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
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
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
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
Synergetic regulation of CO 2 and light for controllable inversion of Pickering emulsions
Y Cao, Z Wang, S Zhang, Y Wang
Materials Chemistry Frontiers
(2017)
1
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
Tuning Amphiphilicity of Particles for Controllable Pickering Emulsion.
Z Wang, Y Wang
Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
(2016)
9
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
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
A Light‐Activated Microheater for the Remote Control of Enzymatic Catalysis
Y Cao, Z Wang, S Liao, J Wang, Y Wang
Chemistry
(2015)
22

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