Dr Yajun Wang

Research Fellow

Email:
Telephone: +61 3 9035 8152
Fax: +61 3 8344 4153
Room 1.08, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Building 1

Nanostructured Interfaces and Materials (NIMS) Group

Honours/Awards

• 2000 - 2001: Excellent Student Scholarship, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
• 1999 - 2000: Guang Hua Scholarship, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
• 1998 - 1999: Postgraduate Scholarship, Nankai University, Tianjian, P.R. China.

Professional Experience

• 2002 - Present: Research Fellow, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Selected Publications

1. Chong, S.-F.; Chandrawati, R.; Städler, B.; Park, J.; Cho, J.; Wang, Y.; Jia, Z.; Bulmus, V.; Davis, T. P.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso. F. "Stabilization of Polymer Hydrogel Capsules via Thiol-Disulfide Exchange." Small 2009, 5, 2601. [link]
2. Cui, J.; Wang, Y.; Hao, J.; Caruso, F. "Mesoporous Silica-Templated Assembly of Luminescent Polyester Particles." Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 4310. [link]
3. Wang, Y.; Price, A. D.; Caruso, F. "Nanoporous Colloids: Building Blocks for a New Generation of Structured Materials." J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 6451. [link]
4. Postma, A.; Yan, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zelikin, A. N.; Tjipto, E.; Caruso, F. "Self-Polymerization of Dopamine as a Versatile and Robust Technique to Prepare Polymer Capsules." Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 3042. [link]
5. Johnston, A. P. R.; Lee, L.; Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Controlled Degradation of DNA Capsules with Engineered Restriction-Enzyme Cut Sites." Small 2009, 5, 1418. [link]
6. Price, A. D.; Zelikin, A. N.; Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Triggered Enzymatic Degradation of DNA within Selectively Permeable Polymer Capsule Microreactors." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 329. [link]
7. Wang, Y.; Bansal, V.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "Templated Synthesis of Single-Component Polymer Capsules and Their Application in Drug Delivery." Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 1741. [link]
8. Angelatos, A. S.; Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Probing the Conformation of Polyelectrolytes in Mesoporous Silica Spheres." Langmuir 2008, 24, 4224. [link]
9. Wang, Y.; Angelatos, A. S.; Caruso, F. "Template Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials via Layer-by-Layer Assembly." Chem. Mat. 2008, 20, 848. [link]
10. Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Bioinspired Porous Hybrid Materials via Layer-by-Layer Assembly." In Bio-inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials; Ruiz-Hitzky, E.; Ariga, K.; Lvov, Y., Eds.; Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2008; pp 215-244. [link]
11. Wang, Y.; Angelatos, A. S.; Dunstan, D. E.; Caruso, F. "Infiltration of Macromolecules into Nanoporous Silica Particles." Macromolecules 2007, 40, 7594. [link]
12. Angelatos, A. S.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Probing the Permeability of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Capsules via a Molecular Beacon Approach." Langmuir 2007, 23, 4554. [link]
13. Li, Q.; Quinn, J. F.; Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Preparation of Nanoporous Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films via Nanoparticle Templating." Chem. Mat. 2006, 18, 5480. [link]
14. Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Template Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Nanoporous Polymer-Based Spheres via Sequential Assembly." Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 4089. [link]
15. Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Nanoporous Protein Particles through Templating Mesoporous Silica Spheres." Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 795. [link]
16. Yu, A. M.; Wang, Y.; Barlow, E.; Caruso, F. "Mesoporous Silica Particles as Templates for Preparing Enzyme-Loaded Biocompatible Microcapsules." Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 1737. [link]
17. Wang, Y.; Yu, A. M.; Caruso, F. "Nanoporous Polyelectrolyte Spheres Prepared by Sequentially Coating Sacrificial Mesoporous Silica Spheres." Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit. 2005, 44, 2888. [link]
18. Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Mesoporous Silica Spheres as Supports for Enzyme Immobilization and Encapsulation." Chem. Mat. 2005, 17, 953. [link]
19. Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Macroporous Zeolitic Membrane Bioreactors." Adv. Functional Mater. 2004, 14, 1012. [link]
20. Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Enzyme Encapsulation in Nanoporous Silica Spheres." Chem. Commun. 2004, 1529. [link]
21. Xu, F.; Wang, Y.; Wang, X.; Zhang, Y.; Tang, Y.; Yang, P. "A Novel Sorbent of Hierarchical Nanozeolite Composite Material for Protein Seperation Using Immobilized Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography Process." Adv. Mater. 2003, 15, 1751. [link]
22. Dong, A.; Ren, N.; Tang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Hua, W.; Gao, Z. "General Synthesis of Mesoporous Spheres of Metal Oxides and Phosphates." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 4976. [link]
23. Wang, Y.; Tang, Y.; Dong, A.; Wang, X.; Ren, N.; Shan, W.; Gao, Z. "Self-supporting Porous Zeolite Membranes with Sponge-like Architecture and Zeolitic Microtubes." Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 994. [link]
24. Dong, A.; Wang, Y.; Tang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Ren, N.; Gao, Z. "Mechanically Stable Zeolite Monoliths with Three-dimensional Ordered Macropores by the Transformastion of Mesoporous Silica Spheres." Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 1506. [link]
25. Wang, Y.; Tang, Y.; Dong, A.; Wang, X.; Ren, N.; Shan, W.; Gao, Z. "Zeolitization of Diatomite to Prepare Hierarchical Porous Zeolite Materials through Vapor-phase Transport Process." J. Mater. Chem. 2002, 12, 1812. [link]
26. Dong, A.; Wang, Y.; Tang, Y.; Ren, N.; Zhang, Y.; Gao, Z. "Hollow Zeolite Capsules: A Novel Approach for Fabrication and Guest Encapsulation." Chem. Mat. 2002, 14, 3217. [link]
27. Wang, Y.; Tang, Y.; Wang, X.; Shan, W.; Gao, Z. "Fabrication of Hierarchical Structured Zeolitic Materials through Vapor-phase Transforming of the Seeded Diatomite." Chem. Lett. 2002, 862. [link]
28. Wang, Y.; Tang, Y.; Wang, X.; Shan, W.; Ke, C.; Gao, Z.; Hu, J.; Yang, W. "Fabrication of Zeolite Coatings on Stainless Steel Grids." J. Mat. Sci. Lett. 2001, 20, 2091. [link]
29. Dong, A.; Wang, Y.; Tang, Y.; Ren, N.; Zhang, Y.; Yue, Y.; Gao, Z. "Zeolitic Tissue through Wood Cellular Templating." Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 926. [link]