Publication

Xiaobing Zuo ORCiD: 0000-0002-0134-4804

Scientific Research Publications: A Full List

A. Research Journal Papers:

Publications at Argonne National Laboratory as Staff (2011 - present)

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200. Size-refocusing fitting of small-angle X-ray scattering from polydisperse nanoparticles for shape determination

Siyu Wu, Xiaobing Zuo, Yugang Sun

Journal of Applied Crystallography; 2023, 56, 1739-1750. https://doi.org/10.1107/S160057672300910X 



199. Preserving Structurally Labile Peptide Nanosheets After Molecular Functionalization of the Self‐Assembling Peptides

Xin Chen, Cai Xia, Pan Guo, Chenru Wang, Xiaobing Zuo, Yun-Bao Jiang, Tao Jiang

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.; 2024, 63, e20231529. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202315296 



198. Structural and dynamic mechanisms for coupled folding and tRNA recognition of a translational T-box riboswitch

Xiaolin Niu, Zhonghe Xu, Yufan Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo, Chunlai Chen, Xianyang Fang

Nature Communications; 2023, 14, 7394. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43232-z



197. Geometric Transformations Afforded by Rotational Freedom in Aramid Amphiphile Nanostructures

Yukio Cho, Yu-Jin Choi, Samuel J. Kaser, Rebecca Meacham, Ty Christoff-Tempesta, Siyu Wu, Xiaobing Zuo, and Julia H. Ortony

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 42, 22954–22963.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c04598 



196. Tunable thermoplastic elastomer gels derived from controlled-distribution triblock copolymers with crystallizable endblocks

Nathan T Hames, Drew Balsbough, Jiaqi Yan, Siyu Wu, Xiaobing Zuo, Richard J Spontak 

Materials Horizons, 2023.  DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01018J 



195. Direct observation of tRNA-chaperoned folding of a dynamic mRNA ensemble

Krishna C Suddala, Janghyun Yoo, Lixin Fan, Xiaobing Zuo, Yun-Xing Wang, Hoi Sung Chung, Jinwei Zhang 

Nature Communications, 2023, 14 (1), 5438. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41155-3 



194. pH-Dependent Solution Micellar Structure of Amphoteric Polypeptoid Block Copolymers with Positionally Controlled Ionizable Sites

Meng Zhang, Yun Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Shuo Qian, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Richard E Gillilan, Qingqiu Huang, Donghui Zhang 

Biomacromolecules, 2023, 24 (8), 3700-3715.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00407 



193. Reassembly of Peptide Nanofibrils on Live Cell Surfaces Promotes Cell–Cell Interactions

Pan Guo, Di Wang, Shumin Zhang, Dan Cheng, Siyu Wu, Xiaobing Zuo, Yun-Bao Jiang, Tao Jiang 

Nano Letters, 2023, 23 (14), 6386-6392.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01100 



192. (Fe, Cr)(OH)3 Coprecipitation in Solution and on Soil: Roles of Surface Functional Groups and Solution pH

Suona Zhang, Liang Cheng, Xiaobing Zuo, Dawei Cai, Ke Tong, Yandi Hu, Jinren Ni 

Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57 (19), 7516-7525. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c09216 



191. Opportunities of Soft Materials Research at Advanced Photon Source

Mrinal Bera, Qingteng Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo, Wei Bu, Joe Strzalka, Steven Weigand, Jan Ilavsky, Eric Dufresne, Suresh Narayanan, Byeongdu Lee 

Synchrotron Radiation News, 2023,  36(2), 1-12.  https://doi.org/10.1080/08940886.2023.2204096



190. Design of Multicomponent Peptide Fibrils with Ordered and Programmable Compositional Patterns

Dan Cheng, Xin Chen, Weijia Zhang, Pan Guo, Wenhui Xue, Junfan Xia, Siyu Wu, Junhui Shi, Dan Ma, Xiaobing Zuo, Bin Jiang, Shaowei Li, Ningshao Xia, Yunbao Jiang, Vincent P Conticello, Tao Jiang 

Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135, e202303684.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202303684 



189. Atomic Level Interactions and Suprastructural Configuration of Plant Cell Wall Polymers in Dialkylimidazolium Ionic Liquids

Aparna Annamraju, Kalavathy Rajan, Xiaobing Zuo, Brian K Long, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Thomas J Elder, Nicole Labbé 

Biomacromolecules, 2023, 24 (5), 2164-2172.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00047 



188. Zika virus RNA structure controls its unique neurotropism by bipartite binding to Musashi-1

Xiang Chen, Yan Wang, Zhonghe Xu, Meng-Li Cheng, Qing-Qing Ma, Rui-Ting Li, Zheng-Jian Wang, Hui Zhao, Xiaobing Zuo, Xiao-Feng Li, Xianyang Fang, Cheng-Feng Qin 

Nature Communications, 2023, 14 (1), 1134.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36838-w 



187. Asynchronous x-ray multiprobe data acquisition for x-ray transient absorption spectroscopy

Eli Diego Kinigstein, Christopher Otolski, Guy Jennings, Gilles Doumy, Donald A Walko, Xiaobing Zuo, Jinghua Guo, Anne Marie March, Xiaoyi Zhang 

Review of Scientific Instruments, 2023, 94 (1), 014714.  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0100596 



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186. Engineering Atomic-to-Nano Scale Structural Homogeneity towards High Corrosion Resistance of Amorphous Magnesium-Based Alloys

Yuan Qin, Wentao Zhang, Kanghua Li, Shu Fu, Yu Lou, Sinan Liu, Jiacheng Ge, Huiqiang Ying, Wei-Di Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Jun Shen, Shao-Chong Wei, Horst Hahn, Yang Ren, Zhenduo Wu, Xun-Li Wang, He Zhu, Si Lan 

Micromachines, 2022, 13 (11), 1992.  https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13111992 



185. Selenite and Selenate Sequestration during Coprecipitation with Barite: Insights from Mineralization Processes of Adsorption, Nucleation, and Growth

Ning Deng, Xiaobing Zuo, Andrew G Stack, Sang Soo Lee, Zehao Zhou, Juliane Weber, Yandi Hu 

Environmental Science & Technology, 2022,  56 (22), 15518-15527.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03292 



184. A round-robin approach provides a detailed assessment of biomolecular small-angle scattering data reproducibility and yields consensus curves for benchmarking

Jill Trewhella, Patrice Vachette, Jan Bierma, Clement Blanchet, Emre Brookes, Srinivas Chakravarthy, Leonie Chatzimagas, Thomas E Cleveland, Nathan Cowieson, Ben Crossett, Anthony P Duff, Daniel Franke, Frank Gabel, Richard E Gillilan, Melissa Graewert, Alexander Grishaev, J Mitchell Guss, Michal Hammel, Jesse Hopkins, Qingqui Huang, Jochen S Hub, Greg L Hura, Thomas C Irving, Cy Michael Jeffries, Cheol Jeong, Nigel Kirby, Susan Krueger, Anne Martel, Tsutomu Matsui, Na Li, Javier Pérez, Lionel Porcar, Thierry Prangé, Ivan Rajkovic, Mattia Rocco, Daniel J Rosenberg, Timothy M Ryan, Soenke Seifert, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Dmitri Svergun, Susana Teixeira, Aurelien Thureau, Thomas M Weiss, Andrew E Whitten, Kathleen Wood, Xiaobing Zuo 

Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 2022, 78 (11),  1315-1336.  https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798322009184 



183. In situ study on medium-range order evolution during the polyamorphous phase transition in a Pd-Ni-P nanostructured glass

Shu Fu, Sinan Liu, Jiacheng Ge, Junjie Wang, Huiqiang Ying, Shangshu Wu, Mengyang Yan, Li Zhu, Yubin Ke, Junhua Luan, Yang Ren, Xiaobing Zuo, Zhenduo Wu, Zhen Peng, Chain-Tsuan Liu, Xun-Li Wang, Tao Feng, Si Lan 

Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2022, 125, 145-156.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2022.01.038 



182. Phosphorothioate-based site-specific labeling of large RNAs for structural and dynamic studies

Yanping Hu, Yan Wang, Jaideep Singh, Ruirui Sun, Lilei Xu, Xiaolin Niu, Keyun Huang, Guangcan Bai, Guoquan Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Chunlai Chen, Peter Z Qin, Xianyang Fang 

ACS Chemical Biology, 2022, 17 (9), 2448-2460.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.2c00199 



181. Preservation of high-pressure volatiles in nanostructured diamond capsules

Zhidan Zeng, Jianguo Wen, Hongbo Lou, Xin Zhang, Liuxiang Yang, Lijie Tan, Benyuan Cheng, Xiaobing Zuo, Wenge Yang, Wendy L Mao, Ho-kwang Mao, Qiaoshi Zeng 

Nature, 2022, 608 (7923), 513-517.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04955-z 



180. Development of high-energy non-aqueous lithium-sulfur batteries via redox-active interlayer strategy

Byong-June Lee, Chen Zhao, Jeong-Hoon Yu, Tong-Hyun Kang, Hyean-Yeol Park, Joonhee Kang, Yongju Jung, Xiang Liu, Tianyi Li, Wenqian Xu, Xiao-Bing Zuo, Gui-Liang Xu, Khalil Amine, Jong-Sung Yu 

Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), 4629.   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31943-8 



179. Programmed supramolecular assemblies using orthogonal pairs of heterodimeric coiled coil peptides

Linhai Jiang, Xiaobing Zuo, Jianping Li, Nathaniel J Traaseth, Kent Kirshenbaum 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61 (27), e202201895.   https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202201895 



178. Phenol-soluble modulins PSMα3 and PSMβ2 form nanotubes that are cross-α amyloids

Mark AB Kreutzberger, Shengyuan Wang, Leticia C Beltran, Abraham Tuachi, Xiaobing Zuo, Edward H Egelman, Vincent P Conticello 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119 (20), e2121586119.  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121586119 



177. Visualizing light-induced microstrain and phase transition in lead-free perovskites using time-resolved X-Ray diffraction

Yingqi Wang, Cunming Liu, Yang Ren, Xiaobing Zuo, Sophie E Canton, Kaibo Zheng, Kuangda Lu, Xujie Lü, Wenge Yang, Xiaoyi Zhang 

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144 (12), 5335-5341.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c11747 



176. Heat accelerates degradation of β-lactoglobulin fibrils at neutral pH

Da Chen, Lorena Silva Pinho, Enrico Federici, Xiaobing Zuo, Jan Ilavsky, Ivan Kuzmenko, Zhi Yang, Owen Griffith Jones, Osvaldo Campanella 

Food Hydrocolloids, 2022, 124, 107291.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.107291 



175. Folded network and structural transition in molten tin

Liang Xu, Zhigang Wang, Jian Chen, Songyi Chen, Wenge Yang, Yang Ren, Xiaobing Zuo, Jianrong Zeng, Qiang Wu, Howard Sheng 

Nature Communications, 2022,  13 (1), 126.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27742-2 



174. Relaxation dynamics of deformed polymer nanocomposites as revealed by small-angle scattering and rheology

Ruikun Sun, Jie Yang, Shalin Patil, Yun Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Andre Lee, Wei Yang, Yangyang Wang, Shiwang Cheng 

Soft Matter, 2022 18 (46), 8867-8884.  DOI: 10.1039/D2SM00775D 



173. Facile synthesis of epoxide-co-propylene sulphide polymers with compositional and architectural control

Niloofar Safaie, Jessica Smak, Danielle DeJonge, Shiwang Cheng, Xiaobing Zuo, Kohji Ohno, Robert C Ferrier 

Polymer Chemistry, 2022, 13 (19), 2803-2812.  DOI: 10.1039/D2PY00005A 



172.  Simultaneously blocking chemical crosstalk and internal short circuit via gel‐stretching derived nanoporous non‐shrinkage separator for safe lithium‐ion batteries

Youzhi Song, Xiang Liu, Dongsheng Ren, Hongmei Liang, Li Wang, Qiao Hu, Hao Cui, Hong Xu, Jianlong Wang, Chen Zhao, Xiaobing Zuo, Gui‐Liang Xu, Khalil Amine, Xiangming He 

Advanced Materials, 2022, 34 (2), 2106335.  https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202106335 



171. Pressure-stimulus-responsive behaviors of core–shell InP/ZnSe nanocrystals: remarkable piezochromic luminescence and structural assembly

Hao Liu, Yixuan Wang, Xinyi Yang, Xiaohui Zhao, Kai Wang, Min Wu, Xiaobing Zuo, Wenge Yang, Yongming Sui, Bo Zou 

Nanoscale, 2022, 14 (20), 7530-7537.  DOI: 10.1039/D2NR00281G 



170. In Situ Scattering Studies of Crystallization Kinetics in a Phase-Separated Zr–Cu–Fe–Al Bulk Metallic Glass

Sinan Liu, Jiacheng Ge, Huiqaing Ying, Chenyu Lu, Dong Ma, Xun-Li Wang, Xiaobing Zuo, Yang Ren, Tao Feng, Jun Shen, Horst Hahn, Si Lan 

Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 2022, 35 (1), 103-114.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-021-01304-3 



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169. Huntingtin structure is orchestrated by HAP40 and shows a polyglutamine expansion-specific interaction with exon 1 

Rachel J Harding, Justin C Deme, Johannes F Hevler, Sem Tamara, Alexander Lemak, Jeffrey P Cantle, Magdalena M Szewczyk, Nola Begeja, Siobhan Goss, Xiaobing Zuo, Peter Loppnau, Alma Seitova, Ashley Hutchinson, Lixin Fan, Ray Truant, Matthieu Schapira, Jeffrey B Carroll, Albert JR Heck, Susan M Lea, Cheryl H Arrowsmith 

Communications Biology, 2021, 4 (1), 1374.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02895-4 



168. Pseudoknot length modulates the folding, conformational dynamics, and robustness of Xrn1 resistance of flaviviral xrRNAs 

Xiaolin Niu, Ruirui Sun, Zhifeng Chen, Yirong Yao, Xiaobing Zuo, Chunlai Chen, Xianyang Fang 

Nature Communications, 2021, 12 (1), 6417.   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26616-x 



167. In situ scattering study of multiscale structural evolution during liquid–liquid phase transition in Mg-based metallic glasses 

Kang-Hua Li, Jia-Cheng Ge, Si-Nan Liu, Shu Fu, Zi-Xuan Yin, Wen-Tao Zhang, Guo-Xing Chen, Shao-Chong Wei, Hua Ji, Tao Feng, Qi Liu, Xun-Li Wang, Xiao-Bing Zuo, Yang Ren, Horst Hahn, Si Lan 

Rare Metals, 2021, 40, 3107-3116.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-021-01767-4 

 


166. Deterministic chaos in the self-assembly of β sheet nanotubes from an amphipathic oligopeptide 

Fengbin Wang, Ordy Gnewou, Shengyuan Wang, Tomasz Osinski, Xiaobing Zuo, Edward H Egelman, Vincent P Conticello 

Matter, 2021, 4 (10), 3217-3231.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2021.06.037


 

165. X-ray multi-probe data acquisition: A novel technique for laser pump x-ray transient absorption spectroscopy 

Eli D Kinigstein, Guy Jennings, Charles A Kurtz, Anne Marie March, Xiaobing Zuo, Lin X Chen, Klaus Attenkofer, Xiaoyi Zhang 

Review of Scientific Instruments, 2021, 92 (8), 085109.  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0050713  



164. An allosteric redox switch in domain V of β2-glycoprotein I controls membrane binding and anti-domain I autoantibody recognition 

Suresh Kumar, Mathivanan Chinnaraj, William Planer, Xiaobing Zuo, Paolo Macor, Francesco Tedesco, Nicola Pozzi 

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021, 297(2), 100890.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100890 



163. Structural mechanism for modulation of functional amyloid and biofilm formation by Staphylococcal Bap protein switch 

Junfeng Ma, Xiang Cheng, Zhonghe Xu, Yikan Zhang, Jaione Valle, Shilong Fan, Xiaobing Zuo, Iñigo Lasa, Xianyang Fang 

The EMBO Journal 40 (14), e107500. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2020107500 

 


162. The mechanism driving a solid–solid phase transition in a biomacromolecular crystal 

Saminathan Ramakrishnan, Jason R Stagno, William F Heinz, Xiaobing Zuo, Ping Yu, Yun-Xing Wang 

IUCrJ, 2021, 8 (4), 655-664.  https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252521004826 



161.  The three-way junction structure of the HIV-1 PBS-segment binds host enzyme important for viral infectivity 

Zhenwei Song, Thomas Gremminger, Gatikrushna Singh, Yi Cheng, Jun Li, Liming Qiu, Juan Ji, Margaret J Lange, Xiaobing Zuo, Shi-Jie Chen, Xiaoqin Zou, Kathleen Boris-Lawrie, Xiao Heng 

Nucleic acids research, 2021, 49 (10), 5925-5942.  https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab342 

 


160. Coprecipitation of Fe/Cr hydroxides with organics: Roles of organic properties in composition and stability of the coprecipitates 

Ning Deng, Zhixiong Li, Xiaobing Zuo, Jiawei Chen, Sheyda Shakiba, Stacey M Louie, William G Rixey, Yandi Hu 

Environmental Science & Technology 55 (8), 4638-4647.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04712 



159. Synchronous RNA conformational changes trigger ordered phase transitions in crystals 

Saminathan Ramakrishnan, Jason R Stagno, Chelsie E Conrad, Jienyu Ding, Ping Yu, Yuba R Bhandari, Yun-Tzai Lee, Gary Pauly, Oleksandr Yefanov, Max O Wiedorn, Juraj Knoska, Dominik Oberthür, Thomas A White, Anton Barty, Valerio Mariani, Chufeng Li, Wolfgang Brehm, William F Heinz, Valentin Magidson, Stephen Lockett, Mark S Hunter, Sébastien Boutet, Nadia A Zatsepin, Xiaobing Zuo, Thomas D Grant, Suraj Pandey, Marius Schmidt, John CH Spence, Henry N Chapman, Yun-Xing Wang 

Nature communications, 2021, 12 (1), 1762. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21838-5 

 


158. Molecular view on mechanical reinforcement in polymer nanocomposites 

Ruikun Sun, Matthew Melton, Niloofar Safaie, Robert C Ferrier Jr, Shiwang Cheng, Yun Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Yangyang Wang 

Physical Review Letters, 2021,  126 (11), 117801.  DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.117801



157. Self-assembly of aramid amphiphiles into ultra-stable nanoribbons and aligned nanoribbon threads 

Ty Christoff-Tempesta, Yukio Cho, Dae-Yoon Kim, Michela Geri, Guillaume Lamour, Andrew J. Lew, Xiaobing Zuo, William R. Lindemann & Julia H. Ortony

Nature Nanotechnology; 2021, 16, 447–454.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-00840-w 



156. Signatures of coherent phonon transport in ultralow thermal conductivity two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper phase perovskites 

Alexander D Christodoulides, Peijun Guo, Lingyun Dai, Justin M Hoffman, Xiaotong Li, Xiaobing Zuo, Daniel Rosenmann, Alexandra Brumberg, Mercouri G Kanatzidis, Richard D Schaller, Jonathan A Malen 

ACS Nano, 2021, 15 (3), 4165-4172.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c03595 



155. Morphological Transitions of a Photoswitchable Aramid Amphiphile Nanostructure

Dae-Yoon Kim, Ty Christoff-Tempesta, Guillaume Lamour, Xiaobing Zuo, Ki-Hyun Ryu, and Julia H. Ortony

Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 7, 2912–2918. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c05048



154. A high-energy and long-cycling lithium–sulfur pouch cell via a macroporous catalytic cathode with double-end binding sites 

Chen Zhao, Gui-Liang Xu, Zhou Yu, Leicheng Zhang, Inhui Hwang, Yu-Xue Mo, Yuxun Ren, Lei Cheng, Cheng-Jun Sun, Yang Ren, Xiaobing Zuo, Jun-Tao Li, Shi-Gang Sun, Khalil Amine, Tianshou Zhao 

Nature Nanotechnology, 2021, 16 (2), 166-173. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-00797-w,  



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153. Solvent independent symmetry-breaking charge separation in terrylenediimide guanine-quadruplex nanoparticles 

Natalia E Powers-Riggs, Xiaobing Zuo, Ryan M Young, Michael R Wasielewski 

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020, 153 (20) .  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0027471 



152.  Shape-shifting peptide nanomaterials: surface asymmetry enables pH-dependent formation and interconversion of collagen tubes and sheets 

Andrea D Merg, Gavin Touponse, Eric van Genderen, Thorsten B Blum, Xiaobing Zuo, Alisina Bazrafshan, Hew Ming Helen Siaw, Arthur McCanna, R Brian Dyer, Khalid Salaita, Jan Pieter Abrahams, Vincent P Conticello 

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142 (47), 19956-19968.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c08174 



151. Zymogen and activated protein C have similar structural architecture 

Bosko M Stojanovski, Leslie A Pelc, Xiaobing Zuo, Enrico Di Cera 

Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 (45), 15236-15244 .  https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA120.014789 



150.  Superlattice-structured films by magnetron sputtering as new era electrodes for advanced lithium-ion batteries 

Ozgul Keles, B Deniz Karahan, Levent Eryilmaz, Rachid Amine, Ali Abouimrane, Zonghai Chen, Xiaobing Zuo, Zihua Zhu, Said Al-Hallaj, Khalil Amine 

Nano Energy, 2020, 76, 105094.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105094 



149.  Nonmonotonic strain rate dependence on the strain hardening of polymer nanocomposites 

Ruikun Sun, Matthew Melton, Xiaobing Zuo, Shiwang Cheng 

ACS Macro Letters, 2020, 9 (9), 1224-1229.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00525 



148.  The J-elongated conformation of β2-glycoprotein I predominates in solution: Implications for our understanding of antiphospholipid syndrome 

Eliza Ruben, William Planer, Mathivanan Chinnaraj, Zhiwei Chen, Xiaobing Zuo, Vittorio Pengo, Vincenzo De Filippis, Ravi K Alluri, Keith R McCrae, Paolo Macor, Francesco Tedesco, Nicola Pozzi 

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020, 295 (31), 10794-10806. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA120.013939 



147. Regulating the hidden solvation‐ion‐exchange in concentrated electrolytes for stable and safe lithium metal batteries 

Rachid Amine, Jianzhao Liu, Ilona Acznik, Tian Sheng, Katarzyna Lota, Hui Sun, Cheng‐Jun Sun, Krzysztof Fic, Xiaobing Zuo, Yang Ren, Deia Abd EI‐Hady, Wael Alshitari, Abdullah S Al‐Bogami, Zonghai Chen, Khalil Amine, Gui‐Liang Xu 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10 (25), 2000901. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202000901 



146.  Synthesis and characterization of bio-active GFP-P4VP core–shell nanoparticles 

Erik Sarnello, Yuzi Liu, Bethany Palen, Elaine Sun, Xiaobing Zuo, Tao Xu, Tao Li 

Catalysts 2020, 10(6), 627.  https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10060627 



145. Electrospinning induced orientation of protein fibrils 

Da Chen, Naagarajan Narayanan, Enrico Federici, Zhi Yang, Xiaobing Zuo, Jinling Gao, Fang Fang, Meng Deng, Osvaldo H Campanella, Owen G Jones 

Biomacromolecules, 2020, 21 (7), 2772-2785.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00500 



144.  Mechanistic insights from structure of Mycobacterium smegmatis topoisomerase I with ssDNA bound to both N- and C-terminal domains 

Nan Cao, Kemin Tan, Xiaobing Zuo, Thirunavukkarasu Annamalai, Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh 

Nucleic acids research, 2020, 48 (8), 4448-4462.  https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa201 


143. Highly Reversible Sodiation/Desodiation from a Carbon-Sandwiched SnS2 Nanosheet Anode for Sodium Ion Batteries 

Zhenjing Liu, Amine Daali, Gui-Liang Xu, Minghao Zhuang, Xiaobing Zuo, Cheng-Jun Sun, Yuzi Liu, Yuting Cai, Md Delowar Hossain, Hongwei Liu, Khalil Amine, Zhengtang Luo 

Nano letters, 2020, 20 (5), 3844-3851. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00964  



142. Dynamic and programmable cellular-scale granules enable tissue-like materials 

Yin Fang, Endao Han, Xin-Xing Zhang, Yuanwen Jiang, Yiliang Lin, Jiuyun Shi, Jiangbo Wu, Lingyuan Meng, Xiang Gao, Philip J Griffin, Xianghui Xiao, Hsiu-Ming Tsai, Hua Zhou, Xiaobing Zuo, Qing Zhang, Miaoqi Chu, Qingteng Zhang, Ya Gao, Leah K Roth, Reiner Bleher, Zhiyuan Ma, Zhang Jiang, Jiping Yue, Chien-Min Kao, Chin-Tu Chen, Andrei Tokmakoff, Jin Wang, Heinrich M Jaeger, Bozhi Tian 

Matter, 2020, 2 (4), 948-964.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2020.01.008



141. Pressure-Induced Multidimensional Assembly and Sintering of CuInS2 Nanoparticles into Lamellar Nanosheets with Band Gap Narrowing 

Hao Liu, Xinyi Yang, Kai Wang, Yixuan Wang, Min Wu, Xiaobing Zuo, Wenge Yang, Bo Zou 

ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020, 3 (3), 2438-2446.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b02550 



140. Two-way tuning of structural order in metallic glasses 

Hongbo Lou, Zhidan Zeng, Fei Zhang, Songyi Chen, Peng Luo, Xiehang Chen, Yang Ren, Vitali B Prakapenka, Clemens Prescher, Xiaobing Zuo, Tao Li, Jianguo Wen, Wei-Hua Wang, Hongwei Sheng, Qiaoshi Zeng 

Nature Communications, 2020, 11 (1), 314.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14129-7 



139.  Transverse lipid organization dictates bending fluctuations in model plasma membranes 

Brett W Rickeard, Michael HL Nguyen, Mitchell DiPasquale, Caesar G Yip, Hamilton Baker, Frederick A Heberle, Xiaobing Zuo, Elizabeth G Kelley, Michihiro Nagao, Drew Marquardt 

Nanoscale 12 (3), 1438-1447.  DOI: 10.1039/C9NR07977G 



138.  Self-assembly of chimeric peptides toward molecularly defined hexamers with controlled multivalent ligand presentation 

Xiushuang Yuan, Linhai Jiang, Weike Chen, Bo Song, Wei Chen, Xiaobing Zuo, Xiankai Sun, Xiaopeng Li, Kent Kirshenbaum, Shizhong Luo, He Dong 

Chemical Communications, 2020, 56 (52), 7128-7131.  DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02066D 



137. In-depth understanding of the CO 2 limitation of air fed anion exchange membrane fuel cells 

Ashutosh G Divekar, Ami C Yang-Neyerlin, Christopher M Antunes, Derek J Strasser, Andrew R Motz, Soenke S Seifert, Xiaobing Zuo, Bryan S Pivovar, Andrew M Herring 

Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, 4 (4), 1801-1811.  DOI: 10.1039/C9SE01212E 



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136. Seeded heteroepitaxial growth of crystallizable collagen triple helices: engineering multifunctional two-dimensional core–shell nanostructures 

Andrea D Merg, Eric van Genderen, Alisina Bazrafshan, Hanquan Su, Xiaobing Zuo, Gavin Touponse, Thorsten B Blum, Khalid Salaita, Jan Pieter Abrahams, Vincent P Conticello 

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141 (51), 20107-20117.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b09335 



135. X-Ray Crystallographic and Single-Molecule Fluorescence Studies of Beta-2 Glycoprotein I Reveal an Alternative Mechanism of Autoantibody Recognition 

William Planer, Zhiwei Chen, Mathivanan Chinnaraj, Xiaobing Zuo, Vittorio Pengo, Paolo Macor, Francesco Tedesco, Nicola Pozzi 

Blood, 2019, 134, 91. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2019-122064 

 


134. Power–Law Feature of Structure in Metallic Glasses 

WB Zhang, XD Wang, QG Kong, HJ Ruan, XB Zuo, Y Ren, QP Cao, H Wang, DX Zhang, JZ Jiang 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123 (45), 27868-27874.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07168 



133. Symmetry-breaking charge separation in a nanoscale terrylenediimide guanine-quadruplex assembly 

Natalia E Powers-Riggs, Xiaobing Zuo, Ryan M Young, Michael R Wasielewski 

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141 (44), 17512-17516. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b10108 



132. 2D crystal engineering of nanosheets assembled from helical peptide building blocks 

Andrea D Merg, Gavin Touponse, Eric van Genderen, Xiaobing Zuo, Alisina Bazrafshan, Thorsten Blum, Spencer Hughes, Khalid Salaita, Jan Pieter Abrahams, Vincent P Conticello 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58 (38), 13507-13512.   https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201906214 



131. Ambidextrous helical nanotubes from self-assembly of designed helical hairpin motifs  

Spencer A Hughes, Fengbin Wang, Shengyuan Wang, Mark AB Kreutzberger, Tomasz Osinski, Albina Orlova, Joseph S Wall, Xiaobing Zuo, Edward H Egelman, Vincent P Conticello 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, 116 (29), 14456-14464.  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1903910116 



130. ssDNA-amphiphile architecture used to control dimensions of DNA nanotubes

 Huihui Kuang, Thomas E Gartner III, Matheus Dorneles de Mello, Jun Guo, Xiaobing Zuo, Michael Tsapatsis, Arthi Jayaraman, Efrosini Kokkoli 

Nanoscale, 2019, 42, 19850-19861. DOI: 10.1039/C9NR03761F   



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129. Enhancing the Anticoagulant Profile of Meizothrombin; 

Bosko M Stojanovski, Leslie A Pelc, Xiaobing Zuo, Nicola Pozzi, and Enrico Di Cera; 

Biomolecular Concepts; 2018, 9, 169-75. https://doi.org/10.1515/bmc-2018-0016 




128. Isolation of a 300 Kda, Au 1400 Gold Compound, the Standard 3.6 Nm Capstone to a Series of Plasmonic Nanocrystals Protected by Aliphatic-Like Thiolates 

Chanaka Kumara, M Mozammel Hoque, Xiaobing Zuo, David A Cullen, Robert L Whetten, and Amala Dass; 

J.  Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9, 6825-32.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02993 



127. Heterogeneous Lead Phosphate Nucleation at Organic–Water Interfaces: Implications for Lead Immobilization;  

Chong Dai, Juntao Zhao, Daniel E Giammar, Jill D Pasteris, Xiaobing Zuo, and Yandi Hu; 

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2018, 2, 869-77.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00040 



126. Thermally-induced reversible structural isomerization in colloidal semiconductor CdS magic-size clusters

Baowei Zhang, Tingting Zhu, Mingyang Ou, Nelson Rowell, Hongsong Fan, Jiantao Han, Lei Tan, Martin T Dove, Yang Ren, Xiaobing Zuo, Shuo Han, Jianrong Zeng, Kui Yu

Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 2499. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04842-0



125. Synchrotron X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction, Total Scattering, and Small-Angle Scattering Techniques for Rechargeable Battery Research

Yang Ren, Xiaobing Zuo

Small Methods, 2018, 2, 1800064. doi.org/10.1002/smtd.201800064

124. Incorporation of isotopic, fluorescent, and heavy-atom-modified nucleotides into RNAs by position-selective labeling of RNA

Yu Liu, Erik Holmstrom, Ping Yu, Kemin Tan, Xiaobing Zuo, David J Nesbitt, Rui Sousa, Jason R Stagno, Yun-Xing Wang

Nature Protocols, 2018, 13, 987–1005. doi:10.1038/nprot.2018.002



123. Effect of Componential Proportion in Bimetallic Electrocatalysts on the Aprotic Lithium-Oxygen Battery Performance

Xiangyi Luo, Le Ge, Lu Ma, Arthur J Kropf, Jianguo Wen, Xiaobing Zuo, Yang Ren, Tianpin Wu, Jun Lu, Khalil Amine

Adv. Energy Mater., 2018, 8, 1703230.  doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201703230



122. Encapsulating Various Sulfur Allotropes within Graphene Nanocages for Long-Lasting Lithium Storage

Yifei Yuan, Guoqiang Tan, Jianguo Wen, Jun Lu, Lu Ma, Cong Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Tianpin Wu, Khalil Amine

Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1706443. doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201706443



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121. Unravelling the Correlation of Electronic Structure and Carrier Dynamics in CuInS2 Nanoparticles

Wenhui Hu, John Ludwig, Brian Pattengale, Sizhuo Yang, Cunming Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Xiaoyi Zhang, Jier Huang

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 122(1), 974-980. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11369



120. Insights into the structure of dimeric RNA helicase CsdA and indispensable role of its C-Terminal regions

Ling Xu, Lijun Wang, Junhui Peng, Fudong Li, Lijie Wu, Beibei Zhang, Mengqi Lv, Jiahai Zhang, Qingguo Gong, Rongguang Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo, Zhiyong Zhang, Jihui Wu, Yajun Tang, Yunyu Shi

Structure, 2017, 25(12), 1795-1808. e5. DOI:10.1016/j.str.2017.09.013



119. Structurally Ordered Nanowire Formation from Co-Assembly of DNA Origami and Collagen-Mimetic Peptides

Tao Jiang, Travis A. Meyer, Charles Modlin, Xiaobing Zuo, Vincent P. Conticello, Yonggang Ke

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139(40), 14025-14028. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08087



118. Katanin spiral and ring structures shed light on power stroke for microtubule severing

Elena Zehr, Agnieszka Szyk, Grzegorz Piszczek, Ewa Szczesna, Xiaobing Zuo and Antonina Roll-Mecak

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2017, 24(9),  717-725. DOI:10.1038/nsmb.3448 



117. Understanding Charge Transport and Recombination Losses in High Performance Polymer Solar Cells with Non-Fullerene Acceptors

Zhang, Xuning, Xiaobing Zuo, Shenkun Xie, Jianyu Yuan, Huiqiong Zhou and Yuan Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 17230-17239. DOI: 10.1039/C7TA05865A



116. Charge Carriers Modulate The Bonding Of Semiconductor Nanoparticle Dopants As Revealed By Time-Resolved X-Ray Spectroscopy

Asra Hassan, Xiaoyi Zhang, Xiaohan Liu, Clare E Rowland, Ali M Jawaid, Soma Chattopadhyay, Ahmet Gulec, Armen Shamirian, Xiaobing Zuo, Robert F Klie, Richard D Schaller, Preston T Snee

ACS Nano, 2017, 11(10),  10070-10076. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b04414



115. Quantitative 3D evolution of colloidal nanoparticle oxidation in solution

Yugang Sun, Xiaobing Zuo, Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, Sheng Peng, Badri Narayanan, Ganesh Kamath

Science, 2017, 356(6335), 303-307. DOI:10.1126/science.aaf6792

114. Insights into the Distinct Lithiation/Sodiation of Porous Cobalt Oxide by in Operando Synchrotron X-ray Techniques and ab initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Gui-Liang Xu, Tian Sheng, Lina Chong, Tianyuan Ma, Cheng-Jun Sun, Xiaobing Zuo, Di-Jia Liu, Yang Ren, Xiaoyi Zhang, Yuzi Liu, Steve M. Heald, Shi-Gang Sun, Zonghai Chen, and Khalil Amine

Nano Lett., 2017, 17 (2), pp 953–962. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04294



113. Hydrothermal Conditioning of Physical Hydrogels Prepared from a Midblock-Sulfonated Multiblock Copolymer

Kenneth P. Mineart, Joshua D. Dickersion, Dillon M. Love, Byeongdu Lee, Xiaobing Zuo, Richard L. Spontak

Macromol. Rapid Comm., 2017, 38(5) Article Number: 1600666.  DOI: 10.1002/marc.201600666



112. Parasitic Reactions in Nanosized Silicon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Han Gao, Lisong Xiao, Ingo Plümel, Gui-Liang Xu, Yang Ren, Xiaobing Zuo, Yuzi Liu, Christof Schulz, Hartmut Wiggers, Khalil Amine , and Zonghai Chen

Nano Lett., 2017, 17 (3), pp 1512–1519. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04551



111. Native State Volume Fluctuations in Proteins as a Mechanism for Dynamic Allostery

Anthony B. Law, Paul J. Sapienza, Jun Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo, and Chad M. Petit

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (10), pp 3599–3602. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b12058



110. Structures of riboswitch RNA reaction states by mix-and-inject XFEL serial crystallography

J. R. Stagno, Y. Liu, Y. R. Bhandari, C. E. Conrad, S. Panja, M. Swain, L. Fan, G. Nelson, C. Li, D. R. Wendel, T. A. White, J. D. Coe, M. O. Wiedorn, J. Knoska, D. Oberthuer, R. A. Tuckey, P. Yu, M. Dyba, S. G. Tarasov, U. Weierstall, T. D. Grant, C. D. Schwieters, J. Zhang, A. R. Ferré-D’Amaré, P. Fromme, D. E. Draper, M. Liang, M. S. Hunter, S. Boutet, K. Tan, X. Zuo, X. Ji, A. Barty, N. A. Zatsepin, H. N. Chapman, J. C. H. Spence,  S. A. Woodson and Y.X. Wang

Nature2017, 541, 242–246. doi:10.1038/nature20599

 

Simultaneous fit to the binding kinetics at various [ade] reveals the existence of intermediate states in the reaction.

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109. Tunable Oleo-Furan Surfactants by Acylation of Renewable Furans

Dae Sung Park, Kristeen E. Joseph, Maura Koehle, Christoph Krumm, Limin Ren, Jonathan N. Damen, Meera H. Shete, Han Seung Lee, Xiaobing Zuo, Byeongdu Lee, Wei Fan, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Raul F. Lobo, Michael Tsapatsis, and Paul J. Dauenhauer

ACS Cent. Sci., 2016, 2 (11), pp 820–824. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00208



108. Heterogeneous silicon mesostructures for lipid-supported bioelectric interfaces

Yuanwen Jiang, João L. Carvalho-de-Souza, Raymond C. S. Wong, Zhiqiang Luo, Dieter Isheim, Xiaobing Zuo, Alan W. Nicholls, Il Woong Jung, Jiping Yue, Di-Jia Liu, Yucai Wang, Vincent De Andrade, Xianghui Xiao, Luizetta Navrazhnykh, Dara E. Weiss, Xiaoyang Wu, David N. Seidman, Francisco Bezanilla and Bozhi Tian

Nature Materials, 2016, 15, 1023–1030. doi:10.1038/nmat4673



107. Self-assembly of an alpha-Helical Peptide into a Crystalline Two-Dimensional Nanoporous Framework

Elizabeth L. Magnotti, Spencer A. Hughes, Rebecca S. Dillard, Shengyuan Wang, Lillian Hough, Arshad Karumbamkandathil, Tianquan Lian , Joseph S. Wall, Xiaobing Zuo, Elizabeth R. Wright, and Vincent P. Conticello

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (50), pp 16274–16282.  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b06592

SAXS indicates morphology, while WAXS diffraction peaks reveal packing lattice structure.

Lattice parameters for honeycomb structures

SAXS simulations on honeycomb structures

106. Structural Architecture of Prothrombin in Solution Revealed by Single Molecule Spectroscopy

Nicola Pozzi, Dominika Bystranowska, Xiaobing Zuo and Enrico Di Cera

J. Biol. Chem., 2016, 291, 18107-18116. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.738310



105. Crystallite dissolution in PEO-based polymers induced by water sorption

Onyekachi Oparaji, Xiaobing Zuo, Daniel T. Hallinan Jr

Polymer, 2016, 100, 206–218. doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.08.026



104. Nanostructured Black Phosphorus/Ketjenblack–Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Composite as High Performance Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Gui-Liang Xu, Zonghai Chen, Gui-Ming Zhong, Yuzi Liu, Yong Yang, Tianyuan Ma, Yang Ren, Xiaobing Zuo, Xue-Hang Wu, Xiaoyi Zhang, Khalil Amine

Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (6), 3955–3965. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01777



103. Helical 1: 1 alpha/sulfono-gamma-AA heterogeneous peptides with antibacterial activity

Fengyu She, Alekhya Nimmagadda, Peng Teng, Ma Su, Xiaobing Zuo, Jianfeng Cai

Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17 (5), 1854–1859. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00286



102. Insight into the Capacity Fading Mechanism of Amorphous Se2S5 Confined in Micro/Mesoporous Carbon Matrix in Ether-Based Electrolytes

Gui-Liang Xu, Tianyuan Ma, Cheng-Jun Sun, Chao Luo, Lei Cheng, Yang Ren, Steve M Heald, Chunsheng Wang, Larry Curtiss, Jianguo Wen, Dean J Miller, Tao Li, Xiaobing Zuo, Valeri Petkov, Zonghai Chen, Khalil Amine

Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (4), 2663–2673. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00318



101. Impact of Interfacial Roughness on the Sorption Properties of Nanocast Polymers

Manasa Sridhar, Krishna R Gunugunuri, Naiping Hu, Ahmad Motahari, Xiaobing Zuo, Dale W Schaefer, Stephen W Thiel, Panagiotis G Smirniotis

Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), 2663–2670. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00304



100. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous (Fex, Cr1–x)(OH)3 Precipitation: Implications for Cr Sequestration

Chong Dai, Xiaobing Zuo, Bo Cao, Yandi Hu

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2016, 50(4), 1741–1749. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04319



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99. Direct Observation of Photoinduced Charge Separation in Ruthenium Complex/Ni(OH)2 Nanoparticle Hybrid

Yu Tang, Brian Pattengale, John Ludwig, Abderrahman Atifi, Alexander V Zinovev, Bin Dong, Qingyu Kong, Xiaobing Zuo, Xiaoyi Zhang, Jier Huang

Sci. Reports, 2015, 5, 18505. DOI: 10.1038/srep18505



98. New class of heterogeneous helical peptidomimetics

Haifan Wu, Qiao Qiao, Peng Teng, Yaogang Hu, Dimitrios Antoniadis, Xiaobing Zuo, Jianfeng Cai

Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 3524-3527. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b01608



97. Plasmonic Nanocrystals with Precise Gold Atoms

Chanaka Kumara, Xiaobing Zuo, David A Cullen, Amala Dass

J. Misissippi Academy of Sciences, 2015, 60, 284-292. web link.



96. Au329–xAgx(SR)84 Nanomolecules: Plasmonic Alloy Faradaurate-329

Chanaka Kumara, Xiaobing Zuo, David A Cullen, Amala Dass

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2015, 6(16), 3320–3326. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01395

 

X-ray scattering data of Au329–xAgx(SR)84 particles, and bead (right, red) and ellipsoid solid (right, cyan) shape models.

95. Ionic switch controls the DNA state in phage lambda

Dong Li, Ting Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Tao Li, Xiangyun Qiu, Alex Evilevitch

Nucl. Acids Res., 2015, 43(13), 6348-6358. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv611



94. New Class of Heterogeneous Helical Peptidomimetics

Haifan Wu, Qiao Qiao, Peng Teng, Yaogang Hu, Dimitrios Antoniadis, Xiaobing Zuo, Jianfeng Cai

Org. Lett., 2015, 17(14), 3524–3527. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b01608



93. Nanostructured Layered Cathode for Rechargeable Mg-Ion Batteries

Sanja Tepavcevic, Yuzi Liu, Dehua Zhou, Barry Lai, Jorg Maser, Xiaobing Zuo, Henry Chan, Petr Král, Christopher S Johnson, Vojislav Stamenkovic, Nenad M Markovic, Tijana Rajh

ACS Nano, 2015, 9(8), 8194–8205. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02450



92. Helical Antimicrobial Sulfono-gamma-AApeptides

Yaqiong Li, Haifan Wu, Peng Teng, Ge Bai, Xiaoyang Lin, Xiaobing Zuo, Chuanhai Cao, Jianfeng Cai

J. Med. Chem., 2015, 58(11), 4802–4811. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00537



91. Rational Design of Multi-Layer Collagen Nanosheets with Compositional and Structural Control

Tao Jiang, Owen A Vail, Zhigang Jiang, Xiaobing Zuo, Vincent P Conticello

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137(24), 7793–7802. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03326     

 

Typically, the first diffraction peak is strong. The existence of  a small amount of Lattice (D), in addition to the major Lattice (C),  explains the weak intensity of peak #1 in (A).

90. Atomic Structure of Au329(SR)84 Faradaurate Plasmonic Nanomolecules

Chanaka Kumara, Xiaobing Zuo, Jan Ilavsky, David Cullen, Amala Dass

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119(20), 11260–11266. DOI: 10.1021/jp512910a



89. Determining structural ensembles of flexible multi-domain proteins using small-angle X-ray scattering and molecular dynamics simulations

Yonghui Zhang, Bin Wen, Junhui Peng, Xiaobing Zuo, Qingguo Gong, Zhiyong Zhang

Protein & Cell, 2015, 6(8), 619-623. DOI:10.1007/s13238-015-0162-4



88. Au133(SPh-t Bu)52 Nanomolecules: X-ray Crystallography, Optical, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Analysis

Amala Dass, Shevanuja Theivendran, Praneeth Reddy Nimmala, Chanaka Kumara, Vijay Reddy Jupally, Alessandro Fortunelli, Luca Sementa, Giovanni Barcaro, Xiaobing Zuo, Bruce C Noll

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137(14), 4610-4613. DOI: 10.1021/ja513152h



87. Small-angle X-ray scattering: a bridge between RNA secondary structures and three-dimensional topological structures

Xianyang Fang, Jason R. Stagno, Yuba Bhandari, Xiaobing Zuo, Yun-Xing Wang

Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2015, 30, 147-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.02.010



86. Sulfono-gamma-AApeptides as a New Class of Nonnatural Helical Foldamer

Haifan Wu,Qiao Qiao, Yaogang Hu, Peng Teng, Wenyang Gao, Xiaobing Zuo, Lukasz Wojtas, Randy W. Larsen, Shengqian Ma, and Jianfeng Cai

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2015, 21(6), 2501-2507. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406112



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85. The structural basis for receptor recognition of human interleukin-18

Naotaka Tsutsumi, Takeshi Kimura, Kyohei Arita, Mariko Ariyoshi1, Hidenori Ohnishi, Takahiro Yamamoto, Xiaobing Zuo, Katsumi Maenaka, Enoch Y. Park, Naomi Kondo, Masahiro Shirakawa, Hidehito Tochio, Zenichiro Kato

Nature Communications, 2014.  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6340



84. Solid-to-fluid–like DNA transition in viruses facilitates infection

Ting Liu, Udom Sae-Ueng, Dong Li, Gabriel C Lander, Xiaobing Zuo, Bengt Jönsson, Donald Rau, Ivetta Shefer, Alex Evilevitch

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2014, 111(41), 14675-14680.  DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321637111



83. Solid-to-fluid DNA transition inside HSV-1 capsid close to the temperature of infection

Udom Sae-Ueng, Dong Li, Xiaobing Zuo, Jamie B Huffman, Fred L Homa, Donald Rau, Alex Evilevitch

Nature Chemical Biology, 2014, 10, 861–867.  DOI:10.1038/nchembio.1628



82. Crystal structure of triple-BRCT-domain of ECT2 and insights into the binding characteristics to CYK-4

Yang Zou, Zhenhua Shao, Junhui Peng, Fudong Li, Deshun Gong, Chongyuan Wang, Xiaobing Zuo, Zhiyong Zhang, Jihui Wu, Yunyu Shi, Qingguo Gong

FEBS Letters, 2014, 588(17), 2911-2920.  DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.07.019



81. Characterization of Protein Flexibility Using Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering and Amplified Collective Motion Simulations

Bin Wen, Junhui Peng, Xiaobing Zuo, Qingguo Gong, Zhiyong Zhang

Biophy. J., 2014, 107(4), 956-964.  DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.005



80. Structurally Homogeneous Nanosheets from Self-Assembly of a Collagen-Mimetic Peptide

Tao Jiang, Chunfu Xu, Xiaobing Zuo, Vincent P Conticello

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53(32), 8367-8371.  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403780

 

The Guinier fit provides the average thickness, while the thickness variation can be obtained from the simulations on the form factor (oscillation profile).

79. Relationship between Interchain Interaction, Exciton Delocalization, and Charge Separation in Low-Bandgap Copolymer Blends

Zhi Guo, Doyun Lee, Richard D Schaller, Xiaobing Zuo, Byeongdu Lee, TengFei Luo, Haifeng Gao, Libai Huang

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (28), 10024-10032.  DOI: 10.1021/ja503465s



78. Structural Investigation of the Interaction between the Tandem SH3 Domains of c-Cbl-Associated Protein and Vinculin

Debiao Zhao, Xuejuan Wang, Junhui Peng, Chongyuan Wang, Fudong Li, Qianqian Sun, Yibo Zhang, Jiahai Zhang, Gang Cai, Xiaobing Zuo, Jihui Wu, Yunyu Shi, Zhiyong Zhang, Qingguo Gong

J. Structural Biology, 2014, 187(2), 194–205.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.05.009



77. Super-Stable, Highly Monodisperse Plasmonic Faradaurate-500 Nanocrystals with 500 Gold Atoms: Au~500(SR)~120

Chanaka Kumara, Xiaobing Zuo, Jan Ilavsky, Karena W Chapman, David A Cullen, Amala Dass

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (20), 7410–7417.  DOI: 10.1021/ja502327a



76. Faradaurate-940: Synthesis, Mass Spectrometry, Electron Microscopy, High-Energy X-ray Diffraction, and X-ray Scattering Study of Au~940±20(SR)~160±4 Nanocrystals

Chanaka Kumara, Xiaobing Zuo, David A Cullen, Amala Dass

ACS Nano, 2014, 8 (6), 6431–6439.  DOI: 10.1021/nn501970v



75. Structural Determinants for the Strict Monomethylation Activity by  Trypanosoma brucei Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 7

Chongyuan Wang, Yuwei Zhu, Tamar B Caceres, Lei Liu, Junhui Peng, Junchen Wang, Jiajing Chen, Xuwen Chen, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo, Qingguo Gong, Maikun Teng, Joan M Hevel, Jihui Wu, Yunyu Shi

Structure, 2014, 22 (5), 756-768.  DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2014.03.003 

 


74. Mechanism of the Rpn13-induced activation of Uch37.

Lianying Jiao, Songying Ouyang, Neil Shaw, Gaojie Song, Yingang Feng, Fengfeng Niu, Weicheng Qiu, Hongtao Zhu, Li-Wei Hung, Xiaobing Zuo, Shtykova V Eleonora, Ping Zhu, Yu-Hui Dong, Ruxiang Xu, Zhi-Jie Liu

Protein & Cell, 2014, 5(8), 616-630.  DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0046-z



73. Variable q-range x-ray scattering chamber for chemical and materials science at the Advanced Photon Source

O Schmidt, J DeBartolo, C Kurtz, B Lee, S Seifert, R Winans, X Zuo

J.  Physics: Conference Series, 2014, 493 (1), 012010.  DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/493/1/012010

The SAXS/WAXS vacuum chamber at Beamline 12-ID-B of Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Lab.

72. Structurally Defined Nanoscale Sheets from Self-Assembly of Collagen-Mimetic Peptides

Tao Jiang, Chunfu Xu, Yang Liu, Zheng Liu, Joseph S Wall, Xiaobing Zuo, Tianquan Lian, Khalid Salaita, Chaoying Ni, Darrin Pochan, Vincent P Conticello

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (11), 4300-4308.  DOI: 10.1021/ja412867z



71. Structured mRNA induces the ribosome into a hyper-rotated state

Peiwu Qin, Dongmei Yu, Xiaobing Zuo, Peter Cornish

EMBO Reports, 2014, 15 (2), 185-190.  DOI: 10.1002/embr.201337762

 

SAXS can detect the inner rotation of ribosome.

70. Quantitative determination of fragmentation kinetics and thermodynamics of colloidal silver nanowires by in situ high-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Zheng Li, John S Okasinski, Jonathan D Almer, Yang Ren, Xiaobing Zuo, Yugang Sun

Nanoscale, 2014, 6 (1), 365-370.   DOI:10.1039/C3NR04368A



69. Crystal structure of tRNA m1G9 methyltransferase Trm10: insight into the catalytic mechanism and recognition of tRNA substrate

Zhenhua Shao, Wei Yan, Junhui Peng, Xiaobing Zuo, Yang Zou, Fudong Li, Deshun Gong, Liwen Niu, Jihui Wu, Yunyu Shi, Zhiyong Zhang, Maikun Teng, Xu Li, and Qingguo Gong

Nucleic Acids Research, 2013,  42 (1), 509-525.  DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt869

 


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68. Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase is Activated by Double-stranded DNA- Induced Oligomerization.

Xin Li, Chang Shu, Guanghui Yi, Catherine T. Chaton, Catherine L. Shelton, Jiasheng Diao, Xiaobing Zuo, Cheng Kao, Andrew B. Herr, and Pingwei Li

Immunity, 2013, 39 (6), 1019-1031.  DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.10.019

BioSAXS data confirm the formation of 2:2 dimerization induced by dsDNA in solution, which is also observed in crystal structure.

67. Assembly and Distributive Action of an Archaeal DNA Polymerase Holoenzyme

Robert J. Bauer, Ian D. Wolff, Xiaobing Zuo, Hsiang-Kai Lin, and Michael A. Trakselis

J. Mol. Biol., 2013, 425(23), 4820-4836.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.09.003



66. Determinants of 14-3-3s Dimerization and Function in Drug and Radiation Resistance

Zhaomin Li, Hui Peng, Li Qin, Jing Qi, Xiaobing Zuo, Jing-Yuan Liu, and Jian-Ting Zhang

J. Biol. Chem., 2013, 288(44), 31447-31457.  DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.467753



65. An Unusual Topological Structure of the HIV-1 Rev Response Element

Xianyang Fang, Jinbu Wang, Ina P. O’Carroll, Michelle Mitchell, Xiaobing Zuo, Yi Wang, Ping Yu, Yu Liu, Jason W. Rausch, Marzena A. Dyba, Jørgen Kjems, Charles D. Schwieters, Soenke Seifert, Randall E. Winans, Norman R. Watts, Stephen J. Stahl, Paul T. Wingfield, R. Andrew Byrd, Stuart F. J. Le Grice, Alan Rein, Yun-Xing Wang

Cell, 2013, 155 (3), 594-605.  DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.10.008



64. Rational Design of Helical Nanotubes from Self-assembly of Coiled-coil Lock Washers

Chunfu Xu, Rui Liu, Anil K. Mehta, Ricardo C. Guerrero-Ferreira, Elizabeth R. Wright, Stanislaw Dunin-Horkawicz, Kyle Morris, Louise C. Serpell, Xiaobing Zuo, Joseph S. Wall, and Vincent P. Conticello

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (41), 15565-15578. DOI: 10.1021/ja4074529



63. Structure–Property Correlations in CoFe–SiO2 Nanogranular Films Utilizing x-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Small-Angle Scattering Techniques

P.R. Ohodnicki Jr., V. Sokalski, J. Baltrus, J.B. Kortright, X. Zuo, S. Shen, V. DeGeorge, M.E. McHenry, D.E. Laughlin

J. Electronic Materials, 2013,  43(1), 142-150.  DOI: 10.1007/s11664-013-2716-7



62. Self-Assembly of Rodlike Virus to Superlattices

Tao Li, Xingjie Zan, Yong Sun, Xiaobing Zuo, Xiaodong Li, Andrew Senesi, Randall E Winans, Qian Wang, Byeongdu Lee

Langmuir, 2013, 29 (41), 12777-12784.   DOI: 10.1021/la402933q



61. Exploring the Programmable Assembly of a Polyoxometalate–Organic Hybrid via Metal Ion Coordination

Panchao Yin, Tao Li, Ross S. Forgan, Claire Lydon, Xiaobing Zuo, Zhaoxiong Norm Zheng, Byeongdu Lee, Deliang Long, Leroy Cronin, and Tianbo Liu

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (36), 13425–13432.  DOI: 10.1021/ja404777g

Left: possible conformations

Right: pair distance distribution functions (PDDF).

The PDDFs from SAXS/WAXS(open squares / circles) data were calculated using GNOM, while the those PDDFs in solid lines were calculated from cooridinates using SolX.

60. Structure of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Nucleocapsid Protein in Complex with Suramin Reveals Therapeutic Potential

Lianying Jiao, Songying Ouyang, Mifang Liang, Fengfeng Niu, Neil Shaw, Wei Wu, Wei Ding, Cong Jin, Yao Peng, Yanping Zhu, Fushun Zhang, Tao Wang, Chuan Li, Xiaobing Zuo, Chi-Hao Luan, Dexin Li and Zhi-Jie Liu

J. Virology, 2013, 87(12), 6829-6839.  DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00672-13



59. Self-Recognition of Structurally Identical, Rod-Shaped Macroions with Different Central Metal Atoms during Their Assembly Process

Panchao Yin, Jin Zhang, Tao Li, Xiaobing Zuo, Jian Hao, Anna Marie Warner, Soma Chattopadhyay, Tomohiro Shibata, Yongge Wei, and Tianbo Liu

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135(11), 4529-4536.  DOI: 10.1021/ja400656j



58. Study on Droplet Nucleation Using Beryllium Injectors and Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) Technique

Kuo-Cheng Lin, Campbell Carter, Stephen Smith, Xiaobing Zuo

Proceedings of the 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2013,  DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-892



57. Understanding anion transport in an aminated trimethyl polyphenylene with high anionic conductivity

Rajeswari Janarthanan, James L Horan, Benjamin R Caire, Zachary C Ziegler, Yuan Yang, Xiaobing Zuo, Matthew W Liberatore, Michael R Hibbs, Andrew M Herring

J. Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2013, 51 (24), 1743-1750.  DOI: 10.1002/polb.23164

 


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56. Investigation of Droplet Nucleation Inside A Beryllium Injector Using Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) Technique

Kuo-Cheng Lin, Campbell Carter, Stephen Smith, Byeongdu Lee, Xiaobing Zuo, Jan Ilavsky

ILASS Americas, 24th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (San Antonio, TX), 2012, vol 3.  Web link.



55. Two ZnF-UBP Domains in Isopeptidase T (USP5)

George V. Avvakumov, John R. Walker, Sheng Xue, Abdellah Allali-Hassani, Abdalin Asinas, Usha B. Nair, Xianyang Fang, Xiaobing Zuo, Yun-Xing Wang, Keith D. Wilkinson, and Sirano Dhe-Paganon

Biochemistry, 2012, 51(6), 1188–1198. DOI: 10.1021/bi200854q



54. Structure of the yeast U2/U6 snRNA complex

Jordan E. Burke, Dipali G. Sashital, Xiaobing Zuo, Yun-Xing Wang, and Samuel E. Butcher

RNA, 2012, 18, 673-683. DOI:10.1261/rna.031138.111



53. Multiple conformations of SAM-II riboswitch detected with SAXS and NMR spectroscopy.

Bin Chen, Xiaobing Zuo, Yun-Xing Wang, T Kwaku Dayie

Nucleic Acids Research, 2012, 40(7), 3117-3130. DOI:10.1093/nar/gkr1154



52. Nanostructured Bilayered Vanadium Oxide Electrodes for Rechargeable Sodium-Ion Batteries

Sanja Tepavcevic, Hui Xiong, Vojislav R. Stamenkovic, Xiaobing Zuo, Mahalingam Balasubramanian, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Christopher S. Johnson, and Tijana Rajh

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), 530–538. DOI: 10.1021/nn203869a

 


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51. Supramolecular Polymers in Aqueous Medium: Rational Design Based on Directional Hydrophobic Interactions

Alona Ustinov, Haim Weissman, Elijah Shirman, Iddo Pinkas, Xiaobing Zuo, and Boris Rybtchinski

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133 (40),  16201–16211. DOI: 10.1021/ja2066225

 

Publications at National Cancer Institute at Frederick as Postdoc (2008-2011)

50. Solution Properties of Murine Leukemia Virus Gag Protein: Differences from HIV-1 Gag

Siddhartha Datta, Xiaobing Zuo, Patrick Clark, Stephen Campbell, Yun-Xing Wang, and Alan Rein

J. Virology, 2011, 85(23), 12733-12741. DOI: 10.1128/JVI.05889-11.



49. Recognition of Multivalent Histone States Associated with Heterochromatin by UHRF1 Protein

Nataliya Nady, Alexander Lemak, John R. Walker, George V. Avvakumov, Michael S. Kareta, Mayada Achour, Sheng Xue, Shili Duan, Abdellah Allali-Hassani, Xiaobing Zuo, Yun-Xing Wang, Christian Bronner, Frédéric Chédin, Cheryl H. Arrowsmith and Sirano Dhe-Paganon

J. Biol. Chem., 2011, 286(27), 24300-24311. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.234104



48. Interferon-Inducible Protein 16: Insight into the Interaction with Tumor Suppressor p53

Jack C.C. Liao, Robert Lam, Vaclav Brazda, Shili Duan, Mani Ravichandran, Justin Ma, Ting Xiao, Wolfram Tempel, Xiaobing Zuo, Yun-Xing Wang, Nickolay Y. Chirgadze and Cheryl H. Arrowsmith

Structure2011, 19(3), 418-429. DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2010.12.015



47. Rapid global structure determination of large RNA and RNA complexes using NMR and small-angle X-ray scattering

Yun-Xing Wang; Xiaobing Zuo; Jinbu Wang; Ping Yu and Samuel E. Butcher

Methods, 2010, 52(2), 180-191. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2010.06.009



46. The Ribosome Binding Structure Element in 3' UTR of Turnip Crinkle Virus RNA Folds into a tRNA-like Shape in Solution

Xiaobing Zuo, Jinbu Wang, Ping Yu, Dan Eyler, Huan Xu, Mary R. Starich, David M. Tiede, Anne E. Simon, Wojciech Kasprzak, Charles D. Schwieters, Bruce A. Shapiro and  Yun-Xing Wang

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2010, 107(4), 1385-1390. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908140107

1o2-nt tcvRNA structure solved with bioSAXS and NMR RDC data.

45. X-ray Scattering Combined with Coordinate-Based Analyses for Applications in Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis

David M. Tiede, Kristy L. Mardis and Xiaobing Zuo

Photosynth. Res., 2009, 102(2-3), 267-269. DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9475-6



44. A Method for Helical RNA Global Structure Determination in Solution Using Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering and NMR Measurements

Jinbu Wang, Xiaobing Zuo, Ping Yu, Huan Xu, Mary R. Starich, David M. Tiede, Bruce A. Shapiro, Charles D. Schwieters and Yun-Xing Wang

J. Mol. Biol., 2009, 393(3), 717–734. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.001



43. Determination of Multicomponent Protein Structures in Solution Using Global Orientation and Shape Restraints

Jinbu Wang, Xiaobing Zuo, Ping Yu, In-Ja L. Byeon, Jinwon Jung, Xiaoxia Wang, Marzena Dyba, Soenke Seifert, Charles D. Schwieters, Jun Qin, Angela M. Gronenborn, Yun-Xing Wang

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131(30), 10507-10515. DOI: 10.1021/ja902528f



42. Structural Basis of Focal Adhesion Localization of LIM-only Adaptor PINCH by Integrin-linked Kinase

Yanwu Yang, Xiaoxia Wang, Cheryl A. Hawkins, Kan Chen, Julia Vaynberg, Xian Mao, Yizeng Tu, Xiaobing Zuo, Jinbu Wang, Yun-Xing Wang, Chuanyue Wu, Nico Tjandra and Jun Qin

J. Biol. Chem., 2009, 284(9), 5836-5844. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M805319200



41. Global Molecular Structure and Interfaces: Refining an RNA:RNA Complex Structure Using Solution X-ray Scattering Data

Xiaobing Zuo, Jingbu Wang, Trenton R. Foster, Charles D. Schwieters, David M. Tiede, Samuel E. Butcher and Yun-Xing Wang

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130(11), 3292-3293.  DOI: 10.1021/ja7114508

Publications at Argonne National Laboratory as Postdoc (2003-2009)

40. Hydrophobic Dimerization and Thermal Dissociation of Perylenediimide-Linked DNA Hairpins

Mahesh Hariharan, Yan Zheng, Hai Long, Tarek A. Zeidan, George C. Schatz, Josh Vura-Weis, Michael R. Wasielewski, Xiaobing Zuo, David M. Tiede and Frederick D. Lewis

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131(16), 5920-5929. DOI: 10.1021/ja900347t



39. Solution-State Conformational Ensemble of a Hexameric Porphyrin array Characterized Using Molecular Dynamics and X-ray Scattering

Kristy L. Mardis, Heather M. Sutton, Xiaobing Zuo, Jonathan S. Lindsey and David M. Tiede

J. Phys. Chem. A., 2009, 113(11), 2516-2523. DOI: 10.1021/jp808318x



38. Coordinative Self-Assembly and Solution-Phase X-ray Structural Characterization of Cavity-Tailored Porphyrin Boxes

Suk Joong Lee, Karen L. Mulfort, Xiaobing Zuo, Andrew J. Goshe, Paul J. Wesson, SonBinh T. Nguyen, Joseph T. Hupp and David M. Tiede

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130(3), 836-837. DOI: 10.1021/ja077661h



37. Photocatalytic Probing of DNA Sequence by Using TiO2/Dopamine-DNA Triads

Jianqin Liu, Linda de la Garza, Ligang Zhang, Nada M. Dimitrijevic, Xiaobing Zuo, David M. Tiede and Tijana Rajh

Chem. Phys., 2007, 339(1-3), 154-163. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.07.040



36. Solution Phase Structural Analysis of Supramolecular Assemblies by High Angle Molecular Diffraction

Jodi L. O'Donnell, Xiaobing Zuo, Andrew J. Goshe, Lev Sarkisov, Randall Q. Snurr, Joseph T. Hupp and David M. Tiede

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129(6), 1578-1585. DOI: 10.1021/ja0659065

1.Possible conformation of Re-bipyridine square in solution

2.Experimental and calculated WAXS profiles

3.Experimental and calculated pair distance distribution functions

4.Assignments of atomic pair contribution to PDDF 

35. Charge Separation and Surface Reconstruction: A Mn2+ Doping Study

Zoran V. Saponjic, Nada M. Dimitrijevic, Oleg G. Poluektov, Lin X. Chen, Eric Wasinger, Ulrich Welp, David M. Tiede, Xiaobing Zuo and Tijana Rajh

J. Phys. Chem. B; 2006, 110(50), 25441-25450. DOI: 10.1021/jp064548p



34. Supramolecular Porphyrinic Prisms: Coordinative Assembly and Solution Phase X-ray Structural Characterization

Suk Joong Lee, Karen L. Mulfort, Jodi L. O'Donnell, Xiaobing Zuo, Andrew J. Goshe, Paul J. Wesson, SonBinh T. Nguyen, Joseph T. Hupp and David M. Tiede

Chem. Commun., 2006, 44, 4581-4583.  DOI: 10.1039/b610025b



33. Linearly Polarized Emission of An Organic Semiconductor Nanobelt

Aniket Datar, Kaushik Balakrishnan, Xiaomei Yang, Xiaobing Zuo, Jialing Huang, Randy Oitker, Max Yen, Jincai Zhao, David M. Tiede and Ling Zang

J. Phys. Chem. B; 2006, 110(25), 12327-12332.  DOI: 10.1021/jp061739j 



32. Solvent dependent photocyclization and photophysics of some 2-ethynylbiphenyls

Frederick D. Lewis, Paul C. Karagiannis, Meledathu C. Sajimon, Katherine S. Lovejoy, Xiaobing Zuo, Michael Rubin and Vladimir Gevorgyan

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2006, 5(4), 369-375.  DOI: 10.1039/b601751g



31. X-ray Diffraction “Finger-printing” of DNA Structure in Solution for Quantitative Evaluation of Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Xiaobing Zuo, Guanglei Cui, Kenneth M. Merz Jr., Ligang Zhang, Frederick D. Lewis and David M. Tiede

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2006, 103(10), 3534-3539. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0600022103



30. Self-Assembly of Photofunctional Cylindrical Nanostructures Based on Perylene-3,4:9,10-Bis(dicarboximide)

Louise E. Sinks, Boris Rybtchinski, Masanori Iimura, Brooks A. Jones, Andrew J. Goshe, Xiaobing Zuo, David M. Tiede, Xiyou Li and Michael R. Wasielewski

Chem. Mat., 2005, 17(25), 6295-6303. DOI: 10.1021/cm051461s



29. Competitive 1,2- and 1,5-Hydrogen Shifts Following 2-Vinylbiphenyl Photocyclization

Frederick D. Lewis, Meledathu C. Sajimon, Xiaobing Zuo, Michael Rubin and Vladimir Gevorgyan

J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70(25), 10447-10452. DOI: 10.1021/jo051730y



28. DNA as Helical Ruler: Exciton-Coupled Circular Dichroism in DNA Conjugates

Frederick D. Lewis, Ligang Zhang, Xiaoyang Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, David M. Tiede, Hai Long and George C. Schatz

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127(41), 14445-14453. DOI: 10.1021/ja0539387



27. Excited State Dynamics and Structures of Functionalized Phthalocyanines. 1. Self-Regulated Assembly of Zinc Helicenocyanine

Lin X. Chen, George B. Shaw, David M. Tiede, Xiaobing Zuo, Peter Zapol, Paul C. Redfern, Larry A. Curtiss, Thanasat Sooksimuang and Braja K. Mandal

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109(35), 16598-16609. DOI: 10.1021/jp051947w



26. Orientation Control of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Using DNA as a Helical Scaffold

Frederick D. Lewis, Ligang Zhang and Xiaobing Zuo

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127(28), 10002-10003. DOI: 10.1021/ja0524402



25. Shaping Nanometer-scale Architecture Through Surface Chemistry

Zoran V. Saponjic, Nada M. Dimitrijevic, David M. Tiede, Andrew J. Goshe, Xiaobing Zuo, Lin X. Chen, Amanda S. Barnard, Peter Zapol, Larry Curtiss and Tijana Rajh

Adv. Materials, 2005, 17(8), 965-966. DOI: 10.1002/adma.200401041



24. Resolving Conflicting Crystallographic and NMR Models for Solution-State DNA with Molecular Solution X-ray Diffraction

Xiaobing Zuo and David M. Tiede

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127(1), 16-17. DOI: 10.1021/ja044533+



23. Exploring Fine Structures of Photoactive Yellow Protein in Solution Using Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering

Tae Kyu Kim, Xiaobing Zuo, David M. Tiede and Hyotcherl Ihee

Bull. Korean Chem. Soc., 2004, 25(11), 1676-1680.



22. DNA-Mediated Exciton Coupling and Electron Transfer between Donor and Acceptor Stilbenes Separated by a Variable Number of Base Pairs

Frederick D. Lewis, Yansheng Wu, Ligang Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo, Ryan T. Hayes and Michael R. Wasielewski

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126(26), 8206-8215. DOI: 10.1021/ja048664m



21. Stepwise Evolution of the Structure and Electronic Properties of DNA

Frederick D. Lewis, Xiaoyang Liu, Yansheng Wu and Xiaobing Zuo

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125(42), 12729-12731. DOI: 10.1021/ja036449k

Publications at Northwestern University as Ph.D. Student (2000-2003)

20. Starting over with Styrene

Frederick D. Lewis and Xiaobing Zuo

The Spectrum, 2003, 16, 8-15.



19. Activated Decay Pathways for Planar vs Twisted Singlet Phenylalkenes

Frederick D. Lewis and Xiaobing Zuo

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125(29), 8806-8813. DOI: 10.1021/ja035066j



18. Conformer-Specific Photoisomerizaton of Some 2-Vinylbiphenyls

Frederick D. Lewis and Xiaobing Zuo

Photochem. Photobio. Sci., 2003, 2(11), 1059-1066. DOI: 10.1039/b305831j



17. Dynamics and Energetics of Single Step Hole Transport in DNA Hairpins

Frederick D. Lewis, Jianqin Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Ryan T. Hayes and Michael R. Wasielewski

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125(16), 4850-4861. DOI: 10.1021/ja029390a



16. Torsional Barriers for Planar versus Twisted Singlet Styrenes

Frederick D. Lewis and Xiaobing Zuo

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125(8), 2046-2047. DOI: 10.1021/ja029430a



15. Symmetry-Enforced Conformational Control of Photochemical Reactivity in 2-Vinyl-1,3-terphenyl

Frederick D. Lewis, Xiaobing Zuo, Vladimir Gevorgyan and Michael Rubin

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124(46), 13664-13665. DOI: 10.1021/ja028251q



14. Dynamics and Energetics of Hole Trapping in DNA by 7-Deazaguanine

Frederick D. Lewis, Jianqin Liu, Xiaoyang Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Ryan T. Hayes, Michael R. Wasielewski

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2002, 41(6), 1026-1028.  DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773



13. Dynamics of inter- and intra-strand hole transport in DNA hairpins

Frederick D. Lewis, Xiaobing Zuo, Jianqin Liu, Ryan T. Hayes, and Michael R. Wasielewski

J. Am. Chem. Soc.2002, 124(17), 4568-4569.  DOI: 10.1021/ja0177859



12. Temperature-Dependent Photochemistry of 1,3-Diphenylpropenes. The di-pi-Methane Reaction Revisited

Frederick D. Lewis, Xiaobing Zuo, Rajdeep S. Kalgutkar, Jill M. Wagner-Brennan, Miguel A. Miranda, Enrique Font-Sanchis and Julia Perez-Prieto

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123(48), 11883-11889. DOI: 10.1021/ja0113652



11. Optically Active BINOL Core-based Phenylene-ethynylene Dendrimers for the Enantioselective Fluorescent Recognition of Amino Alcohols

Vincent J. Pugh, Qiao-Sheng Hu, Xiaobing Zuo, Frederick D. Lewis and Lin Pu

J. Org. Chem., 2001, 66(18), 6136-6140. DOI: 10.1021/jo010479t



10. Relaxation Pathways of Photoexcited Diaminostilbenes. The Meta-amino Effect

Frederick D. Lewis, Wilfried Weigel and Xiaobing Zuo

J. Phys. Chem. A; 2001, 105, 4691-4696. DOI: 10.1021/jp0045282



9. The Di-pi-methane Reaction of 3,3-Dimethyl-1,3-Diphenylpropene Revisited: Dynamics and Barriers for Competitive Singlet State Reactions;

Frederick D. Lewis, Xiaobing Zuo, Rajdeep S. Kalgutkar, Miguel A. Miranda, Enrique Font-Sanchis and Julia Perez-Prieto

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 8571-8572. DOI: 10.1021/ja001724d

Pulications at USTC as Bachelor and Master Student (1995-1999)

8. Surface Electronic States On Fractal

Changsen Xu, Xiaobing Zuo and Houwen Xin

Huaxue Wuli Xuebao, 1999, 12, 33-36.



7. Noise Induced Pattern Transition and Spatiotemporal Stochastic Resonance

Zhonghuai Hou, Lingfa Yang, Xiaobing Zuo and Houwen Xin

Phys. Rev. Lett., 1998, 81, 2854-2857. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2854



6. Stochastic Resonance in Liquid Membrane Oscillator

Xiaobing Zuo, Zhonghuai Hou, and Houwen Xin

J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 109(14), 6063-6066.  DOI: 10.1063/1.477231



5. Simulation of Voltammogram on Rough Electrode 

Xiaobing Zuo, Changsen Xu and Houwen Xin

Electrochimica Acta, 1997, 42(16); 2555-2558. DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4686(96)00448-3



4. Glassy Carbon Electrodes Modified by Electrochemical Pretreatment

Hanchang Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo and Zhirong Wang

FenXi YiQi1997, 1, 2-7.



3. Properties of Anodically Oxidative Glass Carbon Electrodes (GCE) in Strong Alkaline Solutions

Hanchang Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo; Mingrong Ji and Shouguo Wu

WuLi HuaXue XueBao (Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica), 1996, 12, 649-653.



2. Study of Activation of Carbon Electrodes by Laser Pulses

Hanchang Zhang, Shouyu Luo, Xiaobing Zuo and C. Gao

ZhongGuo JiGuang, 1996, A23, 366-369.



1. Laser Modification Treatments of Glass Carbon Electrodes

Hanchang Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo, Shouyu Luo and C. Gao

YingYong JiGuang, 1995, 15, 261-267.

B. Book Chapters

5. Practical and theoretical aspects of synchrotron small-angle x-ray scattering experiment on colloidal solutions

Xiaobing Zuo, Byeongdu Lee

in Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials; Elsevier, 2023, Vol. 2, 13-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822425-0.00050-6 



4. Characterization of Droplet Nucleation Inside Supercritical Ethylene Jets Using Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering 

Kuo-Cheng Lin, Campbell Carter, Xiaobing Zuo, Alec Sandy 

in High-Pressure Flows for Propulsion Applications, 2020, https://doi.org/10.2514/4.105814 



3. A Top-down Approach to Determine Global Structures of RNAs in Solution Using NMR and Small-angle X-ray Scattering Measurements

Yun-Xing Wang, Jinbu Wang, Xiaobing Zuo and Ping Yu

in RNA 3D Structure Analysis and Modeling, E. Westhof and N. Leontis (Eds), 2012, Chapter 16, pp 335-359. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25740-7_16



2. NMR and SAXS: A Prefect Marriage and New Approach for RNA Structure Determination

Xiaobing Zuo, Jinbu Wang and Yun-Xing Wang

in Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Advances in Biomedical Spectroscopy, Volume 3, A.J. Dingley and S.M. Pascal (Eds), IOS Press, 2011, pp 457-467.



1. X-ray Scattering for Bio-Molecule Structure Characterization

David M. Tiede and Xiaobing Zuo

in Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis, Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, T.J. Aartsma and J. Matysik (Eds), 2008, Volume 26(2), 151-165. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8250-4_8