University of Massachusetts Amherst

Polymer Science and Engineering

Chang Xu


Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

E-mail: cxu@polysci.umass.edu

Phone: 413-577-1522

Office: Conte A522

Education

  • Ph. D.           City University of New York                                                 2005
  • B. S.             University of Science and Technology of China                      1996

 

Research Interests

Surface-initiated polymerization, Microfluidics, Combinatorial Methods, Nanomaterials, Microbial fuel cells

 

Publications

  1. C. Xu, K. L. Beers “Surface Patterning Using Microchannel-Confined Surface Transformation” Submitted to Langmuir.
  2. C. Xu, R. L. Jones, J. D. Batteas "Tribological Behavior of Self Assembled Monolayers on Nanoasperities Probed by Atomic Force Microscopy" Submitted to Scanning.
  3. D. L. Patton, K. A. Page, C. Xu, K. L. Genson, M. J. Fasolka, K. L. Beers “Measurement of Reactivity Ratios in Surface-Initiated Radical Copolymerization” Macromolecules 2007, 40, 6017-6020.
  4. C. M. Mahoney, A. J. Fahey, G. Gillen, C. Xu, J. B. Batteas “Temperature-Controlled Depth Profiling of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Using Cluster Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. 2. Investigation of Sputter-Induced Topography, Chemical Damage, and Depolymerization Effects” Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 837-845.
  5. C. Xu, S. E. Barnes, T. Wu, D. A. Fischer, D. M. DeLongchamp, J. D. Batteas, K. L. Beers “Generation of Solution and Surface Gradients via Microfluidic Confinement: Fabrication of a Statistical Copolymer Composition Gradient” Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 1427-1430.
  6. J. C. Garno, C. Xu, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain, “Designing Supramolecular Porphyrin Arrays for Surface Assembly and Patterning of Optoelectronic Materials” ACS Symposium Series 928, 168-183, Washington, DC 2006.
  7. C. Xu, T. Wu, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain, K. L. Beers “Effect of Block Length on Solvent Response of Block Copolymer Brushes: Combinatorial Study with Block Copolymer Brush Gradients” Macromolecules 2006, 39, 3359-3364.
  8. Y. Mei, J. T. Elliott, J. R. Smith, K. J. Langenbach, T. Wu, C. Xu, K. L. Beers, E. J. Amis, L. Henderson “Gradient Substrate Assembly for Quantifying Cellular Response to Biomaterials” J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 2006, 79A, 974-988.
  9. C. M. Mahoney, A. J. Fahey, G. Gillen, C. Xu, J. D. Batteas “Temperature-Controlled Depth Profiling in Polymeric Materials Using Cluster Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)” Appl. Surf. Sci. 2006, 19, 6502-6505.
  10. C. Xu, T. Wu, C. M. Drain, J. D. Batteas, K. L. Beers “Surface-Grafted Block Copolymer Gradients: Effect of Block Length on Solvent Response” Appl. Surf. Sci. 2006, 252, 2529-2534.
  11. Y. Mei, T. Wu, C. Xu, K. Langenbach, J. Elliot, K. L. Beers, E. J. Amis, N. R. Washburn “Controlling Cell Adhesion on Fine-Tunable Gradient Polymer Surfaces” Langmuir 2005, 24, 12309-12314.
  12. C. Xu, T. Wu, Y. Mei, C. M. Drain, J. D. Batteas, K. L. Beers “Synthesis and Characterization of Tapered Copolymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Copolymerization” Langmuir 2005, 24, 11136-11140.
  13. T. Wu, Y. Mei, C. Xu, H. C. M. Byrd, K. L. Beers “Block Copolymer PEO-b-PHPMA Synthesis Using Controlled Radical Polymerization on a Chip” Macro. Rapid. Comm. 2005, 26, 1037-1042.
  14. C. Xu, T. Wu, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain, K. L. Beers “Microchannel Confined Surface-Initiated Polymerization” Macromolecules 2005, 38, 6-8.
  15. SQ Zhou, C. Xu, J. Wang, P. Golas, J. Batteas, L. Kreeger “Phase Behavior of Cationic Hydroxyethyl Cellulose-Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Mixtures: Effects of Molecular Weight and Ethylene Oxide Side Chain Length of Polymers” Langmuir 2004, 20, 8484-8489.
  16. SQ Zhou, C. Xu, J. Wang, W. Gao, R, Akhverdiyeva, V. Shah, R. Gross “Supramolecular Assemblies of a Naturally Derived Sophorolipid” Langmuir 2004, 20, 7926-7932.
  17. T. Wu, Y. Mei, J. T. Cabral, C. Xu, K. L. Beers “A New Synthetic Method for Controlled Polymerization Using a Microfluidic System” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9880 – 9881.
  18. X. Gong, T. Milic, C. Xu, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain “Preparation and Characterization of Porphyrin Nanoparticles” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 14290-14291.
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