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Yu Xiang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and specializes in research at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and chemistry. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions spanning molecular biology, organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's research addresses multiple topics with emphasis on advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, molecular sensors and ion detection, click chemistry and applications, luminescence and fluorescent materials, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Yu Xiang has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Patterned, Wearable UV Indicators from Electrospun Photochromic Fibers and Yarns" (2020) published in Advanced Materials Technologies
  • "Simultaneously and Selectively Imaging a Cytoplasm Membrane and Mitochondria Using a Dual-Colored Aggregation-Induced Emission Probe" (2020) published in Analytical Chemistry
  • "Histone deacetylase-mediated tumor microenvironment characteristics and synergistic immunotherapy in gastric cancer" (2023) published in Theranostics
  • "Green Fluorescent Protein GFP-Chromophore-Based Probe for the Detection of Mitochondrial Viscosity in Living Cells" (2021) published in ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • "Long-Term Dynamic Imaging of Cellular Processes Using an AIE Lipid Order Probe in the Dual-Color Mode" (2021) published in Analytical Chemistry

Frequent publication venues for Yu Xiang encompass Analytical Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry - A European Journal, Angewandte Chemie, and Cell Death and Disease.

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including Aijun Tong, Yiwen Ding, Jingjing Zhang, and Jiachen Shang.

Best Publications

  • New fluorescent rhodamine hydrazone chemosensor for Cu(II) with high selectivity and sensitivity.

    Yu Xiang;Aijun Tong;Peiyuan Jin;Yong Ju

  • Using personal glucose meters and functional DNA sensors to quantify a variety of analytical targets

    Yu Xiang;Yi Lu

  • A New Rhodamine-Based Chemosensor Exhibiting Selective FeIII-Amplified Fluorescence

    Yu Xiang and;Aijun Tong

  • Abasic Site-Containing DNAzyme and Aptamer for Label-Free Fluorescent Detection of Pb2+ and Adenosine with High Sensitivity, Selectivity, and Tunable Dynamic Range

    Yu Xiang;Aijun Tong;Yi Lu

  • Aptamer-Based Origami Paper Analytical Device for Electrochemical Detection of Adenosine

    Hong Liu;Yu Xiang;Yi Lu;Richard M. Crooks

  • Salicylaldehyde Azines as Fluorophores of Aggregation-Induced Emission Enhancement Characteristics

    Weixin Tang;Yu Xiang;Aijun Tong

  • Reversible photochromic system based on rhodamine B salicylaldehyde hydrazone metal complex.

    Kai Li;Yu Xiang;Xiaoyan Wang;Ji Li

  • Catalytic and molecular beacons for amplified detection of metal ions and organic molecules with high sensitivity.

    Xiao Bing Zhang;Zidong Wang;Hang Xing;Yu Xiang

  • Using Commercially Available Personal Glucose Meters for Portable Quantification of DNA

    Yu Xiang;Yi Lu

  • Highly sensitive and selective optical chemosensor for determination of Cu2+ in aqueous solution

    Yu Xiang;Zifan Li;Xiaotong Chen;Aijun Tong

  • Portable and Quantitative Detection of Protein Biomarkers and Small Molecular Toxins Using Antibodies and Ubiquitous Personal Glucose Meters

    Yu Xiang;Yi Lu

  • Highly sensitive and selective “turn-on” fluorescent chemodosimeter for Cu2+ in water via Cu2+-promoted hydrolysis of lactone moiety in coumarin

    Na Li;Yu Xiang;Yu Xiang;Aijun Tong

  • DNA aptamer functionalized nanomaterials for intracellular analysis, cancer cell imaging and drug delivery.

    Hang Xing;Ngo Yin Wong;Yu Xiang;Yi Lu

  • Sensitive and selective spectrofluorimetric determination of chromium(VI) in water by fluorescence enhancement.

    Yu Xiang;Ling Mei;Na Li;Aijun Tong

  • DNA as Sensors and Imaging Agents for Metal Ions

    Yu Xiang;Yi Lu

  • An invasive DNA approach toward a general method for portable quantification of metal ions using a personal glucose meter

    Yu Xiang;Yi Lu

  • Sensitive and selective fluorescence determination of trace hydrazine in aqueous solution utilizing 5-chlorosalicylaldehyde

    Xiaotong Chen;Yu Xiang;Zifan Li;Aijun Tong

  • A ratiometric fluorescent pH probe based on aggregation-induced emission enhancement and its application in live-cell imaging

    Panshu Song;Xiaotong Chen;Yu Xiang;Lei Huang

  • A new fluorescent probe of rhodamine B derivative for the detection of copper ion.

    Ling Mei;Yu Xiang;Na Li;Aijun Tong

  • Label-free fluorescent functional DNA sensors using unmodified DNA: a vacant site approach.

    Yu Xiang;Zidong Wang;Hang Xing;Ngo Yin Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Aijun Tong
Aijun Tong Tsinghua University
Yi Lu
Yi Lu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kai Li
Kai Li Zhengzhou University
Hanchang Shi
Hanchang Shi Tsinghua University
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Zhongping Chen
Zhongping Chen University of California, Irvine
Bin Liu
Bin Liu National University of Singapore
Norio Teramae
Norio Teramae Tohoku University
Jun-Jie Zhu
Jun-Jie Zhu Nanjing University
Zhigang Shuai
Zhigang Shuai Tsinghua University

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