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PUBLICATIONS AND IMPACT 
  • Researcher ID: B-8559-2009

  • Publications: 42 papers in refereed journals

  • H-index: 20 (Google Scholar);  18 (ISI Web of Science)

  • Citations: > 1180 (Google Scholar);  > 840 (ISI Web of Science)


REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (*corresponding author; #equal contributions)

  1. S. Wang, H. Guo, X. J. Li*, and Y. F. Li*. Penetration of nanoparticles across a lipid bilayer: Effects of particle stiffness and surface hydrophobicity. Nanoscale 2019, 11, in revision.

  2. Y. Deng#, D. P. Papageorgiou#, H.-Y. Chang, S. Z. Abidi, X. J. Li*, M. Dao, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Quantifying shear-induced deformation and detachment of individual adherent red blood cells in sickle cell anemia. Biophys. J. 2019, 116, 360-371. (BJ Highlighted Article)

  3. L. Lu#, Y. X. Deng#, X. J. Li#, H. Li, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Effects Quantifying understanding the twisted structure of amyloid fibrils via molecular dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. B 2018, 122, 11302-11310.

  4. H.-Y. Chang, A. Yazdani, X. J. Li, K. A. A. Douglas, C. Mantzoros, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Quantifying platelet margination in diabetic blood flow. Biophys. J. 2018, 115, 1371-1382. (BJ Highlighted Article)

  5. D. P. Papageorgiou#, S. Z. Abidi#, H.-Y. Chang, X. J. Li, G. J. Kato, G. E. Karniadakis, M. Dao*, and S. Suresh*. Simultaneous polymerization and adhesion under hypoxia in sickle cell anemia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018, 115, 9574-9579.

  6. H. Li#, L. Lu#, X. J. Li, P. Buffet, M. Dao*, G. E. Karniadakis*, and S. Suresh*. Mechanics of diseased red blood cells in human spleen and consequences for hereditary blood disorders. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018, 115, 9473-9478.

  7. L. P. Chen, X. J. Li, Y. Zhang, T. Chen, M. He, X. Yin, S. Y. Xiao*, and H. J. Liang*. Morphological and mechanical determinants of cellular uptake of deformable nanoparticles. Nanoscale 2018, 10, 11969-11979.

  8. H.-Y. Chang, X. J. Li*, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Modeling of biomechanics and biorheology of red blood cells in type-2 diabetes mellitus. Biophys. J. 2017, 113, 481-490. (BJ Highlighted Article)

  9. X. J. Li, E. Du, M. Dao*, S. Suresh, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Patient-specific modeling of individual sickle cell behavior under transient hypoxia. PLOS Comput. Biol. 2017, 13, e1005426. (Highlighted on Biophysical Society Blog)

  10. X. J. Li*, M. Dao, G. Lykotrafitis, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Biomechanics and biorheology of red blood cells in sickle cell anemia. J. Biomech. 2017, 50, 34-41. (Quarterly Most-downloaded Articles, as of June 2017)

  11. X. J. Li*, H. Li, H.-Y. Chang, G. Lykotrafitis, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Computational biomechanics of human red blood cells in hematological disorders. J. Biomech. Eng. 2017, 139, 020804.

  12. A. Blumers, Y.-H. Tang, Z. Li, X. J. Li, and G. E. Karniadakis*. GPU-accelerated red blood cells simulations with transport dissipative particle dynamics. Comput. Phys. Commun. 2017, 217, 171-179.

  13. L. Lu, H. Li, X. Bian, X. J. Li, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Mesoscopic adaptive resolution scheme toward understanding of interactions between sickle cell fibers. Biophys. J. 2017, 113, 48-59. (Cover Article)

  14. X. J. Li, E. Du, H. Lei, Y.-H. Tang, M. Dao, S. Suresh, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Patient-specific modeling and predicting blood viscosity in sickle-cell anemia. Interface Focus 2016, 6, 20150065.

  15. H. Y. Chang, X. J. Li*, H. Li, and G. E. Karniadakis*. MD/DPD multiscale framework for predicting morphology and stresses of red blood cells in health and disease. PLOS Comput. Biol. 2016, 12, e1005173.

  16. L. Lu, X. J. Li*, P. G. Vekilov, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Probing the twisted structure of sickle hemoglobin fibers via particle simulations. Biophys. J. 2016, 110, 2085-2093. (Featured Article)

  17. A. Yazdani#, X. J. Li#, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Dynamic and rheological properties of soft biological cell suspensions. Rheol. Acta 2016, 55, 433-449.

  18. Y.-H. Tang, Z. Li, X. J. Li, M. G. Deng, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Non-equilibrium dynamics of vesicles and micelles by self-assembly of block copolymers with double thermoresponsivity. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 2895-2903.

  19. K. Lykov#, X. J. Li#, I. V. Pivkin*, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Inflow/Outflow boundary conditions for particle-based blood flow simulations: Application to arterial bifurcations and trees. PLOS Comput. Biol. 2015, 11, e1004410. (Highlighted on LAMMPS homepage)

  20. Z. Li, Y.-H. Tang, X. J. Li, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Mesoscale modeling of phase transition of thermoresponsive polymers. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 11038-11040.

  21. X. J. Li, Y.-H. Tang, H. J. Liang*, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Large-scale dissipative particle dynamics simulations of self-assembled amphiphilic systems. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 8306-8308.

  22. X. J. Li, Z. L. Peng, H. Lei, M. Dao, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Probing red blood cell mechanics, rheology and dynamics with a two-component multiscale model. Philos. T. R. Soc. A. 2014, 372, 20130389.

  23. Z. L. Peng, X. J. Li, I. V. Pivkin, M. Dao, G. E. Karniadakis, and S. Suresh*. Lipid-bilayer and cytoskeletal interactions in a red blood cell. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2013, 110, 13356-13361.

  24. X. J. Li, P. M. Vlahovska and G. E. Karniadakis*. Continuum- and particle-based modeling of shapes and dynamics of red blood cells in health and disease. Soft Matter 2013, 9, 28-37. (Invited tutorial review article)

  25. X. J. Li*, I. V. Pivkin*, and H. J. Liang*. Hydrodynamic effects on flow-induced polymer translocation through a microfluidic channel. Polymer 2013, 54, 4309-4317.

  26. X. J. Li, B. Caswell, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Effect of chain chirality on the self-assembly of sickle hemoglobin. Biophys. J. 2012, 103, 1130-1140.

  27. J. Y. Guo, X. J. Li*, and H. J. Liang*. Dissipative particle dynamics simulation of fluid-driven polymer through a microchannel. Acta Polym. Sin. 2012, 2, 160-167.

  28. Y. F. Li, X. J. Li, Z. H. Li, and H. J. Gao*. Surface-structure-regulated penetration of nanoparticles across cell membrane. Nanoscale 2012, 4, 3768-3775.

  29. M. G. Deng, X. J. Li, H. J. Liang, B. Caswell, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Simulation and modeling of slip flow over surfaces grafted with polymer brushes and glycocalyx fibers. J. Fluid Mech. 2012, 711, 192-211.

  30. J. Y. Guo, X. J. Li*, Y. Liu, and H. J. Liang*. Flow-induced translocation of polymers through a fluidic channel: A dissipative particle dynamics simulation study. J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 134, 134906.

  31. P. T. He#, X. J. Li#,*, D. Z. Kou, M. G. Deng, and H. J. Liang*. Complex micelles from the self-assembly of amphiphilic triblock copolymers in selective solvents. J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 132, 204905.

  32. P. T. He, X. J. Li*, M. G. Deng, T. Chen, and H. J. Liang*. Complex micelles from the self-assembly of coil-rod-coil amphiphilic triblock copolymers in selective solvents. Soft Matter 2010, 6, 1539-1546.

  33. M. G. Deng, Y. Jiang, X. J. Li*, Y. Liu, L. Wang, and H. J. Liang*. Conformation Behavior of a Charged-Neutral Star Micelle in Salt-Free Solution. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 6135-6139.

  34. X. J. Li, Y. Liu, L. Wang, M. G. Deng, and H. J. Liang*. Fusion and fission pathways of vesicles from amphiphilic triblock copolymers: A dissipative particle dynamics simulation study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 11, 4051-4059.

  35. X. J. Li, I. V. Pivkin, H. J. Liang*, and G. E. Karniadakis*. Shape transformations of membrane vesicles from amphiphilic triblock copolymers: A dissipative particle dynamics simulation study. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 3195-3200.

  36. X. J. Li, J. Y. Guo, Y. Liu, and H. J. Liang*. Microphase separation of poly(styrene-b-isoprene) diblock copolymer: A dissipative particle dynamics simulation study. J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 130, 074908.

  37. X. J. Li, M. G. Deng, Y. Liu, and H. J. Liang*. Dissipative particle dynamics simulations of toroidal structure formations of amphiphilic triblock copolymers. J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 14762-14765.

  38. S. L. Rao, X. J. Li, and H. J. Liang*. Developing coarse-grained force fields for polystyrene with different chain lengths from atomistic simulation. Macormol. Res. 2007, 15, 610-616.

  39. X. J. Li, D. Z. Kou, S. L. Rao, and H. J. Liang*. Developing a coarse-grained force field for the diblock copolymer poly(styrene-b-butadiene) from atomistic simulation. J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 124, 204909.

  40. X. J. Li, X. J. Ma, L. Huang, and H. J. Liang*. Developing coarse-grained force fields for cis-poly(1,4-butadiene) from the atomistic simulation. Polymer 2005, 46, 6507-6512.

BOOK/CHAPTERS/ESSAY
  1. X. J. Li, H. J. Lu, and Z. L. Peng. Continuum- and particle-based modeling of human red blood cells. Chapter in Handbook of Materials Modeling (Vol. 2). W. Andreoni and S. Yip (Eds.), Springer, 2018, to appear.

  2. X. J. Li and H. Lei. Multiscale modeling of sickle cell anemia. Chapter in Handbook of Materials Modeling (Vol. 2). W. Andreoni and S. Yip (Eds.), Springer, 2018, to appear.

  3. H. J. Liang, X. J. Li, and X. H. He. Macromolecular Self-Assembling Systems: Theory and Simulation. Chapter in Emerging Trends in Macromolecular Self-Assembly, China Science Publishing & Media Ltd., 2018, 75-103. (In Chinese)

  4. Z. Li, X. Bian, X. J. Li, M. Deng, Y.-H. Tang, B. Caswell, and G. E. Karniadakis. Dissipative particle dynamics: Foundation, evolution, implementation, and applications. Chapter in Particles in Flows. T. G. Bodnár, G. P. Galdi, S. Necasová (Eds.), Springer/Birkhauser, 2017, 255-326.

  5. X. J. Li and G. E. Karniadakis. In-silico medicine: multiscale modeling of hemological disorders. SIAM News 2017, 50, online.

  6. X. J. Li, Z. Li, X. Bian, M. G. Deng, C. H. Kim, Y.-H. Tang, A. Yazdani, and G. E. Karniadakis. Dissipative particle dynamics, overview. Essay in Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology. B. Bhushan (Ed.), Springer, 2016, 793-800.

  7. X. H. He, X. J. Li, P. Chen, and H. J. Liang. Dynamic simultions of microphase separation in block copolymers. Chapter in Polymer morphology: principles, characterization, and processing. Q. P. Guo (Ed.), Jophn Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016, 283-298.

  8. X. J. Li, R. Huang, P. Chen, Y. Jiang, and H. J. Liang. Introduction to theoretical and modeling methods in polymer sciences. Chapter in Frontier aspects and development of polymer sciences. J. H. Dong (Ed.), China Science Publishing & Media Ltd., 2006, 375~395. (In Chinese)

REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
  1. X. J. Li, H. Lei, S. Du, M. Dao, and G. E. Karniadakis. Rheology of sickle cell anemia: Effects of heterogeneous RBC shapes. 2014 SIAM Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 2014. 07.

  2. X. J. Li, K. Lykov, I. V. Pivkin, and G. E. Karniadakis. Dissipative particle dynamics modeling of blood flow in arterial bifurcations. 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 2013. 11.

  3. X. J. Li, Z. L. Peng, M. Dao, and G. E. Karniadakis. Probing red blood cell mechanics, rheology and dynamics with a two-component model. Red Cell Club 2013, New York, New York, United States, 2013. 10.

  4. X. J. Li, B. Caswell, and G. E. Karniadakis. Morphology and chirality control self-assembly of sickle hemoglobin inside red blood cells. ASME-AMD Annual Summer Meeting--Computational Mechanics of Biomembranes, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 2013. 07.

  5. X. J. Li, and G. E. Karniadakis. Simulations of red blood cell dynamics with the two-component model. 2013 NIMBioS Investigative Workshop--Modeling Blood Cell Interactions, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 2013. 06.

  6. B. Caswell, L. Lei, X. J. Li, and G. E. Karniadakis. Occlusion by cell-cell and cell-wall adhesion in sickle cell disease. 2012 AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 2012. 10.

  7. X. J. Li, L. Lei, B. Caswell, and G. E. Karniadakis. Morphology and chirality control self-assembly of sickle hemoglobin inside red blood cells. APS March Meeting 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 2012. 03. (Invited talk in self-assembling structures press conference)

  8. X. J. Li, A. S. Popel, and G. E. Karniadakis. Multiscale modeling of blood-plasma separation in bifurcations. 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 2011. 11.

  9. Y. F. Li, X. J. Li, and Z. H. Li. Translocation of nanoparticles coated with amphiphilic molecules across a lipid bilayer membrane: A dissipative particle dynamics simulation study. ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Denver, Colorado, United States, 2011. 11.

  10. X. J. Li, B. Caswell, and G. E. Karniadakis. Self-assembly of sickle hemoglobin fibers inside a red blood cell. Red Cell Club 2011, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 2011. 10.

  11. X. J. Li, B. Caswell, and G. E. Karniadakis. Self-assembly of sickle cell hemoglobin: A dissipative particle dynamics simulation study. The Society of Rheology: 83rd Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 2011. 10.

  12. X. J. Li, J. Y. Guo, and H. J. Liang. Fluid-driven polymer translocation through a microchannel: A dissipative particle dynamics simulation study. APS March Meeting 2011, Dallas, Texas, United States, 2011. 03.

  13. X. J. Li, P. T. He, and H. J. Liang. Fluid-driven polymer translocation through a microchannel. 27th CCS (Chinese Chemical Society) Congress, Xiamen, P. R. China, 2010. 06. (Invited talk in session of study of theory, analogism and calculation on polymer sciences)

  14. X. J. Li and H. J. Liang. Multiscale modeling and simulation of block copolymer. The National Polymer Conference in 2009 (NPC 2009), Tianjin, P. R. China, 2009. 08.

  15. H. J. Liang and X. J. Li. Shape transformations of membrane vesicles: A dissipative particle dynamics simulation study. The National Polymer Conference in 2009 (NPC 2009), Tianjin, P. R. China, 2009. 08.

  16. X. J. Li, I. V. Pivkin, H. J. Liang, and G. E. Karniadakis. Dissipative particle dynamics simulations of shape transformations of membrane vesicles from amphiphilic triblock copolymers. The international conference on the theory and applications of computational chemistry in 2008 (TACC 2008), Shanghai, P. R. China. 2008. 09.

  17. X. J. Li, M. G. Deng, P. Chen, and H. J. Liang. Theoretical computation and simulations on self-assembly of block copolymers. 5th East-Asian Polymer Conference, Shanghai, P. R. China, 2008. 06.

  18. H. J. Liang, P. Chen, and X. J. Li. Theory and simulation of the self-assembly of block copolymer. The National Polymer Conference in 2007 (NPC 2007), Chengdu, P. R. China, 2007. 10.

  19. X. J. Li, S. L. Rao, D. Z. Kou, and H. J. Liang. Developing a coarse-grained force field for polymer from atomistic simulation. 4th East-Asian Polymer Conference, Tianjin, P. R. China, 2006. 05.

Updated January 20, 2019