Prof. HUO Fengwei

Vice-director of Institute of Advanced Materials

The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

Distinguished Young Scholar of Jiangsu Province

Research Interests

Porous coordination polymer based composite materials, Selective catalysis, Nano-lithography

Biographical Information

1995-1999: Bachelor degree; Jilin University, China.

1999-2002: Master degree; Jilin University, China.

2002-2009: PhD degree; Northwestern University, United States.

2010-2014: Assist. Prof.; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

2014-        : Professor; Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University.

Academic Achievements

The main research of Prof. HUO Fengwei's group focuses on the design and synthesis of porous coordination polymer based composite materials. In their research, functional materials (such as nanoparticles, polymers, small molecules, etc.) were encapsulated in porous coordination polymer crystals, in which the properties of functional materials and porous coordination polymers were integrated, providing new ideas and platform for the fundamental research and further applications of these composite materials. Prof. HUO Fengwei has published over 50 SCI papers, including Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Chemistry, Advanced Materials, etc., with over 1500 citations.

Publications:

1. Zhang, W., Lu, G., Cui, C., Liu, Y., Li, S., Yan, W., Xing, C., Chi, Y. R., Yang, Y. &Huo, F.*A Family of Metal-Organic Frameworks Exhibiting Size-Selective Catalysis with Encapsulated Noble-Metal Nanoparticles. Advanced Materials,2014, 26, 4056-4060.

2. Wu, J., Zan, X., Li, S., Liu, Y., Cui, C., Zou, B., Zhang, W., Xu, H., Duan, H., Tian, D., Huang, W. &Huo, F.*In Situ Synthesis of Large-Area Single Sub-10 nm Nanoparticle Arrays by Polymer Pen Lithography. Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 749-752.

3. Liu, Y., Zhang, W., Li, S., Cui, C., Wu, J., Chen, H. &Huo, F.*Designable Yolk-Shell Nanoparticle@MOFPetalousHeterostructures. Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26, 1119-1125. (Liu is an undergraduate student)

4. Lee, J.-Y., Tang, C. Y. &Huo, F.*Fabrication of Porous Matrix Membrane (PMM) Using Metal-Organic Framework as Green Template for Water Treatment. Scientific Reports, 2014, srep03740.

5. Lu, G., Cui, C., Zhang, W., Liu, Y. &Huo, F.* Synthesis and Self-Assembly of MonodispersedMetal-Organic Framework Microcrystals. Chemistry-an Asian Journal, 2013, 8, 69-72.

6. Lu, G., Li, S., Guo, Z., Farha, O. K., Hauser, B. G., Qi, X., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Han, S., Liu, X., DuChene, J. S., Zhang, H., Zhang, Q., Chen, X., Ma, J., Loo, S. C. J., Wei, W. D., Yang, Y., Hupp, J. T. &Huo, F.*Imparting Functionality to A Metal-Organic Framework Material by Controlled Nanoparticle Encapsulation. Nature Chemistry, 2012, 4, 310-316.

7. Li, S., Shi, W., Lu, G., Li, S., Loo, S. C. J. &Huo, F.*Unconventional Nucleation and Oriented Growth of ZIF-8 Crystals on Non-Polar Surface. Advanced Materials, 2012, 24, 5954-5958.

8. Huo, F., Zheng, G., Liao, X., Giam, L. R., Chai, J., Chen, X., Shim, W. & Mirkin, C. A. Beam Pen Lithography. Nature Nanotechnology, 2010, 5, 637-640,

9. Huo, F., Zheng, Z., Zheng, G., Giam, L. R., Zhang, H. & Mirkin, C. A. Polymer Pen Lithography. Science, 2008, 321, 1658-1660.

10. Huo, F., Xu, H. P., Zhang, L., Fu, Y., Wang, Z. Q. & Zhang, X.Hydrogen-Bonding Based Multilayer Assemblies by Self-Deposition of Dendrimer. Chemical Communications, 2003, 874-875.