2025

40.        Chen, D.; Li, S.; Ren, Z.; Wang, C.; Ding, R.; Wang, J.; Li A.; Chen, J.*; Wang, Z.*, Mechanochemical Upcycling of Poly (Vinyl Chloride) for Alcohol Halogenation. Nat. Commun. Just accepted.

39.         Wang, J.^a;  Wang, Z.^a;  Ayarza, J.;  Frankel, I.;  Huang, C.-W.;  Qian, K.;  Dong, Y.;  Huang, P.-R.;  Kloska, K.;  Zhang, C.;  Zou, S.;  Mason, M.;  Liu, C.;  Boechler, N.; Esser-Kahn, A. P.*, Programmable material via thiol-ene polymerization initiated by electric-field induced thiyl radical on piezoelectric ZnO. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16 (1), 8987.

38.        Zhang, L.; Ren, Z.; Chen, K.; Lei, H.*; Wang, Z.*, Mechanoredox Catalyzed Cationic RAFT Polymerization via Perfluorinated Anion Assistance for High-Molecular-Weight Polymers, Polym. Chem. 2025, 16, 4667-4675.

37.        Chen, K.; Li, S.; Wang, Z.; Lin, Z.; Han, Z.; Wang, X.*; Wang, Z.*; Hadjichristidis, N., Controlled Solid-State Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Carbonates via Mechanochemical H-Bonding Organocatalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 26844-26853.

36.        Ding, R.; Zhang, L. J.; Wang, L. F.; Cheng, D.; Li, Y. W.*; Wang, Z.*, Mechanochemical Synthesis of Linear Melanin-like Polymer with Tunable Physical Properties. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 1032-1042. 

35.        Ren, Z.;  Mei, P.;  Wang, C.;  Chen, D.;  Zhang, L.; Zhang, W.*; Wang, Z.*; Zhang Z.*, Mechanochemical Reversible Complexation Mediated Polymerization Enabled Synthesis of Fluorinated Polyacrylate Copolymers for Room Temperature Solid-State Lithium Batteries. Macromolecules 2025, 58, 6, 3199-3207.

34.       Wang, J.; Han, Z.; Zhang, L.; Ding, R.; Ding, C.; Chen, K.; Wang, Z.* Two dimensional MoS2 accelerates mechanically controlled polymerization and remodeling of hydrogel. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16 (1), 1689.

2024

33.       Zhang, L.; Zou, X.; Ding, C.; Wang, Z.* Mechanically Induced Cationic Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 18977-18984.

32.        Huang, Y.; Ren, Z.; Fan, Z.; Zhang, H.; Wu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Hu, Z.; Quan, X.; Wang, Z.*; Niu, Z.* Isolation of Polyethylene Glycol with Larger Molecular Weights via Metal–Organic Frameworks. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2024, 45, 240053.

31.        Wang, J.; Zhang, L.; Chen, D.; Wang, C.; Ren, Z.; Wang, Z.* A Mechanoredox Catalyst Facilitates ATRP of Vinylcyclopropanes. Macromolecules 2024, 57, 13, 6267-6274.

30.        Li, Z.; Zhang, L.; Ding, R.; Wang, J.; Chen, D.; Ren, Z.; Ding, C.; Chen, K.; Wang, J.; Wang, Z.*  Mechanochemical Reduction of Alkyl and Aryl Halides Using Mesoporous Zinc Oxide. Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 6146-6149.

29.        He, Z.; Cheng, X.*; Wang, Z.*; Zhang, W.* Chiral structures in azobenzene-containing systems: Construction, regulation, and application. Responsive Mater. 2024, 2, e20240010.

28.        Yang, L.; Guo, X.; Yang, Y.; Duan, G.; Chen, K.; Wang, J.; Li, Y.*; Wang, Z.* Mechanically Controlled Enzymatic Polymerization and Remodeling. ACS Macro Lett. 2024, 13, 4, 401-406.

 

27.        Liu, S.; Ding, R.; Yuan, J.; Zhang, X.*; Deng, X.; Xie, Y.*; Wang, Z.* Melanin-Inspired Composite Materials: From Nanoarchitectonics to Applications. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 3, 3001-3018

 

2023

26.         Shi, Q.; Miao, T.; Lu, J.; Hu, L.; Huang, X.; Wang, Z.*; Piao, M.; Huang, Z.*; Zhang, Z.*, Cascaded encryption/decryption using digital polymer toward high-level information security. Giant 2023, 15, 100172.

25.         Ren, Z.; Ding, C.; Ding, R.; Wang, J.; Li, Z.; Tan, R.; Wang, X.; Wang, Z.*; Zhang, Z.*,  Enhancing Ultrasound-Assisted Iodine-Mediated Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerization by Piezoelectric Nanoparticles. ACS Macro Lett. 2023, 12, 1159-1165.

24.         Ding, C., Ren, Z., Wang, J., Zhang, L., Yan, Y., Wu, D., Wang, Z*. and Zhang, Z*, Piezoelectric Zinc Oxides with High Polar Facets Ratios for Mechanically Controlled RAFT Polymerization, Chin. J. Chem. 2023, 41, 2691-2696.

23.         严雨涵; 吴丹明; 丁承强; 沈行; 王召*; 张正彪*. 机械力诱导聚合反应的研究进展. 高分子学报 2023, 54, 1290-1302.

2022

22.     Ding, C., Yan, Y., Peng, Y., Wu, D., Shen, H.,  Zhang, J., Wang, Z.*, Zhang, Z.*, Piezoelectrically Mediated Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain-Transfer Polymerization, Macromolecules 2022, 55, 4056-4063.

21.  Ren, Z. , Peng,Y.,  He, H.*, Ding, C. , Wang, J., Wang, Z. *, Zhang, Z.,  Piezoelectrically Mediated Reactions: From Catalytic Reactions to Organic Transformations, Chin. J. Chem. 2023,41,111-128.

 

2021

20. Wang, Z.^a Wang, J.^a , Ayarza, J., Steeves, T., Hu, Z., Manna, S., Esser-Kahn, A. P.*, Bio-inspired mechanically adaptive materials through vibration-induced crosslinking. Nat. Mater. 2021, 20, 869-874.

19. Yang, P., Zhu, F., Zhang, Z., Cheng, Y., Wang, Z.*, Li Y.*, Stimuli-Responsive Polydopamine-based Smart Materials, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021‚ 50, 8319-8343. (Highly Cited Paper)

 

2020

18.Wang, Z., Zou, Y., Li, Y., Cheng, Y., Metal-Containing Polydopamine Nanomaterials: Catalysis, Energy, and Theranostics. Small 2020, 16, 1907042.(Highly Cited Paper)

17.Ayarza, J.^a, Wang, Z.^a, Wang, J., Huang, C.-W., Esser-Kahn, A. P.,* 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Piezoelectrically Mediated Mechanochemical Reactions for Adaptive Materials. ACS Macro Lett. 2020, 9, 1237-1248.

16.Yang, P., Zhang, S., Chen, X., Liu, X., Wang, Z.,* and Li, Y.,*Recent Developments in Polydopamine Fluorescent Nanomaterials. Mater. Horiz. 2020, 7, 746-761. (Highly Cited Paper)

15.Li, Z., Hu, J., Yang, L., Zhang, X., Liu, X., Wang, Z.,* Li, Y.,* Integrated POSS-dendrimer nanohybrid materials: current status and future perspective. Nanoscale 2020, 12, 11395-11415.

14.Xie, Y., Krug, K. A., Cay, K. S., Kalaj, M., McCallum, N. C., Siwicka, Z. E., Wang, Z., Gianneschi, N. C., Burkart, M. D., Rinehart, J. D., Peroxidase-like reactivity at iron-chelation sites in a mesoporous synthetic melanin. CCS Chemistry 2020, 1483-1490.

2019

13.Wang, Z., Ayarza, J., Esser-Kahn, A. P.,* Mechanically Initiated Bulk-Scale Free-Radical Polymerization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 12023-12026.

12.Zhou, X., McCallum, N. C., Hu, Z., Cao, W., Wang, Z.,* and Gianneschi, N. C.,* Artificial Allomelanin Nanoparticles. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 10980-10990.

11.Li, W.^a ,Wang, Z.^a, Xiao, M.,a Miyoshi, T., Yang, X., Hu, Z., Liu, C., Chuang, S. S. C., Shawkey, M. D., Gianneschi, N. C. and Dhinojwala, A., Mechanism of UVA Degradation of Synthetic Eumelanin. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 4593-4601.

 

10.Li, Z., Wang, T., Zhu, F., Wang, Z., * Li, Y., * Bioinspired fluorescent dihydroxyindoles oligomers. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2019, 31, 783-786.

9.Lemaster, J. E.^a, Wang, Z.^a,  Hariri, A., Chen, F., Hu, Z., Huang, Y., Barback, C. V., Cochran, R., Gianneschi, N. C.,* Jokerst, J. V.,* Gadolinium Doping Enhances the Photoacoustic Signal of Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles: A Dual Modality Contrast Agent for Stem Cell Imaging. Chem.  Mater. 2019, 31, 251-259.

8.Wang, X., Chen, Z., Yang, P., Hu, J., Wang, Z.,* Li, Y.,* Size control synthesis of melanin-like polydopamine nanoparticles by tuning radicals. Polym. Chem. 2019, 10, 4194-4200.

2018

7.Zou, Y., Zhang, L., Yang, L., Zhu, F., Ding, M., Lin, F., Wang, Z.,* Li, Y.,* “Click” chemistry in polymeric scaffolds: Bioactive materials for tissue engineering. J. Control. Release 2018, 273, 160-179. 

2017

6.Wang, Z., Carniato, F., Xie, Y., Huang, Y., Li, Y., He, S., Zang, N., Rinehart, J. D.,* Botta M., * and Gianneschi, N. C.,* High Relaxivity Gadolinium-Polydopamine Nanoparticles, Small 2017, 13, 1701830.

5.Wang, Z.^a, Xie, Y.^a, Li, Y., Huang, Y., Parent, L. R., Ditri, T. B., Zang, N., Rinehart, J. D.,* and Gianneschi, N. C.,* Tunable, Metal-Loaded Polydopamine Nanoparticles Analyzed by Magnetometry, Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 8195-8201.

2016

4.Li, Y.^a, Xie, Y.^a, Wang, Z.^a, Zang, N., Carniato, F., Huang, Y., Andolina, C., Parent, L., Ditri, T., Walter, E., Botta, M., Rinehart, J.*, Gianneschi, N. C. *, Structure and Function of Iron-Loaded Synthetic Melanin, ACS Nano 2016, 10, 10186–10194

2015

3.Wang, Z.^a, Li, Y.^a, Huang, Y., Thompson, M. P., LeGuyader, C. L. M., Sahu, S. and Gianneschi, N. C. *, Enzyme-regulated topology of a cyclic peptide brush polymer for tuning assembly, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 17108-17111.

2013

2.Wang, Z., Li, Y.*, Dong, X.-H., Guo, K., Su, H., Yue, K., Yu, X., Wesdemiotis, C., Cheng, S.Z.D.*, Zhang, W.-B.*, Giant Gemini Surfactants Based on Polystyrene-Hydrophilic Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Shape Amphiphiles: Sequential “Click” Chemistry and Solution Self-Assembly, Chem. Sci. 2013‚ 4, 1345-1352.

1.Li, Y.^a, Wang, Z^a., Zheng, J., Su, H., Lin, F., Guo, K., Feng, X., Wesdemiotis, C., Becker, M. L., Cheng, S.Z.D.*, Zhang, W.-B.*, Cascading One-Pot Synthesis of Single-tailed and Asymmetric Multitailed Giant Surfactants, ACS Macro Lett. 2013‚ 2, 1026- 1032.