Publications

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2025

1. Ngo, C. H. L., Hnit, S. S. T., Hassanzadeh-Barforoushi, A., Chowdhury, F., Zhang, W., Inglis, D. W., Tsao, S. C.-H., & Wang, Y. (2025). A new strategy to modify glass for capture and detection of small extracellular vesicles. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 129(18), 4373–4382.

2. Yaraki, M. T., Aarti, Zenaidee, M. A., Chen, D., Shen, C., Li, Q., Venkatesan, K., & Wang, Y. (2025). Emissive bovine serum albumin-templated osmium nanoclusters: synthesis and optical characterization. ChemPhotoChem, 9(5), e202400412.

3. Dong, Q., Sun, X., Wang, Y., Zhang, W., Feng, F., Li, D., Wang, J., & Wang, E. (2025). Enabling sensitive quantification of exosomes combining aptamer-based rolling circle amplification and silver nanoparticles. Analytical Chemistry, 97(13), 7212–7220.

4. Feng, X., Shen, A., Zhang, W., Jia, S., Iliuk, A., Wang, Y., Zhang, W., Zhang, Y., Tao, W. A., & Hu, L. (2025). High-throughput capture and in situ protein analysis of extracellular vesicles by chemical probe-based array. Nature Protocols, 20(4), 1057–1081.

5. Alom, K. M., Tukova, A., Lyu, N., Rodger, A., & Wang, Y. (2025). Label-free surface-enhanced Raman scattering for genomic DNA cytosine methylation reading. Molecules, 30(2), 403.

6. Duffield, C., Rey Gomez, L., Hnit, S. S. T., Zhang, W., Tsao, S., Inglis, D., & Wang, Y. (2025). Multi-line lateral flow immunoassay for the detection and subtyping of breast cancer-derived small extracellular vesicles. Chemical Communications, 61(49), 8915–8918.

7. Zhang, W., Wang, J., Ngo, L., Li, L., & Wang, Y. (2025). Recent advances in cancer cell membrane-based nanoparticles and cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles as drug delivery platforms. Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 5(6), 2500008.

8. Duffield, C., Rey Gomez, L., Tsao, S., & Wang, Y. (2025). Recent advances in SERS assays for detection of multiple extracellular vesicles biomarkers for cancer diagnosis. Nanoscale, 17(7), 3635–3655.

9. Ngo, C. H. L., Tukova, A., Zhang, W., Tsao, S. C. H., & Wang, Y. (2025). Sensitive detection of small extracellular vesicles using a gold nanostar-based SERS assay. The Analyst, 150(10), 2108–2117.

2024

1. Bickerstaff-Westbrook, E., Tukova, A., Lyu, N., Shen, C., Rodger, A., & Wang, Y. (2024). Advancing SERS label-free detection of bacteria: sensing in liquid vs drop-cast. Materials Today Sustainability, 27, 100912.

2. Tukova, A., Zhang, W., Rodger, A., & Wang, Y. (2024). Analytical SERS for liquid biopsy biomarkers detection. In Procházka, M., Kneipp, J., Zhao, B., & Ozaki, Y. (Eds.), Surface and Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy: Bridging Theory and Applications (pp. 567–607). Singapore: Springer Nature.

3. Wang, Q., He, B., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Jiang, L., Jin, H., Wei, M., Ren, W., Suo, Z., & Xu, Y. (2024). An electrochemical aptasensor based on AuPt@PEI-g-C₃N₄ combined with a rolling circle amplification strategy for ultrasensitive detection of ciprofloxacin. Microchemical Journal, 197, 109871.

4. Wang, R., He, B., Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Liang, Z., Jin, H., Wei, M., Ren, W., Suo, Z., & Xu, Y. (2024). A novel electrochemical aptasensor based on AgPdNPs/PEI-GO and hollow nanobox-like Pt@Ni-CoHNBs for procymidone detection. Bioelectrochemistry, 158, 108728.

5. Li, L., Yao, X., Wei, P., He, D., Ding, Q., Bai, B., Lv, X., Kuzuya, A., Wang, Y., Wu, K., Wang, K., & Zheng, J. (2024). DNA origami-constructed nanotapes for sunitinib adsorption and inhibition of renal clear carcinoma cells. ACS Omega, 9(31), 33765–33772.

6. Nguyen, N. T. T., Tukova, A., Yaraki, M. T., Rodger, A., & Wang, Y. (2024). Gold–silver nanoboxes: a systematic investigation of their SERS capability and dual functions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128(32), 13518–13528.

7. Choi, N., Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., & Schlücker, S. (2024). iSERS: from nanotag design to protein assays and ex vivo imaging. Chemical Society Reviews, 53(13), 6675–6693.

8. Tavakkoli Yaraki, M., Wongtrakul-Kish, K., Moh, E., Packer, N., & Wang, Y. (2024). Lectin-conjugated nanotags with high SERS stability: selective probes for glycans. Analyst, 149(6), 1774–1783.

9. Hassanzadeh-Barforoushi, A., Tukova, A., Nadalini, A., Inglis, D. W., Tsao, S. C.-H., & Wang, Y. (2024). Microfluidic-SERS technologies for CTC: a perspective on clinical translation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(18), 22761–22775.

10. Zhang, Y., He, B., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Liang, Y., Jin, H., Wei, M., Ren, W., Suo, Z., & Xu, Y. (2024). Mn²⁺-triggered swing-arm robot strategy using anemone-like Thi@AuPd@Cu-MOFs as signaling probes for the detection of T-2 toxin. Analytical Chemistry, 96(1), 92–101.

11. Lyu, N., Potluri, P. R., Rajendran, V. K., Wang, Y., & Sunna, A. (2024). Multiplex detection of bacterial pathogens by PCR/SERS assay. Analyst, 149(10), 2898–2904.

12. Tukova, A., Nguyen, T. T. N., Garcia-Bennett, A., Rodger, A., & Wang, Y. (2024). Plasmonic nanostars: unique properties that distinguish them from spherical nanoparticles from a biosensing perspective. Advanced Optical Materials, 12(28), 2401183.

13. Hassanzadeh-Barforoushi, A., Tsao, S. C.-H., Nadalini, A., Inglis, D. W., & Wang, Y. (2024). Rapid isolation and detection of breast cancer circulating tumor cells using microfluidic sequential trapping array. Advanced Sensor Research, 2300206.

14. Lyu, N., Hassanzadeh-Barforoushi, A., Rey Gomez, L. M., Zhang, W., & Wang, Y. (2024). SERS biosensors for liquid biopsy towards cancer diagnosis by detection of various circulating biomarkers: current progress and perspectives. Nano Convergence, 11(1), 22.

15. Su, A., Liu, Y., Sun, W., Liang, C., Xu, W., Rodger, A., Piper, J., Wang, Y., & Xu, S. (2024). Silver nanoparticles with dual-recognition via CRISPR/dCas9 for SERS identification of two KRAS mutations in nucleic acid targets. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7(8), 9800–9808.

16. Tavakkoli Yaraki, M., Rubio, N. S., Tukova, A., Liu, J., Gu, Y., Kou, L., & Wang, Y. (2024). Spectroscopic identification of charge transfer of thiolated molecules on gold nanoparticles via gold nanoclusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(9), 5916–5926.

17. Wu, J., He, B., Wang, Y., Zhao, R., Zhang, Y., Bai, C., Wei, M., Jin, H., Ren, W., Suo, Z., & Xu, Y. (2024). ZIF-8 labelled a new electrochemical aptasensor based on PEI-PrGO/AuNWs for DON detection. Talanta, 267, 125257.

18. Wang, Q., He, B., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Jin, H., Wei, M., Zhao, W., Xie, D., Ren, W., Suo, Z., & Xu, Y. (2024). “Two-in-one” PtPdPu trimetallic multifunctional nanoparticles-mediated dual-signal-integrated aptasensor for ultradetection of enrofloxacin. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(17), 22704–22714.

2023

  • 1. Zhu, J., He, B., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Liang, Y., Jin, H., Wei, M., Ren, W., Suo, Z. & Xu, Y. (2023). A novel magneto-mediated electrochemical biosensor integrated DNAzyme motor and hollow nanobox-like Pt@Ni–Co electrocatalyst as dual signal amplifiers for vanilla detection. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 241, 115690.
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  • 2. Ngo, L., Pham, L. Q. A., Tukova, A., Hassanzadeh-Barforoushi, A., Zhang, W. & Wang, Y. (2023). Emerging integrated SERS-microfluidic devices for analysis of cancer-derived small extracellular vesicles. Lab on a Chip, 23(13), 2899–2921.
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  • 3. Rey Gomez, L. M., Hirani, R., Care, A., Inglis, D. W. & Wang, Y. (2023). Emerging microfluidic devices for sample preparation of undiluted whole blood to enable the detection of biomarkers. ACS Sensors, 8(4), 1404–1421.
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  • 4. Nguyen, N. T. T., Tavakkoli Yaraki, M. & Wang, Y. (2023). Enabling spectral barcoding of SERS nanotags using gold nanostars. Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, 8(2), 251–260.
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  • 5. Zhang, W., Ngo, L., Tsao, S. C-H., Liu, D. & Wang, Y. (2023). Engineered cancer-derived small extracellular vesicle-liposome hybrid delivery system for targeted treatment of breast cancer. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(13), 16420–16433.
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  • 6. Ngo, L., Zhang, W., Hnit, S. S. T. & Wang, Y. (2023). Improving SERS biosensors for the analysis of ovarian cancer-derived small extracellular vesicles. Analyst, 148(13), 3074–3086.
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  • 7. Zhang, T., Inglis, D. W., Ngo, L., Wang, Y., Hosokawa, Y., Yalikun, Y. & Li, M. (2023). Inertial separation of particles assisted by symmetrical sheath flows in a straight microchannel. Analytical Chemistry, 95(29), 11132–11140.
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  • 8. 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, 101698.
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  • 9. Tsao, S. C-H., Zhang, W., Nao, C. H. L., Jabson, J., Wongtrakul-Kish, K., Inglis, D. & Wang, Y. (2023). Monitoring of breast cancer treatment response by analysis of breast cancer-derived extracellular vesicles. Breast, 68, 242.
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  • 10. Rhee, K., Tukova, A., Tavakkoli Yaraki, M. & Wang, Y. (2023). Nanosupernova: a new anisotropic nanostructure for SERS. Nanoscale, 15(5), 2087–2095.
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  • 11. Tukova, A., Nie, Y., Tavakkoli Yaraki, M., Tran, N. T., Wang, J., Rodger, A., Gu, Y. & Wang, Y. (2023). Shape dependent protein-induced stabilization of gold nanoparticles: from a protein corona perspective. Aggregate, 4(4), e323.
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  • 12. Tukova, A., Yaraki, M. T., Rodger, A. & Wang, Y. (2023). Shape-induced variations in aromatic thiols adsorption on gold nanoparticle: a novel method for accurate evaluation of adsorbed molecules. Langmuir, 39(44), 15828–15836.

2022

1. Cancer-derived small extracellular vesicles: emerging biomarkers and therapies for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma diagnosis/prognosis and treatment, Zhang, W., Campbell, D. H., Walsh, B. J., Packer, N. H., Liu, D. & Wang, Y., 14 Oct 2022, In: Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 20, 1, p. 1-20 20 p., 446.

2. Detection of rare prostate cancer cells in human urine offers prospect of non-invasive diagnosis, Sayyadi, N., Justiniano, I., Wang, Y., Zheng, X., Zhang, W., Jiang, L., Polikarpov, D. M., Willows, R. D., Gillatt, D., Campbell, D., Walsh, B. J., Yuan, J., Lu, Y., Packer, N. H., Wang, Y. & Piper, J. A., Dec 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., 18452.

3. Emerging SERS biosensors for the analysis of cells and extracellular vesicles, Tavakkoli Yaraki, M., Tukova, A. & Wang, Y., 7 Nov 2022, In: Nanoscale. 14, 41, p. 15242-15268 27 p.

4. Phenotypic profiling of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma plasma-derived small extracellular vesicles for cancer diagnosis and cancer stage prediction: a proof-of-concept study, Zhang, W., Wang, L., Li, D., Campbell, D. H., Walsh, B. J., Packer, N. H., Dong, Q., Wang, E. & Wang, Y., 16 Jun 2022, In: Analytical Methods. 14, 23, p. 2255-2265 11 p.

5. Principles and clinical diagnostic applications of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Wang, Y. (ed.), 2022, 1 ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 464 p.

6. Sensitive and selective detection of Mucin1 in pancreatic cancer using hybridization chain reaction with the assistance of Fe3O4@polydopamine nanocomposites, Dong, Q., Jia, X., Wang, Y., Wang, H., Liu, Q., Li, D., Wang, J. & Wang, E., 23 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 20, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 94.

7. SERS characterization of colorectal cancer cell surface markers upon anti-EGFR treatment, Lyu, N., Pedersen, B., Shklovskaya, E., Rizos, H., Molloy, M. P. & Wang, Y., Jun 2022, In: Exploration. 2, 3, p. 1-10 10 p., 20210176.

8. SERS multiplex profiling of melanoma circulating tumor cells for predicting the response to immune checkpoint blockade therapy, Li, J., Wuethrich, A., Zhang, Z., Wang, J., Lin, L. L., Behren, A., Wang, Y. & Trau, M., 25 Oct 2022, In: Analytical Chemistry. 94, 42, p. 14573-14582 10 p.

9. SERS Nanotags, Lyu, N. & Wang, Y., Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) Principles, Design and Bio-applications Volume 5: Plasmonics in Diagnostics and Therapy. World Scientific Publishing

10. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for circulating biomarkers detection in clinical diagnosis, Liu, Y., Lyu, N., Rodger, A. & Wang, Y., 2022, Principles and Clinical Diagnostic Applications of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Wang, Y. (ed.). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, p. 225-280 56 p.

2021

  1. A digital single-molecule nanopillar SERS platform for predicting and monitoring immune toxicities in immunotherapy, Li, J., Wuethrich, A., Sina, A. A. I., Cheng, H-H., Wang, Y., Behren, A., Mainwaring, P. N. & Trau, M., 17 Feb 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 12 p., 1087.
  2. Effect of cetuximab-conjugated gold nanoparticles on the cytotoxicity and phenotypic evolution of colorectal cancer cells, El Hallal, R., Lyu, N. & Wang, Y., 1 Feb 2021, In: Molecules. 26, 3, 14 p., 567.
  3. Gold nanostars with reduced fouling facilitate small molecule detection in the presence of protein, Tukova, A., Kuschnerus, I. C., Garcia-Bennett, A., Wang, Y. & Rodger, A., Oct 2021, In: Nanomaterials. 11, 10, p. 1-17 17 p., 2565.
  4. Highly specific detection of KRAS single nucleotide polymorphism by asymmetric PCR/SERS assay, Lyu, N., Rajendran, V. K., Li, J., Engel, A., Molloy, M. P. & Wang, Y., 21 Sep 2021, In: The Analyst. 146, 18, p. 5714-5721 8 p.
  5. In situ single cell proteomics reveals circulating tumor cell heterogeneity during treatment, Reza, K. K., Dey, S., Wuethrich, A., Wang, J., Behren, A., Antaw, F., Wang, Y., Sina, A. A. I. & Trau, M., 27 Jul 2021, In: ACS Nano. 15, 7, p. 11231-11243 13 p.
  6. Synthesis and characterization of reporter molecules embedded core-shell nanoparticles as SERS nanotags, Duffield, C., Lyu, N. & Wang, Y., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences. 14, 4, p. 2141007-1 - 2141007-10 10 p., 2141007.

2020

1. A paper-based SERS assay for sensitive duplex cytokine detection towards the atherosclerosis-associated disease diagnosis, Li, C., Liu, Y., Zhou, X. & Wang, Y., 28 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 8, 16, p. 3582-3589 8 p.

2. Design and synthesis of boron complexes as new Raman reporter molecules for sensitive SERS nanotags, Javaid, R., Sayyadi, N., Mylvaganam, K., Venkatesan, K., Wang, Y. & Rodger, A., Dec 2020, In: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 51, 12, p. 2408-2415 8 p.

3. Enabling sensitive phenotypic profiling of cancer-derived small extracellular vesicles using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy nanotags, Zhang, W., Jiang, L., Diefenbach, R. J., Campbell, D. H., Walsh, B. J., Packer, N. H. & Wang, Y., 27 Mar 2020, In: ACS Sensors. 5, 3, p. 764-771 8 p.

4. Functionalized graphene@gold nanostar/lipid for pancreatic cancer gene and photothermal synergistic therapy under photoacoustic/photothermal imaging dual-modal guidance, Jia, X., Xu, W., Ye, Z., Wang, Y., Dong, Q., Wang, E., Li, D. & Wang, J., 1 Oct 2020, In: Small. 16, 39, p. 1-9 9 p., 2003707.

5. Immuno-SERS: from nanotag design to assays and microscopy, Wang, Y., Zhang, Y. & Schlücker, S., 2020, Vibrational spectroscopy in protein research : from purified proteins to aggregates and assemblies. Ozaki, Y., Baranska, M., Lednev, I. K. & Wood, B. R. (eds.). London: Academic Press, p. 485-528 44 p.

6. Multiplex detection of ctDNA mutations in plasma of colorectal cancer patients by PCR/SERS assay, Lyu, N., Rajendran, V. K., Diefenbach, R. J., Charles, K., Clarke, S. J., Engel, A., Sydney 1000 Colorectal Cancer Study Investigators, Rizos, H., Molloy, M. & Wang, Y., 25 Aug 2020, In: Nanotheranostics. 4, 4, p. 224-232 9 p.

7. NaV3O8/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) composites as high-rate and long-lifespan cathode materials for reversible sodium storage, Ding, G-C., Zhu, L-M., Yang, Q., Xie, L-L., Cao, X-Y., Wang, Y-L., Liu, J-P. & Yang, X-L., Aug 2020, In: Rare Metals. 39, 8, p. 865-873 9 p.

8. Plasmon-enhanced four-wave mixing imaging for microdroplet-based single-cell analysis, Cong, L., Geng, Y., Tian, Y., Huo, Z., Huang, D., Liang, C., Xu, W., Wang, Y. & Xu, S., 21 Jul 2020, In: Analytical Chemistry. 92, 14, p. 9459-9464 6 p.

9. Positively charged gold-silver nanostar enabled molecular characterization of cancer associated extracellular vesicles, Liu, Y., Zhang, W., Phan, T. H., Chrzanowski, W., Rodger, A. & Wang, Y., 28 Dec 2020, In: Analytical Methods. 12, 48, p. 5908-5915 8 p.

10. Rapid and sensitive glycan targeting by lectin-SERS assay, Cordina, N. M., Zhang, W., Packer, N. H. & Wang, Y., 1 Aug 2020, In: Molecular Omics. 16, 4, p. 339-344 6 p.

11. Rapid and specific duplex detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genes by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Potluri, P. R., Rajendran, V. K., Sunna, A. & Wang, Y., 7 Apr 2020, In: Analyst. 145, 7, p. 2789-2794 6 p.

12. Sensitive and direct DNA mutation detection by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy using rational designed and tunable plasmonic nanostructures, Liu, Y., Lyu, N., Rajendran, V. K., Piper, J., Rodger, A. & Wang, Y., 21 Apr 2020, In: Analytical Chemistry. 92, 8, p. 5708-5716 9 p.

13. SERS-based nanostrategy for rapid anemia diagnosis, Muhammad, P., Hanif, S., Yan, J., Rehman, F. U., Wang, J., Khan, M., Chung, R., Lee, A., Zheng, M., Wang, Y. & Shi, B., 21 Jan 2020, In: Nanoscale. 12, 3, p. 1948-1957 10 p.

14. The growing impact of micro/nanomaterial‐based systems in precision oncology: translating “multiomics” technologies, Li, J., Wuethrich, A., Dey, S., Lane, R. E., Sina, A. A. I., Wang, J., Wang, Y., Puttick, S., Koo, K. M. & Trau, M., 10 Sep 2020, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 30, 37, p. 1-37 37 p., 1909306.

15. Tracking extracellular vesicle phenotypic changes enables treatment monitoring in melanoma, Wang, J., Wuethrich, A., Sina, A. A. I., Lane, R. E., Lin, L. L., Wang, Y., Cebon, J., Behren, A. & Trau, M., 26 Feb 2020, In: Science Advances. 6, 9, p. 1-13 13 p., eaax3223.

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