Education/Experience

Education:

2004 Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, National Taiwan University

1999 M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, National Taiwan University

1997 B.S., Chemical & Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University

Experience:

2006 postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

2003 Visiting Scholar, Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Research Interests

Polymer Blends

Templating of nanostructured polymers from self-assembly fibrillar organogels and reverse micelles

The structure-property relationship of biodegradable polymers

Publications

W. C. Lai and W. B. Liau, “Thermo-oxidative Degradation of Poly(ethylene glycol)/Poly(L-lactic acid) Blends”, Polymer 44, 8103(2003).

W. C. Lai and W. B. Liau, “Study of the Miscibility and Crystallization Behavior of PEO/PVA Blends”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 92,1562 (2004).

W. C. Lai, W. B. Liau and T. T. Lin, “ The Effect of End Groups of PEG on the Crystallization Behaviors of Binary Crystalline Blends PEG/PLLA”, Polymer 45, 3073(2004).

W. C. Lai, W. B. Liau and T. T. Lin, " The Effect of End Groups of PEG on the Miscibility, Crystallization Behavior, and Morphology of PEG/PLLA Blends", World Polymer Congress IUPAC MACRO(2004).

Y. Yang, W. C. Lai and S. L. Hsu, "Microwave Induced Structural Transitions in Polymers", 2005 APS (American Physical Society) March Meeting (2005).

W. C. Lai and W. B. Liau, “ The Effect of Different End Groups of PEG on the Binary Crystalline Blends of PEG and PLLA: 2. Morphology and Microstructure in PEG/PLLA”, Submitted (2006).

W. B. Liau, S. H. Tung, W. C. Lai and L. Y. Yang, “Studies on Blends of Binary Crystalline Polymers: 1. Miscibility and Crystallization Behavior in PBT/PAr(I27-T73)”, Submitted (2006).

W. B. Liau, S. H. Tung and W. C. Lai, “Studies on Blends of Binary Crystalline Polymers: 2. Morphology and Growth Kinetics in PBT/PAr(I27-T73)”, Submitted (2006).