Plasmonic chirality and circular dichroism in bioassembled and nonbiological systems: theoretical background and recent progress

XT Kong, LV Besteiro, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nature is chiral, thus chirality is a key concept required to understand a multitude of systems
in physics, chemistry, and biology. The field of optics offers valuable tools to probe the …

Chiral plasmonic nanostructures enabled by bottom-up approaches

MJ Urban, C Shen, XT Kong, C Zhu… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
We present a comprehensive review of recent developments in the field of chiral
plasmonics. Significant advances have been made recently in understanding the working …

Big Potassium (BK) ion channels in biology, disease and possible targets for cancer immunotherapy

L Ge, NT Hoa, Z Wilson, G Arismendi-Morillo… - International …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Big Potassium (BK) ion channel is commonly known by a variety of names
(Maxi-K, KCNMA1, slo, stretch-activated potassium channel, KCa1. 1). Each name reflects a …

Understanding hot-electron generation and plasmon relaxation in metal nanocrystals: Quantum and classical mechanisms

LV Besteiro, XT Kong, Z Wang, G Hartland… - Acs …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Generation of energetic (hot) electrons is an intrinsic property of any plasmonic
nanostructure under illumination. Simultaneously, a striking advantage of metal nanocrystals …

Roles of uroplakins in plaque formation, umbrella cell enlargement, and urinary tract diseases

XT Kong, FM Deng, P Hu, FX Liang, G Zhou… - The Journal of cell …, 2004 - rupress.org
The apical surface of mouse urothelium is covered by two-dimensional crystals (plaques) of
uroplakin (UP) particles. To study uroplakin function, we ablated the mouse UPII gene. A …

Boosting Hot Electron-Driven Photocatalysis through Anisotropic Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Hot Spots in Au–TiO2 Nanoarchitectures

A Sousa-Castillo, M Comesaña-Hermo… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The use of plasmonic metal nanoparticles as photosensitizers has undergone a strong
development in the past few years given their ability to increase the activity of …

Pediatric and adult H3 K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma treated with the selective DRD2 antagonist ONC201

AS Chi, RS Tarapore, MD Hall, N Shonka… - Journal of neuro …, 2019 - Springer
Background H3 K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma is a fatal malignancy with no proven
medical therapies. The entity predominantly occurs in children and young adults. ONC201 is …

Preliminary study of the frequency ofbenign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatic cancer in china

FL Gu, TL Xia, XT Kong - Urology, 1994 - Elsevier
Objectives. This study determined the frequency of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and
cancer of the prostate (CaP) in China. Methods. Prostate specimens from 321 unselected …

Photothermal circular dichroism induced by plasmon resonances in chiral metamaterial absorbers and bolometers

XT Kong, L Khosravi Khorashad, Z Wang… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Chiral photochemistry remains a challenge because of the very small asymmetry in the chiro-
optical absorption of molecular species. However, we think that the rapidly developing fields …

Consistent Detection of TLS/FUS-ERG Chimeric Transcripts in Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16; 21)(p11; q22) and Identification of a Novel Transcript

XT Kong, K Ida, H Ichikawa, K Shimizu… - Blood, The Journal …, 1997 - ashpublications.org
Abstract 16; 21 translocation is a recurrent primary abnormality in acute myeloid leukemia
(AML). The genes involved in this translocation are ERG on chromosome 21 and TLS/FUS …