Bao, Y.; Qian, H.; Lu, Z.; Cui, S.*(2015): Revealing the Hydrophobicity of Natural Cellulose by Single-Molecule Experiments. Macromolecules 2015, 48(11), 3685-3690.
Luo, Z.; Cheng, B.; Cui, S.* (2015): Effects of Water on the Single-chain Elasticity of poly(U) RNA. Langmuir 31(22), 6107–6113.
Cheng, B.; Wu, S.; Liu, S.; Rodriguez-Aliaga, P.; Yu, J.*; Cui, S.* (2015): Protein Denaturation at Single-molecule Level: The Effect of Nonpolar Environments and Its Implications to the Unfolding Mechanism by Proteases. Nanoscale 7, 2970-2977.
Kang, X.; Yu, Y.; Bao, Y.; Cai, W.; Cui, S.* (2015): Real time quantification of the chemical cross-link density of a hydrogel by in situ UV-vis spectroscopy. Polym. Chem. 6, 4252-4257.
Bao, Y.; Qian, H.; Lu, Z.*; Cui, S.*(2014): The unexpected flexibility of natural cellulose at a single-chain level and its implications to the design of nano materials. Nanoscale 6, 13421-13424.
Yu, M.; Chen, S.; Zhang, B.; Qiu, D.; Cui, S.* (2014): Why a Lotus-like Superhydrophobic Surface is Self-cleaning? An Explanation from Surface Force Measurements and Analysis. Langmuir, 30, 13615-13621.
Pang, X.; Cui, S.*(2013): Single-Chain Mechanics of Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) and Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide): Comparative Study Reveals the Effect of Hydrogen Bond Donors. Langmuir, 29, 12176–12182.
Pang, X.; Wang, K.; Cui, S.*(2013): Single-chain mechanics of poly(N-isopropyl-acrylamide) in the water/methanol mixed solvent. Polymer, 54, 3737-3743.
Wang, K.; Pang, X.; Cui, S.* (2013): Inherent Stretching Elasticity of a Single Polymer Chain with a Carbon-Carbon Backbone. Langmuir, 29, 4315-4319. DOI: 10.1021/la400626x
Yu, Y.; Kang, X.; Yang, X.; Yuan, L.; Feng, W.; Cui, S.* (2013): Surface charge inversion of self-assembled monolayers by visible light irradiation: cargo loading and release by photoreactions. Chem. Commun. 49, 3431-3433. DOI:10.1039/C3CC39081K
Cui, S*; Pang, X.; Zhang, S.; Yu, Y.; Ma, H.*; Zhang, X. (2012): Unexpected Temperature-Dependent Single Chain Mechanics of Poly(N-isopropyl-acrylamide) in Water. Langmuir, 28, 5151-5157. DOI: 10.1021/la300135w
Yu, Y.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, C.; Cui, S.* (2011): Facile fabrication of robust multilayer films: visible light-triggered chemical cross-linking by the catalysis of ruthenium(II) complex. Chem. Commun. 47, 929-931. DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03713C
Yu, Y.; Zhang, H.; Cui, S.* (2011): Fabrication of Robust Multilayer Films by Triggering the Coupling Reaction between Phenol and Primary Amine Groups with Visible Light Irradiation. Nanoscale, 3, 3819-3824. DOI: 10.1039/c1nr10453e
Cui, S.* (2010): The Possible Roles of Water in the Prebiotic Chemical Evolution of DNA. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 10147-10153.(Cover Article) DOI: 10.1039/C002414G
Yu, Y.; Cui, S.* (2009): Facile Preparation of Chemically Cross-Linked Microgels by Irradiation of Visible Light at Room Temperature. Langmuir 25, 11272-11275. DOI: 10.1021/la9026464
Cui, S.*; Yu, Y.; Lin, Z. (2009): Modeling Single Chain Elasticity of Single-stranded DNA: a Comparison of Three Models. Polymer, 50, 930-935. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.12.012
Cui, S.*; Yu, J.; Kühner, F.; Schulten, K.; Gaub, H. E. (2007): Double Stranded DNA Dissociates into Single Strands when Dragged into a Poor Solvent. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 14710-14716. DOI: 10.1021/ja074776c
Cui, S.*; Albrecht, C.; Kühner, F.; Gaub, H. E. (2006): Weakly bound water molecules shorten single-stranded DNA. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 6636-6639. DOI: 10.1021/ja0582298