TanLab-Publications

	Molecular assembly for high-performance bivalent nucleic acid inhibitor. Youngmi Kim, Zehui Cao, Weihong Tan. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(15):5664-9 (2008). PDF. Aptamer Switch Probe Based on Intramolecular Displacement. Zhiwen Tang, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Ronghua Yang, Youngmi Kim, Zhi Zhu, Hui Wang,Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130 (34): 11268–11269 (2008). PDF. Pyrene Excimer Signaling Molecular Beacons for Probing Nucleic Acids. Patrick Conlon, Chaoyong James Yang, Yanrong Wu, Yan Chen, Karen Martinez, Youngmi Kim, Nathan Stevens, Angel A. Marti, Steffen Jockusch, Nicholas J. Turro and Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(1):336-342 (2008). PDF. Regulation of Singlet Oxygen Generation Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Zhi Zhu, Zhiwen Tang, Joseph A. Phillips, Ronghua Yang, Hui Wang, and Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130 (33), 10856–10857 (2008). PDF. Carbon Nanotube-Quenched Fluorescent Oligonucleotides: Probes that Fluoresce upon Hybridization. Ronghua Yang, Jianyu Jin, Yan Chen, Na Shao, Huaizhi Kang, Zeyu Xiao, Zhiwen Tang, Yanrong Wu, Zhi Zhu, Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(26), 8351-8358 (2008). PDF. Noncovalent Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes and Single-Stranded DNA: An Effective Sensing Platform for Probing Biomolecular Interactions. Ronghua Yang, Zhiwen Tang, Jilin Yan, Huaizhi Kang, Youngmi Kim, Zhi Zhu, and Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. Epub (2008). PDF. Engineering target-responsive hydrogels based on aptamer-target interactions. Huanghao Yang, Haipeng Liu, Huaizhi Kang, and Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(20):6320-1 (2008). PDF. Cell-specific aptamer probes for membrane protein elucidation in cancer cells. Dihua Shangguan, Zehui Cao, Ling Meng, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Kwame Sefah, Hui Wang, Ying Li, Weihong Tan. J Proteome Res. 7(5):2133-9 (2008). PDF. A Gold Nanoparticle-based Colorimetric Assay for the Direct Detection of Cancerous Cells. Colin D. Medley, Joshua E. Smith, Zhiwen Tang, Yanrong Wu, and Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 80(4): 1067 -1072 (2008). PDF. Molecular engineering of DNA: molecular beacons. Kemin Wang, Zhiwen Tang, Chaoyong James Yang, Youngmi Kim, Y. Wu, W. Li, J. Li, C. Medley, Zehui Cao, Xiaohong Fang, Patrick Colon, Hui Lin and Weihong Tan. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition. 47 (2008) , in press. Investigation of the hybrid molecular probe for intracellular studies. Karen Martinez, Colin D Medley, Chaoyong James Yang , Weihong Tan. Anal Bioanal Chem. 391(3):983-91 (2008). PDF. Molecular Recognition of Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cells Using Aptamers. Hui William Chen, Colin D Medley, Kwame Sefah, Dihua Shangguan, Zhiwen Tang, Ling Meng, Josh E Smith, Weihong Tan. ChemMedChem. 3:991-1001 (2008). PDF. Light-switching excimer beacon assays for ribonuclease H kinetic study. Yan Chen, Chaoyong James Yang, Yanrong Wu, Patrick Conlon, Youngmi Kim, Hui Lin, Weihong Tan. ChemBioChem. 9(3):355-9 (2008). PDF. Nucleic Acid Beacons for Long-Term Real-Time Intracellular Monitoring. Yanrong Wu, James (Chaoyong) Yang, Leonid Moroz, Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 80(8): 3025-3028 (2008). PDF. Fluorophore-Free Luminescent Organosilica Nanoparticles. Lin Wang, M.-Carmen Estevez, Meghan O'Donoghue, Weihong Tan. Langmuir. 24(5): 1635-1639 (2008). PDF. Antibody-functionalized nano test tubes target breast cancer cells. Fatih Buyukserin, Colin D. Medley, Miguel Mota, Kaan Kececi, Richard R. Rogers, Weihong Tan, Charles R. Martin. Nanomedicine. 3(3): 283-292 (2008). Cell specific aptamer-photosensitizer conjugates as a molecular tool in photodynamic therapy. Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Zhiwen Tang, Ling Meng, Dihua Shangguan, Sefah Kwame and Weihong Tan, ChemMedChem. 3(3): 425-428 (2008). PDF. Identification of Liver Cancer-Specific Aptamers Using Whole Live Cells. Dihua Shangguan , Ling Meng, Zehui Charles Cao, Zeyu Xiao, Xiaohong Fang, Ying Li, Diana Cardona, Rafal P. Witek, Chen Liu and Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 80(3): 721-728 (2008). PDF. Cell-Specific Internalization Study of an Aptamer from Whole Cell Selection. Zeyu Xiao, Dihua Shangguan, Zehui Cao, Xiaohong Fang, and Weihong Tan. Chemistry-A European Journal. 14(6): 1769-1775 (2008). PDF. Cancer cell targeting using multiple aptamers conjugated on nanorods. Yu-Fen Huang, Huan-Tsung Chang, Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 80(3):567-72 (2008). PDF. Aptamer directly evolved from live cells recognizes membrane bound immunoglobin heavy mu chain in Burkitt’s Lymphoma cells. Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Zhiwen Tang, Ling Meng, Dihua Shangguan, Sefah Kwame and Weihong Tan. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 6(12): 2230-2238 (2007). PDF. Superior Structure Stability and Selectivity of Hairpin Nucleic Acid Probes with an L-DNA Stem. Youngmi Kim, Chaoyong James Yang, and Weihong Tan. Nucleic Acids Research 35(21): 7279-7287 (2007). PDF. TRPM8 mechanism of cold allodynia following chronic nerve injury. Hong Xing, Meng Chen, Jennifer Ling, Weihong Tan and Jianguo G. Gu. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(50): 13680-13690 (2007). PDF. Synthesis and investigation of deoxyribonucleic acid/locked nucleic acid chimeric molecular beacons. Chaoyong James Yang, Lin Wang, Yanrong Wu, Youngmi Kim, Colin D. Medley, Hui Lin, Weihong Tan. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(12), 4030-4041 (2007). PDF. Aptamers evolved from cultured cancer cells reveal molecular differences of cancer cells in patient samples. Dihua Shangguan, Zehui Cao, Ying Li, Weihong Tan. Clinical Chemistry. 53(6), 1153-1155 (2007). PDF. Aptamers evolved from live cells as effective molecular probes for cancer study. Dihua Shangguan, Ying Li, Zhiwen Tang, Charles ZC Cao, William Hui Chen, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Kwame Sefah, Yang CJ, Weihong Tan. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(32):11838-43 (2006). PDF. Hybrid molecular probe for nucleic acid analysis in biological samples. Chaoyong James Yang, Karen Martinez, Hui Lin, and Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(31): 9986-9987 (2006). PDF. Aptamer-conjugated nanoparticles for the collection and detection of multiple cancer cells. Joshua E. Smith, Colin D. Medley, Zhiwen Tang, Dihua Shangguan, Charles Lofton, Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 79(8):3075-82 (2006). PDF. Multicolor FRET Silica Nanoparticles by Single Wavelength Excitation. Lin Wang, Weihong Tan. Nano Letters. 6(1):84-88 (2006). PDF. Light-switching excimer probes for rapid protein monitoring in complex biological fluids, Chaoyong James Yang, Stephen Jockusch, Marie Vicens, Nicholas Turro, and Weihong Tan.The Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. 102: 17278-17283 (2005). PDF. Locked Nucleic Acid Molecular Beacons. Lin Wang, Chaoyong James Yang, Colin Medley, Steven A. Benner and Weihong Tan. Journal of American Chemical Society. 127: 15664-15665 (2005) . PDF. Molecular Assembly for Superquenchers in Signaling Molecular Interactions.Chaoyong James Yang, Hui Lin and Weihong Tan. Journal of American Chemical Society. 127: 12772-12773 (2005). PDF. Aptamer-modified gold nanoparticles for colorimetric determination of platelet-derived growth factors and their receptors. Chih-Ching Huang, Zehui Cao, Weihong Tan, Yu-Fen Huang, and Huan-Tsung Chang. Analytical Chemistry. 77: 5735-5741 (2005). PDF. Simultaneous Monitoring of the Expression of Multiple Genes Inside of Single Breast Carcinoma Cells. Colin D. Medley, Timothy J. Drake, Jeffrey M. Tomasini, Richard J. Rogers and Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 77(15), 4713-4718 (2005). PDF. Electrical detection of immobilized proteins with ungated AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors. B. S. Kang and F. Ren, L. Wang, C. Lofton, and Weihong Tan, S. J. Pearton, A. Dabiran, A. Osinsky, and P. P. Chow. Applied Physics Letters. 87: 023508/1-023508/3 (2005). PDF. Direct synthesis of an oligonucleotide-poly (phenylene ethynylene) conjugate with a precise one-to-one molecular ratio. C. Yang, M. Pinto, Kirk Schanze and Weihong Tan. Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 44(17):2572-2576 (2005). PDF. Dual-Luminophore-doped Silica Nanoparticles for Multiplexed Signaling. Lin Wang, Chaoyong Yang and Weihong Tan. Nano Letters. 5: 37-43 (2005). PDF. A rapid bioassay for single bacterial cell quantitation using bioconjugated nanoparticles. Xiaojun Zhao, Lisa R. Hilliard, Shelly John Mechery, Yanping Wang, Rahul P. Bagwe, Shouguang Jin, and Weihong Tan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 101(42): 15027-15032 (2004). PDF. DNA-Functionalized Nanotube Membranes with Single-Base Mismatch Selectivity. Punit Kohli, Chad Harrell, Scott Miller, Zehui Cao, Rahela Gasparac, Weihong Tan and Charles Martin. Science. 305: 984-986 (2004). PDF. Development of Organic Dye-doped Silica Nanoparticles in Reverse Microemulsion. Xiaojun Zhao, Rahul P. Bagwe, and Weihong Tan. Advanced Materials. 16(2): 173-176 (2004). PDF.
Complete Publication List (1992-2008):
2008	Molecular assembly for high-performance bivalent nucleic acid inhibitor. Youngmi Kim, Zehui Cao, Weihong Tan. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(15):5664-9 (2008). PDF. Aptamer Switch Probe Based on Intramolecular Displacement. Zhiwen Tang, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Ronghua Yang, Youngmi Kim, Zhi Zhu, Hui Wang,Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130 (34): 11268–11269 (2008). PDF. Pyrene Excimer Signaling Molecular Beacons for Probing Nucleic Acids. Patrick Conlon, Chaoyong James Yang, Yanrong Wu, Yan Chen, Karen Martinez, Youngmi Kim, Nathan Stevens, Angel A. Marti, Steffen Jockusch, Nicholas J. Turro and Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(1):336-342 (2008). PDF. Regulation of Singlet Oxygen Generation Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Zhi Zhu, Zhiwen Tang, Joseph A. Phillips, Ronghua Yang, Hui Wang, and Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130 (33), 10856–10857 (2008). PDF. Carbon Nanotube-Quenched Fluorescent Oligonucleotides: Probes that Fluoresce upon Hybridization. Ronghua Yang, Jianyu Jin, Yan Chen, Na Shao, Huaizhi Kang, Zeyu Xiao, Zhiwen Tang, Yanrong Wu, Zhi Zhu, Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(26), 8351-8358 (2008). PDF. Noncovalent Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes and Single-Stranded DNA: An Effective Sensing Platform for Probing Biomolecular Interactions. Ronghua Yang, Zhiwen Tang, Jilin Yan, Huaizhi Kang, Youngmi Kim, Zhi Zhu, and Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. Epub (2008). PDF. Engineering target-responsive hydrogels based on aptamer-target interactions. Huanghao Yang, Haipeng Liu, Huaizhi Kang, and Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(20):6320-1 (2008). PDF. Cell-specific aptamer probes for membrane protein elucidation in cancer cells. Dihua Shangguan, Zehui Cao, Ling Meng, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Kwame Sefah, Hui Wang, Ying Li, Weihong Tan. J Proteome Res. 7(5):2133-9 (2008). PDF. A Gold Nanoparticle-based Colorimetric Assay for the Direct Detection of Cancerous Cells. Colin D. Medley, Joshua E. Smith, Zhiwen Tang, Yanrong Wu, and Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 80(4): 1067 -1072 (2008). PDF. Molecular engineering of DNA: molecular beacons. Kemin Wang, Zhiwen Tang, Chaoyong James Yang, Youngmi Kim, Y. Wu, W. Li, J. Li, C. Medley, Zehui Cao, Xiaohong Fang, Patrick Colon, Hui Lin and Weihong Tan. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition. 47 (2008) , in press. Investigation of the hybrid molecular probe for intracellular studies. Karen Martinez, Colin D Medley, Chaoyong James Yang , Weihong Tan. Anal Bioanal Chem. 391(3):983-91 (2008). PDF. Molecular Recognition of Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cells Using Aptamers. Hui William Chen, Colin D Medley, Kwame Sefah, Dihua Shangguan, Zhiwen Tang, Ling Meng, Josh E Smith, Weihong Tan. ChemMedChem. 3:991-1001 (2008). PDF. Light-switching excimer beacon assays for ribonuclease H kinetic study. Yan Chen, Chaoyong James Yang, Yanrong Wu, Patrick Conlon, Youngmi Kim, Hui Lin, Weihong Tan. ChemBioChem. 9(3):355-9 (2008). PDF. Nucleic Acid Beacons for Long-Term Real-Time Intracellular Monitoring. Yanrong Wu, James (Chaoyong) Yang, Leonid Moroz, Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 80(8): 3025-3028 (2008). PDF. Fluorophore-Free Luminescent Organosilica Nanoparticles. Lin Wang, M.-Carmen Estevez, Meghan O'Donoghue, Weihong Tan. Langmuir. 24(5): 1635-1639 (2008). PDF. Antibody-functionalized nano test tubes target breast cancer cells. Fatih Buyukserin, Colin D. Medley, Miguel Mota, Kaan Kececi, Richard R. Rogers, Weihong Tan, Charles R. Martin. Nanomedicine. 3(3): 283-292 (2008). Cell specific aptamer-photosensitizer conjugates as a molecular tool in photodynamic therapy. Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Zhiwen Tang, Ling Meng, Dihua Shangguan, Sefah Kwame and Weihong Tan, ChemMedChem. 3(3): 425-428 (2008). PDF. Identification of Liver Cancer-Specific Aptamers Using Whole Live Cells. Dihua Shangguan , Ling Meng, Zehui Charles Cao, Zeyu Xiao, Xiaohong Fang, Ying Li, Diana Cardona, Rafal P. Witek, Chen Liu and Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 80(3): 721-728 (2008). PDF. Cell-Specific Internalization Study of an Aptamer from Whole Cell Selection. Zeyu Xiao, Dihua Shangguan, Zehui Cao, Xiaohong Fang, and Weihong Tan. Chemistry-A European Journal. 14(6): 1769-1775 (2008). PDF. Cancer cell targeting using multiple aptamers conjugated on nanorods. Yu-Fen Huang, Huan-Tsung Chang, Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 80(3):567-72 (2008). PDF. Using Aptamers to Study Protein–Protein Interactions. Parag Parekh, Jennifer Martin, Yan Chen, Dalia Colon, Hui Wang, Weihong Tan. Adv Biochem Engin/Biotechnol. 110: 177–194. (2008). PDF. Molecular Beacons for biomedical detection and diagnosis. Youngmi Kim, DoSung Sohn and Weihong Tan, International Journal Clinical Experimental Pathology (2008) 1, 105-116.
2007	Aptamer directly evolved from live cells recognizes membrane bound immunoglobin heavy mu chain in Burkitt’s Lymphoma cells. Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Zhiwen Tang, Ling Meng, Dihua Shangguan, Sefah Kwame and Weihong Tan. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 6(12): 2230-2238 (2007). PDF. Superior Structure Stability and Selectivity of Hairpin Nucleic Acid Probes with an L-DNA Stem. Youngmi Kim, Chaoyong James Yang, and Weihong Tan. Nucleic Acids Research 35(21): 7279-7287 (2007). PDF. TRPM8 mechanism of cold allodynia following chronic nerve injury. Hong Xing, Meng Chen, Jennifer Ling, Weihong Tan and Jianguo G. Gu. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(50): 13680-13690 (2007). PDF. Synthesis and investigation of deoxyribonucleic acid/locked nucleic acid chimeric molecular beacons. Chaoyong James Yang, Lin Wang, Yanrong Wu, Youngmi Kim, Colin D. Medley, Hui Lin, Weihong Tan. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(12), 4030-4041 (2007). PDF. Aptamers evolved from cultured cancer cells reveal molecular differences of cancer cells in patient samples. Dihua Shangguan, Zehui Cao, Ying Li, Weihong Tan. Clinical Chemistry. 53(6), 1153-1155 (2007). PDF. Real-time monitoring of nucleic acid dephosphorylation by using molecular beacons. Ma, Changbei; Tang, Zhiwen; Wang, Kemin; Tan, Weihong; Yang, Xiaohai; Li, Wei; Li, Zhaohui; Li, Huimin; Lv, Xiaoyuan. ChemBioChem (2007), 8(13), 1487-1490. Selection of Aptamers for Molecular Recognition and Characterization of Cancer Cells. Tang, Zhiwen; Shangguan, Dihua; Wang, Kemin; Shi, Hui; Sefah, Kwame; Mallikaratchy, Prabodhika; Chen, Hui William; Li, Ying; Tan, Weihong. Analytical Chemistry (2007), 79(13), 4900-4907. Using force spectroscopy analysis to improve the properties of the hairpin probe. Liu Yang, Kemin Wang, Weihong Tan, Huimin Li, Xiaohai Yang, Changbei Ma, and Hongxing Tang, Nucleic Acids Research (2007), 35, in press. Biosensors for the Genomic Age, Handbook of Genomic Medicine. Meghan B. O'Donoghue, Lin Wang, Gang Yao and Weihong Tan, edited by Huntington Willard, and Geoffrey Ginsburg, Elsevier, Inc (2007), in press. Fluorescent Aptamer Probes, in Functional Nucleic Acid Sensors Based on Different Transduction Principles. Hui William Chen, Youngmi Kim, Meghan O’Donoghue, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Jennifer Martin, Zhiwen Tang, Dihua Shangguan, and Weihong Tan, Eds. Y. Lu and Y. Li., 2007 (in press). DNA Aptamers for Molecular Imaging and Profiling of Cancer. Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Hui Chen, Zhiwen Tang, Ling Meng, Dihua Shangguan, Parag Parekh, Youngmi Kim, Kwame Sefah and Weihong Tan, American Pharmaceutical Review, (2007), September/October issue, 134-141. Dye-doped nanoparticles for bioanalysis. Yan, Jilin, Estevez, M. Carmen, Smith, Joshua E., Wang, Kemin, He, Xiaoxiao, Wang, Lin, Tan, Weihong, , NANO TODAY 2 (3): 44-50 JUN 2007. Multiplexed detection of ions and mRNA expression in single living cells. Medley, Colin D.; Lin, Hui; Mullins, Hillary; Rogers, Richard J.; Tan, Weihong. Analyst (2007), 132(9), 885-891. Using optical tweezers for measuring the interaction forces between human bone cells and implant surfaces: System design and force calibration. Anderson, Martin; Madgavkar, Ashwin; Stjerndahl, Maria; Wu, Yanrong; Tan, Weihong; Duran, Randy; Niehren, Stefan; Mustafa, Kamal; Arvidson, Kristina; Wennerberg, Ann. Review of Scientific Instruments (2007), 78(7), 074302/1-074302/8. Optimization and modifications of aptamers selected from live cancer cell lines. Shangguan, Dihua; Tang, Zhiwen; Mallikaratchy, Prabodhika; Xiao, Zeyu; Tan, Weihong. ChemBioChem (2007), 8(6), 603-606.
	Preparation and antibacterial activity of Fe3O4 @ Ag nanoparticles. Gong, Ping; Li, Huimin; He, Xiaoxiao; Wang, Kemin; Hu, Jianbing; Tan, Weihong; Zhang, Shouchun; Yang, Xiaohai. Nanotechnology (2007), 18(28), 285604/1-285604/7.
	Fluorescent Nanoparticle for Bacteria and DNA Detection, Bio-Applications of Nanoparticles, Wenjun Zhao, Lin Wang and Weihong Tan, Ed. Warren C.W. Chan, 2007, 43.
	Using Luminescent Nanoparticles as Staining Probes for Affymetrix GeneChips. Wang, Lin; Lofton, Charles; Popp, Michael; Tan, Weihong , Bioconjugate Chemistry, (2007), 18(3), 610-613.
	Characterization of different sequences of DNA on Si substrate by atomic force microscopy and gold nanoparticle labeling. Jin, Rong; He, Xiaoxiao; Wang, Kemin; Yang, Liu; Li, Huimin; Jin, Yan; Tan, Weihong. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2007), 7(2), 418-423.
	Real-time monitoring of restriction endonuclease activity using molecular beacon. Ma, Changbei; Tang, Zhiwen; Wang, Kemin; Tan, Weihong; Yang, Xiaohai; Li, Wei; Li, Zhaohui; Lv, Xiaoyuan. Analytical Biochemistry (2007), 363(2), 294-296.
	Real-time monitoring of restriction endonuclease activity using molecular beacon. Ma C, Zhiwen Tang, Wang K, Weihong Tan, Yang X, Li W, Li Z, Lv X. Anal Biochem. 2007 Apr 15;363(2):294-6.
	Optimization and Modifications of Aptamers Selected from Live Cancer Cell Lines. Dihua Shangguan, Zhiwen Tang, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Zeyu Xiao, Weihong Tan. Chembiochem. 2007 Apr 16;8(6):603-606.
	Aptamers Evolved from Cultured Cancer Cells Reveal Molecular Differences of Cancer Cells in Patient Samples. Dihua Shangguan, Charles ZC Cao, Ying Li, Weihong Tan . Clin Chem. 2007 Apr 26; [Epub ahead of print] .
	Using Luminescent Nanoparticles as Staining Probes for Affymetrix GeneChips. Lin Wang, Charles Lofton, Popp M, Weihong Tan. Bioconjug Chem. 2007 Apr 21; [Epub ahead of print].
	Fluorescent nanoparticles for multiplexed bacteria monitoring. Wang L, Zhao W, O'Donoghue MB, Tan W. Bioconjug Chem. 2007 Mar-Apr;18(2):297-301.
2006	Aptamers evolved from live cells as effective molecular probes for cancer study. Dihua Shangguan, Ying Li, Zhiwen Tang, Charles ZC Cao, William Hui Chen, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Kwame Sefah, Yang CJ, Weihong Tan. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(32):11838-43 (2006). PDF. Hybrid molecular probe for nucleic acid analysis in biological samples. Chaoyong James Yang, Karen Martinez, Hui Lin, and Weihong Tan. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(31): 9986-9987 (2006). PDF. Aptamer-conjugated nanoparticles for the collection and detection of multiple cancer cells. Joshua E. Smith, Colin D. Medley, Zhiwen Tang, Dihua Shangguan, Charles Lofton, Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 79(8):3075-82 (2006). PDF. Multicolor FRET Silica Nanoparticles by Single Wavelength Excitation. Lin Wang, Weihong Tan. Nano Letters. 6(1):84-88 (2006). PDF. Selection of DNA ligands for protein kinase C-delta. Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Stahelin RV, Cao Z, Cho W, Weihong Tan. Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Aug 14;(30):3229-31. Using bioconjugated nanoparticles to monitor E. coli in a flow channel. Mechery SJ, Xiao Jun Zhao, Lin Wang, Lisa R. Hilliard, Alina Munteanu, Weihong Tan. Chem Asian J. 2006 Sep 18;1(3):384-90. FloDots: luminescent nanoparticles. Gang Yao, Lin Wang, Yanrong Wu, Joshua E. Smith, J. Xu, Wenjun Zhao, Eunjung Lee, Weihong Tan. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2006 Jun;385(3):518-24. Nanoparticles for multiplex diagnostics and imaging. Lin Wang, Meghan B O'Donoghue, Weihong Tan. Nanomedicine, 2006, 1(4), 413. Aptamers evolved from live cells as effective molecular probes for cancer study. Dihua Shangguan, Ying Li, Zhiwen Tang, Zehui Charles Cao, Hui William Chen, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Kwame Sefah, Chaoyong James Yang, and Weihong Tan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, August 8, 2006, Vol. 103, no. 32, 11838-11843 . Light-switching excimer probes for rapid protein monitoring in complex biological fluids. Chaoyong James Yang, Steffen Jockusch, Marie Vicens, Nicholas J. Turro, and Weihong Tan, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, November 29, 2005, Vol. 102, no. 48, 17278-17283. A rapid bioassay for single bacterial cell quantitation using bioconjugated nanoparticles. Xiaojun Zhao, Lisa R. Hilliard, Shelly John Mechery, Yanping Wang, Rahul P. Bagwe, Shouguang Jin, and Weihong Tan, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, October 19, 2004, Vol. 101, no. 42, 15027-15032.
2005	Light-switching excimer probes for rapid protein monitoring in complex biological fluids, Chaoyong James Yang, Stephen Jockusch, Marie Vicens, Nicholas Turro, and Weihong Tan.The Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. 102: 17278-17283 (2005). PDF. Locked Nucleic Acid Molecular Beacons. Lin Wang, Chaoyong James Yang, Colin Medley, Steven A. Benner and Weihong Tan. Journal of American Chemical Society. 127: 15664-15665 (2005) . PDF. Molecular Assembly for Superquenchers in Signaling Molecular Interactions.Chaoyong James Yang, Hui Lin and Weihong Tan. Journal of American Chemical Society. 127: 12772-12773 (2005). PDF. Aptamer-modified gold nanoparticles for colorimetric determination of platelet-derived growth factors and their receptors. Chih-Ching Huang, Zehui Cao, Weihong Tan, Yu-Fen Huang, and Huan-Tsung Chang. Analytical Chemistry. 77: 5735-5741 (2005). PDF. Simultaneous Monitoring of the Expression of Multiple Genes Inside of Single Breast Carcinoma Cells. Colin D. Medley, Timothy J. Drake, Jeffrey M. Tomasini, Richard J. Rogers and Weihong Tan. Analytical Chemistry. 77(15), 4713-4718 (2005). PDF. Electrical detection of immobilized proteins with ungated AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors. B. S. Kang and F. Ren, L. Wang, C. Lofton, and Weihong Tan, S. J. Pearton, A. Dabiran, A. Osinsky, and P. P. Chow. Applied Physics Letters. 87: 023508/1-023508/3 (2005). PDF. Direct synthesis of an oligonucleotide-poly (phenylene ethynylene) conjugate with a precise one-to-one molecular ratio. C. Yang, M. Pinto, Kirk Schanze and Weihong Tan. Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 44(17):2572-2576 (2005). PDF. Dual-Luminophore-doped Silica Nanoparticles for Multiplexed Signaling. Lin Wang, Chaoyong Yang and Weihong Tan. Nano Letters. 5: 37-43 (2005). PDF. Oriented assembly of Au nanorods using biorecognition system, Jia-Yaw Chang, Hui Chen, Huimeng Wu, Yong-Chien Ling, and Weihong Tan, Chemical Cummunication, 2005, 1092-1094. High-throughput Single Cell Glutamate Analysis:Aplysia Pleural Sensory Neurons, Timothy Drake, Sami Jezzini, Peter Lovell, Leonid L Moroz, and Weihong Tan, J. of Neuroscience Method, 2005, 144(1), 73-77. Molecular aptamers for real time protein-protein interaction study, Zehui Cao and Weihong Tan, Chemistry, A European Journal, 2005, 11, 4502-4508. Using molecular beacon to monitor activity of E. coli DNA ligase, Lingfeng Liu , Zhiwen Tang , Kemin Wang , Weihong Tan , Jun Li , Q. Guo , X. Meng and Changbei Ma, The Analyst, 2005, 130 (3), 350–357. Investigation of molecular beacon aptamer based bioassay for PDGF detection, Marie C. Vicens, Arup Sen, Andrew Vanderlaan, Timothy Drake and Weihong Tan, ChemBioChem, 2005, 6(5), 900-907. Molecular Signaling Aptamers for Real-time Fluorescence Analysis of Protein, Wang, Jun; Cao, Zehui; Jiang, Yaxin; Zhou, Cuisong; Fang, Xiaohong; Tan, Weihong, IUBMB Life, 2005, 57(3), 123-128. Folate Conjugated Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles for Labeling Neoplastic Cells, Santra, Swadeshmukul; Liesenfeld, Bernd; Dutta, Debamitra; Chatel, David; Batich, Christopher D.; Tan, Weihong; Moudgil, Brij M.; Mericle, Robert A., Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2005, 5(6), 899-904. Molecular Beacons for Bioanalytical Applications, Li Tan, Ying Li, Kemin Wang, Leonid Moroz, Timothy Drake, Alina Munteanu, Chaoyong Yang, Karen Martinez and Weihong Tan, The Analyst, 2005, 130(7), 1002-1005. Using Molecular Beacons for Sensitive Fluorescence Assays of the Enzymatic Cleavage of Nucleic Acids, Chaoyong James Yang, Jeff Jianwei Li and Weihong Tan, in Fluorescent Energy Transfer Nucleic Acid Probes in Methods in Molecular Biology Series, V.V. Didenko, Editor, 2005. Detection of halide ions with AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors. B. S. Kang and F. Ren, M. C. Kang, C. Lofton, W. Tan, S. J. Pearton, A. Dabiran, A. Osinsky, and P. P. Chow, Applied Physics Letters, 2005, 86, 173502. Real-time investigation of nucleic acids phosphorylation process using molecular beacons. Zhiwen Tang, Kemin Wang, Weihong Tan, C. Ma, Jun Li, Lingfeng Liu, Q. Guo, X. Meng, Nucleic Acid Research, 2005, Jun 16;33(11):e97. Stochasticity of Mangenese Superoxide Dismutase mRNA Expression in Breast Carcinoma Cells by Molecular Beacon Imaging, T. J. Drake, C. Medley, A. Sen, R. Rogers and Weihong Tan, ChemBioChem, 2005, 5 (in press). Watching Nanoparticles Glow in the Biotechnology World, Lin Wang, Kemin Wang, Swadeshmukul Santra, Julia Zhao, Lisa R. Hilliard, Josh Smith and Weihong Tan, Anal. Chem., 2005, 77. Influence of anions on the formation and properties of chitosan-DNA nanoparticles, Peng, Jiaofeng; Xing, Xinli; Wang, Kemin; Tan, Weihong; He, Xiaoxiao; Huang, Shasheng, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2005, 5(5), 713-717. Aptamer-modified gold nanoparticles for colorimetric determination of platelet-derived growth factors and their receptors, Chih-Ching Huang, Zehui Cao, Weihong Tan, Yu-Fen Huang, and Huan-Tsung Chang, Analytical Chemistry, 2005, 77, 5735-5741. Molecular Beacon Aptamers for Protein Monitoring in Real-Time and in Homogeneous Solutions, Zehui Cao, Steven W. Suljak and Weihong Tan, Current Proteomics, 2005, 2(1), 31-40. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Fluorescent, Radio-Opaque and Paramagnetic Silica Nanoparticles for Multimodal Bioimaging Applications, Santra, S., Bagwe, R.P., Dutta, D., Stanley, J.T., Walter, G.A., Tan, W., Moudgil, B.M., and Mericle, R.A., Advanced Materials, 2005 (in press). Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements to Determine the Core-Shell Nanostructure of FITC Doped Silica Nanoparticles: An Optical Approach to Evaluate Nanoparticle Photostability, Santra, S., Liesenfeld, B., Bertolino, C., Dutta, D., Cao, Z., Tan, W., Moudgil, B.M., and Mericle, R.A., Journal of Luminescence, 2005. Cancer cell proteomics using molecular aptamers, Weihong Tan, Zehui Cao, Dihua Shangguan, Ying Li, Zhiwen Tang, Prabodhika Mallikratchy and Hui Chen, in Drug Discovery Handbook, Ed. Shayne Cox Gad, Wiley-Interscience, 2005, p. 73-86.
2004	A rapid bioassay for single bacterial cell quantitation using bioconjugated nanoparticles, X. Zhao, L. Hilliard, S. Mechery, Y. Wang , R. Bagwe, S. Jin, W. Tan, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 2004, 101, 15027-32.
	DNA-Functionalized Nanotube Membranes with Single-Base Mismatch Selectivity, Punit Kohli, Chad Harrell, Scott Miller, Zehui Cao, Rahela Gasparac, Weihong Tan and Charles Martin, Science, 2004, 305: 984-986.
	Development of Organic Dye-doped Silica Nanoparticles in Reverse Microemulsion, Xiaojun Zhao, Rahul P. Bagwe, and Weihong Tan, Advanced Materials, 2004, 16, No. 2, 173-176.
	Design of Modular-Based Fluorescence Conjugated Polymer for Selective Sensing, Hongmei Huang, Kemin Wang, Weihong Tan, Deli An, et al, Angewandte Chemie Inter. Ed., 2004, 42, 5749-5753.
	Adeno-associated virus Rep78/Rep68 promotes localized melting of the Rep binding element in the absence of ATP, H. Lou, J. R. Brister, J. Li, W. Chen, N. Muzyczka, and Weihong Tan, ChemBioChem, 2004, 5, 100-108.
	Molecular beacons, Weihong Tan, K. Wang and Timothy Drake, Curr Opin Chem Biol, 2004, 8 (5), 547-553.
	Optimization of dye-doped silica nanoparticles prepared using reverse microemulsion method, Rahul P. Bagwe, Chaoyang Yang, Lisa Hilliard and Weihong Tan, Langmuir, 2004, 20(19), 8336-8342.
	Bionanotechnology based on silica nanoparticles, Weihong Tan; Kemin Wang; Xiaoxiao He; Julia Zhao; Timothy Drake; Lin Wang; Rahul P. Bagwe, Medicinal Research Reviews, 2004, 24(5), 621-38.
	Molecular-beacon-based array for sensitive DNA analysis, G. Yao, W. Tan, Anal. Biochem., 2004, 331, 216-223.
	Real-time Protein Monitoring Based on Molecular Beacons, J. Li, et. al , Current Proteomics, 2004, 1 (4), 315-324.
	A Special Issue on Bioanalysis, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, Weihong Tan and Kemin Wang, Guest Editors, J. Nanoscience and Nanotechlogy, 2004, 4(6), 559-645.
	Ultrasensitive detection of biomolecules with fluorescent dye-doped nanoparticles, Lian, W.; Litherland, S.; Badrane, H.; Tan, W.; Wu, D.; Baker, H. V.; Gulig, P; Lim, D; Jin, S., Anal. Biochem., 2004, 334(1), 135-144.
	Liquid APMALDI for Peptide Extractions using Functionalized Nanoparticles, Kevin Turney, Tim Drake, Joshua Smith, Weihong Tan, and W. W. Harrison, Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2004, 18(20):2367.
	A Two-dimensional Imaging Biosensor to Monitor Enhanced Brain Glutamate Release Stimulated by Nicotine, Monde Qhobosheane, Donghai Wu, Y. Gu and Weihong Tan, J. of Neuroscience Method, 2004, 135, 71-78.
	Protein-Protein Interaction Studies Based on Molecular Aptamers by Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis, Chih-Ching Huang, Zehui Cao, Huan-Tsung Chang and Weihong Tan, Analytical Chemistry, 2004, 76, 6973 - 6981.
	Assembly of Silica Nanoparticles for Two-dimensional Nanomaterials, Monde Qhobosheane, Peng Zhang and Weihong Tan, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2004, 4(6), 635-640.
	Molecular Beacon DNA Probes and Their Bioanalytical Applications, Timothy J. Drake and Weihong Tan, Applied Spectroscopy, 2004, 58(9), 269A-280A.
	Bioconjugated silica nanoparticles for bioanalysis, Zhao, Xiaojun; Hilliard, Lisa R.; Wang, Kemin; Tan, Weihong, Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2004, 1, 255-268.
	A fiber-optic mode-filtered light sensor for general and fast chemical assay, Zhou LJ, Wang KM, et al, Measurement Science and Technology, 15 (1): 137-142, 2004.
	TAT conjugated, FITC doped silica nanoparticles for bioimaging applications, Santra, S; Yang, H; Dutta, D; Stanley, J; Holloway, P; Tan, W; Moudgil, B; Mericle, R, Chemical Communications, 2004, (24), 2810-2811
	Monitoring Molecular Beacon/DNA Interactions Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Yan Jin, Kemin Wang, Weihong Tan, et al., Analytical Chemistry, 2004, 76 (19), 5721 - 5725.
	Bioconjugated silica nanoparticles for bioanalytical applications, Drake, Zhao, Tan, Nanobiotechnology, 2004, 444.
	A Novel Fluorescent Label Based on Organic Dye-Doped Silica Nanoparticles for HepG Liver Cancer Cell Recognition, X. He, J. Duan, Kemin Wang, Weihong Tan, et al, J. Nanosci. Nanotech . 2004, 4(6), 585-589.
2003	Ultrasensitive DNA Detection Using Highly Fluorescent Bioconjugated Nanoparticles, Xiaojun Zhao, Rovelyn Dytioco and Weihong Tan, Journal of American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 11474-11475.
	Real-time monitoring of nucleic acid ligation in homogenous solutions using molecular beacons, Zhiwen Tang, Kemin Wang, Weihong Tan. et al, Nucleic Acids Research, 2003, 31, 23, e148.
	Monitoring Molecular Beacon DNA Probe Hybridization at Single Molecule Level, Gang Yao, Xiaohong Fang, H. Yokota, Toshio Yanagida and Weihong Tan, Chemistry-A European Journal, 2003, 9, 5686-5692.
	Synthetic DNA Aptamers to Detect Protein Molecular Variants in a High Throughput Fluorescence Quenching Assay, X. Fang, Arup Sen, Marie Vicens and Weihong Tan, ChemBioChem, 2003, 4, 829-834.
	A real-time assay for DNA sticky end pairing using molecular beacons, Jianwei Jeffery Li and Weihong Tan, Analytical Biochemistry, 2003, 312, 251-254.
	Efficient Collection of Trace Amounts of DNA/mRNA Molecules using Genomagnetic Nano-Capturers, Xiaojun Zhao, Rovelyn Tapec-Dytioco, Kemin Wang and Weihong Tan, Anal. Chem 2003, 75, 3476-3483.
	Molecular engineering of fluorescence nucleic acid probes, Steven W. Suljak, Zehui Cao and Weihong Tan, Recent Research Developments in Chemistry, Research Signpost, 2003, 1, 59-77.
	A real-time assay for DNA sticky end pairing using molecular beacons, Jianwei Jeffery Li and Weihong Tan, Analytical Biochemistry, 2003, 312, 251-254.
	Bioconjugated nanoparticles for DNA protection from cleavage, Xiaoxiao He, Kemin Wang, Weihong Tan, et al, Journal of American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 7168-7169.
	Two-dimensional Imaging Biosensor for the Monitoring of Lactate Released from Brain Slice, M. Qhobosheane, X. Liu, Y. Gu, D. Wu and Weihong Tan, Applied Spectroscopy, 2003, 57, 689-696.
2002	Molecular aptamer beacons for real-time protein recognition, Jianwei J. Li, Xiaohong Fang and Weihong Tan, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2002, 292 (1), 31-40.
	A single DNA molecule nanomotor, Jianwei Li and Weihong Tan, Nano Letters, 2002, 2 (4), 315.
2001	Design a molecular beacon with two dye molecules, Peng Zhang, Terry Beck and Weihong Tan, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2001, 40, 402-405.
	Molecular aptamer for real-time oncoprotein platelet derived growth factor monitoring by fluorescence anisotropy, Xiaohong Fang, Zehui Cao, Terry Beck and Weihong Tan, Anal. Chem 2001, 73, 5752-5757.
	Real time monitoring of mRNA hybridization in single living cells, John Perlette and Weihong Tan, Analytical Chemistry, 2001, 73, 5544-5550.
	Development of novel dye-doped silica nanoparticles for biomarker application, S. Santra, K. Wang, Rovelyn Tapec and Weihong Tan, J. of Biomedical Optics, 2001, 6 (2), 160-166.
	Conjugation of Biomolecules with Luminophore-Doped Silica Nanoparticles for Photostable Biomarkers, Swadeshmukul Santra, Peng Zhang, Kemin Wang, R. Tapec and Weihong Tan, Anal. Chem, 2001, 73, 4988-4993.
2000	Molecular beacons: detecting protein-nucleic acid interactions, Jianwei Li, X. Fang, Sheldon Schuster and Weihong Tan, Angewandte Chemie Inter. Ed., 2000, 39, 1049.
	Direct observation of single molecule generation at a solid-liquid interface, Peng Zhang and Weihong Tan, Chemistry, A European Journal, 2000, 6, 1087-1092.
	Molecular beacons: novel DNA probes for biomolecular recognition, Xiaohong Fang, Jeff Li, John Perlette, Kemin Wang and Weihong Tan, Anal. Chemistry, 2000, 72, 747A.
	Using molecular beacons as a sensitive fluorescence assay for enzymatic cleavage of ssDNA, Jianwei Jeffery Li, Ron Guyer and Weihong Tan, Nucleic Acids Research, 2000, 28, 11, e52, 1-5.
	Using molecular beacons to probe the interactions between lactic dehydrogenase and single strand DNA, Xiaohong Fang, Jeffery Li and Weihong Tan, Anal Chem, 2000, 72, 3280-3285.
	Ultrasmall and ultrasensitive molecular beacon DNA biosensors, Xiaojing Liu, William Famurie, Sheldon Schuster and Weihong Tan, Analytical Biochemistry, 2000, 283, 56.
1993	Near-field Optics: Imaging Single Molecules, Raoul Kopelman and Weihong Tan, Science, 1993, 262, 778
1992	Submicrometer Intracellular Chemical Optical Fiber Sensors, Weihong Tan, Zhongyou Shi, Steve Smith, D. Birnbaum and Raoul Kopelman, Science, 1992, 258, 778.