吴欣博士的研究兴趣包括超分子化学、分子识别、大环化学、自组装、膜生物物理学和药物化学等。目前的研究课题包括:(1)水溶性共价有机笼的设计、合成、主客体化学和抗菌等生物医学应用(相关工作:代表性论文[1]);(2)荧光光谱和高分辨核磁共振等方法研究磷脂双分子层内人工合成超分子化学主体的分子识别和自组装行为(相关工作:代表性论文[2]);(3)仿生门控型、高选择性跨膜运输生物分子之体系的构建及药物化学应用(相关工作:代表性论文[7]、[10]、[11]);(4)用于水纯化、污染治理和核废料处理的固体阴离子吸附材料的设计与合成(相关工作:代表性论文 [6])。
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X. Wu, A. Gilchrist, P. A. Gale*, Prospects and challenges in anion recognition and transport. Chem 2020, 6, 1296–1309.
X. Wu, P. Wang, P. Turner, W. Lewis, O. Catal, D. S. Thomas, P. A. Gale*, Tetraurea macrocycles: aggregation-driven binding of chloride in aqueous solutions. Chem 2019, 5, 1210–1222.
X. Wu, J. R. Small, A. Cataldo, A. M. Withecombe, P. Turner, P. A. Gale*,Voltage-switchable HCl transport enabled by lipid headgroup-transporter interactions. Angew. Chem.Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 15142–15147.
X. Wu, E. Howe, P. A. Gale*, Supramolecular transmembrane anion transport: new assays and insights. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 1870–1879.
X. Wu, X.-X. Chen, Y.-B. Jiang*, Recent advances in boronic acid-based optical chemosensors. Analyst 2017, 142, 1403–1414.
X. Wu, P. A. Gale*, Small-molecule uncoupling protein mimics: synthetic anion receptors as fatty acid-activated proton transporters. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 16508–16514.
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X. Wu, N. Busschaert, N. J. Wells, Y.-B. Jiang, P. A. Gale*, Dynamic covalent transport of amino acids across lipid bilayers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 1476–1484.
X. Wu, X.-X. Chen, B.-N. Song, Y.-J. Huang, W.-J. Ouyang, Z. Li, T. D. James, Y.-B. Jiang*, Direct sensing of fluoride in aqueous solutions using a boronic acid based sensor. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 13987–13989.
X. Wu, X.-X. Chen, B.-N. Song, Y.-J. Huang, Z. Li, Z. Chen, T. D. James, Y.-B. Jiang*, Induced helical chirality of perylenebisimide aggregates allows for enantiopurity determination and differentiation of α-hydroxy carboxylates by using circular dichroism. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 11793–11799.
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X. Wu, L.-R. Lin, Y.-J. Huang, Z. Li, Y.-B. Jiang*, A 2 : 2 stilbeneboronic acid-γ-cyclodextrin fluorescent ensemble highly selective for glucose in aqueous solutions. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 4362–4364.