Xiaohu Xia

11.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
104 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Xiaohu Xia is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaohu Xia has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Materials Chemistry, 45 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 37 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiaohu Xia's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (43 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (35 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (26 papers). Xiaohu Xia is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (43 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (35 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (26 papers). Xiaohu Xia collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Xiaohu Xia's co-authors include Younan Xia, Hsin‐Chieh Peng, Qingge Li, Yì Wáng, Aleksey Ruditskiy, Moon J. Kim, Haihang Ye, Shuifen Xie, Jie Zeng and Kyle D. Gilroy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xiaohu Xia

98 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

25th Anniversary Article: Galvanic Replacement: A Simple and Versatile Route to Hollow Nanostructures with Tunable and Well‐Controlled Properties

2013 902 citations Xiaohu Xia, Younan Xia et al. profile →
Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals: Thermodynamic versus Kinetic Products

2015 796 citations Younan Xia, Xiaohu Xia et al. profile →
Gold Nanocages: From Synthesis to Theranostic Applications

2011 691 citations Younan Xia, Claire M. Cobley et al. profile →
Seed‐Mediated Growth of Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals

2016 649 citations Younan Xia, Xiaohu Xia et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Synthesis and Characterization of 9 nm Pt–Ni Octahedra with a Record High Activity of 3.3 A/mg_Pt for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2013 531 citations Shuifen Xie, Xiaohu Xia et al. profile →
Functional Textiles with Smart Properties: Their Fabrications and Sustainable Applications

2023 104 citations Yabin Zhang, Xiaohu Xia et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Xiaohu Xia	6.0k	3.6k	3.2k	2.3k	2.3k	104	10.3k
Dong Qin	4.6k 0.8×	4.0k 1.1×	4.7k 1.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	96	10.6k
Eun Chul Cho	4.2k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	90	10.0k
Xianmao Lu	6.6k 1.1×	5.4k 1.5×	4.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	3.9k 1.7×	126	13.9k
Marek Grzelczak	5.4k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	117	9.0k
Wensheng Yang	8.1k 1.3×	2.4k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	343	12.9k
Brian T. Mayers	6.5k 1.1×	4.3k 1.2×	4.5k 1.4×	642 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	37	11.4k
Matthew Rycenga	4.3k 0.7×	4.8k 1.3×	3.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	905 0.4×	42	7.8k
Jill E. Millstone	4.4k 0.7×	4.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	616 0.3×	92	7.8k
Xing Yi Ling	4.8k 0.8×	4.1k 1.2×	3.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	186	9.8k
Thurston Herricks	5.1k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	485 0.2×	1.7k 0.7×	36	8.4k

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Xia, Xiaohu, Haotian Chen, Zhiqiang Hou, et al.. (2025). Engineering commonality of bionic micro/nanostructures to achieve anti-contaminant surfaces: From natural inspiration to artificial optimization. Nano Today. 62. 102723–102723.

Sun, X. H., et al.. (2025). Magnetic Platinum–Cobalt Nanoparticles as Peroxidase Mimics for Detection of Cancer Biomarkers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(37). 51634–51642.

Wang, Yiming, et al.. (2025). Marangoni Effect Enabling Autonomously Miniatured Swimmers: Mechanisms, Design Strategy, and Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(27). 5 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaohan, et al.. (2024). Sensitive Colorimetric Lateral Flow Assays Enabled by Platinum‐Group Metal Nanoparticles with Peroxidase‐Like Activities. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(8). e2401677–e2401677. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xiangyu, et al.. (2024). Scalable fabrication of biohybrid magnetic MOF-based micromotors for toxin enrichment. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 683(Pt 2). 27–38. 3 indexed citations

Gao, Weiwei, et al.. (2023). Peroxidase mimics of platinum-group metals forin vitrodiagnostics: opportunities and challenges. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 11(35). 8404–8410. 8 indexed citations

Gao, Weiwei, Xiangyu Zhu, Moon J. Kim, & Xiaohu Xia. (2023). Ir- and Pt-Based Nanowires as Peroxidase Mimics for Detection of Carcinoembryonic Antigen. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(14). 13208–13215. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Xiangyu, Xiaohu Xia, Yixuan Yang, et al.. (2023). Special-wettability-mediating electrode interfaces for new energy devices: Opportunities and challenges. Nano Energy. 120. 109185–109185. 15 indexed citations

Zhu, Xiangyu, et al.. (2022). Understanding the Impact of Wall Thickness on Thermal Stability of Silver–Gold Nanocages. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(16). 7337–7345. 9 indexed citations

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Gao, Zhuangqiang, Weiwei Gao, Dianyong Tang, et al.. (2021). Morphology-Invariant Metallic Nanoparticles with Tunable Plasmonic Properties. ACS Nano. 15(2). 2428–2438. 63 indexed citations

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Gao, Zhuangqiang, Haihang Ye, Qingxiao Wang, et al.. (2020). Template Regeneration in Galvanic Replacement: A Route to Highly Diverse Hollow Nanostructures. ACS Nano. 14(1). 791–801. 50 indexed citations

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Ye, Haihang, Kuikun Yang, Jing Tao, et al.. (2017). An Enzyme-Free Signal Amplification Technique for Ultrasensitive Colorimetric Assay of Disease Biomarkers. ACS Nano. 11(2). 2052–2059. 170 indexed citations

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Xia, Younan, Xiaohu Xia, Yi Wang, & Shuifen Xie. (2013). Shape-controlled synthesis of metal nanocrystals. MRS Bulletin. 38(4). 335–344. 123 indexed citations

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Xia, Xiaohu, Ye Xu, Rongqin Ke, et al.. (2013). A highly sensitive europium nanoparticle-based lateral flow immunoassay for detection of chloramphenicol residue. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 405(23). 7541–7544. 28 indexed citations

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Moran, Christine H., Xiaohu Xia, & Younan Xia. (2013). Improving correlated SERS measurements with scanning electron microscopy: an assessment of the problem arising from the deposition of amorphous carbon. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(15). 5400–5400. 8 indexed citations

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Moran, Christine H., Matthew Rycenga, Xiaohu Xia, Claire M. Cobley, & Younan Xia. (2013). Using well-defined Ag nanocubes as substrates to quantify the spatial resolution and penetration depth of surface-enhanced Raman scattering imaging. Nanotechnology. 25(1). 14007–14007. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Yucai, Jinbin Xu, Xiaohu Xia, et al.. (2011). SV119-gold nanocage conjugates: a new platform for targeting cancer cellsvia sigma-2 receptors. Nanoscale. 4(2). 421–424. 41 indexed citations

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Xia, Xiaohu, Miaoxin Yang, Landon K. Oetjen, et al.. (2011). An enzyme-sensitive probe for photoacoustic imaging and fluorescence detection of protease activity. Nanoscale. 3(3). 950–950. 63 indexed citations

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Xia, Xiaohu, Jie Zeng, Brenden McDearmon, et al.. (2011). Silver Nanocrystals with Concave Surfaces and Their Optical and Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering Properties. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(52). 12542–12546. 176 indexed citations

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Xia, Xiaohu, Zhibing Hu, & Manuel Márquez. (2004). Physically bonded nanoparticle networks: a novel drug delivery system. Journal of Controlled Release. 103(1). 21–30. 72 indexed citations

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