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Dan Zhu Professor

Bio: 

Mailing Address:          School of Chemistry and Materials Science   

                                    Nanjing Normal University

                                    1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023

Telephone:                 86-25-85891249, 13913995522

E-mail:                       zhudan1013@gmail.com, zhudan@njnu.edu.cn

EDUCATION

  • Nara Women's University, Japan, Ph.D. Oct. 2002      

Thesis Topic：    Synthesis and Characterization of Electrical Conducting

                           Pyropolymers and Carbon-filled Composites

  • Nanjing University, China, M.S. June 1998

         Major：    Polymer Chemistry and Physics

  • Zhejiang University, China, B.S. June 1995

     Major：      Physical Chemistry

PROFESSIOAL EXPERIENCE

  • Apr. 2008 –Mar. 2009: Assistant Professor, School of Natural Science and Ecological Awareness, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University, Japan
  • Jan. 2005-present:     Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor，School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, China.
  • Oct. 2002-Dec. 2004: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, China.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Using a combination of different instruments, I study single-polymer chain conformation and polymer condensed structures and their relevant critical phenomena and physics, including

  1. Conformational transition and assembly of polyelectrolyte and natural biomacromolecules studied by dielectric spectroscopy.
  2. Liquid-to-solid jamming transition of colloidal dispersions studied by dielectric and viscoelastic spectroscopy.
  3. Interfacial structures and charge distribution in solid-solid (composites), solid-liquid or liquid-liquid interfaces and the relevant electrical, optical, mechanical or biological properties.

 

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

  1. Jing Shang, Ruonan Gao, Fu Su, Huaguang Wang*, Dan Zhu*, “Colloidal Probes of PNIPAM Grafted SiO2 in Studying the Microrheology of Thermally Sensitive Microgel Suspensions”，Advances in Polymer Technology, 2020，3971953, 9 pages.
  2. Yixuan Li, Jing Gao, Liyun Yang, Jian Shen, Qing Jiang, Chi Wu, Dan Zhu*, Yifeng Zhang*, “Biodegradable and Bioactive Orthopedic Magnesium Implants with Multilayered Protective Coating”，ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2, 3290−3299, 2019.
  3. Dan Zhu*, Jing Shang, Xiaodong Ye, Jian Shen, “Aggregation and Gelation of Aromatic Polyamides with Parallel and Anti-parallel Dipoles along the Linear Backbone”, Scientific Reports, 6, 39124, 2016.
  4. Jing Shang, Kunlun Hong, Tao Wang, Dan Zhu*, “Dielectric and Mechanical Investigations on the Hydrophilicity and Hydrophobicity of Precisely Synthesized Polyethylene Oxide on Silicon”, Langmuir, 32, 11395-11404, 2016.
  5. Yujie Cao, Dan Zhu*, To Ngai, Ling Qin, Chi Wu and Jian Shen, “Dielectric Investigations on How Mg Salt is Dispersed in and Released from Polylactic Acid”, Chin J Polym Sci, 2014, 32(5), 1-12.
  6. Dan Zhu*, Qiaoli Guo, Zhaoyu Zheng, Masaru Matsuo, “Thermal and Dielectric Investigations on the Blends of k-Carrageenan and Nano-structured Polyaniline”, Synthetic Metals, 2014, 187, 165-171.
  7. To Ngai, Li Wang, Dan Zhu*, Jian Shen*, “Correlation between Dielectric/electric Properties and Cross- linking/charge Density Distributions of Thermally Sensitive Spherical PNIPAM Microgels”, Macromolecules, 2012, 45 (15), 6158–6167.

 

PRESENTATIONS

  1. “Biodegredable and Bioactive Orthopaedic Implants of Magnesium and its Alloy with a Multilayered Protective Coating”, World Forum on Advanced Materials (PolyChar 27), Naples, Italy, Oct. 14-17, 2019.
  2. “Dielectric and Mechanical Investigations on the Conformation of Condensing Polyethylene Oxide Chains Grafted on Silicon Surface”(invited), World Forum on Advanced Materials (PolyChar 25), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 9-13, 2017.
  3. Dielectric and Mechanical Investigations on the Hydrophilicity and Hydrophobicity of Precisely Synthesized Polyethylene Oxide on Silicon (Poster), Gordon Research Conference on Polymer Physics, South Hadley, Massachusetts, July 24-29, 2016.
  4. Aggregation and Gelation of Aromatic Polyamides with Parallel and Anti-parallel Dipoles along the Linear Backbone (Oral), The Joint Symposium of the 22nd Polymer Networks Group Meeting and the 10th Gel Symposium, Tokyo, 2014.11.
  5. Aggregation and Gelation of Aromatic Polyamides with Parallel and Anti-parallel Dipoles along the Linear Backbone (Poster), Gordon Research Conference, Hong Kong, 2014.07.
  6. Dan Zhu, “Dielectric Spectroscopy, a Tool to Explore the Biomaterial-tissue Interfaces”, 1st International Symposium on Polymer Ecomaterials (PEM 2012), Changchun, Aug. 19–23, 2012. (Invited Speech)
  7. 第１３回在日中国人留学成果報告会暨優秀論文授賞式，第四届中国留学人员南京国际交流与合作大会（受邀），南京，2011.10

 

RESEARCH FUNDINGS

  1. National Science Foundation China, (General Program, No. 51273091, ￥830,000RMB). 2013.1~2016.12.
  2. National Science Foundation China, (Youth Program, No. 21204037, ￥270,000RMB). 2013.1~2015.12.
  3. Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry, (￥40,000RMB). 2012.6~2015.12.
  4. National Science Foundation China, (General Program, No. 21074056, ￥120,000RMB). 2010.1~2010.12.
  5. User’s Project of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA (CNMS2011-330). 2012.1~2012.12.

 

AWARDS

Award of ACAJ (Association of Chinese Alumni in Japan) in Physics, Chemistry & Materials, the 4th Nanjing Conference of the International Exchange and Cooperation for Overseas Chinese Professionals, Nanjing, Oct. 26-27, 2011.