Associate Professor Pengwu Xu

Associate Professor

Phone: +15261592027

Email:pengwuxu@jiangnan.edu.cn

Biography:

Sep 2009-Jul 2013Bachelor of Polymer Material and Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University

Sep 2013- Jul 2015Master study in Material Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University

Sep 2015-Dec 2019PhD study in Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University

Since Jan 2020Associate Professor in Jiangnan University

Research Interest

Polymer composites, Processing, Crystallization, Interfacial modification

Key Publications:

1.P Xu,W Yang, D Niu, M Yu, M Du, W Dong, M Chen, P Lemstra, P Ma.Multifunctional and robust polyhydroxyalkanoate nanocomposites with superior gas barrier, heat resistant and inherent antibacterial performances.Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 382: 122864.

2.P Xu, X Zhao, P Ma, M Chen, W Dong, M Hoch, P J Lemstra.Design of nano-starch-reinforced ethyl-co-vinyl acetate elastomers by simultaneously constructing interfacial bonding and novel reversible matrix crosslinking.Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 346: 497-505.

3.P Xu, P Lv, B Wu, P Ma, W Dong, M Chen, M Du, W Ming.Smart design of rapid crystallizing and nonleaching antibacterial poly (lactide) nanocomposites by sustainable aminolysis grafting and in situinterfacial stereocomplexation.ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6: 13367-13377.

4.P Xu, Q Zeng, Y Cao, P Ma, W Dong, M Chen. Modification on polyhydroxyalkanoates/starch blend by grafting in-situ.Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 174: 716-722.

5.P Xu, W Yang, D Niu, M Yu, M Du, W Dong, M Chen, P Ma.Rheology-determined critical conditions for shear-induced crystallization of biosynthesized polyhydroxyalkanoates.International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,2019.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.09.256

6.P Xu, Y Feng, P Ma, Y Chen, W Dong, M Chen. Crystallization behaviours of bacterially synthesized poly (hydroxyalkanoate) s in the presence of oxalamide compounds with different configurations.International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,2017, 104: 624-630.

7.P Xu, Y Cao, P Lv, P Ma, W Dong, H Bai, W Wang, M Du, M Chen.Enhanced crystallization kinetics of bacterially synthesized poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanate) with structural optimization of oxalamide compounds as nucleators.Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2018, 154: 170-176.

8.P Xu, P Ma, M Hoch, E Arnoldi, X Cai, W Dong, M Chen.Transparent blown films from poly (lactide) and poly (ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) compounds: structure and property.Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2016, 129: 328-337.

9.P Xu, X Zhao, D Niu, M Hoch, P Ma, W Dong, M Chen, Y Deshmukh.Superior reinforcement of ethyl-co-vinyl acetate rubber composites by using nano-sized starch filler: the role of particle size and reactive compatibilization.European Polymer Journal, 2018, 105: 107-114.

10.P Xu, P Ma, X Cai, S Song, Y Zhang, W Dong, M Chen. Selectively cross-linked poly (lactide)/ethylene-glycidyl methacrylate-vinyl acetate thermoplastic elastomers with partial dual-continuous network-like structures and shape memory performances.European Polymer Journal,2016, 84: 1-12.