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2025

Journal Article

Manage releases of 'forever chemicals' in lab waste

Liu, Kehan and Zhang, Cheng (2025). Manage releases of 'forever chemicals' in lab waste. Nature, 641 (8062), 311-311. doi: 10.1038/d41586-025-01406-3

Manage releases of 'forever chemicals' in lab waste

2025

Journal Article

New sorbents for removing forever chemicals need standardized reporting

Su, Zicheng, Yang, Zhuojing, Liu, Kehan, Yu, Chunrong, Guo, Jianhua and Zhang, Cheng (2025). New sorbents for removing forever chemicals need standardized reporting. Nature Reviews Materials, 10 (5) e202213071, 327-329. doi: 10.1038/s41578-025-00795-1

New sorbents for removing forever chemicals need standardized reporting

2024

Journal Article

Fluoropolymer sorbent for efficient and selective capturing of per- and polyfluorinated compounds

Yang, Zhuojing, Zhu, Yutong, Tan, Xiao, Gunjal, Samruddhi Jayendra Jayendra, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Wang, Yiqing, Xin, Ruijing, Fu, Changkui, Liu, Kehan, Macintosh, Katie, Sprague, Lee G., Leung, Lam, Hopkins, Timothy E., Thomas, Kevin V., Guo, Jianhua, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zhang, Cheng (2024). Fluoropolymer sorbent for efficient and selective capturing of per- and polyfluorinated compounds. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 8269, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52690-y

Fluoropolymer sorbent for efficient and selective capturing of per- and polyfluorinated compounds

2024

Journal Article

Fluorination in advanced battery design

Wang, Yiqing, Wu, Zhenzhen, Azad, Faezeh Makhlooghi, Zhu, Yutong, Wang, Lianzhou, Hawker, Craig J., Whittaker, Andrew K., Forsyth, Maria and Zhang, Cheng (2024). Fluorination in advanced battery design. Nature Reviews Materials, 9 (2), 119-133. doi: 10.1038/s41578-023-00623-4

Fluorination in advanced battery design

2022

Journal Article

Efficient removal of perfluorinated chemicals from contaminated water sources using magnetic fluorinated polymer sorbents

Tan, Xiao, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Prasad, Pritesh, Chang, Yixin, Huang, Xumin, Wang, Yiqing, Gong, Xiaokai, Hopkins, Timothy E., Fu, Changkui, Thomas, Kevin V., Peng, Hui, Whittaker, Andrew Keith and Zhang, Cheng (2022). Efficient removal of perfluorinated chemicals from contaminated water sources using magnetic fluorinated polymer sorbents. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 61 (49) e202213071, e202213071. doi: 10.1002/anie.202213071

Efficient removal of perfluorinated chemicals from contaminated water sources using magnetic fluorinated polymer sorbents

2022

Journal Article

Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes

Wang, Xiaoen, Zhang, Cheng, Sawczyk, Michal, Sun, Ju, Yuan, Qinghong, Chen, Fangfang, Mendes, Tiago C., Howlett, Patrick C., Fu, Changkui, Wang, Yiqing, Tan, Xiao, Searles, Debra J., Král, Petr, Hawker, Craig J., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Forsyth, Maria (2022). Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes. Nature Materials, 21 (9), 1057-1065. doi: 10.1038/s41563-022-01296-0

Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes

2022

Journal Article

Fluorine in medicinal chemistry: in perspective to COVID-19

Zhang, Cheng (2022). Fluorine in medicinal chemistry: in perspective to COVID-19. ACS Omega, 7 (22), 18206-18212. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01121

Fluorine in medicinal chemistry: in perspective to COVID-19

2021

Journal Article

Biological Utility of Fluorinated Compounds: from Materials Design to Molecular Imaging, Therapeutics and Environmental Remediation

Zhang, Cheng, Yan, Kai, Fu, Changkui, Peng, Hui, Hawker, Craig J. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2021). Biological Utility of Fluorinated Compounds: from Materials Design to Molecular Imaging, Therapeutics and Environmental Remediation. Chemical Reviews, 122 (1) acs.chemrev.1c00632, 167-208. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00632

Biological Utility of Fluorinated Compounds: from Materials Design to Molecular Imaging, Therapeutics and Environmental Remediation

2025

Journal Article

Capturing PFAS with partly fluorinated macromolecules: the influence of the fluorinated group structure

He, Yutong, Tan, Xiao, Yu, Chunrong, Liu, Kehan, Zhou, Chen, Zhu, Yutong, Leung, Lam, Breske, Stepen, Hopkins, Timothy E., Tottszer, Attila, Matheson, Andrew, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zhang, Cheng (2025). Capturing PFAS with partly fluorinated macromolecules: the influence of the fluorinated group structure. Macromolecules. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c01012

Capturing PFAS with partly fluorinated macromolecules: the influence of the fluorinated group structure

2025

Journal Article

Screening anionic groups within zwitterionic additives for eliminating hydrogen evolution and dendrites in aqueous zinc ion batteries

Wang, Biao, Guan, Chaohong, Zhou, Qing, Wang, Yiqing, Zhu, Yutong, Bian, Haifeng, Chen, Zhou, Zhang, Shuangbin, Tan, Xiao, Luo, Bin, Tang, Shaochun, Meng, Xiangkang and Zhang, Cheng (2025). Screening anionic groups within zwitterionic additives for eliminating hydrogen evolution and dendrites in aqueous zinc ion batteries. Nano-Micro Letters, 17 (1) 314, 1. doi: 10.1007/s40820-025-01826-w

Screening anionic groups within zwitterionic additives for eliminating hydrogen evolution and dendrites in aqueous zinc ion batteries

2025

Journal Article

Iron Bisphosphonate Metal–Organic Framework Nanoparticles as an Magnetic Resonance Imaging Probe for Spatial Detection of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>

Wang, Qiaoyun, Dai, Zan, Iyer, Jayendran, McCallum, Francis, Zhang, Cheng, Peng, Hui, Searles, Debra J., Fu, Changkui and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2025). Iron Bisphosphonate Metal–Organic Framework Nanoparticles as an Magnetic Resonance Imaging Probe for Spatial Detection of Helicobacter pylori. ACS Nano, 19 (25), 23246-23257. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c06095

Iron Bisphosphonate Metal–Organic Framework Nanoparticles as an Magnetic Resonance Imaging Probe for Spatial Detection of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>

2025

Journal Article

Revealing the role of varied quaternary ammonium groups for capturing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Liu, Kehan, Tan, Xiao, Yang, Zhuojing, He, Yutong, Zhu, Yutong, Chen, Zhou, Leibfarth, Frank A. and Zhang, Cheng (2025). Revealing the role of varied quaternary ammonium groups for capturing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Macromolecules, 58 (5), 2563-2573. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02210

Revealing the role of varied quaternary ammonium groups for capturing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

2025

Journal Article

Efficient and long-lasting removal of high-level formaldehyde at room temperature over a cobalt single-atom catalyst anchored on graphene-like carbon nanosheets

Du, Bing, Wen, Fuzhou, Zhao, Yunhan, Yang, Haipeng and Zhang, Cheng (2025). Efficient and long-lasting removal of high-level formaldehyde at room temperature over a cobalt single-atom catalyst anchored on graphene-like carbon nanosheets. ACS ES and T Engineering, 5 (7), 1868-1878. doi: 10.1021/acsestengg.5c00086

Efficient and long-lasting removal of high-level formaldehyde at room temperature over a cobalt single-atom catalyst anchored on graphene-like carbon nanosheets

2025

Journal Article

Hollow Polyaniline Microspheres Encapsulated in Eutectogels for Multimodal Flexible Sensors toward Human Health Monitoring

Yan, Kai, Gong, Miaomiao, Xu, Qunna, Zhang, Cheng, Zong, Yan, Sun, Xiaodan and Xue, Rong (2025). Hollow Polyaniline Microspheres Encapsulated in Eutectogels for Multimodal Flexible Sensors toward Human Health Monitoring. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 7 (5), 3054-3066. doi: 10.1021/acsapm.4c03746

Hollow Polyaniline Microspheres Encapsulated in Eutectogels for Multimodal Flexible Sensors toward Human Health Monitoring

2025

Book Chapter

Polymeric 19F MRI agents: designing responsive imaging agents

Peng, Hui, Zhang, Cheng, Fu, Changkui and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2025). Polymeric 19F MRI agents: designing responsive imaging agents. Fluorine magnetic resonance imaging: methods and applications in biomedicine. (pp. 1-32) edited by Eric T. Ahrens and Ulrich Flögel. Singapore, Singapore: Jenny Stanford Publishing. doi: 10.1201/9781003530046-1

Polymeric 19F MRI agents: designing responsive imaging agents

2024

Journal Article

Functional fluoropolymer surfactants for droplet generation in microfluidics

Cheng, Xinrong, Wang, Yiqing, Xia, Bingzhao, Tan, Xiao, Li, Xiangke, Zhu, Yutong, He, Yutong, Wang, Yu, Zhang, Yuhao, Liu, Kehan, Qiao, Ruirui and Zhang, Cheng (2024). Functional fluoropolymer surfactants for droplet generation in microfluidics. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6 (23), 14401-14409. doi: 10.1021/acsapm.4c02392

Functional fluoropolymer surfactants for droplet generation in microfluidics

2024

Journal Article

Thermoresponsive polymer sorbents for efficient removal of perfluorinated compounds via simple heating

Tan, Xiao, Wang, Yiqing, Yang, Zhuojing, Zhu, Yutong, Yu, Chunrong, Liu, Kehan, He, Yutong, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zhang, Cheng (2024). Thermoresponsive polymer sorbents for efficient removal of perfluorinated compounds via simple heating. Macromolecules, 57 (23), 11166-11176. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01868

Thermoresponsive polymer sorbents for efficient removal of perfluorinated compounds via simple heating

2024

Journal Article

Additives capable of stably supplying anions/cations for homogeneous lithium deposition/stripping

Qian, Shangshu, Tan, Xiao, Zhu, Yutong, Wang, Yun, Chen, Hao, Zheng, Mengting, Zhang, Cheng, Zhang, Shanqing and Lu, Jun (2024). Additives capable of stably supplying anions/cations for homogeneous lithium deposition/stripping. ACS Nano, 18 (50), 34363-34374. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.4c13229

Additives capable of stably supplying anions/cations for homogeneous lithium deposition/stripping

2024

Journal Article

Discrete side chains for direct tuning properties of grafted polymers

Wang, Yiqing, Tan, Xiao, Zhang, Yuhao, Hill, David J. T., Zhang, Afang, Kong, Dehui, Hawker, Craig J., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zhang, Cheng (2024). Discrete side chains for direct tuning properties of grafted polymers. Macromolecules, 57 (24), 11753-11762. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02533

Discrete side chains for direct tuning properties of grafted polymers

2024

Journal Article

Multifunctional nanocomposite polymer-integrated Ca-doped CeO2 electrolyte for robust and high-rate all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries

Yang, Pan, Wu, Zhenzhen, Li, Mingli, Zhang, Cheng, Wang, Yiqing, Zhu, Yutong, Li, Meng, Wang, Yun, Li, Dong-sheng, Chen, Hao and Zhang, Shanqing (2024). Multifunctional nanocomposite polymer-integrated Ca-doped CeO2 electrolyte for robust and high-rate all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 64 (6) e202417778, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/anie.202417778

Multifunctional nanocomposite polymer-integrated Ca-doped CeO2 electrolyte for robust and high-rate all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries