Electrohydrodynamic Atomization Research Team
Overview
Electrohydrodynamic Atomization Team has five members presently. The research interestsinclude electrohydrodynamic atomization (electrospinning, Electrospraying and e-jet printing), biomaterials, food chemistry, advanced drug delivery systems, and environmental friendly materials. The group has developed a series of new electrospinning processes for creating nanostructures from multiple working fluids.
Team leader
Professor Deng-Guang Yu, Dean of Material Formation and Control Engineering Speciality
Members
Associate Professor Xiaoyan Li
Lecture Ke Wang
Lecture Yaoyao Yang
Lecture Yanan Liu
Research Fields
Electrohydrodynamic atomization methods
Nanomaterials
Drug delivery
Polymer engineering
Environmental protection
Polymernanocomposites
Metal based-composites
Biomaterials, electromagnetic interference shielding materials, thermal insulation materials, and water treatment materials.
Functionalnanocomposites(nanofibers, nanoparticles, etc.) for nanomedicine, catalysis, and environmentalapplications.
Important research and development projects
Basic research center for nanonetwork based foldable electrode fabrication Organization supporting research fund: National research foundation of Korea
Research fund NO. 2014R1A4A1008140, 2015-2017.
Mass production technology of bi-component nanofibers by centrifugal-electrospinning system Organization supporting research fund: Commercialization promotion agency for R&D outcomes Research fund NO. 2016K000206, 2016-2017.Total research fund: 120,000,000 won
Manipulation on individual steps in combustion of IFR/SEBS using functionalized montmorillonite and investigation on its mechanism, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015-2017
Program of Shanghai Pujiang Program (2018-2020).
Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Young Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning (2019-2022).
Study on the mechanism of triaxial electrospinning of fiber-particle composite structure and its key mechanism of drug release release, The National Science Foundation of China (No. 51803121) (2019.1 to 2021.12).
Joint project of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology withCaritas Institute of Higher Education(Hongkong) (No.190326775, 2019.01-2022.12).
Joint project of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology with Queen's University Belfast (UK) (2017.01-2018.12)
The National Science Foundation of China (No. 51373101) (2014.1 to 2017.12).
The China NSFC/UK Royal Society Cost Share International Exchanges Scheme (No. 51411130128/IE131748) (2014.4 to 2016.3).
The Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (No. 13ZR1428900).
The Key Project of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No. 13ZZ113).
The relationship between the rheological characteristics of liquid binders and their printability in three-dimensional printing systems.ChinesePostdoctoral Science Foundation, NO. 20080440565.
Improvement effects of electrospun drug-loaded nanofiber membranes on the potencies of poorly water soluble drugs. ChinesePostdoctoral Science Foundation, NO. 200902195.
Improving pharmaco-technical properties of medicated fibers aimed for preparing transdermal drug delivery systems.Ministry of Education of P.R. China.No.B07024.
Researches on preparation of medicated composite fibers and the drug controlled-release mechanisms. Shanghai Commission of Science and Technology.No: 08JC1400600.
Research and development of medicated textiles, UK-CHINA Joint Laboratory for Therapeutic Textiles and Biomedical Textile Materials, London Metropolitan University -Donghua University.
Development ofInsulin Buccal Spray from micro-emulsions.State Development Planning Commission of China.No:2003BA310A27.
Important papers and publications
Highly flexible, erosion resistant and nitrogen doped hollow SiC fibrous mats for high temperature thermal insulators. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 2664-2672.
One-step synthesis of robust nitrogen-doped carbon dots: acid-evoked fluorescence enhancement and their application for Fe3+detection. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 17747-17754.
Ultrafine fibrils formation of optical transparent Polyacrylonitrile/polyacrylic acid nanofibers by Electrospinning at high relative humidity. Composites Science and Technology, 2015, 117, 404-409.
Fabrication and durable antibacterial properties of electrospun chitosan nanofibers with silver nanoparticles. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2015, 79, 638-643.
Composites of nanoporous gold and polymer. Advanced Materials, 25(2013), 1280-1284
Local flow stresses in interpenetrating-phase composites based on nanoporous gold-in situ diffraction. Scripta Materialia, 127(2017), 151-155.
A nanoporous gold-polypyrrole hybrid nanomaterial for actuation. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 248(2017), 622-629.
Electrospun hydrophilic Janus nanocomposites for the rapid onset of therapeutic action of helicid. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(2018), 2859-2867.
Electrosprayed hydrophilic nanocomposites coated with shellac for colon-specific delayed drug delivery. Materials & Design, 143(2018), 248-255.
Fluorinated Nanosilica Size Effect on Hierarchical Structure and Superhydrophobic Properties of the Epoxy Nanocomposite Film. ACS Appl Polym Mater, 2020, 2:418-426.
Corrosion Resistance of Stretchable Electrospun SEBS/PANi Micro-Nano Fiber Membrane. Eur Polym J, 2020,123:1-9.
Durable superamphiphobic nano-silica/epoxy composite coating via coaxial electrospraying method. Appl Surf Sci, 2018,436: 283–292.
Tunable drug release from nanofibers coated with blank cellulose acetate layers fabricated using tri-axial electrospinning,Carbohydrate Polymers 203(2019) 228-237.
Meletin sustained-release gliadin nanoparticles prepared via solvent surface modification on blending electrospraying,Applied Surface Science 434(2018) 1040-1047.
Colon-specific pulsatile drug release provided by electrospun shellac nanocoating on hydrophilic amorphous composites,International Journal of Nanomedicine 13(2018) 2395-2404.
Nanofibersfabricatedusingtriaxialelectrospinning aszeroorderdrugdeliverysystems. ACSAppliedMaterials &Interfaces, 2015,7(33):18891-18897. (Cited times: 155 ) DOI：10.1021/acsami.5b06007
Electrospun pH-sensitive core-shell polymer nanocomposites fabricated using a tri-axial processes. Acta Biomaterialia, 2016, 35(15): 77-86. (Cited times: 117) DOI：10.1016/j.actbio.2016.02.029
High-quality Janus nanofibers prepared using three-fluid electrospinning. Chemical Communications, 2017, 53 (33), 4542 - 4545. (Cited times: 98) DOI：10.1039/C7CC01661A
Electrospun hypromellose-based hydrophilic composites for rapid dissolution of poorly water-soluble drug. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 174: 617-625. (Cited times: 108) DOI：10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.06.075
Electrospun hydrophilic Janus nanocomposites for the rapid onset of therapeutic action of helicid. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10(3): 2859-2867. (Cited times: 60) DOI：10.1021/acsami.7b17663
Electrospun amorphous solid dispersions of poorly water-soluble drugs: A review. Journal of Controlled Release, 2018, 292, 91-110. (Cited times: 80) DOI：10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.08.016
Tunable drug release from nanofibers coated with blank cellulose acetate layers fabricated using tri-axial electrospinning. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2019, 203, 228-237. (Cited times: 52) DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.09.061
Important patents and proprietary rights
Electrospun nanofibers with radial drug isolation and its preparation, China Patent, ZL201710010388.7, 2019
Method of manufacturing nanofiber membranes with excellent transparency and flexibility. KR101524638B1, 2013.
Method of manufacturing chitosan/poly(vinyl achol) hybrid nanofibers with insolubility by water. KR101362286B1, 2013.
Method of manufacturing high transparent polyester nanofibers sheet. KR101816735B1, 2016.
Method of manufacturing nitrogen-doped carbon dots. KR101663748B1, 2015.
Method and device for preparing vertical aligned carbon nanotube/polyaniline composite film, China Patent, ZL 2014 1 0581837. X, 2017
A capillary parallel spinning head, spinning device and spinning method with uniform distribution in the outer Garden, China Patent, ZLZL201611004751, 2018
Microfluidic control nozzle, spinning device and spinning method of multi-stage eccentric casing, China Patent, ZL201611122984, 2018
A microfluidic control nozzle, spinning device and spinning method with the same core and parallel sheath,China Patent, ZL201611122996, 2019
A method of electrospun coating inorganic functional particles on nanofiber membrane, China Patent, ZL201611014806.1, 2019
Electrospun nanofibers with radial drug isolation and its preparation, China Patent, ZL201710010388.7, 2019
Activities in professional associations
2019-Now: Editor-in-chief of Materials Highlights
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