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Publications

2025

Yu Xin, Longfei Chen, Bin Sun, Fangping Tang, Yamin Zhang*. “Galvanic-cell-based self-powered bioelectronic devices”, Advanced Materials (2025): e09169. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202509169.

Longfei Chen, Shilin Chen, Bin Sun, Jiayang Chen, Yamin Zhang*,“Wireless Bioelectronic Devices for Next-Generation Electrotherapy”, Cell Biomaterials, https://www.cell.com/cell-biomaterials/fulltext/S3050-5623(25)00045-5.

Yamin Zhang†*, Eric Rytkin†, Liangsong Zeng†, Jong Uk Kim†, Lichao Tang†, Haohui Zhang†, Yonggang Huang*, Wei Ouyang*, Rishi K. Arora*, Igor R. Efimov*, John A. Rogers*, et al. “Millimetre-scale, bioresorbable optoelectronic systems for electrotherapy”, Nature, 640, 77–86 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08726-4.

Yu Xin, Bin Sun, Yifei Kong, Bojie Zhao, Jiayang Chen, Kui Shen, Yamin Zhang*,“Advances in integrated power supplies for self-powered bioelectronic devices”,Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 2423-2437.DOI: 10.1039/D4NR04645E.

2024

J. Liu, N. Liu, Y. Xu, M. Wu, H. Zhang, Y. Wang, Y. Yan, A. Hill, R. Song, Z. Xu, M. Park, Y. Wu, J. L. Ciatti, J. Gu, H. Luan, Y. Zhang, T. Yang, H.-Y. Ahn, S. Li, W. Z. Ray, C. K. Franz, M. R. MacEwan, Y. Huang, C. W. Hammill, H. Wang, J. A. Rogers, “Bioresorbable shape-adaptive structures for ultrasonic monitoring of deep-tissue homeostasis”, Science, 2024, 383, 1096.

2023

Y. Zhang, F. Liu, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, D. D. Andrea, J. Walters, S. Li, H. Yoon, M. Wu, S. Li, Z. Hu, T. Wang, J. Choi, K. Bailey, E. Dempsey, K. Zhao, A. Lantsova, Y. Bouricha, I. Huang, H. Guo, X. Ni, Y. Wu, G. Lee, F. Jiang, Y. Huang, C. K. Franz, J. A. Rogers, “Self-powered, light-controlled bioresorbable platforms for programmed drug delivery”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2023, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217734120. Highlighted in Physics World, Medical Xpress, New Atlas and many more.

W. Ouyang‡, W. Lu‡, Y. Zhang‡, Y. Liu, J.U. Kim, H. Shen, Y. Wu, H. Luan, K. Kilner, S.P. Lee, Y. Lu, Y. Yang, J. Wang, Y. Yu, A.J. Wegener, J.A. Moreno, Z. Xie, Y. Wu, C. Wu, W. Bai, H. Guo, T. Liu, H. Bai, G. Monti, J. Zhu, S.R. Madhvapathy, J. Trueb, M. Stanslaski, E.M. Higbee-Dempsey, I. Stepien, N. Ghoreishi-Haack, C.R. Haney, Y. Huang, R. Ghaffari, A.R. Banks, T.C. Jhou, C.H. Good, J.A. Rogers, “A wireless and battery-less implant for multimodal closed-loop neuromodulation in small animals”, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2023, doi: 10.1038/s41551-023-01029-x.

Y. Zhang‡, G. Lee‡, S. Li‡, Z. Hu‡, K. Zhao, J.A. Rogers, “Advances in Bioresorbable Materials and Electronics”, Chemical Reviews, 2023, doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00408. Invited Review

Y. Wu, E. Rytkin, M. Bimrose, S. Li, Y. S. Choi, G. Lee, Y. Wang, L. Tang, M. Madrid, G. Wickerson, J.-K. Chang, J. Gu, Y. Zhang, J. Liu, S. Tawfick, Y. Huang, W. P. King, I. R. Efimov, J. A. Rogers, “A Sewing Approach to the Fabrication of Eco/bioresorbable Electronics”, Small, 2023, 19, 2305017.

2022

I. Huang‡, Y. Zhang‡, H. M. Arafa, S. Li, A. Vazquez-Guardado, W. Ouyang, F. Liu, S. Madhvapathy, J. W. Song, A. Tzavelis, J. Trueb, Y. Choi, W. J. Jeang, V. Forsberg, E. Higbee-Dempsey, N. Ghoreishi-Haack, I. Stepien, K. Bailey, S. Han, Z. J. Zhang, C. Good, Y. Huang, A. J. Bandodkar and J. A. Rogers, “High Performance Dual-Electrolyte Magnesium-Iodine Batteries That Can Harmlessly Resorb in the Environment or in the Body”, Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, doi.org/10.1039/D2EE01966C. Inside back cover.

X. Ni, H. Luan, J.-T. Kim, S. I. Rogge, Y. Bai, J. W. Kwak, S. Liu, D. S. Yang, S. Li, S. Li, Z. Li, Y. Zhang, C. Wu, X. Ni, Y. Huang, H. Wang and J. A. Rogers, “Soft shape-programmable surfaces by fast electromagnetic actuation of liquid metal networks”, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 5576.

R. Avila, J.L. Ciatti, A. Vázquez-Guardado, Y. Wu, Y. Zhang, R. Garziera, J.A. Rogers, Y. Huang, “Electrochemical Bioelectronics in Drug Delivery: Effect of the Initial Gas Volume”, J. Appl. Mech., 2022, 89, 011012.

2021 and before

Y. Zhang, J.D. Howe, S. Ben-Yoseph, Y. Wu, N. Liu, “Unveiling the Origin of Alloy-Seeded and Nondendritic Growth of Zn for Rechargeable Aqueous Zn Batteries”, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 404–412. ESI Top 1% Highly Cited Paper

Y. Zhang, Y. Wu, W. You, M. Tian, P.-W. Huang, Y. Zhang, Z. Sun, Y. Ma, T. Hao, N. Liu, “Deeply Rechargeable and Hydrogen-Evolution-Suppressing Zinc Anode in Alkaline Aqueous Electrolyte”, Nano Letters, 2020, 20, 4700–4707.

Y. Zhang‡, Y. Zhang‡, A. Mathur, S. Ben-Yoseph, S. Xia, Y. Wu, N. Liu, “An effective and accessible cell configuration for testing rechargeable zinc-based alkaline batteries”, Journal of Power Sources, 2021, 491, 229547.

Y. Zhang, Y. Wu, H. Ding, Y. Yan, Z. Zhou, Y. Ding, N. Liu, “Sealing ZnO nanorods for deeply rechargeable high-energy aqueous battery anodes”, Nano Energy, 2018, 53, 666–674.

Y. Zhang, N. Liu, “Nanostructured Electrode Materials for High-Energy Rechargeable Li, Na and Zn Batteries”, Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29, 9589–9604. Invited.

T.-H. Wu‡, Y. Zhang‡, Z.D. Althouse, N. Liu, “Nanoscale design of zinc anodes for high-energy aqueous rechargeable batteries”, Materials Today Nano, 2019, 6, 100032.

Y. Yan‡, Y. Zhang‡, Y. Wu, Z. Wang, A. Mathur, H. Yang, P. Chen, S. Nair, N. Liu, “A Lasagna-Inspired Nanoscale ZnO Anode Design for High-Energy Rechargeable Aqueous Batteries”, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018, 1, 6345–6351.

Z. Zhou‡, Y. Zhang‡, P. Chen, Y. Wu, H. Yang, H. Ding, Y. Zhang, Z. Wang, X. Du, N. Liu, “Graphene oxide-modified zinc anode for rechargeable aqueous batteries”, Chemical Engineering Science, 2019, 194, 142–147. (Cover)

Y. Zhang, X. Xing, L. Jiang, J. Xu, C. Ju, H. Gao, “Synthesis and characterization of Eu(Ⅲ)-β-diketone complexes and Tb(Ⅲ)-β-diketone complexes”, University Chemistry, 2016, 31, 65–71.

H. Liu, Y. Zhang, C. Wang, J.N. Glazer, Z. Shan, N. Liu, “Understanding and Controlling the Nucleation and Growth of Zn Electrodeposits for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 32930–32936.

Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, E. Aldama, H. Liu, Z. Sun, Y. Ma, N. Liu, Z. John Zhang, “Rational design of walnut-like ZnO/Co₃O₄ porous nanospheres with substantially enhanced lithium storage performance”, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 166–174.

Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Cao, M. Xie, J. Li, A. Balzer, N. Liu, Z. John Zhang, “Calcination-Free Synthesis of Well-Dispersed and Sub-10 nm Spinel Ferrite Nanoparticles as High-Performance Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Case Study of CoFe₂O₄”, Chem. – A Eur. J., 2021, 27, 12900–12909.

Y. Jeon, Y. Wu, Y. Zhang, C. Hwang, H.-W. Lee, H.-K. Song, N. Liu, “In situ visualization of zinc plating in gel polymer electrolyte”, Electrochim. Acta, 2021, 391, 138877.

H. Yang, Y. Zhang, M.J. Tennenbaum, Z. Althouse, Y. Ma, Y. He, Y. Wu, T.-H. Wu, A. Mathur, P. Chen, Y. Huang, A. Fernandez-Nieves, P.A. Kohl, N. Liu, “Polypropylene carbonate-based adaptive buffer layer for stable interfaces of solid polymer lithium metal batteries”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 27906–27912.

Y. Wu, Y. Zhang, Y. Ma, J.D. Howe, H. Yang, P. Chen, S. Aluri, N. Liu, “Ion-sieving carbon nanoshells for deeply rechargeable Zn-based aqueous batteries”, Adv. Energy Mater., 2018, 8, 1802470.

P. Chen, Y. Wu, Y. Zhang, T.-H. Wu, Y. Ma, C. Pelkowski, H. Yang, Y. Zhang, X. Hu, N. Liu, “A deeply-rechargeable zinc anode with pomegranate-inspired nanostructure for high-energy aqueous batteries”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 21933–21940.

Y. Huang, H. Yang, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Wu, M. Tian, P. Chen, R. Trout, Y. Ma, T.-H. Wu, Y. Wu, N. Liu, “A safe and fast-charging lithium-ion battery anode using MXene supported Li₃VO₄”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 11250–11256.

H. Sancho, Y. Zhang, L. Liu, V.G. Barevadia, S. Wu, Y. Zhang, P.-W. Huang, Y. Zhang, T.-H. Wu, W. You, N. Liu, “NiCo₂Se₄ nanowires as a high-performance bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2020, 167, 056503.

Y. Wu, P. Huang, J.D. Howe, Y. Yan, J. Martinez, A. Marianchuk, Y. Zhang, H. Chen, N. Liu, “In operando visualization of the electrochemical formation of liquid polybromide microdroplets”, Angew. Chemie, 2019, 131, 15372–15378.

Y. Zhang, M. Xie, Y. He, Y. Zhang, L. Liu, T. Hao, Y. Ma, Y. Shi, Z. Sun, N. Liu, Z. John Zhang, “Hybrid NiO/Co₃O₄ nanoflowers as high-performance anode materials for lithium-ion batteries”, Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 420, 130469.

X. E, X. Zhi, Y. Zhang, C. Li, J.-J. Zou, X. Zhang, L. Wang, “Jet fuel containing ligand-protecting energetic nanoparticles: A case study of boron in JP-10”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2015, 129, 9–13.

H. Gao, Y. Zhang, J. Wu, G. Zhang, “Preparation and analysis of nickel complexes with different configurations”, Lab. Sci., 2015, 71–73.

K. Cao, Z. Jiang, X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, J. Zhao, R. Xing, S. Yang, C. Gao, F. Pan, “Highly water-selective hybrid membrane by incorporating g-C₃N₄ nanosheets into polymer matrix”, J. Memb. Sci., 2015, 490, 72–83.