By Associate Professor Sophia Gu

Book Chapters

Gu Z; Rolfe BE; Thomas AC; Campbell JH; Lu GQ; Xu ZP, 2012, 'Heparin-related Nanomaterials', in Piyathilake DE; Liang R (ed.), Heparin, Properties, Uses and Side Effects, Nova Publisher, pp. 159 - 178

Journal articles

Zhang Q; Sun B; Shanehsazzadeh S; Bongers A; Gu Z, 2024, 'Engineering Zn/Fe Mixed Metal Oxides with Tunable Structural and Magnetic Properties for Magnetic Particle Imaging.', Nanomaterials (Basel), 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano14231964

Chopra N; Melrose J; Gu Z; Diwan AD, 2024, 'Biomimetic Proteoglycans for Intervertebral Disc (IVD) Regeneration', Biomimetics, 9, pp. 722 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9120722

Wang X; Sun B; Dai Q; Zhu L; Gu Z; Dai L, 2024, 'Metal-Free Carbon Co-Catalysts for Up-Conversion Photo-Induced Catalytic Cancer Therapy', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408560

Kuo YC; Fan J; Zong L; Chen F; Feng Z; Liu C; Wan T; Gu Z; Hu L; Guan P; Lin CH; Li M; Xu Y; Wang C; Han Z; Chu D, 2024, 'Rational design of robust Cu@Ag core-shell nanowires for wearable electronics applications', Chemical Engineering Journal, 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.154001

Zhang M; Gao Z; Hakobyan K; Li W; Gu Z; Peng S; Liang K; Xu J, 2024, 'Rapid, Tough, and Trigger-Detachable Hydrogel Adhesion Enabled by Formation of Nanoparticles In Situ', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202310572

Xie Z; Chen W; Wang W; Gu Z; Shen Y, 2024, 'Particle-scale study on extracellular penetration of nanoparticles in tumor tissues', Materials Today Physics, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2024.101428

Liu D; Shi L; Dai Q; Lin X; Mehmood R; Gu Z; Dai L, 2024, 'Functionalization of carbon nanotubes for multifunctional applications', Trends in Chemistry, 6, pp. 186 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trechm.2024.02.002

Zhang H; Ge A; Wang Y; Xia B; Wang X; Zheng Z; Wei C; Ma B; Zhu L; Amal R; Yun SLJ; Gu Z, 2024, 'Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutic Protein via Ultrathin Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets', Pharmaceutics, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16030422

Chen W; Wang W; Xie Z; Centurion F; Sun B; Paterson DJ; Tsao SCH; Chu D; Shen Y; Mao G; Gu Z, 2024, 'Size-Dependent Penetration of Nanoparticles in Tumor Spheroids: A Multidimensional and Quantitative Study of Transcellular and Paracellular Pathways', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202304693

Ye Q; Kwon S; Gu Z; Selomulya C, 2024, 'Stable nanoemulsions for poorly soluble curcumin: From production to digestion response in vitro', Journal of Molecular Liquids, 394, pp. 123720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123720

Lyu N; Sun B; Tukova A; Zhang Q; Gu Z; Wang Y, 2023, 'In situ synthesis of gold nanoparticles on layered double hydroxide nanoparticles for multiplexing molecular imaging of single cells', Materials Today Chemistry, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2023.101698

Zong L; Yu Y; Wang J; Liu P; Feng W; Dai X; Chen L; Gunawan C; Jimmy Yun SL; Amal R; Cheong S; Gu Z; Chen Y, 2023, 'Oxygen-vacancy-rich molybdenum carbide MXene nanonetworks for ultrasound-triggered and capturing-enhanced sonocatalytic bacteria eradication', Biomaterials, 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122074

Afshari MJ; Cheng X; Duan G; Duan R; Wu S; Zeng J; Gu Z; Gao M, 2023, 'Vision for Ratiometric Nanoprobes: In Vivo Noninvasive Visualization and Readout of Physiological Hallmarks', ACS Nano, 17, pp. 7109 - 7134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c01641

Zhang Q; Liang J; Bongers A; Richardson JJ; Liang K; Gu Z, 2023, 'Site-Specific Antibody Assembly on Nanoparticles via a Versatile Coating Method for Improved Cell Targeting', Advanced Science, 10, pp. 2206546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202206546

Peguda HK; Lakshminarayanan R; Carnt NA; Gu Z; Willcox MDP, 2023, 'Correction to: The Activity of Polyhomoarginine against Acanthamoeba castellanii (Biology, (2022), 11, 12, (1726), 10.3390/biology11121726)', Biology, 12, pp. 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12030470

Li J; Centurion F; Chen R; Gu Z, 2023, 'Intravascular Imaging of Atherosclerosis by Using Engineered Nanoparticles', Biosensors, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios13030319

Zhang X; Centurion F; Misra A; Patel S; Gu Z, 2023, 'Molecularly targeted nanomedicine enabled by inorganic nanoparticles for atherosclerosis diagnosis and treatment', Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2023.114709

Tan TH; Zhang H; Xie B; Mann R; Peng L; Yun SLJ; Amal R; Gu Z; Gunawan C, 2023, 'Hydroxyl Radical Generating Monovalent Copper Particles for Antimicrobial Application', Journal of Nanomaterials, 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8812824

Wang X; Zhu L; Gu Z; Dai L, 2022, 'Carbon nanomaterials for phototherapy', Nanophotonics, 11, pp. 4955 - 4976, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0574

Peguda HK; Lakshminarayanan R; Carnt NA; Gu Z; Willcox MDP, 2022, 'The Activity of Polyhomoarginine against Acanthamoeba castellanii', Biology, 11, pp. 1726, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11121726

Peguda HK; Carnt NA; Gu Z; Kumar N; Willcox MDP; Kuppusamy R, 2022, 'The Anti-Amoebic Activity of a Peptidomimetic against Acanthamoeba castellanii', Microorganisms, 10, pp. 2377, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10122377

Guo Z; Xie W; Zhang Q; Lu J; Ye J; Gao X; Xu W; Fahad A; Xie Y; Wei Y; Wu H; Boyer C; Zhao L; Gu Z, 2022, 'Photoactivation-triggered in situ self-supplied H2O2 for boosting chemodynamic therapy via layered double Hydroxide-mediated catalytic cascade reaction', Chemical Engineering Journal, 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.137310

Hu T; Gu Z; Williams GR; Strimaite M; Zha J; Zhou Z; Zhang X; Tan C; Liang R, 2022, 'Layered double hydroxide-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications', Chemical Society Reviews, 51, pp. 6126 - 6176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2cs00236a

Zhang H; Zhang Q; Guo Z; Liang K; Boyer C; Liu J; Zheng Z; Amal R; Yun SLJ; Gu Z, 2022, 'Disulfiram-loaded metal organic framework for precision cancer treatment via ultrasensitive tumor microenvironment-responsive copper chelation and radical generation', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 615, pp. 517 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.01.187

Zhang H; Zhang L; Cao Z; Cheong S; Boyer C; Wang Z; Yun SLJ; Amal R; Gu Z, 2022, 'Two-Dimensional Ultra-Thin Nanosheets with Extraordinarily High Drug Loading and Long Blood Circulation for Cancer Therapy', Small, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202200299

Meng J; Zhang P; Chen Q; Wang Z; Gu Y; Ma J; Li W; Yang C; Qiao Y; Hou Y; Jing L; Wang Y; Gu Z; Zhu L; Xu H; Lu X; Gao M, 2022, 'Two-Pronged Intracellular Co-Delivery of Antigen and Adjuvant for Synergistic Cancer Immunotherapy', Advanced Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202202168

Zhang Q; Zhou D; Fang G; Lu H; Zeng J; Gu Z, 2022, 'Cell-Derived Biomimetic 2D Nanoparticles to Improve Cell-Specific Targeting and Tissue Penetration for Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging', Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101914

Yao C; Qi H; Jia X; Xu Y; Tong Z; Gu Z; Yang D, 2022, 'A DNA Nanocomplex Containing Cascade DNAzymes and Promoter-Like Zn-Mn-Ferrite for Combined Gene/Chemo-dynamic Therapy', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202113619

Liu R; Yang C; Huang Z; French R; Gu Z; Cheng J; Guo K; Xu J, 2022, 'Unraveling Sequence Effect on Glass Transition Temperatures of Discrete Unconjugated Oligomers', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.202100666

Wang X; Yan M; Zhou J; Song W; Xiao Y; Cui C; Gao W; Ke F; Zhu J; Gu Z; Hou R, 2021, 'Delivery of acetamiprid to tea leaves enabled by porous silica nanoparticles: efficiency, distribution and metabolism of acetamiprid in tea plants', BMC Plant Biology, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03120-4

Li F; Yu W; Zhang J; Dong Y; Ding X; Ruan X; Gu Z; Yang D, 2021, 'Spatiotemporally programmable cascade hybridization of hairpin DNA in polymeric nanoframework for precise siRNA delivery', Nature Communications, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21442-7

Wang X; Hu C; Gu Z; Dai L, 2021, 'Understanding of catalytic ROS generation from defect-rich graphene quantum-dots for therapeutic effects in tumor microenvironment', Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12951-021-01053-6

Cao Z; Zhang L; Liu J; Wang D; Liang K; Chen Y; Gu Z, 2021, 'A dual enzyme-mimicking radical generator for enhanced photodynamic therapy: Via series-parallel catalysis', Nanoscale, 13, pp. 17386 - 17395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1nr04104e

Guo Z; Xie W; Lu J; Guo X; Chi Y; Wang D; Takuya N; Xu W; Ye J; Liu X; Gu Z; Xu B; Wu H; Zhao L, 2021, 'Ferrous ions doped layered double hydroxide: Smart 2D nanotheranostic platform with imaging-guided synergistic chemo/photothermal therapy for breast cancer', Biomaterials Science, 9, pp. 5928 - 5938, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1bm00765c

Han J; Cui Y; Li F; Gu Z; Yang D, 2021, 'Responsive disassembly of nucleic acid nanocomplex in cells for precision medicine', Nano Today, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2021.101160

Peguda HK; Mahbub SB; Sherpa TD; Subedi D; Habibalahi A; Anwer AG; Gu Z; Willcox MDP; Goldys EM; Carnt NA, 2021, 'The autofluorescence patterns of acanthamoeba castellanii, pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococcus aureus: Effects of antibiotics and tetracaine', Pathogens, 10, pp. 894, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10070894

Han J; Cui Y; Gu Z; Yang D, 2021, 'Controllable assembly/disassembly of polyphenol-DNA nanocomplex for cascade-responsive drug release in cancer cells', Biomaterials, 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120846

Zhao H; Li T; Yao C; Gu Z; Liu C; Li J; Yang D, 2021, 'Dual Roles of Metal-Organic Frameworks as Nanocarriers for miRNA Delivery and Adjuvants for Chemodynamic Therapy', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, pp. 6034 - 6042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c21006

Zhao H; Lv J; Li F; Zhang Z; Zhang C; Gu Z; Yang D, 2021, 'Enzymatical biomineralization of DNA nanoflowers mediated by manganese ions for tumor site activated magnetic resonance imaging', Biomaterials, 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120591

Lu J; Guo Z; Che S; Gao F; Gu Z; Xu J; Chi Y; Xu W; Zhang J; Takuya N; Yu J; Zhao L, 2020, 'Dihydroartemisinin loaded layered double hydroxide nanocomposites for tumor specific photothermal-chemodynamic therapy', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 8, pp. 11082 - 11089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0tb01964j

Guo Z; Liu J; Li Y; McDonald JA; Bin Zulkifli MY; Khan SJ; Xie L; Gu Z; Kong B; Liang K; Zulkifli MYB, 2020, 'Biocatalytic metal-organic framework nanomotors for active water decontamination', Chemical Communications, 56, pp. 14837 - 14840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cc06429g

Lv J; Dong Y; Gu Z; Yang D, 2020, 'Programmable DNA Nanoflowers for Biosensing, Bioimaging, and Therapeutics', Chemistry - A European Journal, 26, pp. 14512 - 14524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202002242

Guo X; Li F; Liu C; Zhu Y; Xiao N; Gu Z; Luo D; Jiang J; Yang D, 2020, 'Construction of Organelle-Like Architecture by Dynamic DNA Assembly in Living Cells', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59, pp. 20651 - 20658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202009387

Zhang H; Cao Z; Zhang Q; Xu J; Yun SLJ; Liang K; Gu Z, 2020, 'Chemotaxis-Driven 2D Nanosheet for Directional Drug Delivery toward the Tumor Microenvironment', Small, 16, pp. e2002732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202002732

Zhao H; Zhao H; Jiao Y; Zhu Y; Liu C; Li F; Wang Y; Gu Z; Yang D, 2020, 'Biosynthetic molecular imaging probe for tumor-targeted dual-modal fluorescence/magnetic resonance imaging', Biomaterials, 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120220

Xie W; Guo Z; Gao Q; Wang D; Liang K; Gu Z; Zhao LY, 2020, 'Manganese-Doped Layered Double Hydroxide: A Biodegradable Theranostic Nanoplatform with Tumor Microenvironment Response for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Photothermal Therapy', ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3, pp. 5845 - 5855, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c00564

Liu J; Guo Z; Kordanovski M; Kaltbeitzel J; Zhang H; Cao Z; Gu Z; Wich PR; Lord M; Liang K, 2020, 'Metal-organic frameworks as protective matrices for peptide therapeutics', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 576, pp. 356 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.05.057

Zhang Q; Liang J; Yun SLJ; Liang K; Yang D; Gu Z, 2020, 'Recent advances in improving tumor-targeted delivery of imaging nanoprobes', Biomaterials Science, 8, pp. 4108 - 4125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0bm00761g

Li B; Hao G; Sun B; Gu Z; Xu ZP, 2020, 'Engineering a Therapy-Induced “Immunogenic Cancer Cell Death” Amplifier to Boost Systemic Tumor Elimination', Advanced Functional Materials, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201909745

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