Maotian Xu

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Maotian Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maotian Xu has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 54 papers in Materials Chemistry and 46 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Maotian Xu's work include Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (43 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (41 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (34 papers). Maotian Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (43 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (41 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (34 papers). Maotian Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Maotian Xu's co-authors include Yanli Zhou, Yuanqiang Hao, Yintang Zhang, Wei Qu, Zhong Xie, Douglas G. Ivey, Lantao Liu, Peng Qu, Xu Zhu and Shuang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Power Sources and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Maotian Xu

131 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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High Selectivity Fluorescence and Electrochemical Dual-Mode Detection of Glutathione in the Serum of Parkinson’s Disease Model Mice and Humans

2025 21 citations Hui Dong, Ke Xu et al. Analytical Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maotian Xu China	35	1.9k	1.2k	1.1k	793	726	134	3.8k
Lin Cui China	32	1.4k 0.8×	838 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	387 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	92	3.6k
Jinghe Yang China	39	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	2.2k 2.0×	553 0.7×	506 0.7×	236	5.3k
Gemma Aragay Spain	19	944 0.5×	923 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	858 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	46	2.9k
M. Reza Hormozi‐Nezhad Iran	37	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	716 0.9×	652 0.9×	127	4.5k
Chunya Li China	42	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	680 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	190	5.1k
Yongxin Tao China	37	1.6k 0.8×	522 0.4×	956 0.8×	908 1.1×	681 0.9×	92	3.4k
Wen Weng China	35	1.1k 0.6×	764 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	470 0.6×	549 0.8×	83	4.1k
Zhonghua Xue China	34	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	272 0.3×	907 1.2×	119	3.4k
Hongliang Tan China	36	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	2.6k 2.3×	816 1.0×	345 0.5×	86	4.0k
Meissam Noroozifar Iran	35	2.1k 1.1×	692 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	289 0.4×	1.3k 1.8×	245	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maotian Xu

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Huang, Lijie, et al.. (2025). A novel coumarin-incorporated lanthanide coordination nanoprobe for ratiometric sensing of tetracycline. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 337. 126108–126108. 6 indexed citations

Huang, Min, et al.. (2025). Sensitive colorimetric sensing of dopamine and TYR based on enhanced HRP-like activity of CuNi/Fe LDHs nanozymes. Microchimica Acta. 192(3). 197–197. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yi‐Jun, Tiantian Wang, Yidan Sun, et al.. (2025). A pseudo-circular DNA walker-mediated electrochemical biosensor for sensitive detection of the apolipoprotein E4 gene. Chemical Communications. 61(84). 16420–16423.

Liu, Yamei, Huan Yang, Jiayi Li, et al.. (2025). Dual-mode ratiometric electrochemical and turn-on fluorescence detection of β-galactosidase in serum based on a single probe. Microchemical Journal. 212. 113601–113601. 5 indexed citations

Hao, Yuanqiang, Wenhui Wang, Hui Gu, et al.. (2024). Development of a Photoelectrochemical Microelectrode Using an Organic Probe for Monitoring Hydrogen Sulfide in Living Brains. Analytical Chemistry. 96(49). 19822–19832. 12 indexed citations

Li, Chunlan, et al.. (2024). A Theoretical Investigation into the Oligomer Structure of Carbon Dots Formed from Small-Molecule Precursors. Molecules. 29(12). 2920–2920. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Linlin, Yanan Chen, Ziyi Zhang, et al.. (2024). In Situ NH₂-MIL-101(Fe) Nanoparticles Modified Pencil Core Electrodes for Simultaneous Ratiometric Electrochemical Detection of Caffeic Acid and Acetaminophen. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(14). 16295–16305. 6 indexed citations

Zhou, Yanli, et al.. (2024). Construction of Uniformly Dispersed Ag Nanoclusters in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Tubes for Electrochemical Sensing of Tryptophan. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(1). 289–298. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Shu, Shu Chen, Peisheng Zhang, et al.. (2023). A near-infrared ratiometric fluorescent probe for hydrazine and its application for gaseous sensing and cell imaging. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 296. 122692–122692. 20 indexed citations

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Dong, Hui, Yanli Zhou, Yanan Chen, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous and Ratiometric Electrochemical Determination of Uric Acid and Hypoxanthine Based on In Situ Carbonized Polydopamine Graphene Paper. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(11). 9268–9275. 7 indexed citations

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Dong, Hui, Le Zhao, Tao Wang, et al.. (2023). Dual-Mode Ratiometric Electrochemical and Turn-On Fluorescent Detection of Butyrylcholinesterase Utilizing a Single Probe for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. Analytical Chemistry. 95(21). 8340–8347. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Jun-Ru, Yanli Zhou, Hui Dong, et al.. (2023). Controllable Construction of Two-Dimensional Conductive M₃(HHTP)₂ Nanorods for Electrochemical Sensing of Malachite Green in Fish. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(24). 22916–22926. 16 indexed citations

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Dong, Hui, Linlin Zheng, Meng Wang, et al.. (2023). Two-Photon Carbon Quantum Dots for Detection of Chlortetracycline in Foods. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(20). 19168–19175. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Baoxia, Yaoyao Zhang, Yuanqiang Hao, et al.. (2022). All-in-One Luminescent Lanthanide Coordination Polymer Nanoprobe for Facile Detection of Protein Kinase Activity. Analytical Chemistry. 94(30). 10730–10736. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yaoyao, Qi Shen, Xiuhua Wei, et al.. (2020). Nucleotide-based green synthesis of lanthanide coordination polymers for tunable white-light emission. Green Processing and Synthesis. 9(1). 578–585. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xu, Wei Wei, Kefeng Wang, Guoqing Xiao, & Maotian Xu. (2020). Graphene reinforced carbon nanofiber engineering enhances Li storage performances of germanium oxide. RSC Advances. 10(18). 10873–10878. 9 indexed citations

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Geng, Fenghua, et al.. (2020). An improved structure-switch aptamer-based fluorescent Pb²⁺ biosensor utilizing the binding induced quenching of AMT to G-quadruplex. Chemical Communications. 56(72). 10517–10520. 22 indexed citations

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Dong, Hui, Yanli Zhou, Le Zhao, et al.. (2020). Dual-Response Ratiometric Electrochemical Microsensor for Effective Simultaneous Monitoring of Hypochlorous Acid and Ascorbic Acid in Human Body Fluids. Analytical Chemistry. 92(22). 15079–15086. 58 indexed citations

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Xu, Maotian, et al.. (2020). A highly sensitive and adjustable colorimetric assay of hydrogen sulfide by signal amplification based on G-quadruplex-Cu²⁺ peroxidase mimetics. The Analyst. 145(8). 2995–3001. 8 indexed citations

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Wei, Wei, Linlin Guo, Linlin Guo, et al.. (2015). Porous micro-spherical LiFePO₄/CNT nanocomposite for high-performance Li-ion battery cathode material. RSC Advances. 5(47). 37830–37836. 26 indexed citations

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