RenGroup

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Visiting scholar

Materials science

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Nanostructured functional coatings

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165(3), G56–G65; Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 717, 98–107; RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 11732–11742; Colloids and Surfaces A, 2018, 551, 137–147; Coatings, 2018, 8(5), 180.

Novel microfabrication and robust superhydrophobic materials

Published papers: 

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Wanbo Li#, Miao Yu#, Jing Sun#, Kentaro Mochizuki, Siyu Chen, Huanxi Zheng, Jiaqian Li, Shuhuai Yao, Hongkai Wu, Beng S. Ong, Satoshi Kawata, Zuankai Wang*, Kangning Ren* Crack engineering as a new route for the construction of arbitrary hierarchical architectures, PNAS, 2019, 116 (48) 23909-23914 (IF 9.58).

​Wanbo Li, Kangning Ren, Jianhua Zhou, Aluminum-based Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance for Biosensing, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2016, 80, 486–494 (IF6.47)

Wen Dai, Wanbo Li, Kangning Ren*, Hongkai Wu*, Convenient, Reliable, Bias-Free Dynamic Patterning of Multiple Types of Cells into Precisely Defined Micropatterns for Co-Culture Study, ChemNanoMat, 2016, 2, 447–453

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The application of microfluidic platform in antimicrobial resistance testing

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​Chong Hu, Sheng Lin, Wanbo Li, Han Sun, Yangfan Chen, Chiu-Wing Chan, Chung-Hang Leung,   Ma Dik-Lung*, Hongkai Wu* and Kangning Ren*, A One-Step Strategy for Ultra-Fast and Low Cost Mass Production of Plastic Membrane Microfluidic Chips, Lab Chip, 2016, 16, 3909-3918.

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The application of microfluidic platform and MS imaging in antimicrobial resistance testing

Published papers: 

Yisu Wang#, Siyu Chen#, Han Sun, Wanbo Li, Chong Hu, Kangning Ren*, Recent Progresses in Microfabricating Perfluorinated Polymers (Teflons) and the Associated New Applications in Microfluidics, , Microphysiological Systems (new journal), in press

The application of microfluidics in aptamer based drug discovery

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RPg student

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RPg student

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The application of Microfluidic platform in Antimicrobial resistance and lead(II) ions detection

Published papers: 

Han Sun, Chiu-Wing Chan, Yisu Wang, Xiao Yao, Xuan Mu*, Xuedong Lu, Jianhua Zhou, Zongwei Cai, and Kangning Ren*, Reliable and reusable whole-polypropylene plastic microfluidic devices for rapid, low-cost antimicrobial susceptibility test, Lab Chip, 2019,19, 2915-2924.(IF6.914)

Han Sun,Wanbo Li,Zhen-Zhen Dong, et al. A suspending-droplet mode paper-based microfluidic platform for low-cost, rapid, and convenient detection of lead(II) ions in liquid solution[J]. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2018, 99: 361-367.

Han Sun, Zhengzhi Liu, Chong Hu, Kangning Ren*, Cell-on-Hydrogel Platform Made of Agar and Alginate for Rapid, Low-cost, Multidimensional Test of Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Lab Chip, 2016, 16, 3130 - 3138.

Novel microfabrication and robust anti-icing materials

Current: Cornell University

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Novel microfabrication and microfluidics

Published papers:

Chong Hu, Yunxiu Bai, Miao Hou, Yisu Wang, Licheng Wang, Xun Cao, Chiu-Wing Chan, Han Sun, Wanbo Li, Jun Ge*, and Kangning Ren*, Defect-induced Activity Enhancement of Enzyme-Embedded Metal-Organic Frameworks Revealed in Microfluidic Gradient Mixing Synthesis, Science Advances, 2020 (IF 12.804)

​Chong Hu, Sheng Lin, Wanbo Li, Han Sun, Yangfan Chen, Chiu-Wing Chan, Chung-Hang Leung,   Ma Dik-Lung*, Hongkai Wu* and Kangning Ren*, A One-Step Strategy for Ultra-Fast and Low Cost Mass Production of Plastic Membrane Microfluidic Chips, Lab Chip, 2016, 16, 3909-3918. (featured as journal front outside cover)

Chong Hu, Han Sun, Zhengzhi Liu, Yin Chen, Yangfan Chen, Hongkai Wu* and Kangning Ren*, “Freestanding 3-D microvascular networks made of alginate hydrogel as a universal tool to create microchannels inside hydrogels”, Biomicrofluidics, 10, 044112, 2016

The application of microfluidic platform in antimicrobial resistance testing

Current: Virginia Tech, US

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Published papers:

Zhengzhi Liu, Niaz Banaei, Kangning Ren*, Microfluidics for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance, Trends in Biotechnology, 2017, 35, 1129–1139 (IF 12.1)

Zhengzhi Liu, Han Sun, Kangning Ren*, Multiplexed, Gradient‐based, Full‐hydrogel Microfluidic Platform for Rapid, High‐throughput Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, ChemPlusChem, 82, 792-801, 2017 10.1002/cplu.201600654 (IF 2.8)

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The application of microfluidic platform in antimicrobial resistance testing

Hong Kong Polytech University

The application of microfluidics in aptamer based drug discovery

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Novel microfabrication and robust superhydrophobic materials

Ph.D student at UC Davis, USA​

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Published paper:

Yisu Wang#, Siyu Chen#, Han Sun, Wanbo Li, Chong Hu, Kangning Ren*, Recent Progresses in Microfabricating Perfluorinated Polymers (Teflons) and the Associated New Applications in Microfluidics, , Microphysiological Systems (new journal), in press

The application of microfluidics in aptamer based drug discovery

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Novel microfabrication of biomaterials

Ph.D student at University of Sheffield, UK

Chiu Wing Chan; Yan Che Cheung; Chun Yim Jim; Zhengzhi Liu; Yee Sum Wong; ​Man Fai  Yuen

Ka Man Chan; Franky Fan; Ching Man Fung; Wing Tung Ng;  Ming Him Tou; Yisu Wang