Peer-Reviewed Publication List


236. Assembly and Jamming of Polar Additive-Swollen Microgels at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces: From Inverse Pickering Emulsions to Functional Materials

  • Xin Guan, Yang Liu, Yufei Xia, Ying-Lung Steve Tse* and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2025, 679, 284-293
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235. Photo-Responsive Pickering Emulsions Triggered by in-Situ pH Modulation Using a Photoacid Generator

  • Zichun Song, Jie Liu, Jing Luo, To Ngai, Man-Hin Kwok* and Guanqing Sun*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2025, 679, 1150-1158
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234. Sustainable Leather Alternatives: High-Performance and Deyable Bio-Based Materials from Fungal Chitin and Tannic Acid

  • Fengteng Zhang, Gentao Fu, Hai Liu, Chunhua Wang, Jiajing Zhou, To Ngai, and Wei Lin*
  • Carbohydr. Polym. 2025, 348, 122800
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233. A Total Internal Reflection Microscopy (TIRM)-Based Approach for Direct Characterization of Polymer Brush Conformational Change in Aqueous Solution

  • Jiahao Wu, Feng Cao, Pui Wo Felix Yeung, Manjia Li, Kohji Ohno, and To Ngai*
  • ACS Macro Lett. 2024, 13, 1376-1382
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232. Localizing Anaerobic Microbial Cultivation and Recovery through Intelligent Pickering Emulsion Phase Inversion

  • Hang Jiang*, Lin Qi, Yunxing Li, Bingtian Zhao, Xin Guan, Panfei Ma, Wei Liu, Cheng Yang, Jianzhong Jiang, Bernard P. Binks*, and To Ngai*
  • CCS Chemistry, 2024, in press
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231. Evaluating the Effects of Inorganic UV Filter Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles (Nano-TiO2) on Early Life Stages of Scleractinian Coral Acropora Tumida

  • Billy C. T. Cheung, Justin C. H. Leong, Eliana Y. Y. Chan, Taison K. T. Chang, Alice S. U. Lau, Candy G. W. Lee, Elvis L. C. Wong, Ink W. Y. Tse, L. D. Liu, M. H. Kwok, Michelle H. C. Chan, To Ngai, and Apple P. Y. Chui*
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024, 209, 117231
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230. Multifunctional Polyacrylonitrile-SiO2/TiO2 Hollow Particle Nanofibrous Membranes with Robust Ultra-Violet-Resistance and Antibacterial Effect

  • Xiaxi Pan, Yuwei Zhu*, Liangdong Liu, Changdao Mu, and To Ngai*
  • Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 11758-11761
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229. Experimental Techniques for Quantifying Interactions of Polymer-coated Particles and Surfaces: Insights for Material Design and Optimization

  • Yinan Li, and To Ngai*
  • ChemPhysMater. 2024, 3, 376-387
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228. Unraveling the Complexities of Silica Nanoparticles Adsorption onto Polymer Latexes in Pickering Emulsion Polymerization

  • Zekai Shen, Tianheng Wang, Jing Luo, Ren Liu, To Ngai*, and Guanqing Sun*
  • Langmuir 2024, 40, 18652-18660
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227. Emulsion-Based Multi-Phase Integrated Microbeads with Inner Multi-Interface Structure Enable Dual-Modal Imaging for Precision Endovascular Embolization

  • Zhihua Li, Man Huang, Yingnan Li, Yongchao Wang, Yutao Ma, Le Ma, Hongliang Jiang, To Ngai, Jianbo Tang, and Qiongyu Guo*
  • Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2024, 2400281
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226. Augmenting Vaccine Efficacy: Tailored Immune Strategy with Alum-stabilized Pickering Emulsion

  • Tiantian Song, Fengqiang Cao, Xiaonan Huang, Sihua Wu, Yan Zhou, To Ngai, Yufei Xia*, and Guanghui Ma
  • Vaccine, 2024, 42, 126022
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225. Dictating the Spatial-temporal Delivery of Molecular Adjuvant and Antigen for the Enhanced Vaccination

  • Yumeng Yan, Xiaonan Huang, Lili Yuan, To Ngai, Guanghui Ma*, and Yufei Xia*
  • Biomaterials, 2024, 311, 122697
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224. Pickering Emulsions: Microgels as Alternative Surfactants

  • Xin Guan, Hang Jiang, Jun Lin and and To Ngai*
  • Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 2024, 101827
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223. One-Step Formation of Pickering Double Emulsion Costabilized by Hydrophobic Silica Nanoparticles and Sodium Alginate

  • Yunxing Li*, Jiaming Li, Zhiqing Cai, Yajuan Sun, Hang Jiang, Xin Guan, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2024, 40, 7860-7870
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222. The Nanozymes of Protein Nanotubes-constructed Microspheres with Dual Peroxidase- and Catalase-like Properties for M1-to-M2 Macrophages Repolarization and the Synergistic Anti-rheumatoid Arthritis Effect with Loaded Capsaicin

  • Guohua Hou, Shanan Chen, To Ngai, Song Miao, Jie Pang, Longtao Zhang, Wei Hu, Xiaoyu Wang, Bin Liu, Xing Li, and Yuan Li*
  • Nano Today, 2024, 56, 102290
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221. Ultra-stable Iodinated Oil-based Pickering Emulsion Enables Locoregional Sustained Codelivery of HIF-1 Inhibitor and Anticancer Drug for Tumor Combination Chemotherapy

  • Zhihua Li, Xiaoya Liu, Jingyu Xiao, Hang Jiang, Le Ma, Yucheng Luo, Meijuan Wang, Yuwei Zhu, Hongliang Jiang, Hanyang Yao, To Ngai, and Qiongyu Guo*
  • ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2024, 10, 2270-2281
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220. iso-BAI Guided Surface Recrystallization for Over 14% TinHalide Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Pok Fung Chan, Minchao Qin,* Chun-Jen Su, Liping Ye, Xuezhou Wang, Yunfan Wang, Xin Guan, Zhen Lu, Gang Li, To Ngai, Sai Wing Tsang, Ni Zhao, and Xinhui Lu*
  • Adv. Sci. 2024, 2309668
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219. Harnessing the Power of Nature: Monodisperse Pickering Emulsion Droplets and Yolk-Shell Microcapsules Utilizing Bee Pollen Particles

  • Hang Jiang, Hengxing Yu, Xin Guan, Weijie Jiang, Yunxing Li, Wei Liu, Cheng Yang, Jianzhong Jiang, Bernard P. Binks,* and To Ngai*
  • Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2316510
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218. Aggregation and Aging of Nanoparticle–Protein Complexes at Interfaces Studied by Evanescent-Light Scattering Microscopy

  • Wei Liu, Yuwei Zhu, Hang Jiang, Lidan Zhou, Yinan Li, Jiahao Wu, Jie Han*, Cheng Yang, Jianzhong Jiang, To Ngai*
  • Aggregate 2024, e538
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217. Pickering Emulsion Templated Proteinaceous Microparticle as Glutathione-responsive Carriers for Endocytosis in Tumor Cell

  • Weijie Jiang, Xin Guan, Wei Liu, Yunxing Li, Hang Jiang*, and To Ngai*
  • Nanoscale Horizons, 2024, 9, 536-543
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216. Metal Coordination-driven Assembly of Stimulator of Interferon Genes-activating Nanoparticles for Tumor Chemo-immunotherapy

  • Guiqiang Zhang, Ning Wang, Yuan Ma, Shumei Zhai, To Ngai, Shilei Ni, Xinyi Jiang, Jianwei Jiao, and Jiwei Cui*
  • BMEMat, 2024, 2, e12077
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215. Porous Waterborne Polyurethane (WPU) Films Templated from Pickering Foams for Fabrication of Synthetic Leather

  • Zhenghao Shi, Yifeng Sheng, Jianhui Wu, Jiwei Cui, Wei Lin*, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2024, 40, 4751-4761
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214. 3D Monitoring of the Microphase Separations Inside the Intracular Lens

  • Yan Mao, Xiao Liang, Junpeng Zhao, Lingxiang Jiang, Qingyou Liang, To Ngai, Xiangjun Gong*, and Mingxing Wu*
  • Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 177, 178-188
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213. Liquid-shaped microlens for scalable production of ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography microendoscope

  • Wu Yuan, Chao Xu, Xin Guan, Syeda Abbasi, Neng Xia, To Ngai, Li Zhang, Ho-Pui Ho, and Sze Hang Ng*
  • Communications Engineering, 2024, 3:1
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212. Celebrating 60 Years of The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Research Highlights in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

  • Lin Yang, Chung Hang Jonathan Choi*, Jianfang Wang*, Jiang Xia*, Li Zhang*, To Ngai*, Yun-long Zi*, and Zhifeng Huang*
  • ACS Nano 2024, 18, 4-13
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211. Development of Strong and High-Barrier Food Packaging Films from Cyclic-Anhydride Modified Bacterial Cellulose

  • Zhuolun Jiang, Ka Man Cheung, and To Ngai*
  • RSC Sustainability, 2024, 2, 139-152
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210. Surface Modification of Bacterial Cellulose for High Water and Water Vapor Barrier: Enhanced Properties through Enzyme Etching and Cardanol-silane Coating

  • Hio Lam Chong, Ka Man Cheung, Zhuolun Jiang, and To Ngai*
  • Adv. Energy Sustainability Res. 2024, 5,2300117
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209. Dual-Responsive Colloidosome-like Microgels as the Building Blocks for Phase Inversion of Pickering Emulsions

  • Hang Jiang, En Fang, Lin Qi, Xin Guan, Yunxing Li, Wei Liu, and To Ngai*
  • Soft Matter 2023, 19, 8240-8246
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208. Surface Nanomechanics of Bacteria under UV Radiation

  • Weixiong Zhang, Liping Zhang, Zhihui Mai, Lu Qian*, Xiangjun Gong*, To Ngai*
  • Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2023, 224, 2300302
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207. Temperature-Responsive Pickering Double Emulsions Stabilized by Binary Microgels

  • Xin Guan, Yunxing Li, Hang Jiang, Ying-Lung Steve Tse*, and To Ngai*
  • Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2023, 18, e202300587
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206. Water-Resistance Chitosan Film through Enzymatic Treatment and Layer-by-Layer Assembly with Bacterial Cellulose for Food Packaging Materials

  • Ka Man Cheung, Hio Lam Chong, Zhuolun Jiang, and To Ngai*
  • Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 7696-7707
  • Chosen as Outside Front Cover Picture
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205. Hollow Poly(ionic liquid)/α-Al2O3 Composite Particles Prepared by Microwave-assisted Pickering Emulsion Polymerization and Their Electrorheological Polishing Property

  • Han Sun, Xufeng Hu, Xiaopeng Zhao, To Ngai*, and Jianbo Yin*
  • ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2023, 5, 6412-6420
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204. Light-Driven Spatiotemporal Pickering Emulsion Droplet Manipulation Enabled by Plasmonic Hybrid Microgels

  • Xin Guan, Guangyao Cheng, Yi-Ping Ho*, Bernard P Binks*, and To Ngai*
  • Small, 2023, 2304207
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203. Development and Optimal Immune Strategy of an Alum-Stabilized Pickering Emulsion for Cancer Vaccines

  • Sha Peng, Yumeng Yan, To Ngai, Jianjun Ji, Kenji Ogino* and Yufei Xia*
  • Vaccines, 2023, 11, 1169
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202. Total Internal Reflection Microscopy: A Powerful Tool for Exploring Interactions and Dynamics Near Interfaces

  • Jiahao Wu, Wei Liu*, and To Ngai*
  • Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 4611-4627
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201. Edible, Strong, and Low-Hygroscopic Bacterial Cellulose Derived from Biosynthesis and Physical Modification for Food Packaging

  • Ka Man Cheung, Zhuolun Jiang, and To Ngai*
  • Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture, 2023, 103: 6625-6639
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200. Blockage of Osteopontin-integrin β3 Signaling in Infrapatellar Fat Pad Attenuates Osteoarthritis in Mice

  • B. Dai, Y. Zhu, X. Li, Z. Liang, S. Xu, S.Zhang, Z. Zhang, S. Bai, W. Tong, M. Cao, Y. Li, X. Zhu, W. Liu, Y. Zhang, L. Chang, P. S. Yung, K. K. Ho, J. Xu*, T. Ngai*, and L. Qin*
  • Adv. Sci. 2023, 230897
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199. Inside-out Assembly of Viral Antigens for the Enhanced Vaccination

  • Fengqiang Cao, Sha Peng, Yaling An, Kun Xu, Tianyi Zheng, Lianpan Dai, Kenji Ogino*, To Ngai, Yufei Xia*, and Guanghui Ma*
  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023, 8, 189
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198. Multiphasic Membranes/Scaffolds for Periodontal Guided Tissue Regeneration

  • Yuwei Zhu, Lei Zhao*, and To Ngai*
  • Macromol. Mater. Eng. 2023, 2300081
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197. General Liquid Vegetable Oil Structuring via High Internal Phase Pickering Emulsion Stabilized by Soy Protein Isolate Nanoparticles

  • Chenzhi Wang, Xin Guan, Jun Sang, Jiajing Zhou, Chunhua Wang*, To Ngai, and Wei Lin*
  • Journal of Food Engineering, 2023, 111595
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196. Pickering Emulsion Templated Proteinaceous Microsphere with Bio-Stimuli Responsiveness

  • Weijie Jiang, Hang Jiang*, Wei Liu, Xin Guan, Yunxing Li*, Cheng Yang and To Ngai
  • Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2023, 39, 2301041
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195. Multifunctional Integrated Compartment Systems for Incompatible Pickering Interfacial Catalysis Cascade Reactions Based on Responsive Core-Shell Nanoparticles

  • Yongkang Xi, Shuxin Wang, Bo Liu, Shuheng Wei, Lukas Zeininger, Shouwei Yin*, To Ngai*, and Xiaoquan Yang
  • Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2023, 7, 2078-2084
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194. Pickering Aqueous Foam Templating: A Promising Strategy to Fabricate Porous Waterborne Polyurethane Coatings

  • Jianhui Wu, Jiajing Zhou, Zhenghao Shi, Chunhua Wang*, To Ngai, and Wei Lin*
  • Collagen and Leather, 2023, 5:10
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193. Injectable magnesium oxychloride cement foam-derived scaffold for augmenting osteoporotic defect repair

  • Yuwei Zhu, Jiaxin Guo, Yifeng Sheng, Jiankun Xu, Ling Qin*, and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2023, 640, 199-210
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192. Robust, flexible and High Barrier Films from Bacterial Cellulose Modified by Long-Chain Alkenyl Succinic-Anhydrides

  • Zhuolun Jiang, Zhenghao Shi, Ka Man Cheung and To Ngai*
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023, 11, 2486-2498
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191. Capturing Coacervate Formation and Protein Partition by Molecular dynamics Simulation

  • Yang Liu, Xinyan Wang, Zhili Wan, To Ngai*, and Ying-Lung Steve Tse*
  • Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 1168-1175
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190. Single and Double Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Sodium Caseinate: Effect of Crosslinking Density

  • Tong Zhang, Khai-Wenn Seah, and To Ngai*
  • Food Hydrocolloids, 2023, 139, 108483
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189. Phase Inversion of Pickering Emulsions Induced by Interfacial Electrostatic Attraction

  • Guanqing Sun, Tiehuang Guo, Jing Luo, Ren Liu*, To Ngai, and Bernard Binks*
  • Langmuir 2023, 39, 1386-1393
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188. Colloidal Capsules Templated from Water-in-Oil Pickering Emulsions for Enzyme Encapsulation

  • Liangdong Liu, Jingjing Wei*, Kin Man Ho, Kwan Yeung Chiu, and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2023, 629, 559-568
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187. In-vitro Fibrin Assembly: From the Bulk to the Interface

  • Jiahao Wu and To Ngai*
  • Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 2022, 101661
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186. Unveiling the Structural Relaxation of Microgel Suspensions at Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Interfaces

  • Wei Liu, Yuwei Zhu, Yinan Li, Jie Han*, and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2023, 633, 948-958
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185. Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Binary Mixtures of Colloidal Particles: Synergies Between Contrasting Properties

  • Liangdong Liu and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2022, 38, 13322-13329
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184. Reaction-Controlled Microgel-Lipase Co-Stabilized Compartmentalized Emulsion for Recyclable Biodiesel Production

  • Xin Guan, Zhili Wan*, and To Ngai*
  • Aggregate 2022, e300
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183. Water-in-Oil Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Hydrophobized Protein Microspheres

  • Hang Jiang, Xiaofeng Hu, Weijie Jiang, Xin Guan, Yunxing Li* and To Ngai
  • Langmuir 2022, 38, 12273-12280
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182. Biosynthesized Bandages Carrying Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Induces Cortical Bone Formation by Modulating Endogenous Periosteal Cells

  • Xu Li, Bingyang Dia, Jiaxin Guo, Yuwei Zhu, Jiankun Xu, Shunxiang Xu, Zhi Yao, Liang Chang, Ye Li, Xuan He, Dick Ho Kiu Chow, Shian Zhang, Hao Yao, Wenxue Tong, To Ngai* and Ling Qin*
  • ACS Nano 2022, 16, 18071-18089
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181. A Bilayer Membrane Doped with Struvite Nanowires for Guided Bone Regeneration

  • Yuwei Zhu, Jianpeng Zhou, Bingyang Dai, Wei Liu, Jianpeng Wang, Quan Li, Jun Wang*, Lei Zhao*, and To Ngai*
  • Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2022, 11, 2201679
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180. Synthesis of Polystyrene/Silica and Poly(Styrene-co-Butyl Acrylate)/Silica Nanocomposite Particles by Pickering Emulsion Polymerization with Non-Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles

  • Hiu To Ip, Liangdong Liu, Liangzhi Hong*, and To Ngai*
  • Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 2022, 654, 130104
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179. Multiple Pickering emulsions Stabilized by Surface-Segregated Micelles with Adaptive Wettability

  • Tongtong Zhang, Hang Jiang, Liangzhi Hong*, and To Ngai*
  • Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 10752-10758
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178. Periosteum-Inspired Membranes Integrated with Bioactive Magnesium Oxychloride Ceramic Nanoneedles for Guided Bone Regeneration

  • Yuwei Zhu, Bingyang Dai, Xu Li, Wei Liu, Jiangpeng Wang, Jiankun Xu*, Shunxiang Xu, Xuan He, Shian Zhang, Quan Li, Ling Qin*, and To Ngai*
  • ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 39830-39842
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177. Raspberry-shaped Microgels Assembled at the Oil-Water Interface by Heterocoagulation of Complementary Microgels

  • Xin Guan, Jingjing Wei*, Yufei Xia, and To Ngai*
  • ACS Macro Lett. 2022, 11, 1014-1021
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176. Non-Covalent Reconfigurable Microgel Colloidosomes with a Well-Defined Bilayer Shell

  • Xin Guan, Yang Liu, Zhili Wan*, Ying-Lung Steve Tse* and To Ngai*
  • Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 6205-6216
  • Chosen as Inside Front Cover Picture
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175. Multifunctional Silica-Tailored Hybrid Microgels Templated from Inverse Pickering Emulsions

  • Yunxing Li*, Shengwei Zhang, Hang Jiang, Xin Guan, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2022, 38, 6571-6578
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174. Recent Advances in Chemically Modified Cellulose and Its Derivatives for Food Packing Applications: A Review

  • Zhuolun Jiang, and To Ngai*
  • Polymers, 2022, 14, 1533
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173. Chitosan-coated Phytoglycogen for Preparation of Biocompatible Pickering Emulsions

  • Yunxing Li*, Rongjie Wang, Hang Jiang, Xin Guan, Cheng Yang*, and To Ngai*
  • Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 2022, 644, 128861
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172. Water-in-Oil High Internal Phase Pickering Emulsions Formed by Spontaneous Interfacial Hydrolysis of Monomer Oil

  • Xin Guan, Yifeng Sheng, Hang Jiang, Bernard P. Binks*, and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2022, 623, 476-486
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171. Advances in Protein-based Particles in Stabilization of Pickering Emulsions: Toward Particle fabrication, interaction and arrangement

  • Chenzhi Wang, Jianhui Wu, Chunhua Wang, Changdao Mu, To Ngai* and Wei Lin*
  • Food Res. Int, 2022, 157, 111380
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170. Nanocomposite Polymer Colloids Prepared via Emulsion Polymerization and Stabilized Using Polydopamine-Coated Silica Particles

  • Anli Xu, Tongtong Zhang, Chengdong Zhan, Hongxin Wei, Hiu To Ip, Liangzhi Hong*, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir, 2022, 38, 5454-5463
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169. Investigation of the Contact Angle and Packing Density of Silica Nanoparticles at Pickering Emulsion Interface Fixed by UV Polymerization

  • Jianan Xu, Yang Liu, Tiehuang Guo, Guanqing Sun*, Jing Luo, Ren Liu, Ying-Lung Steve Tse*, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir, 2022, 38, 4234-4242
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168. CO2-Responsive Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Soft Protein Particles for Interfacial Biocatalysis

  • Yongkang Xi, Bo Liu, Shuxin Wang, Sheheng Wei, Shouwei Yin*, To Ngai* and Xiaoquan Yang
  • Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 2884-2890
  • Chosen as Inside Front Cover Picture
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167. Engineering Hybrid Microgel as Particular Emulsifiers for Reversible Pickering Emulsions

  • Hang Jiang, Shengwei Zhang, Guanqing Sun, Yunxing Li*, Xin Guan, Cheng Yang, and To Ngai*
  • Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 39-43
  • Chosen as Front Cover Picture
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166. Tailoring the Properties of Double-Crosslinked Emulsion Gels Using Transglutaminase and Ca2+: Encapsulation, Stabilization, and Delivery of Lycopene

  • Fuguo Liu, Xiuping Liang, Jun Yan, Sheliang Zhao, Siqi Li, Xuebo Liu, To Ngai*, and David Julian MaClements*
  • Biomaterials, 2022, 280, 121265
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165. pH-Dependent Micellar Properties of Edible Biosurfactant Steviol Glycosides and Their Oil-Water Interfacial Interactions with Soy Proteins

  • Yunyi Yang, Juyang Zhang, Yang Liu, Linhe Wu, Qing Li, Mengyue Xu, Zhili Wan*, To Ngai*, and Xiaoquan Yang
  • Food Hydrocolloids, 2022, 126, 107476
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164. pH-Responsive Pickering High Internal Phase Emulsions Stabilized by Waterborne Polyurethane

  • Jianhui Wu, Xin Guan, Chunhua Wang, Wei Lin*, and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2022, 610, 994-1004
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163. Robust and Highly Adaptable High Internal Phase Gel Emulsions Stabilized Solely by a Natural Saponin Hydrogelator Glycyrrhizic acid

  • Mengyue Xu, Lulu Ma, Qing Li, Jiahao Wu, Zhili Wan*, To Ngai*, and Xiaoquan Yang
  • Food & Function 2022, 13, 280-289
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162. Polymer Coatings on Magnesium-based Implants for Orthopaedic Applications

  • Yuwei Zhu, and To Ngai*
  • Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 60, 32-51
  • Chosen as inside Cover Picture
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161. All-natural Oil-in-Water High Internal Phase Emulsions Featuring Interfacial Bilayer Stabilization

  • Shengnan Tao, Xin Guan, Hang Jiang, Suijing Gong, Yunxing Li*, and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2022, 607, 1491-1499
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160. Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Aminated Gelatin Nanoparticles: Are Gelatin Nanoparticles Acting as Genuine Pickering Stabilizers or Structuring Agents?

  • Huan Tan*, Ruiyun Zhang, Liyang Han, Tong Zhang, and To Ngai*
  • Food Hydrocolloids, 2022, 123, 107151
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159. Development of pH-Responsive Emulsions Stabilized by Whey Protein Fibrils

  • Fengzhan Cui, David Julian McClements, Xuebo Liu, Fuguo Liu* and To Ngai*
  • Food Hydrocolloids, 2022, 122, 107067
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158. Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Biocompatible Particles: A Review of Preparation, Bioapplication and Perspective

  • Tong Zhang, Fuguo Liu, Jie Wu, and To Ngai*
  • Particuology 2021, 94, 110-120
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157. Measurements of Interactions between Fluorescent Molecules and Polyethylene Glycol Self-assemble Monolayers

  • Feng Cao, Yinan Li, Jiahao Wu, Wei Liu* and To Ngai*
  • Soft Matter, 2022, 18, 236-243
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156. One-step Preparation of All-Natural Pickering Double Emulsions Stabilized by Oppositely Charged Biopolymer Particles

  • Yunxing Li*, Suijing Gong, Xin Guan, Hang Jiang, Shengnan Tao, Cheng Yang*, and To Ngai*
  • Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 2101568
  • Chosen as inside Back Cover Picture
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155. Engineering Proteinaceous Colloidosomes as Enzyme Carrier for Efficient and Recyclable Pickering Interfacial Biocatalysis

  • Hang Jiang, Xiaofeng Hu, Yunxing Li*, Cheng Yang, and To Ngai*
  • Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 12463-12467
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154. Bio-inspired Eggosomes with Dual Stimuli-responsiveness

  • Fuguo Liu, Xin Guan, Xuebo Liu, David Julian McClements*, and To Ngai*
  • ACS Appl. Nano. Mater. 2021, 4, 7825-7835
  • Chosen as supplementary Front Cover Picture
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153. Adaptive Morphology of Multicompartment Micelles Synthesized from Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly Co-Mediated by a Binary Mixture of Macro-RAFT Agents

  • Tongtong Zhang, Chengdong Zhan, Xiangyue Huang, Yinghui Huang, Lina Zong, Liangzhi Hong* and To Ngai*
  • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2021, 2100128
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152. Pickering Emulsions Simultaneously Stabilized by Starch Nanocrystals and Zein Nanoparticles: Fabrication, Characterization and Application

  • Shengnan Tao, Hang Jiang, Suijing Gong, Shou-Wei Yin, Yunxing Li*, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2021, 37, 8577-8584.
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151. A Facile and Effective Approach for the Synthesis of Fluorinated Waterborne Polyurethanes with Good Hydrophobicity and Antifouling Properties

  • Jianhui Wu, Chunhua Wang, Wei Lin*, and To Ngai*
  • Prog. Org. Coat. 2021, 159, 106405
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150. Photo-Responsive Fluorosurfactant Enabled by Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Light-Driven Droplet Manipulation

  • Guangyao Cheng, Kuan-Ting Lin, Yinghua Ye, Hang Jiang, To Ngai, and Yi-Ping Ho*
  • ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 21914-21923
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149. A Facile Evanescent-Field Imaging Approach for Monitoring Colloidal Gel Evolution Near a Surface

  • Wei Liu, Jiahao Wu, Hui Zhu, Chuanxin He, and To Ngai*
  • Soft Matter 2021, 17, 4006-4010
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148. Polysaccharide-based Pickering Emulsions: Formation, Properties and Applications

  • Fengzhan Cui, Sheliang Zhao, Xin Guan, David Julian McClements, Xuebo Liu, Fuguo Liu*, and To Ngai*
  • Food Hydrocolloids, 2021, 119, 106812
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147. Microrheology of Thermoresponsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgel Dispersions Near a Substrate Surface

  • Wei Liu, Yuwei Zhu, Tong Zhang, Hui Zhu, Chuanxin He*, and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2021, 597, 104-113
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146. Growth of Au Nanoparticles on Phosphorylated Zein Protein Particles Used as Biomimetic Catalysts for Cascade Reactions at the Oil-Water Interface

  • Yongkang Xi, Bo Liu, Shuxin Wang, Xiaonan Huang, Hang Jiang, Shouwei Yin*, To Ngai*, and Xiaoquan Yang
  • Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 3885-3889
  • Chosen as Back Cover Picture
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145. A Green and Facile Strategy for Fabrication of All-Natural Porous Proteinaceous Microspheres

  • Hang Jiang, Xiaofeng Hu, Yunxing Li*, and To Ngai*
  • Mater. Chem. Front. 2021, 5, 3897-3902
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144. Fortification of Edible Films with Bioactive Agents: A Review of Their Formation, Properties, and Application in Food Preservation

  • Wenzhang Chen, Shaobo Ma, Qiankun Wang, David Julian McClements, Xuebo Liu, To Ngai*, and Fuguo Liu*
  • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2021, 1-27
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143. pH-Sensitive W/O Pickering High Internal Phase Emulsions and W/O/W High Internal Water-Phase Double Emulsions with Tailored Microstructures Co-Stabilized by Lecithin and Silica Inorganic Particles

  • Xin Guan, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2021, 37, 2843-2854
  • Chosen as Front Cover Picture
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142. One-Step Formation of Double Emulsions Stabilized by PNIPAM-based Microgels: The Role of Co-Monomer

  • Tong Zhang, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2021, 37, 1045-1053
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141. Sonochemical Effects on Formation and Emulsifying Properties of Zein-gum Arabic Complexes

  • Cuicui Ma, Wen Jiang, Guipan Chen, Qiankun Wang, David Julian McClements, Xuebo Liu, Fuguo Liu*, and To Ngai*
  • Food Hydrocolloids, 2021, 111, 106557
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140. Edible High Internal Phase Pickering Emulsion with Double-Emulsion Morphology

  • Hang Jiang, Tong Zhang, Joeri Smits, Xiaonan Huang, Michael Maas,* Shouwei Yin, and To Ngai*
  • Food Hydrocolloids 2021, 111, 106405
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139. Pickering High Internal Phase Emulsions (HIPEs) Templated Super-hydrophobic-oleophilic Elastic Foams for Highly Efficient Oil/Water Separation

  • Xin Guan, Hang Jiang, and To Ngai*
  • ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2020, 2, 5664-5673
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138. Ultra-Stable Pickering Emulsion Stabilized by a Natural Particle Bilayer

  • Shengnan Tao, Hang Jiang, Rongjie Wang, Cheng Yang, Yunxing Li*, and To Ngai*
  • Chem Commun. 2020, 56, 14011-14014
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137. Identifying the Functional Groups Effect on Passivating Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Jiangsheng Xie, Keyou Yan, Houyu Zhu, Guixia Li, Han Wang, Hepeng Zhu, Pengjie Hang, Shenghe Zhao, Wenyue Guo, Daiqi Ye, Lei Shao, Xin Guan, To Ngai, Xuegong Yu, and Jianbin Xu*
  • Science Bulletin, 2020, 65, 1726-1734
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136. Green Preparation of Hydrogel Particles-in-emulsions for Simultaneous Enhancement of Humoral and Cell-mediated Immunity

  • Yongjuan Zou, Shuai Li, To Ngai,Songping Zhang, Guanghui Ma, and Jie Wu*
  • Eng Life Sci. 2020, 514-524
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135. Anomalous Long-Range Attraction in Colloidal Binary Mixtures at Fluid-Fluid Interface

  • Zonglin Yi and To Ngai*
  • Colloids and Interface, 2020, 4, 36
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134. Ultra-stable Aqueous Foams Induced by Interfacial Co-assembly of Highly Hydrophobic Particles and Hydrophilic Polymer

  • Yifeng Sheng, Kuanting Lin, Bernard P Binks*, and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2020, 579, 628-636
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133. Investigation of the Stability in Pickering Emulsions Preparation with Commercial Cosmetic Ingredients

  • Fengjuan Wu, Liuyun Hu, Jianjun Deng, Zhenhua Zhang, Hang Jiang, Yunxing Li, Liang Gan, Wangwang Lu, Zonglin Yi, and To Ngai*
  • Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 2020, 602, 125082
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132. Naphthalimide-based Aggregation Induced Emissive Polymeric Hydrogels for Fluorescent Pattern Switch and Biomimetic Actuator

  • Hao Liu, Shuxin Wei, Huiyu Qiu, Beibei Zhan, Qingquan Liu, Wei Lu, Jiawei Zhang, To Ngai*, and Tao Chen*
  • Macromol Rapid Comm. 2020, 2000123
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131. Pickering Emulsions: Versatility of Colloidal Particles and Recent Applications

  • Hang Jiang, Yifeng Sheng, and To Ngai*
  • Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 2020, 49, 1-15
  • Chosen as Front Cover Picture
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130. Sodium Caseinate as a Particulate Emulsifier for Making Indefinitely Recycled pH-Responsive Emulsions

  • Yongkang Xi, Bo Liu, Hang Jiang, Shouwei Yin*, To Ngai* and Xiaoquan Yang
  • Chem. Sci. 2020 11, 3797-3803
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129. Inverse Pickering Emulsion Stabilized by Binary Particles with Contrasting Characteristics and Functionality for Interfacial Biocatalysis

  • Hang Jiang, Liangdong Liu, Yunxing Li, Shou-Wei Yin*, and To Ngai*
  • ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 4989-4997
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128. Poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA)/MgSO4·7h4O Composite Coating on Magnesium Substrates for Corrosion Protection and Cytocompatibility Promotion

  • Yuwei Zhu, Lizhen Zheng, Wei Liu, Ling Qin, and To Ngai*
  • ACS Appl. Bio Mater 2020, 3, 1364-1373
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127. A Smart Route for Encapsulating Pd Nanoparticles into a ZIF-8 Hollow Microsphere and Their Superior Catalytic Properties

  • Yaqian Zhao, Xinjiong Ni, Sunjie Ye, Zhi-Guo Gu, Yunxing Li*, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2020, 36, 2037-2043
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126. Facile Preparation of A Fluorine-free, Robust, Superhydrophobic Coating through Dip Coating Combined with Non-solvent Induced Phase Separation (Dip-coating-NIPS) Method

  • Yuwei Zhu, Lei Pei, Jaweria Ambreen, Chuanxin He*, and To Ngai*
  • Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2020, 221, 2000023
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125. Particle-Stabilized Interfaces and Their Interactions at Interfaces

  • Guanqing Sun, Zonglin Yi, and To Ngai*
  • Acta Phys.-Chim. Sin. 2020, 36(X), 1910005 1-13
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124. Microgel Particles at Interfaces: Phenomena, Principles, and Opportunities in Food Sciences

  • Man-hin Kwok, Guanqing Sun*, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2019, 35 (12), 4205–4217
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123. Probing Sol-Gel Matrices and Dynamics of Star PEG Hydrogels Near Overlap Concentration

  • Wei Liu, Xiangjun Gong, Yuwei Zhu, Jianqi Wang, To Ngai* and Chi Wu*
  • Macromolecules 2019, 52, 8956-8966
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122. Protein-Based Pickering High Internal Phase Emulsions as Nutraceutical Vehicles of and the Template for Advanced Materials: A Perspective Paper

  • Xiao-Nan Huang, Jing-Jing Zhu, Yong-Kang Xi, Shou-Wei Yin*, To Ngai* and Xiao-Quan Yang
  • J. Agric. Food Chem. 2019, 67, 9719-9726
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121. Poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) Coatings with Controllable Hierar- chical Porous Structures on Magnesium Substrate: An Evaluation of Corrosion Behavior and Cytocompatibility

  • Yuwei Zhu, Yifeng Sheng, Lizhen Zheng, Ling Qin and To Ngai*
  • ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2019, 2, 3843-3853
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120. Measurements of Particle–Surface Interactions in Both Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems

  • Feng Cao, Jiahao Wu, Yunxing Li and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2019, 35, 27, 8910-8920
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119. Synthesis of structured hollow microspheres with sandwich-like hybrid shell of RGO/Pd/m-SiO2 for highly efficient catalysis

  • Yunxing Li*, Yaqin Wang, Jaweria Ambreen, Cheng Yang and To Ngai*
  • Colloids and Surfaces A 2019, 577, 129-137
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118. Hydrophobized nanocomposite hydrogel microspheres as particulate stabilizers for water-in-oil emulsions

  • Takumi Watanabe, Masaya Takizawa, Hang Jiang, To Ngai* and Daisuke Suzuki*
  • Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 5990-5993
  • Chosen as Front Cover Picture
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117. Correlating the effect of co-monomer content with responsiveness and interfacial activity of soft particles with stability of corresponding smart emulsions

  • Man-hin Kwok, Jaweria Ambreen*, and To Ngai*, and Tao Chen*
  • J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 2019, 546, 293-302
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116. Development of a Novel Biodegradable and Anti-bacterial Polyurethane Coating for Biomedical Magnesium Rods

  • Chunhua Wang, Zonglin Yi, Yifeng Sheng, Li Tian, Ling Qin, To Ngai* and Wei Lin*
  • Materials Science & Engineering C 2019, 99, 344-356
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115. Controlled Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks Coated with Noble Metal Nanoparticles and Conducting Polymer for Enhanced Catalysis

  • Yaqian Zhao, Yunxing Li*, Huan Pang, Cheng Yang and To Ngai*
  • J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 2019, 537, 262-268
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114. Hybrid Fracture Fixation Systems Developed for Orthopaedic Application, A General Review

  • Li Tian, Ning Tang, To Ngai, Chi Wu, Yechun Ruan, Le Huang, and Ling Qin*
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Translation 2019, 16, 1-13
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113. Near-surface microrheology reveals dynamics and viscoelasticity of soft matter

  • Wei Liu, Xiangjun Gong, To Ngai* and Chi Wu*
  • Soft Matter 2018, 14 (48), 9764-9776
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112. Biodegradable Poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) Coatings Fabricated from Nonsolvent Induced Phase Separation for Improving Corrosion Resistance of Magnesium Rods in Biological Fluids

  • Yifeng Sheng, Li Tian, Chi Wu, Ling Qin* and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2018, 34 (36), 10684–10693
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111. All-Silica Submicron Colloidosomes for Cargo Protection and Tunable Release

  • Hang Jiang, Liangzhi Hong*, Yunxing Li, and To Ngai*
  • Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57 (36), 11662-11666
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110. Submicron Inverse Pickering Emulsions for Highly Efficient and Recyclable Enzymatic Catalysis

  • Hang Jiang, Yunxing Li*, Liangzhi Hong, and To Ngai*
  • Chem Asian J. 2018, 13 (22), 3533-3539
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109. Hybrid Nanodiamond Quantum Sensors Enabled by Volume Phase Transitions of Hydrogels

  • Ting Zhang, Gang-Qin Liu, Weng-Hang Leong, Chu-Feng Liu, Man-Hin Kwok, To Ngai, Ren-Bao Liu* and Quan Li*
  • Nature Communications 2018, 9, 3188, 1-8
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108. An innovative Mg/Ti Hybrid Fixation System Developed for Fracture Fixation and Healing Enhancement at Load-Bearing Skeletal Site

  • Li Tian, Yifeng Sheng, Le Huang, Dick Ho-Kiu Chow, Wing Ho Chau, Ning Tang, To Ngai, Chi Wu, Jian Lu, and Ling Qin*
  • Biomaterials 2018, 180, 173-183
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107. Measuring the Interactions between Protein-Coated Microspheres and Polymer Brushes in Aqueous Solutions

  • Wendi Li, Feng Cao, Chuanxin He*, Kohji Ohno, and To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2018, 34 (30), 8798–8806
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106. Diffusion and Binding of Laponite Clay Nanoparticles into Collagen Fibers for the Formation of Leather Matrix

  • Jiabo Shi, Chunhua Wang, To Ngai* and Wei Lin*
  • Langmuir 2018, 34, 7379-7385
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105. Comparing the Relative Interfacial Affinity of Soft Colloids with Different Crosslinking Densities in Pickering Emulsions

  • Man-hin Kwok, To Ngai*
  • Front. Chem. 2018, 6, 148
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104. Hierarchical Porous Protein Scaffold Templated from High Internal Phase Emulsion Costabilized by Gelatin and Gelatin Nanoparticles

  • Huan Tan, Zhao Tu, Hongqian Jia, Xiaojun Gou*, To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2018, 34, 4820-4829
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103. Emulsions Stabilized by pH-responsive PNIPAM-based Microgels: Effect of Spatial Distribution of Functional Carboxylic Groups on the Emulsion Stability

  • Man-hin Kwok, To Ngai*
  • Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 2018, 000, 1-9
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102. Dynamic Supramolecular Hydrogels: Regulating Hydrogel Properties through Self-Complementary Quadruple Hydrogen Bonds and Thermo-Switch

  • Guangzhao Zhang, Yunhua Chen*, Yonghong Deng, To Ngai*, and Chaoyang Wang*
  • ACS Macro Lett. 2017, 6, 641-646
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101. Removing the Effect of Blooming from Potential Energy Measurement by Employing Total Internal Reflection Microscopy Integrated with Video Microscopy

  • Feng Cao, Xiangjun Gong*, Chuanxin He, To Ngai*
  • J Colloid Interf. Sci. 2017, 503, 142-149
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100. Interconnected Macroporous 3D Scaffolds Templated from Gelatin Nanoparticle-Stabilized High Internal Phase Emulsions for Biomedical Applications

  • Huan Tan, Jingjing Wei, Guanqing Sun, Changdao Mu, Wei Lin*, To Ngai*
  • Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 3871-3878
  • Chosen as Outside Back Cover
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99. Shear-Assisted Fabrication of Block Copolymer Agglomerates with Various Morphologies in Viscous Medium

  • Zongpeng Yang, Xiaoli Chen, Zhou Xu, Meina Xiao, Liangzhi Hong*, To Ngai*
  • Langmuir 2017, 33, 2829-2836
  • Recommended articles in April by Editorial Members of Langmuir
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98. Gelatin Particle-Stabilized High-Internal Phase Emulsions for Use in Oral Delivery Systems: Protection Effect and in Vitro Digestion Study

  • Huan Tan, Lifeng Zhao, Sisi Tian, Hui Wen, Xiaojun Gou*, To Ngai*
  • J. Agric. Food Chem. 2017, 65, 900-907
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97. Long-range Interactions between Protein-Coated Particles and POEGMA Brush Layers in a Serum Environment

  • Zhaohui Wang, Yafei Luan, Tiansheng Gan, Xiangjun Gong, Hong Chen*
  • Colloids Surf. B Biointerfaces 2017, 150, 279–287
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Book Chapters

2. “Emulsion-Stabilized by Soft Microgel Particles” in Particle-Stabilized Emulsions and Colloids: Formation and Applications, To Ngai and Stefan A F Bon (Eds)

  • Zifu Li, and To Ngai
  • RSC Publishing, (2015), 93-126.

1. “Responsive Particle-Stabilized Emulsions: Formation and Applications” in Smart Materials for Advanced Environmental Applications, Peng Wang (eds)

  • Man-hin Kwok, and To Ngai
  • RSC Publishing, (2016), 91-138.