Contact Information    

Research fields

1. Biomedical polymeric materials
2. Functional and smart polymeric materials
3. Polymeric porous materials
4. Polymeric nano hybrid materials  

Learning and working experience

1993.09-1997.06 Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Bachelor
2000.09-2003.02 Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Master
2003.03-2005.12 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ph.D.
2006.01-2008.03 Tsinghua University, Postdoctoral
2008.04-2009.12 Tongji University, Assistant professor
2009.12-2014.12 Tongji University, Associate professor
2014.12- Tongji University, Professor

Academic tenure  

Expert of Science and Technology Bureau of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province

Awards      

2013 The “Youcai” prize of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University
2013 Excellent instructor for University Students Innovation of Science and Technology Bureau of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province
2014 The “Youcai” prize of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University

Teaching situation  

Introduction to polymer materials
Modification of polymer materials
Biomedical Materials Science
Experiment course  

Representative papers and works      

1. Hui Zou and Weizhong Yuan*. CO2- and thermo-responsive vesicles: from expansion-contraction transformation to vesicles-micelles transition, Polymer Chemistry, 2015, 6, 2457-2465. 

2. Weizhong Yuan*, Jin Shen, Hui Zou. Amphiphilic block copolymer terminated with pyrene group: from switchable CO2-temperature dual responses to tunable fluorescence. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 13145-13152.
3. Hui Zou, Weizhong Yuan*. Temperature- and redox-responsive magnetic complex micelles for controlled drug release. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015, 3, 260-269.
4. Weizhong Yuan*, Jinju Wang. Oligo(ethylene glycol) and quaternary ammonium-based block copolymer micelles: from tunable thermoresponse to dual salt responses. RSC Advances, 2014, 4(73), 38855-38858.
5. Weizhong Yuan*, Jinju Wang, Lulin Li, Hui Zou, Hua Yuan, Jie Ren. Synthesis, self-assembly and multi-stimuli responses of supramolecular block copolymer. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2014, 35, 1776-1781.
6. Weizhong Yuan*, Jin Shen, Lulin Li, Xu Liu, Hui Zou. Preparation of POSS-poly(ε-caprolactone)-β-cyclodextrin/Fe3O4 hybrid magnetic micelles for removal of bisphenol A from water. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2014, 113, 353-361.
7. Weizhong Yuan*, Tianxiang Shen, Jinju Wang, Hui Zou. Formation-dissociation of glucose, pH and redox triply responsive micelles and controlled release of insulin. Polymer Chemistry, 2014, 5, 3968-3971.
8. Weizhong Yuan*, Wen Guo. Ultraviolet light-breakable and tunable thermoresponsive amphiphilic block copolymer: from self-assembly, disassembly to re-self-assembly. Polymer Chemistry, 2014, 5(14), 4259-4267.
9. Hui Zou, Wen Guo, Weizhong Yuan*. Supramolecular hydrogel from inclusion complexation of α-cyclodextrin with densely grafted chains in micelles for controlled drug and protein release. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2013, 1, 6235-6244.
10. Weizhong Yuan*, Xu Liu, Hui Zou, Jie Ren*. Environment-induced nanostructural dynamical-change based on supramolecular self-assembly of cyclodextrin and star-shaped poly(ethylene oxide) with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane core. Polymer, 2013, 54, 5374-5381.
11. Weizhong Yuan*, Wen Guo, Hui Zou, Jie Ren. Tunable thermo-, pH- and light-responsive copolymer micelles. Polymer Chemistry, 2013, 4, 3934-3937.
12. Weizhong Yuan*, Hui Zou, Wen Guo, Tianxiang Shen, Jie Ren. Supramolecular micelles with dual temperature and redox responses for multi-controlled drug release. Polymer Chemistry 2013, 4, 2658-2661.
14. Cong Zhang, Yunqing Zhu, Chuncai Zhou, Weizhong Yuan*, Jianzhong Du*. Antibacterial vesicles by direct dissolution of block copolymer in water. Polymer Chemistry 2013, 4, 255-259.
15. Weizhong Yuan*, Hui Zou, Wen Guo, An Wang, Jie Ren. Supramolecular amphiphilic star-branched copolymer: from LCST-UCST transition to temperature-fluorescence responses. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22, 24783-24791.
16. Weizhong Yuan, Jingren Wei, Hang Lu, Lang Fan, Jianzhong Du. Water-dispersible and biodegradable polymer micelles with good antibacterial efficacy. Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 6857-6859.
17. Weizhong Yuan*, Jinchun Zhang, Hui Zou, Jie Ren. Synthesis, Crystalline Morphologies, Self-Assembly and Properties of H-Shaped Amphiphilic Dually Responsive Terpolymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2012, 50, 2541-2552.
18. Weizhong Yuan*, Jinchun Zhang, Hui Zou, Tianxiang Shen, Jie Ren* . Amphiphilic ethyl cellulose brush polymers with mono and dual side chains: facile synthesis, self-assembly, and tunable temperature-pH responsivities. Polymer, 2012, 53, 956-966.
19. Weizhong Yuan*, Jinchun Zhang, Jingren Wei, Hua Yuan, Jie Ren. Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Tunable Thermosensitive Amphiphilic Dendrimer-Star Copolymers with Y-Shaped Arms. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2011, 49, 4071-4980.
20. Tianbin Ren, An Wang, Weizhong Yuan*, Lan Li, Yue Feng. Synthesis, Self-assembly, Fluorescence and Thermosensitive Properties of Star-Shaped Amphiphilic Copolymers with Porphyrin Core. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2011, 49, 2303-2313.
21. Weizhong Yuan*, Jinchun Zhang, Jingren Wei, Cong Zhang, Jie Ren.Synthesis and self-assembly of pH-responsive amphiphilic dendritic star-block terpolymer by the combination of ROP, ATRP and click chemistry. European Polymer Journal, 2011, 47, 949-958.
22. Weizhong Yuan*, Xiaofei Li, Shuying Gu, Amin Cao, Jie Ren. Amphiphilic chitosan graft copolymer via combination of ROP, ATRP and click chemistry: synthesis, self-assembly, thermosensitivity, fluorescence, and controlled drug release. Polymer, 2011, 52, 658-666.
24. Zhonghai Zhang, Jie Ren, Yue Feng, Jianbo Li, Weizhong Yuan. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Star-Shaped Poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-poly(L-lactide) Copolymers and the Crystalline Morphologies. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2010, 48(22): 5063-5071.
25. Weizhong Yuan*, Zhengda Zhao, Shuying Gu, Jie Ren. Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Amphiphilic Chitosan Copolymers with Mixed Side Chains by Click Chemistry. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2010, 48, 3476-3486.
26. Weizhong Yuan, Jinying Yuan, Lilin Zhou, Sizhu Wu, Xiaoyin Hong. Fe3O4@poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-graft-poly(ε-caprolactone) magnetic nanoparticles with branched brush polymeric shell, Polymer, 2010, 51, 2540-2547.
27. Weizhong Yuan, Jie Ren. Supramolecular Polyseudorotaxanes Formation between Star-Block Copolymer and α-Cyclodextrin: From Outer Block to Diblock Inclusion Complexation. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2009, 47, 2754-2762.
29. Weizhong Yuan, Jinying Yuan, Mi Zhou, Caiyuan Pan. Synthesis, Characterization, and Fluorescence of Pyrene-Containing Eight-Arm Star-Shaped Dendrimer-Like Copolymer with Pentaerythritol Core, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2008, 46, 2788-2798.
30. Weizhong Yuan, Jinying Yuan, Fengbo Zhang, Xuming Xie, Caiyuan Pan. Synthesis, Characterization, Crystalline Morphologies and Hydrophilicity of Brush Copolymers with Double Crystallizable Side Chains, Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 9094-9102.
31. Weizhong Yuan, Jinying Yuan, Fengbo Zhang, Xuming Xie. Syntheses, Characterization, and in Vitro Degradation of Ethyl Cellulose-graft-Poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-Poly(L-lactide) Copolymers by Sequential Ring-Opening Polymerization, Biomacromolecules, 2007, 8, 1101-1108.
32. Weizhong Yuan, Jinying Yuan, Sixun Zheng, Xiaoyin Hong. Synthesis, characterization, and controllable drug release of dendritic star-block copolymer by ring-opening polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization, Polymer, 2007, 48, 2585-2594.
33. Weizhong Yuan, Jinying Yuan, Mi Zhou, Xiaofeng Sui. Synthesis, characterization and thermal properties of dendrimer-star block-comb copolymers by ring-opening polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2006, 44, 6575-6586.
34. Weizhong Yuan, Xiaozhen Tang, Xiaobin Huang and Sixun Zheng. Synthesis, Characterization and thermal properties of hexa-armed star-shaped poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) initiated with hydroxyl-terminated cyclotriphosphazene, Polymer, 2005, 46, 1701-1707.