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17. Xiang S, Zhang C, Yang X, Yang L, Xiao M. Compact 2D Laser Scattering System for Quantitative Structural Analysis in Colloidal Assemblies. ACS Nano. 2026, 20(1), 1753-1764.

16. Yang, D.; Liang, H.; Zhang, C.; Shao, P.; Li, Q.; Huang, Y.; Yi, Dan.; Zeng, C.; Wen, R.; Jiang, L.; Xiao, M. Inverse design of structural colors in polymeric films with crystallization-induced reversible thermochromism, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16(1): 10040.?

15. Jin, S.; Yi, F.; Gong, Z.; Yang, D.; Peng, Y.; Hou, J.; Liu, M.; Tao, T.; Zhao, C.; Xiao, M.; and Wang, B. An electrochemically driven dynamic structural color device with persistent radiative cooling capability, ACS Energy Lett. 2025,10,5993-6003.

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13. Peng, Y.; Shao, P.; Yuan, Y.; Mou, J.; Wen,R.; Chen, H.; Xiao, M. Unravelling the mechanism of coloration and prolonged discoloration in abnormally thermochromic PDMS nanocomposites, Mater. Horiz. 2025 12, 3777-3787 (下划线为本科生)

12. Zhang, G.; Xiao, M. Enhancing Color Saturation in Photonic Glasses through Optimized Absorption. Opt. Express, 2024, 32 (12), 20432–20448.

11. Liu, H.; Yu, S.; Liu, B.; Xiang, S.; Jiang, M.; Yang, F.; Tan, W.; Zhou, J.; Xiao, M.; Li, X.; Richardson, J. J.; Lin, W.; Zhou, J. Space-Efficient 3D Microalgae Farming with Optimized Resource Utilization for Regenerative Food. Advanced Materials 2024, 2401172.

10. Jia, R.; Yang, L.; Wang, Z.; Chen, H.; Xiao, M. Electrically Programmable Color and Shape Morphing in Photonic Glass Elastomers with Reduced Voltages. Polymer 2024, 299, 126945.

9. Jia, R.; Xiang, S.; Wang, Y.; Chen, H.; Xiao, M. Electrically Triggered Color‐Changing Materials: Mechanisms, Performances, and Applications. Advanced Optical Materials 2023, 2302222.

8. Xiao, M.; Li, W. Fundamentals and Applications of Optically Active Melanin-Based Materials. In Melanins: Functions, Biotechnological Production, and Applications; Gosset, G., Ed.; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2023; pp 127–146.

7. Stephenson, A. B.; Xiao, M.; Hwang, V.; Qu, L.; Odorisio, P. A.; Burke, M.; Task, K.; Deisenroth, T.; Barkley, S.; Darji, R. H.; Manoharan, V. N. Predicting the Structural Colors of Films of Disordered Photonic Balls. ACS Photonics 2023, 10 (1), 58–70.

6. Jin, S.; Xiao, M.; Zhang, W.; Wang, B.; Zhao, C. Daytime Sub-Ambient Radiative Cooling with Vivid Structural Colors Mediated by Coupled Nanocavities. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14 (49), 54676–54687.

5. Zeng, C.; Faaborg, M. W.; Sherif, A.; Falk, M. J.; Hajian, R.; Xiao, M.; Hartig, K.; Bar-Sinai, Y.; Brenner, M. P.; Manoharan, V. N. 3D-Printed Machines That Manipulate Microscopic Objects Using Capillary Forces. Nature 2022, 611 (7934), 68–73.

4. Yan, H.; Zhang, Z.; Xiao, M.; Wang, Y. A Solvent-Free Photochemical Route to Clickable Multifunctional Polyacrylic Elstomers. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2022, 4 (8), 5988–5995.

3. Chen, M.; Li, J.; Chen, L.; Qin, Y.; Xiao, M.; Wang, Y. Methyl-Substitution Affects Dielectric, Thermal, Mechanical Properties, and Shrinkage of Fluorinated Epoxy. Polymer 2022, 253, 125012.

2. Jin, S. H.; Xiao, M.; Chen, J.; Xu, J. M.; Wang, B. X.; Zhao, C. Y. Nanocomposite Coatings with Plasmonic Structural Colors for Subambient Daytime Radiative Cooling. Solar Energy 2022, 240, 211–224.

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17. Xiao, M.; Stephenson, A. B.; Neophytou, A.; Hwang, V.; Chakrabarti, D.; Manoharan, V. N. Investigating the Trade-off between Color Saturation and Angle-Independence in Photonic Glasses. Opt. Express 2021, 29 (14), 21212.

16, Hwang, V.; Stephenson, A. B.; Barkley, S.; Brandt, S.; Xiao, M.; Aizenberg, J.; Manoharan, V. N. Designing Angle-Independent Structural Colors Using Monte Carlo Simulations of Multiple Scattering. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2021, 118 (4), e2015551118.

15. Hu, Z.; Sun, H.; Thompson, M. P.; Xiao, M.; Allen, M. C.; Zhou, X.; Ni, Q. Z.; Wang, Z.; Li, W.; Burkart, M. D.; Deheyn, D. D.; Dhinojwala, A.; Shawkey, M. D.; Gianneschi, N. C. Structurally Colored Inks from Synthetic Melanin-Based Crosslinked Supraparticles. ACS Materials Lett. 2021, 3 (1), 50–55.

14. Xiao, M.; Shawkey, M. D.; Dhinojwala, A. Bioinspired Melanin-Based Optically Active Materials. Advanced Optical Materials 2020, 8 (19), 2000932.

13. Zhang, S.; Xiao, M.; Zhang, Y.; Li, Y.; Liu, H.; Han, G.; Rathi, B.; Lyu, K.; Wu, L. Mimicking Neuromelanin Nanoparticles as a Selective Pb2+ Probe. Analytica Chimica Acta 2020, 1105, 208–213.

12. Li, W.; Patil, A.; Zhou, X.; Wang, Z.; Xiao, M.; Shawkey, M. D.; Gianneschi, N. C.; Dhinojwala, A. Characterization of Broadband Complex Refractive Index of Synthetic Melanin Coatings and Their Changes after Ultraviolet Irradiation. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2020, 117 (20), 203701.

11. Li, W.; Wang, Z.; Xiao, M.; Miyoshi, T.; Yang, X.; Hu, Z.; Liu, C.; Chuang, S. S. C.; Shawkey, M. D.; Gianneschi, N. C.; Dhinojwala, A. Mechanism of UVA Degradation of Synthetic Eumelanin. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20 (12), 4593–4601.

10. Echeverri, M.; Patil, A.; Xiao, M.; Li, W.; Shawkey, M. D.; Dhinojwala, A. Developing Noniridescent Structural Color on Flexible Substrates with High Bending Resistance. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11 (23), 21159–21165.

9. Xiao, M.; Hu, Z.; Gartner, T. E.; Yang, X.; Li, W.; Jayaraman, A.; Gianneschi, N. C.; Shawkey, M. D.; Dhinojwala, A. Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for Molecular Forces Driving Surface Segregation in Photonic Colloidal Assemblies. Sci. Adv. 2019, 5 (9), eaax1254.

8. Xiao, M.; Chen, W.; Li, W.; Zhao, J.; Hong, Y.; Nishiyama, Y.; Miyoshi, T.; Shawkey, M. D.; Dhinojwala, A. Elucidation of the Hierarchical Structure of Natural Eumelanins. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 2018, 15 (140), 20180045.

7. Xiao, M.; Shawkey, M. D.; Gianneschi, N. C. Melanin-Inspired Polymeric Peptide Pigments with Tunable Sequence-Dependent Behavior. Chem 2017, 3 (1), 28–30.

6. Xiao, M.; Hu, Z.; Wang, Z.; Li, Y.; Tormo, A. D.; Le Thomas, N.; Wang, B.; Gianneschi, N. C.; Shawkey, M. D.; Dhinojwala, A. Bioinspired Bright Noniridescent Photonic Melanin Supraballs. Sci. Adv. 2017, 3 (9), e1701151.

5. Xiao, M.; Li, Y.; Zhao, J.; Wang, Z.; Gao, M.; Gianneschi, N. C.; Dhinojwala, A.; Shawkey, M. D. Stimuli-Responsive Structurally Colored Films from Bioinspired Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (15), 5516–5521.

4. Xiao, M.; Li, Y.; Allen, M. C.; Deheyn, D. D.; Yue, X.; Zhao, J.; Gianneschi, N. C.; Shawkey, M. D.; Dhinojwala, A. Bio-Inspired Structural Colors Produced via Self-Assembly of Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles. ACS Nano 2015, 9 (5), 5454–5460.

3. Igic, B.; Fecheyr-Lippens, D.; Xiao, M.; Chan, A.; Hanley, D.; Brennan, P. R. L.; Grim, T.; Waterhouse, G. I. N.; Hauber, M. E.; Shawkey, M. D. A Nanostructural Basis for Gloss of Avian Eggshells. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 2015, 12 (103), 20141210.

2. Xiao, M.; Dhinojwala, A.; Shawkey, M. Nanostructural Basis of Rainbow-like Iridescence in Common Bronzewing Phaps Chalcoptera Feathers. Opt. Express, OE 2014, 22 (12), 14625–14636.

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