ResearcherID: C-3462-2009 

Email: gexiang.hkust@gmail.com

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Journal Papers

1.     Xiang Ge, Yang Leng*, Fuzeng Ren, Xiong Lu. Integrity and zeta potential of fluoridated hydroxyapatite nanothick coatings for biomedical applications, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4, 1046-1056, 2011. (Accepted 5 March 2011) (5-Year Impact Factor_2011: 3.511)

2.     Xiang Ge, Yang Leng*, Chongyun Bao, Sherry Li Xu, Renke Wang, Fuzeng Ren.Antibacterial coatings of fluoridated hydroxyapatite for percutaneous implants, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 95A, 588-599, 2010. (Accepted 30 March 2010) (5-Year Impact Factor_2010: 3.624)

3.     Xiang Ge, Fuzeng Ren, Yang Leng*. Electrochemical deposition of fluoridated calcium phosphate thin film on titanium substrates,Advanced Materials Research, 47-50,1387-1390, 2008. (Published online 12 June 2008) (Indexed by EI)

4.     Yonghui Ding, Yang Leng*, Nan Huang, Ping Yang, Xiong Lu, Xiang Ge, Fuzeng Ren, Kefeng Wang, Lijuan Lei, Xiang Guo. Effects of microtopographic patterns on platelet adhesion and activation on titanium oxide surfaces, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 101 A (3), 622-632, 2013. (Accepted 2 July 2012) (5-Year Impact Factor_2012: x)

5.     Kefeng Wang*, Yang Leng*, Xiong Lu, Fuzeng Ren, Xiang Ge, Yonghui Ding. Theoretical analysis of protein effects on calcium phosphate precipitation in simulated body fluid, CrystEngComm, 14 (18), 5870-5878, 2012. (Accepted 3 June 2012) (5-Year Impact Factor_2012: 4.069)

6.     Fuzeng Ren*, Yonghui Ding, Xiang Ge, Xiong Lu, Kefeng Wang, Yang Leng. Growth of one-dimensional single-crystalline hydroxyapatite nanorods, Journal of Crystal Growth, 349 (1), 75-82, 2012. (Accepted 1 April 2012) (5-Year Impact Factor_2012: 1.603)

7.     Kefeng Wang*, Yang Leng*, Xiong Lu, Fuzeng Ren, Xiang Ge. Study of protein adsorption on octacalcium phosphate surfaces by molecular dynamics simulations, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 23 (4), 1045-1053, 2012. (Accepted 27 January 2012) (5-Year Impact Factor_2012: 2.451)

8.     Xiong Lu*, Hongping Zhang, Yanan Guo, Yingbo Wang, Xiang Ge, Yang Leng, Fumio Watari. Hexagonal hydroxyapatite formation on TiO₂nanotubes under urea modulation, CrystEngComm, 13, 3741-3749, 2011. (Accepted 7 March 2011) (5-Year Impact Factor_2011: 4.023)

9.     Juliana T.Y. Lee*, Yang Leng, King L. Chow, Fuzeng Ren, Xiang Ge, Kefeng Wang, Xiong Lu. Cell culture medium as an alternative to conventional simulated body fluid, Acta Biomaterialia, 7, 2615-2622, 2011. (Accepted 18 February 2011)(5-Year Impact Factor_2011: 5.076)

10.Fuzeng Ren, Yang Leng*, Renlong Xin, Xiang Ge. Synthesis, characterization and ab initio simulation of magnesium-substituted hydroxyapatite,Acta Biomaterialia, 6, 2787-2796, 2010. (Accepted 21 December 2009) (5-Year Impact Factor_2010: 5.223)

11.Xiaomin Liu, Shuxin Qu*, Xiong Lu, Xiang Ge, Yang Leng. Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry study on the distribution of alendronate sodium in drug-loaded ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, Biomedical Materials, 4, 065008, 2009. (Accepted 16 November 2009) (5-Year Impact Factor_2009: 2.186)

12.Fuzeng Ren, Renlong Xin, Xiang Ge, Yang Leng*. Characterization and structural analysis of zinc-substituted hydroxyapatites,Acta Biomaterialia, 5, 3141-3149, 2009. (Accepted 17 April 2009) (5-Year Impact Factor_2009: 4.370)

13.Fuzeng Ren, Renlong Xin, Xiang Ge, Yang Leng*. An experimental and computational study on Zn-substituted hydroxyapatite,Advanced Materials Research, 47-50, 1379-1382, 2008. (Published online 12 June 2008) (Indexed by EI)

Conference Papers

1.      Xiang Ge, Xiong Lu, Fuzeng Ren, Kefeng Wang, Yonghui Ding, Meng Yang,Yang Leng*. Bacterial Responses to Micro/nanopatterned Silicon Surfaces, 9^th World Biomaterials Congress, 1 - 5 June 2012, Chengdu, China. (Poster)

2.      Xiang Ge, Yang Leng*, Chongyun Bao, Sherry Li Xu, Renke Wang, Fuzeng Ren. Preparation, characterization and invitroantibacterial activity of fluoridated hydroxyapatite nanothick coatings for biomedical applications, 2011 MRS Spring Meeting, 25 - 29April2011, San Francisco, California, USA. (Oral) (Presenter)

3.      Xiang Ge, Yang Leng*, Chongyun Bao, Sherry Li Xu, Renke Wang, Fuzeng Ren. Synthesis and characterization of fluoridated hydroxyapatite for antibacterial coatings on percutaneous devices, East Asian Postgraduate Workshop on Soft Matter, 28 - 30April 2010, Hong Kong. (Oral) (Presenter)

4.      Xiang Ge, Fuzeng Ren, Yang Leng*. Characterization and in vitro antibacterial activity evaluation of electrochemically deposited fluoridated calcium phosphate, The Second International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials (ISSIB-II),4-6 January 2010, Hong Kong. (Oral)

5.      Xiang Ge*. Phase identification of fluoridated hydroxyapatite by transmission electron microscopy, 1st Annual HKUST ME Post-Graduate Student Symposium, 16October 2009, Hong Kong. (Oral) (Presenter)

6.      Xiang Ge, Fuzeng Ren, Yang Leng*. Characterization and in vitroantibacterial activity evaluation of electrochemically deposited fluoridated calcium phosphate thin film, Second Asian Biomaterials Congress (2nd ABMC), 26 -27 June 2009, Singapore. (Oral) (Presenter)

7.      Yonghui Ding, Yang Leng*, Nan Huang, Ping Yang, Xiong Lu, Xiang Ge, Fuzeng Ren, Kefeng Wang, Lijuan Lei, Xiang Guo. Platelet Responses to Groove/Pillar-patterned Titanium Oxide Substrata, 9^th World Biomaterials Congress, 1 - 5 June 2012, Chengdu, China. (Oral)

8.      Yonghui Ding, Yang Leng*, Nan Huang, Ping Yang, Xiong Lu, Xiang Ge, Fuzeng Ren, Kefeng Wang, Lijuan Lei, Xiang Guo.The effect of surface patterning on platelet adhesion, The Third International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials (SIB2011),12 - 15July2011, Sapporo, Japan. (Oral)

9.      Yang Leng*,Xiong Lu, Xiang Ge, Nan Huang. Titanium surface nanopatterning and functional group synergistic effects on biomineralization, The Second International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials (ISSIB-II),4 - 6 January 2010, Hong Kong. (Oral)

10.  Xiong Lu, Lili Jiang, Yang Leng*, Xiang Ge, Shuxin Qu. Micro/nano patterned titanium oxide and its biomedical applications, 2nd China-Europe Symposium on Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine, 16 -20 November 2009, Barcelona, Spain. (Oral)

11.  Xiong Lu*, Yang Leng, Lili Jiang, Jia Xie, Xiang Ge. Bioinspired micro/nano patterned biomaterials with designed properties, The 4th World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE) World Congress on Bioengineering 2009, 26-29 July 2009, Hong Kong. (Oral)

12.  Fuzeng Ren, Renlong Xin, Xiang Ge, Yang Leng*. Mg substituted hydroxyapatite: synthesis, characterization and ab initial simulation, Second Asian Biomaterials Congress (2nd ABMC), 26 -27 June 2009, Singapore. (Oral)