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Overview

Cong Yu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and focuses primarily on the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research intersects various subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's work spans several prominent topics such as Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies, and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Cong Yu include Muhammad Azhar Hayat Nawaz, Na Yang, Mahmood Hassan Akhtar, Wenzhao Han, and Di He.

Cong Yu has published extensively in journals that include:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • Journal of Materials Science
  • New Journal of Chemistry
  • ACS Omega
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry

Representative recent publications by Cong Yu cover topics involving multifunctional nanocomposites, fluorescent sensors, and detection of explosives, reflecting their multidisciplinary expertise:

  • A near-infrared light-responsive multifunctional nanocomposite hydrogel for efficient and synergistic antibacterial wound therapy and healing promotion (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry B)
  • Synthesis and Tetraphenylethylene-Based Aggregation-Induced Emission Probe for Rapid Detection of Nitroaromatic Compounds in Aqueous Media (2021, ACS Omega)
  • Fluorene-Based Fluorometric and Colorimetric Conjugated Polymers for Sensitive Detection of 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol Explosive in Aqueous Medium (2021, ACS Omega)
  • Fluorescent and colorimetric sensors for selective detection of TNT and TNP explosives in aqueous medium through fluorescence emission enhancement mechanism (2022, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry)
  • Fluorene based fluorescent and colorimetric sensors for ultrasensitive detection of nitroaromatics in aqueous medium (2021, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry)

Best Publications

  • Monolithic porous polymer for on-chip solid-phase extraction and preconcentration prepared by photoinitiated in situ polymerization within a microfluidic device.

    Cong Yu;Mark H. Davey;Frantisek Svec;Jean M. J. Frechet

  • Fluorescence Turn-On Detection of a Protein through the Reduced Aggregation of a Perylene Probe

    Bin Wang;Cong Yu

  • Towards stationary phases for chromatography on a microchip: molded porous polymer monoliths prepared in capillaries by photoinitiated in situ polymerization as separation media for electrochromatography.

    Cong Yu;Frantisek Svec;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • Molecular Imprinting Utilizing an Amide Functional Group for Hydrogen Bonding Leading to Highly Efficient Polymers

    Cong Yu;Klaus Mosbach

  • Aptamer induced assembly of fluorescent nitrogen-doped carbon dots on gold nanoparticles for sensitive detection of AFB1.

    Bin Wang;Yanfen Chen;Yuanya Wu;Bo Weng

  • Flow control valves for analytical microfluidic chips without mechanical parts based on thermally responsive monolithic polymers.

    Cong Yu;Senol Mutlu;Ponnambalam Selvaganapathy;Carlos H. Mastrangelo

  • Monolithic Stationary Phases for Capillary Electrochromatography Based on Synthetic Polymers: Designs and Applications

    Frantisek Svec;Eric C. Peters;David Sykora;Cong Yu

  • Preparation of monolithic polymers with controlled porous properties for microfluidic chip applications using photoinitiated free‐radical polymerization

    Cong Yu;Mingcheng Xu;Frantisek Svec;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • Polymer-induced self-assembly of alkynylplatinum(II) terpyridyl complexes by metal⋯metal/π⋯π interactions

    Cong Yu;Keith Man-Chung Wong;Kenneth Hoi-Yiu Chan;Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  • Chiral Monolithic Columns for Enantioselective Capillary Electrochromatography Prepared by Copolymerization of a Monomer with Quinidine Functionality. 1. Optimization of Polymerization Conditions, Porous Properties, and Chemistry of the Stationary Phase

    Michael Lämmerhofer;Eric C. Peters;Cong Yu;and Frantisek Svec

  • Influence of mobile phase composition and cross-linking density on the enantiomeric recognition properties of molecularly imprinted polymers.

    Cong Yu;Klaus Mosbach

  • Single-stranded nucleic acid-induced helical self-assembly of alkynylplatinum(II) terpyridyl complexes

    Cong Yu;Kenneth Hoi-Yiu Chan;Keith Man-Chung Wong;Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  • Papain-directed synthesis of luminescent gold nanoclusters and the sensitive detection of Cu2+.

    Yang Chen;Yan Wang;Chuanxi Wang;Wenying Li

  • A graphene quantum dot-based method for the highly sensitive and selective fluorescence turn on detection of biothiols.

    Zhenzhu Wu;Wenying Li;Jian Chen;Cong Yu

  • Nucleic Acid-Regulated Perylene Probe-Induced Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation: A New Strategy for Colorimetric Sensing of Alkaline Phosphatase Activity and Inhibitor Screening

    Huping Jiao;Jian Chen;Wenying Li;Fangyuan Wang

  • Cysteine-directed fluorescent gold nanoclusters for the sensing of pyrophosphate and alkaline phosphatase

    Yang Chen;Yang Chen;Wenying Li;Yan Wang;Xudong Yang

  • A near-infrared light-responsive multifunctional nanocomposite hydrogel for efficient and synergistic antibacterial wound therapy and healing promotion

    Na Yang;Ming Zhu;Guochao Xu;Ning Liu

  • Nucleic acid-induced self-assembly of a platinum(II) terpyridyl complex: detection of G-quadruplex formation and nuclease activity

    Cong Yu;Kenneth Hoi-Yiu Chan;Keith Man-Chung Wong;Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  • Polyelectrolyte-induced self-assembly of positively charged alkynylplatinum(II)-terpyridyl complexes in aqueous media.

    Cong Yu;Kenneth Hoi-Yiu Chan;Keith Man-Chung Wong;Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  • Enantiomeric recognition by molecularly imprinted polymers using hydrophobic interactions

    Cong Yu;Olof Ramström;Klaus Mosbach

  • In situ formation of metal coordination polymer: a strategy for fluorescence turn-on assay of acetylcholinesterase activity and inhibitor screening.

    Dongli Liao;Jian Chen;Huipeng Zhou;Yan Wang

  • Glucose sensing via polyanion formation and induced pyrene excimer emission

    Cong Yu;Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  • Fluorescence turn-on detection of glucose via the Ag nanoparticle mediated release of a perylene probe

    Juanmin Li;Yongxin Li;Sohail Anjum Shahzad;Sohail Anjum Shahzad;Jian Chen

  • Nucleic acid-induced aggregation and pyrene excimer formation

    Ruixing Zhang;Dan Tang;Ping Lu;Xiangyu Yang

  • Polymer-induced perylene probe excimer formation and selective sensing of DNA methyltransferase activity through the monomer-excimer transition.

    Yan Wang;Jian Chen;Yang Chen;Wenying Li

  • Synthesis and Tetraphenylethylene-Based Aggregation-Induced Emission Probe for Rapid Detection of Nitroaromatic Compounds in Aqueous Media.

    Mehwish Qayyum;Tayyaba Bushra;Zulfiqar Ali Khan;Hira Gul

  • Real-time fluorescence turn-on detection of alkaline phosphatase activity with a novel perylene probe.

    Jian Chen;Huping Jiao;Wenying Li;Dongli Liao

  • Fluorene-Based Fluorometric and Colorimetric Conjugated Polymers for Sensitive Detection of 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol Explosive in Aqueous Medium

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  • A BOPHY probe for the fluorescence turn-on detection of Cu2+

    Yongxin Li;Huipeng Zhou;Shuhan Yin;Shuhan Yin;Hong Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zafar Hussain Ibupoto
Zafar Hussain Ibupoto University of Sindh
Frantisek Svec
Frantisek Svec Charles University
Jean M. J. Fréchet
Jean M. J. Fréchet University of California, Berkeley
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam University of Hong Kong
Magnus Willander
Magnus Willander Linköping University
Klaus Mosbach
Klaus Mosbach Lund University
Keith Man-Chung Wong
Keith Man-Chung Wong Southern University of Science and Technology
Ping Lu
Ping Lu Jilin University
Carlos H. Mastrangelo
Carlos H. Mastrangelo University of Utah

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