By Professor Guangzhao Mao

Journal articles

Tang J; Meftahi N; Christofferson AJ; Sun J; Yu R; Rahim MA; Tang J; Mao G; Daeneke T; Kaner RB; Russo SP; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2025, 'Molten Sn solvent expands liquid metal catalysis', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56222-0

Wang R; Mao G; Chu D; Nasiri N; Wang Y; Bilek M; Yong KT; Wong W; Skafidas S; Liu JZ; Kivshar Y; Bhaskaran M; Lu Y; Eggleton B; Ju A; Shi Q; Nguyen NT; Lim CT; Cheng W, 2025, 'Wet chemically produced nanomaterials for soft wearable biosensors', Nanoscale Horizons, 10, pp. 1517 - 1541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5nh00048c

Hakobyan K; Yong J; Violi JP; Xu J; Mao G, 2025, 'Direct Reversible Conjugation of an Adenosine Receptor Antagonist to an Axonal Transport Protein Carrier', ACS Nano, 19, pp. 24784 - 24796, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c02254

Yong J; Wang D; Kwok L; Mahmud SAZ; Hakobyan K; Lord MS; Mao G, 2025, 'Interfacial Interactions between Neural Tracing Lectin-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugate and Cell Membrane Glycoproteins', Langmuir, 41, pp. 10161 - 10176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c05034

Kilani M; Mao G, 2025, 'Nanomaterials-Enabled Sensors for Detecting and Monitoring Chemical Warfare Agents', Small, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202409984

Wang R; Kilani M; Lin J; Chandrawati R; Mao G, 2025, 'Electrocrystallization of Copper 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane Charge-Transfer Complex on Flexible Substrates for Real-Time Ammonia Gas Sensing', ADVANCED SENSOR RESEARCH, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202400167

Baharfar M; Lin J; Kilani M; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2024, 'Liquid Metal-Enabled Galvanic Electrocrystallization of Charge-Transfer Complexes', Crystal Growth and Design, 24, pp. 10225 - 10234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c01212

Zhong W; Chi Y; Yu R; Kong C; Zhou S; Han C; Vongsvivut J; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Amal R; Tang J; Lu X, 2024, 'Liquid Metal-Enabled Tunable Synthesis of Nanoporous Polycrystalline Copper for Selective CO2-to-Formate Electrochemical Conversion', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202403939

Yeoh GH; De Cachinho Cordeiro IM; Wang W; Wang C; Yuen ACY; Chen TBY; Vargas JB; Mao G; Garbe U; Chua HT, 2024, 'Carbon-based Flame Retardants for Polymers: A Bottom-up Review', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202403835

Jia C; Sun Q; Liu R; Mao G; Maschmeyer T; Gooding JJ; Zhang T; Dai L; Zhao C, 2024, 'Challenges and Opportunities for Single-Atom Electrocatalysts: From Lab-Scale Research to Potential Industry-Level Applications', Advanced Materials, 36, pp. e2404659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404659

Baharfar M; Hillier AC; Mao G, 2024, 'Charge-Transfer Complexes: Fundamentals and Advances in Catalysis, Sensing, and Optoelectronic Applications', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202406083

Yu R; Chi Y; Zheng J; Fuchs R; Lv P; Nor-Azman NA; Johnston L; Mao Y; Gao S; Tang J; Rahim MA; Peng S; Kaner R; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2024, 'Dynamic Electric Discharge Paths in Liquid Metal Marble Arrays', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408933

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G; Gooding J, 2024, 'Materials Research at the University of New South Wales Over the Last 75 Years', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202415007

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G, 2024, 'The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation at University of New South Wales, Sydney', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202413894

Lin J; Kilani M; Baharfar M; Wang R; Mao G, 2024, 'Understanding the nanoscale phenomena of nucleation and crystal growth in electrodeposition', Nanoscale, 16, pp. 19564 - 19588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4nr02389g

Wang W; Hassan MM; Kapoor-Kaushik N; Livni L; Musrie B; Tang J; Mahmud Z; Lai S; Wich PR; Ananthanarayanan V; Moalem-Taylor G; Mao G, 2024, 'Neural Tracing Protein-Functionalized Nanoparticles Capable of Fast Retrograde Axonal Transport in Live Neurons', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202311921

Zheng J; Sharma A; Kumeria T; Chi Y; Ghasemian MB; Mao G; Tang J; Kumar P; Rahim MA; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2024, 'Dynamic Zinc in Liquid Metal Media as a Metal Ion Source for Highly Porous ZIF-8 Synthesis', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300969

Yu R; Han J; Chi Y; Zheng J; Fuchs R; Ghasemian MB; Rahim MA; Tang SY; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2024, 'Impact of Minor Alloy Components on the Electrocapillarity and Electrochemistry of Liquid Metal Fractals', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202301348

Fuchs R; Abdoli S; Kilani M; Nor-Azman NA; Yu R; Tang SY; Dickey MD; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2024, 'Stroking through Electrolyte: Liquid Metal Droplet Propulsion through Pulse Time Modulation', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202314815

Lin J; Kilani M; Baharfar M; Tang J; Zheng J; Kumar PV; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2024, 'Microelectrode-enabled Electrocrystallization of Cobalt TCNQ Complex for Gas Sensing', Chemelectrochem, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300826

Wang W; Yong J; Marciano P; O’Hare Doig R; Mao G; Clark J, 2024, 'The Translation of Nanomedicines in the Contexts of Spinal Cord Injury and Repair', Cells, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells13070569

Tang J; Christofferson AJ; Sun J; Zhai Q; Kumar PV; Yuwono JA; Tajik M; Meftahi N; Tang J; Dai L; Mao G; Russo SP; Kaner RB; Rahim MA; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2024, 'Dynamic configurations of metallic atoms in the liquid state for selective propylene synthesis', Nature Nanotechnology, 19, pp. 306 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01540-x

Chen W; Wang W; Xie Z; Centurion F; Sun B; Paterson DJ; Tsao SCH; Chu D; Shen Y; Mao G; Gu Z, 2024, 'Size-Dependent Penetration of Nanoparticles in Tumor Spheroids: A Multidimensional and Quantitative Study of Transcellular and Paracellular Pathways', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202304693

Zhong W; Chi Y; Yu R; Kong C; Zhou S; Han C; Vongsvivut J; Mao G; Kalantar‐Zadeh K; Amal R; Tang J; Lu X, 2024, 'Liquid Metal‐Enabled Tunable Synthesis of Nanoporous Polycrystalline Copper for Selective CO₂‐to‐Formate Electrochemical Conversion (Small 49/2024)', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202470361

Zheng J; Solomon MB; Rawal A; Chi Y; Yu R; Liu L; Tang J; Mao G; D’Alessandro DM; Kumar PV; Rahim MA; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2023, 'Passivation-Free, Liquid-Metal-Based Electrosynthesis of Aluminum Metal-Organic Frameworks Mediated by Light Metal Activation', ACS Nano, 17, pp. 25532 - 25541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c09472

Baharfar M; Lin J; Kilani M; Zhao L; Zhang Q; Mao G, 2023, 'Gas nanosensors for health and safety applications in mining', Nanoscale Advances, 5, pp. 5997 - 6016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3na00507k

Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Baharfar M; Tajik M; Chi Y; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2023, 'Liquid Metal Interface for Two-Precursor Autogenous Deposition of Metal Telluride-Tellurium Networks', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15, pp. 47394 - 47404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c10049

Chi Y; Kumar PV; Zheng J; Kong C; Yu R; Johnston L; Ghasemian MB; Rahim MA; Kumeria T; Chu D; Lu X; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Tang J, 2023, 'Liquid-Metal Solvents for Designing Hierarchical Nanoporous Metals at Low Temperatures', ACS Nano, 17, pp. 17070 - 17081, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c04585

Hassan MM; Romana B; Mao G; Kumar N; Sonvico F; Thordarson P; Joyce P; Bremmell KE; Barnes TJ; Prestidge CA, 2023, 'Liposome-Micelle-Hybrid (LMH) Carriers for Controlled Co-Delivery of 5-FU and Paclitaxel as Chemotherapeutics', Pharmaceutics, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15071886

Lin J; Kilani M; Mao G, 2023, 'Recent Advances in Integrating 1D Nanomaterials into Chemiresistive Gas Sensor Devices', Advanced Materials Technologies, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202202038

Kilani M; Ahmed M; Mayyas M; Wang Y; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mao G, 2023, 'Toward Precision Deposition of Conductive Charge-Transfer Complex Crystals Using Nanoelectrochemistry', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202201198

Wang W; Clark J; Mao G, 2023, 'Neuroanatomical Tract Tracers: Not Just for Neural Tracing Anymore', ACS Applied Bio Materials, 6, pp. 1380 - 1397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.3c00063

Wang W; Hassan MM; Mao G, 2023, 'Colloidal Perspective on Targeted Drug Delivery to the Central Nervous System', Langmuir, 39, pp. 3235 - 3245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02949

Centurion F; Hassan MM; Tang J; Allioux FM; Chakraborty S; Chen R; Mao G; Kumar N; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2022, 'Assembly of surface-independent polyphenol/liquid gallium composite nanocoatings', Nanoscale, 14, pp. 14760 - 14769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2nr02559k

Gao X; Hassan MM; Ghosh S; Mao G; Sankari A, 2022, 'Efficacy and toxicity of the DPCPX nanoconjugate drug study for the treatment of spinal cord injury in rats', Journal of Applied Physiology, 133, pp. 262 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00195.2022

Zare I; Yaraki MT; Speranza G; Najafabadi AH; Shourangiz-Haghighi A; Nik AB; Manshian BB; Saraiva C; Soenen SJ; Kogan MJ; Lee JW; Apollo NV; Bernardino L; Araya E; Mayer D; Mao G; Hamblin MR, 2022, 'Gold nanostructures: synthesis, properties, and neurological applications', Chemical Society Reviews, 51, pp. 2601 - 2680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cs01111a

Mao G; Kilani M; Ahmed M, 2022, 'Review-Micro/Nanoelectrodes and Their Use in Electrocrystallization: Historical Perspective and Current Trends', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac51a0

Janic B; Brown SL; Neff R; Mao G; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2022, 'Gold Nanoparticle (AuNP) as a Therapeutic Enhancer for Radio – And Immunotherapy Therapy Combination in Triple Negative Breast Cancer', International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 114, pp. e522 - e522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.2114

Geng X; Li S; Mawella-Vithanage L; Ma T; Kilani M; Wang B; Ma L; Hewa-Rahinduwage CC; Shafikova A; Nikolla E; Mao G; Brock SL; Zhang L; Luo L, 2021, 'Atomically dispersed Pb ionic sites in PbCdSe quantum dot gels enhance room-temperature NO2 sensing', Nature Communications, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25192-4

Hassan MM; Hettiarachchi M; Kilani M; Gao X; Sankari A; Boyer C; Mao G, 2021, 'Sustained A1 Adenosine Receptor Antagonist Drug Release from Nanoparticles Functionalized by a Neural Tracing Protein', ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 12, pp. 4438 - 4448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00538

Wang Y; Mayyas M; Yang J; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Mousavi M; Han J; Ahmed M; Baharfar M; Mao G; Yao Y; Esrafilzadeh D; Cortie D; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Liquid-metal-assisted deposition and patterning of molybdenum dioxide at low temperature', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, pp. 53181 - 53193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c15367

Sarma A; Gajan A; Kim S; Gurdziel K; Mao G; Nangia-Makker P; Shekhar MPV, 2021, 'RAD6B Loss Disrupts Expression of Melanoma Phenotype in Part by Inhibiting WNT/β-Catenin Signaling', American Journal of Pathology, 191, pp. 368 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2020.10.015

Janic B; Brown SL; Neff R; Liu F; Mao G; Chen Y; Jackson L; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2021, 'Therapeutic enhancement of radiation and immunomodulation by gold nanoparticles in triple negative breast cancer', Cancer Biology and Therapy, 22, pp. 124 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2020.1861923

Yu X; Kilani M; Siddiqui A; Mao G, 2020, 'One-Step Synthesis of Charge-Transfer Salt Nanosensors on Microelectrode Patterns', Advanced Materials Technologies, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000554

Janic B; Neff R; Brown SL; Liu F; Mao G; Chetty IJ; Movsas B; Wen N, 2020, 'Radiation and Gold Nanoparticle Immunomodulation in MDA MB 231 Mouse Breast Cancer Model', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 108, pp. E545 - E546, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000582521502014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Janic B; Brown S; Neff R; Liu F; Bobbitt K; Mao G; Chetty I; Movsas B; Wen N, 2020, 'Radiation and Gold Nanoparticle Increase the Expression of Immunogenic Cell Death Markers in MDA MB 231 Breast Cancer Model', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 108, pp. E26 - E27, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000579885400055&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Yu X; Kilani M; Mao G, 2020, 'Controlled One-Step Manufacture of Charge Transfer Salt Nanowire Sensors for Gas Detection', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-01, pp. 2297 - 2297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2020-01302297mtgabs

Kilani M; Yu X; Mao G, 2020, 'Nanowire Organic Sensor for Ammonia Detection', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-01, pp. 2901 - 2901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2020-01522901mtgabs

Liu F; Zhang Y; Schafer J; Mao G; Goshgarian HG, 2019, 'Diaphragmatic recovery in rats with cervical spinal cord injury induced by a theophylline nanoconjugate: Challenges for clinical use', Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 42, pp. 725 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2019.1577058

Haynes B; Zhang Y; Liu F; Li J; Petit S; Kothayer H; Bao X; Westwell AD; Mao G; Shekhar MP, 2019, 'Corrigendum to “Gold nanoparticle conjugated Rad6 inhibitor induces cell death in triple negative breast cancer cells by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction and PARP-1 hyperactivation: Synthesis and characterization” [Nanomedicine 12 (3) (2016), 745-757](S1549963415002002)(10.1016/j.nano.2015.10.010)', Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine, 18, pp. 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2019.01.005

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