Publications

Huifeng Hu, Qihang Wang, Jin Chen, Zhuanfei Liu, Weimin Wang, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou (2025). Bioprocessing-inspired cold sintering of amorphous calcium carbonate. Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

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Yuanyuan Ma, Wei Chen, Shiqing Xu, Zhaoyong Zou, Jingjing Xie, Jingxin Meng, Pengchao Zhang, Zhengyi Fu (2025). Underwater Superoleophobic and Transparent Films with Mechanical Robustness and High Durability in Harsh Environments. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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Luyao Yi, Rui Guo, Zhengrong Yin, Zeyao Fu, Junyan Guo, Wei Yin, Zhengyi Fu, Cui Huang, Zhaoyong Zou (2025). Tuning the Intrafibrillar Collagen Mineralization Rate and Mechanical Properties Through Polyelectrolyte-Controlled Formation and Crystallization of Amorphous Precursor. Small.

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Qihang Wang, Wenyang Huang, Jilin Wang, Fei Long, Zhengyi Fu, Jingjing Xie, Zhaoyong Zou (2025). Stabilization and crystallization mechanism of amorphous calcium carbonate. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

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Shengjie Jiang, Jialiang Zhou, Liyun Wang, Xin Liu, Jiaming Sun, Yu Zhuang, Li Yu, Haiyan Li, Dejian Li, Zhaoyong Zou, Zhen Gao, Kaili Lin (2025). Remolding Microenvironmental Homeostasis for Enhancing Regenerative Hypertrophic Scar Treatment Based on Functionalized Microneedles. Interdisciplinary Materials.

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Jin Chen, Guanbin Gao, Zijun Zhang, Taolei Sun, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou (2025). Nanocluster-Induced Liquid-like Precursor Formation and Crystallization: In Situ Visualization and 3D Reconstruction. Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Mingshu Jin, Ping Yuan, Luyao Yi, Zhuanfei Liu, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou (2025). Combining crossed-lamellar structure and nacre-like nanoparticulate structure in conch shells for enhanced mechanical properties. CrystEngComm.

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Yonglang Yu, Ping Yuan, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou (2025). Capillary force and concentration gradient promote the bioprocessing-inspired formation of ultralong fluorapatite nanorods under confinement. Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

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Huifeng Hu, Qihang Wang, Huailing Gao, Pengfei Wang, Hang Ping, Jingjing Xie, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou (2025). Bioprocessing-inspired Water-Mediated Crystallization and Densification of Strong Nacre-Like Aragonite Ceramic from Hydrated Amorphous Precursor. Advanced Functional Materials.

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Jia Yan, Tianzhu Zhou, Xinyu Yang, Zejun Zhang, Lei Li, Zhaoyong Zou, Zhengyi Fu, Qunfeng Cheng (2024). Strong and Tough MXene Bridging-induced Conductive Nacre. Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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Yan Lu, Luyao Yi, Zeyao Fu, Jingjing Xie, Qunfeng Cheng, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou (2024). Nonclassical crystallization of goethite nanorods in limpet teeth by self-assembly of silica-rich nanoparticles reveals structure–mechanical property relations. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

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Connor A. Schmidt, Eric Tambutté, Alexander A. Venn, Zhaoyong Zou, Cristina Castillo Alvarez, Laurent S. Devriendt, Hans A. Bechtel, Cayla A. Stifler, Samantha Anglemyer, Carolyn P. Breit, Connor L. Foust, Andrii Hopanchuk, Connor N. Klaus, Isaac J. Kohler, Isabelle M. LeCloux, Jaiden Mezera, Madeline R. Patton, Annie Purisch, Virginia Quach, Jaden S. Sengkhammee, Tarak Sristy, Shreya Vattem, Evan J. Walch, Marie Albéric, Yael Politi, Peter Fratzl, Sylvie Tambutté, Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert (2024). Myriad Mapping of nanoscale minerals reveals calcium carbonate hemihydrate in forming nacre and coral biominerals. Nature Communications.

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Zhaodong Wang, Lala Du, Qihang Wang, Jing-Jing Xie, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou (2024). Local concentration controls the hydrate phase of calcium oxalate. CrystEngComm.

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Junxiao Tang, Zhenyu Liu, Rongjie Wang, Yanze Wang, Zhaoyong Zou, Jingjing Xie, Pengchao Zhang, Zhengyi Fu (2024). Bio-Inspired Photosynthesis Platform for Enhanced NADH Conversion and L-Glutamate Synthesis. Polymers.

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王荣杰, 解晶晶, 平航, 邹朝勇, 王堃, 雷丽文, 傅正义 (2023). 材料的过程仿生制备技术研究进展. 硅酸盐学报.

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Meng Cai, Yiting Wang, Luyao Wan, Hang Ping, Wenxuan Wang, Weimin Wang, Hao Wang, Zhaoyong Zou, Zhengyi Fu (2023). The nonclassical crystallization mechanism and growth kinetics of densely packed fluorapatite nanorod arrays: effects of the ion transportation rate and fluoride concentration. Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

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Chenglong Zhu, Quan Wang, Yinbo Zhu, Yin Liu, Jingjiang Wei, Hang Ping, Kun Wang, Zhaoyong Zou, Jingjing Xie, Hao Xie, Hao Wang, Weimin Wang, Zhengyi Fu (2023). Nacre-inspired boron nitride/sodium alginate composite with enhanced mechanical properties by prestress. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

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Haoyue Song, Meng Cai, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou (2023). Mineralization Pathways of Amorphous Calcium Phosphate in the Presence of Fluoride. Crystal Growth & Design.

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Qihang Wang, Bicheng Yuan, Wenyang Huang, Hang Ping, Jingjing Xie, Kun Wang, Weimin Wang, Zhaoyong Zou, Zhengyi Fu (2023). Bioprocess inspired formation of calcite mesocrystals by cation-mediated particle attachment mechanism. National Science Review.

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Haoyue Song, Zhuanfei Liu, Zhaoyong Zou (2023). Biomimetic Construction of the Enamel-like Hierarchical Structure. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities.

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Wenxuan Wang, Wenhao Chi, Zhaoyong Zou, Pengchao Zhang, Kun Wang, Ji Zou, Hang Ping, Jingjing Xie, Weimin Wang, Zhengyi Fu (2023). Bio-inspired high-efficiency photosystem by synergistic effects of core-shell structured Au@CdS nanoparticles and their engineered location on 001 facets of SrTiO3 nanocrystals. Journal of Materials Science & Technology.

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Zhuanfei Liu, Yunya Niu, Zeyao Fu, Mason Dean, Zhengyi Fu, Yongming Hu, Zhaoyong Zou (2023). 3D relationship between hierarchical canal network and gradient mineralization of shark tooth osteodentin. Acta Biomaterialia.

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Yidi Li, Hang Ping, Liwen Lei, Jingjing Xie, Zhaoyong Zou, Weimin Wang, Kun Wang, Zhengyi Fu (2022). Room-temperature growth of fluorapatite/CaCO3 heterogeneous structured composites inspired by human tooth. RSC Advances.

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Qihang Wang, Zhaoyong Zou, Hao Wang, Weimin Wang, Zhengyi Fu (2022). Pressure-induced crystallization and densification of amorphized calcium carbonate hexahydrate controlled by interfacial water. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

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Qihang Wang, Bicheng Yuan, Wenduo Gao, Huifeng Hu, Meng Cai, Zhaoyong Zou, Zhengyi Fu (2022). Nonclassical crystallization of zinc carbonate hydroxide hydrate nanofilm mediated by calcium ions. Progress in Natural Science: Materials International.

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Rongjie Wang, Wenhao Chi, Fuqiang Wan, Jingjiang Wei, Hang Ping, Zhaoyong Zou, Jingjing Xie, Weimin Wang, Zhengyi Fu (2022). Nanocage Ferritin Reinforced Polyacrylamide Hydrogel for Wearable Flexible Strain Sensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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Wenyang Huang, Qihang Wang, Wenhao Chi, Meng Cai, Rongjie Wang, Zhengyi Fu, Jingjing Xie, Zhaoyong Zou (2022). Multiple crystallization pathways of amorphous calcium carbonate in the presence of poly(aspartic acid) with a chain length of 30. CrystEngComm.

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Meng Cai, Haoyue Song, Qihang Wang, Zhaoyong Zou, Zhengyi Fu (2022). Biomimetic formation of fluorapatite nanorods in confinement and the opposite effects of additives on the crystallization kinetics. Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

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Ying Huang, Hao Xie, Weijian Fang, Zhaoyong Zou, Zhengyi Fu (2021). Silk fibroin directs the formation of monetite nanocrystals and their assembly into hierarchical composites. Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

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Wenhao Chi, Zhaoyong Zou, Wenxuan Wang, Fuqiang Wan, Hang Ping, Jingjing Xie, Weimin Wang, Zhengyi Fu (2021). Mussel directed synthesis of SnO2/graphene oxide composite for energy storage. Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

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Ying Huang, Zhaoyong Zou, Hang Ping, Liwen Lei, Jingjing Xie, Hao Xie, Zhengyi Fu (2021). Mineralization of calcium phosphate induced by a silk fibroin film under different biological conditions. RSC Advances.

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Fuqiang Wan, Hang Ping, Wenxuan Wang, Zhaoyong Zou, Hao Xie, Bao-Lian Su, Dabiao Liu, Zhengyi Fu (2021). Hydroxyapatite-reinforced alginate fibers with bioinspired dually aligned architectures. Carbohydrate Polymers.

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Yidi Li, Hang Ping, Zhaoyong Zou, Jingjing Xie, Weimin Wang, Kun Wang, Zhengyi Fu (2021). Bioprocess-inspired synthesis of multilayered chitosan/CaCO3 composites with nacre-like structures and high mechanical properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

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Yidi Li, Hang Ping, Jingjiang Wei, Zhaoyong Zou, Pengchao Zhang, Jingjing Xie, Yuhang Jia, Hao Xie, Weimin Wang, Kun Wang, Zhengyi Fu (2021). Bioprocess-Inspired Room-Temperature Synthesis of Enamel-like Fluorapatite/Polymer Nanocomposites Controlled by Magnesium Ions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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Fuqiang Wan, Wenxuan Wang, Zhaoyong Zou, Hao Xie, Hang Ping, Zhengyi Fu (2021). Bioprocess-inspired preparation of silica with varied morphologies and potential in lithium storage. Journal of Materials Science & Technology.

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Jingjiang Wei, Jingjing Xie, Pengchao Zhang, Zhaoyong Zou, Hang Ping, Weimin Wang, Hao Xie, James Zhijian Shen, Liwen Lei, Zhengyi Fu (2021). Bioinspired 3D Printable, Self-Healable, and Stretchable Hydrogels with Multiple Conductivities for Skin-like Wearable Strain Sensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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解晶晶, 邹朝勇, 傅正义 (2020). 无定形碳酸钙的稳定性和结晶转化过程研究进展. 中国材料进展.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Tengteng Tang, Elena Macías-Sánchez, Sanja Sviben, William J. Landis, Luca Bertinetti, Peter Fratzl (2020). Three-dimensional structural interrelations between cells, extracellular matrix, and mineral in normally mineralizing avian leg tendon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

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Hang Ping, Lokendra Poudel, Hao Xie, Weijian Fang, Zhaoyong Zou, Pengcheng Zhai, Wolfgang Wagermaier, Peter Fratzl, Weimin Wang, Hao Wang, Padraic O’Reilly, Wai-Yim Ching, Zhengyi Fu (2020). Synthesis of monodisperse rod-shaped silica particles through biotemplating of surface-functionalized bacteria. Nanoscale.

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Chengxiao Zhao, Lin Tian, Zhaoyong Zou, Zupeng Chen, Hua Tang, Qinqin Liu, Zixia Lin, Xiaofei Yang (2020). Revealing and accelerating interfacial charge carrier dynamics in Z-scheme heterojunctions for highly efficient photocatalytic oxygen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

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Mengqi Zhang, Hang Ping, Weijian Fang, Fuqiang Wan, Hao Xie, Zhaoyong Zou, Zhengyi Fu (2020). Particle-attachment crystallization facilitates the occlusion of micrometer-sized Escherichia coli in calcium carbonate crystals with stable fluorescence. Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Jingjing Xie, Elena Macías-Sánchez, Zhengyi Fu (2020). Nonclassical Crystallization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate in the Presence of Phosphate Ions. Crystal Growth & Design.

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Rong Xiao, Chengxiao Zhao, Zhaoyong Zou, Zupeng Chen, Lin Tian, Haotian Xu, Hua Tang, Qinqin Liu, Zixia Lin, Xiaofei Yang (2020). In situ fabrication of 1D CdS nanorod/2D Ti3C2 MXene nanosheet Schottky heterojunction toward enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

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Weiping Xiao, Lin Zhang, Danil Bukhvalov, Zupeng Chen, Zhaoyong Zou, Lu Shang, Xiaofei Yang, Daqiang Yan, Fengyan Han, Tierui Zhang (2020). Hierarchical ultrathin carbon encapsulating transition metal doped MoP electrocatalysts for efficient and pH-universal hydrogen evolution reaction. Nano Energy.

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Jingjiang Wei, Hang Ping, Jingjing Xie, Zhaoyong Zou, Kun Wang, Hao Xie, Weimin Wang, Liwen Lei, Zhengyi Fu (2020). Bioprocess-Inspired Microscale Additive Manufacturing of Multilayered TiO2/Polymer Composites with Enamel-Like Structures and High Mechanical Properties. Advanced Functional Materials.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Xiaofei Yang, Marie Albéric, Tobias Heil, Qihang Wang, Boaz Pokroy, Yael Politi, Luca Bertinetti (2020). Additives Control the Stability of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate via Two Different Mechanisms: Surface Adsorption versus Bulk Incorporation. Advanced Functional Materials.

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Weiping Xiao, Danil Bukhvalov, Zhaoyong Zou, Lin Zhang, Zixia Lin, Xiaofei Yang (2019). Unveiling the Origin of the High Catalytic Activity of Ultrathin 1T/2H MoSe2 Nanosheets for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study. ChemSusChem.

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Yan Jiang, Feiqiang Qu, Lin Tian, Xiaofei Yang, Zhaoyong Zou, Zixia Lin (2019). Self-assembled g-C3N4 nanoarchitectures with boosted photocatalytic solar-to-hydrogen efficiency. Applied Surface Science.

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Marie Albéric, Cayla A. Stifler, Zhaoyong Zou, Chang-Yu Sun, Christopher E. Killian, Sergio Valencia, Mohamad-Assaad Mawass, Luca Bertinetti, Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert, Yael Politi (2019). Growth and regrowth of adult sea urchin spines involve hydrated and anhydrous amorphous calcium carbonate precursors. Journal of Structural Biology: X.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken, Galina Matveeva, Anders C. S. Jensen, Luca Bertinetti, Matthew A. Hood, Chang-Yu Sun, Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert, Iryna Polishchuk, Boaz Pokroy, Julia Mahamid, Yael Politi, Steve Weiner, Peter Werner, Sebastian Bette, Robert Dinnebier, Ute Kolb, Emil Zolotoyabko, Peter Fratzl (2019). A Hydrated Crystalline Calcium Carbonate Phase: Calcium Carbonate Hemihydrate. Science.

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Marie Albéric, Luca Bertinetti, Zhaoyong Zou, Peter Fratzl, Wouter Habraken, Yael Politi (2018). The Crystallization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate is Kinetically Governed by Ion Impurities and Water. Advanced Science.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Luca Bertinetti, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken, Peter Fratzl (2018). Reentrant phase transformation from crystalline ikaite to amorphous calcium carbonate. CrystEngComm.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Iryna Polishchuk, Luca Bertinetti, Boaz Pokroy, Yael Politi, Peter Fratzl, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken (2018). Additives Influence the Phase Behavior of Calcium Carbonate Solution by a Cooperative Ion-association Process. Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken, Luca Bertinetti, Yael Politi, Assaf Gal, Stephen Weiner, Lia Addadi, Peter Fratzl (2017). On the Phase Diagram of Calcium Carbonate Solutions. Advanced Materials Interfaces.

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Melika Sarem, Steffen Lüdeke, Ralf Thomann, Pavel Salavei, Zhaoyong Zou, Wouter Habraken, Admir Masic, V. Prasad Shastri (2017). Disordered Conformation with Low Pii Helix in Phosphoproteins Orchestrates Biomimetic Apatite Formation. Advanced Materials.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Luca Bertinetti, Yael Politi, Peter Fratzl, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken (2017). Control of Polymorph Selection in Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Crystallization by Poly(Aspartic acid): Two Different Mechanisms. Small.

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Shaozhuan Huang, Lin Zhang, Xueyi Lu, Lifeng Liu, Lixiang Liu, Xiaolei Sun, Yin Yin, Steffen Oswald, Zhaoyong Zou, Fei Ding, Oliver G. Schmidt (2016). Tunable Pseudocapacitance in 3D TiO2−δ Nanomembranes Enabling Superior Lithium Storage Performance. ACS Nano.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Luca Bertinetti, Yael Politi, Anders C. S. Jensen, Steve Weiner, Lia Addadi, Peter Fratzl, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken (2015). Opposite Particle Size Effect on Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Crystallization in Water and during Heating in Air. Chemistry of Materials.

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Xiaoguo Liu, Kaili Lin, Chengtie Wu, Yueyue Wang, Zhaoyong Zou, Jiang Chang (2014). Multilevel Hierarchically Ordered Artificial Biomineral. Small.

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Na Zhang, Dong Zhai, Lei Chen, Zhaoyong Zou, Kaili Lin, Jiang Chang (2014). Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of Si and Sr co-substituted hydroxyapatite nanowires using strontium containing calcium silicate as precursors. Materials Science and Engineering: C.

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Kaili Lin, Peiyi Liu, Li Wei, Zhaoyong Zou, Weibin Zhang, Ying Qian, Yuhui Shen, Jiang Chang (2013). Strontium substituted hydroxyapatite porous microspheres: Surfactant-free hydrothermal synthesis, enhanced biological response and sustained drug release. Chemical Engineering Journal.

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Kaili Lin, Lei Chen, Peiyi Liu, Zhaoyong Zou, Meili Zhang, Yuhui Shen, Yuqin Qiao, Xuanyong Liu, Jiang Chang (2013). Hollow magnetic hydroxyapatite microspheres with hierarchically mesoporous microstructure for pH-responsive drug delivery. CrystEngComm.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Kaili Lin, Lei Chen, Jiang Chang (2012). Ultrafast synthesis and characterization of carbonated hydroxyapatite nanopowders via sonochemistry-assisted microwave process. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry.

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Zhaoyong Zou, Xiaoguo Liu, Lei Chen, Kaili Lin, Jiang Chang (2012). Dental enamel-like hydroxyapatite transformed directly from monetite. Journal of Materials Chemistry.

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