1. Jiaming Zhong, Zhixiong Wen, Yibo Wu, Hao Luo, Guodong Liu, Jianqiao Hu, Hengxu Song, Tao Wang, Xudong Liang, Helezi Zhou, Wei Huang*, Huamin Zhou*. “A Bioinspired Design of Protective Al2O3/Polyurethane Hierarchical Composite Film Through Layer‐By‐Layer Deposition.” Advanced Science, 2024, 2402940. (Corresponding author) 成功制备了具备多层级结构的仿生抗冲击复合纳米涂层
2. Arash Yazdani, Darren Dewitt, Wei Huang, Raúl Borja-Urby, David Kisailus, Javier E Garay, Olivia A Graeve. “Mechanical properties of an ultrahard in situ amorphous steel matrix composite”. Advanced Engineering Materials, 2024, 2400257.
3. Kang Yang, Haotian Yu, Xinru Cao, Juan Guan, Siyu Cai, Zexin Yang, Wei Huang et al. "The critical role of corrugated lamellae morphology on the tough mechanical performance of natural Syncerus caffer horn sheath." Cell Reports Physical Science, 2023, 4(9).
4. Jiaming Zhong, Wei Huang*, Huamin Zhou. “Multifunctionality in Nature: Structure–Function Relationships in Biological Materials”. Biomimetics, 2023, 8(3): 284. (Corresponding author)
5. Wei Huang, Taifeng Wang, Cesar Perez-Fernandez, Jocelyne DiRuggiero, David Kisailus. “Iron acquisition and mineral transformation by cyanobacteria living in extreme environments”. Materials Today Bio, 2022, 17: 100493. (Highlighted in phys.org; UCI news) 首次揭示了微生物与磁铁矿等矿物质的相互作用
6. Wei Huang; Devis Montroni; Taifeng Wang; Satoshi Murata; Atsushi Arakaki; Michiko Nemoto; David Kisailus. “Nano-Architected Tough Biological Composites from Assembled Chitinous Scaffolds”. Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022, 55: 1360-1371. 系统性地阐述了甲壳素基生物复合材料在生物体中的形成机理与功能
7. Taifeng Wang, Wei Huang, Pham, C. H., Murata, S., Herrera, S., Kirchhofer, N. D., ... & Kisailus, D. “Mesocrystalline Ordering and Phase Transformation of Iron Oxide Biominerals in the Ultrahard Teeth of Cryptochiton stelleri”, Small Structures, 2022, 2100202. 揭示了石鳖牙齿中氧化铁的生物矿化形成机理
8. Audrey Velasco-Hogan, Wei Huang, Carlos Serrano, David Kisailus, Marc A Meyers, “Tooth Structure, Mechanical Properties, and Diet Specialization of Piranha and Pacu (Serrasalmidae): A Comparative Study”, Acta Biomaterialia, 2021, 134: 531-545. 分析比较了食人鱼等不同种类的鱼的牙齿的结构和力学性能
9. Wei Huang, Mehdi Shishehbor, Nicolás Guarín-Zapata, Nathan D. Kirchhofer, Jason Li, Luz Cruz, Taifeng Wang, Sanjit Bhowmick, Krassimir Bozhilov, Roy Caldwell, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus, “A natural impact resistant bicontinuous composite nanoparticle coating”, Nature Materials, 2020, 19: 1236-1243. (Highlighted in Science Daily, UCI news, EurekAlert, phys.org) 首次发现了双连续生物复合陶瓷纳米涂层及其高强度抗冲击的能量吸收机理
10. Wei Huang, Emine Ertekin, Taifeng Wang, Luz Cruz, Micah Dailey, Jocelyne DiRuggiero, David Kisailus, “Mechanism of water extraction from gypsum rock by desert colonizing microorganisms”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2020, 202001613. (Highlighted in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, ScienceDaily, UCI news, EurekAlert, Physics Today) 首次揭示了微生物在极端干燥环境下的生存机制
11. Jesus Rivera, Nicholas A. Yaraghi, Wei Huang, David Gray, David Kisailus, “Modulation of impact energy dissipation in biomimetic helicoidal composites”, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2020, 9: 14619-14629. 制备了仿生抗冲击的复合材料
12. Wei Huang, David Restrepo, Jae-Young Jung, Frances Su, Zengqian Liu, Robert O. Ritchie, Joanna McKittrick, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus, “Multiscale toughening mechanisms in biological materials and bioinspired designs”, Advanced Materials, 2019, 1901561. (Top downloaded paper of the year) 高被引论文，系统性地阐述了生物材料的多尺度结构、力学性能以及增韧机制
13. Wei Huang, Alireza Zaheri, Wen Yang, David Kisailus, Robert O. Ritchie, Horacio D. Espinosa, Joanna McKittrick, “How water can affect keratin: Hydration-driven recovery of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) horns”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 1901077. (Highlighted in Advanced Science News) 首次提出了生物角蛋白材料在水分子作用下的修复作用
14. Wei Huang, Nicholas Yaraghi, Wen Yang, Robert O. Ritchie, David Kisailus, Joanna McKittrick, “A natural energy absorbent tubule reinforced polymer composite: Equine hoof wall keratin”, Acta Biomaterialia, 2019, 90: 267-277. (Highlighted in Materials Today) 揭示了马蹄中角蛋白材料和管状结构的吸能作用
15. Yaraghi, Nicholas A., Adwait A. Trikanad, David Restrepo, Wei Huang, Jesus Rivera, Steven Herrera, Mikhail Zhernenkov, Parkinson, Dilworth Y., Caldwell, Roy L., Zavattieri, Pablo D., and Kisailus, David. "The Stomatopod Telson: Convergent Evolution in the Development of a Biological Shield." Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 1902238. (Front cover, Highlighted in Materials Today, ScienceDaily, UCR news, Purdue news)
16. Scott Evans, Wei Huang, James Gehling, David Kisailus, Mary Droser, “Stretched, mangled and torn: Responses of the Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia to variable forces”, Geology, 2019, 47: 1049 ~ 1053. (Front cover)
17. Yuchen Zhang*, Wei Huang*, Cheryl Hayashi, John Gatesy, Joanna McKittrick, “Microstructure and mechanical properties of different keratinous horns”, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2018, 15 (Co-first author).
18. Wei Huang, Alireza Zaheri, Jae-Young Jung, Horacio D. Espinosa, Joanna McKittrick, “Hierarchical Structure and Compressive Deformation Mechanisms of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) Horn”, Acta Biomaterialia ,2017, 64: 1 ~ 14. 提出了自然界角蛋白材料多尺度的结构和能量吸收机制
19. Wei Huang*, Watcharapong Hongjamrassilp, Jae-Young Jung, Philip A. Hastings, Vlado A. Lubarda, Joanna McKittrick, “Structure and mechanical implications of the pectoral fin skeleton in the Longnose Skate (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea)”, Acta Biomaterialia, 2017, 51: 393 ~ 407 (Corresponding author).
20. Wei Huang, Zhang Xianglin, Wu Quan, Wu Bin. “Fabrication of HA/β-TCP scaffolds based on micro-syringe extrusion system”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2013, 19(5). 成功采用增材制造的方式制备了羟基磷灰石骨组织工程支架材料
21. Bin Wu, Anne Braun, Simon Ediger, Wei Huang, Rainer Lilischkis, Karl-Herbert Schäfer, Quan Wu, Xianglin Zhang and Monika Saumer. “Investigations on surface quality and biocompatibility of porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering”. Physica status solidi (a), 2013, 210(5) 957~963.
22. Quan Wu, Xianglin Zhang, Bin Wu, Wei Huang. “Fabrication and characterization of porous HA/β-TCP scaffolds strengthened with micro-ribs structure”. Materials Letters, 2013, 92: 274~277.
23. Quan Wu, Xianglin Zhang, Bin Wu, Wei Huang. “Effects of microwave sintering on the properties of porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds”, Ceramics International, 2012, 39(3): 2389~2395.