My research papers
Nanoparticles
- Katherine M. Hatzis, Xingfei Wei, Maegen Kincanon, Anita Wo, Jason Gandrapu, Offer Zeiri, Rigoberto Hernandez, and Catherine J. Murphy. "Gold Nanoparticle Ligand Structure Investigated with Solution NMR: Effects of Ligand Length on Headgroup Dynamics and Ion Penetration." ACS Chem. Mater. (2025).
- Christopher Castillo, Su-Ji Jeon, Khoi Nguyen L. Hoang, Claire Alford, Erica Svendahl, Chaoyi Deng, Yi Wang, Yinhan Wang, Xingfei Wei, Rigoberto Hernandez, Jason C. White, Korin E. Wheeler, Catherine J. Murphy, Juan Pablo Giraldo. "In vivo Transformations of Positively Charged Nanoparticles Alter the Formation and Function of RuBisCO Photosynthetic Protein Corona." Nat. Nanotechnol. (2025).
- Xingfei Wei, Arham R. Alam, Qiankun Mo, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Structure and Zeta Potential of Gold Nanoparticles with Coronas of Varying Size and Composition." ACS J. Phys. Chem. C 129, 4204-4214 (2025).
- Yinong Zhao, Xingfei Wei, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Neuromorphic Computing Primitives Using Polymer-Networked Nanoparticles." ACS J. Phys. Chem. C 128, 21164−21172 (2024).
- Xingfei Wei, Alexander Popov, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Electric Potential of Citrate Capped Gold Nanoparticles is Affected by Poly (Allylamine Hydrochloride) and Salt Concentration." ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 14, 12538-12550 (2022).
Polymer-Nanoparticle Networks
- Xingfei Wei, Qiankun Mo, Chi Chen, Mark Bathe, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Characterizing DNA Origami Nanostructures in TEM Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks." J. Chem. Inf. Model. (2025).
- Xingfei Wei, Ewa Harazinska, Yinong Zhao, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Networked Nanoparticle Arrays for Autonomous Computing." In 2024 IEEE 24th International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO) (2024).
- Xingfei Wei, Chi Chen, Alexander Popov, Mark Bathe, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Binding Site Programmable Self-Assembly of 3D Hierarchical DNA Origami Nanostructures." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2024).
- Xingfei Wei, Ewa Harazinska, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Control of Structure and Dynamics in Polymer-Networked Engineered Nanoparticle Arrays by Electric Fields." Phys. Rev. Research 5, L022057 (2023).
- Chi Chen, Xingfei Wei, Molly Parsons, Jiajia Guo, James Banal, Yinong Zhao, Madelyn N. Scott, Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen, Rigoberto Hernandez, and Mark Bathe. "Nanoscale 3D Spatial Addressing and Valence Control of Quantum Dots using Wireframe DNA Origami." Nat. Comm. 13, 1-15 (2022).
- Xingfei Wei, Chi Chen, Yinong Zhao, Ewa Harazinska, Mark Bathe, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Molecular Structure of Single-Stranded DNA on the ZnS Surface of Quantum Dots." ACS Nano 16, 6666-6675 (2022).
- Xingfei Wei, Yinong Zhao, Yi Zhuang, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Building Blocks for Autonomous Computing Materials: Dimers, Trimers and Tetramers." J. Chem. Phys. 155, 154704 (2021).
- Xingfei Wei, Yinong Zhao, Yi Zhuang, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Engineered Nanoparticle Network Models for Autonomous Computing." J. Chem. Phys. 154, 214702 (2021).
Thermal Transport in Polymers
- Xingfei Wei and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Heat Transfer Enhancement in Tree-Structured Polymer Linked Gold Nanoparticle Networks." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2023).
- Xingfei Wei, Ewa Harazinska, Yinong Zhao, and Rigoberto Hernandez. "Thermal Transport Through Polymer Linked Gold Nanoparticles." ACS J. Phys. Chem. C 126, 18511-18519 (2022).
- Xingfei Wei and Tengfei Luo. "Effect of Side-Chain π-π Stacking on the Thermal Conductivity Switching in Azobenzene Polymers: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 10272-10279 (2022).
- Xingfei Wei, Zihan Huang, Stephen Koch, Massimiliano Zamengo, Yichen Deng, Marilyn L. Minus, Junko Morikawa, Ruilan Guo, and Tengfei Luo. "Thermal Conductivity of Pentiptycene-based Poly(o-hydroxyimide) Copolymers: A Study via Integrated Experiments and Simulations." ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 3, 2979-2987 (2021).
- Xingfei Wei, Zhi Wang, Zhiting Tian, and Tengfei Luo. "Thermal Transport in Polymers: A Review." J. Heat Transfer 143, 072101 (2021).
- Xingfei Wei, Ruimin Ma, and Tengfei Luo. "Thermal Conductivity of Polyelectrolytes with Different Counterions." ACS J. Phys. Chem. C. 124, 4483-4488 (2020).
- Xingfei Wei and Tengfei Luo. "Chain Length Effect on Thermal Transport in Amorphous Polymers and A Structure-Thermal Conductivity Relation." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 15523-15530 (2019).
- Xingfei Wei and Tengfei Luo. "Role of Ionization in Thermal Transport of Solid Polyelectrolytes." ACS J. Phys. Chem. C. 123, 12659-12665 (2019).
- Xingfei Wei and Tengfei Luo. "The Effect of Block Ratio on the Thermal Conductivity of Amorphous Polyethylene-Polypropylene (PE-PP) Diblock Copolymers." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 20534-20539 (2018).
- Xingfei Wei, Teng Zhang, and Tengfei Luo. "Chain Conformation-Dependent Thermal Conductivity of Amorphous Polymer Blends: the Impact of Inter- and Intra-Chain Interactions." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 32146-32154 (2016).
Surface Metallization
- Vinith Bejugam, Xingfei Wei, and D. K. Roper. "Reductive Spectrophotometry of Divalent Tin Sensitization on Soda Lime Glass." Appl. Surf. Sci. 376, 43-51 (2016).
- Xingfei Wei, G. Jang, and D. K. Roper. "Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Tin(II) by Redox Reaction using 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine dihydrochloride and N-bromosuccinimide." J. Anal. Chem. 70, 566-572 (2015).
- Xingfei Wei and D. K. Roper. "Tin Sensitization for Electroless Plating Review." J. Electrochem. Soc. 161(5), D235-D242 (2014).
- M. Lisunova, Justin Norman, Xingfei Wei, Samir Jenkins, Jingyi Chen, and D. K. Roper. "Aqueous Dispersion of Plasmonic Hollow Metal Nanoparticles." Mater. Lett. 117, 241-243 (2014).
- M. Lisunova, Xingfei Wei, D. DeJarnette, G. T. Forcherio, K. Berry, P. Blake, and D. K. Roper. "Photothermal Response of Plasmonic Nanoconglomerates in Assembled Films by Electroless Plating." RSC Adv. 4, 20894-20901 (2014).
