Zuowei Wang
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+44 (0) 118 378 4618
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Associate Professor
- Departmental Director of Internationalisation
- Programme Director of NUIST
Office
Room 109Building location
MathematicsAreas of interest
Multiscale computer simulation and theoretical modelling of polymers and soft matters:
- dynamics and rheology of entangled linear and branched polymers
- supramolecular polymer networks
- charged block copolymers and biological polymers
- surfactant and block copolymer micelles
- polymer-drug composites
- dipolar colloidal suspensions, including ferrofluids, electro- and magneto-rheological fluids
- computational and theoretical algorithms, such as atomistic and coarse-grained molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, scaling theory, tube theory, Ewald summation, first-principle electronic structure calculation, etc.
Research centres and groups
Websites/blogs
Publications
- Back, O. , Asally, M. , Wang, Z. , Hayashi, Y. (2023) Electrotaxis behavior of droplets composed of aqueous Belousov-Zhabotinsky solutions suspended in oil phase. Scientific Reports , 13 ISSN: 2045-2322 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27639-8
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Geher-Herczegh, T.
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Wang, Z.
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Masuda, T.
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Yoshida, R.
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Vasudevan, N.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4326-3938
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Hayashi, Y.
(2021)
Delayed mechanical response to chemical kinetics in self-
oscillating hydrogels driven by the Belousov−Zhabotinsky
reaction.
Macromolecules
, 54
(13).
pp.
6430-6439.
ISSN:
0024-9297
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doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00402
- Shanbhag, S. and Wang, Z. (2020) Molecular simulation of tracer and self-diffusion in entangled polymers. Macromolecules , 53 (12). pp. 4649-4658. ISSN: 0024-9297 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00680
- Amin, D. and Wang, Z. (2020) Nonlinear rheology and dynamics of supramolecular polymer networks formed by associative telechelic chains under shear and extensional flows. Journal of Rheology , 64 (3). pp. 581-600. ISSN: 1520-8516 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.5120897
- Cao, J. , Wang, Z. , Likhtman, A. (2019) Determining tube theory parameters by slip-spring model simulations of entangled star polymers in fixed networks. Polymers , 11 (3). ISSN: 2073-4360 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11030496
- Wu, S. , He, Z. , Zang, J. , Jin, S. , Wang, Z. , Wang, J. , Yao, Y. , Wang, J. (2019) Heterogeneous ice nucleation correlates with bulk-like interfacial water. Science Advances , 5 (4). ISSN: 2375-2548 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat9825
- Kirk, J. , Wang, Z. , Ilg, P. (2019) Entanglement dynamics at flat surfaces: investigations using multi-chain molecular dynamics and a single-chain slip-spring model. The Journal of Chemical Physics , 150 (9). ISSN: 0021-9606 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5045301
- Liu, C. , Liu, P. , Chen, Q. , Du, B. , Wang, Z. (2019) Entanglement relaxation of poly(1-butene) and its copolymer with ethylene detected in conventional shear rheometer and quartz resonator. Journal of Rheology , 63 (1). pp. 167-177. ISSN: 0148-6055 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.5051041
- Zhao, L. , Tu, Y. , Fang, H. , Hamley, I. , Wang, Z. (2018) Self-assembled micellar structures of Lipopeptides with variable number of attached lipid chains revealed by atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 122 (41). pp. 9605-9615. ISSN: 1520-6106 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b07877
- Zhu, J. , Likhtman, A. , Wang, Z. (2017) Arm retraction dynamics of entangled star polymers: a forward-flux sampling method study. The Journal of Chemical Physics , 147 (4). ISSN: 0021-9606 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4995422
- Ruiz-López, J. , Wang, Z. , Hidalgo-Álvarez, R. , de Vicente, J. (2017) Simulations of model magnetorheological fluids in squeeze flow mode. Journal of Rheology , 61 (5). pp. 871-881. ISSN: 0148-6055 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.4990641
- Sheng, N. , Tu, Y. , Guo, P. , Wan, R. , Wang, Z. , Fang, H. (2017) Asymmetric nanoparticle may go “active” at room temperature. Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy , 60 (4). ISSN: 1869-1927 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11433-016-9001-x
- Amin, D. , Likhtman, A. , Wang, Z. (2016) Dynamics in supramolecular polymer networks formed by associating telechelic chains. Macromolecules , 49 (19). pp. 7510-7524. ISSN: 0024-9297 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00561
- Cao, J. and Wang, Z. (2016) Microscopic picture of constraint release effects in entangled star polymer melts. Macromolecules , 49 (15). pp. 5677-5691. ISSN: 1520-5835 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00554
- He, Z. , Xie, W. , Liu, Z. , Liu, G. , Wang, Z. , Gao, Y. , Wang, J. (2016) Tuning ice nucleation with counterions on polyelectrolyte brush surfaces. Science Advances , 2 (6). ISSN: 2375-2548 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600345
- Ruiz-López, J. , Wang, Z. , Fernández-Toledano, J. , Hidalgo-Alvarez, R. , de Vicente, J. (2016) Start-up rheometry of highly polydisperse magnetorheological fluids: experiments and simulations. Rheologica Acta , 55 (3). pp. 245-256. ISSN: 1435-1528 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00397-016-0914-y
- Cao, J. , Zhu, J. , Wang, Z. , Likhtman, A. (2015) Large deviations of Rouse polymer chain: first passage problem. The Journal of Chemical Physics , 143 (20). ISSN: 0021-9606 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4936130
- Larson, R. and Wang, Z. (2015) Dynamics of entangled polymers. In: Terentjev, E. and Weitz, D. , (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Soft Condensed Matter. Clarendon Press , Oxford. pp. 233-270. ISBN: 9780199667925
- Wang, Z. , Shahrivar, K. , de Vicente, J. (2014) Creep and recovery of magnetorheological fluids: experiments and simulations. Journal of Rheology , 58 (6). pp. 1725-1750. ISSN: 1520-8516 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.4891247
- Zhao, L. , Wang, C. , Liu, J. , Wen, B. , Tu, Y. , Wang, Z. , Fang, H. (2014) Reversible state transition in nanoconfined aqueous solutions. Physical Review Letters , 112 ISSN: 0031-9007 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.078301
- Acton, A. , Fante, C. , Flatley, B. , Burattini, S. , Hamley, I. , Wang, Z. , Greco, F. , Hayes, W. (2013) Janus PEG-based dendrimers for use in combination therapy: controlled multi-drug loading and sequential release. Biomacromolecules , 14 (2). pp. 564-574. ISSN: 1525-7797 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm301881h
- Wang, Z. , Likhtman, A. , Larson, R. (2012) Segmental dynamics in entangled linear polymer melts. Macromolecules , 45 (8). pp. 3557-3570. ISSN: 0024-9297 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma202759v
- Shanbhag, S. , Park, S. , Wang, Z. (2012) Superensembles of linear viscoelastic models of polymer melts. Journal of Rheology , 56 (2). pp. 279-303. ISSN: 0148-6055 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3679469
- Wang, Z. , Chen, X. , Larson, R. (2010) Comparing tube models for predicting the linear rheology of branched polymer melts. Journal of Rheology , 54 (2). pp. 223-260. ISSN: 0148-6055 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3301246
- Wang, Z. and Larson, R. (2009) Molecular dynamics simulations of threadlike cetyltrimethylammonium chloride micelles: effects of sodium chloride and sodium salicylate salts. Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 113 (42). pp. 13697-13710. ISSN: 1520-6106 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp901576e
- Shang, B. , Wang, Z. , Larson, R. (2009) Effect of headgroup size, charge, and solvent structure on polymer−micelle interactions, studied by molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 113 (46). pp. 15170-15180. ISSN: 1520-6106 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp9057737
- Shang, B. , Wang, Z. , Larson, R. (2008) Molecular dynamics simulation of interactions between a sodium dodecyl sulfate micelle and a poly(ethylene oxide) polymer. Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 112 (10). pp. 2888-2900. ISSN: 1520-6106 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0773841
- Wang, Z. and Larson, R. (2008) Constraint release in entangled binary blends of linear polymers: a molecular dynamics study. Macromolecules , 41 (13). pp. 4945-4960. ISSN: 0024-9297 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma800680b
- Wang, Z. and Rubinstein, M. (2006) Regimes of conformational transitions of a diblock polyampholyte. Macromolecules , 39 (17). pp. 5897-5912. ISSN: 0024-9297 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma0607517
- Huang, J. , Wang, Z. , Holm, C. (2005) Structure and magnetic properties of mono- and bi-dispersed ferrofluids as revealed by simulations. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials , 289 pp. 234-237. ISSN: 0304-8853 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.067
- Huang, J. , Wang, Z. , Holm, C. (2005) Computer simulations of the structure of colloidal ferrofluids. Physical Review E , 71 (6). pp. 61203. ISSN: 1539-3755 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.061203
- Ivanov, A. , Wang, Z. , Holm, C. (2004) Applying the chain formation model to magnetic properties of aggregated ferrofluids. Physical Review E , 69 (3). pp. 31206. ISSN: 1539-3755 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.69.031206
- Wang, Z. , Bossis, G. , Volkova, O. , Bashtovoi, V. , Krakov, M. (2003) Active control of rod vibrations using magnetic fluids. Journal of intelligent material systems and structures , 14 (2). pp. 93-97. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1045389X03014002004
- Wang, Z. , Holm, C. , Muller, H. (2003) Computer simulation study of equilibrium properties of magnetic dipolar fluids. Magnetohydrodynamics , 39 (1). pp. 59-64.
- Wang, Z. and Holm, C. (2003) Structure and magnetic properties of polydisperse ferrofluids: a molecular dynamics study. Physical Review E , 68 (4). pp. 41401. ISSN: 1539-3755 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.68.041401
- Wang, Z. , Holm, C. , Muller, H. (2003) Boundary condition effects in the simulation study of equilibrium properties of magnetic dipolar fluids. The Journal of Chemical Physics , 119 (1). pp. 379-387. ISSN: 0021-9606 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1577324
- Fang, H. , Wang, Z. , Lin, Z. , Liu, M. (2002) Lattice Boltzmann method for simulating the viscous flow in large distensible blood vessels. Physical Review E , 65 (5). pp. 51925. ISSN: 1539-3755 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.051925
- Wang, Z. , Holm, C. , Muller, H. (2002) Molecular dynamics study on the equilibrium magnetization properties and structure of ferrofluids. Physical Review E , 66 (2). ISSN: 1539-3755 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.021405
- Wang, Z. , Fang, H. , Lin, Z. , Zhou, L. (2001) Dynamic simulation studies of structural formation and transition in electro-magneto-rheological fluids. International Journal of Modern Physics B , 15 (6-7). pp. 842-850. ISSN: 1793-6578 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217979201005350
- Qiu, Z. , Liu, L. , Wang, Z. , Zhou, L. (2001) Rheological and electrical properties of NaY zeolite electrorheological fluid. International Journal of Modern Physics B , 15 (6-7). pp. 610-617. ISSN: 1793-6578 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217979201005064
- Fang, H. , Fan, L. , Wang, Z. , Lin, Z. , Qian, Y. (2001) Studying the contact point and interface moving in a sinusoidal tube with lattice Boltzmann method. International Journal of Modern Physics B , 15 (9). pp. 1287-1303. ISSN: 1793-6578 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217979201004848
- Wang, Z. and Holm, C. (2001) Estimate of the cutoff errors in the Ewald summation for dipolar systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics , 115 (14). pp. 6351-6359. ISSN: 0021-9606 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1398588
- Wang, Z. , Fang, H. , Lin, Z. , Zhou, L. (2000) Simulation of field-induced structural formation and transition in electromagnetorheological suspensions. Physical Review E , 61 (6). pp. 6837-6844. ISSN: 1539-3755 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.61.6837
- Liu, L. , Wang, Z. , Zhou, L. , Wang, Z. , Gao, G. , Liu, X. (2000) Squeeze flow viscoelasticity of electrorheological fluids based on microcrystalline cellulose. Acta Physica Sinica , 49 (9). pp. 1887-1891. ISSN: 1000-3290 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.7498/aps.49.1886
- Liu, L. , Wang, Z. , Liu, G. , Jiang, Y. , Qiu, Z. , Zhou, L. (2000) Resonance response of electrorheological fluids in vertical oscillation squeeze flow. Chinese Physics , 9 (12). pp. 944-948. ISSN: 1009-1963
- Fang, H. , Lin, Z. , Wang, Z. (1998) Lattice Boltzmann simulation of viscous fluid systems with elastic boundaries. Physical Review E , 57 (1). pp. R25-R28. ISSN: 1539-3755 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.R25
- Wang, Z. , Lin, Z. , Fang, H. , Tao, R. (1998) Dynamic response times of electrorheological fluids in steady shear. Journal of Applied Physics , 83 (2). pp. 1125-1131. ISSN: 0021-8979 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.366804
- Wang, Z. , Lin, Z. , Tao, R. (1998) Lattice dynamics study of microstructures of electrorheological fluids. Communications in Theoretical Physics , 29 (2). pp. 207-212. ISSN: 0253-6102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0253-6102/29/2/207
- Xu, J. , Lin, Z. , Wang, Z. (1998) Fractal-to-Euclidean crossover of the isotropy restoration feature in a family of fractal resistor networks. Physical Review E , 57 (6). pp. 7294-7296. ISSN: 1539-3755 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.7294
- Wang, Z. , Lin, Z. , Tao, R. (1997) Influence of the size distribution of particles on the viscous property of an electrorheological fluid. Chinese Physics Letters , 14 (2). pp. 151-154. ISSN: 1741-3540 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/14/2/021
- Wang, Z. , Lin, Z. , Tao, R. (1997) Structure and viscoelasticity of an electrorheological fluid in oscillatory shear: computer simulation investigation. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics , 30 (8). pp. 1265-1271. ISSN: 1361-6463 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/30/8/017
- Wang, Z. , Lin, Z. , Tao, R. (1996) The effect of electric field direction on the-shear stress of ER fluids. Acta Physica Sinica , 45 (4). pp. 640-647. ISSN: 1000-3290 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.7498/aps.45.640
- Wang, Z. , Lin, Z. , Tao, R. (1996) Many-body effect in electrorheological responses. International Journal of Modern Physics B , 10 (10). pp. 1153-1166. ISSN: 1793-6578 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217979296000428
- Wang, Z. and Huang, M. (1993) Spin-polarized electronic-structure of MnBiAl. Chinese Physics Letters , 10 (10). pp. 612-615. ISSN: 1741-3540 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/10/10/011