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Hongwei Wu is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has a research focus primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including History and Philosophy of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as Academic Writing and Publishing, Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Heat Transfer and Optimization, Biofuel Production and Bioconversion, Health Sciences Research and Education, and Adsorption and Cooling Systems.

Recent notable papers authored by Hongwei Wu include:

  • Neural stem cell-derived exosomes and regeneration: cell-free therapeutic strategies for traumatic brain injury, 2023, Stem Cell Research & Therapy
  • Recent advances in functional oxides for high energy density sodium-ion batteries, 2021, Materials Reports Energy
  • Stage-specific and location-specific cartilage calcification in osteoarthritis development, 2022, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Effect of cellulose-lignin interactions on char structural changes during fast pyrolysis at 100-350 °C, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Rapid pyrolysis of biochar prepared from slow and fast pyrolysis: The effects of particle residence time on char properties, 2022, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Hongwei Wu frequently collaborates with several coauthors including Prashant V. Kamat, Gerald J. Meyer, Deqing Zhang, Krishna N. Ganesh, and Cynthia J. Burrows.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as Energy & Fuels, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Applied Thermal Engineering, Fuel, and ACS Applied Energy Materials. The largest number of their publications appear in Energy & Fuels and Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, indicating a focus on energy-related and combustion research areas.

Best Publications

  • Environmental-benign utilisation of fly ash as low-cost adsorbents

    Shaobin Wang;Hongwei Wu

  • Some Recent Advances in Hydrolysis of Biomass in Hot-Compressed Water and Its Comparisons with Other Hydrolysis Methods†

    Yun Yu;Xia Lou;Hongwei Wu

  • Large-Area, Flexible, Transparent, and Long-Lived Polymer-Based Phosphorescence Films.

    Yongfeng Zhang;Yan Su;Hongwei Wu;Hongwei Wu;Zhonghao Wang

  • Molecular Engineering for Metal-Free Amorphous Materials with Room-Temperature Phosphorescence.

    Ting Zhang;Xiang Ma;Hongwei Wu;Liangliang Zhu

  • Fast pyrolysis of Oil Mallee Woody Biomass : Effect of temperature on the yield and quality of pyrolysis products

    Manuel Garcia-Perez;Xiao Shan Wang;Jun Shen;Martin John Rhodes

  • Integrating Suitable Linkage of Covalent Organic Frameworks into Covalently Bridged Inorganic/Organic Hybrids toward Efficient Photocatalysis.

    Hou Wang;Cheng Qian;Jia Liu;Yongfei Zeng

  • Color-tunable ultralong organic room temperature phosphorescence from a multicomponent copolymer

    Long Gu;Hongwei Wu;Huili Ma;Wenpeng Ye

  • Volatilisation and catalytic effects of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species during the pyrolysis and gasification of Victorian brown coal. Part I. Volatilisation of Na and Cl from a set of NaCl-loaded samples

    Dimple Mody Quyn;Hongwei Wu;Chun-Zhu Li

  • Removal of ammonium from greywater using natural zeolite

    Nurul Widiastuti;Hongwei Wu;Ha Ming Ang;Dongke Zhang

  • The effects of pressure on coal reactions during pulverised coal combustion and gasification

    Terry F. Wall;Gui-su Liu;Hong-wei Wu;Daniel G. Roberts;Daniel G. Roberts

  • A Hypoxia-Responsive Albumin-Based Nanosystem for Deep Tumor Penetration and Excellent Therapeutic Efficacy.

    Guangbao Yang;Soo Zeng Fiona Phua;Wei Qi Lim;Rui Zhang

  • Volatilisation and catalytic effects of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species during the pyrolysis and gasification of Victorian brown coal. Part IV. Catalytic effects of NaCl and ion-exchangeable Na in coal on char reactivity☆

    Dimple Mody Quyn;Hongwei Wu;Jun Ichiro Hayashi;Chun Zhu Li

  • Effect of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metallic Species on Biochar Reactivity and Syngas Compositions during Steam Gasification

    Kongvui Yip;Fujun Tian;Jun Ichiro Hayashi;Hongwei Wu

  • In Vivo Targeting and Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Tumor with Intrinsically Radioactive Metal–Organic Frameworks Nanomaterials

    Daiqin Chen;Dongzhi Yang;Dongzhi Yang;Casey A. Dougherty;Weifei Lu;Weifei Lu

  • Volatilisation and catalytic effects of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species during the pyrolysis and gasification of Victorian brown coal. Part III. The importance of the interactions between volatiles and char at high temperature

    Hongwei Wu;Dimple Mody Quyn;Chun-Zhu Li

  • Volatilisation and catalytic effects of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species during the pyrolysis and gasification of Victorian brown coal. Part II. Effects of chemical form and valence

    Dimple M. Quyn;Hongwei Wu;Sankar P. Bhattacharya;Chun Zhu Li

  • Controlling Supramolecular Chirality of Two-Component Hydrogels by J- and H-Aggregation of Building Blocks.

    Guofeng Liu;Jianhui Sheng;Jianhui Sheng;Hongwei Wu;Chaolong Yang

  • Catalytic reforming of tar during gasification. Part I. Steam reforming of biomass tar using ilmenite as a catalyst

    Zhenhua Min;Zhenhua Min;Mohammad Asadullah;Mohammad Asadullah;Piyachat Yimsiri;Shu Zhang;Shu Zhang

  • The Allyl Leaving Group Approach to Tricoordinate Silyl, Germyl, and Stannyl Cations

    Joseph B. Lambert;Yan Zhao;Hongwei Wu;Winston C. Tse

  • Achieving Amorphous Ultralong Room Temperature Phosphorescence by Coassembling Planar Small Organic Molecules with Polyvinyl Alcohol

    Hongwei Wu;Weijie Chi;Zhao Chen;Guofeng Liu

  • Significant Differences in the Hydrolysis Behavior of Amorphous and Crystalline Portions within Microcrystalline Cellulose in Hot-Compressed Water

    Yun Yu;Hongwei Wu

  • Volatilisation and catalytic effects of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species during the pyrolysis and gasification of Victorian brown coal. Part V. Combined effects of Na concentration and char structure on char reactivity

    Hongwei Wu;Jun Ichiro Hayashi;Tadatoshi Chiba;Takayuki Takarada

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Shu Wang
Shu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gilbert C. Walker
Gilbert C. Walker University of Toronto
Stuart J. Rowan
Stuart J. Rowan University of Chicago
Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota
Vincent M. Rotello
Vincent M. Rotello University of Massachusetts Amherst
J. Justin Gooding
J. Justin Gooding University of New South Wales

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