1. Shengjie Gao, Lu Wang*, Lili Yao, Yu Mao, Michael Eisenstein, Hyongsok Tom Soh*, Lei Zheng*. Aptamers with magnetically tunable affinity for divalent cobalt ions. Nature Communications, 2026, 17(1): 4150.
2. Shengjie Gao, Lili Yao, Shuai Liu, Xuanxuan Liu, Yu Mao, Lu Wang, Lei Zheng*. Aptamer screening via lanthanide induced in situ DNA phase separation for ion-competitive assay of Cd(II). Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 526: 171155.
3. Shengjie Gao#, Junjie Liu#, Yu Mao, Lu Wang, Lei Zheng*. An adaptive and label-free colorimetric assay for EDTA using copper(II)-aptamer complexes as soft nanozymes. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2025, 1373: 344498.
4. Shengjie Gao, Rongrong Wang, Yulong Bi, Hao Qu, Ying Chen, Lei Zheng*. Identification of frozen/thawed beef based on label-free detection of hemin (iron porphyrin) with solution-gated graphene transistor sensors. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020, 305: 127167.
5. Hui Zhang#, Shengjie Gao#, Zhiwen Guan, Yu Mao, Lu Wang, Lei Zheng*. Modulating G-quadruplex/hemin DNAzyme peroxidase-mimicking activity via mechanochemical coupling. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2026, 1386: 345041.