CHEN, Kang

Curriculum Vitae

Kang Chen (陈康), Professor

Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research

School of Physical Science & Technology, Soochow University

#234 Physics Bldg.

No.1 Shizi St., Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China

Tel: 86-512-65220239 (Office)       email: kangchen@suda.edu.cn

Research ID: B-8940-2011

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6507-9464

Research Interests:

My research interest is to apply statistical mechanical theories and simulation tools to both conventional soft matter systems including polymeric materials, nanocomposites, and colloid suspensions and nonequilibrium active soft matter. The focus is on the novel self-assembling patterns/structures and (slow) dynamics. Current research projects include:

*Structure and dynamics of active systems

*Glassy behavior of active materials

*  Polymer nanocomposites: self-assembling, dynamics and glass transition

Education and Professional Experience:

*Professor, 2010.8 ~

       Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research

       College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University (China)

*Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2008 ~ 2010

       Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara (U.S.)

       Project was in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory

*Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2005 ~ 2008

       Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (U.S.)

*Ph. D. in Soft Matter Physics, 2005

       Dept. of Physics, Nanjing University (China)

*B. S. in Biophysics, 2000

       Dept. for Intensive Instructions, Nanjing University (China)

Funding:

*NSFC, general program project No. 21774091, ￥804,000.00

*NSFC, general program project No. 21574096, ￥780,000.00

*NSFC, special fund for theoretical physics No. 11347613, ￥200,000.00

*NSFC, general program project No. 21374073, ￥800,000.00

*MOST, 973 project, sub-project No. 2012CB821505, ￥3184,000.00

*NSFC, major research plan key funding project No. 91027040, ￥2800,000.00

*NSFC, general program project No. 11074180, ￥360,000.00

* Startup funding, Soochow University,  ￥500,000.00

Publications:

My work on physical aging of polymer glasses were reported by medias, such as Science Daily, United Press International, PhysOrg.com, Innovations Report, New-Gazette, Inside Illinois. I was invited to contribute review articles on Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., J. Phys. : Condens. Matter and Top. Curr. Chem.

1.        Assembly structures and dynamics of active colloidal cells

Wen-jie Shan, Fei Zhang, Wen-de Tian* and Kang Chen*; Soft Matter 15, 4761 (2019)

DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00619b

2.        Unfolding of a diblock chain and its anomalous diffusion induced by active particles

Yi-qi Xia, Zhuang-lin Shen, Wen-de Tian*, and Kang Chen*; J. Chem. Phys. 150, 154903 (2019)

DOI: 10.1063/1.5095850

3.        Globule-stretch transition of a self-attracting chain in the repulsive active particle bath

Yi-qi Xia, Wen-de Tian*, Kang Chen*, and Yu-qiang Ma*; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 4487 (2019)

DOI: 10.1039/C8CP05976D

4.        Shape transformation and manipulation of a vesicle by active particles

Chao Wang, Yong-kun Guo, Wen-de Tian*, and Kang Chen*; J. Chem. Phys.150, 044907 (2019)

DOI:10.1063/1.5078694

5.        Microrotor of a chain-grafted colloidal disk immersed in the active bath: The impact of particle concentration, grafting density, and chain rigidity

Chao Wang, Hui-shu Li, Yu-qiang Ma, Wen-de Tian*, and Kang Chen*; J. Chem. Phys.149, 164902 (2018)

DOI: 10.1063/1.5051467

6.        Molecular dynamics simulation of G-actin interacting with PAMAM dendrimers

Zhuang-lin Shen, Wen-de Tian*, Kang Chen*, Yu-qiang Ma*; Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 84, 145-151 (2018)

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.06.012

7.        Beating of grafted chains induced by active Brownian particles

Qiu-song Yang, Qing-wei Fan, Zhuang-lin Shen, Yi-qi Xia, Wen-de Tian*, and Kang Chen*; J. Chem. Phys. 148, 214904 (2018)

DOI: 10.1063/1.5029967

8.        Spontaneous symmetry breaking induced unidirectional rotation of a chain-grafted colloidal particle in the active bath

Hui-shu Li, Chao Wang, Wen-de Tian*, Yu-qiang Ma, Cheng Xu, Ning Zheng* and Kang Chen*; Soft Matter13, 8031 – 8038 (2017)

DOI: 10.1039/C7SM01772C

*Cover article

9.        Anomalous boundary deformation induced by enclosed active particles

Wen-de Tian^*, Yan Gu, Yong-kun Guo, Kang Chen^*; Chin. Phys. B 26 (10), 100502 (2017)

DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/26/10/100502

10.    Polymer-Nucleic Acid Interactions

Zhuang-lin Shen, Yi-qi Xia, Qiu-song Yang, Wen-de Tian^*, Kang Chen^* and Yu-qiang Ma^*; Top. Curr. Chem. 375, 44 (2017)

DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0131-x

*Invited topical review article

11.    表面修饰富勒烯的聚酰胺-胺树枝状分子与生物膜的相互作用研究

郭永坤，王宛，田文得*，陈康*；高分子学报（Acta Polymerica Sinica）2016(10): 1418-1424

DOI: 10.11777/j.issn1000-3304.2016.16039

12.    The unique role of bond length in the glassy dynamics of colloidal polymers

Bo-kai Zhang, Hui-shu Li, Jian Li, Kang Chen*, Wen-de Tian*, and Yu-qiang Ma*; Soft Matter 12, 8104-8111 (2016)

DOI: 10.1039/C6SM01386D

13.    Transport coefficients and mechanical response in hard-disk colloidal suspensions

Bo-kai Zhang, Jian Li, Kang Chen, Wen-de Tian and Yu-qiang Ma; Chin. Phys. B 25, 161324 (2016)

DOI：10.1088/1674-1056/25/11/116101

14.    Glassy dynamics of model colloidal polymers: The effect of “monomer” size

Jian Li, Bo-kai Zhang, Hui-shu Li, Kang Chen*, Wen-de Tian*, and Pei-qing Tong*; J. Chem. Phys. 144, 204509 (2016)

DOI: 10.1063/1.4952605

15.    A New Self-Consistent Field Model of Polymer/Nanoparticle Mixture

Kang Chen*, Hui-shu Li, Bo-kai Zhang, Jian Li and Wen-de Tian*; Sci. Rep. 6, 20355 (2016)

DOI: 10.1038/srep20355

16.    Brush in the bath of active particles: Anomalous stretching of chains and distribution of particles

Hui-shu Li, Bo-kai Zhang, Jian Li, Wen-de Tian*, and Kang Chen*; J. Chem. Phys. 143, 224903 (2015)

DOI: 10.1063/1.4936921

17.    Interaction of fullerene chains and a lipid membrane via computer simulations

Wen-de Tian, Kang Chen and Yu-qiang Ma; RSC Adv. 4, 30215-30220 (2014)

DOI: 10.1039/C4RA04593A

18.    Theory of activated dynamics and glass transition of hard colloids in two dimensions

Bo-kai Zhang, Hui-shu Li, Wen-de Tian, Kang Chen*, and Yu-qiang Ma*; J. Chem. Phys. 140, 094506 (2014)

DOI: 10.1063/1.4866903

19.    Computational Investigations of a Peptide-Modified Dendrimer Interacting with Lipid Membranes

Chen-kun Tu, Kang Chen, Wen-de Tian, and Yu-qiang Ma; Macromol. Rapid Commun. 34, 1237 (2013)

DOI: 10.1002/marc.201300360

20.    Theory of Yielding, Strain Softening, and Steady Plastic Flow in Polymer Glasses under Constant Strain Rate Deformation

Kang Chen and Kenneth S. Schweizer; Macromolecules 44, 3988 (2011)

DOI: 10.1021/ma200436w

21.    Theory of aging, rejuvenation, and the nonequilibrium steady state in deformed polymer glasses

Kang Chen and Kenneth S. Schweizer; Phys. Rev. E 82, 041804 (2010)

DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.041804

22.    Molecular Theories of Segmental Dynamics and Mechanical Response in Deeply Supercooled Polymer Melts and Glasses

Kang Chen, Erica J. Saltzman and Kenneth S. Schweizer; Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter. Phys. 1, 277-300 (2010)

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-070909-104110

*Invited review article for the very first edition of Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

23.    Segmental Dynamics in Polymers: From Cold Melts to Aging and Stressed Glasses

Kang Chen, Erica J. Saltzman and Kenneth S. Schweizer; J. Phys. Condens. Matter 21, 503101 (2009)

DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/21/50/503101

*Invited topical review article

24.    Suppressed Segmental Relaxation as the Origin of Strain Hardening in Polymer Glasses

Kang Chen and Kenneth S. Schweizer; Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 038301 (2009)

DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.038301

*Selected for the February 2, 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

25.    Theory of Nonlinear Creep in Polymer Glasses

Kang Chen, Kenneth S. Schweizer, Rebecca Stamm, Eunwoong Lee, and James M. Caruthers; J. Chem. Phys. 129, 184904 (2008)

DOI:10.1063/1.3008059

26.    Theory of Physical Aging in Polymer Glasses

Kang Chen and Kenneth S. Schweizer; Phys. Rev. E 78, 031802 (2008)

DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.78.031802

*Selected for the September 29, 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

27.    Microscopic Constitutive Equation Theory for the Nonlinear Mechanical Response of Polymer Glasses

Kang Chen and Kenneth S. Schweizer; Macromolecules 41, 5908-5918 (2008)

DOI:10.1021/ma800778v

28.    Theory of relaxation, physical aging and mechanical properties of polymer glasses

Kenneth S. Schweizer and Kang Chen; Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society 233, 22-POLY (2007)

29.    Stress-enhanced Mobility and Dynamic Yielding in Polymer Glasses

Kang Chen and Kenneth S. Schweizer; Europhys. Lett. 79, 26006 (2007)

DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/79/26006

30.    Molecular Theory of Physical Aging in Polymer Glasses

Kang Chen and Kenneth S. Schweizer; Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 167802 (2007)

DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.167802

***Reported by medias in U.S., Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, and China

31.    Theory of Relaxation and Elasticity in Polymer Glasses

Kang Chen and Kenneth S. Schweizer; J. Chem. Phys. 126, 014904 (2007)

DOI:10.1063/1.2428306

32.    Interactions Between Colloidal Particles Induced by Polymer Brushes Grafted onto the Substrate

Kang Chen and Yu-qiang Ma; J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 17617-17622 (2005)

DOI:10.1021/jp051403u

33.    Ordering Mechanism of Asymmetric Diblock Copolymers Confined Between Polymer-grafted Surfaces

Chun-lai Ren, Kang Chen and Yu-qiang Ma; J. Chem. Phys. 122, 154904 (2005)

DOI:10.1063/1.1881012

34.    Self-assembling Morphology Induced by Nanoscale Rods in a Phase-separating Mixture

Kang Chen and Yu-qiang Ma; Phys. Rev. E 65, 041501 (2002)

DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.041501

35.    Ordering Stripe Structures of Nanoscale Rods in Diblock Copolymer Scaffolds

Kang Chen and Yu-qiang Ma; J. Chem. Phys. 116, 7783-7786 (2002)

DOI:10.1063/1.1476313

Conferences (selected):

1.链嫁接的胶体在活性粒子浴中的旋转

第十届全国软物质与生命物质物理学术会议（2017）；invited talk and member of the organizer committee

2.Nonlinear Langevin Equation Theory and its application to colloidal polymer glass

KITS “非晶材料前沿”国际会议（From supercooled liquids to glasses: Current challenges for amorphous materials） 2017；invited

3.Micro-rotor of chain-grafted colloids in the active bath

中国化学会2016年软物质理论计算与模拟学术会议；invited

4.Unique role of bond length in the glassy dynamics of colloidal polymers

Workshop on the relaxation behaviors in amorphous materials (2016); invited.

5.软物质青年学者研讨会，2015; organizer

6.模型胶体链的玻璃化转变理论

中国化学会2014年大分子体系理论、模拟与计算研讨会；invited

7.Theory of glassy dynamics of model colloidal chains

第九届全国软物质与生命物质物理学术会议（2014）；invited talk and member of the organizer committee

8.第四期理论物理前沿暑期讲习班（国家自然科学基金理论物理专款），2014; organizer

9.973项目报告会，2014; member of the organizer committee

10.The Nonlinear Langevin Equation Theory and Its Applications to the 2D Colloidal Glasses

IAS program on Frontiers of Soft Matter Physics: from Non-equilibrium Dynamics to Active Matter, HKUST (2014); invited.

11.Molecular Theories of Segmental Dynamics and Mechanical Response in Polymer Glasses

长春应用化学研究所Polymer Science Lecture Series（2012）; invited lecture

12.应中科大同步辐射国家重点实验室邀请做关于玻璃化转变和动力学的专题报告，2012; invited lecture

13.East Asia Joint Seminars on Statistical Physics 2012; member of the organizer committee

14.Strain Softening of Polymer Glass in Constant Strain Rate Response

中国物理学会2011年秋季学术会议; invited

15.Theory of Aging, Rejuvenation and the Nonequilibrium Steady State in Deformed Polymer Glasses

中国物理学会2010年秋季学术会议软凝聚态物理与生物物理分会场特邀报告（天津南开大学）；invited talk and host of the subsection

16.Field-theoretic Model of Membrane/Protein Assemblies

APS March Meeting, 2010

17.Mean-field model of self-assembling lipid membrane with embedded proteins

Liquids, Chemistry & Physics of; Gordon Research Conference, 2009

18.Theory of the effect of deformation on the relaxation and mechanical properties of polymer glasses

APS March Meeting, 2008

19.Theory of relaxation, aging and dynamic yieldingof polymer glasses

Liquids, Chemistry & Physics of; Gordon Research Conference, 2007

20.Theory of relaxation, aging and dynamic yielding of polymer glasses

APS March Meeting, 2007

Honors:

Ø2014   Member of committee of National soft matter and life matter physics conference

Editorial board of Advances in Condensed Matter Physics

Ø2013 Scientific Chinese 2013 person of the year: basic research area

Ø2012 Jury’s Choice Poster, Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School

Honorable speaker for the Polymer Science Lecture Series sponsored by Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS

Ø2011   Suzhou high-level talents support

Ø2002   Guanghui Scholarship

Ø2002   First-class Motorola scholarship

Ø2002   Students’ representative of “World Famous Scientists Forum”

Teaching:

Undergraduate: Mechanics/General Physics I (Courses in English for International Class, 3I project of Soochow University); Introduction to Soft Matter Physics (Courses in English for International Class); Science Lectures.

Graduate: Frontiers of Soft Matter (lecture); Advances of modern researches on physics, chemistry and materials (lecture).