"Coarse-grained simulations of polyrotaxane hydrogels under quiescent and shear conditions", Smith, C.D.; Zhang, W.#, Macromolecules, in press. #Corresponding author.
"Assessing Martini force field for modeling polyolefin nanoplastics near lipid membranes", Duraes, A.D.S.; Liu, C.; Zhang, W.#, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2026, 130, 7145--7154. #Corresponding author.
"Additive-free compatibilization of commodity polypropylene/polyethylene via partial melting and recrystallization", Dunn, C.B.; Zhang, Y.; Wei, P.; Ahn, J.B., Zhang, W.#; Qiang, Z.#, JACS Au, 2026, 6, 4176–4186. #Corresponding authors.
"Predicting bio-corona-induced adsorption and uptake of nanoplastics", Zhang, W.#; Duraes, A.D.S., Soft Matter, 2026, 22, 1141–1150. #Corresponding author.
"Effects of orientational and conformational ordering on isotactic polypropylene crystallization", Duraes, A.D.S.; Zhang, W.#, Macromolecules, 2026, 59, 962–973. #Corresponding author.
"Coarse-grained simulations of crystallization in phase-separated polymer blends with block copolymer compatibilizers", Zhang, Y.; Zhang, W.#, Macromolecules, 2025, 58, 12871–12881. #Corresponding author.
"Thermodynamic origin of multistep polymer crystallization", Zhang, W.#, Physical Review Letters, 2025, 135, 028101. Editors' Suggestion. #Corresponding author.
"Roles of interfaces in crystallization in free-standing and bi-layer polymer films", Zou, L.; Zhang, W.#, Macromolecules, 2025, 58, 3589–3594. #Corresponding author.
"Effects of block copolymer compatibilizers and interfacial entanglements on strengthening immiscible glassy polymer blends", Zhang, Y.; Zhang, W.#, Macromolecules, 2025, 58, 2484–2493. #Corresponding author.
"All-atom molecular dynamics simulations reveal the effects of nanoplastics on lipid membranes and vice versa", Duraes, D.S.; Jiao, E.L.; Zhang, W.#, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2025, 129, 3385–3395. Front Cover. #Corresponding author.
"A multi-scale framework for predicting α-cyclodextrin assembly on polyethylene glycol axles", Smith, C.D.; Ke, C.#; Zhang, W.#, Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 9068 - 9082. #Corresponding authors
"Interfaces and soft confinement promote crystallization in polymer nanodroplets", Liu, C.; Duraes, D.S.; Jiao, E.L.; Zhang, W.#, MRS Advances, 2024. #Corresponding author.
"Effects of entanglement on polymer crystal growth and inter-crystalline phase formation", Zou, L.; Zhang, W.#, Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 4410–4420. #Corresponding author.
"Direct measurement of polymer chain-end-to-end distances by using RAFT chain transfer agent as the FRET acceptor", Wang, Y.; Fortenberry, A.; Zhang, W.; Simon, Y.; Qiang, Z., The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023, 127, 3100–3108.
"Mismatch in nematic interactions leads to composition-dependent crystal nucleation in polymer blends", Zhang, W.#; Zou, L, Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 2234–2245. #Corresponding author
"Interfacial oriented precursor to secondary nucleation of alkane oligomer crystals revealed by molecular dynamic simulations", Gong, Y.; Zhang, W.; Larson, R.G., Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 6311-6320.
"Molecular dynamics simulations of the effects of entanglement on polymer crystal nucleation", Zou, L.; Zhang, W.#, Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 4899-4906. #Corresponding author.
"An ultra-dynamic anion cluster-based organic framework", Samanta, J.; Dorn, R.W.; Zhang, W.#; Jiang, X.; Zhang, M.; Staples, R.; Rossini, A.J.#; Ke, C.#, Chem, 2022, 1, 7-9. #Corresponding authors.
"Molecular dynamics simulations of crystal nucleation near interfaces in incompatible polymer blends", Zhang, W.#; Zou, L., Polymers, 2021, 13, 347. #Corresponding author.
