Dr Yiwen Pei

Alma mater

Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Chemistry
(Class 2007)
Auckland Univerisity of Technology

Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Class 2009)
Ph'D in Chemistry (Class 2012)
University of Auckland

Past Positions
Research Associate (2015-16)
Nanochemistry Research Institute (NRI), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Australia
Research Associate (2013 –14)
Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
Research Associate (2012 –13)
Polymer Electronics Research Centre (PERC), School of Chemical Science, the University of Auckland (UOA), New Zealand

Current Positions:
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Chemistry -UCL

Current projects:
Synthesis of biodegradable amphiphilic copolymers

Publications:

Bhebhe, M. N.; Eulate, E. A. D.; Pei, Y.; Arrigan, D. M.; Roth, P. J.; Lowe, A. B., Reactive Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis, Modification, and Electrochemical Properties of Polypentafluorophenylacetylene (Co)Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2016, Accepted.
Pei, Y.*; Lowe, A. B.; Roth, P. J., Stimulus-responsive Nanoparticles and Associated (Reversible) Polymorphism via Polymerization Induced Self-assembly (PISA). Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2016, Accepted.
Pei, Y.; Jarrett, K.; Garces, L. G.; Saunders, M.; Croue, J.-P.; Roth, P. J.; Buckley, C. E.; Lowe, A. B., Synthesis and characterisation of non-ionic AB-diblock nanoparticles prepared by RAFT dispersion polymerization with polymerization-induced self-assembly. RSC Advances 2016, 6, 28130-28139.
Pei, Y.; Jarrett, K.; Saunders, M.; Roth, P. J.; Buckley, C. E.; Lowe, A. B., Triply responsive soft matter nanoparticles based on poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate-block-3-phenylpropyl methacrylate] copolymers. Polymer Chemistry 2016, 7, 2740-2750.
Garrett, E. T.; Pei, Y.; Lowe A. B., Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Block Copolymer Nanoparticles via RAFT with Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly in MeOH. Polymer Chemistry 2016,7, 297-301
Pei, Y.; Noy, J.-M.; Roth, P. J.; Lowe, A. B., Soft matter nanoparticles with reactive coronal pentafluorophenyl methacrylate residues via non-polar RAFT dispersion polymerization and polymerization-induced self-assembly. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2015, 53, 2326-2335.
Pei, Y.; Noy, J-M.; Roth, P. J.; Lowe A. B., Thiol-reactive Passerini-methacrylates and Polymorphic Surface Functional Soft Matter Nanoparticles via Ethanolic RAFT Dispersion Polymerization and Post- synthesis Modification. Polymer Chemistry 2015, 6, 1928-1931.
Pei, Y.*; Sugita, O. R.; Thurairajah, L.; Lowe A. B., Non-polar RAFT Dispersion Polymerization: Synthesis of Poly(stearyl methacrylate-b-3-phenylpropyl methacrylate) Nanoparticles in n-Octane and Observed Thermoreversible Polymorphism. RSC Advance 2015, 5, 17636-17646.
Pei, Y.*; Thurairajah, L.; Sugita O. R.; Lowe A. B., RAFT Dispersion Polymerization in Non-polar Media: Polymerization of 3-Phenylpropyl Methacrylate in n-Tetradecane with Poly(stearyl methacrylate) Homopolymers as Macro Chain Transfer Agents. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 236-244.
Pei, Y.; Sugita O. R.; Quek J. Y.; Roth P. J.; Lowe A. B., Novel pH-, Thermo- and Electrolyte-responsive Polymer Gels Derived from a Well-defined, RAFT-synthesized, Poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone) Homopolymer via One-pot Post-polymerization Modification. European Polymer Journal 2015, 62, 204- 213.
Pei, Y.; Dharsana N. C.; Lowe A. B., Ethanolic RAFT Dispersion Polymerization of 2-(Naphthalen-2- yloxy)ethyl Methacrylate and 2-Phenoxyethyl Methacrylate with Poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] Macro-CTAs. Australian Journal of Chemistry 2014, 10, 5787-5796.
Pei, Y.; Travas-Sejdic, J.; Williams, D. E., Water Structure Change-Induced Expansion and Collapse of Zwitterionic PolymersSurface-Grafted onto Carbon Black. Australian Journal of Chemistry 2014, 67, 1706-1709.
Pei, Y.; Dharsana N. C.; Van Hensbergen J. A.; Burford R. P.; Roth P. J.; Lowe A. B., RAFT Dispersion Polymerization of 3-Phenylpropyl Methacrylate with Poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] Macro- CTAs in Ethanol and Associated Thermoreversible Polymorphism. Soft Matter 2014, 10, 5787-5796.
Woodfield P. A.; Zhu Y.;Pei Y.; Roth P.J. Hydrophobically Modified Sulfobetaine Copolymers with Tunable Aqueous UCST through Postpolymerization Modification of Poly(pentafluorophenyl acrylate). Macromolecules 2014, 47, 750-762.
Pei, Y.; Lowe, A. B., Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly: Ethanolic RAFT Dispersion Polymerization of 2-Phenylethyl Methacrylate. Polymer Chemistry 2014, 5, 2342-2351.
Pei, Y.; Travas-Sejdic, J.; Williams, D. E., Electrochemical Switching of Conformation of Random Polyampholyte Brushes grafted onto Polypyrrole. Langmuir 2012, 28, 13241-13248
Pei, Y.; Travas-Sejdic, J.; Williams, D. E., Reversible Electrochemical Switching of Polymer Brushes Grafted onto Conducting Polymer Films. Langmuir 2012. 28, 8072-8083.
Strover, L.; Roux, C.; Malmström, J.;Pei, Y.; Williams, D. E.; Travas-Sejdic, J., Switchable Surfaces of Electroactive Polymer Brushes Grafted from Polythiophene ATRP-Macroinitiator. Synthetic Metals 2012, 162, 381-390.
Pei, Y.; Travas-Sedjic, J.; Williams, D. E., Synthesis and Characterization of Polysulfobetaines and Their Random Copolymers. Materials Science Forum 2012, 700, 219-222.