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Dr. Zengyan Wei
Lecturer

Department of Materials Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering

Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Education

2009-2015 Ph.D. Chemistry, The City University of New York–Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA

2004-2007 M.Eng. Materials Sciences, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China

2000-2004 B.Eng. Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

Appointments

2015.10-Present Lecturer, Department of Materials Science and Institute for Advanced Ceramics, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

2015.03-2015.06 Visiting Lecturer, CUNY–Hunter College, New York, NY, USA

Contact

92 W. Dazhi Street, Harbin 150001, China

Tel: **686

Email: zwei@hit.edu.cn

Spring 2019 Group Meeting Schedule
Group meeting will take place on Thursdays at 2 pm in the Materials Building.
https://www.brownbearsw.com/cal/weilab_meeting


News
Aug. 2018: Yinfeng's Electrochim. Acta paper is featured in an IAC news article!

http://iac.hit.edu.cn/2018/0801/c4166a213727/page.htm

Oct. 2017: Zheheng's ChemComm paper is featured in an IAC news article!

http://iac.hit.edu.cn/d5/85/c4166a185733/page.htm

Research
Synthesis, surface functionalization and self-assembly of nanoparticles and their application in catalytic reactions, electronics and biomedicine.



Fig. 1. Shape evolution of Pd nanoparticles and their application in the organic synthesis.

Projects
1.National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC **) (2017-2019)

2.The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. HIT. NSRIF. **) (2016-2017)

Awards
Publications
22.Yinfeng Cheng, Zengyan Wei*, Qing Du, Fangfang Liu, Xiaoming Duan, Yaming Wang, Dechang Jia, Yu Zhou, Baoqiang Li*, The shape effect of manganese(II,III) oxide nanoparticles on the performance of electrochemical capacitors, Electrochim. Acta 284, 408–417 (2018)

21.Zheheng Xu, Zengyan Wei*, Peigang He, Xiaoming Duan, Zhihua Yang, Yu Zhou, Dechang Jia, Seed-mediated growth of ultra-thin triangular magnetite nanoplates, Chem. Comm. 53, 11052–11055 (2017)20.Sham Rampersaud, Justin Fang, Zengyan Wei, Kristina Fabijanic, Stefan Silver, Trisha Jaikaran, Yuleisy Ruiz, Murielle Houssou, Zhiwei Yin, Shengping Zheng, Ayako Hashimoto, Ayuko Hoshino, David Lyden, Shahana Mahajan*, Hiroshi Matsui*, The effect of cage shape on nanoparticle-based drug carriers: anticancer drug release and efficacy via receptor blockade using dextran-coated iron oxide nanocages, Nano Lett. 16, 7357–7363 (2016)

19.Pierre-Yves Blanchard, Tong Sun, Yun Yu, Zengyan Wei, Hiroshi Matsui*, Michael V. Mirkin*, Scanning electrochemical microscopy study of permeability of a thiolated aryl multilayer and imaging of single nanocubes anchored to it, Langmuir 32, 2500–2508 (2016)

18.Yoshiaki Maeda, Zengyan Wei, Yasuhiro Ikezoe, Edmund Tam, Hiroshi Matsui*, Biomimetic crystallization of MnFe2O4 mediated by peptide-catalyzed esterification at low temperature, ChemNanoMat 2, 419–422 (2015)

17.Yi Pan, Mohammad A. Sohel*, Liang Pan, Zengyan Wei, Hanying Bai, Maria C. Tamargo, R. John, Synthesis of air-stable PbSe quantum dots using PbCl2-oleylamine system, Materials Today: Proceedings 2, 281–286 (2015)

16.Hui Wang, Jianqin Zhuang, David Velado, Zengyan Wei, Hiroshi Matsui, Shuiqin Zhou*, Near infrared and visible light enhanced metal-free catalytic reduction of organic pollutants over carbon dot-based carbocatalysts synthesized from biomass, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7, 27703–27712 (2015)

15.Hui Wang, Jing Di, Yubing Sun, Jianping Fu, Zengyan Wei, Hiroshi Matsui, Alejandra del C. Alonso, Shuiqin Zhou*, Biocompatible PEG-chitosan@carbon dots hybrid nanogels for two-photon fluorescence imaging, near-infrared light/pH dual-responsive drug carrier and synergistic therapy, Adv. Funct. Mater. 25, 5537–5547 (2015)

14.Yoshiaki Maeda, Zengyan Wei, Yasuhiro Ikezoe, Hiroshi Matsui*, Enzyme-mimicking peptides to catalytically grow ZnO

nanocrystals in non-aqueous environments, ChemNanoMat 1, 319–323 (2015)

13.Zengyan Wei, Yoshiaki Maeda, Yuka Kanetsuki, Menglu Shi, Hiroshi Matsui*, Screening of oligopeptides that recognize inorganic crystalline facets of metal nanoparticles, Isr. J. Chem. 55, 749–755 (2015)

12.Hui Wang, Zengyan Wei, Hiroshi Matsui, Shuiqin Zhou*, Fe3O4/carbon quantum dots hybrid nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-light driven photocatalyst, J. Mater. Chem. A 2, 15740–15745 (2014)

11.Hui Wang, Fuyou Ke, Anton Mararenko, Zengyan Wei, Probal Banerjee, Shuiqin Zhou*, Responsive polymer-fluorescent carbon nanoparticle hybrid nanogels for optical temperature sensing, near-infrared light-responsive drug release, and tumor cell imaging, Nanoscale 6, 7443–7452 (2014)

10.Zengyan Wei, Hiroshi Matsui*, Rational strategy for shaped nanomaterial synthesis in reverse micelle reactors, Nat. Commun. 5, 3870 (2014)

9.Hui Wang, Jing Shen, Yingyu Li, Zengyan Wei, Guixin Cao, Zheng Gai, Kunlun Hong, Probal Banerjee, Shuiqin Zhou*, Magnetic iron oxide–fluorescent carbon dots integrated nanoparticles for dual-modal imaging, near-infrared light-responsive drug carrier and photothermal therapy, Biomater. Sci. 2, 915–923 (2014)

8.Yaqiong Gong, Henan Zhang, Huan Zhan, Zengyan Wei, Wei Su*, Biotemplating fabrication of CdS embedded bionanowires at room temperature, Chin. J. Inorg. Chem. 29, 635–641 (2013)

7.Yaqiong Gong, Huan Zhan, Henan Zhang, Zengyan Wei, Wei Su*, Synthesis and F？rster resonant energy transfer (FRET) study of quantum dots assembly, Chin. J. Inorg. Chem. 29, 389–396 (2013)

6.Hui Wang, Jing Shen, Yingyu Li, Zengyan Wei, Guixin Cao, Zheng Gai, Kunlun Hong, Probal Banerjee, Shuiqin Zhou*, Porous Carbon protected magnetite and silver hybrid nanoparticles: morphological control, recyclable catalysts, and multicolor cell imaging, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5, 9446–9453 (2013)

5.Zengyan Wei, Yoshiaki Maeda, Hiroshi Matsui*, Biomimetic fabrication of genetically-engineered collagen peptide-assembled freestanding films reinforced by quantum dot joints, Soft Matt. 8, 2871–2875 (2012)

4.Luona Anjia, Zengyan Wei, Hiroshi Matsui*, One-pot crystalline ZnO nanorod growth in mineralizing peptide gels, RSC Adv. 2, 5516–5519 (2012)

3.Yoshiaki Maeda, Zengyan Wei, Hiroshi Matsui*, Biomimetic assembly of proteins into microcapsules on oil-in-water droplets with structural reinforcement via biomolecular-recognition-based cross-linking of surface peptides, Small 8, 1341–1344 (2012)

2.Zengyan Wei, Yoshiaki Maeda, Hiroshi Matsui*, Discovery of catalytic peptides for inorganic nanocrystal synthesis by a combinatorial phage display approach, Angew. Chem. Inter. Ed. 50, 10585–10588 (2011)

1.Zengyan Wei, Dongmei Yue*, Xiaoting Mo, Liqun Zhang*, Hydrogenation of neoprene latex with diimide, Adv. Mater. Res. 11–12, 391–394 (2006)

Conference
1.Zengyan Wei, Yoshiaki Maeda, Hiroshi Matsui, Biomimetic fabrication of peptide-based hybrid freestanding films and their mechanical properties, MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, M8.04, Boston, MA (2012) (talk)

Patent
1.Hiroshi Matsui, Zengyan Wei, Justin Fang, Method of forming inorganic nanocages, US Patent 2017/** (2017)

Dr. Zengyan Wei
Lecturer, Materials Science

Tel: **686

Email: zwei@hit.edu.cn

Doctoral Students
Honglei Zhang, Co-Mentoring

Email: **@qq.com

Research interests: Shaped nanocrystals for catalytic reactions

Master Students:
N/A


Undergraduates
Kyeonggon Jeong Email: yawoo22@naver.com

Research interests: Sn/C nanostructures for lithium storage

Hang Yang

Email: **@qq.com

Research interests: Shape controlled synthesis of nanoparticles and assembly

Han Wang

Email: rwbmua21@163.com

Research interests: Electrocatalysis of shaped nanoparticles

Yijing Duan

Email: **@qq.com

Research interests: N/A

Alumni


Yinfeng Cheng, PhD (Class of ’18)

Email: chengyinfeng2008@163.com

Associate Professor at Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, China

Hongyu Sun, B.Eng. (Class of ’18)

Email: **@qq.com

Teaching
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

MS31011–X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Materials: 2019S

CUNY–Hunter College, New York, USA

Chem 223LB–Organic Lab I: 2010F, 2011F, 2013F, 2014S

Chem 225LB–Organic Lab II: 2011S

Chem 102LC–General Chemistry I (Lec): 2012F

Open Positions
Presently, our group can only accept undergraduate students. However, graduate students are always welcome to visit our lab and discuss with all the group members.