Publications

Selected publications

13.

Xian-You Liu, Xiao-Yun Yan, Yuchu Liu, Hang Qu, Yicong Wang, Jing Wang, Qing-Yun Guo, Huanyu Lei, Xing-Han Li, Fenggang Bian, Xiao-Yu Cao, Rui Zhang, Yu Wang, Mingjun Huang, Zhiwei Lin, E. Meijer, Takuzo Aida, Xian Kong, Stephen Cheng, "Self-assembled soft alloy with Frank--Kasper phases beyond metals." Nature Materials, 2024, 23(4), 570--576 link

12.

Jipeng Li, Linhan Du, Xian Kong, Jianzhong Wu, Diannan Lu, Lei Jiang, Wei Guo, "Designing artificial ion channels with strict K+/Na+ selectivity toward next-generation electric-eel-mimetic ionic power generation." National Science Review, 2023, 10(12), nwad260 link

11.

Chao Li, Zhenye Liang, Zizhao Li, Daofan Cao, Daxian Zuo, Jian Chang, Jun Wang, Yonghong Deng, Ke Liu$^\dagger$, Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Jiayu Wan$^\dagger$, "Self-Assembly Monolayer Inspired Stable Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase Design for Next-Generation Lithium Metal Batteries." Nano Letters, 2023, 23(9), 4014-4022 link

10.

Xiupeng Chen, Xian Kong$^\dagger$, "Nanoscale Confinement Effects on Ionic Conductivity of Solid Polymer Electrolytes: The Interplay between Diffusion and Dissociation." Nano Letters, 2023, 23(11), 5194-5200 link

9.

Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Jian Qin$^\dagger$, "Microphase Separation in Neutral Homopolymer Blends Induced by Salt-Doping." Macromolecules, 2023, 56(1), 254-262 link

8.

Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Kevin Hou, Jian Qin$^\dagger$, "Weakening of Solvation-Induced Ordering by Composition Fluctuation in Salt-Doped Block Polymers." ACS Macro Letters, 2021, 10(5), 545-550 link

7.

Meijuan Jia, Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Lili Wang, Yanbing Zhang, Di Quan, Liping Ding, Diannan Lu$^\dagger$, Lei Jiang, Wei Guo$^\dagger$, "Light-Powered Directional Nanofluidic Ion Transport in Kirigami-Made Asymmetric Photonic-Ionic Devices." Small, 2020, 16(1), 1905557 link

6.

Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Paul Rudnicki, Snehashis Choudhury, Zhenan Bao, Jian Qin$^\dagger$, "Dendrite Suppression by a Polymer Coating: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Study." Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30(15), 1910138 link

5.

Margarita Khariton$^*$, Xian Kong$^*$, Jian Qin, Bo Wang, "Chromatic Neuronal Jamming in a Primitive Brain." Nature Physics, 2020, 16(5), 553-557 link

4.

Yanbing Zhang$^*$, Fengyu Li$^*$, Xian Kong$^*$, Tangyue Xue, Dan Liu, Pan Jia, Lili Wang, Liping Ding, Huanli Dong, Diannan Lu, Lei Jiang, Wei Guo, "Photoinduced Directional Proton Transport through Printed Asymmetric Graphene Oxide Superstructures: A New Driving Mechanism under Full-Area Light Illumination." Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 30(4), 1907549 link

3.

Jinlei Yang$^*$, Xiaoyu Hu$^*$, Xian Kong$^*$, Pan Jia, Danyan Ji, Di Quan, Lili Wang, Qi Wen, Diannan Lu, Jianzhong Wu, Lei Jiang, Wei Guo, "Photo-induced ultrafast active ion transport through graphene oxide membranes." Nature Communications, 2019, 10(1), 1171 link

2.

Yaping Feng, Haoyu Dai, Jianjun Chen, Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Jinlei Yang$^\dagger$, Lei Jiang, "Geometric structure-guided photo-driven ion current through asymmetric graphene oxide membranes." Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7(35), 20182-20186 link

1.

Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Jie Liu, "An Atomistic Simulation Study on POC/PIM Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Gas Separation." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123(24), 15113-15121 link

Full publication list

63.

Xian-You Liu, Xiao-Yun Yan, Yuchu Liu, Hang Qu, Yicong Wang, Jing Wang, Qing-Yun Guo, Huanyu Lei, Xing-Han Li, Fenggang Bian, Xiao-Yu Cao, Rui Zhang, Yu Wang, Mingjun Huang, Zhiwei Lin, E. Meijer, Takuzo Aida, Xian Kong, Stephen Cheng, "Self-assembled soft alloy with Frank--Kasper phases beyond metals." Nature Materials, 2024, 23(4), 570--576 link

62.

Xueying Yuan, Linhan Du, Jipeng Li, Zheng Liu, Diannan Lu, Xian Kong, "Exploring steric and electronic effects in tailoring lithium-ion solvation using engineered ether solvents through molecular dynamics simulations." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2024, 36(23), 235101 link

61.

Guangjian Zeng, Shuqi Dai, Xiupeng Chen, Lu Qiu, Xian Kong, Mingjun Huang, Tao Wen, "Solid-State Graft Polymer Electrolytes with Conductive Backbones and Side Chains for Lithium Batteries." Macromolecules, 2024, 57(3), 1258-1265 link

60.

Pan Zhou, Haiyu Zhou, Yingchun Xia, Qingqing Feng, Xian Kong, Wen-hui Hou, Yu Ou, Xuan Song, Hang-yu Zhou, Weili Zhang, Yang Lu, Fengxiang Liu, Qingbin Cao, Hao Liu, Shuaishuai Yan, Kai Liu, "Rational Lithium Salt Molecule Tuning for Fast Charging/Discharging Lithium Metal Battery." Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, n/a(n/a), e202316717 link

59.

Jipeng Li, Linhan Du, Xian Kong, Jianzhong Wu, Diannan Lu, Lei Jiang, Wei Guo, "Designing artificial ion channels with strict K+/Na+ selectivity toward next-generation electric-eel-mimetic ionic power generation." National Science Review, 2023, 10(12), nwad260 link

58.

Yingchun Xia, Pan Zhou, Xian Kong, Jiekang Tian, Weili Zhang, Shuaishuai Yan, Wen-hui Hou, Hang-Yu Zhou, Hao Dong, Xiaoxia Chen, Peican Wang, Ziang Xu, Lei Wan, Baoguo Wang, Kai Liu, "Designing an asymmetric ether-like lithium salt to enable fast-cycling high-energy lithium metal batteries." Nature Energy, 2023. link

57.

Zhuojun Huang, Jian-Cheng Lai, Xian Kong, Ivan Rajkovic, Xin Xiao, Hasan Celik, Hongping Yan, Huaxin Gong, Paul Rudnicki, Yangju Lin, Yusheng Ye, Yanbin Li, Yuelang Chen, Xin Gao, Yuanwen Jiang, Snehashis Choudhury, Jian Qin, Jeffrey Tok, Yi Cui, Zhenan Bao, "A solvent-anchored non-flammable electrolyte." Matter, 2023, 6(2), 445--459 link

56.

Chao Li, Zhenye Liang, Zizhao Li, Daofan Cao, Daxian Zuo, Jian Chang, Jun Wang, Yonghong Deng, Ke Liu$^\dagger$, Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Jiayu Wan$^\dagger$, "Self-Assembly Monolayer Inspired Stable Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase Design for Next-Generation Lithium Metal Batteries." Nano Letters, 2023, 23(9), 4014-4022 link

55.

Shuqi Dai, Junxia He, Xiupeng Chen, Jinyi Cui, Hongqin Zhao, Rongchun Zhang, Huanyu Lei, Jiafu Yin, Linkun Cai, Fan Ye, Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Rongrong Hu$^\dagger$, Mingjun Huang$^\dagger$, "Polythiourea Superionic Conductors for Solid-State Batteries." Macromolecules, 2023, 56(10), 3660-3667 link

54.

Xiupeng Chen, Xian Kong$^\dagger$, "Nanoscale Confinement Effects on Ionic Conductivity of Solid Polymer Electrolytes: The Interplay between Diffusion and Dissociation." Nano Letters, 2023, 23(11), 5194-5200 link

53.

Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Jian Qin$^\dagger$, "Microphase Separation in Neutral Homopolymer Blends Induced by Salt-Doping." Macromolecules, 2023, 56(1), 254-262 link

52.

Yan Zhao, Tianhong Zhou, Lars Jeurgens, Xian Kong, Jang Choi, Ali Coskun, "Electrolyte engineering for highly inorganic solid electrolyte interphase in high-performance lithium metal batteries." Chem, 2023, 9(3), 682-697 link

51.

Mun Kim, Zewen Zhang, Paul Rudnicki, Zhiao Yu, Jingyang Wang, Hansen Wang, Solomon Oyakhire, Yuelang Chen, Sang Kim, Wenbo Zhang, David Boyle, Xian Kong, Rong Xu, Zhuojun Huang, William Huang, Stacey Bent, Lin-Wang Wang, Jian Qin, Zhenan Bao, Yi Cui, "Suspension electrolyte with modified Li+ solvation environment for lithium metal batteries." Nature Materials, 2022, 21(4), 445--454 link

50.

Zhiao Yu, Paul Rudnicki, Zewen Zhang, Zhuojun Huang, Hasan Celik, Solomon Oyakhire, Yuelang Chen, Xian Kong, Sang Kim, Xin Xiao, Hansen Wang, Yu Zheng, Gaurav Kamat, Mun Kim, Stacey Bent, Jian Qin, Yi Cui, Zhenan Bao, "Rational solvent molecule tuning for high-performance lithium metal battery electrolytes." Nature Energy, 2022, 7(1), 94--106 link

49.

Hansen Wang, Zhiao Yu, Xian Kong, Sang Kim, David Boyle, Jian Qin, Zhenan Bao, Yi Cui, "Liquid electrolyte: The nexus of practical lithium metal batteries." Joule, 2022, 6(3), 588-616 link

48.

Yu Zheng, Zhiao Yu, Song Zhang, Xian Kong, Wesley Michaels, Weichen Wang, Gan Chen, Deyu Liu, Jian-Cheng Lai, Nathaniel Prine, Weimin Zhang, Shayla Nikzad, Christopher Cooper, Donglai Zhong, Jaewan Mun, Zhitao Zhang, Jiheong Kang, Jeffrey Tok, Iain McCulloch, Jian Qin, Xiaodan Gu, Zhenan Bao, "A molecular design approach towards elastic and multifunctional polymer electronics." Nature Communications, 2021, 12(1), 5701 link

47.

Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Kevin Hou, Jian Qin$^\dagger$, "Weakening of Solvation-Induced Ordering by Composition Fluctuation in Salt-Doped Block Polymers." ACS Macro Letters, 2021, 10(5), 545-550 link

46.

Yuelang Chen, Zhiao Yu, Paul Rudnicki, Huaxin Gong, Zhuojun Huang, Sang Kim, Jian-Cheng Lai, Xian Kong, Jian Qin, Yi Cui, Zhenan Bao, "Steric Effect Tuned Ion Solvation Enabling Stable Cycling of High-Voltage Lithium Metal Battery." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143(44), 18703-18713 link

45.

Sang Kim, Xian Kong, Rafael Vilá, William Huang, Yuelang Chen, David Boyle, Zhiao Yu, Hansen Wang, Zhenan Bao, Jian Qin, Yi Cui, "Potentiometric Measurement to Probe Solvation Energy and Its Correlation to Lithium Battery Cyclability." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143(27), 10301-10308 link

44.

Anthony Yu, Huada Lian, Xian Kong, Hector Hernandez, Jian Qin, Eric Appel, "Physical networks from entropy-driven non-covalent interactions." Nature Communications, 2021, 12(1), 1--9

43.

Hansen Wang, Zhiao Yu, Xian Kong, William Huang, Zewen Zhang, David Mackanic, Xinyi Huang, Jian Qin, Zhenan Bao, Yi Cui, "Dual-Solvent Li-Ion Solvation Enables High-Performance Li-Metal Batteries." Advanced Materials, 2021, 33(25), 2008619 link

42.

Zhiao Yu, Hansen Wang, Xian Kong, William Huang, Yuchi Tsao, David Mackanic, Kecheng Wang, Xinchang Wang, Wenxiao Huang, Snehashis Choudhury, Yu Zheng, Chibueze Amanchukwu, Samantha Hung, Yuting Ma, Eder Lomeli, Jian Qin, Yi Cui, Zhenan Bao, "Molecular design for electrolyte solvents enabling energy-dense and long-cycling lithium metal batteries." Nature Energy, 2020, 5(7), 526--533 link

41.

David Boyle, Xian Kong, Allen Pei, Paul Rudnicki, Feifei Shi, William Huang, Zhenan Bao, Jian Qin, Yi Cui, "Transient Voltammetry with Ultramicroelectrodes Reveals the Electron Transfer Kinetics of Lithium Metal Anodes." ACS Energy Letters, 2020, (),

40.

Meijuan Jia, Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Lili Wang, Yanbing Zhang, Di Quan, Liping Ding, Diannan Lu$^\dagger$, Lei Jiang, Wei Guo$^\dagger$, "Light-Powered Directional Nanofluidic Ion Transport in Kirigami-Made Asymmetric Photonic-Ionic Devices." Small, 2020, 16(1), 1905557 link

39.

Ankun Yang, Guangmin Zhou, Xian Kong, Rafael Vil{\'a}, Allen Pei, Yecun Wu, Xiaoyun Yu, Xueli Zheng, Chun-Lan Wu, Bofei Liu, Hao Chen, Yan Xu, Di Chen, Yanxi Li, Sirine Fakra, Harold Hwang, Jian Qin, Steven Chu, Yi Cui, "Electrochemical generation of liquid and solid sulfur on two-dimensional layered materials with distinct areal capacities." Nature Nanotechnology, 2020, 15(), 231–237

38.

Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Paul Rudnicki, Snehashis Choudhury, Zhenan Bao, Jian Qin$^\dagger$, "Dendrite Suppression by a Polymer Coating: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Study." Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30(15), 1910138 link

37.

Margarita Khariton$^*$, Xian Kong$^*$, Jian Qin, Bo Wang, "Chromatic Neuronal Jamming in a Primitive Brain." Nature Physics, 2020, 16(5), 553-557 link

36.

Chibueze Amanchukwu, Zhiao Yu, Xian Kong, Jian Qin, Yi Cui, Zhenan Bao, "A new class of ionically conducting fluorinated ether electrolytes with high electrochemical stability." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142(16), 7393--7403

35.

Xiaoyu Hu, Yiling Nan, Xian Kong, Diannan Lu, Jianzhong Wu, "A hybrid theoretical method for predicting electrokinetic energy conversion in nanochannels." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020, 22(16), 9110--9116

34.

Jiayu Wan, Jin Xie, Xian Kong, Zhe Liu, Kai Liu, Feifei Shi, Allen Pei, Hao Chen, Wei Chen, Jun Chen, Xiaokun Zhang, Linqi Zong, Jiangyan Wang, Long-Qing Chen, Jian Qin, Yi Cui, "Ultrathin, flexible, solid polymer composite electrolyte enabled with aligned nanoporous host for lithium batteries." Nature Nanotechnology, 2019, 14(), 705–711

33.

Yanbing Zhang$^*$, Fengyu Li$^*$, Xian Kong$^*$, Tangyue Xue, Dan Liu, Pan Jia, Lili Wang, Liping Ding, Huanli Dong, Diannan Lu, Lei Jiang, Wei Guo, "Photoinduced Directional Proton Transport through Printed Asymmetric Graphene Oxide Superstructures: A New Driving Mechanism under Full-Area Light Illumination." Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 30(4), 1907549 link

32.

Jinlei Yang$^*$, Xiaoyu Hu$^*$, Xian Kong$^*$, Pan Jia, Danyan Ji, Di Quan, Lili Wang, Qi Wen, Diannan Lu, Jianzhong Wu, Lei Jiang, Wei Guo, "Photo-induced ultrafast active ion transport through graphene oxide membranes." Nature Communications, 2019, 10(1), 1171 link

31.

Chibueze Amanchukwu, Xian Kong, Jian Qin, Yi Cui, Zhenan Bao, "Nonpolar Alkanes Modify Lithium-Ion Solvation for Improved Lithium Deposition and Stripping." Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, (), 1902116

30.

Yaping Feng, Haoyu Dai, Jianjun Chen, Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Jinlei Yang$^\dagger$, Lei Jiang, "Geometric structure-guided photo-driven ion current through asymmetric graphene oxide membranes." Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7(35), 20182-20186 link

29.

Cheng Lian, Xian Kong, Honglai Liu, Jianzhong Wu, "Flow effects on silicate dissolution and ion transport at an aqueous interface." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019, 21(13), 6970--6975

28.

Xian Kong$^\dagger$, Jie Liu, "An Atomistic Simulation Study on POC/PIM Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Gas Separation." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123(24), 15113-15121 link

27.

Jie Liu, Xian Kong, Jianwen Jiang, "Solvent nanofiltration through polybenzimidazole membranes: Unravelling the role of pore size from molecular simulations." Journal of Membrane Science, 2018, 564(0), 782-787 link

26.

Xian Kong, Jianwen Jiang, "Amorphous porous organic cage membranes for water desalination." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122(3), 1732-1740

25.

Xiaoyu Hu, Xian Kong, Diannan Lu, Jianzhong Wu, "A molecular theory for predicting the thermodynamic efficiency of electrokinetic energy conversion in slit nanochannels." The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018, 148(8), 084701

24.

Xian Kong, Jianwen Jiang, "Porous organic cage membranes for water desalination: a simulation exploration." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19(28), 18178-18185

23.

Gong Chen, Xian Kong, Diannan Lu, Jianzhong Wu, Zheng Liu, "Kinetics of CO 2 diffusion in human carbonic anhydrase: a study using molecular dynamics simulations and the Markov-state model." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19(18), 11690-11697

22.

Xian Kong, Zeyu Zhao, Jianwen Jiang, "Dipeptides Embedded in a Lipid Bilayer Membrane as Synthetic Water Channels." Langmuir, 2017, 33(42), 11490-11495

21.

Xian Kong, Diannan Lu, Jianzhong Wu, Zheng Liu, "A theoretical study on the morphological phase diagram of supported lipid bilayers." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19(25), 16897-16903

20.

怡伶 南, 宪 孔, 继鹏 李, 滇楠 卢, "纳米狭缝中水流动非平衡分子动力学模拟." 化工学报, 2017, 05(1), 1786-1793

19.

Xian Kong, Diannan Lu, Jianzhong Wu, Zheng Liu, "Spreading of a unilamellar liposome on charged substrates: A coarse-grained molecular simulation." Langmuir, 2016, 32(15), 3785-3793

18.

Cheng Lian, Xian Kong, Honglai Liu, Jianzhong Wu, "On the hydrophilicity of electrodes for capacitive energy extraction." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2016, 28(46), 464008

17.

Xian Kong, Xiaoyu Hu, Diannan Lu, Liu Zheng, "Molecular dynamics simulation of rupture of lipid bilayer under dynamic surface tension." CIESC Journal, 2016, 67(2), 641 link

16.

宪 孔, 晓宇 胡, 滇楠 卢, 铮 刘, "动态表面张力破裂磷脂膜的分子动力学模拟." 化工学报, 2016, 67(2), 641--647

15.

Xian Kong, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, Jianzhong Wu, "Molecular dynamics for the charging behavior of nanostructured electric double layer capacitors containing room temperature ionic liquids." Nano Research, 2015, 8(3), 931-940

14.

Yijie Dong, Zhe Lang, Xian Kong, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, "Kinetic and multidimensional profiling of accelerated degradation of oil sludge by biostimulation." Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2015, 17(4), 763-774

13.

Jipeng Li, Xian Kong, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, "Italicized carbon nanotube facilitating water transport: a molecular dynamics simulation." Science bulletin, 2015, 60(18), 1580-1586

12.

Gong Chen, Xian Kong, Jingying Zhu, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, "How ABA block polymers activate cytochrome c in toluene: molecular dynamics simulation and experimental observation." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17(16), 10708-10714

11.

Xian Kong, Jianzhong Wu, Douglas Henderson, "Density functional theory study of the capacitance of single file ions in a narrow cylinder." Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2015, 449(), 130-135

10.

Jipeng Li, Yiyun Ouyang, Xian Kong, Jingying Zhu, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, "A multi-scale molecular dynamics simulation of PMAL facilitated delivery of siRNA." RSC Advances, 2015, 5(83), 68227-68233

9.

Xian Kong, Alejandro Gallegos, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, Jianzhong Wu, "A molecular theory for optimal blue energy extraction by electrical double layer expansion." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17(37), 23970-23976

8.

Xian Kong, Shanshan Qin, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, "Surface tension effects on the phase transition of a DPPC bilayer with and without protein: a molecular dynamics simulation." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, 16(18), 8434-8440

7.

Xian Kong, Zhixian Li, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, Jianzhong Wu, "Multiscale simulation of surfactant-aquaporin complex formation and water permeability." RSC Advances, 2014, 4(71), 37592-37599 link

6.

Xian Kong, Jian Jiang, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, Jianzhong Wu, "Molecular theory for electrokinetic transport in pH-regulated nanochannels." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2014, 5(17), 3015-3020

5.

Qile Chen, Xian Kong, Jipeng Li, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu, "Electrokinetic desalination using honeycomb carbon nanotubes (HC-CNTs): a conceptual study by molecular simulation." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, 16(35), 18941-18948

4.

其乐 陈, 宪 孔, 滇楠 卢, 铮 刘, "外壁荷电性质对双壁碳纳米管中水分子运动行为的影响." 化工学报, 2014, 65(1), 319-327

3.

Xian Kong, Changyuan Li, Diannan Lu, Qiang Li, Zheng Liu, "Preparation and characterization of penicillin acylase nanogel." CIESC Journal, 2011, 6(62), 1641-1648 link

2.

宪 孔, 畅原 李, 滇楠 卢, 强 李, 铮 刘, "青霉素酰化酶纳米凝胶的制备与性质." 化工学报, 2011, 62(6), 1641-1648

1.

Minlian Zhang, Ding Hu, Mengru Liu, Xian Kong, "Application of Ion Exchange Chromatography for Pharmaceutical Plasmid Analysis." Progress in Chemistry, 2010, 22(0203), 482