1. Xu, F., T. Wen, Lu, T.J. & K.A. Seffen, “Biothermomechanics of skin tissues”, J. Mech. Phys. Solids56, 1852-1884, 2008.

2. Xu, F., Lu, T.J. & K.A. Seffen, “Biothermomechanical behavior of skin tissue” (Invited contribution), Acta Mechanica Sinica, 24(1), 1-23, 2008. (Top 10 most downloaded AMS articles of all time).

3. Xu, F., T. Wen, K.A. Seffen & Lu, T.J., “Non-Fourier analysis of skin thermomechanics”, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 51, 2237-2259, 2008.

4. Xu, F., Lu, T.J., K.A. Seffen & E.Y.K. Ng, “Bioheat transfer of skin tissue”, Applied Mechanics Review, 62(5),050801, 2009.

5. Lin, M., Xu, F., Lu, T.J. & Bai, B.F., “A review of heat transfer in human tooth - experimental characterization and mathematical modeling”, Dental Mater., 26(6), 501-513, 2010. （ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles, 2010）

6. Lin, M., Luo, Z.Y., Xu, F., Bai, B.F. & Lu, T.J., “Analysis of thermal-induced dentinal fluid flow and its implications in dental thermal pain”, Achieve of Oral Biology56(9): 846-854, 2011.

7. Guo, Y.Q., Xu, F., Lu, T.J., Duan, Z.F. & Zhang, Z., “Interleukin-6 signaling pathway in targeted therapy for cancer”, Cancer Treatment Reviews (IF 6.8) 38(7), 904-910, 2012. (ESI high cited paper)

8. Lin, M., Zhao, Y., Wang, S.Q., Liu, M., Duan Z.F., Chen, Y.M., Xu, F. & Lu, T.J., “Recent advances in synthesis and surface modification of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles for biomedical applications”, Biotechology Advances (IF = 9.6) 30(6), 1551-1561, 2012. (ESI high cited paper)

9. Li, Y.H., Huang, G.Y., Zhang, X.H., Li, B.Q., Chen, Y.M., Lu, T.L., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Magnetic hydrogels and their potential biomedical applications”, Advanced Functional Mater. (IF 10.179) 23(6), 660-672, 2013. (ESI high cited paper)

10. Han, Y.L., Wang, W.Q., Hu, J., Huang, G.Y., Wang, S.Q., Lee, W.G., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Benchtop fabrication of three-dimensional reconfigurable microfluidic devices from paper/polymer composite”, Lab on a Chip (IF 5.697) 13(24), 4745-4749, 2013.

11. Hu, J., Wang, L., Li, F., Han, Y.L., Lin, M., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Oligonucleotide-linked gold nanoparticle aggregates for enhanced sensitivity in lateral flow assays”, Lab on a Chip (IF 5.697) 13(22), 4352-4357, 2013.

12. Hu, J., Wang, S.Q., Wang, L., Li, F., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Advances in paper-based point-of-care diagnostics”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics (一区，IF 5.437) 54, 585-597, 2014 (ESI high cited paper)

13. Li, Y.H., Huang, G.Y., Zhang, X.H., Du, Y.N., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Engineering cell alignment in vitro”, Biotechnology Advances (IF 9.599) 32(2), 347-365, 2014.

14. Lin, M., Genin, G., Xu, F. & Lu, T.J., “Thermal pain in theeth: electrophysiology governed by thermomechanics”, Appl. Mech. Rev. 66(3), 030801, 2014.

15. Han, Y.L., Wang, S.Q., Zhang, X.H., Li, Y.H., Huang, G.Y., Qi, H., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Engineering physical microenvironment for stem cell based regenerative medicine”, Drug Discovery Today (IF 6.55) 19(6), 763-773, 2014.

16. Lin, M., Zhao, Y., Liu, M., Qiu, M.S., Dong, Y.Q., Duan, Z.F., Li, Y.H., Pingguan-Murphy, B., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Synthesis of upconversion NaYF4:Yb³⁺,Er³⁺ particles with enhanced luminescent intensity through control of morphology and phase”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2(19), 3671-3676, 2014. (Front cover article)

17. Feng, A.L., You, M.L., Tian, L.M., Singamaneni, S., Liu, M., Duan, Z.F., Lu, T.J., Xu, F. & Lin, M., “Distance-dependent plasmon-enhanced fluorescence of upconversion nanoparticles using polyelectrolyte multilayers as tunable spacers”,Scientific Reports (IF 5.078)5, 7779, 2015. (ESI high cited paper)

18. Wang, L., Li, Y.H., Chen, B., Liu, S.B., Li, M.X., Zheng, L., Wang, P.F., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Patterning cellular alignment through stretching hydrogels with programmable strain gradients”,ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces (IF 5.90) 7(27), 15088-15097, 2015.

19. Wang, L., Qiu, M.S., Yang, Q.Z., Li, Y.H., Huang, G.Y., Lin, M., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Fabrication of microscale hydrogels with tailored microstructures based on liquid bridge phenomenon", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfacses (front cover article) 7(21), 11134-11140, 2015.

20. Zhao, H.X., Zhang, X.H., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Recent advances in electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering”,Adv. Funct. Mater. (IF=11.805) 25(36), 5726-5738, 2015.

21. Li, Y.H., Poon, C.T., Li, M.X., Lu, T.J., Pingguan-Murphy, B. & Xu, F., “Chinese noodle inspired muscle myofiber regeneration”,Adv. Funct. Mater. (IF=11.805) 25(37), 5999-6008, 2015.

22. Lin, M., Gao, Y., Hornicek, F., Xu, F., Lu, T.J., Amiji M. & Duan, Z.F., “Near-infrared light activated delivery platform for cancer therapy”,Advances in Colloid and Interface Science (IF 7.77) 226, 123-137, 2015.

23. Wang, L., Li, Y.H., Huang, G.Y., Zhang, X.H., Pingguan-Murphy, B., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Hydrogel-based methods for engineering cellular microenvironment with spatiotemporal gradients", Critical Reviews in Biotechnology(IF 5.1) 36(3), 553-565, 2016.

24. Hu, J., Cui, X.Y., Gong, Y., Xu, X.Y., Gao, B., Wen, T., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Portable microfluidic and smartphone-based devices for monitoring of cardiovascular diseases at the point of care”,Biotechnology Advances (IF 9.015) 34(3), 305-320, 2016.

25. Cagang, A., Abidi, I., Tyagi, A., Hu, B., Feng Xu,Lu, T.J. & Luo, Z.T., “Graphene-based field effect transistor in two-dimensional paper networks”, Analytica Chimica Acta 917, 101-106, 2016.

26. Li, Y.H., Huang, G.Y., Li, M.X., Genin, G.M., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “Magnetically-actuated cell-laden microscale hydrogels for probing strain-induced cell responses in three dimensions”,NPG Asia Materials (IF 10.118), 2016, in press.

27. Liu, H., Zhou, L.H., Jiao, J.J., Liu, S.B., Zhang, Z.M., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Gradient mechanical properties facilitate arabidopsis trichome as mechanosensor”,ACS Applied Material & Interfacses 8, 9755-9761, 2016.

28. Chen, B., Lin, M., Li, Y.H., Huang, G.Y., Genin, G., Deshpande, V., Lu, T.J. &Xu, F., “Coupled mechanical and signaling kinetic factors enable cells to probe matrix stiffness through filopodial dynamics”,Biophysical Journal 111 (Front Cover) 111, 2051-2061, 2016.

29. Huang, G.Y., Tian, L.M., Liu, K.K., Hu, B., Feng Xu,Lu, T.J.,Naik, R.R. & Singamaneni, S., “Elastoplastic deformation of silk micro- and nanostructures”, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering2, 893-899, 2016.

30. Li, Y.H., Huang, G.Y., Li, M.X., Genin, G.M., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “Magnetically-actuated cell-laden microscale hydrogels for probing strain-induced cell responses in three dimensions”,NPG Asia Materials (IF 10.118) 8, e238, 2016.

31. Li, Z.D., Liu, H., Ouyang, C., Wee, W.H., Cui, X.Y., Lu, T.J., Pingguan-Murphy, B., Li, F. & Xu, F., “Recent advances in pen-based writing electronics and their emerging applications”,Adv Func Mater (IF=11.805) 26(2), 165-180, 2016.

32. Cui, X.Y., Hu, J., Choi, R.J., Wang, X.M., Huang, Y.L.,Lu, T.J. &Xu, F., “A volumetric meter chip for point-of-care quantitative detection of bovine catalase for food safety control”, Analytica Chimica Acta935, 207-212, 2016.

33. Li, M.X., Yang, Q.Z., Liu, H., Qiu, M.S.,Lu, T.J. &Xu, F., “Capillary origami inspired fabrication of complex 3D hydrogel constructs”,Small (Front Cover; IF 8.368) 12(33), 4492-500,2016.

34. Yong, K.Y., Li, Y.H., Liu, F.S., Gao, B., Lu, T.J., Abas, W.A.B.W., Safwani, W.K.Z.W., Pingguan-Murphy, B., Xu, F. & Huang, G.Y., “Paracrine Effects of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells on Matrix Stiffness-Induced Cardiac Myofibroblast Differentiation via Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor and Smad7”, Scientific Reports 6, 33067,2016.

35. Cheng, B., Lin, M., Li, Y.H., Huang, G.Y., Genin, G.M., Deshpande, V., Lu, T.J. &Xu, F., “An integrated stochastic model of matrix stiffness-dependent filopodial dynamics”, Biophysical J. 111(9), 2051-2061, 2016

36. Zhou, L.H., Liu, S.B., Wang, P.F., Lu, T.J., Xu, F., Genin, G., Lu, T.J. & Pickard, P.G., “The arabidopsis trichome is an active mechanosensory switch”,Plant Cell & Environment (一区，IF 6.960) 40(5), 611-621, 2017.

37. Liu, H., Qin, H.B., Li, Z.D., Han, Y.L., Lin, M., Yang, H., Lu, T.J., Li, F. & Xu, F., “Paper: a promising material for human-friendly functional wearable electronics”, Mater. Sci. & Eng. - R: Reports (IF 24.652) 112, 1-22, 2017.

38. Jin, B.R., Wang, S.R., Lin, M., Jin, Y., Zhang, S.J., Cui, X.Y., Gong, Y., Xu, F. & Lu, T.J., “Upconversion nanoparticles based FRET aptasensor for rapid and ultrasenstive bacterialdetection”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 90, 525-533, 2017.

39. Cagang, A., Abidi, I., Tyagi, A., Hu, B., Feng Xu,Lu, T.J. ication of chemicals at the point of care”, Talanta 165, 419-428, 2017.

40. Zhu, H.Y., Lin, M., Jin, G.R., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “A modified energy transfer model for determination of upconversion emission of β-NaYF₄:Yb,Er: Role of self-quenching effect”, J. Luminescence 185, 292-297, 2017.

41. Hu, J., Choi, J.R., Wang, S.Q., Gong, Y., Feng, S.S., Pingguan-Murphy, B., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “Multiple test zones for improved detection performances in lateral flow assays”, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical 243, 484-488, 2017.

42. Dong, Y.Q., Lin, M., Jin, G.R., Park, Y.I., Qiu, M.S., Zhao, Y., Yang, H., Li, A. &Lu, T.J., “Fabrication of fluorescent composite hydrogel using in situ synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles”, Nanotechnology 28(17), 175702, 2017.

43. Jin, B.R., Yang, Y.X., He, R.Y., Park, Y.I., Lee, A., Bai, D., Li, F., Lu, T.J., Xu, F. & Lin, M., “Lateral flow aptamer assay integrated smartphone-based portable device for simultaneous detection of multiple targets using upconversion nanoparticles”, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical276, 48-56, 2018.

44. Dong, Y.Q., Jin, G.R., Ji, C.C., He, R.Y., Lin, M., Jin, Zhao, X., Li, A., Lu, T.J. & Xu, F., “Non-invasive tracking of hydrogel degradation using upconversion nanoparticles”, Acta Biomateriala 55, 410-419, 2017.

45. M. Lin, Y. Gao, T. J. Diefenbach, J. K. Shen, F. J. Hornicek, F. Xu, T. J. Lu, M. Amiji & Z.F. Duan, “Facial Layer-by-layer Engineering of Upconversion Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery: NIR Initiated FRET Tracking and Overcoming Drug Resistance in Ovarian Cancer”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017

46. Liu, H., Liu, S.B., Jiao, J.J., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “Trichome: a natural biophysical and biochemical barrier for plants”, ACS Applied Material & Interfacses 13(30), 5096-5106, 2017.

47. Lin, M., Liu, F.S., Liu, S.B., Ji, C.C., Li, A., T.J. Lu & F. Xu, “The race to the nociceptor: mechanical versus temperature effects in thermal pain of dental neurons”, Acta Mech. Sinica 33(2), 260-266, 2017.

48. Han, Y.L., Li, M. X., Yang, Q.Z., Huang, G.Y., Liu, H., Qin, Y.D., Genin, G., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “Collective wetting of a natural fibrous system and its application in pump-free droplet transfer”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 27(22), 1606677, 2017.

49. Liu, S.B., Liu, H., Feng, S.S., Lin, M., Xu, F. & Lu, T.J., “Fountain streaming contributes to fast tip-growth through regulating the gradients of turgor pressure and concentration in pollen tubes”, Soft Matter 13(16), 2919-2927, 2017.

50. Chen, B., Lin, M., Huang, G.Y., Li, Y.H., Ji, B.H., Genin, G.M., Deshpande, V.S., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “Cellular mechanosensing of the biophysical microenvironment: A review of mathematical models of biophysical regulation of cell responses”, Phys. Life Reviews 22-23, 88-119, 2017.

51. Chen, B., Lin, M., Huang, G.Y., Li, Y.H., Ji, B.H., Genin, G.M., Deshpande, V.S., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., Energetics: An emerging frontier in cellular mechanosensing Reply to comments on "Cellular mechanosensing of the biophysical microenvironment: A review of mathematical models of biophysical regulation of cell responses", Phys. Life Reviews 22-23, 130-135, 2017.

52. Liu, S.B., Jiao, J.J., Lu, T.J., Xu, Pickard, B. & Genin, G., “Arabidopsis leaf trichomes as acoustic antennae”, Biophys. J. 113(9), 2068-2076, 2017.

53. M. Lin, S.B. Liu, G.M. Genin, Y.J. Zhu, M. Shi, C.C. Ji, A. Li, T.J. Lu & F. Xu, “Melting away pain: decay of thermal nociceptor transduction during heat-induced irreversible desensitization of ion channels”, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 3(11), 3029-3035, 2017

54. Huang, G.Y., Li, F., Zhao, X., Ma, Y.F., Li, Y.H., Lin, M., Jin, G.Y., Lu, T.J., Genin, G. & Xu, F., “Functional and biomimetic materials for engineering of the three-dimensional cell microenvironment”, Chem. Rev. 117(20), 12764-12850, 2017.

55. Liu, H., Li, M.X., Li, Y.H., Li, A., Yang, H., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “Magnetic steering of liquid metal mobiles”, Soft Matter 14(17), 3236-3245, 2018.

56. Dong, Y.Q., Jing, G.R., Hong, Y., Zhu, H.Y.,Lu, T.J., Xu, F., Bai, D. & Lin, M., “Engineering cell microenvironment using novel photo-responsive hydrogels”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10(15), 12374-12389, 2018.

57. Zhang, W., Huang, G.Y., Ng, K., Goa, B., Huang, L.Q., Zhou, J.X., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “Fabrication of hydrogel ellipsoidal cap as building block or sacrificial template for three-dimensional cell culture”, Biomater. Sci. 6, 885-892, 2018.

58. Li, Y.H., Hong, Y., Xu, G.-K., Liu, S.B., Shi, Q., Tang, D., Yang, H., Genin, G., Lu, T.J.& Xu, F., “Non-contact tensile viscoelastic characterization of microscale biological materials”, Acta Mech. Sinica 34, 589-599, 2018.

59. Liu, H., Li, M.X., Ouyang, C., Lu, T.J.,, Li, F. & Xu, F., “Biofriendly, stretchable, and reusable hydrogel electronics as wearable force sensors”, Small 14(36), 18017115, 2018.

60. Ji, C.C., Song, F., Huang, G.Y., Wang, S.W., Liu, H., Liu, S.B., Huang, L.P., Liu, S.M., Zhao, J.Y., T.J. Lu & F. Xu, “The protective effects of acupoint gel embedding on rats with myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury”, Life Sci. 211, 260-266, 2018.

61. Zhu, H.Y., Yang, X.X., Genin, G., Lu, T.J., Xu, F. & Lin, M., “The relationship between thiol-acrylate photopolymerization kinetics and hydrogel mechanics: An improved model incorporating photobleaching and thiol-Michael addition”, J. Mech. Behavior Biomed. Mater. 185, 160-169,2018.

62. Y.F. Ma, M. Lin, G.Y. Huang, Y.H. Li, S.Q. Wang, G.Q. Bai, T.J. Lu, F. Xu, “3D spatiotemporal mechanical microenvironment: a hydrogel-based platform for guiding stem cell fate”,  Advanced Materials, e1705911, 2018.

63. Cui, X.Y., Cao, L., Huang, Y., Bai, D., Huang, S., Lin, M., Yang, Q.Z., Lu, T.J., Xu, F. & Li, F., “In Vitro Diagnosis of DNA Methylation Biomarkers with Digital PCR in Breast Tumors”, The Analyst 143, 3011-3020, 2018.

64. Qin, H.B., Jin, G.R., Zhao, G.X., Huang, G.Y., Ma, Y.F., Zhang, X.H., Sha, B.Y., Luo, Z.T., T.J. Lu & F. Xu, “Heterostructured Silk-Nanofiber-Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite Scaffold for SH-SY5Y Cell Alignment and Differentiation”,  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, in press.

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