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3. Zhaowei Chen^#, Haiwei Ji^#, Chaoqun Liu, Wei Bing, Zhenzhen Wang, Xiaogang Qu*. A Multinuclear Metal Complex-Based DNase-Mimetic Artificial Enzyme: Matrix Cleavage for Combating Bacterial Biofilms. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (36), 10732-10736. (Co-first author)

4. Haiwei Ji, Hanjun Sun, Xiaogang Qu*. Antibacterial applications of graphene-based nanomaterials: recent achievements and challenges. Adv. Drug Deliver. Rev. 2016, 105, 176-189.

5. Haiwei Ji, Kai Dong, Zhengqing Yan, Chao Ding, Zhaowei Chen, Jinsong Ren, Xiaogang Qu*.Bacterial Hyaluronidase Self-triggered Prodrug Release for Chemo-photothermal Synergistic Treatment of Bacterial Infection. Small. 2016, 12 (45), 6200-6206.

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8. Jin-Xia Liu and Shou-Nian Ding*, “Monitoring pyrophosphate anions via cobalt (II) - modulated fluorescence of cadmium sulfide quantum dots”, Analytical Methods, 2016, 8: 2170-2175.