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Pro.Dong Chen

Addr: Department of Energy Engineering
         Zhejiang University
         38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China

         Room 118, tech buiding No. 4

 

E-mail: chen_dong@zju.edu.cn

Education

Undergraduate course study in the University of Science and Technology in China，from Zhang Yuheng academician ,study superconductivity, giant magnetoresistance materials.

PhD study in the university of Colorado at boulder, from Noel Clark, study different liquid crystal molecular self-assembly, photoelectric response, etc.

Research

Postdoctoral at Harvard University, from David Weitz, mainly engaged in microfluidic, microcapsule localization technology and equipment.

2016 Specially Hired Research Fellow in Zhejiang University, Department of Energy Engineering, Institute of Chemical Machinery.

Representative papers

  1. G. Yang, Y. Liu, Y. Hui, Tengjisi, D. Chen, D. A. Weitz, C-X Zhao*, Implications of Quenching-to-Dequenching Switch in Quantitative Cell Uptake and Biodistribution of Dye-Labeled Nanoparticles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021.

  2. 80 T. Baby, Y. Liu, G. Yang, D. Chen, C. Zhao*, Microfluidic synthesis of curcumin loaded polymer nanoparticles with tunable drug loading and pH-triggered release. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2021, 594, 474-484.

  3. 79 L. Xiao#, Z. Wang#, Y. Sun, B. Li, B. Wu, C. Ma, V. S. Petrovskii, X. Gu, D. Chen, I. I. Potemkin, A. Herrmann, H. Zhang, K. Liu*, An artificial phase-transitional underwater bioglue with robust and switchable adhesion performance. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, DOI: doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102158.

  4. 78 S. Wan+, W. Cong+, B. Shao+, B. Wu, Q. He, Q. Chen, J. Shen, D. Chen, H. Hu*, F. Ye*, C. Fan, H. Zhang, K. Liu*, A Library of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals of Inorganic Nanoparticles and Extraordinary Performances Based on Their Collective Ordering, Nano Today, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2021.101115.

  5. 77 B. Wu, Z. Sun, J. Wu, J. Ruan, P. Zhao, K. Liu, C. Zhao, J. Sheng*, T. Liang*, D. Chen*, Nanoparticle-Stabilized Oxygen Microcapsules Prepared by Interfacial Polymerization for Enhanced Oxygen Delivery, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, DOI:10.1002/anie.202100752.

  6. Y. Zhang, L. L. Kong, F. Wang, B. Li, C. Ma, D. Chen, K. Liu, C. H. Fan, H. J. Zhang, Information stored in nanoscale: Encoding data in a single DNA strand with Base64, Nano Today. doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2020.100871 (2020).

  7. B. H. Wu, C. J. Yang, B. Li, L. Y. Feng, M. T. Hai, C.-X. Zhao, D. Chen*, K.Liu*, and D. A. Weitz , Active Encapsulation in Biocompatible Nanocapsules, Small.(2020).

  8. Z. Sun, C. J. Yang, F. Wang, B. H. Wu, B. Q. Shao, Z. C. Li, D. Chen*, Z. Z. yang* and K. Liu*, Biocompatible and pH-Responsive Colloidal Surfactants with Tunable Shape for Controlled Interfacial Curvature, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 10.1002/anie.202001588 (2020)

  9. D. Chen, D. A. Coleman, C. Zhu, N. Chattham, F. Jenz, X. Cheng, C. Tschierske, M. Glaser, J. E. Maclennan and N.A. Clark*, Frustration between Two- and Three-Dimensional Smectic Ordering Leads to a Biaxial Nematic Phase, Soft Matter, 16, 747-753 (2019)

  10. L. Kong, X. Jin, D. Hu, L. Feng, D. Chen* and H. Li*, Functional Delivery Vehicle of Organic Nanoparticles in Inorganic Crystals. Chin. Chem. Lett. 30, 2351-2354 (2019)

  11. R. Chen, J. Liu, C. Yang, D. A. Weitz, H. He, D. Li, D. Chen*, K. Liu and H. Bai, Transparent Impact-Resistant Composite Films with Bioinspired Hierarchical Structure, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11, 23616-23622 (2019)

  12. Z. Sun+, C. Yang+, M. Eggersdorfer, J. Cui, Y. Li, M. Hai, D. Chen* and D. A. Weitz*, A General Strategy for One-Step Fabrication of Biocompatible Microcapsules with Controlled Active Release, Chin. Chem. Lett. 31, 249-252 (2019)

  13. L. Kong+, R. Chen+, X. Wang, C. Zhao, Q. Chen, M. Hai, D. Chen*, Z. Yang* and D. A. Weitz*, Controlled Co-Precipitation of Biocompatible Colorant-Loaded Nanoparticles by Microfluidics for Natural Color Drinks, Lab Chip 19, 2089-2095 (2019)

  14. Q. Sun, S. H. Tan, Q. S. Chen, R. Ran, Y. Hui, D. Chen* and C. X. Zhao*, Microfluidic Formation of Coculture Tumor Spheroids with Stromal Cells As a Novel 3D Tumor Model for Drug Testing, ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 4, 4425-4433 (2018)

  15. R. Chen, J. F. Liu, Z.Y. Sun and D. Chen*, Functional Nanofibers with Multiscale Structure by Electrospinning, Nanofabrication 4, 17-31 (2018)

  16. D. Chen, C.-X. Zhao, C.Lagoin, M. Hai, L. R. Arriaga, S. Koehler, A. Abbaspourrad* and D. A. Weitz*, “Dispersing hydrophobic natural colourant β-carotene in shellac particles for enhanced stability and tunable colour,” R.Soc.opensci., 4, 170919 (2017).

  17. J. Cui, T. Zhan, K. Zhang* and D. Chen*, “The recent advances in constructing designed electrode inlithium metal batteries,”Chinese Chem. Lett.,28, 2171 (2017).

  18. D. Chen, E. Amstad, C.-X. Zhao, L. Cai, J. Fan, Q. Chen, M. Hai, S.Koehler, H. Zhang*, F. Liang, Z. Yang and D. A. Weitz*, “Biocompatible Amphiphilic Hydrogel-Solid Dimer Particles as Colloidal Surfactants,”ACS Nano, 11, 11978 (2017).

  19. Y. Shi+, Z. Sun+, R. Chen, C. Zhu, R. K. Shoemaker, E. Tsai, D. M. Walba, M. A. Glaser, J. E. Maclennan, D. Chen*, and N. A. Clark*, “Effect of Conformational Chirality on Optical Activity Observed in a Smectic of Achiral, Bent-Core Molecules,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 121, 6944 (2017).

  20. L. Kong, E. Amstad, M. Hai, X. Ke, D. Chen*, C.-X. Zhao*, and D. A. Weitz*, “Biocompatible microcapsules with a water core templated from single emulsions,” Chinese Chem. Lett., 28, 1897 (2017).

  21. X. Huang, M. Eggersdorfer, J. Wu, C.-X. Zhao, Z. Xu*, D. Chen*, D. A. Weitz*, “Collective generation of milliemulsions by step-emulsification,” RSC Advances, 7, 14932 (2017).

  22. D. Chen, M. R. Tuchband, B. Horanyi, E. Korblova, D. M. Walba, M. A. Glaser, J. E. Maclennan, and N. A. Clark “Diastereomeric liquid crystal domains at the mesoscale,” Nat. Commun., 6, 7763 (2015).

  23. D. Chen, H. Wang, M. Li, M. A. Glaser, J. E. Maclennan, and N. A. Clark, “Chiral random grain boundary phase of achiral hockey-stick liquid crystals,” Soft Matter, 10, 9105 (2014).

  24. D. Chen, M. Nakata, R. Shao, M. R. Tuchband, M. Shuai, U. Baumeister, W. Weissflog, D. M. Walba, M. A. Glaser, J. E. Maclennan, and N. A. Clark, “Twist-bend heliconical chiral nematic liquid crystal phase of an achiral rigid bent-core mesogen,” Phys. Rev. E, 89, 022506 (2014).

  25. D. Chen, Y. Shen, J. Aguero, E. Korblova, D. M. Walba, N. Kapernaum, F. Giesselmann, J. Watanabe, J. E. Maclennan, M. A. Glaser, and N. A. Clark, “Chiral isotropic sponge phase of hexatic smectic layer from achiral molecules,” ChemPhysChem, 15, 1502 (2014).

  26. D. Chen, D. K. Yoon, J. E. Maclennan, M. A. Glaser, E. Korblova, D. M. Walba, N. Gimeno, M. B. Ros, R. Deb, N. V. S. Rao, and N. A. Clark, “Spiral layer undulation defects in B7 liquid crystals,” Soft Matter, 9, 11303 (2013).

  27. D. Chen, R. Shao, J. E. Maclennan, M. A. Glaser, E. Korblova, D. M. Walba, N. Gimeno, M. B. Ros, and N. A. Clark, “Topography of bent-core liquid crystals at the air/liquid crystal interface,” Liq. Cryst., 40, 1730 (2013). (Invited paper)

  28. D. Chen, J. H. Porada, J. B. Hooper, A. Klittnick, Y. Shen, M. R. Tuchband, E. Korblova, D. Bedrov, D. M. Walba, M. A. Glaser, J. E. Maclennan, and N. A. Clark, “Chiral heliconical ground state of nanoscale pitch in a nematic liquid crystal of achiral molecular dimers,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 110, 15931 (2013).

  29. D. Chen, C. Zhu, H. Wang, J. E. Maclennan, M. A. Glaser, E. Korblova, D. M. Walba, J. A. Rego, E. A. Soto-Bustamante, and N. A. Clark, “Nanoconfinement of guest materials by helical nanofilament networks of bent-core mesogens,” Soft Matter, 9, 462 (2013).

  30. M. Nakata, D. Chen, R. Shao, E. Korblova, J. E. Maclennan, D. M. Walba, and N. A. Clark,“Electro-Optic Response of the Anticlinic, Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal Phase of a Biaxial Bent-Core Molecule with Tilt Angle near 45º,” Phys. Rev. E., 85, 031704 (2012).

  31. D. Chen, M.-S. Heberling, M. Nakata, L. E. Hough, J. E. Maclennan, M. A. Glaser, E. Korblova, D. M. Walba, J. Watanabe, and N. A. Clark, “Structure of the B4 liquid crystal phase near a glass surface,” ChemPhysChem, 13, 155 (2012). (Featured on cover)

  32. D. Chen, J. E. Maclennan, R. Shao, D. K. Yoon, H. Wang, E. Korblova, D. M. Walba, M. A. Glaser, and N. A. Clark, “Chirality-preserving growth of helical filaments in the B4 phase of bent-core liquid crystals,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 12656 (2011).

  33. D. Chen, C. Zhu, R. K. Shoemaker, E. Korblova, D. M. Walba, M. A. Glaser, J. E. Maclennan, and N. A. Clark, “Pretransitional orientational ordering of a calamitic liquid crystal by helical nanofilaments of a bent-core mesogen,” Langmuir, 26, 15541 (2010).

  34. L. E. Hough, H. T. Jung, D. Krüerke, M. S. Heberling, M. Nakata, C. D. Jones, D. Chen, D. R. Link, J. Zasadzinski, G. Heppke, J. P. Rabe, W. Stocker, E. Korblova, D. M. Walba, M. A. Glaser, and N. A. Clark, “Helical nanofilament phases,” Science, 325, 456 (2009).

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