Dr Letao Xu

Laboratory Manager

School of Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Year Citation
2026 Wang, X., Xu, L., Lan, Z., Hui, Y., Liu, Y., Yang, G., & Zhao, C. X. (2026). Advances in the Development of Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA Delivery. Small Structures, 7(2), e202500568-1-e202500568-37.
DOI Scopus1
2026 Zhao, Z., Xu, L., Liu, Y., Wang, X., Hui, Y., Fan, Y., . . . Zhao, C. -X. (2026). Topical delivery of high-drug-loading nanoparticle gels for psoriasis treatment.. Journal of nanobiotechnology, 24(1), 15 pages.
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2026 Xu, L., Lan, Z., Zewail, M. B., Fan, Y., & Zhao, C. X. (2026). Nanoprecipitation-induced formation of nanoparticles for drug delivery. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 83, 102014-1-102014-20.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2025 Guo, Z., Li, Y., Xu, L., Wang, J., Lyu, J., Yang, G., . . . Zhao, C. -X. (2025). Design and optimization of bifunctional peptides for controlled core–shell nanocapsule formation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 686, 599-612.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2025 Liu, D., Wang, X., Xu, L., Al-Delfi, Z. N. S., Mekonnen, Z. A., Gao, S., . . . Zhao, C. -X. (2025). Screening lipid nanoparticles using DNA barcoding and qPCR. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 251, 114598-1-114598-11.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC5
2025 Xu, L., Chen, R., Wang, X., Liu, D., Liu, Y., & Zhao, C. -X. (2025). DNA Barcoding-Enabled Tracking of Lipid Nanoparticles: Drug-Loading-Dependent Biodistribution and Tumor Microenvironment Targeting. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 14(24), 2501914-1-2501914-14.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC4
2025 Chen, R., Xu, L., Zhang, N., Yu, H., Wang, X., Zhai, J., . . . Zhao, C. -X. (2025). Replacing Helper Lipids With Cationic Lipids Enhances mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles Stability in Solution.. Adv Sci (Weinh), 13(3), e11637.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC2
2024 Li, Y., Weng, Y., Hui, Y., Wang, J., Xu, L., Yang, Y., . . . Zhao, C. -X. (2024). Design of stimuli-responsive minimalist heptad surfactants for stable emulsions. Communications Materials, 5(1), 229-1-229-11.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2023 Yang, G., Liu, Y., Jin, S., Hui, Y., Wang, X., Xu, L., . . . Zhao, C. (2023). Phase separation‐induced nanoprecipitation for making polymer nanoparticles with high drug loading. Aggregate, 4(2), e314-1-e314-9.
DOI Scopus37 WoS37
2023 Weng, Y., Yang, G., Li, Y., Xu, L., Chen, X., Song, H., & Zhao, C. -X. (2023). Alginate-based materials for enzyme encapsulation. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 318, 102957-1-102957-15.
DOI Scopus118 WoS98 Europe PMC45
2023 Li, Y., Yang, G., Weng, Y., Xu, L., Hou, F., Devkota, S., & Zhao, C. -X. (2023). Exploring biosurfactants as a sustainable alternative to chemical surfactants. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 677(Part A), 132291-1-132291-11.
DOI Scopus26 WoS21
2023 Xu, L., Wang, X., Yang, G., Zhao, Z., Weng, Y., Li, Y., . . . Zhao, C. -X. (2023). Development of a concentration-controlled sequential nanoprecipitation for making lipid nanoparticles with high drug loading. Aggregate, 4(6), e369-1-e369-14.
DOI Scopus27 WoS29
2022 Xu, L., Wang, X., Liu, Y., Yang, G., Falconer, R. J., & Zhao, C. -X. (2022). Lipid Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery. Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2(2), 2100109-1-2100109-17.
DOI Scopus514 WoS440
2020 Liu, Y., Yang, G., Jin, S., Xu, L., & Zhao, C. X. (2020). Development of high-drug-loading nanoparticles. ChemPlusChem, 85(9), 2143-2157.
DOI Scopus385 WoS350 Europe PMC220

Year Citation
2025 Xu, L., Ho, M. T., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., & Zhao, C. X. (2025). Leukocyte-targeting drug delivery systems. In Harnessing Endogenous Mechanisms for Targeted Drug Delivery (pp. 645-673).
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Year Citation
- Xu, L. (n.d.). Precision engineering lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery.

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