Bilin Zhuang Publications

List of Publications

* co-corresponding authors
^‡ undergraduate/high-school student authors

Ion Adsorption Enhances Apparent Nonelectrostatic Attraction between Monomers in Polyelectrolyte Brushes. M. Li, X. Xu, S. Yasar, H. A. Klok, B. Zhuang*, J. Yu*, Macromolecules 57, 2024, 3026-3036. 

Deciphering Density Fluctuations in the Hydration Water of Brownian Nanoparticles via Upconversion Thermometry. F. E. Maturi, R. S. Raposo Filho, C. D. S. Brites, J. Fan, R. He, B. Zhuang, X. Liu, L. D. Carlos, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 15, 2024, 2606-2615. 

Ion Correlations in Quaternary Ionic Liquids Electrolytes. J. Tong, X. Liang*, N. von Solms, F. Huo*, B. Zhuang*, Journal of Physics: Materials 7, 2024, 025006.

Poisoning of Copper Chabazite Catalyst by Biodiesel Metal Contaminants: Effect of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals. V. Mesilov*, B. Zhuang*, S. Xi, S. L. Bernasek, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127, 11490–11505.

Effects of Ion Valency on Polyelectrolyte Brushes: A Unified Theory. M. Li, B. Zhuang*, J. Yu*, Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 10450–10456. 

Local-Average Free Volume Correlates with Dynamics in Glass Formers. B. Mei, B. Zhuang, Y. Lu, L. An, Z.-G Wang, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 2022, 3957. 

Sequence-conformation relationship of zwitterionic peptide brushes: theory and simulations. M. Li, B. Zhuang*, J. Yu*, Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 9565–9576. 

Salt-Induced Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation: Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Water-Acetonitrile-Salt Mixtures. M. Li^†, B. Zhuang^†, Y. Lu, L. An, and Z.-G. Wang, Journal of American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 773. (^†co-first authors)

Like dissolves like: a first-principles theory for predicting liquid miscibility and mixture dielectric constant. B. Zhuang*, G. Ramanauskaite^‡, Z. Y. Koa^‡, Science Advances, 2021, 7, eabe7275. 

Decoding a percolation phase transition of water at ~330 K with a nanoparticle ruler. D. S. Brites^†, B. Zhuang^†*, M. L. Debasu, D. Ding, X. Qin, F. E. Maturi, W. W. Y. Lim^‡, D. W. Soh, J. Rocha, Z. Yi, X. Liu* and L. D. Carlos*, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11, 4704. (^†co-first authors) 

Functional zwitterionic polymers on surface: structures and applications. M. Li, B. Zhuang*, and J. Yu*, Chem. Asian J., 2020, 15, 1. 

Enhanced thermal conductance at the graphene–water interface based on functionalized alkane chains. S. Chen, M. Yang, B. Liu, M. Xu, T. Zhang, B. Zhuang, D. Ding, X. Huai, and H. Zhang, RSC Advances, 2019, 9, 4563.

Statistical field theory for polar fluids. B. Zhuang and Z.-G. Wang, Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018, 149, 124108. 

Accurate determination of ion polarizabilities in aqueous solutions. M. Li, B. Zhuang, L. An, Y. Lu, Z.-G. Wang, and L. An, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2017, 121, 6416.  

Molecularly-based theory for electron-transfer reorganization energy in solvent mixtures. B. Zhuang and Z.-G. Wang, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016, 120, 6373.

A Molecularly based theory for electron transfer reorganization energy. B. Zhuang and Z.-G. Wang, Journal of Chemical Physics, 2015,143, 224502.

Combined theoretical and experimental study of refractive indices of water-acetonitrile-salt systems. N. An^†, B. Zhuang^†, M. Li, Y. Lu, and Z.-G. Wang, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2015, 119, 10701. (^†co-first authors) 

Anomalous concentration effects on phase behavior and nematic order in mixtures of side-chain liquid crystal polymers and low-molecular-weight liquid crystal. B. Zhuang and Z.-G. Wang, Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 6220.

Small-network approximations for geometrically frustrated Ising systems. B. Zhuang and C. Lannert, Physical Review E, 2012, 85, 031107.  

Effect of magnetostatic energy on domain structure and magnetization reversal in (Co/Pd) multilayers. R. Sbiaa, Z. Bilin, M. Ranjba, H. K. Tan, S. J. Wong, S.N. Piramanayagam, T. C. Chong, Journal of Applied Physics, 2010, 107, 103901. 

Solvation of small disulfonate anions in water/methanol mixtures characterized by high-field pulse electron nuclear double resonance and MD simulations. J. Heller, H. Elgabarty, B. Zhuang, D. Sebastiani, D. Hinderberger, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2010, 114, 7429.