Tel: 0512-65880957 (O)       

Email: zhkang@suda.edu.cn

Teachers in the group: Liu, Yang (Professor),  Huang, Hui (Lecturer)

Academic History:

B.S., Northeast Normal University, Dept. of Chemistry,1999

Ph.D., Northeast Normal University, Dept. of Chemistry, 2005

Post-Doc., City University of Hong Kong, Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films & Dept. of Biology and Chemistry, 2006-2009

Research Interests:

Polyoxometalate Chemistry, Nanomaterials Chemistry, Nanocatalysis

Research Experience and Accomplishments:

Mainly focused on the controlled synthesis of carbon and silicon nanostructures using green chemical methods, and exploring of their applications in nanocatalysis and bio-imaging. Over 60 publications in top chemistry and materials journals, some of which were highlighted in Science, Current Science, and Nanotechweb.org, etc. One ongoing research fund from National Natural Science Foundation of China. Awards include: National Top 100 Doctoral Dissertations Award (2008), Science and Technology Progress Award (First Prize) of Jilin Province (2007).

Selected Publications:

1. Z. H. Kang*, Y. Liu, C. H. A. Tsang, D. D. D. Ma, X. Fan, N. B. Wong*, S. T. Lee*, “Water-soluble silicon quantum dots withfine wavelength-tunable photoluminescence”, Advanced Materials 2009, 21, 661.

2.Z. H. Kang, C. H. A. Tsang, Z. D. Zhang, M. L. Zhang, N. B. Wong*, J. A. Zapien, Y. Y. Shan, S. T. Lee*, “A polyoxometalate-assisted electrochemical method for silicon nanostructures preparation: From quantum dots to nanowires”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 5326.

3. Z. H. Kang, C. H. A. Tsang, N. B. Wong*, Z. D. Zhang, S. T. Lee*, “Silicon Quantum Dots: A General Photocatalyst for Reduction, Decomposition, and Selective Oxidation Reactions”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 12090.

4.Z. H. Kang, E. B. Wang*, B. D. Mao, Z. M. Su*, L. Gao, S. Y. Lian, L. Xu, “Controllable fabrication of carbon nanotube and nanobelt with a polyoxometalate-assisted mild hydrothermal process”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2005, 127, 6534.

5.Z. H. Kang, E. B. Wang*,L. Gao, S. Y. Lian, M. Jiang, C. W. Hu, L. Xu, “One-step water-assisted synthesis of high-quality carbon nanotubes directly from graphite”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125, 13652. Highted in Science, 2003, 302, 951; Current Science, 2004, 86, 256.

Edited by Juan Yang