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Overview

Xiaodong Cao is affiliated with the South China University of Technology in China and has a research focus crossing Medicine and Engineering. Their scholarly output includes significant work in Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, and Plant Science.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications

Xiaodong Cao has published multiple papers in journals often selected for disseminating biomedical and engineering research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • Bioactive Materials
  • Composites Part B Engineering

Some of their recent publications are:

  • Microenvironment responsive nanocomposite hydrogel with NIR photothermal therapy, vascularization and anti-inflammation for diabetic infected wound healing (2023, Bioactive Materials)
  • 3D printed silk-gelatin hydrogel scaffold with different porous structure and cell seeding strategy for cartilage regeneration (2021, Bioactive Materials)
  • Microgel assembly: Fabrication, characteristics and application in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (2021, Bioactive Materials)
  • Multifunctional Conductive Hydrogel/Thermochromic Elastomer Hybrid Fibers with a Core-Shell Segmental Configuration for Wearable Strain and Temperature Sensors (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • A shape memory and antibacterial cryogel with rapid hemostasis for noncompressible hemorrhage and wound healing (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)

Xiaodong Cao collaborates frequently with several researchers. Their common coauthors include:

  • Qingtao Li
  • Qi Feng
  • Huichang Gao
  • Zetao Wang
  • Hua Dong

Best Publications

  • Building energy-consumption status worldwide and the state-of-the-art technologies for zero-energy buildings during the past decade

    Xiaodong Cao;Xilei Dai;Junjie Liu

  • New nanocomposite materials reinforced with flax cellulose nanocrystals in waterborne polyurethane.

    Xiaodong Cao;Hua Dong;Chang Ming Li

  • Gold nanoparticle-based signal amplification for biosensing.

    Xiaodong Cao;Yongkang Ye;Songqin Liu

  • Bionanocomposites based on pea starch and cellulose nanowhiskers hydrolyzed from pea hull fibre: Effect of hydrolysis time

    Yun Chen;Yun Chen;Changhua Liu;Peter R. Chang;Xiaodong Cao

  • Morphological, thermal and mechanical properties of ramie crystallites—reinforced plasticized starch biocomposites

    Yongshang Lu;Lihui Weng;Xiaodong Cao

  • Comparative study on the films of poly(vinyl alcohol)/pea starch nanocrystals and poly(vinyl alcohol)/native pea starch

    Yun Chen;Yun Chen;Xiaodong Cao;Peter R. Chang;Michel A. Huneault

  • One-pot polymerization, surface grafting, and processing of waterborne polyurethane-cellulose nanocrystal nanocomposites

    Xiaodong Cao;Youssef Habibi;Lucian A. Lucia

  • Multifunctional Hydrogel with Good Structure Integrity, Self-Healing, and Tissue-Adhesive Property Formed by Combining Diels-Alder Click Reaction and Acylhydrazone Bond.

    Feng Yu;Feng Yu;Xiaodong Cao;Jie Du;Gang Wang

  • Microenvironment responsive nanocomposite hydrogel with NIR photothermal therapy, vascularization and anti-inflammation for diabetic infected wound healing

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  • Effects of cellulose whiskers on properties of soy protein thermoplastics.

    Yixiang Wang;Xiaodong Cao;Lina Zhang

  • Starch-based nanocomposites reinforced with flax cellulose nanocrystals

    X. Cao;Y. Chen;P. R. Chang;A. D. Muir

  • Green composites reinforced with hemp nanocrystals in plasticized starch

    Xiaodong Cao;Yun Chen;Yun Chen;Peter R. Chang;Mark Stumborg

  • The preparation and characterization of polycaprolactone/graphene oxide biocomposite nanofiber scaffolds and their application for directing cell behaviors

    Juqing Song;Huichang Gao;Guanglin Zhu;Xiaodong Cao

  • Biocomposites of plasticized starch reinforced with cellulose crystallites from cottonseed linter.

    Yongshang Lu;Lihui Weng;Xiaodong Cao

  • Versatile Immunosensor Using a Quantum Dot Coated Silica Nanosphere as a Label for Signal Amplification

    Jing Qian;Chunyan Zhang;Xiaodong Cao;Songqin Liu

  • Preparation and Properties of 3D Printed Alginate⁻Chitosan Polyion Complex Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering.

    Qiongqiong Liu;Qingtao Li;Sheng Xu;Qiujian Zheng

  • In Situ Synthesis of Robust Conductive Cellulose/Polypyrrole Composite Aerogels and Their Potential Application in Nerve Regeneration

    Zhuqun Shi;Huichang Gao;Jiao Feng;Beibei Ding

  • The effects of particle size and content on the thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of Al 2 O 3 /high density polyethylene (HDPE) composites

    S. Zhang;X. Y. Cao;Y. M. Ma;Y. C. Ke

  • 3D printed silk-gelatin hydrogel scaffold with different porous structure and cell seeding strategy for cartilage regeneration.

    Qingtao Li;Sheng Xu;Qi Feng;Qiyuan Dai

  • 3D Bioplotting of Gelatin/Alginate Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: Influence of Crosslinking Degree and Pore Architecture on Physicochemical Properties

    Ting Pan;Wenjing Song;Xiaodong Cao;Yingjun Wang

  • Particle image velocimetry measurement of indoor airflow field: A review of the technologies and applications

    Xiaodong Cao;Junjie Liu;Nan Jiang;Qingyan Chen;Qingyan Chen

  • An injectable hyaluronic acid/PEG hydrogel for cartilage tissue engineering formed by integrating enzymatic crosslinking and Diels–Alder “click chemistry”

    Feng Yu;Xiaodong Cao;Yuli Li;Lei Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Yingjun Wang
Yingjun Wang South China University of Technology
Songqin Liu
Songqin Liu Southeast University
Joseph G. Allen
Joseph G. Allen Harvard University
Chuanhui Xu
Chuanhui Xu Guangxi University
John D. Spengler
John D. Spengler Harvard University
Xiaofeng Chen
Xiaofeng Chen Xidian University
Lina Zhang
Lina Zhang Wuhan University
Peter R. Chang
Peter R. Chang Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Chang Ming Li
Chang Ming Li Suzhou University of Science and Technology
Lucian A. Lucia
Lucian A. Lucia North Carolina State University

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