The Wang Research Group

Department of Chemistry, the University of Hong Kong

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Welcome to the Complex Soft Materials Laboratory (CSML) led by Dr. Yufeng Wang! Our research is focused on creating complex yet architecturally well-defined 3D soft materials over different length scales. We seek innovative synthesis and functionalization schemes to fabricate exotic building blocks, from polymers to nanoparticles to colloids, which spontaneously assemble to form the desired materials in a programmable manner. We also study the physics of the systems and explore their collective dynamics in real-time and space…

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2023-Dec: Paper on Janus Particles with tunable patch symmetry and their assembly into chiral colloidal clusters is published!
2023-Dec: Paper on Janus Particles with tunable patch symmetry and their assembly into chiral colloidal clusters is published!
2023-Jun: Paper on biomimetic thermoresponsive superstructures by soft-hard colloidal co-assembly is published on Sci. Adv.!
2023-Jun: Paper on biomimetic thermoresponsive superstructures by soft-hard colloidal co-assembly is published on Sci. Adv.!
2022-Dec: Paper on light-activated colloidal micromotors with synthetically tunable shapes and shaped-directed propulsion is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
2022-Dec: Paper on light-activated colloidal micromotors with synthetically tunable shapes and shaped-directed propulsion is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
2022-Jun: Paper on low-dimensional assemblies of metal-organic framework particles and mutually coordinated anisotropy is published in Nature Communications!
2022-Jun: Paper on low-dimensional assemblies of metal-organic framework particles and mutually coordinated anisotropy is published in Nature Communications!
2022-Jun: Paper on block co-polyMOC micelles and structural synergy as composite nanocarriers is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
2022-Jun: Paper on block co-polyMOC micelles and structural synergy as composite nanocarriers is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
2022-Apr: Paper on binary phase and crystal assembled from active and passive colloids is published on ACS Nano!
2022-Apr: Paper on binary phase and crystal assembled from active and passive colloids is published on ACS Nano!
2021-Dec: Paper on synthesizing patch MOF particles and their precise assembly is published on Angewandte Chemie!
2021-Dec: Paper on synthesizing patch MOF particles and their precise assembly is published on Angewandte Chemie!
2021-Nov: Paper on using MOF as micromotors appears online at JACS.
2021-Nov: Paper on using MOF as micromotors appears online at JACS.
2021-Feb: Paper on assembly of patchy particles is published in ACS Nano!
2021-Feb: Paper on assembly of patchy particles is published in ACS Nano!
2020-May: Paper on active colloidal molecules appears online in Nature Communications!
2020-May: Paper on active colloidal molecules appears online in Nature Communications!
2019-Aug: Paper on active patchy colloids is accepted for publication in JACS!
2019-Aug: Paper on active patchy colloids is accepted for publication in JACS!
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