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Overview

Mingdi Yan is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the United States. The scientist's research spans materials science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on materials chemistry and molecular biology subfields. Their work includes significant contributions to biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, and biomaterials.

The research topics covered include:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Nanocluster synthesis and applications
  • Advanced nanomaterials in catalysis
  • Gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications
  • Click chemistry and applications
  • Nanoparticle-based drug delivery
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

Among the recent published papers are:

  • Analytical Methods for Characterization of Nanomaterial Surfaces, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • Electrophilic Azides for Materials Synthesis and Chemical Biology, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Removing Contaminants from Transferred CVD Graphene, 2020, Nano Research
  • Quantification of Binding Affinity of Glyconanomaterials with Lectins, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Attenuation of Human Lysozyme Amyloid Fibrillation by ACE Inhibitor Captopril: A Combined Spectroscopy, Microscopy, Cytotoxicity, and Docking Study, 2021, Biomacromolecules

Mingdi Yan frequently collaborates with the following coauthors:

  • Olof Ramström
  • Sajani H. Liyanage
  • William Ndugire
  • N. G. Hasitha Raviranga
  • Xiaojian Yang

The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Nano Research

Best Publications

  • Covalent functionalization of graphene with reactive intermediates.

    Jaehyeung Park;Mingdi Yan

  • Molecularly Imprinted Materials : Science and Technology

    Mingdi Yan;Olof Ramström

  • Perfluorophenyl azides: new applications in surface functionalization and nanomaterial synthesis.

    Li Hong Liu;Mingdi Yan

  • Molecularly imprinted materials, method for their preparation and devices employing such materials

    Mingdi Yan;John F. W. Keana;Martin N. Wybourne;Christophe J. P. Sevrain

  • Derivitization of Pristine Graphene with Well-Defined Chemical Functionalities

    Li Hong Liu;Michael M. Lerner;Mingdi Yan

  • Engineering Nanomaterial Surfaces for Biomedical Applications

    Xin Wang;Li Hong Liu;Olof Ramström;Mingdi Yan

  • Simple Method for the Covalent Immobilization of Graphene

    Li Hong Liu;Mingdi Yan

  • Methods for functionalizing and coating substrates and devices made according to the methods

    Mingdi Yan;John F. W. Keana;Goran Karapetrov;Christopher J-P Sevrain

  • Quantitative analysis of multivalent ligand presentation on gold glyconanoparticles and the impact on lectin binding.

    Xin Wang;Olof Ramström;Mingdi Yan

  • One-Step Synthesis of Amine-Functionalized Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as Efficient Antibacterial and Anticancer Materials

    Nanjing Hao;Kalana W. Jayawardana;Xuan Chen;Mingdi Yan

  • X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Investigation of the Nitrogen Species in Photoactive Perfluorophenylazide-Modified Surfaces

    Gilad Zorn;Li Hong Liu;Líney Árnadóttir;Hui Wang

  • Photoinitiated Coupling of Unmodified Monosaccharides to Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Sensing Proteins and Bacteria

    Li Hong Liu;Hervé Dietsch;Peter Schurtenberger;Mingdi Yan

  • Glyconanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Ligand Presentation

    Xin Wang;Olof Ramström;Olof Ramström;Mingdi Yan

  • A photochemically initiated chemistry for coupling underivatized carbohydrates to gold nanoparticles

    Xin Wang;Olof Ramström;Olof Ramström;Mingdi Yan

  • Method for functionalizing materials and devices comprising such materials

    Mingdi Yan;Olof Ramström;Li-Hong Liu;Xin Wang

  • 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactivities of Perfluorinated Aryl Azides with Enamines and Strained Dipolarophiles

    Sheng Xie;Steven A. Lopez;Olof Ramström;Mingdi Yan;Mingdi Yan

  • Chemical functionalization of surfaces

    John F. W. Keana;Martin N. Wybourne;Sui Xiong Cai;Mingdi Yan

  • Synthetic Polymer Nanoparticle–Polysaccharide Interactions: A Systematic Study

    Zhiyang Zeng;Jiten Patel;Shih-Hui Lee;Monica McCallum

  • Analytical Methods for Characterization of Nanomaterial Surfaces.

    H Surangi N Jayawardena;Sajani H Liyanage;Kavini Rathnayake;Unnati Patel

  • Design and synthesis of theranostic antibiotic nanodrugs that display enhanced antibacterial activity and luminescence

    Sheng Xie;Sesha Manuguri;Giampiero Proietti;Joakim Romson

  • Photochemical functionalization of polymer surfaces and the production of biomolecule-carrying micrometer-scale structures by deep-UV lithography using 4-substituted perfluorophenyl azides

    Mingdi Yan;Sui Xiong Cai;M. N. Wybourne;John F. W. Keana

  • Photo-Click Immobilization of Carbohydrates on Polymeric Surfaces - A Quick Method to Functionalize Surfaces for Biomolecular Recognition Studies

    Oscar Norberg;Lingquan Deng;Mingdi Yan;Olof Ramström

Frequent Co-Authors

Olof Ramström
Olof Ramström University of Massachusetts Lowell
John F. W. Keana
John F. W. Keana University of Oregon
Koji Otsuka
Koji Otsuka Kyoto University
David G. Castner
David G. Castner University of Washington
Angela M. Gronenborn
Angela M. Gronenborn University of Pittsburgh
Qi Zhou
Qi Zhou Royal Institute of Technology
James E. Hutchison
James E. Hutchison University of Oregon
Lei Ye
Lei Ye Lund University
Mark H. Engelhard
Mark H. Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peter Schurtenberger
Peter Schurtenberger Lund University

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