Publications

28. Ions in motion: From biological channels to engineered transport systems

Bei Wu, Yifan Yan, Yuting Zhu, Changxing Ji, Yangyang Lin, Chao Lang*

Giant 2025, 22, 100352


27. Improved Light Extranction in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes via Semiconductor Dilution

Emmanuel O. Afolayan, Ibrahim Dursun, Adrian Pizano, Chao Lang, Dominique Lungwitz, Marina Kondakova, Michael Boroson, Antoine Kahn, Michael Hickner, and Noel C. Giebink*

Adv. Optical Mater. 2024, 12, 2302588


26. Artificial Channels Based on Bottlebrush Polymers: Enhanced Ion Transport Through Polymer Topology Control

Yangyang Lin#, Bei Wu#, Yi Zeng, Haoxuan Yuan, Changxing Ji, Ziqi Liu, Xian Kong*, Yan Sui, Tingting Yin, Yuting Zhu, Jie Chen, Chao Lang*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202408558



25. In vivo therapy of osteosarcoma using anion transporters-based supramolecular drugs

Zeyu Zheng#, Xiaoan Wei#, Yangyang Lin#, Siyue Tao, Hui Li, Zhongyin Ji, Hongxin Wei, Jiayan Jin, Fengdong Zhao, Chao Lang*, Junhui liu*, Jian Chen*

J. Nanobiotechnol. 2024, 22, 29



24. Single-Molecule Observation of Selenoenzyme Intermediates in a Semisynthetic Seleno-α-Hemolysin Nanoreactor

Xiaojia Jiang, Tiezheng PanChao Lang, Chao Zeng, Jinxing Hou, Jiayun Xu, Quan Luo*, Chunxi Hou*, Junqiu Liu*

Anal. Chem. 2022, 94, 8433-8440


23. Reducing Spontaneous Orientational Polarization via Semiconductor Dilution Improves OLED Efficiency and Lifetime

Emmanuel O. Afolayan, Ibrahim Dursun, Chao Lang, Evgeny Pakhomenko, Marina Kondakova, Michael Boroson, Michael Hickner, Russell J. Holmes, Noel C.Giebink*

Phys. Rev. Appl. 2022, 17, L051002


22. Nanostructured block copolymer muscles

Chao Lang, Elisabeth C. Lloyd, Kelly E. Matuszewski , Yifan Xu , Venkat Ganesan, Rui Huang, Manish Kumar, Robert J. Hickey*

Nat. Nanotechnol. 2022, 17, 752-758



21. Current status and future directions of self-assembled block copolymer membranes for molecular separations

Chao Lang, Manish Kumar*, Robert J. Hickey*

Soft Matter 2021, 17, 10405-10415



20. Rapid fabrication of precise, high-throughput filters from membrane protein nanosheets

Yu-Ming Tu, Woochul Song, Tingwei Ren, Yue-xiao Shen, Ratul Chowdhury, Prasangi Rajapaksha, Tyler E. Culp, Laxmicharan Samineni, Chao Lang, Alina Thokkadam, Drew Carson, Yuxuan Dai, Arwa Mukhtar, Miaoci Zhang, Andrey Parshin, Janna N. Sloand, Scott H. Medina, Mariusz Grzelakowski, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, William A. Phillip, Enrique D. Gomez, Robert J. Hickey, Yinai Wei, Manish Kumar*

Nat. Mater. 2020, 19, 347-354



19. Influence of block sequence on the colloidal self-assembly of poly(norbornene)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) amphiphilic block polymers using rapid injection processing

Chao Lang, Manish Kumar, Robert J. Hickey*

Polym. Chem. 2020, 11, 375-384



18. Artificial water channels enable fast and selective water permeation through water-wire networks

Woochul Song, Himanshu Joshi, Ratul Chowdhury, Joseph S. Najem, Yue-xiao Shen, Chao Lang, Codey B. Henderson, Yu-Ming Tu , Megan Farell, Megan E. Pitz, Costas D. Maranas, Paul S. Cremer, Robert J. Hickey, Stephen A. Sarles, Jun-li Hou, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Manish Kumar*

Nat. Nanotechnol. 2019, 15, 73-79



17. Solvent-non-solvent rapid-injection for preparing nanostructured materials from micelles to hydrogels

Chao Lang, Jacob A. LaNasa, Nyalaliska Utomo, Yifan Xu, Melissa J. Nelson, Woochul Song, Michael A. Hickner, Ralph H. Colby, Manish Kumar*, Robert J. Hickey*

Nat. Comm. 2019, 10:3855


16. Biomimetic separation of transport and matrix functions in lamellar block copolymer channel-based membranes

Chao Lang, Dan Ye, Woochul Song, Chenhao Yao, Yu-ming Tu, Clara Capparelli, Jacob. A. LaNasa, Michael A. Hickner, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Robert J. Hickey*, Manish Kumar*

ACS Nano 2019, 13, 8292-8302



15. Creating cross-linked lamellar block copolymer supporting layers for biomimetic membranes

Chao Lang, Yue-xiao Shen, Jacob A. LaNasa, Dan Ye, Woochul Song, Tawanda J. Zimudzi, Michael A. Hickner, Enrique D. Gomez, Esther W. Gomez, Manish Kumar*, Robert J. Hickey*

Faraday Discuss. 2018, 209, 179-191



14. Design considerations for artificial water channel–based membranes

Woochul Song, Chao Lang, Yue-xiao Shen, Manish Kumar*

Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 2018, 48, 57-82



13. Unique selectivity trends of highly permeable PAP[5] water channel membranes

Woochul Song, Yue-xiao Shen, Chao Lang, Prantik Saha, Iryna V. Zenyuk, Robert J. Hickey, Manish Kumar*

Faraday Discuss. 2018, 209, 193-204




12. Achieving high permeability and enhanced selectivity for Angstrom-scale separations using artificial water channel membranes

Yue-xiao Shen, Woochul Song, D. Ryan Barden, Tingwei Ren, Chao Lang, Hasin Feroz, Codey B. Henderson, Patrick O. Saboe, Daniel Tsai, Hengjing Yan, Peter J Butler, Guillermo C. Bazan, William A. Phillip, Robert J. Hickey, Paul S. Cremer, Harish Vashisth, Manish Kumar*

Nat. Commun. 2018, 9: 2294



11. Highly selective artificial potassium ion channels constructed from pore-containing helical oligomers

Chao Lang, Xiaoli Deng, Feihu Yang, Bing Yang, Wei Wang, Shuaiwei Qi, Xin Zhang, Chenyang Zhang, Zeyuan Dong*, Junqiu Liu*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12668-12671



10. Semithiobambus[6]uril is a transmembrane anion transporter

Chao Lang, Amar Mohite, Xiaoli Deng, Feihu Yang, Zeyuan Dong, Jiayun Xu, Junqiu Liu*, Ehud Keinan*, Ofer Reany*

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 7557-7560



9. Enzyme-regulated fast self-healing of a pillararene-based hydrogel

Xin Zhang, Jiayun Xu, Chao Lang, Shanpeng Qiao, Guo An, Xiaotong Fan, Linlu Zhao, Chunxi Hou, Junqiu Liu*

Biomacromolecules 2017, 18, 1885-1892




8. Biomimetic transmembrane channels with high stability and transporting efficiency designed by helically folded macromolecules

Chao Lang, Wenfang Li, Zeyuan Dong*, Xin Zhang, Feihu Yang, Bing Yang, Xiaoli Deng, Chenyang Zhang, Jiayun Xu, Junqiu Liu*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9723-9727



7. Selenium-containing organic nanoparticles as silent precursors for ultra-sensitive thiol-responsive transmembrane anion transport

Chao Lang, Xin Zhang, Zeyuan Dong, Quan Luo, Shanpeng Qiao, Zupeng Huang, Xiaotong Fan, Jiayun Xu, Junqiu Liu*

Nanoscale 2016, 8, 2960-2966




6. Metal induced self-assembly of designed V-shape protein into 2D wavy supramolecular nanostructure

Shanpeng Qiao, Chao Lang, Ruidi Wang, Xiumei Li, Tengfei Yan, Tiezheng Pan, Linlu Zhao, Xiaotong Fan, Xin Zhang, Chunxi Hou, Quan Luo, Jiayun Xu, Junqiu Liu*

Nanoscale 2016, 8, 333-341



5. Construction of supramolecular polymer by enzyme-triggered covalent condensation of CB[8]-FGG-based supramonomer

Zupeng Huang, Yu Fang, Quan Luo, Shengda Liu, Guo An, Chunxi Hou, Chao Lang, Jiayun Xu, Zeyuan Dong*, Junqiu Liu*

Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 2083-2086




4. Powerful bipodal anion transporters based on scaffolds that contain different chalcogens

Chao Lang, Xin Zhang, Quan Luo, Zeyuan Dong, Jiayun Xu, Junqiu Liu*

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 6458–6465




3. Construction of a novel guest biomimetic glutathione peroxidase with solvent-dependent catalytic behavior by incorporating the active center into adamantyl molecule

Yanzhen Yin, Chao Lang, Xiaoxi Hu, Zhongfeng Shi, Yun Wang, Shufei Jiao*, Chengxiang Cai, Junqiu Liu

Russ. J. Bioorg. Chem. 2014, 40, 162-169


2. A Supramolecular microgel glutathione peroxidase mimic with temperature responsive activity

Yanzhen Yin*, Shufei Jiao*, Chao Lang, Junqiu Liu

Soft Matter 2014, 10, 3374-3385


1. A smart artificial glutathione peroxidase with temperature responsive activity constructed by host–guest interaction and self-assembly

Yanzhen Yin*, Shufei Jiao, Chao Lang, Junqiu Liu*

RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 25040-25050