Book Chapter
Kumeria, Tushar, Qu, Zhi, Popat, Amirali, Altalhi, Tariq and Santos, Abel (2019). Luminescent porous silicon nanoparticles for continuous wave and time-gated photoluminescence imaging. Theranostics: methods and protocols. (pp. 185-198) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9769-5_13
Journal Articles
Pang, Huiwen, Qu, Zhi, Kumar, Vinod, Wang, Yinuo, Wu, Youzhi, Lin, Min‐Hsuan, Harrich, David and Han, Felicity Y. (2024). Novel Delivery Systems for Oral Administration of Enfuvirtide: New Treatment Options for HIV/AIDS. Advanced Therapeutics, 7 (8) 2300439, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/adtp.202300439
Schmid, Roman, Volcic, Meta, Fischer, Stephan, Qu, Zhi, Barth, Holger, Popat, Amirali, Kirchhoff, Frank and Lindén, Mika (2023). Surface functionalization affects the retention and bio-distribution of orally administered mesoporous silica nanoparticles in a colitis mouse model. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 20175, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47445-6
Feng, Yuran, Cao, Yuxue, Qu, Zhi, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal and Popat, Amirali (2023). Virus-like silica nanoparticles improve permeability of macromolecules across the blood–brain barrier in vitro. Pharmaceutics, 15 (9) 2239, 2239. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15092239
Meka, Anand Kumar, Gopalakrishna, Akshatha, Iriarte-Mesa, Claudia, Rewatkar, Prarthana, Qu, Zhi, Wu, Xiaoxin, Cao, Yuxue, Prasadam, Indira, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Kleitz, Freddy, Kumeria, Tushar and Popat, Amirali (2023). Influence of pore size and surface functionalization of mesoporous silica nanoparticles on the solubility and antioxidant activity of confined coenzyme Q10. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 20 (6), 2966-2977. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00017
Cao, Yuxue, Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Qu, Zhi, Draphoen, Bastian, Bai, Yunfan, Linden, Mika, Moniruzzaman, Md., Hasnain, Sumaira Z., Kumeria, Tushar and Popat, Amirali (2023). Virus-like silica nanoparticles enhance macromolecule permeation in vivo. Biomaterials Science, 11 (13), 4508-4521. doi: 10.1039/d3bm00137g
Singh, Amandeep, Qu, Zhi, Sharma, Astha, Singh, Mandeep, Tse, Brian, Ostrikov, Kostya, Popat, Amirali, Sonar, Prashant and Kumeria, Tushar (2022). Ultra-bright green carbon dots with excitation-independent fluorescence for bioimaging. Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 13 (3), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s40097-022-00501-5
Parekh, Khushali, Hariharan, Kartik, Qu, Zhi, Rewatkar, Prarthana, Cao, Yuxue, Moniruzzaman, Md., Pandey, Preeti, Popat, Amirali and Mehta, Tejal (2021). Tacrolimus encapsulated mesoporous silica nanoparticles embedded hydrogel for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 608 121079, 121079. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.121079
Elshaer, Dana, Moniruzzaman, Md., Ong, Yi Theng, Qu, Zhi, Schreiber, Veronika, Begun, Jakob and Popat, Amirali (2021). Facile synthesis of dendrimer like mesoporous silica nanoparticles to enhance targeted delivery of interleukin-22. Biomaterials Science, 9 (22), 7402-7411. doi: 10.1039/d1bm01352a
Ang, Chee Wei, Tan, Lendl, Qu, Zhi, West, Nicholas P., Cooper, Matthew A., Popat, Amirali and Blaskovich, Mark A.T. (2021). Mesoporous silica nanoparticles improve oral delivery of antitubercular bicyclic nitroimidazoles. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 8 (10) acsbiomaterials.1c00807, 4196-4206. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00807
Pujara, Naisarg, Giri, Rabina, Yau Wong, Kuan, Qu, Zhi, Rewatkar, Prarthana, Moniruzzaman, Md., Begun, Jakob, Ross, Benjamin P., McGuckin, Michael and Popat, Amirali (2021). pH – responsive colloidal carriers assembled from β-lactoglobulin and epsilon poly-l-lysine for oral drug delivery. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 589, 45-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.12.054
Banun, Vanessa Jane, Rewatkar, Prarthana, Chaudhary, Zanib, Qu, Zhi, Janjua, Taskeen, Patil, Anuja, Wu, Yuao, Ta, Hang T., Bansal, Nidhi, Miles, Jared A., Ross, Benjamin P., Kumeria, Tushar and Popat, Amirali (2021). Protein nanoparticles for enhanced oral delivery of coenzyme-Q10: in vitro and in silico studies. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 9 (6) acsbiomaterials.0c01354, 2846-2856. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01354
Qu, Zhi, Wong, Kuan Yau, Moniruzzaman, Md., Begun, Jakob, Santos, Hélder A, Hasnain, Sumaira Z., Kumeria, Tushar, McGuckin, Michael A. and Popat, Amirali (2020). One‐pot synthesis of pH‐responsive eudragit‐mesoporous silica nanocomposites enable colonic delivery of glucocorticoids for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Advanced Therapeutics, 4 (2) 2000165, 2000165. doi: 10.1002/adtp.202000165
Abeer, Muhammad Mustafa, Rewatkar, Prarthana, Qu, Zhi, Talekar, Meghna, Kleitz, Freddy, Schmid, Roman, Lindén, Mika, Kumeria, Tushar and Popat, Amirali (2020). Silica nanoparticles: a promising platform for enhanced oral delivery of macromolecules. Journal of Controlled Release, 326, 544-555. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.07.021
Pujara, Naisarg, Wong, Kuan Yau, Qu, Zhi, Wang, Ran, Moniruzzaman, Md., Rewatkar, Prarthana, Kumeria, Tushar, Ross, Benjamin P., McGuckin, Michael and Popat, Amirali (2020). Oral delivery of β-lactoglobulin nanospheres encapsulated resveratrol alleviates inflammation in Winnie mice with spontaneous ulcerative colitis. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 18 (2) acs.molpharmaceut.0c00048, 627-640. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00048
Chaudhary, Zanib, Subramaniam, Sugarniya, Khan, Gul Majid, Abeer, Muhammad Mustafa, Qu, Zhi, Janjua, Taskeen, Kumeria, Tushar, Batra, Jyotsna and Popat, Amirali (2019). Encapsulation and controlled release of Resveratrol within functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for prostate cancer therapy. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7 225, 225. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00225
Jing, Jing, Tupally, Karnaker R., Kokil, Ganesh R., Qu, Zhi, Chen, Sibao and Parekh, Harendra S. (2019). Development of a hybrid peptide dendrimer micellar carrier system and its application in the reformulation of a hydrophobic therapeutic agent derived from traditional Chinese medicine. RSC Advances, 9 (5), 2458-2463. doi: 10.1039/c8ra09606f
Summerlin, Natalie, Qu, Zhi, Pujara, Naisarg, Sheng, Yong, Jambhrunkar, Siddharth, McGuckin, Michael and Popat, Amirali (2016). Colloidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles enhance the biological activity of resveratrol. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 144 (4), 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.03.076
Soo, Ernest, Thakur, Sachin, Qu, Zhi, Jambhrunkar, Siddharth, Parekh, Harebdra S. and Popat, Amirali (2016). Enhancing delivery and cytotoxicity of resveratrol through a dual nanoencapsulation approach. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 462, 368-374. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.10.022
Summerlin, Natalie, Soo, Ernest, Thakur, Sachin, Qu, Zhi, Jambhrunkar, Siddharth and Popat, Amirali (2015). Resveratrol nanoformulations: challenges and opportunities. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 479 (2), 282-290. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.01.003
Jambhrunkar, Siddharth, Qu, Zhi, Popat, Amirali, Karmakar, Surajit, Xu, Chun and Yu, Chengzhong (2014). Modulating in vitro release and solubility of griseofulvin using functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 434, 218-225. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.08.019
Jambhrunkar, Siddharth, Qu, Zhi, Popat, Amirali, Yang, Jie, Noonan, Owen, Acauan, Luiz, Ahmad Nor, Yusilawati, Yu, Chengzhong and Karmakar, Surajit (2014). Effect of surface functionality of silica nanoparticles on cellular uptake and cytotoxicity. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 11 (10), 3642-3655. doi: 10.1021/mp500385n
Thesis
Qu, Zhi (2020). Local delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs with functionalized silica nanoparticles for inflammatory bowel disease. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.502