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Professor Dongyuan Zhao


B.S. (Chemistry), Jilin University, China, 1984
M.S. (Chemistry), Jilin University, China, 1987
Ph.D. (Chemistry), Jilin University and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China, 1990

Professor

email: dongyuan.zhao@eng.monash.edu.au
tel: +61 3 9905 4175
fax: +61 3 9905 5686
Room 210, Building 36 Engineering

Research Information Page

http://homepage.fudan.edu.cn/~dyzhao

Professional Appointments

  • 2006 – Present: Professor,  Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
  • 1998 – Present: Cheung Kong Professor of Chemistry and Materials, Deputy Director of Advanced Materials Laboratory, Deputy Chair of Chemistry Department, Fudan University, China
  • 1992-1997: Research Fellow, University of Regina, Canada (1992), The Weimann Institute of Science , Israel (1994), University of Houston (1996); University of California at Santa Barbara (1997). Visiting Professor, University of California at Riversides (1999, 2001)
  • 1991 – 1992: Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology, China
  • 1990 – 1991: Lecturer, Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology, China

Professional Affiliations

  • Secretary-general council member , International Mesostructured Materials Association, 2002
  • Council member, International Zeolites Association, 2004.
  • Editorial Boards: Chemistry of An Asian Journal; Journal of Energy and Fuels; Acta Petrolei Sinica , Associate Editor of Chinese Science Bulletin
  • Expert Member on Governmental Missions: Chinese Research Council,  Expert Advisory Committee (Chemistry , Materials )

Current Research and Professional Interests

  • Synthesis and structural characterization of mesostructured materials with an emphasis on the design, assembly, growth and control of the composition, morphology, property and functionality.
  • Synthesis and characterization of microporous materials, zeolites and low-dimensional nanomaterials by using mesoporous materials as templates.
  • Self-assembly and supramolecular templating, molecular and block unite tailoring to prepare novel catalytic, separation, electronic, and magnetic materials for a variety of applications including catalysis, separation, electro-photonic nanodevices and drug delivery.

Honours and Awards

  • 2002 Plenary Lecture, International Nanoporous Materials IV, Ontario, Niagara Falls, 7-10 June, 2005
  • 2004 Second Prize of National Natural Science Award, P. R. China
  • 2002 Plenary Speaker, China Materials Research Society (CMRS) 2002, Beijing , China , Oct. 21-24, 2002
  • 2002 Mudan Award for Natural Science, Shanghai, China
  • 2002 Keynote Speaker, 3rd IMMS2002, International Mesostructured Materials Symposium, JeJu , Korea , 8-11 July, 2002
  • 2000 Cheung Kong Program Special Professorship, China Ministry of Education, Jan. 2000
  • 1999 NSFC (National Science Foundation of China ) Distinguished Young Researcher Award

Conferences and Workshop Organization:

  • 2006 Chairman for 5 th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium (IMMS2006), Shanghai , China (5 -8 August)
  • 2004 Chairman for 6 th International Symposium of Northeastern Asian NanoScience & Technology, Shanghai , China (7 -11 May)
  • 2002 International advisory Board : 3 rd Int. Conf. Mesostructured Materials, JeJu , Korea (8-11 July)
  • 1999 National Frontier  Chemistry Symposium Chairman , Shanghai, China (16-21 August )

Selected Publications

       220 refereed journal papers; over 50 conference papers and invited talks (ISI Citations: over 9500 since 1998)

  • Y. Wan, H. F. Yang, D. Y. Zhao (2006) "Host-Guest" Chemistry in the Synthesis of Ordered Nonsiliceous Mesoporous Materials” Accounts of Chemical Research, 39, 423.
  • D. H. Chen, Z. Li, Y. Wan, X. J. Tu, Y. F. Shi, Z. X. Chen, W. Shen, C. Z. Yu, B. Tu, D. Y. Zhao, (2006) “Anionic surfactant induced mesophase transformation to synthesize highly ordered large-pore mesoporous silica structures” J. Mater. Chem., 16, 1511.
  • S. Yang, L. Z. Zhao, C. Z. Yu, X. F. Zhou, J. W. Tang, P. Yuan, D. Y. Chen, D. Y. Zhao, (2006) “On the Origin of Helical Mesostructures”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 10460 - 10466.
  • Y. Meng, D. Gu, F. Q. Zhang, Y. F. Shi, H. F. Yang, Z. Li, C. Z. Yu, B. Tu, D. Y. Zhao, (2005) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 44, 7053-7059.
  • F. Q. Zhang, Y. Meng, D. Gu, Y. Yan, C. Z. Yu, B. Tu, D. Y. Zhao, (2005) “A Facile Aqueous Route to Synthesize Highly Ordered Mesoporous Polymers and Carbon Frameworks with Ia-3d Bicontinuous Cubic Structure” J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 127 (39),13508.
  • B. Z. Tian, X. Y. Liu, L. A. Solovyov, Z. Liu, H. Yang, Z. Zhang, S. Xie, F. Zhang, B. Tu, C. Yu, O. Terasaki, D. Y. Zhao, (2004) “Facile synthesis and characterization of novel mesoporous and mesorelief oxides with gyroidal structures”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 865-875
  • B. Z. Tian, X. Y. Liu, B. Tu, C. Yu, J. Fan, S. Xie, G. D. Stucky D. Y. Zhao, (2003) “Self-Adjusted General Synthesis of Ordered Stable Mesoporous Minerals via Acid-Base Pairs.” Nature Materials 2, 159-163.
  • Q. Shi, B. Tian, Q. Lu, F. Gao, S. Xie, J. Fan, C. Yu, B. Tu, D. Y. Zhao, (2003) “One-Step Nanocasting Synthesis of Highly Ordered Single Crystalline Indium Oxide Nanowire Arrays from Mesostructured Frameworks”, H . Yang, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 4724-4725.
  • J. Fan, C. Yu, F. Gao, J. Lei, B. Tian, L. Wang, Q. Luo, B. Tu, W. Zhou, D. Y. Zhao, (2003) “Cubic Mesoporous Silica with Large Controllable Entrance Sizes and Advanced Adsorption Properties” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42, 3146-3150.
  • C. Yu, B. Tian, J. Fan, G. D. Stucky, D. Y. Zhao, (2002) “Non-ionic Block Copolymer Synthesis of Large Pore Cubic Mesoporous Single Crystals by Use of Inorganic Salts”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 4556.
  • J. Fan, C. Yu, L. Wang, B. Tu, D. Y. Zhao, Y. Sakamoto, O. Tarasaki, (2001) “Mesotunnels on the Silica Wall of Ordered SBA-15 to Generate Three-Dimensional Large-Pore Mesoporous Networks”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 12113-12114
  • Y. Sakamoto, M. Kaneda, O. Terasaki, D. Y. Zhao, J. M. Kim, G. D. Stucky, H. J. Shin, R. Ryoo, (2000) "Direct imaging of the pore and cages of three-dimensional mesoporous materials" Nature, 408, 449 .
  • L. Huang, Z. Wang, J. Sun, L. Miao, Q. Li, Y. Yan, D. Zhao, (2000) “Fabrication of Ordered Porous Structures by Self-Assembly of Zeolite Nanocrystals” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122 (14), 3530-3531
  • C. Yu, Y. Yu, D. Y. Zhao, (2000) “Highly Ordered Large Caged Cubic Mesoporous Silica Structures Templated by Triblock PEO-PBO-PEO Copolymer” Chem. Commun. 575-576

Selected Patents:

         More than 40 patents ( 6 US patens and 35 Chinese patents)

  • D. Y. Zhao, “Synthesis of Mesophase Materials with Molecularly Ordered Frameworks”. CN 1342605A
  • B. Z. Tian, X. Y. Liu, B. Tu, D. Y. Zhao; “Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica Molecular Sieves in Potassium Salts System”; Application No. 01126507. 8, Publish No. CN 1346791A
  • G. D. Stucky, B. F. Chmelka, D. Y. Zhao, N. Melosh, Q. Huo, J. Feng, P. Yang, D. Pine, D. Margolese, W. Lukens, G. H. Fredrikson, P. Schmidt-Winkel, “Block copolymer processing for mesostructured inorganic oxide materials” US Patent US 6, 592, 764
  • P. Yang, D. Tao, G. M. Whiteside, G. D. Stucky, D. Y. Zhao, B. F. Chmelka, “Hierarchically ordered porous oxides” , US Patent US 6, 541, 539 B1 (Apr.1, 2003).