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Overview

Kam Chiu Tam is a researcher affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

Their research topics cover a variety of specialized areas including:

  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Pickering Emulsions and Particle Stabilization
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Kam Chiu Tam has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Constructing stimuli-free self-healing, robust and ultrasensitive biocompatible hydrogel sensors with conductive cellulose nanocrystals (2020), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Selective adsorption and separation of organic dyes using functionalized cellulose nanocrystals (2021), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Shape recoverable and mechanically robust cellulose aerogel beads for efficient removal of copper ions (2020), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Green acid-free hydrolysis of wasted pomelo peel to produce carboxylated cellulose nanofibers with super absorption/flocculation ability for environmental remediation materials (2020), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Cellulose nanocrystals in smart and stimuli-responsive materials: a review (2020), published in Materials Today Advances

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hou-Yong Yu
  • Peter Licence
  • Milad Kamkar
  • Weinan Zhao
  • Bala Subramaniam

Kam Chiu Tam has contributed to various major publication venues, with a significant number of papers appearing in:

  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • ACS Sustainable Resource Management
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Best Publications

  • Chemistry and Applications of Nanocrystalline Cellulose and its Derivatives: a Nanotechnology Perspective

    B. L. Peng;B. L. Peng;N. Dhar;H. L. Liu;K. C. Tam

  • A Nitrogen and Sulfur Dual-Doped Carbon Derived from Polyrhodanine@Cellulose for Advanced Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Quan Pang;Juntao Tang;He Huang;Xiao Liang

  • pH-Responsive polymers: synthesis, properties and applications

    Sheng Dai;Palaniswamy Ravi;Kam Chiu Tam

  • Recent advances in the application of cellulose nanocrystals

    Nathan Grishkewich;Nishil Mohammed;Juntao Tang;Kam Chiu Tam

  • Stimuli-responsive Pickering emulsions: recent advances and potential applications

    Juntao Tang;Patrick James Quinlan;Kam Chiu Tam

  • Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Latices Prepared with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

    Wayne McPhee;Kam Chiu Tam;Robert Pelton

  • Functionalization of cellulose nanocrystals for advanced applications

    Juntao Tang;Jared Sisler;Nathan Grishkewich;Kam Chiu Tam

  • A structural model of hydrophobically modified urethane-ethoxylate (HEUR) associative polymers in shear flows

    K. C. Tam;R. D. Jenkins;M. A. Winnik;D. R. Bassett

  • Cellulose nanocrystals as promising adsorbents for the removal of cationic dyes

    Rasim Batmaz;Nishil Mohammed;Masuduz Zaman;Gagan Minhas

  • Dual Responsive Pickering Emulsion Stabilized by Poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals

    Juntao Tang;Micky Fu Xiang Lee;Wei Zhang;Boxin Zhao

  • Gel Network Structure of Methylcellulose in Water

    Li L;Thangamathesvaran Pm;Yue Cy;Tam Kc

  • Cellulose nanocrystal–alginate hydrogel beads as novel adsorbents for organic dyes in aqueous solutions

    Nishil Mohammed;Nathan Grishkewich;Richard M. Berry;Kam Chiu Tam

  • Thermo- and photo-responsive polymeric systems

    Sheng Dai;Palaniswamy Ravi;Kam Chiu Tam

  • Cellulose nanomaterials: promising sustainable nanomaterials for application in water/wastewater treatment processes

    Nishil Mohammed;Nathan Grishkewich;Kam Chiu Tam

  • Rheology and Dynamics of Associative Polymers in Shear and Extension: Theory and Experiments

    Anubhav Tripathi;Kam C. Tam;Gareth H. McKinley

  • Thermally Induced Association and Dissociation of Methylcellulose in Aqueous Solutions

    L. Li;H. Shan;C. Y. Yue;Y. C. Lam

  • Cellulose-based materials in wastewater treatment of petroleum industry

    Baoliang Peng;Baoliang Peng;Zhaoling Yao;Xiaocong Wang;Xiaocong Wang;Xiaocong Wang;Mitchel Crombeen

  • New Insights on the Interaction Mechanism within Oppositely Charged Polymer/Surfactant Systems

    C. Wang and;K. C. Tam

  • Polyethylenimine-cross-linked cellulose nanocrystals for highly efficient recovery of rare earth elements from water and a mechanism study

    Feiping Zhao;Eveliina Repo;Yang Song;Dulin Yin

  • Insights on polymer surfactant complex structures during the binding of surfactants to polymers as measured by equilibrium and structural techniques

    Kam C. Tam;Evan Wyn-Jones

  • Surface modification of cellulose nanocrystal with chitosan oligosaccharide for drug delivery applications

    Seyedeh Parinaz Akhlaghi;Richard C. Berry;Kam C. Tam

Frequent Co-Authors

Yee Cheong Lam
Yee Cheong Lam Nanyang Technological University
Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai University of Leeds
Xiao Hu
Xiao Hu Nanyang Technological University
Chee Yoon Yue
Chee Yoon Yue City University of Hong Kong
Daniel Taton
Daniel Taton University of Bordeaux
Juming Yao
Juming Yao Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Chi K. Tse
Chi K. Tse City University of Hong Kong
Siu-Chung Wong
Siu-Chung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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