Wei Wang
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry
- E-mailWei.Wang@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 33 55
- Visitor AddressAllégaten 415020 BergenRoom3011
- Postal AddressPostboks 78035020 Bergen
- Polymers, Surfactants, and Colloidal Systems
- Synthesis of polymers and surfactants
- Lipid nanoparticles (liposomes, cubosomes, etc)
- Polymer-surfactant interaction
- Polymer chain dynamics
- Applications of polymer-surfactant systems in fine chemical engineering
- Hydrogels
- Synthesis and structure (low molecular weight hydrogel, polymeric hydrogel)
- Applications in drug formulations
- Applications in energy transformation
- water-oil separation
- photocatalytic decomposition with TiO2 nanocomposites
- Photo- and electro-catalysts
- TiO2 nanocomposites (Graphene-TiO2)
- Hydrogen production
- Water splitting
- Supercapacitors
- (2023). UV and chemical aging alter the adsorption behavior of microplastics for tetracycline. Environmental Pollution. 120859.
- (2023). Adsorption of Diclofenac Sodium by Aged Degradable and Non-Degradable Microplastics: Environmental Effects, Adsorption Mechanisms. Toxics. 24.
- (2023). Adsorption behavior of UV aged microplastics on the heavy metals Pb(II) and Cu(II) in aqueous solutions. Chemosphere. 137439.
- (2022). Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Smart Waterborne Polyurethanes.
- (2022). Spherical shell CdS@NiO Z-scheme composites for solar-driven overall water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction. Materials Today Energy. 101044.
- (2022). Ruthenium-based antitumor drugs and delivery systems from monotherapy to combination therapy. Nanoscale. 16339-16375.
- (2022). Reversing tumor to “Hot”: A NIR light-triggered carrier-free nanoplatform for enhanced tumor penetration and photo-induced immunotherapy. Chemical Engineering Journal. 136322.
- (2022). Pseudocapacitive Materials. . In:
- (2022). Handbook of Energy Materials .
- (2022). Mechanism of the Significant Acceleration of Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycolysis by Defective Ultrathin ZnO Nanosheets with Heteroatom Doping. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 5476-5488.
- (2022). Fast photodegradation of antibiotics and dyes by an anionic surfactant-aided CdS/ZnO nanodispersion. New Journal of Chemistry. 11303-11314.
- (2022). Determination of nitrofuran metabolites in meat products by UHPLC-fluorescence with ultrasonic-assisted derivatization. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 104375.
- (2022). Degradation of tetracycline by visible light over ZnO nanophotocatalyst. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 104422.
- (2022). Competition adsorption of malachite green and rhodamine B on polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride microplastics in aqueous environment. Water Science and Technology. 894-908.
- (2022). Cellulose‐g‐tetraethylenepentamine dual‐function imprinted polymers selectively and effectively adsorb and remove 4‐nitrophenol and Cr(VI). Cellulose. 3389-3406.
- (2022). Carbon Aerogels for Supercapacitor Applications .
- (2022). Application of Antisolvent Precipitation Method for Formulating Excipient-Free Nanoparticles of Psychotropic Drugs. Pharmaceutics. 819.
- (2022). An NMR study on hydration and molecular interaction of phytantriol‐based liquid crystals. Pharmaceutics. 13 pages.
- (2021). Ultra-fast degradation of phenolics and dyes by Cu2O/Cu catalysts: Synthesis and degradation kinetics. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 105505.
- (2021). Surface lattice engineering for fine-tuned spatial configuration of nanocrystals. Nature Communications. 5661.
- (2021). Recovered Energy from Salinity Gradients Utilizing Various Poly(Acrylic Acid)-Based Hydrogels. Polymers. 1-16.
- (2021). Porous MoWN/MoWC@NAC Nano-octahedrons synthesized via confined carburization and vapor deposition in MOFs as efficient trifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reversible catalysis and hydrogen production in the same electrolyte. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 626-639.
- (2021). Osmotic engine converting energy from salinity difference to a hydraulic accumulator by utilizing polyelectrolyte hydrogels. Energy. 1-7.
- (2021). Oriented Assembly of Anisotropic Nanosheets into Ultrathin Flowerlike Superstructures for Energy Storage. ACS Nano. 2707-2718.
- (2021). Ni-doped CdS porous cubes prepared from prussian blue nanoarchitectonics with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 3752-3761.
- (2021). Formulation Development and Evaluation of Hydroxyurea Dry Syrup for the Management of Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Tanzania. East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 111-120.
- (2021). Energy Lost in a Hydrogel Osmotic Engine Due to a Pressure Drop. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 13348-13357.
- (2021). DMAEMA-grafted cellulose as an imprinted adsorbent for the selective adsorption of 4-nitrophenol. Cellulose. 6481-6498.
- (2021). A Tumor-Targeting Near-Infrared Heptamethine Cyanine Photosensitizer with Twisted Molecular Structure for Enhanced Imaging-Guided Cancer Phototherapy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 20828-20836.
- (2020). TAT-modified gold nanoparticles enhance the antitumor activity of PAD4 inhibitors. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 6659-6671.
- (2020). Synthesis of Penta-fold Twinned Pd-Au-Pd Segmental Nanorods for in situ Monitoring Catalytic Reaction. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 1254903.
- (2020). Photocatalytic TiO2/rGO/CuO Composite for Wastewater Treatment of Cr(VI) Under Visible Light. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 223.
- (2020). MOF based sheet-assembled flowers CdS-MoS2 composite for enhanced visible-light hydrogen production. Applied Surface Science. 145355.
- (2020). Interface optimization of hole-conductor free perovskite solar cells using porous carbon materials derived from biomass soybean dregs as a cathode. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1-9.
- (2020). Effects of Strain and Kinetics on the H2O2‑Assisted Reconstruction of Ag−Au−Ag Nanorods. Langmuir. 9770-9779.
- (2020). CdS nanoparticles modified Ni@NiO spheres as photocatalyst for oxygen production in water oxidation system and hydrogen production in water reduction system. Chemical Engineering Journal. 125068.
- (2020). Bamboo-like nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanofibers encapsulated nickel–cobalt alloy nanoparticles composite material derived from the electrospun fiber of a bimetal–organic framework as efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts. Nanoscale. 5942-5952.
- (2020). 2-Methylimidazole as a nitrogen source assisted synthesis of a nanorod shaped Fe/FeN@N-C catalyst with plentiful FeN active sites and enhanced ORR activity. Applied Surface Science. 147481.
- (2019). TiO2/Fe2O3 heterostructures with enhanced photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) under visible light irradiation. RSC Advances. 22764-22771.
- (2019). Real time rheological study of first network effects on the in situ polymerized semi-interpenetrating hydrogels. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 111-117.
- (2019). Oxygen Vacancies of Cr-Doped CeO2 Nanorods That Efficiently Enhance the Performance of Electrocatalytic N2 Fixation to NH3 under Ambient Conditions. Inorganic Chemistry. 5423-5427.
- (2019). Metallogels: Availability, applicability, and advanceability. Advanced Materials. 1-23.
- (2019). Flower-like nickel-cobalt layered hydroxide nanostructures for super long-life asymmetrical supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta. 134711.
- (2019). Conversion of low molecular weight hydrogel to nitrogen-doped carbon materials and its application as supercapacitor. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 255-261.
- (2019). Co-Hydrogelation of Dendritic Surfactant and Amino Acids in Their Common Naturally-Occurring Forms: A Study of Morphology and Mechanisms. Colloid Journal of the Russian Academy of Science. 253-260.
- (2018). Underwater superoleophobic polyurethane-coated mesh with excellent stability for oil/water separation. RSC Advances. 39657-39666.
- (2018). Salinity gradient energy from expansion and contraction of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) hydrogels. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 22218-22225.
- (2018). MCM-41-Accelerated PWA Catalysis of Friedel-Crafts Reaction of Indoles and Isatins. Journal of Chemistry. 1-6.
- (2018). Highly stretchable and compressible shape memory hydrogels based on polyurethane network and supramolecular interaction. Materials Today Communications. 246-251.
- (2018). Green synthesis of amphipathic graphene aerogel constructed by using the framework of polymer-surfactant complex for water remediation. Applied Surface Science. 399-406.
- (2018). Determining the scaling of gel mesh size with changing crosslinker concentration using dynamic swelling, rheometry, and PGSE NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 1-10.
- (2018). Composition and structure evolution characteristics of product from segmenting pyrolysis of Xinjiang Hefeng coal. Meitan Xuebao. 846-854.
- (2018). Au nanoparticle-doped Co3O4–CoFe2O4@SiO2 as a catalyst for visible-light-driven water oxidation. New Journal of Chemistry. 14757-14765.
- (2017). Rational selection of halide ions for synthesizing highly active Au@Pd nanobipyramids. RSC Advances. 36867-36875.
- (2017). PU/PMMA composites synthesized by reaction-induced phase separation: a general approach to achieve a shape memory effect. RSC Advances. 33701-33707.
- (2017). Fast shape recovery by changing the grafting ratio in polyurethane/montmorillonite-poly(methyl methacrylate) composites. Polymer journal. 263-271.
- (2017). Constructing porous carbon nanomaterials using redox-induced low molecular weight hydrogels and their application as supercapacitors. ChemistrySelect. 9330-9335.
- (2017). A unique thermo-induced gel-to-gel transition in a pH-sensitive small-molecule hydrogel. Scientific Reports. 8459.
- (2016). Selective co-deposition of anionic silica particles at hydrophobic surfaces from formulations of oppositely charged polymers and surfactants. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 213-219.
- (2016). Multi-stimuli responsive shape memory polymers synthesized by using reaction-induced phase separation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 43534.
- (2015). Synthesis of a nanocomposite of organo-montmorillonite/cellulose-g-poly(methyl methacrylate) by atom-transfer radical polymerization and its application in removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol. Cellulose. 3633-3643.
- (2015). Synthesis of a montmorillonite-supported titania nanocomposite with grafted cellulose as a template and its application in photocatalytic degradation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 42627.
- (2015). Organo-montmorillonite supported titania nanocomposite synthesized by using poly(methyl methacrylate) grafted cellulose as template and its application in photodegradation. Cellulose. 3189-3198.
- (2015). Multi-head surfactant and its application in nano-fabrication.
- (2015). Moderate the adsorption of cationic surfactant on gold surface by mixing with sparingly soluble anionic surfactant. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 16-22.
- (2015). Bifunctional cellulose derivatives for the removal of heavy-metal ions and phenols: Synthesis and adsorption studies. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 41830.
- (2015). A dynamic light scattering study of hydrogels with the addition of surfactant: a discussion of mesh size and correlation length. Polymer journal. 302-310.
- (2014). Monitoring of macromolecular dynamics during a chemical cross-linking process of hydroxyethylcellulose derivatives by dynamic light scattering. European Polymer Journal. 52-59.
- (2013). Kinetics of Re-equilibrium of Oppositely Charged Hydrogel–Surfactant System and Its Application in Controlled Release. Langmuir. 6697-6705.
- (2013). A Multi-headed Surfactant as an Efficient Tool in Solubilization of Dimyristoylphosphatidycholine (DMPC) Vesicles. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 759-765.
- (2012). Sustainable drug delivery formulation based on oppositely charged hydroxylethyl cellulose (HEC) hydrogel and SDS.
- (2012). Effect of Charge Density Matching on the Temperature Response of PNIPAAM Block Copolymer-Gold Nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 12844-12853.
- (2012). Complex coacervate micelles formed by a C18-capped cationic triblock thermoresponsive copolymer interacting with SDS. Soft Matter. 11514-11525.
- (2011). Complex coacervate micelles formed by interaction between SDS and oppositely charged tri-block thermo-responsive copolymer.
- (2011). A Sustained Drug Delivery Formulation Based on Hydroxyethyl Cellulose Hydrogels.
- (2009). AgCl and Ag/AgCl holospheres based on self-assemblies of a multi-amine head surfactant. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 270-275.
- (2008). Precise size control of hydrophobic gold nanoparticles using cooperative effect of refluxing ripening and seeding growth. Nanotechnology. 175603.
- (2008). One-step synthesis of gold nanowire netword capped by diacetylene molecules under ultrasonic irradiation. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 239-246.
- (2008). Influence of pH on the aggregation morphology of a novel surfactant with single hydrocarbon chain and multi-amine headgroups. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 1409-1413.
- (2006). Manipulating the Solubility of Gold Nanoparticles Reversibly and Preparation of Water-Soluble Sphere Nanostructure through Micellar-like Solubilization. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 16867-16873.
- (2006). Influence of Generation 2–5 of PAMAM Dendrimer on the Inhibition of Tat Peptide/TAR RNA Binding in HIV-1 Transcription. Chemical Biology and Drug Design (CB&DD). 314-318.
- (2005). Formation of polydiacetylene–NH2–gold hollow spheres and their ability in DNA immobilization. Nanotechnology. 2582-2586.
- (2004). A Convenient and Practical Prepapation of Acetylphenyl Boronic Acids. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. 734-737.
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- Pharm. B. (Peking University, Pharmacy, 1999.08-2003.07)
- Ph. D. (Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Colloid and Interface Science, 2003.09-2008.07)
Postdoc Experiences:
- Lund University (Physical Chemistry) and Procter & Gamble (2008.09-2010.09)
University of Oslo (Pharmacy) (2010.11-2013.11)