Lei, Yu

yu lei

Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Email yu.lei@uconn.edu
Phone (860) 486-4554
Mailing Address Department of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering Engineering II, Room 204 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3222 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3222
Campus Storrs
Google Scholar Link

Brief Bio

Dr. Lei’s research concentrates on the development of various (bio)sensors. Many areas of medicine, the environment, and food and agriculture – ranging from the diagnosis of disease to new drug discovery, screening and food safety, as well as pollutant monitoring – involve the detection of biological and chemical species. Dr. Lei aims at development of novel, simple, ultrasensitive and universal biosensor platforms for the detection of biological and chemical species. Dr. Lei also involves the synthesis of nanostructured materials and their application. Nanotechnology is a strategic technology that holds the potential for great commercial rewards in the areas of electronics, medicine, environment, food and agriculture. Dr. Lei seeks to develop novel nanomaterials and apply them in sensing and biosensing.

  • Biosensors/Bioanalysis/Nanosensors, 
  • High Temperature Nanomaterials and Sensing,
  •  Bionanotechnology, Nanofibers, 
  • Environmental Biotechnology, 
  • Biocatalyst
luorescence based explosive detection: from mechanisms to sensory materials
X Sun, Y Wang, Y Lei
Chemical Society Reviews 44 (22), 8019-8061
Microbial biosensors: a review
L Su, W Jia, C Hou, Y Lei
Biosensors and bioelectronics 26 (5), 1788-1799
Fluorescent carbon dots and their sensing applications
X Sun, Y Lei
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 89, 163-180
Electrospun Co3O4 nanofibers for sensitive and selective glucose detection
Y Ding, Y Wang, L Su, M Bellagamba, H Zhang, Y Lei
Biosensors and Bioelectronics 26 (2), 542-548
Microbial biosensors
Y Lei, W Chen, A Mulchandani
Analytica chimica acta 568 (1-2), 200-210
Ammonia gas sensors: A comprehensive review
D Kwak, Y Lei, R Maric
Talanta 204, 713-730
CuO nanospheres based nonenzymatic glucose sensor
E Reitz, W Jia, M Gentile, Y Wang, Y Lei
Electroanalysis: An International Journal Devoted to Fundamental and …
Ultrasensitive and selective non-enzymatic glucose detection using copper nanowires
Y Zhang, L Su, D Manuzzi, HVE de los Monteros, W Jia, D Huo, C Hou, ...
Biosensors and Bioelectronics 31 (1), 426-432
Solid-state gas sensors for high temperature applications–a review
Y Liu, J Parisi, X Sun, Y Lei
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2 (26), 9919-9943
Metal oxide based non-enzymatic electrochemical sensors for glucose detection
Q Dong, H Ryu, Y Lei
Electrochimica acta 370, 137744
CuO nanowires based sensitive and selective non-enzymatic glucose detection
Y Zhang, Y Liu, L Su, Z Zhang, D Huo, C Hou, Y Lei
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 191, 86-93
Mini review: Recent progress in RT-LAMP enabled COVID-19 detection
D Thompson, Y Lei
Sensors and Actuators Reports 2 (1), 100017
One-pot and ultrafast synthesis of nitrogen and phosphorus co-doped carbon dots possessing bright dual wavelength fluorescence emission
X Sun, C Brückner, Y Lei
Nanoscale 7 (41), 17278-17282
Manganese dioxide as a new cathode catalyst in microbial fuel cells
X Li, B Hu, S Suib, Y Lei, B Li
Journal of Power Sources 195 (9), 2586-2591
Molybdenum Trioxide (α-MoO3) Nanoribbons for Ultrasensitive Ammonia (NH3) Gas Detection: Integrated Experimental and Density Functional Theory Simulation …
D Kwak, M Wang, KJ Koski, L Zhang, H Sokol, R Maric, Y Lei
ACS applied materials & interfaces 11 (11), 10697-10706
Electrocatalytic oxidation and reduction of H2O2 on vertically aligned Co3O4 nanowalls electrode: Toward H2O2 detection
W Jia, M Guo, Z Zheng, T Yu, EG Rodriguez, Y Wang, Y Lei
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 625 (1), 27-32
Novel signal‐amplifying fluorescent nanofibers for naked‐eye‐based ultrasensitive detection of buried explosives and explosive vapors
Y Wang, A La, Y Ding, Y Liu, Y Lei
Advanced Functional Materials 22 (17), 3547-3555
Microwave-assisted ultrafast and facile synthesis of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles from a single precursor: preparation, characterization and their application for the …
X Sun, J He, Y Meng, L Zhang, S Zhang, X Ma, S Dey, J Zhao, Y Lei
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4 (11), 4161-4171
Preparation and characterization of NiO–Ag nanofibers, NiO nanofibers, and porous Ag: towards the development of a highly sensitive and selective non-enzymatic glucose sensor
Y Ding, Y Wang, L Su, H Zhang, Y Lei
Journal of Materials Chemistry 20 (44), 9918-9926
A Biocompatible and Biodegradable Protein Hydrogel with Green and Red Autofluorescence: Preparation, Characterization and In Vivo Biodegradation Tracking …
X Ma, X Sun, D Hargrove, J Chen, D Song, Q Dong, X Lu, TH Fan, Y Fu, ...
Scientific reports 6 (1), 19370