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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Nongjian Tao was affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields, primarily focusing on Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, their work included significant contributions in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Bioengineering.

The scientist's main topics of study encompassed a range of specialized areas:

  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Among their recent publications were the following papers:

  • Total Iron Measurement in Human Serum With a Novel Smartphone-Based Assay, 2020, IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
  • Plasmonic scattering imaging of single proteins and binding kinetics, 2020, Nature Methods
  • Colorimetric Sensor for Online Accurate Detection of Breath Acetone, 2020, ACS Sensors
  • Optical imaging of single-protein size, charge, mobility, and binding, 2020, Nature Communications
  • One-Step Digital Immunoassay for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Cardiac Troponin I, 2020, ACS Sensors

The scientist collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Shaopeng Wang, Fenni Zhang, Yunze Yang, Erica Forzani, and Guangzhong Ma. Their publication record was notably concentrated in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being ACS Sensors, Analytical Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Small, and IEEE Sensors Journal.

Nongjian Tao received recognition through several distinctions during their career, notably being named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010 and Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Measurement of Single-Molecule Resistance by Repeated Formation of Molecular Junctions

    Bingqian Xu;Nongjian J. Tao

  • Measurement of the quantum capacitance of graphene.

    Jilin Xia;Fang Chen;Jinghong Li;Nongjian Tao

  • Design and construction of the BESIII detector

    M. Ablikim;Z.H. An;J.Z. Bai;Niklaus Berger

  • Electron transport in molecular junctions.

    Nongjian Tao

  • Effect of anchoring groups on single-molecule conductance: comparative study of thiol-, amine-, and carboxylic-acid-terminated molecules.

    Fang Chen;Xiulan Li;Joshua Hihath;Zhifeng Huang

  • Measurement of Single Molecule Conductance: Benzenedithiol and Benzenedimethanethiol

    Xiaoyin Xiao;Bingqian Xu;Nongjian J. Tao

  • Rectification and stability of a single molecular diode with controlled orientation

    Ismael Díez-Pérez;Joshua Hihath;Youngu Lee;Youngu Lee;Luping Yu

  • Conductance of single alkanedithiols: conduction mechanism and effect of molecule-electrode contacts.

    Xiulan Li;Jin He;Joshua Hihath;Bingqian Xu

  • Direct conductance measurement of single DNA molecules in aqueous solution

    Bingqian Xu;Peiming Zhang;Xiulan Li;Nongjian Tao

  • Probing potential-tuned resonant tunneling through redox molecules with scanning tunneling microscopy.

    N. J. Tao

  • Measurement of single-molecule conductance.

    Fang Chen;Joshua Hihath;Zhifeng Huang;Xiulan Li

  • Total iron measurement in human serum with a smartphone

    Michael Serhan;Mark Sprowls;David Jackemeyer;Mindy Long

  • Measurements of Single-Molecule Electromechanical Properties

    Bingqian Xu;Xiaoyin Xiao;Nongjian J Tao

  • Label-free imaging, detection, and mass measurement of single viruses by surface plasmon resonance.

    Shaopeng Wang;Xiaonan Shan;Urmez Patel;Xinping Huang;Xinping Huang

  • Electron Transport in Single Molecules: From Benzene to Graphene

    F. Chen;Nongjian Tao

  • Imaging Local Electrochemical Current via Surface Plasmon Resonance

    Xiaonan Shan;Urmez Patel;Shaopeng Wang;Rodrigo Alejandro Iglesias

  • Dielectric Screening Enhanced Performance in Graphene FET

    Fang Chen;Jilin Xia;David K. Ferry;Nongjian Tao

  • Large gate modulation in the current of a room temperature single molecule transistor.

    Bingqian Xu;Xiaoyin Xiao;Xiaomei Yang;Ling Zang

  • Imaging the electrocatalytic activity of single nanoparticles.

    Xiaonan Shan;Ismael Díez-Pérez;Ismael Díez-Pérez;Luojia Wang;Peter Wiktor

  • Electrochemical Gate-Controlled Charge Transport in Graphene in Ionic Liquid and Aqueous Solution

    Fang Chen;Quan Qing;Jilin Xia;Jinghong Li

  • A Conducting Polymer Nanojunction Sensor for Glucose Detection

    Erica S. Forzani;Haiqian Zhang;Larry A. Nagahara;Ishamshah Amlani

Frequent Co-Authors

J. P. Zheng
J. P. Zheng China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

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