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
"Dipole-Induced Liquid Gating for Visual Substance Detection: A Novel Experimental Design for Application of Interface and Surface Properties in the Chemistry '101 Plan'".
University Chemistry,   2025, doi: 10.12461/PKU.DXHX202410061.
"Electrochemical Redox Synergism-Enhanced Liquid Metal Locomotion for Unrestricted Circuit Substrate Patterning".
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,   2025, e202424637.
"Bioinspired Design and Applications of Liquid Gating Gas Valve Membranes".
Biomimetics,   2025, 10 (2): 77.(Invited Paper)
"Accelerating Ion Desolvation via Bioinspired Ion Channel Design in Non-Concentrated Aqueous Electrolyte".
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147 (7), 5943–5954.
"Bioinspired Nanofluidic Circuits with Integrating Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses".
Nano Letters,   2025, 25 (6), 2298–2306.
"Bioinspired Liquid Pockets with Externally Induced Internal Microscale Flow".
Advanced Materials,   2025, 37, 2415661.
"Fe3+ Ion Quantification with Reusable Bioinspired Nanopores".
Chinese Chemical Letters,   2025, 36 (2): 110428
"Liquid-Solid Composites with Confined Interface Behaviors".
National Science Review,   2025, 12 (2): nwae423.
"Liquid Gating Mechanism and Basic Properties Characterization: A New Experimental Design for Interface and Surface Properties in the Chemistry '101 Plan'".
University Chemistry,   2024, 39 (10): 113-120.
"Crystallization-Induced Liquid Gate for Tunable Gas Flow Control".
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,   2024, 15 (35): 8997-9002.
"Electrostatically Responsive Liquid Gating System for Controlled Microbubble Generation".
Industrial Chemistry & Materials,   2024, 2: 424-431.
"Building Functional Liquid-Based Interfaces: From Mechanism to Application".
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,   2024, 63 (32): e202403919.
"Single-Pore Nanofluidic Logic Memristor with Reconfigurable Synaptic Functions and Designable Combinations".
Journal of the American Chemical Society,   2024, 146 (21): 14558-14565.
"Dynamic Asymmetric Mechanical Responsive Carbon Nanotube Fiber for Ionic Logic Gate".
Chinese Chemical Letters,   2024, 35 (6): 109421.
"Current Progress in Glass-Based Nanochannels".
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials,   2024, 15 (1): 222–237. (Invited Paper)
"Visual Biosensing with Specific Liquid-Based Interface Behaviors".
ACS Nano,   2024, 18 (10): 7327-7333 (Invited Paper).
"In Situ Characterization of Dynamic Molecular Behaviours at Gas/Liquid or Liquid/Liquid Interfaces".
Chinese Science Bulletin,   2023, 69: 878-890.
"Research Progress of Active Colloidal Motors and Their Application Perspective in Electromagnetic Wave Absorption".
Acta Chimica Sinica,   2023, 81, 10: 1394-1401.
"Quartz Nonadherent and Clean Exfoliation of the Heteroatom-Doped Bulk Carbon Nanotubes Array".
Nano Letters,   2023, 23, 9383-9391.
"Sweat-Resistant Bioelectronic Skin Sensor".
Device,   2023, 100006, doi: 10.1016/j.device.2023.100006
"Bioinspired Nanofluidic Iontronics for Brain-Like Computing".
Nano Research,   2024, 17, 503-514. (Invited Paper)
"Ternary Hierarchical Structure Based Solar-Driven Evaporator for Long-Lasting Concentrated Brine Treatment".
EcoMat,   2023: e12355
"Green Synthesized Liquid-Like Dynamic Polymer Chains with Decreased Non-Specific Adhesivity for High-Purity Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells".
CCS Chemistry,   2023, doi: 10.31635/ccschem.023.202302731
"Liquid Interfacial Tension Design of Building New Concept Materials".
Matter,   2023, 6: 2506-2508 (Invited Paper)
"Photochromism from Wavelength-Selective Colloidal Phase Segregation".
Nature,   2023, 617: 499–506
"Temperature-Regulation Liquid Gating Membrane with Controllable Gas/Liquid Separation".
Green Energy & Environment,   2023, DOI:10.1016/j.gee.2023.04.002 (Invited Paper)
"Liquid Gating Technology for Energy Conversion and Environmental Protection Under Carbon Neutralization".
Science,   2023, 75(2):9-12 (Chinese)
"Liquid Gating Technology for Biomedical Engineering Applications".
Science,   2023, 75(2):5-8 (Chinese)
"Nature-Inspired Strategies for the Synthesis of Hydrogel Actuators and Their Applications".
Progress in Polymer Science,   2023, 140(10166): 101665
"Learning from the Brain: Bioinspired Nanofluidics".
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,   2023, 14(11): 2891–2900 (Invited Paper)
"Virtual Simulation Experiments: A Teaching Option for Complex and Hazardous Chemistry Experiments".
Journal of Chemical Education,   2023, 100, 1437–1445.
"Building Artificial Aligned Nanochannels for Highly Efficient Ion Transport".
Joule,   2023, 7: 251–253 (Invited Paper)
"Non-Newtonian Fluid Gating Membranes with Acoustically Responsive and Self-Protective Gas Transport Control".
Materials Horizons,   2023, 10: 899-907 (Invited Paper)
"Thermally Responsive Ionic Transport System Reinforced by Aligned Functional Carbon Nanotubes Backbone".
Chinese Chemical Letters,   2023, 34, 107785
"Alternative Photothermal/Electrothermal Hierarchical Membrane for Hypersaline Water Treatment".
SusMat,   2022, 2: 679-688
"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
"Discontinuous streaming potential via liquid gate".
eScience,   2022, 2(6): 615-622 (Invited Paper)
"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, 4: 1517-1526(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, 16, 2, 2672–2681
"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 Microfluidic 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