Experience:
Dr. David Wang has over 15 years of experience in the areas of synthesis and characterization of high performance polymers and multiple-step monomer synthesis. He also has four years of experience in the area of surface functionalization of nanomaterials (nanotubes, nanofibers and nanodiamonds) and polymer nanocomposites. He has extensive analytical experience in the areas of NMR, FTIR, GPC, GC, UV-Vis, DSC, TGA, GC-MS, HPLC, SEM and X-Ray. His other experience includes separation and purification technology and structural determination including distillation, recrystallization, thin layer chromatography and column chromatography. He is an author on over 20 publications.
David is currently working on a variety of projects including synthesis of hyperbranched polymers with thermal reactive groups as high performance process aids and toughening agents, surface modification of carbon nanofibers, nanotubes and nanodiamonds, synthesis and characterization of polymer nanocomposites.
Education:
Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry, University of Akron, 1999
M.S., Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China, 1993
B.S., Chemistry, Nankai University, China, 1990
Professional Affiliations:
American Chemical Society
Selected Publications:
Wang, D.H.; Arlen, M.J.; Baek, J.B.; Vaia, R. A.; Tan, L.-S. “Nanocomposites Derived from a Low-Color Aromatic Polyimide (CP2) and Amine-Functionalized Vapor-Grown Carbon Nanofibers: In Situ Polymerization and Characterization.” Macromolecules 2007, 40, 6100.
Justice, R.S.; Wang, D.H.; Tan, L.-S.; Schaefer, D.W. “Simplified tube form factor for analysis of small-angle scattering data from carbon nanotube filled systems” J. Appl. Cryst. 2007 40(S1), s88.
Choi, J.Y.; Oh, S.-J.; Lee, H.-J.; Wang, D.H.; Tan, L.-S.; Baek, J.B. “In-Situ Grafting of Hyperbranched Polyetherketones onto Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes via A3 + B2 Approach” Macromolecules 2007, 40, 4474.
Wang, D.H.; Shen, Z.; Cheng, S.Z.D.; Harris, F.W. “Synthesis of Stretchable Polyetherimides Containing Multiple Alkyl Side Chains” Polymer 2007, 48, 2572.
Wang, D.H.; Shen, Z.; Guo, M.; Cheng, S.Z.D.; Harris, F.W. “Synthesis and Properties of Polyimides Containing Multiple Alkyl Side Chains” Macromolecules 2007, 40, 889.
Wang, D.H.; Baek, J.B.; Tan, L.-S. “Grafting of vapor-grown carbon nanofibers (VGCNF) with a hyperbranched poly(ether-ketone)” Materials Science & Engineering: B 2006, 132, 103.
Wang, D.H.; Baek, J.B.; Nishino, S.F.; Spain, J.C.; Tan, L.-S. “Thermally reactive phenylethynyl-terminated bis(benzylester) and bis(amide) monomers based on semi-enzymatically produced 6-phenylethynyl picolinic acid” Polymer 2006, 47, 1197.
Oh, S.-J.; Lee, H.-J.; Keum, D.-K.; Lee, S.-W.; Wang, D.H.; Park, S.-Y.; Tan, L.-S.; Baek, J.B. “Multiwalled carbon nanotubes and nanofibers grafted with polyetherketones in mild and viscous polymeric acid” Polymer 2006, 47, 1132.