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​​Welcome to The Nanobiosensing, Nanomanufacturing, Nanomaterials (3N) Lab at UC-Riverside !

We seek to understand and exploit biomarkers capture and sensing with micro-and nanodevices. Our aim is to control and improve the sensitivity and specificity of biosensing: we are also interested in unconventional nanomanufacturing and novel nanomaterials.  
ABOUT US

We are a new and motivated research group located in the chemical and environmental engineering department at the University of California, Riverside. If you are interested in our work, contact us!

Recent news:
04_29_2025: Xinye's sheath flow paper is published as a front cover of Lab on a Chip. 

12_15_2024: Negin will join our lab in the winter of 2025 as a new Ph.D. student. She completed her M.S. from LA Tech. 

11_30_2024: Li published her digital microfluidic work in Analytical Chemistry and Nanoscale. 

09_15_2024: Zhenxuan and Xiaoqian joined our lab as new Ph.D. students!

08_30_2024: We received another NIH SBIR grant to develop POC detection system for Parasites. 

05_21_2024: Li Liu successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. She will join the University of Pennsylvania as a postdoc. Congrats Li!

05_15_2024: We received two USDA seed grants. 

05_13_2024: Ke received the Inaugural EIPBN Early Career Award.  

11_16_2023: Yu Chang successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Dr. Chang will join the University of California, San Diego as a postdoc. Congrats Dr. Chang!

10_17_2023: We receive a NIH NIAID SBIR grant.

10_16_2023: Ruonan's is accepted by Nanoscale Horizons, congratulations!

08_02_2023: Xinye successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congrats Dr. Chen!

08_01_2023: Li's paper is selected as a supplementary cover for Analytical Chemistry!

07_17_2023: Li's paper is accepted by Analytical Chemistry, congratulations!

06_27_2023: Mengdi successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congrats Dr. Bao!

05_10_2023: Jimmy's paper is accepted by ACS AMI!

04_14_2023: Wimeth's paper is accepted by Algal Research! This is the very first time we have a journal paper led by a high school volunteer. 

12_15_2022: Our nano-sieve paper is selected as the front cover for the November/December issue of JVSTB!

11_10_2022: Chad's ADMC paper is accepted by Scientific Reports, congratulations!

10_31_2022: Animesh's nano-sieve paper is accepted by JVSTB, congratulations! 

10_12_2022: Jake's plasmonic paper is accepted by Advanced Materials Interfaces, congratulations!

09_01_2022: Mengdi's FAST chip paper is accepted by Lab on a Chip, congratulations!

08_20_2022: Yu's optofluidics paper is accepted by Langmuir and selected as a supplementary cover!

08_15_2022: Our lab moved from RIT to UC-Riverside in the summer of 2022!


12_27_2021: Li and Zhiheng's paper is accepted by Advanced Materials Technologies!

12-10-2021: Fan and Li's peptide paper is selected as the front cover for ACS Omega! 

11-17-2021: Fan and Li's peptide paper is accepted by ACS Omega, congratulations!

09-08-2021: Kenny wins the 2021 RIT Best Thesis Award! Congrats Kenny!

08-17-2021: Xinye's paper is accepted by the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, congratulations!

08-4-2021: Du is a co-PI for the NSF MRI grant to obtain a micro-transfer printer for our nanopore project;


08-01-2021: Our lab receives the NIH R35 (MIRA) grant;

07-15-2021: Our lab receives a NSF CBET grant to study the interaction between nanoplastics and microalgaes; 

06-23-2021: Our review paper is selected as a supplement cover by ACS Sensors;

06-15-2021: Li passed her Ph.D. qualifying exam, congratulations!

04-20-2021: Mengdi won the MDPI Biosensors Travel Award, congratulations!

04-02-2021: We received the Colgate Palmolive Innovation Award!

12-10-2020: We received a research grant from Colgate Palmolive!

12-01-2020: Our collaboration work with MIT, Vanderbilt, and SiPhox is accepted by Optics Express; 

11-26-2020: Grant's microalgae paper has been selected as front cover by Electrophoresis, congratulations!

10-10-2020: Kenny and Mengdi's IMPACT chip paper has been selected as a supplement cover by ACS Omega!

09-04-2020: Dr. Zhiheng Xu joined the 3N lab as a senior research scientist. He is also affiliated with the AMPrint center at RIT; 

09-04-2020: Mengdi's CRISPR-Qdot paper is accepted by ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, congratulations!

07-06-2020: Our free-standing nanofilm paper is accepted by Advanced Functional Materials;

07-06-2020: Grant's microalgae paper is accepted by Electrophoresis, congratulations!

06-15-2020: Yu passed his Ph.D. qualification exam. Congratulations!

04-14-2020: Kenny successfully defended his master thesis; He will be the first student to graduate from our lab, congratulations!

02-01-2020: Qian's Cas12a paper for African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) detection is accepted by Biosensors and Bioelectronics;
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01-06-2020: Xinye's bacteria trapping paper is accepted by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces;

12-25-2019: We recieve a research grant from Colgate-Palmolive to study biofluids transportation in microchannels;


07-13-2019: Qian's perspective is published in Diagnostics; 

06-10-2019: Our collaborative work with Professor Mitchell O'Connell (UR) is funded by the UNTYE Pipeline-to-Pilot Award;

06-06-2019: Dr. Du will visit The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and deliver an invited talk;

05-20-2019: We receive Burroughs Wellcome Travel Grant to study Zika RNA detection;

05-13-2019: Xinye's nano-sieve paper is accepted by Nanotechnology. Congratulations!

05-08-2019: We receive donation from PreciGenome to study bacteria filtration; 

05-06-2019: We start a new collaborative research with EPIGENITAS to develop next generation pathogen diagnostic system;

04-23-2019: We receive Faculty Education and Development (FEAD) Grant from Kate Gleason College of Engineering!

04-20-2019: Kenny successfully defends his M.S thesis proposal. Congratulations!


03-20-2019: Xinye will present his research at The 2019 EIPBN conferences;

03-19-2019: Xinye passes his Ph.D. qualification exam. Congratulations!

03-15-2019: Dr. Du will visit Stevens Institute of Technology and deliver an invited talk;
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03-13-2019: Our paper of utilizing CRISPR Cas13a for Ebola virus detection is accepted by ACS Sensors;

03-10-2019: Dr. Du is invited to attend The NSF Career Workshop

02-01-2019: Dr. Du will serve on the CFN Proposal Review Panel (PRP) for a time period of two years; 

11-15-2018: Dr. Du serves as a session chair for the ASME IMECE Conference; 

09-18-2018: Our superhydrophobic surface based optical waveguide paper is published in Applied Physics Letters;




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