingxin Chen*. Reducing Interferences from Organic Matter during Optical Environmental Detection using SERS-Silent Region Nanosensors: A Case of Nitrite Detection[J]. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2024.
2023
14. Zhiyang Zhang*, Shixuan Yang, Rongfang Zhao, Jiadong Chen, Shasha Wang, Jaebum Choo*, Lingxin Chen*, Recyclable Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate-Based Sensors for Various Applications[J]. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023, 11 (4), 1278-1293.
15. Zhiyang Zhang*, Meichun Liu, Yanzhou Wu, Yanhui Zhang, Yan Chen, Ji Qi, Jianping Wang, Jinmao You*, Lingxin Chen*. SERS Nanosensor for the Detection of Ag(I) Ions under High-Chloride Environment: Breaking Chloride Masking Effect[J]. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, 24: 23585.
16. Longfei Zhanga b 1, Rongfang Zhaob 1, Yanzhou Wub 1, Zhiyang Zhang*b f, Yan Chenb d, Meichun Liub d, Na Zhoub, Yunqing Wangb, Xiuli Fua, Xuming Zhuanga, Jianping Wangc, Lingxin Chen*b e f. Ultralow-background SERS substrates for reliable identification of organic pollutants and degradation intermediates[J]. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023: 132508.
17. Zhuo Chen, Zhiyang Zhang*, Ji Qi, Jinmao You, Jiping Ma, Lingxin Chen*. Colorimetric detection of heavy metal ions with various chromogenic materials: Strategies and applications[J]. Journal of Hazardous materials, 2023, 441: 129889.
18. Jiaqi Miao, Wan Ji, Jialuo Yu*, Jianxia Cheng, Yan Huang, Maryam Arabi, Na Zhou, Bowei Li, Zhiyang Zhang, Lingxin Chen*, Xiaoyan Wang*. A triple-emission ratiometric fluorescence sensor based on carbon dots-Au nanoclusters nanocomposite for detection of tetracycline[J]. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2023, 384: 133636.
19. Zhiyang Zhang*, Shixuan Yang, Rongfang Zhao, Jiadong Chen, Shasha Wang, Jaebum Choo*, and Lingxin Chen*. Recyclable Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate-Based Sensors for Various Applications[J]. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023.
20. Jianxia Cheng, Zhiyang Zhang*, Longfei Zhang, Jiaqi Miao, Yan Chen, Rongfang Zhao, Meichun Liu, Lingxin Chen*, Xiaoyan Wang*. Size-controllable colloidal Ag nano-aggregates with long-time SERS detection window for on-line high-throughput detection[J]. Talanta, 2023, 257: 124358.
2022
21. Yingte Wanga, Rong Duana, Zhaomin Tongb c, Bohan Wangd, Zhiyang Zhange, Yawei Li*a. Sensitively humidity-driven actuator and sensor derived from natural skin system[J]. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2022, 370: 132388.
22. Siming Li1†, Xuerong Yan1†, Meng Shi1, Pengfei Wei1, Haigang Lu2,3, Zhiyang Zhang4, Yong Zhang1*, Yawei Li1*. Electrodeposition of Pt-Ni nanoparticles on graphene as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction[J]. Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022, 10: 1061838.
23. Xizhen Zhaoa b, Yunqing Wang*a d, Yunxia Jia, Rongchao Meia, Ying Chenb, Zhiyang Zhanga d, Xiaoyan Wange, Lingxin Chen*a c d. Polystyrene nanoplastics demonstrate high structural stability in vivo: A comparative study with silica nanoparticles via SERS tag labeling[J]. Chemosphere, 2022, 300: 134567.
24. Liyan Wang, Bowei Li*, Jinhua Li, Ji Qi, Zhiyang Zhang and Lingxin Chen*. An ion imprinting technology-assisted rotational microfluidic hybrid chip for the fluorescence detection of hexavalent chromium ions[J]. Analyst, 2022, 147(16): 3756-3763.
25. Rongchao Mei, Yunqing Wang*, Shang Shi, Xizhen Zhao, Zhiyang Zhang, Xiaoyan Wang, Dazhong Shen, Qi Kang*, and Lingxin Chen*. Highly Sensitive and Reliable Internal-Standard Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Microneedles for Determination of Bacterial Metabolites as Infection Biomarkers in Skin Interstitial Fluid[J]. Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 94(46): 16069-16078.
26. Hongyu Du, Yunqing Wang,* Panpan Zhang, Rongchao Mei, Yunxia Ji, Xizhen Zhao, Zhiyang Zhang, Jiping Ma and Lingxin Chen*. Quantitative assessment of in vivo distribution of nanoplastics in bivalve Ruditapes philippinarum using reliable SERS tag-labeled nanoplastic models[J]. Nanoscale, 2022, 14(21): 7807-7816.
27. Wan Ji, Jialuo Yu, Jianxia Cheng, Longwen Fu, Zhiyang Zhang, Bowei Li, Lingxin Chen*, and Xiaoyan Wang*. Dual-emissive near-infrared carbon dot-based ratiometric fluorescence sensor for lysozyme[J]. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5(1): 1656-1663.
28. Hongyu Du, Yunqing Wang*, Panpan Zhang, Rongchao Mei, Yunxia Ji, Xizhen Zhao, Zhiyang Zhang, Jiping Ma, Lingxin Chen*. Self-luminescent europium based metal organic frameworks nanorods as a novel electrochemiluminescence chromophore for sensitive ulinastatin detection in biological samples[J]. Talanta, 2022, 250: 123726.
29. Xiaobin Wang, Wei Guo*, Xiaoling Wang, Qing Hua, Feiyan Tang, Xin Li, Feng Luan, Zhiyang Zhang, Chunyuan Tian, Xuming Zhuang*, Lijun Zhao*. Dual recognition strategy for ultra-sensitive fluorescent detection of Hg2+ at femto-molar level based on aptamer functionalized sulfur quantum dots[J]. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 15(9): 104080.
2021
30. Xiaoxiao Qina, Jiajing Liua, Zhong Zhang*a b, Jinhua Lib, Li Yuana, Zhiyang Zhangb, Lingxin Chen*b c d. Microfluidic paper-based chips in rapid detection: Current status, challenges, and perspectives[J]. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2021, 143: 116371.
31. Maryam Arabi, Abbas Ostovan, Jinhua Li, Xiaoyan Wang, Zhiyang Zhang, Jaebum Choo*, Lingxin Chen*. Molecular imprinting: green perspectives and strategies[J]. Advanced Materials, 2021, 33(30): 2100543.
32. Maryam Arabia 1, Abbas Ostovana 1, Zhiyang Zhanga d, Yunqing Wang*a d, Rongchao Meia, Longwen Fua d, Xiaoyan Wanga b, Jiping Ma c, Lingxin Chen*a d. Label-free SERS detection of Raman-Inactive protein biomarkers by Raman reporter indicator: Toward ultrasensitivity and universality[J]. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021, 174: 112825.
33. Zhiyang Zhang, and Janina Kneipp*. Molecular Surface Patterning by Plasmonic Catalysis Using Laser Direct Writing[J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 36, 43708–43714.
34. Zhiyang Zhang, and Janina Kneipp*. Ligand-Supported Hot Electron Harvesting: Revisiting the pH-Responsive Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectrum of p-Aminothiophenol[J]. Journal of Physical Chemistry letters, 2021, 12, 5, 1542–1547.
2020
35. Zhiyang Zhang, Yawei Li, Johannes Frisch, Marcus Bär, Jörg Rappich, and Janina Kneipp*. In situ surface-enhanced Raman scattering shows ligand-enhanced hot electron harvesting on silver, gold, and copper nanoparticles[J]. Journal of Catalysis, 2020, 383, 153-159.
Before YIC
36. Zhiyang Zhang, Ulrich Gernert, Renata F. Gerhardt, Eva-Maria Höhn, Detlev Belder, and Janina Kneipp*. Catalysis by Metal Nanoparticles in a Plug-In Optofluidic Platform: Redox Reactions of p-Nitrobenzenethiol and p-Aminothiophenol[J]. ACS catalysis, 2018, 8, 2443−2449.
37. Zhiyang Zhang, Virginia Merk, Anja Hermanns, Wolfgang Unger, and Janina Kneipp*. Role of metal cations in plasmon-catalyzed oxidation: a case study of dimerization of p aminothiophenol using SERS[J]. ACS catalysis, 2017, 7, 7803–7809
38. Zhiyang Zhang and Janina Kneipp,* Mapping the inhomogeneity in catalytic activity on supported gold nanoparticles using SERS microspectroscopy[J]. Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 90, 9199–9205.
39. Zhang, Zhiyang; Chen, Zhaopeng;* Chen, Zhaopeng;* Han Wang, Jaebum Choo, Lingxin Chen*. Plasmonic Colorimetric Sensors based on etching and growth of metal nanoparticles: strategies and applications[J]. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2018, 114, 52-65.
40. Zhiyang Zhang, Zhaopeng Chen*, Lingxin Chen*. Fangbin Cheng, Yaowen Zhang, Lingxin Chen. Highly sensitive on-site detection of glucose in human urine with naked eye based on enzymatic-like reaction mediated etching of gold nanorods[J]. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2017, 89, 932–936.
41. Zhiyang Zhang, Zhaopeng Chen*, Ultrasensitive Visual Sensing of Molybdate Based on Enzymatic-like Etching of Gold Nanorods[J]. Langmuir, 2015, 31, 9253−9259.
42. Zhang, Zhiyang; Chen, Zhaopeng;* Wang, Shasha; Qu, Chengli; Chen, Lingxin.* Fenton-like reaction-mediated etching of gold nanorods for visual detection of cobalt(II) [J]. Langmuir, 2014, 31, 1, 643-650.
43. Zhang, Zhiyang; Chen, Zhaopeng;* Qu, Chengli; Chen, Lingxin.* Highly sensitive visual detection of copper ions based on the shape-dependent LSPR spectroscopy of gold nanorods[J]. Langmuir, 2014, 30, 3625.
44. Zhang, Zhiyang; Chen, Zhaopeng;* Qu, Chengli; Chen, Lingxin.* On-Site Visual detection of hydrogen sulfide in air based on enhancing the stability of gold nanoparticles[J]. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 6 (9), 6300.
45. Zhang, Zhiyang; Chen, Zhaopeng;* Cheng, Fangbin; Zhang, Yaowen, Chen,Lingxin. Iodine-mediated etching of gold nanorods for plasmonic sensing of dissolved oxygen and salt iodine[J]. Analyst, 2016, 141 (10), 2955-2961.
46. Zhang, Zhiyang; Zhang, Jun; Qu, Chengli; Pan, Dawei; Chen, Zhaopeng*; Chen, Lingxin. Label free colorimetric sensing of thiocyanate based on inducing aggregation of Tween 20-stabilized gold nanoparticles[J]. Analyst, 2012, 137, 2682.
47. Zhang, Zhiyang; Zhang, Jun; Lou, Tingting; Pan, Dawei; Chen, Lingxin; Qu, Chengli; Chen, Zhaopeng.* Label-free colorimetric sensing of cobalt (II) based on inducing aggregation of thiosulfate stabilized gold nanoparticles in the presence of ethylenediamine[J]. Analyst, 2012, 137, 400.
48. Chen, Zhaopeng (supervisor);* Zhang, Zhiyang; Qu, Chengli; Pan, Dawei; Chen, Lingxin.* Highly sensitive label-free colorimetric sensing of nitrite based on etching of gold nanorods[J]. Analyst, 2012, 137, 5197.
49. Lixia Yan, Zhaopeng Chen, Zhiyang Zhang, Chengli Qu, Lingxin Chen, Dazhong Shen. Fluorescent sensing of mercury (II) based on formation of catalytic gold nanoparticles[J]. Analyst, 2013, 138,15, 4280-4283.
