RESEARCH INTERESTS: Upcycling of waste polymer materials; Hydrogels
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
2005-2008 Ph. D. Applied Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, P. R. China Supervisor: Prof. Jinzong Yang
1999-2002 M.S., Applied Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, P. R. China，Supervisor: Prof. Jinzong Yang
1992-1996 B.S. Chemistry, Xinjiang University, P. R. China
2016-now Professor, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2013 The Second Prize of Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Xuehui Liu, Fei Tian, Xu Zhao, Rongcheng Du, Shimei Xu*, Yu-Zhong Wang*. Multiple Functional Materials from Crushing Waste Thermosetting Resins, Materials Horizons, 2021,8(1): 234-243
2. Fei Tian, Yang Yang, Xiong-Lei Wang, Wen-Li An, Xu Zhao, Shimei Xu*, Yu-Zhong Wang*. From waste epoxy resins to efficient oil/water separation materials via a microwave assisted pore-forming strategy, Materials Horizons, 2019, 6: 1733–1739
3. Wenli An, Xiong-Lei Wang, Yang Yang, Huaxiu Xu, Shimei Xu* , Yu-Zhong Wang. Synergistic catalysis of binary alkalis for the recycling of unsaturated polyester under mild conditions, Green Chemistry, 2019,21(11):3006-3012
4. Xu Zhao, Xiong-Lei Wang, Fei Tian, Wen-Li An, Shimei Xu*, Yu-Zhong Wang. A fast and mild closed-loop recycling of anhydride-cured epoxy through microwave-assisted catalytic degradation by trifunctional amine and subsequent reuse without separation, Green Chemistry, 2019, 21(9): 2487-2493
5. Xiong-Lei Wang, Wen-Li An, Yang Yang, Zai-Yin Hu, Shimei Xu*, Wang Liao, Yu-Zhong Wang*. Porous gel materials from waste thermosetting unsaturated polyester for high-efficiency wastewater treatment, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 361:21-30
6. Pingping Xu, Huaxiu Xu, Yang Yang, Xionglei Wang, Wenli An, Yan Hu， Shimei Xu*. A nonswellable gradient hydrogel with tunable mechanical properties, Journal of materials chemistry. B, 2020, 8(13): 2702-2708
7. Yang Yang, Fei Tian, Xionglei Wang, Pingping Xu, Wenli An, Yan Hu, and Shimei Xu, Biomimetic Color-Changing Hierarchical and Gradient Hydrogel Actuators Based on Salt-Induced Microphase Separation, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 48428−48436
8. Yun Tan, Di Wang, Huaxiu Xu, Yang Yang, Xiong-Lei Wang, Fei Tian, Pingping Xu, Wenli An, Xu Zhao, Shimei Xu*. Rapid Recovery Hydrogel Actuators in Air with Bionic Large-Ranged Gradient Structure, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018,10(46):40125-40131
9. Yang Yang, Tun Tan, Xionglei Wang, Wenli An, Shimei Xu*, Wang Liao, Yuzhong Wang. Photothermal Nanocomposite Hydrogel Actuator with Electric-Field-Induced Gradient and Oriented Structure, ACS Applied materials & Interfaces, 2018,10(9): 7688-7692
10. Yun Tan, Di Wang, Huaxiu, Xu, Yang Yang, Wenli An, Lina Yu, Zhixin Xiao, Shimei Xu*，A Fast, Reversible, and Robust Gradient Nanocomposite Hydrogel Actuator with Water-Promoted Thermal Response, Macromolecular Rapid communications, 2018,39(8):1700863
