Dr. Dayang Wang

Contact:
	Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces 14424 Potsdam, Germany Phone: +49-(0)331-567-9253 Fax: +49-(0)331-567-9202 Email: dayang.wang Room 0.214

Education:

• Ph. D. Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, P. R. China, 1998
• B. E. Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, P. R. China, 1993

Professional Experiences:

• Group leader, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany, 2003 – now.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany, 2000 –2003.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China, 1999.

Academic Honour:

• Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany, 2001.

Research Interests:

• Multifunctional colloidal particles, including stimuli-response hydrogel microspheres, delivery of nanoparticles by microgel spheres, nanoparticosomes, and surface-initiated living polymerization on particles.
• Self-assembly of colloidal particles, including colloidal crystals, interfacial self-assembly of nanoparticles, and molecule-mimetic self-assembly of particles.
• Patterning – colloidal lithographic techniques on planar and curved surfaces, especially on particles.
• In vitro and in vivo medical application of colloidal particles

List of Recent Publications:

• Duan, H., Wang, D., Sobal, N., Giersig, M., Kurth, D., Möhwald, H.:
  Magnetic Colloidosomes Derived from Nanoparticle Interfacial Self-Assembly
  Nano Lett. 5 (2005), 949-952.
• Gong, Y., Gao, M., Wang, D., Möhwald, H.:
  Incorporating Fluorescent CdTe Nanocrystals in Hydrogel via Hydrogen Bonding - towards Fluorescent Microspheres with Thermal Responsive Properties
  Chem. Mater. 17 (2005) 2648-2653.
• Duan, H., Kuang, M., Wang, D., Kurth, D., Möhwald, H.:
  Colloidal Stable Amphibious Nanocrystals Derived from Poly[(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] Capping
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44 (2005) 1717-1720.
• Kuang, M., Wang, D., Gao, M., Hartmann, J., Möhwald, H.:
  A Bio-inspired Route to Fabricate Submicron-Sized Particles with Unusual Shapes – Mineralization of Calcium Carbonate within Hydrogel Spheres.
  Chem. Mater. 17(2005), 656-660.
• Kuang, M., Wang, D., Bao, H., Gao, M., Möhwald, H. Jiang, M.:
  Fabrication of Multicolour Encoded Microspheres by Tagging Semiconductor Nanocrystals to Hydrogel Spheres
  Adv. Mater. 17(2005), 267-270
• Zhang, G., Wang, D., Möhwald, H.:
  Patterning Microsphere Surfaces by Templating Colloidal Crystals.
  Nano Lett. 5 (2005), 143-146.
• Wang, D. , Li, J., Chan, C. T., Salgueiriño-Maceira, V., Liz-Marzán, L. M. Romanov, S., Caruso, F. :
  Optical Properties of Nanoparticle-Based Metallodielectic Inverse Opals . Small, 1(2005), 122-130.
• Duan, H. W., Wang, D., Kurth, D., Möhwald, H.:
  Directing Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles at Water/Oil Interfaces
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43 (2004), 5639-5642.
• Wang, D., Möhwald, H.:
  Template-Directed Colloidal Self-Assembly – The Route to Top-Down Nanochemical Engineering,
  J. Mater. Chem. 14(2004), 459-468. (review)
• Wang, D., Möhwald, H.:
  Rapid Fabrication of Binary Colloidal Crystals by Stepwise Spin-Coating, Adv. Mater. 16(2004), 244-247.