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Yuxing YAO
姚昱星

PhD in Materials Chemistry
Harvard University, 2019

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

(852) 2358 8367
yxyao@ust.hk
Room 4564
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ORCID

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ResearcherID

JYE-1292-2024

Scopus ID

57200274201

Research Interest Publications

Research Interest

Functional polymer
Synthetic biology
Biomolecular ultrasound
Advanced materials
Medicine and therapeutic treatment

Publications

All Years 35 2025 2 2024 4 2023 9 2022 5 2021 4 2020 1 2019 10

2025 2

Controlled macroscopic shape evolution of self-growing polymeric materials

Nature Communications, v. 16, (1), March 2025, article number 2131
Xiong, Xinhong; Zhou, Xiaozhuang; Zhang, Haohui; Aizenberg, Michael; Yao, Yuxing; Hu, Yuhang; Aizenbergd, Joanna; Cui, Jiaxi
Article

Synergistic Adhesion and Shape Deformation in Nanowire-Structured Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Advanced Materials, v. 37, (9), March 2025, article number 2414695
Dupont, Robert L.; Xu, Yang; Borbora, Angana; Wang, Xinyu; Azadi, Fatemeh; Havener, Kaden; Lewis, Broderick; Deng, Weichen; Tan, Benjamin W.; Li, Shucong; Zhang, Rui; Yao, Yuxing; Manna, Uttam; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

2024 4

Programming liquid crystal elastomers for multistep ambidirectional deformability

Science, v. 386, (6726), December 2024, p. 1161-1168
Yao, Yuxing; Wilborn, Atalaya Milan; Lemaire, Baptiste; Trigka, Foteini; Stricker, Friedrich; Weible, Alan H.; Li, Shucong; Bennett, Robert K A; Cheung, Tung Chun; Grinthal, Alison; Zhernenkov, Mikhail; Freychet, Guillaume; Wąsik, Patryk; Kozinsky, Boris; Lerch, Michael M.; Wang, Xiaoguang; Aizenberg, Joanna
Article

Programming liquid crystal elastomers for multistep ambidirectional deformability

Science, v. 386, 6726, December 2024, p. 1161-1168
Yao, Yuxing; Wilborn, Atalaya Milan; Lemaire, Baptiste; Trigka, Foteini; Stricker, Friedrich; Weible, Alan H.; Li, Shucong; Bennett, Robert K.A.; Cheung, Tung Chun; Grinthal, Alison; Zhernenkov, Mikhail; Freychet, Guillaume; Wąsik, Patryk; Kozinsky, Boris; Lerch, Michael M.; Wang, Xiaoguang; Aizenberg, Joanna
Article

Quantitative Real-Time Analysis of Living Materials by Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy

Analytical Chemistry, v. 96, (17), April 2024, p. 6540-6549
Qian, Chenxi; Liu, Hanwei; Chittur, Priya K.; Chadha, Rahuljeet S.; Yao, Yuxing; Kornfield, Julia A.; Tirrell, David A.; Wei, Lu
Article

Truly Tiny Acoustic Biomolecules for Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy

Advanced Materials, v. 36, (28), July 2024, article number 2307106
Ling, Bill; Gungoren, Bilge; Yao, Yuxing; Dutka, Przemysław; Vassallo, Reid; Nayak, Rohit; Smith, Cameron A. B.; Lee, Justin; Swift, Margaret B.; Shapiro, Mikhail G.
Article

2023 9

CAR-neutrophil mediated delivery of tumor-microenvironment responsive nanodrugs for glioblastoma chemo-immunotherapy

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), April 2023, article number 2266
Chang, Yun; Cai, Xuechao; Syahirah, Ramizah; Yao, Yuxing; Xu, Yang; Jin, Gyuhyung; Bhute, Vijesh J.; Torregrosa-Allen, Sandra; Elzey, Bennett D.; Won, You-Yeon; Deng, Qing; Lian, Xiaojun Lance; Wang, Xiaoguang; Eniola-Adefeso, Omolola; Bao, Xiaoping
Article

Design of a self-cleanable multilevel anticounterfeiting interface through covalent chemical modulation

Materials Horizons, v. 10, (6), March 2023, p. 2204-2214
Dhar, Manideepa; Kara, Ufuoma I.; Das, Supriya; Xu, Yang; Mandal, Sohini; Dupont, Robert L.; Boerner, Eric C.; Chen, Boyuan; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Xiaoguang; Manna, Uttam
Article

Experimental Insights into Conformational Ensembles of Assembled β-Sheet Peptides

ACS Central Science, v. 9, (7), July 2023, p. 1480-1487
Yu, Lanlan; Wang, Ruonan; Li, Shucong; Kara, Ufuoma I.; Boerner, Eric C.; Chen, Boyuan; Zhang, Feiyi; Jian, Zhongyi; Li, Shuyuan; Liu, Mingwei; Wang, Yang; Liu, Shuli; Yang, Yanlian; Wang, Chen; Zhang, Wenbo; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Xiaoguang; Wang, Chenxuan
Article

Lubricated Interfaces Enabling Simultaneous Pulsatile and Continuous Chemical Release Modes

Advanced Materials, v. 35, (31), August 2023, article number 2302264
Borbora, Angana; Xu, Yang; Dey, Souradeep; Wang, Xin; Yao, Yuxing; Mandal, Biman B.; Wang, Xiaoguang; Manna, Uttam
Article

Magnetocontrollable droplet mobility on liquid crystal-infused porous surfaces

Nano Research, v. 16, (4), April 2023, p. 5098-5107
Xu, Yang; Yao, Yuxing; Deng, Weichen; Fang, Jen-Chun; Dupont, Robert L.; Zhang, Meng; Čopar, Simon; Tkalec, Uroš; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

Remote control of mechanochemical reactions under physiological conditions using biocompatible focused ultrasound

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 120, (39), September 2023, article number e2309822120
Yao, Yuxing; McFadden, Molly E.; Luo, Stella M.; Barber, Ross W.; Kang, Elin; Bar-Zion, Avinoam; Smith, Cameron A.B.; Jin, Zhiyang; Legendre, Mark; Ling, Bill; Malounda, Dina; Torres, Andrea; Hamza, Tiba; Edwards, Chelsea E.R.; Shapiro, Mikhail G.; Robb, Maxwell J.
Article

Single-molecule visualization determines conformational substate ensembles in β-sheet-rich peptide fibrils

Science Advances, v. 9, (27), July 2023, article number adg7943
Zhang, Wenbo; Wang, Ruonan; Liu, Mingwei; Li, Shucong; Vokoun, Asher E.; Deng, Weichen; Dupont, Robert L.; Zhang, Feiyi; Li, Shuyuan; Wang, Yang; Liu, Zhenyu; Zheng, Yongfang; Liu, Shuli; Yang, Yanlian; Wang, Chen; Yu, Lanlan; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Xiaoguang; Wang, Chenxuan
Article

Staggered circular nanoporous graphene converts electromagnetic waves into electricity

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), April 2023, article number 1982
Lv, Hualiang; Yao, Yuxing; Li, Shucong; Wu, Guanglei; Zhao, Biao; Zhou, Xiaodi; Dupont, Robert L.; Kara, Ufuoma I.; Zhou, Yimin; Xi, Shibo; Liu, Bo; Che, Renchao; Zhang, Jincang; Xu, Hongbin; Adera, Solomon; Wu, Renbing; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

Using ultrasound to 3D-print materials

Science, v. 382, (6675), December 2023, p. 1126-1127
Yao, Yuxing; Shapiro, Mikhail G.
Article

2022 5

Geometric effects in gas vesicle buckling under ultrasound

Biophysical Journal, v. 121, (21), November 2022, p. 4221-4228
Salahshoor, Hossein; Yao, Yuxing; Dutka, Przemysław; Nyström, Nivin N.; Jin, Zhiyang; Min, Ellen; Malounda, Dina; Jensen, Grant J.; Ortiz, Michael; Shapiro, Mikhail G.
Article

Modularizable Liquid-Crystal-Based Open Surfaces Enable Programmable Chemical Transport and Feeding using Liquid Droplets

Advanced Materials, v. 34, (20), May 2022, article number 2108788
Xu, Yang; Chang, Yun; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Meng; Dupont, Robert L.; Rather, Adil M.; Bao, Xiaoping; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

Self-regulated non-reciprocal motions in single-material microstructures

Nature, v. 605, (7908), May 2022, p. 76-83
Li, Shucong; Lerch, Michael M.; Waters, James T.; Deng, Bolei; Martens, Reese S.; Yao, Yuxing; Kim, Do Yoon; Bertoldi, Katia; Grinthal, Alison; Balazs, Anna C.; Aizenberg, Joanna
Article

Stimuli-Responsive Liquid-Crystal-Infused Porous Surfaces for Manipulation of Underwater Gas Bubble Transport and Adhesion

Advanced Materials, v. 34, (14), April 2022, article number 2110085
Rather, Adil Majeed; Xu, Yang; Chang, Yun; Dupont, Robert Lewis; Borbora, Angana; Kara, Ufuoma Israel; Fang, Jen-Chun; Mamtani, Rajdeep; Zhang, Meng; Yao, Yuxing; Adera, Solomon; Bao, Xiaoping; Manna, Uttam; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

Wettability-based ultrasensitive detection of amphiphiles through directed concentration at disordered regions in self-assembled monolayers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 119, (43), October 2022, article number e2211042119
Yao, Yuxing; Bennett, Robert K.A.; Xu, Yang; Rather, Adil M.; Li, Shucong; Cheung, Tung Chun; Bhanji, Alisha; Kreder, Michael J.; Daniel, Dan; Adera, Solomon; Aizenberg, Joanna; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

2021 4

Controlling Liquid Crystal Orientations for Programmable Anisotropic Transformations in Cellular Microstructures

Advanced Materials, v. 33, (42), October 2021, article number 2105024
Li, Shucong; Librandi, Gabriele; Yao, Yuxing; Richard, Austin J.; Schneider-Yamamura, Alyssha; Aizenberg, Joanna; Bertoldi, Katia
Article

Liquid crystal–based open surface microfluidics manipulate liquid mobility and chemical composition on demand

Science Advances, v. 7, (40), October 2021, article number eabi7607
Xu, Yang; Rather, Adil M.; Yao, Yuxing; Fang, Jen-Chun; Mamtani, Rajdeep S.; Bennett, Robert K.A.; Atta, Richard G.; Adera, Solomon; Tkalec, Uroš; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

Random Liquid Crystalline Copolymers Consisting of Prolate and Oblate Liquid Crystal Monomers

Macromolecules, v. 54, (12), June 2021, p. 5376-5387
Xu, Yang; Dupont, Robert L.; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Meng; Fang, Jen-Chun; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

Self-assembly of protein superstructures by physical interactions under cytoplasm-like conditions

Biophysical Journal, v. 120, (13), July 2021, p. 2701-2709
Yao, Yuxing; Jin, Zhiyang; Ling, Bill; Malounda, Dina; Shapiro, Mikhail G.
Article

2020 1

Twist again: Dynamically and reversibly controllable chirality in liquid crystalline elastomer microposts

Science Advances, v. 6, (13), March 2020, article number eaay5349
Waters, James T.; Li, Shucong; Yao, Yuxing; Lerch, Michael M.; Aizenberg, Michael; Aizenberg, Joanna; Balazs, Anna C.
Article

2019 2

Micro-/nano-voids guided two-stage film cracking on bioinspired assemblies for high-performance electronics

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), August 2019, article number 3862
Miao, Weining; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Zhiwei; Ma, Chunping; Li, Shengzhe; Tang, Jiayue; Liu, He; Liu, Zemin; Wang, Dianyu; Camburn, Michael A.; Fang, Jen-Chun; Hao, Ruiran; Fang, Xinyu; Zheng, Shuang; Hu, Nan; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Hollow Porous Polymeric Nanosphere Frameworks as Highly Active and Tunable Size-Selective Catalysts

ACS Macro Letters, v. 8, (10), October 2019, p. 1263-1267
Xu, Yang; Yao, Yuxing; Yu, Haitao; Shi, Buyin; Gao, Shengguang; Zhang, Li; Miller, Abigail L.; Fang, Jen-Chun; Wang, Xiaoguang; Huang, Kun
Article

2018 3

Bioinspired Universal Flexible Elastomer-Based Microchannels

Small, v. 14, (18), May 2018, article number 1702170
Wu, Feng; Chen, Songyue; Chen, Baiyi; Wang, Miao; Min, Lingli; Alvarenga, Jack; Ju, Jie; Khademhosseini, Ali; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Yu Shrike; Aizenberg, Joanna; Hou, Xu
Article

Dynamic air/liquid pockets for guiding microscale flow

Nature Communications, v. 9, (1), February 2018, article number 733
Hou, Xu; Li, Jianyu; Tesler, Alexander B.; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Miao; Min, Lingli; Sheng, Zhizhi; Aizenberg, Joanna
Article

Multiresponsive polymeric microstructures with encoded predetermined and self-regulated deformability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 115, (51), December 2018, p. 12950-12955
Yao, Yuxing; Waters, James T.; Shneidman, Anna V.; Cui, Jiaxi; Wang, Xiaoguang; Mandsberg, Nikolaj K.; Li, Shucong; Balazs, Anna C.; Aizenberg, Joanna
Article

2013 3

A supramolecular approach to fabricate highly emissive smart materials

Scientific Reports, v. 3, August 2013, article number 2372
Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Kang, Yuetong; Liu, Yu; Han, Yuchun; Wang, Yilin; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi
Article

Side-Chain Engineering of Isoindigo-Containing Conjugated Polymers Using Polystyrene for High-Performance Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Chemistry of Materials, v. 25, (24), December 2013, p. 4874-4880
Fang, Lei; Zhou, Yan; Yao, Yuxing; Diao, Ying; Lee, Wen-Ya; Appleton, Anthony L.; Allen, Ranulfo; Reinspach, Julia; Mannsfeld, Stefan C.B.; Bao, Zhenan
Article

Supramolecular photosensitizers with enhanced antibacterial efficiency

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 52, (32), August 2013, p. 8285-8289
Liu, Kai; Liu, Yiliu; Yao, Yuxing; Yuan, Huanxiang; Wang, Shu; Wang, Zhiqiang; Zhang, Xi
Article

2012 2

From bola-amphiphiles to supra-amphiphiles: The transformation from two-dimensional nanosheets into one-dimensional nanofibers with tunable-packing fashion of n-type chromophores

Chemistry - A European Journal, v. 18, (28), July 2012, p. 8622-8628
Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Chao; Liu, Yu; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi
Article

Self-assembly of supra-amphiphiles based on dual charge-transfer interactions: From nanosheets to nanofibers

Langmuir, v. 28, (29), July 2012, p. 10697-10702
Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Liu, Yu; Wang, Chao; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi
Article

Article 2

Controlled macroscopic shape evolution of self-growing polymeric materials

Nature Communications, v. 16, (1), March 2025, article number 2131
Xiong, Xinhong; Zhou, Xiaozhuang; Zhang, Haohui; Aizenberg, Michael; Yao, Yuxing; Hu, Yuhang; Aizenbergd, Joanna; Cui, Jiaxi

Synergistic Adhesion and Shape Deformation in Nanowire-Structured Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Advanced Materials, v. 37, (9), March 2025, article number 2414695
Dupont, Robert L.; Xu, Yang; Borbora, Angana; Wang, Xinyu; Azadi, Fatemeh; Havener, Kaden; Lewis, Broderick; Deng, Weichen; Tan, Benjamin W.; Li, Shucong; Zhang, Rui; Yao, Yuxing; Manna, Uttam; Wang, Xiaoguang

Article 4

Programming liquid crystal elastomers for multistep ambidirectional deformability

Science, v. 386, (6726), December 2024, p. 1161-1168
Yao, Yuxing; Wilborn, Atalaya Milan; Lemaire, Baptiste; Trigka, Foteini; Stricker, Friedrich; Weible, Alan H.; Li, Shucong; Bennett, Robert K A; Cheung, Tung Chun; Grinthal, Alison; Zhernenkov, Mikhail; Freychet, Guillaume; Wąsik, Patryk; Kozinsky, Boris; Lerch, Michael M.; Wang, Xiaoguang; Aizenberg, Joanna

Programming liquid crystal elastomers for multistep ambidirectional deformability

Science, v. 386, 6726, December 2024, p. 1161-1168
Yao, Yuxing; Wilborn, Atalaya Milan; Lemaire, Baptiste; Trigka, Foteini; Stricker, Friedrich; Weible, Alan H.; Li, Shucong; Bennett, Robert K.A.; Cheung, Tung Chun; Grinthal, Alison; Zhernenkov, Mikhail; Freychet, Guillaume; Wąsik, Patryk; Kozinsky, Boris; Lerch, Michael M.; Wang, Xiaoguang; Aizenberg, Joanna

Quantitative Real-Time Analysis of Living Materials by Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy

Analytical Chemistry, v. 96, (17), April 2024, p. 6540-6549
Qian, Chenxi; Liu, Hanwei; Chittur, Priya K.; Chadha, Rahuljeet S.; Yao, Yuxing; Kornfield, Julia A.; Tirrell, David A.; Wei, Lu

Truly Tiny Acoustic Biomolecules for Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy

Advanced Materials, v. 36, (28), July 2024, article number 2307106
Ling, Bill; Gungoren, Bilge; Yao, Yuxing; Dutka, Przemysław; Vassallo, Reid; Nayak, Rohit; Smith, Cameron A. B.; Lee, Justin; Swift, Margaret B.; Shapiro, Mikhail G.

Article 9

CAR-neutrophil mediated delivery of tumor-microenvironment responsive nanodrugs for glioblastoma chemo-immunotherapy

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), April 2023, article number 2266
Chang, Yun; Cai, Xuechao; Syahirah, Ramizah; Yao, Yuxing; Xu, Yang; Jin, Gyuhyung; Bhute, Vijesh J.; Torregrosa-Allen, Sandra; Elzey, Bennett D.; Won, You-Yeon; Deng, Qing; Lian, Xiaojun Lance; Wang, Xiaoguang; Eniola-Adefeso, Omolola; Bao, Xiaoping

Design of a self-cleanable multilevel anticounterfeiting interface through covalent chemical modulation

Materials Horizons, v. 10, (6), March 2023, p. 2204-2214
Dhar, Manideepa; Kara, Ufuoma I.; Das, Supriya; Xu, Yang; Mandal, Sohini; Dupont, Robert L.; Boerner, Eric C.; Chen, Boyuan; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Xiaoguang; Manna, Uttam

Experimental Insights into Conformational Ensembles of Assembled β-Sheet Peptides

ACS Central Science, v. 9, (7), July 2023, p. 1480-1487
Yu, Lanlan; Wang, Ruonan; Li, Shucong; Kara, Ufuoma I.; Boerner, Eric C.; Chen, Boyuan; Zhang, Feiyi; Jian, Zhongyi; Li, Shuyuan; Liu, Mingwei; Wang, Yang; Liu, Shuli; Yang, Yanlian; Wang, Chen; Zhang, Wenbo; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Xiaoguang; Wang, Chenxuan

Lubricated Interfaces Enabling Simultaneous Pulsatile and Continuous Chemical Release Modes

Advanced Materials, v. 35, (31), August 2023, article number 2302264
Borbora, Angana; Xu, Yang; Dey, Souradeep; Wang, Xin; Yao, Yuxing; Mandal, Biman B.; Wang, Xiaoguang; Manna, Uttam

Magnetocontrollable droplet mobility on liquid crystal-infused porous surfaces

Nano Research, v. 16, (4), April 2023, p. 5098-5107
Xu, Yang; Yao, Yuxing; Deng, Weichen; Fang, Jen-Chun; Dupont, Robert L.; Zhang, Meng; Čopar, Simon; Tkalec, Uroš; Wang, Xiaoguang

Remote control of mechanochemical reactions under physiological conditions using biocompatible focused ultrasound

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 120, (39), September 2023, article number e2309822120
Yao, Yuxing; McFadden, Molly E.; Luo, Stella M.; Barber, Ross W.; Kang, Elin; Bar-Zion, Avinoam; Smith, Cameron A.B.; Jin, Zhiyang; Legendre, Mark; Ling, Bill; Malounda, Dina; Torres, Andrea; Hamza, Tiba; Edwards, Chelsea E.R.; Shapiro, Mikhail G.; Robb, Maxwell J.

Single-molecule visualization determines conformational substate ensembles in β-sheet-rich peptide fibrils

Science Advances, v. 9, (27), July 2023, article number adg7943
Zhang, Wenbo; Wang, Ruonan; Liu, Mingwei; Li, Shucong; Vokoun, Asher E.; Deng, Weichen; Dupont, Robert L.; Zhang, Feiyi; Li, Shuyuan; Wang, Yang; Liu, Zhenyu; Zheng, Yongfang; Liu, Shuli; Yang, Yanlian; Wang, Chen; Yu, Lanlan; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Xiaoguang; Wang, Chenxuan

Staggered circular nanoporous graphene converts electromagnetic waves into electricity

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), April 2023, article number 1982
Lv, Hualiang; Yao, Yuxing; Li, Shucong; Wu, Guanglei; Zhao, Biao; Zhou, Xiaodi; Dupont, Robert L.; Kara, Ufuoma I.; Zhou, Yimin; Xi, Shibo; Liu, Bo; Che, Renchao; Zhang, Jincang; Xu, Hongbin; Adera, Solomon; Wu, Renbing; Wang, Xiaoguang

Using ultrasound to 3D-print materials

Science, v. 382, (6675), December 2023, p. 1126-1127
Yao, Yuxing; Shapiro, Mikhail G.

Article 5

Geometric effects in gas vesicle buckling under ultrasound

Biophysical Journal, v. 121, (21), November 2022, p. 4221-4228
Salahshoor, Hossein; Yao, Yuxing; Dutka, Przemysław; Nyström, Nivin N.; Jin, Zhiyang; Min, Ellen; Malounda, Dina; Jensen, Grant J.; Ortiz, Michael; Shapiro, Mikhail G.

Modularizable Liquid-Crystal-Based Open Surfaces Enable Programmable Chemical Transport and Feeding using Liquid Droplets

Advanced Materials, v. 34, (20), May 2022, article number 2108788
Xu, Yang; Chang, Yun; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Meng; Dupont, Robert L.; Rather, Adil M.; Bao, Xiaoping; Wang, Xiaoguang

Self-regulated non-reciprocal motions in single-material microstructures

Nature, v. 605, (7908), May 2022, p. 76-83
Li, Shucong; Lerch, Michael M.; Waters, James T.; Deng, Bolei; Martens, Reese S.; Yao, Yuxing; Kim, Do Yoon; Bertoldi, Katia; Grinthal, Alison; Balazs, Anna C.; Aizenberg, Joanna

Stimuli-Responsive Liquid-Crystal-Infused Porous Surfaces for Manipulation of Underwater Gas Bubble Transport and Adhesion

Advanced Materials, v. 34, (14), April 2022, article number 2110085
Rather, Adil Majeed; Xu, Yang; Chang, Yun; Dupont, Robert Lewis; Borbora, Angana; Kara, Ufuoma Israel; Fang, Jen-Chun; Mamtani, Rajdeep; Zhang, Meng; Yao, Yuxing; Adera, Solomon; Bao, Xiaoping; Manna, Uttam; Wang, Xiaoguang

Wettability-based ultrasensitive detection of amphiphiles through directed concentration at disordered regions in self-assembled monolayers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 119, (43), October 2022, article number e2211042119
Yao, Yuxing; Bennett, Robert K.A.; Xu, Yang; Rather, Adil M.; Li, Shucong; Cheung, Tung Chun; Bhanji, Alisha; Kreder, Michael J.; Daniel, Dan; Adera, Solomon; Aizenberg, Joanna; Wang, Xiaoguang

Article 4

Controlling Liquid Crystal Orientations for Programmable Anisotropic Transformations in Cellular Microstructures

Advanced Materials, v. 33, (42), October 2021, article number 2105024
Li, Shucong; Librandi, Gabriele; Yao, Yuxing; Richard, Austin J.; Schneider-Yamamura, Alyssha; Aizenberg, Joanna; Bertoldi, Katia

Liquid crystal–based open surface microfluidics manipulate liquid mobility and chemical composition on demand

Science Advances, v. 7, (40), October 2021, article number eabi7607
Xu, Yang; Rather, Adil M.; Yao, Yuxing; Fang, Jen-Chun; Mamtani, Rajdeep S.; Bennett, Robert K.A.; Atta, Richard G.; Adera, Solomon; Tkalec, Uroš; Wang, Xiaoguang

Random Liquid Crystalline Copolymers Consisting of Prolate and Oblate Liquid Crystal Monomers

Macromolecules, v. 54, (12), June 2021, p. 5376-5387
Xu, Yang; Dupont, Robert L.; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Meng; Fang, Jen-Chun; Wang, Xiaoguang

Self-assembly of protein superstructures by physical interactions under cytoplasm-like conditions

Biophysical Journal, v. 120, (13), July 2021, p. 2701-2709
Yao, Yuxing; Jin, Zhiyang; Ling, Bill; Malounda, Dina; Shapiro, Mikhail G.

Article 1

Twist again: Dynamically and reversibly controllable chirality in liquid crystalline elastomer microposts

Science Advances, v. 6, (13), March 2020, article number eaay5349
Waters, James T.; Li, Shucong; Yao, Yuxing; Lerch, Michael M.; Aizenberg, Michael; Aizenberg, Joanna; Balazs, Anna C.

Article 2

Micro-/nano-voids guided two-stage film cracking on bioinspired assemblies for high-performance electronics

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), August 2019, article number 3862
Miao, Weining; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Zhiwei; Ma, Chunping; Li, Shengzhe; Tang, Jiayue; Liu, He; Liu, Zemin; Wang, Dianyu; Camburn, Michael A.; Fang, Jen-Chun; Hao, Ruiran; Fang, Xinyu; Zheng, Shuang; Hu, Nan; Wang, Xiaoguang

Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Hollow Porous Polymeric Nanosphere Frameworks as Highly Active and Tunable Size-Selective Catalysts

ACS Macro Letters, v. 8, (10), October 2019, p. 1263-1267
Xu, Yang; Yao, Yuxing; Yu, Haitao; Shi, Buyin; Gao, Shengguang; Zhang, Li; Miller, Abigail L.; Fang, Jen-Chun; Wang, Xiaoguang; Huang, Kun

Article 3

Bioinspired Universal Flexible Elastomer-Based Microchannels

Small, v. 14, (18), May 2018, article number 1702170
Wu, Feng; Chen, Songyue; Chen, Baiyi; Wang, Miao; Min, Lingli; Alvarenga, Jack; Ju, Jie; Khademhosseini, Ali; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Yu Shrike; Aizenberg, Joanna; Hou, Xu

Dynamic air/liquid pockets for guiding microscale flow

Nature Communications, v. 9, (1), February 2018, article number 733
Hou, Xu; Li, Jianyu; Tesler, Alexander B.; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Miao; Min, Lingli; Sheng, Zhizhi; Aizenberg, Joanna

Multiresponsive polymeric microstructures with encoded predetermined and self-regulated deformability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 115, (51), December 2018, p. 12950-12955
Yao, Yuxing; Waters, James T.; Shneidman, Anna V.; Cui, Jiaxi; Wang, Xiaoguang; Mandsberg, Nikolaj K.; Li, Shucong; Balazs, Anna C.; Aizenberg, Joanna

Article 3

A supramolecular approach to fabricate highly emissive smart materials

Scientific Reports, v. 3, August 2013, article number 2372
Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Kang, Yuetong; Liu, Yu; Han, Yuchun; Wang, Yilin; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi

Side-Chain Engineering of Isoindigo-Containing Conjugated Polymers Using Polystyrene for High-Performance Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Chemistry of Materials, v. 25, (24), December 2013, p. 4874-4880
Fang, Lei; Zhou, Yan; Yao, Yuxing; Diao, Ying; Lee, Wen-Ya; Appleton, Anthony L.; Allen, Ranulfo; Reinspach, Julia; Mannsfeld, Stefan C.B.; Bao, Zhenan

Supramolecular photosensitizers with enhanced antibacterial efficiency

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 52, (32), August 2013, p. 8285-8289
Liu, Kai; Liu, Yiliu; Yao, Yuxing; Yuan, Huanxiang; Wang, Shu; Wang, Zhiqiang; Zhang, Xi

Article 2

From bola-amphiphiles to supra-amphiphiles: The transformation from two-dimensional nanosheets into one-dimensional nanofibers with tunable-packing fashion of n-type chromophores

Chemistry - A European Journal, v. 18, (28), July 2012, p. 8622-8628
Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Chao; Liu, Yu; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi

Self-assembly of supra-amphiphiles based on dual charge-transfer interactions: From nanosheets to nanofibers

Langmuir, v. 28, (29), July 2012, p. 10697-10702
Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Liu, Yu; Wang, Chao; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi

2019 2

Micro-/nano-voids guided two-stage film cracking on bioinspired assemblies for high-performance electronics

Nature Communications, v. 10, (1), August 2019, article number 3862
Miao, Weining; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Zhiwei; Ma, Chunping; Li, Shengzhe; Tang, Jiayue; Liu, He; Liu, Zemin; Wang, Dianyu; Camburn, Michael A.; Fang, Jen-Chun; Hao, Ruiran; Fang, Xinyu; Zheng, Shuang; Hu, Nan; Wang, Xiaoguang
Article

Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Hollow Porous Polymeric Nanosphere Frameworks as Highly Active and Tunable Size-Selective Catalysts

ACS Macro Letters, v. 8, (10), October 2019, p. 1263-1267
Xu, Yang; Yao, Yuxing; Yu, Haitao; Shi, Buyin; Gao, Shengguang; Zhang, Li; Miller, Abigail L.; Fang, Jen-Chun; Wang, Xiaoguang; Huang, Kun
Article

2018 3

Bioinspired Universal Flexible Elastomer-Based Microchannels

Small, v. 14, (18), May 2018, article number 1702170
Wu, Feng; Chen, Songyue; Chen, Baiyi; Wang, Miao; Min, Lingli; Alvarenga, Jack; Ju, Jie; Khademhosseini, Ali; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Yu Shrike; Aizenberg, Joanna; Hou, Xu
Article

Dynamic air/liquid pockets for guiding microscale flow

Nature Communications, v. 9, (1), February 2018, article number 733
Hou, Xu; Li, Jianyu; Tesler, Alexander B.; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Miao; Min, Lingli; Sheng, Zhizhi; Aizenberg, Joanna
Article

Multiresponsive polymeric microstructures with encoded predetermined and self-regulated deformability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 115, (51), December 2018, p. 12950-12955
Yao, Yuxing; Waters, James T.; Shneidman, Anna V.; Cui, Jiaxi; Wang, Xiaoguang; Mandsberg, Nikolaj K.; Li, Shucong; Balazs, Anna C.; Aizenberg, Joanna
Article

2013 3

A supramolecular approach to fabricate highly emissive smart materials

Scientific Reports, v. 3, August 2013, article number 2372
Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Kang, Yuetong; Liu, Yu; Han, Yuchun; Wang, Yilin; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi
Article

Side-Chain Engineering of Isoindigo-Containing Conjugated Polymers Using Polystyrene for High-Performance Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Chemistry of Materials, v. 25, (24), December 2013, p. 4874-4880
Fang, Lei; Zhou, Yan; Yao, Yuxing; Diao, Ying; Lee, Wen-Ya; Appleton, Anthony L.; Allen, Ranulfo; Reinspach, Julia; Mannsfeld, Stefan C.B.; Bao, Zhenan
Article

Supramolecular photosensitizers with enhanced antibacterial efficiency

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 52, (32), August 2013, p. 8285-8289
Liu, Kai; Liu, Yiliu; Yao, Yuxing; Yuan, Huanxiang; Wang, Shu; Wang, Zhiqiang; Zhang, Xi
Article

2012 2

From bola-amphiphiles to supra-amphiphiles: The transformation from two-dimensional nanosheets into one-dimensional nanofibers with tunable-packing fashion of n-type chromophores

Chemistry - A European Journal, v. 18, (28), July 2012, p. 8622-8628
Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Chao; Liu, Yu; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi
Article

Self-assembly of supra-amphiphiles based on dual charge-transfer interactions: From nanosheets to nanofibers

Langmuir, v. 28, (29), July 2012, p. 10697-10702
Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Liu, Yu; Wang, Chao; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi
Article

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