Paper List: The red marks represent students in this laboratory, † represents equal contribution, * represents the corresponding author

Representative and Highlight Publications: 

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Paper submitted:

57. Ke Zhou*, Mechanosensitive Ion Nanochannels Enabled by Confinement-Regulated Ion Clustering,  (Submitted).

56. Danying Zhao, Wei Jiang, Jiale Zhou, Yan Ye, Yu Zhang, Zhenhua Jiang, Lei Jiang, Ke Zhou*, Yahong Zhou*, Yunhe Zhang*, Recognizing multiple kinds of ions specifically by ultrathin polymeric membranes with aligned angstrom pores for energy-efficient lithium extraction, (Submitted).

55. Yanyan Zhao, Ke Zhou, Yan Chen*, Yilun Liu*, Exploring Conformational Landscapes of Two-dimensional Macromolecules via Well-tempered Metadynamics, Extreme Mechanics Letters (2025). 81, 102421.

54. Yanlin Zhang, Lei Lei, Jin Wang*, Shangzhen Li, Yanzheng Liu, Yuqing Sun, Tongxin Liao, Rong Chen*, Cong Wang, Kexin Wang, Fulai Luo, Ke Zhou*, Bohao Lv, Lei Wang*, Simultaneous Voltage-Gated Control of Ion and Water Transport in Zr4-Ti3C2Tx Nanochannel Membranes, Nature Communications (2025).

53.  Xingyue Zhu†, Ke Zhou†, Zhixin Wu†, Weiming Tang, Haoshuang Feng, Weipeng Chen, Lei Jiang, Liping Wen, Ziguang Zhao, Nanophase-separation heterogel photoiontronics for bidirectional ion-gradient energy conversion modulation, ACS Nano (2025), 19, 40, 35890–35900.

52. Junyu Lian, Shiping Jiao*, Wanjian Yin, Ke Zhou*, Machine-Learning Potential Molecular Dynamics Reveals the Critical Role of Flexibility in Solid-Liquid Nanofluidic Friction, ACS Nano (2025).

51. Jiawen Zhang, Tianqi Xu, Ling Ding, Jinpeng Ji, Jianxin Geng, Huynh Thien Ngo, Ke Zhou, Xiankai Chen, Fengxia Geng*, Bridging graphene for films with superior mechanical and electrical performance for electromagnetic interference shielding, eScience (2025).

50. Jiaqiang Li, Ke Zhou, Qing Liu, Bo Tian, Xiaowei Liu, Li Cao, Haicheng Cao, Guanxing Li, Xixiang Zhang, Yu Han,* and Zhiping Lai*, Synthesis of 2D Ordered Graphdiyne Membranes for Highly Efficient and Selective Water Transport, Nature Water (2025), 3, 307–318 (2025).

49. Zhiyuan Xiong* Luyan Shen, Kangtai Ou, Ke Zhou, Gyeong Min Choi, GuiYan Yang, Heon Sang Lee, Youyi Sun*, Dan Li*, Ultrahigh Concentration Exfoliation and Aqueous Dispersion of Few-Layer Graphene by Excluded Volume Effect, Nature Communications (2024), 15, 10807. [News1]

48. Wei Tian, Chenyu Wang, and Ke Zhou*, The Dynamic Diversity and Invariance of Ab-Initio Water, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2024), 20, 23, 10667–10675. [Data Repository][News]

47. Guobin Li, Xin Peng, Lingfeng Yu, Di Wang, He Zhao, Qiang Chen, Jiduo Zhao, Ke Zhou*, Yahui Xue*, Nanofluidic thermoelectric transducer with ultrahigh and tunable sensitivity,  The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2024), 15, 39, 9863–9870.

46. Chenyu Wang, Wei Tian, and Ke Zhou*, Ab Initio Simulation of Liquid Water without Artificial High Temperature, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2024), 20, 18, 8202–8213. [Data Repository][News1][News2].

45. Shun Tian, Ke Zhou*, Wanjian Yin, Yilun Liu*, Machine learning enables the discovery of 2D Invar and anti-Invar monolayers, Nature Communications (2024), 15, 6977, [Data Repository] [News 1][News 2][Reported by AZoAI]

44. Yahui Xie, Chuanq-Qi, Huang,  Ke Zhou*, Yilun Liu, Elucidating the transport of water and ions in the nanochannel of covalent organic frameworks by molecular dynamics, The Journal of Chemical Physics (2024), 1, 161.

43. Yuanyuan Zhang†, Ke Zhou†, Shigang Su, Jun Gao*, Jian Liu*, Lei Jiang, Congener-welded crystalline carbon nitride membrane for robust and highly selective Li/Mg separation, Science Advances (2024), 10.24 ,eadm9620. 

42. Tao Zhang, Shijun Wang, Kai Yang, Liangke Lin, Pei Yang, Ke Zhou*, Weimin Chen*, Minzhi Chen*, Xiaoyan Zhou*, Directly Converting Bulk Wood into Branch Micro-Nano Fibers to Synergistically Enhance the Strength and Toughness via Interface Engineering, Nano Letters (2024), 24, 22, 6576–6584

41. Weipeng Chen†, Ke Zhou†, Zhixin Wu, Yahui Xie, Xue Meng, Ziguang Zhao*, Liping Wen*, Ion-concertation-hopping heterolayer-gel for ultrahigh gradient energy conversion, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024), 145, 51, 28038–28048.

40. Li Huan-Ya, Zhou Ke, Yin Wan-Jian*, Quantitative descriptor of lattice anharmonicity in crystal, Acta Phys. Sin. (2024), 73(5), 057101.

39. Jin Wang*, Zheng Cui, Shangzhen Li, Zeyuan Song, Miaolu He, Yuan Feng, Ke Zhou*, Xudong Wang, Lei Wang*, Unlocking Osmotic Energy Harvesting Potential in Challenging Real-World Hypersaline Environments through Vermiculite-Based Hetero-Nanochannels, Nature Communications (2024), 15, 608. [Highly Cited Papers - Top 1% in Field according to Web of Science] 

38. Yahui Xie, Chuanq-Qi, Huang,  Ke Zhou*, Yilun Liu*, Unveiling the Transport of Water and Ions in the Nanocage of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks by Molecular Dynamics, Applied Surface Science (2024), 652, 159311.

37. Yaxin Huang, Ke Zhou, Huhu Cheng, Tiancheng He, Haiyan Wang, Jiaxin Bai, Ce Yang, Tianlei Guang, Houze Yao, Fan Li, Guangjin Hou, Zhiping Xu, Liangti Qu*, Three-Dimensional Printing of High-Performance Moisture Power Generators, Advanced Functional Materials (2024).

36. Qi Li†, Ke Zhou†, Bin Zhu†, Xueli Liu*, Junchao Lao, Jun Gao*, Lei Jiang, Artificial sodium channels for enhanced osmotic energy harvesting, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2023), 145, 51, 28038–28048. 

35. Tao Zhang, Daotong Zhang, Weimin Chen, Yan Chen, Kai Yang, Pei Yang, Nana Pan, Qi Quan, Zhao Li, Ke Zhou*, Minzhi Chen*, Xiaoyan Zhou*, Shape and stiffness switchable hydroplastic wood with programmability and reproducibility, ACS Nano (2023), 17, 23, 23524–23534. 

34. Chen Qian, Ke Zhou*, Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Solvation States of Hydrated Ions in Confined Water, Inorganic Chemistry (2023), 62, 43, 17756–17765.

33. Yanyan Zhao, Ke Zhou*, Yilun Liu*, Enhanced Interlayer Adhesion of Wetted Graphene Oxide by Confined Water Bridge, The Journal of Chemical Physics (2023), 159, 024707. 

32. Yue Sun, Ke Zhou, Hongyan Xiao, Weipeng Chen, Linsen Yang, Weiwen Xin, Xiang-Yu Kong, Zhiping Xu, Lei Jiang, Liping Wen, Immiscible Liquid-Mediated Ultrafast Ion Transport through Nanoconfined Channels, Nano Energy (2023), 105, 108011.

31. Guoke Zhao, Ke Zhou, Ruirui Hu, Hongwei Zhu, Graphene oxide nanofiltration membranes with confined Na+ in two-dimensional nanochannels, Separation and Purification Technology (2023), 304, 122321.

30. Ke Zhou*, Chen Qian, Yilun Liu*, Quantifying the Structure of Water and Hydrated Monovalent Ions by Density Functional Theory Based Molecular Dynamics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2022), 126, 49, 10471–10480.

29. Shun Tian, Ke Zhou*, Chuan-Qi Huang, Chen Qian, Zhibin Gao, Yilun Liu*, Investigation and Understanding of the Mechanical Properties of MXene by High-Throughput Computations and Interpretable Machine Learning, Extreme Mechanics Letters (2022), 57, 101921. [Data Repository]

28. Junchao Lao†, Ke Zhou†, Shangfa Pan, Jiayan Luo, Jun Gao, Anping Dong, Lei Jiang, Spontaneous and Selective Potassium Transport through Suspended Tailor-cut Ti3C2Tx MXene Film, ACS Nano (2022), 16, 6, 9142–9149.

27. Enlai Gao, Ke Zhou, Lei Shi, Zhiping Xu, Comment on “Anharmonicity and universal response of linear carbon chain mechanical properties under hydrostatic pressure”, Physical Review Letter (2022), 128, 219601.

26. Chen Qian, Ke Zhou*, Yunhai Xiong, Xiang Chen, Zhi Li, High-Throughput Discovery and Investigation of Auxetic Two-dimensional Crystals, Chemistry of Materials (2022), 34, 10, 4344–4354.

25. Yushu Li, Huichao Liu, Ke Zhou, Huasong Qin, Wenshan Yu, Yilun Liu, Machine learning based approach for delamination detection with undetected and noise polluted natural vibration characters, Composite Structure (2022), 287, 115335.

24. Yan Chen, Wengen Ouyang, Ke Zhou, Huasong Qin,  Yilun Liu, Finite Temperature Mechanics of Multilayer 2D Materials, Extreme Mechanics Letter (2022), 52, 101612.

23. Le Cai, Wanzhen He, Xudong Xue, Jianyao Huang, Ke Zhou, Xiahong Zhou, Zhiping Xu*, and Gui Yu*., In situ growth of large-area and self-aligned graphene nanoribbon arrays on liquid metal, National Science Review (2021) 8.12, nwaa298.

22. Ke Zhou*, Zhiping Xu*, Scaling and Classification of Ion-Substrate Interaction, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2021), 125, 48, 26778–26784.

21. Bozhao Wu, Yuanpeng Yao, Ke Zhou, Ze Liu, Enlai Gao, Electromechanically Actuated MXene Nanotubes for Tunable Mass Transport, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2021), 125, 45, 25275–25283.

20. Ke Zhou, Shuping Jiao, Yan Chen, Huasong Qin, Yilun Liu, Reduced Ionic Conductivity but Enhanced Local Ionic Conductivity in Nanochannel, Langmuir (2021) 37, 43, 12577–12585.

19. Zhe Chen, Jianwen Yang, Ke Zhou*, Shuping Jiao*, Continuous Water Filling in Graphene Nanochannel: A Molecular Dynamics Study, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2021), 125, 34, 9824–9833.

18. Zhe Yin, Xiaoping Liang, Ke Zhou, Shuo Li, Haojie Lu, Mingchao Zhang, Haomin Wang, Zhiping Xu, Yingying Zhang, Biomimetic Mechanically Enhanced Carbon Nanotube Fibers by Silk Fibroin Infiltration, Small (2021) , 17, 202100066.

17. Zhijuan Zhao, Tianyu Hou, Nannan Wu, Shuping Jiao, Ke Zhou, Jun Yin, Ji Won Suk, Xu Cui, Mingfei Zhang, Shaopeng Li, Yan Qu, Weiguang Xie, Xi-Bo Li, Chuanxi Zhao, Yong Fu, Rong-Dun Hong, Shengshi Guo, Dingqu Lin, Weiwei Cai, Wenjie Mai, Zhengtang Luo, Yongtao Tian, Yun Lai, Yuanyue Liu, Luigi Colombo, and Yufeng Hao, Polycrystalline Few-Layer Graphene as a Durable Anticorrosion Film for Copper, Nano Letter (2021), 21, 2, 1161–1168.

16. E. Gao, C. Zhang, K. Zhou, N. Wei, Computational Study on Strain-Engineered Graphene Nanopores for Selective Gas Separation, ACS Applied Nano Materials (2020).

15. Ke Zhou, Zhiping Xu, Nanoconfinement-Enforced Ion Correlation and Nanofluidic Ion Machinery, Nano Letter (2020),  20, 11, 8392–8398. Reported by Tsinghua New and Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology. 

14. Ke Zhou, Zhiping Xu, Deciphering the nature of ion-graphene interaction, Physical Review Research (2020), 2, 042034(R).

13. Ke Zhou*, Zhiping Xu*, Field-Enhanced Selectivity in Nanoconfined Ionic Transport,   Nanoscale 12, 6512-6521 (2020).

12. Ke Zhou, Zhiping Xu, Ion Permeability and Selectivity in Composite Nanochannels: Engineering through the End Effects,  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124, 8, 4890-4898 (2020).

11. Wen Ying†, Ke Zhou†, Quangang Hou†, Danke Chen, Yi Guo, Zhuoyi Li, Youguo Yan, Zhiping Xu, Xinsheng Peng, Selectively tuning gas transport through ionic liquid filled graphene oxide nanoslits using an electric field, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7, 15062 (2019).

10. Xuerui Wang†, Gang Ou†, Ke Zhou†, Xiangqing Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yi Feng, Yunpeng Bai, Hui Wu, Zhiping Xu, Jun Ge, Targeted-heating enzyme systems based on photothermal materials,  ChemBioChem: a European Journal of Chemical Biology (2019).

9. Yijia He, Lichao Qian, Ke Zhou, Ruirui Hu, Meirong Huang, Min Wang, Guoke Zhao, Yule Liu, Zhiping Xu, Hongwei Zhu, Graphene oxide promoted cadmium uptake by rice in soil, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7, 10283 (2019).

8.  Lauren Cantley, Jacob L. Swett, David Lloyd, David A. Cullen, Ke Zhou, Peter V. Bedworth, Scott Heise, Adam J. Rondinone, Zhiping Xu, Steve Sinton, J. Scott Bunch, Voltage gated inter-cation selective ion channels from graphene nanopores,  Nanoscale 11,  9856 (2019).

7. Ruizhe Wu†, Yao Ding†, Ka Man Yu†, Ke Zhou†, Zhouyang Zhu, Xuewu Ou, Qicheng Zhang, Minghao Zhuang, Wendi Li, Zhiping Xu, Michael S. Altman, Zhengtang Luo, Edge-epitaxial Growth of Graphene on Cu with a Hydrogen-free Approach, Chemistry of Materials 31( 7) 2555 (2019).

6. Dechao Geng, Xiaoxu Zhao, Ke Zhou, Wei Fu, Zhiping Xu, Stephen J. Pennycook, Lay Kee Ang, Hui Ying Yang, From Self-Assembly Hierarchical h-BN Patterns to Centimeter-Scale Uniform Monolayer h-BN Film, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 1801493 (2019).

5. Hongya Geng, Ke Zhou, Jiajia Zhou, Hongyun Ma, Cunjing Lv, Zhiping Xu,Liangti Qu, Sunlight Driven Water Transport via Reconfigurable Pump, Angewandte Chemie 57, 1-7 (2018). PHYS.ORG NEWS, Rapid controlled transport of water droplets by sunlight-powered pump.

4. Shuping Jiao†, Ke Zhou†, Mingmao Wu, Chun Li, Xulong Cao, Lu Zhang, Z Xu, Confined Structures and Selective Mass Transport of Organic Liquids in Graphene Nanochannels, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 (43),  37014-37022 (2018).

3. K. Zhou, Z. Xu, Renormalization of Ionic Solvation Shells in Nanochannels, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10, 27801-27809 (2018).

2. W. Ying†, J. Cai†, K. Zhou†, D Chen, Y Ying, Y Guo, X Kong, Z Xu, X Peng, Ionic Liquid Selectively Facilitates CO2 Transport through GrapheneOxide Membrane, ACS Nano 12, 5385-5393 (2018).

1. Y. Wang, Y. Cao, K. Zhou, and Z. Xu, Assessment of Self-assembled Monolayers as High-performance Thermal Interface Materials, Advanced Materials Interfaces 4, 1700355 (2017).

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Invited talks and Oral presentations：

11. Invar材料的机器学习发现, 中国力学大会-2025(CCTAM2025), 湖南长沙，2025年7月，邀请报告。

10. First-Principle Simulations of Liquid Water and Aqueous Ions，2025-第一届GPUMD开发者大会暨人工智能分子动力学前沿研讨会，宁波，2025年6月，邀请报告。

9. 数据驱动方法理解单层2D材料的力学行为, 第六届低维材料力学青年研讨会, Dalian, Nov., 2024，邀请报告.

8. 不变(Invar)材料的机器学习方法研究 , 江苏力学青年论坛2024, Nanjing, Nov., 2024

7. 不变(Invariable)材料的机器学习方法研究, 第二十二届华东固体力学学术会议 暨第五届长三角力学论坛, Invited Report, Nanjing, Oct., 2024.

6. 数据驱动助力发现2D Invar材料, 第十七届全国物理力学学术会议, Invited Report, Nanjing, March, 2024.

5. Hydrated Ions under Angstrom-/Nano-confinement and the Design of Devices,  第十六届全国物理力学学术会议, Oral Report, Dalian, July, 2021.

4. Correlation Dynamics of Nanoconfined Ions, 第十六届全国物理力学学术会议, Invited Report, Beijing China, Aug., 2021.

3. Field-Boosted Selectivity in Nanoscale Transport, Material Research Society 2019, Oral Report, Boston, USA,  3 Dec., 2019

2. Field-Boosted Selectivity in Nanoscale Transport, China Nano 2019, Oral Report, Beijing, China, July 19th, 2019

1. Renormalization of Ionic Solvation Shells in Nanochannels, The Second International Conference of Microfluidics, Nanofluidics, and Lab-on-a-Chip, Oral Report, Beijing, China, Jane 8th, 2018.