Dr Sung-Po (Rafael) Chen

Synthesis of well-defined thermoresponsive polymer nanostructures

Sung-Po (Rafael) Chen completed his Bachelor of Biotechnology (BBiot + Honours, Class I) majoring in nanotechnology in 2017 at The University of Queensland (UQ, Australia). He continued to obtain his PhD in 2022 at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) under the supervision of Prof. Michael Monteiro specialising in polymer chemistry.

Key Publications

Koirala, P.; Chen, S. -P. R.; Boer, J. C.; Khalil, Z. G.; Deceneux, C.; Goodchild, G.; Lu, L.; Faruck, M. O.; Shalash, A. O.; Bashiri, S.; Capon, R. J.; Hussein, W. M.; Monteiro, M. J.; Plebanski, M.; Toth, I. Skwarczynski, M., Polymeric Nanoparticles as a Self-Adjuvanting Peptide Vaccine Delivery System: The Role of Shape. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2209304

Chen, S.-P. R.; Bobrin, V. A.; Jia, Z.; Monteiro, M. J., Temperature-Directed Formation of Anisotropic Kettlebell and Tadpole Nanostructures in the Absence of a Swelling-Induced Solvent. Angew. Chem. 2022, e202113974.

Bobrin, V. A.; Chen, S.-P. R.; Grandes Reyes, C. F.; Sun, B.; Ng, C. K.; Kim, Y.; Purcell, D.; Jia, Z.; Gu, W.; Armstrong, J. W.; McAuley, J.; Monteiro, M. J., Water-Borne Nanocoating for Rapid Inactivation of SARS-CoV‑2 and Other Viruses. ACS Nano 2021, 15 (9), 14915-14927.

Chen, S.-P. R.; Jia, Z.; Bobrin, V. A.; Monteiro, M. J., UV-Cross-Linked Polymer Nanostructures with Preserved Asymmetry and Surface Functionality. Biomacromolecules 2020, 21 (1), 133-142.

Bobrin, V. A.; Chen, S.-P. R.; Jia, Z.; Monteiro, M. J., Uniform Symmetric and Asymmetric Polymer Nanostructures via Directed Chain Organization. Biomacromolecules 2018, 19 (12), 4703-4709.