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Papers (40)

  1. O. C. Owegie, R.-G. Xu, Q. P. Kennedy, T. Penubothu, I. H. Zirena, O. Levy, Q. Q. Luu, Y. Chen, P. Davizon-Castillo, Y. Chen, and M. Yang, "Molecular Mechanisms of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Antagonism by Punicalagin," Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 154462, 2026.
  2. M. Bian, Q. Rao, R.-G. Xu, L. Vlcek, and Y. Leng, "Molecular Simulation Studies of CO2-CH4-H2O Ternary Geological Fluids in Clay Confinements," Langmuir 42 (7), 5497-5516, 2026.
  3. F. Liu, X. Jiang, G. He, R.-G. Xu, Z. Chen, and L. Wang, "Machine Learning-Based Multi-Point Load Sensing for Smart Skins," Advanced Materials Technologies 10 (24), e00768, 2025.
  4. F. Bai, A. Yan, Y. Fu, I. Khan, Y. Huang, F. Cao, G. A. Martins, R.-G. Xu, X. Lin, R. Wang, and Z. Chen, "Acoustic Cavitation-Assisted Plasma Generation in Liquid Media," Advanced Materials Technologies 10 (16), e00719, 2025.
  5. M. E. Torki, F. Liu, R.-G. Xu, Y. Chen, J. Fredberg, and Z. Chen, "Bridging the Gap in Cancer Cell Behavior Against Matrix Stiffening: Insights from a Trizonal Model," eLife 14, 2025.
  6. Y. Xiang, L. Lu, Y. Luo, R.-G. Xu, G. Zeng, and Y. Leng, "Understanding the Termination Effect of Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene Membrane on Water Structure and Interaction with Alginate Foulants: A Molecular Dynamics Study," Langmuir 41, 975, 2025.
  7. S. Wang, R. Geng, and R.-G. Xu*, "An Overview of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education," Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 35, 793-796, 2025.
  8. M. Din et al., including R.-G. Xu, "Multi-parametric Thrombus Profiling Microfluidics Detects Intensified Biomechanical Thrombogenesis Associated with Hypertension and Aging," Nature Communications 15, 9067, 2024.
  9. R.-G. Xu*, G. Zhang, T. Liu, Y. Xiang, and Y. Leng*, "On the Nucleation Rate of Confinement-Induced Liquidlike-to-Solidlike Phase Transitions," Lubricants 12, 420, 2024.
  10. J. Sutlive et al., including R.-G. Xu, "Buckling Forces and the Wavy Folds between Pleural Epithelial Cells," BioSystems 240, 105216, 2024.
  11. G. Zhang, R.-G. Xu, Y. Xiang, and Y. Leng, "Contact Stiffness and Damping in Atomic-Scale Friction: An Approximate Estimation from Molecular Dynamics Simulations," Tribology Letters 72, 24, 2024.
  12. R.-G. Xu, G. Zhang, Y. Xiang, and Y. Leng, "On the Friction Behavior of SiO₂ Tip Sliding on the Au(111) Surface: How Does an Amorphous SiO₂ Tip Produce Regular Stick-Slip Friction and Friction Duality?" Langmuir 39, 6425, 2023.
  13. X. Zhou, P. Chen*, R.-G. Xu*, C. Zhang, and J. Zhang, "Interfacial Friction of vdW Heterostructures Affected by In-Plane Strain," Nanotechnology 34, 015708, 2023.
  14. R.-G. Xu, G. Zhang, Y. Xiang, J. Garcia, and Y. Leng, "Will Polycrystalline Platinum Tip Sliding on a Gold(111) Surface Produce Regular Stick-Slip Friction?" Langmuir 38, 6808, 2022.
  15. R.-G. Xu*, Z. Chen, P. Chen, and G. Peng, "Special Issue: Mechanical Properties of Advanced Multifunctional Coatings," Coatings 12, 599, 2022.
  16. R.-G. Xu*, Y. Xiang, G. Zhang, Q. Rao, and Y. Leng, "Nucleation of Frank Dislocation during the Squeeze-Out Process in Boundary Lubrication: A Molecular Dynamics Study," Materials 15, 997, 2022.
  17. Y. Xiang, R.-G. Xu, and Y. Leng, "How Alginate Monomers Contribute to Organic Fouling on Polyamide Membrane Surfaces?" Journal of Membrane Science 643, 120078, 2022.
  18. R. Salehin*, R.-G. Xu, and S. Papanikolaou, "Colloidal Shear Thickening Fluids Using Variable-Shaped Functional Star Particles: A Molecular Dynamics Study," Materials 14, 6867, 2021.
  19. R.-G. Xu*, H. Song, Y. Leng, and S. Papanikolaou, "Influence of Prestrain on the Pop-In Behavior and Indentation Size Effect in Cu Single Crystals," Materials 14, 5220, 2021.
  20. M. Li, Z. Wang, R.-G. Xu, X. Zhang, Z. Chen, and Q. Wang, "Advances in Plasma-Assisted Ignition and Combustion for Combustors of Aerospace Engines," Aerospace Science and Technology 117, 106952, 2021.
  21. R.-G. Xu*, Q. Rao, Y. Xiang, M. Bian, and Y. Leng, "Computational Simulations of Nanoconfined Argon Film through Adsorption-Desorption in a Uniform Slit Pore," Coatings 11, 177, 2021.
  22. D. Ye, G. Liu, F. Gao, R.-G. Xu, and F. Yue, "A Multi-field Coupling Model of Gas Flow in Fractured Coal Seam," Advances in Geo-Energy Research 5, 104-118, 2021.
  23. R.-G. Xu, Y. Xiang, S. Papanikolaou, and Y. Leng, "On the Shear Dilation of Polycrystalline Lubricant Films in Boundary Lubricated Contacts," Journal of Chemical Physics 152, 104708, 2020.
  24. Y. Xiang, R.-G. Xu, and Y. Leng, "Molecular Simulations of Zwitterion/Cation Interactions and Ion Effect on Hydration Behavior of a Zwitterion Brush," Langmuir 36, 7648, 2020.
  25. Z. Chen, R.-G. Xu, P. Chen, G. Peng, and Q. Wang, "Potential Applications of Self-Organized Pattern Cold Atmospheric Plasma-Activated Liquids," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 48, 3455, 2020.
  26. Y. Xiang, S. Gao, R.-G. Xu, W. Wu, and Y. Leng, "Phase Transition in Two-Dimensional Tellurene Under Mechanical Strain Modulation," Nano Energy 58, 202-210, 2019.
  27. R.-G. Xu and Y. Leng, "Squeezing and Stick-Slip Friction Behaviors of Lubricants in Boundary Lubrication," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 6560, 2018.
  28. R.-G. Xu*, Z. Chen, M. Keidar, and Y. Leng, "The Impact of Radicals in Cold Atmospheric Plasma on the Structural Modification of Gap Junction: A Reactive Molecular Dynamics Study," International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials 10, 144-155, 2018.
  29. R.-G. Xu*, Y. Xiang, Q. Rao, and Y. Leng, "On the Asymptotic Expressions of Critical Energy Barrier in the Prandtl-Tomlinson Model," International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials 10, 107-115, 2018.
  30. Y. Xiang, R.-G. Xu, and Y. Leng, "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Hydration Behaviors of a Zwitterion Brush Array and Its Antifouling Property in an Aqueous Environment," Langmuir 34, 2245, 2018.
  31. R.-G. Xu, Y. Xiang, and Y. Leng, "Computational Simulations of Solvation Force and Squeezing Out of Dodecane Chain Molecules in an Atomic Force Microscope," Journal of Chemical Physics 147, 054706, 2017.
  32. Y. Xiang, R.-G. Xu, and Y. Leng, "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a Poly(ethylene glycol)-Grafted Polyamide Membrane and Its Interaction with a Calcium Alginate Gel," Langmuir 32, 4424, 2016.
  33. R.-G. Xu and Y. Leng, "Contact Stiffness and Damping of Liquid Films in Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy," Journal of Chemical Physics 144, 154702, 2016.
  34. R.-G. Xu and Y. Leng, "Solvation Force Simulations in Atomic Force Microscopy," Journal of Chemical Physics 140, 214702, 2014.
  35. R.-G. Xu, M. L. Falk, and T. P. Weihs, "Interdiffusion of Al-Ni Multilayers: A Continuum and Molecular Dynamics Study," Journal of Applied Physics 114, 163511, 2013.
  36. F. Rizzi et al., including R.-G. Xu, "Bayesian Inference of Atomic Diffusivity in a Binary Ni/Al System Based on Molecular Dynamics," Multiscale Modeling & Simulation 9, 486-512, 2011.
  37. Y. Ding, R.-G. Xu, and B.-Q. Ma, "Effect of Asymmetric Strange-Antistrange Sea to the NuTeV Anomaly," Physics Letters B 607, 102, 2005.
  38. Y. Ding, R.-G. Xu, and B.-Q. Ma, "Nucleon Sea in the Effective Chiral Quark Model," Physical Review D, 094014, 2005.
  39. F. Huang, R.-G. Xu, and B.-Q. Ma, "Contribution of Sigma Meson Cloud to Proton’s Antiquark Distribution," High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics (now Chinese Physics C) 29, 14, 2005.
  40. F. Huang, R.-G. Xu, and B.-Q. Ma, "Sigma Meson Cloud and Proton’s Light Flavor Sea Quarks," Physics Letters B 602, 67, 2004.

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Book Chapter (1)

  1. T. Tang, Y. Lu, F. Bai, R.-G. Xu, and Z. Chen, "Cold Atmospheric Plasma for Biomedical and Agricultural Applications," in Pulsed Discharge Plasmas: Characteristics and Applications, Springer Series in Plasma Science and Technology, pp. 761-788, 2023.

Conference Papers (3)

  1. S. Sun, Y. Chen, R.-G. Xu, H. Zhang, F. Mostafa, and L. Liu, "From Generalist to Specialist: Evolution of PS2 alpha-Integrins and Implications for Drug Targeting," bioRxiv 2026.04.29.721650, 2026.
  2. J. J. Nunez-Quispe, F. Liu, V. Liu, A. A. Gonzales-Martell, I. Ming, R.-G. Xu, L. Jiang, H. Xiu, and Z. Chen, "Design and Validation of an Origami Paper-Based Gripper," Proceedings of the ASME 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2024-146920, V010T12A014, 2024.
  3. J. J. Nunez-Quispe, F. Liu, I. Ming, V. Liu, R.-G. Xu, L. Jiang, A. A. Gonzales-Martell, H. Xiu, and Z. Chen, "Development of a Novel Origami Paper-Based Gripper," International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences 32 (2), 1-2, 2024.