Category: Publications
Inverse Design of Structural Colours in Polymeric Films with Crystallization-Induced Reversible Thermochromism
December 8, 2025Dong Yang, Heyi Liang*, Chengjie Zhang, Peipei Shao, Qin Li, Yun Huang, Yi Dan, Cheng Zeng, Rui-Tao Wen, Long Jiang*, Ming Xiao* Nature Commun., 2025, 16(1), 10040.
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Bridging Microscopic Dynamics and Rheology in the Yielding of Charged Colloidal Suspensions
October 17, 2025Hongrui He#, Heyi Liang#, Miaoqi Chu, Zhang Jiang, Juan J. de Pablo*, Matthew V. Tirrell*, Suresh Narayanan*, Wei Chen* Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2025, 122 (42), e2514216122
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Structure–Property Relationships of Responsive Doubly-Threaded Slide-Ring Polycatenane Networks
September 17, 2025Guancen Liu#, Jongwon Oh#, Yuan Tian#, Jerald E. Hertzog, Heyi Liang, Benjamin W. Rawe, Natsumi Nitta, Charlie A. Lindberg, Hojin Kim, Juan J. de Pablo*, Stuart J. Rowan* Chem. Sci. 2025, Advance Article
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Micrometer-Scale Poly (Ethylene Glycol) with Enhanced Mechanical Performance
May 12, 2025Letian Zheng#, Heyi Liang#, Jin Tang, Qiang Zheng, Fang Chen, Lian Wang, Qi Li* Nat. Commun. 2025, 16 (1), 4391
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Bottom-up Multiscale Simulation of Nonlinear Rheology for Entangled Polymer Melts: Using Atactic Polystyrene as An Example
December 4, 2024Heyi Liang, Kenji Yoshimoto*, Stuart J. Rowan, Juan J. de Pablo* Macromolecules 2024, 57 (24), 11808–11817
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Transport Coefficient Approach for Characterizing Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Soft Matter
July 23, 2024HongRui He, Heyi Liang, Miaoqi Chu, Zhang Jiang, Juan J. de Pablo*, Matthew V. Tirrell*, Suresh Narayanan*, Wei Chen* Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2024, 121 (31), e2401162121
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Mechanical Performance of Copper‐Nanocluster‐Polymer Nanolattices
March 29, 2024Jin Tang#, Heyi Liang#, An Ren, Liang Ma, Wei Hao, Yuqing Yao, Letian Zheng, Hanying Li, Qi Li*# Adv. Mater. 2024, 36 (26), 2400080
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Structure and Dynamics of Hybrid Colloid–Polyelectrolyte Coacervates: Insights from Molecular Simulations
September 5, 2023Boyuan Yu, Heyi Liang, Paul F. Nealey, Matthew V. Tirrell, Artem M. Rumyantsev, Juan J. de Pablo* Macromolecules 2023, 56 (18), 7256–7270
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Scattering Evidence of Positional Charge Correlations in Polyelectrolyte Complexes
July 31, 2023Yan N. Fang#, Artem M. Rumyantsev#, Angelika E. Neitzel, Heyi Liang, William T. Heller, Paul F. Nealey, Matthew V. Tirrell*, Juan J. de Pablo* Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2023, 120 (32), e2302151120
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High-Efficiency Stretchable Light-Emitting Polymers from Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence
April 6, 2023Wei Liu#, Cheng Zhang#, Riccardo Alessandri, Benjamin T. Diroll, Yang Li, Heyi Liang, Xiaochun Fan, Kai Wang, Himchan Cho, Youdi Liu, Yahao Dai, Qi Su, Nan Li, Songsong Li, Shinya Wai, Qiang Li, Shiyang Shao, Lixiang Wang, Jie Xu, Xiaohong Zhang, Dmitri V. Talapin, Juan J. de Pablo*, Sihong Wang* Nat. Mater. 2023, 22 (6), 737–745
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