Research Interest
Design and Synthesis of Biomaterials
1. Novel step-growth and chain-growth condensation polymerizations
2. Stimuli-responsive smart polymers
3. Topology adjustment: linear, grafted, branch, hyperbranched, star-shaped
and dendritic structures
4. Controlled self-assembly and biofunctionalization
Controlled Formation of Hydrogels
1. General Strategies for controlled formation of (hybrid) hydrogels
2. (Multi-layered) microgels/nanogels and hydrogel microcapsules
3. Stimuli-responsive smart hydrogels and biofunctionalized hydrogels
Drug Carriers
1. Polymer/drug conjugates
2. Micelles, capsules & hollow spheres
3. Microgels/nanogels & scaffolds
Tissue Engineering
1. Manufacture and modification of polymeric scaffolds
2. Repairand regeneration of bone, cartilage, spinal cord
and intervertebral disk