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Publications
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This page lists most of our publications starting from 2014.
Total: ca. 200 Publications
Please refer to Google Scholar for a complete list.
Facile Access to Large-Scale, Self-Assembled, Nacre-Inspired, High-Performance Materials with Tunabl
Get the full article here: ACS Appl. Mat. Int. 5, 3738 (2013). Although advances have been reported to mimic the mechanically excellent...
Hydration and Dynamic State of Nanoconfined Polymer Layers Govern Toughness in Nacre-mimetic Nanocom
Get the full article here: Adv. Mater. 25, 5055 (2013). Biological high-performance composites inspire to create new tough, strong, and...
Guided Hierarchical Co-assembly of Soft Patchy Particles
Get the full paper here: Nature, 503, 247 (2013). The concept of hierarchical bottom-up structuring commonly encountered in natural...
Ionic supramolecular bonds preserve mechanical properties and enable synergetic performance at high
Get the full article here: Nanoscale, 5, 9348 (2013). Although tremendous effort has been focused on enhancing the mechanical properties...
Precise Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Multicompartment Micelles
Get the full paper here: Nat. Commun. 3, 710 (2012). Hierarchical self-assembly offers elegant and energy-efficient bottom-up strategies...
Janus particles: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Physical Properties and Applications
Get the full paper here: Chem. Rev. 113, 5194 (2013).
Supramolecular Control of Stiffness and Strength in Lightweight High-Performance Nacre-mimetic Paper
Get the full paper here: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 6448 (2010). Taking the heat: Hard/soft core/shell colloidal building blocks allow...
Large-Area, Lightweight and Thick Biomimetic Composites with Superior Material Properties via Fast,
Get the full paper here: Nano Letters, 10, 2742 (2010). Although remarkable success has been achieved to mimic the mechanically excellent...
Janus Particles
Get the full paper: Soft Matter, 4, 663 (2008). Janus particles, named after the double-faced Roman god, are compartmentalized colloids...
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