Category: Publications
Impact of Threading State on the Mechanics of γ-Cyclodextrin–Pyrene Gels
August 31, 2026Jongwon Oh, Heyi Liang, Natsumi Nitta, Jongmin Kim, Yuan Tian, Guancen Liu, Jerald E Hertzog, Juan J de Pablo*, Stuart J Rowan* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, e1958506
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Hierarchical and Cascading Cooperative Rearrangements Regions in Dense Colloidal Suspensions
August 31, 2026Hongrui He*#, Yuan Tian#, Heyi Liang, Juan J de Pablo, Matthew V Tirrell, Suresh Narayanan*, Wei Chen* Soft Matter, 2026, 22(30), 5089-5096.
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August 31, 2026Kenji Yoshimoto*, Takeshi Sato, Umi Yamamoto, Heyi Liang, Juan J de Pablo J. Chem. Phys., 2026, 164(22), 226101.
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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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