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Overview

Wei Zhang is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work focuses on various subfields including Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist has contributed to studies on multiple key research topics, notably:

  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Wei Zhang's publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • "Polyurethane as high-functionality crosslinker for constructing thermally driven dual-crosslinking plant protein adhesion system with integrated strength and ductility," 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Anti-freezing, water-retaining, conductive, and strain-sensitive hemicellulose/polypyrrole composite hydrogels for flexible sensors," 2021, Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • "Development of soy protein-based adhesive with high water resistance and bonding strength by waterborne epoxy crosslinking strategy," 2020, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives
  • "Facile fabrication of tough, strong, and biodegradable soy protein-based composite films with excellent UV-blocking performance," 2021, Composites Part B Engineering
  • "Preparation of PP non-woven fabric with good heavy metal adsorption performance via plasma modification and graft polymerization," 2020, Applied Surface Science

The scientist has also frequently published in venues including:

  • Composites Part B Engineering
  • Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
  • Polymers
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Materials Research and Technology

Among Wei Zhang's frequent co-authors are:

  • Jianzhang Li
  • Shujun Zhao
  • Huiwen Pang
  • Sheldon Q. Shi
  • Yanming Han

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Daniel C. Koboldt;Robert S. Fulton;Michael D. McLellan;Heather Schmidt

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • The cancer genome atlas pan-cancer analysis project

    John N Weinstein;John N Weinstein;Eric A. Collisson;Gordon B Mills;Kenna R Mills Shaw;Kenna R Mills Shaw

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Donna M. Muzny;Matthew N. Bainbridge;Kyle Chang;Huyen H. Dinh

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma

    Cameron W. Brennan;Roel G W Verhaak;Aaron McKenna;Benito Campos

  • Integrated genomic characterization of endometrial carcinoma

    Gad Getz;Stacey B. Gabriel;Kristian Cibulskis;Eric Lander

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of urothelial bladder carcinoma

    John N Weinstein;Rehan Akbani;Bradley McIntosh Broom;Wenyi Wang

  • Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma

    Rehan Akbani;Kadir C. Akdemir;B. Arman Aksoy;Monique Albert

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

    Nishant Agrawal;Rehan Akbani;B. Arman Aksoy;Adrian Ally

  • Tumor stem cells derived from glioblastomas cultured in bFGF and EGF more closely mirror the phenotype and genotype of primary tumors than do serum-cultured cell lines.

    Jeongwu Lee;Svetlana Kotliarova;Yuri Kotliarov;Aiguo Li

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive and Integrative Genomic Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Adrian Ally;Miruna Balasundaram;Rebecca Carlsen;Eric Chuah

  • Dynamic Imaging of Genomic Loci in Living Human Cells by an Optimized CRISPR/Cas System

    Baohui Chen;Luke A. Gilbert;Beth A. Cimini;Joerg Schnitzbauer

  • Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

    Liuqing Yang;Chunru Lin;Chunyu Jin;Joy C. Yang

  • Probabilistic Boolean networks: a rule-based uncertainty model for gene regulatory networks

    Ilya Shmulevich;Edward R. Dougherty;Seungchan Kim;Wei Zhang

  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project

    Kyle Chang;Chad J Creighton;Caleb Davis;Lawrence Donehower

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

  • The somatic genomic landscape of glioblastoma

    Cameron W. Brennan;Roel G. W. Verhaak;Aaron Mckenna;Benito Campos

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory N. Fuller
Gregory N. Fuller The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ilya Shmulevich
Ilya Shmulevich Institute for Systems Biology
Stanley R. Hamilton
Stanley R. Hamilton City Of Hope National Medical Center
Anil K. Sood
Anil K. Sood The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Albert B. Deisseroth
Albert B. Deisseroth US Food and Drug Administration
George A. Calin
George A. Calin The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kenneth R. Hess
Kenneth R. Hess The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Michael Andreeff
Michael Andreeff The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Russell Broaddus
Russell Broaddus University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Qingyi Wei
Qingyi Wei Duke University

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