publications

25papers2010–2026

P. J. Walker†, A. Venkatachalam†‡, S. Varner†, B. Zhuang*, Z.-G. Wang*
Stockmayer fluid with a shifted dipole. I. Bulk behavior & II. Interfacial behavior
Journal of Chemical Physics, 164 (2026)
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M. Li, M. Ruths, B. Zhuang*, J. Yu*
Synergistic Regulation of Polyelectrolyte Brush Conformations by Solvent Quality and Trivalent Ions
Giant, 24, 100363 (2025)
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Y. Liu†, Y. He†, J. Tong†, S. Guo, X. Zhang, Z. Luo, L. Sun, C. Chang*, B. Zhuang*, X. Liu*
Solvent-mediated analgesia via the suppression of water permeation through TRPV1 ion channels
Nature Biomedical Engineering, 9, 905–916 (2024)
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M. Li, X. Xu, S. Yasar‡, H. A. Klok, B. Zhuang*, J. Yu*
Ion Adsorption Enhances Apparent Nonelectrostatic Attraction between Monomers in Polyelectrolyte Brushes
Macromolecules, 57, 3026–3036 (2024)
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F. E. Maturi, R. S. Raposo Filho, C. D. S. Brites, J. Fan, R. He, B. Zhuang, X. Liu, L. D. Carlos
Deciphering Density Fluctuations in the Hydration Water of Brownian Nanoparticles via Upconversion Thermometry
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15, 2606–2615 (2024)
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J. Tong, X. Liang*, N. von Solms, F. Huo*, B. Zhuang*
Ion Correlations in Quaternary Ionic Liquids Electrolytes
Journal of Physics: Materials, 7, 025006 (2024)
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V. Mesilov*, B. Zhuang*, S. Xi, S. L. Bernasek
Poisoning of Copper Chabazite Catalyst by Biodiesel Metal Contaminants
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, 11490–11505 (2023)
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M. Li, B. Zhuang*, J. Yu*
Effects of Ion Valency on Polyelectrolyte Brushes: A Unified Theory
Macromolecules, 55, 10450–10456 (2022)
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B. Mei, B. Zhuang, Y. Lu, L. An, Z.-G. Wang
Local-Average Free Volume Correlates with Dynamics in Glass Formers
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13, 3957 (2022)
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M. Li, B. Zhuang*, J. Yu*
Sequence-conformation relationship of zwitterionic peptide brushes: theory and simulations
Macromolecules, 54, 9565–9576 (2021)
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M. Li†, B. Zhuang†, Y. Lu, L. An, Z.-G. Wang
Salt-Induced Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 773 (2021)
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B. Zhuang*, G. Ramanauskaite‡, Z. Y. Koa‡, Z.-G. Wang*
Like dissolves like: a first-principles theory for predicting liquid miscibility and mixture dielectric constant
Science Advances, 7, eabe7275 (2021)
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D. S. Brites†, B. Zhuang†*, M. L. Debasu, D. Ding, X. Qin, F. E. Maturi, W. W. Y. Lim‡, D. W. Soh, J. Rocha, Z. Yi, X. Liu*, L. D. Carlos*
Decoding a percolation phase transition of water at ~330 K with a nanoparticle ruler
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11, 4704 (2020)
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M. Li, B. Zhuang*, J. Yu*
Functional zwitterionic polymers on surface: structures and applications
Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 15, 1 (2020)
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S. Chen, M. Yang, B. Liu, M. Xu, T. Zhang, B. Zhuang, D. Ding, X. Huai, H. Zhang
Enhanced thermal conductance at the graphene–water interface based on functionalized alkane chains
RSC Advances, 9, 4563 (2019)
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B. Zhuang, Z.-G. Wang
Statistical field theory for polar fluids
Journal of Chemical Physics, 149, 124108 (2018)
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M. Li, B. Zhuang, L. An, Y. Lu, Z.-G. Wang
Accurate determination of ion polarizabilities in aqueous solutions
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121, 6416 (2017)
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B. Zhuang, Z.-G. Wang
Molecularly-based theory for electron-transfer reorganization energy in solvent mixtures
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120, 6373 (2016)
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B. Zhuang, Z.-G. Wang
A molecularly based theory for electron transfer reorganization energy
Journal of Chemical Physics, 143, 224502 (2015)
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N. An†, B. Zhuang†, M. Li, Y. Lu, Z.-G. Wang
Combined theoretical and experimental study of refractive indices of water-acetonitrile-salt systems
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119, 10701 (2015)
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B. Zhuang, Z.-G. Wang
Anomalous concentration effects on phase behavior and nematic order in mixtures of side-chain liquid crystal polymers
Macromolecules, 45, 6220 (2012)
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B. Zhuang, C. Lannert
Small-network approximations for geometrically frustrated Ising systems
Physical Review E, 85, 031107 (2012)
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R. Sbiaa, Z. Bilin, M. Ranjba, H. K. Tan, S. J. Wong, S. N. Piramanayagam, T. C. Chong
Effect of magnetostatic energy on domain structure and magnetization reversal in (Co/Pd) multilayers
Journal of Applied Physics, 107, 103901 (2010)
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J. Heller, H. Elgabarty, B. Zhuang, D. Sebastiani, D. Hinderberger
Solvation of small disulfonate anions in water/methanol mixtures characterized by high-field pulse electron nuclear double resonance and MD simulations
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114, 7429 (2010)
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