Publications
Journal Papers
2024
63. Laxmi R Jaishi, Wei Ding, Rick A Kittelson, Francis Tsow, and Xiaojun Xian*, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)-Based Piezoelectric-Colorimetric Hybrid Sensor for Monitoring Green Leaf Volatiles, ACS Sensors, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.4c02016, (2024)
62. Syed Saad Ahmed, Jingjing Yu, Wei Ding, Sabyasachi Ghosh, David Brumels, Songxin Tan, Laxmi Raj Jaishi, Amirhossein Amjad, and Xiaojun Xian*, A MOF-Based Colorimetric Sensor Array for Transcutaneous CO2 Monitoring via Lensless Imaging, Biosensors, 14(11), 516 (2024)
61. Amirhossein Amjad, Xiaojun Xian*, Optical Sensors for Transdermal Biomarker Detection: A Review, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2024.116844, (2024)
60. Wei Ding, Jason Sternhagen, Laxmi Raj Jaishi, Parashu Kharel, Xiaojun Xian*, CVD-Synthesized Titanium Carbide Nanoflowers as High-Performance Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries, Nano Letters, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c03597, (2024)
59. Jingjing Yu, Wei Ding, Francis Tsow, Chinmay Chandrakant Dixit, Vishal Varun Tipparaju, Erica Forzani, and Xiaojun Xian*, Low-Cost and Point-of-Use Sensing Device Based on 2D Diffusion-Controlled Colorimetric Sensing Array for Continuous and Multiplexed Air Pollution Monitoring, ACS ES&T Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.4c00416, (2024)
58. Jyotshna Pokharel, Arthur Cresce, Bharat Pant, Moon Young Yang, Ashim Gurung, Wei He, Abiral Baniya, Buddhi Sagar Lamsal, Zhongjiu Yang, Stephen Gent, Xiaojun Xian, Ye Cao, William A. Goddard, Kang Xu*, Yue Zhou*, Manipulating the Diffusion Energy Barrier at the Lithium Metal Electrolyte Interface for Dendrite-free Long-life Batteries, Nature Communications, 15 (1), 3085 (2024)
57. Wei Ding, Jingjing Yu. Francis Tsow, Laxmi Jaishi, Buddhi Sagar Lamsal, Rick Kittelson, Sarwar Ahmed, Parashu Kharel, Yue Zhou, Xiaojun Xian*, Highly Sensitive and Reversible MXene-Based Micro Quartz Tuning Fork Gas Sensors with Tunable Selectivity, njp 2D Materials and Applications, 8, 18 (2024)
56. Laxmi R Jaishi, Jingjing Yu, Wei Ding, Francis Tsow, and Xiaojun Xian*, A Novel Colorimetric Tuning Fork Sensor for Ammonia Monitoring, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 405, 135342 (2024)
2023
55. Oscar Osorio Perez, Ngan Anh Nguyen, Asher Hendricks, Sabrina Jimena Mora, Nanxi Yu, Shaun Victor, Xiaojun Xian, Doina Kulick, Shaopeng Wang, Erica Forzani *, A Novel Acetone Sensor for Body Fluids, Biosensors, 14 (1), 4 (2023)
54. Xiaojun Xian*, Frontiers of Wearable Biosensors for Human Health Monitoring, Biosensors 13 (11), 964 (2023)
53. Wei He, Yuhe Mu, Buddhi Sagar Lamsal, Wei Ding, Zhongjiu Yang, Jyotshna Pokharel, Jingjing Yu, Shun Lu, Guoping Xiong, Xiaojun Xian, Yue Zhou, Realizing Rapid Kinetics of Na Ions in Tin‐Antimony Bimetallic Sulfide Anode with Engineered Porous Structure, Small Structures, 4, 2300100 (2023)
52. Wei He, Yao Ren, Buddhi Sagar Lamsal, Jyotshna Pokharel, Kena Zhang, Parashu Kharel, James J. Wu, Xiaojun Xian, Ye Cao*, Yue Zhou*, Decreasing Water Activity by Tetrahydrofuran Electrolyte Additive for Highly Reversible Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 6647-6656 (2023)
51. Jingjing Yu, Wei Ding, Laxmi Jaishi, Chenwen Lin, Rachel Boylan, Chinmay Chandrakant Dixit, Buddhi Sagar Lamsal, Wei He, Francis Tsow, Songxin Tan, Yue Zhou, and Xiaojun Xian*, Diffusion-Modulated Colorimetric Sensor for Continuous Ammonia Detection, IEEE Sensors Journal, 23 (11), 11404-11411 (2023)
2022
50. Di Wang, Libin Qian, Fenni Zhang, Kyle R. Mallires, Vishal Varun Tipparaju, Jingjing Yu, Erica Forzani, Changku Jia*, Qing Yang*, Nongjian Tao, and Xiaojun Xian*, A Multiplexed Chemical Sensing CMOS Imager, ACS Sensors, 7, 3335 (2022)
49. Jingjing Yu, Di Wang, Vishal Varun Tipparaju, Wonjong Jung, and Xiaojun Xian*, Detection of Transdermal Biomarkers of Macronutrients Intake Using Gradient-Based Colorimetric Array Sensor, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 195, 113650 (2022)
2021
48. Mora S. Jimena*, Sprowls Mark, Tipparaju Vishal, Wheatley-Guy Courtney, Kulick Doina, Johnson Bruce, Xian Xiaojun, Forzani Erica*, Comparative study of a novel portable indirect calorimeter to a reference breath-by-breath instrument and its use in telemedicine settings, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 46, 361 (2021)
47. Vishal Varun Tipparaju, Kyle Mallires, Di Wang, Francis Tsow, and Xiaojun Xian*, Mitigation of Data Packet Losses in Bluetooth Low Energy for Wearable Ecosystem, Biosensors, 11, 350 (2021)
46. Jingjing Yu, Francis Tsow, Mora, S. Jimena, Vishal Varun Tipparaju, and Xiaojun Xian*, Hydrogel-Assisted Colorimetric Sensors with High Humidity Tolerance for Environmental Gases Sensing, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 345, 130404 (2021)
45. Bhavesh Patel, Erica Forzani, Amelia Lowell, Kelly McKay, Karam Abi Karam, Adithya Shyamala Pandian, Gabriel Pyznar, Xiaojun Xian, Michael Serhan, Self-contained system for mitigation of contaminated aerosol sources of SARS-CoV-2, Research Square, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-237873/v1 (2021)
44. Vishal Varun Tipparaju, Sabrina Jimena Mora, Jingjing Yu, Francis Tsow, Xiaojun Xian*, Wearable Transcutaneous CO2 Monitor Based on Miniaturized Nondispersive Infrared Sensor, IEEE Sensors Journal, 21, 17327-17334 (2021)
43. Karam Abi Karam, Piyush Hota, S. Jimena Mora, Amelia Lowell, Kelly McKay, Xiaojun Xian, Bhavesh Patel, Erica Forzani, Development of a new Aerosol Barrier Mask for mitigation of spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious pathogens, Respiratory Medicine, 181, 106381 (2021)
42. Jingjing Yu, Di Wang, Vishal Varun Tipparaju, Francis Tsow, and Xiaojun Xian*, Mitigation of Humidity Interference in Colorimetric Sensing of Gases, ACS Sensors, 6, 2, 303-320 (2021)
2020
41. Vishal Varun Tipparaju, Di Wang, Jingjing Yu, Fang Chen, Francis Tsow, Erica Forzani, Nongjian Tao, and Xiaojun Xian*, Respiration Pattern Recognition by Wearable Mask Device, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 169, 112590 (2020)
40. Mora, Jimena, Stewart Mann, Devon Bridgeman, Ashley Quach, Liliana Balsells, Anselmo Garcia, ML Lind Thomas, Richard Robbins, and Xiaojun Xian*, Validation of A Wearable Metabolic Tracker (Breezing ProTM) for Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) Measurement via Douglas Bag Method, Global Journal of Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, 7, 001−008 (2020)
39. Vishal Varun Tipparaju, Xiaojun Xian*, Devon Bridgeman, Di Wang, Francis Tsow, Erica Forzani, and Nongjian Tao, Reliable Breathing Tracking with Wearable Mask Device, IEEE Sensors Journal, 20, 5510−5518 (2020)
38. Xingcai Qin, Jingjing Yu, Mengchi Jiao, Xiaonan Shan, Xiaojun Xian, Di Wang, and Nongjian Tao, Integrating Electrochemical and Colorimetric Sensors with a Webcam Readout for Multiple Gas Detection, Anal. Chem., 92, 799−805 (2020)
2019
37. Xiaojun Xian, Francis Tsow, Samita Rai, Troy Anderson, Amlendu Prabhakar, Mirna Terrera, Barbara Ainsworth, David Jackemeyer, Ashley Quach, Nongjian Tao, And Erica Forzani, Personal mobile tracking of resting and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption with a mobile indirect calorimeter, Gazzetta Medica Italiana - Archivio per le Scienze Mediche, 178, 868-879 (2019)
36. Jingjing Yu, Xingcai Qin, Di Wang, Chenwen Lin, Xiaojun Xian, and Nongjian Tao, Light-Controlled Configurable Colorimetric Sensing Array, Anal. Chem., 91, 6632−6637 (2019)
35. Xingcai Qin, Xiaojun Xian*, Yue Deng, Di Wang, Francis Tsow, Erica Forzani, and Nongjian Tao, Micro Quartz Tuning Fork-Based PM2.5 Sensor for Personal Exposure Monitoring, IEEE Sensor Journal, 19, 2482-2489 (2019)
2018
34. Chenwen Lin, Xiaojun Xian*, Xingcai Qin, Di Wang, Francis Tsow, Erica Forzani, and Nongjian Tao, High Performance Colorimetric Carbon Monoxide Sensor for Continuous Personal Exposure Monitoring, ACS Sens., 3, 327−333 (2018)
33. Chenwen Lin, Ying Zhu, Jingjing Yu, Xingcai Qin, Xiaojun Xian, Francis Tsow, Erica S. Forzani, Di Wang, and Nongjian Tao, Gradient-Based Colorimetric Sensors for Continuous Gas Monitoring, Anal. Chem., 90, 5375−5380 (2018)
32. Yue Deng, Nai-Yuan Liu, Francis Tsow, Xiaojun Xian, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Nongjian Tao, and Erica Forzani, Tracking Personal Health-Environment Interaction with Novel Mobile Sensing Devices, Sensors, 18, 2670 (2018)
31. Xingcai Qin, Ying Zhu, Jingjing Yu, Xiaojun Xian, Chenbin Liu, Yuting Yang, and Nongjian Tao, Chemical Sensing in Real Time with Plants Using a Webcam, Anal. Chem. 90, 13030−13035 (2018)
30. Nai-Yuan Liu, Yue Deng, Francis Tsow, Devon Bridgeman, Xiaojun Xian, Jane J. Dean, Janet L. Wilson, Nongjian Tao, Doina Kulick, and Erica Forzani, Evaluation of a Thermal-Based Flow Meter for Assessment of Mobile Resting Metabolic Rate Measures, Journal of Sensors, 2018, 9186475 (2018)
29. Jingjing Yu, Xingcai Qin, Xiaojun Xian, and Nongjian Tao, Oxygen Sensing Based on the Yellowing of Newspaper, ACS Sens. 3, 160−166 (2018)
2017
28. Devon Bridgeman, Francis Tsow, Xiaojun Xian, Qinan Chang, Yongming Liu, and Erica Forzani, Thermochemical Humidity Detection in Harsh or Non-Steady Environments, Sensors, 17, 1196 (2017)
27. Yue Deng, Nai-Yuan Liu, Francis Tsow, Xiaojun Xian, Erica S. Forzani, Adsorption Thermodynamic Analysis of a Quartz Tuning Fork Based Sensor for Volatile Organic Compounds Detection, ACS Sens. 2, 1662-1668 (2017)
2016
26. Yue Deng, Cheng Chen, Xiaojun Xian, Francis Tsow, Gaurav Verma, Rob McConnell, Scott Fruin, Nongjian Tao, and Erica S. Forzani, A Novel Wireless Wearable Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Monitoring Device with Disposable Sensors, Sensors, 16, 2060 (2016)
25. Devon Bridgeman, Francis Tsow, Xiaojun Xian, Erica Forzani, A new differential pressure flow meter for measurement of human breath flow: Simulation and experimental investigation. AIChE J., 62: 956–964 (2016)
2015
24. Xiaojun Xian, Ashley Quach, Devon Bridgeman, Francis Tsow, Erica Forzani, Nongjian Tao, Personalized Indirect Calorimeter for Energy Expenditure (EE) Measurement, Global Journal of Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, 2, 107 (2015)
23. Amlendu Prabhakar, Ashley Quach, Haojiong Zhang, Mirna Terrera, David Jackemeyer, Xiaojun Xian, Francis Tsow, Nongjian Tao, and Erica Forzani, Acetone as biomarker for ketosis buildup capability - a study in healthy individuals under combined high fat and starvation diets, Nutrition Journal, 14:41 (2015)
22. Yue Deng, Cheng Chen, Xingcai Qin, Xiaojun Xian, Terry L. Alford, Hyung W. Choi, Francis Tsow, Erica S. Forzani, Aging Effect of a Molecularly Imprinted Polymer on a Quartz Tuning Fork Sensor for Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 211, 25-32 (2015)
21. Xingcai Qin, Rui Wang, Francis Tsow, Erica Forzani, Xiaojun Xian*, Nongjian Tao, A Colorimetric Chemical Sensing Platform for Real-time Monitoring of Indoor Formaldehyde, IEEE Sensor Journal, 15,1545-1551 (2015)
2014
20. Amlendu Prabhakar, Ashley Quach, Di Wang, Haojiong Zhang, Mirna Terrera, David Jackemeyer, Xiaojun Xian, Francis Tsow, Nongjian Tao, Erica Forzani, Breath Acetone as Biomarker for Lipid Oxidation and Early Ketone Detection, Global Journal of Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, 1, 103 (2014)
19. Devon Bridgeman, Javier Corral, Ashley Quach, Xiaojun Xian*, Erica Forzani*. Colorimetric Humidity Sensor Based on Liquid Composite Materials for the Monitoring of Food and Pharmaceuticals, Langmuir, 30, 10785–10791 (2014)
18. Di Zhao, Dylan Miller, Xiaojun Xian, Francis Tsow, Erica S Forzani. A Novel Real-time Carbon Dioxide Analyzer for Health and Environmental Applications, Sensors & Actuators: B. 195, 171-176 (2014)
17. Di Zhao, Xiaojun Xian, Mirna Terrera, Ranganath Krishnan, Dylan Miller, Devon Bridgeman, Kevin Tao, Lihua Zhang, Francis Tsow, Erica S. Forzani, Nongjian Tao. A Pocket-Sized Metabolic Analyzer for Assessment of Resting Energy Expenditure, Clinical Nutrition, 33, 341-347 (2014)
2013
16. Di Zhao, Dylan Miller, Dangdang Shao, Xiaojun Xian, Francis Tsow, Rodrigo A Iglesias, Erica S Forzani. A Personal Device for Analyzing Carbon Dioxide in Real Time and Real Breath: Experimental Investigation and Computational Simulation, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 183, 627-635 (2013)
2012
15. Amlendu Prabhakar, Rodrigo A. Iglesias, Xiaonan Shan, Xiaojun Xian, Lihua Zhang, Francis Tsow, Erica S. Forzani, Nongjian Tao. Online Sample Conditioning for Portable Breath Analyzers, Analytical Chemistry, 84, 7172–7178 (2012)
14. Rui Wang, Amlendu Prabhakar, Rodrigo A. Iglesias, Xiaojun Xian, Xiaonan Shan, Francis Tsow, Erica S. Forzani, Nongjian Tao. A Microfluidic-Colorimetric Sensor for Continuous Monitoring of Reactive Environmental Chemicals, IEEE Sensors Journal, 12, 1529-1535 (2012)
2011
13. Xiaojun Xian, Liying Jiao, Teng Xue, Zhongyu Wu, Zhongfan Liu. Nanoveneers: An Electrochemical Approach to Synthesizing Conductive Layered Nanostructures, ACS Nano, 5, 4000-4006 (2011)
2010
12. Zhongfan Liu, Liying Jiao, Yagang Yao, Xiaojun Xian, Jin Zhang. Aligned, Ultralong Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Synthesis, Sorting, to Electronic Devices, Advanced Materials, 22, 1 (2010)
11. Liang Ren, Xiaojun Xian, Kai Yan, Lei Fu, Yuwen Liu, Shengli Chen, Zhongfan Liu. A General Electrochemical Strategy for Synthesizing Charge-Transfer Complex Micro/Nanowires, Advanced Functional Materials, 20, 1209 (2010)
2009
10. Xiaojun Xian, Zhongfan Liu. Axial Band Structure Engineering of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Science in China Series B-Chemistry, 39, 1069-1088 (2009)
9. Xiaojun Xian, Kai Yan, Wei Zhou, Liying Jiao, Zhongyu Wu, Zhongfan Liu. Unipolar p-type Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors using TTF-TCNQ as the Contact Material, Nanotechnology, 20, 505204 (2009)
8. Xiaojun Xian, Liying Jiao, Zhongyu Wu, Zhongfan Liu. Electrochemical Identification of Metallic and Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes using Water Gate Effect, Chemical Communications, 2550-2552 (2009)
7. Liying Jiao, Xiaojun Xian, Zhongyun Wu, Jin Zhang, Zhongfan Liu. Selective Position and Integration of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Nano Letters, 9, 205, (2009)
2008
6. Wei Zhou, Liang Ren, Feng Lin, Liying Jiao, Teng Xue, Xiaojun Xian, Zhongfan Liu. An electrical switch based on Ag-tetracyanoquinodimethane sandwiched by crossed carbon nanotube electrodes, Applied Physics Letters, 93, 123115 (2008)
5. Hualing Zeng, Liying Jiao, Xiaojun Xian, Xincai Qin, Zhongfan Liu, Xiaodong Cui. Reflectance Spectra of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Nanotechnology, 19, 045708 (2008)
4. Liying Jiao, Ben Fan, Xiaojun Xian, Zhongyun Wu, Jin Zhang, Zhongfan Liu. Creation of Nanostructures with Poly(methyl methacrylate)-Mediated Nanotransfer Printing, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, 12612 (2008)
3. Yongyi Zhang, Yi Zhang, Xiaojun Xian, Jin Zhang, Zhongfan Liu. Sorting out Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays by Preferential Destruction of Metallic Tubes Using Xenon-Lamp Irradiation, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 3849 (2008)
2. Liying Jiao, Xiaojun Xian, Zhongfan Liu. Manipulation of Ultralong Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes at Macroscale, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 9963 (2008)
1. Liying Jiao, Xiaojun Xian, Ben Fan, Zhongyun Wu, Jin Zhang, Zhongfan Liu. Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Diode with Atomic Force Microscopy Manipulation, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 7544 (2008)
Patents
1. Zhongfan Liu, Liying Jiao, Xiaojun Xian, Yingying Zhang, Jin Zhang. Method of Axially Modulating the Band Structure of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube, Chinese patent, No. ZL 2006 1 0113212.6.
2. Zhongfan Liu, Liying Jiao, Xiaojun Xian, Yingying Zhang, Jin Zhang. Method of Integrating Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Based Devices, Chinese patent, No. ZL 2006 1 0113214.5.
3. Erica S. Forzani, Nongjian Tao, Xiaojun Xian, Francis Tsow, Mouthpiece For Accurate Detection Of Exhaled Nitric Oxide, US Patent, US 9,931,055 B2, 2018.
4. Francis Tsow, Xiaojun Xian, Erica S. Forzani, Nongjian Tao, Portable Metabolic Analyzer System, US Patent, US 10,078,074 B2, 2018.
5. Xiaojun Xian, Devon Bridgeman, Francis Tsow, Erica S. Forzani, Nongjian Tao, Self-Contained Wearable Metabolic Analyzer, International Patent, Application Number PCT/US19/55235, 2019.
6. Erica S. Forzani, Xiaojun Xian, Bhavesh Patel, Kelly McKay, Device and Method for Mitigating Aerosol Release from Nebulization, US Provisional Patent, Application Number: US 63/073,437, 2020.
7. Won Jong Jung, Di Wang, Vishal Varun Tipparaju, Xiaojun Xian, Jingjing Yu, Kak Namkoong, Apparatus for Estimating Concentration of Biomarker, and Electronic System Having the Same, US Provisional Patent, Application Number: US 63/183,870, 2021.
Book Chapters
1. Xiaojun Xian, "Chapter 4: Diagnostic Improvements: Treatment and care". Wireless Computing in Medicine: From Nano to Cloud with Ethical and Legal Implications, Edited by Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner, ISBN: 9781118993590, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
2. Cheng Chen, Francis Tsow, Xiaojun Xian, Erica Forzani, Nongjian Tao, and Raymond Tsui, “A Wearable Sensing System for Assessment of Exposures to Environmental Volatile Organic Compounds”, book chapter in m-Health Technologies, ISBN: 978-1-4939-2171-3, Publisher: Springer, 2014.