Publications

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Journal Publications

[72] Wensi Chen, Ting Wang, Zeou Dou, Xing Xie. Microalgae harvesting by self-driven 3D microfiltration with rationally-designed porous superabsorbent polymer (PSAP) beads. Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55(22): 15446–15455.

[71] Ting Wang, Devin Brown, Xing Xie. Nano-enhanced electric-field treatment harnessing lightning-rod effect for rapid bacteria inactivation. Nano Letters, 2021: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02240.

[70] Jianfeng Zhou, Yen-Con Hung, Xing Xie. Making waves: pathogen inactivation by electric field treatment: from liquid food to drinking water. Water Research, 2021, 207: 117817.

[69] Wensi Chen, Ting Wang, Zeou Dou, Xing Xie. Self-driven pretreatment and room-temperature storage of water samples for virus detection using enhanced porous superabsorbent polymer (PSAP) beads. Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55(20): 14059-14068.

[68] Lu Song, Jianfeng Zhou, Can Wang, Ge Meng, Yunfei Li, Mourin Jarin, Ziyan Wu, Xing Xie. Airborne pathogenic microorganisms and air cleaning technology development: A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021: 127429.

[67] Shihong Lin, Marta Hatzell, Ruiping Liu, George Wells, and Xing Xie. Mining resources from water. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021(175): 105853.   

[66] Mingming Zhan, Peirui Liu, Xiaoya Liu, Yu Hong, Xing Xie. Inactivation and Removal Technologies for Algal-Bloom Control: Advances and Challenges. Current Pollution Reports, 2021, 7: 392-406.

[65] Jianfeng Zhou, Fang Yang, Yuxiong Huang, Wenbo Ding, and Xing Xie. Smartphone-powered efficient water disinfection at the point of use. npj Clean Water, 2020, 3(1): 1-9. [Science Journal for Kids]

[64] Kristian L. Dubrawski, Sung-Geun Woo, Wei Chen, Xing Xie, Yi Cui, and Craig S. Criddle. In Vivo Polymerization (“Hard-Wiring”) of Bioanodes Enables Rapid Start-Up and Order-of-Magnitude Higher Power Density in a Microbial Battery. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54(22): 14732-14739.

[63] Wensi Chen, Ting Wang, Zeou Dou, and Xing Xie. Self-Driven “Microfiltration” Enabled by Porous Superabsorbent Polymer (PSAP) Beads for Biofluid Specimen Processing and Storage. ACS materials letters, 2020, 2(11): 1545-1554.

[62] Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, and Xing Xie. Locally Enhanced Electric Field Treatment (LEEFT) Promotes the Performance of Ozonation for Bacterial Inactivation by Disrupting Cell Membrane. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54(21): 14017-14025.

[61] Tianqi Zhang, Ting Wang, Benjamin Mejia-Tickner, Jessica Kissel, Xing Xie, Ching-Hua Huang. Inactivation of Bacteria by Peracetic Acid Combined with Ultraviolet Irradiation: Mechanism and Optimization. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54(15): 9652-9661.

[60] Peirui Liu, Jianfeng Zhou, Yu Hong*, Xing Xie*. Electric-field Enhanced Microalgae Inactivation Using a Flow-Through Copper Ionization Cell. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 400(5): 123320.

[59] Zeou Dou, Ting Wang, Wensi Chen, Beichen Lin, Hai Dong, Wei Sun, Xing Xie. Self-driven membrane filtration by core–shell polymer composites. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8: 15942-15950.

[58] Jianfeng Zhou^#, Cecilia Yu^#, Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Development of nanowire-modified electrodes applied in the locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) for water disinfection. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8: 12262-12277.

[57] Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, Cecilia Yu, Xing Xie. Locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) for water disinfection. Frontier of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2020, 14: 78.

[56] Can Wang, Lu Song, Zhiwei Zhang, Yizhu Wang, Xing Xie. Microwave-induced release and degradation of airborne antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from Escherichia coli bioaerosol based on microwave absorbing material. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 394: 122535.

[55] Peirui Liu, Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, Cecilia Yu, Yu Hong*, Xing Xie*. Efficient Microalgae Inactivation and Growth Control by Locally Enhanced Electric Field Treatment (LEEFT). Environmental Science: Nano, 2020, 7: 2021-2031.

[54] Chunyan Xu, Wensi Chen, Haiping Gao, Xing Xie, Yongsheng Chen. Cellulose nanocrystal/silver (CNC/Ag) thin-film nanocomposite nanofiltration membranes with multifunctional properties. Environmental Science: Nano, 2020, 7(3): 803-816.

[53] Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, Wensi Chen, Beichen Lin, Xing Xie. Emerging investigator series: locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) with nanowire-modified electrodes for water disinfection in pipes. Environmental Science: Nano, 2020, 7: 397-403.

[52] Beichen Lin, Jin Xu, Cecilia Yu, Luodan Chen, Miao Lu*, Xing Xie*. A multi-parameter in-situ water quality analyzer based on a portable document scanner and 3D printed self-sampling cells. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2020, 1101: 176-183.

[51] Peirui Liu, Ting Wang, Ziyu Yang, Yu Hong, Xing Xie, Yanglong Hou. Effects of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticle fabrication and surface modification on Chlorella sp. harvesting efficiency. Science of The Total Environment, 2020, 704: 135286.

[50] Ting Wang, Hang Chen, Cecilia Yu, Xing Xie. Rapid determination of the electroporation threshold for bacteria inactivation using a lab-on-a-chip platform. Environment International, 2019, 132: 105040.

[49] Wensi Chen, Jinyue Jiang, Wenlong Zhang, Ting Wang, Jianfeng Zhou, Ching-Hua Huang, Xing Xie. Silver nanowire-modified filter with controllable silver ion release for point-of-use disinfection. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53(13): 7504-7512.

[48] Meng Ye, Mauro Pasta, Xing Xie, Kristian L. Dubrawski, Jianqaio Xu, Chong Liu, Yi Cui, Craig S. Criddle. Charge-free mixing entropy battery enabled by low-cost electrode materials. ACS Omega, 2019, 4(7): 11785-11790.

[47] Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Rationally designed tubular coaxial-electrode copper ionization cells (CECICs) harnessing non-uniform electric field for efficient water disinfection. Environment International, 2019, 128: 30-36.

[46] Zheng-Yang Huo, Hai Liu, Cecilia Yu, Yin-Hu Wu, Hong-Ying Hu*, Xing Xie*. Elevating the stability of nanowire electrodes by thin polydopamine coating for low-voltage electroporation-disinfection of pathogens in water. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 369: 1005-1013.

[45] Wenbo Ding^#, Jianfeng Zhou^#, Jia Cheng^#, Zhaozheng Wang, Hengyu Guo, Changsheng Wu, Sixing Xu, Zhiyi Wu, Xing Xie*, Zhong Lin Wang*. TriboPump: a low‐cost, hand‐powered water disinfection system. Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 1901320.

[44] Zheng-Yang Huo, Hai Liu, Wen-Long Wang, Yun-Hong Wang, Yin-Hu Wu, Xing Xie*, Hong-Ying Hu*. Low-voltage alternating current powered polydopamine-protected copper phosphide nanowire for electroporation-disinfection in water. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7(13): 7347-7354.

[43] Xingyu Lin, Xiao Huang, Katharina Urmann, Xing Xie, Michael R. Hoffmann. Digital loop-mediated isothermal amplification on a commercial membrane. ACS Sensors, 2019, 4(1): 242-249. 

[42] Bingjun Han, Shuai Liang, Bo Wang, Jianzhong Zheng, Xing Xie, Kang Xiao, Xiaomao Wang, Xia Huang. Simultaneous determination of surface energy and roughness of dense membranes by a modified contact angle method. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2019, 562: 370-376.

[41] Zheng-Yang Huo, Jian-Feng Zhou, Yutong Wu, Yin-Hu Wu, Hai Liu, Nian Liu, Hong-Ying Hu*, Xing Xie*. A Cu₃P nanowire enabling high-efficiency, reliable, and energy-efficient low-voltage electroporation-inactivation of pathogens in water. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6(39): 18813-18820.

[40] Zheng-Yang Huo, Guo-Qiang Li, Tong Yu, Chao Feng, Yun Lu, Yin-Hu Wu, Cecilia Yu, Xing Xie*, Hong-Ying Hu*. Cell transport prompts the performance of low-voltage electroporation for cell inactivation. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8(1): 15832.

[39] Xingyu Lin, Xiao Huang, Yanzhe Zhu, Katharina Urmann, Xing Xie, Michael R. Hoffmann. Asymmetric membrane for digital detection of single bacteria in milliliters of complex water samples. ACS Nano, 2018, 12(10): 10281-10290.

[38] Yanzhe Zhu, Xiao Huang, Xing Xie, Janina Bahnemann, Xingyu Lin, Xunyi Wu, Siwen Wang, Su Young Ryu, Michael R. Hoffmann. Propidium monoazide pretreatment on a 3D-printed microfluidic device for efficient PCR determination of ‘live versus dead’ microbial cells. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2018, 4(7): 956-963.

[37] Zhengyang Huo, Guoqiang Li, Tong Yu, Yun Lu, Hao Sun, Yinhu Wu, Cecilia Yu, Xing Xie^*, Hongying Hu^*. Impact of water quality parameters on bacteria inactivation by low-voltage electroporation: mechanism and control. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2018, 4(6): 872-881.

[36] Xiao Huang, Xingyu Lin, Katharina Urmann, Lijie Li, Xing Xie, Sunny Jiang, Michael R. Hoffmann. Smartphone based in-gel loop-mediated isothermal amplification (gLAMP) system enables rapid coliphage MS₂ quantification in environmental waters. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52(11): 6399-6407.

[35] Zhengyang Huo, Yufeng Luo, Xing Xie, Chao Feng, Kaili Jiang, Jiaping Wang, Hongying Hu. Carbon-nanotube sponges enabling high-efficiency and reliable cell inactivation by low-voltage electroporation. Environmental Science: Nano, 2017, 4(10): 2010-2017.

[34] Desheng Kong^#, Xing Xie^#, Zhiyi Lu, Meng Ye, Zhenda Lu, Jie Zhao, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui. Use of an intermediate solid-state electrode to enable efficient hydrogen production from dilute organic matter. Nano Energy, 2017, 39: 499-505.

[33] Zhengyang Huo, Xing Xie^*, Tong Yu, Yun Lu, Chao Feng, Hongying Hu^*. Nanowire-modified 3D electrode enabling low-voltage electroporation for water disinfection. Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50(14): 7641-7649.

[32] Xing Xie, Janina Bahnemann, Siwen Wang, Yang Yang, Michael R. Hoffmann. “Nanofiltration” enabled by super-absorbent polymer beads for concentrating microorganisms in water samples. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 20516.

[31] Xing Xie, Siwen Wang, Janina Bahnemann, Sunny C. Jiang, Michael R. Hoffmann. Sunlight-activated propidium monoazide (PMA) pretreatment for differentiation of viable and dead bacteria by quantitative real-time PCR. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2016, 3(2): 57-61.

[30] Xing Xie, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui. Design and fabrication of bioelectrodes for microbial bioelectrochemical systems. Energy & Environmental Science, 2015, 8(12): 3418-3441. (Invited review)

[29] Xing Xie^#, Meng Ye^#, Chong Liu, Po-Chun Hsu, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui. Use of low cost and easily regenerated Prussian Blue cathodes for efficient electrical energy recovery in a microbial battery. Energy & Environmental Science, 2015, 8(2): 546-551.

[28] Po-Chun Hsu, Xiaoge Liu, Chong Liu, Xing Xie, Hye Ryoung Lee, Alex J. Welch, Tom Zhao, Yi Cui. Personal thermal management by metallic nanowire-coated textile. Nano Letters, 2015, 15(1): 365-371.

[27] Xing Xie^#, Wenting Zhao^#, Hye Ryoung Lee, Chong Liu, Meng Ye, Wenjun Xie, Bianxiao Cui, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui. Enhancing the nanomaterial bio-interface by addition of mesoscale secondary features: crinkling of carbon nanotube films to create subcellular ridges. ACS Nano, 2014, 8(12): 11958-11965.

[26] Chong Liu, Xing Xie, Wenting Zhao, Jie Yao, Desheng Kong, Alexandria B. Boehm, Yi Cui. Static electricity powered copper oxide nanowire microbicidal electroporation for water disinfection. Nano Letters, 2014, 14(10): 5603-5608.

[25] Meng Ye, Mauro Pasta, Xing Xie, Yi Cui, Craig S. Criddle. Performance of a mixing entropy battery alternately flushed with wastewater effluent and seawater for recovery of salinity-gradient energy. Energy & Environmental Science, 2014, 7(7): 2295-2300.

[24] Xing Xie, Meng Ye, Po-Chun Hsu, Nian Liu, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui. Microbial battery for efficient energy recovery. PNAS, 2013, 110(40): 15925-15930.

[23] Mingliang Zhang^#, Xing Xie^#, Mary Tang, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui, Shan X. Wang. Magnetically ultra-responsive nanoscavengers for next-generation water purification systems. Nature Communications, 2013, 4: 1866.

[22] Chong Liu, Xing Xie, Wenting Zhao, Nian Liu, Peter A. Maraccini, Lauren M. Sassoubre, Alexandria B. Boehm, Yi Cui. Conducting nanosponge electroporation for affordable and high-efficiency disinfection of bacteria and viruses in water. Nano Letters, 2013, 13(9): 4288-4293.

[21] Guihua Yu, Xing Xie, Lijia Pan, Zhenan Bao, Yi Cui. Hybrid nanostructured materials for high-performance electrochemical capacitors. Nano Energy, 2013, 2(2): 213-234. (Invited review)

[20] Xing Xie, Guihua Yu, Nian Liu, Zhenan Bao, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui. Graphene-sponges as high-performance low-cost anodes for microbial fuel cells. Energy & Environmental Science, 2012, 5(5): 6862-6866.

[19] Xing Xie, Meng Ye, Liangbing Hu, Nian Liu, James R. McDonough, Wei Chen, Husam. N. Alshareef, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui. Carbon nanotube-coated macroporous sponge for microbial fuel cell electrodes. Energy & Environmental Science, 2012, 5(1): 5265-5270.

[18] Xing Xie, Liangbing Hu, Mauro Pasta, George F. Wells, De-Sheng Kong, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui. Three-dimensional carbon nanotube-textile anode for high-performance microbial fuel cells. Nano Letters, 2011, 11(1): 291-296.

[17] Xing Xie, Mauro Pasta, Liangbing Hu, Yuan Yang, James R. McDonough, Judy Cha, Craig S. Criddle, Yi Cui. Nano-structured textiles as high-performance aqueous cathodes for microbial fuel cells. Energy & Environmental Science, 2011, 4(4): 1293-1297.

[16] Liangbing Hu, Wei Chen, Xing Xie, Nian Liu, Yuan Yang, Hui Wu, Yan Yao, Mauro Pasta, Husam N. Alshareef, Yi Cui. Symmetrical MnO₂-carbon nanotube-textile nanostructures for wearable pseudocapacitors with high mass loading. ACS Nano, 2011, 5(11): 8904-8913.

[15] Wei Chen, R. B. Rakhi, Liangbing Hu, Xing Xie, Yi Cui, Husam N. Alshareef. High-performance nanostructured supercapacitors on a sponge. Nano Letters, 2011, 11(12): 5165-5172.

[14] Liangbing Hu, Fabio La Mantia, Hui Wu, Xing Xie, James R. McDonough, Mauro Pasta, Yi Cui. Lithium-ion textile batteries with large areal mass loading. Advanced Energy Materials, 2011, 1(6): 1012-1017.

[13] Guangyuan Zheng, Liangbing Hu, Hui Wu, Xing Xie, Yi Cui. Paper supercapacitors by a solvent-free drawing method. Energy & Environmental Science, 2011, 4(9): 3368-3373.

[12] Guihua Yu, Liangbing Hu, Michael Vosgueritchian, Huiliang Wang, Xing Xie, James R. McDonough, Xu Cui, Yi Cui, Zhenan Bao. Solution-processed graphene/MnO₂ nanostructured textiles for high-performance electrochemical capacitors. Nano Letters, 2011, 11(7): 2905-2911.

[11] Liangbing Hu, Hui Wu, Yifang Gao, Anyuan Cao, Hongbian Li, James R. McDough, Xing Xie, Min Zhou, Yi Cui. Silicon-carbon nanotube coaxial sponge as Li-ion anodes with high areal capacity. Advanced Energy Materials, 2011, 1(4): 523-527.

[10] Chaoyang Fu, Xing Xie, Jingjing Huang, Tong Zhang, Qianyuan Wu, Jining Chen, Hongying Hu. Monitoring and evaluation of removal of pathogens at municipal wastewater treatment plants. Water Science & Technology, 2010, 61(6): 1589-1599.

[9] Xin Zhao, Hongying Hu, Xing Xie, Qianyuan Wu, Jing-Jing Huang. Method of establishing biological standards for reclaimed water based on health risk assessment. Water & Wastewater Engineering, 2010, 36(5): 43-48. (In Chinese)

[8] Xing Xie, Hongying Hu, Meiting Guo, Qianyuan Wu. Assessment method of the pathogenic microbial exposure caused by aerosolization of reclaimed water. Environmental Science, 2009, 30(1): 65-69. (In Chinese)

[7] Yu Hong, Hongying Hu, Xing Xie, Akiyoshi Sakoda, Masaki Sagehashi, Fengmin Li. Gramine-induced growth inhibition, oxidative damage and antioxidant responses in freshwater cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. Aquatic Toxicology, 2009, 91(3): 262-269.

[6] Xing Xie, Tong Zhang, Hongying Hu, Zusheng Zong. Correlation between pathogenic protozoan and fecal coliform in sewage reclamation treatment system. China Water & Wastewater, 2008, 24(13): 34-36. (In Chinese)

[5] Tong Zhang, Xing Xie, Hongying Hu, Yudong Song, Qianyuan Wu, Zusheng Zong. Improvement of detection method of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in reclaimed water. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2008, 2(3): 380-384.

[4] Yu Hong, Hongying Hu, Xing Xie. Responses of enzymatic antioxidants and non-enzymatic antioxidants in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa to allelochemical ethyl 2-methyl acetoacetate (EMA) isolated from reed (Phragmites communis). Journal of Plant Physiology, 2008, 165(12):1264-1273.

[3] Tong Zhang, Hongying Hu, Xing Xie, Zusheng Zong. Removal characteristic and mechanism of Cryptosporidium and Giardia from secondary effluent in flocculation process. Environmental Science, 2008, 29(8): 212-215. (In Chinese)

[2] Tong Zhang, Hongying Hu, Zusheng Zong, Xing Xie. Removal characteristic of pathogenic protozoan in wastewater treatment and reclamation process. Environmental Science, 2008, 29(7): 207-212. (In Chinese)

[1] Xing Xie, Hongying Hu. Formation and influence of organic chloramines during wastewater chlorination. China Water & Wastewater, 2007, 23(24): 20-23. (In Chinese)

( ^# Equal contribution;  ^* Corresponding author)

Book Chapters

[2] Ting Wang, Cecilia Yu, Xing Xie. Microfluidics for environmental applications. In: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology. Springer, 2020.

[1] Chong Liu, Xing Xie, Yi Cui. Antimicrobial nanomaterials for water disinfection. In: Nano-Antimicrobials – Progress and Prospects. Springer, 2012.