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Full Publications from Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corresponding Authors*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

J. Zhong, Y. Guo, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, A biopolymer-enabled Janus-structured glass fiber separator for advancing the performance of Li\u2013S batteries<\/a>, Journal of Materials Chemistry A<\/em><\/strong>, 14 (60): 41863-41876 (2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. Ren, Y. Guo, J. Zhong, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, A Dual-Conductive and Robust Binder With Cross-Linked Network for Enhanced Sulfur Cathode<\/a>, Battery Energy<\/em><\/strong>, 5 (5): e70147 (2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. Ren, S. Yu, Y. Guo, J. Zhong, Q. Zhang*, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Enabling Synergistic Adsorption\u2013Catalysis in Li\u2013S Batteries by MOF-Derived Cobalt-Doped Porous Carbon<\/a>, ACS Applied Energy Materials<\/em><\/strong>, 9 (13): 8546-8557 (2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. Zhong, Y. Guo, J. Shang, S. E. Karcher, J. McCloy, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Arginine as an Effective Electrolyte Additive for Dual-Interface Stabilization in Li-S Batteries<\/a>, ACS Applied Energy Materials<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em><\/strong> 9 (4): 2267-2276 (2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

R. Odstrcil, A. Makio, M. Hull, P. Dutta, A. Nicola and J. Liu*, Modulation of specific interactions within a viral fusion protein predicted from machine learning blocks membrane fusion<\/a>, Nanoscale,<\/em> <\/strong>17: 27250-27258 (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y. Guo, J. Zhong, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Functional separator with a nitrogen\/oxygen-rich interlayer for enhancing performance of Li-S batteries<\/a>, RSC Applied Interfaces<\/em><\/strong>, 2: 1811-1820 (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. Zhong, Y. Guo, L. Ren, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, An Amino Acid-Modified Bifunctional Separator for Shuttle Control and Li Metal Stabilization in Li-S Batteries<\/a>, Battery Energy<\/em><\/strong>, 4 (6): e70043 (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y. Guo, L. Ren, J. Zhong, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Protein-Functionalized Separator for Suppression of Shuttle Effect and Regulation of Lithium Deposition in Li\u2013S Batteries<\/a>, Battery Energy<\/em><\/strong>, 4 (6): e70039 (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. Ren, Y. Guo, J. Zhong, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Effects of charge characteristics of amino acid additives on polysulfides regulation and electrochemical performance of sulfur cathode<\/a>, Journal of Energy Storage,<\/em><\/strong> 131: 117658 (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. Ren, Y. Guo, J. Zhong, C. Ying, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Facile Functionalization of Separator with an Amino Acid to Boost Li-S Battery Performance<\/a>, Advanced Sustainable Systems,<\/em><\/strong> 9 (6):2500076 (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y. Guo, P. Sireesha, C. Wang, L. Ren, C. Ying, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, An Interpenetrated Protein-polar Polymer Interlayer for Suppressing Shuttle Effect in Li-S Batteries<\/a>, Journal of Power Sources<\/em><\/strong>, 630: 236145 (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. Zhong, L. Ren, C. Ying, Y. Guo, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Amino Acid as a Multifunctional Electrolyte Additive for Enhancing Li-S Battery Performance<\/a>, Journal of Energy Storage<\/em><\/strong>, 109: 115251 (2025)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. Ren, Y. Guo, C. Ying, J. Zhong, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Arginine as Multifunctional Additive for High Performance S-cathode<\/a>, ChemSusChem<\/em><\/strong>, 18 (9): e202402284 (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y. Guo, C. Ying, L. Ren, J. Zhong, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Enabling Bio-Cathode with Graphene Coating via Networking Soy-Protein and Polydopamine for Li-S Batteries<\/a>, Advanced Sustainable Systems,<\/em><\/strong> 9 (2): 2400572 (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Y. Guo, C. Ying, L. Ren, J. Zhong, S. Yu, Q. Zhang, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, High-performance S Cathode through a Decoupled Ion-transport Mechanism<\/a>, Journal of Energy Storage,<\/em><\/strong> 104: 114588 (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. Ren, C. Ying, C. Wang, Y. Guo, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Zein Protein-functionalized Separator through a Viable Method for Trapping Polysulfides and Regulating Ion Transport in Li-S Batteries<\/a>, Journal of Energy Storage,<\/em><\/strong> 100: 113547 (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Wang, L. Ren, C. Ying, J. Shang, J. McCloy, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Soy Protein as a Dual-Functional Bridge Enabling High Performance Solid Electrolyte for Li Metal Batteries<\/a>, Journal of Power Sources,<\/em><\/strong> 620: 235260 (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Ying, C. Wang, W. Zhong* and J. Liu*, Dual Anchoring Mechanism of Protein-based Binder for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries<\/a>, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,<\/em><\/strong> 128 (34): 14522-14528 (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Wang, L. Ren, C. Ying, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, An Amino Acid-enabled Separator for Effective Stabilization of Li Anodes<\/a>, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces<\/em><\/strong>, 16 (12): 15632-15639 (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R. Odstrcil, P. Dutta and J. Liu*, Enhanced Sampling for Conformational Changes and Molecular Mechanisms of Human HTHL1<\/a>, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,<\/em><\/strong> 15 (11): 3206-3213 (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

R. Odstrcil, P. Dutta and J. Liu*, Prediction of Peptide-TIM3 Binding Site in Inhibiting TIM3-Galectin 9 Binding Pathways<\/a>, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation,<\/em><\/strong> 19 (18): 6500-6509 (2023) (Featured cover story<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Billah, H. Deng, P. Dutta and J. Liu*, Effects of Receptor Properties on Particle Internalization through Receptor-mediated Endocytosis<\/a>, Soft Matter, <\/em><\/strong>19: 5907-5915 (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Wang, P. Sireesha, J. Shang, J. McCloy, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Converting Commercial Fe2<\/sub>O3<\/sub> to Effective Anode Material using Glucose as \u201cEtching\u201d Agent<\/a>, Ceramics International, <\/em><\/strong>49 (20): 32652-32662 (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Billah, A. Khan, J. Liu and P. Dutta*, Physics-informed Deep Neural Network for Inverse Heat Transfer Problems in Materials<\/a>, Materials Today Communications,<\/em><\/strong> 35: 106336 (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Ying, C. Wang, W. Zhong* and J. Liu*, Effects of Anions and Protein Structures on Protein\u2010Based Solid Electrolytes,<\/a> Advanced Materials Technologies<\/em><\/strong>, 8: 2201875 (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

R. Odstrcil, P. Dutta and J. Liu*, LINES: Log-Probability Estimation via Invertible Neural Networks for Enhanced Sampling<\/a>, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation<\/em><\/strong>, 18 (10): 6297-6309 (2022) (Featured cover story<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Z. Lyu S. Ding, D. Du, K. Qiu, J. Liu, K. Hayashi, X. Zhang and Y. Lin*, Recent advances in biomedical applications of 2D nanomaterials with peroxidase-like properties<\/a>, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews<\/em><\/strong>, 185: 114269 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Van Dinh, J. Liu and P. Dutta*, Effect of Slp4-a on Membrane Bending During Prefusion of Vesicles in Blood-Brain Barrier<\/a>, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering<\/em><\/strong>, 145 (1): 011006 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Wang, C. Ying, J. Shang, S.E. Karcher, J. McCloy, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, A Bioinspired Coating for Stabilizing Li Metal Batteries<\/a>, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces<\/em><\/strong>, 14 (38): 43886-43896 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Wang, R. Odstrcil, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Protein-modified SEI formation and evolution in Li metal batteries<\/a>, Journal of Energy Chemistry<\/em><\/strong>, 73: 248-258 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Wang, X. Fu, C. Ying, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Natural Protein as Novel Additive of a Commercial Electrolyte for Long-Cycling Lithium Metal Batteries<\/a>, Chemical Engineering Journal<\/em><\/strong>, 437: 135283 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Wang, X. Fu, S. Lin, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, A protein-enabled protective film with functions of self-adapting and anion-anchoring for stabilizing lithium-metal batteries<\/a>, Journal of Energy Chemistry<\/em><\/strong>, 64: 485-495 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

M. Chen, X. Fu, J. Liu, Z. Chen and W. Zhong*, A Protein\u2010Based Janus Separator for Trapping Polysulfides and Regulating Ion Transport in Lithium\u2212 Sulfur Batteries<\/a>, ChemSusChem,<\/em><\/strong> 14 (10): 2226-2236 (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X. Fu, R. Odstrcil, M. Qiu, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Natural \u201cRelief\u201d for Lithium Dendrites: Tailoring Protein Configurations for Long-life Lithium Metal Anodes<\/a>, Energy Storage Materials, <\/em><\/strong>42: 22-33 (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Ying, X. Fu, W. Zhong* and J. Liu*, Decoupled Ion Transport in Protein-Based Solid Electrolyte through Ab Initio<\/em> Calculations and Experiments<\/a>, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/em><\/strong>, 12: 9429-9435 (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. Khan, M. Billah, C. Ying, J. Liu and P. Dutta*, Bayesian Method for Parameter Estimation in Transient Heat Transfer Problem<\/a>, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,<\/em><\/strong> 166: 120746 (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Chen, X. Fu, Z. Chen, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Protein-Engineered Functional Materials for Bioelectronics<\/a>, Advanced Functional Materials<\/em><\/strong>, 31: 2006744 (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Q. Van Dinh, J. Liu and P. Dutta*, Effect of Calcium ion on synaptotagmin-like protein during pre-fusion of vesicle for exocytosis in blood-brain barrier<\/a>, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports<\/em><\/strong>, 24: 100845 (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Chen, C. Li, X. Fu, W. Wei, X. Fan, A. Hattori, Z. Chen, J. Liu* and W. Zhong*, Let It Catch: A Short-Branched Protein for Efficiently Capturing Polysulfides in Lithium\u2013Sulfur Batteries<\/a>, Advanced Energy Materials<\/em><\/strong>, 10 (9): 1903642 (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y. Jewel, Q. Van Dinh, J. Liu* and P. Dutta*, Substrate-dependent transport mechanism in AcrB of multidrug resistant bacteria<\/a>, Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics<\/em><\/strong>, 88 (7): 853-864 (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. Khan, J. Liu and P. Dutta*, Bayesian inference for parameter estimation in lactoferrin-mediated iron transport across blood-brain barrier<\/a>, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – General Subjects<\/em><\/strong>, 1864 (3): 129459 (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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