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After joining NTU

  1. H. Zhang, C. Lu, Y. Han*, J. Shen*, R. Wang. Advanced Materials Design for Sustainable Clean Water Production Technologies. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2026, DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2026.103218.
  2. A. Zhang, K. Guan, S. Cao, Z. Li, L. Dai, M. Hu, P. Zhang, X. Yan, Y. Liu, J. Shen, H. Matsuyama. Interfacial polymerization regulated by self-assembled monomer complexes for organic solvent reverse osmosis membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 741 (2026) 125108. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2025.125108.
  3. J. Shen†, A. Aljarb†, Y. Cai†, X. Liu†, J. Min†, Y. Wang, C. Zhang, C. Chen, M. Hakami, J. Fu, H. Zhang, G. Li, X. Wang, Z. Chen, J. Li, X. Dong, V. Tung*, G. Shi*, I. Pinnau*, L. Li*, and Y. Han*. Engineering grain boundaries in monolayer molybdenum disulfide for an efficient water-ion separation. Science, 387 (2025) 776–782.
  4. J. Li, Q. Liu, J. Shen, L. Cao, Y. Cai, W. Zhou, H. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Han, Z. Lai. High-strength conjugated-polymer-framework membranes for ultrafast and precise molecular sieving. Nature Sustainability, 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01705-7.
  5. S. Duan, S. Jiang, P. Xu, Z. Li, P. Zhang, Y. Liu, A. Matsuoka, Y. Lin, J. Shen, K. Guan,* T. Yoshioka, H. Matsuyama*. Boosting Nanofiltration Membrane Selectivity via Amine-Polymer Additive Engineering for Efficient Lithium Extraction from Brine. Advanced Science, 2025, e13172. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202513172.
  6. Y. Song, R. Zhang, B. Dong, Y. Liu, M. Zhang, X. Hu, J. Li, J. Zeng, K. Cheng, L. Zeng, J. Shen (2025). One-step engineering of multifunctional ZIF-8/PES membrane for synergistic separation of selected proteins, dyes and antibiotics. Desalination, 616 (2025), 119377.
  7. Z. Chen, J. Wang, X. Liu, Y. Wang, J. Shen, J. Li, X. Liu, X. Li, W. Pei, Y. Guo, G. Shi, H. Li, A. Siddiqui, N. Rooij, L. Jiang, G. Zhou (2025). Crafting Hollow Spheres via Bulk Ice Melting with ppb-Level Gas Sensing Performance. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(2025) 3478−3487.
  8. Z. Chen, Q. Lei, Y. Ma, J. Wang, Y. Yan, J. Yin, J. Li, J. Shen, G. Li, T. Pan, X. Dong, B. Davaasuren, Y. Zhang, J. Liu, J. Tao*, and Y. Han*. Highly sensitive, responsive, and selective iodine gas sensor fabricated using AgI-functionalized graphene. Nature Communications, 16 (2025) 1169.
  9. Y. Cai†, J. Shen† (co-first author), N. Yang†, Z. Chen, Y. Wan, Y. Chiang, L. Ee, Y. Wang, V. Tung, Y. Han, I. Pinnau, K. Huang, L. Li*, and X. Dong*. MXene-Fiber Composite Membranes for Permeable and Biocompatible Skin-Interfaced Iontronic Mechanosensing. Nano Letters, 24 (2024) 12333−12342.

Before joining NTU

  1. C. Li, L. Chen, F. Jiang, Z. Song, B. Chen, X. Wang, E. Ugur, A. Balvanz, J. Hu, A. Maxwell, H. Chen, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, P. Xia, Y. Li, S. Fu, N. Sun, C. Grice, X. Wu, Z. Fink, L. Zeng, E. Jung, J. Wang, S. Park, D. Luo, J. Liu, C. Liu, Q. Hu, C. Chen, J. Shen, Y. Han, C. Perini, J. Baena, Z. Lu, T. Russell, S. Wolf, M. Kanatzidis, D. Ginger, Y. Yan*, E. Sargent*. Diamine Chelates for Increased Stability in Mixed Sn–Pb and All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells. Nature Energy, 9 (2024) 1388–1396.
  2. C. Chen, L. Meng, L. Cao, D. Zhang, S. An, L. Liu, J. Wang, G. Li, T. Pan, J. Shen, Z. Chen, Z. Shi, Z. Lai*, and Y. Han*. Phase Engineering of Zirconium MOFs Enables Efficient Osmotic Energy Conversion: Structural Evolution Unveiled by Direct Imaging. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146 (2024) 11855–11865.
  3. Y. Wang, V. Kumar, F. Elahi, B. Ghanem, M. Balcik, J. Shen, Y. Han, and I. Pinnau*. Amidoxime-Functionalized Tetraphenylethylene Ladder Polymer for Efficient Membrane-Based Gas Separations. European Polymer Journal, 209 (2024) 112896.
  4. J. Li*, H. Cao, Q. Wang, H. Zhang, Q. Liu, C. Chen, Z. Shi, G. Li, Y. Kong, Y. Cai, J. Shen, Y. Wu, Z. Lai*, Y. Han, and J. Zhang*. Space-confined synthesis of monolayer graphdiyne in MXene interlayer. Advanced Materials, 2023, 2308429.
  5. J. Fu, Y. Cai, J. Shen, H. Sugisaki, K. Nanjo, K. To, C. Wu, Y. Han, L. Li, and V. Tung*. Pieces of 2D materials: The next step to crystallize the polycrystalline domains. Matter, 6 (2023) 2136–2152.
  6. J. Chen, Z. Yang, H. Koh, J. Shen, Y. Cai, Y. Yamauchi, L. Yeh*, V. Tung*, K. Wu*. Current Progress and Scalable Approach toward the Synthesis of 2D Metal–Organic Frameworks, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9 (2022) 2102560.
  7. J. Shen†, Y. Cai†, C. Zhang†, W. Wei†, C. Chen, L. Liu, K. Yang, Y. Ma, Y. Wang, C. Tseng, J. Fu, X. Dong, J. Li, X. Zhang, L. Li, J. Jiang*, I. Pinnau*, V. Tung* and Y. Han*. Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes. Nature Materials, 21 (2022) 1183–1190.
  8. Y. Cai†, J. Shen† (co-first author), J. Fu, N. Qaiser, C. Chen, C. Tseng, M. Hakami, Z. Yang, X. Dong, L. Li*, Y. Han*, and V. Tung*. Graphdiyne-based nanofilms for compliant on-skin sensing. ACS Nano, 16 (2022) 16677–16689.
  9. C. Chen, M. Alalouni, P. Xiao, G. Li, T. Pan, J. Shen, Q. Cheng, X. Dong*. Ni-loaded 2D Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework as a Heterogeneous Catalyst with Highly Activity for Ethylene Dimerization. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 61 (2022) 14374–14381.
  10. J. Shen, G. Liu, Y. Han, and W. Jin*. Artificial channels for confined mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale. Nature Reviews Materials, 6 (2021), 294–312.
  11. Y. Xie, T. Pan, Q. Lei, C. Chen, X. Dong, Y. Yuan, J. Shen, Y. Cai, C. Zhou, I. Pinnau, and Y. Han*. Ionic Functionalization of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks to Achieve Exceptionally High Iodine Capture Capacity, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60 (2021) 22432–22440.
  12. Y. Cai†, J. Shen† (co-first author), C. Yang, Y. Wan, H. Tang, A. Aljarb, C. Chen, J. Fu, X. Wei, K. Huang, Y. Han, S. Jonas*, X. Dong*, and V. Tung*. Mixed-dimensional MXene-Hydrogel Heterostructures for Electronic Skin Sensors with Ultrabroad Working Range. Science Advances 6, eabb5367 (2020).
  13. G. Liu, J. Shen, Y. Ji, Q. Liu, J. Yang, G. Liu*, and W. Jin*. Two-dimensional Ti2CTx MXene membranes with integrated and ordered nanochannels for efficient solvent dehydration. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (2019) 12095–12104.
  14. J. Shen†, G. Liu†, Y. Ji, Q. Liu, L. Cheng, K. Guan, M. Zhang, G. Liu*, J. Xiong, J. Yang, and W. Jin*. 2D MXene nanofilms with tunable gas transport channels, Advanced Functional Materials, 28 (2018) 1801511.
  15. Y. Cai, J. Shen, G. Ge, Y. Zhang, W. Jin, W. Huang, J. Shao*, J. Yang*, and X. Dong*. Stretchable Ti3C2Tx MXene/carbon nanotubes composite based strain sensor with ultrahigh sensitivity and tunable sensing range. ACS Nano, 12 (2018) 56–62.
  16. G. Liu, J. Shen, Q. Liu, G. Liu*, J. Xiong, J. Yang, and W. Jin*. Ultrathin two-dimensional MXene membrane for pervaporation desalination. Journal of Membrane Science, 548 (2018) 548–558.
  17. L. Chen†, G. Shi†, J. Shen† (co-first author), B. Peng†, B. Zhang, Y. Wang, F. Bian, J. Wang, D. Li, Z. Qian, G. Xu, G. Liu, G. Zhou, M. Wu*, W. Jin*, J. Li*, and H. Fang*. Ion sieving in graphene oxide membranes via cationic control of interlayer spacing, Nature, 550 (2017) 380–383.
  18. Y. Cai, J. Shen, Z. Dai, X. Zang, Q. Dong, G. Guan, L. Li*, W. Huang*, and X. Dong*. Extraordinarily stretchable all-carbon collaborative nanoarchitectures for epidermal sensors. Advanced Materials, 29 (2017) 1606411.
  19. K. Guan, J. Shen, G. Liu, J. Zhao, H. Zhou, and W. Jin*. Spray-evaporation induced graphene oxide membranes for selective hydrogen transport. Separation and Purification Technology, 174 (2017) 126–135.
  20. Q. Li, L. Cheng, J. Shen, J. Shi, G. Chen, J. Zhao, J. Duan, G. Liu, W. Jin*. Improved ethanol recovery through mixed-matrix membrane with hydrophobic MAF-6 as filler, Separation and Purification Technology, 178 (2017) 105–112.
  21. M. Zhang, K. Guan, J. Shen, G. Liu*, Y. Fan, and W. Jin*, NPs@rGO membrane enabling highly-enhanced water permeability and structural stability with preserved selectivity, AIChE Journal, 63 (2017) 5054–5063.
  22. G. Shen, J. Zhao, K. Guan, J. Shen, and W. Jin*. Highly efficient recovery of propane by mixed-matrix membrane via embedding functionalized GO nanosheets into PDMS. AIChE Journal, 63 (2017) 3501–3510.
  23. K. Guan, G. Liu, D. Zhao, M. Zhang, J. Shen, G. Zhou, and W. Jin*. 3D nanoporous crystals enabled 2D channels in graphene membrane with enhanced water purification performance, Journal of Membrane Science, 542 (2017) 41–51.
  24. J. Yuan, Q. Li, J. Shen, K. Huang, G. Liu*, J. Duan, and W. Jin*. Hydrophobic-functionalized ZIF-8 nanoparticles incorporated PDMS membranes for high-selective separation of propane/nitrogen, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 12 (2017), 110–120.
  25. J. Shen†, G. Liu†, K. Huang, Z. Chu, W. Jin*, and N. Xu. Subnanometer two-dimensional graphene oxide channels for ultrafast gas sieving. ACS Nano, 10 (2016) 3398–3409.
  26. J. Shen, M. Zhang, G. Liu, K. Guan, and W. Jin*. Size effects of graphene oxide on mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation. AIChE Journal, 62 (2016) 2843–2852.
  27. J. Shen, G. Liu, K. Huang, Q. Li, K. Guan, Y. Li, and W. Jin*. UiO-66-polyether block amide mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation, Journal of Membrane Science, 513 (2016) 155–165.
  28. J. Shen, M. Zhang, G. Liu, and W. Jin*. Facile tailoring the two-dimensional graphene oxide channels for gas separation. RSC Advances, 6 (2016) 54281–54285.
  29. Y. Li, J. Shen, K. Guan, G. Liu, H. Zhou, and W. Jin*. PEBA/ ceramic hollow fiber composite membrane for high-efficiency recovery of bio-butanol via pervaporation. Journal of Membrane Science, 510 (2016) 338–347.
  30. C. Pian, J. Shen, G. Liu, Z. Liu, and W. Jin*. Ceramic hollow fiber-supported PDMS composite membranes for oxygen enrichment from air. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 11 (2016) 460–466.
  31. J. Shen†, G. Liu†, K. Huang, W. Jin*, K. Lee, and N. Xu. Membranes with fast and selective gas-transport channels of laminar graphene oxide for efficient CO2 capture, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54 (2015) 578–582.
  32. K. Huang, G. Liu, J. Shen, Z. Chu, H. Zhou, X. Gu, W. Jin*, and N. Xu. High-efficiency water-transport channels using the synergistic effect of a hydrophilic polymer and graphene oxide laminates. Advanced Functional Materials, 25 (2015) 5809–5815.
  33. G. Liu, W. Hung, J. Shen, Q. Li, Y. Huang, W. Jin*, K. Lee, J. Lai. Mixed matrix membranes with molecular-interaction-driven tunable free volumes for efficient bio-fuel recovery, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (2015) 4510–4521.
  34. K. Huang, Q. Li, G. Liu, J. Shen, K. Guan, W. Jin*. A ZIF-71 hollow fiber membrane fabricated by contra-diffusion. ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 7 (2015) 16157–16160.
  35. K. Huang, G. Liu, Y. Lou, Z. Dong, J. Shen, and W. Jin*. A graphene oxide membrane with highly selective molecular separation of aqueous organic solution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53 (2014) 6929–6932.
  36. S. Liu, G. Liu, J. Shen, and W. Jin*. Fabrication of MOFs/PEBA mixed matrix membranes and their application in bio-butanol production, Separation and Purification Technology, 133 (2014) 40–47.
  37. Y. Lou, G. Liu, S. Liu, J. Shen, and W. Jin*. A facile way to prepare ceramic-supported graphene oxide composite membrane via silane-graft modification. Applied Surface Science, 307 (2014) 631–637.