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Donghui Zhang is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as materials science. Zhang's work integrates molecular biology, biomaterials, organic chemistry, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering as key subfields.

Their research is notably concentrated on several core topics including supramolecular self-assembly in materials, chemical synthesis and analysis, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, polymer surface interaction studies, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and 3D printing in biomedical research.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Zhang's notable coauthors include Meng Zhang, Tianyi Yu, Naisheng Jiang, Bailee N. Barrett, and Vijay T. John. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse body of work within their research areas.

The scientist has contributed publications to several prominent scientific journals, with a particular concentration in Macromolecules where they have seven papers. Other venues include Biomacromolecules with three publications, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and ACS Environmental Au.

Significant recent publications by Donghui Zhang include:

  • "Modulating the Molecular Geometry and Solution Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Polypeptoid Block Copolymers by Side Chain Branching Pattern," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Gadolinium-doped carbon quantum dots loaded magnetite nanoparticles as a bimodal nanoprobe for both fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging," 2020, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • "Effects of Weathering on Microplastic Dispersibility and Pollutant Uptake Capacity," 2022, ACS Environmental Au
  • "Melt-electrowriting-enabled anisotropic scaffolds loaded with valve interstitial cells for heart valve tissue Engineering," 2024, Journal of Nanobiotechnology
  • "Cyclic Topology Enhancing Structural Ordering and Stability of Comb-Shaped Polypeptoid Thin Films against Melt-Induced Dewetting," 2020, Macromolecules

Best Publications

  • Attaching Proteins to Carbon Nanotubes via Diimide-Activated Amidation

    Weijie Huang;Shelby Taylor;Kefu Fu;Yi Lin

  • Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks Based on Degenerative Imine Bond Exchange: Tuning the Malleability and Self-Healing Properties by Solvent

    Albert Chao;Ioan Negulescu;Donghui Zhang

  • Poly(L-lactide) (PLLA)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite: characterization and biocompatibility evaluation.

    Donghui Zhang;Madhuvanthi A. Kandadai;Jiri Cech;Siegmar Roth

  • Cyclic Poly(α-peptoid)s and Their Block Copolymers from N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Ring-Opening Polymerizations of N-Substituted N-Carboxylanhydrides

    Li Guo;Donghui Zhang

  • Formation of Tellurium Nanocrystals during Anaerobic Growth of Bacteria That Use Te Oxyanions as Respiratory Electron Acceptors

    Shaun M. Baesman;Thomas D. Bullen;James Dewald;Donghui Zhang

  • Functionalization of multi‐walled carbon nanotubes: Direct proof of sidewall thiolation

    Jiří Čech;Seamus A. Curran;Donghui Zhang;James L. Dewald

  • Impact of Antifouling PEG Layer on the Performance of Functional Peptides in Regulating Cell Behaviors.

    Qi Chen;Shan Yu;Donghui Zhang;Wenjing Zhang

  • Polypeptoid Materials: Current Status and Future Perspectives

    Donghui Zhang;Samuel H. Lahasky;Li Guo;Chang-Uk Lee

  • Dealing with the Foreign-Body Response to Implanted Biomaterials: Strategies and Applications of New Materials

    Donghui Zhang;Qi Chen;Chao Shi;Minzhang Chen

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Zwitterionic Polymerization of N-Substituted N-Carboxyanhydrides toward Poly(α-peptoid)s: Kinetic, Mechanism, and Architectural Control

    Li Guo;Samuel H. Lahasky;Kushal Ghale;Donghui Zhang

  • General Route toward Side-Chain-Functionalized α-Helical Polypeptides

    Haoyu Tang;Donghui Zhang

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclic Brush-Like Polymers by N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Zwitterionic Polymerization of N-Propargyl N-Carboxyanhydride and the Grafting-to Approach

    Samuel H. Lahasky;Wilson K. Serem;Li Guo;Jayne C. Garno

  • Thermoresponsive Poly(α-peptoid)s: Tuning the Cloud Point Temperatures by Composition and Architecture

    Samuel H. Lahasky;Xiaoke Hu;Donghui Zhang

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Amphiphilic Cyclic Diblock Copolypeptoids from N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Zwitterionic Polymerization of N-Substituted N-carboxyanhydride.

    Chang-Uk Lee;Thomas P. Smart;Li Guo;Thomas H. Epps

  • Catalytic polymerization of a cyclic ester derived from a "cool" natural precursor

    Donghui Zhang;Marc A. Hillmyer;William B. Tolman

  • Polypeptoid polymers: Synthesis, characterization, and properties

    Brandon A. Chan;Sunting Xuan;Ang Li;Jessica M. Simpson

  • Core-Shell Molecular Bottlebrushes with Helical Polypeptide Backbone: Synthesis, Characterization, and Solution Conformations

    Haoyu Tang;Yuanchao Li;Samuel H. Lahasky;Sergei S. Sheiko

  • Bacterial proliferation on clay nanotube Pickering emulsions for oil spill bioremediation.

    Abhishek Panchal;Lauren T. Swientoniewski;Marzhana Omarova;Tianyi Yu

  • Crystallization and Melting Behaviors of Cyclic and Linear Polypeptoids with Alkyl Side Chains

    Chang-Uk Lee;Ang Li;Kushal Ghale;Donghui Zhang

  • Solution Self-Assemblies of Sequence-Defined Ionic Peptoid Block Copolymers

    Garrett L. Sternhagen;Sudipta Gupta;Yueheng Zhang;Vijay John

  • Thermoreversible and Injectable ABC Polypeptoid Hydrogels: Controlling the Hydrogel Properties through Molecular Design

    Sunting Xuan;Chang Uk Lee;Cong Chen;Andrew B. Doyle

  • A New Synthetic Route to Poly[3-hydroxypropionic acid] (P[3-HP]): Ring-Opening Polymerization of 3-HP Macrocyclic Esters

    Donghui Zhang;Marc A. Hillmyer;William B. Tolman

  • Top-Down Multidimensional Mass Spectrometry Methods for Synthetic Polymer Analysis

    Xiaopeng Li;Li Guo;Madalis Casiano-Maldonado;Donghui Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Vijay T. John
Vijay T. John Tulane University
Yuri Lvov
Yuri Lvov Louisiana Tech University
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota
Siegmar Roth
Siegmar Roth Wake Forest University
David L. Carroll
David L. Carroll Wake Forest University
William B. Tolman
William B. Tolman Washington University in St. Louis
Rawil F. Fakhrullin
Rawil F. Fakhrullin Kazan Federal University
Jeremy M. Smith
Jeremy M. Smith Indiana University
Werner J. Blau
Werner J. Blau Trinity College Dublin
Ruipeng Li
Ruipeng Li Brookhaven National Laboratory

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