2026

Yang, Y.; Ren, J.; Cao, L.; Zhang, X.; Huang, C.; Jiang, X.; Ling, S. A Manufacturability-Informed Topology Framework for AI-Guided Design of Fibrous Network Materials. Nat. Commun. 2026, in press. 

Zhou, Y.; Yang, S.; Cao, L.; Ren, J.; Bai, R.; Yang, Y.; Peng, R.; Yao, J.; Chen, X.; Shao, Z.; Ling, S. A Percolation-Based Theoretical Model Reveals the Structural Origin of Strain-Stiffening in Semiflexible Fibrous Networks. Soft Matter 2026, in press. DOI: 10.1039/D6SM00177G

Ma, C.; Ma, X.; Yang, Y.; Gao, W.; Lin, Z.; Peng, R.; Yang, W.; Chen, J.; Yang, Z.; Mo, J.; Fan, L.; Ren, J.; Wang, Y. Processing-History-Programmed Silk Fibers Integrating Mechanical Robustness, Ionic Conduction, and Optical Waveguiding for Intelligent Wearables. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2026, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202617641.

Gao, Y.; Huang, M.; Lin, Z.; Ren, J.; Ye, C.; et al. Pultrusion-Guided Biomimetic Wet Spinning Yields Tough, Ionically Conductive Silk Fibers for Integrated Ionotronics and Electroluminescent Textiles. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2026, in press. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6c04184.

Zeng, X.; Tian, X.; Cao, L.; Ren, J.; Yao, J.; Chen, X.; Zheng, K.; Shao, Z.; Ling, S. Interfacial Assembly Reprograms Defect-Mediated Bending Mechanics in Rigid Biogenic Nanofibrils. Langmuir 2026, 42 (20), 14460–14469. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6c01691.

Gao, S.; Ren, J.; Zhang, B. P.; Yang, L. X.; Wu, Y. Q.; et al. Super Retarding-Flame Wood. Sci. Bull. 2026, 71 (10), 2508–2517. DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2026.04.030.

Yin, X.; Bi, Y.; Wang, X.; Ren, J.; Yao, J.; Chen, X.; Ling, S.; Shao, Z. Structure–Function Mapping of Host Defense Peptide Mimics Reveals Strategies for Antibacterial Activity and Eradication of Mature Bacterial Biofilms. Green Chem. 2026, 28, 5493–5506. DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05877E.

Ming, M.; Wang, X.; Liu, Y.; Ren, J.; Yao, J.; Chen, X.; Shao, Z.; Ling, S. Ultrathin, Flexible, and Multifunctional Silk Fibroin-Ag Functional Engineered Membranes for Integrated Separation, Treatment, and Detection of Water Pollutants. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2026, 18 (1), 2795–2806. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c22309

Zheng, X.; Gao, W. L.; Liu, W.-Q.; Zhang, Y. F.; Huang, S. H.; Ji, X. Y.; Lu, Y. C.; Liu, Y. F.; Ling, S. J.; Li, J. Reconstituting Transcription–Translation-Coupled DNA Replication within Complex in Vitro Biological Systems. Nat. Commun. 2026, 17, 351. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56160-x