Research Papers & Books

2025

1) B Narayan, Q Wang, J Roscow, C Wan, C Bowen, New pyroelectric figures of merit for harvesting dynamic temperature fluctuations, J Mater Chem A, 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D5TA00704F 

2) Xinyan Yue, Chaoying Wan, Teng Ren, Zonglin Peng, Shifeng Wang, Thermo-oxidative degradation behavior of vulcanized butadiene rubber under thermal recycling conditions, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2025, 232, 111108 

2024

1)    X Liang, C Yuan, C Wan, X Gao, C Bowen, M Pan, Soft Self‐Healing Robot Driven by New Micro Two‐Way Shape Memory Alloy Spring, Advanced Science, 2024, 11 (2), 2305163

2) Q Wang, Z Li, C Bowen, C Courtney, M Pan, Q Xu, W Chen, S Fieldhouse, C Wan, Enhanced buoyancy and propulsion in 3D printed swimming micro-robots based on a hydrophobic nano-fibrillated cellulose aerogel and porous lead-free piezoelectric ceramics, Nano Energy, 2024, 131, 110254

3)    N Buatip, M Dhanunjaya, P Amonpattaratkit, P Pakawanit, X Hu, W Jongpinit, P Janphuang, C Wan, S Pojprapai, Piezo-Tribo-electric Nanogenerator Based on BCZT/MCNTs/PDMS Piezoelectric Composite for Compressive Energy Harvesting, Materials Research Bulletin, 2024, 10.1016/j.materresbull.2024.112686

4)     T Ren; C Wan; P Song; D Rodrigue; Y Zhang; S Wang, Thermo-oxidative degradation behavior of natural rubber vulcanized by different curing systems, Chemical Engineering Science, 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2024.120147

5)  T Ren, C Wan, P Song, Y Xinyan, S Wang, Efficient degradation of vulcanized natural rubber into liquid rubber by catalytic oxidation, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2024, 225, 110822

6) X Yue, C Wan, T Ren, Z Peng, S Wang, Degradation evolution of vulcanized butadiene rubber modulated by diffusion-limited oxidation, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2024.111108

7) T Pickford, E Heeley, C Wan, High ferroelectric performance of poly (vinylidene difluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) - based membranes enabled by electrospinning and multilayer lamination, Polymer, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2024.127627

2023

1)     Xiang Huang; Shengluo Ma; Yunwen Wu; Chaoying Wan; C. Y. Zhao; Hong Wang; Shenghong Ju, High-throughput screening of amorphous polymers with high intrinsic thermal conductivity via automated physical feature engineering, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3TA03370H

2)     T Xia, A Weymess, R Salehiyan, E Heeley, X Hu, F Tang, Y Sun, D Hughes, T McNally, C Wan, An effective and fast-screening route to evaluate dynamic elastomer-filler network reversibility for sustainable rubber composite design, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023, 11, 50, 17857–17869

3)     X.R. Liang, C.G. Yuan, C. Wan, X.L. Gao, C. Bowen, M. Pan, Soft self-healing robot driven by micro two-way shape memory alloy spring, Advanced Science, 2023, 2305163.

4)     E Helley, J Smith, C Wan, S Huband, E Brambley, D Hugh, Revisiting stress-oscillation in cold drawing of poly(ethylene terephthalate), Polymer, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126364

5)     A Little, C Wan, Synthesis and Characterization of High Glycolic Acid Content Poly(glycolic acid-co-butylene adipate-co-butylene terephthalate) and Poly(glycolic acid-co-butylene succinate) copolymers with improved elasticity, ACS Omega, 2023

6)     K Bui, GTM Nguyen, C Vancaeyzeele, F Vidal, X Hu, C Wan, C Plesse, Stretchable, healable, and weldable vitrimer ionogel for ionotronic applications, Chem Eng J, 2023, 145533

7)     Xiang Huang, Shengluo Ma, Yunwen Wu, Chaoying Wan, C. Y. Zhao, Hong Wang, and Shenghong Ju, Informatics Algorithm-Assisted Exploration of High Intrinsic Thermal Conductive Polymers Using Automated Physical Feature Engineering and Symbolic Regression, J Mater Chem A, 2023, 11, 20539-20548

8) MJ Jolley, TS Pathan, A Wemyss, I Prokes, S Moharana, C Wan, MJ Loveridge, Development and Application of a Polyacrylic Acid-grafted Styrene-butadiene rubber as a Binder System for Silicon-Graphite Anodes in Li-ion Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023, 6 (1), 496-507 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c03489

9)     S Gerassimidou, G YF Diaz, OV Martin, C Wan, D Komilise, E Iacovidou, Systematic evidence mapping to assess the sustainability of bioplastics derived from food waste: Do we know enough? Sustainability, 2023, 15(1), 611 https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010611 

2022

1) P Rajagopalan, M Muthu, J Luo, X Wang, C Wan*. Electro-adhesion technology: theory, material design, device fabrication, and intelligent robotics applications, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 202k2, https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200064 

2)     P K Samantaray, C Ellingford, S Farris, D O’Sullivan, B Tan, Z Sun, T McNally, C Wan*, Electron Beam Mediated Crosslinking of Blown Film Extruded Biodegradable PGA/PBAT Blends towards High Toughness and Low Oxygen Permeation, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10, 3, 1267-1276 

3) AM Wemyss, A Marathianos, EL Heeley, J Ekeocha, Y Morishita, R Ronza, MM Bernal, DM Haddleton, C Wan*, Oligomeric curing activators enable conventional sulfur-vulcanized tire tread rubbers to self-heal, ACS Appl Polym Mater, 2022, 4, 7868-7877

4)     H Fu, H Xu, Y Liu, J Sun, J Zhuang, X Gao, T McNally, D Wu, Y Huang, C Wan*. A continuous spatial confining process towards high electrical conductivity of elastomer composites with a low percolation threshold, Composites Science and Technology, 2022, 218, 109155 

5) Y Tian, J Liu, W Wu, X Liang, M Pand C Bowen, Y Jiang, J Sun, T McNally, D Wu, Y Huang, C Wan*, Peano-hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuators based on a novel bilayer polymer shell for enhanced strain, load and rotary motion, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022, 2100239, https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202100239 

6) A Smith, L Figiel, C Wan, T McNally, Isocyanate-functionalised Graphene Oxide and Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nacre-Mimetic Freestanding Films, Nanoscale Advances, 2022, 4, 49-57 

7)     L Ma, YH Zhai, C Wan, Z Zhang, C Zhang, S Wang, Efficient thermo-oxidative reclamation of green tire rubber and silanized-silica/rubber interface characterization, Polymer Degradation Stability, 2022, 196, 109827, doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2022.109827  

8)     X Hu, R Zhang, AM Wemyss, X Bao, X Yu, C Wan*, Damping and Electromechanical Behavior of Ionic-Modified Brominated Poly(isobutylene-co-isoprene) Rubber Containing Petroleum Resin C5, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2022, 61 (8), 3063-3074  

9)     X Hu, AM Wemyss, X Bao, X Yu, C Wan*, Tuning triboelectric and energy harvesting properties of dielectric elastomers via dynamic ionic crosslinks, Materials Advances, 2022, 3, 4213 – 4226

10)  C Rovera,S Luti, L Pazzagli, EL. Heeley, C Wan*, D Romano, S Farris, Enzymatic hydrolysis of bacterial cellulose in the presence of a non-catalytic cerato-platanin protein, J Appl Polym Sci, 2022,139(14), 51886, https://doi.org/10.1002/app.51886 

11)  VK Bui, AM Wemyss, R Zhang, TMG Nguyen, C Vancaeyzeele, F Vidal, C Plesse, C Wan*, Natural rubber-based dielectric elastomer vitrimer responsive to low voltage, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2022, 61, 8871–8880