Selected publications


  • Chengyang Zhang#, Jie Cheng#, Qingqing Wu#, Songjun Hou, Sai Feng, Bo Jiang, Colin J. Lambert*, Xike Gao*, Yueqi Li*, and Jinghong Li*. Enhanced π–π Stacking between Dipole-Bearing Single Molecules Revealed by Conductance Measurement. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145 (3) 1617–1630 (2023)


  • Zixiao Wang*, Julio L. Palma, Hui Wang, Junzhi Liu, Gang Zhou, M. R. Ajayakumar, Xinliang Feng, Wei Wang, Jens Ulstrup*, Alexei A. Kornyshev*, Yueqi Li*, and Nongjian Tao.Electrochemically controlled rectification in symmetric single-molecule junctions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 119 (39) e2122183119 (2022)


  • Kevin C. Courtney#, Jason D. Vevea#, Yueqi Li#, Zhenyong Wu, Zhao Zhang, Edwin R. Chapman*. Synaptotagmin 1 oligomerization via the juxtamembrane linker regulates spontaneous and evoked neurotransmitter release. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118, e2113859118 (2021)


  • Ningqiang Gong, Yuxuan Zhang, Xucong Teng, Yongchao Wang, Shuaidong Huo, Guangchao Qing, Qiankun Ni, Xianlei Li, Jinjin Wang, Xiaoxia Ye, Tingbin Zhang, Shizhu Chen, Yongji Wang, Jie Yu, Paul C. Wang, Yaling Gan, Jinchao Zhang, Jinghong Li*, XingJie Liang*, Proton-driven Transformable Nanovaccine (p-TV) for Cancer Immunotherapy, Nature Nanotechnology, 15, 1053–1064 (2020)


  • Yueqi Li, Marius Buerkle, Guangfeng Li, Ali Rostamian, Hui Wang, Zixiao Wang, David R. Bowler, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, Limin Xiang, Yoshihiro Asai*, Gang Zhou* & Nongjian Tao*. Gate Controlling of Quantum Interference and Direct Observation of Anti-resonances in Single Molecule Charge Transport. Nature Materials 18, 357-363 (2019)


  • Ningqiang Gong, Xiaowei Ma, Xiaoxia Ye, Qunfang Zhou, Xiaoli Tan, Shengkun Yao, Shuaidong Huo, Tingbin Zhang, Shizhu Chen, Xucong Teng, Xixue Hu, Jie Yu, Yaling Gan, Huaidong Jiang, Jinghong Li*, Xing-Jie Liang*, Carbon dot-supported Atomically-dispersed Gold as a Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress Amplifier for Cancer Treatment, Nature Nanotechnology, 14, 379-387 (2019)


  • Yueqi Li, Hui Wang, Zixiao Wang, Yanjun Qiao, Jens Ulstrup, Hong-Yuan Chen*, Gang Zhou*, and Nongjian Tao*. Transition from stochastic events to deterministic ensemble average in electron transfer reactions revealed by single molecule conductance measurement. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116, 3407-3412. (2019)


  • Jian-Hong Tang#, Yueqi Li#, Qingqing Wu#, Zixiao Wang#, Songjun Hou, Kun Tang, Yue Sun, Hui Wang, Heng Wang, Cheng Lu, Xiang Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Dong Wang, Jiannian Yao, Colin J. Lambert*, Nongjian Tao*, Yu-Wu Zhong* & Peter J. Stang* Single-molecule level control of host-guest interactions in metallocycle-C60 complexes. Nature Communications. 10, 4599 (2019)


  • Hui Wang, Zixiao Wang, Yan Wang, Joshua Hihath, Hong-Yuan Chen*, Yueqi Li*, and Nongjian Tao*. Potential Dependence of Mechanical Stability and Electronic Coupling of Single S–Au Bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140 (51): 18074–18081 (2018)



  • Kaixiang Zhang, Ruijie Deng, Xucong Teng, Yue Li, Yupeng Sun, Xiaojun Ren, Jinghong Li*, Direct Visualization of Single Nucleotide Variation in Mitochondrial DNA using CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Proximity Ligation Assay, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 11293-11301 (2018)


  • Ruojie Sha, Limin Xiang, Chaoren Liu, Alexander Balaeff, Yuqi Zhang, Peng Zhang, Yueqi Li, David N. Beratan*, Nongjian Tao* & Nadrian C. Seeman*. Charge splitters and charge transport junctions based on guanine quadruplexes. Nature Nanotechnology. 13, 316-321 (2018)


  • Yueqi Li, Naomi L. Haworth, Limin Xiang, Simone Ciampi*, Michelle L. Coote*, and Nongjian Tao*. Mechanical stretching-induced electron transfer reactions and conductance switching in single molecules. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139 (41): 14699–14706 (2017)


  • Limin Xiang, Julio L. Palma, Yueqi Li, Vladimiro Mujica, Mark A. Ratner, Nongjian Tao*. Gate-controlled conductance switching in DNA. Nature Communications. 8, 14471 (2017)


  • Yueqi Li, Limin Xiang, Julio L. Palma, Yoshihiro Asai, and Nongjian Tao*. Thermoelectric effect and its dependence on molecular length and sequence in single DNA molecules. Nature Communications. 7: 11294 (2016)


  • Chaoren Liu, Limin Xiang, Yuqi Zhang, Peng Zhang, David N. Beratan*, Yueqi Li, Nongjian Tao*. Engineering nanometre-scale coherence in soft matter. Nature Chemistry. 8, 941-945 (2016)


  • Ying Wang, Longhua Tang, Zhaohui Li, Yuehe Lin, Jinghong Li*, In situ Simultaneous Monitoring of ATP and GTP using Graphene Oxide Nanosheets-based Sensing Platform in Living Cells, Nature Protocol, 9, 1944-1955 (2014)



  • Xiaonan Shan, Ismael Díez-Pérez, Luojia Wang, Peter Viktor, Ying Gu*, Lihua Zhang, Wei Wang, Jin Lu, Shaopeng Wang, Qihuang Gong, Jinghong Li*, Nongjian Tao*, Imaging the Electrocatalytic Activity of Single Nanoparticles, Nature Nanotechnology, 7, 668-672 (2012)


  • Jilin Xia, Fang Chen, Jinghong Li*, Nongjian Tao*, Measurement of the Quantum Capacitance of Graphene, Nature Nanotechnology, 4, 505-509 (2009)





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