Zhen Wang | Bio-inspired Photonics

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Zhen is a PhD student at the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis in University of Cambridge.

Zhen is from Heilongjiang, China. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from Renmin University of China under the supervision of Prof. Yapei Wang, where he mainly worked on the self-assembly of biocompatible and biodegradable linear block copolymers, the preparation of double emulsions, and the light utilisation via photothermal conversion.

He is currently a second-year PhD student supervised by Prof. Silvia Vignolini, in Bio-inspired Photonics group at University of Cambridge. During PhD, he is seeking a line of interdisciplinary research combining self-assembly, emulsions, and light manipulation all together. His research interests focus on the synthesis of bio-based brush block copolymers and their applications in structural colours.

Publications

Efficient and highly biocompatible 8-arm PEG-Chlorin e6 nanosystems for 2-photon photodynamic therapy of adrenergic disorders

NS Potter, Z Wang, EC Bornowski, SD Swanson, JP Wolfe, A McLean, R Kopelman

– Materials Advances

(2024)

5,

1736

(doi: 10.1039/d3ma00812f)

Bottlebrush block copolymers for photonic materials

Z Wang

(2023)

(doi: 10.17863/CAM.104569)

Bioinspired Formation of Anti-Ultraviolet Micro-Goose Bump PDMAEMA/PS Coatings.

X Zhu, Z Wang, Y Yang, N Ma, X Zhang

– Chemistry - An Asian Journal

(2023)

18,

e202300479

(doi: 10.1002/asia.202300479)

Exploiting the Thermotropic Behavior of Hydroxypropyl Cellulose to Produce Edible Photonic Pigments

S Ming, X Zhang, C Chan, Z Wang, M Bay, R Parker, S Vignolini

– Advanced Sustainable Systems

(2023)

7,

2200469

(doi: 10.1002/adsu.202200469)

Recent Advances in MXene‐Based Aerogels: Fabrication, Performance and Application

C Wei, Q Zhang, Z Wang, W Yang, H Lu, Z Huang, W Yang, J Zhu

– Advanced Functional Materials

(2022)

33,

2211889

(doi: 10.1002/adfm.202211889)

Tuning the Color of Photonic Glass Pigments by Thermal Annealing

Z Wang, R Li, Y Zhang, CLC Chan, JS Haataja, K Yu, RM Parker, S Vignolini

– Adv Mater

(2022)

35,

e2207923

(doi: 10.1002/adma.202207923)

Deconvoluting the Optical Response of Biocompatible Photonic Pigments

Z Wang, CLC Chan, JS Haataja, L Schertel, R Li, GT van de Kerkhof, OA Scherman, RM Parker, S Vignolini

– Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

(2022)

61,

e202206562

(doi: 10.1002/anie.202206562)

Deconvoluting the Optical Response of Biocompatible Photonic Pigments.

Z Wang, CLC Chan, JS Haataja, L Schertel, R Li, GT van de Kerkhof, OA Scherman, RM Parker, S Vignolini

– Angew Chem Weinheim Bergstr Ger

(2022)

134,

e202206562

(doi: 10.1002/ange.202206562)

The Limited Palette for Photonic Block‐Copolymer Materials: A Historical Problem or a Practical Limitation?

Z Wang, C Chan, R Parker, S Vignolini

– Angewandte Chemie International Edition

(2022)

61,

e202117275

(doi: 10.1002/anie.202117275)

The Limited Palette for Photonic Block‐Copolymer Materials: A Historical Problem or a Practical Limitation?

Z Wang, CLC Chan, RM Parker, S Vignolini

– Angew Chem Weinheim Bergstr Ger

(2022)

134,

e202117275

(doi: 10.1002/ange.202117275)