Hao Wu
Tirrell Group

Hao Wu, Ph.D.

Hao is currently a member of the PhD program at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, working on chain exchange kinetics in polyelectrolyte complex micelles in the Tirrell group. Hao is also interested in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship.

Hao works on chain exchange kinetics in polyelectrolyte complex micelles. 

Spatiotemporal Formation and Growth Kinetics of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles with Millisecond Resolution

Wu, Hao, Jeffrey M. Ting, Boyuan Yu, Nicholas E. Jackson, Siqi Meng, Juan J. de Pablo, and Matthew V. Tirrell. "Spatiotemporal Formation and Growth Kinetics of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles with Millisecond Resolution." ACS Macro Letters 9, no. 11 (2020): 1674-1680.

Solid-to-Liquid Phase Transition in Polyelectrolyte Complexes

Siqi Meng, Jeffrey M. Ting, Hao Wu, Matthew V. Tirrell. "Solid-to-Liquid Phase Transition in Polyelectrolyte Complexes", Macromolecules, 2020.

Mechanism of Dissociation Kinetics in Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles

Wu, Hao, Jeffrey M. Ting, and Matthew V. Tirrell. "Mechanism of Dissociation Kinetics in Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles." Macromolecules (2019).

Interparticle Interactions in Dilute Solutions of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles

Wu, Hao, Jeffrey M. Ting, Thomas M. Weiss, and Matthew V. Tirrell. "Interparticle Interactions in Dilute Solutions of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles." ACS Macro Letters 8 (2019): 819-825.

Non-equilibrium phenomena and kinetic pathways in self-assembled polyelectrolyte complexes

Hao Wu, Jeffrey M. Ting, Olivia Werba, Matthew V. Tirrell. Non-equilibrium phenomena and kinetic pathways in self-assembled polyelectrolyte complexes. Journal of Chemical Physics . 2018. Vol. 149, Pg. 163330.

Synthesis and Assembly of Designer Styrenic Diblock Polyelectrolytes

Jeffrey M. Ting, Hao Wu, Abraham Herzog-Arbeitman, Samanvaya Srivastava, Matthew V. Tirrell. Synthesis and Assembly of Designer Styrenic Diblock Polyelectrolytes. ACS Macro Letters. 2018. Vol. 7, Pg. 726-733.