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Huining Xiao
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of New Brunswick
Post Office Box 4400
Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3
e-mail: hxiao@unb.ca
phone: (506) 453-3532
fax: (506) 453-3591
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Academic Experience
Professor (7/2005 – present); Associate Professor (8/2001 – 6/2005): Department of Chemical Engineering & Limerick Pulp & Paper Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Canada.
Lecturer (1/1996 – 8/2001): Department of Paper Science, University of Manchester Ins. of Sci. & Tech. (UMIST), Manchester UK.
Post Doctoral Fellow (11/1994 - 12/1995): McMaster Centre for Pulp and Paper Research, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton Canada.
Research Interests
1. Polymer synthesis & processing and Colloid science
- Biodegradable polymers for packaging materials;
- Syntheses of functional polymers: antimicrobial polymers; polymeric micro- or nanoparticles; hyperbranched or star polymers as drug carriers and for DNA delivery;
- Temperature or pH responsive polymers: preparation and characterization using a pico-force atomic force microscope (AFM); layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolytes.
- Fundamentals of flocculation induced by nanoparticles/polymer systems.
- Polymer modifications for nanocomposites, biocomposites; Microporous and mesoporous materials as absorbents.
2. Pulp & Paper Science and technology
- Polymer-modified cellulose fibres for the value-added paper products or enhancing the performance of papers. Responsive or smart polymers for surface modification of fibres.
- Modification of cellulose fibres; rendering cellulose fibres and paper products antimicrobial or hydrophobic via polymer grafting and modified micro- or nanocapsules.
- Fillers or fines retention induced by polymers and novel micro or nano-particle retention systems. Strength additives for papermaking.
Research-related Responsibilities:
Member of Board of Directors of SENTINEL – Bioactive Paper (NSERC NCE – Networks of Centres of Excellence) (2008 – ); and Theme Leader (Surface Science) of SENTINEL (2009 - )
Theme Leader (Chemical Modification of Fibres) of Green Fibre Networks – NCE NSERC Canada (1. 2010 - )
Selected Publications
