The Xu Group at Brandeis University

2002-present

2018  
208 Li, J.; Du, X. W.; Powell, D. J.; Zhou, R.; Shi, J. F.; He, H. J.; Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Xu, B.* “Down-regulating Proteolysis to Enhance Anticancer Activity of Peptide Nanofibers” Chem. Asia J.2018, in press.
207 Li, J.; Zhan, Z. Q.; Du, X. W.; Wang, J. Q.; Hong, B.; Xu, B.* “Enzymatic Reaction Selects Secondary Structures of Heterotypic Supramolecular Assemblies of Peptides” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, in press.
206 Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Wang, H. M.; Wang, S. Y.; Zhang, Q.; Zhang, X. X.; Rodal, A.; Xu, B.* “Enzymatic Assemblies Disrupt Membrane and Target Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) for Selective Cancer Cell Death” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 9566-9573.
205 Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Chen, X. Y.; Xu, B.* "Adaptive Multifunctional Supramolecular Assemblies of Glycopeptides Rapidly Enable Morphogenesis" Biochemistry, 2018, 32, 4867-4879.
204 Li, J.; Bullara, D.; Du, X. W.; He, H. J.; Sofou, S.; Kevrekidis, I.; Epstein, I. R.*; Xu, B.* Kinetic” Analysis of Nano-structures Formed by Enzyme-Instructed Intracellular Assemblies against Cancer Cells” ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 3804-3815.
203 Wang, J. Q.; Xiong, T. T.; Zhou, J.; He, H. J.; Wu, D. D.; Du, X. W.; Li, X. Y.; Xu, B.* “Enzymatic Formation of Curcumin Nanoparticles in Vitro and in Vivo” Nano Research, 2018, 11, 3453-3461.
202 He, H. J.; Xu, B.* " Instructed-Assembly (iA): A Molecular Process for Controlling Cell Fate" Bull. Jpn. Chem. Soc. 2018, 91, 900-906.
201 Wang,H. M.; Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Qin, Y. N.; Wang, J. Q.; Xu, B* “Nucleopeptide Assemblies Selectively Sequester ATP in Cellsto Increase the Efficcay of Doxorubicin” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 4931-4935.
200 Wang, H. M.; Feng, Z. Q. Q.;DelSignore, S. J. ; Rodal, A. A.; Xu, B.* “Active Probes for Imaging Membrane Dynamics of Live Cells with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution over Extended Timescales and Areas” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 3505-3509. (Movie 1: Membrane of Saos-2) (Movie 2: Membrane dynamics)
199 Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Berciu, C.; Del Signore, S. J/; Chen, X. Y.; Yamagata, N.; Rodal, A. A.; Nicastro, D.; Xu, B.* “Cellular Uptake of A Taurine Modified, Ester Bond Decorated D-Peptide Derivative via Dynamin Dependent Endocytosis and Macropinocytosis” Mol. Therapy, 2018, 26, 648-658.
198 Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Chen, X. Y.; Wang, J. Q.; Zhou, N.; Wu, D. F.; Xu, B.* “Enzymatic Self-Assembly Confers Exceptionally Strong Synergism with NF-kB Targeting for Selective Necroptosis of Cancer Cells” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 2301-2308.
197 He, H. J.; Wang, J. Q.; Wang, H. M.; Zhou, N.; Green, D.; Xu, B.* “Enzymatic Cleavage of Branched Peptides for Targeting Mitochondria” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 40, 1215-1218.
196 He, H. J.; Wang, H. M.; Zhou, N.; Yang, D.; Xu, .B.* “Branched Peptides for Enzymatic Supramolecular Hydrogelation” Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 86-89.
2017  
195 Wang, H. M.; Shi, J. F.; Feng, Z. Q. Q; Zhou, R.; Wnag, S. Y.; Rodal, A. A.; Xu, B.* “An in-situ Dynamic Continuum of Supramolecular Phosphoglycopeptides Enables Formation of 3D Cell Spheroids” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7579-7583. (Movie 1: 2D to 3D) (Movie 2: control) (Movie 3: dynamic continuum for 2D to 3D).
194 Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Wang, H. M.; Chen, X. Y.; Xu, B.* "Self-Assembling Ability Determines the Activity of Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly for Inhibiting Cancer Cells"J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15377-15384.
193 Zhou, N.; Chao, Z.Y.; Xu. B.* “Functional Hyper Crosslinkers” Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 15844-15851.
192 Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Zhang, T. F.; Wang, H. M.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular Catalysis and Dynamic Assemblies for Medicine” Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 6470-6479.
191 Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Li, X. M.; Xu, B.* “Self-Assembly of Nucleopeptides to Interact with DNAs” RSC Focus, 2017, 46, 6470-6479.
190 Yamagata, N.; Chen, X. Y.; Zhou, J.; Li, J.; Du, X. W., Xu, B.* “Enzyme-instructed self-assembly of small hexapeptides based on an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM)” Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017,15, 5689-5692.
189 Wang, H. M.; Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Lu, A.; Jiang, Y. J.; Wu, H.; Xu, B.* “Instant Hydrogelation Inspired by Inflammasomes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7579-7583.
188 Huaimin Wang, Zhaoqianqi Feng, and Bing Xu* “Bioinspired self-assembly of small molecules in cell milieu” Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 2421-2436.
187 Li, J.; Shi, J. F.; Medina, J. E.;  Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Wang, H. W.; Yang, C. H.; Li, J. F; Yang, Z. M.; Dinulescu, D. M.;* Xu, B.* “Selectively Inducing Cancer Cell Death by Intracellular Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly (EISA) of Dipeptide Derivative” Adv. Healthcare Mater., 2017,6, 1601400.
186 Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Wang, H. M.; Zhou, R.; Li, J.; and Xu, B.* “Enzyme-Instructed Assembly and Disassembly Processes for Targeting Down-Regulation in Cancer Cells” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 3950-3953.
185 Jie Zhou, Jie Li, Xuewen Du, and Bing Xu* “Supramolecular Biofunctional Materials” Biomaterials, 2017, 129, 1-27.
184

Zhou, N.; Cao, X. Y.; Du, X. W.; Wang, H. M.; Wang, M.; Liu, S.; Nguyen, K.; Schmidt-Rohr, K.; Xu, Q. B.; Liang, G. L.; Xu, B.* ”Hyper-Crosslinkers Impart Dual Responsive Polymeric Nanogels with Unusual Volume Change” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2623-2627.
183 Yang, C. H.; Ren, C. H.; Zhou, J.; Liu, J. J.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, F.; Ding, D.; Xu, B.*; Liu, J. F.* “Dual Fluorescent-Nuclear and Self-Assembling Vancomycin for in vivo Imaging of Bacterial Infections” Angew. Chem. Int.Ed. 2017, 56, 2356-2360.
182

Li, J.; Du, X. W.; Hashim, S.; Shy, A.; Xu, B.* "Aromatic-Aromatic Interactions Enable α-Helix to β-Sheet Transition of Peptides to Form Supramolecular Hydrogels" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 71-74.
181

Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Wang, H. M.; Shi, J. F.; Kuang, Y.; Zeng, W; Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B.* “In Situ Generated D‐Peptidic Nanofibrils as Multifaceted Apoptotic Inducers to Target Cancer Cells” Cell Death & Diseases, 2017, 8, e2614.
180

Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Wang, J. Q.; Yamagata, N.; Xu, B.* “Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly of Peptides Containing Phosphoserine to Form Supramolecular Hydrogels as Potential Soft Biomaterials” Frontiers Chem. Sci. & Eng., 2017, 11, 509-515.
179

Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Wang, J. Q.; Zhou, R.; Xu, B.* “Chirality Controls Reaction-Diffusion of Nanoparticles for Inhibiting Cancer Cells” ChemNanoMat, 2017, 3, 17-21.
178

Wang, H. M.; Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Xu, B.* “D-Amino acid-Containing Supramolecular Nanofibers for Potential Cancer Therapeutics”, Adv. Drug. Delivery. Rev., 2017, 110, 102-111.
2016  
177

Wang, H. M.; Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Wang, Y. Z.; Zhou, R.; Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B.* “Integrating Enzymatic Self-Assembly and Mitochondria Targeting for Selectively Killing Cancer Cells without Acquired Drug Resistance” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 16046−16055.
176

Haburcak, R.; Shi, J. F.; Du, X. W.; Yuan, D.; Xu, B.* “Ligand-Receptor Interaction Modulates the Energy Landscape of Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly of Small Molecules” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 15397–15404.
175
Wang, H. M.; Feng, Z. Q.Q.; Wu, D. D.; Fritzsching, K.; Rigney, M.; Zhou, J.; Jiang, Y. J.; Schmidt-Rohr, K.; Xu, B.* “Enzyme-Regulated Supramolecular Assemblies of Cholesterol Conjugates against Drug-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 10758-10761.
174

Yuan, D.; Xu, B.* “Heterotypic Supramolecular Hydrogels” J. Mater. Chem. B., 2016, 4, 5638-5649.

173

Zhou, J; O'Keeffe, M.; Liao, G. X.; Zhao, F.; Terhorst, C.; Xu, B.* “Design and Synthesis of Nanofibers of Self-assembled de novo Glycoconjugates towards Mucosal Lining Restoration and Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery” Tetrahedron 2016, 72, 6078-6083.
172

Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Berciu, C.; He, H. J.; Shi, J. F.; Nicastro, D.; Xu, B.* ”Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly for Spatiotemporal Profiling of the Activities of Alkaline Phosphatases of Live Cells” Chem, 2016, 1, 246-263.
171

Zhou, R.; Kuang, Y.; Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Li, J.; Shi, J. F.; Haburcak, R.; Xu, B.* “Nanonets Collect Cancer Secretome from Pericellular Space” PLoS One, 2016, 11: e0154126.
170

Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Wang, H. W.; Du, X. W.; Shi, J. F.; Li, J.; Xu, B.* “Minimal C-Terminal Modification Boosts Peptide Self-Assembling Ability for Necroptosis of Cancer Cells” Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6332-6336.
169

Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Xu, B.* “Regulating the Rate of Molecular Self-Assembly for Targeting Cancer Cells” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 5770-5775.
168 Feng, Z. Q. Q.; Xu, B.* “Inspiration from the mirror: D-amino acids containing peptides in biomedical approaches” BioMolecular Concepts, 2016, 7, 179-87.
167

Jie Zhou, Xuewen Du, Natsuko Yamagata and Bing Xu* “Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly of Small D-Peptides as a Multiple-Step Process for Selectively Killing Cancer Cells” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 3813-3823.

166

Yuan, D.; Shi, J. F.; Du, X. W.; Huang, Y. B.; Gao, Y.; Baoum, A. A.; Xu, B.* “Enzyme-instructed assembly of the core of yeast prion Sup35 to form supramolecular hydrogels”, J. Mater. Chem. B. 2016, 4, 1318-1323.
2015  
165

Du, X. W.; Zh, J.; Shi, J. F.; Xu, B.* "Supramolecular Hydrogelators and Hydrogels: From Soft Matter to Molecular Biomaterials", Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 13165-13307.
164

Shi, J. F.; Yuan, D.; Haburcak, R.; Zhang, Q.; Zhao, C.; Zhang,  X. X.; Xu, B.* “Enzymatic Dissolution of Biocomposite Solids Consisting of Phosphopeptides to Form Supramolecular Hydrogels” Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 18047-18051.
163

Shi, J. F.; Xu, B.* “Nanoscale Assemblies of Small Molecule Control the Fate of Cells” Nano Today, 2015, 10, 615-630.
162

Li, J.; Kuang, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Zhou, J.; Medina, J. E.; Zhou, R.; Yuan, D.; Yang, C. H.; Wang, H. M.; Yang, Z. M.; Liu, J. F.; Dinulescu, D. M.* and Xu, B.* “Enzyme-Instructed Intracellular Molecular Self-Assembly to Boost Activity of Cisplatin against Drug-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells” Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 13307-13311.
161

Shi, J. F.; Du, X. W.; Yuan, D.; Haburcak, R.; Zhou, N.; Xu, B.* "Supramolecular Detoxification of Neurotoxic Nanofibrils of Small Molecules via Morphological Switch” Bioconjugate Chem. 2015, 26, 1879-1883.
160

Yuan, D.; Shi, J. F.; Du, X. W.; Zhou, N.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular Glycosylation Accelerates Proteolytic Degradation of Peptide Nanofibrils” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 10092-10095.
159

Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Li, J.; Yamagata, N.; Xu, B.* “Taurine Boosts Cellular Uptake of Small D-peptides for Enzyme-Instructed Intracellular Molecular Self-assembly”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10040-10043.

158

Zhou, J.; Xu, B.* “Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly: A Multi-Step Process for Potential Cancer Therapy” Bioconjugate Chem., 2015, 26, 987-999.
157

Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Xu, B.* “Prion-like nanofibrils of small molecules (PriSM): a new frontier at the intersection of supramolecular chemistry and cell biology”, Prion, 2015, 9, 110-118.
156

Yuan, D.; Du, X. W.; Shi, J. F.; Zhou, N.; Zhou, J.; Xu, B.* “Mixing Biomimetic Heterodimers of Nucleopeptides to Generate Biocompatible and Biostable Supramolecular Hydrogels” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 5705-5708.
155

Shi, J. F.; Du, X. W.; Yuan, D.; Haburcak, R.; Wu, D. D.; Zhou, N.; Xu, B.* “Enzyme transformation to modulate the ligand-receptor interactions between small molecules” Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 4899-4901.
154

Shi, J. F.; Du, X. W.; Huang, Y. B.; Zhou, J.; Yuan, D.; Wu, D. D.; Zhang, Y.; Haburcak, R.; Epstein, I. R.*; Xu, B.* “Ligand-Receptor Interaction Catalyzes the Aggregation of Small Molecules to Induce Cell Necroptosis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 26-29.
153

Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Xu, B.* “Ectoenzyme Switches the Surface of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Selective Binding of Cancer Cells” J. Colloid. Interface Sci., 2015, 447, 273-277.
152

Zhang, Y.;  Zhou, N.; Shi, J. F.; Pochapsky, S. S.; Pochapsky, S. S.; Zhang, B.; Zhang, X. X.;  Xu, B.*  “Unfolding a molecular trefoil derived from a zwitterionic metallopeptide to form self-assembled nanostructures” Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 6165.
151

Wu, D. D.; Du, X. W.; Shi, J. F.; Zhou, J.; Zhou, N.; Xu, B.* “The First CD73-Instructed Supramolecular Hydrogel” J. Colloid. Interface Sci., 2015, 447, 269-272.
2014  
150

Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Wu, L. H.; Sun, S. H.; Xu, B.*, “Enzymatic Transformation of Phosphate Decorated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Selectively Sorting and Inhibiting Cancer Cells” Bioconjugate Chem., 2014, 25, 2129-2133.
149

Zhao, F.; Li, J.; Zhou, N.; Sakai, J.; Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Goldman, B.; Browdy, H. M.; Luo, H. R.; Xu, B.* “De Novo Chemoattractants Form Supramolecular Hydrogels for Immunomodulating Neutrophils In Vivo”, Bioconjugate Chem., 2014, 25, 2116-2122.
148

Yuan, D.; Du, X. W.; Shi , J. F.; Zhou, N.; Baoum, A. A.; Xu, B* "Synthesis of novel conjugates of a saccharide, amino acids, nucleobase and the evaluation of their cell compatibility" Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2406-2413.
147

Shi, J. F.; Du, X. W.; Yuan, D.; Zhou, J.; Zhou, N.; Huang, Y. B.; Xu, B.* “D-Amino acids Modulate the Cellular Response of Enzymatic-Instructed Supramolecular Nanofibers of Small Peptides” Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15, 3359-3568.
146

Kuang,Y.; Long, M. J. C.; Zhou, J.; Shi, J. F.; Gao, Y.; Xu, C.; Hedstrom, L.; Xu, B.* “Prion-like Nanofibrils of Small Molecules (PriSM) Selectively Inhibit Cancer Cells by Impeding Cytoskeleton Dynamics” J. Biol. Chem. 2014, 289, 29208-20218.
145

Zhao, F.; Heesters, B. A.; Chiu, I.; Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Zhou, N.; Carroll, M. C.; Xu, B.* “L-Rhamnose-containing supramolecular nanofibrils as a potential immunosuppressive material” Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 6816-6819.
144

Yuan, D.; Zhou, R.; Shi, J. F.; Du, X. W.; Li, X. M.; Xu, B.* “Enzyme-instructed self-assembly of the hydrogelators consisting of nucleobase, amino acids, and saccharide” RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 26487-26490.
143

Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Guvench, O.; Sangiorgi, F. O.; Li, X. M.; Zhou, N.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular Assemblies of A Conjugate of Nucleobase, Amino Acids, and Saccharide Act as Agonists for Proliferation of Embryonic Stem Cells and Development of Zygotes” Bioconjugate Chem., 2014, 25,1031-103.

142

Zhang, Y.; Zhou, N.; Li, N.; Sun, M.; Kim, D.; Fraden, S. *; Epstein, I. E. *; Xu, B.* “Giant Volume Change of Active Gels under Continuous Flow” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 7341-7346. (Movie clips: clip1, clip2).
141

Kuang, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Li, J.; Yuan, D.; Alberti, K. A.; Xu, Q. B.; Xu, B.* “Pericellular Hydrogel/Nanonets Inhibit Cancer Cells” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014,53, 8104-8107. (movie clips: HeLa_control, HeLa_treated, Ect1_control, and Ect1_treated).
140

Kuang, Y.; Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular nanofibrils inhibit cancer progression in vitro and in vivo” Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2014, 3, 1217-1221.
139

Zhou, R.; Xu, B.* “Insight of the Cytotoxicity of the Aggregates of Peptides or Aberrant Proteins: A Meta-Analysis” PLoS One, 2014, 9, e95759.
138

Zhou, J.; Du, X. W.; Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Xu, B.* “Aromatic-Aromatic Interactions Enhance Interfiber Contacts for Enzymatic Formation of A Spontaneously Aligned Supramolecular Hydrogel” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 2970-2973.
137

Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular Hydrogels Made of the Basic Biological Building Blocks” Chem. Asian J., 2014, 9, 1446-1472.
136

Kuang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Li, J; Xu, B.* “The first supramolecular peptidic hydrogelator containing taurine” Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2772-2774.
135

Wu, D. D.; Zhou, J.; Shi, J. F.;  Du, X. W.; Xu, B.* “A naphthalene-containing amino acid enables hydrogelation of a conjugate of nucleobase-saccharide-amino acids” Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 1992-1994.
2013  
134

Gao, Y.; Kuang, Y.; Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Chandran, P.; Horkay, F.; Xu, B.* “Imaging Self-assembly Dependent Spatial Distribution of Small Molecules in Cellular Environment” Langmuir, 2013, 29, 15191-15200.
133

Gao, Y.; Berciu, C.; Kuang, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Nicastro, D.; Xu, B.* “Probing Nanoscale Self-assembly of Non-fluorescent Small Molecules inside Live Mammalian Cells” ACS Nano, 2013, 7, 9055-9063.
132

Zhang, Y.; Zhou, N.; Akella, S.; Kuang, Y.; Kim, D.; Schwartz, A.; Bezpalko, M.; Foxman, B. M.; Fraden, S.; Epstein, I. R.*;Xu, B.* “Active Hyper Cross-linkers Confer Active Gels” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11494-11498.
131

Li, J. Y.; Gao, Y.; Kuang, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Du, X. W.; Zhou, J.; Wang, H. M.; Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B.* “Dephosphorylation of D-Peptide Derivatives to Form Biofunctional, Supramolecular Nanofibers/Hydrogels and Their Potential Applications for Intracellular Imaging and Intratumoral Chemotherapy” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 9907-9914.
130

Kuang, Y.; Xu, B.* “Nanofibers of Small Hydrophobic Molecules Disrupt Dynamics of Microtubles and Selectively Inhibit Gliobalstoma Cells” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6944-6948.
129

Zhang, Y.; Zhou, R.; Shi, J. F.; Zhou, N.; Epstein, I. R.; Xu, B.* “Post-Self-Assembly Cross-Linking to Integrate Molecular Nanofibers with Copolymers in Oscillatory Hydrogels” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2013, 117, 6566-6573.
128

Li, J. Y.; Kuang, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Gao, Y.; Zhou, J.; Xu, B.* “The Conjugation of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) to Small Peptides for Generating Multifunctional Supramolecular Nanofibers/Hydrogels” Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2013, 9, 908-917.
127

Kuang, Y.; Yuan, D.; Zhang, Y.; Kao, A.; Du, X. W.; Xu, B.* “Interactions between cellular proteins and morphologically different nanoscale aggregates of small molecules” RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 7704-7707.
126

Zhang, Y.; Zhang, B.; Kuang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Shi, J.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* “A Redox Responsive, Fluorescent Supramolecular Metallohydrogel Consists of Nanofibers with Single-Molecule Width” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 5008-5011.
125

Li, J. Y.; Li, X. M.; Kuang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Du, X. W.; Shi, J. F.; Xu B.* “Self-delivery Multifunctional Anti-HIV Hydrogels for Sustained Release” Adv. Healthcare Mater., 2013, 2, 1586-1590.
124

Huang, Y. B.; Shi, J. F.; Yuan, D.; Zhou, N.; Xu, B.* “Length-Dependent Proteolytic Cleavage of Short Oligopeptides Catalyzed by Matrix Metalloprotease-9” Biopolymers: Peptide Sci., 2013, 6, 790-795.
123

Li, J. Y.; Kuang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Du, X. W.; Shi, J. F.; Xu, B.* “D-Amino Acids Boost the Selectivity and Confer Supramolecular Hydrogels of a Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug (NSAID)" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 542-545.
2012  
122

Li, X. M.; Du, X. W.; Li, J. Y.; Gao, Y.; Pan, Y.; Zhou, N.; Xu, B.* "Introducing D-Amino Acid or Simple Glycoside into Small Peptides to Enable Supramolecular Hydrogelators to Resist Proteolysis" Langmuir 2012, 37, 13512-13517.
121

Pan, Y; Long, M. J. C.; Lin, H.-C.; Hedstrom, L.; Xu B.* "Magnetic Nanoparticles for Direct Protein Sorting inside Live Cells" Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 3495-3499.
120

Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Yuan, D.; Xu, B.*“Imaging enzyme-triggered self-assembly of small molecules inside live cells” Nat. Commun. 2012, 3, 1033.
119

Yang, Z. M.; Kuang Y.; Li, X. M.; Zhou, N.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular hydrogel of kanamycin selectively sequesters 16S rRNA” Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 9257-9259.
118

Gao, Y.; Long, M. J. C.; Shi, J. F.; Hedstrom, L.; Xu, B.*”Using supramolecular hydrogel to discover the interactions between proteins and molecular nanofibers of small molecules” Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8404-8406.
117

Li, X. M.; Du, X. W.; Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.;  Kuang, Y.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular hydrogels formed by the conjugates of nucleobases, Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptides, and glucosamine” Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 7402-7407.
116

Zhang, Y.; Li, N.; Delgado, J.; Zhou, N.; Yoshida, R.; Fraden, S.; Epstein, I. R.*, Xu, B.* “Structural modulation of self-oscillating gels: Changing the proximity of the catalyst to the polymer backbone to tailor chemomechanical oscillation” Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 7056-7061.
115

Pan, Y.; Du, X. W.; Zhao, F.; Xu, B.* “Magnetic nanoparticles for the manipulation of proteins and cells”, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 2912-2942.
114

Du, X. W.; Li, J. F.; Gao, Y., Kuang, Y., Xu, B.* “Catalytically dephosphorylate adenosine monophosphate (AMP) to form supramolecular nanofibers/hydrogels” Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 2098-2100.
113

Zhang, Y.; Li, N.; Delgado, J.; Gao, Y.; Kuang, Y.; Fraden, S.; Epstein, I. R.;* Xu, B* “Post-Self-Assembly Crosslinking of Molecular Nanofibers for Oscillatory Hydrogels” Langmuir, 2012, 28, 3063-3066.
112

Li, X. M.; Kuang, Y.; Xu, B.* “Molecular trinity” for soft nanomaterials: Integrating nucleobases, amino acids, and glycosides to construct multifunctional hydrogelators” Soft Matter, 2012, 10, 2801-2806.
2011  
111

Shi, J. F.; Gao,Y.; Zhang,Y.; Pan,Y; Xu, B.* “Calcium Ions to Crosslink Supramolecular Nanofibers to Tune the Elasticity of Hydrogels over Orders of Magnitude” Langmuir, 2011, 27, 14425-14431.
110

Kuang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular hydrogelators of N-terminated dipeptides selectively inhibit cancer cells” Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12625-12627.
109

Li, X. M.; Kuang, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Gao, Y.; Lin, H.C.; Xu, B.* “Multifunctional, Biocompatible Supramolecular Hydrogelators Consist Only of Nucleobase, Amino Acid, and Glycoside”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 17513-17518.
108

Li, X. M.; Kuang, Y.; Lin, H.-C.; Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular Nanofibers and Hydrogels of Nucleopeptides”  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 9365-9369.
107

Kuang, Y; Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Lin, H.-C.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular Hydrogels Based on the Epitope of Potassium Ion Channels” Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 8772-8775.
106

Zhao F.; Weitzel, C. S.;  Gao, Y. Browdy, H. M.; Shi, J. F.; Lin, H.-C. Lovett, S. T.; Xu. B.* ”b-galactosidase-instructed formation of molecular nanofibers and a hydrogel” Nanoscale 2011, 3, 2859-2861.

105

Long, M. J. C.; Pan, Y.; Lin, H.-C.; Hedstrom, L.; Xu, B.* “Cell Compatible Trimethoprim (TMP)-Decorated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Bind Dihydrofolate Reductase (DHFR) for Magnetically Modulating Focal Adhesion of Mammalian Cells” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 10006-10009.
104

Pan, Y.; Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Wang, L.; Xu, B.* ”A versatile supramolecular hydrogel of nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) for binding metal ions and magnetorheological response” J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 6804-6806.
103 Pan, Y; Long, M. J. C.; Li, X. M.; Shi, J. F.; Hedstrom, L.; Xu, B.* “Glutathione (GSH)-Decorated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Binding Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) Fusion Protein and Manipulating Live Cells” Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 945-948.
102 Shi, J. F.; Gao, Y.; Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B.* “Exceptionally Small Supramolecular Hydrogelators Based on Aromatic-Aromatic Interactions” Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 167-172.
101 Xing, B. G.*; Jiang, T. T.; Bi, W. G.; Li, L. H.; Yang, Y. M.; Ma, M. L.; Chang, C. K.; Xu, B.*; Yeow, E. K. L.* “Multifunctional Divalent Vancomcyin: The Fluorescent Imaging and Photodynamic Antimicrobial Properties for Drug Resistant Bacteria” Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1601-1603.
100 Zhao, F.; Gao, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Browdy, H. M.; Xu, B.* “A Novel Anisotropic Supramolecular Hydrogel with High Stability over a Wide pH Range” Langmuir, 2011, 27, 1510-1512.
99 Zhang, Y.; Kuang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Xu, B.* “Versatile Small Molecule Motifs for Self-assembly in Water and Formation of Biofunctional Supramolecular Hydrogels” Langmuir, 2011, 27, 529-537.
2010  
98
Gao, Y.;Zhao, F.; Wang, L.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, B.* “Small Peptide Nanofibers as the Matrices of Molecular Hydrogels for Mimicking Enzymes and Enhancing the Activity of Enzymes” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 3425-3433..
97 Li, X. M.; Li, J. Y.; Gao, Y.; Kuang, Y.; Shi, J. F.; Xu, B.* “Molecular Nanofibers of Olsalazine Confer Supramolecular Hydrogels for Reductive Release of An Anti-inflammatory Agent “ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17707-17709.  
96 Li, X. M.; Gao, Y.; Kuang, Y.; Xu, B.* “Enzymatic Formation of A Photoresponsive Supramolecular Hydrogel” Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5364-5366.
95 Yang, Z.M.*;Wang, L.; Gao, P.; Wang, J. Y.; Xu, B.* “Phenyl Groups in Supramolecular Nanofibers Confer Hydrogels with High Elasticity and Rapid Recovery”, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 2128-2132.
94 Ma, M. L., Kuang, Y., Gao, Y., Zhang, Y., Gao, P., Xu, B.* “Aromatic-aromatic Interactions Induce the Self-Assembly of Pentapeptidic Derivatives in Water to Form Nanofibers and Supramolecular Hydrogels” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 2719-2728.
93 Gao, Y.; Yang, Z. M.; Kuang, Y.; Ma, M. L.; Li, J. Y.; Zhao, F.; Xu, B.* “Enzyme-instructed Self-assembly of Peptide Derivatives to Form Nanofibers and Hydrogels” Biopolymers: Peptide Sci., 2010, 94, 19-31.
92 Pan, Y.; Gao, J. H.; Zhang, B.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* “Colloidosome-based Synthesis of a Multifunctional Nanostructure of Silver and Hollow Iron Oxide Nanoparticles” Langmuir, 2010, 26, 4184-4187.
2009  
91

Gao, Y.; Kuang, Y.; Guo,  Z.-F.; Guo, Z. H.; Krauss, I. J.; Xu, B.* “Enzyme-Instructed Molecular Self-assembly Confers Nanofibers and A Supramolecular Hydrogel of Taxol Derivative” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 13576-13577.
90 Yang, Z. M.; Ma M. L.; Xu, B.* “Using Matrix Metalloprotease-9 (MMP-9) to Trigger Supramolecular Hydrogelation” Soft Mater., 2009, 5, 2546-2548.
89 Gao, J. H.; Gu, H. W.; Xu, B.* “Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles: Design, Synthesis, and Biomedical Applications“ Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42, 1097-1107.
88 Xu, B.* “Gels as Functional Nanomaterials for Biology and Medicine” Langmuir 2009, 25, 8375-8377.
87 Liang, G.; Yang, Z. M., Zhang, R. J.; Li, L. H.; Fan, Y. J.; Kuang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Wang, T.; Lu, W. W.; Xu, B.* “A Supramolecular Hydrogel of A D-Aminoacid Dipeptide for Controlled Drug Release in vivo” Langmuir, 2009, 25, 8419-8422.
86 Zhao, F.; Ma, M. L.; Xu, B.* “Molecular Hydrogels of Therapeutic Agents” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 883-891.
85 Yang, C.; Yang, Z. M.; Gu, H. W.; Chang, C. K.*; Gao, P.; Xu, B.* “Facet-Selective 2-D Self-Assembly of TiO2 Nanoleaves via Supramolecular Interactions”, Chem. Mater., 2009, 20, 7514-7520.
84 Wang, Q. G., Li, L. H., Xu, B* “Bioinspired Supramolecular Confinement of Luminol and Heme Proteins to Enhance Chemiluminescent Quantum Yield”Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 3168-3172.
83 Gao, J. H., Xu, B.* “Applications of Nanomaterials inside Cells” Nano Today, 2009, 4, 37-51.
2008  
82

Li, L. H.; Xu, B.* “Synthesis and Characterization of 5-substituted 8-hydroxyquinoline Derivatives and Their Metal Complexes” Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 10985-10995.
81 Gao, J. H.; Liang, G. L.; Cheung, J.; Pan, Y.; Kuang, Y.; Zhao, F.; Zhang, B.; Zhang, X. X.; Wu, E. X.; Xu, B.* "Multifunctional Yolk-shell Nanoparticles: A Potential MRI Contrast and Anticancer Agent" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11828-11833.
80 Gao, J. H.; Zhang, W.; Huang, P. B.; Zhang, B.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* "Intracellular Spatial Control of Fluorescent Magnetic Nanoparticles" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 3710-3711.
79 Wang, Q. G.; Yang, Z. M.; Ma, M. L.; Chang, C. K.*; Xu, B.* "High Catalytic Activities of Artificial Peroxidase Based on Supramolecular Hydrogel Containing Heme Models" Chem Eur. J., 2008, 14, 5073-5078
78 Xu, K. M.; Ge, W. W.; Liang, G. L.; Wang, L.; Yang, Z. M.; Wang, Q. G.; Hsing, I.-M.; Xu, B.* "Bisphosphonate-containing supramolecular hydrogels for topical decorporation of uranium-contaminated wounds in mice" Intl. J. Radn. Biol., 2008, 84, 353-362.
77 Yang, Z. M.; Liang, G. L.; Xu, B.* "Enzymatic hydrogelation of small molecules" Acc. Chem. Res. 2008, 41, 315-326.
76 Wang, Q. G.; Yang, Z. M.; Gao, Y.; Ge, W. W.; Wang, L.; Xu, B.* "Enzymatic hydrogelation to immobilize an enzyme for high activity and stability" Soft Mater. 2008, 4, 550-553.
2007  
75 Liang, G. L.; Xu, K. M.; Li, L. H.; Wang, L.; Kuang, Y.; Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B.* "Using Congo red to report intracellular hydrogelation resulted from self-assembly of small molecules" Chem. Commun. 2007, 4096-4098.
74 Gao, J. H.; Zhang, B.; Gao, Y.; Pan, Y.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* "Fluorescent Magnetic Nanocrystals by Sequential Addition of Reagents in a One-Pot Reaction: A Simple Preparation for Multifunctional Nanostructures" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11928-11935
73 Yang, Z. M.; Xu, K. M.; Guo, Z. F.; Guo, Z. H.; Xu, B.* "Intracellular Enzymatic Formation of Nanofibers Results in Hydrogelation and Regulated Cell Death" Adv. Mater. 2007, 17, 3152-3156.
72 Yang, Z. M.; Liang, G. L.; Guo, Z. F.; Guo, Z. H.; Xu, B.* "Intracellular Hydrogelation of Small Molecules Inhibits Bacterial Growth" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8216-8219.
71 Yang, Z. M.; Gu, H. W.; Du, J.; Gao, J. H.; Zhang, B.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* "Self-assembled hybrid nanofibers confer a magnetorheological supramolecular hydrogel", Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 7349-7357.
70 Wang, Q.G.; Yang, Z. M.; Zhang, X. Q.; Xiao, X. D.; Chang, C. K.*; Xu, B.* "A Supramolecular Hydrogel-Encapsulated Hemin as an Artificial Enzyme to Mimic Peroxidase" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 4285-4289
69 Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B.* "Supramolecular hydrogels based on biofunctional nanofibers of self-assembled small molecules" J. Mater. Chem. 2007, 17, 2385-2393.
68 Yang, Z. M.; Liang, G. L.; Xu, B.* "Enzymatic Control of the Self-Assembly of Small Molecules: A New Way to Generate Supramolecular Hydrogels" Soft. Mater. 2007, 2, 515-520.
67 Yang, Z. M.; Liang, G. L.; Ma, M. L.; Gao, Y; Xu, B.* "In Vitro and In Vivo Enzymatic Formations of Supramolecular Hydrogels Based on Self-Assembled Nanofibers of a beta-Amino Acid Derivative" Small 2007, 3, 558-562.
66 Wang, Q. G.; Yang, Z. M.; Wang, L.; Ma, M. L.; Xu, B.* "Molecular Hydrogel-Immobilized Enzymes Exhibit Superactivity and High Stability in Organic Solvents" Chem. Commun. 2007, 1032-1034.
65

Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B* "Conjugates of naphthalene and dipeptides confer molecular hydrogelators with high efficiency of hydrogelation and superhelical nanofibers" J. Mater. Chem. 2007, 17, 850-854 .
64 Yang,Z. M.; Liang, G. L.; Ma, M. L.; Abbah, A. S.; Lu, W. W.; Xu, B.* "D-glucosamine-based supramolecular hydrogels to improve wound healing" Chem. Commun. 2007, 843-845.
63 Gao, J. H.; Liang, G. L.; Zhang, B.; Kuang, Y.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* "FePt@CoS2 Yolk-shell Nanocrystals as A Potent Agent to Kill HeLa Cells" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1428-1433.
62 Yang, Z. M.; Ho, P.-L.; Liang, G. L.; Chow, K. H.; Wang, Q. G.; Cao, Y.; Guo, Z. H.; Xu, B* "Using beta-Lactamase to Trigger Supramolecular Hydrogelation" J. AM. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 266-267.
2006  
61 Gao, J. H.; Li, L. H.; Ho, P. L.; Mak, G. C.; Gu, H. W.; Xu, B.* "Combining Fluorescent Probes and Biofunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Rapid Detection of Bacteria in Human Blood" Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 3145-3148
60 Liang, G. L.; Wang, L.; Yang, Z. M.; Koon, H.; Mak, N. K.; Chang, C. K.*; Xu, B.* "Using enzymatic reaction to enhance photodynamic therapy effect of porphyrin dityrosine phosphates" Chem. Commun. 2006, 5021-5023.
59 Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B* "Using Enzyme to Command Molecular Hydrogelation" Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 3043-3047.
58

Wang, L.; Yang, Z. M.; Gao, J. H.; Xu, K. M.; Gu, H. W.; Zhang, B.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* "A Biocompatible Method of Decorporation: Bisphosphonate Modified Magnetite Nanoparticles to Remove Uranyl Ions from Blood" J. AM. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 13358-13359.
57 Wang, L; Zhang, M.; Xu, B* "The first pamidronate containing polymer and copolymer" Chem. Commun. 2006, 2795-2797.
56 Yang, Z. M.; Liang, G. L.; Wang, L. Xu, B.* "Using a Kinase/Phosphatase Switch to Regulate a Supramolecular Hydrogel and Forming the Supramolecular Hydrogel in vivo" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 3038-3043.
55 Gu, H. W.; Xu, K. M.; Xu, C. J.; Xu, B.* "Biofunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Protein Separation and Pathogen Detection" (feature article) Chem. Commun. 2006, 941-949.
54 Yang, Z. M.; Liang, G. L.; Xu, B.* "Supramolecular Hydrogels Based on beta-Amino Acid Derivatives" Chem. Commun. 2006, 738-740.
53 Gao, J. H.; Zhang, B.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* "Magnetic Dipolar Interaction Induced Self-Assembly Affords Wires of Cobalt Selenide Hollow Nanocrystals"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 1220-1223.
2005  
52 Yang, Z. M.; Xu, K. M.; Wang, L.; Gu, H. W.; Wei, H.; Zhang, M. J.; Xu, B.* "Self-Assembly of Small Molecules Affords Multifunctional Supramolecular Hydrogels for Topically Treating Simulated Uranium Wounds" Chem. Comm. 2005, 4414-4416.
51 Gu, H. W.; Xu, K. M., Yang, Z. M., Chang, C. K.; Xu, B.* "Synthesis and Cellular Up-take of Porphyrin Decorated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles-A Potential Candidate for Bimodal Anticancer Therapy" Chem. Commun. 2005, 4270-4272.
50 Li, L. H.; Xu, B.* "Multivalent Vancomycins and Related Antibiotics Against Infectious Diseases" Current Pharm. Design, 2005, 11, 3111-3124.
49 Gu, H. W.; Zheng, R. K.; Liu, H.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* "Direct Synthesis of a Bimodal Nanosponge Based on FePt and ZnS" Small, 2005, 1, 402-406.
48 Gu, H. W.; Yang, Z. M.; Gao, J. H.; Chang, C. K.; Xu, B.* "Heterodimers of Nanoparticles: Formation at a Liquid-Liquid Interface and Particle-Specific Surface Modification by Functional Molecules" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 34-35.
2004  
47 Zhang, Y.; Yang, Z. M.; Yuan, F.; Gu, H. W.; Gao, P.; Xu, B.* "Molecular Recognition Remolds the Self-Assembly of Hydrogelators and Increases the Elasticity of the Hydrogel by 10^6-Fold" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 15028-15029.
46 Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B.* "A Simple Visual Assay Based on Small Molecule Hydrogels for Detecting Inhibitors of Enzymes" Chem. Commun. 2004, 2424-2425.
45 Yang, Z. M., Gu, H. W., Fu, D. G., Gao, P., Lam, K. J. K., Xu, B.* "Enzymatic Formation of Supramolecular Hydrogels" Adv. Mater. 2004, 16, 1440-1444.
44 Gu, H. W.; Zheng, R. K.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* 'Using Soft Lithography to Pattern Highly Oriented Polyacetylene (HOPA) Films via Solventless Polymerization" Adv. Mater. 2004, 16, 1356-1359.
43 Xu, C. J.; Xu, K. M.; Gu, H. W.; Zheng, R. K.; Liu, H.; Zhang X. X.; Guo, Z. H.; Xu, B.*"Dopamine as A Robust Anchor to Immobilize Functional Molecules on the Iron Oxide Shell of Magnetic Nanoparticles" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9938-9939.
42 Gu, H. W.; Fu, D. G.; Weng, L.-T.; Xie, J.; Xu, B.* “Solventless Polymerization to Grow Thin Films on Solid Substrates” Adv. Func. Mater. 2004, 14, 492-500.
41 Gu, H. W., Zheng, R. K., Zhang, X. X., Xu, B.* “Facile One-Pot Synthesis of Bifunctional Heterodimers of Nanoparticles: A Conjugate of Quantum Dot and Magnetic Nanoparticles” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5664-5665.
40 Xu, C. J.; Xu, K. M.; Gu, H. W.; Zhong, X. F.; Guo, Z. H.; Zheng, R. K.; Zhang, X. X.; Xu, B.* “Nitrilotriacetic Acid Modified Magnetic Nanoparticles as a General Agent to Bind Histidine-Tagged Proteins” J. Am. Chem. Soc. Soc. 2004, 126, 3392-3393.
39 Yang, Z. M.; Gu, H. W.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, L.; Xu, B.* “Small Molecule Hydrogels Based on a Class of Antiinflammatory Agents” Chem. Commun, 2004, 208-209.
2003  
38 Gu, H. W.; Ho, P. L.; Tsang, K. W. T.; Wang, L.; Xu, B.* “Using Biofunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles to Capture Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci and Other Gram-Positive Bacteria at Ultralow Concentration” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 15702-15703.
37 Zhang, Y.; Gu, H. W.; Yang, Z. M.; Xu, B.* “Supramolecular Hydrogels Respond to Ligand-Receptor Interaction” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 13680-13681.
36 Gu, H. W.; Xu, C. J.; Weng, L.-T.; Xu, B.* “Solventless Polymerization: Spatial Migration of a Catalyst to Form Polymeric Thin Films in Microchannels” J. Am. Che. Soc. 2003, 125, 9256-9257.
35 Xing, B. G.; Yu, C.-W.; Ho, P. L.; Chow, K.; Cheung, T.; Gu, H. W.; Cai, Z. W.; Xu, B.* “Multivalent Antibiotics via Metal Complexes: Potent Divalent Vancomycins Against Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE)” J. Med. Chem. 2003, 46, 4904-4909.
34 Gu, H. W.; Ho, P. L.; Tong, E.; Wang, L.; Xu, B.* “Presenting Vancomycin on Nanoparticles to Enhance Antimicrobial Activities” Nano Lett. 2003, 3, 1261-1263.
33 Xing, B. G.; Ho, P. L.; Yu, C.-W.; Chow, K.-H.; Gu, H. W.; Xu, B.* “Self-Assembled Multivalent Vancomycin on Cell Surfaces Against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)” Chem Commun. 2003, 2224-2225.
32 Gu, H. W., Ho, P. L.; Tsang, K. W. T.; Yu, C. W.; Xu, B.* “Using Biofunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles to Capture Gram-negative Bacteria at a Ultra-Low Concentration” Chem. Commun. 2003, 1966-1967.
31 Gu, H. W.; Xu, B.*; Rao, J. C.; Zheng, R. K.; Zhang, X. X.; Fung, K. K., Wong, C. Y. C. “Chemical Synthesis of Narrowly Dispersed SmCo5 Nanoparticles” J. Appl. Phys. 2003, 93, 7589-7591.
2002
30 Xing, B. G.; Yu, C.-W.; Chow, K.; Fu, D. G.; Ho, P. L.; Xu, B.* “Hydrophobic Interaction and Hydrogen Bonding Cooperatively Confer A Vancomycin Hydrogel: A Potential Candidate for Biomaterials” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 14846-14847.
29 Xing, B. G.; Choi, M.-F.; Xu, B.* “Spontaneous Enrichment of Organic Molecules from Aqueous and Gas Phases Into A Stable Metallogel” Langmuir, 2002, 18, 9654-9658.
28 Xing, B. G.; Choi, M.-F.; Xu, B.* “Design of Coordination Polymer Gels as Stable Catalytic Systems” Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8, 5028-5032.
27 Fu, D. G.; Weng, L.-T.; Du, B. Y.; Tsui, O. K. C.; Xu, B.* “Solventless Polymerization at the Gas/Solid Interface to Form Polymeric Thin Films” Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 339-343.
26 Xing, B. G.; Choi, M.-F.; Xu, B.* “A Stable Metal Coordination Polymer Gel Based on A Calix[4]arene and Its ‘Uptake’ of Nonionic Organic Molecules from the Aqueous Phase” Chem. Commun, 2002, 362.

Works before independent research

25 Yu, H.; Xu, B.; Swager, T. M.* “A Proton-Doped Calix[4]Arene-Based Conducting Polymer” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 1142-1143.
24 Arias, F.; Oliver, S. R. J.; Xu, B.; Holmlin, R. E.; Whitesides, G. M.* “Fabrication of Metallic Heat Exchangers Using Sacrificial Polymer Mandrils”, J. MEMS. 2001, 10, 107.
23 Arias, F.; Xu, B.; Schuller, O.; Kenis, P.; Deng, T.; Whitesides, G. M.* “Fabrication and Characterization of Microscale Sandwich Beams" J. Mater. Res. 2001, 16, 597.
22 Choi, I. S.; Weck, M.; Xu, B.; Jeon, N. L.; Whitesides, G. M.* “Mesoscopic, Templated Self-Assembly at the Fluid-Fluid Interface”, Langmuir, 2000, 16: 2997.
21 Deng, T.; Tien, J.; Xu, B.; Whitesides, G. M.* “Using Patterns in Microfiche as Photomasks in 10 mm Scale Microfabrication”, Langmuir, 1999, 15, 6575
20 Qin, D.; Xia, Y.; Xu, B.; Yang, H.; Zhu, C.; Whitesides, G. M.* “Fabrication of Ordered Two-Dimensional Arrays of Micro- and Nanoparticles Using Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers as Templates” Adv. Mater. 1999, 11, 1433.
19 Xu, B.; Arias, F.; Brittian, S. T.; Zhao, X.-M.; Grzybowski, B.; Torquato, S.; Whitesides, G. M.* “Making Negative Poisson's Ratio Microstructures by Soft Lithography” Adv. Mater. 1999, 11, 1186.
18 Jeon, N. L.; Choi, I. S.; Xu, B.; Whitesides, G. M.* “Large-Area Patterning by Vacuum-Assisted Micromolding”, Adv. Mater. 1999, 11, 946.
17 Rao, J.; Yan, L.; Xu, B.; Whitesides, G. M.* “Using Surface Plasmon Resonance to Study the Binding of Vancomycin and Its Dimer to Self-Assembled Monolayers Presenting D-Ala-D-Ala” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 2629.
16 Xu, B.; Arias, F.; Whitesides, G. M.* “Making Honeycomb Microcomposites by Soft Lithography” Adv. Mater. 1999, 11, 492.
15 Xu, B.; Miao, Y.; Swager, T. M.* “Palladium Couplings on a Metallocalix[4]arene: A Efficient Synthesis of New Functionalized Cavities” J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 8561.
14 Fu, D.-K.; Xu, B.; Swager, T. M.* “Alternating Poly(Pyridylvinylenephenylenevinylene): Synthesis and Solid State Organizations” Tetrahedron, 1997, 53, 15487.
13 Harvey, P. D.; Gagnon, J.; Provencher, R.; Xu, B.; Swager, T. M.* “Tungsten and Molybdenum Oxo Complexes of Tetrakis(Phenyldiazenyl)Calix[4]Arene Substituted Derivatives: EHMO Calculations, Spectroscopic Characterization, and Perturbations of the Photophysical Properties by Neutral Guest Molecules” Can. J. Chem.1996, 74, 2279
12 Xu, B.; Carroll, P. J.; Swager, T. M.* “Chiral Metallocalix[4]arene: Resolution via Diastereomer Tungsten Alkoxide” Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. Engl. 1996, 35, 2094.
11 Fu, D.-K.; Xu, B.; Swager, T. M.* “3-Methylcalix[4]arene: A New Versatile Precursor to Inherently Chiral Calix[4]arenas” J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 802.
9 Zheng, H.; Xu, B.; Swager, T. M.* “Stabilization of Non-Discoid Columnar Liquid Crystals: Studies of Unsymmetrical Copper(bis-diketonates)" Chem. Mater. 1996, 8, 907.
8 Xu, B.; Swager, T. M.* “Host-Guest Mesomorphism: Cooperative Stabilization of a Bowlic Columnar Phase” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 5011
7 Swager, T. M.*; Xu, B. “Liquid Crystalline Calixarenes” J. Inclus. Phen. 1994, 18, 1.
6 Fu D.G.; Xu B.; Wang, G.X.; Tang, W.X.*; Yu, K. B.; Zhou, Z. Y. “Crystal-Structure and Magnetic-Properties of Complex [(dien)Cu(H2O)(Mu-Im)Co(NH3)4(Mu-Im) (H2O)Cu(dien)](NO3)5” Sci. China Ser B 1994, 37, 906.
5 Xu, B.; Swager, T. M.* “Rigid Bowlic Liquid Crystals Based on Tungsten-oxo Calix[4]arenes: Host-Guest Effects and Head-to-Tail Organization” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 1159.
4 Chen, D.; Xu, B.; Tang, W.* “Synthesis, Characterization and ESR Study of Imidazolate Bridged Copper-Cobalt Alternate Heteropolynuclear and Long Chain Complexes” Wuji Huaxue Xuebao, 1992, 8, 353
3 Xu, B.; Chen, D.; Tang, W.*; Yu, K.; Zhou, Z. “Structures Of 1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2-Decaammine-3,3-Diaqua-1,3;2,3-Di-(m-Pyrazinato-N,N')-Dicobalt(III)Silver(I) Nitrate Tetra-Hydrate and 1,1,1,1,1-Pentaammine-2-(Diethylenetriamine-N,N',N'')-1,2-(m-Pyrazinato-N,N')-Cobalt(III)Copper(II) Perchlorate”Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1991, C47, 1805.
2 Xu, B.; Chen, D.; Tang, W.*; Yu, K.; Zhou, Z. “Synthesis and Structure of Pyrazine Bridged Heteronuclear Compound”Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao, 1991, 12, 13-15.
1 Yan, A.*; Xu, B. “Adsorption of Water on CaNaY Zeolites--Tension of Theory of Micropore Volume Filling” Huaxue Xuebao, 1990, 48, 216.

As a collaborator

25 Epstein, I. R.*; Xu, B. “Reaction-diffusion processes at the nano- and microscale” Nat. Nanotechnol. 2016, 11, 312-319.
24 Vilaca, H.; Pereira, G.; Castro, T. G.; Hermenegildo, B. F.; Shi, J.; Faria, T. Q.; Micaelo, N.; Brito, R. M. M.; Xu, B.; Castanheira, E. M. S.; Martins, J. A.; Ferreira, P. M. T.* J. Mater. Chem. B 2015, 3, 6355– 6367
23 Park, S.; Kim, D.; Ko, S. Y.; Park, J.-O.; Akella, S.; Xu, B.; Zhang, Y.; Fraden S. “Controlling uniformity of photopolymerized microscopic hydrogels” Lab on a Chip, 2014, 14, 1551-1563.
22 Laverty, G.; McCloskey, A. P.; Gilmore, B. F.; Jones, D. S.; Zhou, J.; Xu, B. “Ultrashort cationic naphthalene-derived self-Assembled peptides as antimicrobial nanomaterials” Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15, 3429-3439.
21 Gao, J. H.*; Xie, J.; Xu, B.; Chen, X. Y. “Synthesis of nanomaterials as a platform for molecular imaging.” Nanoplatform-Based Molecular Imaging  2011, 25-45.
20 Delgado, J.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, B.; Epstein, I. R.* “Terpyridine- and Bipyridine-based Ruthenium Complexes as Catalysts for the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2011, 115, 2208-2215.
19 Zhang, B.; Gao, J.; Xu, B.; Zhang, X. X.* “Low-temperature dynamics of magnetic nanoshells” EPL, 2010, 91, 57005.
18 Yang, C.*; Xie, Y. T.; Yuen, M. M. F.; Xu, B.; Gao, B.; Xiong, X. M.; Wong, C. P.   Silver Surface Iodination for Enhancing the Conductivity of Conductive Composites.    Adv. Funct. Mater.  2010, 20, 2580-2587.
17 Wong, C. K. Y.; Yuen, M. M. F.*; Xu, B. ”Thiol-based self-assembly nanostructures in promoting interfacial adhesion for copper-epoxy joint” Appl. Phys. Lett.  2009, 94, 263102/1-263102/3.
16 Li, Z. Y.; Lu, W. W.*; Chiu, P. K. Y.; Lam, R. W. M.; Xu, B.; Cheung, K. M. C.; Leong, J. C. Y.; Luk, K. D.K. “Strontium-Calcium Coadministration Stimulates Bone Matrix Osteogenic Factor Expression and New Bone Formation in a Large Animal Model” J. Orthop. Res. 2009, 27, 758-762
15 Yang, C.; Liang, G. L.; Xu, K. M.; Gao, P.*; Xu, B. “Bactericidal functionalization of wrinkle-free fabrics via covalently bonding TiO2@Ag nanoconjugates” J. Mater. Sci. 2009, 44, 1894-1901.
14 Yang, C.; Gao, P.*; Xu, B. “Investigations of a controllable nanoscale coating on natural fiber system: effects of charge and bonding on the mechanical properties of textiles” J. Mater. Sci. 2009, 44, 469-476.
13 Wang, W. P.; Yang, Y. Z.; Patanavanich, S.; Xu, B.; Chau, Y.* “Controlling self-assembly within nanospace for peptide nanoparticle fabrication” Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1617-1620.
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