By Professor Guangzhao Mao

Book Chapters

Zou Y; Wan L; Blacklock J; Xie L; Carroll S; Oupicky D; Mao G, 2019, 'In situ AFM analysis investigating disassembly of DNA nanoparticles and nanofilms', in Methods in Molecular Biology, pp. 199 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9092-4_13

Xie L; Zou Y; Carroll S; Muniz M; Mao G, 2019, 'Layer-by-layer film engineering for sequential gene delivery', in Methods in Molecular Biology, pp. 161 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9092-4_11

Zou Y; Oupicky D; Mao G, 2014, 'Atomic force microscopy imaging of DNA delivery nanosystems', in NanoCellBiology - Multimodal Imaging in Biology and Medicine, pp. 321 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.4032/9789814411806

, 2014, 'mRNA Nanomachines and Stress Reprogramming Following Brain Ischemia', in NanoCellBiology, Jenny Stanford Publishing, pp. 207 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b15646-12

Zou Y; Wan L; Blacklock J; Oupicky D; Mao G, 2013, 'In situ AFM analysis investigating disassembly of DNA nanoparticles and nano-films', in , pp. 183 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-140-0_13

Jiang X; Ren Y; Williford JM; Li Z; Mao G, 2013, 'Liver-Targeted gene delivery through retrograde intrabiliary infusion', in , pp. 275 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-140-0_19

Wang R; Arachchige IU; Brock SL; Mao G, 2008, 'Nanoparticles as seeds for organic crystallization', in , pp. 358 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bk-2008-0996.ch025

Mao G; Liang X, 2005, 'Resolving the Thickness and Micromechanical Properties of Lipid Bilayers and Vesicles Using AFM', in Force Microscopy: Applications in Biology and Medicine, pp. 181 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/0470007702.ch11

Journal articles

Tang J; Meftahi N; Christofferson AJ; Sun J; Yu R; Rahim MA; Tang J; Mao G; Daeneke T; Kaner RB; Russo SP; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2025, 'Molten Sn solvent expands liquid metal catalysis', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56222-0

Wang R; Kilani M; Lin J; Chandrawati R; Mao G, 2025, 'Electrocrystallization of Copper 7,7,8,8‐Tetracyanoquinodimethane Charge‐Transfer Complex on Flexible Substrates for Real‐Time Ammonia Gas Sensing', Advanced Sensor Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202400167

Baharfar M; Lin J; Kilani M; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2024, 'Liquid Metal-Enabled Galvanic Electrocrystallization of Charge-Transfer Complexes', Crystal Growth and Design, 24, pp. 10225 - 10234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c01212

Zhong W; Chi Y; Yu R; Kong C; Zhou S; Han C; Vongsvivut J; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Amal R; Tang J; Lu X, 2024, 'Liquid Metal-Enabled Tunable Synthesis of Nanoporous Polycrystalline Copper for Selective CO2-to-Formate Electrochemical Conversion', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202403939

Yeoh GH; De Cachinho Cordeiro IM; Wang W; Wang C; Yuen ACY; Chen TBY; Vargas JB; Mao G; Garbe U; Chua HT, 2024, 'Carbon-based Flame Retardants for Polymers: A Bottom-up Review', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202403835

Jia C; Sun Q; Liu R; Mao G; Maschmeyer T; Gooding JJ; Zhang T; Dai L; Zhao C, 2024, 'Challenges and Opportunities for Single-Atom Electrocatalysts: From Lab-Scale Research to Potential Industry-Level Applications', Advanced Materials, 36, pp. e2404659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404659

Baharfar M; Hillier AC; Mao G, 2024, 'Charge-Transfer Complexes: Fundamentals and Advances in Catalysis, Sensing, and Optoelectronic Applications', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202406083

Yu R; Chi Y; Zheng J; Fuchs R; Lv P; Nor-Azman NA; Johnston L; Mao Y; Gao S; Tang J; Rahim MA; Peng S; Kaner R; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2024, 'Dynamic Electric Discharge Paths in Liquid Metal Marble Arrays', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408933

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G; Gooding J, 2024, 'Materials Research at the University of New South Wales Over the Last 75 Years', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202415007

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G, 2024, 'The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation at University of New South Wales, Sydney', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202413894

Lin J; Kilani M; Baharfar M; Wang R; Mao G, 2024, 'Understanding the nanoscale phenomena of nucleation and crystal growth in electrodeposition', Nanoscale, 16, pp. 19564 - 19588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4nr02389g

Wang W; Hassan MM; Kapoor-Kaushik N; Livni L; Musrie B; Tang J; Mahmud Z; Lai S; Wich PR; Ananthanarayanan V; Moalem-Taylor G; Mao G, 2024, 'Neural Tracing Protein-Functionalized Nanoparticles Capable of Fast Retrograde Axonal Transport in Live Neurons', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202311921

Zheng J; Sharma A; Kumeria T; Chi Y; Ghasemian MB; Mao G; Tang J; Kumar P; Rahim MA; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2024, 'Dynamic Zinc in Liquid Metal Media as a Metal Ion Source for Highly Porous ZIF-8 Synthesis', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300969

Yu R; Han J; Chi Y; Zheng J; Fuchs R; Ghasemian MB; Rahim MA; Tang SY; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2024, 'Impact of Minor Alloy Components on the Electrocapillarity and Electrochemistry of Liquid Metal Fractals', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202301348

Fuchs R; Abdoli S; Kilani M; Nor-Azman NA; Yu R; Tang SY; Dickey MD; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2024, 'Stroking through Electrolyte: Liquid Metal Droplet Propulsion through Pulse Time Modulation', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202314815

Lin J; Kilani M; Baharfar M; Tang J; Zheng J; Kumar PV; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2024, 'Microelectrode-enabled Electrocrystallization of Cobalt TCNQ Complex for Gas Sensing', ChemElectroChem, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300826

Wang W; Yong J; Marciano P; O’Hare Doig R; Mao G; Clark J, 2024, 'The Translation of Nanomedicines in the Contexts of Spinal Cord Injury and Repair', Cells, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells13070569

Tang J; Christofferson AJ; Sun J; Zhai Q; Kumar PV; Yuwono JA; Tajik M; Meftahi N; Tang J; Dai L; Mao G; Russo SP; Kaner RB; Rahim MA; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2024, 'Dynamic configurations of metallic atoms in the liquid state for selective propylene synthesis', Nature Nanotechnology, 19, pp. 306 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01540-x

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

Kilani M; Mao G, 2024, 'Nanomaterials-Enabled Sensors for Detecting and Monitoring Chemical Warfare Agents', Small, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202409984

Zhong W; Chi Y; Yu R; Kong C; Zhou S; Han C; Vongsvivut J; Mao G; Kalantar‐Zadeh K; Amal R; Tang J; Lu X, 2024, 'Liquid Metal‐Enabled Tunable Synthesis of Nanoporous Polycrystalline Copper for Selective CO₂‐to‐Formate Electrochemical Conversion (Small 49/2024)', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202470361

Zheng J; Solomon MB; Rawal A; Chi Y; Yu R; Liu L; Tang J; Mao G; D’Alessandro DM; Kumar PV; Rahim MA; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2023, 'Passivation-Free, Liquid-Metal-Based Electrosynthesis of Aluminum Metal-Organic Frameworks Mediated by Light Metal Activation', ACS Nano, 17, pp. 25532 - 25541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c09472

Baharfar M; Lin J; Kilani M; Zhao L; Zhang Q; Mao G, 2023, 'Gas nanosensors for health and safety applications in mining', Nanoscale Advances, 5, pp. 5997 - 6016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3na00507k

Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Baharfar M; Tajik M; Chi Y; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2023, 'Liquid Metal Interface for Two-Precursor Autogenous Deposition of Metal Telluride-Tellurium Networks', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15, pp. 47394 - 47404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c10049

Chi Y; Kumar PV; Zheng J; Kong C; Yu R; Johnston L; Ghasemian MB; Rahim MA; Kumeria T; Chu D; Lu X; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2023, 'Liquid-Metal Solvents for Designing Hierarchical Nanoporous Metals at Low Temperatures', ACS Nano, 17, pp. 17070 - 17081, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c04585

Hassan MM; Romana B; Mao G; Kumar N; Sonvico F; Thordarson P; Joyce P; Bremmell KE; Barnes TJ; Prestidge CA, 2023, 'Liposome-Micelle-Hybrid (LMH) Carriers for Controlled Co-Delivery of 5-FU and Paclitaxel as Chemotherapeutics', Pharmaceutics, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15071886

Lin J; Kilani M; Mao G, 2023, 'Recent Advances in Integrating 1D Nanomaterials into Chemiresistive Gas Sensor Devices', Advanced Materials Technologies, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202202038

Kilani M; Ahmed M; Mayyas M; Wang Y; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2023, 'Toward Precision Deposition of Conductive Charge-Transfer Complex Crystals Using Nanoelectrochemistry', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202201198

Wang W; Clark J; Mao G, 2023, 'Neuroanatomical Tract Tracers: Not Just for Neural Tracing Anymore', ACS Applied Bio Materials, 6, pp. 1380 - 1397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.3c00063

Wang W; Hassan MM; Mao G, 2023, 'Colloidal Perspective on Targeted Drug Delivery to the Central Nervous System', Langmuir, 39, pp. 3235 - 3245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02949

Centurion F; Hassan MM; Tang J; Allioux FM; Chakraborty S; Chen R; Mao G; Kumar N; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2022, 'Assembly of surface-independent polyphenol/liquid gallium composite nanocoatings', Nanoscale, 14, pp. 14760 - 14769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2nr02559k

Gao X; Hassan MM; Ghosh S; Mao G; Sankari A, 2022, 'Efficacy and toxicity of the DPCPX nanoconjugate drug study for the treatment of spinal cord injury in rats', Journal of Applied Physiology, 133, pp. 262 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00195.2022

Zare I; Yaraki MT; Speranza G; Najafabadi AH; Shourangiz-Haghighi A; Nik AB; Manshian BB; Saraiva C; Soenen SJ; Kogan MJ; Lee JW; Apollo NV; Bernardino L; Araya E; Mayer D; Mao G; Hamblin MR, 2022, 'Gold nanostructures: synthesis, properties, and neurological applications', Chemical Society Reviews, 51, pp. 2601 - 2680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cs01111a

Mao G; Kilani M; Ahmed M, 2022, 'Review-Micro/Nanoelectrodes and Their Use in Electrocrystallization: Historical Perspective and Current Trends', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac51a0

Janic B; Brown SL; Neff R; Mao G; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2022, 'Gold Nanoparticle (AuNP) as a Therapeutic Enhancer for Radio – And Immunotherapy Therapy Combination in Triple Negative Breast Cancer', International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 114, pp. e522 - e522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.2114

Geng X; Li S; Mawella-Vithanage L; Ma T; Kilani M; Wang B; Ma L; Hewa-Rahinduwage CC; Shafikova A; Nikolla E; Mao G; Brock SL; Zhang L; Luo L, 2021, 'Atomically dispersed Pb ionic sites in PbCdSe quantum dot gels enhance room-temperature NO2 sensing', Nature Communications, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25192-4

Hassan MM; Hettiarachchi M; Kilani M; Gao X; Sankari A; Boyer C; Mao G, 2021, 'Sustained A1 Adenosine Receptor Antagonist Drug Release from Nanoparticles Functionalized by a Neural Tracing Protein', ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 12, pp. 4438 - 4448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00538

Wang Y; Mayyas M; Yang J; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Mousavi M; Han J; Ahmed M; Baharfar M; Mao G; Yao Y; Esrafilzadeh D; Cortie D; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Liquid-metal-assisted deposition and patterning of molybdenum dioxide at low temperature', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, pp. 53181 - 53193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c15367

Sarma A; Gajan A; Kim S; Gurdziel K; Mao G; Nangia-Makker P; Shekhar MPV, 2021, 'RAD6B Loss Disrupts Expression of Melanoma Phenotype in Part by Inhibiting WNT/β-Catenin Signaling', American Journal of Pathology, 191, pp. 368 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2020.10.015

Janic B; Brown SL; Neff R; Liu F; Mao G; Chen Y; Jackson L; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2021, 'Therapeutic enhancement of radiation and immunomodulation by gold nanoparticles in triple negative breast cancer', Cancer Biology and Therapy, 22, pp. 124 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2020.1861923

Yu X; Kilani M; Siddiqui A; Mao G, 2020, 'One-Step Synthesis of Charge-Transfer Salt Nanosensors on Microelectrode Patterns', Advanced Materials Technologies, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000554

Janic B; Neff R; Brown SL; Liu F; Mao G; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2020, 'Radiation and Gold Nanoparticle Immunomodulation in MDA MB 231 Mouse Breast Cancer Model', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 108, pp. E545 - E546, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000582521502014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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