Xiaosong Wang

Xiaosong Wang develops innovative synthetic techniques for high value-added nanomaterials. He conducts the research via fundamental exploration into newly emerged supramolecular chemistry. His research takes advantage of well developed organometallic and polymer chemistry in an attempt to incorporate the properties of metal elements (catalytic, magnetic, electronic, etc.) and macromolecules (mechanical, processible) into functional nanomaterials.

His efforts have made a number of breakthroughs in synthetic techniques, including Migration Insertion Polymerization (MIP), Miniemulsion Periphery Polymerization (MEPP) and Living Self-Assembly (LSA). He is currently exploring functional nanomaterials using the concepts and techniques developed in his research group.

• Macromolecules
• Self-assembly
• Nanomaterials
• Organometallic
• Living polymerization
• Biomaterials, Polymers and Bioplastics
• AI assisted Materials Development
• Synthetic Chemistry and Catalysis
• Nanomaterials

• 1998, PhD, Polymer Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, China
• 1994, MSc, Polymer Chemistry, Zhejiang University, China
• 1990, BSc, Chemistry, Hangzhou University, China

• 2006, Roberts Award/RCUK Fellowship

• 2015-2016, Safety Committee
• 2013-2014, Committee Member, Science Faculty Council

• Member, Institute for Polymer Research
• Member, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology

• NE 121 - Chemical Principles
  • Taught in 2024

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• View all Xiaosong Wang's publications on Google Scholar.
• Zhang Z, Wang X, Tam KC, Sèbe G. A comparative study on grafting polymers from cellulose nanocrystals via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and activator re-generated by electron transfer ATRP. Carbohydrate polymers. 2019 Feb 1;205:322-9.
• Wang X, Xu X, Wang H. Analytical model for uniaxial strained Si inversion layer electron effective mobility. IET Circuits, Devices & Systems. 2019 Jan 7;13(3):414-9.
• Xu X, Zhang X, Huang Z, Xie S, Gu W, Wang X, Zhang L, Zhang Z. Current Characteristics Estimation of Si PV Modules Based on Artificial Neural Network Modeling. Materials. 2019 Jan;12(18):3037.
• Zhang, Z.; Wang, X. S.*; Tam, K. C.*; Sebe, G.* A comparative study on grafting polymers from cellulose nanocrystals via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and activator re-generated by electron transfer ATRP. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2019, 205, 322-329.
• Zhang, Z.; Tam, K. C.*; Sebe, G.* Wang, X. S.*; Convenient characterization of polymers grafted on cellulose nanocrystals via SI-ATRP without chain cleavage. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2018, 199, 603-609.
• Cao, K.; Peng, L.; Worku, A.; Zhu, J. Feng, A. Liu, D. Liu, S. Lin, J. *; Yuan, J. *; Wang, X. S.* Chain Conformation‐Directed Polymerization Cyclization for Effective Synthesis of Macrocycles in Bulk, Chemistry-A Eur. J. 2018, 24, 15380-15386.
• Murshid, N.; Yuyama K.; Wu, S. L.; Wu, K. Y.; Masuhara, H. Wang, C. L.; Wang, X. S. Highly-Integrated, Laser Manipulable Aqueous Metal Carbonyl Vesicles (MCsomes) with Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) and Aggregation-Enhanced IR Absorption (AEIRA), J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C6TC01222A.
• Liang, G. D.; Xu, J. T.; Wang, X. S. Synthesis and Characterization of Organometallic Coordination Polymer Nanoshells of Prussian Blue using Miniemulsion Periphery Polymerization (MEPP), J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (15), 5378–5379.
• Wang, X. S.; Guerin, G.; Wang, H.; Wang, Y. S.; Manners, I.; Winnik, M. A. Formation of Cylindrical Block Copolymer Micelles and Co-Micelles of Controlled Length and Architecture, Science 2007, 317, 644-647.