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Overview

Xu Hou is affiliated with Xiamen University in China and has a significant body of research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas with notable focus on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, Membrane Separation Technologies, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, Micro and Nano Robotics, and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods.

Xu Hou has contributed to a variety of research papers in prominent venues. Recent publications include:

  • Structure development of carbon-based solar-driven water evaporation systems (2021) in Science Bulletin
  • Bioinspired nanofluidic iontronics (2021) in Science
  • Anomalies of Ionic/Molecular Transport in Nano and Sub-Nano Confinement (2020) in Nano Letters
  • Liquid-based porous membranes (2020) in Chemical Society Reviews
  • Tannic acid modified single nanopore with multivalent metal ions recognition and ultra-trace level detection (2020) in Nano Today

The most frequent coauthors working with Xu Hou include Yaqi Hou, Miao Wang, Yunmao Zhang, Shuli Wang, and Yi Fan. These collaborations have been sustained over multiple publications, suggesting active partnerships in research efforts.

Xu Hou's research output is often published in respected journals and conference venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Chinese Chemical Letters
  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Nano
  • Nano Research
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Biomimetic Smart Nanopores and Nanochannels

    Xu Hou;Wei Guo;Lei Jiang

  • Fluid-based gating mechanism with tunable multiphase selectivity and antifouling behavior

    Joanna Aizenberg;Xu Hou;Mughees Khan;Alexander Tesler

  • Interplay between materials and microfluidics

    Xu Hou;Xu Hou;Yu Shrike Zhang;Grissel Trujillo De Santiago;Grissel Trujillo De Santiago;Mario Moises Alvarez

  • A Biomimetic Potassium Responsive Nanochannel: G-Quadruplex DNA Conformational Switching in a Synthetic Nanopore

    Xu Hou;Wei Guo;Fan Xia;Fu-Qiang Nie

  • Gating of Single Synthetic Nanopores by Proton-Driven DNA Molecular Motors

    Fan Xia;Wei Guo;Youdong Mao;Xu Hou

  • Digitally Tunable Microfluidic Bioprinting of Multilayered Cannular Tissues.

    Qingmeng Pi;Qingmeng Pi;Qingmeng Pi;Sushila Maharjan;Sushila Maharjan;Xiang Yan;Xiao Liu;Xiao Liu;Xiao Liu

  • Bioinspired artificial single ion pump.

    Huacheng Zhang;Xu Hou;Lu Zeng;Fu Yang

  • Building Bio-Inspired Artificial Functional Nanochannels: From Symmetric to Asymmetric Modification

    Xu Hou;Huacheng Zhang;Lei Jiang

  • Smart Gating Multi-Scale Pore/Channel-Based Membranes.

    Xu Hou

  • A biomimetic asymmetric responsive single nanochannel.

    Xu Hou;Fu Yang;Lin Li;Yanlin Song

  • Enantioselective Recognition in Biomimetic Single Artificial Nanochannels

    Cuiping Han;Xu Hou;Huacheng Zhang;Wei Guo

  • Learning from nature: building bio-inspired smart nanochannels.

    Xu Hou;Lei Jiang

  • Stability of Surface-Immobilized Lubricant Interfaces under Flow

    Caitlin Howell;Caitlin Howell;Thy L. Vu;Thy L. Vu;Christopher Johnson;Xu Hou;Xu Hou

  • A pH‐Gating Ionic Transport Nanodevice: Asymmetric Chemical Modification of Single Nanochannels

    Xu Hou;Yujie Liu;Hua Dong;Fu Yang

  • Current Rectification in Temperature-Responsive Single Nanopores

    Wei Guo;Wei Guo;Hongwei Xia;Fan Xia;Xu Hou

  • Fatigue-Free Aurivillius Phase Ferroelectric Thin Films with Ultrahigh Energy Storage Performance

    Zhongbin Pan;Peng Wang;Peng Wang;Xu Hou;Lingmin Yao

  • Bioinspired nanofluidic iontronics.

    Yaqi Hou;Xu Hou

  • Energy storage properties of bismuth ferrite based ternary relaxor ferroelectric ceramics through a viscous polymer process

    Gang Liu;Gang Liu;Mingyang Tang;Xu Hou;Biao Guo

  • Light and pH Cooperative Nanofluidic Diode Using a Spiropyran-Functionalized Single Nanochannel

    Minghui Zhang;Xu Hou;Jingtao Wang;Ye Tian

  • Fine-grain induced outstanding energy storage performance in novel Bi0.5K0.5TiO3–Ba(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 ceramics via a hot-pressing strategy

    Feng Li;Feng Li;Xu Hou;Tianyu Li;Renjun Si

  • A biomimetic zinc activated ion channel

    Ye Tian;Xu Hou;Liping Wen;Wei Guo;Wei Guo

Frequent Co-Authors

Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yu Shrike Zhang
Yu Shrike Zhang Harvard Medical School
Joanna Aizenberg
Joanna Aizenberg Harvard University
Ali Khademhosseini
Ali Khademhosseini Terasaki Foundation
Ye Tian
Ye Tian Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiangwen Zhang
Xiangwen Zhang Tianjin University
Huacheng Zhang
Huacheng Zhang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Roberto Parra-Saldivar
Roberto Parra-Saldivar Cranfield University
Huaping Wu
Huaping Wu Zhejiang University of Technology
Yanlin Song
Yanlin Song Chinese Academy of Sciences

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