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ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSORS
China

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Employment (1)

Southwest University: Chongqing, Chongqing, CN

2000-08-01 to present | Professor (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)
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Wenju Xu

Education and qualifications (1)

Southwest University: Chongqing, Chongqing, CN

2005-09-01 to 2009-06-20 | PhD (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)
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Wenju Xu

Funding (2)

Study on highly sensitive electrochemcial biosensor based on i-motif DNA transduction induced by LAMP-H+

2018-07 to 2022-06 | Grant
Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (Chongqing, CN)
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cstc2018jcyjAX0214

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Wenju Xu

Study on ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensors for HIV biomarker DNA based on conformational swithc of DNA nanostructures triggered by H+ in loop-mediated isothermal amplification

2018-01 to 2021-12 | Grant
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Beijing, CN)
GRANT_NUMBER:

21775123

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Wenju Xu

Works (43)

Engineering fluorescence of guanine-activated Ag nanocluster to illuminate label-free, simplified and efficient logic circuits with minimal strand migration

Chemical Engineering Journal
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jiayang He; Kexin Hu; Min Long; Chunli Yang; Yuqing Zhang; Xinyue Jia; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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A High-Efficiency Autocatalysis-Oriented Cascade Circuit via Reciprocal Hug-Amplification for Assay-to-Treat Application

Analytical Chemistry
2025-01-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Chunli Yang; Yuqing Zhang; Zhaorong Mo; Jiayang He; Zhihan Zhang; Yaqin Chai; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Stimulus-Responsive Four-Stranded DNA Nanoring Assembly to Host Multiple Nanosilver Clusters for Cooperatively Enhanced Fluorescence Biosensing

Analytical Chemistry
2024-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Xinyue Jia; Jiayang He; Mengdie Li; Jingjing Ye; Yuqing Zhang; Chunli Yang; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Short-stranded DNA segment-modulated LAMP/H+ as signal transducer to guide CHA-cooperated amplifiable electrochemical biosensing

Analytica Chimica Acta
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Jingjing Ye; Weixiang Huang; Xinyue Jia; Honglin Song; Yifu Zhou; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Fluorescence Biosensing Based on Bifurcated DNA Scaffold-Aggregated Ag Nanocluster via Responsive Conformation Switch of Quasi-Molecular Beacon

Analytical Chemistry
2024-02-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Jiayang He; Xin Shang; Min Long; Chunli Yang; Yuqing Zhang; Mengdie Li; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Ratiometric Fluorescence Biosensing of Tandem Biemissive Ag Clusters Boosted by Confined Catalytic DNA Assembly

Analytical Chemistry
2023-12-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuqing Zhang; Chunli Yang; Jiayang He; Mengdie Li; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Fluorescent Features and Applicable Biosensing of a Core–Shell Ag Nanocluster Shielded by a DNA Tetrahedral Nanocage

Analytical Chemistry
2023-10-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Jiayang He; Shihua Luo; Huilin Deng; Chunli Yang; Yuqing Zhang; Mengdie Li; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Modular DNA Tetrahedron Nanomachine-Guided Dual-Responsive Hybridization Chain Reactions for Discernible Bivariate Assay and Cell Imaging

Analytical Chemistry
2023-07-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Chunli Yang; Yanan Shi; Yuqing Zhang; Jiayang He; Mengdie Li; Weixiang Huang; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Cooperative Amplification of Au@FeCo as Mimetic Catalytic Nanozymes and Bicycled Hairpin Assembly for Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Biosensing

Analytical Chemistry
2023-04-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Weixiang Huang; Chunli Yang; Jiaxi Gao; Jingjing Ye; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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A Reciprocal-Amplifiable Fluorescence Sensing Platform via Replicated Hybridization Chain Reaction for Hosting Concatenated Multi-Ag Nanoclusters as Signal Reporter

Analytical Chemistry
2022-11-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Mengdie Li; Jiayang He; Xin Shang; Chunli Yang; Yuqing Zhang; Siyu Zuo; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Target DNA-Activating Proximity-Localized Catalytic Hairpin Assembly Enables Forming Split-DNA Ag Nanoclusters for Robust and Sensitive Fluorescence Biosensing

Analytical Chemistry
2022-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuqing Zhang; Chunli Yang; Jiayang He; Siyu Zuo; Xin Shang; Jiaxi Gao; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Modulating the Fluorescence of Silver Nanoclusters Wrapped in DNA Hairpin Loops via Confined Strand Displacement and Transient Concatenate Ligation for Amplifiable Biosensing

Analytical Chemistry
2022-06-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Jia-Yang He; Hui-Lin Deng; Xin Shang; Chun-Li Yang; Si-Yu Zuo; Ruo Yuan; Hong-Yan Liu; Wen-Ju Xu
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Target Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Recycled Lighting-Up Amplifiable Ratiometric Fluorescence Biosensing of Bicolor Silver Nanoclusters Hosted in a Switchable Deoxyribonucleic Acid Construct

Analytical Chemistry
2022-05-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Chun-Li Yang; Yu-Qing Zhang; Jia-Yang He; Meng-Die Li; Ruo Yuan; Wen-Ju Xu
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Antibody-powered DNA switches to initiate the hybridization chain reaction for the amplified fluorescence immunoassay

The Analyst
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Jia-Yang He; Ze-Hui Chen; Hui-Lin Deng; Ruo Yuan; Wen-Ju Xu
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Antibody-Responsive Ratiometric Fluorescence Biosensing of Biemissive Silver Nanoclusters Wrapped in Switchable DNA Tweezers

Analytical Chemistry
2021-08-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Jia-Yang He; Xin Shang; Chun-Li Yang; Si-Yu Zuo; Ruo Yuan; Wen-Ju Xu
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Targeted DNA-driven catalytic assembly light-up ratiometric fluorescence of biemissive silver nanoclusters for amplified biosensing

Chemical Communications
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Jiayang He; Yuxuan Zhang; Zehui Chen; Chong Li; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Proximity ligation-responsive catalytic hairpin assembly-guided DNA dendrimers for synergistically amplified electrochemical biosensing

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Yumeng Liao; Jiaxi Gao; Yuxuan Zhang; Yaxi Zhou; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Guanine-Lighting-Up Fluorescence Biosensing of Silver Nanoclusters Populated in Functional DNA Constructs by a pH-Triggered Switch

Analytical Chemistry
2020-10-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Chong Li; Zehui Chen; Yuxuan Zhang; Jiayang He; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Autocatalytic replicated Mg2+-ligation DNAzyme as robust biocatalyst for sensitive, label-free and enzyme-free electrochemical biosensing of protein

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
2020-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Yumeng Liao; Shijing Guo; Xiaoyu Hua; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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LAMP-generated H+ ions-induced dimer i-motif as signal transducer for ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of DNA

Chemical Communications
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaoyu Hua; Enfen Yang; Wenting Yang; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Recycling of Proximity Binding-Based DNA Architecture Driven by Hairpin Strand Displacement for Amplified Electrochemical Aptasensor

Journal of The Electrochemical Society
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaoyu Hua; Ting Zheng; Jianmin Zhao; Wenju Xu
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Antibody-responsive signal-off fluorescence of DNA-harbored silver nanoclusters for direct, rapid and sensitive immunoassay

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Chong Li; Wenting Yang; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Programmed Dual-Functional DNA Tweezer for Simultaneous and Recognizable Fluorescence Detection of microRNA and Protein

Analytical Chemistry
2019-06-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Wenting Yang; Yu Shen; Danyang Zhang; Chong Li; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Determination of Alzheimer biomarker DNA by using an electrode modified with in-situ precipitated molybdophosphate catalyzed by alkaline phosphatase-encapsulated DNA hydrogel and target recycling amplification

Microchimica Acta
2019-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaoyu Hua; Xingxing Zhou; Shijing Guo; Ting Zheng; Ruo Yuan; Wenju Xu
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Proximity binding-induced DNA assembly as signal translator and enzyme-catalyzed cleavage recycle as signal amplifier for highly sensitive electrochemical assay of target DNA

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
2019-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaoyu Hua; Enfen Yang; Danyang Zhang; Yu Shen; Jianmin Zhao; Wenju Xu
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Protein-responsive rolling circle amplification as a tandem template to drive amplified transduction of fluorescence signal probes for highly sensitive immunoassay

Chemical Communications
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Wenting Yang; Yu Shen; Danyang Zhang; Wenju Xu
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A cascade amplification strategy of catalytic hairpin assembly and hybridization chain reaction for the sensitive fluorescent assay of the model protein carcinoembryonic antigen

Microchimica Acta
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Wenting Yang; Xingxing Zhou; Jianmin Zhao; Wenju Xu
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A sub-picomolar assay for protein by using cubic Cu<inf>2</inf>O nanocages loaded with Au nanoparticles as robust redox probes and efficient non-enzymatic electrocatalysts

Analyst
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85014190048

Contributors: Zhao, J.; Zheng, T.; Gao, J.; Guo, S.; Zhou, X.; Xu, W.
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Wenju Xu via Scopus - Elsevier

Dendritic structure DNA for specific metal ion biosensor based on catalytic hairpin assembly and a sensitive synergistic amplification strategy

Biosensors and Bioelectronics
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84982282623

Contributors: Zhao, J.; Jing, P.; Xue, S.; Xu, W.
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Glucose oxidase-initiated cascade catalysis for sensitive impedimetric aptasensor based on metal-organic frameworks functionalized with Pt nanoparticles and hemin/G-quadruplex as mimicking peroxidases

Biosensors and Bioelectronics
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85021212366

Contributors: Zhou, X.; Guo, S.; Gao, J.; Zhao, J.; Xue, S.; Xu, W.
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In Situ Electrodeposited Synthesis of Electrochemiluminescent Ag Nanoclusters as Signal Probe for Ultrasensitive Detection of Cyclin-D1 from Cancer Cells

Analytical Chemistry
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85021644131

Contributors: Zhou, Y.; Chen, M.; Zhuo, Y.; Chai, Y.; Xu, W.; Yuan, R.
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A sensitive impedimetric platform biosensing protein: Insoluble precipitates based on the biocatalysis of manganese(III) meso-tetrakis (4-N-methylpyridiniumyl)-porphyrinin in HCR-assisted dsDNA

Biosensors and Bioelectronics
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84979544809

Contributors: Zhou, X.; Xue, S.; Jing, P.; Xu, W.
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Bimetallic Pt/Pd encapsulated mesoporous-hollow CeO<inf>2</inf> nanospheres for signal amplification toward electrochemical peptide-based biosensing for matrix metalloproteinase 2

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84959172094

Contributors: Xu, W.; Jing, P.; Yi, H.; Xue, S.; Yuan, R.
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Hemin on graphene nanosheets functionalized with flower-like MnO<inf>2</inf> and hollow AuPd for the electrochemical sensing lead ion based on the specific DNAzyme

Biosensors and Bioelectronics
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84982721197

Contributors: Xue, S.; Jing, P.; Xu, W.
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A sensitive electrochemical aptasensor based on palladium nanoparticles decorated graphene-molybdenum disulfide flower-like nanocomposites and enzymatic signal amplification

Analytica Chimica Acta
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84922589121

Contributors: Jing, P.; Yi, H.; Xue, S.; Chai, Y.; Yuan, R.; Xu, W.
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A sensitive electrochemical aptasensor based on the co-catalysis of hemin/G-quadruplex, platinum nanoparticles and flower-like MnO<inf>2</inf> nanosphere functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Chemical Communications
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84929580725

Contributors: Xu, W.; Xue, S.; Yi, H.; Jing, P.; Chai, Y.; Yuan, R.
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A pseudo triple-enzyme cascade amplified aptasensor for thrombin detection based on hemin/G-quadruplex as signal label

Biosensors and Bioelectronics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84888770200

Contributors: Yi, H.; Xu, W.; Yuan, Y.; Bai, L.; Wu, Y.; Chai, Y.; Yuan, R.
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An amplified electrochemical aptasensor for thrombin detection based on pseudobienzymic Fe3O4-Au nanocomposites and electroactive hemin/G-quadruplex as signal enhancers

Analyst
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84897677454

Contributors: Jing, P.; Xu, W.; Yi, H.; Wu, Y.; Bai, L.; Yuan, R.
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An electrochemical aptasensor for thrombin using synergetic catalysis of enzyme and porous Au@Pd core-shell nanostructures for signal amplification

Biosensors and Bioelectronics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84907660239

Contributors: Xu, W.; Yi, H.; Yuan, Y.; Jing, P.; Chai, Y.; Yuan, R.; Wilson, G.S.
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Porous platinum nanotubes modified with dendrimers as nanocarriers and electrocatalysts for sensitive electrochemical aptasensors based on enzymatic signal amplification

Chemical Communications
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84892605667

Contributors: Xu, W.; Wu, Y.; Yi, H.; Bai, L.; Chai, Y.; Yuan, R.
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A sensitive electrochemical aptasensor for thrombin detection based on exonuclease-catalyzed target recycling and enzyme-catalysis

Biosensors and Bioelectronics
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84876702886

Contributors: Yi, H.; Xu, W.; Yuan, Y.; Wu, Y.; Chai, Y.; Yuan, R.
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Silver-graphene oxide nanocomposites as redox probes for electrochemical determination of α-1-fetoprotein

Electrochimica Acta
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84870219897

Contributors: Wu, Y.; Xu, W.; Wang, Y.; Yuan, Y.; Yuan, R.
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Ultrasensitive thrombin detection based on direct electrochemistry of highly loaded hemoglobin spheres-encapsulated platinum nanoparticles as labels and electrocatalysts

Biosensors and Bioelectronics
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84880031078

Contributors: Wu, Y.; Xu, W.; Bai, L.; Yuan, Y.; Yi, H.; Chai, Y.; Yuan, R.
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Peer review (50 reviews for 9 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACS applied bio materials. (1)
Review activity for ACS applied materials & interfaces. (7)
Review activity for ACS applied nano materials. (2)
Review activity for ACS nano. (1)
Review activity for Analytica chimica acta. (4)
Review activity for Analytical chemistry. (20)
Review activity for Chemical engineering journal. (3)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)
Review activity for Talanta. (11)