Publications

G. Labrague, Y. Wu, E. Santos, D. Ahn, X. Chen, F. Gubbels, T. -C. Kuo, Z. Chen, Investigating the Molecular Behaviors of Titanium Catalyst and Silane Crosslinker at the Buried Silicone Interface. Langmuir, 2025, in press

Y. Wu, D. Rossi, G. Labrague, R. Li, E. Santos, D. Ahn, X. Chen, F. Gubbels, N. E. Shephard, C. Mohler, T. -C. Kuo, Z. Chen, “Environmental effects on the interfacial chemical reactions at RTV silicone-silica interfaces”, Langmuir 40 (49), 26303–26313 (2024)

Y. Wu, T. Wang, J. D. B. Fay, L. Zhang, S. Hirth, J. Hankett, Z. Chen, “Silane Effects on Adhesion Enhancement of 2K Polyurethane Adhesives”, Langmuir 39 (51), 19016–19026 (2023)

T. Lu, L. Fu, Y. Qiu, J. Zhang, Z. Chen, “Probing Molecular Interactions of Antibody Drugs, Silicone Oil, and Surfactant at Buried Interfaces In Situ”, Anal. Chem. 94, 14761−14768 (2022)

J. S. Andre, N. Escoffery, N. W. Ulrich, Y. Wu, W. Guo, M. Yang, J. Myers, Z. Chen, “Ultraviolet Light-Sensitive Debonding Layer for Reducing Adhesion of Polymer Adhesives for Recycling”, J. Phys. Chem. C 126, 18907–18917 (2022)

J. S. Andre, J. Grant, E. Greyson, X. Chen, C. Tucker, R. Drumright, C. Mohler, Z. Chen, “Molecular Interactions between Amino Silane Adhesion Promoter and Acrylic Polymer Adhesive at Buried Silica Interfaces”, Langmuir, 38, 6180–6190 (2022)

Z. Chen, “Early Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies on Peptides and Proteins at Interfaces”, Biointerphasest, 17, 031202 (2022)

X. Zhang, R. Crisci, H. A. Finlay, H. Cai, A. S. Clare, Z. Chen, M. N. Silberstein, “Enabling Tunable Water-Responsive Surface Adaptation of PDMS via Metal–Ligand Coordinated Dynamic Networks”, Adv. Mater. Interfaces. 9, 2200430 (2022)

Z. Chen, “Surface Hydration and Antifouling Activity of Zwitterionic Polymers”, Langmuir, 38, 15, 4483–4489 (2022)

T. Lin, Y. Wu, E. Santos, X. Chen, J. Kelleher-Ferguson, C. Tucker, D. Ahn, C. Mohler, Z. Chen, “Probing Covalent Interactions at a Silicone Adhesive/Nylon Interface”, Langmuir 38 (8), 2590–2600 (2022)

T. Lu, W. Guo, P. M. Datar, Y. Xin, E. N. G. Marsh, Z. Chen, “Probing protein aggregation at buried interfaces: distinguishing between adsorbed protein monomers, dimers, and a monomer–dimer mixture in situ”, Chem. Sci. 13, 975–984 (2022)

J. Wang, G. Wloch, T. Lin, Z. Chen, “Investigating Thin Silicone Oil Films Using Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy and Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy”, Langmuir 37, 14540−14549 (2021)

W. Guo, T. Lu, Z. Gandhi, Z. Chen, “Probing Orientations and Conformations of Peptides and Proteins at Buried Interfaces”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12 (41), 10144–10155 (2021)

S. Zhang, L. Hsu, A. Toolis, B. Li, J. Zhou, T. Lin, Z. Chen, “Investigation of Atmospheric Moisture Effect on the Molecular Behavior of Isocyanate-Based Primer Surface”, Langmuir 37, 12705–12713 (2021).

J. Andre, D. Rossi, Z. Chen, “Elucidating Molecular Mechanisms of Two-Dimensional Chemical Reactions”, Chem 7 (10), 2548-2550 (2021)

H. Huang, C. Zhang, R. Crisci, T. Lu, H. –C. Hung, M. S. J. Sajib, P. Sarker, J. Ma, T. Wei, S. Jiang, Z. Chen, “Strong Surface Hydration and Salt Resistant Mechanism of a New Nonfouling Zwitterionic Polymer Based on Protein Stabilizer TMAO”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143 (40), 16786–16795 (2021)

L. Shi, J. R. McMillan, D. Yu, X. Chen, C. Tucker, E. Wasserman, C. Mohler, Z. Chen, “Effect of Surfactant Concentration and Hydrophobicity on the Ordering of Water at a Silica Surface”, Langmuir 37, 10806-10817 (2021)

W. Guo, X. Zou, H. Jiang, K. J. Koebke, M. Hoarau, R. Crisci, T. Lu, T. Wei, E. N. G. Marsh, Z. Chen, “Molecular Structure of the Surface-Immobilized Super Uranyl Binding Protein”, J. Phys. Chem. B 125, 7706–7716 (2021)

B. Li, S. Zhang, J. S. Andre, Z. Chen, “Relaxation Behavior of Polymer Thin Films: Effects of Free Surface, Buried Interface, and Geometrical Confinement”, Prog. Polym. Sci. 120, 101431 (2021)

R. Guo, B. Li, T. Lu, T. Lin, J. Andre, C. Zhang, L. Zhi, Z. Chen, “Molecular Orientations at Buried Conducting Polymer/Graphene Interfaces”, Macromolecules 54, 4050–4060 (2021)

C. Zhang, J. Gao, J. Hankett, P. Varanasi, C. O Kerobo, S. Zhao, Z. Chen, “Interfacial Structure and Interfacial Tension in Model Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers”, Langmuir 37, 5311–5320 (2021)

C. Zhang, S. Adera, J. Aizenberg, Z. Chen, “Why Are Water Droplets Highly Mobile on Nanostructured Oil-Impregnated Surfaces?”, ACS. Appl. Mater. Interface 13, 15901–15909 (2021)

T. Lin, Y. Wu, E. Santos, X. Chen, D. Ahn, C. Mohler, Z. Chen, “Molecular Insights into Adhesion at a Buried Silica-Filled Silicone/ Polyethylene Terephthalate Interface”, Langmuir 36, 15128−15140 (2020)

S. Zhang, J. S. Andre, L. Hsu, A. Toolis, S. L. Esarey, B. Li, Z. Chen, “Nondestructive in Situ Detection of Chemical Reactions at the Buried Interface between Polyurethane and Isocyanate-Based Primer”, Macromolecules 53, 10189–10197 (2020)

J. S. Andre, B. Li, X. Chen, R. Paradkar, B. Walther, C. Feng, C. Tucker, C. Mohler, Z. Chen, “Interfacial Reaction of a Maleic Anhydride Grafted Polyolefins with Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer at the Buried Solid/Solid Interface”, Polymer, 212, 123141 (2020)

W. Guo, S. Xu, T. M. Reichart, M. Xiao, T. Lu, C. Mello, Z. Chen, “Probing Molecular Interactions between Surface Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptides and Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in Situ”, Langmuir 36, 12383–12393 (2020)

B. Li, J. S. Andre, X. Chen, B. Walther, R. Paradkar, C. Feng, C. Tucker, C. Mohler, Z. Chen, “Observing a Chemical Reaction at a Buried Solid/Solid Interface in-Situ”, Anal. Chem. 92, 14145–14152 (2020)

B. Li, J. S. Andre, X. Chen, B. Walther, R. Paradkar, C. Feng, C. Tucker, C. Mohler, Z. Chen, “Probing Molecular Behavior of Carbonyl Groups at Buried Nylon/Polyolefin Interfaces in Situ”, Langmuir 36, 38, 11349–11357 (2020)

C. A. D. Grosso, C. Leng, K. Zhang, H. –C. Hung, S. Jiang, Z. Chen, J. J. Wilker, “Surface Hydration for Antifouling and Bio-adhesion”, Chem. Sci. 11, 10367-10377 (2020) This article is part of the themed collections: 2020 ChemSci Pick of the Week Collection and 2020 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection.

C. Zhang, J. Gao, J. Hankett, P. Varanasi, J. Borst, Y. Shirazi, S. Zhao, Z. Chen, “Corn Oil−Water Separation: Interactions of Proteins and Surfactants at Corn Oil/Water Interfaces”, Langmuir 36, 15, 4044–4054 (2020)

T. Lin, W. Guo, R. Guo, Z. Chen, “Probing Biological Molecule Orientation and Polymer Surface Structure at the Polymer/Solution Interface In Situ”, Langmuir 36, 7681–7690 (2020)

J. Andre, N. Ulrich, K. Ji, Z. Chen, “Interfacial Behavior of Flux Residues and Its Impact on Copper/Underfill Adhesion in Microelectronic Packaging”, J. Electron. Packaging 143, 011004 (2021)

K. Zhang, H. Huang, H. –C. Hung, C. Leng, S. Wei, R. Crisci, S. Jiang, Z. Chen, “Strong Hydration at the Poly(ethylene glycol) Brush/Albumin Solution Interface”, Langmuir 36, 2030–2036 (2020)

M. Xiao, T. Lu, T. Lin, J. S. Andre, Z. Chen, “Understanding Molecular Structures of Buried Interfaces in Halide Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices Nondestructively with Sub-monolayer Sensitivity Using Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy”, Adv. Energy Mater. 10, 1903053 (2020)

C. Zhang, R. Crisci, Z. Chen, “Probing Molecular Structures of Antifouling Polymer/Liquid Interfaces In Situ”, Acta Phys. Chim. Sin. 36, 1910003 (2020)

Y. –X. Zhu, H. –R. Jia, G. Gao, G. –Y. Pan, Y. –W. Jiang, P. Li, N. Zhou, C. Li, C. She, N. W. Ulrich, Z. Chen, F. Wu, “Mitochondria-Acting Nanomicelles for Destruction of Cancer Cells via Excessive Mitophagy/Autophagy-Driven Lethal Energy Depletion and Phototherapy”, Biomaterials, 232, 119668 (2020)

S. Wei, X. Zou, J. Tian, H. Huang, W. Guo, Z. Chen, “Control of Protein Conformation and Orientation on Graphene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 20335-20343 (2019)

H. A. G. Perera, T. Lu, L. Fu, J. Zhang, Z. Chen, “Probing the Interfacial Interactions of Monoclonal and Bispecific Antibodies at the Silicone Oil−Aqueous Solution Interface by Using Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy”, Langmuir, 35, 14339-14347 (2019)

C. Zhang, G. A. Parada, X. Zhao, Z. Chen, “Probing Surface Hydration and Molecular Structure of Zwitterionic and Polyacrylamide Hydrogels”, Langmuir 35, 13292−13300 (2019)

H. R. Jia, Y. X. Zhu, Q. Y. Duan, Z. Chen, F. G. Wu, “Nanomaterials Meet Zebrafish: Toxicity Evaluation and Drug Delivery Applications”, J. Control Release, 311-312, 301-318 (2019)

M. Hoarau, K. J. Koebke, Z. Chen, E. N. G. Marsh, “Probing Metal Ion Discrimination in a Protein Designed to Bind Uranyl Cation With Femtomolar Affinity”, Front. Mol. Biosci. 6, 73 (2019)

Y. –H. Ma, B. Li, J. Yang, X. Han, Z. Chen, X. Lu, “Metal Ion Size-dependent Effects on Lipid Transmembrane Flip-Flop”. J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 17899-17907 (2019)

M. Xiao, S. Wei, J. Chen, J. Tian, C. L. Brooks III, E. N. G. Marsh, Z. Chen, “Molecular Mechanisms of Interactions between Mono-layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Biological Molecules”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 9980-9988 (2019)

H. Patel, B. Ding, K. Ernst, L. Shen, W. Yuan, J. Tang, L. Drake, J. Kang, Y. Li, Z. Chen, A. Schwendeman, "Characterization of Apolipoprotein A-I Peptide Phospholipid Interaction and its Effect on HDL Nanodisc Assembly”, Int. J. Nanomedicine, 14, 3069–3086 (2019)

Y. Zhou, J. Tan, J. Wu, Q. Zhang, J. Andre, C. Xi, Z. Chen, M. E. Meyerhoff, “Nitric oxide releasing poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) films using a fluorinated nitric oxide donor to greatly decrease chemical leaching”, Acta Biomater., 90, 112-121 (2019)

M. E. Barry, E. C. Davidson, C. Zhang, A. L. Patterson, B. Yu, A. K. Leonardi, N. Duzen, K. Malaviya, J. L. Clarke, J. A. Finlay, A. S. Clare, Z. Chen, C. K. Ober, R. A. Segalman, “The Role of Hydrogen Bonding in Peptoid-Based Marine Antifouling Coatings” Macromolecules, 52, 1287–1295 (2019)

X. Han, C. Leng, Q. Shao, S. Jiang, Z. Chen, “Absolute Orientations of Water Molecules at Zwitterionic Polymer Interfaces and Interfacial Dynamics after Salt Exposure”, Langmuir, 35, 1327–1334 (2019)

X. Chen, X. Zhang, Y. Guo, Y. Zhu, X. Liu, Z. Chen, F. Wu, “Smart Supramolecular “Trojan Horse”-Inspired Nanogels for Realizing Light-Triggered Nuclear Drug Influx in Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 29, 1807772 (2019)

X. Zou, S. Wei, S. Badieyan, M. Schroeder, J. Jasensky, C. Brooks, E. N. Marsh, Z. Chen, “Investigating the Effect of Two-point Surface Attachment on Enzyme Stability and Activity”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 16560–16569 (2018)

M. Xiao, J. Jasensky, J. Gerszberg, J. Chen, J. Tian, T. Lin, T. Lu, J. Lahann, Z. Chen, “Chemically Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptide on Polymer and Self-assembled Monolayer Substrates”, Langmuir 34, 12889–12896 (2018)

F. Lin, C. Li, Z. Chen, “Exopolysaccharide-derived carbon dots for microbial viability assessment”, Front. Microbiol.9, 2697 (2018)

N. W. Ulrich, J. S. Andre, Z. Chen, “Surface Analysis: Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy”, Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, 3rd Edition, Vol. 9, Chemistry Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Elsevier, 2018, 393-399.

C. B. Godiya, X. Cheng, D. Li, Z. Chen, X. Lu, “Carboxymethyl Cellulose/Polyacrylamide Composite Hydrogel for Cascaded Treatment/Reuse of Heavy Metal Ions in Wastewater”, J. Hazard. Mater. 364, 28-38 (2019)

P. Hu, X. Li, B. Li, X. Han, F. Zhang, K. C. Chou, Z. Chen, X. Lu, “Molecular Coupling between Organic Molecules and Metal”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 9, 5167–5172 (2018)

J. Jasensky, K. Ferguson, M. Baria, X. Zou, R. McGinnis, A. Kaneshiro, S. Badieyan, S. Wei, E. N.. G. Marsh, Z. Chen, “Simultaneous Observation of the Orientation Structure and Activity of Surface-Immobilized Enzymes”, Langmuir 34, 9133–9140 (2018)

L. Guo, T. Wang, Z. Chen, N. He, Y. Chen, T. Yuan, “Light Scattering Based Analyses of the Effects of Bovine Serum Proteins on Interactions of Magnetite Spherical Particles with Cells”, Chin. Chem. Lett. 29, 1291-1295 (2018)

C. Li, F. Lin, W. Sun, F. G. Wu, H. Yang, R. Lv, Y. X. Zhu, H. R. Jia, C. Wang, G. Gao, Z. Chen, “Self-assembled Rose Bengal-Exopolysaccharide Nanoparticles for Improved Photodynamic Inactivation of Bacteria by Enhancing Singlet Oxygen Generation Directly in the Solution”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 10, 16715-16722 (2018)

N. W. Ulrich, M. Xiao, X. Zou, J. Williamson, Z. Chen, "Probing Molecular Structures of Buried Interfaces in Thick Multilayered Microelectronic Packages", IEEE Trans. Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 8, 1213-1224 (2018)

X. Chen, X. Zhang, L. Xia, H. Wang, Z. Chen, F. Wu, “One-Step Synthesis of Ultrasmall and Ultrabright Organosilica Nanodots with 100% Photoluminescence Quantum Yield: Long-Term Lysosome Imaging in Living, Fixed, and Permeabilized Cells”, Nano Lett. 18, 1159–1167 (2018)

C. Leng, H. Huang, K. Zhang, H. –C. Hung, Y. Xu, Y. Li, S. Jiang, Z. Chen, “Effect of Surface Hydration on Antifouling Properties of Mixed Charged Polymers”, Langmuir, 34, 6538–6545 (2018)

M. Xiao, C. Mohler, C. Tucker, B. Walther, X. Lu, Z. Chen, “Structures and Adhesion Properties at Polyethylene/Silica and Polyethylene/Nylon Interfaces”, Langmuir, 34, 6194–6204 (2018)

N. W. Ulrich, J. S. Andre, K. Khanna, Y. Wei, Y. Xiu, Z. Chen, “Nondestructive Analysis of Buried Interfacial Behaviors of Flux Residue and Their Impact on Interfacial Mechanical Property”, IEEE Trans. Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 8, 982-990 (2018)

M. Xiao, J. Jasensky, L. Foster, K. Kuroda, Z. Chen, “Monitoring Antimicrobial Mechanisms of Surface Immobilized Peptides in Situ”, Langmuir, 34, 2057–2062 (2018)

M. Xiao, S. Wei, Y. Li, J. Jasensky, J. Chen, C. L. Brooks III, Z. Chen, “Molecular Interactions between Single Layered MoS2 and Biological Molecules”, Chem. Sci., 9, 1769-1773 (2018)

Y. –X. Zhu, H. –R. Jia, G. –Y. Pan, N. W. Ulrich, Z. Chen, F. –G. Wu, “Development of a Light-Controlled Nanoplatform for Direct Nuclear Delivery of Molecular and Nanoscale Materials”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 4062–4070 (2018)

X. Han, J. Zheng, F. Lin, K. Kuroda, Z. Chen, “Interactions between Surface Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptides and Model Bacterial Cell Membranes”, Langmuir, 34, 512-520 (2018)

Y. Li, T. L. Ogorzalek, S. Wei, X. Zhang, P. Yang, J. Jasensky, C. L. Brooks, E. N. G. Marsh, Z. Chen, “Effect of Immobilization Site on the Orientation and Activity of Surface-Tethered Enzymes”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20, 1021-1029 (2018)

P. Hu, X. Zhang, Y. Li, C. Pichan, Z. Chen, “Molecular Interactions between Silver Nanoparticles and Model Cell Membranes”, Topics in Catalysis, 61, 1148–1162 (2018)

Y. Li, D. Pan, V. Nashine, S. Deshmukh, B. Vig, Z. Chen, “Understanding Protein-Interface Interactions of a Fusion Protein at Silicone Oil-Water Interface Probed by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy”, J. Pharm. Sci., 107, 682-689 (2018)

M. M. Schroeder, Q. Wang, S. Badieyan, Z. Chen, E. N. G. Marsh, “Effect of Surface Crowding and Surface Hydrophilicity on the Activity, Stability and Molecular Orientation of a Covalently Tethered Enzyme”, Langmuir, 33, 7152−7159 (2017)

N. Ma, P, Liu, N. He, N. Gu, F. G. Wu, Z. Chen, “Action of Gold Nanospikes-Based Nanoradiosensitizers: Cellular Internalization, Radiotherapy, and Autophagy”, ACS. Appl. Mater. Interf. 9, 31526-31542 (2017)

N. Ma, F. Wu, X. Zhang, Y. Jiang, H. Jia, H. Wang, Y. Li, P. Liu, N. Gu, Z. Chen, “Shape-Dependent Radiosensitization Effect of Gold Nanostructures in Cancer Radiotherapy: Comparison of Gold Nanoparticles, Nanospikes, and Nanorods”, ACS. Appl. Mater. Interf. 9, 13037–13048 (2017)

J. Myers, X. Zhang, H. Huang, H. Shobha, A. Grill, Z. Chen, “SFG analysis of the molecular structures at the surfaces and buried interfaces of PECVD ultralow-dielectric constant pSiCOH: Reactive Ion Etching and Dielectric Recovery”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 182902 (2017)

X. Zhang, L. Xia, X. Chen, Z. Chen, F. Wu, “Hydrogel-based phototherapy for fighting cancer and bacterial infection”, Sci. China. Mater. 60, 487–503 (2017)

N. W. Ulrich, X. Li, J. N. Myers, J. Williamson, X. Lu and Z. Chen, "Distinct Molecular Structures of Edge and Middle Positions of Plasma Treated Covered Polymer Film Surfaces Relevant in the Microelectronics Industry," IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 7, 1377 - 1390 (2017)

X. Lu, C. Zhang, N. Ulrich, M. Xiao, Y. –H. Ma, Z. Chen, “Studying Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces with Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy”, Anal. Chem., 89, 466−489 (2017)