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Wancheng Yu, Ph. D., Associated Professor

Education and work experience

2020/09-present,Associated Professor, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China;

2017/09-2020/07, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Beihang University;

2015/07-2017/09, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China;

2010/09-2015/07, Ph. D. Candinate, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China;

2006/09-2010/07, Bachelor, Department of Light Chemical Engineering, Tiangong University.

The main research work

My research work focuses on the investigation of hierarchical structural evolutions of polymeric materials during the processing and service by using the synchrotron radiation X-ray scattering, and the data analysis of small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS).

Contact information

Address: No. 42 of Hezuohua south road, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Hefei, Anhui, China.

Postal code: 230029                                                                  (Don’t modify)

Email: ywcheng@ustc.edu.cn

Publications:

[1] Zhao, J.; Yu, W.*; Chen, W.; Chen, X.; Sheng, J.; Li, L.* Characterization of Polymer Materials by Synchrotron Radiation Hard X-ray Scattering Technology: The Development and Application of in-situ Instruments. Macromolecules 2021, 54, 9204-9216.

[2] Iqbal, O.; Habumugisha, J.C.; Feng, S.; Lin, Y.; Chen, W.; Yu, W.*; Li, L.* Microstructural Origin of the Double Yield Points of the Metallocene Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (mLLDPE) Precursor Film under Uniaxial Tensile Deformation. Polymers 2021, 13, 126.

[3] Yu, W.*Translocation of Heterogeneous Flexible Polymers Assisted by Binding Particles. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 784-790.

[4] Yu, W.#; Liu, Y.#; Chen, Y; Jiang, Y.*; Chen, J. Z. Y.* Generating the conformational properties of a polymer by the restricted Boltzmann machine. J. Chem. Phys.2019, 151(3), 031101.

[5] Wang, J.; Zhang, D.; Xia, B.; Yu, W.* Spatial heterogeneity can facilitate the target search of self-propelled particles. Soft Matter 2017, 13(4), 758-764.

[6] Wang, J.; Chen, Y.; Yu, W.*; Luo, K. Target search kinetics of self-propelled particles in a confining domain. J. Chem. Phys. 2016, 144(20), 204702.

[7] Ma, Y.; Chen, Y.; Yu, W.*; Luo, K. How nonspecifically DNA-binding proteins search for the target in crowded environments. J. Chem. Phys. 2016, 144(12), 125102.

[8] Zhou, L.; Yu, W.*; Chen, Y.*; Luo, K. Ejection Dynamics of Semiflexible Polymers out of a Nanochannel. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2016, 34, 1196-1207.

[9] Zhao, X.; Yu, W.*; Luo, K.* Surface-adsorption-induced polymer translocation through a nanopore: Effects of the adsorption strength and the surface corrugation. Phys. Rev. E 2015, 92(2), 022603.

[10] Yu, W.; Luo, K.* Effects of the internal friction and the solvent quality on the dynamics of a polymer chain closure. J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142(12), 124901.

[11] Yu, W.; Luo, K.* Loop formation and stability of self-avoiding polymer chains. Sci. China. Chem. 2015, 58(4): 689-693.

[12] Yu, W.; Luo, K.* Polymer translocation through a nanopore driven by binding particles: Influence of chain rigidity. Phys. Rev. E 2014, 90(4), 042708.

[13] Yu, W.; Ma, Y.; Luo, K.* Translocation of stiff polymers through a nanopore driven by binding particles. J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 137(24), 244905.

[14] Yu, W.; Luo, K.* Chaperone-Assisted Translocation of a Polymer through a Nanopore. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133(34), 13565-13570.