Current Position:
Professor
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials (Ministry of Education), Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Research Interest:
Force spectroscopy of macromolecules, Bionic polymer materials.
Education:
1999.9~2004.6, Dr. in Science, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Xi Zhang, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, China
1995.9~1999.6, B. Sc., College of Chemistry, Jilin University, China
Honors and Awards:
2003, Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Hong Kong QiuShi Science and Technology Foundation
2004, Humboldt Research Fellowship (work with Prof. Dr. H. E. Gaub, Munich University), Humboldt Foundation
2005, 2006 and 2007 Young Faculty Award, Sichuan University
2008, Young Chemist Award, Chinese Chemical Society
Contact Info:
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials (Ministry of Education), Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, P. R. China
Email: scicui@gmail.com
Tel/FAX: +86-28-87634037
Publications:
20. Yang, X.; Zhang, H.; Yuan, X.; Cui, S.* (2009): Wool Keratin: A Novel Building Block for Layer-by-layer Self-assembly. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 336, 756-760.
19. Li, L.; Lin, Z.; Yang, X.; Wan, Z.; Cui, S.* (2009): A Novel Cellulose Hydrogel Prepared from Its Ionic Liquid Solution. Chinese Science Bulletin, 54, 1622-1625.
18. Cui, S.*; Yu, Y.; Lin, Z. (2009) Modeling Single Chain Elasticity of Single-stranded DNA: a Comparison of Three Models. Polymer, 50, 930-935.
17. Wan, Z.; Li, L.; Cui, S.* (2008) Capturing the portrait of isolated individual natural cellulose molecules. Biopolymers, 89, 1170-1173.
16. Cui, S.*; Yu, J.; Kühner, J.; Schulten, K.; Gaub, H. E. (2007): Double Stranded DNA Dissociates into Single Strands when Dragged into a Poor Solvent. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 14710 -14716.
15. Yang, X.; Lin, Z.; Cui, S.* (2007): Effect of concentration of wool keratin on the rebuilding of disulfur bond. Chinese Science Bulletin, 52, 2876-2879.
14. Cui, S.*; Albrecht, C.; Kühner, F.; Gaub, H. E. (2006): Weakly bound water molecules shorten single-stranded DNA. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 6636-6639.
13. Liu, C.; Shi, W.; Cui, S.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, X. (2005): Force spectroscopy of polymers: Beyond single chain mechanics. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 9, 140-148.
12. Liu, C.; Cui, S.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, X. (2005): Single Chain Mechanical Property of Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) and Interaction with Small Molecules. J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 14807-14812.
11. Shi, W.; Wang, Z.; Cui, S.; Zhang, X.; Bo, Z. (2005): Force spectroscopy on dendronized poly(p-phenylene)s: revealing the chain elasticity and the interfacial interaction. Macromolecules 38, 861-866.
10. Shi, W.; Cui, S; Wang, C.; Wang, L.; Wang, L. and Zhang, X. (2004): Single chain elasticity of poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane) and poly(ferrocenylmethylphenylsilane). Macromolecules 37, 1839-1842.
9. Cui, S.; Liu, C.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, X.; Strandman, S. and Tenhu, H. (2004): Single molecule force spectroscopy on polyelectrolytes: effect of spacer on adhesion force and linear charge density on rigidity. Macromolecules 37, 946-953.
8. Cui, S.; Liu, C.; Zhang, W.; Zhang, X.; Wu, C (2003): Desorption force per polystyrene segment in water. Macromolecules 36, 3779-3782.
7. Cui, S.; Liu, C. and Zhang, X. (2003): Simple method to isolate single polymer chains for the direct measurement of the desorption force. Nano Letters 3, 245-248.
6. Cui, S.; Zhang, W.; Xu, Q.; Wang, C. and Zhang, X. (2003): Supramolecular research by single molecule force spectroscopy. Macromolecular Symposia 195, 109-114.
5. Lin, Z.; Cui, S.; Zhang, H.; Chen, Q.; Yang, B.; Su, X.; Zhang, J. and Jin, Q. (2003): Studies on quantum dots synthesized in aqueous solution for biological labeling via electrostatic interaction. Analytical Biochemistry 319, 239-243.
4. Zhang, L.; Wang, C.; Cui, S.; Wang, Z. and Zhang, X. (2003): Single molecule force spectroscopy on curdlan: unwinding helical structures and random coils. Nano Letters 3, 1119-1124.
3. Zhang, W.; Cui, S.; Fu, Y. and Zhang, X. (2002): Desorption force of poly (4-vinyl pyridine) layer assemblies from amino groups modified substrates. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 106, 12705-12708.
2. Fu, Y.; Bai, S.; Cui, S.; Qiu, D.; Wang, Z. and Zhang, X. (2002): Hydrogen-bonding-directed layer-by-layer multilayer assembly: reconformation yielding microporous films. Macromolecules 35, 9451-9458.
1. Wang, L.; Cui, S.; Zhang, X.; Jiang, M.; Chi, L. and Fuchs, H. (2000): Multilayer assemblies of copolymer PSOH and PVP on the basis of hydrogen bonding. Langmuir 16, 10490-10494.