Yongmei Wang

• Appointments in Prof. Mattice's group:
  Postdoc, 1990-93.
  Visiting Professor, Summer of 1997.
• Topics of research with Prof. Mattice: Self-assembly of block copolymers; Dynamics of micelles of block copolymers; Adsorption of polymers; Thermal degradation
• Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee

Publications coauthored with Prof. Mattice

• Doruker P; Wang Y; Mattice WL "Simulation of the random scission of C-C bonds in the initial stage of the thermal degradation of polyethylene" Comput Theor Polym Sci 2001, 11, 155-166.
• Nguyen-Misra M; Misra S; Wang Y; Rodrigues K; Mattice WL "Simulation of Self-Assembly in Solution by Triblock Copolymers with Sticky Blocks at Their Ends" Progr Colloid & Polym Sci 1997, 103, 138-145.
• Wang Y; Rajagopalan R; Mattice WL "The Exchange Kinetics of Macromolecules Adsorbed on a Solid Surface: A Theoretical Investigation" Macromolecules 1995, 28, 7058-7063.
• Wang Y; Rajagopalan R; Mattice WL "Kinetics of Desorption of Homopolymers from a Solid Surface" Phys Rev Lett 1995, 74, 2503-2506.
• Wang Y; Kausch CM; Chun M; Quirk RP; Mattice WL "Exchange of Chains between Micelles of Labeled Polystyrene-block-Polyoxyethylene, as Monitored by Nonradiative Singlet Energy Transfer" Macromolecules 1995, 28, 904-911.
• Wang Y; Mattice, WL; Napper DH "Roles of A-B, A-Solvent, and B-Solvent Interactions in the Critical Micelle Concentration of A-B Diblock Copolymers" Am Chem Soc Symp Ser 1993, 532, 45-52.
• Wang Y; Mattice, WL "Adsorption of Homopolymers on a Solid Surface. A Comparison between Monte Carlo Simulation and the Scheutjens-Fleer Mean-Field Lattice Theory" Langmuir 1994, 10, 2281-2288.
• Adriani P; Wang Y; Mattice WL "Influence of Chain Stiffness on the Micellization of Block Copolymers in a Selective Solvent as Observed in Monte Carlo Simulations" J Chem Phys 1994, 100, 7718-7721.
• Balaji R; Wang Y; Foster MD; Mattice WL "A Monte Carlo Study of the Microphase Separation Transition in a Diblock Copolymer Melt" Comput Polym Sci 1993, 3, 15-22.
• Wang Y; Li Y; Mattice WL "Simulation of the Adsorption of Unsymmetric Diblock Copolymers at the Interface between the Two Monomeric Homopolymers" J Chem Phys 1993, 99, 4068-4075.
• Wang Y; Mattice WL "Simulation of the Adsorption of Symmetric Diblock Copolymers at the Interface between the Two Homopolymers" J Chem Phys 1993, 98, 9861-9887.
• Wang Y; Mattice WL; Napper DH "Simulation of the Formation of Micelles by Diblock Copolymers under Weak Segregation" Langmuir 1993, 9, 66-70.
• Wang Y; Mattice WL; Napper DH "Simulation of the Self-Assembly of Symmetric Triblock Copolymers in Dilute Solution" Macromolecules 1992, 25, 4073-4077.