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PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers​

*Corresponding Author

  1. Guoxing Sun, Zongjin Li*, Rui Liang, Lu-Tao Weng, and Lina Zhang. Super stretchable hydrogel achieved by non-aggregated spherulites with diameters < 5 nm. Nature Communications. 2016, 7:12095, doi: 10.1038/ncomms12095.

  2. Xiaosai Hu, Rui Liang, and Guoxing Sun*. Superadsorbent hydrogel for removal of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2018, 6, 17612-17624.

  3. Guoxing Sun, Guangming Chen*, Zhengping Liu*, and Ming Chen. Preparation, crystallization, electrical conductivity and thermal stability of syndiotactic polystyrene/carbon nanotube composites. Carbon. 2010, 48, 1434-1440.

  4. Qingyun Lv#, Xiaosai Hu#, Xiaoling Zhang, Liyan Huang, Zhengping Liu, and Guoxing Sun*. Highly efficient removal of trace metal ions by using poly(acrylic acid) hydrogel adsorbent. Materials & Design. 2019, doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2019.107934.

  5. Xiaosai Hu, Rui Liang, Jun Li, Zhengping Liu, and Guoxing Sun*. Mechanically strong hydrogels achieved by designing homogeneous network structure. Materials & Design. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.107547.

  6. Rui Liang, Zongjin Li, Lu-Tao Weng, Linan Zhang, and Guoxing Sun*. Recoverable hydrogel with high stretchability and toughness achieved by low-temperature hydration of Portland cement. Materials Chemistry Fronties. 2018, 2, 2076-2080.

  7. Zeyu Lu, Dongshuai Hou, Asad Hanif, Wenbin Hao*, Zongjin Li, and Guoxing Sun*. Comparative evaluation on the dispersion and stability of graphene oxide in water and cement pore solution by incorporating silica fume. Cement and Concrete Composite. 2018, 94, 33-42.

  8. Guoxing Sun, Rui Liang, Jinrui Zhang*, Zongjin Li, and Lu-Tao Weng. Mechanism of cement paste reinforced by ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene powder and thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester fiber with enhanced mechanical properties. Cement and Concrete Composite. 2017, 78, 57-62.

  9. Guoxing Sun, Rui Liang, Zeyu Lu*, Tiansheng Shi, Ping Geng, and Zongjin Li. Remarkable mechanical enhancement achieved by interfacial strengthening of organic/inorganic/fiber composites. Construction and Building Materials. 2017, 142, 7-10.

  10. Guoxing Sun, Rui Liang, Zeyu Lu*, Jinrui Zhang, and Zongjin Li. Mechanism of cement/carbon nanotube composites with enhanced mechanical properties achieved by interfacial strengthening. Construction and Building Materials. 2016, 115, 87-92.

  11. Guoxing Sun, Lu-Tao Weng, Jerold M. Schultz, and Chi-Ming Chan*. Formation of banded and non-banded poly(L-lactic acid) spherulites during crystallization of films of poly(L-lactic acid)/poly(ethylene oxide) blends. Polymer. 2014, 55, 1829-1836.

  12. Guoxing Sun, Guangming Chen*, Jun Liu, Jiping Yang, Jianyun Xie, Zhengping Liu*, and Xin Li. A facile gemini surfactant-improved dispersion of carbon nanotubes in polystyrene. Polymer. 2009, 50, 5787-5793.

  13. Guoxing Sun, Ling Wang*, Lu-Tao Weng, Jinrui Zhang, Zongjin Li*, and Guangming Chen. Determination of adsorption mechanism of polycarboxylate-ether based superplasticizers using crystallization, thermal and mass spectrometry methods. RSC Advances. 2014, 4, 25479-25485.

  14. Guoxing Sun, and Chi-Ming Chan*. The effects of the low-molecular-weight component on banded spherulites of poly(L-lactic acid). Colloid and Polymer Science. 2013, 291, 1495-1501.

  15. Guoxing Sun, Guangming Chen*, and Zhengping Liu*. Dispersion of pristine multi-walled carbon nanotubes in common organic solvents. Nano. 2010, 5, 103-109.

  16. Guoxing Sun, Guangming Chen*, and Zhengping Liu*. Progress in polystyrene/carbon nanotube composites. Chinese Polymer Bulletin. 2009, 2, 12-20.

  17. Xiaosai Hu, Rui Liang, Jun Li, Zhengping Liu*, and Guoxing Sun*. Highly stretchable self-healing nanocomposite hydrogel reinforced by 5 nm particles. ES Materials & Manufacturing. 2018, 2, 16-23.

  18. Chao Sun, Yu Zhu, Jian Guo, Yamei Zhang*, and Guoxing Sun*.  Effects of foaming agent type on the workability, drying shrinkage, frost resistance and pore distribution of foamed concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 2018, 186, 833-839.

  19. Jinrui Zhang, Youyuan Lu, Zeyu Lu, Chao Liu, Guoxing Sun*, and Zongjin Li. A new smart traffic monitoring method using embedded cement-based piezoelectric sensors. Smart Materials and Structures. 2015, 24, 025023.

  20. Zeyu Lu, Guochang Chen, Wenbin Hao, Guoxing Sun*, and Zongjin Li. Mechanism of UV-assisted TiO2/reduced graphene oxide composites with variable photodegradation of methyl orange. RSC Advances. 2015, 5, 72916-72922.

  21. Si-Yao Guo, Jian-Guo Dai*, Tie-Jun Zhao, Shuai-Dong Hou, Peng Zhang, Peng-Gang Wang and Guoxing Sun*. A novel microporous amorphous-ZnO@TiO2/graphene ternary nanocomposite with enhanced photocatalytic activity. RSC Advances. 2017, 7, 36787-36792.

  22. Siyao Guo, Jun Shang, Tiejun Zhao, Dongshuai Hou*, Zuquan Jin and Guoxing Sun*. TiO2/Cyclodextrin Hybrid Structure with Efficient Photocatalytic Water Splitting. ES Materials & Manufacturing. 2018, 2, 24-27.

  23. Asad Hanif, Su Diao, Huafu Pei, Zongjin Li, and Guoxing Sun*. Green Lightweight Laminated Cementitious Composite (LCC) for Wind Energy Harvesting–A novel application of LCCs. Case Studies in Construction Materials. 2019, doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2019.e00217.

  24. Lefan Li, Qiao Wang, Zongjin Li, Siyao Guo,* and Guoxing Sun*. Non-Volatile Glycerin Gel Enhanced by Sub-5 nm Particles with Super Elasticity, Recoverability, and High Temperature Resistance. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 2019, 1800464.

  25. Hongyao Ding, Xiaoxu Liang, Xin Ning Zhang, Zi Liang Wu, Zongjin Li, and Guoxing Sun*. Tough supramolecular hydrogels with excellent self-recovery behavior mediated by metal-coordination interaction. Polymer. 2019, 171, 201–210.

  26. Qiao Wang, Lefan Li, Zongjin Li, Siyao Guo, and Guoxing Sun*. Environmentally Stable Polymer Gels with Super Deformability and High Recoverability Enhanced by Sub-5 nm Particles in the Nonvolatile Solvent. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics. 2019, doi: 10.1002/polb.24826

  27. Qing Liu, Rui Liang, Zongjin Li, Siyao Guo*, and Guoxing Sun*. Mechanical strong and durable cement mortars reinforced by controlling the polymer phase size. Materials Research Express. 2019, 6, 075203.

  28. Zeyu Lu, Binmeng Chen, ChristopherK.Y. Leung, Zongjin Li, and Guoxing Sun*. Aggregation size effect of graphene oxide on its reinforcing efficiency to cement-based materials. Cement and Concrete Composite. 2019, 100, 85-91.

  29. Wenbin Hao, Hongyan Ma*, Guoxing Sun, Zongjin Li. Developing high performance magnesium phosphate cement composite bipolar plates for fuel cells. Energy Procedia. 2019, 158, 1980-1985.

  30. Wenbin Hao*, Hongyan Ma*, Guoxing Sun, and Zongjin Li. Magnesia phosphate cement composite bipolar plates for passive type direct methanol fuel cells. Energy. 2019, 168, 80-87.

  31. Lu Han, Xiong Lu, Kezhi Liu, Kefeng Wang, Liming Fang, Lu-Tao Weng, Hongping Zhang, Youhong Tang, Fuzeng Ren, Cancan Zhao, Guoxing Sun, Rui Liang, and Zongjin Li. Mussel-Inspired Adhesive and Tough Hydrogel Based on Nanoclay Confined Dopamine Polymerization. ACS Nano. 2017, 11, 2561-2574.

  32. Zeyu Lu, Asad Hanif*, Guoxing Sun, Rui Liang, Pavithra Parthasarathy, Zongjin Li. Highly dispersed graphene oxide electrodeposited carbon fiber reinforced cement-based materials with enhanced mechanical properties. Cement and Concrete Composite. 2018, 87, 220-228.

  33. Zeyu Lu, Asad Hanif*, Cong Lu, Kaiju Liu, Guoxing Sun, and Zongjin Li.  A novel lightweight cementitious composite with enhanced thermal insulation and mechanical properties by extrusion technique. Construction and Building Materials. 2018, 163, 446-449.

  34. Zeyu Lu, Asad Hanif, Cong Lu*, Guoxing Sun, Yu Cheng, and Zongjin Li. Thermal, mechanical, and surface properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) polymer modified cementitious composites for sustainable development. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2018, 135, 46177.

  35. Zhiyang Jin, Yuanyuan Tian, Xiaoxiao Xu, Hongzhi Cui*, Waiching Tang, Yanchun Yun, and Guoxing Sun. Experimental Investigation on Graphene Oxide/SrCl2· 6H2O Modified CaCl2· 6H2O and the Resulting Thermal Performances. Materials. 2018, 11, 1507.

  36. Yanguo Liu, Xiaoliang Wang, Wuming Ma, Jawayria Mujtaba, Guoxing Sun, Jinzhu Zhao, Hongyu Sun*. One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of hollow Fe3O4 microspheres assembled with nanoparticles for lithium-ion battery anodes. Materials Letters. 2016, 172, 76-80.

  37. Wenbin Hao, Hongyan Ma,* Zeyu Lu, Guoxing Sun and Zongjin Li. Design of magnesium phosphate cement based composite for high performance bipolar plate of fuel cells. RSC Advances. 2016, 6, 56711-56720.

  38. Jawayria Mujtaba, Hongyu Sun,* Guoyong Huang, Yanyan Zhao, Hamidreza Arandiyan, Guoxing Sun, Shengming Xu, and Jing Zhu*. Co9S8 nanoparticles encapsulated in nitrogendoped mesoporous carbon networks with improved lithium storage properties. RSC Advances. 2016, 6, 31775-31781.

  39. Zeyu Lu, Jinrui Zhang, Guoxing Sun, Biwan Xu, Zongjin Li*, and Chenchen Gong. Effects of the form-stable expanded perlite/paraffin composite on cement manufactured by extrusion technique. Energy. 2015, 82, 43-53.

  40. Zeyu Lu, Dongshuai Hou*, Lingshi Meng, Guoxing Sun, Cong Lu, and Zongjin Li. Mechanism of cement paste reinforced by graphene oxide/carbon nanotubes composites with enhanced mechanical properties. RSC Advances. 2015, 5, 100598-100605.

  41. Xiaoliang Wang, Jawayria Mujtaba, Fang Fang, Mashkoor Ahmad, Hamidreza Arandiyan, Hongping Yang, Guoxing Sun, and Hongyu Sun. Constructing aligned γ-Fe2O3 nanorods with internal void space anchored on reduced graphene oxide nanosheets for excellent lithium storage. RSC Advances. 2015, 5, 91574-91580.

  42. Zeyu Lu*, Biwan Xu, Jinrui Zhang*, Yu Zhu, Guoxing Sun, and Zongjin Li. Preparation and characterization of expanded perlite/paraffin composite as form-stable phase change material. Solar Energy. 2014, 108, 460-466.

  43. Yong Lin, Kai Mo Ng, Chi-Ming Chan*, Guoxing Sun, and Jingshen Wu. High-impact Polystyrene/Halloysite Nanocomposites Prepared by Emulsion Polymerization Using Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate as Surfactant. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2011, 358, 423-429.

Conference Presentations

  1.  Guoxing Sun, Rui Liang, and Zongjin Li. High-performance polymer hydrogel strengthened by cement-released nanoparticles at low-content. EMN Orlando Meeting, December 4-8, 2017 (Orlando, USA).

  2.  Guoxing Sun, Tomi Nissinen*, and Ivan M.L. Sham. Foam concrete: state of the art in foaming agents. 15th Concrete admixtures member representative conference, May 6-8, 2016 (Qingdao, China).

  3. Guoxing Sun, and Zongjin Li*. Adsorption mechanism of polycarboxylate-ether based superplasticizers on the surfaces of CaCO3, cement, and silica fume. Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Gordon Research Conference, August 3-8, 2014 (Hong Kong).

  4.  Guoxing Sun, Chi-Ming Chan*, Lu-Tao Weng, and Jerold M. Schultz. Formation of banded and non-banded poly(L-lactic acid) spherulites during crystallization of films of poly(L-lactic acid)/poly(ethylene oxide) blends. Proceedings of the Polymer Processing Society 29th Annual Meeting ~ PPS-29 ~ July 15-19, 2013, Nuremberg (Germany).

  5. Guoxing Sun, Guangming Chen*, and Zhengping Liu*. Preparation of polystyrene/carbon nanotube composite with gemini surfactant. Polymer Annual Conference, August 2009 (Tianjin, China).

Patents

  1. Guoxing Sun. 泡沫混凝土纳米发泡剂组合物及其砌块及其制造方法. Chinese Full Patent Application No. 201710183416.5.

  2. Zongjin Li, and Guoxing Sun. 纳米复合水凝胶材料及制备方法. Chinese Full Patent Application No. 201710342113.3.

  3. Guoxing Sun, Xiaosai Hu, and Zongjin Li. 一种超吸水水凝胶材料及其制备方法和应用. Chinese Full Patent Application No. 201910268432.3.

  4. Guoxing Sun, Xiaosai Hu, and Zongjin Li. 高分子导电水凝胶材料及制备方法. Chinese Full Patent Application No. 201910239903.8.

  5. Guoxing Sun, Tomi Nissinen, and Ivan M.L. Sham. Foam formulation and method of preparing solid porous materials with same. 05/05/2016. US Provisional Patent Application No. 15/146921.

  6. Zongjin Li, and Guoxing Sun. Super elastic hydrogels achieved by incorporation of “non-aggregated” 5 nm calcium hydroxide nano-spherulites. 15/04/2016. US Provisional Patent Application No. 62/390943.

  7. Zongjin Li, Su Diao, Asad Hanif, Huafu Pei, and Guoxing Sun. Thin-walled Bowl-shaped Shell Type Floating Straight-Bladed Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Power Generation System. 27/11/2015. US Provisional Patent Application No. 62/124429. Chinese Full Patent Application No. 201110432423.7. International Application No. PCT/CN2015/097589.

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