Journal Papers
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At the University of Akron
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[39] Tsai, C.; Shen, N.; Mi, C.; Bu, J.; Dong, Y.; Xu, W. Designed polymer ligands for perovskite quantum dots and their block copolymer nanocomposites. 2023, In revision.
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[38] Liu, S.; Yang, M.; Barton, H.; Xu, W. Designed Microbial Biosynthesis of Hierarchical Bone-Mimetic Biocomposites in 3D Printed Soft Bioreactors. 2023, In revision.
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[37] Bu, J.; Shen, N.; Qin, Z.; Xu, W. Synergistic Integration of Low Melting Point Alloys and Thermoplastic Elastomers for 3D Printing of Multifunctional Composites. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2023, Accepted.
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[36] Luo, X.; Yang, M.; Bu, J.; Chen, T.; Yi, A. Y.; Xu, W. Precise Fabrication of Nanostructured Mixed Metal Oxides by the Integration of Nanoimprinting and Sol-Gel Synthesis. Macromol. Res. 2023, 31, 795–803.
[35] Shen, N.; Duan, L.; Yang, M.; Liu, S.; Xu, W. Solvent-Assisted 3D Printing of Butyl Rubber and Its Hybrid Materials. MRS Commun. 2022, DOI: 10.1557/s43579-022-00205-5.
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[34] Shen, N.; Bu, J.; Prevot, M. E.; Hegmann, T.; Kennedy, J. P.; Xu, W. Macromolecular Engineering and Additive Manufacturing of Polyisobutylene-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers. II. The Poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene)/Poly(phenylene oxide) System. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2022, DOI:10.1002/marc.202200109.
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[33] Kasbe, P. S.; Luo, X.; Xu, W. Interface Engineering and Integration of Two-dimensional Polymeric and Inorganic Materials for Advanced Hybrid Structures. New J. Chem. 2021, 45, 20972.
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[32] Yang, M.; Liu, Y.; Luo, X.; Cao, Y.; Gong, X.;* Xu, W.* Molecular Engineering of Polyaniline with Ultrathin Polydopamine and Monolayer Graphene for All-Solid-State Flexible Micro-Supercapacitors. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 10069
[31] Shen, N.; Liu, S.; Kasbe, P. S.; Khabaz, F.; Kennedy, J. P.;* Xu, W.* Macromolecular Engineering and Additive Manufacturing of Poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) (SIBS). 2021, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2021, 3, 4554–4562.
[30] Kasbe, P. S.; Gade, H.; Liu, S.; Chase, G. G.; Xu, W.* Ultrathin Polydopamine-Graphene Oxide Hybrid Coatings on Polymer Filters with Improved Filtration Performance and Functionalities. 2021, ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2021, 4, 5180–5188.
[29] Liu, S.; Kasbe, P. S.; Yang, M.; Shen, N.; Duan, L.; Mao, Y.; Xu, W.* Intimately Bonded 2D Materials and Responsive Polymer Brushes for Adaptive Nanocomposites. Polymer 2020, 210, 123033.
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[28] Liu, S.; Xu, W.* Engineered Living Materials-Based Sensing and Actuation. Front. Sens. 2020, 1, 586300.
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Before the University of Akron
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[27] Huang, Q.;# Deng, T.;# Xu, W.;# Yoon, C.; Qin, Z.; Lin, Y.; Li, T.; Yang, Y.; Shen, M.; Thon, S.; Khurgin, J. B.; Gracias, D. H. Solvent responsive self-folding of 3D photosensitive graphene architectures. Adv. Intell. Syst. 2020, Accepted.
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[26] Shi, R.; Fern, J.; Xu, W.; Jia, S.; Huang, Q.; Pahapale, G.; Schulman, R.; Gracias, D. H. Multicomponent DNA polymerization motor gels. Small 2020, 202002946.
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[25]Ghosh, A.; Xu, W.; Gupta, N.; Gracias, D. H. Active Matter Therapeutics. Nano Today 2020, 31, 100836.
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[24] Chowdhury, T.; Kim, J.; Sadler, E. C.; Li, C.; Lee, S. W.; Jo, K.; Xu, W.; Gracias, D. H.; Drichko, N. V.; Jariwala, D.; Brintlinger, T. H.; Mueller, T.; Park, H. G.; Kempa, T. J. Substrate-directed synthesis of MoS2 nanocrystals with tunable dimensionality and optical properties. Nature Nanotechnol. 2020, 15, 29-34.
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[23] Xu, W.; Li, T.; Qin, Z.; Huang, Q.; Gao, H.; Kang, K.; Park, J.; Buehler, M. J.; Khurgin, J. B.; Gracias, D. H. Reversible MoS2 Origami with Spatially Resolved and Reconfigurable Photosensitivity. Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 7941-7949.
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[22] Jiang, Z.; Erol, O.; Chatterjee, D.; Xu, W.; Hibino, N.; Romer, L. H.; Kang, S. H.; Gracias, D. H. Direct Ink Writing of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with Tunable Mechanical Properties. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 28289-28295.
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[21] Xu, W.; Gracias, D. H. Soft Three-Dimensional Robots with Hard Two-Dimensional Materials. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 4883-4892.
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[20] Xu, W.; Paidi, S. K.; Qin, Z.; Huang, Q.; Pagaduan, P. V. Buehler, M. J.; Barman, I.; Gracias, D. H. Self-Folding Hybrid Graphene Skin for 3D Biosensing. Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 1409-1417. (Cover Story)
[19] Xu, W.; Kwok, K. S.; Gracias, D. H. Ultrathin Shape Change Smart Materials. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 436-444.
[18] Xu, W.; Qin, Z.; Chen, C.; Kwag, H. R.; Ma, Q.; Sarkar, A.; Buehler, M. J.; Gracias, D. H. Ultrathin Thermoresponsive Self-Folding 3D Graphene. Science Advances 2017, 3, e1701084.
[17] Erwin, A. J.; Xu, W.; He, H.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Tsukruk, V. V. Linear and Star Poly(ionic liquid) Assemblies: Surface Monolayers and Multilayers. Langmuir 2017, 33, 3187-3199.
[16] Korolovych, F. V.; Ledin, P. A.; Stryutsky, A.; Shevchenko, V. V.; Sobko, O.; Xu, W.; Bulavin, L. A.; Tsukruk, V. V. Assembly of Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Polymeric Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Media at Different pH and Ionic Strength. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 8697–8710.
[15] Xu, W.; Ledin, P. A.; Iatridi, Z.; Tsitsilianis, C.; Tsukruk, V. V. Multicompartmental Microcapsules with Orthogonal Programmable Two-way Sequencing of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Cargo Release. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 4908-4913. (Hot paper and highlighted as the frontispiece)
[14] Xu, W.; Steinschulte, A. A.; Plamper, F. A.; Korolovych, V. F.; Tsukruk, V. V. Hierarchical Assembly of Star Polymer Polymersomes into Responsive Multicompartmental Microcapsules. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 975–985.
[13] Xiong, R.; Hu, K.; Grant, A. M.; Ma, R.; Xu, W.; Lu, C.; Zhang, X.; Tsukruk, V. V. Ultrarobust Transparent Cellulose Nanocrystal-Graphene Membranes with High Electrical Conductivity. Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 1501-1509.
[12] Ledin, P. A.; Xu, W.; Friscourt, F.; Boons, G.; Tsukruk, V. V. Branched Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Nanoparticles Prepared via Strain-Promoted 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions. Langmuir 2015, 31, 8146-8155.
[11] Xu, W.; Ledin, P. A.; Shevchenko, V. V.; Tsukruk, V. V. Architecture, Assembly, and Emerging Applications of Branched Functional Polyelectrolytes and Poly(ionic liquids). ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 12570-12596.
[10] Xu, W.; Ledin, P. A.; Iatridi, Z.; Tsitsilianis, C.; Tsukruk, V. V. Multi-Responsive Star-Graft Quarterpolymer Monolayers. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 3344-3353.
[9] Steinschulte, A. A.; Xu, W.; Draber, F.; Hebbeker, P.; Jung, A.; Bogdanovski, D.; Schneider, S.; Tsukruk, V. V.; Plamper, F. A. Interface-Enforced Complexation between Copolymer Blocks. Soft Matter 2015, 11, 3559-3565.
[8] Xu, W.; Ledin, P. A.; Plamper, F. A.; Synatschke, C. V.; Müller, A. H.; Tsukruk, V. V. Multiresponsive Microcapsules Based on Multilayer Assembly of Star Polyelectrolytes. Macromolecules 2014, 47, 7858-7868.
[7] Ledin, P. A.; Tkachenko, I. M.; Xu, W.; Choi, I.; Shevchenko, V. V.; Tsukruk, V. V. Star-Shaped Molecules with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Core and Azobenzene Dye Arms. Langmuir 2014, 30, 8856-8865.
[6] Xu, W.; Choi, I.; Plamper, F. A.; Synatschke, C. V.; Müller, A. H.; Melnichenko, Y. B.; Tsukruk, V. V. Thermo-Induced Limited Aggregation of Responsive Star Polyelectrolytes. Macromolecules 2014, 47, 2112-2121.
[5] Ren, H.; Kulkarni, D. D.; Kodiyath, R.; Xu, W.; Choi, I.; Tsukruk, V. V. Competitive Adsorption of Dopamine and Rhodamine 6G on the Surface of Graphene Oxide. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 2459–2470.
[4] Choi, I.; Kulkarni, D. D.; Xu, W.; Tsitsilianis, C.; Tsukruk, V. V. Star Polymer Unimicelles on Graphene Oxide Flakes. Langmuir 2013, 29, 9761-9769.
[3] Xu, W.; Choi, I.; Plamper, F. A.; Synatschke, C. V.; Müller, A. H.; Tsukruk, V. V. Nondestructive Light-Initiated Tuning of Layer -by-Layer Microcapsule Permeability. ACS Nano 2013, 7, 598-613.
[2] Choi, I.; Malak, S. T.; Xu, W.; Heller, W. T.; Tsitsilianis, C.; Tsukruk, V. V. Multicompartmental Microcapsules from Star Copolymer Micelles. Macromolecules 2013, 46, 1425-1436.
[1] Xu, W.; Qin, Z.; Yu, H.; Liu, Y.; Liu, N.; Zhou, Z.; Chen, L. Cellulose Nanocrystals as Organic Nanofillers for Transparent Polycarbonate Films. J. Nanopart. Res. 2013, 15, 1-8.
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Book Chapters
Xu, W.; Malak, S. T.; Plamper, F. A.; Synatschke, C. V.; Müller, A. H.; Melnichenko, Y. B.; Heller, W. T.; Tsukruk, V. V. Structural Study of Star Polyelectrolytes and Their Porous Multilayer Assembly in Solution. Physics of Liquid Matter: Modern Problems, Springer Proceedings in Physics, 2015.
