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Hai Xu is affiliated with the China University of Petroleum, Beijing, in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Within these broad areas, their work delves into several specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, Microbiology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main research topics focus on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Hai Xu has contributed to a range of scientific publications. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Langmuir
  • Small
  • ACS Nano

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hai Xu are:

  • Remote Control of Energy Transformation-Based Cancer Imaging and Therapy, 2024, Advanced Materials
  • Surfactant-like peptides: From molecular design to controllable self-assembly with applications, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Structural Disruptions of the Outer Membranes of Gram-Negative Bacteria by Rationally Designed Amphiphilic Antimicrobial Peptides, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Dual Mode of Anti-Biofilm Action of G3 against Streptococcus mutans, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • How do Self-Assembling Antimicrobial Lipopeptides Kill Bacteria?, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Hai Xu frequently collaborates with other researchers including:

  • Jiqian Wang
  • Yurong Zhao
  • Jian R. Lu
  • Xuzhi Hu
  • Dong Wang

Best Publications

  • Molecular self-assembly and applications of designer peptide amphiphiles

    Xiubo Zhao;Xiubo Zhao;Fang Pan;Hai Xu;Hai Xu;Mohammed Yaseen

  • Antibacterial Activities of Short Designer Peptides: a Link between Propensity for Nanostructuring and Capacity for Membrane Destabilization

    Cuixia Chen;Fang Pan;Shengzhong Zhang;Jing Hu

  • Reversible Thermoresponsive Peptide-PNIPAM Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Delivery.

    Meiwen Cao;Yu Wang;Xuzhi Hu;Haoning Gong

  • Porous nanotubes of Co3O4: Synthesis, characterization, and magnetic properties

    R. M. Wang;C. M. Liu;H. Z. Zhang;C. P. Chen

  • Self-Assembly of Short Peptide Amphiphiles: The Cooperative Effect of Hydrophobic Interaction and Hydrogen Bonding

    Shuyi Han;Sasa Cao;Yuming Wang;Jiqian Wang

  • Left or Right: How Does Amino Acid Chirality Affect the Handedness of Nanostructures Self-Assembled from Short Amphiphilic Peptides?

    Meng Wang;Peng Zhou;Jiqian Wang;Yurong Zhao

  • Hydrophobic-region-induced transitions in self-assembled peptide nanostructures.

    Hai Xu;Jing Wang;Shuyi Han;Jiqian Wang

  • Tuning the self-assembly of short peptides via sequence variations

    Yurong Zhao;Jiqian Wang;Li Deng;Li Deng;Peng Zhou

  • Effect of surface packing density of interfacially adsorbed monoclonal antibody on the binding of hormonal antigen human chorionic gonadotrophin.

    Hai Xu;Jian R. Lu;David E. Williams

  • Self-assembly of short aβ(16-22) peptides: effect of terminal capping and the role of electrostatic interaction.

    Kai Tao;Jiqian Wang;Peng Zhou;Chengdong Wang

  • Designed antimicrobial and antitumor peptides with high selectivity.

    Jing Hu;Cuixia Chen;Shengzhong Zhang;Xichen Zhao

  • Twisted Nanotubes Formed from Ultrashort Amphiphilic Peptide I3K and Their Templating for the Fabrication of Silica Nanotubes

    Hai Xu;Yuming Wang;Xin Ge;Shuyi Han

  • Orientation of a monoclonal antibody adsorbed at the solid/solution interface: a combined study using atomic force microscopy and neutron reflectivity.

    Hai Xu;Xiubo Zhao;Colin Grant;Jian R. Lu

  • Role of ovalbumin in the stabilization of metastable vaterite in calcium carbonate biomineralization.

    Xiaoqiang Wang;Rui Kong;Xiaoxiao Pan;Hai Xu

  • Nanoribbons self-assembled from short peptides demonstrate the formation of polar zippers between β sheets

    Meng Wang;Jiqian Wang;Peng Zhou;Jing Deng

  • Molecular mechanisms of anticancer action and cell selectivity of short α-helical peptides

    Cuixia Chen;Jing Hu;Ping Zeng;Fang Pan

  • Surfactant-like peptides: from molecular design to controllable self-assembly with applications

    Jie Li;Jiqian Wang;Yurong Zhao;Peng Zhou

  • Immobilization of lipases on alkyl silane modified magnetic nanoparticles: effect of alkyl chain length on enzyme activity.

    Jiqian Wang;Gang Meng;Kai Tao;Min Feng

  • Molecular mechanisms of antibacterial and antitumor actions of designed surfactant-like peptides.

    Cuixia Chen;Jing Hu;Shengzhong Zhang;Peng Zhou

  • Enzymatic Regulation of Self-Assembling Peptide A9K2 Nanostructures and Hydrogelation with Highly Selective Antibacterial Activities

    Jingkun Bai;Cuixia Chen;Jingxin Wang;Yu Zhang

  • Dynamic adsorption of monoclonal antibody layers on hydrophilic silica surface: a combined study by spectroscopic ellipsometry and AFM.

    Xiaoqiang Wang;Yuming Wang;Hai Xu;Honghong Shan

  • Mechanistic Processes Underlying Biomimetic Synthesis of Silica Nanotubes from Self-Assembled Ultrashort Peptide Templates

    Shengjie Wang;Xin Ge;Junyi Xue;Haiming Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian R. Lu
Jian R. Lu University of Manchester
Kai Tao
Kai Tao Northwestern Polytechnical University
Sarah E. Rogers
Sarah E. Rogers Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Yilin Wang
Yilin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingcheng Hao
Jingcheng Hao Shandong University
Frances Separovic
Frances Separovic University of Melbourne
Andrew J. McBain
Andrew J. McBain University of Manchester
David E. Williams
David E. Williams University of Auckland
Frieder Jäkle
Frieder Jäkle Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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