Browsing Staff publications (SWEE) by Author "Yang, Zhugen"

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Association of adverse fetal outcomes with placental inflammation after oral gestational exposure to hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (GenX) in Sprague-Dawley rats

Lv, Di; Liu, Hongyun; An, Qi; Lei, Chengwei; Wang, Yanxuan; Sun, Jin; Li, Chuanhai; Lin, Yongfeng; Dong, Qing; Yang, Zhugen; Che, Kui; Liu, Wendong; Han, Wenchao (Elsevier, 2023-09-16)

Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA), known as “GenX” for its trade name, is gradually taking the place of Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). However, there is a poor understanding of the developmental effects of ...
AuAg nanocages/graphdiyne for rapid elimination and detection of trace pathogenic bacteria

Bai, Qiang; Luo, Hongyang; Shi, Shugao; Liu, Shen; Wang, Lina; Du, Fanglin; Yang, Zhugen; Zhu, Zhiling; Sui, Ning (Elsevier, 2022-01-10)

We prepared a biocompatible AuAg nanocages/graphdiyne @ polyethylene glycol (AuAg/GDY@PEG) composite. The combination of AuAg and GDY to obtain a synergistically enhanced photothermal effect, and the antibacterial effect ...
Bioaccumulation of Hg in rice leaf facilitates selenium bioaccumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) leaf in the Wanshan mercury mine

Chang, Chuanyu; Chen, Chongying; Yin, Runsheng; Shen, Yuan; Mao, Kang; Yang, Zhugen; Feng, Xinbin; Zhang, Hua (ACS, 2020-02-26)

Mercury (Hg) bioaccumulation in rice poses a health issue for rice consumers. In rice paddies, selenium (Se) can decrease the bioavailability of Hg through forming the less bioavailable Hg selenides (HgSe) in soil. Rice ...
Biosensors and new analytical methods for wastewater-based epidemiology

Yang, Zhugen; Barceló, Damià (Elsevier, 2023-03-21)
Biosensors for rapid detection of bacterial pathogens in water, food and environment

Nnachi, Raphael Chukwuka; Sui, Ning; Ke, Bowen; Luo, Zhenhua; Bhalla, Nikhil; He, Daping; Yang, Zhugen (Elsevier, 2022-06-28)

Conventional techniques (e.g., culture-based method) for bacterial detection typically require a central laboratory and well-trained technicians, which may take several hours or days. However, recent developments within ...
Biosensors for wastewater-based epidemiology for monitoring public health

Mao, Kang; Zhang, Hua; Pan, Yuwei; Yang, Zhugen (Elsevier, 2020-12-25)

Public health is attracting increasing attention due to the current global pandemic, and wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a powerful tool for monitoring of public health by analysis of a variety of ...
Blue-emitting SiO2-coated Si-doped ZnSeS quantum dots conjugated aptamer-molecular beacon as an electrochemical and metal-enhanced fluorescence biosensor for SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Adegoke, Oluwasesan; Oyinlola, Kayode; Achadu, Ojodomo J.; Yang, Zhugen (Elsevier, 2023-10-20)

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which was first reported in early January 2020, continues to devastate the worlds public health system. Herein, we report on the development of ...
Can a paper-based device trace COVID-19 sources with wastewater-based epidemiology?

Mao, Kang; Zhang, Hua; Yang, Zhugen (ACS, 2020-03-23)

A recent outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection has spread rapidly around the globe, with cases now confirmed in 130 countries worldwide. Although public health authorities are ...
Can wastewater monitoring protect public health in schools?

Hassard, Francis; Singh, Suniti; Coulon, Frederic; Yang, Zhugen (Elsevier, 2023-03-16)
Comprehensive review of the basic chemical behaviours, sources, processes, and endpoints of trace element contamination in paddy soil-rice systems in rice-growing countries

Ali, Waqar; Mao, Kang; Zhang, Hua; Junaid, Muhammad; Xu, Nan; Rasool, Atta; Feng, Xinbin; Yang, Zhugen (Elsevier, 2020-04-21)

Rice is the leading staple food for more than half of the world’s population, and approximately 160 million hectares of agricultural area worldwide are under rice cultivation. Therefore, it is essential to fulfil the global ...
Customizable fabrication for auxetic graphene assembled macrofilms with high conductivity and flexibility

Li, Peng; Wang, Zhe; Song, Rongguo; Qian, Wei; Wen, Pin; Yang, Zhugen; He, Daping (Elsevier, 2020-02-25)

Auxetic materials with negative Poisson's ratios unusually exhibit intuitive mechanical behaviors, such as cross-section expansion instead of contraction during tension. Such behaviors are interesting because they may ...
Droplet microfluidics on analysis of pathogenic microbes for wastewater-based epidemiology

Ou, Yangteng; Cao, Shixiang; Zhang, Jing; Zhang, Jing; Dong, Weiliang; Yang, Zhugen; Yu, Ziyi (Elsevier, 2021-05-18)

Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic microbes have posed a major health issue for the public, such as the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. In recent years, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is emerging as an effective ...
Dual-emission single sensing element-assembled fluorescent sensor arrays for the rapid discrimination of multiple surfactants in environments

Wei, Dali; Zhang, Hu; Tao, Yu; Wang, Kaixuan; Wang, Ying; Deng, Chunmeng; Xu, Rongfei; Zhu, Nuanfei; Lu, Yanyan; Zeng, Kun; Yang, Zhugen; Zhang, Zhen (American Chemical Society, 2024-03-11)

Surfactants are considered as typical emerging pollutants, their extensive use of in disinfectants has hugely threatened the ecosystem and human health, particularly during the pandemic of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), ...
Efficient DNA walker guided by ordered cruciform-shaped DNA track for ultrasensitive and rapid electrochemical detection of lead ion

Zhu, Nuanfei; Wang, Kaixuan; Xiong, Dinghui; Xiao, Jiaxuan; Deng, Yibin; Yang, Zhugen; Zhang, Zhen (Elsevier, 2024-03-20)

The rational design of DNA tracks is an effective pathway to guide the autonomous movement and high-efficiency recognition in DNA walkers, showing outstanding advantages for the cascade signal amplification of electrochemical ...
Efficient removal of Cd(II) from aqueous solution by pinecone biochar: Sorption performance and governing mechanisms

Teng, Dongye; Zhang, Bingbing; Xu, Guomin; Wang, Bing; Mao, Kang; Wang, Jianxu; Sun, Jing; Feng, Xinbin; Yang, Zhugen; Zhang, Hua (Elsevier, 2020-06-12)

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most harmful and widespread environmental pollutants. Despite decades-long research efforts, the remediation of water contaminated by Cd has remained a significant challenge. A novel carbon ...
Entropy-driven three-dimensional DNA nanofireworks for simultaneous real-time imaging of telomerase and microRNA in living cells

Wang, Jin; Wang, Kaixuan; Peng, Hanyong; Zhang, Zhen; Yang, Zhugen; Song, Maoyong; Jiang, Guibin (American Chemical Society, 2023-02-15)

Real-time monitoring of different types of intracellular tumor-related biomarkers is of key importance for the identification of tumor cells. However, it is hampered by the low abundance of biomarkers, inefficient free ...
Insights into the mechanisms of arsenic-selenium interactions and the associated toxicity in plants, animals, and humans: a critical review

Ali, Waqar; Zhang, Hua; Junaid, Muhammad; Mao, Kang; Xu, Nan; Chang, Chuanyu; Rasool, Atta; Wajahat Aslam, Muhammad; Ali, Jamshed; Yang, Zhugen (Taylor and Francis, 2020-03-18)

This review highlights arsenic (As) and selenium (Se) sources in the environment, their uptake in the soil-plant system, interactions between these metals and the associated toxicity in major biological compartments, which ...
Label-free analysis of protein biomarkers using pattern-optimized graphene-nanopyramid SERS for rapid diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

Wu, Heping; Duan, Yan; Jiang, Luyue; Cao, Xinhao; Xie, Zhen; Quan, Yi; Ren, Matthew Xinhu; Wu, Shengli; Zhang, Nan; Yang, Zhugen; Zhao, Libo; Jiang, Zhuangde; Zhao, Gang; Ren, Wei; Niu, Gang (American Chemical Society, 2024-04-05)

The quantitative and highly sensitive detection of biomarkers such as Tau proteins and Aβ polypeptides is considered one of the most effective methods for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Surface-enhanced ...
Large-area and clean graphene transfer on gold-nanopyramid-structured substrates: implications for surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection

Wu, Heping; Niu, Gang; Ren, Wei; Yang, Zhugen; Xu, Qihang; Dai, Liyan; Jiang, Luyue; Zhai, Shijie; Zhao, Jinyan; Zhang, Nan; Zhao, Libo; Jiang, Zhuangde; Zhao, Gang (ACS, 2022-03-16)

The transfer of large-area and clean graphene to arbitrary substrates, especially to those with raised nanostructures, represents a great challenge. Polymer-based supporting layers generally lead to organic residues, while ...
Low sample volume origami-paper-based graphene-modified aptasensors for label-free electrochemical detection of cancer biomarker-EGFR

Wang, Yang; Sun, Shuai; Luo, Jinping; Xiong, Ying; Ming, Tao; Liu, Juntao; Ma, Yuanyuan; Yan, Shi; Yang, Yue; Yang, Zhugen; Reboud, Julien; Yin, Huabing; Cooper, Jonathan M.; Cai, Xinxia (Nature Publishing Group, 2020-05-18)

In this work, an electrochemical paper-based aptasensor was fabricated for label-free and ultrasensitive detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) by employing anti-EGFR aptamers as the bio-recognition element. ...

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