Liguang Xu

21.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
367 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Liguang Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Liguang Xu has authored 367 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Molecular Biology, 166 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 101 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Liguang Xu's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (161 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (101 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (69 papers). Liguang Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (161 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (101 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (69 papers). Liguang Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Brazil. Liguang Xu's co-authors include Chuanlai Xu, Hua Kuang, Wei Ma, Maozhong Sun, Xiaoling Wu, Liqiang Liu, Nicholas A. Kotov, Libing Wang, Changlong Hao and Libing Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Liguang Xu

355 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Chiral Inorganic Nanostructures

2017 801 citations Wei Ma, Liguang Xu et al. profile →
Enantiomer-dependent immunological response to chiral nanoparticles

2022 462 citations Liguang Xu, Xiuxiu Wang et al. Nature profile →
Attomolar DNA detection with chiral nanorod assemblies

2013 457 citations Wei Ma, Hua Kuang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liguang Xu China	72	8.7k	7.9k	6.9k	5.4k	2.1k	367	18.6k
Hua Kuang China	76	11.9k 1.4×	10.7k 1.3×	7.8k 1.1×	5.9k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	631	24.8k
Wei Ma China	62	6.5k 0.7×	5.0k 0.6×	4.5k 0.7×	4.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	230	13.2k
Chuanlai Xu China	83	13.1k 1.5×	12.4k 1.6×	8.8k 1.3×	6.6k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	689	28.1k
Paresh Chandra Ray United States	61	4.4k 0.5×	5.9k 0.7×	6.8k 1.0×	4.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	218	14.1k
Kemin Wang China	77	17.1k 2.0×	9.8k 1.2×	9.1k 1.3×	2.2k 0.4×	2.5k 1.2×	643	26.1k
Li Shang China	60	4.7k 0.5×	3.1k 0.4×	9.0k 1.3×	3.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	336	15.6k
Jaebum Choo South Korea	73	6.8k 0.8×	8.9k 1.1×	3.6k 0.5×	5.5k 1.0×	492 0.2×	293	16.3k
Ronit Freeman Israel	51	8.2k 0.9×	5.5k 0.7×	5.8k 0.8×	4.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	103	15.0k
Duncan Graham United Kingdom	57	6.0k 0.7×	5.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.4×	6.6k 1.2×	872 0.4×	331	13.0k
Xiaohu Gao United States	51	8.2k 0.9×	7.0k 0.9×	10.1k 1.5×	2.2k 0.4×	3.3k 1.6×	136	18.3k

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Zhang, Jia, Maozhong Sun, Liguang Xu, et al.. (2025). Oat β-glucan enhances gut barrier function and maintains intestinal homeostasis in naturally aging mice. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 305(Pt 1). 141129–141129. 4 indexed citations

He, Feng, Yang Liu, Maozhong Sun, et al.. (2025). Lateral flow immunochromatographic assay based on computational chemistry-assisted hapten screening for the detection of ethoxyquin in food samples. Food Chemistry. 482. 144142–144142. 4 indexed citations

Li, Xiao‐Ling, Lingling Guo, Shanshan Song, et al.. (2025). Colloidal gold-based immunochromatographic assay for the detection of carmoisine in soft drinks. Food Bioscience. 66. 106220–106220.

Xu, Liguang, et al.. (2025). Stable Magnetic Relaxation Switch Sensor Based on Fe₃O₄@Gel for Ultrafast Detection of Cd²⁺. ACS Sensors. 10(4). 2802–2811.

Song, Shanshan, et al.. (2025). Multiplex immunochromatographic assay for simultaneous detection of triclosan, triclocarban and chlorophene in environmental samples. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 499. 140080–140080.

Luo, Jun, Changlong Hao, Maozhong Sun, et al.. (2025). Chiral Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles Scavenging Reactive Oxygen Species for Remodeling Intestinal Homeostasis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(23). e202503654–e202503654. 3 indexed citations

Shu, Yong, Shanshan Song, Liguang Xu, et al.. (2024). Quantitative immunochromatographic assay for rapid and cost-effective on-site detection of benzo[a]pyrene in oilfield chemicals. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 134100–134100. 28 indexed citations

Zhangsun, Hui, Liguang Xu, Nicholas A. Kotov, et al.. (2024). Generating Strong Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Self‐assembled Films of Chiral Selenium Nanoparticles and Upconversion Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(8). e202419884–e202419884. 5 indexed citations

Hao, Changlong, Gaoyang Wang, Chen Chen, et al.. (2023). Circularly Polarized Light-Enabled Chiral Nanomaterials: From Fabrication to Application. Nano-Micro Letters. 15(1). 39–39. 62 indexed citations

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Wu, Aihong, Lingling Guo, Maozhong Sun, et al.. (2023). Lateral flow immunoassay based on gold nanoparticles for rapid and sensitive detection of zoxamide in grape, tomato and cucumber samples. Food Chemistry. 426. 136533–136533. 17 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiaoxin, Lingling Guo, Liguang Xu, et al.. (2023). Multiplex lateral flow immunochromatographic assay for the qualitative and quantitative detection of six steroid hormone residues in chicken and pork. Food Bioscience. 53. 102498–102498. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Yunhui, Shanshan Song, Liguang Xu, et al.. (2023). Ultrasensitive immunochromatographic strip for fast screening of piperacillin in milk based on a monoclonal antibody. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 118. 105180–105180. 7 indexed citations

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Lv, Shuai, Xinxin Xu, Liguang Xu, et al.. (2023). Development of a gold nanoparticle-based lateral-flow strip for the detection of cannabidiol in functional beverages. The Analyst. 148(8). 1703–1711. 6 indexed citations

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Hao, Changlong, Hongyu Zhang, Liguang Xu, et al.. (2023). Chiral CuxOS@Fe‐MOFs for Enhanced Cancer Therapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(10). 35 indexed citations

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Xu, Liguang, Xiuxiu Wang, Weiwei Wang, et al.. (2022). Enantiomer-dependent immunological response to chiral nanoparticles. Nature. 601(7893). 366–373. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Gaoyang, Changlong Hao, Wei Ma, et al.. (2021). Chiral Plasmonic Triangular Nanorings with SERS Activity for Ultrasensitive Detection of Amyloid Proteins in Alzheimer's Disease. Advanced Materials. 33(38). e2102337–e2102337. 140 indexed citations

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Song, Shanshan, Steven Suryoprabowo, Liqiang Liu, et al.. (2019). Development of monoclonal antibody-based colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay for analysis of halofuginone in milk. Food and Agricultural Immunology. 30(1). 112–122. 31 indexed citations

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Cai, Jiarong, Wei Ma, Liguang Xu, et al.. (2019). Self‐Assembled Gold Arrays That Allow Rectification by Nanoscale Selectivity. Angewandte Chemie. 131(48). 17579–17585. 2 indexed citations

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Cai, Jiarong, Wei Ma, Liguang Xu, et al.. (2019). Self‐Assembled Gold Arrays That Allow Rectification by Nanoscale Selectivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(48). 17418–17424. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Libing, Yingyue Zhu, Liguang Xu, et al.. (2010). Side‐by‐Side and End‐to‐End Gold Nanorod Assemblies for Environmental Toxin Sensing. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(32). 5472–5475. 244 indexed citations

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