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J. L. Du, H. L. Xu, X. Y. Zhu, K. Y. Long, J. Q. Lang, L. Jiang, E. H. Xiong*, J. W. Liu, R. H. Yang. Robust Peptide-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles via Ethynyl Bonding for High-Fidelity Bioanalytical Applications. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202424351.
P. F. Liu, Y. T. Lin, X. H. Zhuo, J. Y. Zeng, B. L. Chen, Z. Zou, G. H. Liu, E. H. Xiong*, R. H. Yang*. Universal crRNA Acylation Strategy for Robust Photo-Initiated One-Pot CRISPR-Cas12a Nucleic Acid Diagnostics. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401486.
M. Q. Huang, E. H. Xiong*, Y. Wang, M. L. Hu, H. H. Yue, T. Tian, D. B. Zhu, H. Liu, X. M. Zhou*. Fast Microwave Heating-Based One-Step Synthesis of DNA and RNA Modified Gold Nanoparticles. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 968.
E. H. Xiong, L. Jiang, T. Tian, M. L. Hu, H. H. Yue, M. Q. Huang, W. Lin, Y. Z. Jiang, D. B. Zhu, X. M. Zhou*. Simultaneous Dual-Gene Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Based on CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Lateral Flow Assay. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 5307–5315. (ESI Highly cited paper, Hot paper)
M. L. Hu, C. Q. Yuan, T. Tian, X. S. Wang, J. Sun, E. H. Xiong*, X. M. Zhou*. Single-Step, Salt-Aging-Free, and Thiol-Free Freezing Construction of AuNP-Based Bioprobes for Advancing CRISPR-Based Diagnostics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 7506–7513.
J. L. Ai, J. H. Deng, J. J. Hu, X. X. Pu*, T. Y. Yuan, Y. L. Teng, H. Li, B. J. Chen, J. L. Du, L. Jiang*, X. Y. Chen, E. H. Xiong*, R. H. Yang. PAM-Independent CRISPR-Cas12a System for Specific Assays of Single Nucleotide Variants. JACS Au 2025, 5, 1392–1401.
X. S. Wang, E. H. Xiong*, T. Tian, M. Cheng, W. Lin, H. Wang, G. H. Zhang, J. Sun*, X. M. Zhou* Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/Cas9-Mediated Lateral Flow Nucleic Acid Assay. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 2497–2508. (ESI Highly cited paper)
J. L. Du, L. Jiang*, E. H. Xiong* et al. Guanine-Quadruplex-Engineered crRNA Enables Light-Activated CRISPR/Cas12a System for Robust One-Pot Viral Assay. Anal. Chem. 2025, 97, 26580–26589.
P. F. Liu, J. Y. Zeng, C. C. Jiang, J. L. Du, L. Jiang*, S. Li, F. X. Zeng*, E. H. Xiong*. Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-Enhanced CRISPR-Cas System for Robust Nucleic Acid Diagnostics. Anal. Chem. 2024, 96, 15797–15807.
J. Y. Zeng, P. F. Liu, J. L. Du, S. Li, E. H. Xiong*, R. H. Yang. Split crRNA-Motivated Amplification-Free RNA Testing with CRISPR-Cas12a. Sci. China Chem. 2025, 68, 789–801.
E. H. Xiong, P. F. Liu, R. J. Deng, K. X. Zhang, R. H. Yang*, J. H. Li*. Recent Advances in Enzyme-Free and Enzyme-Mediated Single-Nucleotide Variation Assay in Vitro. Natl. Sci. Rev. 2024, 11, nwae118.
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L. Jiang, J. L. Du, H. L. Xu, X. H. Zhuo, J. L. Ai, J. Y. Zeng, R. H. Yang, E. H. Xiong*. Ultrasensitive CRISPR/Cas13a-Mediated Photoelectrochemical Biosensors for Specific and Direct Assay of miRNA-21. Anal. Chem. 2023, 95, 1193–1200.
E. H. Xiong, D. B. Yao, A. D. Ellington*, S. Bhadra*. Minimizing Leakage in Stacked Strand Exchange Amplification Circuits. ACS Synth. Biol. 2021, 10, 1277–1283.
Y. J. Bao, Y. Z. Jiang, E. H. Xiong*, T. Tian, Z. Z. Zhang, J. Lv, Y. Li*, X. M. Zhou*. CUT-LAMP: Contamination-Free Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Based on the CRISPR/Cas9 Cleavage. ACS Sens. 2020, 5, 1082–1091.