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2. Zhang, M. Y.; Feng H. J.; Li J. Y.; Jiang L. H.; Ma A. X.; Zeng L.*; Huang L.*; Pang, D. W.*, High-Performance 721 nm-Excitable Photon Upconversion Porous Aromatic Frameworks for Broad-Range Oxygen Sensing and Efficient Heterogeneous Photoredox Catalysis Adv. Mater. 2025, 2502150. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202502150

3. Ma, A.-X.; Zhang, Q.; Zhang, M.-Y.; Liu, S.-L.; Wang, Z.-G.; Pang, D.-W.*, One-step naked-eye fluorescence detection of viruses using quantum dot-magnetic beads coupled with CRISPR/Cas12a. Chem. Commun. 2025, 61 (89), 17432-17435. DOI: 10.1039/D5CC03645C

4. Du, L.; Ma, A.-X.; Chen, J.-X.; Li, J.; Wang, Z.-G.*; Pang, D.-W.*, Revealing the Role of Actin Cytoskeleton in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1–Endosome Membrane Fusion by Single-Virus Tracking.  ACS Nano 2025, 19 (38), 34042-34051. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c05261.

5. Du, L.; Zhang, L.-J.; Pang, D.-W.*, Revealing Mechanisms in the Early Stages of Virus Infection by Single-Virus Tracking. Accounts of Chemical Research, 2025, 58, 3154-3166. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5c00491.

6. Feng, H.-J.; Zeng, L.; Li, J.-Y.; Lin, W.-Y.; Qi, F.; Jiang, L.-H.; Zhang, M.-Y.; Zhao, Y.; Huang, L.*; Pang, D.-W*. Natural Protein Photon Upconversion Supramolecular Assemblies for Background-Free Biosensing. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2024, 146, 21791-21805. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06012.

7.An-An Liu, Ran Cui , Xia Zong, Jianhong Jia, Yusi Hu, Jing-Ya Zhao, Dai-Wen Pang*. Live-cell Synthesis of Biocompatible Quantum Dots. Nat. Protoc., 2025, 20:1884–1914. DOI: 10.1038/s41596-024-01133-5.

8.Juan Kong, An-An Liu, Xia Xu, Bo Tang, Yan-Yan Chen, Wei Zhao, Jianhong Jia, Ling-Ling Yang, Gongyu Li, Dai-Wen Pang*. Making Cells as a “Nirvana Phoenix”: Precise Coupling of Precursors Prior to ROS Bursts for Intracellular Synthesis of Quantum Dots. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147: 15645−15653. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c02861.

9.Yao Lei, Yuzhu Wu, Wan-Ru Zhuang, Helin Zhao, Weidong Nie, Guanghao Wu, Dai-Wen Pang^*, Hai-Yan Xie^*. NAD⁺ biosynthesis and mitochondrial repair in acute kidney injury via ultrasound-responsive thylakoid-integrating liposomes. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 9(2025)1740–1757, DOI: 10.1038/s41551-025-01402-y

10. Jing Li, Jiao Hu, An-An Liu, Cui Liu*, Dai-Wen Pang*. Quantum Dots for Chemical Metrology. Published as part of Analytical Chemistry special issue “Fundamental and Applied Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 2025”. Analytical Chemistry, 97(2025), 6891−6910. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c06794

11. Qing Zhang, Ai-Xin Ma, Jia-Xuan Chen, Yao Cheng, Qing-Qing Ye, Shu-Lin Liu, Zhi-Gang Wang*, Dai-Wen Pang*. A Dual-Response Quantum Dot Biosensor for Viral Protease and Nucleic Acid Detection. Anal. Chem., 2025, 97, 21697−21706.DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c04514

12. Xia Zong, Xinran Xu, Dai-Wen Pang*, Xinglu Huang*, An-An Liu*. Fine-Tuning Electron Transfer for Nanozyme Design. Adv. Healthc. Mater. , 2025, 14, 2401836.DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202401836.

13.  Xia Zong, Meixin Liu, Xinran Xu, Fei Ding, Ling-Ling Yang, Wei Zhao, Haohao Fu,* An-An Liu*, Dai-Wen Pang*. Proton-Resistant Quantum Dots by Ligands. ACS Nano., 2025, 19, 38108−38120.DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c14377.

14. Zhen-Ya Liu, Wei Zhao, Li-Ming Chen, Fei Ding, An-An Liu*, Dai-Wen Pang*. Regulation of Monomer Allocation and Surface Passivation via Dual Ligands for the Synthesis of NIR-IIc Ag₂Se Quantum Dots. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 59684−59692.DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c16269

15.Jinyu Shi, Yu Zhang, Xiangyang Fang, Xing Fan, Jing Li, Chuan-Hua Zhou*, Zhining Xia*, Dai-Wen Pang*, and Cui Liu*. Photoswitchable Antioxidant and Prooxidant Activities of Mg-Doped Carbon Dot Nanozymes as Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Agents. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 26467−26479.DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c05025