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Selected Publications

31. Squaraine Dyes Exhibit Spontaneous Fluorescence Blinking That Enables Live-Cell Nanoscopy

Bingjie Zhao, Daoming Guan, Jinyang Liu, Xuebo Zhang, Shuzhang Xiao, Yunxiang Zhang, Bradley D. Smith, and Qian Liu*

Nano Letters. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00595

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30. Effect of Surface Modification on the Luminescence of Individual Upconversion Nanoparticles

Huan Ling, Daoming Guan, Rongrong Wen, Jialing Hu, Yanxin Zhang, Fei Zhao, Yunxiang Zhang, and Qian Liu*

Small. 2023, doi.org/10.1002/smll.202309035

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27. Boosting Dye‐Sensitized Luminescence by Enhanced Short‐Range Triplet Energy Transfer

Fei Zhao, Jialing Hu, Daoming Guan, Jinyang Liu, Xuebo Zhang, Huan Ling, Yunxiang Zhang, Qian Liu*

Advanced Materials (2023)

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26. Squaraine Dye-Sensitized Upconversion with Enhanced Stability and Minimized Aggregation-Caused Quenching

Jialing Hu , Bingjie Zhao, Rongrong Wen, Xuebo Zhang, Yunxiang Zhang, Daniel S. Kohane*, and Qian Liu*

Nano Letters (2023)

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25. A Universal Photoactivatable Tag Attached to Fluorophores Enables Their Use for Single-Molecule Imaging 

X  Zhang,D  Guan,Y Liu,J Liu,K Sun,S  Chen,Y Zhang,B  Zhao,T Zhai,Yunxiang Zhang* ,Fuyou Li ,Qian Liu*,

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2022, e20221176.

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24. Enhancement of single upconversion nanoparticle imaging by topologically segregated core-shell structure with inward energy migration

Y Zhang, R Wen, J Hu, D Guan, X Qiu, Y Zhang*, D Kohane*, Q Liu*,

Nature Communications, (2022) 13:5927.

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23. Ytterbium-Enriched Outmost Shell for Enhanced Upconversion Single Molecule Imaging and Interfacial Triplet Energy Transfer

J Hu, D Guan, B Zhao, Y Zhang, X Qiu, Y Zhang*, Q Liu*,

Advanced Optical Materials, 2022, 2101763. 

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22. Enhanced Blue Afterglow through Molecular Fusion for Bio‐applications

Xianlong Su, Xiaoyan Kong, Kuangshi Sun, Qian Liu, Yuetian Pei, Donghao Hu, Ming Xu, Wei Feng, Fuyou Li

Angew. Chem.Int. Ed.2022,61,  e2022016

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21. An NIR-II Photothermally Triggered “Oxygen Bomb” for Hypoxic Tumor Programmed Cascade Therapy.

Sidi Zhang, Zhenhua Li, Qingbing Wang,* Qian Liu, Wei Yuan,* Wei Feng, and Fuyou Li*

Adv.Mater.2022, 34, 2201978

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20. Voltage-Driven Flipping of Zwitterionic Artificial Channels in Lipid Bilayers to Rectify Ion Transport,

ZJ Yan, YW Li, M Yang, YH Fu, R Wen, W Wang, ZT Li, Y Zhang*, JL Hou*,

Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (30), 11332-11336, 2021.

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19. Significantly Enhanced Afterglow Brightness via Intramolecular Energy Transfer, 

Y Liu, Y Li, Y Wen, X Su, M Xu, W Feng, Q Liu*, F Li*,

ACS Materials Letters 2021, 3 (6), 713-720

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18. Light‐Responsive Luminescent Materials for Information Encryption Against Burst Force Attack

Q Zhou, X Qiu, X Su, Q Liu, Y Wen, M Xu, F Li

Small, 2021, 17 (20), 2100377. 

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17. NIR-II emissive lateral flow immunoassay for accurate determination of tumor marker in hemolysis

R Chen, X Zhou, Y Wu, Q Liu, Q Liu, J Huang, F Li*,

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2021, 328, 129050

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16. Lifetime-based nanothermometry in vivo with ultra-long-lived luminescence

X Su, Y Wen, W Yuan, M Xu, Q Liu, C Huang, F Li,

Chemical Communications 2021, 56 (73), 10694-10697.

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15. Single upconversion nanoparticle imaging at sub-10 W cm−2 irradiance

Liu Q, Zhang Y, Peng CS, Yang T, Joubert LM, Chu S.

Nature Photonics,2018, 12 (9), 548-553.

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14  Hollow silica nanoparticles penetrate the peripheral nerve and enhance the nerve blockade from tetrodotoxin

Qian Liu, Claudia M. Santamaria, Tuo Wei, Chao Zhao, Tianjiao Ji, Tianshe Yang, Bruce Y. Wang, and Daniel S. Kohane*

Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 1, 32–37.

13. Phototriggered drug delivery using inorganic nanomaterials

Qian Liu, Changyou Zhan, and Daniel S. Kohane*

Bioconjugate Chem. 2017, 28, 1, 98–104.

12. A Supramolecular Shear‐Thinning Anti‐Inflammatory Steroid Hydrogel

Liu Q, Zhan C, Barhoumi A, Wang W, Santamaria C, McAlvin JB, Kohane DS. A

Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 6680-6686. 

11. Enhanced Precision of Nanoparticle Phototargeting in Vivo at a Safe Irradiance

Qian Liu, Weiping Wang,  Changyou Zhan,  Tianshe Yang, and Daniel S. Kohane*

Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 7, 4516–4520.

10. Efficient Triplet–Triplet Annihilation-Based Upconversion for Nanoparticle Phototargeting

Weiping Wang, Qian Liu,Changyou Zhan, Aoune Barhoumi,Tianshe Yang, Ryan G. Wylie,Patrick A. Armstrong,and Daniel S. Kohane*

Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 10, 6332–6338. 

9. Upconversion luminescent materials: advances and applications

JingZhou, QianLiu, WeiFeng, YunSun,and FuyouLi*

Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 1, 395–465.

8.  Munc18a Does Not Alter Fusion Rates Mediated by Neuronal SNAREs, Synaptotagmin, and Complexin

Y.X Zhang,J Diao, Karen N. Colbert, Y Lai, Richard A. Pfuetzner, Mark S. Padolina, Sandro Vivona, Susanne Ressl, Daniel J. Cipriano, Ucheor B. Choi, Niket Shah, William I. Weis, Axel T. Brunge

Journal of Biological Chemistry, jbc. M114. 630772.

7.  A general strategy for biocompatible, high-effective upconversion nanocapsules based on triplet–triplet annihilation

Qian Liu, Baoru Yin,Tianshe Yang, Yongchao Yang, Zhen Shen, Ping Yao, and Fuyou Li*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13, 5029–5037.

6. Upconversion luminescence imaging of cells and small animals

Qian Liu, Wei Feng, Tianshe Yang, Tao Yi & Fuyou Li

 Nature Protocols, volume 8, pages2033–2044(2013).

5.  Blue-emissive upconversion nanoparticles for low-power-excited bioimaging in vivo

Qian Liu, Tianshe Yang, Wei Feng, and Fuyou Li*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11, 5390–5397.

4. Unraveling Two Distinct Binding Interfaces for E Cadherin Dimerization: A Structural Study Using Single-Molecule Super-Resolved Fluorescence Imaging. 

Yunxiang Zhang,W. James Nelson, Alexandros Pertsinidis and Steven Chu* 

Biophysical Journal, 2012,100, 546a. 

3.  Sub-10 nm Hexagonal Lanthanide-Doped NaLuF4 Upconversion Nanocrystals for Sensitive Bioimaging in Vivo

Qian Liu, Yun Sun, Tianshe Yang, Wei Feng, Chenguang Li, and Fuyou Li*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 43, 17122–17125.

2.  Subnanometre single-molecule localization, registration and distance measurements

Alexandros Pertsinidis,Yunxiang Zhang & Steven Chu *

Nature volume 466, pages647–651(2010). ​

1. Resolving cadherin interactions and binding cooperativity at the single-molecule level

Yunxiang Zhang,W. James Nelson, and Steven Chu* 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009, 106, 109-114. 

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