Wang, Zhuo - University of Windsor - Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

研究领域

Our research involves the design, synthesis and development of new classes of polymers and nanomaterials with well-defined architectures. Of particular interest are polymeric materials with complex molecular structures which offer the possibility of introducing new phenomena, properties and functions. Examples include biopolymers and nanomaterials, metal-containing macromolecules and chiral materials. We will explore the properties and functions of these materials, and seek to understand how they are related to the macromolecular structures, thus providing the basis for the future rational design, efficient synthesis and molecular engineering of polymers and nanomaterials with desired properties and advanced functions. Successful development of these novel materials will be achieved through efficient integration of modern synthetic organic chemistry with the rapidly evolving polymer and materials science. In addition, new synthetic and polymerization methodologies will be developed, in particular those pertaining to highly regio- and stereo-selective polymerizations as well as catalytic processes.

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Wang, Z.; Masson, G.; Peiris, F. C.; Ozin, G. A.; Manners, I. “Living Photolytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Amino-Functionalized [1]Ferrocenophanes: Synthesis and Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Well-Defined Water Soluble Polyferrocenylsilane Polyelectrolytes”, Chem. Eur. J. 2007, in press. Wang, Z.; Ozin, G. A.; Manners, I. “Synthesis and Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Water-Soluble Polyferroncenylsilanes”, ACS Symposium Series, No. 928; Metal-Containing and Metallosupramolecular Polymers and Materials; Schubert, U. S.; Newkome, G. R.; Manners, I. Eds.; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2006, Chapter 24, page 334 – 355. Wang, Z.; Manners, I. “Synthesis and Characterization of Water-Soluble Cationic and Anionic Polythionylphosphazenes”, Macromolecules 2005, 38, 5047 – 5054. Wang, Z.; McWilliams, A. R.; Evans, C. E. B.; Lu, X.; Chung, S.; Winnik, M. A.; Manners, I. “Covalent Attachment of Ru(II) Phenanthroline Complexes to Polythionylphosphazenes: The Development and Evaluation of Single-Component Polymeric Oxygen Sensors”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2002, 12, 415 – 419. Crimmins, M. T.; Wang, Z.; McKerlie, L. A. “Double Diastereoselection in Intramolecular Photocycloadditions: A Radical Rearrangement Approach to the Total Synthesis of the Spirovetivane Phytoalexin (±)-Lubiminol”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 1747 – 1756.