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. 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, Accepted.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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. 
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.