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Overview

Jian R. Lu is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. The scientist's work spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. They have contributed extensively to research fields that include molecular biology, organic chemistry, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, and microbiology.

The research topics covered by Jian R. Lu focus on several specialized areas. These include antimicrobial peptides and their activities, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, polydiacetylene-based materials and their applications, chemical synthesis and analysis, lipid membrane structure and behavior, protein purification and stability, and antimicrobial agents and their applications.

Jian R. Lu has published numerous papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • A technical review of face mask wearing in preventing respiratory COVID-19 transmission, 2021, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • 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
  • Ordered planar plating/stripping enables deep cycling zinc metal batteries, 2024, Science Advances
  • Understanding the Stabilizing Effect of Histidine on mAb Aggregation: A Molecular Dynamics Study, 2022, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Frequent collaborators of Jian R. Lu include Xuzhi Hu, Mingrui Liao, Hai Xu, Zongyi Li, and Jiqian Wang. These coauthors have contributed significantly to the body of work with multiple joint publications.

The scientist's research has been published predominantly in several key venues:

  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Small

Jian R. Lu's work intersects strongly with practical and experimental aspects of molecular and materials sciences. Their publications reveal an interest in both fundamental molecular interactions and applied material functionalities, emphasizing peptides' roles in antimicrobial mechanisms and the behavior of lipid membranes.

Best Publications

  • Molecular self-assembly and applications of designer peptide amphiphiles

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

  • Surfactant layers at the air/water interface: structure and composition.

    J.R. Lu;R.K. Thomas;J. Penfold

  • Membrane targeting cationic antimicrobial peptides

    Daniela Ciumac;Haoning Gong;Xuzhi Hu;Jian Ren Lu

  • Adsorption of Dodecyl Sulfate Surfactants with Monovalent Metal Counterions at the Air-Water Interface Studied by Neutron Reflection and Surface Tension

    Jian Ren Lu;Adrian Marrocco;Tsueu Ju Su;Robert K. Thomas

  • Strategies for enhancing fermentative production of acetoin: a review.

    Zijun Xiao;Jian R. Lu

  • Precise particle tracking against a complicated background: polynomial fitting with Gaussian weight

    Salman S Rogers;Thomas A Waigh;Xiubo Zhao;Jian R Lu

  • 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

  • THE CONFORMATIONAL STRUCTURE OF BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN LAYERS ADSORBED AT THE SILICA-WATER INTERFACE

    T. J. Su and;J.R. Lu;R. K. Thomas;Z. F. Cui

  • A technical review of face mask wearing in preventing respiratory COVID-19 transmission

    Mingrui Liao;Huayang Liu;Xi Wang;Xuzhi Hu

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

    Meiwen Cao;Yu Wang;Xuzhi Hu;Haoning Gong

  • The Effect of Solution pH on the Structure of Lysozyme Layers Adsorbed at the Silica−Water Interface Studied by Neutron Reflection

    T. J. Su and;J. R. Lu;R. K. Thomas;Z. F. Cui

  • The Adsorption of Lysozyme at the Silica–Water Interface: A Neutron Reflection Study☆

    Tsueu Ju Su;Jian Ren Lu;Robert K. Thomas;Zhan Feng Cui

  • The Denaturation of Lysozyme Layers Adsorbed at the Hydrophobic Solid/Liquid Surface Studied by Neutron Reflection

    J.R. Lu;T.J. Su;P.N. Thirtle;R.K. Thomas

  • Comparison of neutron reflection and surface tension measurements of the surface excess of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide layers at the air/water interface

    E. A. Simister;R. K. Thomas;J. Penfold;R. Aveyard

  • 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

  • Effect of pH on the adsorption of bovine serum albumin at the silica/water interface studied by neutron reflection

    T. J. Su;J. R. Lu;R. K. Thomas;Z. F. Cui

  • Structural conformation of lysozyme layers at the air/water interface studied by neutron reflection

    J. R. Lu;T. J. Su;R. K. Thomas;J. Penfold

  • Generation of Acetoin and Its Derivatives in Foods

    Zijun Xiao;Jian R. Lu

  • NEUTRON REFLECTION FROM WET INTERFACES

    J. R. Lu;R. K. Thomas

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

    Hai Xu;Jing Wang;Shuyi Han;Jiqian Wang

  • The Reduced Adsorption of Proteins at the Phosphoryl Choline Incorporated Polymer−Water Interface

    E. F. Murphy;J. R. Lu;J. Brewer;J. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Hai Xu
Hai Xu China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Jeffrey Penfold
Jeffrey Penfold Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Jikui Luo
Jikui Luo Zhejiang University
Andrew J. Flewitt
Andrew J. Flewitt University of Cambridge
William I. Milne
William I. Milne University of Cambridge
Sarah E. Rogers
Sarah E. Rogers Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Kai Tao
Kai Tao Northwestern Polytechnical University
Zhanfeng Cui
Zhanfeng Cui University of Oxford
David E. Williams
David E. Williams University of Auckland
Bernard P. Binks
Bernard P. Binks University of Hull

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