Zhiyong Tang

Telephone: +86-10-82545580

Facsimile:  +86-10-62656765

Email:   zytang@nanoctr.cn 

QUALIFICATIONS

1999                            Doctor of Chinese Academy of Sciences

1996                            Master of Wuhan University

1993                            Bachelor of Wuhan University

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2006-present     Professor, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China

2003-2006        Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering,

University of Michigan, Dr. Nicholas A. Kotov’s research group

2001-2003        Research Fellow, Chemistry Department, Oklahoma State University,

Dr. Nicholas A. Kotov’s research group

2000-2001            Research Associate, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Dr. Roel Prins’ research group

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Advisory Board Member, Nanoscale, From 2012-

Guest Editor, Special Issue “Nanomaterials”, ChemPhysChem, 2012

AWARDS AND HONOURS

Asian Rising Stars, The 15th Asian Chemical Congress, 2013

Emerging Investigator, ChemComm, RSC 2013

Distinguished Asian Speaker, University of Alberta, Canada 2012

“Evonik Particuology Innovation Award, The Chinese Society of Particuology, 2012

ARCH Venture Partners Young Researcher Achievement Award, China 2010

Excellent Graduate Student Award, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China 1999

Distinguished Graduate Student, Wuhan University, China 1994/1995/1996

Distinguished Undergraduate Student, Wuhan University, China 1990/1991/1992/1993 

RESEARCH  INTEREST

Controllable synthesis and assembly, property manipulation and practical application of inorganic nanomaterials

SELECTIVE PULICATION

1.        Wang, X.; Yang, J.; Yin, H.; Song, R.; Tang, Z. “Raisin Bun”-Like Nanocomposites of Palladium Clusters and Porphyrin for Superior Formic Acid Oxidation. Advanced Materials, 2012, 25(19), 2728-2732.

2.        Tang, H.; Yin, H.; Wang, J.; Yang, N.; Wang, D.; Tang, Z. Molecular Architecture of Cobalt Porphyrin Multilayers on Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets for High Performance Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 52(21), 5585-5589.

3.        He, L.; Liu, Y.; Liu, J.; Xiong, Y.; Zheng, J.; Liu, Y.; Tang, Z. Core-Shell Noble-Metal@Metal-Organic-Framework Nanoparticles with Highly Selective Sensing Property. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 52(13), 3741-3745.

4.        Cheng, Q.; Wu, M.; Li, M.; Jiang, L.; Tang, Z. Ultratough Artificial Nacre Based on Conjugated Cross-linked Graphene Oxide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 52(13), 3750-3755.

5.        Li, Z.; Zhu, Z.; Liu, W.; Zhou, Y.; Han, B.; Gao, Y.; Tang, Z. Reversible plasmonic circular dichroism of Au nanorod and DNA assemblies. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134(7), 3322-3325.

6.        Wang, J.; Cheng, Q.; Tang, Z. Layered Nanocomposites Inspired by Structure and Mechanical Property of Nacre. Chemical Society Reviews 2012, 41, 1111-1129.

7.        Xia, Y.; Nguyen, T.; Yang, M.; Lee, B.; Santos, A.; Podsiadlo, P.; Tang, Z.; Glotzer, S. C.; Kotov, N. A. Self-assembly of self-limiting, monodisperse supraparticles from polydisperse nanoparticles. Nature Nanotechnology 2011, 6, 580-587.

8.        Tang, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Wang, Y.; Glotzer, S. C.; Kotov, N. A. Spontaneous Self-Assembly of CdTe Nanocrystals Into Free-Floating Sheets. Science 2006(5797), 314, 274-278.

9.        Tang, Z.; Kotov, N. A.; Magonov, S.; Ozturk, B. Nanostructured artificial nacre. Nature Materials 2003, 2(6), 413-418.

10.    Tang, Z.; Kotov, N. A.; Giersig, M. Spontaneous organization of single CdTe nanoparticles into luminescent nanowires. Science 2002, 297(5579), 237-240.