1. Chengdong Li^*, Yuxiang Wang. Iron/silicon oxy-hydroxide co-precipitate trace-incorporated [-Fe-O]_m-[Si-O-]_ncolloids: A facile strategy for silica xerogel strengthening and toughening.Construction and Building Materials, 2025. 461: 139895.

2. Chengdong Li^*, Guihua Zhang, Yuxiang Wang, Liangliang Lin, Kostya Ken Ostrikov.Rational synthesis of methylsilsesquioxane aerogels addressing thermal load and compression recovery issues in Li-ion batteries.Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024. 669: 157-174.

3. Chengdong Li^*, Yuxiang Wang, Guihua Zhang, Liangliang Lin, Kostya Ken Ostrikov.Synthesis of high-performance polymethylsilsesquioxane xerogels by improving acid catalytic conditions in aluminum chloride aqueous solution.Powder Technology, 2024. 443: 119877.

4. Chengdong Li^*, Guihua Zhang. Fast synthesis of mechanically robust methylsilsesquioxane aerogels: process parameters optimization based on condensation reactions.Applied Materials Today, 2024. 36: 102038.

5. Chengdong Li^*, Guihua Zhang, Liangliang Lin^*, Tingting Wu, Samuel Brunner, Sandra Galmarini, Jianting Bi, Wim J. Malfait^*, Shanyu Zhao^*, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov. Silica aerogels: from materials research to industrial applications.International Materials Reviews, 2023, 68(7): 862-900.

6. Chengdong Li^*, Qingsong Liu, Guihua Zhang, Liangliang Lin, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov. Rapid synthesis of MTES-derived silica aerogel monoliths in cetyltrimethylammonium bromide/water solvent system by ambient pressure drying.Powder Technology, 2023. 418: 118314.

7. Chengdong Li^*, Zhaofeng Chen, Weifu Dong, et al. A review of silicon-based aerogel thermal insulation materials: performance optimization through composition and microstructure.Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2021, 553: 120517.

8. Guihua Zhang,Chengdong Li^*, Yuxiang Wang, Liangliang Lin, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov. High-performance methylsilsesquioxane aerogels: hydrolysis mechanisms and maximizing compression properties.Gels, 2023. 9(9): 720.

9. Liangliang Lin^*, Lichen Rui,Chengdong Li^*, Qingsong Liu, Sirui Li, Yuan Xia, Haotian Hu, Weijun Yang, Hujun Xu. Study on CO₂-based plasmas for surface modification of polytetrafluoroethylene and the wettability effects.Journal of CO₂Utilization, 2021, 53: 101752.

10. Liangliang Lin^*,Yunming Tao, Sergey A. Starostin,Chengdong Li, Hongyu Huang, Ailin He, Yingjun Wu, Volker Hessel, and Kostya Ken Ostrikov. Plasma Regeneration of Spent Pd/Al₂O₃Catalysts and Their Electrochemical Performance.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2023. 62(17): 6634-6645.