Summary
Dr Fang Xie joined the Department of Materials at Imperial College London in November 2008 as a post-doctoral researcher. She is currently a Lecturer in the same department. Her research concerns novel nanomaterials synthesis and fabrication and their applications in energy and life sciences. Metal and semiconducting nanoparticles are prepared by both bottom-up and top-down methods such as colloidal lithography, nanoimprint lithography, and wet chemical synthesis/self-assembly.
Fang received her B.Eng from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China and M.Eng from the National University of Singapore. She then spent 3 years working in the biotech-industry in Singapore. In 2005, She moved to Australia to carry out her PhD study at the interface of physics and life sciences. Her doctoral work at Macquarie University was on the use of metal nanostructures to study fluorescence enhancement, showing enhanced fluorescence for bio-sensing applications.
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Potential Ph.D. Students
Every year I may take a few PhD students. Please get in touch if your research interests align with the broad area of my group. It would be great if you could state clearly how you intend to fund your study (through a specific scholarship scheme you plan to apply to, or being self-funded).
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Funding opportunities for international students (Non-UK, Non-EU) can be found from the link below:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/international/prospective/newscholarships
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Song W, Liu X, Wu B, et al., 2019, Sn@C evolution from yolk-shell to core-shell in carbon nanofibers with suppressed degradation of lithium storage, Energy Storage Materials, Vol:18, ISSN:2405-8297, Pages:229-237
Theodorou IG, Ruenraroengsak P, Gonzalez-Carter DA, et al., 2019, Towards multiplexed near-infrared cellular imaging using gold nanostar arrays with tunable fluorescence enhancement, Nanoscale, Vol:11, ISSN:2040-3364, Pages:2079-2088
Jiang Q, Ji C, Riley DJ, et al., 2019, Boosting the Efficiency of Photoelectrolysis by the Addition of Non-Noble Plasmonic Metals: Al & Cu, Nanomaterials, Vol:9, ISSN:2079-4991
Fothergill SM, Joyce C, Xie F, 2018, Metal enhanced fluorescence biosensing: from ultra-violet towards second near-infrared window, Nanoscale, Vol:10, ISSN:2040-3364, Pages:20914-20929
Theodorou IG, Jiang Q, Malms L, et al., 2018, Fluorescence enhancement from single gold nanostars: towards ultra-bright emission in the first and second near-infrared biological windows, Nanoscale, Vol:10, ISSN:2040-3364, Pages:15854-15864
Song W, Ji K, Aguadero A, et al., 2018, Co3O4 hollow nanospheres doped with ZnCo2O4 via thermal vapor mechanism for fast lithium storage, Energy Storage Materials, Vol:14, ISSN:2405-8297, Pages:324-334
Qin H, Wu D, Sathian J, et al., 2018, Tuning the upconversion photoluminescence lifetimes of NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ through lanthanide Gd3+ doping, Scientific Reports, Vol:8, ISSN:2045-2322
Wang T, Centeno A, Darvill D, et al., 2018, Tuneable fluorescence enhancement of nanostructured ZnO arrays with controlled morphology, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol:20, ISSN:1463-9076, Pages:14828-14834
Centeno A, Aid SR, Xie F, 2018, Infra-Red Plasmonic Sensors, Chemosensors, Vol:6, ISSN:2227-9040
Song W, Brugge R, Theodorou IG, et al., 2017, Enhancing Distorted Metal-Organic Framework-Derived ZnO as Anode Material for Lithium Storage by the Addition of Ag2S Quantum Dots, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol:9, ISSN:1944-8244, Pages:37823-37831
Jawad ZAR, Theodorou IG, Jiao LR, et al., 2017, Highly Sensitive Plasmonic Detection of the Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker CA 19-9, Scientific Reports, Vol:7, ISSN:2045-2322
Theodorou IG, Jawad ZAR, Jiang Q, et al., 2017, Gold Nanostar Substrates for Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence through the First and Second Near-Infrared Windows, Chemistry of Materials, Vol:29, ISSN:0897-4756, Pages:6916-6926
Qin H, Shamso AE, Centeno A, et al., 2017, Enhancement of the upconversion photoluminescence of hexagonal phase NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ nanoparticles by mesoporous gold filmst, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol:19, ISSN:1463-9076, Pages:19159-19167
Song W, Lischner J, Rocha VG, et al., 2017, Tuning the Double Layer of Graphene Oxide through Phosphorus Doping for Enhanced Supercapacitance, Acs Energy Letters, Vol:2, ISSN:2380-8195, Pages:1144-1149
Pang J, Theodorou IG, Centeno A, et al., 2017, Gold nanodisc arrays as near infrared metal-enhanced fluorescence platforms with tuneable enhancement factors, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol:5, ISSN:2050-7526, Pages:917-925
Song W, Chen J, Ji X, et al., 2016, Dandelion-shaped TiO2/multi-layer graphene composed of TiO2(B) fibrils and anatase TiO2 pappi utilizing triphase boundaries for lithium storage, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol:4, ISSN:2050-7488, Pages:8762-8768
Zhang X, Wu X, Centeno A, et al., 2016, Significant Broadband Photocurrent Enhancement by Au-CZTS Core-Shell Nanostructured Photocathodes, Scientific Reports, Vol:6, ISSN:2045-2322
Theodorou IG, Jawad ZAR, Qin H, et al., 2016, Significant metal enhanced fluorescence of Ag2S quantum dots in the second near-infrared window, Nanoscale, Vol:8, ISSN:2040-3364, Pages:12869-12873
Jawad Z, Xie F, Jiao LR, 2015, Applications of Nanotechnology in the Management of Cancer Miniature Technology, Great Potential, Jama Surgery, Vol:150, ISSN:2168-6254, Pages:1184-1185
Wu X, Centeno A, Zhang X, et al., 2015, Broadband plasmon photocurrent generation from Au nanoparticles/mesoporous TiO2 nanotube electrodes, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol:138, ISSN:0927-0248, Pages:80-85
Wang T, Costan J, Centeno A, et al., 2015, Broadband enhanced fluorescence using zinc-oxide nanoflower arrays, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol:3, ISSN:2050-7526, Pages:2656-2663
Wu X, Scott K, Xie F, et al., 2014, A reversible water electrolyser with porous PTFE based OH- conductive membrane as energy storage cells, Journal of Power Sources, Vol:246, ISSN:0378-7753, Pages:225-231
Donchev E, Pang JS, Gammon PM, et al., 2014, The rectenna device: From theory to practice (a review), Mrs Energy & Sustainability, Vol:1, ISSN:2329-2229
Centeno A, Ahmed B, Reehal H, et al., 2013, Diffuse scattering from hemispherical nanoparticles at the air-silicon interface, Nanotechnology, Vol:24, ISSN:0957-4484
Xie F, Pang JS, Centeno A, et al., 2013, Nanoscale control of Ag nanostructures for plasmonic fluorescence enhancement of near-infrared dyes, Nano Research, Vol:6, ISSN:1998-0124, Pages:496-510
Centeno A, Xie F, Alford N, 2013, Predicting the fluorescent enhancement rate by gold and silver nanospheres using finite-difference time-domain analysis, IET Nanobiotechnology, Vol:7, ISSN:1751-8741, Pages:50-58
Xie F, Centeno A, Zou B, et al., 2013, Tunable synthesis of ordered Zinc Oxide nanoflower-like arrays, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol:395, ISSN:0021-9797, Pages:85-90
Xie F, Centeno A, Ryan MR, et al., 2013, Au nanostructures by colloidal lithography: from quenching to extensive fluorescence enhancement, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Vol:1, ISSN:2050-750X, Pages:536-543
Darvill D, Centeno A, Xie F, 2013, Plasmonic fluorescence enhancement by metal nanostructures: shaping the future of bionanotechnology, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol:15, ISSN:1463-9076, Pages:15709-15726
Deng W, Xie F, Baltar HTMCM, et al., 2013, Metal-enhanced fluorescence in the life sciences: here, now and beyond, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol:15, ISSN:1463-9076, Pages:15695-15708
Xie F, Drozdowicz-Tomsia K, Shtoyko T, et al., 2011, Silver and gold nanoparticle coated membranes applied to protein dot blots, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Vol:13, ISSN:1388-0764, Pages:613-624
Centeno A, Xie F, Alford N, 2011, Light absorption and field enhancement in two-dimensional arrays of closely spaced silver nanoparticles, Journal of the Optical Society of America B - Optical Physics, Vol:28, ISSN:0740-3224, Pages:325-330
Drozdowicz-Tomsia K, Xie F, Goldys EM, 2010, Deposition of Silver Dentritic Nanostructures on Silicon for Enhanced Fluorescence, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol:114, ISSN:1932-7447, Pages:1562-1569
Drozdowicz-Tomsia K, Xie F, Calander N, et al., 2009, Depolarized light scattering from colloidal gold nanoparticles, Chemical Physics Letters, Vol:468, ISSN:0009-2614, Pages:69-74
Xie F, Drozdowicz-Tomsia K, Goldys EM, 2008, A method to assess modifications of fluorophore radiative rate by plasmonic structures, Chemical Physics Letters, Vol:466, ISSN:0009-2614, Pages:186-188
Xie F, Baker MS, Goldys EM, 2008, Enhanced fluorescence detection on homogeneous gold colloid self-assembled monolayer substrates, Chemistry of Materials, Vol:20, ISSN:0897-4756, Pages:1788-1797
Goldys EM, Xie F, 2008, Metallic nanomaterials for sensitivity enhancement of fluorescence detection, Sensors, Vol:8, ISSN:1424-8220, Pages:886-896
Goldys EM, Barnett A, Xie F, et al., 2007, Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence near metallic nanostructures: biochemical applications, Applied Physics A - Materials Science & Processing, Vol:89, ISSN:0947-8396, Pages:265-271
Goldys EM, Drozdowicz-Tomsia K, Xie F, et al., 2007, Fluorescence amplification by electrochemically deposited silver nanowires with fractal architecture, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol:129, ISSN:0002-7863, Pages:12117-12122
Xie F, Goldys E, Baker M, 2007, Amplified protein sensing using deep purple fluorophores on homogeneous Au substrates, Biofactors, Vol:30, ISSN:0951-6433, Pages:249-253
Xie F, Baker MS, Goldys EM, 2006, Homogeneous silver-coated nanoparticle substrates for enhanced fluorescence detection, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol:110, ISSN:1520-6106, Pages:23085-23091
Gao ZQ, Xie F, Shariff M, et al., 2005, A disposable glucose biosensor based on diffusional mediator dispersed in nanoparticulate membrane on screen-printed carbon electrode, Sensors and Actuators B - Chemical, Vol:111, ISSN:0925-4005, Pages:339-346
Le VD, Xie F, Yang ZC, et al., 2005, An ultrasensitive protein array based on electrochemical enzyme immunoassay, Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, Vol:10, ISSN:1093-9946, Pages:1654-1660
Tansil NC, Xie F, Xie H, et al., 2005, An ultrasensitive nucleic acid biosensor based on the catalytic oxidation of guanine by a novel redox threading intercalator, Chemical Communications, ISSN:1359-7345, Pages:1064-1066
Tansil NC, Xie H, Xie F, et al., 2005, Direct detection of DNA with an electrocatalytic threading intercalator, Analytical Chemistry, Vol:77, ISSN:0003-2700, Pages:126-134
Xie H, Yu YH, Xie F, et al., 2004, A nucleic acid biosensor for gene expression analysis in nanograms of mRNA, Analytical Chemistry, Vol:76, ISSN:0003-2700, Pages:4023-4029
Xie H, Yu Y, Xie F, et al., 2004, Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene mRNAs Quantified by Microarrays with Electrochemical Detection, Clinical Chemistry, Vol:50, ISSN:0009-9147, Pages:1231-1233
Zeng HC, Xie F, Wong KC, et al., 2002, Insertion and removal of protons in single-crystal orthorhombic molybdenum trioxide under H2S/H-2 and O-2/N-2, Chemistry of Materials, Vol:14, ISSN:0897-4756, Pages:1788-1796
Zeng HC, Ng WK, Cheong LH, et al., 2001, Insertion direction of hydrogen in protonation of alpha-MoO3, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol:105, ISSN:1089-5647, Pages:7178-7181
Chapters
, 2017, Surface Plasmon Enhanced, Coupled and Controlled Fluorescence, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN:9781118027936
Liu L, Xie F, Meng X, et al., 2017, Environmentally benign nanomaterial synthesis mediated by culture broths, Biocatalysis and Nanotechnology, Pages:89-120, ISBN:9789814613699
Patents
Gao Z, Xie H, Xie F, 2009, Detectable threading intercalator, US Patent 7,576,205
Gao Z, Xu G, Ying J, et al., 2009, Electrically non-conductive, nanoparticulate membrane, US Patent 7,563,588
Gao Z, Xie F, Xie H, 2008, Determination of nucleic acid using electrocatalytic intercalators, US Patent 7,462,720
Gao Z, Xie F, 2007, DNA threading intercalators, US Patent 7,902,362
Gao Z, Xie F, Xie H, 2006, Metallocenes and processes for their preparation, US Patent 7,030,257