Dr Wenhui Song

Education

• BSc (Eng) & MSc (Eng), Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), China
• PhD, University of Cambridge, UK

Previous Positions

• Assistant Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• Research Associate, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK
  

Research Interests

Processing and Applications of nanomaterials,  polymers and composites:

• Carbon nanotubes,   nanocomposites and applications
• Conducting polymers, liquid crystalline polymers and multi-functions
• Biopolymers, composites  and biomedical applications  

Fundamental understandings  of  assembly/self-assembly of nanomaterials and polymeric materials:

• Liquid crystallinity of polymers and nanoparticles
• Self-assembly of block-copolymers
• Surface and interface of nanostructured polymers and composites

Teaching

Materials in Mechanical Engineering, involved in:

• Level 2 and Level 3: Materials, Manufacturing, Composites and Composite Mechanics in Aerospace Applications.
• MSc: Materials in Motorsports

Awards

• The “Best Use of Materials in Science & Engineering” Prize in the Materials KTN Annual Event Poster Competition, London, UK 22nd April 2010
• “Outstanding Poster Presentation, Runner-Up", 1^st Bio-Sensing Technology Conference, Bristol, Nov. 2009.
• The Second Prize for an oral presentation at the 15th Annual Conference,the Society of Chemical Industry, Chinese UK Section, Oct 2008. S. Akrogyram, PhD student, W. Song, supervisor.
• First Prize for Poster at Annual Conference, SCI Chinese UK Section, Milton Keynes, UK, Sept. 2000
• Skinner Prize for the Best Poster Presentation at Faraday Discussion 112 in Physics and Chemistry in Mesoscopic Regime, Royal Society of Chemistry, Chester, UK, Apr. 1999
• Overseas Research Students (ORS) Award and Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship, 1997
• The First Prize for Journal Paper at the Annual Congress of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), 1996
• Young Chemist Prizes at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, 1994, 1995 and 1996    

Publications

Journal Papers

(2013) Wang, N., Burugapalli, K., Song, W., Halls, JAT., Moussy, F., Ray, A. and Zheng, Y., Electrospun fibro-porous polyurethane coatings for implantable glucose biosensors, Biomaterials 34 (4) : 888- 901

(2013) Wang, N., Burugapalli, K., Song, W., Halls, J., Moussy, F., Zheng, Y., Ma, Y., Wu, Z. and Li, K., Tailored fibro-porous structure of electrospun polyurethane membranes, their size-dependent properties and trans-membrane glucose diffusion, Journal of Membrane Science 247 207- 217

(2010) Ma, Y., Zheng, Y., Huang, X., Xi, T., Lin, X., Han, D. and Song, W., Mineralization behavior and interface properties of BG-PVA/bone composite implants in simulated body fluid, Biomedical Materials 5 (2) : -

(2010) Zhu, Z., Song, W., Burugapalli, K., Moussy, F., Li, YL. and Zhong, XH., Nano-yarn carbon nanotube fiber based enzymatic glucose biosensor, Nanotechnology 21 (16) : 165501-

(2009) Aplin, KL., Kent, BJ., Song, W. and Castelli, C., Field emission performance of multiwalled carbon nanotubes for a low-power spacecraft neutraliser, Acta Astronautica 64 (9-10) : 875- 881

(2009) Zhang, X. and Song, W., Electrochemical preparation and electrochemical behavior of polypyrrole/carbon nanotube composite films, Frontiers of Materials Science in China (FMCS) 3 (2) : 194- 200

(2008) Song, W. and Windle, AH., Size-dependence and elasticity of liquid-crystalline multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Advanced Materials 20 (16) : 3149- 3154

(2007) Zhang, X. and Song, W., Potential controlled electrochemical assembly of chiral polyaniline with enhanced stereochemical selectivity, Polymer 48 (19) : 5473- 5479

(2007) Zhang, X., Song, W., Harris, PJ. and Mitchell, GR., Electrodeposition of chiral polymer-carbon nanotube composite films, ChemPhysChem 8 (12) : 1766- 1769

(2007) Zhang, X., Song, W., Harris, PJF., Mitchell, GR., Bui, TTT. and Drake, AF., Chiral polymer-carbon-nanotube composite nanofibers, Advanced Materials 19 (8) : 1079- 1083

(2006) Zhang, X., Zhang, J., Song, W. and Liu, Z., Controllable synthesis of conducting polypyrrole nanostructures, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110 (3) : 1158- 1165

(2005) Song, W. and Windle, AH., Isotropic-nematic phase transition of dispersions of multiwall carbon nanotubes, Macromolecules 38 (14) : 6181- 6188

(2005) Song, W., Tu, H., Goldbeck-Wood, G. and Windle, AH., Effect of the elastic anisotropy on disclination interaction of nematic polymers, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 (41) : 19234- 19241

(2003) Song, W., Kinloch, IA. and Windle, AH., Nematic liquid crystallinity of multiwall carbon nanotubes, Science 302 (5649) : 1363-