Professor Hu’s research mainly involved in functional polymer materials, photophysics of hetergeneous phase system, colloid and interface science, His research focuses on interests focus on hetergeneous catalysis, molecular aggregates, application of surface and interface science in cultural heritage protection. He has presided over 15 scientific research programs supported by Ministry of Science and Technology, Natural Science Fundation of China, Ministry of Education, Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province. He has published more than 100 papers and granted more than 10 invention patents.

1. Fluorescence Study of the Sol-Gel Process in Hybrid Precursors: Evidence of Concentration Fluctuations at the Local Scale. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2005, 109, 152143.

2. Novel Method for Preparation of Structural Microspheres Poly(N- isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid)/SiO₂, Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 4902.

3. Synthesis of PAM/TiO₂ Composite Microspheres with Hierarchical Surface Morphologies, Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 2610.

4. Fluorescent Probe as Reporter on the Local Structure and Dynamics in Hydrolysis- Condensation Process of Organotr ialkoxysilanes. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2007, 111, 7963.

5. Composite Microspheres with PAM Microgel Core and Polymerisable Surfactant/polyoxometalate Complexes Shell, J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 4575.

6. Amino Acid Catalyzed Bulk-Phase Gelation of Organoalkoxysilanes via A Transient Co-operative Self-Assembly, J. Phys. Chem. B. 2009, 113, 13491.

7. Liposil-Supported Lipid Bilayers as A Hybrid Platform for Drug Delivery, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 1001.

8.   Substituent-Dominated Structure Evolution during Sol?Gel Synthesis: A Comparative Study of Sol?Gel Processing of 3-Glycidoxypropyl -trimethoxysilane and Methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, Langmuir, 2010, 26, 7708.

9. Nano-magnetic Particles as Multifunctional Microreactor for Deep Desulfurization, J Hazard Mater., 2012, 205, 17.

10.Ultraviolet Light Catalyzed Gelation of 3?Methacryloxypropyl- trimethoxysilane via Altered Silicate Spatial Structuret, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2016, 120, 9513.