Correlation between hierarchical structure of crystal networks and macroscopic performance of mesoscopic soft materials and engineering principles

Experimental modelling of single-particle dynamic processes in crystallization by controlled colloidal assembly

(2014) Tian Hui Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Identify kinetic features of fibers growing, branching, and bundling in microstructure engineering of crystalline fiber network

(2014) Yu Liu et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Engineering of Fluorescent Emission of Silk Fibroin Composite Materials by Material Assembly

(2014) Naibo Lin et al.   Small

Crystal Networks in Silk Fibrous Materials: From Hierarchical Structure to Ultra Performance

(2014) Anh Tuan Nguyen et al.   Small

A nanocomposite superstructure of metal oxides with effective charge transfer interfaces

(2014) Zhenfeng Bian et al.   Nature Communications

Multiple Structural Coloring of Silk-Fibroin Photonic Crystals and Humidity-Responsive Color Sensing

(2013) Ying Ying Diao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Hierarchically Structured Nanotubes for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2013) Meidan Ye et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hierarchical Growth of Fluorescent Dye Aggregates in Water by Fusion of Segmented Nanostructures

(2013) Xin Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Spontaneously amplified homochiral organic–inorganic nano-helix complexes via self-proliferation

(2013) Halei Zhai et al.   Nanoscale

Facile and effective synthesis of hierarchical TiO2 spheres for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

(2013) Meidan Ye et al.   Nanoscale

What makes spider silk fibers so strong? From molecular-crystallite network to hierarchical network structures

(2013) Gangqin Xu et al.   Soft Matter

Rough Fibrils Provide a Toughening Mechanism in Biological Fibers

(2012) Cameron P. Brown et al.   ACS Nano

Silk fibroin biomaterials for tissue regenerations

(2012) Banani Kundu et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Controlled Colloidal Assembly: Experimental Modeling of General Crystallization and Biomimicking of Structural Color

(2012) Ying Ying Diao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Engineered Large Spider Eggcase Silk Protein for Strong Artificial Fibers

(2012) Zhi Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design and engineering of silk fibroin scaffolds with biomimetic hierarchical structures

(2012) Hui Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Merging models of biomineralisation with concepts of nonclassical crystallisation: is a liquid amorphous precursor involved in the formation of the prismatic layer of the Mediterranean Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis?

(2012) Stephan E. Wolf et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Attogram Sensing of Trinitrotoluene with a Self-Assembled Molecular Gelator

(2012) Kalathil K. Kartha et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties

(2012) F. Teule et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hierarchical Rutile TiO2Flower Cluster-Based High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells via Direct Hydrothermal Growth on Conducting Substrates

(2012) Meidan Ye et al.   Small

Size invariance of fibrous networks of supramolecular soft materials during formation under critical volume confinement

(2012) Bing Yuan et al.   Soft Matter

Control of crystallization in supramolecular soft materials engineering

(2012) Jing-Liang Li et al.   Soft Matter

Switching on Fluorescent Emission by Molecular Recognition and Aggregation Dissociation

(2011) Naibo Lin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Intrinsically Colored and Luminescent Silk

(2011) Natalia C. Tansil et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Critical behavior of confined supramolecular soft materials on a microscopic scale

(2011) Bing Yuan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Pattern-Dependent Tunable Adhesion of Superhydrophobic MnO2Nanostructured Film

(2011) Xiao Dan Zhao et al.   LANGMUIR

Controlling Nanoparticle Formation via Sizable Cages of Supramolecular Soft Materials

(2011) Jing-Liang Li et al.   LANGMUIR

High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Hierarchically Structured Nanotubes

(2011) Meidan Ye et al.   NANO LETTERS

Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin

(2011) Danielle N Rockwood et al.   Nature Protocols

New Frontiers in Materials Science for Art Conservation: Responsive Gels and Beyond

(2010) Emiliano Carretti et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Structural Origin of the Strain-Hardening of Spider Silk

(2010) Ning Du et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Mystery of the transformation from amorphous calcium phosphate to hydroxyapatite

(2010) Haihua Pan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Oriented Aggregation: Formation and Transformation of Mesocrystal Intermediates Revealed

(2010) Virany M. Yuwono et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Anion-switchable supramolecular gels for controlling pharmaceutical crystal growth

(2010) Jonathan A. Foster et al.   Nature Chemistry

New Opportunities for an Ancient Material

(2010) F. G. Omenetto et al.   SCIENCE

Volume confinement induced microstructural transitions and property enhancements of supramolecular soft materials

(2010) Bing Yuan et al.   Soft Matter

Producing Supramolecular Functional Materials Based on Fiber Network Reconstruction

(2009) Shaokun Tang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Spontaneous Current Oscillations during Hard Anodization of Aluminum under Potentiostatic Conditions

(2009) Woo Lee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nucleation: What Happens at the Initial Stage?

(2009) Tian Hui Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Engineering Molecular Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks by Ultrasound

(2009) Rong-Yao Wang et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Microengineering of Soft Functional Materials by Controlling the Fiber Network Formation

(2009) Jing-Liang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Spherulitic Networks: From Structure to Rheological Property

(2009) Jing Hua Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Will Fluoride Toughen or Weaken Our Teeth? Understandings Based on Nucleation, Morphology, and Structural Assembly

(2009) Zhiqiang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Greatly Increased Toughness of Infiltrated Spider Silk

(2009) S.-M. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

A molecular insight into the nature of crystallographic mismatches in self-assembled fibrillar networks under non-isothermal crystallization conditions

(2009) Ricky Lam et al.   Soft Matter

An Organometallic Super‐Gelator with Multiple‐Stimulus Responsive Properties

(2008) Jing Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nano-Architecture by Molecular Structure-Directing Agent

(2008) Hai-Bing Xia et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Non-Isothermal Nucleation and Crystallization of 12-Hydroxystearic Acid in Vegetable Oils

(2008) Michael A. Rogers et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Degradation of Phenol under Combined Irradiation of Microwaves and Ultrasound

(2008) Zhi-Lin Wu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Physicochemical effects of terpenes on organogel for transdermal drug delivery

(2008) Perry Fung Chye Lim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Convenient ultrasound mediated synthesis of substituted pyrazolones under solvent-free conditions

(2008) Mohammad M. Mojtahedi et al.   ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY

Ultrasound Switch and Thermal Self-Repair of Morphology and Surface Wettability in a Cholesterol-Based Self-Assembly System

(2007) Junchen Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Proline and Processing of Spider Silks

(2007) Yi Liu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Organogels as scaffolds for excitation energy transfer and light harvesting

(2007) Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS