Prof. Dr. Taolei Sun

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsGastroenterology,Molecular, Fluid and Interface Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry,Experimental and Theoretical Polymer Physics
KeywordsBiomaterials, Special wettability, nanostructure, blood compatibility, nonfouling biointerface

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityWuhan
InstitutionWuhan University of Technology
InstituteState Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Harald FuchsPhysikalisches Institut, Universität Münster, Münster
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2005

Program(s)

2004Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2006Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Novel biocompatible materials for medical systems "Surfaces are a creation of the devil", the famous physicist and Nobel Prize Winner, Wolfgang Pauli, once remarked when he realised how much more complex the surfaces of materials were than their massive substance. Many technical, indeed everyday applications depend on the properties of material surfaces and their interactions, which is especially important in the biomedical fields. Just consider the surfaces of artificial joints and other implants, or artificial access to the human bloodstream in intensive medicine or cancer treatment. All of them have to get along really well with the surfaces of human tissue or human cells. Taolei Sun is working on biocompatible, artificial implants and medical devices, combining modern nanotechnology with chemical surface modification. His aim is to use nanostructured polymeric surfaces with special wettability as a platform for the emergence of a new generation of biocompatible materials.

Publications (partial selection)

2012Taolei Sun, Mingxi Zhang, Guangyan Qing: Chiral Biointerface Materials. In: Chemical Society Review, 2012, 1972-1984
2012Taolei Sun, Xing Wang, Hui Gan, Mingxi Zhang: Modulating cell behaviours on chiral polymer brush films with different hydrophobic side groups. In: Langmuir, 2012, 2791-2798
2012Taolei Sun, Guangyan Qing: The Transformation of Chiral Signals into Macroscopie Properties of Materials Using Chirality-Responsive Polymers. In: NPG Asia Materials (DOI:10.1038/am.2012.6), 2012,
2011Taolei Sun, Guangyan Qing: Biomimetic Smart Interface Materials for Biological Applications. In: Advanced Materials, 2011, H57-H77
2011Taolei Sun, Guangyan Qing: Chirality-Triggered Wettability Switching on Smart Polymer Surface. In: Advanced Materials, 2011, 1615-1620
2011Taolei Sun, Guangyan Qing, Baolian Su, Lei Jiang: Functional Biointerface Materials Inspired from Nature. In: Chemical Society Reviews, 2011, 2909-2921
2011Taolei Sun, Xing Wang, Hui Gan: The influence of Surface Chirality on Protein Adsorption. In: Advanced Functional Materials, 2011, 3276-3281
2010Taolei Sun, Guangyan Qing, Hai Xiong, Frank Seela: Spatially Controlled DNA Nanopatterns by 'Click' Chemistry Using Oligonucleotides with Different Anchoring Sites. In: Journal of the American Chemical Societie, 2010, 15228-15232
2010Taolei Sun, Xing Wang, Hui Gan, Baolian Su, Harald Fuchs, Dietmar Vestweber, Stefan Butz: Stereochemistry Triggered Differential Cell Behaviours on Chiral Polymer Surfaces. In: Soft Matter, 2010, 3851-3855
2009Taolei Sun, Guangyan Qing, Xing Wang, Harald Fuchs: Nucleotide-Responsive Wettability on a Smart Polymer Surface. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 8370-8371
2009Taolei Sun, Guangyan Qing, Xing Wang, Lei Jiang, Harald Fuchs: Saccharide-Sensitive Wettability Switching on a Smart Polymer Surface. In: Soft Matter, 2009, 2759-2765
2009Taolei Sun, Hui Gan, Kangjian Tang, Michael Hirtz, Yong Li, Lifeng Chi, Stefan Butz, Harald Fuchs: Selective Adsorption of DNA on Chiral Surfaces: Supercoiled or Relaxed Confirmation. In: Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2009, 5282-5286
2008Kangjian Tang, Jianan Zhang, Wenfu Yan,¿¨ Zhonghua Li, Yangdong Wang, Weimin Yang, Zaiku Xie, Taolei Sun,* Harald Fuchs: One-Step Controllable Synthesis for High-Quality Ultrafine Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nanocrystals via a Separated Two-Phase Hydrolysis Reaction. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008,
2007Xiaoyan Han, Caixian Chang, Liangjie Yuan, Taolei Sun,* Jutang Sun*: Aromatic Carbonyl Derivative Polymers as High-Performance Li-Ion Storage Materials. In: Adv. Mater. , 2007, 1616-1621
2007Wenlong Song, Fan Xia, Yubai Bai, Fengqi Liu, Taolei Sun*, Lei Jiang: Controllable Water Permeation on a Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Modified Nanostructured Copper Mesh Film. In: Langmuir, 2007, 327-331
2007Taolei Sun*, Dong Han, Kristina Riehemann, Lifeng Chi, Harald Fuchs: Stereospecific Interaction between Immune Cells and Chiral Surfaces. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 1496-1497
2005Taolei Sun, Lin Feng, Xuefeng Gao, Lei Jiang: Bioinspired Surfaces with Special Wettability 2005, 38, 644-652.. In: Acc. Chem. Res., 2005, 644-652
2005Taolei Sun*, Wenlong Song, Lei Jiang: Control over the responsive wettability of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) film in a large extent by introducing an irresponsive molecule. In: Chem. Commun., 2005, 1723-1725
2005Taolei Sun*, Hong Tan, Dong Han, Qiang Fu, Lei Jiang: No Platelet Can Adhere¿Largely Improved Blood Compatibility on Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces. In: Small, 2005, 959-963
130Taolei Sun, Kangjian Tang, Hui Gan, Yong Li, Lifeng chi, Harald Fuchs: Stereoselctive Interaction between DNA and Chiral Sufaces. In: Journal of the Americal Chemical Societiy, 130, 11284-11285
Taolei Sun, Xing Wang, Guangyan Qing, Lei Jiang, Harald Fuchs: Smart Surface of Water-Induced Superhydrophobicity. In: Chemical Cmmunications, , 2658-2660