List of Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

39. Fan Min, Cécile A Dreiss, Zonglin Chu, Dynamic covalent surfactants and their uses in the development of smart materials, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 327, 103159.

38. Hengchang Liu, Deqi Wang, Haikang Huang, Wenting Zhou, Zonglin Chu, Cysteine-based antifouling superhydrophilic membranes prepared via facile thiol-ene click chemistry for efficient oil-water separation, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024, 3, 112654.

37. Deqi Wang; Yixuan Li; Haikang Huang; Fan Min; Wenting Zhou; Ting Zhang; Yifeng Gao; Hengchang Liu; Zonglin Chu, Anti-fouling underwater superoleophobic membranes based on hierarchical double networks for high efficiency oil–water separation, Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, 24, 128121.

36. Deqi Wang; Haikang Huang; Fan Min; Yixuan Li; Wenting Zhou; Yifeng Gao; Ganhua Xie; Zhongyuan Huang; Zhichao Dong; Zonglin Chu, Antigravity Autonomous Superwettable Pumps for Spontaneous Separation of Oil–Water Emulsions, Small, 2024, 42, 2402946.

35. Fan Min; Jinzhi He; Wenting Zhou; Deqi Wang; Sheng Xie; Zonglin Chu; Zebing Zeng, Unique Fluorescence of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens on Solid Surfaces Modified by Silicone Nanofilaments, Langmuir, 2024, 28, 14548.

34. Wenting Zhou; Fan Min; Jing Shi; Deqi Wang; Haikang Huang; Hengchang Liu; Zonglin Chu, High temperature oil–water separation based on superwettable membranes for removing water from condensation reactions, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 13231-13237.

33. Haikang Huang, Jing Shi, Binlin Pan, Hengchang Liu, Deqi Wang, Yifeng Gao, Fan Min, Yixuan Li, Wenting Zhou, Zonglin Chu,*, Intelligent device composed of two membranes with opposite wettability for identification and purification of both water and oil phases from oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions, Sep. Purif. Technol., 2023, 312, 123406.

32. Deqi Wang, Yifeng Gao, Shoujian Gao, Haikang Huang, Fan Min, Yixuan Li, Stefan Seeger, Jian Jin, Zonglin Chu,* Antifouling superhydrophilic porous glass membrane based on sulfobetaine prepared by thiol-ene click chemistry for high-efficiency oil/ water separation, J. Membr. Sci., 2023, 670, 121336.

31. Deqi Wang, Haikang Huang, Yongli Lv, Kai Chen, Yanlei Zhong, Peisheng Chen, Fan Min, Ganhua Xie, Zhichao Dong, Zonglin Chu*, A Gemini-Type superwettable separator for consecutive purification of water and oil Phases from oil-water mixtures and emulsions, ChemSusChem, 2023, 16, e202201932.

30. Haikang Huang, Deqi Wang, Jian Zhu, Stefan Seeger,* Zonglin Chu*, Sand-Based economical micro/nanocomposite materials for diverse applications, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 43656−43665.

29. Tong Bian, Andrea Gardin, Julius Gemen, Lothar Houben, Claudio Perego, Byeongdu Lee, Nadav Elad, Zonglin Chu, Giovanni M. Pavan, Rafal Klajn*, Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures, Nature Chemistry, 2021, 13, 940–949.

28. Tong Bian, Zonglin Chu, Rafal Klajn*, The many ways to assemble nanoparticles using light, Adv. Mater., 2020, 32, 1905866.

27. Zonglin Chu* (co-corresponding author), Rafal Klajn*, Polysilsesquioxane nanowire networks as an “artificial solvent” for reversible operation of photochromic molecules, Nano Letters, 2019, 19, 7106–7111.

26. Zonglin Chu, Yanxiao Han, Tong Bian, Soumen De, Petr Král, Rafal Klajn, Supramolecular control of azobenzene switching on nanoparticles. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 1949–1960.

25. Ji Wang, Xinjie Luo, Zonglin Chu*, Yujun Feng*, Effect of residual chemicals on wormlike micelles assembled from a C22-tailed cationic surfactant, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2019, 553, 91−98.

24. Zonglin Chu, Yanxiao Han, Petr Král, Rafal Klajn, Precipitation on nanoparticles: attractive intermolecular interactions stabilize specific ligand ratios on the surfaces of nanoparticles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 7023‒7027.

23. Dipak Samanta, Julius Gemen, Zonglin Chu, Yael Diskin-Posner, Linda J. W. Shimon, Rafal Klajn, Reversible photoswitching of encapsulated azobenzenes in water, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2018, 115, 9379‒9384.

22. Zonglin Chu* (co-corresponding author), Sandro Olveira, Stefan Seeger*, A facile sustainable strategy towards the preparation of silicone nanofilaments and their use as antiwetting coatings, ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 5463‒5468.

21. Yujun Feng, Zonglin Chu* (corresponding author), Correlating surface activity with structural and environmental parameters for alkylamidosulfobetaine surfactants, Colloid Poly. Sci., 2016, 294, 957‒963.

20. Zonglin Chu, Stefan Seeger, Multifunctional Hybrid porous micro-/nanocomposite materials. Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 7775‒7781.

19. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, Stefan Seeger, Oil/water separation with selective superantiwetting/superwetting surface materials, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 2328‒2838.

18. Yujun Feng, Zonglin Chu* (corresponding author), pH-Tunable wormlike micelles based on an ultra-long-chain “pseudo” Gemini surfactant, Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 4614‒4620.

17. Zonglin Chu, Stefan Seeger, Robust superhydrophobic wood obtained by spraying silicone nanoparticles, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 21999–22004.

16. Rakesh Kumar, Shivaprakash N. Ramakrihna, Vikrant V. Naik, Zonglin Chu, Michael E. Drew, Nicholas D. Spencer, Yoko Yamakoshi, Versatile method for AFM-tip functionalization with biomolecules: fishing a ligand by means of an in situ click reaction, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 6599−6606.

15. Zonglin Chu, Stefan Seeger, Superamphiphobic surfaces, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 2784−2798.

14. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, Vegetable-derived long-chain surfactants synthesized via a green route, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2013, 1, 75−79.

13. Zonglin Chu, Cécile A. Dreiss, Yujun Feng, Smart wormlike micelles, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 7174−7203 (invited contribution for the 2013 themed issue of smart materials, highlighted as back cover).

12. Yongmin Zhang, Zonglin Chu, Cécile A. Dreiss, Yuejiao Wang, Chenhong Fei, Yujun Feng, Smart wormlike micelles switched by CO₂ and air, Soft Mater, 2013, 9, 6217−6221.

11. Yongmin Zhang, Yixiu Han, Zonglin Chu, Shuai He, Jichao Zhang, Yujun Feng, Thermally induced structural transition from fluids to hydrogels with pH-switchable anionic wormlike micelles, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2013, 394, 319−328.

10. Yongmin Zhang, Yujun Feng, Jiyu Wang, Shuai He, Zanru Guo, Zonglin Chu, Cécile A. Dreiss, CO₂-switchable wormlike micelles, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 4902−4904.

09. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, Empirical correlation between Krafft temperature and tail length for amidosulfobetaine surfactants in the presence of inorganic salt, Langmuir, 2012, 28, 1175−1181.

08. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, Shear banding transition of wormlike micelles formed by a C₂₂-tailed cationic surfactant, Acta Chim. Sinica, 2012, 70, 1551−1554.

07. Yixiu Han, Zonglin Chu, Huanquan Sun, Zhengquan Li, Yujun Feng, “Green” anionic wormlike micelles Induced by choline, RSC Advance, 2012, 2, 3396−3402.

06. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, Huanquan Sun, Zhenquan Li, Xinwang Song, Yugui Han, Hongyan Wang, Aging mechanism of unsaturated long-chain amidosulfobetaine worm fluids at high temperature, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 4485−4489.

05. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, Thermo-switchable surfactant gel, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 7191−7193.

04. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, pH-switchable wormlike micelles, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 9028−9030.

03. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, Xin Su, Yixiu Han, Wormlike micelles and solution properties of a C₂₂-tailed amidosulfobetaine surfactant, Langmuir, 2010, 26, 7783−7791.

02. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, Amidosulfobetaine surfactant gels with shear banding transitions, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 6065−6067.

01. Zonglin Chu, Yujun Feng, A facile route towards the preparation of ultra-long-chain amidosulfobetaine surfactants, Synlett, 2009, 2655−2658.

 

PCT Patents:

02. Zonglin Chu, Stefan Seeger, Materials for the treatment of fluids or fluid Mixtures, PCT Patent, WO/2017/037120.

01. Sandro Oliver, Stefan Seeger, Zonglin Chu, Facile means towards the fabrication of silicone nanoparticles and their applications as superhydrophobic coatings, PCT Patent, WO 2016/001377.

 

Books:

02. Yujun Feng, Zonglin Chu, Cécile A. Dreiss, Stimulus-responsive wormlike micelles, In “Wormlike micelles: advances in systems, characterisation and applications” Y. Feng, C. A. Dreiss, Ed. Soft Matter Series No. 6, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017.

01. Yujun Feng, Zonglin Chu, Cécile A. Dreiss, Smart wormlike micelles: design, characteristics and applications, Berlin Springer Verlag, 2015.

 

Invited Talks and Conference Presentations:

06.  “Novel stimuli-responsive gold nanoparticle systems in aqueous media”, poster presentation in The 4^th ERC Grantees Conference, Rehovot, Israel, November 27–29, 2018.

05.  “Creation via hybridization: highly efficient switch of water-insoluble azobenzene on gold nanoparticle surface in aqueous media”, poster presentation in The 83^rd Annual Meeting of The Israel Chemical Society, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 13–14, 2018.

04.  “Smart soft materials: from structure to functionality”, invited talk at University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, January 15, 2018.

03.  “Self-assembly of small molecules and their biomedical applications, invited talk at State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, December 19, 2017.

02.  “Materials with selective superwetting/superantiwetting properties for high efficiency oil/water separation”, invited talk at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, December 14, 2017.

01. “Superhydrophobic silicone nanofilaments for coating solid surfaces”, poster presentation in UK Colloids 2014, London, UK, July 6–9, 2014.