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IntroductionDr. Xianren Zhang is a professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology where he leads a group of interface therodynamics. His current research interests include thermodynamics at small scale, behaviors of micro- and nano-bubbles as well as various applications of computational fluid dynamics. EducationWork ExperienceSocial PositionSocial ActivitiesResearchThe research interests of the interface thermodynamics group include phase transitions and nucleation under confinement, the interaction between nanoparticles and cellular membrane, and various applications of computational fluid dynamics. Their recent study mainly focuses on small-scale thermodynamics and the stability of nano-bubbles by using theoretical and molecular simulation techniques. TeachingUndergraduate course: Chemical tngineering thermodynamics Graduates-level course: Interface thermodynamics PostgraduatesFundingVertical ProjectHorizontal ProjectPublicationsZhenjiang Guo,Ignacio Pagonabarraga and Xianren Zhang. capillary-induced negative pressure is able to initiate heterogeneous cavitation, Soft Matter, 2024,20, 2863-2870.
Xing Guo et al, Nanoparticles traversing the extracellular matrix induce biophysical perturbation of fibronectin depicted by surface chemistry, Nanoscale, 2024,16, 6199-6214.
Youbin Zhou, Mengyuan Huang, Falin Tian, Xinghua Shi, Xianren Zhang, Einstein-Stokes relation for small bubbles at the nanoscale, J. Chem. Phys. 160, 054109 (2024)
Gerd Mutschke and Xianren Zhang, Solutal Marangoni force controls lateral motion of electrolytic gas bubbles,Soft Matter, 2024,20, 3097-3106
Changsheng Chen, Hongguang Zhang and Xianren Zhang, Stable bulk nanobubbles can be regarded as gaseous analogues of microemulsions, Commun. Theor. Phys. 2023, 75, .125504
Jing Li, Zhengze Xia, Shasha Cai, Shuai Xia, Xianren Zhang, The non-thermal influences of ultrasound on cell membrane: A molecular dynamics study,Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024, 1299, 137140
Xin Chen, Wei Chen, Xianren Zhang, Daojian Cheng a, Ying Ren, The study on the dielectric properties of structural changes of surfactant aqueous solution by molecular dynamics simulation, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023, 379, 121622
Jiade Qiu, , , Daojian Cheng,One-dimensional analysis method of pulsatile blood flow in arterial network for REBOA operations, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023, 159, 106898
Yunqing Ma, , Nucleation of surface nanobubbles in electrochemistry: Analysis with nucleation theorem, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 654, 859-867
Xuelin Wang, , Mechanisms on stability of bulk nanobubble and relevant applications: A review, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 426, 139153
Changsheng Chen,Xianren Zhang, Masao Doi, Gas-droplet-liquid transitions and fluctuations in soft nano-confinement,AIP Advances 13, 105315 (2023).
Changsheng Chen, Hongguang Zhang, and Xianren Zhang,Synergism of Surfactant Mixture in Lowering Vapor-Liquid Interfacial Tension, Langmuir 2023, 39, 33, 11828–11838.
Xiaohua Yang, Xiangyang Liu, Jinhui Han, Zhiping Liu, and Xianren Zhang,Tuning Fluorination of Carbonates for Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Theoretical Study,J. Phys. Chem. B 2023, 127, 13, 3026–3040.
Xianren Zhang, Jure Dobnikar and Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, The role of surface topography in the self-assembly of polymeric surfactants,Soft Matter, 2023,19, 1709-1719.
Runshan Kang, Shixin Li, Ye Li, Xianren Zhang, Tongtao Yue,Computational Study on the Regulatory Mechanism of Cell Membrane Wrapping on Liposomes by Embedded Bowl-like Nanostructures for Drug Delivery, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 12, 18337.
Youbin Zhou, Dapeng Cao, Xianren Zhang, Degradation Mechanism of Micro-Nanobubble Technology for Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Solutions, Nanomaterials 2022, 12(15), 2654. (Cover page).
Zhaoyang Yu, Jing Li, Xianren Zhang, A new hypothesis for cavitation nucleation in gas saturated solutions: Clustering of gas molecules lowers significantly the surface tension, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022, 50, 347-351.
Xiaoli Deng, Yun Shan Xiaohui Meng et al. Direct measuring of single-heterogeneous bubble nucleation mediated by surface topology, PNAS, 2022, 119 (29) e2205827119. Yuanhao Zhou, Bingyu Zhao, Lingxuan Wang et al, Adsorption of Phthalate Acid Esters by Activated Carbon: The Overlooked Role of the Ethanol Content, Foods, 2022, 11(14), 2114. Shan Chen, Hongguang Zhang, Zhenjiang Guo, Ignacio Pagonabarraga, Xianren Zhang Maximizing friction by liquid flow clogging in confinement, Eur. Phys. J. E 2022, 45, 60.
Hongguang Zhang, Shan Chen, Zhenjiang Guo, Xianren Zhang, The fate of bulk nanobubbles under gas dissolution, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022,24, 9685-9694 Hongguang Zhang, Chen Changsheng, Xianren Zhang, Masao Doi, Gas–liquid transition of van der Waals fluid confined in fluctuating nano-space, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022, 156(12):124701 172. Mengyu Zhu, Liyang Huang, Zhang Bo, et al, Recent progress in optimal design of superhydrophobic surfaces, APL Materials 2022 10(11):110701. 1 Yang Bai, Yaqin Wang, Zelong Qiao, et al. Facile Synthesis of Fe2P/Co Embedded Trifunctional Electrocatalyst for High-Performance Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries and Overall Water Splitting, 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Jiawei Wang, Yan Huang, Xianren Zhang, et al, Electroless deposition of RuPd Nanoparticles on porous carbons for hydrogen evolution in acid and alkaline media, Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2022, 6, 2165. 169. Kunxiang Yu et al.,Rationally designed high‐conductivity Hydrangea macrophylla ‐like Si@NiO@Ni/C composites as a high‐performance anode material for lithium‐ion batteries. Electrochemical Science Advances, 2021.
Hongguang Zhang and Xianren Zhang, Reply to the ‘Comment on “Size dependence of bubble wetting on surfaces: breakdown of contact angle match between small sized bubbles and droplets”’ by A. I. Rusanov, D. V. Tatyanenko and A. K. Shchekin, Nanoscale , 2020, DOI:10.1039/D0NR00232A.
Zhenjiang Guo, Hongguang Zhang, Xianren Zhang, and Masao Doi,Oscillating state transition in pinned nanobubbles with coupled fluctuations,Phys. Rev. E 2021, 104, 064802. Ye Li et al, Size, geometry and mobility of protein assemblage regulate the kinetics of membrane wrapping on nanoparticles, Journal of Molecular Liquids 2021, 333(11), 115990.
Yunqing Ma, Zhenjiang Guo, Qianjin Chen, and Xianren Zhang, Dynamic Equilibrium Model for Surface Nanobubbles in Electrochemistry,Langmuir, 2021, 27(8), 2772-2779. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03537.
Yunqian Ma, Changsheng Chen, Xianren Zhang, Surface active agents stabilize nanodroplets and enhance haze formation, Chinese Physics B, 2021, 30, 010504.
Liang Zheng, Jing Li, et al., Molecular Sizes and Antibacterial Performance Relationships of Flexible Ionic Liquid Derivatives, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142(47) 20257–20269.
Hongguang Zhang, Shan Chen, Bo Zhang, Xianren Zhang, Inhibiting Ostwald Ripening by Scaffolding Droplets, Langmuir, 2020, 36 (45), 13682–13688.
Xu Tang et al. Multiplicity of thermodynamic states of van der Waals gas in nanobubbles, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.07.056.
Changsheng Chen, Xianren Zhang, Dapeng Cao, Role of substrate softness in stabilizing surface nanobubbles, Green Energy & Environment, 2020, 5(3), 374-380.
Zhang, Hongguang; Guo, Zhenjiang; Zhang, Xianren, Surface enrichment of ions leads to the stability of bulk nanobubbles,Soft Matter 2020, 16, 5470-5477
Shixin; Lv, Rujie; Yan, Li, Zengshuai, et al. Design of Alanine-Rich Short Peptides as a Green Alternative of Gas Hydrate Inhibitors: Dual Methyl Group Docking for Efficient Adsorption on the Surface of Gas Hydrates, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 2020, 8, 4256-4266.
Li, Shixin; Yan, Zengshuai; Huang, Fang, et al. How a lipid bilayer membrane responds to an oscillating nanoparticle: Promoted membrane undulation and directional wave propagation, COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES 2020, 187, 110651
Chen, Changsheng; Li, Jing; Zhang, Xianren, The existence and stability of bulk nanobubbles: a long-standing dispute on the experimentally observed mesoscopic inhomogeneities in aqueous solutions, COMMUNICATIONS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS, 2020, 72, 037601.
Liu, Xuejuan; Tian, Falin; Yue, Tongtao, et al. Radial aggregation of proteins prevails over axial aggregation on membrane tubes,NANOSCALE, 2020, 12, 3029-3037.
Guo, Zhenjiang; Zhang, Xianren, Enhanced fluctuation for pinned surface nanobubbles, PHYSICAL REVIEW E 2019,100, 052803.
Zhi Li, Kai Liao, Hui-Bo Qin, Junli Chen, Liangliang Ren, Fengguang Li, Xianren Zhang, Bei Liu, Guangjin Chen. The gas-adsorption mechanism of kinetic hydrate inhibitors, AICHE J., 2019, 65(9), e16681.
Liu, Yuchi; Li, Shixin; Liu, Xuejuan; et al., Design of Small Nanoparticles Decorated with Amphiphilic Ligands: Self-Preservation Effect and Translocation into a Plasma Membrane, ACS Appl. Matter. Interf., 2019, 11 ( 27), 23822-23831.
Guo, Zhenjiang; Wang, Xian; Zhang, Xianren, Stability of Surface Nanobubbles without Contact Line Pinning, Langmuir 2019, 35(25) , 8482-8489.
Wang, Hanqing; Mohoric, Tomaz; Zhang, Xianren et al., Active microrheology in two-dimensional magnetic networks, Soft Matter, 2019, 22, 4437-4444.
Wang, Xian; Guo, Zhenjiang; Liu, Zhiping, et al.,Curvature dependence of Henry's law constant and nonideality of gas equilibrium for curved vapor-liquid interfaces, AICHE J., 2019, 65 (6), e16604.
Li, Shixin; Lv, Rujie; Wu, Yining, et al.,Size-, Aggregation-, and Oxidization-Dependent Perturbation of Methane Hydrate by Graphene Nanosheets Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123 (20), 13154-13166.
Li, Shixin; Yan, Zengshuai; Luo, Zhen, et al.,Directional and Rotational Motions of Nanoparticles on Plasma Membranes as Local Probes of Surface Tension Propagation, Langmuir, 2019, 35 (15), 5333-5341.
Yue, Tongtao; Zhou, Hongyu; Sun, Hainan et al., Why are nanoparticles trapped at cell junctions when the cell density is high? Nanoscale, 2019, 11 (14), 6602-6609.
Li, Ye; Zhang, Xianren; Lin, Jinxing, et al., Extracting lipid vesicles from plasma membranes via self-assembly of clathrin-inspired scaffolding nanoparticles, COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, 2019, 176, 239-248.
Li, Shixin; Yang, Zengshuai; Luo, Zhen, et al., Mechanics of the Formation, Interaction, and Evolution of Membrane Tubular Structures, Biophys. J.,2019, 116 (5), 884-892.
Xu, Peng; Yu, Yunhua; Guo, Zhenjiang, et al.,Evaluation of composite interfacial properties based on carbon fiber surface chemistry and topography: Nanometer-scale wetting analysis using molecular dynamics simulation, COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2019, 171, 252-260.
Gao, Xinli; Hong, Song; Liu, Zhiping, et al., Membrane potential drives direct translocation of cell-penetrating peptides, Nanoscale 2019, 11(4), 1949-1958.
Hongguang Zhang and Xianren Zhang,* Size dependence of bubble wetting on surfaces: Breakdown of contact angle match between small sized bubbles and droplets, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 2823 - 2828.
Jintao Zou, Hongguang Zhang, Zhenjiang Guo, Yawei Liu, Jiachen Wei, Yan Huang,* and Xianren Zhang,* Surface Nanobubbles Nucleate Liquid Boiling, Langmuir, 2018, 34 (46), 14096–14101.
Hongguang Zhang, Zhenjiang Guo, Shan Chen, Bo Zhang, Xianren Zhang,*Microdroplet targeting induced by substrate curvature, Chin. Phys. B, 2018, 27(9): 096801. 10.1088/1674-1056/27/9/096801
Hongguang Zhang, Shan Chen, Zhenjiang Guo, Yawei Liu, Fernando Bresme,* and Xianren Zhang,* Contact Line Pinning Effects Influence the Determination of the Line Tension of Droplets Adsorbed on Substrates, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122 (30), 17184–17189.DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03588.
Yan Xu, Shixin Li, Zhen Luo, Hao Ren, XianrenZhang, Fang Huang, Yi Y. Zuo, and Tongtao Yue,* The Role of Lipid Coating in Transport of Nanodroplets across the Pulmonary Surfactant Layer Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Langmuir, 2018, 34 (30), 9054–9063. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01547
Jing Li, Xiuhua Liu, Falin Tian, Tongtao Yue, Xianren Zhang,* and Dapeng Cao,* Spontaneous insertion of GPI anchors into cholesterol-rich membrane domains, AIP Advances 2018, 8(5), 055210.
Jing Li, Xianren Zhang,* and Dapeng Cao,*Decoupling of bilayer leaflets under gas supersaturation: nitrogen nanobubbles in membrane and the implication to decompression sickness, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, 2018, 51, 184001.
Jiachen Wei, Xianren Zhang,* Fan Song, and Yingfeng Shao,Nanobubbles in confined solution: Generation, contact angle, and stability, J. Chem. Phys. 2018, 148, 064704.
Falin Tian, Tongtao Yue, Wei Dong, Xin Yi,* Xianren Zhang,* Size-dependent formation of membrane nanotubes: Continuum modeling and molecular dynamics simulations, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 3474-3483
Liu Xuejuan, Falin Tian, Tongtao Yue, Xianren Zhang,* Chongli Zhong,* Pulling force and surface tension drive membrane fusion, J. Chem. Phys. 2017, 147, 194703.
Yawei Liu, Raman Ganti, Hugh G. A. Burton, Xianren Zhang, Wenchuan Wang, Daan Frenkel,* Microscopic Marangoni flows cannot be predicted on the basis of pressure gradients, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2017,119, 224502. Hydrogen Bond Networks of Glycol Molecules on ZIF-8 Surfaces as Semipermeable Films for Efficient Carbon Capture,J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121 (45), 25347–25352.
How nanobubbles lose stability: Effects of surfactants,Appl. Phys. Lett. 2017, 111, 131601.
Shixin Li,Zhen Luo, Yan Xu, Hao Ren, Li Deng, Xianren Zhang, Fang Huang, Tongtao Yue,*Interaction pathways between soft lipid nanodiscs and plasma membranes: A molecular modeling study, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 2017, 1859, 2096-2105.
Solvent Exchange Leading to Nanobubble Nucleation: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Langmuir, 2017, 33, 8090–8096.
Yawei Liu and Xianren Zhang,* Molecular dynamics simulation of nanobubble nucleation on rough surfaces. J. Chem. Phys. 2017, 146, 164704. Xinli Gao, Tongtao Yue, Falin Tian, Zhiping Liu,*and Xianren Zhang,*Erythrocyte membrane skeleton inhibits nanoparticle endocytosis,AIP Advances 2017, 7, 065303. Yangxu Hu, Zhiping Liu,* Xigang Yuan, Xianren Zhang,* Molecular Mechanism for Liquid–liquid Extraction: Two-film Theory Revisited, AIChE J. 2017, 63(6), 2464-2470. Yan Xu, Li Deng, Hao Ren, Xianren Zhang, Fang Huang and Tongtao Yue,* Transport of nanoparticles across pulmonary surfactant monolayer: a molecular dynamics study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7CP02548C.
Yan Xu, Zhen Luo, Shixin Li, Weiguo Li, Xianren Zhang, Yi Y. Zuo, Fang Huang and Tongtao Yue,* Perturbation of the pulmonary surfactant monolayer by single-walled carbon nanotubes: a molecular dynamics study,Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 10193-10204. DOI: 10.1039/C7NR00890B. Surface patterning of single-walled carbon nanotubes enhances their perturbation on a pulmonary surfactant monolayer: frustrated translocation and bilayer vesiculation, RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 20851-20864. Ultrashort Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Insert into a Pulmonary Surfactant Monolayer via Self-Rotation: Poration and Mechanical Inhibition, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121 (13), 2797–2807. Direction Dependence of Adhesion Force for Droplets on Rough Substrates, Langmuir, 2017, 33 (9), 2472–2476 Ye Li, Bing Yuan, Kai Yang, Xianren Zhang, Bing Yan* and Dapeng Cao,*Counterintuitive cooperative endocytosis of like-charged nanoparticles in cellular internalization: computer simulation and experiment, Nanotechnology, 2017, 28, 085102.Xuemei Lu, Bing Yuan*, Xianren Zhang, Kai Yang*, Yuqiang Ma, Molecular modeling of transmembrane delivery of paclitaxel by shock waves with nanobubbles, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2017, 110, 023701. Yawei Liu and Xianren Zhang,* Vapor bridges between solid substrates in the presence of the contact line pinning effect: Stability and capillary force. J. Chem. Phys. 2016, 145, 214701. Deformation of Surface Nanobubbles Induced by Substrate Hydrophobicity.Langmuir, 2016,32, 13003–13008.http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03236. , , , , , , , and Size-Dependent Facilitation of Cancer Cell Targeting by Proteins Adsorbed on Nanoparticles,ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (44), 30037–30047. Bo Zhang, Xuemei Chen, Jure Dobnikar,* Zuankai Wang,* and Xianren Zhang,Spontaneous Wenzel to Cassie dewetting transition on structured surfaces,Phys. Rev. Fluids 2016, 1, 073904 Zhi Li, Kai Liao, Feiyang Liao, Qianxiang Xiao, Fei Jiang, Xianren Zhang,* Bei Liu,* Changyu Sun, and Guangjin Chen, Wetting and Spreading Behaviors of Nanodroplets: The Interplay Among Substrate Hydrophobicity, Roughness and Surfactants, J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 15209−15215 Liu, Falin Tian, Tongtao Yue, Xianren Zhang,* Chongli Zhong,* Exploring the shape deformation of biomembrane tubes with theoretical analysis and computer simulation. Soft Matter, 2016, 12, 9077-9085. Interplay between Nanoparticle Wrapping and Clustering of Inner Anchored Membrane Proteins, J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 11000-11009 Lipid extraction mediates aggregation of carbon nanospheres in pulmonary surfactant monolayers. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 18923-18933 Xianren Zhang,*Hidden nanobubbles in undersaturated liquids, Langmuir, 2106, 32(43), 11328-11334.
Falin Tian, Tongtao Yue, Wei Dong* & Xianren Zhang,Membrane tube pearling induced by a coupling of osmotic pressure and nanoparticle adhesion¸Molec. Phys. 2016, 114, 2432. 103. Liu, Jie; Guo, Haoyuan; Zhang, Bo; Qiao, Shasha; Shao, Mingzhe; Zhang, Xianren; Feng, Xi-Qiao; *Li, Qunyang; Song, Yanlin; Jiang, Lei; *Wang, JianjunGuided Self-Propelled Leaping of Droplets on a Micro-Anisotropic Superhydrophobic Surface.Angew Chem Int Ed Engl . 2016, 55, 4265-4269.
Bo Zhang, Qing Lei, Zuankai Wang,* and Xianren Zhang,*Droplets can rebound toward both directions on textured surfaces with a wettability gradientLangmuir, 2016, 32 (1), 346–351.
Tongtao Yue,* Yan Xu, Mingbin Sun, Xianren Zhang and Fang Huang* How tubular aggregates interact with biomembranes: wrapping, fusion and pearling, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 1082-1091.
Tongtao Yue, Falin Tian, Mingbin Sun, Xianren Zhang* and Fang Huang,*Inter-tube adhesion mediates a new pearling mechanism,Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 361-374.
Dongsheng Bai, Diwei Zhang, Xianren Zhang* & Guangjin Chen,* Origin of Self-preservation Effect for Hydrate Decomposition: Coupling of Mass and Heat Transfer Resistances,Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 14599.
Shumeng Wang, Zhi Li, Bei Liu,* Xianren Zhang,* Qingyuan Yang, Molecular Mechanisms for Surfactant-aided Oil Removal from a Solid Surface, Applied Surface Science,2015, 359, 98–105.
Bo Zhang and Xianren Zhang,* Elucidating Nonwetting of Re-Entrant Surfaces with Impinging Droplets,Langmuir, 2015, 31 (34), 9448–9457.
Dongsheng Bai,* Guangjin Chen, Xianren, Zhang, Amadeu K Sum and Wenchuan Wang,How Properties of Solid Surfaces Modulate the Nucleation of Gas Hydrate, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 12747.
Zhenjiang Guo, Yawei Liu, Detlef Lohse, Xuehua Zhang, and Xianren Zhang,* Stability of micro-Cassie states on rough substrates, J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142(24), 244704.
Tongtao Yue, Xiaojuan Wang, Xianren Zhang & Fang Huang,* Molecular modeling of interaction between lipid monolayer and graphene nanosheets: implications for pulmonary nanotoxicity and pulmonary drug delivery,RSC Advances,2015, 5, 30092-30106
Ye Li, Diwen Feng, Xianren Zhang*, Dapeng Cao*, Design strategy of cell-penetrating copolymers for high efficient drug delivery, Biomaterials 2015, 52, 171-179.
Ye Li, Xianren Zhang*, Dapeng Cao*, Nanoparticle hardness controls the internalization pathway for drug delivery, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 2758.
Jianguo Li, Yawei Liu*, Guangfeng Jiang and Xianren Zhang*, Vapour-to-liquid nucleation in cone pores,Molecular Simulation, 2016, 1, 1-8. DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2014.1001990.
Tongtao Yue, Xianren Zhang & Fang Huang,* Molecular modeling of membrane responses to the adsorption of rotating nanoparticles: promoted cell uptake and mechanical membrane rupture,Soft Matter,2015,11, 456-465.
Falin Tian, Xianren Zhang,* Wei Dong, How hydrophobic nanoparticles aggregate in the interior of membranes: A computer simulation,Phys. Rev. E, 2014, 90, 052701.
Falin Tian, Tongtao Yue, Ye Li, Xianren Zhang,* Computer simulation studies on the interaction between nanoparticles and cell membrane, Science China: Chemistry, 2014, 57, 1662–1671.
Shuangyang Li,* Xianren Zhang & Wenchuan Wang, Selective aggregation of membrane proteins by membrane-mediated interactions,Science China: Chemistry, 2014, 57(12),1683–1689.
Huang Liu, Bei Liu, Li-Chiang Lin, Guangjin Chen,* Yuqing Wu, Jin Wang, Xueteng Gao, Yining Lv, Yong Pan, Xiaoxin Zhang, Xianren Zhang, Lanying Yang, Changyu Sun,* Berend Smit* & Wenchuan Wang, A hybrid absorption–adsorption method to efficiently capture carbon, Nature Communications, 2014, 5, 5147. |DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6147
Yawei Liu and Xianren Zhang,* A unified mechanism for the stability of surface nanobubbles: Contact line pinning and supersaturation,J. Chem. Phys. 2014, 141(13), 134702.
Ye Li, Xianren Zhang,* Dapeng Cao,* A spontaneous penetration mechanism of patterned nanoparticles across a biomembrane, Soft Matter, 2014, 10(35), 6844-6856.
Bo Zhang, Jianjun Wang, Zhiping Liu,* Xianren Zhang,* Beyond Cassie equation: Local structure of heterogeneous surfaces determines the contact angles of microdroplets,Scientific Reports,2014, 4, 5822.
Tongtao Yue, Xianren Zhang and Fang Huang,* Molecular modeling of membrane tube pearling and the effect of nanoparticle adsorption,Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16(22), 10799-10809.
Xinli Gao, Junjun Dong,* Xianren Zhang,* The effect of nanoparticle size on endocytosis dynamics depends on membrane–nanoparticle interaction,Molecular Simulation, 2014, DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2014.896995.
Yawei Liu, Jianjun Wang,* Xianren Zhang,* Wenchuan Wang, Contact line pinning and the relationship between nanobubbles and substrates,J. Chem. Phys. 2014, 140(5), 054705.
Qiumin Guo, Yawei Liu, Guangfeng Jiang,* Xianren Zhang* Condensation of droplets on nanopillared hydrophobic substrates,Soft Matter, 2014, 10 ( 8), 1182-1188.
Tongtao Yue, Xianren Zhang, Fang Huang,* Membrane monolayer protrusion mediates a new nanoparticle wrapping pathway,Soft Matter, 2014, 10 (12), 2024-2034.
Tongtao Yue, Diwen Feng, Xianren Zhang, The interplay between the clustering of transmembrane proteins and coupling of anchored membrane proteins,Molecular Simulation, 2014, 40(12), 922-933. DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2013.824575. Ye Li, Xianren Zhang,* Dapeng Cao,*The Role of Shape Complementarity in the Protein-Protein Interactions, Scientific Reports, 2013, 3, 3271.Tongtao Yue, Xiaojuan Wang, Fang Huang,* and Xianren Zhang,* An unusual pathway for the membrane wrapping of rodlike nanoparticles and the orientation- and membrane wrapping-dependent nanoparticle interaction, Nanoscale, 2013, 5(20), 9888-9896.Yawei Liu and Xianren Zhang,*Evaporation dynamics of nanodroplets and their anomalous stability on rough substrates,Phys. Rev. E 2013, 88, 012404.Xiaoming Chen, Falin Tian, Xianren Zhang,* and Wenchuan Wang, Internalization pathways of nanoparticles and their interaction with a vesicle, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 7592-7600. (Selected in the web themed issue Interaction of nano-objects with lipid membranes)Dongsheng Bai, Bei Liu, Guangjin Chen,* Xianren Zhang, and Wenchuan Wang, Role of Guest Molecules on the Hydrate Growth at Vapor-Liquid Interfaces, AIChE Journal, 2013, 59(7), 2621-2629.Yawei Liu, Jianjun Wang and Xianren Zhang,* Accurate determination of the vapor-liquid-solid contact line tension and the viability of Young equation, Scientific Reports, 2013, 3, 2008. (by Nature publishing group)Ye Li , Xianren Zhang *, and Dapeng Cao,* Self-Assembly of Patterned Nanoparticles on Cellular Membranes: Effect of Charge Distribution, J. Phys. Chem. B 2013,117(22), 6733-6740.
Edwin H. Shin, Ye Li, Umesh Kumar, Hursh V. Sureka, Xianren Zhang and Christine K. Payne,* Membrane potential mediates the cellular binding of nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 5879-5886.
Bo Zhang, Jianjun Wang, and Xianren Zhang,*Effects of the Hierarchical Structure of Rough Solid Surfaces on the Wetting of Microdroplets. Langmuir, 2013, 29 (22), 6652–6658.
Qiumin Guo, Yawei Liu, Guangfeng Jiang, and Xianren Zhang,*Cooperative effect in nucleation: Nanosized seed particles jointly nucleate vapor-liquid transitions,J. Chem. Phys. 2013, 138, 214701.
Liu Y. W. and Zhang X. R.,* Nanobubble stability induced by contact line pinning, J. Chem. Phys. 2013, 138, 014706.
Yue T. T. and Zhang X. R.*,Molecular modeling of the pathways of vesicle–membrane interaction,Soft Matter, 2013, 9(1), 559-569.
Liu Y. W., Men Y. M. and Zhang X. R.,* Nucleation mechanism for vapor-to-liquid transition from substrates with nanoscale pores opened at one end, J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 137, 104701.
Bai D. S., Chen G. J.*, Zhang X. R.*, and Wang W. C., Nucleation of the CO2 Hydrate from Three-Phase Contact Lines, Langmuir, 2012, 28(20), 7730-7736.
Yue T. T. and Zhang X. R.,* Cooperative Effect in Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis of Multiple Nanoparticles, ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (4), 3196–3205
Li Y., Yue T. T., Yang K.,* and Zhang X. R.,* Molecular modeling of the relationship between nanoparticle shape anisotropy and endocytosis kinetics,Biomaterials2012, 33, 4965-4973
Men Y. M. and Zhang X. R.,* Physical basis for constrained lattice density functional theory, J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 136, 124704.
Bai D. S., Zhang X. R.*, Chen G. J.*, and Wang W. C.,Replacement mechanism of methane hydrate with carbon dioxide from microsecond molecular dynamics simulations, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5 (5), 7033 – 7041.
Yue T. T. and Zhang X. R.*,Signal transduction across cellular membranes can be mediated by coupling of the clustering of anchored proteins in both leaflets.Phys. Rev. E 2012, 85, 011917.
Hu Y. X., Zhang X. R.,* and Wang W.C., Simulation of the Generation of Solution Gradients in Microfluidic Systems Using Lattice Boltzmann Method.Ind.
Liu Y. W., Men Y. M., and Zhang X. R.,*How nanoscale seed particles affect vapor-liquid nucleation.J. Chem. Phys.2011, 135(18), 184701.
Yue T. T. and Zhang X. R.*,Self-assembly of Semiflexible Homopolymers into Helical Bundles: A Brownian Dynamics Simulation Study.J. Phys. Chem. B,2011, 115 (40), 11566–11574.
Yue T. T. and Zhang X. R.*,Molecular understanding of receptor-mediated membrane responses to ligand-coated nanoparticles, Soft Matter, 2011, 7(19), 9104-9112.Bai D. S., Chen G. J.*, Zhang X. R.*, and Wang W. C., Microsecond Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Kinetic Pathways of Gas Hydrate Formation from Solid Surfaces, Langmuir, 2011, 27(10), 5961–5967.Yue, T. T., Jiang. G. F., and Zhang X. R., Spontaneous pattern of linear molecules in strongly confined spaces, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 12497–12505Men Y. M., Zhang X. R.,* and Wang W. C., Rupture kinetics of liquid bridges during a pulling process: A kinetic density functional theory study,J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 134, 124704.Yue T. T., Li S. Y., Zhang X. R.*, and Wang W.C.The relationship between membrane curvature generation and clustering of anchored proteins: a computer simulation study,Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 6109-6118.
Tian F. L., Luo Y., and Zhang X. R,*Curvature modulates the self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules, J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 133, 144701. (also appeared in the October 18, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
Chen X. M, Dong W., and Zhang X. R.,Self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules: A review on the recent computer simulation results, Science China: Chemistry, 2010, 53, 1853-1861.
Hu Y. X., Zhang X. R.,* and Wang W.C.,Boundary Conditions at the Liquid−Liquid Interface in the Presence of Surfactants,Langmuir 2010,26,10693-10702.
Li S. Y., Zhang X. R,* and Wang W.C., Cluster Formation of Anchored Proteins Induced by Membrane-Mediated Interaction, Biophysical Journal 2010, 98, 2554-2563.
Gao J. J., Li S. Y., Zhang X. R.,* and Wang W.C., Computer simulations of micelle fission, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 3219 – 3228.
Men Y. M., Zhang X. R.,* and Wang W. C., Capillary liquid bridges in atomic force microscopy: Formation, rupture, and hysteresis, J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 131, 184702(also appeared in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (Nov. 16, 2009))
Li S. Y., Zhang X. R*, and Wang W.C. *, Coarse-Grained Model for Mechanosensitive Ion Channels, J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 14431–14438
Zheng F. X., Zhang X. R.*, and Wang W. C., Comment on Monte Carlo Simulation of Surfactant Adsorption on Hydrophilic Surfaces, Langmuir 2009, 25, 7766-7767
Zheng F. X., Chen G. J.*, Zhang X. R.*, and Wang W. C., A Monte Carlo study of crowding effects on the self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules, J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 130, 204701 (also appeared in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology(May.18, 2009))(cover page)
Men Y. M., Yan Q. Z., Jiang G. F., Zhang X. R.*, and Wang W. C., Nucleation and hysteresis of vapor-liquid phase transitions in confined spaces: Effects of fluid-wall interaction, Phys. Rev. E 2009, 79, 51602 (also appeared in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology(Jun. 8, 2009))
Xu X. F.,
Li Z., Zhang X. R.*, and Chen B. H.*, Computer Simulation of the Epitaxy of Surfactant-Templated Inorganic Nanomaterials on Patterned Surfaces, Langmuir 2009, 25, 1998~2006.
Li S. Y., Zheng F.X., Zhang X. R.*, and Wang W. C., Stability and Rupture of Archaebacterial Cell Membrane: A Model Study, J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 1143~1152
Li S. Y., Zhang X. R.*, Dong W., and Wang W. C., Computer simulations of solute exchange using micelles by collision-driven fusion process, Langmuir 2008, 24, 9344 (《科学通报》作为动态评价,碰撞驱动的溶质交换机理的研究进展,科学通报,2008,50,2261)
Feng Z. K., Zhang X. R.* and Wang W. C., Adsorption of fluids in a pore with chemical heterogeneities: The cooperative effect, Phys. Rev. E 2008, 77, 51603(also appeared in June 2, 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
Zheng F. X., Zhang X. R.*, and Wang W. C., Macrophase and Microphase Separations for Surfactants Adsorbed on Solid Surfaces: A Gauge Cell Monte Carlo Study in the Lattice Model, Langmuir 2008, 24, 4661~4669.
Zhang X. R.*,
Zhang X. R.*, Chen B. H.*, and Wang Z. H., Computer simulation of adsorption kinetics of surfactants on solid surfaces, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2007, 313, 414~422
Zhang X. R.,
Zhang X. R.*, Chen G. J., and Wang W. C., Confinement induced critical micelle concentration shift, J. Chem. Phys. 2007, 127, 34506 (also appeared in July 30, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
Zhang X. R.*, Chen B. H.*, Dong W., and Wang W. C., Surfactant Adsorption on Solid Surfaces: Recognition between Heterogeneous Surfaces and Adsorbed Surfactant Aggregates, Langmuir 2007, 23, 7433~7435.
Zheng F. X., Zhang X. R.*, and Wang W. C., Bridge Structure: An Intermediate State for a Morphological Transition in Confined Amphiphile/Water Systems, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 7144~7151
Zhang X. R.* and Wang W. C., Square-well fluids in confined space with discretely attractive wall-fluid potentials: Critical point shift, Phys. Rev. E 2006, 74, 62601 (appeared in January 8, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
Zheng F. X., Zhang X. R.*, Wang W. C., and Dong W., Adsorption and Morphology Transition of Surfactants on Hydrophobic Surfaces: A Lattice
Xianren Zhang, Dapeng Cao, Wenchuan Wang,The effects of fluid-wall interaction potentials onadsorption isotherms: LJ fluids confined in cylindrical pores with discrete attractive fluid-wall potentials, 2003 J. Chem. Phys. 119,12586.
Xianren Zhang, Wenchuan Wang, Zhigang Shen, Jianfeng Chen Characterization a Sample of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays by Nitrogen Adsorption Isotherms and Density Functional Theory, 2003, Langmuir 19, 6088-6095.
Xianren Zhang, Dapeng Cao, Jianfeng Chen Hydrogen Adsorption Storage on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays by a Combination of Classical Potential and Density Functional Theory, 2003, J. Phys. Chem. B 107,4942.
Dapeng Cao, Xianren Zhang, optimization of single-walled carbon nanotube arrays for methane storage at room temperature. 2003, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 13286.
Xianren Zhang, Wenchuan Wang,Adsorption of Linear Ethane Molecules in Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays by Molecular Simulation, 2002, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 4, 3720-3726.
Xianren Zhang, Wenchuan Wang,Guangfeng Jiang,A potential model for interaction between the Lennard–Jones cylindrical wall and fluid molecules, 2004, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 218, 239.
Dapeng Cao, Xianren Zhang,Jianfeng Chen, Jimmy Yun,Local diffusion coefficient of supercritical methane in activated carbon by molecular simulation, 2003, Carbon, 41,2686-2689.
Xianren Zhang, Wenchuan Wang, Methane Adsorption in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Arrays by Molecular Simulation, 2002, Fluid Phase Equilaibria, 194-197, 289 -295.
Guangfeng Jiang, Jianghua Zhang, Xianren Zhang, Wenchuan Wang,Hypergeometric function expressions for the molecule-micropore Lennard–Jones potential, 2004, ANZIAM J. 46 (E),E70–E84.
Bei Liu, Wenchuan Wang, Xianren Zhang,A hybrid cylindrical model for characterization of MCM-41 by density functional theory, 2004,Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,6, 3985-3990.
Dapeng Cao, Xianren Zhang, Zhigang Shen,Jianfeng Chen, Jimmy Yun,Density functional theory of adsorption and phase behavior of the Lennard–Jones fluids confined in MCM-41 with a finite thickness, 2004, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem.
Dapeng Cao, Zhigang Shen,Jianfeng Chen, Xianren Zhang Experiment, molecular simulation and density functional theory for investigation of fluid confined in MCM-41, 2004, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials67,159-166.
Xianren Zhang, Wenchuan Wang, A Potential Model for Cylindrical Pores, 2001,Chinese J. of Chem.
Xianren Zhang, Wenchuan Wang,Adsorption of Ethane in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Density Functional Theory. 2002, Chinese J. Chem. Eng. 10, 375-381. AwardsPatentHonor RewardAdmissions Information |