B.S. Chemical Engineering (1994) California Institute of Technology
M.S. Chemical Engineering Practice (1997) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2000) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanotechnology; Materials chemistry; Catalysis; Encapsulation; Water Purification; Nanomanufacturing; Nanoparticle Assembly
Email: mswong@rice.edu
Phone: 713-348-3511
Office: B241
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Michael Wong
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. Michael S. Wong is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Rice University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry. Prior to his arrival in 2001, he was a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California, Santa Barbara. He received a B.S. (1994) in Chemical Engineering from Caltech, an M.S. (1997) in Chemical Engineering Practice from MIT and a Ph.D. (2000) in Chemical Engineering from MIT, with a minor in Materials Science and Engineering.
Research Statement
My laboratory is engaged in interdisciplinary research at the interface of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science, with a focus on designing functional nanoparticle-based materials for catalytic and encapsulation/delivery applications.
To achieve synthetic control over the materials structures, we seek to develop the chemical tools necessary for nanoparticle assembly to take place, and this requires an intimate understanding of the underlying chemical and colloidal interactions that can dominate at the nanometer scale.
Treating nanoparticles as building blocks and assembling them into functional archetypal structures is a powerful concept in materials synthesis and chemical engineering, in which the dimension-dependent properties of the nanoparticles can be handled and exploited in a usable form. Emerging innovations from my laboratory center on several new types of nanostructured materials: (1) nanoparticle-supported metal oxides as next-generation catalysts; (2) hollow microcapsules that can self-assemble from nanoparticles and polymers; and (3) palladium-coated gold nanoparticles that are ~2000 times more active than palladium black for the environmental remediation of water contaminated by chlorinated compounds. We are also learning how to scale up quantum dot synthesis through a combined experimental and computational approach.
Selected Publications
V. S. Murthy, J. N. Cha, G. D. Stucky, and M. S. Wong "Charge-driven Flocculation of Poly-L-lysine - Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies Leading to Microshell Formation." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126 (2004): 5292-5299.
B. Sitharaman, S. Asokan, I. Rusakova, M. S. Wong, and L. J. Wilson "Nanoscale Aggregation Properties of Neuroprotective Carboxyfullerene (C3) in Aqueous Solution." Nano Lett., 4 (2004): 1759-1762.
V. S. Murthy, R. K. Rana, J. Yu, and M. S. Wong "Self-assembly of Inorganic Nanoparticles and Polyelectrolytes into Micron-sized Hollow Sphere Structures." PMSE Preprints, 90 (2004): 632-633.
J. A. Kloepfer, R. E. Mielke, M. S. Wong, K. H. Nealson, G. Stucky, and J. L. Nadeau "Quantum Dots as Strain- and Metabolism-Specific Microbiological Labels." Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 69 (2003): 4205-4213.
J. N. Cha, M. H. Bartl, M. S. Wong, A. Popitsch, T. J. Deming, and G. D. Stucky "Single Mode Lasing from Block Peptide Hierarchically Assembled Quantum Dot Spherical Resonators." Nano Lett., 3 (2003): 907-911.
J. N. Cha, H. Birkedal, M. H. Bartl, M. S. Wong, and G. D. Stucky "Spontaneous Formation of Nanoparticle Vesicles from Homopolymer Polyelectrolytes." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125 (2003): 8285-8289.
Presentations
"Nanotechnology and Catalysis." AIChE Texas Gulf Coast Section, Lake Jackson, TX. (December 16, 2004) With M. S. Wong.
"Tandem Self-assembly of Hierarchically Ordered Microcapsules from Nanoparticles and Polymers." Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. (December 6, 2004) With M. S. Wong.
"Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles and Polymer to Form Microcapsule Structures." First Annual Conference of the Australian Research Council Center for Functional Nanomaterials (ARC-CFN), Coffs Harbour, Australia. (December 2, 2004) With V. S. Murthy, R. K. Rana, and M. S. Wong.
"One-Pot Preparation of Non-Silicate Hybrid Hollow Microspheres via Nanoparticle Self-assembly." AIChE 2004 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. (November 12, 2004) With J. Yu, V. S. Murthy, R. K. Rana, and M. S. Wong.
"Morphosynthesis of Silica Structures by Charge-driven Assembly of Nanoparticles and Salt-bridged Polyamine Aggregates." AIChE 2004 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. (November 12, 2004) With R. K. Rana, V. S. Murthy, and M. S. Wong.
Editorial Positions
Associate Editor, Hindawi Publishing Co., (2007).
Theses
Raj Wahi, PhD in Chemistry. "Nanocrystalline Titania: Controlling Physical Properties and Photocatalytic Behavior." (2004).(Committee Member)
Zuze Mu, MS in Chemical Engineering. "Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance Properties of Water-soluble CdSe Quantum Dots for Visible-light Photocatalysis." (2004).(Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Awards
Ralph E. Power Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities. (2003).
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