Tong Weijun

Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering

 

Phone: +86 571 8795 1922
Fax: +86 571 8795 1108
Email: tongwj@zju.edu.cn
Office: Room 707, The eighth Teaching Building

Zhejiang University, Yuquan Campus
38 Zheda Road
Hangzhou, China 310027

 

Professional Activities

Member, Chinese Committee for Biomaterials

 

Education

Ph.D. – Zhejiang University, Materials Science and Engineering, 2007
[Oct.2004-Dec.2006]: Exchange Ph.D. student, Department of Interface, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.
B.S. – Zhejiang University, Polymer Science and Engineering, 2002

Working Experience

Dec.2010-Now, Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Jun.2008-Aug.2008, Visiting Scholar, Department of Interface, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.
Jul. 2007-Dec.2010, Lecturer, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

 

Awards and Honors

Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Award, First prize,2008

 

Research Interests

Functional capsules and other colloidal systems
Biomedical materials fabricated via self-assembly

 

Current Projects

  1. Fabrication and property study of microcapsules mimicking the structure and functionalities of blood cells. National Science Foundation of China.
  2. Growth Factor Delivery Systems based on Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation


 

Publication List

Selected Publications
 

  1. Weijun Tong, Yi Zhu, Zhipeng Wang, Changyou Gao, Helmuth M?hwald. Micelles-Encapsulated Microcapsules for Sequential Loading of Hydrophobic and Water-Soluble Drugs. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2010, 31, 1015-1019.
  2. Weijun Tong, Changyou Gao*. Multilayer microcapsules with tailored structures for bio-related applications, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008, 18, 3799–3812.
  3. Weijun Tong, Changyou Gao, Helmuth M?hwald. Stable weak polyelectrolyte microcapsules with pH-responsive permeability. Macromolecules 2006, 39, 335-340.
  4. Weijun Tong, Changyou Gao, Helmuth M?hwald. Single polyelectrolyte microcapsules fabricated via glutaraldehyde mediated covalent layer-by-layer assembly. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2006, 27, 2078-2083.
  5. Weijun Tong, Haiqing Song, Changyou Gao, Helmuth M?hwald. Equilibrium distribution of permeants in polyelectrolyte microcapsules filled with negatively charged polyelectrolyte: The influence of ionic strength and solvent polarity. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2006, 110, 12905-12909.
  6. Weijun Tong, Wenfei Dong, Changyou Gao, Helmuth M?hwald. Charge-controlled permeability of polyelectrolyte microcapsules. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2005, 109, 13159-13165.
  7. Weijun Tong, Changyou Gao, Helmuth M?hwald. Manipulating the properties of polyelectrolyte microcapsules by glutaraldehyde cross-linking. Chemistry of Materials 2005, 17, 4610-4616.


 

Conference List

  1. Weijun Tong, Shupeng She, Lili Xie,Changyou Gao. Temperature-controlled drug release of microcapsules with “spontaneous deposition” property. National Biomaterials Congress2010, Chengdu, April 15-18,2009,S9-1-7,Oral.
  2. Weijun Tong, Feng Wang, Qinghe Zhao, Changyou Gao, Helmuth M?hwald. Charge Controlled Permeation of Multilayer Microcapsules: from Basic Physical Chemistry to Potential Applications, Biomaterials Asia 2009, Hong Kong, April 5-8, 2009, OD08, Oral.
  3. Weijun Tong, Yi Zhu, Zhipeng Wang, Changyou Gao. Encapsulation Micelles into Multilayer Microcapsules for Loading of both Hydrophobic and Water Soluble Drugs,Polymer2009,Tianjin, Aug.18-22, 2009, F-P-67, Poster.
  4. Weijun Tong, Changyou Gao*, Helmuth Moehwald. pH-responsive Protein Microcapsules Fabricated by Covalent Layer-by-layer Assembly, 8th Word Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 28-June 1, 2008, P 2148, Poster.
  5. Weijun Tong, Changyou Gao, Helmuth M?hwald. Glutaraldehyde cross-linking: a facile way to manipulate the properties of polyelectrolyte microcapsules and fabricate single polyelectrolyte component macrocapsules. 20th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society and 18th European Chemistry at Interfaces Conference, Budapest, Hungary, September 17~22, 2006, P474, Poster.