After joining SCUT:


Before joining SCUT:

  1. Zhang, J.;# Ning, Y.;#  Zhu, H.; Rotile, N. J.; Wei, H.; Barrett, S. C.; Hansen, E. C.; Sojoodi, M.; Tanabe, K. K.; Zhou, I. Y.; Jasanoff, A.; Caravan, P.;* and Bawendi, M. G.* Fast Detection of Liver Fibrosis with Collagen-Binding Single-Nanometer Iron Oxide Nanoparticles via T1-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging. PNAS. 2023, 120, e2220036120. (#contributed equally)

  2. Ning. Y.; Zhou, I. Y.; Robert, J. D.; Rotile, N. J.; Akam, E.; Barrett, S. C.; Sojoodi, M.; Barr, M. N.; Punshon, T.; Pantazopoulos, P.; Drescher, H. K.; Jackson, B. P.; Tanabe, K. K.; Caravan, P.* Molecular MRI quantification of extracellular aldehyde pairs for early detection of liver fibrogenesis and response to treatment. Sci. Transl. Med. 2022, 14, eabq6297

  3. Ning. Y.; Zhou, I. Y.; Rotile, N. J.; Pantazopoulos, P.; Wang, H.; Barrett, S. C.; Sojoodi, M.; Tanabe, K. K.; Caravan, P.* Dual Hydrazine Equipped Turn-On Manganese-Based Probes for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Liver Fibrogenesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16553–16558.

  4. Ning, Y.; Jin, G.-Q.; Wang, M.-X.; Gao, S.; Zhang, J.-L.* Recent progress in metal-based molecular probes for optical bioimaging and biosensing. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2022, 66, 102097.

  5. Ning, Y.; Huo, Y.; Xue, H.; Du, Y.; Yao, Y.; Kang, L.*; Sessler, J. L.* and Zhang, J.-L.* et al. Tri-Manganese(III) Salen-based Cryptands: A Metal Cooperative Antioxidant Strategy that Overcomes Ischemic Stroke Damage In Vivo. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10219–10227. “highlighted by ChemistryViews”

  6. Ning, Y.;# Liu, Y.-W.;# Yang, Z.-S.; Yao, Y.; Kang, L.; Sessler, J. L.* and Zhang, J.-L.* Split and Use: Structural Isomers for Diagnosis and Therapy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6761-6768. (#contributed equally)

  7. Ning, Y.; Zhu, M.; Zhang, J.-L.* Near-Infrared (NIR) Lanthanide Molecular Probes for Bioimaging. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2019, 399, 213028.

  8. Ning, Y.; Jin, G.-Q.; Zhang, J.-L.* Porpholactone Chemistry: An Emerging Approach to Bio-inspired Photosensitizers with Tunable Near-Infrared Photophysical Properties. Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 2620-2633.

  9. Ning, Y.;# Chen, S.;# Chen, H.; Wang, J.; Zhang, J.-L.* et al. A Proof-of-Concept Application of Water-Soluble Ytterbium(III) Molecular Probes for In Vivo NIR-II Whole Body Bioimaging. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2019, 6, 1962-1967. (#contributed equally, Back Cover)

  10. Ning, Y.; Cheng, S.; Wang, J.; Liu, Y.-W.; Feng, W.; Li, F.*; Zhang, J.-L.* Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of Upper Gastrointestinal pH In Vivo with a Lanthanide Based Near-Infrared τ Probe. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 4227–4235.

  11. Ning, Y.; Tang, J.; Liu, Y.-W.; Jing, J.*; Sun Y. and Zhang, J.-L.* Highly Luminescent, Biocompatible Ytterbium(III) Complexes as Near-Infrared Fluorophores for Living Cell Imaging. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 3742-3753. “Selected as one of the most popular 2018-2019 chemical biology articles in Chemical Sicence”

  12. Ning, Y.; Liu, Y.-W.; Zhang, J.-L* et al. Design of Near-Infrared Luminescent Lanthanide Sensitive to Environmental Stimulus through Rationally Tuning the Secondary Coordination Sphere. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 1332-1341.

  13. Ning, Y.; Ke, X.-S.; Hu, J.-Y.; Zhang J.-L.* et al. Bio-Inspired Orientation of β-Substituents on Porphyrin Antenna Ligands Switches Ytterbium(III) NIR Emission with Thermo-SensitivityInorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 1897-1905.

  14. Ning, Y.; Yu, Y.; Liu, Y.-W.; Zhang, J.; Sun, H.-L.* and Zhang, J.-L.* Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of trans-Dihydroxyplatinum(IV) Porphyrins. J. Porphyr. Phthalocya. 2016, 20, 785-792.

  15. Ke, X.-S.;# Ning, Y.;# Tang, J.; Zhang, J.-L.* et al. Gadolinium(III) Porpholactones as Efficient and Robust Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 9676-9686. (#contributed equally)

  16. Ning, Y.;# Gao, M.;# Cao, R.* et al, Phosphate Monoester Hydrolysis at Tricopper Site: The Advantage and Disadvantage of Closely Assembled Trimetallic Active Sites. J Mol Catal A-Chem 2014, 403, 43-51. (#contributed equally)

  17. Jin, G. Q.; Wang, J. X.; Lu, J. H.; Zhang, H.; Yao, Y. H.; Ning, Y.; Lu, H.; Gao, S.; Zhang, J. L.* Two birds one stone: β-fluoropyrrolyl-cysteine SN Ar chemistry enabling functional porphyrin bioconjugation. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 2070–2081.

  18. Shuvaev, S.; Knipe, R. S.; Drummond, M.; Rotile, N. J.; Ay, I.; Weigand-Whittier,; Ma, H.; Zhou, I. Y.; Robert, J. D.; Black, K.; Hariri, L. P.; Ning, Y.; Caravan, P.* Optimization of an Allysine-Targeted PET Probe for Quantifying Fibrogenesis in a Mouse Model of Pulmonary Fibrosis. Mol. Imaging. Biol. 2023, 25, 944–953.

  19. Jin, G. Q.; Sun, D. E.; Xia, X.; Jiang, Z. F.; Cheng, B.; Ning, Y.; Wang, F.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, X.; Zhang, J. L.* Bioorthogonal Lanthanide Molecular Probes for Near‐Infrared Fluorescence and Mass Spectrometry Imaging. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 134, e202208707.

  20. Zhu, M.; Zhang, H.; Ran, G.; Yao, Y.; Yang, Z. S.; Ning, Y.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, R.; Peng, X.X.; Wu, J.; Zhang, J. L.* Bioinspired Design of seco-Chlorin Photosensitizers to Overcome Phototoxic Effects in Photodynamic Therapy. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202204330

  21. Jin, G. Q.; Lai, H.; Yang, Z. S.; Ning, Y.; Duan, L.; Zhang, J.; Chen, T.; Gao, S. and Zhang, J. L.* Gadolinium (III) Porphyrinoid Phototheranostics. Asian J. Chem. 2022, 17, e2022001

  22. Jin, G. Q.; Ning, Y.; Geng, J. X.; Jiang, Z. F.; Wang, Y., & Zhang, J. L.* Joining the journey to near infrared (NIR) imaging: the emerging role of lanthanides in the designing of molecular probes. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 289–299. “ESI Highly Cited Paper”

  23. Mahapatra, S.; Schultz, J. F.; Ning, Y.; Zhang, J. L. and Jiang, N.* Probing surface mediated configurations of nonplanar regioisomeric adsorbates using ultrahigh vacuum tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Nanoscale. 2019, 11, 19877-19883.

  24. Mahapatra, S.; Ning, Y.; Schultz, J. F.; Li, L.; Zhang, J.-L.* and Jiang, N.* Angstrom Scale Chemical Analysis of Metal Supported Trans- and Cis-Regioisomers by Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Mapping. Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 3267–3272.

  25. Yao, Y.; Yin, H.-Y.; Ning, Y.; Zhang, J.-L.* et al. Strong Fluorescent Lanthanide Salen Complexes: Photophysical Properties, Excited State Dynamics and Bio-Imaging. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 1806-1814.

  26. Yang, Z.-S.; Ning, Y.; Yin, H.-Y. and Zhang, J.-L.* Lutetium(III) Porphyrinoids as Effective Triplet Photosensitizers for Photon Upconversion Based on Triplet–Triplet Annihilation (TTA). Inorg. Chem. Front. 2018, 5, 2291-2299.

  27. Wang, J.-F.; Yao, Y.; Ning, Y.; Zhang J.-L.* et al. Design of Rigid Cyclic Tripyrrins: The Importance of Intermolecular Interactions on Aggregation and LuminescenceOrg. Chem. Front. 2018, 5, 1877-1885.

  28. Hu, J.-Y.; Ning, Y.; Meng, Y.-S.; Zhang, J.; Gao, S.*; and Zhang, J.-L.* Highly Near-IR-Emissive Ytterbium(III) Complexes with Quantum Yield Up to 60%Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 2702-2709.

  29. Hu, J.-Y.; Wu, Z.-Y.; Chai,K.; Yang, Z.-S.; Meng, Y.-S.; Ning, Y.; Zhang J.; and Zhang, J.-L.* β-Fluorinated Porpholactones and Metal complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Some Spectroscopic Studies. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 1539-1545.

  30. Ke, X.-S.; Zhao, H.; Zou, X.; Ning, Y.; Cheng, X.; Su, H.*; and Zhang, J.-L.* Fine-Tuning of β-Substitution to Modulate the Lowest Triplet Excited States: A Bioinspired Approach to Design Phosphorescent Metalloporphyrinoids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10745-10752.

  31. 杨字舒, 宁莹莹, 张俊龙.* 钆( III) 仿叶绿素配合物的合成、表征以及作为光磁双模式诊疗探针的应用. 中国稀土学报. 2016, 34, 764-772.