SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science / Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Ferrocene-based Derivatives, Polymers and Hydrogels

Introduction.- Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Ferrocene-based Derivatives.- Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Ferrocene-based Polymers.- Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Ferrocene-based Hydrogels.- Outlook.

Li Wang is a professor at the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, China, and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. He received his Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University, and completed his postdoctoral research at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He served as a visiting professor at the University of Washington, USA. Currently, he is dean of the International College, Zhejiang University, China. His research interests largely focus on the synthesis of polymers and preparation of nanomaterials. He has published about 300 papers in journals such as Chemical Reviews, Progress in Polymer Science, and Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. He has been invited to visit universities in the USA, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, Japan, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Australia, Belgium, Russia, Thailand, Sweden, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Brazil, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to give lectures and academic communications.

Haojie Yu is an associate professor at the College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree and pursued postdoctoral research at Zhejiang University, China. He served as a visiting associate researcher at the University of California, Irvine, USA. His research interests mainly focus on the preparation and applications of functional polymers, nanocomposites and coatings. He has published more than 100 papers in journals such as Chemical Reviews, Progress in Polymer Science, and Angewandte Chemie-International Edition.