Application and biological effects of rare earth elements, ecotoxicology of manufactured nanomaterials and micro/nanoplastics

1994.07-1997.09  Ph.D. in Radiochemistry, Peking University, Beijing, China.

1991.09-1994.07  M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, China.

1987.09-1991.07  B. Sc. in Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, China

   

1999.10 –present  Assistant professor (1999), Associate Professor (2000), Full Professor (2006), Multidisciplinary Research Center, Institute of High Energy Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1997.9- 1999.9   Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of High Energy Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2016.03-present   Nuclear Analytical Techniques: basis and method

2019, China Academy of Sciences Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award (Research Division of Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety)

2016, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (Daya Bay Cooperation)

2015, Second Prize of Science and Technology Award of Beijing

2013, Outstanding Research Award from Chinese Nuclear Society

2009, Shanghai Natural Science Award from Shanghai Association for Science and Technology

2007, Outstanding Research Award from Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS

2004, Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award, Shanghai Association for Science and Technology

1. Ukwattage NL, Zhang Zhiyong. Impacts of Cerium Dioxide Nanoparticles on the Soil–Plant System and Their Potential Agricultural Applications. Nanomaterials 2025, 15, 950

2. Zhang Zehao, Gao Qing, Guo Zhenzhen, Xie Hongxin, Li Yu-Feng, Guan Yong, Wang Yun, Cardoso Mateus B, Baimanov Didar, Zhang Zhiyong, Wang Liming. Polyvinyl chloride nanoplastics induce lipid metabolism reprogramming of macrophages. Nano Research, 2025, 18(10): 94908009.

3. Sun Min, Dai Wanqin, Ma Yuhui*, Liu Mengyao, He Xiao, Song Zhuda, Wang Yun, Shen Jiaqi, Yang Fang*, Zhang Zhiyong*. The crucial role of intrinsic properties in determining the biological effects of CeO2 nanocrystals. Green Energy and Environment, 2025, 10(9), 1881-1891.

4. Kai Yang, Wanqin Dai, Yun Wang, Qinwen Fang, Yuhui Ma, Yayun Ding, Zhuda Song, Huiling Fan, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiao He. Environmental electron shuttle impacting nano-bio interactions via bio-activity-dependent mechanism. Aquat Toxicol, 286: 107431.

5. Zhang Junzhe, Dai Wanqin, Yang Wei, Luo Wenhe, Dong Fengliang, Hao Jialong, Li Rui-Ying, Xue Chaofan, Xie Changjian, Sun Lei, Wang Yun, Ding Jie, Song Zhuda, Shen Jiaqi, Ma Yuhui, Ding Yayun, Zhang Lijuan, Zhang Zhiyong, Zhao Yuliang, He Xiao. Multimodal Profiling of Iron Heterogeneity at the Nanoscale. Nano Letters, 2025, 25(12), 5010-5018.

6. Wang Yun, He Xiao, Zhang Zhiyong. Key Molecular Cascade in Indium Tin Oxide Nanoparticle-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis. Environ. Health 2025, 3, 963−965

7. Ma Wenjie, He Qian, Sun Jiancheng, Chen Yiqing, Su Hongfei, Zhang Ludan, He Xiao, Wang Yuguang, Xie Changjian, Zhang Zhiyong, Zhou Xin, Zhao Yuliang, Yin Wenyan. Engineering Dimensional Configuration of Single-Atom S-Cu-S Sites as Reversible Electron Station for Enhanced Peroxidase-Mimicking. Adv. Sci. 2025, e10133

8. Baimanov Didar, Song Zhuda, Zhang Zehao, Sun Longxing, Yuan Qingxi, Huang Wanxia, Gao Yuxi, Wang Liming*, Zhang Zhiyong*. Preferred Lung Accumulation of Polystyrene Nanoplastics with Negative Charges. Nano Lett, 2024, 24: 12857-12865

9. Dongqi Wang*, Zhiyong Zhang*. In honor of Professor Zhifang Chai (Editorial). Molecules 2024, 29, 4627.

10. Jing Liao, Ludan Zhang, Baoyun Sun, Dongmei Wang, Zhiyong Zhang, Wenjie Ma, Zhe Wang, Yuguang Wang, Qiang Wang, Wenyan Yin, Zhanjun Gu. Stimuli-responsive graphdiyne-silver nanozymes for catalytic ion therapy of dental caries through targeted biofilms removal and remineralization. Nano Today, 2024, 55: 102204.

11. Wanqin Dai, Changjian Xie, Yong Xiao, Yuhui Ma, Yayun Ding, Zhuda Song, Yun Wang, Chunlei Jiao, Lirong Zheng, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiao He. Bacterial Susceptibility to Ceria Nanoparticles: The Critical Role of Surrounding Molecules. Environ Sci Technol, 2024, 58: 12390-12399

12. Xuepeng Zhao, Yuhui Ma, Wanqin Dai, Zhuda Song, Yun Wang, Jiaqi Shen, Xiao He, Fang Yang, Zhiyong Zhang*. Alginate and chitosan surface coating reduces the phytotoxicity of CeO2 nanoparticles to duckweed (Lemna minor L.). Chemosphere, 2024, 362: 142649

13. 沈佳琦, 张智勇. 生物体内微／纳米塑料的定量分析方法, 中国无机分析化学, 2024, 14: 2095-1035

14. Rui Cai, Didar Baimanov, Hao Yuan, Hongxin Xie, Shengtao Yu, Zehao Zhang, Jiacheng Yang, Feng Zhao, Yue You, Yong Guan, Pingping Zheng, Ming Xu, Mengying Qi, Zhiyong Zhang, Shengliang Zhong,* Yu-Feng Li,* and Liming Wang*. Protein Corona-Directed Cellular Recognition and Uptake of Polyethylene Nanoplastics by Macrophages. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58, 14158-14168

15. Gui Xin, Shixian Fan, Yong Zhao, Qingguo Meng, Xuanzhen Li, Fawen Zhang, Chaonan Dong, Chunlei Jiao, Changjian Xie, Yuhui Ma, Xiao He, Zhiming Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang. Understanding the phytotoxic effects of CeO2 nanoparticles on the growth and physiology of soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) in soil media. Environ Sci: Nano, 2023, 10: 2904-2912. DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00310H

16. Yang Liu, Xuepeng Zhao, Yuhui Ma, Wanqin Dai, Zhuda Song, Yun Wang, Jiaqi Shen, Xiao He, Fang Yang, Zhiyong Zhang. Interaction of cerium oxide nanoparticles and ionic cerium with duckweed (Lemna minor. L): Uptake, distribution and phytotoxicity. Nanomaterials, 2023, 13, 2523

17. Gui X, Dong CN, Fan SX, Jiao CL, Song ZD, Shen JQ, Zhao Y, Li XZ, Zhang FW, Ma YH, He X, Lin AJ, Zhang ZY. Effects of CeO2 Nanoparticles on Nutritional Quality of Two Crop Plants, Corn (Zea mays L.) and Soybean (Glycine max L.). Molecules. 2023; 28(4):1798

18. Wang J, Zhang T, Liao Y, Chen W, Liang S, Xu S, Fang H, Wang M, Zheng L, Gu Z, Zhang Z, Wang B, Bi Y, Feng W. 3D-imaging and quantitative assessment for size-related penetration of HfO2 nanoparticles in breast cancer tumor by synchrotron radiation microcomputed tomography. Anal Chim Acta. 2023 Jul 25;1266:341352

19. Ahmad MA, Adeel M, Shakoor N, Javed R, Ishfaq M, Peng Y, Zain M, Azeem I, Ali I, Usman M, Wu Z, Gohari G, Xu M, Rui Y, Zhang Z, White JC, Deng X. Modifying engineered nanomaterials to produce next generation agents for environmental remediation. Sci Total Environ. 2023, 894: 164861

20. Luo W, Dong F, Wang M, Li T, Wang Y, Dai W, Zhang J, Jiao C, Song Z, Shen J, Ma Y, Ding Y, Yang F, Zhang Z, He X. Particulate Standard Establishment for Absolute Quantification of Nanoparticles by LA-ICP-MS. Anal Chem. 2023, 95(15): 6391-6398

21. Hussain M, Shakoor N, Adeel M, Ahmad MA, Zhou HC, Zhang ZY, Xu M, Rui YK, White JC. Nano-enabled plant microbiome engineering for disease resistance. Nano Today, 2023, 48, 101752

22. Guo ZL, Zhang P, Xie CJ, Voyiatzis E, Faserl K, Chetwynd AJ, Monikh FA, Melagraki G, Zhang ZY, Peijnenburg WJGM, Afantitis A, Chen CY, Lynch I. Defining the Surface Oxygen Threshold That Switches the Interaction Mode of Graphene Oxide with Bacteria. ACS Nano, 2023, 17(7): 6350-6361. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c10961

23. Ding YY, Liu MC, Wen LJ, Li YX, Li GS, Zhang ZY. A novel approach in synthesizing Te-diol compounds for tellurium-loaded liquid scintillator. Nuclear Inst and Methods in Physics Research, A, 2023, 1049: 168111

24. Tao Li,Yun Wang, Meng Wang, Lingna Zheng, Wanqin Dai, Chunlei Jiao, Zhuda Song, Yuhui Ma, Yayun Ding, Zhiyong Zhang, Fang Yang, Xiao He. Impact of Albumin Pre-Coating on Gold Nanoparticles Uptake at Single-Cell Level. Nanomaterials, 2022, 12(5), 749

25. Changjian Xie, Zhiling Guo, Peng Zhang, Jie Yang, Junzhe Zhang, Yuhui Ma, Xiao He, Iseult Lynch, Zhiyong Zhang. Effect of CeO2 nanoparticles on plant growth and soil microcosm in a soil-plant interactive system. Environ Pollut, 2022, 300: 118938. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118938

26. 张智勇, 王祥云. 用于中子俘获治疗的钆携带剂. 科学通报, 2022, 67: 1-9

27. Liu MC, Ding YY, Wen LJ, Cao J, Zhang ZY. Measuring Th and U contaminants in PPO to 10-14g/g level via acid extraction. Nucl Instrum Meth A, 2022, 167323. Doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167323.

28. Jiao CL, Dong CN, Dai WQ, Luo WH, Fan SX, Zhou L, Ma YH, He X, Zhang ZY. Geochemical cycle of exogenetic CeO2 nanoparticles in agricultural soil: Chemical transformation and re-distribution. Nano Today, 2022, 46: 101563 doi: 10.1016/j.nantod.2022.101563.

29. Siddiqui MH, Kalaji HM, Zhang Z, Ma X. Nanoparticles in environment and plant system: A boon or bane. Chemosphere. 2022, 308(Pt 2): 136320. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136320. Epub 2022 Sep 5.

30. Zhao YL, Chen CY, Feng WY, Zhang ZY, Xu DD, Shi WQ, Wang SA, Li YF. Professor Zhifang Chai: Scientific contributions and achievements[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2022, 33(7): 3297-3302. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.04.007

31. Zhang P, Lynch I, White JC, Zhang ZY. Editorial to special issue on "Nano-enabled agrochemicals: Emerging contaminants or opportunities for agriculture?" Environ Pollut. 2022, 309: 119759. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119759. Epub 2022 Jul 14.

32. Jiao C, Dong C, Xie C, Luo W, Zhang J, Fan S, Liu Y, Ma Y, He X, Zhang Z. Dissolution and Retention Process of CeO2 Nanoparticles in Soil with Dynamic Redox Conditions. Environ Sci Technol. 2021, 55(21): 14649-14657. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04660

33. Liu Y, Ma Y, Jiao C, Liu M, Luo W, Dong C, Fan S, He X, Yang F, Zhang Z. Comparative toxicity of rod-shaped nano-CeO2 and nano-CePO4 to lettuce. Metallomics, 2021, 13(7): mfab033. doi: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfab033.

34. Zhang P, Guo Z, Monikh FA, Lynch I, Valsami-Jones E, Zhang Z. Growing Rice (Oryza sativa) Aerobically Reduces Phytotoxicity, Uptake, and Transformation of CeO2 Nanoparticles. Environ Sci Technol., 2021, 55(13): 8654-8664. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c08813.

35. Changjian Xie, Yuhui Ma, Peng Zhang, Junzhe Zhang, Xiaowei Li, Kang Zheng, Ao Li, Weiwei Wu, Qiuxiang Pang, Xiao He and Zhiyong Zhang*. Elucidating the origin of the toxicity of nano-CeO2 to Chlorella pyrenoidosa：the role of specific surface area and chemical composition. Environ Sci: Nano, 2021, 8, 1701-1712 DOI: 10.1039/D0EN01177K

36. Chaonan Dong, Chunlei Jiao, Changjian Xie, Yabo Liu, Wenhe Luo, Shixian Fan, Yuhui Ma, Xiao He, Aijun Lin, Zhiyong Zhang. Effects of ceria nanoparticles and CeCl3 on growth, physiological and biochemical parameters of corn (Zea mays) plants grown in soil. NanoImpact, 2021, 22: 100311

37. Xuepeng Zhao, Yabo Liu, Chunlei Jiao, Wanqin Dai, Zhuda Song, Tao Li, Xiao He, Fang Yang, Zhiyong Zhang, Yuhui Ma. Effects of surface modification on toxicity of CeO2 nanoparticles to lettuce. NanoImpact, 2021, 24: 100364,

38. Mengting Zhang, Xiaolin Hou*, Zhiyong Zhang*, Luyuan Zhang, Ning Chen, Miao Fang. Rapid analysis of 129I in natural water samples using accelerator mass spectrometry. Atomic Spectroscopy, 2021, 42: DOI: 10.46770/AS.2021.071

39. Dai W, Zhang J, Wang Y, Jiao C, Song Z, Ma Y, Ding Y, Zhang Z, He X. Radiolabeling of Nanomaterials: Advantages and Challenges. Front Toxicol. 2021, 13: 753316.

40. Wenhe Luo, Tao Li, Meng Wang, Wanqin Dai, Chunlei Jiao, Yuhui Ma, Yayun Ding, Fang Yang, Xiao He*, Zhiyong Zhang*. Nanoparticles Determination by LA-ICP-MS. J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 2021, 21, 10.1166/jnn.2021.19476

41. Zhang LY, Fang M, Sun HL, Hou XL, Cai YJ, Liu Q, Chen N, Zhang T, Li T, Zhang ZY, Liu YX. Analysis of iodine isotopes in travertine from Baishuitai, Yunnan. Atomic Spectroscopy, 2020, 41(5): 181-187

42. Ma Y, Xie C, He X, Zhang B, Yang J, Sun M, Luo W, Feng S, Zhang J, Wang G, Zhang Z*. Effects of Ceria Nanoparticles and CeCl3 on Plant Growth, Biological and Physiological Parameters, and Nutritional Value of Soil Grown Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Small, 2020, 16: 1907435. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201907435.

43. Zhang Peng*, Guo Zhiling, Lynch Iseult, Luo Wenhe, Monikh Fazel Abdolahpur, Xie Changjian, Valsami-Jones Eugenia, Zhang Zhiyong*. Graphene Oxide Induced Iron Overload and Subsequent Oxidative Damage in Rice (Oryza. sativa L.): A New Mechanism of Nanomaterial Phytotoxicity. Environ Sci Technol, 2020, 54, 6, 3181-3190. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05794

44. Zhang P, Guo ZL, Zhang ZY, Fu HL, White JC, Lynch I. Nanomaterial Transformation in the Soil-Plant System: Implications for Food Safety and Application in Agriculture. Small, 2020, 16(21): e2000705. doi: 10.1002/smll.202000705.

45. Li Y, Zhu N, Liang X, Zheng L, Zhang C, Li YF, Zhang Z, Gao Y, Zhao J. A comparative study on the accumulation, translocation and transformation of selenite, selenate, and SeNPs in a hydroponic-plant system. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, 2020, 189: 109955. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109955

46. Guo ZL, Luo YL, Zhang P, Chetwynd AJ, Xie HQ, Monikh FA, Tao WQ, Xie CJ, Liu YY, Xu L, Zhang ZY, Valsami-Jones E, Lynch I, Zhao B. Deciphering the particle specific effects on metabolism in rat liver and plasma from ZnO nanoparticles versus ionic Zn exposure. Environ Int, 2020, 136: 105437

47. Guo ZL, Zhang P, Luo YL, Xie HQ, Chakraborty S, Monikh FA, Bu LJ, Liu YY, Ma YC, Zhang ZY, Valsami-Jones E, Zhao B, Lynch I. Intranasal exposure to ZnO nanoparticles induces alterations in cholinergic neurotransmission in rat brain. Nano Today, 2020, 35: 100977

48. Xie C, Zhang P, Guo Z, Li X, Pang Q, Zheng K, He X, Ma Y, Zhang Z, Lynch I. Elucidating the origin of the surface functionalization-dependent bacterial toxicity of graphene nanomaterials: Oxidative damage, physical disruption, and cell autolysis. Sci Total Environ, 2020, 747: 141546

49. Muhammad Adeel, Jin Tingting, Tariq Hussain, Xiao He, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Muhammad Kashif Irshad, Noman Shakoor, Peng Zhang, Xie Changjian, Yi Hao, Zhang Zhiyong, Rabia Javed, Yukui Rui. Bioaccumulation of ytterbium oxide nanoparticles insinuate oxidative stress, inflammatory, and pathological lesions in ICR mice. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2020; 27(26): 32944-32953. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-09565-8.

50. Daya Bay Collaboration and MINOS+ Collaboration. Improved Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Mixing from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, MINOS+, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2020, 125, 071801

51. Cai P, Yang W, He Z, Jia H, Wang H, Zhao W, Gao L, Zhang Z, Gao F, Gao X. A chlorin-lipid nanovesicle nucleus drug for amplified therapeutic effects of lung cancer by internal radiotherapy combined with the Cerenkov radiation-induced photodynamic therapy. Biomater Sci. 2020, 8: 4841-4851 

52. Ding YY, Liu MC, Zhao J, Yan WQ, Wei LH, Zhang ZY, Wen LJ. Co-precipitation approach to measure amount of 238U in copper to sub-ppt level using ICP-MS. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2019, 941: 162335

53. Liu M, Feng S, Ma Y*, Xie C, He X, Ding Y, Zhang J, Luo W, Zheng L, Chen D, Yang F*, Chai Z, Zhao Y, Zhang Z*. Influence of Surface Charge on the Phytotoxicity, Transformation, and Translocation of CeO2 Nanoparticles in Cucumber Plants. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2019, 11: 16905-16913. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b01627

54. Xie C, Ma Y, Yang J, Zhang B, Luo W, Feng S, Zhang J, Wang G, He X, Zhang Z. Effects of foliar applications of ceria nanoparticles and CeCl3 on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Environ Pollut. 2019, 250: 530-536. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.042

55. Zhang JZ, Ma YH, Yang WJ, Xue JQ, Ding YY, Xie CJ, Luo WH, Gao FP, Zhang ZY, Zhao YL, Chai ZF, He X*, Comparison study on core-and surface-radiolabeling strategies for the assembly of iron oxide nanoparticles based theranostic nanocomposites. Nanoscale, 2019, 11: 5909-5913

56. He XX, Xie CJ, Ma YH*, Wang L, He X, Shi WQ, Liu XD, Liu Y*, Zhang ZY*. Size-dependent toxicity of ThO2 nanoparticles to green algae Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Aquat Toxicol, 2019, 209: 113-120.

57. Xie CJ, Zhang JZ, Ma YH, Ding YY, Zhang P, Zheng LR, Chai ZF, Zhao YL, Zhang ZY*, He X*.. Bacillus subtilis Causes Dissolution of Ceria Nanoparticles at the Nano-Bio Interface. Environ Sci: Nano, 2019, 6, 216-223. DOI: 10.1039/C8EN01002A

58. Zhang P, Ma YH, Xie CJ, Guo ZL, He X, Valsami-Jones E, Lynch I, Luo WH, Zheng LR, Zhang ZY*. Plant Species Dependent Transformation and Translocation of Ceria Nanoparticles. Environ Sci: Nano, 2019, 6, 60-67. DOI: 10.1039/C8EN01089G

59. Xiao LN, Wu ZR, Zhang JZ, Wang GH, Ma YH, Ding YY, He X*, Zhang SQ*, Zhang ZY*. Synthesis, Photothermal Effect and Cytotoxicity of Fe3O4@Au Nanocomposites. J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 2019, 19: 2467-2473.

60. Wu JJ, Ma YH, Ding YY, Zhang P, He X *, Zhang ZY*.Toxicity of Two Different Size Ceria Nanoparticles to Mice After Repeated Intranasal Instillation. J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 2019, 19: 2474-2482

61. F.P. An, et al., (Daya Bay Collaboration), Extraction of the U-235 and Pu-239 Antineutrino Spectra at Daya Bay, Phys. Rev Lett., 123, 111801 (2019)

62. F.P. An, et al., (Daya Bay Collaboration), Improved measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux at Daya Bay, Phys. Rev D, 100, 052004 (2019)

63. 冯盛, 马宇辉, 杨芳, 张智勇. 不同表面电荷的纳米CeO2的合成及表征. 中国稀土学报 2019, 37: 193-198 

64. Ma Y, Yao Y, Yang J, He X, Ding Y, Zhang P, Zhang J, Wang G, Xie C, Luo W, Zhang J, Zheng L, Chai Z, Zhao Y, Zhang Z*. Trophic Transfer and Transformation of CeO2 Nanoparticles along a Terrestrial Food Chain: Influence of Exposure Routes. Environ Sci Technol, 2018, 52(14): 7921-7927.

65. Li Y, Li H, Li YF, Zhao J, Guo J, Wang R, Li B, Zhang Z, Gao Y. Evidence for molecular antagonistic mechanism between mercury and selenium in rice (Oryza sativa L.): A combined study using 1, 2-dimensional electrophoresis and SR-XRF techniques. J Trace Elem Med Biol, 2018, 50: 435-440

66. Wang H, Liu X, Zhao J, Yue Q, Yan Y, Gao Z, Dong Y, Zhang Z, Fan Y, Tian J, Wu N, Gong Y. Crystal structures of multicopper oxidase CueO G304K mutant: structural basis of the increased laccase activity. Sci Rep, 2018, 8: 14252

67. Alexandre Konate, Xiao He, Peng Zhang, Yuhui Ma, Jie Yang, Gibson Alugongo, Yukui Rui, Zhiyong Zhang. Alleviation of cadmium-induced changes on growth, antioxidative enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation in crop seedings by magnetic (Fe3O4) nanoparticles. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2018, 27(6): 3920-3935

68. Alexandre Konate, Yaoyao Wang, Xiao He, Muhammd Adeel, Peng Zhang, Yuhui Ma, Yayun Ding, Junzhe Zhang, Jie Yang, Simon Kizito, Yukui Rui, Zhiyong Zhang. Comparative effects of nano and bulk-Fe3O4 on the growth of cucumber (Cucumis sativus). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018, 165: 547-554, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.09.053

69. F.P. An, et al., (Daya Bay Collaboration), Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay, Physical Review D 97, 052009 (2018)

70. F.P. An, et al., (Daya Bay Collaboration), Seasonal variation of the underground cosmic muon flux observed at Daya Bay, JCAP 01(2018)001 

71. Ma YH, He X, Zhang P, Zhang ZY, Ding YY, Zhang JZ, Wang GH, Xie CJ, Luo WH, Zhang J, Zheng LR, Chai ZF, Yang K. Xylem and phloem based transport of CeO2 nanoparticles in hydroponic cucumber plants. Environ Sci Technol, 2017, 51, 5215-5221

72. Zhang P, Xie CJ, Ma YH, He X, Zhang ZY, Ding YY, Zheng LR, Zhang J. Shape-dependent transformation and translocation of ceria nanoparticles in cucumber plants. Environ Sci Technol Lett, 2017, 4 (9): 380–385

73. Peng C, Ma YH, Ding YY, He X, Zhang P, Lan T, Wang DQ, Zhang ZH, Zhang ZY. Influence of Speciation of Thorium on Toxic Effects to Green Algae Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Int J Mol Sci, 2017, 18, 795

74. Konate A, He X, Zhang ZY, Ma YH, Zhang P, Alugongo GM, Rui YK. Magnetic (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles Reduce Heavy Metals Uptake and Mitigate Their Toxicity in Wheat Seedling. Sustainability, 2017, 9(5): 790

75. Zhang P, Ma Y, Liu S, Wang G, Zhang J, He X, Zhang J, Rui Y, Zhang Z. Phytotoxicity, uptake and transformation of nano-CeO2 in sand cultured romaine lettuce. Environ Pollut., 2017, 220 (Pt B): 1400-1408 doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.094

76. Guo ZL, Xie CJ, Zhang P, Zhang JZ, Wang GH, He X, Ma YH, Zhao B, Zhang ZY. Toxicity and transformation of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide in bacteria biofilm. Sci Total Environ, 2017, 580: 1300-1308

77. Wang GH, Ma YH, Zhang P, He X, Zhang ZH, Qu MH, Ding YY, Zhang JZ, Xie CJ, Luo WH, Zhang J, Chu SQ, Chai ZF, Zhang ZY. Influence of phosphate on phytotoxicity of ceria nanoparticles in an agar medium. Environ Pollut., 2017, 224:392-399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.019

78. Gui X, Rui M, Song Y, Ma Y, Rui Y, Zhang P, He X, Li Y, Zhang Z, Liu L. Phytotoxicity of CeO2 nanoparticles on radish plant (Raphanus sativus). Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2017, 24(15): 13775-13781

79. F. P. An, et al., (Daya Bay Collaboration), Improved measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux and spectrum at Daya Bay, Chinese Physics C, 2017, 41(1): 013002

80. F. P. An, et al., (Daya Bay Collaboration), Measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation based on 1230 days of operation of the Daya Bay experiment, Phys. Rev. D 2017, 95: 072006

81. F. P. An, et al., (Daya Bay Collaboration), Evolution of the reactor antineutrino flux and spectrum at Daya Bay, PRL, 2017, 118: 251801  

82. Cai HT, Ma YH, Wu ZR, Ding YY, Zhang P, He X, Zhou JR, Chai ZF, Zhang ZY. Protein corona influences liver accumulation and hepatotoxicity of gold nanorods. NanoImpact, 2016, 3-4: 40-46

83. Ma YH, Wang JK, Peng C, Ding YY, He X, Zhang P, Li N, Lan T, Wang DQ, Zhang ZH, Sun FH, Liao HQ, Zhang ZY. Toxicity of cerium and thorium on Daphnia magna. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, 2016, 134: 226-232 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.094

84. Daya Bay Collaboration; MINOS Collaboration. Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments. PRL, 2016, 117(15): 151801

85. Daya Bay Collaboration. Improved Search for a Light Sterile Neutrino with the Full Configuration of the Daya Bay Experiment. 2016, 117(15): 151802

86. Daya Bay Collaboration. New measurement of q13 via neutron capture on hydrogen at Daya Bay. PRD, 2016, 93, 072011

87. Daya Bay Collaboration. Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay, PRL 116, 061801 (2016)

88. Daya Bay Collaboration. The detector system of the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment, NIMA, 811 (2016) 133–161 

89. Ma YH, Zhang P, Zhang ZY*, He X, Zhang JZ, Ding YY, Zhang J, Zheng LR, Guo Z, Zhang LJ, Chai ZF, Zhao YL. Where does the transformation of precipitated ceria nanoparticles in hydroponic plants take place? Environ Sci Technol, 2015. 49(17): 10667-10674 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02761

90. Zhang JZ, He X, Zhang P, Ma YH, Ding YY, Wang ZY, Zhang ZY*. Quantifying the dissolution of nanomaterials at the nano-bio interface. Sci China Chem, 2015, 58(5): 761-767

91. Li YY, He X*, Yin JJ, Zhang P, Ma YH, Li JY, Zhang J, Zhao YL, Chai ZF, Zhang ZY*. Acquired superoxide-scavenging ability of ceria nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed, 2015, 54: 1832–1835 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410398

92. He X, Pan YY, Zhang JZ, Li YY, Ma YH, Zhang P, Ding YY, Zhang J, Wu ZQ*, Zhao YL, Chai ZF, Zhang ZY*. Quantifying the total ionic release from nanoparticles after particle-cell contact. Environ Pollut, 2015, 196: 194-200  DOI: j.envpol.2014.09.021

93. Rui YK#*, Zhang P#, Zhang YB, Ma YH, He X, Gui X, Li YY, Zhang J, Zheng LR, Chu SQ, Guo Z, Chai ZF, Zhao YL, Zhang ZY*. Transformation of ceria nanoparticles in cucumber plants is influenced by phosphate. Environ Pollut, 2015, 198: 8-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.12.017

94. Gui X, He X*, Ma YH, Zhang P, Li YY, Ding YY, Yang K, Li HF, Rui YK*, Chai ZF, Zhao YL, Zhang ZY*. Quantifying the distribution of ceria nanoparticles in cucumber roots: the influence of labeling. RSC Adv, 2015, 5: 4554-4560

95. Gui X, Zhang Z, Liu S, Ma Y, Zhang P, He X, Li Y, Zhang J, Li H, Rui Y, Liu L, Cao W. Fate and Phytotoxicity of CeO2 Nanoparticles on Lettuce Cultured in the Potting Soil Environment. PLoS One, 2015, 10(8):e0134261. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134261

96. Zhang P, Ma YH, Zhang ZY*, He X, Li YY, Zhang J, Zheng LR, Zhao YL. Species-specific toxicity of ceria nanoparticles to Lactuca plants. Nanotoxicology, 2015, 9(1): 1–8 DOI:10.3109/17435390.2013.855829

97. Ma Y, Zhang P, Zhang Z*, He X, Li Y, Zhang J, Zheng L, Zhao Y, and Chai Z. Origin of the different phytotoxicity and biotransformation of cerium and lanthanum oxide nanoparticles in cucumber. Nanotoxicology, 2015, 9(2): 262-270 DOI:10.3109/17435390.2014.921344 

98. Zhang ZY*, He X, Ma YH, Ding YY, Chai ZF. New Nuclear Facilities and Their Analytical Applications in China. Radiochim Acta, 2014, 102 (1-2): 3-11 DOI 10.1515/ract-2014-2098

99. Peng L, He X, Zhang P, Zhang J, Li YY, Zhang JZ, Ma YH, Ding YY, Wu ZQ*, Chai ZF, Zhang ZY*. Comparative pulmonary toxicity of two ceria nanoparticles with the same primary size. Int J Mol Sci, 2014, 15, 6072-6085; doi:10.3390/ijms15046072.

100. Wanda Beriguete, Jun Cao, Yayun Ding, Sunej Hans, Karsten M. Heeger, Liangming Hu, Aizhong Huang, Kam-Biu Luk, Igor Nemchenok, Ming Qi, Richard Rosero, Hansheng Sun, Ruiguang Wang, Yifang Wang, Liangjian Wen, Yi Yang, Minfang Yeh, Zhiyong Zhang, Li Zhou. Production of a gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator for the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment. Nucl Instrum Meth A, 2014, 763: 82-88  DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2014.05.119

101. Cui D, Zhang P, Ma YH, He X, Li YY, Zhao YC*, Zhang ZY*. Phytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles to cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and wheat (Triticum aestivum). J Zhejiang Univ Sci A, 2014, 15(8): 662-670

102. Cui D, Zhang P, Ma YH, He X, Li YY, Zhang J, Zhao YC*, Zhang ZY*. Effect of cerium oxide nanoparticles on asparagus lettuce cultured in an agar medium. Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2014, 1 (5), 459 - 465. DOI: 10.1039/C4EN00025K

103. An FP, et al. (Daya Bay Collaboration). Spectral measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation amplitude and frequency at Daya Bay. Phys Rev Lett, 2014, 112: 061801 

104. Wang B, He X, Zhang ZY*, Feng WY*, Zhao YL. Metabolism of nanomaterials in vivo: circulation and organ clearance. Acc Chem Res, 2013, 46(3): 761-769 DOI: 10.1021/ar2003336

105. He X, Ma YH, Zhang P, Li YY, Zhang ZY*. Quantifying and imaging engineered nanomaterials in vivo: challenges and techniques. Small, 2013, 9(9-10): 1482-1491, 10.1002/smll.201201502

106. Feng QZ, Zhang ZY*, Chen Y, Liu LY, Zhang ZJ, Chen CZ. Adsorption and Desorption Characteristics of Arsenic on Soils: Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Effect of Fe(OH)3 Colloid, H2SiO3 Colloid and Phosphate. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2013, 18: 26-36

107. Zhang XY, He X, Li YY, Zhang ZY*, Ma YH, Li FM, Liu JM*. A cytotoxicity study of fluorescent carbon nanodots using human bronchial epithelial cells. J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2013, 13(8): 5254-5259

108. Xue LX, He X, Li YY, Qu MH*, Zhang ZY*. Pulmonary toxicity of ceria nanoparticles in mice after intratracheal instillation. J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 2013, 13: 6575-6580

109. An FP, et al. (Daya Bay Collaboration). Improved measurement of electron antineutrino disappearance at Daya Bay. Chinese Phys. C, 37, 011001 (2013) DOI: 10.1088/1674-1137/37/1/011001 

110. Zhang P, Ma YH, Zhang ZY*, He X, Zhang J, Guo Z, Tai RZ, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Biotransformation of ceria nanoparticles in cucumber plants. ACS Nano, 2012, 6(11): 9943-9950 DOI: 10.1021/nn303543n

111. Zhang P, He X, Ma YH, Lu K, Zhao YL, Zhang ZY*. Distribution and bioavailability of ceria nanoparticles in an aquatic ecosystem model. Chemosphere, 2012, 89: 530-535  DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.044

112. He X#, Kuang YS#, Li YY, Zhang HF, Ma YH, Bai W, Zhang ZY*, Wu ZQ*, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Changing exposure media can reverse the cytotoxicity of ceria nanoparticles for Escherichia coli. Nanotoxicology, 2012, 6:233-40. DOI:10.3109/17435390.2011.569097

113. Zhang P#, Ma YH#, Zhang ZY*, He X, Guo Z, Tai RZ, Ding YY, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Comparative toxicity of nanoparticulate/bulk Yb2O3 and YbCl3 to cucumber (Cucumis sativus). Environ Sci Technol, 2012, 46(3): 1834-1841

114. Cui JA, Zhang ZY*, Bai W, Zhang LG, He X, Ma YH, Liu Y, Chai ZF. Effects of rare earth elements La and Yb on the morphological and functional development of zebrafish embryos. J Environ Sci, 2012, 24(2): 209-213 DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60755-9

115. Feng QZ, Zhang ZY*, Ma YH, He X, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Adsorption and desorption characteristics of arsenic onto ceria nanoparticles. Nanoscale Res Lett, 2012, 7:84

116. Lin DH, Tian XL, Li TT, Zhang ZY, He X, Xing BS. Surface-bound humic acid increased Pb2+ sorption on carbon nanotubes. Environ Pollut, 2012, 167: 138-147 doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2012.03.044

117. An FP, et al. (Daya Bay Collaboration). Observation of electron-antineutrino disappearance at Daya Bay. Phys Rev Lett, 2012, 108: 171803

118. An FP, et al. (Daya Bay Collaboration). A side-by-side comparison of Daya Bay antineutrino detectors. Nucl Instrum Meth A, 2012, 685: 78-97 

119. He X, Zhang ZY*, Liu JS, Ma YH, Zhang P, Li YY, Wu ZQ, Zhao YL*, Chai ZF. Quantifying the biodistribution of nanoparticles. Nat Nanotech, 2011, 6(12): 755

120. Zhang HF He X, Zhang ZY*, Zhang P, Li YY, MaYH, KuangYS, ZhaoYL, Chai ZF. Nano-CeO2 exhibits adverse effects at environmental relevant concentrations. Environ Sci Technol, 2011, 45(8): 3725-3730

121. Li ZJ, Zhang ZY*, Yu M, Zhou YL, Zhao YL. Effects of lanthanum on calcium and magnesium contents and cytoplasmic streaming of internodal cells of Chara corallina. Biol Trace Elem Res, 2011, 143(1): 555-61

122. Kuang YS, He X, Zhang ZY*, Li YY, Zhang HF, Ma YH, Wu ZQ*, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Comparison study on the antibacterial activity of nano- or bulk- cerium oxide. J. NanoSci. Nanotechnol., 2011, 11(5): 4103-4108

123. Feng QZ, Li HF, Zhang ZY, Lin JM. Chemiluminescence accompanied by the reaction of gold nanoparticles with luminal, Analyst, 2011, 136(10):2156-60

124. Wan L, Nie GJ, Zhang J, Luo YF, Zhang P, Zhang ZY, Zhao BL. β-amyloid peptide increases levels of iron content and oxidative stress in human cell and C. elegans models of Alzheimer’s disease. Free Radic Biol Med., 2011, 50 (1): 122-129

125. Ma YH, He X, Zhang P, Zhang ZY*, Guo Z, Tai RZ, Xu ZJ, Zhang LJ, Ding YY, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Phytotoxicity and biotransformation of La2O3 nanoparticles in a terrestrial plant cucumber (Cucumis sativus). Nanotoxicology, 2011, 5: 743-753. DOI: 10.3109/17435390. 2010.545487

126. Zhang ZY*, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Nuclear analytical techniques for nanotoxicology studies. Proc. Radiochim. Acta 2011, 1, 345–348 DOI 10.1524/rcpr.2011.0061

127. Zhang ZY*, He X, Zhang HF, Ma YH, Zhang P, Ding YY, and Zhao YL. Uptake and distribution of ceria nanoparticles in cucumber plants. Metallomics, 2011, 3 (8): 816-822 

128. Ding YY, Zhang ZY. Preparation of Gd loaded liquid scintillator for Daya Bay neutrino experiment. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2010, CP1235: 294-300

129. Bai W, Zhang ZY*, Tian WJ, Zhao YL, Chai ZF, Liu NQ. Developmental toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles to zebrafish embryo: a physicochemical study of toxicity mechanism. J Nanopart Res, 2010, 12: 1645-1654

130. Bai W, Tian WJ, Zhang ZY*, He X, Ma YH, Liu NQ, Chai ZF. Effects of copper nanoparticles on the development of zebrafish embryos. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2010, 10 (12): 8670-8676

131. Lu K, Zhang ZY*, He X, Ma YH, Zhou KB, Zhang HF, Bai W, Ding YY, Wu ZQ*, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Bioavailability and distribution and of ceria nanoparticles in simulated aquatic ecosystems, quantification with a radiotracer technique. J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 2010, 10 (12): 8658-8662

132. Ma YH, Kuang LL, He X, Bai W, Ding YY, Zhang ZY*, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Effects of rare earth oxide nanoparticles on root elongation of plants. Chemosphere, 78 (2010) 273–279

133. He X, Zhang HF, Ma YH, Bai W, Zhang ZY*, Lu K, Ding YY, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Lung deposition and extrapulmonary translocation of nano-ceria after intratracheal instillation. Nanotechnology, 2010, 21: 285103

134. Tian X, Zhou S, Zhang Z, He X, Yu M, Lin D. Metal impurities dominate the sorption of a commercially available carbon nanotube for Pb(II) from water. Environ Sci Technol, 2010, 44(21): 8144-8149

135. Zhang HF, He X, Bai W, Guo XM, Zhang ZY*, Chai ZF, Zhao YL. Ecotoxicological assessment of lanthanum with Caenorhabditis elegans in liquid medium. Metallomics, 2010, 2 (12): 806 – 810

136. Liu XS, Zhang H, Zhang ZY, Li XE, Han XW, Wu YP. Content of rare earth elements in Salvia miltiorrhiza bunge from different areas. J Rare Earths, 2010, 28(Suppl1): 510-512

137. Yin XY, He M, Dong KJ, Wu SY, Zhang JS, Zhang JL, Wang TX, Cui AnZ, Ouyang YG, Zhang ZY, Yuan J, Jiang S. Measurement of 151Sm with the HI-13 accelerator mass spectrometry system. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B, 2010, 268(10): 1689-1691.

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