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Xun Wang is a researcher affiliated with Tsinghua University in China, specializing in Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Ecology, Plant Science, and Environmental Chemistry. The primary focus of their research is on environmental contamination and the behavior of mercury and other heavy metals in ecosystems.

Their research topics reflect a detailed investigation into the environmental and toxicological impacts of heavy metals and pollutants. Main topics include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Xun Wang has published extensively in several peer-reviewed journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Pollution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their recent publications include:

  • Underestimated Sink of Atmospheric Mercury in a Deglaciated Forest Chronosequence, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Global warming accelerates uptake of atmospheric mercury in regions experiencing glacier retreat, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mercury cycling and isotopic fractionation in global forests, 2021, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Notable frequent co-authors in Xun Wang's collaborations include:

  • Wei Yuan
  • Xinbin Feng
  • Peifang Wang
  • Che-Jen Lin
  • Dingyong Wang

Their contributions have enhanced understanding of mercury dynamics, atmospheric transport, and ecological effects associated with environmental contaminants. Research efforts also encompass the antibiotic resistome and mechanisms of environmental dissemination of resistance genes, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to environmental health challenges.

Best Publications

  • A general strategy for nanocrystal synthesis

    Xun Wang;Jing Zhuang;Qing Peng;Yadong Li

  • Monodisperse magnetic single-crystal ferrite microspheres.

    Hong Deng;Xiaolin Li;Qing Peng;Xun Wang

  • Selected-Control Hydrothermal Synthesis of α- and β-MnO2 Single Crystal Nanowires

    Xun Wang;Yadong Li

  • Nearly Monodisperse Cu2O and CuO Nanospheres: Preparation and Applications for Sensitive Gas Sensors

    Jiatao Zhang;Junfeng Liu;Qing Peng;Xun Wang

  • Enhanced catalytic activity of ceria nanorods from well-defined reactive crystal planes

    Kebin Zhou;Xun Wang;Xiaoming Sun;Qing Peng

  • Fluorescence resonant energy transfer biosensor based on upconversion-luminescent nanoparticles

    Leyu Wang;Ruoxue Yan;Ziyang Huo;Lun Wang

  • Synthesis and formation mechanism of manganese dioxide nanowires/nanorods.

    Xun Wang;Yadong Li

  • Approaches for measuring the surface areas of metal oxide electrocatalysts for determining their intrinsic electrocatalytic activity

    Chao Wei;Shengnan Sun;Daniel Mandler;Xun Wang

  • Noble‐Metal‐Promoted Three‐Dimensional Macroassembly of Single‐Layered Graphene Oxide

    Zhihong Tang;Shuling Shen;Jing Zhuang;Xun Wang

  • Vanadium Pentoxide Nanobelts: Highly Selective and Stable Ethanol Sensor Materials

    Junfeng Liu;Xun Wang;Qing Peng;Yadong Li

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Lanthanide Hydroxide Single‐Crystal Nanowires

    Xun Wang;Yadong Li

  • Systematic design of superaerophobic nanotube-array electrode comprised of transition-metal sulfides for overall water splitting.

    Haoyi Li;Shuangming Chen;Ying Zhang;Qinghua Zhang

  • SnO2 quantum dots and quantum wires: controllable synthesis, self-assembled 2D architectures, and gas-sensing properties.

    Xiangxing Xu;Jing Zhuang;Xun Wang

  • Rare-Earth-compound nanowires, nanotubes, and fullerene-like nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and properties.

    Xun Wang;Yadong Li

  • Noble metal alloy complex nanostructures: controllable synthesis and their electrochemical property

    Hui-ling Liu;Farhat Nosheen;Xun Wang

  • Synthesis of Nearly Monodisperse Iron Oxide and Oxyhydroxide Nanocrystals

    Xin Liang;Xun Wang;Jing Zhuang;Yongtao Chen

  • Hydrothermal synthesis of rare-earth fluoride nanocrystals.

    Xun Wang;Jing Zhuang;Qing Peng;Yadong Li

  • Three‐Dimensional Assembly of Single‐Layered MoS2

    Peng-peng Wang;Hongyu Sun;Yongjun Ji;Wenhai Li

  • Zirconium-Porphyrin-Based Metal-Organic Framework Hollow Nanotubes for Immobilization of Noble-Metal Single Atoms.

    Ting He;Ting He;Ting He;Shuangming Chen;Bing Ni;Yue Gong

  • Synthesis of NaYF4 Nanocrystals with Predictable Phase and Shape

    Xin Liang;Xun Wang;Jing Zhuang;Qing Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing Zhuang
Jing Zhuang Tsinghua University
Che-Jen Lin
Che-Jen Lin Lamar University
Yadong Li
Yadong Li Tsinghua University
Xinbin Feng
Xinbin Feng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhicheng Zhang
Zhicheng Zhang Tianjin University
Yong Yang
Yong Yang Xiamen University
Qing Peng
Qing Peng Tsinghua University
Xuewu Fu
Xuewu Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lin Gu
Lin Gu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Li Song
Li Song University of Science and Technology of China

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