Assistant Professor Xu Rong

Division of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore 637459

Tel: (65) 6790 6713
Fax: (65) 6794 7553
Email: rxu@ntu.edu.sg

Education:

BEng, Chem & Env. Eng, NUS, Singapore, 1998

MEng, Chem & Env. Eng, NUS, Singapore, 2000

• Heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis for clean energy (water splitting for hydrogen production under visible light) and environmental applications
• Functional nanomaterials for bio, pharmaceutical and environmental applications

• Zhang, W., Tay, H. L., Lim, S. S., Wang, Y. S., Zhong, Z. Y., Xu, R.*, Supported cobalt oxide on MgO: highly efficient catalysts for degradation of organic dyes in dilute solutions, Appl. Cat. B-Env., accepted.
• Zhang, W., and Xu, R.*, Surface Engineered Active Photocatalysts without Noble Metals: CuS-ZnxCd1-xS Nanospheres by One-Step Synthesis. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 34, 8495-8503, 2009.
• Zhang, Y. X., Das, G. K., Xu, R.*, and Tan, T. T. Y.*, Tb-doped Iron Oxide: Bifunctional Fluorescent and Magnetic Nanocrystals, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 3696-3703, 2009.
• Gunawan, P. and Xu, R.*, Direct Assembly of Anisotropic Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Nanocrystals on Spherical Template for Fabrication of Drug-LDH Hollow Nanospheres, Chem. Mater., 21, 781-783, 2009.
•  Zhang, W., Zhong, Z. Y., Wang, Y. S. and Xu, R.*, Doped Solid Solution: (Zn0.95Cu0.05)1-xCdxS Nanocrystals with High Activity for H2 Evolution from Aqueous Solutions under Visible Light, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 17635-17642, 2008.
• Chen, Y. Z., Yang, C. T., Ching, C. B. and Xu, R.*, Immobilization of Lipases on Hydrophobilized Zirconia Nanoparticles: Highly Enantioselective and Reusable Biocatalysts, Langmuir , 24, 8877-8884, 2008.
• Gunawan, P. and Xu, R.*, Synthesis of Unusual Coral-like Layered Double Hydroxide Microspheres in a Nonaqueous Polar Solvent/Surfactant System, J. Mater. Chem., 18, 2112-2120, 2008.
• Qian, H. S., Gunawan, P., Zhang, Y. X., Lin, G. F., Zheng, J. W. and Xu, R.*, Template-Free Synthesis of Highly Uniform a-GaOOH Spindles and Conversion to a-Ga2O3 and b-Ga2O3, Cryst. Growth Des., 8, 1282-1287, 2008.

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