Environmental Analytical Technology Laboratory
Innovative technologies for emerging contaminant analysis

Publications

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES 

Members from the Environmental Analytical Technology Laboratory are marked in bold.

Only publications from my time at UW–Madison are listed below. For a complete list of publications, please see my Google Scholar profile: ‪Haoran Wei‬ – ‪Google Scholar‬

  1. H. Wang, A. Glasgow, and H. Wei,* Probing the early-stage polymerization of chlorophenols in advanced oxidation processes, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2025, Accepted
  2. Wan, S. H. Chae, A. F. Meese, O. Nwokonkwo, L. Arrazolo, K. L. Yip, X. Ma, S. Liu, C. Muhich, D. Wang, H. Wei, and J. H. Kim,* Angstrom confinement to break through reactivity-stability trade-off in catalytic membranes, Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 9672.
  3. Z. Wu, S. E. Janssen, M. T. Tate, M. Qin,* and H. Wei,* Regenerable membrane sensors for ultrasensitive nanoplastic quantification enabled by a data-driven Raman spectral processing algorithm, Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59, 16652-16661.
  4. S. Liu and H. Wei,* Enhanced ligand exchange for ultrasensitive detection of neonicotinoids in soil water using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Water Research, 2025, 286, 124268.
  5. H. Wang, L. Gamage, J. Li,* and H. Wei,* Field-deployable measurement of soil extracellular enzyme activity using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Environmental Science: Nano, 2025, 12, 3468-3475.
  6. A. Thomas,* J. Lazarcik, M. Ginder-Vogel, and H. Wei,* Unveiling the critical influence of pH on arsenic detection by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, ACS ES&T Water, 2025, 5, 3307-3315.
  7. M. Radwan, C. Wang, J. H. Kim, H. Wei, and D. Wang,* Sorptive removal of neonicotinoid pesticides by nanobiochars: efficiency, kinetics, and reusability, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025, 493, 138354.
  8. S. Cho, C. K. Remucal, and H. Wei,* Common and distinctive Raman spectral features for the identification and differentiation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, ACS ES&T Water, 2025, 5, 300-309.
  9. Z. Wu, S. Janssen, M. Tate, H. Wei,* (co-corresponding author) and M. Qin,* Adaptable plasmonic membrane sensors for fast and reliable detection of trace low micrometer microplastics in lake water, Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58, 20172-20180.
  10. S. Liu, J. Lazarcik, and H. Wei,* Emerging investigator series: quantitative insights into the relationship between the concentrations and SERS intensities of neonicotinoids in water, Environmental Science: Nano, 2024, 11, 3294-3300.
  11. M. Ateia,* H. Wei,* (co-corresponding author) and S. Andreescu,* Sensors for emerging water contaminants: overcoming roadblocks to innovation, Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58, 2636-2651.
  12. H. Wang, A. Kvit, and H. Wei,* In-situ monitoring of the polymerization kinetics of organic pollutants during persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes using plasmonic colorimetry, Analytical Chemistry, 2024, 96, 1587-1596. 
  13. D. Ho, S. Liu, H. Wei, and K. G. Karthikeyan,* The growing potential of Nile red for microplastics identification: science and mechanism of fluorescence staining, Microchemical Journal, 2024, 197, 109708: 1-18.
  14. S. Cai, S. Cho, and H. Wei,* Rapid pre-screening of trace imidacloprid in drinking water via concentration-dependent surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic patterns, ACS ES&T Engineering, 2023, 3, 1875-1885.
  15. Z. Wu, M. Qin,* and H. Wei,* Improved reliability of Raman spectroscopic imaging of low micrometer microplastic mixtures in lake water by fractionated membrane filtration, ACS ES&T Water, 2023, 3, 2616-2626.
  16. S. Cho and H. Wei,* Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for emerging contaminant analysis in drinking water, Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering, 2023, 17, 57: 1-15.
  17. K. Dong, J. Ao, K. Li, L. Liu, Y. Liu, G. Xu, T. Wang, H. Cheng, Z. Wang, X. Zhang, H. Wei, C. George, A. Mellouki, H. Herrmann, L. Wang, J. Chen, M. Ji, L. Zhang,* J. S. Francisco,* Imaging of pH distribution inside individual microdroplet by stimulated Raman microscopy, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – USA, 2023, 120, e2219588120: 1-8.
  18. Z. Wu, S. Cai, S. Cho, H. Wei,* (co-corresponding author) and M. Qin,* Laboratory filter membranes may release organic particles that affect water analysis, ACS ES&T Engineering, 2022, 2, 2311-2316.
  19. H. Wang and H. Wei,* Controlled citrate oxidation on gold nanoparticle surfaces for improved surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic analysis of low-affinity organic micropollutants, Langmuir 2022, 38, 4958-4968.
  20. S. K. Loeb, H. Wei, and J. H. Kim,* Measuring temperature heterogeneities during the solar-photothermal heating using quantum dot nanothermometry, Analyst 2021, 146, 2048-2056.
  21. Q. Huang, H. Wei, L. C. Marr, and P. J. Vikesland,* Direct quantification of the effect of ammonium on aerosol droplet pH, Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 55, 778-787.
  22. H. Lee,# H. Wei,# (co-first author) H. Choe, J. Park, K. Kim, T. Yu, C. Lee, J. H. Kim,* and J. H. Kim,* Versatile yolk-shell encapsulation: catalytic, photothermal, and sensing demonstration. Small 2020, 16, 2002311.
  23. H. Wei, S. K. Loeb, N. J. Halas,* and J. H. Kim,* Plasmon-enabled degradation of organic micropollutants in water by visible-light illumination of Janus gold nanorods, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – USA 2020, 117, 15473-15481.