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Overview

Yanfeng Zhang is affiliated with Xi'an Jiaotong University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research spans multiple subfields including polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, organic chemistry, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's primary topics of work include:

  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials
  • Electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Advanced materials and mechanics
  • Luminescence and fluorescent materials
  • Perovskite materials and applications

Yanfeng Zhang has published research in a variety of scientific journals and venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Materials
  • Chemistry of Materials

Their recent papers include:

  • Green Tea Derivative Driven Smart Hydrogels with Desired Functions for Chronic Diabetic Wound Treatment, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Extremely Strong and Tough Biodegradable Poly(urethane) Elastomers with Unprecedented Crack Tolerance via Hierarchical Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions, 2023, Advanced Materials
  • Toughening Double-Network Hydrogels by Polyelectrolytes, 2023, Advanced Materials
  • Bioactive skin-mimicking hydrogel band-aids for diabetic wound healing and infectious skin incision treatment, 2021, Bioactive Materials
  • Injectable hydrogels with high drug loading through B-N coordination and ROS-triggered drug release for efficient treatment of chronic periodontitis in diabetic rats, 2022, Biomaterials

Frequent co-authors with whom Zhang has collaborated include:

  • Yilong Cheng
  • Chenhui Cui
  • Yuxuan Yang
  • Zhishen Ge
  • Xiaodan Zhao

Yanfeng Zhang's research work clearly reflects a multidisciplinary approach bridging engineering and materials science, focusing on the development and application of advanced materials such as hydrogels, biodegradable elastomers, and polymer composites. Their work on biomedical applications, especially related to wound healing and drug delivery systems, intersects notably with materials chemistry and organic chemistry disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Dynamic urea bond for the design of reversible and self-healing polymers

    Hanze Ying;Yanfeng Zhang;Jianjun Cheng

  • Green Tea Derivative Driven Smart Hydrogels with Desired Functions for Chronic Diabetic Wound Treatment

    Xiaodan Zhao;Dandan Pei;Yuxuan Yang;Kai Xu

  • Malleable and Recyclable Poly(urea-urethane) Thermosets bearing Hindered Urea Bonds.

    Yanfeng Zhang;Yanfeng Zhang;Hanze Ying;Kevin R. Hart;Yuxiao Wu

  • Dimeric drug polymeric nanoparticles with exceptionally high drug loading and quantitative loading efficiency

    Kaimin Cai;Xi He;Xi He;Ziyuan Song;Qian Yin

  • Materials, Designs, and Operational Characteristics for Fully Biodegradable Primary Batteries

    Lan Yin;Xian Huang;Hangxun Xu;Yanfeng Zhang

  • Extremely Strong and Tough Biodegradable Poly(urethane) Elastomers with Unprecedented Crack Tolerance via Hierarchical Hydrogen‐Bonding Interactions

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  • Recent advances in amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides and synthetic polypeptides: chemistry, self-assembly and biological applications

    Hua Lu;Jing Wang;Ziyuan Song;Lichen Yin

  • Toughening Double‐Network Hydrogels by Polyelectrolytes

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  • A composite solid polymer electrolyte incorporating MnO2 nanosheets with reinforced mechanical properties and electrochemical stability for lithium metal batteries

    Yuhan Li;Zongjie Sun;Dongyu Liu;Yiyang Gao

  • Stimuli-Responsive Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymer Micelles with Switchable Catalytic Activity

    Zhishen Ge;Dang Xie;Daoyong Chen;Xiaoze Jiang

  • Injectable hydrogels with high drug loading through B–N coordination and ROS-triggered drug release for efficient treatment of chronic periodontitis in diabetic rats

    Unknown

  • Bioactive skin-mimicking hydrogel band-aids for diabetic wound healing and infectious skin incision treatment

    Yuxuan Yang;Xiaodan Zhao;Jing Yu;Xingxing Chen

  • Extremely Tough, Puncture-Resistant, Transparent, and Photoluminescent Polyurethane Elastomers for Crack Self-Diagnose and Healing Tracking.

    Xingxing Chen;Qianyun Zhong;Chenhui Cui;Li Ma

  • Facile Fabrication of Reversible Core Cross-Linked Micelles Possessing Thermosensitive Swellability

    Jingyan Zhang;Xiaoze Jiang;Yanfeng Zhang;Yuting Li

  • Chain‐Shattering Polymeric Therapeutics with On‐Demand Drug‐Release Capability

    Yanfeng Zhang;Qian Yin;Lichen Yin;Liang Ma

  • Facile preparation of well-defined AB2 Y-shaped miktoarm star polypeptide copolymer via the combination of ring-opening polymerization and click chemistry.

    Jingyi Rao;Yanfeng Zhang;Jingyan Zhang;Shiyong Liu

  • Redox-Responsive, Core Cross-Linked Polyester Micelles

    Zhonghai Zhang;Zhonghai Zhang;Lichen Yin;Chunlai Tu;Ziyuan Song

  • Effect of Chain Length on Cytotoxicity and Endocytosis of Cationic Polymers

    Jinge Cai;Yanan Yue;Deng Rui;Yanfeng Zhang

  • Polythiourethane Covalent Adaptable Networks for Strong and Reworkable Adhesives and Fully Recyclable Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Composites.

    Chenhui Cui;Xingxing Chen;Li Ma;Qianyun Zhong

  • Multi-Responsive Supramolecular Double Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer Driven by Host-Guest Inclusion Complexation between β-Cyclodextrin and Adamantyl Moieties

    Hao Liu;Yanfeng Zhang;Jinming Hu;Changhua Li

  • Suppression of Hepatic Inflammation via Systemic siRNA Delivery by Membrane-Disruptive and Endosomolytic Helical Polypeptide Hybrid Nanoparticles

    Hua He;Nan Zheng;Ziyuan Song;Kyung Hoon Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianjun Cheng
Jianjun Cheng University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shiyong Liu
Shiyong Liu University of Science and Technology of China
Lichen Yin
Lichen Yin Soochow University
Shujiang Ding
Shujiang Ding Xi'an Jiaotong University
Bofeng Bai
Bofeng Bai Xi'an Jiaotong University
Jinming Hu
Jinming Hu University of Science and Technology of China
Der-Jang Liaw
Der-Jang Liaw National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Hangxun Xu
Hangxun Xu University of Science and Technology of China
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Chi Wu
Chi Wu Chinese University of Hong Kong

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