近五年科研项目：
(1) 国家自然科学基金，蛋白质错误折叠机理及其电化学特性研究（21175067）
(2) 国家自然科学基金，基于酶直接电子转移的生物燃料电池阴、阳极催化剂的研究（20773067）
(3) 国家自然科学基金，纳米毛细管用于单细胞成像研究（20673057）
(4) 新世纪优秀人才支持计划，纳米毛细管用于单细胞分析（NECT-06-0508）
(5) 江苏高等学校优秀科技创新团队项目，纳米材料与电化学分子识别
近5年的代表论文有：
(1) Chenxin Cai, Michael V. Mirkin, Electron transfer kinetics at polarized nanoscopic liquid/liquid interfaces, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128(1), 171-179.
(2) Qian Shao, Ping Wu, Piao Gu, Xiaoqing Xu, Hui Zhang, Chenxin Cai*, Electrochemical and spectroscopic studies on the conformational structure of hemoglobin assembled on gold nanoparticles, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2011, 115(26), 8627-8637.
(3) Shuna Liu, Ping Wu, Wen Li, Hui Zhang, Chenxin Cai*, Ultrasensitive and selective electrochemical identification of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b based on specific endonuclease combined with gold nanoparticles signal amplification, Anal. Chem., 2011, 83(12), 4752-4758.
(4) Shuna Liu, Ping Wu, Wen Li, Hui Zhang, Chenxin Cai*, Electrochemical approach for detection of DNA methylation and assay of the methyltransferase activity, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47(10), 2844-2846.
(5) XiumingWu, Yaojuan Hu, Juan Jin, Ninglin Zhou, Ping Wu, Hui Zhang, Chenxin Cai*, Electrochemical approach for detection of extracellular oxygen released from erythrocytes based on graphene film integrated with laccase and 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), Anal. Chem., 2010, 82(9), 3588-3596.
