Peer-reviewed papers
2024
166. Cheng Li, Oriol Arteaga, Florian Ehlers, Marcel Krüsmann, Bianjing Sun, Jade Poisson, Matthias Karg, Philipp Vana, Kai Zhang*
Self-assembled small molecule spherulites under mild conditions: High solid-state quantum yield and unique interconnected structural and fluorescent colors
Aggregate, 2024, http://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.695
165. Lizhen Chen,‡ Junjie Pan,‡ Tao Wang, Wei Xia,* Jianping He,* Kai Zhang*
One-dimensional magnetic nickel-carbon matrix nanotube composites derived from hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks and metal-organic frameworks for electromagnetic wave absorption
Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, accepted
164. Yaqin Zhu,‡ Lizhen Chen,‡ Junjie Pan, Shaohua Jiang,* Jiaxiu Wang,* Guoying Zhang,* Kai Zhang*
Recent advances in COF-derived carbon materials: Synthesis, properties, and applications
Progress in Materials Science, 2024, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079642524001427
163. Dan Xu, Xintong Meng, Siyuan Liu, Jade Poisson, Philipp Vana, Kai Zhang*
Dehydration regulates structural reorganization of dynamic hydrogels
Nature Communications, 2024, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51219-7 or PDF
162. Huan Liu, Zhihao Wang, Haowei Xin, Jun Liu, Qianqian Wang, Bo Pang,* Kai Zhang*
Polysaccharide nanocrystals-based chiral nematic structures: from self-assembly mechanisms, regulation, to applications
ACS Nano, 2024, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.4c03130
161. Jade Poisson, Kai Zhang*
Unique Optical Properties of Cellulosic Materials
Accounts of Materials Research, 2024, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/accountsmr.4c00013
160. Ting Yang, Bo Pang,* Minghao Zhang,* Nan Sheng, Hua Zhang, Kai Zhang*
Advanced ion-selective wood membranes: Leveraging aligned cellulose nanofibers for enhanced osmotic energy conversion
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 496, 153891 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894724053804?via%3Dihub
159. Wenbo Chen, Caoxing Huang, Philip Biehl, Kai Zhang*
Water training initiates spatially regulated microstructures with competitive mechanics in hydroadaptive polymers
Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 6093 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50328-7 or PDF
158. Shaohuang Chen, Dan Xu, Huiting Yin, Renliang Huang, Wei Qi, Rongxin Su,* Kai Zhang*
Large-scale engineerable films tailored with cellulose nanofibrils for lighting management and thermal insulation
Small, 2024, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.202401283
157. Qing Chen,* Tina Künniger, Qun Song, Kai Zhang, Andrei Chumakov, Yusuf Bulut, Constantin Harder, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Stephan V. Roth,* Artur Braun*
Hygro-Dynamic and Conductive Actuator That Restructures and Heals by Water
Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 202402924 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202402924
156. Yaping Yan,‡ Ruhuai Mei,‡ Jiachen Ma, Yang Huang, Ying Zhu, Zhen Lang, Cheng Li, Hongmei Tang, Wenlan Zhang, Jing Lu, Oliver G. Schmidt, Kai Zhang,* Minshen Zhu*
Modular Design of Functional Glucose Monomer and Block Co‐Polymer toward Stable Zn Anodes
Small, 2024, 2400292 https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202400292 (‡ Equal contribution)
155. Abbasali Abouei Mehrizi, Lijie Sun, Jun Zhang, Bo Pang, Kai Zhang, Longquan Chen
Droplet impact dynamics on a flexible superhydrophobic cantilever wire mesh
Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 44, 103736 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468023023010982
154. Xinyu Chen, Lizhen Chen, Chuntao Chen*, Diwei Shi, Jiexi Song, Yanqing Qin, Xiangmei Wang, Majeed Muhammad Amjad, Dongping Sun,* Bianjing Sun*, Kai Zhang*
Rational Design of Dynamic Interface Water Evolution on Turing Electrocatalyst towards the Industrial Hydrogen Production
Advanced Materials, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202401110
153. Wenbo Chen, Philip Biehl, Caoxing Huang*, Kai Zhang*
Viscoelastic Response in Hydrous Polymers: The Role of Hydrogen Bonds and Microstructure
Nano Letters, 2024, 24, 3811-3818 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00556
152. Ying Yang,‡ Lizhen Chen,‡ Zhenyan Guo, Shengqi Liu, Pei-dong Wu, Zhen Fang,* Kai Zhang, Hu Li*
Remote p–d orbital hybridization via first/second-layer coordination of Fe single atoms with heteroatoms for enhanced electrochemical CO2-to-CO reduction
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA08021H (‡ Equal contribution)
151. Xiaochao Shi,‡ Zengbin Wang,‡ Siyuan Liu, Qinqin Xia, Yongzhuang Liu, Wenshuai Chen, Haipeng Yu*, Kai Zhang*
Ultrafine and Fairly Long Carboxylated Cellulose Nanofibers Prepared by a Green Solvent
Nature Sustainability, 2024, 7, 315 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01267-0 (‡ Equal contribution)
Research Briefing, 2024, https://rdcu.be/dyfw3
150. Jiansen Ding, Yang Yang*, Jade Poisson, Yuan He, Hua Zhang*, Ying Zhang, Yulan Bao, Shuiliang Chen, Yong Mei Chen*, Kai Zhang*
Recent Advances in Biopolymer-based Hydrogel Electrolytes for Flexible Supercapacitors
ACS Energy Letters, 2024, 9, 1803-1825 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c02567
149. Zhe Qu, Jiachen Ma, Yang Huang, Tianming Li, Hongmei Tang, Xiaoyu Wang, Siyuan Liu, Kai Zhang, Dmitriy D. Karnaushenko, Daniil Karnaushenko, Minshen Zhu*, Oliver G. Schmidt*
A Photolithographable Electrolyte for Deeply Rechargeable Zn Microbatteries in On-Chip Devices
Advanced Materials, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202310667
148. Wenbo Chen, Kai Zhang*
Moist-Defined Polymers with Tunable Multisteady Mechano-Responsiveness Enabled by Imine-Coordinated Boroxine
Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 2315559 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202315559
147. Xinyu Chen, Chuntao Chen,* Majeed Muhammad Amjad, Dongping Sun,* Bianjing Sun,* Kai Zhang
Competitive Adsorption: Inhibiting the Hydroxyl Poisoning Effect on Lattice-Confined Ru Atoms in Metal Carbides Nanoislands for Boosting Hydrogen Production
Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2024, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337323012870?via%3Dihub
146. Qun Song,‡ Zengbin Wang,‡ Dan Xu, Siyuan Liu, Huan Liu,* Kai Zhang*
Self-assembly of polysaccharide nanocrystals: from aggregation in suspensions to optical materials
Progress in Polymer Science, 2024, 148, 101768. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079670023001223 (‡ Equal contribution)
145. Kui Zeng, Neeraj Kumar Pandit, João C. A. Oliveira, Sebastian Dechert, Lutz Ackermann*, Kai Zhang*
Weak-coordination-auxiliary aminocatalysis enables directed [3+2] cyclization for 2-acylindolizines
Green Chemistry, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D3GC03552B
144. Jiayu Bai, Songjie Hu, Lirong Feng, Xinhui Jin, Dong Wang, Kai Zhang, Xiaohui Guo*
Manganese vanadium oxide composite as a cathode for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, accepted, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109326
2023
143. Dan Xu, Yang Yang, Lukas Emmerich, Yong Wang, Kai Zhang*
Divergent Deborah number-dependent transition from homogeneity to heterogeneity
Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 6003. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41738-0 OPEN ACCESS
142. Xiaofan Ma,‡ Siyuan Liu,‡ Heng Luo, Hongtao Guo, Shaohua Jiang,* Gaigai Duan, Guoying Zhang,* Jingquan Han, Shuijian He, Wei Lu, Kai Zhang*
MOF@wood derived ultrathin carbon composite film for electromagnetic interference shielding with effective absorption and electrothermal management
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202310126 (‡ Equal contribution)
141. Wenhui Pei,‡ Yalikun Yusufu,‡ Yifei Zhan,‡ Xucai Wang, Jian Gan, Liming Zheng,* Peng Wang,* Kai Zhang*, Caoxing Huang*
Biosynthesizing lignin dehydrogenation polymer to fabricate hybrid hydrogel composite with hyaluronic acid for cartilage repair
Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2023, https://rdcu.be/dnsej (‡ Equal contribution)
140. Ting Yang, Hua Zhang,* Caoxing Huang, Chenyang Cai, Christoph Gerhard, Kai Zhang*
Sustainable Porous Scaffolds with Retained Lignin as An Effective Light-absorbing Material for Efficient Photothermal Energy Conversion
Small Methods, 2023, 7, 2300913 https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300913
139. Yi-Tung Lu, Pei-Tzu Hung, Kui Zeng, Matthias Menzel, Christian E.H. Schmelzer, Kai Zhang, Thomas Groth*
Sustained growth factor delivery from bioactive PNIPAM-grafted-chitosan/heparin multilayers as a tool to promote growth and migration of cells
Biomaterials Advances, 2023, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772950823003126
138. Jian Gan,‡ Lizhen Chen,‡ Zhijun Chen, Jilei Zhang, Wenji Yu, Caoxing Huang,* Yan Wu,* Kai Zhang*
Lignocellulosic biomass-based Carbon Dots: Synthesis Processes, Properties, and Applications
Small, 2023, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202304066 (‡ Equal contribution)
137. Isaac Maksso,‡ Ramesh C. Samanta,‡ Yifei Zhan, Kai Zhang, Svenja Warratz, Lutz Ackermann*
Polymer up-cycling by mangana-electrocatalytic C(sp3)–H azidation without directing groups
Chemical Science, 2023, https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/sc/d3sc02549g (‡ Equal contribution)
136. Wei Wang,‡ Qun Song,‡ Qiang Luo,* Linqian Li, Xiaobing Huo, Shipeng Chen, Jinyang Li, Yunhong Li, Se Shi, Yihui Yuan, Xiwen Du, Kai Zhang, Ning Wang*
Photothermal-enabled single-atom catalysts for high-efficiency hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis from natural seawater
Nature Communications, 2023, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38211-3 (‡ Equal contribution)
135. Kui Zeng, Dan Xu, Shuaiyu Gong, Yi-Tung Lu, Philipp Vana, Thomas Groth, Kai Zhang*
Thermoresponsive hydrogels with sulfated polysaccharide-derived copolymers: the effect of carbohydrate backbones on the responsive and mechanical properties
Cellulose, 2023, https://rdcu.be/dhmCm (invited for Special Issue: 90th birthday of Henri Chanzy)
134. Chenyang Cai, Wenbo Chen, Zechang Wei, Chunxiang Ding, Bianjing Sun, Christoph Gerhard, Yu Fu,* Kai Zhang*
Bioinspired “Aerogel Grating” with Metasurfaces for Durable Daytime Radiative Cooling for Year-round Energy Savings
Nano Energy, 2023, https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2211-2855(23)00462-7
133. Hua Zhang, Minshen Zhu*, Hongmei Tang, Qiongqiong Lu, Ting Yang, Xiaoyu Wang, Bin Chen, Zhe Qu, Xia Wang, Minghao Yu, Daniil Karnaushenko, Dmitriy D. Karnaushenko, Yang Huang*, Oliver G. Schmidt, Kai Zhang*
A High-Voltage Zn-Air Battery Based on an Asymmetric Electrolyte Configuration
Energy Storage Materials, 2023, , 59, 102791. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405829723001708
132. Bei He, Lizhen Chen, Philip Biehl, Xintong Meng, Wenbo Chen, Dan Xu, Junli Ren,* Kai Zhang*
Scale-spanning Strong Adhesion Using Cellulose-based Microgels
Small, 2023, 19, 2300865 https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202300865
131. Jie Tang,‡ Yuan He,‡ Dan Xu,‡ Weijie Zhang, Yang Hu, Heming Song, Yunxia Zhang, Yong Mei Chen,* Yang Yang,* Kai Zhang*
Tough, rapid self-recovery and responsive organogel-based ionotronic for intelligent continuous passive motion system
npj Flexible Electronics, 2023, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41528-023-00259-y (‡ Equal contribution)
130. Yawen Yao,‡ Xintong Meng,‡ Cheng Li,‡ Katrien V. Bernaerts, Kai Zhang*
Tuning the chiral structures from self-assembled carbohydrate derivatives
Small, 2023, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smll.202208286 (‡ Equal contribution)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.202370184 (Frontispiece)
129. Ting Xu,‡ Qun Song,‡ Kun Liu,‡ Huayu Liu,‡ Junjie Pan, Wei Liu, Lin Dai, Meng Zhang, Yaxuan Wang, Chuanling Si,* Haishun Du,* Kai Zhang*
Nanocellulose-Assisted Construction of Multifunctional MXene-Based Aerogels with Engineering Biomimetic Texture for Pressure Sensor and Compressible Electrode
Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15, 98 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01073-x
128. Kui Zeng, Ruhuai Mei, Sebastian Dechert, Lutz Ackermann, Kai Zhang*
A recyclable stereoauxiliary aminocatalyzed strategy for one-pot synthesis of indolizine-2-carbaldehydes
Communications Chemistry, 2023, https://rdcu.be/c6cHT
127. Xiaofan Ma,‡ Junjie Pan,‡ Hongtao Guo, Jingwen Wang, Chunmei Zhang,* Jingquan Han, Zhichao Lou, Chunxin Ma, Shaohua Jiang,* Kai Zhang*
Ultrathin wood-derived conductive carbon composite film for electromagnetic shielding and electric heating management
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2213431 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202213431(‡ Equal contribution)
126. Kui Zeng, A. Claudia Stückl, Jie Qin, Martin Simon, Can-Jerome Spyra, Jun Li, Franc Meyer, Kai Zhang*
Iodoarene Mediated Efficient Aerobic Oxidation of Aldehydes for Carboxylic Acids
Molecular Catalysis, 2023, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468823123000068
125. Yi-Tung Lu, Pei-Tzu Hung, Kui Zeng, Christian Woelk, Bodo Fuhrmann, Kai Zhang, Thomas Groth*
Surface properties and bioactivity of PNIPAM-grafted-chitosan/chondroitin multilayers
Smart Materials in Medicine, 2023, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259018342200059X
124. Zhe Qiu, Fanjun Yu, Dan Xu, Zengbin Wang, Junya Huang, Shuo Wang, Yanxiao Yang, Yonggui Wang,* Jian Li, Zefang Xiao, Yanjun Xie,* Kai Zhang*
Ultrafast Self-propelling Directionally Water Transporting Wood via Cell Wall Reshaping for Water Manipulation
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140563
123. Diandian Dong,‡ Yang Yang,‡ Hua Zhang,‡ Yuan He, Jie Tang, Ziyang Wang, Yongmei Chen,* Yoshihiro Ito, Hideyuki Miyatake, Jianzhong Ma,* Kai Zhang*
Nanocatalysts induced self-triggering leather skin for human-machine interaction
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140269 (‡ Equal contribution)
2022
122. Kui Zeng,‡ Falko Doberenz,‡ Yi-Tung Lu,‡ Johanna Phuong Nong, Steffen Fischer, Thomas Groth, Kai Zhang*
Synthesis of Thermoresponsive PNIPAM-Grafted Cellulose Sulfates for Bioactive Multilayers via Layer-by-Layer Technique
ACS Applied Material & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 48384–48396. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.2c12803#(‡ Equal contribution)
121. Minghao Zhang,‡ Nan Sheng,‡ Qun Song, Hua Zhang, Shiyan Chen,* Huaping Wang,* Kai Zhang*
Enhanced Selective Ion Transport by Assembling Nanofibers to Membrane Pairs with Channel-like nanopores for Osmotic Energy Harvesting
Nano Energy, 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211285522008631 (‡ Equal contribution)
120. Bianjing Sun, Dan Xu, Zengbin Wang, Bo Pang, Jiaxiu Wang, Dongping Sun*,Kai Zhang*
Sustainable Amylopectin-derived Mini-Windmills for Moisture-Induced Electric Generation
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2022, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aesr.202200084
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aesr.202270023 (Front Cover)
119. Junping Deng,† Qun Song,†, Siyuan Liu,† Wenhui Pei, Peng Wang, Liming Zheng, Caoxing Huang,* Mingguo Ma,* Qing Jiang*, Kai Zhang*
Advanced applications of cellulose-based composites in fighting bone diseases
Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359836822005947 (‡ Equal contribution)
OP9. Hua Zhang, Ting Yang, Kai Zhang*
Low-corrosivity structural timber for a sustainable future (Preview)
Matter, 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590238522003186?dgcid=author
118. Nan Sheng,‡ Minghao Zhang,‡ Qun Song, Hua Zhang, Shiyan Chen,* Huaping Wang,* Kai Zhang*
Enhanced Salinity Gradient Energy Harvesting with Oppositely Charged Bacterial Cellulose-based Composite Membranes
Nano Energy, 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211285522006255 (‡ Equal contribution)
117. Xiaofan Ma,‡ Ye Xiong,‡ Yushan Liu‡, Jingquan Han,* Gaigai Duan, Yiming Chen, Shuijian He, Changtong Mei, Shaohua Jiang,* Kai Zhang*
When MOFs Meet Wood: From Opportunities toward Applications
Chem, 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2451929422003217 (‡ Equal contribution)
116. Dan Xu‡, Qun Song‡, Chenchen Wu, Kai Zhang*
Designable multiple structural colors using alkaline periodate oxidated CNCs and gold nanorods
Advanced Materials Technology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202200615 (‡ Equal contribution)
115. Yi-Tung Lu, Kui Zeng, Bodo Fuhrmann, Christian Wölk, Kai Zhang, Thomas Groth*
Engineering of Stable Cross-linked Multilayers Based on Thermo-responsive PNIPAM-grafted-Chitosan/Heparin to Tailor their Physiochemical Properties and Biocompatibility
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.2c05297
114. Jianyong Wan,‡ Jiaxiu Wang,‡ Hongda Guo, Keliang Wan, Xinpeng Zhao, Jian Li, Shujun Li, Zhijun Chen*, Shouxin Liu,* Kai Zhang*
Constructing Ultra-Stable, Highly Efficient and Robust Photothermal Plastics Assisted by Solar-Thermal Carbon Dots With Photocaged Reactivity
Matter, 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590238522002569 (‡ Equal contribution)
113. Junlei Xiao,‡ Huiling Li,‡ Hua Zhang,* Shuijian He, Qian Zhang, Kunming Liu, Shaohua Jiang, Gaigai Duan,* Kai Zhang*
Nanocellulose and its derived composite electrodes toward supercapacitors: Fabrication, properties, and challenges
Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobab.2022.05.003 (‡ Equal contribution)
112. Chenyang Cai‡, Zechang Wei‡, Chunxiang Ding, Bianjing Sun, Wenbo Chen, Christoph Gerhard, Evgeny Nimerovsky, Yu Fu*, Kai Zhang*
Dynamically Tunable All-weather Daytime Cellulose Aerogel Radiative Super-Cooler for Energy Saving-Building
Nano Letters, 2022, 22, 4106–4114 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00844 (‡ Equal contribution)
Press release
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-team-wood-based-foam-cooler.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email
https://www.springwise.com/innovation/architecture-design/wood-based-material-for-heating-cooling-buildings
and so on
111. Kui Zeng, Ruhuai Mei, Xizhou Cecily Zhang, Loren B Andreas, Kai Zhang*
Direct nitrogen interception from chitin/chitosan for imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines
Chemical Communications, 2022, https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/CC/D2CC01060G?page=search (back cover) OPEN ACCESS
110. Wenbo Chen, Bianjing Sun, Philip Biehl, Kai Zhang*
Cellulose-based soft actuators (Invited Review)
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.202200072 OPEN ACCESS
109. Kui Zeng, Jin Ye, Xintong Meng, Sebastian Dechert, Martin Simon, Shuaiyu Gong, Ricardo A. Mata, Kai Zhang*
Anomeric stereoauxiliary cleavage of the C-N bond of D-glucosamine for the preparation of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202200648 OPEN ACCESS
https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.202201123 (Inside Cover)
108. Wei Liu,‡ Kun Liu,‡ Haishun Du*, Ting Zheng, Ning Zhang, Ting Xu*, Bo Pang*, Xinyu Zhang, Chuanling Si*, Kai Zhang*
Cellulose nanopaper: fabrication, functionalization and applications
Nano-Micro Letters, 2022, accepted (‡ Equal contribution) https://rdcu.be/cLiLM (‡ Equal contribution) (cover) OPEN ACCESS
107. Ting Xu,‡ Kun Liu,‡ Nan Sheng,‡ Minghao Zhang,‡ Wei Liu, Huayu Liu, Lin Dai, Xinyu Zhang, Chuanling Si,* Haishun Du,* Kai Zhang*
Biopolymer-based hydrogel electrolytes for advanced energy storage/conversion devices: properties, applications, and perspectives
Energy Storage Materials, 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405829722001490#! (‡ Equal contribution)
106. Sandip Singh, Kolja Ostendorf, Markus Euring, Kai Zhang*
Environmentally Sustainable, High-Performance Lignin-derived Universal Adhesive
Green Chemistry, 2022, 24, 2624–2635 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/GC/D2GC00014H?page=search OPEN ACCESS
105. Bianjing Sun,‡ Dan Xu,‡ Zengbin Wang, Yifei Zhan, Kai Zhang*
Interfacial structure Design for Triboelectric Nanogenerators
Battery Energy, 2022, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bte2.20220001 (‡ Equal contribution) OPEN ACCESS
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bte2.12053 (Back Cover)
104. Huayu Liu,‡ Ting Xu,*,‡ Chenyang Cai‡, Kun Liu, Wei Liu, Meng Zhang, Haishun Du,* Chuanling Si,* Kai Zhang*
Multifunctional Superelastic, Superhydrophilic, and Ultralight Nanocellulose-based Composite Carbon Aerogels for Compressive Supercapacitor and Strain Sensor
Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202113082 (‡ Equal contribution) OPEN ACCESS
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202270149(Inside Front Cover)
103. Peiwen Liu,‡ Jiaxiu Wang,‡ Houjuan Qi,‡ Tim Koddenberg, Dan Xu, Siyuan Liu, Kai Zhang*
Biomimetic Confined Self-Assembly of Chitin Nanocrystals
Nano Today, 2022, 43, 101420. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1eVF76DSyBAFTM (‡ Equal contribution)
2021
102. Yang Yang, Heqin Huang, Dan Xu, Xiaojie Wang, Ye Chen, Xiaohui Wang, Kai Zhang*
Three-dimensional Hollow Xerogels with Ordered Cellulose Nanocrystals for Tailored Mechanical Properties
Small, 2021, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202104702 OPEN ACCESS
101. Lijie Sun, Shiji Lin, Bo Pang, Yile Wang, Erqiang Li, Xiaotao Zu, Kai Zhang*, Xia Xiang*, Longquan Chen*
Water sprays formed by impinging millimeter-sized droplets on superhydrophobic meshes
Physics of Fluids, 2021, https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0058512
100. Bo Pang, Huan Liu*, Kai Zhang*
Recent progress on Pickering emulsions stabilized by polysaccharides-based micro/nanoparticles
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021, https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0001-8686(21)00163-9
99. Huan Liu, Bo Pang, Kai Zhang*
Breath figure templated self-assembly of surface-acylated cellulose nanowhiskers confined as honeycomb films
Cellulose, 2021, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10570-021-04245-3.pdf OPEN ACCESS
98. Jiaxiu Wang, Markus Euring, Kolja Ostendorf, Kai Zhang*
Biobased materials for food packaging
Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2021, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2369969821000840 (Invited Review)
97. Yawen Yao, Qiyun Tang, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Marcel Krüsmann, Matthias Karg, Kai Zhang*
Tuning sugar-based chiral and flower-like microparticles
Small, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202102938 OPEN ACCESS
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.202170198 (Frontispiece)
96. Jiaxiu Wang, Lukas Emmerich, Jianfeng Wu, Philipp Vana, Kai Zhang*
Hydroplastic polymers as eco-friendly hydrosetting plastics
Nature Sustainability, 2021, 4, 877-833 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00743-1
Highlighted in News&Views: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00750-2
Press release:
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=6348
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2021/07/22/umweltfreundlicher-biokunststoff-aus-pflanzen-team-der-universitaet-goettingen-stellt-leicht-formbares-material-her/?groupcolor=4
https://www.plastverarbeiter.de/roh-und-zusatzstoffe/biobasierten-hydrokunststoff-mit-wasser-formen-346.html
https://www.wissenschaftsjahr.de/2020-21/aktuelles/august-2021/biokunststoffe-aus-hydroplastik
https://www.chemie.de/news/1172070/umweltfreundlicher-biokunststoff-aus-pflanzen-und-wasser.html
and so on
95. Ting Xu, Haishun Du, Huayu Liu, Wei Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Chuanling Si,* Peiwen Liu,* Kai Zhang*
Advanced Nanocellulose-based Composites for Flexible Functional Energy Storage Devices
Advanced Materials, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202101368 OPEN ACCESS
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202170381 (Inside Back Cover)
94. Hua Zhang, Zhe Qu, Hongmei Tang, Xia Wang, Robert Koehler, Minghao Yu, Christoph Gerhard, Yin Yin, Minshen Zhu*, Kai Zhang*, Oliver G. Schmidt*
On-Chip Integration of a Covalent Organic Framework-Based Catalyst into a Miniaturized Zn–Air Battery with High Energy Density
ACS Energy Letters, 2021, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00768
93. Jiaxiu Wang, Yu Cao, Bea Jaquet, Christoph Gerhard, Wei Li, Xiaodong Xia,* Judith E. Rauschendorfer, Philipp Vana, Kai Zhang*
Self-Compounded Nanocomposites: toward Multifunctional Membranes with Superior Mechanical, Gas/Oil Barrier, UV-Shielding, and Photothermal Conversion Properties
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.1c06376
92. Yiming Chen#, Yang Yang#, Ye Xiong#, Lin Zhang,* Wenhui Xu, Gaigai Duan*, Changtong Mei, Shaohua Jiang*, Zhenhua Rui, Kai Zhang*
Porous Aerogel and Sponge Composites: Assisted by Novel Nanomaterials for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding
Nano Today, 2021, https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1d7gV6DSyB6RXI
91. Ting Yang, Peiwen Liu, Dan Xu, Jiaxiu Wang, Kai Zhang*
Direct Preparation of Nanocelluloses of Tunable Lengths from Native Wood Via Alkaline Periodate Oxidation
Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2021, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adsu.202100058 OPEN ACCESS
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90. Shuang Wang#, Marcel C. Forster#, Kai Xue, Florian Ehlers, Bo Pang, Loren B. Andreas, Philipp Vana, Kai Zhang*
Macro-scale helices co-assembled from chirality-transferring temperature-responsive carbohydrate-based bolaamphiphiles and 1,4-benzenediboronic acid
Angewandte Chemie Int Ed, 2021, 60, 9712. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202100153 (# Equal contribution) OPEN ACCESS
Coassemblierung von Helices auf Makroebene durch chiralitätstransferierende, temperaturresponsive, Kohlenhydrat‐basierte Bolaamphiphile und 1,4‐Phenylenbisboronsäure
Angewandte Chemie, 2021, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ange.202100153 OPEN ACCESS
Hot Paper
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89. Hua Zhang, Minshen Zhu*, Oliver G. Schmidt, Shuiliang Chen*, Kai Zhang*
Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Energy Electrocatalysis: Rational Design and Progress (Invited Review)
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2021, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202100153 OPEN ACCESS
88. Bo Pang#, Huan Liu#, Florian Rehfeldt, Kai Zhang*
High internal phase Pickering emulsions stabilized by dialdehyde amylopectin/chitosan complex nanoparticles
Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0144861721000436 (# Equal contribution)
87. Peiwen Liu,# Huan Liu,# Timmy Schäfer, Torsten Gutmann, Holger Gibhardt, Houjuan Qi, Lin Tian, Xizhou Cecily Zhang, Gerd Buntkowsky, Kai Zhang*
Unexpected Selective Alkaline Periodate Oxidation of Chitin for the Isolation of Chitin Nanocrystals
Green Chemistry, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0GC04054A (# Equal contribution) OPEN ACCESS
86. Yonggui Wang,* Zhe Qiu, Zhen Lang, Yanjun Xie, Zefang Xiao, Haigang Wang, Daxin Liang, Jian Li, Kai Zhang*
Multifunctional Reversible Self-assembled Structures of Cellulose-derived Phase Change Nanocrystals
Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 2005263. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202005263 OPEN ACCESS
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85. Xiaojie Wang, Yang Yang, Heqin Huang, Kai Zhang*
Temperature-Responsive, Manipulable Cavitary Hydrogel Containers by Macroscopic Spatial Surface-Interior Separation
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.0c19448
(highlighted in www.polysci.cn)
84. Shuang Wang, Philipp Vana, Kai Zhang*
Mannosylated fluorescent cellulose-based glycopolymers for stable uniform nanoparticles
Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pol.20200714 OPEN ACCESS
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pol.20200882 (Back Cover)
83. Yiming Chen,# Lin Zhang,# Yang Yang,# Bo Pang, Wenhui Xu, Gaigai Duan*, Shaohua Jiang*, Kai Zhang*
Recent Progress on Nanocellulose Aerogels: Preparation – Modification - Composite Fabrication - Applications (Review)
Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 2005569 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202005569 (# Equal contribution) OPEN ACCESS
(highlighted in MaterialsViewsChina of Wiley)
2020
82. Xiaojie Wang, Dan Xu, Bea Jaquet, Yang Yang, Jiaxiu Wang, Heqin Huang, Ye Chen, Christoph Gerhard, Kai Zhang*
Structural Colors by Synergistic Birefringence and Surface Plasmon Resonance
ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 16832-16839 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.0c05599
(highlighted in www.polymer.cn)
81. Thomas Groth,* Christian Willems, Kai Zhang, Steffen Fischer
Development of bioactive cellulose sulfates for biomedical applications.
Acta Medica Medianae, 2020, DOI: 10.5633/amm.2020.0308
80. Huan Liu, Bo Pang, Qiyun Tang*, Marcus Müller, Hua Zhang, Riza Dervişoğlu, Kai Zhang*
Self-Assembly of Surface-Acylated Cellulose Nanowhiskers and Graphene Oxide for Multiresponsive Janus-like Films with Time-Dependent Dry-State Structures
Small, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202004922 OPEN ACCESS
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202070241 (Inside Back Cover)
79. Mingcong Xu, Xueyun Wu, Yang Yang, Chunhui Ma, Wei Li*, Haipeng Yu, Zhijun Chen, Jian Li, Kai Zhang*, Shouxin Liu*
Designing Hybrid Chiral Photonic Films with Circularly Polarized Room-Temperature Phosphorescence
ACS Nano, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c02060
78. Ting Yang,# Houjuan Qi,# Peiwen Liu,# Kai Zhang*
Selective Isolation Methods for Cellulose and Chitin Nanocrystals
ChemPlusChem, 2020, DOI:10.1002/cplu.202000250 (Invited Mini-Review) (# Equal contribution) OPEN ACCESS
77. Bo Pang,# Hua Zhang,# Martin Schilling, Huan Liu, Xiaojie Wang, Florian Rehfeldt, Kai Zhang*
High internal phase Pickering emulsions stabilized by polymeric dialdehyde cellulose-based nanoparticles
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01116 (# Equal contribution)
76. Ruwei Chen, Yang Yang, Quanbo Huang, Hao Ling, Xinsheng Li, Junli Ren, Kai Zhang, Runcang Sun, Xiaohui Wang*
A multifunctional interface design on cellulose substrate enables high performance flexible All-Solid-State supercapacitors
Energy Storage Materials, 2020, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2020.07.030
75. Yang Yang, Xiaojie Wang, Heqin Huang, Shiqiang Cui, Ye Chen, Xiaohui Wang,* Kai Zhang*
Modular Nanocomposite Films with Tunable Physical Organization of Cellulose Nanocrystals for Photonic Encryption
Advanced Optical Materials, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202000547 OPEN ACCESS
74. Yang Yang,# Yi-Tung Lu,# Kui Zeng,# Thomas Heinze, Thomas Groth, Kai Zhang*
Recent Progress on Cellulose-based Ionic Compounds for Biomaterials
Advanced Materials, 2020, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.202000717 (# Equal contribution) OPEN ACCESS
(highlighted in polymer-science)
(highlighted in www.polymer.cn)
73.Pascal Fuchs, Philipp Vana, Kai Zhang*
Copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC)-assisted polymerization of linear glucose-derived co/polymers
Journal of Polymer Science, 2020, 58, 1535-1543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.20200147 OPEN ACCESS
72. Stefanie Rühlicke, Kai Zhang*
Synthesis of novel cellulose mixesters for transparent responsive films with switchable mechanical properties
Materials Today Communications, 2020, 24, 101015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101015
71. Mengle Kong, Xinwen Peng*, Hao Cui, Peiwen Liu, Bo Pang, Kai Zhang*
pH-responsive polymeric nanoparticles with tunable sizes for targeted drug delivery
RSC Advances, 2020, 10 (9), 4860-4868, DOI: 10.1039/C9RA10280A
70. Yawen Yao, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Kai Zhang*
Effects of solvents and temperature on spherulites of self-assembled phloroglucinol tristearate
Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-019-1911-3
69. Falko Doberenz#, Kui Zeng#, Christian Willems, Kai Zhang, Thomas Groth*
Thermoresponsive polymers and their biomedical application in tissue engineering
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9TB02052G (# Equal contribution)
68. Peiwen Liu, Bo Pang, Sebastian Dechert, Xizhou Zhang, Loren Andreas, Steffen Fischer, Franc Meyer, Kai Zhang*
Structure Selectivity of Universal Alkaline Periodate Oxidation on Lignocellulose for Facile Isolation of Cellulose Nanocrystals
Angewandte Chemie Int Ed, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201912053 OPEN ACCESS
Angewandte Chemie, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201912053
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67. Minshen Zhu*#, Xiaojie Wang#, Hongmei Tang, Jiawei Wang, Qi Hao, Lixiang Liu, Yang Li, Kai Zhang, Oliver G. Schmidt
Anti-Freezing Hydrogel with High Zinc Reversibility for Flexible and Durable Aqueous Batteries by Cooperative Hydrated Cations
Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201907218 (# Equal contribution) OPEN ACCESS
(highlighted in polymer-science)
2019
66. Hua Zhang, Peiwen Liu, Xinwen Peng, Shuiliang Chen, Kai Zhang*.
Interfacial Synthesis of Cellulose-Derived Solvent-Responsive Nanoparticles via Schiff Base Reaction
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b03919
65. Hua Zhang, Peiwen Liu, Saleh Md. Musa, Carsten Mai, Kai Zhang*.
Dialdehyde cellulose as a bio-based robust adhesive for wood bonding
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 10452–10459 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00801
64. Yi Meng, Xueqian Liu, Chengxiang Li, Huan Liu, Yi Cheng, Jie Lu, Kai Zhang*, Haisong Wang*.
Super-swelling lignin-based biopolymer hydrogels for soil water retention from paper industry waste.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.05.195.
63. Heqin Huang, Yang Yang, Xiaojie Wang, Florian Rehfeld, Kai Zhang*.
Thermoresponsive water transportation in dually electrostatically crosslinked nanocomposite hydrogels.
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201900317 OPEN ACCESS
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/marc.201970046(Cover)
(highlighted in www.polymer.cn)
62. Heqin Huang, Xiaojie Wang, Jinchao Yu, Ye Chen, Hong Ji, Yumei Zhang, Florian Rehfeldt, Yong Wang, Kai Zhang*.
Liquid Behaviors-Assisted Fabrication of Multidimensional Birefringent Materials from Dynamic Hybrid Hydrogels.
ACS Nano, 2019, 13, 4, 3867–3874. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b00551
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(highlighted in X-Mol)
61.Bo Pang, Huan Liu, Peiwen Liu, Hua Zhang, Georg Avramidis, Longquan Chen, Xu Deng, Wolfgang Viöl, Kai Zhang*.
Robust, Easy-Cleaning Superhydrophobic/Superoleophilic Copper Meshes for Oil/Water Separation under Harsh Conditions
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201900158
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/admi.201970069(Frontispiece)
60. Xinwen Peng, Peiwen Liu, Bo Pang, Yawen Yao, Jiaxiu Wang, Kai Zhang*.
Facile Fabrication of pH-responsive Nanoparticles from Cellulose Derivatives via Schiff base formation for Controlled Release
Carbohydrate Polymers, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.04.029
59. Xiaojie Wang, Heqin Huang, Huan Liu, Florian Rehfeldt, Xiaohui Wang, Kai Zhang*.
Multi-Responsive Bilayer Hydrogel Actuators with Programmable and Precisely Tunable Motions.
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2019, 1800562 https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201800562
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/macp.201970011(Cover)
58. Pascal Fuchs, Kai Zhang*
Efficient synthesis of organosoluble 6-azido-6-deoxy-2,3-O-trimethylsilyl cellulose for click reactions
Carbohydrate Polymers, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.11.003
57. Kui Zeng, Thomas Groth, Kai Zhang*
Recent advances of artificially sulfated polysaccharides for applications in cell growth and differentiation, drug delivery and tissue engineering: a Mini-Review
ChemBioChem, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201800569 (Invited Review for “Issues ChemBioTalents")
2018
56. Huan Liu, Bo Pang, Renata Garces, Riza Dervisoglu, Longquan Chen, Loren Andreas, Kai Zhang*
Helical fibers via evaporation-driven self-assembly of surface-acylated cellulose nanowhiskers
Angewandte Chemie Int Ed, 2018, 57, 16323-16328. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201808250
Angewandte Chemie, 2018, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ange.201808250
55. Hua Zhang, Kang Lv, Marcel C. Forster, Rıza Dervişoğlu, Loren B. Andreas, Kai Zhang*, Shuiliang Chen*
Crucial Role for Oxygen Functional Groups in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen-doped Carbons
Electrochimica Acta, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.09.175
54. Yuyuan Wang, Zicheng Liang, Zhiping Su, Kai Zhang, Junli Ren, Runcang Sun, Xiaohui Wang*
All-biomass fluorescent hydrogels based on biomass carbon dots and alginate/nanocellulose for biosensing
ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.8b00348
53. Longquan Chen*, Yonggui Wang, Xiaoyan Peng, Qing Zhu, Kai Zhang*
Impact of aqueous polymer droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces
Macromolecules, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01589 (Cover)
52. Yonggui Wang*, Chi Zhang, Jia Tian, Yanjun Xie, Kai Zhang*
A Comparative Study of Self‐Assembled Superstructures from Cellulose Stearoyl Ester and Poly(Vinyl Stearate)
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201800229
51. Peiwen Liu, Bo Pang, Huan Liu, Lin Tian, Cynthia Volkert, Torsten Gutmann, Timmy Schäfer, Gerd Buntkowsky, Kai Zhang*
Efficient, self-terminating isolation of cellulose nanocrystals via periodate oxidation in Pickering emulsions
ChemSusChem, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201801678
50. Bo Pang, Robert Köhler, Vladimir Roddatis, Huan Liu, Xiaohui Wang, Wolfgang Viöl, Kai Zhang*
One-Step Synthesis of Quadrilateral-Shaped Silver Nanoplates with Lamellar Structures Tuned by Amylopectin Derivatives
ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 6841 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b00833
49. Shuang Wang, Kai Zhang*
Glycosylated cellulose derivatives with regioselective distributions of pendant glucose moieties
Carbohydrate Polymers, 2018, 196, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.05.036
48. Yonggui Wang, Xiaojie Wang, Yanjun Xie, Kai Zhang*
Functional Nanomaterials through Esterification of Cellulose: A Review of Chemistry and Application (Review)
Cellulose, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1830-3
47. Jiaxiu Wang, Kai Zhang*
Modular Adjustment of Swelling Behaviors of Surface-Modified Solvent-Responsive Polymeric Nanoparticles Based on Cellulose 10-Undecenoyl Ester
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11521
46. Heqin Huang, Xiaojie Wang, Florian Rehfeldt, Kai Zhang*
Dually heterogeneous hydrogels via dynamic and supramolecular crosslinks tuning discontinuous spatial ruptures
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04738
45. Peiwen Liu, Carsten Mai, Kai Zhang*.
Formation of hydrogels with uniform and gradient chemical structures using dialdehyde cellulose by aerating ammonia gas
Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-018-1718-7 (Special issue)
44. Yawen Yao, Antje Gellerich, Michaela Zauner, Xiaoxu Wang, Kai Zhang*.
Differential anti-fungal effects of hydrophobic and superhydrophobic wood based on cellulose and glycerol stearoyl esters
Cellulose, 2018, 25, 1329–1338, DOI: 10.1007/s10570-017-1626-x
43. Bo Pang, Huan Liu, Peiwen Liu, Xinwen Peng and Kai Zhang*.
Water-in-oil Pickering emulsions stabilized by stearoylated microcrystalline cellulose
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2017.11.079
2017
42. Yonggui Wang, P. B. Groszewicz, S. Rosenfeldt, H. Schmidt, C. A. Volkert, P. Vana, T. Gutmann, G. Buntkowsky, Kai Zhang*.
Thermo-Reversible Self-Assembly of Perfluorinated Core-Coronas Cellulose-Nanoparticles in Dry State
Advanced Materials, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201702473
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41. K. Niegelhell, M. Süßenbacher, J. Sattelkow, H. Plank, Yonggui Wang, Kai Zhang, S. Spirk*.
How Bound and Free Fatty Acids in Cellulose Films Impact Nonspecific Protein Adsorption
Biomacromolecules, 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b01260
40. L. Chen*, L. Li, Z. Li, Kai Zhang.
Submillimeter-sized bubble entrapment and high-speed jet during droplet impact on solid surfaces.
Langmuir, 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01506
39. Peiwen Liu, Carsten Mai, Kai Zhang*.
Formation of uniform multi-stimuli responsive and multi-block hydrogels from dialdehyde cellulose.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00646
38. Heqin Huang, Yonggui Wang, Xiaojie Wang, Florian Rehfeldt, Kai Zhang*.
Robust heterogeneous hydrogels with dynamic nanocrystals-polymer conjunction.
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/marc.201600810
37. B. Zhao, X. Wang, Kai Zhang, L. Chen*, X. Deng*.
Impact of viscous droplets on superamphiphobic surfaces.
Langmuir, 2017, 33, 144-151. Paper
2016
36. Yonggui Wang, Jia Tian, Xu Deng, Longquan Chen, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Stephan Förster, Philipp Vana, Kai Zhang*.
Polymeric flaky nanostructures from cellulose stearoyl esters for functional surfaces.
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2016, 1600636 https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201600636
35. Y. Wang, T. Heinze, Kai Zhang*.
Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles from ionic cellulose derivatives.
Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 648. Paper
(Featured in ACS Green Chemistry Newsletter)
2015
34. Chao Wang, Richard A. Venditti, Kai Zhang*.
Tailor-made functional surfaces based on cellulose-derived materials.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2015, 99, 5791. (invited review) Paper
33. Y. Wang, L.-O. Heim, Y. Xu, G. Buntkowsky, Kai Zhang*.
Transparent, Stimuli-responsive Films from Cellulose-based Organogel Nanoparticles.
Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25, 1434-1441. Paper
32. Jiquan Liu, Andreas Plog, Pedro Groszewicz, Li Zhao, Yeping Xu, Hergen Breitzke, Annegret Stark, Rudolf Hoffmann, Torsten Gutmann,* Kai Zhang,* Gerd Buntkowsky.*
Design of a novel heterogeneous catalyst based on cellulose nanocrystals for cyclopropanation: Synthesis and solid-state NMR characterization.
Chemistry - A European Journal. 2015, 21, 1-8. Paper
31. Kai Zhang,* A. Geissler, X. Chen, S. Rosenfeldt, Y. Yang, S. Förster, F. Müller-Plathe.
Polymeric flower-like microparticles from self-assembled cellulose stearoyl esters.
ACS Macro Letters, 2015, 4, 214-219. Paper
30. Kai Zhang,* A. Geissler, M. Standhardt, S. Mehlhase, M. Gallei, L. Chen, Ch. M. Thiele.
Moisture-responsive films of cellulose stearoyl esters showing reversible shape transitions.
Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 11011. DOI:10.1038/srep11011.
29. Y. Wang, X. Wang, L.-O. Heim, H. Breitzke, G. Buntkowsky, Kai Zhang*.
Superhydrophobic surfaces from surface-hydrophobized cellulose fibers with stearoyl groups.
Cellulose, 2015, 22, 289-299. Paper
28. Kai Zhang,* A. Geissler, T. Heinze.
Reversibly crystalline nanoparticles from cellulose alkyl esters via nanoprecipitation.
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2015, 32, 258-266. Paper
2014
27. C. Uth, S. Zielonka, S. Hörner, N. Rasche, A. Plog, O. Avrutina, H. Orelma, Kai Zhang,* H. Kolmar.*
A chemoenzymatic approach to protein immobilization onto crystalline cellulose nanoscaffolds.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014, 53, 12618. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404616
Eine chemoenzymatische Kupplungsstrategie zur Immobilisierung von Proteinen auf kristalliner Nanocellulose
Angewandte Chemie, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201404616
26. A. Geissler, D. Scheid, W. Li, M. Gallei, Kai Zhang*.
Facile formation of stimuli-responsive, fluorescent and magnetic nanoparticles based on sustainable cellulose stearoyl ester via nanoprecipitation.
Cellulose, 2014, 21, 4181. Paper
25. L. Zhao, W. Li, A. Plog, Y. Xu, G. Buntkowsky, T. Gutmann,* Kai Zhang*.
Multi-responsive cellulose nanocrystal-rhodamine conjugates: An advanced structure study by solid-state dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) NMR.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, 16, 26322. Paper
24. W. Li, W. Wang, Y. Yang, Kai Zhang*.
Redox-responsive, reversibly fluorescent nanoparticles from sustainable cellulose derivatives.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 13675-13681. Paper
23. L. Chen,* A. Geissler, E. Bonaccurso, Kai Zhang*.
Transparent slippery surfaces made with sustainable porous cellulose lauroyl ester films.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6, 6969. Paper
22. Y. Wang, S. Yadav, T. Heinlein, V. Konjik, H. Breitzke, G. Buntkowsky, J. J. Schneider*, Kai Zhang*.
Ultra-light nanocomposite aerogels of bacterial cellulose and reduced graphene oxide for specific absorption and separation of organic liquids.
RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 21553. Paper
21. A. Geissler, M. Biesalski, T. Heinze, Kai Zhang*.
Formation of nanostructured cellulose stearoyl esters via nanoprecipitation.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 1107. Paper
20. A. Geissler, E. Bonaccurso, L. Heim, T. Heinze, Kai Zhang*.
Temperature-Responsive Thin Films from Cellulose Stearoyl Triester.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118, 2408. Paper
19. A. Geissler, F. Loyal, M. Biesalski, Kai Zhang*.
Thermo-responsive superhydrophobic paper using nanostructured cellulose stearoyl ester.
Cellulose, 2014, 21, 357. Paper
18. N. Aggarwal, N. Altgärde, S. Svedhem, Kai Zhang, S. Fischer, T. Groth.*
Study on multilayer structures prepared from heparin and semi-synthetic cellulose sulfates as polyanions and their influence on cellular response.
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2014, 116, 93. Paper
2012-2013
17. N. Aggarwal, N. Altgärde, S. Svedhem, Kai Zhang, S. Fischer, T. Groth.*
Effect of molecular composition of heparin and cellulose sulfate on multilayer formation and cell response.
Langmuir 29, 13853 (2013). Paper
16. A. Geissler, L. Chen, Kai Zhang,* E. Bonaccurso, M. Biesalski.
Superhydrophobic surfaces fabricated from nano- and microstructured cellulose stearoyl esters.
Chemical Communication 49, 4962 (2013). Paper
15. Kai Zhang,* S. Fischer, A. Geissler, E. Brendler, K. Gebauer.
Synthesis of carboxyl cellulose sulfates with regioselective sulfation and regiospecific oxidation using cellulose trifluoroacetate as intermediates.
Cellulose 20, 2069 (2013). Paper
14. Kai Zhang*.
Illustration of the development of bacterial cellulose bundles/ribbons by Gluconacetobacter xylinus via atomic force microscopy.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 97, 4353 (2013). Paper
13. Kai Zhang,* A. Geissler, S. Fischer, E. Brendler, E. Bäucker.
Solid-state spectroscopic characterization of alpha-chitins deacetylated in homogeneous solutions.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 116, 4584 (2012). Paper
12. Kai Zhang,* S. Fischer, A. Geissler, E. Brendler.
Analysis of carboxylate groups in oxidized never-dried cellulose II catalyzed by TEMPO and 4-acetamide-TEMPO.
Carbohydrate Polymers 87, 894 (2012). Paper
11. A. Weltrowski, M. L. da Silva Almeida, D. Peschel, Kai Zhang, S. Fischer, T. Groth.*
Mitogenic Activity of Sulfated Chitosan and Cellulose Derivatives is Related to Protection of FGF-2 from Proteolytic Cleavage.
Macromolecular Bioscience 12, 740 (2012). Paper
10. D. Peschel, Kai Zhang, S. Fischer, T. Groth.*
Modulation of osteogenic activity of BMP-2 by cellulose and chitosan derivatives.
Acta Biomaterialia 2012, 8, 183. Paper
2010-2011
9. Kai Zhang,* A. Feldner, S. Fischer.
FT Raman spectroscopic investigation of cellulose acetate.
Cellulose 18, 995 (2011). Paper
8. Kai Zhang,* E. Brendler, A. Geissler, S. Fischer.
Synthesis and spectroscopic analysis of cellulose sulfates with regulable total degrees of substitution and sulfation patterns via 13C NMR and FT Raman spectroscopy.
Polymer 52, 26 (2011). Paper
7. Kai Zhang,* D. Peschel, E. Bäucker, T. Groth, S. Fischer.
Synthesis and characterisation of cellulose sulfates regarding the degrees of substitution, degrees of polymerisation and morphology.
Carbohydrate Polymers 83, 1659 (2011). Paper
6. Kai Zhang, E. Brendler, K. Gebauer, M. Gruner, S. Fischer.*
Synthesis and characterization of low sulfoethylated cellulose.
Carbohydrate Polymers 83, 616 (2011). Paper
5. Kai Zhang, D. Peschel, J. Helm, T. Groth, S. Fischer.*
FT Raman investigation of novel chitosan sulfates exhibiting osteogenic capacity.
Carbohydrate Polymers 83, 60 (2011). Paper
4. Kai Zhang, E. Brendler, S. Fischer.*
FT Raman investigation of sodium cellulose sulfate.
Cellulose 17, 427 (2010). Paper
3. Kai Zhang, D. Peschel, T. Klinger, K. Gebauer, T. Groth, S. Fischer.*
Synthesis of carboxyl cellulose sulfate with various contents of regioselectively introduced sulfate and carboxyl groups.
Carbohydrate Polymers 82, 92 (2010). Paper
2. Kai Zhang, J. Helm, D. Peschel, M. Gruner, T. Groth, S. Fischer.*
NMR and FT Raman characterisation of regioselectively sulfated chitosan regarding the distribution of sulfate groups and the degree of substitution.
Polymer 51, 4698 (2010). Paper
1. D. Peschel#, Kai Zhang#, N. Aggarwal, E. Brendler, S. Fischer, T. Groth.*
Synthesis of novel celluloses derivatives and investigation of their mitogenic activity in the presence and absence of FGF2.
Acta Biomaterialia 6, 2116, (2010). (# Equal contribution) Paper
Other publications
OP9. Hua Zhang, Ting Yang, Kai Zhang*Low-corrosivity structural timber for a sustainable future (Preview)
Matter, 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590238522003186?dgcid=author
OP8. T. Groth, D. Peschel, K. Zhang, A. Köwitsch, S. Fischer.
Cellulosesulfate als bioaktive Glykane für biomedizinische Anwendungen
Sitzungsberichte der Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 2015, 123/124, 149-166
OP7. K. Zhang, D. Peschel, S. Fischer, T. Groth.*
Novel Cellulose Derivatives with Mitogenic and Osteogenic Activity. In ''Tailored Polymer Architectures for Pharmaceutical and Biomecial Applications.''
ACS Symposium Series 1135, 259 (2013).
OP6. T. Groth,* D. Peschel, N. Aggrawal, A. Loeffler, A. Weltrowski, K. Zhang, S. Fischer.
Novel cellulose and chitosan sulfates promoting the activity of growth Factors FGF-2 and BMP-2.
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 6, 13 (2012). (Special issue)
OP5. K. Zhang*, A. Weltrowski, D. Peschel, S. Fischer, T. Groth.
Synthesis and Characterization of Biologically Active Chitosan Sulfates. In ''Functional Materials from Renewable Sources.''
ACS Symposium Series 1107, 297 (2012).
OP4. N. Aggarwal, N. Altgärde, S. Svedhem, K. Zhang, S. Fischer, T. Groth
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Cooperation of derivatized polysaccharides and growth factors and their effects on the proliferation and differentiation of different cells.
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Synthesis and Bioactivity of Cellulose Derivatives.
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