Dr. Wenxin Wang

phone:    353 91 493131
fax:        353 91 563991
e-mail:   wenxin.wangnuigalway.ie

Science Foundation Irealnd (SFI) Stokes Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering (Functional Biomaterials) and SFI Principal Investigator

Networks of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB ): http://www.nfb.ie/                             Dr Wenxin Wang’s Research Group: http://www.wenxinwang.ie/

Research Areas

•Controlled/living polymerisations (ATRP, NMP, RAFT, ROP, anionic polymerisation)
•Thermo-, pH- and ion-responsive polymers, biodegradable materials
•Functional dendritic polymers as multifunctional carriers for targeted therapeutic drugs (proteins and peptides) and gene delivery
•New biologic responsive dressing/adhesive for wound healing
•Clinical targets: Skin wound healing, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Intervertebral disc repair, Cardiovascular disease

Teaching 

Polymer Technology (ME317) 
Tissue Engineering (ME422)

Selected Publications

Refereed Journal papers:

Zheng, Y.; Cao, H.; Newland, B.; Dong Y.; Pandit A.; Wang W . '3D Single Cyclized Polymer Chain Structure From Controlled Polymerization of Multi-Vinyl Monomers: Beyond Flory-Stockmayer Theory' J OURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Accepted Manuscript • Publication Date (Web): 11 July 2011 (IF=" 9.019)

Cao, H.; Dong, Y.; O’Rorke, S.; Wang, W.; Pandit, A. ’PEG based Hyperbranched Polymeric Hollow Nanospheres’ NANOTECHNOLOGY 2011, 22, 065604 (IF="3. 644)

Newland, B. E.; Tai, H.; Zheng, Y.; Velascoa, D. B.; Howdle, S. M.; Alexander, C.; Wang, W.; Pandit, A. ’A highly effective gene delivery vector - dendritic poly(2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate) from in-situ deactivation enhanced ATRP’ CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 2010, 46, 4698-4700 (IF="5. 787)

Dong, Y.; Cao, H.; Mathew, A.; Newland, B. E.; Saeed, A. O.; Gunning, P.; Magnusson, J. P.; Alexander, C.; Tai, H.; Pandit, A.; Wang, W. ’Dual stimuli responsive PEG based dendritic polymers’ POLYMER CHEMISTRY 2010, 1, 827-830 (New Journal)
Tai, H.; Howard, D.; Takae, S.; Wang, W.; Vermonden, T.; Hennink, W. E.; Stayton, P.; Hoffman, A.; Endruweit, A.; Alexander, C.; Howdle, S. M., Shakesheff, K. M. ’Photocrosslinked hydrogels from thermoresponsive PEGMEMA-PPGMA-EGDMA copolymers containing multiple methacrylate groups: mechanical property, swelling, protein release and cytotoxicity’ BIOMACROMOLECULES 2009, 10, 2895-2903. (IF=" 5.325)

Tai, H.; Wang, W.; Vermonden, T.; Heath, F.; Hennink, W. E.; Alexander, C.; Shakesheff, K. M. and Howdle, S. M. ’Thermal responsive and photocrosslinkable dendritic copolymers from one-step ATRP synthesis.’ BIOMACROMOLECULES 2009, 10, 822–828 (IF=" 5.325)

Magnússon, J. Pl.; Khan, A.; Pasparakis, G.; Wang, W.; Alexander, C. ’Ion-responsive polymers prepared in water’ JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2008,130(33), 10852-10853 (IF=" 9.019)

Yang, J.; Hasell, T.; Wang. W.; Li, J.; Brown, P. D.; Poliakoff, M.; Lester, E.; Howdle, S. M. ’Preparation of hybrid polymer nanocomposite microparticles by a nanoparticle stabilised dispersion polymerisation’ JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 2008, 18, 998-1001 (IF=" 5.099)

Wang, W.; Zheng, Y.; Roberts, E.; Duxbury, C. J.; Ding, L.; Irvine, D. J.; Howdle, S. M. ’Controlling chain growth: a new strategy to hyperbranched materials’ MACROMOLECULES 2007, 40(20), 7184-7194 (IF=" 4.837)

Tai, H.; Mather, M. L.; Howard, D.; Wang, W.; White, L. J.; Crowe, J. A.; Morgan, S. P.; Chandra, A.; Williams, D. J.; Howdle, S. M.; Shakesheff, K. M. ’Control of pore size and structure of tissue engineering scaffolds produced by supercritical fluid processing’ EUROPEAN CELLS & MATERIALS 2007,14, 64-76 (IF=" 9.650)

Hasell, T.; Yang, J.; Wang, W.; Li, J.; Brown, P. D.; Poliakoff, M.; Lester, E.; Howdle, S. ’Preparation of magnetic polymer-nanoparticle composite beads by a nanoparticle stabilised suspension polymerisation’ JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 2007, 17, 4382-4386 (IF=" 5.099)

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