Publications

("*" indicates corresbonding author. "#" indicates equal contribution.)

1. Zhenwei Ma, Favour O. Obuseh, Benjamin R. Freedman,  Junsoo Kim, Matthew Torre, David J. Mooney*. Integrating hydrogels and biomedical plastics via in situ physical entanglements and covalent bonding. Advanced Healthcare Materials (2025) 

2. Wenna Shi, Hui Xue, Tianwei Du, Jun-Li Liu, Victor Ling, Yuzhuo Wang, Zhenwei Ma*, Zu-hua Gao*, Penetration enhancers strengthen tough hydrogel bioadhesion and modulate locoregional drug delivery, Biomaterials Science (2024) 

3. Zhenwei Ma#, Ran Huo#, Alexander Nottegar, Christopher Chung‐Tze‐Cheong, Qiman Gao, Zu-hua Gao, Jianyu Li*, Bioinspired printable tough adhesives with in situ benignly triggered mechanical enhancements, Advanced Functional Materials (2024)

4. Zhenwei Ma*,  Seeing through deep tissue mechanics with wearable ultrasound. Matter (2024)

5. Bharath Antarvedi Goda, Zhenwei Ma*, Stefano Fregonese, Mattia Bacca*, Cutting soft matter: scaling relations controlled by toughness, friction and wear, Soft Matter (2024) (Co-corresponding: Ma, experiment; Bacca, theory)

6. Zhenwei Ma, Alex Nguyen, Christopher Chung-Tze-Cheong, David Mazy, Farshid Ghezelbash, Zhen Yang, Yin Liu, Shiyu Liu, Stephanie Lamer, Zu-hua Gao, Favour Obuseh, Benjamin R. Freedman, Marie-Lyne Nault, Jianyu Li*, Tough adhesive puncture sealing sutures with swelling triggered bioadhesion for enhanced wound closure. Advanced Materials Technology, 2301594 (2024). 

7. Zhenwei Ma, Claire Bourquard, Qiman Gao, Shuaibing Jiang, Tristan De Iure-Grimmel, Ran Huo, Xuan Li, Zixin He, Zhen Yang, Galen Yang, Yixiang Wang, Edmond Lam, Zu-hua Gao, Outi Supponen*, Jianyu Li*, Controlled tough bioadhesion mediated by ultrasound, Science, abn8699 (2022). [PDF] [SM]

Perspective: Julien Es Sayed & Marleen Kamperman, Ultra-sounding out a technique that sticks.  [PDF]

Selected press release: UBC Medicine, CTV Montreal, Physics World, Ubyssey, almetric

Alan Gent Distinguished Student Paper Award from the Adhesion Society

8. Zhenwei Ma, Zhen Yang, Qiman Gao, Guangyu Bao, Amin Valiei, Fan Yang, Ran Huo, Chen Wang, Guolong Song, Dongling Ma,  Zu-hua Gao, Jianyu Li*.  Bioinspired tough gel sheath for robust and versatile surface functionalization. Science Advances 7, eabc3012 (2021). 

Selected press release: McGill Newsroom (en français); McGill Tribune; CBC Radio (en français); Medgadget; almetric 

Invited talk: EASF webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTWMh1fDKa8

9. Zhenwei Ma, Guangyu Bao, Jianyu Li*.  Multifaceted design and emerging applications of tissue adhesives. Advanced Materials (2021): 2007663

10. Zhenwei Ma, Lucas Sagrillo-Fagundes, Stephanie Mok, Cathy Vaillancourt, Christopher Moraes*.  Mechanobiological regulation of placental trophoblast fusion and function through extracellular matrix rigidity. Scientific Reports  (2020) 10:5837 

11. Zhenwei Ma, Lucas Sagrillo-Fagundes, Raymond Tran, Prabu Karthick Parameshwar, Nikita Kalashnikov, Cathy Vaillancourt, Christopher Moraes*. Biomimetic micropatterned adhesive surfaces to mechanobiologically regulate placental trophoblast fusion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11.51 (2019): 47810-47821.

12. Zhenwei Ma, Prabu Karthick Parameshwar, Lucas Sagrillo-Fagundes, Raymond Tran, Cathy Vaillancourt, Christopher Moraes*. Trophoblast fusion and function is regulated by biophysical features of the placental microenvironment during development and disease. Placenta 83 (2019): e13. 

13. Zhenwei Ma, Christopher Moraes*. Gotta catch'em all: the microscale quest to understand cancer biology. Integrative Biology (2016) 8(12), 1203-1207.

14. David Mazy, Zhenwei Ma, Christopher Chung-Tze-Cheong, Stephanie Lamer, Jianyu Li, Marie-Lyne Nault, Modification of the properties of a suture thread with a tough gel coating: A baseline ex-vivo study.  Journal of Orthopaedic Research (2022).

15. Zhen Yang, Zhenwei Ma, Shiyu Liu, Jianyu Li*. Tissue adhesion with tough hydrogels: Experiments and Modeling. Mechanics of Materials (2021): 103800.

16. David Mazy; Christopher Chung-Tze-Cheong; Zhenwei Ma; Ran Huo; Stephanie Lamer; Jianyu Li; Marie-Lyne Nault, Tough Gel Adhesive is an Effective Method for Meniscal Repair in a Bovine Cadaveric Study. Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics 10.1 (2023): 139.

17. Shiyu Liu, Guangyu Bao, Zhenwei Ma, Jianyu Li*. Fracture mechanics of blood clots: Measurements of toughness and critical length scales. Extreme Mechanics Letters (2021): 101444.

18. Guangyu Bao, Ran Huo, Zhenwei Ma, Mitchell Strong, Amin Valiei, Shuaibing Jiang, Shiyu Liu, Luc Mongeau*, and Jianyu Li*. Ionotronic Tough Adhesives with Intrinsic Multifunctionality. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces  (2021)

19. Shuaibing Jiang, Tony Jin, Tianqin Ning, Zhen Yang, Zhenwei Ma, Ran Huo, Yixun Cheng, Davis Kurdyla, Edmond Lam, Rong Long, Audrey Moores*, Jianyu Li*, Nanowhisker glues for fatigue-resistant bioadhesion and interfacial functionalization. Nature Communications (2025)

20. Ran Huo, Guangyu Bao, Zixin He, Xuan Li, Zhenwei Ma, Zhen Yang, Roozbeh Moakhar, Shuaibing Jiang, Christopher Chung-Tze-Cheong, Alexander Nottegar, Changhong Cao, Sara Mahshid, Jianyu Li*, Tough Transient Ionic Junctions Printed with Ionic Microgels. Advanced Functional Materials (2022).

21. Guangyu Bao, Tao Jiang, Hossein Ravanbakhsh, Alicia Reyes, Zhenwei Ma, Mitchell Strong, Huijie Wang, Joseph M. Kinsella, Jianyu Li*,  Luc Mongeau*. Triggered micropore-forming bioprinting of porous viscoelastic hydrogels. Materials Horizons (2020) 

22. Arvind Chandrasekaran, Sonya Kouthouridis, Wontae Lee, Nicholas Lin, Zhenwei Ma, Mark J. Turner, John W. Hanrahan, Christopher Moraes* (2019). Magnetic microboats for floating, stiffness tunable, air–liquid interface epithelial cultures. Lab on a Chip (2019), 19, 2786.

23. Xuan Li, Yin Liu, Li Li, Ran Huo, Farshid Ghezelbash, Zhenwei Ma, Guangyu Bao, Shiyu Liu, Zhen Yang, Michael H. Weber, Nicole Y. K. Li-Jessen, Lisbet Haglund*, Jianyu Li*. Tissue-mimetic hybrid bioadhesives for intervertebral disc repair, Materials Horizons (2023). 

24. Guangyu Bao, Qiman Gao, Massimo Cau, Nabil Ali-Mohamad, Mitchell Strong, Shuaibing Jiang, Zhen Yang, Amin Valiei, Zhenwei Ma, Marco Amabili, Zu-Hua Gao, Luc Mongeau, Christian Kastrup, Jianyu Li*, Liquid-infused microstructured bioadhesives halt non-compressible hemorrhage, Nature Communications, (2022).