Xu Hou Group


Publications
Book and Book Chapter
Xu Hou.
"Anti-fouling, Smart, Portable and Wearable Microfluidic Devices". Development Strategy of Chinese Discipline: Soft Condensed Matter Physics (Volume III), Science Press, Beijing, China, Page, 1279-1285. 
"Anti-fouling, Smart, Portable and Wearable Microfluidic Devices". Development Strategy of Chinese Discipline: Soft Condensed Matter Physics (Volume III), Science Press, Beijing, China, Page, 1279-1285. 
Xu Hou.
"Design, Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Smart and Advanced Materials". SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, Imprint of CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis Group. 
"Design, Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Smart and Advanced Materials". SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, Imprint of CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis Group. 
Xu Hou.
"Bio-inspired Asymmetric Design and Building of Biomimetic Smart Single Nanochannels". Springer Theses, Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 
"Bio-inspired Asymmetric Design and Building of Biomimetic Smart Single Nanochannels". Springer Theses, Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 
Journal Publications
"Learning from the Brain: Bioinspired Nanofluidics”.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,   2023, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03930 (Invited Paper)
"Virtual Simulation Experiments: A Teaching Option for Complex and Hazardous Chemistry Experiments".
Journal of Chemical Education,   2023, DOI:10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00594
"Building artificial aligned nanochannels for highly efficient ion transport".
Joule,   2023, 7: 251–253 (Invited Paper)
"Alternative photothermal/electrothermal hierarchical membrane for hypersaline water treatment".
SusMat,   2022, 2: 679-688
"Non-Newtonian fluid gating membranes with acoustically responsive and self-protective gas transport control".
Materials Horizons,   2023, 10: 899-907 (Invited Paper)
"Structural and interfacial effects on drug release kinetics of liquid-based fibrous catheter".
Advanced Fiber Materials,   2022, 4, 1645-1655
"Continuous air purification by aqueous interface filtration and absorption".
Nature,   2022, 610: 74-80
"Thermally responsive ionic transport system reinforced by aligned functional carbon nanotubes backbone".
Chinese Chemical Letters,   2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.107785
"Ultrahigh efficient emulsification with drag-reducing liquid gating interfacial behavior".
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,   2022, 119 (29): e2206462119
"Self-Oscillating Liquid Gating Membranes with Periodic Gas Transport".
Membranes,   2022, 12(7), 642 (Invited Paper)
"Bioinspired Photo-Responsive Liquid Gating Membrane".
Biomimetics,   2022, 7(2): 47 (Invited Paper)
"Bioinspired interfacial design for gravity-independent fluid transport control".
Giant,   2022, 10: 100100 (Invited Paper)
"Host-Guest Liquid Gating Mechanism with Specific Recognition Interface Behavior for Universal Quantitative Chemical Detection".
Nature Communications,   2022, 13: 1906
"Energy saving thermal adaptive liquid gating system".
The Innovation,   2022, 3(3): 100231 (Invited paper)
"Bioinspired carbon nanotube-based materials".
Materials Advances,   2022, 3: 3070-3088 (Invited Paper)
"Catalytic Confinement Effects in Nanochannels: From Biological Synthesis to Chemical Engineering".
Nanoscale Advances,   2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00021K(Invited Paper)
"Carbon Dioxide Chemically Responsive Switchable Gas Valves with Protonation-Induced Liquid Gating Self-Adaptive Systems".
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,   2022, 61(17): e202201109
"Enhanced phase change heat transfer by surface wettability control".
ChemSusChem,   2022, DOI:10.1002/cssc.202102531(Invited paper)
"Ultrafast response and programmable locomotion of liquid/vapor/light-driven soft multi-functional actuators".
ACS Nano,   2022, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09477
"Oil-polluted water purification via the carbonnanotubes-doped organohydrogel platform".
Nano Research,   2022, DOI:10.1007/s12274-022-4118-8
"Antibacterial evaporator based on reduced graphene oxide/polypyrrole aerogel for solar-driven desalination".
Nano Research,   2022, DOI:10.1007/s12274-021-4041-4
"Performance prediction of magnetorheological fluid-based liquid gating membrane by kriging machine learning method".
Interdisciplinary Materials,   2022, 1(1): 157-169 (Invited paper, Front Cover of the Inaugural Issue)
"Liquid gating meniscus-shaped deformable magnetoelastic membranes with self-driven regulation of gas/liquid release".
Advanced Materials,   2022, 34: 2107327
"Photochemical effect driven fluid behavior control in microscale pores and channels".
Chinese Chemical Letters,   2022, 33: 3650-3656
"Materials Science at Xiamen University: A Special Issue Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Xiamen University".
Advanced Materials,   2021, 33: 2102756
"Hydrophilic Carbon Nanotube Membrane Enhanced Interfacial Evaporation for Desalination".
Chinese Chemical Letters,   2022, 33(4): 2155-2158.
"Liquid gating technology".
Pure and Applied Chemistry,   2021, 93(12): 1353–1370(Invited paper)
"Photothermally Induced Liquid Gate with Navigation Control of the Fluid Transport".
Fundamental Research,   2021, 1:800-806 (Invited paper)
"Light-Responsive and Corrosion Resistant Gas Valve with Non-Thermal Effective Liquid Gating Positional Flow Control".
Light: Science & Applications,   2021, 10: 127 (Invited paper)
"Design of Porous Membranes by Liquid Gating Technology".
Accounts of Materials Research,   2021, 2: 407−419 (Invited paper)
"Structure Development of Carbon-based Solar-driven Water Evaporation Systems".
Science Bulletin,   2021, 66: 1472-1483
"Reconfiguring confined magnetic colloids with tunable fluid transport behavior".
National Science Review,   2021, 8: nwaa301
"One-Step Exfoliation/Etching Method to Produce Chitosan-Stabilized Holey Graphene Nanosheets for Superior DNA Adsorption".
ACS Applied Bio Materials,   2020, 3: 8542-8550
"Continuous Water-Water Hydrogen Bonding Network across the Rim of Carbon Nanotubes Facilitating Water Transport for Desalination".
Nano Research,   2020, 14: 2171–2178
"Anomalies of Ionic/Molecular Transport in Nano and Sub-Nano Confinement".
Nano Letters,   2020, 20: 6937–6946
"Bio-inspired Liquid Gating Membrane-based Catheter with Anti-coagulation and Positionally Drug Release Properties".
Science Advances,   2020, 6: eabb4700
"Building Magnetoresponsive Composite Elastomers for Bionic Locomotion Applications".
Journal of Bionic Engineering,   2020, 17: 405-420
"Liquid-Based Porous Membranes".
Chemical Society Reviews,   2020, 49: 7907-7928 (Invited, selected as the 2020 Emerging Investigators Issue)
"Dynamic and Reversible Electrowetting with Low Voltage on the Dimethicone Infused Carbon Nanotube Array in Air".
Chinese Chemical Letters,   2020, 31: 1914-1918
"CVD Grown Carbon Nanotubes on Reticulated Skeleton for Brine Desalination".
Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica,   2020, 1912008
"Tannic Acid Modified Single Nanopore with Multivalent Metal Ions Recognition and Ultra-Trace Level Detection".
Nano Today,   2020, 33: 100868
"Soft Interface Design for Electrokinetic Energy Conversion".
Soft Matter,   2020, 16: 2915-2927 (Invited paper)
"Highly Stretchable and Reliable Graphene Oxide-Reinforced Liquid Gating Membranes for Tunable Gas/Liquid Transport".
Microsystems & Nanoengineering,   2020, 6: 43 (Invited paper)
"Porosity-Tunable Structures with “Fossilized” Bubbles".
ACS Applied Polymer Materials,   2020, 2: 497-504
"Inner Surface Design of Functional Microchannels for Microscale Flow Control".
Small,   2020, 16: 1905318 (Invited paper)
"Different Defect Morphologies in Polyethylene Crystal Induced by Surface Physicochemical Properties".
Chinese Chemical Letters,   2020, 31: 1640-1643
"Polymer Hydrogel Confined Palladium Nanoparticles as Recyclable Catalysts for Suzuki and Heck Cross-Coupling Reactions".
Chinese Chemical Letters,   2020, 31: 1630-1634
"Controllable Liquid-Liquid Printing with Defect-Free, Corrosion Resistance, Unrestricted Wetting Condition".
iScience,   2019, 19: 93–100
"Mobile Liquid Gating Membrane System for Smart Piston and Valve Applications".
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,   2019, 58: 11976-11984 (Invited paper)
"Two Dimensional Nanomaterial-based Separation Membranes".
Electrophoresis,   2019, 40: 2029–2040 (Invited paper)
"Performance Analysis of Solid-State Nanopore Chemical Sensor".
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,   2019, 286: 315-320
"Visual Chemical Detection Mechanism by Liquid Gating System with Dipole-Induced Interfacial Molecular Reconfiguration".
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,   2019, 58: 3967-3971
"Dynamic Curvature Nanochannel-based Membrane with Anomalous Ionic Transport Behaviors and Reversible Rectification Switch".
Advanced Materials,   2019, 31: 1805130
"Recent Progress in Bio-Inspired Electrospun Materials".
Composites Communications,   2019, 11: 12-20 (Invited paper)
"Digitally Tunable Microflidic Bioprinting of Multilayered Cannular Tissues".
Advanced Materials,  2018, 30: 1706913
"Development and Application of Bio-Inspired Microfluidics".
International Journal of Modern Physics B  2018, 32 (18): 1840013 (Invited and Translated in English from Acta Physica Sinica, 2016, 65 (17): 178301)
"Synchronized Electromechanical Integration Recording of Cardiomyocytes".
Biosensors and Bioelectronics  2018, 117: 354-365
"Recent Research Progress on Nanopores and Nanochannels Based Electrokinetical Energy Conversion Systems".
Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry  2018, 35 (6): 613–624
"Flexible Polymer Ultra-Fine Fiber with Extreme Toughness".
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces  2018, 10 (17): 14276–14280
"Dynamic Air/Liquid Pockets for Guiding Microscale Flow".
Nature Communications  2018, 9 (1): 733
"Liquid Gating Elastomeric Porous System with Dynamically Controllable Gas/Liquid Transport".
Science Advances  2018, 4 (2): eaao6724
"Single-Droplet Multiplex Bioassay on a Robust and Stretchable Extreme Wetting Substrate through Vacuum-Based Droplet Manipulation".
ACS Nano  2018, 12 (2): 932–941
"Thermoresponsive Mobile Interfaces with Switchable Wettability, Optical Properties, and Penetrability".
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces  2017, 9 (40): 35483–35491
"Nanostructured Fibrous Membranes with Rose Spike-like Architecture".
Nano Letter  2017, 17 (10): 6235–6240
"Bionic Design: A bridge between creatures and new materials".
Zhangjiang Science and Technology Review  2017, 3: 35-38
"A Highly Stretchable and Robust Non-fluorinated Superhydrophobic Surface".
Journal of Materials Chemistry A  2017, 5: 16273–16280
"Ultrafast Nanofiltration through Large-scale Single-layered Graphene Membranes".
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces  2017, 9 (11): 9239–9244
Xu Hou,
"Interplay between Materials and Microfluidics".
Nature Reviews Materials  2017, 2: 17016 
"Interplay between Materials and Microfluidics".
Nature Reviews Materials  2017, 2: 17016 
"Development and Application of Bio-Inspired and Biomimetic Microfluidics".
Acta Physica Sinica  2016, 65 (17): 178301 (In Chinese)
Xu Hou.
"Smart Gating Multi-Scale Pore/Channel-Based Membranes".
Advanced Materials  2016, 28: 7049-7064
"Smart Gating Multi-Scale Pore/Channel-Based Membranes".
Advanced Materials  2016, 28: 7049-7064
"Bioinspired Smart Gate-Location-Controllable Single Nanochannels: Experiment and Theoretical Simulation".
ACS Nano  2015, 9 (12): 12264-12273
Xu Hou
“Liquid-based Gating Mechanism with Tunable Multiphase Selectivity and Antifouling Behaviour”.
Nature  2015, 519 (7541): 70-73
“Liquid-based Gating Mechanism with Tunable Multiphase Selectivity and Antifouling Behaviour”.
Nature  2015, 519 (7541): 70-73
"Stability of Surface-Immobilized Lubricant Interfaces under Flow".
Chemistry of Materials  2015, 27 (5): 1792-1800
"Synthetic Asymmetric‐Shaped Nanodevices with Symmetric pH‐Gating Characteristics".
Advanced Functional Materials  2015, 25 (7): 1102-1110
"Bio‐inspired Smart Single Asymmetric Hourglass Nanochannels for Continuous Shape and Ion Transport Control".
Small  2015, 11 (7): 786-791
"Tunable Ionic Transport Control inside a Bio‐Inspired Constructive Bi‐Channel Nanofluidic Device".
Small  2014, 10 (4): 793-801
"Bionic Asymmetrical Design and Preparation of Micro and Nano Pores/Channels".
Materials China  2013, 12 (32): 766
"Nanofluidic Diode Based on Branched Alumina Nanochannels with Tunable Ionic Rectification".
ACS applied materials & interfaces  2013, 5 (16): 7931-7936
"Bioinspired Artificial Single Ion Pump".
Journal of the American Chemical Society  2013, 135 (43): 16102-16110
"Bioinspired Ion‐Transport Properties of Solid‐State Single Nanochannels and Their Applications in Sensing".
ChemPhysChem  2012, 13 (10): 2455-2470
"Light and pH Cooperative Nanofluidic Diode Using a Spiropyran‐Functionalized Single Nanochannel".
Advanced Materials  2012, 24 (18): 2424-2428
Xu Hou
"Building Bio-Inspired Artificial Functional Nanochannels: From Symmetric to Asymmetric Modification".
Angewandte Chemie International Edition  2012, 51 (22): 5296-5307
"Building Bio-Inspired Artificial Functional Nanochannels: From Symmetric to Asymmetric Modification".
Angewandte Chemie International Edition  2012, 51 (22): 5296-5307
"Layer-by-layer Removal of Insulating Few-Layer Mica Flakes for Asymmetric Ultra-Thin Nanopore Fabrication".
Nano Research  2012, 5 (2): 99-108
"Light-regulated Ion Transport through Artificial Ion Channels Based on TiO 2 Nanotubular Arrays".
Chemical Communications  2012, 48 (47): 5901-5903
"Biomimetic Ionic Rectifier Systems: Asymmetric Modification of Single Nanochannels by Ion Sputtering Technology".
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry  2011, 656 (1): 231-236
"Enantioselective Recognition in Biomimetic Single Artificial Nanochannels".
Journal of the American Chemical Society  2011, 133 (20): 7644-7647
"Assembly of F 0 F 1-ATPase into Solid State Nanoporous Membrane".
Chemical Communications  2011, 47 (11): 3102-3104
"Tuning Surface Wettability through Supramolecular Interactions".
Soft Matter  2011, 7 (5): 1638-1640
Xu Hou
"Biomimetic Smart Nanopores and Nanochannels".
Chemical Society Review  2011, 40 (5):2385-2401
"Biomimetic Smart Nanopores and Nanochannels".
Chemical Society Review  2011, 40 (5):2385-2401
"Bio‐inspired Photoelectric Conversion Based on Smart‐Gating Nanochannels".
Advanced Functional Materials  2010, 20 (16): 2636-2642
Xu Hou
"A Biomimetic Asymmetric Responsive Single Nanochannel".
Journal of the American Chemical Society  2010, 132 (33): 11736-11742
"A Biomimetic Asymmetric Responsive Single Nanochannel".
Journal of the American Chemical Society  2010, 132 (33): 11736-11742
Xu Hou
"A pH-Gating Ionic Transport Nanodevice: Asymmetric Chemical Modification of Single Nanochannels".
Advanced Materials  2010, 22 (22):2440-2443
"A pH-Gating Ionic Transport Nanodevice: Asymmetric Chemical Modification of Single Nanochannels".
Advanced Materials  2010, 22 (22):2440-2443
"Bioinspired Smart Gating of Nanochannels Toward Photoelectric‐Conversion Systems".
Advanced Materials  2010, 22 (9): 1021-1024
Xu Hou
"Fabrication of Stable Single Nanochannels with Controllable Ionic Rectification".
Small  2010, 6 (3): 361-365
"Fabrication of Stable Single Nanochannels with Controllable Ionic Rectification".
Small  2010, 6 (3): 361-365
"Current Rectification in Temperature‐Responsive Single Nanopores".
ChemPhysChem  2010, 11 (4): 859-864
Xu Hou
"Learning from Nature: Building Bio-Inspired Smart Nanochannels".
ACS Nano  2009, 3 (11): 3339-3342
"Learning from Nature: Building Bio-Inspired Smart Nanochannels".
ACS Nano  2009, 3 (11): 3339-3342
Xu Hou
"A Biomimetic Potassium Responsive Nanochannel: G-Quadruplex DNA Conformational Switching in A Synthetic Nanopore".
Journal of the American Chemical Society  2009, 131 (22): 7800-7805
"A Biomimetic Potassium Responsive Nanochannel: G-Quadruplex DNA Conformational Switching in A Synthetic Nanopore".
Journal of the American Chemical Society  2009, 131 (22): 7800-7805
"Gating of Single Synthetic Nanopores by Proton-Driven DNA Molecular Motors".
Journal of the American Chemical Society  2008, 130 (26): 8345-8350