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Dr. Hua Zhang

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. Now he is an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He has published 60+ papers and 20+ patent applications. He is an Associate Editor of International Journal of Nanoscience (2007-) and sits on the Editorial Board of NANO (2007-).

Selected Publications (see Full Publications List):

Citation Report

[17] Z. Yin, S. Wu, X. Zhou, X. Huang, Q. Zhang, F. Boey, H. Zhang: “Electrochemical Deposition of ZnO Nanorods on Transparent Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrodes for Hybrid Solar Cells”, Small, DOI: 10.1002/smll.200901968, accepted (2009).

[16] J. Zhang, S. Song, L. Wang, H. Zhang, F. Boey, C. Fan: “Aptamer-based multicolor gold nanoprobes for multiplex detection in homogeneous solution”, Small, accepted (2009).

[15] X. Qi, Can Xue, X. Huang, Y. Huang, X. Zhou, H. Li, D. Liu, F. Boey, Q. Yan, W. Huang, S. De Feyter, K. Müllen, H. Zhang: “Polyphenylene Dendrimer-Templated In-Situ Construction of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Rice-Shaped Architectures”, Adv. Funct. Mater., accepted, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200900982 (2009).

[14] L. H. Tan, S. Xing, T. Chen, G. Chen, X. Huang, H. Zhang, H. Chen: “Fabrication of Polymer Nanocavities with Tailored Openings”, ACS Nano, DOI: 10.1021/nn900917z, (2009).

[13] B. Li, X. Cao, X. Huang, G. Lu, Y. Huang, C. F. Goh, F. Y. C. Boey, H. Zhang: “Facile “Needle-Scratching” Method for Fast Catalyst Patterns Used for Large-Scale Growth of Densely Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays”, Small, Vol. 5, Pages 2061-2065 (2009).

[12] W. Zhou, J. Zhu, D. Li, H. H. Hng, F. Y. C. Boey, J. Ma, H. Zhang, Q. Yan: “Multi-Phased Nanoparticles for Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties”, Adv. Mater., Vol. 21, Pages 3196–3200 (2009).

[11] B. Li, C. F. Goh, X. Zhou, G. Lu, H. Tantang, Y. Chen, C. Xue, F. Y. C. Boey, H. Zhang: “Patterning Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles for Controlled Growth of Carbon Nanotubes”, Adv. Mater., Vol. 20, Pages 4873-4878, (2008).

[10] F. Huo, Z. Zheng, G. Zheng, L. R. Giam, H. Zhang, C. A. Mirkin: “Polymer Pen Lithography”, Science, Vol. 321, Pages 1658–1660, (2008).

[9] X. Zhou, Y. Chen, B. Li, G. Lu, F. Y. C. Boey, J. Ma, H. Zhang: “Controlled Growth of Peptide Nanoarrays on Si/SiOx Substrates”, Small, Vol. 4, Pages 1324–1328 (2008).

[8] J. Zhang, L. Wang, D. Pan, S. Song, F. Y. C. Boey, H. Zhang, C. H. Fan: “Visual Cocaine Detection with Gold Nanoparticles and Rationally Engineered Aptamer Structures”, Small, Vol. 4, Pages 1196–1200 (2008). (Cover Article)

[7] H. Zhang, N. A. Amro, S. Disawal, R. Elghanian, R. Shile, J. Fragala: “High-Throughput Dip Pen Nanolithography-Based Fabrication of Si Nanostructures”, Small, Vol. 3, Pages 81-85 (2007).

[6] H. Zhang, R. Elghanian, N. A. Amro, S. Disawal, R. Eby: “Dip Pen Nanolithography Stamp Tip”, Nano Lett., vol. 4, Pages 1649-1655 (2004).

[5] H. Zhang, R. Jin, C. A. Mirkin: “Synthesis of Open-Ended, Cylindrical Au-Ag Alloy Nanostructures on a Si/SiO_X Surface”, Nano Lett., vol. 4, Pages 1493-1495 (2004).

[4] D. S. Ginger, H. Zhang, C. A. Mirkin: “The Evolution of Dip-Pen Nanolithography”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., vol. 43, Pages 30-45 (2004). (Cover Picture)

[3] H. Zhang, S.-W. Chung, C. A. Mirkin: “Fabrication of Sub-50 nm Solid-State Nanostructures On the Basis of Dip-Pen Nanolithography”, Nano Lett., Vol. 3, Pages 43-45, (2003).

[2] H. Zhang, Z. Li, C. A. Mirkin: “Dip-Pen Nanolithography-Based Methodology for Preparing Arrays of Nanostructures Functionalized with Oligonucleotides”, Adv. Mater., Vol. 14, Pages 1472-1474, (2002).

[1] L. M. Demers, M. Östblom, H. Zhang, N.-H. Jang, B. Liedberg, C. A. Mirkin: “Thermal Desorption Behavior and Binding Properties of DNA Bases and Nucleosides on Gold”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 124, Pages 11248 –11249, (2002).