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  • R. K. Kamat, Y. Zhang, M. Anuganti, W. Ma, I. Noshadi, H. Fu, S. Ekatan, R. Parnas, C. Wang*, C. V. Kumar*, and Y. Lin*, “Enzymatic Activities of Polycatalytic Complexes with Nonprocessive Cellulases Immobilized on the Surface of Magnetic Nanoparticles”, Langmuir, 32, 11573-11579 (2016).
  • R. Baumgartner, H. Fu, Z. Song, Y. Lin* and J. Cheng*, “Cooperative Polymerization of α-Helices Induced by Macromolecular Architecture”, Nature Chemistry, 9, 614-622 (2017). [Cover Article]
  • Y. Ren, R. Baumgartner, H. Fu, P. Schoot, J. Cheng*, and Y. Lin,* “Revisiting the Folding Cooperativity of Synthetic Polypeptides in Solution”, Biomacromolecules, 18, 2324-2332 (2017).
  • H. Xia, H. Fu, Y. Zhang, K. Shih, Y. Ren, M. Anuganti, M. Nieh, J. Cheng*, and Y. Lin*, “Supramolecular Assembly of Comb-like Macromolecules Induced by Chemical Reactions that Modulate the Macromolecular Interactions In Situ”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 11106–11116 (2017).
  • Y. Ren#, H. Fu#, R. Baumgartner, Y. Zhang, J. Cheng*, and Y. Lin*, “Folding Cooperativity of Synthetic Polypeptides with or without “Tertiary” Interactions”, ACS Macro Letters, 6, 733–737 (2017).
  • Z. Song#, H. Fu#, R. Wang, L. Pacheco, X. Wang, Y. Lin*, J. Cheng*, “Secondary structures in synthetic polypeptides from N-carboxyanhydrides: design, modulation, association, and material applications”, Chemical Society Reviews, 19, 7401 – 7425 (2018).
  • C. Chen*, H. Fu, R. Baumgartner, Z. Song, Y. Lin*, J. Cheng*,“Proximity-induced cooperative polymerization in ‘hinged’ helical polypeptides”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, 8680 – 8683 (2019).
  • Z. Song, H. Fu, J. Wang, J. Hui, T. Xue, L. Pacheco, H. Yan, R. Baumgartner, Z. Wang, Y. Xia, X. Wang, L. Yin, C. Chen, J. Rodriguez-Lopez, A. Ferguson, Y. Lin*, J. Cheng*, “Synthesis of polypeptides via bioinspired polymerization of in situ purified N-carboxyanhydrides”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 10658 – 10663 (2019).
  • Z. Song#, H. Fu#, R. Baumgartner*, L. Zhu, K. Shih, Y. Xia, X. Zheng, L. Yin, C. Chipot*, Y. Lin*, J. Cheng*, “Enzyme-mimetic self-catalyzed polymerization of polypeptide helices”, Nature Communications, 10, 5470 (2019).
  • X. Lu#, H. Fu#, K. Shih, F. Jia, Y. Sun, D. Wang, Y. Wang, S. Ekatan, M. Nieh*, Y. Lin*, K. Zhang*, “DNA-mediated step-growth polymerization of bottlebrush macromonomers”, Journal of American Chemical Society, 142, 10297-10301(2020).
  • Y. Xia, Z. Song, Z. Tan, T. Xue, S. Wei, L. Zhu, Y. Yang, H. Fu, Y. Jiang, Y. Lin, Y. Lu, A. L. Ferguson, J. Cheng, “Accelerated polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides catalyzed by crown ether”, Nature Communications, 12, 732 (2021).
  • H. Xia, H. Fu, Y. Ren, R. Bordett, Y. Fu, Y. Zhang, Y. Lin*, “Regulating the Supramolecular Polymerization of Fibrous Crystalline Structures in Aqueous Solution”, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 42, 2000677 (2021).
  • M. Anuganti#, H. Fu#, S. Ekatan, C. Kumar*, Y. Lin*, “Kinetic Study on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose in an Open, Inhibition-free System”, Langmuir, 37, 5180-5192 (2021).
  • T. Yang#, K. Benson#, H. Fu#, T. Xue, Z. Song, H. Duan, H. Xia, A. Kalluri, J. He, J. Cheng*, C. V. Kumar*, Y. Lin*, “Modelling and designing particle-regulated amyloid-like assembly of synthetic polypeptides in aqueous solution” Biomacromolecules, 23, 196-209 (2022).
  • H. Fu#, R. Baumgartner#, Z. Song#, C. Chen, J. Cheng*, Y. Lin*, “Generalized model of cooperative polymerization: connecting the supramolecular binding interactions with the catalytic behavior”, Macromolecules, 55, 2041-2050 (2022).
  • J. Lu, Z. Xu, H. Fu, Y. Lin, H. Wang, H. Lu*, “Room-temperature grafting from synthesis of protein-polydisulfide conjugates via aggregation-induced polymerization”, Journal of American Chemical Society, 144, 15709-15717(2022).
  • W. Wang, H. Fu, Y. Lin*, J. Cheng*, Z. Song*, “Cooperative covalent polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides: from kinetic studies to efficient synthesis of polypeptides materials”, Accounts of Materials Research, 4, 604-615 (2023).
  • H. Fu*, J. Huang, J. J. B. van der Tol, L. Su, Y. Wang, S. Dey, P. Zijlstra, G. Fytas, G. Vantomme, P. Y. W. Dankers, E. W. Meijer*, “Supramolecular polymers form tactoids via liquid-liquid phase separation”, Nature, 626, 1011-1018 (2024).
  • Q. Gao, H. Fu, H. Liu, P. Li, J. Shi, Y. Lin, Z. Song*, “Polymerization-induced self-assembly of N-substituted glycine N-carboxyanhydrides in selected solvents”, European Polymer Journal, 225, 113720 (2025).
  • C.M.E. Kriebisch, O. Bantysh, L. Baranda Pellejero, A. Belluati, E. Bertosin, K. Dai, M. de Roy, H. Fu, N. Galvanetto, J.M. Gibbs, S.S. Gomez, G. Granatelli, A. Griffo, M. Guix, C.O. Gurdap, J. Harth-Kitzerow, I.S. Haugerud, G. Häfner, P. Jaiswal, S. Javed, A. Karimi, S. Kato, B.A.K. Kriebisch, S. Laha, P.-W. Lee, W.P. Lipinski, T. Matreux, T.C.T. Michaels, E. Poppleton, A. Ruf, A.D. Slootbeek, I.B.A. Smokers, H. Soria-Carrera, A. Sorrenti, M. Stasi, A. Stevenson, A. Thatte, M. Tran, M.H.I. van Haren, H.D. Vuijk, S.F.J. Wickham, P. Zambrano, K.P. Adamala, K. Alim, E.S. Andersen, C. Bonfio, D. Braun, E. Frey, U. Gerland, W.T.S. Huck, F. Jülicher, N. Laohakunakorn, L. Mahadavan, S. Otto, J. Saenz, P. Schwille, K. Göpfrich*, C.A. Weber*, J. Boekhoven*, “A roadmap toward the synthesis of life”, Chem, 102399 (2025).
  • K. Joseph#, H. Fu#, J. v. d. Tol, W. Steffen, F. Ruan, G. Fytas* and E. W. Meijer*, “Impact of Vibrational Strong Coupling on Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Supramolecular Polymers”, Chemical Science, 16, 17139-17147(2025).
  • Chi Li#, H. Fu#*, K. J. Bakal, J. M. J. den Toonder, E. W. Meijer, S. He*, and H. M. Wyss*, """"Membraneless Water-in-Water Droplet Generation and Trapping via Diffusion-Mediated Phase Separation in a Dead-End Microfluidic Chip"""", Lab on a Chip, 2026, DOI: 10.1039/D5LC01055A.