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Yongjun Zhang

Yongjun Zhang

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Materials Science

D-Index
57
Citations
9742
World Ranking
8069
National Ranking
2337

Chemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
8852
World Ranking
12352
National Ranking
1945

Overview

Yongjun Zhang is affiliated with Nankai University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research primarily focuses on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Within these areas, the key topics of their work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Hydrogels (covering synthesis, properties, and applications), Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Analytical Chemistry Methods Development, as well as Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques and Optimization in Machining Processes.

Notable recent publications by Yongjun Zhang illustrate a range of developments in hydrogel materials and wearable sensors. These include:

  • "Peptide-enhanced tough, resilient and adhesive eutectogels for highly reliable strain/pressure sensing under extreme conditions," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Peptide-Crosslinked, Highly Entangled Hydrogels with Excellent Mechanical Properties but Ultra-Low Solid Content," 2023, Advanced Materials
  • "Mechanically strong and on-demand dissoluble chitosan hydrogels for wound dressing applications," 2022, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • "Highly tough, stretchable and resilient hydrogels strengthened with molecular springs and their application as a wearable, flexible sensor," 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Tough, Resilient, Adhesive, and Anti-Freezing Hydrogels Cross-Linked with a Macromolecular Cross-Linker for Wearable Strain Sensors," 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Yongjun Zhang frequently collaborates with several researchers, with frequent coauthors including Ying Guan, Yafei Wang, Zhuo Zhao, Haozheng Wang, and Hongjing Han. These collaborations contribute to the breadth and depth of their research outputs.

Their work is disseminated in various scientific journals and publication venues. Prominent among these are SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Acta Biomaterialia, and Chemical Engineering Journal, where Yongjun Zhang has multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • PNIPAM microgels for biomedical applications: from dispersed particles to 3D assemblies

    Ying Guan;Yongjun Zhang

  • Boronic acid-containing hydrogels: synthesis and their applications

    Ying Guan;Yongjun Zhang

  • Electrochemical behavior of anodized Mg alloy AZ91D in chloride containing aqueous solution

    Yongjun Zhang;Yongjun Zhang;Chuanwei Yan;Fuhui Wang;Wenfang Li

  • Rapid Stress Relaxation and Moderate Temperature of Malleability Enabled by the Synergy of Disulfide Metathesis and Carboxylate Transesterification in Epoxy Vitrimers

    Mao Chen;Lin Zhou;Yeping Wu;Xiuli Zhao

  • Study on the environmentally friendly anodizing of AZ91D magnesium alloy

    Yongjun Zhang;Chuanwei Yan;Fuhui Wang;Hanyi Lou

  • Synthesis and volume phase transitions of glucose-sensitive microgels.

    Yongjun Zhang;Ying Guan;Shuiqin Zhou

  • Facile Creation of a Bionic Super‐Hydrophobic Block Copolymer Surface

    Q. Xie;G. Fan;N. Zhao;X. Guo

  • The Use of Dipyrromethene Ligands in Supramolecular Chemistry

    Yongjun Zhang;Alison Thompson;Steven J. Rettig;David Dolphin

  • Fabrication of Hollow Capsules Based on Hydrogen Bonding

    Yongjun Zhang;Ying Guan;Ying Guan;Shuguang Yang;Jian Xu

  • Enzymatically crosslinked alginate hydrogels with improved adhesion properties

    Junxia Hou;Chong Li;Ying Guan;Yongjun Zhang

  • Polymerized microgel colloidal crystals: photonic hydrogels with tunable band gaps and fast response rates.

    Mao Chen;Lin Zhou;Ying Guan;Yongjun Zhang

  • In situ gelation of P(NIPAM-HEMA) microgel dispersion and its applications as injectable 3D cell scaffold.

    Tiantian Gan;Yongjun Zhang;Ying Guan

  • Corrosion mechanism and model of pulsed DC microarc oxidation treated AZ31 alloy in simulated body fluid

    Yanhong Gu;Cheng-fu Chen;Sukumar Bandopadhyay;Chengyun Ning

  • Inverted-Colloidal-Crystal Hydrogel Matrices as Three-Dimensional Cell Scaffolds†

    Yongjun Zhang;Shaopeng Wang;Mohammad Eghtedari;Massoud Motamedi

  • Polymer composite hydrogels containing carbon nanomaterials—Morphology and mechanical and functional performance

    Ashraful Alam;Yongjun Zhang;Hsu-Chiang Kuan;Sang-Heon Lee

  • Thermogelable PNIPAM microgel dispersion as 3D cell scaffold: effect of syneresis

    Tiantian T. Gan;Ying Guan;Yongjun J. Zhang

  • Fabrication of Stable Hollow Capsules by Covalent Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly

    Yongjun Zhang;Shuguang Yang;Ying Guan;Weixiao Cao

  • Antibacterial cellulose membrane via one-step covalent immobilization of ammonium/amine groups

    Jianqiang Meng;Xin Zhang;Lei Ni;Zhuo Tang

  • New polymerized crystalline colloidal array for glucose sensing

    Yun Liu;Yongjun Zhang;Ying Guan

  • Evaporation of Sessile Water Droplets on Superhydrophobic Natural Lotus and Biomimetic Polymer Surfaces

    Xiaoyan Zhang;Shuaixia Tan;Ning Zhao;Xinglin Guo

Frequent Co-Authors

X. X. Zhu
X. X. Zhu University of Montreal
Jian Xu
Jian Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nicholas Leventis
Nicholas Leventis Missouri University of Science and Technology
Shuiqin Zhou
Shuiqin Zhou City University of New York
Nicholas A. Kotov
Nicholas A. Kotov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hongbing Lu
Hongbing Lu The University of Texas at Dallas
Huaimin Wang
Huaimin Wang Brandeis University
Amala Dass
Amala Dass University of Mississippi
Zhimou Yang
Zhimou Yang Nankai University
Yuliang Li
Yuliang Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

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