Mengling Zhang

Research Associate Professor

Education/Professional Experience

2024.10-present: Research associate professor, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University

2021.07-2024.09: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University

2016.07-2021.06: Ph.D., Chemistry, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University

2012.09-2016.06: Bachelor, Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University

Contact Information

Office: 910-620, Dushu Lake Campus, Soochow University

Email: zhangml@suda.edu.cn

Research Interests and Accomplishments

Zhang’s research focuses on the controllable synthesis of chiral carbon nanomaterials and their application in chiral catalysis, biocatalysis, and chiral biological effects. Up to now, she has co-authored over 40 SCI papers, with 15 papers published as the first author or corresponding author in journals such as Nat. Commun., Adv. Funct. Mater., Nano Lett., Small, and J. Colloid Interface Sci.

Selected Publications

1. Hao Li,* Chengming Sun, Mengling Zhang,* Wei Yan,* Zhenhui Kang, Multifunctional thermally activated delayed fluorescence carbon dots for temperature-responsive sensor, information encryption and organelle imaging, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, 2405669.

2. Mengling Zhang, Yan Zhang, Xin Du, Yurong Ma, Hui Huang, Fan Liao, Xing Fan,* Jianhua Wang, Haiping Lin, Mingwang Shao, Yang Liu,* Youyong Li,* Zhenhui Kang,* Enantioselective and band gap modulation in photocatalysis of metal-free chiral carbon dots, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 19379-19390.

3. Yan Zhang, Mengling Zhang,* Yurong Ma, Xin Du, Wenwen Li, Tao Hu, Yang Liu,* Hui Huang,* Zhenhui Kang, Enhanced the intrinsic oxidase-like activity of chiral carbon dots via manganese doping for selective catalytic oxidation. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2024, 659, 687-696.

4. Xiuhua Yin,^# Hong Zhou,^#Mengling Zhang,^# Juan Su, Xiao Wang, Sijie Li, Zaixing Yang,* Zhenhui Kang,* Ruhong Zhou,* C₃N nanodots inhibits Aβ peptides aggregation pathogenic path in Alzheimer’s disease. Nat. Commun.,2023, 14, 5718.

5. Mengling Zhang, Xing Fan, Xin Du, Yurong Ma, Xiting Wang, Hui Huang, Yang Liu, Youyong Li,* Zhenhui Kang,* Chiral carbon dots from glucose by room temperature alkali-assisted synthesis for electrocatalytic oxidation of tryptophan enantiomers, Nano Res., 2023,16, 8929-8936.

6. Xin Du, Mengling Zhang,* Yurong Ma, Xiting Wang, Yang Liu,* Hui Huang,* Zhenhui Kang, Size-dependent antibacterial of carbon dots by selective absorption and differential oxidative stress of bacteria, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2023, 634, 44-53.

7. Mengling Zhang,^# Wanru Zhang,^# Xing Fan,^# Yurong Ma, Hui Huang, Xiting Wang, Yang Liu,* Haiping Lin,* Youyong Li, He Tian,* Mingwang Shao,* Zhenhui Kang,* Chiral carbon dots derived from serine with well-defined structure and enantioselective catalytic activity, Nano Lett., 2022, 22, 7203-7211.

8. Mengling Zhang, Yurong Ma, Huibo Wang, Bo Wang, Yunjie Zhou, Yang Liu,* Mingwang Shao, Hui Huang,* Fang Lu,* Zhenhui Kang,* Chiral control of carbon dots via surface modification for tuning the enzymatic activity of glucose oxidase, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 5877-5886.

9. Mengling Zhang, Huibo Wang, Bo Wang, Yurong Ma, Hui Huang, Yang Liu,* Mingwang Shao,* Bowen Yao,* Zhenhui Kang,* Maltase decorated by chiral carbon dots with inhibited enzyme activity for glucose level control, Small, 2019, 15, 1901512.

     

Edited by Juan Yang