Publications

* as a corresponding author； † authors contributed equally

Forthcoming

  • Shi, S.; Huang, Y. T.; Jeon, H.; Montes-Pinzon, D.; Taglione, A.; Hanjaya-Putra, D.; Wang, Y.; Huang, C. Y.; Chang, H. C.* Hypoxia-Induced Drug-Resistant Cells Bias 3D Cancer Spheroid Drug Screen. Submitted
  • Kumar, S.; Sinclair, J. A.; Shi, S.; Kim, G.; Zhu, R.; Gasper, G.; Wang, Y.; Higginbotham, J. N.; Zhang, Q.; Jeppesen, D. K.; Tutanov, O.; Hamilton, M.; Franklin, J. L.; Charest, A.; Coffey, R. J.; Senapati, S.; Chang, H. C.* Surface Markers on Supermeres Outperform Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer Diagnosis. Submitted (Preprint: MedRxiv)
  • Kim, G.; Jeon, H.; Chao, A.; Johnston, J.; Zhu, R.; Khong, C.; Liu, Y.; Liang, M.; Lu, X.; Wang, Y.* M1 Macrophage-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles as Synergistic Nanotherapeutics: Harnessing Intrinsic Anticancer Activity and Drug Delivery Capacity. Submitted (Preprint: BioRxiv)

Peer-reviewed

  1. Liu, Y.; Kim, G.; Zhu, R.; Jeon, H.; Wang, Y.* Nanochirality-programmed Type-I photosensitizer Enables Deep-tumor Photodynamic Therapy by Reducing Extracellular-matrix Adhesion. Journal of Controlled Release 2026, 390, 114572
  2. Shirinichi, F.; Gao, Y.; Webber, M. J.; Wang, Y.* Recent Advances in Sensing Technologies for Detecting Fentanyl and Its Analogues: Challenges and Future Directions. Sensors and Actuators Reports 2025, 10, 100386
  3. Jeon, H.; Kim, G.; Carpenter, J.; Colon, Y.; Wang, Y.* Automated High-Content, High-Throughput Spatial Analysis Pipeline for Drug Screening in 3D Tumor Spheroid Inverted Colloidal Crystal Arrays. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2025, 17, 35, 49210–49226
  4. Zhu, R.; Kim, G.; Rajewski, B.; Angera, I.; Del Valle, J. and Wang, Y.* N-Amino Peptide-Graphene Quantum Dot Loaded Small Extracellular Vesicles for Targeted Therapy of Tauopathies. Advanced NanoBiomed Research 2025, 7, 2500065
  5. Gao, Y.;† Shirinichi, F.;† Hansrisuk, A.; Zhu, R.; Xian, S.; Lieberman, M; Webber, M. J.*; Wang, Y.* A Supramolecular–Quantum Dot System for Broad-Spectrum Detection of Fentanyl Analogues. Small 2025, 21, 16, 2407702
  6. Jeon, H.; Zanon, T. T. M.; Carpenter, J.; Ilias, A.; Colon, Y.; Wang, Y.* A Bioinert Hydrogel Framework for Precision 3D Cell Cultures: Advancing Automated High-Content and High-Throughput Drug Screening. Small Science 2025, 5, 4, 2400440
  7. Kim, G.; Zhu, R.; Yu, S.; Fan, B.; Jeon, H.; Leon, J.; Webber, M. J.; Wang, Y.* Enhancing Gene Delivery to Breast Cancer with Highly Efficient siRNA Loading and pH-Responsive Small Extracellular Vesicles. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2025, 11, 1, 213–227
  8. Johnston, J.;† Jeon, H.;† Choi, Y. Y.; Kim, G.; Shi, T; Khong, C; Chang, H. C.; Myung, V. C.; Wang, Y.* Stimulative Piezoelectric Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Enhanced Small Extracellular Vesicle Production in 3D Cultures. Biomaterials Science (Emerging Investigator Award) 2024,12, 5728-5741
  9. Gao, Y.; Chen, J.; Liu, J; Li, M; Wang, Y.* Deposition of DNA nanostructures on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2024, 12, 3, 2400557
  10. Kim, G.; Zhu, R.; Zhang, Y. ; Jeon, H.; Shirinichi, F.; Wang, Y.* Fluorescent Chiral Quantum Dots to Unveil Origin-Dependent Exosome Uptake and Cargo Release. ACS Applied Bio Materials 2024, 7, 5, 3358–3374
  11. Zhu, R.; Stone T.; Wang, Y.* The Role of Shear Rates on Amyloid Formation from Biofilm Peptides Phenol Soluble Modulins. Biophysical Journal 2024, 123, 9, 1106-1115
  12. Gao, Y.; Wang, Y.* Interplay of Graphene-DNA Interactions: Unveiling Sensing Potential for Graphene Materials. Applied Physics Reviews 2024, 11, 011306 (Selected as Featured Article)
  13. Carbonel,H; Mikulski, TD; Nugraha, K; Johnston, J; Wang, Y.; Brown, SN.* Optically Active Bis(aminophenols) and Their Metal Complexes. Dalton Transactions 2023, 52, 13290-13303
  14. Jeon, H; Zhu, R.; Kim, G; Wang, Y.* Chirality-Enhanced Transport and Drug Delivery of Graphene Nanocarriers to Tumor-like Cellular Spheroid. Frontiers in Chemistry 2023, 11 (Invited Paper to Research Topic “Advanced Functional Chiral Materials: From Chemistry to Biology”)
  15. Zhu, R.; Makwana, K.M.; Zhang, Y.; Rajewski, B. H.; Del Valle, J. and Wang, Y.* Blocking Tau Transmission by Biomimetic Graphene Nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2023, 11, 7378 – 7388 (Featured in the collection of “Most popular research articles in 2023“)
  16. Johnston J.; Stone T.; Wang, Y.* Biomaterial-Enabled 3D Cell Culture Technologies for Extracellular Vesicle Manufacturing. Biomaterials Science, 2023, 11, 4055 – 4072
  17. Zhang, Y.; Kim, G.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, C.; Zhu, R.; Lu, X.; Chang, H. C. and Wang, Y.* Chiral Graphene Quantum Dot Enhanced Drug Loading into Small Extracellular Vesicles. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 11, 10191–10205
  18. Elvati P.†; Luyet C.†; Wang Y.†; Liu C.; VanEpps, J.S.; Kotov, N.A.; Violi, A. Molecular Architecture and Helicity of Bacterial Amyloid Nanofibers: Implications for the Design of Nanoscale Antibiotics. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2023, 6, 8, 6594–6604.
  19. Wang, Y.* and Jeon, H. Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures toward Quantitative High-Throughput Cancer Drug Screening. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 2022, 43, 11-24.
  20. Barani, N.; Sarabandi, K.; Kotov, N. A.; VanEpps, J.S.; Elvati, P.; Wang,Y.; Violi, A. Multiphysics Modeling Electromagnetic Signaling Phenomena at kHz-GHz Frequencies in Bacterial Biofilms. IEEE Access 2022, 10, 39344 – 39361.
  21. Choi W.J.; Yano K.; Cha M.; Colombari F.; Wang Y.; Lee S.H.; et al. Chiral Phonons in Microcrystals and Nanofibrils of Biomolecules. Nature Photonics 2022, 3, 21
  22. Ragazzon, G.; Cadranel, A.; Ushakova, E.V.; Wang, Y.; Guldi, D.M.; et al. Optical Processes in Carbon Nanocolloids. Chem 2021, 7, 3 606-628

Prior to ND

  1. Demirci, H.; Wang, Y.; Li, Q.; Lin, C.; Kotov, N.A.; Grisolia, A.B.D.; Guo, J.L. Penetration of Carbon Nanotubes into the Retinoblastoma Tumor after Intravitreal Injection in LHBETATAG Transgenic Mice Retinoblastoma Model. Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research 2020, 15, 4 446–452.
  2. Feng, W.; Kadiyala, U.;Yan, J.; Wang, Y.; DiRita, V.; VanEpps, J.S.; Kotov, N.A. Plasmonic Nanoparticles Assemblies Templated by Helical Bacteria and Resulting Optical Activity Chirality 2020, 32, 7 899-906.
  3. Wang, Y.; Kadiyala, U.; Qu, Z.; Elvati, P.; Altheim, C.; Kotov, N. A.; Violi, A.; VanEpps, J. S. Anti-Biofilm Activity of Graphene Quantum Dots via Self-Assembly with Bacterial Amyloid Proteins. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 4278–4289.
  4. Wang, Y.*; Bahng, J. H.; Kotov, N. A. Three-Dimensional Biomimetic Scaffolds for Hepatic Differentiation of Size-Controlled Embryoid Bodies. J. Mater. Res. 2019, 34, 1371-1380.
  5. Qu, Z.; Feng, W.; Wang, Y.; Kotov, N. A. Diverse Nanoassemblies of Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Mineralogical Counterparts. Angewandte Chemie 2019, 10.
  6. Liu, C.; Elvati, P.; Majumder, S.; Wang, Y.; Liu, A.; Violi, A. Predicting the Time of Entry of Nanoparticles in Cellular Membranes. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 9, 10221-10232.
  7. Wang, Y.*; Jan, E.; Cuddihy, M.; Bahng, J. H.; Kotov, N. Layered Biomimetic Nanocomposites Replicate Bone Surface in Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures. Nanocomposites 2018, 4, 156–166.
  8. Jiang, S.; Chekini, M.; Qu, Z.-B.; Wang, Y.; Yeltik, A.; Liu, Y.; Kotlyar, A.; Zhang, T.; Li, B.; Demir, H. V.; et al. Chiral Ceramic Nanoparticles and Peptide Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13701–13712.
  9. Suzuki, N.; Wang, Y.; Elvati, P.; Qu, Z.-B.; Kim, K.; Jiang, S.; Baumeister, E.; Lee, J.; Yeom, B.; Bahng, J. H.; et al. Chiral Graphene Quantum Dots. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 1744–1755.
  10. Wang, Y.; Bahng, J. H.; Che, Q.; Han, J.; Kotov, N. A. Anomalously Fast Diffusion of Targeted Carbon Nanotubes in Cellular Spheroids. ACS Nano 2015, 9, 8231–8238.
  11. Bahng, J. H.; Yeom, B; Wang, Y.; Tung, S. O.; Hoff, J. D.; Kotov, N. A. Anomalous dispersions of ‘hedgehog’ particles. Nature 2015, 7536, 596-599.
  12. Cuddihy, M.; Wang, Y.; Machi, C.; Bahng, J. H.; Kotov, N. A. Replication of Bone Marrow Differentiation Niche: Comparative Evaluation of Different Three-Dimensional Matrices. Small 2013, 9, 1008–1015.
  13. Wang, Y. ; Tang, Z.; Feng, Z.; Xie, Z.; Gu, Z. Stretched Inverse Opal Colloid Crystal Substrates-Induced Orientation of Fibroblast. Biomed. Mater. 2010, 5, 35011.
  14. Feng, Z..; Lu, H.; Leach, M.; Huang, N.; Wang, Y.; Liu, C.; Gu, Z. The Influence of Type-I Collagen-Coated PLLA Aligned Nanofibers on Growth of Blood Outgrowth Endothelial Cells. Biomed. Mater. 2010, 5, 65011.
  15. Feng, Z.; Chu, X.; Huang, N.; Leach, M.; Wang, G.; Wang, Y.; Ding, Y.; Gu, Z. Rat Hepatocyte Aggregate Formation on Discrete Aligned Nanofibers of Type-I Collagen-Coated Poly(l-Lactic Acid). Biomaterials 2010, 31, 3604–3612.
  16. Feng, Z.; Leach, M.; Chu, X.; Wang, Y.; Tian, T.; Shi, X.; Ding, Y.; Gu, Z. Electrospun Chitosan Nanofibers for Hepatocyte Culture. J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. 2010, 6, 658–666.
  17. Feng, Z.; Chu, X.; Huang, N.; Wang, T.; Wang, Y.; Shi, X.; Ding, Y.; Gu, Z. The Effect of Nanofibrous Galactosylated Chitosan Scaffolds on the Formation of Rat Primary Hepatocyte Aggregates and the Maintenance of Liver Function. Biomaterials 2009, 30, 2753–2763.
  18. Tang, Z.; Gao, J.; He, C.; Wang, Y. Establishment of Immortalized B Lymphoblast Cell Line from Patients with Hepatitis B Virus Infection. Journal of Medical Research 2008, 9, 23-26