Yawen Liu

2026-01-26

Research Interests:

Self-Assembly of Biomacromolecules.


Research Achievements:

1. Liu, Y. #; Yang, S. #; Wang, Q. #; Huang, C. #; Zhou, M.; Xiao, R.; Chen, H.; Shan, Y.; Ren, J.; Cao, L.; Li, F.*; Ling, S.*; Ling, D.* Biomimetic hierarchical molecular assembly of silk-hydroxyapatite composites for near-native bone regeneration, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, e24279.

2. Liu, Y. #; Li, Y. #; Wang, Q.; Ren, J.; Ye, C.; Li, F.; Ling, S.*; Liu, Y.*; Ling, D.* Biomimetic silk architectures outperform animal horns in strength and toughness. Adv. Sci. 2023, 10, 2303058.

3. Liu, Y.; Ren, J.; Pei, Y.; Qi, Z.; Chen, M.; Ling, S.* Structural information of biopolymer nanofibrils by infrared nanospectroscopy. Polymer 2021, 219, 123534.

4. Liu, Y.; Ren, J.; Ling, S.* Bioinspired and biomimetic silk spinning. Compos. Commun. 2019, 13, 85-96.

5. Zhao, C.#; Liu, Y.#; Lv, Z.; Cao, L.; Ren, J.; Shao, Z.; Ling, S.* Silk fibroin nacre. Adv. Fiber. Mater. 2022, 4, 1191–1208.

6. Xiao, Y.#; Liu, Y.#; Zhang, W.; Qi, P.; Ren, J.; Pei, Y.*; Ling, S.* Formation, structure, and mechanical performance of silk nanofibrils produced by heat-induced self-assembly. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2021, 42, 2000435.

7. Zhong, J.#; Liu, Y.#; Ren, J.; Tang, Y.; Qi, Z.; Zhou, X.; Chen, X.; Shao, Z.; Chen, M.*; Kaplan, D. L.*; Ling, S.* Understanding secondary structures of silk materials via micro- and nano-infrared spectroscopies. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2019, 5, 3161-3183.