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70
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13520
World Ranking
4516
National Ranking
1405

Overview

Zi Liang Wu is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields including mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, molecular medicine, biomaterials, and polymers and plastics.

The main research topics covered by Wu focus on advanced materials and mechanics, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, hydrogels (including their synthesis, properties, and applications), micro and nano robotics, conducting polymers and their applications, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, and supercapacitor materials and fabrication.

Wu has published multiple papers in frequent collaboration with prominent researchers such as Qiang Zheng, Miao Du, Si Yu Zheng, and Guorong Shan. These collaborations consist of coauthorships ranging from 18 to 50 publications with individual colleagues.

The scientist's work appears regularly in leading scientific journals with a substantial record in:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Macromolecules
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Small

Among the recent papers authored by Wu are:

  • "A Mechanically Robust and Versatile Liquid-Free Ionic Conductive Elastomer" (2021, Advanced Materials)
  • "Light-steered locomotion of muscle-like hydrogel by self-coordinated shape change and friction modulation" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Reversibly Transforming a Highly Swollen Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel to an Extremely Tough One and its Application as a Tubular Grasper" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Programmable Morphing Hydrogels for Soft Actuators and Robots: From Structure Designs to Active Functions" (2022, Accounts of Chemical Research)
  • "Dual-Encryption in a Shape-Memory Hydrogel with Tunable Fluorescence and Reconfigurable Architecture" (2021, Advanced Materials)

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional shape transformations of hydrogel sheets induced by small-scale modulation of internal stresses

    Zi Liang Wu;Michael Moshe;Jesse Greener;Heloise Therien-Aubin

  • Metal-Coordination Complexes Mediated Physical Hydrogels with High Toughness, Stick–Slip Tearing Behavior, and Good Processability

    Si Yu Zheng;Hongyao Ding;Jin Qian;Jun Yin

  • Ultrastiff and Tough Supramolecular Hydrogels with a Dense and Robust Hydrogen Bond Network

    Yan Jie Wang;Yan Jie Wang;Xin Ning Zhang;Yihu Song;Yiping Zhao

  • A Mechanically Robust and Versatile Liquid-Free Ionic Conductive Elastomer

    Burebi Yiming;Ying Han;Zilong Han;Xinning Zhang

  • Multiple Shape Transformations of Composite Hydrogel Sheets

    Héloïse Thérien-Aubin;Zi Liang Wu;Zhihong Nie;Eugenia Kumacheva

  • Microgel-Reinforced Hydrogel Films with High Mechanical Strength and Their Visible Mesoscale Fracture Structure

    Jian Hu;Kenta Hiwatashi;Takayuki Kurokawa;Song Miao Liang

  • A Tough and Stiff Hydrogel with Tunable Water Content and Mechanical Properties Based on the Synergistic Effect of Hydrogen Bonding and Hydrophobic Interaction

    Xin Ning Zhang;Yan Jie Wang;Shengtong Sun;Lei Hou

  • Light-steered locomotion of muscle-like hydrogel by self-coordinated shape change and friction modulation

    Qing Li Zhu;Cong Du;Yahao Dai;Matthias Daab

  • Programmed Deformations of 3D-Printed Tough Physical Hydrogels with High Response Speed and Large Output Force

    Si Yu Zheng;Yangyang Shen;Fengbo Zhu;Jun Yin

  • Reversibly Transforming a Highly Swollen Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel to an Extremely Tough One and its Application as a Tubular Grasper.

    Hai Chao Yu;Si Yu Zheng;Lingtao Fang;Zhimin Ying

  • Dual Ionically Cross-linked Double-Network Hydrogels with High Strength, Toughness, Swelling Resistance, and Improved 3D Printing Processability.

    Xuefeng Li;Hui Wang;Dapeng Li;Shijun Long

  • Dual-Encryption in a Shape-Memory Hydrogel with Tunable Fluorescence and Reconfigurable Architecture.

    Chao Nan Zhu;Tianwen Bai;Hu Wang;Jun Ling

  • Reversible Ion-Conducting Switch in a Novel Single-Ion Supramolecular Hydrogel Enabled by Photoresponsive Host-Guest Molecular Recognition.

    Hu Wang;Chao Nan Zhu;Hong Zeng;Xiaofan Ji

  • Ambiently and Mechanically Stable Ionogels for Soft Ionotronics

    Burebi Yiming;Xiao Guo;Nasir Ali;Nan Zhang

  • Interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels composed of chitosan and photocrosslinkable gelatin with enhanced mechanical properties for tissue engineering.

    Hairui Suo;Deming Zhang;Jun Yin;Jin Qian

  • Molecularly Engineered Zwitterionic Hydrogels with High Toughness and Self-Healing Capacity for Soft Electronics Applications

    Si Yu Zheng;Shihua Mao;Jingfeng Yuan;Shuaibing Wang

  • Accelerating solar desalination in brine through ion activated hierarchically porous polyion complex hydrogels

    Fengbo Zhu;Liqian Wang;Baris Demir;Meng An

  • Polymerization-Induced Crystallization of Dopant Molecules: An Efficient Strategy for Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Hydrogels.

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  • Engineering Tough Metallosupramolecular Hydrogel Films with Kirigami Structures for Compliant Soft Electronics.

    Hai Chao Yu;Xing Peng Hao;Chuan Wei Zhang;Si Yu Zheng

  • Structure Optimization and Mechanical Model for Microgel-Reinforced Hydrogels with High Strength and Toughness

    Jian Hu;Takayuki Kurokawa;Kenta Hiwatashi;Tasuku Nakajima

  • Improved Toughness and Stability of κ-Carrageenan/Polyacrylamide Double-Network Hydrogels by Dual Cross-Linking of the First Network

    Hai Chao Yu;Chen Yu Li;Miao Du;Yihu Song

  • 3D Printing of Ultratough Polyion Complex Hydrogels

    Fengbo Zhu;Libo Cheng;Jun Yin;Zi Liang Wu

  • Supramolecular Construction of Multifluorescent Gels: Interfacial Assembly of Discrete Fluorescent Gels through Multiple Hydrogen Bonding

    Xiaofan Ji;Bingbing Shi;Hu Wang;Danyu Xia

  • Site-Specific Pre-Swelling-Directed Morphing Structures of Patterned Hydrogels

    Zhi Jian Wang;Wei Hong;Wei Hong;Wei Hong;Zi Liang Wu;Qiang Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiang Zheng
Qiang Zheng Zhejiang University
Wei Hong
Wei Hong Southern University of Science and Technology
Jian Ping Gong
Jian Ping Gong Hokkaido University
Takayuki Kurokawa
Takayuki Kurokawa Hokkaido University
Yihu Song
Yihu Song Zhejiang University
Feihe Huang
Feihe Huang Zhejiang University
Pengju Pan
Pengju Pan Zhejiang University
Hidemitsu Furukawa
Hidemitsu Furukawa Yamagata University
Tasuku Nakajima
Tasuku Nakajima Hokkaido University
Shaoxing Qu
Shaoxing Qu Zhejiang University

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