Younan Xia

Bio: Younan Xia is an academic researcher from The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nanocages & Nanowire. The author has an hindex of 216, co-authored 943 publications receiving 175757 citations. Previous affiliations of Younan Xia include Washington University in St. Louis & University of Texas at Dallas.

Micropatterned Polymer Nanorod Forests and Their Use for Dual Drug Loading and Regulation of Cell Adhesion.

Abstract: This paper describes a simple method for the fabrication of micropatterned polymer nanorod forests by templating against the channels in an anodized aluminum oxide membrane partially masked by gelatin. The nanorod forests easily support bimodal drug loading, with one drug encapsulated in the nanorods and the other physisorbed on their surface. During cell culture, preosteoblasts are predominantly attracted to the nanorod forests and driven to climb up along the nanorods. This type of scaffold integrates both microscale and nanoscale features into a single substrate, holding great potential for applications in cell culture and tissue engineering.

Improving the Purity and Uniformity of Pd and Pt Nanocrystals by Decoupling Growth from Nucleation in a Flow Reactor

Abstract: Despite significant progress in controlling the synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals, the purity and uniformity of many products are still plagued by the unwanted nucleation events taking place in...

Characterization of multi-dye pressure-sensitive microbeads.

Abstract: The response times of pressure-sensitive particles to passing shockwaves were measured to investigate their ability to accurately determine pressure changes in unsteady flows. The particles tested were loaded with novel pressure-sensitive dyes such as Pt (II) meso-tetra(pentafluorophenyl)porphine, Pt(II) octaethylporphine, bis(3,5-difluoro-2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl-(2-carboxypyridyl))iridium III, and iridium(III) bis(4-phenylthieno[3,2-c] pyridinato-N,C2’)acetylacetonate. For this work, porous silicon dioxide pressure-sensitive beads (PSBeads) were used. Two synthetic procedures were used to fabricate the particles. In the first, a one-step method loaded dyes during the synthesis of microbeads, in the second a two-step method synthesized the microbeads first, then loaded the dyes. The shock tube facility was used to measure the response times of microbeads to fast pressure jumps. The study involved testing multiple luminophors loaded in microbeads with various size distributions. Response times for the silica-based microbeads ranged between 26 μs and 462 μs (at 90% of the amplitude response), which are much faster than previously reported polystyrene-based microbead response times, which range from 507 μs to 1582 μs (at 90% of the amplitude response) [F. Kimura, M. Rodriguez, J. McCann, B. Carlson, D. Dabiri, G. Khalil, J. B. Callis, Y. Xia, and M. Gouterman, “Development and characterization of fast responding pressure sensitive microspheres,” Rev. Sci. Instrum.79, 074102 (2008)].

Fast parallel algorithms for short-range molecular dynamics

Abstract: Three parallel algorithms for classical molecular dynamics are presented. The first assigns each processor a fixed subset of atoms; the second assigns each a fixed subset of inter-atomic forces to compute; the third assigns each a fixed spatial region. The algorithms are suitable for molecular dynamics models which can be difficult to parallelize efficiently—those with short-range forces where the neighbors of each atom change rapidly. They can be implemented on any distributed-memory parallel machine which allows for message-passing of data between independently executing processors. The algorithms are tested on a standard Lennard-Jones benchmark problem for system sizes ranging from 500 to 100,000,000 atoms on several parallel supercomputers--the nCUBE 2, Intel iPSC/860 and Paragon, and Cray T3D. Comparing the results to the fastest reported vectorized Cray Y-MP and C90 algorithm shows that the current generation of parallel machines is competitive with conventional vector supercomputers even for small problems. For large problems, the spatial algorithm achieves parallel efficiencies of 90% and a 1840-node Intel Paragon performs up to 165 faster than a single Cray C9O processor. Trade-offs between the three algorithms and guidelines for adapting them to more complex molecular dynamics simulations are also discussed.

疟原虫var基因转换速率变化导致抗原变异[英]／Paul H, Robert P, Christodoulou Z, et al//Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Abstract: 抗原变异可使得多种致病微生物易于逃避宿主免疫应答。表达在感染红细胞表面的恶性疟原虫红细胞表面蛋白1（PfPMP1）与感染红细胞、内皮细胞、树突状细胞以及胎盘的单个或多个受体作用，在黏附及免疫逃避中起关键的作用。每个单倍体基因组var基因家族编码约60种成员，通过启动转录不同的var基因变异体为抗原变异提供了分子基础。

Gold nanoparticles: assembly, supramolecular chemistry, quantum-size-related properties, and applications toward biology, catalysis, and nanotechnology.

Abstract: Although gold is the subject of one of the most ancient themes of investigation in science, its renaissance now leads to an exponentially increasing number of publications, especially in the context of emerging nanoscience and nanotechnology with nanoparticles and self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). We will limit the present review to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), also called gold colloids. AuNPs are the most stable metal nanoparticles, and they present fascinating aspects such as their assembly of multiple types involving materials science, the behavior of the individual particles, size-related electronic, magnetic and optical properties (quantum size effect), and their applications to catalysis and biology. Their promises are in these fields as well as in the bottom-up approach of nanotechnology, and they will be key materials and building block in the 21st century. Whereas the extraction of gold started in the 5th millennium B.C. near Varna (Bulgaria) and reached 10 tons per year in Egypt around 1200-1300 B.C. when the marvelous statue of Touthankamon was constructed, it is probable that “soluble” gold appeared around the 5th or 4th century B.C. in Egypt and China. In antiquity, materials were used in an ecological sense for both aesthetic and curative purposes. Colloidal gold was used to make ruby glass 293 Chem. Rev. 2004, 104, 293−346