Wang, Zhen-Gang

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• Wang, Yajing and Zhang, Pengfei, el al. (2026) Interfacial Structure of Positively Charged Polypeptide Condensates; Biomacromolecules; Vol. 27; No. 5; 3267-3280; 10.1021/acs.biomac.5c02726
• Zhou, Haoke and Wu, Zongpei, el al. (2026) Sequence and length-scale dependent dynamics in biocondensates of highly charged disordered proteins; Communications Chemistry; Vol. 9; No. 1; 98; PMCID PMC12920641; 10.1038/s42004-026-01903-0
• Wu, Zongpei and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2026) Mixing protocols determine liquid–liquid phase separation dynamics in polyelectrolyte complex coacervation; Nature Communications; Vol. 17; 1580; PMCID PMC12901178; 10.1038/s41467-026-68296-5
• Beyer, David and Holm, Christian, el al. (2025) Charge Regulation Effects in Weak Polyelectrolyte Complexation; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters; Vol. 16; No. 32; 8245-8251; 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c01877
• Glisman, Alec and Mantha, Sriteja, el al. (2024) Binding Modes and Water-Mediation of Polyelectrolyte Adsorption to a Neutral CaCO₃ Surface; Langmuir; Vol. 40; No. 49; 25931-25939; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c03301
• Basdogan, Yasemin and Pollard, Dylan R., el al. (2024) Machine learning-guided discovery of polymer membranes for CO₂ separation with genetic algorithm; Journal of Membrane Science; Vol. 712; 123169; 10.1016/j.memsci.2024.123169
• Dai, Yifan and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2024) Unlocking the electrochemical functions of biomolecular condensates; Nature Chemical Biology; Vol. 20; 1420–1433; 10.1038/s41589-024-01717-y
• Zhou, Tingtao and Bruch, Dorian, el al. (2024) Image charge effects under metal and dielectric boundary conditions; Physical Review E; Vol. 110; No. 4; 044129; 10.1103/physreve.110.044129
• Lee, Seola and Walker, Pierre J., el al. (2024) Molecular control via dynamic bonding enables material responsiveness in additively manufactured metallo-polyelectrolytes; Nature Communications; Vol. 15; No. 1; 6850; PMCID PMC11316739; 10.1038/s41467-024-50860-6
• Tsamopoulos, Alexandros J. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2024) Ion Conductivity in Salt-Doped Polymers: Combined Effects of Temperature and Salt Concentration; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 13; No. 3; 322-327; PMCID PMC10956493; 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00757
• Mantha, Sriteja and Glisman, Alec, el al. (2024) Adsorption Isotherm and Mechanism of Ca²⁺ Binding to Polyelectrolyte; Langmuir; Vol. 40; No. 12; 6212-6219; PMCID PMC10976897; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03640
• Ruan, Yongjin and Lu, Yuyuan, el al. (2024) Multiple Entanglements between Two Chains in Polymer Melts: An Analysis of Primitive Paths Based on Frenet Trihedron; Macromolecules; 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02054
• Shastry, Tejus and Basdogan, Yasemin, el al. (2024) Machine learning-based discovery of molecular descriptors that control polymer gas permeation; Journal of Membrane Science; Vol. 697; 122563; 10.1016/j.memsci.2024.122563
• Glisman, Alec and Mantha, Sriteja, el al. (2024) Multivalent Ion-Mediated Polyelectrolyte Association and Structure; Macromolecules; 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02437
• Chen, Shensheng and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2023) Charge Asymmetry Suppresses Coarsening Dynamics in Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervation; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 131; No. 21; 218201; 10.1103/physrevlett.131.218201
• Wang, Ruochao and Ginzburg, Valeriy V., el al. (2023) Adsorption of a Polyelectrolyte Chain at Dielectric Surfaces: Effects of Surface Charge Distribution and Relative Dielectric Permittivity; Macromolecules; Vol. 56; No. 19; 7653-7662; 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01096
• Balzer, Christopher and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2023) Electroresponse of weak polyelectrolyte brushes; European Physical Journal E; Vol. 46; No. 9; 82; PMCID PMC10501941; 10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00341-3
• Chen, Shensheng and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2023) Using Implicit-Solvent Potentials to Extract Water Contributions to Enthalpy–Entropy Compensation in Biomolecular Associations; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 127; No. 30; 6825-6832; PMCID PMC10405215; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c03799
• Dorfman, Kevin D. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2023) Liquid-Like States in Micelle-Forming Diblock Copolymer Melts; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 12; No. 7; 980-985; 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00259
• Varner, Samuel and Balzer, Christopher, el al. (2023) Entropic Origin of Ionic Interactions in Polar Solvents; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 127; No. 19; 4328-4337; PMCID PMC10201535; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00588
• Wang, Zhenhua and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2023) Behaviors of a Polymer Chain in Channels: From Zimm to Rouse Dynamics; Macromolecules; Vol. 56; No. 6; 2447-2453; 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00013
• Zhang, Pengfei and Wang, Zheng, el al. (2023) Conformation Transition of a Homopolymer Chain in Binary Mixed Solvents; Macromolecules; Vol. 56; No. 1; 153-165; 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01896
• Mantha, Sriteja and Chao, Huikuan, el al. (2022) Surfactant in a Polyol-CO₂ Mixture: Insights from a Classical Density Functional Theory Study; Langmuir; Vol. 38; No. 51; 16172-16182; PMCID PMC9798868; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02913
• Varner, Samuel and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2022) Effects of dilution in ionic liquid supercapacitors; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; Vol. 24; No. 44; 27362-27374; 10.1039/d2cp03398d
• Ghosh, Ashesh and MacPherson, Quinn, el al. (2022) Semiflexible polymer solutions. II. Fluctuations and Frank elastic constants; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 157; No. 15; Art. No. 154906; 10.1063/5.0120526
• Chen, Shensheng and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2022) Driving force and pathway in polyelectrolyte complex coacervation; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 119; No. 36; e2209975119; PMCID PMC9457374; 10.1073/pnas.2209975119
• Ylitalo, Andrew S. and Chao, Huikuan, el al. (2022) Competition between CO₂-philicity and Mixing Entropy Leads to CO₂ Solubility Maximum in Polyether Polyols; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Vol. 61; No. 34; 12835-12844; 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02396
• Balzer, Christopher and Zhang, Pengfei, el al. (2022) Wetting behavior of polyelectrolyte complex coacervates on solid surfaces; Soft Matter; Vol. 18; No. 34; 6326-6339; 10.1039/d2sm00859a
• Zhang, Pengfei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2022) Supernatant Phase in Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervation: Cluster Formation, Binodal, and Nucleation; Macromolecules; Vol. 55; No. 10; 3910-3923; 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00340
• Chen, Shensheng and Zhang, Pengfei, el al. (2022) Complexation between Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes in Dilute Solution: Effects of Charge Asymmetry; Macromolecules; Vol. 55; No. 10; 3898-3909; 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00339
• Ye, Benjamin Bobin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2022) A coarse-grained model of room-temperature ionic liquids between metal electrodes: a molecular dynamics study; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; Vol. 24; No. 19; 11573-11584; 10.1039/d2cp00166g
• Wang, Zhenhua and Wang, Ruishu, el al. (2022) Mechanisms of Flow-Induced Polymer Translocation; Macromolecules; Vol. 55; No. 9; 3602-3612; 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00288
• Bruch, Dorian and Balzer, Christopher, el al. (2022) Thermodynamics of electrolyte solutions near charged surfaces: Constant surface charge vs constant surface potential; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 156; No. 17; Art. No. 174704; 10.1063/5.0089260
• Mei, Baicheng and Zhuang, Bilin, el al. (2022) Local-Average Free Volume Correlates with Dynamics in Glass Formers; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters; Vol. 13; No. 17; 3957-3964; 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00072
• Ylitalo, Andrew S. and Balzer, Christopher, el al. (2021) Electrostatic Correlations and Temperature-Dependent Dielectric Constant Can Model LCST in Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervation; Macromolecules; Vol. 54; No. 24; 11326-11337; 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02000
• Ruan, Yongjin and Lu, Yuyuan, el al. (2021) Shear Banding in Entangled Polymers: Stress Plateau, Banding Location, and Lever Rule; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 10; No. 12; 1517-1523; 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00518
• Zhang, Pengfei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2021) Interfacial Structure and Tension of Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervates; Macromolecules; Vol. 54; No. 23; 10994-11007; 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01809
• Xu, Yuci and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2021) Coil-to-Globule Transition in Polymeric Solvents; Macromolecules; Vol. 54; No. 23; 10984-10993; 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01748
• Lian, Zengju and Chao, Huikuan, el al. (2021) Effects of Confinement and Ion Adsorption in Ionic Liquid Supercapacitors with Nanoporous Electrodes; ACS Nano; Vol. 15; No. 7; 11724-11733; 10.1021/acsnano.1c02506
• Balzer, Christopher and Qing, Leying, el al. (2021) Preferential Ion Adsorption in Blue Energy Applications; ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering; Vol. 9; No. 28; 9230-9239; 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c01326
• Balzer, Christopher and Jiang, Jian, el al. (2021) Nonelectrostatic Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes and Mediated Interactions between Solid Surfaces; Langmuir; Vol. 37; No. 18; 5483-5493; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00139
• Son, Chang Yun and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2021) Image-charge effects on ion adsorption near aqueous interfaces; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 118; No. 19; Art. No. e2020615118; PMCID PMC8126851; 10.1073/pnas.2020615118
• Zhuang, Bilin and Ramanauskaite, Gabriele, el al. (2021) Like dissolves like: A first-principles theory for predicting liquid miscibility and mixture dielectric constant; Science Advances; Vol. 7; No. 7; Art. No. eabe7275; PMCID PMC7880597; 10.1126/sciadv.abe7275
• Qing, Leying and Zhao, Shuangliang, el al. (2021) Surface Charge Density in Electrical Double Layer Capacitors with Nanoscale Cathode–Anode Separation; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 125; No. 2; 625-636; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09332
• Li, Minglun and Zhuang, Bilin, el al. (2021) Salt-Induced Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation: Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Water–Acetonitrile–Salt Mixtures; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 143; No. 2; 773-784; 10.1021/jacs.0c09420
• Zhang, Pengfei and Alsaifi, Nayef M., el al. (2020) Revisiting the Θ Point; Macromolecules; Vol. 53; No. 23; 10409-10420; 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01317
• Son, Chang Yun and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2020) Ion transport in small-molecule and polymer electrolytes; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 153; No. 10; Art. No. 100903; 10.1063/5.0016163
• Chao, Huikuan and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2020) Effects of Surface Transition and Adsorption on Ionic Liquid Capacitors; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters; Vol. 11; No. 5; 1767-1772; 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00023
• Omar, Ahmad K. and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2020) Microscopic origins of the swim pressure and the anomalous surface tension of active matter; Physical Review E; Vol. 101; No. 1; Art. No. 012604; 10.1103/physreve.101.012604
• Jiang, Jian and Ginzburg, Valeriy V., el al. (2019) On the origin of oscillatory interactions between surfaces mediated by polyelectrolyte solution; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 151; No. 21; Art. No. 214901; 10.1063/1.5123172
• Mei, Baicheng and Lu, Yuyuan, el al. (2019) Two-step relaxation and the breakdown of the Stokes-Einstein relation in glass-forming liquids; Physical Review E; Vol. 100; No. 5; Art. No. 052607; 10.1103/physreve.100.052607
• Preska Steinberg, Asher and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2019) Food Polyelectrolytes Compress the Colonic Mucus Hydrogel by a Donnan Mechanism; Biomacromolecules; Vol. 20; No. 7; 2675-2683; 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00442
• Ruan, Yongjin and Lu, Yuyuan, el al. (2019) Nonlinear Rheological Behaviors in Polymer Melts after Step Shear; Macromolecules; Vol. 52; No. 11; 4103-4110; 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00392
• Alsaifi, Nayef M. and Alkhater, Mohammed, el al. (2019) Nonphysical Behavior in Several Statistical Mechanically Based Equations of State; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Vol. 58; No. 3; 1382-1395; 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04656
• Omar, Ahmad K. and Wu, Yanze, el al. (2019) Swimming to Stability: Structural and Dynamical Control via Active Doping; ACS Nano; Vol. 13; No. 1; 560-572; 10.1021/acsnano.8b07421
• Rapp, Peter B. and Omar, Ahmad K., el al. (2018) Mechanisms of diffusion in associative polymer networks: evidence for chain hopping; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 140; No. 43; 14185-14194; PMCID PMC8997312; 10.1021/jacs.8b07908
• Zhang, Pengfei and Alsaifi, Nayef M., el al. (2018) Polyelectrolyte complex coacervation: Effects of concentration asymmetry; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 149; No. 16; Art. No. 163303; 10.1063/1.5028524
• Zhuang, Bilin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2018) Statistical field theory for polar fluids; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 149; No. 12; Art. No. 124108; 10.1063/1.5046511
• Zhang, Pengfei and Shen, Kevin, el al. (2018) Salt Partitioning in Complex Coacervation of Symmetric Polyelectrolytes; Macromolecules; Vol. 51; No. 15; 5586-5593; 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00726
• Jiang, Jian and Ginzburg, Valeriy V., el al. (2018) Density functional theory for charged fluids; Soft Matter; Vol. 14; No. 28; 5878-5887; 10.1039/c8sm00595h
• Webb, Michael A. and Yamamoto, Umi, el al. (2018) Globally Suppressed Dynamics in Ion-Doped Polymers; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 7; No. 6; 734-738; 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00237
• Shen, Kevin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2018) Polyelectrolyte Chain Structure and Solution Phase Behavior; Macromolecules; Vol. 51; No. 5; 1706-1717; 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02685
• Jiang, Jian and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2018) Improved local lattice Monte Carlo simulation for charged systems; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 148; No. 11; Art. No. 114105; 10.1063/1.5023491
• Wang, Zhen-Gang (2017) 50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Conformation—A Pedagogical Review; Macromolecules; Vol. 50; No. 23; 9073-9114; 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01518
• Omar, Ahmad K. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2017) Shear-Induced Heterogeneity in Associating Polymer Gels: Role of Network Structure and Dilatancy; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 119; No. 11; Art. No. 117801; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.117801
• Lin, Panpan and Liu, Jianning, el al. (2017) Origin of mechanical stress and rising internal energy during fast uniaxial extension of SBR melts; Polymer; Vol. 124; 68-77; 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.07.041
• Li, Minglun and Zhuang, Bilin, el al. (2017) Accurate Determination of Ion Polarizabilities in Aqueous Solutions; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 121; No. 26; 6416-6424; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b04111
• Miller, Thomas F., III and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2017) Designing Polymer Electrolytes for Safe and High Capacity Rechargeable Lithium Batteries; Accounts of Chemical Research; Vol. 50; No. 3; 590-593; 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00568
• Rapp, Peter B. and Omar, Ahmad K., el al. (2017) Analysis and control of chain mobility in protein hydrogels; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 139; No. 10; 3796-3804; 10.1021/jacs.6b13146
• Shen, Kevin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2017) Electrostatic correlations and the polyelectrolyte self energy; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 146; No. 8; Art. No. 084901; 10.1063/1.4975777
• Alsaifi, Nayef M. and Al Aslani, Isa, el al. (2017) A priori determination of the region of the three physical volume root loci in the Perturbed-Chain SAFT EOS; Fluid Phase Equilibria; Vol. 434; 152-166; 10.1016/j.fluid.2016.11.023
• Zhang, Pengfei and Alsaifi, Nayef M., el al. (2016) Salting-Out and Salting-In of Polyelectrolyte Solutions: A Liquid-State Theory Study; Macromolecules; Vol. 49; No. 24; 9720-9730; 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02160
• Zhuang, Bilin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2016) Molecularly-Based Theory for Electron Transfer Reorganization Energy in Solvent Mixtures; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 120; No. 26; 6373-6382; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b03295
• Li, Bing and Sun, Zhaoyang, el al. (2016) The scaling behavior of the second virial coefficient of linear and ring polymer; Science China Chemistry; Vol. 59; No. 5; 619-623; 10.1007/s11426-015-5531-6
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2016) Inhomogeneous screening near a dielectric interface; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 144; No. 13; Art. No. 134902; 10.1063/1.4945011
• Ren, Chun-Lai and Nakamura, Issei, el al. (2016) Effects of Ion-Induced Cross-Linking on the Phase Behavior in Salt-Doped Polymer Blends; Macromolecules; Vol. 49; No. 1; 425-431; 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02229
• Zhuang, Bilin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2015) A molecularly based theory for electron transfer reorganization energy; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 143; No. 22; Art. No. 224502; 10.1063/1.4936586
• Li, Bing and Sun, Zhao-Yan, el al. (2015) Influence of Topology on the Free Energy and Metric Properties of an Ideal Ring Polymer Confined in a Slit; Macromolecules; Vol. 48; No. 23; 8675-8680; 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02026
• Webb, Michael A. and Savoie, Brett M., el al. (2015) Chemically Specific Dynamic Bond Percolation Model for Ion Transport in Polymer Electrolytes; Macromolecules; Vol. 48; No. 19; 7346-7358; 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01437
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2015) Density-Functional Theory for Mixtures of AB Random Copolymer and CO_2; Macromolecules; Vol. 48; No. 16; 6035-6046; 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01122
• An, Ni and Zhuang, Bilin, el al. (2015) Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study of Refractive Indices of Water–Acetonitrile–Salt Systems; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 119; No. 33; 10701-10709; 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b05433
• Webb, Michael A. and Jung, Yukyung, el al. (2015) Systematic Computational and Experimental Investigation of Lithium-Ion Transport Mechanisms in Polyester-Based Polymer Electrolytes; ACS Central Science; Vol. 1; No. 4; 198-205; PMCID PMC4827473; 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00195
• Sing, Michelle K. and Wang, Zhen-Gang, el al. (2015) Celebrating Soft Matter's 10th Anniversary: Chain configuration and rate-dependent mechanical properties in transient networks; Soft Matter; Vol. 11; No. 11; 2085-2096; 10.1039/c4sm02181a
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2015) On the theoretical description of weakly charged surfaces; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 142; No. 10; Art. No. 104705; 10.1063/1.4914170
• Medina, Stefan and Zhou, Jiajia, el al. (2015) An efficient dissipative particle dynamics-based algorithm for simulating electrolyte solutions; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 142; No. 2; Art. No. 024103; 10.1063/1.4905102
• Wang, Xin and Thelen, Jacob L., el al. (2014) Evolution of Grain Structure during Disorder-to-Order Transitions in a Block Copolymer/Salt Mixture Studied by Depolarized Light Scattering; Macromolecules; Vol. 47; No. 16; 5784-5792; 10.1021/ma501166p
• Nakamura, Issei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2014) Thermodynamics of Salt-Doped Block Copolymers; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 3; No. 8; 708-711; 10.1021/mz500301z
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2014) Nanoparticle Solvation in Polymer–CO_2 Mixtures; Journal of Physical Chemistry B; Vol. 118; No. 28; 8002-8007; 10.1021/jp501083f
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2014) Theory of Polymer Chains in Poor Solvent: Single-Chain Structure, Solution Thermodynamics, and Θ Point; Macromolecules; Vol. 47; No. 12; 4094-4102; 10.1021/ma5003968
• Thelen, Jacob L. and Teran, Alexander A., el al. (2014) Phase Behavior of a Block Copolymer/Salt Mixture through the Order-to-Disorder Transition; Macromolecules; Vol. 47; No. 8; 2666-2673; 10.1021/ma500292n
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2014) Continuous Self-Energy of Ions at the Dielectric Interface; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 112; No. 13; Art. No. 136101; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.136101
• Xu, Xiaofei and Ting, Christina L., el al. (2014) Nucleation in Polymers and Soft Matter; Annual Review of Physical Chemistry; Vol. 65; 449-475; 10.1146/annurev-physchem-032511-143750
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2013) Effects of image charges on double layer structure and forces; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 139; No. 12; Art. No. 124702; 10.1063/1.4821636
• Lu, Yuyuan and An, Lijia, el al. (2013) Intrinsic Viscosity of Polymers: General Theory Based on a Partially Permeable Sphere Model; Macromolecules; Vol. 46; No. 14; 5731-5740; 10.1021/ma400872s
• Nakamura, Issei and Balsara, Nitash P., el al. (2013) First-Order Disordered-to-Lamellar Phase Transition in Lithium Salt-Doped Block Copolymers; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 2; No. 6; 478-481; 10.1021/mz4001404
• Nakamura, Issei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2013) Effects of dielectric inhomogeneity in polyelectrolyte solutions; Soft Matter; Vol. 9; No. 24; 5686-5690; 10.1039/c3sm50632k
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2013) Discontinuous Bubble Nucleation Due to a Metastable Condensation Transition in Polymer-CO_2 Mixtures; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters; Vol. 4; No. 10; 1639-1643; 10.1021/jz4005575
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2013) Bubble nucleation in polymer–CO_2 mixtures; Soft Matter; Vol. 9; No. 40; 9675-9683; 10.1039/c3sm51477c
• Nakamura, Issei and Shi, An-Chang, el al. (2012) Ion Solvation in Liquid Mixtures: Effects of Solvent Reorganization; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 109; No. 25; Art. No. 257802; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.257802
• Ting, Christina L. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2012) Minimum free energy paths for a nanoparticle crossing the lipid membrane; Soft Matter; Vol. 8; No. 48; 12066-12071; 10.1039/c2sm26377g
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2012) Theory of Polymers in Poor Solvent: Phase Equilibrium and Nucleation Behavior; Macromolecules; Vol. 45; No. 15; 6266-6271; 10.1021/ma301049m
• Zhuang, Bilin and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2012) Anomalous Concentration Effects on Phase Behavior and Nematic Order in Mixtures of Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polymers and Low-Molecular-Weight Liquid Crystals; Macromolecules; Vol. 45; No. 15; 6220-6229; 10.1021/ma300657s
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2012) Density-functional theory for polymer-carbon dioxide mixtures: A perturbed-chain SAFT approach; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 137; No. 5; Art. No. 054902; 10.1063/1.4742346
• Nakamura, Issei and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2012) Salt-doped block copolymers: ion distribution, domain spacing and effective χ parameter; Soft Matter; Vol. 8; No. 36; 9356-9367; 10.1039/c2sm25606a
• Xu, Xiaofei and Cristancho, Diego E., el al. (2012) Density-Functional Theory for Polymer−Carbon Dioxide Mixtures; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Vol. 51; No. 9; 3832-3840; 10.1021/ie2029267
• Lu, Y. Y. and Shi, T. F., el al. (2012) Intrinsic viscosity of polymers: From linear chains to dendrimers; Europhysics Letters; Vol. 97; No. 6; 64003; 10.1209/0295-5075/97/64003
• Nakamura, Issei and Balsara, Nitash P., el al. (2011) Thermodynamics of Ion-Containing Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 107; No. 19; Art. No. 198301; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.198301
• Ting, Christina L. and Wu, Jianzhong, el al. (2011) Thermodynamic basis for the genome to capsid charge relationship in viral encapsidation; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 108; No. 41; 16986-16991; PMCID PMC3193252; 10.1073/pnas.1109307108
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2011) Effects of ion solvation on phase equilibrium and interfacial tension of liquid mixtures; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 135; No. 1; Art. No. 014707; 10.1063/1.3607969
• Guo, Jiayi and Liang, Haojun, el al. (2011) Coil-to-globule transition by dissipative particle dynamics simulation; Journal of Chemical Physics; Vol. 134; No. 24; Art. No. 244904; 10.1063/1.3604812
• Ting, Christina L. and Appelö, Daniel, el al. (2011) Minimum Energy Path to Membrane Pore Formation and Rupture; Physical Review Letters; Vol. 106; No. 16; Art. No. 168101; 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.168101
• Ting, Christina L. and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2011) Interactions of a Charged Nanoparticle with a Lipid Membrane: Implications for Gene Delivery; Biophysical Journal; Vol. 100; No. 5; 1288-1297; 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.11.042
• Wang, Rui and Wang, Zhen-Gang (2010) Theory of Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polymers: Bulk Behavior and Chain Conformation; Macromolecules; Vol. 43; No. 23; 10096-10106; 10.1021/ma101805d
• Wanakule, Nisita S. and Virgili, Justin M., el al. (2010) Thermodynamic Properties of Block Copolymer Electrolytes Containing Imidazolium and Lithium Salts; Macromolecules; Vol. 43; No. 19; 8282-8289; 10.1021/ma1013786
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