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2009,
2008,
2007,
2006,
2005
Highlight in
2010
Younan Xia was featured in a news article published in
Record, the official newspaper of Washington University,
for being named a "Top 10 Chemist in the World" by
the Times Higher Education.
Our
paper on the use of gold nanocages for photothermal
cancer treatment ("Gold
nanocages as photothermal transducers for cancer
treatment",
Chen, J.; Claus, C.; Laforest, R.; Zhang, Q.; Yang, M.;
Gidding, M.; Welch, M. and Xia, Y. Small 2010,
7, 811-817) was highlighted in a press release posted on
the Washington University website, in an article
published in St. Louis Business Journal (May 10,
2010), and in an article published in Focal Spot,
Spring/Summer, 2010).
Jingyi Chen recently accepted a position of Assistant
Professor from the Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry at the University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Akira Ohnuma recently accepted a position of Assistant
Professor from the Catalysis Research Center at Hokkaido University
in Japan.
Claire Cobley received an MRS
Graduate Student Silver Award at the spring national meeting held
in San Francisco, April, 2010.
Our
review article on metal nanocrystals ("Shape-controlled
synthesis of metal nanocrystals: Simple chemistry meets
complex physics?", Xia, Y.; Xiong, Y.; Lim, B. and
Skrabalak, S. E. Angewandte Chemie International
Edition 2009, 48, 60-103) was selected as a fast
moving front article and highlighted with an interview
posted on ScienceWatch.com. It has been cited more
than 150 times since its publication in January, 2009.
Maureen
McKiernan was recently selected as one of the winners of
the Dean's
Award for Teaching Excellence during 2009-2010 in the School of
Arts and Sciences.
Claire Cobley was
recently selected as one of the two 2010 recipients of the
Association of Women Faculty (AWF) Graduate Student
Award at Washington University in St. Louis.
Jie Zeng received a
Journal of Materials Chemistry (JMC) Poster Award at the
MRS spring national meeting held in San Francisco, April, 2010.
Our paper on the three-photon luminescence of Au-Ag
alloyed nanocages ("Bright
three-photon luminescence from Au-Ag alloyed
nanostructures for bio-imaging with negligible phototoxicity", Tong, L.; Cobley, C. M.; Chen, J.; Xia,
Y. and Cheng, J.-X. Angewandte Chemie International
Edition 2010,
49, 3485-3488) was highlighted on the inside cover and
featured in an article in ScienceDaily.
Our paper on the growth mechanism of Pd nanocubes ("New
insights into the growth mechanism and surface structure
of palladium nanocrystals", Lim, B.; Liu, Kobayashi, H.;
Camargo, P. H. C.; Allard, L. F.; Liu, Y. and Xia, Y.
Nano Research 2010, 3, 180-188) was highlighted on the
cover.
Younan Xia served as a guest co-editor of a special
issue of Advanced Materials on "USTC Materials
Science", which was published on May 4th, 2010.
Younan Xia served as a guest co-editor of a special
issue of Advanced Functional Materials on "Nanomaterials
Research with A Chinese Flavor", which was published
in the fall of 2010.
Meng-Yi Bai recently accepted a position of
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
Sung-Wook Choi recently accepted a position of Assistant
Professor of Biotechnology at the Catholic
University in Korea.
Our review article on hollow and porous metal nanostructures
("Galvanic replacement reaction: A simple and powerful
route to hollow and porous metal nanostructures", Lu,
X.; Chen, J.; Skrabalak, S. E. and Xia, Y.,
Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems,
2007, 221, 1-16)
was
selected by the Editor and Editorial Board to receive
the PE Publishing Award for the Best Paper published in
2007.
Byungkwon Lim recently accepted a position of Assistant
Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at
Sungkyunkwan University in Korea.
Our paper on the use of peptide-coated gold nanocages as
active targeting contrast agent for photoacoustic
imaging of melanoma ("In
vivo molecular photoacoustic tomography of melanomas
targeted by bioconjugated gold nanocages", Kim, C.; Cho,
E. C.; Chen, J.; Song, K. H.; Au, L.; Favazza, C.;
Zhang, Q.; Cobley, C. M.; Xia, Y. and Wang, L. V. ACS
Nano, 2010, in press)
was featured in a press release article posted on
the WUSTL website, with a title of “Seeing Melanoma”,
and covered by many other media.
Our paper on the use of radially aligned nanofibers as
dural substitutes ("
Radially aligned, electrospun nanofibers as dural
substitutes for wound closure and tissue regeneration
applications", Xie, J.; MacEwan, M.; Wilson, R.; Liu,
W.; Daku, S. and Xia, Y. ACS Nano 2010,
in press)
was highlighted in C&EN News, August 26, 2010; it
was also featured on the journal cover, and on Nanowerk, posted on August 17,
2010.
Our paper on the synthesis of five-fold twinned Rh
nanocrystals ("Facile
synthesis of starfish-like
Rh nanocrystals by eliminating oxidative etching with a
chloride-free precursor", Zhang, H.; Xia, X.; Li, W.;
Zeng, J.; Dai, Y.; Yang, D. and Xia, Y. Angewandte
Chemie International Edition 2010, 49, 5296-5300) was
highlighted in Nature Materials, 2010, 9, p. 605.
Younan Xia and Jingyi Chen were recently featured in an
article published in Focal Spot (Spring/Summer, 2010),
entitled "Targeting Cancer with a Team Approach", for
their collaboration with Prof. Michael Welch's group in
Department of Radiology, WUSM.
Younan Xia was recently invited to become a member of
the International Advisory Committee of the Korea Basic
Science Institute (KBSI). KBSI is a government-supported
research institute that provides research support and
collaboration with its unique, large-scale research
facilities and equipment to advance basic science and
fundamental technology.
Younan Xia was recently invited to join the
International Advisory Board of Angewandte Chemie
International Edition, starting from 2011.
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