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Overview

Zhigang Xie is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering as subfields. Additional areas of study include Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Biomaterials.

The main topics in Zhigang Xie's work include:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Luminescence and fluorescent materials
  • Photodynamic therapy research studies
  • Carbon and quantum dots applications
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Nanoparticle-based drug delivery
  • Nanocluster synthesis and applications

Zhigang Xie has published extensively, contributing notably to the following venues:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Nano
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Frequent collaborators include Min Zheng, Qing Pei, Tingting Sun, Shi Liu, and Qihang Wu.

Selected recent papers by Zhigang Xie are:

  • Colour-tunable ultralong-lifetime room temperature phosphorescence with external heavy-atom effect in boron-doped carbon dots (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • A Paclitaxel Prodrug Activatable by Irradiation in a Hypoxic Microenvironment (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Carbon Dots Based Nanoscale Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photodynamic Therapy (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Renal clearable Hafnium-doped carbon dots for CT/Fluorescence imaging of orthotopic liver cancer (2020, Biomaterials)
  • Chiral carbon dots-based nanosensors for Sn(II) detection and lysine enantiomers recognition (2020, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical)

Best Publications

  • Postsynthetic Modifications of Iron-Carboxylate Nanoscale Metal−Organic Frameworks for Imaging and Drug Delivery

    Kathryn M. L. Taylor-Pashow;Joseph Della Rocca;Zhigang Xie;Sylvie Tran

  • Doping Metal–Organic Frameworks for Water Oxidation, Carbon Dioxide Reduction, and Organic Photocatalysis

    Cheng Wang;Zhigang Xie;Kathryn E. deKrafft;Wenbin Lin

  • Electrospinning of polymeric nanofibers for drug delivery applications

    Xiuli Hu;Shi Liu;Guangyuan Zhou;Yubin Huang

  • Highly luminescent S, N co-doped graphene quantum dots with broad visible absorption bands for visible light photocatalysts.

    Dan Qu;Min Zheng;Peng Du;Yue Zhou

  • Formation mechanism and optimization of highly luminescent N-doped graphene quantum dots

    Dan Qu;Min Zheng;Ligong Zhang;Haifeng Zhao

  • On Off On Fluorescent Carbon Dot Nanosensor for Recognition of Chromium(VI) and Ascorbic Acid Based on the Inner Filter Effect

    Min Zheng;Zhigang Xie;Dan Qu;Di Li

  • Porous phosphorescent coordination polymers for oxygen sensing.

    Zhigang Xie;Liqing Ma;Kathryn E. deKrafft;Athena Jin

  • Fast response and high sensitivity europium metal organic framework fluorescent probe with chelating terpyridine sites for Fe3

    Min Zheng;Huaqiao Tan;Zhigang Xie;Ligong Zhang

  • Integrating Oxaliplatin with Highly Luminescent Carbon Dots: An Unprecedented Theranostic Agent for Personalized Medicine

    Min Zheng;Shi Liu;Jing Li;Dan Qu

  • Self-Targeting Fluorescent Carbon Dots for Diagnosis of Brain Cancer Cells

    Min Zheng;Min Zheng;Shaobo Ruan;Shi Liu;Tingting Sun

  • Highly cited research articles in Journal of Controlled Release: Commentaries and perspectives by authors

    Nicholas A. Peppas;Ruth Duncan;Gary E. Wnek;Allan S. Hoffman

  • Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks for drug delivery: a conventional platform with new promise.

    Lei Wang;Min Zheng;Zhigang Xie

  • Highly Stable and Porous Cross-Linked Polymers for Efficient Photocatalysis

    Zhigang Xie;Cheng Wang;Kathryn E. deKrafft;Wenbin Lin

  • Tailoring color emissions from N-doped graphene quantum dots for bioimaging applications

    Dan Qu;Min Zheng;Jing Li;Zhigang Xie

  • Stimuli-Responsive Polymersomes for Biomedical Applications

    Xiuli Hu;Xiuli Hu;Yuqi Zhang;Zhigang Xie;Xiabin Jing

  • Light-Activatable Red Blood Cell Membrane-Camouflaged Dimeric Prodrug Nanoparticles for Synergistic Photodynamic/Chemotherapy

    Qing Pei;Xiuli Hu;Xiaohua Zheng;Xiaohua Zheng;Shi Liu

  • Three Colors Emission from S,N Co‐doped Graphene Quantum Dots for Visible Light H2 Production and Bioimaging

    Dan Qu;Zaicheng Sun;Min Zheng;Jing Li

  • H2O2-Responsive Vesicles Integrated with Transcutaneous Patches for Glucose-Mediated Insulin Delivery

    Xiuli Hu;Jicheng Yu;Chenggen Qian;Yue Lu

  • One-Pot To Synthesize Multifunctional Carbon Dots for Near Infrared Fluorescence Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

    Min Zheng;Min Zheng;Yang Li;Shi Liu;Weiqi Wang

  • Iodinated Nanoscale Coordination Polymers as Potential Contrast Agents for Computed Tomography

    Kathryn E. deKrafft;Zhigang Xie;Guohua Cao;Sylvie Tran

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiabin Jing
Xiabin Jing Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yubin Huang
Yubin Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuesi Chen
Xuesi Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zaicheng Sun
Zaicheng Sun Beijing University of Technology
Rong Wang
Rong Wang Nanyang Technological University
Wenbin Lin
Wenbin Lin Westlake University
Lei Wang
Lei Wang University of Wollongong
Zhong-Min Su
Zhong-Min Su Northeast Normal University
Hongyan He
Hongyan He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiuli Zhuang
Xiuli Zhuang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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