Synthesis and Applications of Novel Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials
Hua Zhang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue,
Singapore 639798, Singapore
Tel: 65-67905175, Fax: 65-6790-9081, e-mail: HZhang@ntu.edu.sg, website:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/hzhang/
Abstract
In this talk, I will summarize the recent research on synthesis, characterization and applications of twodimensional nanomaterials in my group [1]. I will introduce the synthesis and characterization of novel
low-dimensional nanomaterials, such as graphene-based composites [2] including the first-time
synthesized hexagonal-close packed (hcp) Au nanostructures on graphene oxide [3], and the epitaxial
growth of Pd, Pt and Ag nanostructures on solution-processable MoS2 nanoshees at ambient conditions
[4], single- or few-layer metal dichalcogenide and hybrid nanosheets [5], and large-amount, uniform,
ultrathin metal sulfide and selenide nanocrystals [6]. Then I will demonstrate the applications of these
novel nanomaterials in chemical and bio-sensors [7], solar cells [8], water splitting [9], hydrogen
evolution reaction [4, 10], electric devices [11], memory devices [12], conductive electrodes [7b, 8, 11a,
12a,b, 13], other clean energy [14], etc.
Keywords: Low-dimensional nanomaterials; Graphene; Metal dichalcogenides; Nanodevices; Field-effect transistors; Sensors; Clean energy
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Brief CV
Dr. Hua Zhang obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees at Nanjing
University in China in 1992 and 1995, respectively, and completed his
Ph.D. with Prof. Zhongfan Liu at Peking University in China in July
1998. He joined Prof. Frans C. De Schryver’s group at Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven) in Belgium as a Research Associate in
January 1999. Then he moved to Prof. Chad A. Mirkin’s group at
Northwestern University as a Postdoctoral Fellow in July 2001. He
started to work at NanoInk Inc. (USA) as a Research Scientist/Chemist
in August 2003. After that, he worked as a Senior Research Scientist at
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore from
November 2005 to July 2006. Then he joined the School of Materials
Science and Engineering in Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to a tenured Associate
Professor on March 1, 2011, and Full Professor on Sept. 1, 2013.
He has published 5 invited book chapters, 53 patent applications (including 8 granted US patents), and
over 290 papers, among which 267 papers were published in the journals with IF>3 (including 97 papers
published in IF>10 journals and 525 papers published in 7<IF<10 journals). Some of his papers have
been published in Science, Nat. Chem., Nat. Commun., Chem. Soc. Rev., Acc. Chem. Res., Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nano Lett., ACS Nano, Adv. Energy Mater., Energy
Environ. Sci., Adv. Funct. Mater., Chem. Sci., Chem. Mater., Small, etc. Based on Web of Science on
Oct. 2, 2014, the total citation of his papers is over 13,000 with H-index of 57. He has been invited to
give more than 180 Plenary, Keynote or Invited Talks in many international conferences, universities and
institutes, and serve as Session Chair. He has organized several international conferences and served as
Symposium Chair or Conference Co-Chair. He is an Associate Editor of International Journal of
Nanoscience (2007-), sits on the Advisory Board of Chem. Soc. Rev. (2012-) and Nanoscale (2012-), the
Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Nano (2014-), Chem. Mater. (2014-), ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
(2014-), Small (2012-) and Nanofabrication (2012-), the Editorial Board of Carbon (2013-) and NANO
(2007-), and the International Advisory Board of Materials Research Express (2014-) and
ChemPlusChem (2012-). He is also one of the members of the Advisory Committee of IOP Asia-Pacific
(2010-). He was selected to the 2014 The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds and the Highly Cited
Researchers 2014 (Thomson Reuters, 2014) and listed one of 17 “Hottest Researchers of Today” in the
world, and got the World Cultural Council (WCC) Special Recognition Award (2013), the ONASSIA
Foundation Lectureship (Greece, 2013), Asian Rising Stars (15th Asian Chemical Congress, 2013),
SMALL Young Innovator Award (Wiley-VCH, 2012) and Nanyang Award for Research Excellence
(2011).
Dr. Zhang’s research is highly interdisciplinary. His current research interests focus on synthesis of twodimensional nanomaterials (graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides), carbon materials (graphene
and CNTs) and their hybrid composites for various applications in nano- and biosensors, clean energy,
water remediation, etc.; controlled synthesis, characterization and application of novel metallic and
semiconducting nanomaterials; scanning probe microscopy; lithography-based fabrication of surface
structures from micro- to nanometer scale; self-assembly and self-organization of nano- and biomaterials;
self-assembled monolayers; etc.