Xu Tailin, Associate Professor appointed by the Dean of Advanced Research, Distinguished Researcher, and Doctoral Supervisor. Mainly engaged in intelligent wearable biosensors, micro droplet sensors, and aggregation analysis devices for ultra trace biomarkers. Hosted 14 fund projects including the Joint Fund for Equipment of the Ministry of Education, the General Project of the Natural Science Foundation of China, the Youth Project of the Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Shenzhen Academy of Medical Sciences. In recent years, more than 100 papers have been published in journals such as Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., Adv. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Chem. Soc. Rev., and have been cited over 15000 times. The first inventor has been granted 12 invention patents. The research results have been featured more than 100 times on websites such as ACS Weekly PressPac, Materials Views, Nanowerk, ScienceDaily, etc.
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orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4037-2856（real time update）
Research ID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/M-3615-2014（real time update）
School history
2008.09－2012.06 B.S. Chemistry University of Science and Technology Beijing
2012.09－2017.07 Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry University of Science and Technology Beijing
2013.09－2015.08 Joint Ph.D. Nanoengineering University of California, San Diego
Work experience
2023.07－now Associate Professor Institute for Advanced Studies, Shenzhen University
2020.07－2023.06 Associate Professor School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University
2017.07－2023.06 Associate Professor University of Science and Technology Beijing
2018.07－2020.04 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Science and Technology Beijing
Research Interests
Wearable biosensors
Research Programs
1. Shenzhen Medical College project, 1 million, 2027.01-2028.12
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project, 500000 yuan, 2027.01-2030.12
3. Funds on the Shenzhen market, 300000 yuan, 2025.01-2027.12
4. Shenzhen University 2035 Plan, 1 million, January 2023.01-2024.12
5. Equipment Education Joint Fund, 740000 yuan, December 2021 to December 2023
6. Shenzhen Overseas High level Talent Plan, 4.96 million, 2022.1-2024.12
7. Shenzhen Stability Support Plan (20200806163622001), 300000 yuan, 2021.1-2022.12
8. Shenzhen University High Level Phase II Construction General Project, 100000 yuan, 2021.1-2021.12
9. Basic Research Funds for Universities (FRF-TP-20-020A2), 50000 yuan, May 2020 to April 2021
10. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project (21804007), 250000 yuan, January 2019 December 2021
11. Beijing Natural Science Foundation (2184109), 100000 yuan, January 2018 to December 2019
12. Postdoctoral Innovation Program (BX20180036), 600000, June 2018 to June 2020
13. Postdoctoral project (2019M650479), 80000 yuan, May 2018 June 2020
14. Basic Research Funds for Universities (FRF-TP-17-066A1), 100000 yuan, December 2017 to December 2019
Participate in scientific research projects
1. Major Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (21893074010), 20 million yuan, January 2019 December 2021, participated in
2. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Nanotechnology Diagnosis and Treatment, 5 million, 2020-2023
3. Shenzhen Peacock Team, 15 million, 2023-2026
4. Major Instrument Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 7.57 million, 2025.01-2029.12
Representative Awards
1. January 2026: Top Cited Scholar 2025
2. December 2025: ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar 0.05% of 30000000. #3,860 in Overall (All Fields); #26 Biomedical Engineering; #8 Biosensor.
3. September 2025: World's Top 2% Scientists 2025 (ranked 42907 globally)
4. February 2025: ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar 0.05% of 30000000
5. October 2024: World's Top 2% Scientists 2022 (ranked 45335 globally)
6. October 2023: World’s Top 2% Scientists 2023 (Global Ranking 52165)
7. November 2022: 2021 Cell Press China Paper of the Year
8. October 2022: World's Top 2% Scientists 2022 (Global Ranking 84111)
9. Dec 2020: Peacock Program B, Shenzhen, China
10. December 2020: Science and Technology Award of China Railway Research Institute Group Corporation, "Complete Set of Efficient Water-saving and Moisturizing Maintenance Technology and Engineering Application for Railway Cast-in-Place Concrete", Second Prize, Rank 5
11. January 15, 2019: Ministry of Education Natural Science and Technology Award, "Functional Nanoprobe/Interface Bioanalysis", second prize, rank 4
12. November 5, 2018: Science and Technology Award of China Association for Analytical Testing (CAIA), First Prize, Research on New Methods of Interfacial Bioanalysis Based on Functional Nanoprobes
13. 2017 12: Outstanding Instructor of Subject Competition, Ninth Beijing University Students' Chemistry Experiment Competition, 2017, Provincial and Ministerial Level, First Prize, Rank 1
14. 2015 06: Top 10 Newsmaker (Top 10), University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2014
15. 2017 06: University of Science and Technology Beijing President's Medal (Top 10)
16. 2017 06: Outstanding Graduate of Beijing (Top 1%)
Academic Adjuncts
1. Served as a reviewer for over 150 SCI journals
Nature electronics, Nature communications, Science advances, Advanced materials, Angewandte Chemie, Matter, Device, ACS nano, Advanced functional materials, Chemical reviews, Advanced healthcare materials, Advanced science, InfoMat, Nano-Micro letters, Materials today, Nano today, TrAC. Trends in analytical chemistry, Advanced engineering materials, Small, Bioactive materials, Small structures, Nano research, Biosensors & bioelectronics, npj flexible electronics, Analytical chemistry, ACS sensors, Sensors and actuators B Chemical
2. Members: Member of the Chinese Chemical Society, Senior Member of the Chinese Society for Micro and Nano Technology, Member of the Chinese Biophysics Association, Member of the American Chemical Society, Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
3. Associate Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (SCI, IF: 5.7, Q1); Editorial board member of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (SCI, IF: 4.8, Q2); Young editorial board member of Chinese Chemical Letters (SCI, IF: 9.1, Q1); Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering (ESCI, IF: 3.7) Youth Editorial Board Member; Biomedical Analysis, Youth editorial board; Journal of Analysis and Testing (JAT) Youth Editorial Board Member
Main Paper Achievements
[20] Luo, Y.; Wang, J.; Xu, T.*; Liu, C.*; Zhang, X.*, Micro/Nanoliter Sample Separation: From Lab Bench to Marketplace. Chem. Rev. 2026.
[19] L. Chen, B. Su, R. Liu, G. Zhong, J. Wang, Y. Ji, Z. Zhou, X. He*, T. Xu*, Ultrasound- Electrochemical Hybrid Wearable platform for User-friendly Sweating and Continuous Biofluid Monitoring at Rest. Nat. Commun. 2026, 17 (1), 6954.
[18] G. Zhong, Q. Liu, Y. Huang, H. Geng, T. Xu* A Wideband Multimodal Flexible Sensor Integrating Vertical Graphene and Sea Urchin-Like Nanoparticles for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation. Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, e08206.
[17] F. Zou, Y. Liu, Y. Luo, T. Xu*, A wearable spatiotemporal controllable ultrasonic device with amyloid-β disaggregation for continuous Alzheimer’s disease therapy. Science Advances 2025, 11, eadw1732.
[16] J. Wang, Y. Luo, L. Chen, B. Su, Z. Ouyang, Y. Ji, Z. Zhou, T. Xu*, X. Zhang*, Bioinspired Face Mask for Exhaled Breath Condensate Collection and Multiplexed Biomarkers Analysis. ACS Nano 2025, 19, 42816-42825.
[15] Wang, S.; Zhu, Y.; Zhou, Z.; Luo, Y.; Huang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Xu, T.*, Integrated Ultrasound‐Enrichment and Machine Learning in Colorimetric Lateral Flow Assay for Accurate and Sensitive Clinical Alzheimer's Biomarker Diagnosis. Adv. Sci. 2024.11 (42), e2406196.
[14] Zou, F.; Luo, Y.; Zhuang, W.; Xu, T.*, A Fully Integrated Conformal Wearable Ultrasound Patch for Continuous Sonodynamic Therapy. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36 (39), e2409528.
[13] X. He, D. Liu, B. Cui, H. Huang, S. Dai, I. Pang, Y. Qiao, T. Xu*, S. Zhang*, Extreme Hydrogel Bioelectronics. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2405896.
[12 He, X.; Cui, Z.; Zhang, F.; Li, Y.; Tu, J.; Cao, J.; Wang, J.; Qiao, Y.; Xi, P.; Xu, T.*; Chen, X.*; Zhang, X.*, Multiscale Heterogeneities-Based Piezoresistive Interfaces with Ultralow Detection Limitation and Adaptively Switchable Pressure Detectability. ACS Nano 2024. 18 (11), 8296-8306.
[11] Xiao, J.; Zhou, Z.; Zhong, G.; Xu, T.*; Zhang, X.*, Self-Sterilizing Microneedle Sensing Patches for Machine Learning-Enabled Wound pH Visual Monitoring. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2315067.
[10] Wang, L.; Luo, Y.; Song, Y.; He, X.; Xu, T.*; Zhang, X.*, Hydrogel-Functionalized Bandages with Janus Wettability for Efficient Unidirectional Drug Delivery and Wound Care. ACS Nano 2024, 18, 4, 3468.
[9]. Y. Song, L. Wang, T. Xu*, G. Zhang, X. Zhang,* Emerging open-channel droplets array for biosensing. National Science Review, 2023, 10, nwad106.
[8]. C. Fan, Y. Luo, M. Tian, M. Zhou,L. Wang, T. Xu,* and X. Zhang*, Integrated Microsystem Toward High-Throughput Automated Green Synthesis and Raman Enhancement Performance Screening of Noble-Metal@Cu-MOF. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2023, 2211845.
[7]. Y. Song, T. Xu*, X. Song, X. Zhang*, Integrated Microdroplets Array for Intelligent Electrochemical Fabrication. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1910329
[16]. X. Hu, M. Tian,* T. Xu* ,X. Sun, B. Sun, C. Sun, X. Liu, X. Zhang,* L. Qu.* Multiscale Disordered Porous Fibers for Self-Sensing and Self-Cooling Integrated Smart Sportswear. ACS Nano 2020. 14, 559
[5]. T. Xu ; Xu, L. P.; Zhang, X.; Wang, S. Bioinspired Superwettable Micropatterns for Biosensing. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2019, 48, 3153-3165
[4]. T. Xu; Shi, W.; Huang, J.; Song, Y.; Zhang, F.; Xu, L. P.; Zhang, X.; Wang, S., Superwettable Microchips as a Platform toward Microgravity Biosensing. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 621-626.
[3]. T. Xu; Gao, W.; Xu, L. P.; Zhang, X.; Wang, S., Fuel-Free Synthetic Micro-/Nanomachines. Adv. Mater. 2017. 29, 1603250
[2]. T. Xu, Soto, F.; Gao, W.; Dong, R.; Garcia-Gradilla, V.; Magana, E.; Zhang, X.; Wang, J., Reversible Swarming and Separation of Self-Propelled Chemically Powered Nanomotors under Acoustic Fields. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2163-2166.
[1]. T. Xu, Soto, F.; Gao, W.; Garcia-Gradilla, V.; Li, J.; Zhang, X.; Wang, J., Ultrasound-Modulated Bubble Propulsion of Chemically Powered Microengines. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8552-8555.
