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Zhengzhong Shao

Zhengzhong Shao

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Materials Science

D-Index
79
Citations
19921
World Ranking
2862
National Ranking
917

Chemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
18981
World Ranking
3691
National Ranking
692

Overview

Zhengzhong Shao is affiliated with Fudan University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work focuses extensively on biomaterials, with a strong emphasis on silk-based biomaterials and applications.

The scientist's research covers several subfields including Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Surgery, and Molecular Biology. Within these, some of the main topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Silkworms and Sericulture Research

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Zhengzhong Shao include:

  • Xin Chen
  • Jinrong Yao
  • Shengjie Ling
  • Jing Ren
  • Leitao Cao

The scientist has contributed to several publication venues, with noteworthy frequency in:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Biomacromolecules
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels with Integrated Toughness, Conductivity, and Freezing Tolerance Based on Ionic Liquid/Water Binary Solvent Systems, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Enhanced dielectric polarization from disorder-engineered Fe3O4@black TiO2-x heterostructure for broadband microwave absorption, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Physically Cross-Linked Silk Fibroin-Based Tough Hydrogel Electrolyte with Exceptional Water Retention and Freezing Tolerance, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • In-situ regrowth constructed magnetic coupling 1D/2D Fe assembly as broadband and high-efficient microwave absorber, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Artificial ligament made from silk protein/Laponite hybrid fibers, 2020, Acta Biomaterialia

Best Publications

  • Surprising strength of silkworm silk

    Zhengzhong Shao;Fritz Vollrath

  • Superoleophobic cotton textiles.

    Boxun Leng;Zhengzhong Shao;Weihua Ming

  • The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider's dragline silk

    Fritz Vollrath;Bo Madsen;Zhengzhong Shao

  • Conformation transition kinetics of regenerated Bombyx mori silk fibroin membrane monitored by time-resolved FTIR spectroscopy

    Xin Chen;Zhengzhong Shao;Nebojsa S. Marinkovic;Lisa M. Miller

  • Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk.

    Yi Liu;Zhengzhong Shao;Fritz Vollrath

  • Animal silks: their structures, properties and artificial production

    Chengjie Fu;Zhengzhong Shao;Vollrath Fritz

  • Doxorubicin‐Loaded Magnetic Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for Targeted Therapy of Multidrug‐Resistant Cancer

    Ye Tian;Xuejiao Jiang;Xin Chen;Zhengzhong Shao

  • Synchrotron FTIR microspectroscopy of single natural silk fibers.

    Shengjie Ling;Zeming Qi;David P. Knight;Zhengzhong Shao

  • Enhancing Mechanical Properties of Silk Fibroin Hydrogel through Restricting the Growth of β-Sheet Domains

    Dihan Su;Meng Yao;Jie Liu;Yiming Zhong

  • Conformation transition kinetics of Bombyx mori silk protein.

    Xin Chen;Zhengzhong Shao;David P. Knight;Fritz Vollrath

  • Physically Crosslinked Biocompatible Silk-Fibroin-Based Hydrogels with High Mechanical Performance

    Kunyuan Luo;Yuhong Yang;Zhengzhong Shao

  • Regenerated Bombyx silk solutions studied with rheometry and FTIR

    Xin Chen;Xin Chen;David P Knight;Zhengzhong Shao;Fritz Vollrath;Fritz Vollrath

  • Silk Fibers Extruded Artificially from Aqueous Solutions of Regenerated Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin are Tougher than their Natural Counterparts

    Guanqiang Zhou;Zhengzhong Shao;David P. Knight;Jiaping Yan

  • Soy protein-based polyethylenimine hydrogel and its high selectivity for copper ion removal in wastewater treatment

    Jie Liu;Dihan Su;Jinrong Yao;Yufang Huang

  • Green Synthesis of Silk Fibroin-Silver Nanoparticle Composites with Effective Antibacterial and Biofilm-Disrupting Properties

    Xiang Fei;Minghui Jia;Xin Du;Yuhong Yang

  • The preparation of regenerated silk fibroin microspheres

    Zhengbing Cao;Xin Chen;Jinrong Yao;Lei Huang

  • Effect of metallic ions on silk formation in the Mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori.

    Li Zhou;Xin Chen;Zhengzhong Shao;Yufang Huang

  • Electrical behavior of a natural polyelectrolyte hydrogel: chitosan/carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel.

    Jing Shang;Zhengzhong Shao;Xin Chen

  • Predicting the mechanical properties of spider silk as a model nanostructured polymer

    D. Porter;F. Vollrath;Z. Shao

  • A Mono-cuboctahedral Series of Gold Nanoclusters: Photoluminescence Origin, Large Enhancement, Wide Tunability, and Structure-Property Correlation.

    Qi Li;Meng Zhou;Woong Young So;Jingchun Huang

  • Analysis of spider silk in native and supercontracted states using Raman spectroscopy

    Z Shao;F Vollrath;J Sirichaisit;R.J Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Xin Chen
Xin Chen Fudan University
Fritz Vollrath
Fritz Vollrath University of Oxford
David Porter
David Porter University of Oxford
Zeming Qi
Zeming Qi University of Science and Technology of China
Robert O. Ritchie
Robert O. Ritchie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Liang Zhou
Liang Zhou Wuhan University of Technology
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University
Peiyi Wu
Peiyi Wu Donghua University
Rongchao Jin
Rongchao Jin Carnegie Mellon University

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