List of papers published (2025)

1. Xin Liu,  Haoran Zhu,  Yi Wang*,  Haili Zhang,  Yujie Li,  Hongcheng Gao,  Yi Han,  Dejin Wang*, and Yunsheng Xia*, Carbon dots-embedded hydrogel ratiometric fluorescent platform for portable determination of doxorubicin in clinical samples. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2025, 37, 111891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111891

List of papers published (2024)

1. Yu Lin, Kai Wu, Xin Zhou*, and Yunsheng Xia*. Thiols modulated gold Nanorods self-assembly: indirect hydrophobic effects instead of direct electrostatic/hydrogen bonds attraction. Langmuir 2024, 40, 2979−2989. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03082

2. Ge Guo, Yunsheng Xia*. General separation of carbon dots by polyamide chromatography. Anal. Chem. 2024, 96, 5095–5105. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04489

3. Yalan Li, Yunsheng Xia*. Seedless synthesis of gold nanorods with 5–10 nm in diameters: a comprehensive study. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 2024, 40, 311–319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-024-3289-0

4. Yanli Xu, Yunsheng Xia*. Unit-emitting carbon dots for cell imaging and lipid droplet quantification. Targets 2024, 2, 126–136. https://doi.org/10.3390/targets2020008

5. Yunsheng Xia*, Yanli Xu. Unit-emitting carbon dots. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 6482−6488. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01316

6. Mengzhe Zhao, Mengyao Lin, Ge Guo, and Yunsheng Xia*. Polarity-targeted carbon dots for mitochondria and lysosomes imaging. Anal. Chem. 2024, 96, 20169–20178. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.4c03799

List of papers published (2023)

1. Yi Wang, Zhibin Li, Ge Guo, and Yunsheng Xia*. Liver injury traceability: spatiotemporally monitoring oxidative stress processes by unit-emitting carbon dots. Anal. Chem. 2023, 95, 2765–2773. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03781

2. Hui Zhu, Ge Guo, and Yunsheng Xia*. Cross-scale modulation for aqueous fabrication of monodisperse Cu_2−xE (E=S, Se, Te) nanocrystals and supraparticles. Nano Res. 2023, 16, 1448–1458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4651-5

3. Menglei Wang, Fulin Jia, Jianxiao Gong*, and Yunsheng Xia*. Versatile fabrication of metal sulfide supraparticles by an in situ decomposition-assembly strategy. Nanoscale Adv. 2023, 5, 1190–1198. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NA00747A

4. Menglei Wang, Jianxiao Gong*, and Yunsheng Xia*. Aqueous fabrication and biomedical applications of supraparticles. Chem. J. Chinese Universities 2023, 44, 20230020. https://doi.org/10.7503/cjcu20230020

5. Rui Wang, Yunyun Zheng, and Yunsheng Xia*. Solid state fabrication of copper nanoclusters and supraparticles. Chemistry 2023, 5, 1990–1997. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry5030134

List of papers published (2022)

1. Chuchu Wang, Ge Guo, Yi Wang, Xueer Yin, Hui Zong, and Yunsheng Xia*. Twins of minimalistic carbon dots: uniform emitting-units and molecular level repeatable photoluminescence.  Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 10, 2102827. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202102827

List of papers published (2021)

1. Rong Luo, Yunsheng Xia*. Fluorescent cadmium sulfide supraparticles: one-step in situ self-sssembly fabrication and cationic surfactant chain length-dependent mitochondria targeting capacity. Journal of Analysis and Testing 2021, 5, 30–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41664-021-00159-y

2. Di Zhang, Zhongju Ye, Hua Liu, Xin Wang, Jianhao Hu, Yunyun Ling, Lin Wei, Yunsheng Xia*, Shaokai Sun*, and Lehui Xiao*. Cell membrane coated smart two–dimensional supraparticle for in vivo homotypic cancer targeting and enhanced combinational theranostics. Nanotheranostics 2021, 5, 275–287. https://doi.org/10.7150/ntno.57657

3. 朱慧, 夏云生*. 纳米超粒子的制备、性质及其生物成像分析应用 [J]. 分析化学, 2021, 49(07): 1089–1105. https://doi.org/10.19756/j.issn.0253-3820.211094

List of papers published (2020)

1. Mingrou Ma, Hui Zhu, Jing Ling, Suqin Gong, Yin Zhang, Yunsheng Xia*, and Zhiyong Tang. Quasi-amorphous and Hierarchical Fe₂O₃ Supraparticles: Active T₁-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Vivo and Renal Clearance. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 4036–4044. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b08570

2. Yi Wang, Ge Guo, Jialin Gao, Zhibin Li, Xueer Yin, Changqing Zhu, and Yunsheng Xia*. Multicenter-Emitting Carbon Dots: Color Tunable Fluorescence and Dynamics Monitoring Oxidative Stress In Vivo. Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 8146–8157. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01391

3. Jinxia Sun, Rong Luo, and Yunsheng Xia*. Getting rid of NaBH4: Gold seeds reduced by air–stable agents for synthesizing quasi one-dimensional gold nanoparticles. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2020, 31, 1946–1950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2019.12.037

4. Yue Wang, and Yunsheng Xia*. Near-infrared optically active Cu_2−xS nanocrystals: sacrificial template-ligand exchange integration fabrication and chirality dependent autophagy effects. J. Mater. Chem. B 2020, 8, 7921–7930. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TB01223H

5. Biao Wang, Ruirui Li, Ge Guo, and  Yunsheng Xia*. Janus and core@shell gold nanorod@Cu2−xS supraparticles: reactive site regulation fabrication, optical/catalytic synergetic effects and enhanced photothermal efficiency/photostability. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 8996–8999. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC00433B

6. Yunyun Ling, Li Li, Xiurong Liang, and Yunsheng Xia*. Glutathione Sensing: from Colorimetry to Single Particle Spectroscopy Based on Gold NP@MnO₂ Nanosheets Supraparticles. Chem. J. Chinese Universities 2020, 41, 623. https://doi.org/10.7503/cjcu20190686

7. Yunyun Ling, and Yunsheng Xia*. Gold Based Nanocomposites: Fabrication Strategies, Properties, and Tumor Theranostic Applications. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica 2020, 36, 1912006. https://doi.org/10.3866/PKU.WHXB201912006

8. Jing Ling, Suqin Gong, and Yunsheng Xia*. Monodisperse Fe₂O₃ Supraparticles: Eco-Friendly Fabrication, Gallic Acid Modification, Size-Dependent Photothermal Conversion Efficiency, and Cellular Uptake. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 7, 2000804. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202000804

List of papers published (2019)

1. Yunyun Ling, Di Zhang, Ximin Cui, Meimei Wei, Ting Zhang, Jianfang Wang, Lehui Xiao*, and Yunsheng Xia*. Direct Monitoring of Cell Membrane Vesiculation with 2D AuNP@MnO₂ Nanosheet Supraparticles at the Single–Particle Level. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 10542. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201902987

2. Bingjie Zhang, and Yunsheng Xia*. Etching of gold nanorods: The effects of diameter on analytical performances. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2019, 30, 1663–1666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2019.06.038

3. Yi Wang, and Yunsheng Xia*. Optical, electrochemical and catalytic methods for in–vitro diagnosis using carbonaceous nanoparticles: a review. Microchim. Acta 2019, 186, 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-018-3110-1

4. Yang Lv, Mingrou Ma, Yucheng Huang, and Yunsheng Xia*. Carbon Dot Nanozymes: How to Be Close to Natural Enzymes. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 954. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201804419

List of papers published (2018)

1. Chunxiu Liu, Hao Yu, Qiang Li, Changqing Zhu*, and Yunsheng Xia*. Brighter, More Stable, and Less Toxic: A Host–Guest Interaction–Aided Strategy for Fabricating Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles and Applying Them in Bioimaging and Biosensing at the Cellular Level. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 16291–16298. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b03034

2. Hui Zhu, Hui Zhang, and Yunsheng Xia*. Planar Is Better: Monodisperse Three–Layered MoS₂ Quantum Dots as Fluorescent Reporters for 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Sensing in Environmental Water and Luggage Cases. Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 3942–3949. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04893

List of papers published (2017)

1. Hui Zhu, Yong Wang, Chao Chen, Mingrou Ma, Jianfeng Zeng, Shuzhou Li, Yunsheng Xia*, and Mingyuan Gao. Monodisperse Dual Plasmonic Au@Cu_2–xE (E= S, Se) Core@Shell Supraparticles: Aqueous Fabrication, Multimodal Imaging, and Tumor Therapy at in Vivo Level. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 8273–8281. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b03369

2. Lu Chen, Linlin Lu, Sufan Wang, and Yunsheng Xia*. Valence States Modulation Strategy for Picomole Level Assay of Hg²⁺ in Drinking and Environmental Water by Directional Self-Assembly of Gold Nanorods. ACS Sens. 2017, 2, 781–788. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.7b00149

3. Huide Chen, Chunxiu Liu, and Yunsheng Xia*. One-step synthesis of boronic acid functionalized gold nanoclusters for photoluminescence sensing of dopamine. Methods Appl. Fluoresc. 2017, 5, 014006. https://doi.org/10.1088/2050-6120/aa5e2d

List of papers published (2016)

1. Hui Zhang, and Yunsheng Xia*. Ratiometry, Wavelength, and Intensity: Triple Signal Readout for Colorimetric Sensing of Mercury Ions by Plasmonic Cu2-xSe Nanoparticles.  ACS Sens. 2016, 1, 384–391. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.5b00275

2. Suqin Gong, and Yunsheng Xia*. Beyond “turn-on” readout: from zero background to signal amplification by combination of magnetic separation and plasmon enhanced fluorescence. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 9660–9663. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03850F

3. Yan Zhao, Yucheng Huang, Hui Zhu, Qingqing Zhu, and Yunsheng Xia*. Three-in-One: Sensing, Self-Assembly, and Cascade Catalysis of Cyclodextrin Modified Gold Nanoparticles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 16645–16654. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b07590

List of papers published (2015)

1. Linlin Lu, and Yunsheng Xia*. Enzymatic reaction modulated gold nanorod end-to-end self-assembly for ultrahigh sensitively colorimetric sensing of cholinesterase and organophosphate pesticides in human blood. Anal. Chem. 2015, 87, 8584–8591. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02516

List of papers published (2014)

1. Kanghui Tan, Guang Yang, Huide Chen, Pengfei Shen, Yucheng Huang*, Yunsheng Xia*. Facet dependent binding and etching: Ultra-sensitive colorimetric visualization of blood uric acid by unmodified silver nanoprisms. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2014, 59, 227–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2014.03.048

2. Pengfei Shen, and Yunsheng Xia*. Synthesis-modification integration: one-step fabrication of boronic acid functionalized carbon dots for fluorescent blood sugar sensing. Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 5323–5329. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac5001338

3. Linlin Lu, Guang Yang, and Yunsheng Xia*. From pair to single: sole fluorophore for ratiometric sensing by dual-emitting quantum dots. Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 6188–6191. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac501290u

4. Taili Shao, Guodong Wang, Xuting An, Shujuan Zhuo, Yunsheng Xia* and Changqing Zhu*. A reformative oxidation strategy using high concentration nitric acid for enhancing the emission performance of graphene quantum dots. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 47977–47981. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA06935H

5. Huide Chen, and Yunsheng Xia*. Compact hybrid (gold nanodendrite-quantum dots) assembly: plasmon enhanced fluorescence-based platform for small molecule sensing in solution. Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 11062–11069. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac5031804

6. Guang Yang, Pengfei Shen, Kanghui Tan, and Yunsheng Xia*. Quantum dots and polymer hybrid composites: new insights into fluorescence switch and turn-on anion sensing. Microchim. Acta 2014, 181, 607–613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-014-1161-5

List of papers published (2013)

1. Yunsheng Xia*, Jingjing Ye, Kanghui Tan, Jiajing Wang, and Guang Yang. Colorimetric visualization of glucose at the submicromole level in serum by a homogenous silver nanoprism–glucose oxidase system. Anal. Chem. 2013, 85, 6241–6247. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac303591n

List of papers published (2012)

1. Yunsheng Xia, and Zhiyong Tang*. Monodisperse hollow supraparticles via selective oxidation. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 2585–2593. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201200311

2. Yunsheng Xia*, and Zhiyong Tang*. Monodisperse inorganic supraparticles: formation mechanism, properties and applications. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6320–6336. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31354E

3. Dahui Tian, Zhangsheng Qian, Yunsheng Xia*, and Changqing Zhu*. Gold nanocluster-based fluorescent probes for near-infrared and turn-on sensing of glutathione in living cells. Langmuir 2012, 28, 3945–3951. https://doi.org/10.1021/la204380a

4. Lei Song, Sufan Wang, Nicholas A. Kotov, Yunsheng Xia*. Nonexclusive fluorescent sensing for L/D enantiomers enabled by dynamic nanoparticle-nanorod assemblies. Anal. Chem. 2012, 84, 7330–7335. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac300437v

5. Yunsheng Xia,* Jiajing Wang, Yuzhong Zhang, Lei Song, Jingjing Ye, Guang Yang, Kanghui Tan. Quantum dot based turn-on fluorescent probes for anion sensing. Nanoscale 2012, 4, 5954–5959. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2NR31809A

List of papers published (2011)

1. Yunsheng Xia, Trung Dac Nguyen, Ming Yang, Byeongdu Lee, Aaron Santos, Paul Podsiadlo, Zhiyong Tang*, Sharon C. Glotzer*, Nicholas A. Kotov*. Self-assembly of self-limiting monodisperse supraparticles from polydisperse nanoparticles. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2011, 6, 580–587. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2011.121

2. Yunsheng Xia*, Lei Song, Changqing Zhu*. Turn-on and near-infrared fluorescent sensing for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene based on hybrid (gold nanorod)−(quantum dots) assembly. Anal. Chem. 2011, 83, 1401–1407. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac1028825

3. Yunsheng Xia, Yunlong Zhou, Zhiyong Tang*. Chiral inorganic nanoparticles: origin, optical properties and bioapplications. Nanoscale 2011, 3, 1374–1382. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0NR00903B

4. Meifang Gui, Linjun Bao, Yunsheng Xia*, Chao Wei, Shengzhou Zhang, Changqing Zhu*. Indication of intracellular physiological pH changes by l-cysteine-coated CdTe quantum dots with an acute alteration in emission color. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2011, 30, 324–327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2011.09.005

List of papers published (2010)

1. Ming Cao, Meigui Liu, Chun Cao, Yunsheng Xia, Linjun Bao, Yingqiong Jin, Song Yang, Changqing Zhu*. A simple fluorescence quenching method for berberine determination usingwater soluble CdTe quantum dots as probes. Spectrochim. Acta. A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2010, 75, 1043–1046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2009.12.050

List of papers published (2008)

1. Yun-Sheng Xia, Chun Cao, Chang-Qing Zhu*. Two distinct photoluminescence responses of CdTe quantum dots to Ag (I), J. Lumin. 2008, 128, 166–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2007.07.007

2. Tian-Long Zhang, Yun-Sheng Xia, Xue-Lian Diao, Chang-Qing Zhu*. Preparation and formation mechanism of strong violet luminescent CdS quantum dots taking ligand exchange strategy, J. Nanopart. Res. 2008, 10, 59–67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-007-9221-y

3. Yunsheng Xia, Changqing Zhu*. Aqueous synthesis of type-II core/shell CdTe/CdSe quantum dots for near-infrared fluorescent sensing of copper(II), Analyst 2008, 133, 928–932. https://doi.org/10.1039/B801963K

4. Changqing Zhu*, Xin Wang, Yunsheng Xia, Peng Wang, Yan Li. A pH-triggered reversible aggregation of gold nanorods modified with denatured bovine serum albumin, Chem. Lett. 2008, 37, 1060–1061. https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.2008.1060

5. Yunsheng Xia*, Changqing Zhu*. Use of surface-modified CdTe quantum dots as fluorescent probes in sensing mercury (II), Talanta 2008, 75, 215–221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2007.11.008

List of papers published (2007)

1. Yunsheng Xia, Tianlong Zhang, Xuelian Diao, Changqing Zhu*. Measurable emission color change: size-dependent reversible fluorescence quenching of CdTe quantum dots by molecular oxygen. Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 242–243. https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.2007.242

2. Xue-Lian Diao, Yun-Sheng Xia, Tian-Long Zhang, Yan Li, Chang-Qing Zhu*. Fluorescence-detecting cationic surfactants using luminescent CdTe quantum dots as probes, Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2007, 388, 1191–1197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-007-1319-7

3. Yun-Sheng XIA, Chun CAO, Chang-Qing ZHU*. Selective detection of mercury(II) and copper(II) based on the opposite size-dependent fluorescence quenching of CdTe quantum dots, Chin. J. Chem. 2007, 25, 1836–1841. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjoc.200790339

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