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  1. Xia, X.; Yang, M.; Wang, Y.; Zheng, Y.; Li, Q.; Chen, J.;* Xia, Y.* Quantifying the Coverage Density of Poly(ethylene glycol) Chains on the Surface of Gold Nanostructures, ACS Nano 2012, 6, 512-522.
  2. Wang, Y.; Xu, J.; Xia, X.; Yang, M.; Vangveravong, S.; Chen, J.; Mach, R.H.; Xia, Y. SV119-Gold Nanocage Conjugates: A New Platform for Targeting Cancer Cell via Sigma-2 Receptors, Nanoscale 2012, 4, 421-424.
  3. Li, W.; Cai, X.; Kim, C.; Sun, G.; Zhang, Y.; Deng, R.; Yang, M.; Chen, J.; Achilefu, S.; Wang, L.V.; Xia, Y. Gold Nanocages Covered with Thermally-Responsive Polymers for Controlled Release by High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound, Nanoscale 2011, 3, 1724-1730.
  4. Xia, X.; Yang, M.; Oetjen, L.K.; Zhang, Y.; Li, Q.; Chen, J.;* and Xia, Y.* An Enzyme-Sensitive Probe for Photoacoustic Imaging and Fluorescence Detection of Protease Activity, Nanoscale 2011, 3, 950-953.
  5. Xia, Y.; Li, W.; Cobley, C. M.; Chen, J.; Xia, X.; Zhang, Q.; Yang, M.; Cho, E. C. and Brown, P. K. Gold Nanocages: From Synthesis to Theranostic Applications, Accounts of Chemical Research 2011, 44, 914-924.
  6. Cobley, C. M.; Chen, J.; Cho, E. C.; Wang, L. V. and Xia, Y. Gold Nanostructures: A Class of Multifunctional Materials for Biomedical Applications, Chemical Society Reviews 2011, 40, 44-56 (invited tutorial review).
  7. Zhang, Q.; Li, W.; Moran, C.; Zeng, J.; Chen, J.; Wen, L. and Xia, Y. Seed-Mediated Synthesis of Ag Nanocubes with Controllable Edge Lengths in the Range of 30-200 nm and Comparison of Their Optical Properties, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 11372-11378.
  8. Kim, C.; Cho, E. C.; Chen, J.; Song, K. H.; Au, L.; Favazza, C.; Zhang, Q.; Cobley, C. M.; Xia, Y. and Wang, L. V. Cancer Targeting in vivo with Bio-Conjugated Gold Nanocages as Monitored and Quantified using Photoacoustic Tomography, ACS Nano 2010, 4, 4559-4564. (PDF)
  9. Chen, J.;* Yang, M.; Zhang, Q.; Cho, E. C.; Cobley, C. M.; Claus, C.; Kim, C.; Wang, L. V.; Welch, M. J. and Xia, Y.* Gold Nanocages: A Novel Class of Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Theranostic Applications, Advanced Functional Materials 2010, 20, 3684-3694 (feature article).
  10. Zhang, Q.; Li, W.; Wen, L.; Chen, J. and Xia, Y.* Facile Synthesis of Ag Nanocubes of 30 to 70 nm in Edge Length with CF3COOAg as a Precursor, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 10234-10239.
  11. Tong, L.; Cobley, C. M.; Chen, J.; Xia, Y. and Cheng, J.-X. Bright Three-Photon Luminescence from Au-Ag Alloyed Nanostructures for Bio-imaging with Negligible Phototoxicity, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2010, 49, 3485-3488.
  12. Chen, J.;* Claus, C.; Laforest, R.; Zhang, Q.; Yang, M.; Gidding, M.; Welch, M. J.* and Xia, Y.* Gold Nanocages as Photothermal Transducers for Cancer Treatment, Small 2010, 6, 811-817. (*Corresponding authors) (It was feature in a press release article posted on the WUSTL website, with a title of “Nanoparticles: A golden bullet for cancer”)
  13. Au, L.; Zhang, Q.; Cobley, C. M.; Gidding, M.; Schwartz, A. G.; Chen, J.;* Xia, Y.* Quantifying the Cellular Uptake of Antibody-Conjugated Au Nanocages by Two-Photon Microscopy and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, ACSNano 2010, 4, 35-42. (*Corresponding authors)
  14. Zeng, J.; Zhang, Q.; Chen, J.; Xia, Y. A Comparison Study of the Catalytic Properties of Au-Based Nanocages, Nanoboxes, and Nanoparticles, Nano Letter 2010, 10, 30-35.
  15. Yavuz, M. S.;* Cheng, Y.;* Chen, J.;* Cobley, C.; Zhang, Q.;Rycenga, M.; Xie, J.; Kim, C.; Schwartz, A.; Wang, L. V.; Xia, Y. Gold Nanocages Covered by Smart Polymers for Controlled Release with Near-Infrared Light, Nature Materials 2009, 8, 935-939. (*Equal contribution) (It was highlighted in New York Times, 2009, November 3; Discover Magazine, Blog, 2009; Pharmaceutical Formulations & Quality, 2009, November 24; and Biophotonics, 2010, January)
  16. Zhang, Q.; Cobley, C.; Au, L.; McKiernan, M.; Schwartz, A.; Wen, L.-P.; Chen, J.;* Xia, Y.* Production of Ag nanocubes on a Scale of 0.1 g per Batch by Protecting the NHS-Mediated Polyol Synthesis with Argon, ACS Applied Materials & Interface 2009, 9, 2044-2048. (*Corresponding authors)
  17. Cho, E. C.; Kim, C.; Zou, F.; Cobley, C. M.; Song, K. H.; Chen, J.; Li, Z.-Y.; Wang, L. V.; Xia, Y. Measuring the Optical Absorption Cross Sections of Au-Ag Nanocages and Au Nanorods by Photoacoustic Imaging, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2009, 113, 9023-9028. (PDF)
  18. Chen, J.;* Lim, B.; Lee, E. P.; Xia, Y.* Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Platinum Nanocrystals for Catalytic and Electrocatalytic Applications, Nano Today 2009, 4, 81-95. (*Corresponding authors)

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