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Quantifying the algae and toxic nanoparticle interactions using optical coherence tomography
Hongshan Liu, Xin Yong, Ke Du, Yu Gan
Proc. SPIE 13357, Photonic Technologies in Plant and Agricultural Science II, 2025 (PDF)

Deep-learning-enhanced modeling of electrosprayed particle assembly on non-spherical droplet surfaces
Nasir Amiri, Joseph M. Prisaznuk, Peter Huang, Paul R. Chiarot, Xin Yong
Soft Matter, 2025 (PDF)

Two Sides of the Coin: Synthesis and Applications of Janus Particles
Yifan Li, Fei Liu, Serkan Demirci, Utsav Kumar Dey, Thamer Rawah, Aneeba Chaudary, Ricardo Ortega, Zhengtao Yang, Emad Pirhadi, Bingrui Huang, Xin Yong, Shan Jiang
Nanoscale, 2024 (PDF)

Probing wrapping dynamics of spherical nanoparticles by 3D vesicles using force-based simulations
Didarul Ahasan Redwan, Ke Du, Xin Yong
Soft Matter, 2024 (PDF) (featured as the front cover)

The effects of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots on the photosynthesis rate of the Chlorella Vulgaris beads
Wimeth Dissanayake, Richard Hailstone, Leslie Castillo, Mengdi Bao, Ruo-Qian Wang, Colin Gates, Xin Yong, Ke Du
Algal Research, 2023

Effects of Shape on Interaction Dynamics of Tetrahedral Nanoplastics and the Cell Membrane
Xin Yong, Ke Du
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 (PDF)

Effect of Local Stress on Accurate Modeling of Bacterial Outer Membranes Using All-Atom Molecular Dynamics
Emad Pirhadi, Juan M. Vanegas, Mithila Farin, Jeffrey W. Schertzer, Xin Yong
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2023 (PDF)

Probing Colloidal Assembly on Non-Axisymmetric Droplet Surfaces via Electrospray
Joseph M. Prisaznuk, Peter Huang, Xin Yong, Paul R. Chiarot
Langmuir, 2023 (PDF)

Controlling morphology in electrosprayed methylcellulose nanowires via nanoparticle addition: coarse-grained modeling and experiments
Jonathan M Blisko, Michael J Grzenda, Rachel M Vladimirsky, Christopher E Shuck, Jonathan P Singer, Xin Yong
Nanoscale, 2022 (PDF)

Who wins the race near the interface? Stratification of colloids, nano-surfactants, and others
Yifan Li, Matthew Marander, Rebecca Mort, Fei Liu, Xin Yong, Shan Jiang
Journal of Applied Physics, 2022

Viscoelastic necking dynamics between attractive microgels
Shensheng Chen, Emad Pirhadi, Xin Yong
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 (PDF)

Dependency of active pressure and equation of state on stiffness of wall
Emad Pirhadi, Xiang Cheng, Xin Yong
Scientific Report, 2021

Self-assembly in biobased nanocomposites for multifunctionality and improved performance
Emily Olson, Fei Liu, Jonathan Blisko, Yifan Li, Ayuna Tsyrenova, Rebecca Morta, Keith Vorst, Greg Curtzwiler, Xin Yong, Shan Jiang
Nanoscale Advances, 2021

Numerical and theoretical modeling of droplet impact on spherical surfaces
Hussein N. Dalgamoni, Xin Yong
Physics of Fluids, 2021 (featured as Editor’s Pick)

Biobased superhydrophobic coating enabled by nanoparticle assembly
Emily Olson, Jonathan Blisko, Chuanshen Du, Yi Liu, Yifan Li, Henry Thurber, Greg Curtzwiler, Juan Ren, Martin Thuo, Xin Yong, Shan Jiang
Nanoscale Advances, 2021 (featured as the front cover)

Elastocapillary interactions of thermoresponsive microgels across the volume phase transition temperatures
Shensheng Chen, Xin Yong
Journal of Colloid and Interface Scienece, 2021 (PDF)

Homogeneous gelation leads to nanowire forests in the transition between electrospray and electrospinning
Lin Lei, Shensheng Chen, Catherine J. Nachtigal, Tyler F. Moy, Xin Yong, Jonathan P. Singer
Materials Horizons, 2020 (PDF) (featured as the back cover)

Self-stratification of amphiphilic Janus particles at coating surfaces
Yifan Li, Fei Liu, Shensheng Chen, Ayuna Tsyrenova, Kyle Miller, Emily Olson, Rebecca Mort, Devin Palm, Chunhui Xiang, Xin Yong, Shan Jiang
Materials Horizons, 2020 (featured as the front cover)

Nanoparticle assembly modulated by polymer chain conformation in composite materials
Shensheng Chen, Emily Olson, Shan Jiang, Xin Yong
Nanoscale, 2020 (PDF)

Rapid Escherichia coli Trapping and Retrieval from Bodily Fluids via a Three-Dimensional Bead-Stacked Nanodevice
Xinye Chen, Abbi Miller, Shengting Cao, Yu Gan, Jie Zhang, Qian He, Ruo-Qian Wang, Xin Yong, Peiwu Qin, Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas, Ke Du
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020 (PDF) (featured as the supplementary cover)

Janus Nanoparticles Enable Entropy-Driven Mixing of Bicomponent Hydrogels
Shensheng Chen, Xin Yong
Langmuir, 2019

Controlling the stability of Pickering emulsions by pH-responsive nanoparticles Shiyi Qin, Xin Yong
Soft Matter, 2019 (featured as the front cover)

Full Dissolution of the Whole Lithium Sulfide Family (Li2S8 to Li2S) in a Safe Eutectic Solvent for Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Qian Cheng, Weiheng Xu, Shiyi Qin, Subhabrata Das, Tianwei Jin, Aijun Li, Alex Ceng Li, Boyu Qie, Pengcheng Yao, Haowei Zhai, Changmin Shi, Xin Yong, Yuan Yang
Angewandte Chemie, 2019 (PDF)

Morphology evolution of Janus dumbbell nanoparticles in seeded emulsion polymerization
Yifan Li, Shensheng Chen, Serkan Demirci, Shiyi Qin, Zihao Xu, Emily Olson, Fei Liu, Devin Palm, Xin Yong, Shan Jiang
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2019 (featured as the inside back cover)

Harnessing complex fluid interfaces to control colloidal assembly and deposition
Mingfei Zhao, Wilson Luo, Xin Yong
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2019

Molecular conformation affects the interaction of the Pseudomonas quinolone signal with the bacterial outer membrane
Ao Li, Jeffrey W. Schertzer, Xin Yong
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 (featured as the representative “Computational Biology” article for “The year in JBC:2019” collection)

Molecular dynamics modeling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membranes
Ao Li, Jeffrey W. Schertzer, Xin Yong
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018 (PDF)

Dissipative particle dynamics modeling of hydrogel swelling by osmotic ensemble method
Shensheng Chen, Xin Yong
Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018

Axisymmetric lattice Boltzmann simulation of droplet impact on solid surfaces
Hussein N. Dalgamoni, Xin Yong
Physical Review E, 2018

Drying mediated orientation and assembly structure of amphiphilic Janus particles
Kyle Miller, Ayuna Tsyrenova, Stephen M. Anthony, Shiyi Qin, Xin Yong, Shan Jiang
Soft Matter, 2018

Interfacial Targeting of Sessile Droplets Using Electrospray
Aref Ghafouri, Mingfei Zhao, Timothy J. Singler, Xin Yong, Paul R. Chiarot
Langmuir, 2018

Structure and dynamics of stimuli-responsive nanoparticle monolayers at fluid interfaces
Shiyi Qin, Junhyuk Kang, Xin Yong
Langmuir, 2018 (PDF)

Nanoparticle motion on the surface of drying droplets
Mingfei Zhao, Xin Yong
Physical Review Fluids, 2018

Electrospray deposit structure of nanoparticle suspensions
Nicholas A. Brown, Yaqun Zhu, Guy K. German, Xin Yong, Paul R. Chiarot
Journal of Electrostatics, 2017

Structure of Electrospray Printed Deposits for Short Spray Times
Nicholas A. Brown, Yaqun Zhu, Ao Li, Mingfei Zhao, Xin Yong, Paul R. Chiarot
Journal of Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing, 2017

Interfacial adsorption of pH-responsive polymers and nanoparticles
Shiyi Qin, Xin Yong
Soft Matter, 2017

Modeling evaporation and particle assembly in colloidal droplets
Mingfei Zhao, Xin Yong
Langmuir, 2017 (PDF)

Hydrodynamic Interactions and Entanglements of Polymer Solutions in Many-Body Dissipative Particle Dynamics
Xin Yong
Polymers, 2016

Nanoparticle-mediated evaporation at liquid–vapor interfaces
Xin Yong, Shiyi Qin, Timothy J. Singer
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2016

Modeling the Assembly of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles at Oil–Water Interfaces
Xin Yong
Langmuir, 2015

Designing a gel–fiber composite to extract nanoparticles from solution Ya Liu, Xin Yong, Gerald McFarlin, Olga Kuksenok, Joanna Aizenberg, Anna C. Balazs
Soft Matter, 2015

Designing Composite Coatings That Provide a Dual Defense against Fouling
Ya Liu, Gerald T. McFarlin, IV, Xin Yong, Olga Kuksenok, Anna C. Balazs
Langmuir, 2015

Modeling free radical polymerization using dissipative particle dynamics
Xin Yong, Olga Kuksenok, Anna C. Balazs
Polymer, 2015

Stackable, Covalently Fused Gels: Repair and Composite Formation
Xin Yong, Antonina Simakova, Saadyah Averick, Junkal Gutierrez, Olga Kuksenok, Anna C. Balazs, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Macromoleules, 2015

Cooperative, Reversible Self-Assembly of Covalently Pre-Linked Proteins into Giant Fibrous Structures
Saadyah Averick, Orsolya Karácsony, Jacob Mohin, Xin Yong, Nicholas M. Moellers, Bradley F. Woodman, Weipu Zhu, Ryan A. Mehl, Anna C. Balazs, Tomasz Kowalewski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Angewandte Chemie, 2014

Designing biomimetic reactive polymer gels
Olga Kuksenok, Debabrata Deb, Xin Yong, Anna C. Balazs
Materials Today, 2014

Self-Healing Vesicles Deposit Lipid-Coated Janus Particles into Nanoscopic Trenches
Xin Yong, Emily J Crabb, Nicholas M. Moellers, Anna C. Balazs
Langmuir, 2013

Harnessing Interfacially-Active Nanorods to Regenerate Severed Polymer Gels Xin Yong, Olga Kuksenok, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Anna C. Balazs
Nano Letter, 2013

Toward Generating Low-Friction Nanoengineered Surfaces with Liquid–Vapor Interfaces
Xin Yong, Lucy T. Zhang
Langmuir, 2013

Thermostats and thermostat strategies for molecular dynamics simulations of nanofluidics
Xin Yong, Lucy T. Zhang
Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013 (PDF)

Harnessing Fluid-Driven Vesicles To Pick Up and Drop Off Janus Particles
Isaac Salib, Xin Yong, Emily J. Crabb, Nicholas M. Moellers, Gerald T. McFarlin, IV, Olga Kuksenok, Anna C. Balazs
ACS Nano, 2013 (highlighted in Nature Nanotechnology)

Slip in nanoscale shear flow: mechanisms of interfacial friction
Xin Yong, Lucy T. Zhang
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2013

Nanoscale simple-fluid behavior under steady shear
Xin Yong, Lucy T. Zhang
Physical Review E, 2012

Examining different NEMD methods in simulating nanoscale fluid at high shear rates
Xin Yong, Lucy T. Zhang
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, 2010

Investigating liquid-solid interfacial phenomena in a Couette flow at nanoscale
Xin Yong, Lucy T. Zhang
Physical Review E, 2010

Nanoscale Wetting on Groove-Patterned Surfaces
Xin Yong, Lucy T. Zhang
Langmuir, 2009


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