Faculty profile
Xu Zhang
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Research
Latest papers
Redox-active microneedles for disease management.
Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026 · senior author
SERS-Integrated Microneedles: Bridging Nanoplasmonics and Microsampling for Advanced Bioanalysis.
ACS sensors · 2025 · senior author
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Nitrite Detection.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $140,000
Identifying Environmental Exposure Pathways in High-Risk Cancer Communities in Cape Breton Island using Machine Learning
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
- $60,000
Microplastic Migration Through Public Watersheds
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $75,000
Healthy Environments and Communities
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
30 publications.
Redox-active microneedles for disease management.
Youden B, Carrier A, Yu N, Hodson C, Oni K, Chirathodi F, Yang D, Servos M, Oakes K, Chen Y, Jiang R, Donnelly RF, Zhang X
SERS-Integrated Microneedles: Bridging Nanoplasmonics and Microsampling for Advanced Bioanalysis.
Yang D, Youden B, Yu N, Carrier A, Jiang R, Servos M, Oakes K, Zhang X
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Nitrite Detection.
Yang D, Youden B, Yu N, Carrier AJ, Servos MR, Oakes KD, Zhang X
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for the Detection of Reactive Oxygen Species.
Yang D, Youden B, Yu N, Carrier AJ, Jiang R, Servos MR, Oakes KD, Zhang X
Speciation Analysis of Metals and Metalloids by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.
Youden B, Yang D, Carrier A, Oakes K, Servos M, Jiang R, Zhang X
Accelerated cascade melanoma therapy using enzyme-nanozyme-integrated dissolvable polymeric microneedles.
Singh P, Chen Y, Youden B, Oakley D, Carrier A, Oakes K, Servos M, Jiang R, Zhang X
Mechanistic Insights into Myofibrillar Protein Oxidation by Fenton Chemistry Regulated by Gallic Acid.
Liu X, Wang L, He B, Liu Q, Zhu H, Carrier AJ, Oakes KD, Zhang X
Oral delivery of a highly stable superoxide dismutase as a skin aging inhibitor.
Dong L, Chen Y, Gu L, Gan M, Carrier A, Oakes K, Zhang X, Dong Z
Photoresponsive polymeric microneedles: An innovative way to monitor and treat diseases.
Singh P, Youden B, Carrier A, Oakes K, Servos M, Jiang R, Lin S, Nguyen TD, Zhang X
Degradable multifunctional gold-liposomes as an all-in-one theranostic platform for image-guided radiotherapy.
Youden B, Wang F, Zhang X, Curry D, Majtenyi N, Shaaer A, Bingham K, Nguyen Q, Bragg L, Liu J, Servos M, Zhang X, Jiang R
Identifying Environmental Exposure Pathways in High-Risk Cancer Communities in Cape Breton Island using Machine Learning
Principal investigators: Zhang, Yantao
Keywords: Cancer Incidence; Environmental Pollution; Socioeconomic Factors
Microplastic Migration Through Public Watersheds
Principal investigators: Zhang, Xu
Keywords: Pollutants and toxic agents (waste, use 902); Inland waters
Healthy Environments and Communities
Principal investigators: Zhang, Xu
Keywords: Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy; Nano-surface and bio-nano interface chemistry; Disease diagnosis and drug delivery technologies; Fenton chemistry and reactive oxygen species; Photocatalyst; Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Treatment; Heavy metal detection with electrochemical sensors; Anti-bacteria and -biofilm materials; Anti-biofouling and anti-marine fouling; Antioxidation
Homeowner water quality testing through use of miniaturized ISE and FET-based sensor arrays
Principal investigators: Oakes, Ken KDO
Keywords: arsenic, lead, manganese, iron; drinking water; dug and drilled well contamination; escherichia coli; field-effect transistor (fet) sensor; integrated modular device; ion-selctive electrode (ise) sensor; microbial and chemical analytes; multi-electrode array sensor; smartphone application interface
Utilizing Broad Solar Light with Nano-Membrane Devices for Chemical-free Water Treatment
Principal investigators: Zhang, Xu
Enhancing Maritime Industry Resilience and Sustainability by Development of Non-toxic Anti-Fouling Marine Coatings
Principal investigators: Oakes, Ken KD
Healthy Environments and Communities
Principal investigators: Zhang, Xu
Keywords: Environmental protection; water treatment; cancer research; ; free radical biology; radiation therapy.
Healthy Environments and Communities
Principal investigators: Zhang, Xu
Harvesting Visible and Near-Infrared Light with Upconverting Black Titania Nanowire Membrane Devices for Water Treatment
Principal investigators: Zhang, Xu
Keywords: water-treatment; upconversion ; titania;nanowire; solar; remote communities; Visible and infrared radiation
Healthy Environments and Communities
Principal investigators: Zhang, Xu
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Xu Zhang and Ken Oakes: 11 shared papers
- Mark Servos and Xu Zhang: 9 shared papers
- Mark Servos and Ken Oakes: 6 shared papers
- Martin Mkandawire and Xu Zhang: 2 shared papers
- Martin Mkandawire and Craig Bennett: 2 shared papers
- Xu Zhang and Craig Bennett: 2 shared papers
- Juewen Liu and Mark Servos: 1 shared paper
- Juewen Liu and Xu Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Stephanie MacQuarrie and Mark Servos: 1 shared paper
- Stephanie MacQuarrie and Martin Mkandawire: 1 shared paper
- Stephanie MacQuarrie and Xu Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Stephanie MacQuarrie and Craig Bennett: 1 shared paper
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Chemistry - Cape Breton University
- Physics
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