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Publications

Publications: (* corresponding author, Chen lab undergraduate students underlined)​​

  • Emma Foley, Luke Campbell, Keyvan Harris, Hui Chen* “Current opinion in biomass-based applications in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal in water and soil systems”, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2026, 23, 344. (Emma and Luke are co-first authors)

  • Tao Zhang, Grayson Ruffner, Sarah Varney, Inchan Baek, Bella Fong, Hui Chen*, Chengpeng Chen “Reusable 3D-Printed microfluidic-on-Fabric with Modular Electrodes for Point-of-Care Na+ and K+ Detection in Various Biofluids”, ChemRxiv, 2025.

  • Tao Zhang; John Terrell; Hui Chen*; Chengpeng Chen "A Wearable Enzymatic Uric Acid Sensor on Microfluidics-on-Fabrics with Octadecane (C18) Modification", ACS sensors, 2025, 10, 8, 5694–5703.

  • ​Tao Zhang, John Terrell, Giraso K.M. Kabandana, Hui Chen, Chengpeng Chen. “Recent Advances in Wearable Sweat Sensor Development”, WIREs Nanomedicines & Nanobiotechnology, 2025, 17, 1, e70006.

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Conference: 

  • Campbell, L.; Foley, E.; Muska, C.; Chen, H.* Aggregation of ultrashort- and short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (C1-C4) via Donnan dialysis. Pacifichem 2025, The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Honolulu, HI), Dec 15-20, 2025.

  • Foley, E.; Richard T.; Campbell, L.; Chen, H.* Development of novel cellulose-based adsorbents for efficient ultrashort- and short-chain PFAS removal. 2025 Virginia Academy of Science Fall Undergraduate Meeting (Petersburg, VA), Nov 8, 2025.

  • Vollbrecht, S.; Shaffner, A.; Chen, H.* Evaluating ion selectivity of Chelex 100 and Dowex 50W-X8 resins for efficient Ra2+ removal from wastewater. 2025 Virginia Academy of Science Fall Undergraduate Meeting (Petersburg, VA), Nov 8, 2025.

  • Harris, K.; Fong, B.; Varney, S.; Chen, H.* Development of urease-modified micromotors for nutrient release. 2025 Virginia Academy of Science Fall Undergraduate Meeting (Petersburg, VA), Nov 8, 2025.

  • Harris, K.; Fong, B.; Varney, S.; Vollbrecht, S.; Chen, H.* Development of cellulose-based micromotors for nutrient release. 2025 S-STEM Scholars National meeting (San Diego, CA), Oct 2-4, 2025.

  • Campbell, L.; Foley, E.; Muska, C.; Chen, H.* Aggregation of ultrashort- and short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (C1-C4) via Donnan dialysis. Fall 2025 ACS National Meeting (Washington, DC), Aug 17-21, 2025.

  • Harris, K.; Fong, B.; Varney, S.; Vollbrecht, S.; Chen, H.* Development of cellulose-based micromotors for nutrient release. Fall 2025 ACS National Meeting (Washington, DC), Aug 17-21, 2025.

  • Chen, H.; Stewart, K.; Blaney, L*. Separation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by ion-exchange membranes: A feasibility study. Spring 2025 ACS National Meeting (San Diego, CA), March 22-28, 2025.

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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • ​Hui Chen, Sahar Souizi, Kaylyn Stewart, Lee Blaney “Application of the Rd/w Framework to Assess the Donnan Dialysis Performance”, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2023, 42, 100967.

  • Hui Chen, Michael Rose, Michael Fleming, Sahar Souizi, Utsav Shashvatt, Lee Blaney, “Recent Advances in Donnan Dialysis Technologies for Water/wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery: A Critical Review”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 455, 140522

  • Hui Chen, Kaylyn Stewart, Fabian Amurrio, Utsav Shashvatt, Lee Blaney, “Sustainable Nutrient Recovery from Synthetic Urine by Donnan Dialysis Using Tubular Ion Exchange Membranes”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 460, 141625

  • Hui Chen, Priyanka R. Sharma, Sunil K. Sharma, Abdulrahman G. Alhamzani, Benjamin Hsiao “Effective Thallium(I) Removal by Nanocellulose Bioadsorbent Prepared by Nitro-Oxidation of Sorghum Stalks”, Nanomaterials, 2022, 12(23), 4156

  • Hui Chen, Kai Chi, Rangjian Cao, Sunil K. Sharma, Duning Li, Priyanka R. Sharma, Benjamin S. Hsiao, “Nitro-Oxidation Process for Fabrication of Efficient Bioadsorbent from Lignocellulosic Biomass by Combined Liquid-Gas Phase Treatment”, Carbohydrate Polymers Technologies and Applications, 2022, 3, 100219

  • Hui Chen, Sunil K. Sharma, Priyanka R. Sharma, Kai Chi, Eric Fung, Katherine Aubrecht, Ngonye Keroletswe, Samuel Chigome, Benjamin S. Hsiao. “Nitro-oxidized Carboxycellulose Nanofibers from Moringa Plant: Effective Bioadsorbent for Mercury Removal”, Cellulose, 2021, 28, 8611-8628

  • Hui Chen, Sunil K. Sharma, Priyanka R. Sharma, Heidi Yeh, Ken Johnson, Benjamin S. Hsiao. “Arsenic (III) Removal by Nanostructured Dialdehyde Cellulose– Cysteine Microscale and Nanoscale Fibers”, ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 26, 22008-22020

  • Tao Zhang, John Terrell, Giraso K.M. Kabandana, Hui Chen, Chengpeng Chen. “Recent Advances in Wearable Sweat Sensor Development”, WIREs Nanomedicines & Nanobiotechnology, accepted with revision.

  • Tao Zhang, Adam Ratajczak, Hui Chen, John Terrell, Chengpeng Chen “A Step Forward for Smart Clothes—Fabric-Based Microfluidic Sensors for Wearable Health Monitoring”, ACS Sensors, 2022, 7, 12, 3857-3866

  • Priyanka R. Sharma, Sunil K. Sharma, Simon Lin, Hui Chen, William Borges, Benjamin S. Hsiao “Reinforcement of Natural Rubber Latex Using Jute Carboxycellulose Nanofibers Extracted using Nitro-oxidation Method”, Nanomaterials, 2020, 10, 4, 706

  • Sunil K. Sharma, Priyanka R. Sharma, Hui Chen, Ken Johnson, Chengbo Zhan, Ruifu Wang, Benjamin S. Hsiao, “Cellulose Supported Nanosized Zinc Oxide: A Highly Efficient Bionanomaterial for Removal of Arsenic Impurities from Water”, Current Status of Environmental Research on Water Contaminants in ACS book, 2020, Chapter 12, 253-267

  • Priyanka R. Sharma, Sunil K. Sharma, William Borges, Hui Chen, Benjamin S. Hsiao, “Remediation of UO22+ from Water by Nitro-oxidized Carboxycellulose Nanofibers: Performance and Mechanism”, Current Status of Environmental Research on Water Contaminants in ACS book, 2020, Chapter 13, 269-283

  • Wu Yun, Yanyan Wang, Hui Chen, Shanshan Ge, Jinling Zhang, Chun Mao, Hongyan Ding, Jian Shen, “Preparation and Biocompatibility of Gold@ Polypyrrole- Chitosan with Core–Shell Nanostructure”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2016, 16, 3, 2343-2349

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • Souizi, S.; Chen, H.; Stewart, K.; Blaney, L. Sustainable nutrient recovery with novel tube-in-tube Donnan dialysis reactors. Fall 2023 ACS National Meeting (San Francisco, CA), August 13-17, 2023.

  • He, K.; Liang, J.; Siao, M.; Ellington, M.; Chen, H.; Stewart, K.; Blaney, L. Development of anion-exchange membranes as passive samplers for diverse per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Fall 2023 ACS National Meeting (San Francisco, CA), August 13-17, 2023.

  • Chen, H.; Souizi, S.; Stewart, K.; Blaney, L. Development of novel tube-in-tube Donnan dialysis reactors for sustainable and efficient nutrient recovery. 2023 AEESP Conference (Boston, MA), June 20-22, 2023.

  • Stewart, K.; Chen, H.; Amurrio, F.; Blaney, L. Separation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from contaminated water via Donnan dialysis. Spring 2023 ACS National meeting (Indianapolis, IN), March 26-30, 2023.

  • Zhang, T.; Ratajczak A.M.; Chen, H.; Terrell J.; Chen C. Arduino-based, heat-resistance fabric microfluidic wearable sensor for automated and continuous detection of Ca2+ in sweat. Pittcon (Philadelphia, PA), March 18-22, 2023

  • Stewart, K.; Chen, H.; Amurrio, F.; Blaney, L. Advances in Donnan dialysis reactor configuration for efficient nutrient recovery. Fall 2022 LSAMP Research Symposium (College Park, MD), December 3, 2022.

  • He, K.; Amurrio, F.; Chen, H.; Dugan, C.; Ellington, M.; Feerick, A.; Siao M.; Stewart K.; Blaney L. PFAS interactions with ion-exchange membranes: towards development of passive samplers. SERDP symposium (Arlington, VA), November 29 - December 2, 2022.

  • Chen, H.; Stewart, K.; Amurrio, F.; Shashvatt, U.; Blaney, L. Advances in Donnan dialysis reactor configuration for efficient nutrient recovery. 2022 AEESP Conference (Saint Louis, MO), June 28-30, 2022.

  • Chen, H.; Hsiao B.S. Nitro-oxidation process for fabrication of efficient bioadsorbent from lignocellulosic biomass by combined liquid-gas phase treatment. 2022 International Conference on Frontier Materials (virtual), May 27-31, 2022.

  • Stewart, K.; Chen, H.; Amurrio, F.; Blaney, L. Development of novel tube-in-tube Donnan dialysis reactors for simultaneous recovery of anionic and cationic nutrients from synthetic urine. UMBC Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (Baltimore, MD), April 18-24, 2022.

  • Chen, H.; Stewart, K.; Amurrio, F.; Shashvatt, U.; Blaney, L. Advances in Donnan dialysis reactor configuration for efficient nutrient recovery. Spring 2022 ACS National meeting (San Diego, CA), March 20-24, 2022.

  • Shashvatt, U.; Chen, H.; Amurrio, F.; Stewart, K.; Portner, C.; Blaney, L. Phosphorus recovery by Donnan dialysis: Membrane selectivity, diffusion coefficients, and speciation effects. Spring 2022 ACS National Meeting (San Diego, CA), March 20-24, 2022.

  • Shashvatt, U.; Chen, H.; Amurrio, F.; Stewart, K.; Raphael, M.; Boby, A.; Portner, C.; Blaney, L. Development of sustainable Nutrient Extraction and Recovery Devices (NERDs) for municipal and agricultural wastewater. 2022 INFEWS PI Workshop (Princeton, NJ), February 9-11, 2022.

  • Chen, H.; Sharma S.K.; Sharma P.R.; Hsiao B.S. Nitro-oxidation process for fabrication of efficient bioadsorbent from lignocellulosic biomass by combined liquid-gas phase treatment. SBU Chemistry Research Day (Stony Brook, NY), September 20, 2019.

  • Chen, H.; Sharma S.K.; Sharma P.R.; Yeh H.; Johnson K.; Hsiao B.S. Efficient removal of Arsenic (III) by novel micro and nano dialdehyde cellulose-cysteine complex extracted from wood pulp cellulose. Spring 2019 ACS National meeting (Orlando, FL), March 27-31, 2019.

  • Chen, H.; Sharma S.K.; Sharma P.R.; Hsiao B.S. Efficient removal of Arsenic (III) by novel micro and nano dialdehyde cellulose-cysteine complex extracted from wood pulp cellulose. SBU Chemistry Research Day (Stony Brook, NY), September 18, 2018.

  • Sunil K. Sharma; Priyanka R. Sharma; Chen, H.; Benjamin S. Hsiao. Highly proton conductive nitro-oxidized cellulose nanopaper for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell. Fall 2018 ACS National meeting (Boston, MA), August 19-23, 2018.

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