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

Supramolecular Polymer Emulsifiers for One-step Complex Emulsions

Z Wang, S Liao, Y Wang

– Chinese Journal of Polymer Science

(2017)

36,

288

(doi: 10.1007/s10118-018-2084-0)

Refreshing Rubbers as Customized Photothermal Conversion Materials through Post-Darkening Modeling Production.

R Li, Z Wang, P Han, Y He, X Zhang, Y Wang

– Chemistry – A European Journal

(2017)

23,

17889

(doi: 10.1002/chem.201704715)

Formulating Polyethylene Glycol as Supramolecular Emulsifiers for One-Step Double Emulsions.

Z Wang, J Song, S Zhang, X-Q Xu, Y Wang

– Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids

(2017)

33,

9160

(doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02326)

NIR light-triggered expansive starch particles for use as artificial thrombi.

S Zhang, S Liao, Y Cao, J Wang, R Li, Z Wang, Y Wang

– J Mater Chem B

(2017)

5,

4966

(doi: 10.1039/c7tb01094j)

Synergetic regulation of CO2 and light for controllable inversion of Pickering emulsions

Y Cao, Z Wang, S Zhang, Y Wang

– Materials Chemistry Frontiers

(2017)

1,

2136

(doi: 10.1039/c7qm00275k)

Rapid Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Flower-Like Particles with High Throughput

Z Wang, Y Cao, X Zhang, D Wang, M Liu, Z Xie, Y Wang

– Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids

(2016)

32,

13517

(doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03940)

Tuning Amphiphilicity of Particles for Controllable Pickering Emulsion.

Z Wang, Y Wang

– Materials (Basel, Switzerland)

(2016)

9,

903

(doi: 10.3390/ma9110903)

Surfactant-Free Emulsions with Erasable Triggered Phase Inversions

Y Chen, Z Wang, D Wang, N Ma, C Li, Y Wang

– Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids

(2016)

32,

11039

(doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03189)

Cooperation of Amphiphilicity and Crystallization for Regulating the Self-Assembly of Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(lactic acid) Copolymers

Z Wang, Y Cao, J Song, Z Xie, Y Wang

– Langmuir

(2016)

32,

9633

(doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02211)

A Light-Activated Microheater for the Remote Control of Enzymatic Catalysis.

Y Cao, Z Wang, S Liao, J Wang, Y Wang

– Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

(2015)

22,

1152

(doi: 10.1002/chem.201503665)