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Dr Chin Ken Wong

Dr Chin Ken Wong

Adjunct Lecturer

PhD, Chemistry(UNSW) 2018

Science
School of Chemistry

I am a currently a postdoc in the School of Chemistry at UNSW Sydney. Prior to this appointment, I held an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2019-2020) at the University of Münster in Germany.

My research interests lie in innovating methods to self-assemble block copolymers into complex nanostructures. Some self-assembly concepts/topics that I specialise in include (i) polymersomes (polymer vesicles) shape transformation, (i) hierarchical self-assembly from the nm-to-µm length scale, (iii) inverted solution polymer morphologies such as cubosomes and hexosomes, and (iv)scalable manufacturing of polymer nanoparticles.

In addition to block copolymer self-assembly, I have extensive experience in soft matter electron microscopy (cryo-TEM, cryo-ET, 3D reconstructions, selective polymer staining) and a personal fascination in topological defects.

I am open to collaborations and peer review requests in any of the area of studies listed above.

Below are some of my recent selected publications (in no particular order):

  • ´DzԲ*et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2020, 142, 10989–10995
    • Paper on the discovery of topological defects in polymer hexosomes - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.0c02009
  • Wong et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 7335 –7340
    • Paper describing a methodology to encapsulate molecules into two separate compartments which are only tens of nanometres apart -https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.201901880
  • ´DzԲ*et al.Chem. Soc. Rev.2019,48, 4019-4035
    • Tutorial review on non-spherical polymersomes - https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/CS/C8CS00856F
  • Wong et al. Prog. Polym. Sci. 2020, 102, 101211
    • Review on making internally ordered microparticles from block copolymers -https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079670020300046
  • Qiang, Wong* et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021,60, 21668-21672
    • Paper describing a method to produce size-controlled janus polymer discs -https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202105235

Location
SEB level 7
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Wong CK; Lai RY; Thordarson P, 2023, 'Polymersomes: Fundamentals and Shape Transformation Methods', in Supramolecular Nanotechnology: Advanced Design of Self-Assembled Functional Materials: Volumes 1-3, pp. 1027 - 1054,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Chen C; Ken Wong C; Chen H; Janoszka N; Quintieri G; Gröschel AH, 2024, 'Cascade Catalysts Based on Colloidal Engineering', CCS Chemistry, 6, pp. 2150 - 2161,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Lai RY; Wong CK; Stenzel MH, 2024, 'Streamlined Formation and Manipulation of Charged Polymersomes', Small,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Lovegrove JT; Humphreys BA; Wong CK; de Campo L; Wang A; Garvey CJ; Stenzel MH, 2024, 'Correction to Assembly of Multicompartment Glycopolymer Worms in Aqueous Solution', Macromolecules, 57, pp. 3873 - 3873,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Wong CK; Lai RY; Stenzel MH, 2024, 'Polymersomes with micellar patches', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 671, pp. 449 - 456,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Chen C; Wong CK; Gröschel AH, 2023, 'Mixtures of Acid- and Base-Functionalized Microparticles for One-Pot Cascade Reaction', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 44,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lovegrove JT; Humphreys BA; Wong CK; de Campo L; Wang A; Garvey CJ; Stenzel MH, 2023, 'Assembly of Multicompartment Glycopolymer Worms in Aqueous Solution', Macromolecules, 56, pp. 3195 - 3203,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wong CK; Lai RY; Stenzel MH, 2023, 'Dynamic metastable polymersomes enable continuous flow manufacturing', Nature Communications, 14, pp. 6237,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Ganda S; Wong CK; Biazik J; Raveendran R; Zhang L; Chen F; Ariotti N; Stenzel MH, 2022, 'Macrophage-Targeting and Complete Lysosomal Degradation of Self-assembled Two-Dimensional Poly(ϵ-caprolactone) Platelet Particles', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, pp. 35333 - 35343,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chen C; Janoszka N; Wong CK; Gramse C; Weberskirch R; Gröschel AH, 2021, 'Scalable and Recyclable All-Organic Colloidal Cascade Catalysts', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60, pp. 237 - 241,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chen C; Janoszka N; Wong CK; Gramse C; Weberskirch R; Gröschel AH, 2021, 'Skalierbare und wiederverwertbare organische Kolloide als Kaskadenkatalysatoren', Angewandte Chemie, 133, pp. 240 - 245,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ganda S; Wong CK; Stenzel MH, 2021, 'Corona-Loading Strategies for Crystalline Particles Made by Living Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly', Macromolecules, 54, pp. 6662 - 6669,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Qiang X; Franzka S; Quintieri G; Dai X; Wong CK; Gröschel AH, 2021, 'Size-Controlled Formation of Polymer Janus Discs', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60, pp. 21668 - 21672,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Qiang X; Franzka S; Quintieri G; Dai X; Wong CK; Gröschel AH, 2021, 'Size‐Controlled Formation of Polymer Janus Discs', Angewandte Chemie, 133, pp. 21836 - 21840,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Gröschel TI; Wong CK; Haataja JS; Dias MA; Gröschel AH, 2020, 'Direct Observation of Topological Defects in Striped Block Copolymer Discs and Polymersomes', ACS nano, 14, pp. 4829 - 4838,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Nghiem TL; Chakroun R; Janoszka N; Chen C; Klein K; Wong CK; Gröschel AH, 2020, 'pH-Controlled Hierarchical Assembly/Disassembly of Multicompartment Micelles in Water', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 41,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Tjandra KC; Forest CR; Wong CK; Alcantara S; Kelly HG; Ju Y; Stenzel MH; McCarroll JA; Kavallaris M; Caruso F; Kent SJ; Thordarson P, 2020, 'Modulating the Selectivity and Stealth Properties of Ellipsoidal Polymersomes through a Multivalent Peptide Ligand Display', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wong CK; Heidelmann M; Dulle M; Qiang X; Förster S; Stenzel MH; Gröschel AH, 2020, 'Vesicular Polymer Hexosomes Exhibit Topological Defects', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, pp. 10989 - 10995,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wong CK; Qiang X; Müller AHE; Gröschel AH, 2020, 'Self-Assembly of block copolymers into internally ordered microparticles', Progress in Polymer Science, 102,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Piloni A; Wong CK; Chen F; Lord M; Walther A; Stenzel MH, 2019, 'Surface roughness influences the protein corona formation of glycosylated nanoparticles and alter their cellular uptake', Nanoscale, 11, pp. 23259 - 23267,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wong CK; Chen F; Walther A; Stenzel MH, 2019, 'Bioactive Patchy Nanoparticles with Compartmentalized Cargoes for Simultaneous and Trackable Delivery', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 58, pp. 7335 - 7340,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wong CK; Chen F; Walther A; Stenzel MH, 2019, 'Bioactive Patchy Nanoparticles with Compartmentalized Cargoes for Simultaneous and Trackable Delivery', Angewandte Chemie, 131, pp. 7413 - 7418,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wong CK; Martin AD; Floetenmeyer M; Parton RG; Stenzel MH; Thordarson P, 2019, 'Faceted polymersomes: A sphere-to-polyhedron shape transformation', Chemical Science, 10, pp. 2725 - 2731,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wong CK; Stenzel MH; Thordarson P, 2019, 'Non-spherical polymersomes: Formation and characterization', Chemical Society Reviews, 48, pp. 4019 - 4035,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wong S; Zhao J; Cao C; Wong CK; Kuchel RP; De Luca S; Hook JM; Garvey CJ; Smith S; Ho J; Stenzel MH, 2019, 'Just add sugar forcarbohydrate induced self-assembly of curcumin', Nature Communications, 10, pp. 582,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wong CK; Mason AF; Stenzel MH; Thordarson P, 2017, 'Formation of non-spherical polymersomes driven by hydrophobic directional aromatic perylene interactions', Nature Communications, 8, pp. 1240,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Jiang Y; Wong CK; Stenzel MH, 2015, 'An Oligonucleotide Transfection Vector Based on HSA and PDMAEMA Conjugation: Effect of Polymer Molecular Weight on Cell Proliferation and on Multicellular Tumor Spheroids', Macromolecular Bioscience, 15, pp. 965 - 978,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Wong CK; Laos AJ; Soeriyadi AH; Wiedenmann J; Curmi PMG; Gooding JJ; Marquis CP; Stenzel MH; Thordarson P, 2015, 'Polymersomes Prepared from Thermoresponsive Fluorescent Protein–Polymer Bioconjugates: Capture of and Report on Drug and Protein Payloads', Angewandte Chemie, 127, pp. 5407 - 5412,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Wong CK; Laos AJ; Soeriyadi AH; Wiedenmann J; Curmi PMG; Gooding JJ; Marquis CP; Stenzel MH; Thordarson P, 2015, 'Polymersomes prepared from thermoresponsive fluorescent protein-polymer bioconjugates: Capture of and report on drug and protein payloads', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 54, pp. 5317 - 5322,
  • Preprints | 2023
    Wong CK; Lai R; Stenzel M, 2023, Dynamic Metastable Polymersomes: Towards Continuous Flow Manufacturing,

Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Duisburg-Essen and University of Münster, Germany(2019-2020)

Explore Materials Chain (EXMAC) International Postdoc Travel Grant (2018)

Australian Centre for Nanomedicine Seed Funding (2018)

Australian Centre for Nanomedicine Seed Funding (2016)

Australian Synchrotron Competitive Beamtime and Travel Funding (2016)