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Huang SC, Zhu YJ, Huang XY, Xia XX*, Qian ZG*. Programmable adhesion and morphing of protein hydrogels for underwater robots. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15: 195.

Qian ZG, Huang SC, Xia XX*. Synthetic protein condensates for cellular and metabolic engineering. Nat. Chem. Biol., 2022, 18: 1330-1340.

Qin N, Qian ZG, Zhou C, Xia XX*, Tao TH*. 3D electron-beam writing at sub-15 nm resolution using spider silk as a resist. Nat. Commun., 2021, 12: 5133.

Pan F, Zu H, Zhu YJ, Qian ZG*, Xia XX*. Spatiotemporal organization of functional cargoes by light-switchable condensation in Escherichia coli cells. JACS Au, 2024, 4(4): 1480-1488.

Wei SP†, Qian ZG†, Hu CF†, Pan F, Chen MT, Lee SY, Xia XX*. Formation and functionalization of membraneless compartments in Escherichia coli. Nat. Chem. Biol., 2020, 16(10):1143-1148. 

Chen MT†, Hu CF†, Huang HB, Qian ZG*, Xia XX*. Spatially directed biosynthesis of quantum dots via spidroin templating in Escherichia coli. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61: e202214177.

Jin Q†, Pan F†, Hu CF, Lee SY, Xia XX*, Qian ZG*. Secretory production of spider silk proteins in metabolically engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum for spinning into tough fibers. Metab. Eng., 2022, 70: 102-114.

Shi YX, Xia XX*, Qian ZG*. Artificial spider silk materials: From molecular design, mesoscopic assembly, to macroscopic performances. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, 2412793.

Jiang J†, Zhang S†, Qian Z, Qin N, Song W, Sun L, Zhou Z, Shi Z, Chen L, Li X, Mao Y, Kaplan DL, Gilbert Corder SN, Chen X, Liu M, Omenetto FG, Xia XX*, Tao TH*. Protein bricks: 2D and 3D bio-nanostructures with shape and function on demand. Adv. Mater., 2018, 30(20): 1705919.