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Haihui Joy Jiang Group

School of Chemistry

The University of Sydney

Jiang group publications

Publications

With our knowledge in nanomaterials, plasma, magnetism, electrochemistry, and device engineering, we integrate science with engineering to create sustainable solutions to energy- and climate challenges.

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Jiang, H. J.; Brazaca, L. C.; Underwood, T. C.; Skorb, E. V.; Abd El-Rahman, M-K.; Mascarenhas, C. A.; McLeod, W. T.; Ni, G.; Medrano, B.; Emge, L.; Belding, L.; Wong, A. S. Y.; Wilmouth, D. M.; Sasselov, D. D.; Anderson, J. G.; Bell, J. G.*; and Whitesides, G. M.* (2026) “Quantitative Control over Lorentz Effects in Magneto-Electrochemistry.” Chemical Engineering Journal, 543, 178373.

McCracken, K. A.; Sireesha, P.; McLeod, W. T.; Abd El-Rahman, M-K.; Nocera, D. G.; Whitesides, G. M.; Jiang, H. J.*; and Bell, J. G.* (2026) “Magneto-Electrochemistry: A tool for Sustainable and Green Chemistry.” Chemical Engineering Journal, (in press).

Jiang, H. J.; Imberti, S.; Wood, K.; Atkin, R.; Warr, G. G.* (2026) “Amphiphilicity Controls Nanostructure in Surfactant-free Ionic Liquid Microemulsions.” Journal of American Chemical Society, (online access).

Mukherjee, S.; Jiang, C.; Nguyen, D-B.; Ha, V-P.; Sandhu, G. S.; Duwal, R.; Nguyen, L. V. D.; Nguyen, N-T.; Losic, D.; Chien, Y-H.; Jiang, H. J.; Hessel, V. * (2026) “Formation of ZnO Nanoparticles under Plausible Early-Earth Environments” Comm. Chem., (in press).

Peter, J. S.*, Yuan, Y., McLeod, W. T., Ritson, D., Hand, K. P., Sutherland, J. D., Sasselov, D. D., and Jiang, H. J.* “A Universal Pathway for Extraterrestrial Amino acid and Sugar Synthesis” (submitted).

Clean fuels, Nitrogen Fixation and CO₂ Reduction

Shahzad, A.; Jiang, H. J.; Aguey-Zinsou, K.-F.* (2025) "Unitized regenerative fuel cells: Fundamental challenges and advancements." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 215, 115631.

Jiang, H. J.;# Underwood, T. C.;# Bell, J. G.; Lei J.; Gonzales, J. C.; Emge, L.; Tadese, L.; Abd El-Rahman, M-K.; Wilmouth, D. M.; Brazaca, L. C.; Ni, G.; Belding, L.; Dey, S.; Ashkarran A. A.; Nagarkar A.; Nemitz M. P.; Cafferty B. J.; Sayres, D. S.; Ranjan, S.; Crocker, D. R.; Anderson, J. G.*; Sasselov, D. D.*; and Whitesides, G. M.* (2024) “Mimicking Lightning-induced Electrochemistry on the Early Earth.” PNAS, 121 (32), e2400819121.

Alfaraidi, A. M.; Kudisch, B.; Ni, N.; Thomas, J.; George, T. Y.; Rajabimoghadam, K.; Jiang, H. J.; Nocera, D. G.; Aziz, M. J.; and Liu, R. Y.* (2023) “Reversible CO₂ Capture and On-Demand Release by an Acidity-Matched Organic Photoswitch.” JACS, 145 (49), 26720-26727.

Robotics and Smart Control Systems

Decker, C.; Jiang, H. J.; Nemitz, M. P.; Root, S. E.; Anoop Rajappan, Tracz, J.; Wille, L.; Preston, D. J.; and Whitesides, G. M.* (2022) “Programmable Valves for Digital and Analog Fluidic Control.” PNAS, 119 (40), e2205922119.

Tracz, J.; Wille, L.; Pathiraja, D.; Ethan, T.; Kendre, S. V.; Abrahamsson, C.; Root, S.; Lee, W.-K.; Preston, D.; Jiang, H. J.; Whitesides, G. M.; Nemitz, M.* (2022) "Tube-Balloon Logic for the Exploration of Fluidic Control Elements." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7 (2).

Whiteside, L.; Kendre, S. V.; Fan, T. Y.; Tracz, J.; Teran, G.; Underwood, T.; Sayed, M.; Jiang, H. J.; Stokes, A. A.; Preston, D.; Whitesides, G. M.; Nemitz, M.* (2022) "The Soft Compiler: A Web-Based Tool for the Design of Modular Pneumatic Circuits for Soft Robots." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7 (3).

Preston, D. J.; Jiang, H. J.; Sanchez, V.; Rothemund, P.; Rawson, J.; Nemitz, M. P.; Lee, W.-K.; Suo, Z.; Walsh, C. J.; Whitesides, G. M.* (2019) “A soft ring oscillator.” Science Robotics, 4 (31), eaaw5496.

Preston, D. J.; Rothemund, P.; Jiang, H. J.; Nemitz, M. P.; Rawson, J.; Suo, Z.; Whitesides, G. M.;* (2019) “Digital logic for soft devices.” PNAS, 201820672.

Bio-Inspired Solvents and Functional Electrolytes

Miao, S; Jiang, H. J.; Imberti, S.; Atkin, R.; Warr, G. G.* (2021) "Aqueous choline amino acid deep eutectic solvents." Journal of Chemical Physics, 154 (21), 214504.

Jiang, H. J.; Miao, S.; Imberti, S.; Simmons, B.; Atkin, R.; Warr, G. G.* (2021) “Liquid nanostructure of choline lysinate with water and a model lignin residue.” Green Chemistry, 23 (2), 856.

Miao, S.; Wood, J.; Jiang, H. J.; Imberti, S.; Atkin, R.; Warr, G. G.* (2020) “Unusual origin of choline phenylalaninate ionic liquid nanostructure.” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 319, 114327.

Jiang, H. J.; Imberti, S.; Simmons, B. A.; Atkin, R.; Warr, G. G.* (2019). "Structural Design of Ionic Liquids for Optimizing Aromatic Dissolution." ChemSusChem 12(1): 270-274.

Molecular Self-Assembly and Nanostructured Materials

Jiang, H. J.; Atkin, R.; Warr, G. G.* (2018). "Nanostructured ionic liquids and their solutions: Recent advances and emerging challenges." Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 12: 27-32.

Jiang, H. J.; Imberti, S.; Atkin, R.; Warr, G. G.* (2017). "Dichotomous Well-defined Nanostructure with Weakly Arranged Ion Packing Explains the Solvency of Pyrrolidinium Acetate." J. Phys. Chem. B 121(27): 6610-6617.

Jiang, H. J.; FitzGerald, P. A.; Dolan, A.; Atkin, R.; Warr, G. G.* (2014). "Amphiphilic self-assembly of alkanols in protic ionic liquids." J. Phys. Chem. B 118(33): 9983-9990.

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