Qiang Sun

Qiang Sun, Ph.D. , Professor

Department of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

College of Engineering, Peking University

Beijing, 100871, China

Tel: +86-10-62752043

Fax: +86-10-62752043

E-mail: sunqiang@pku.edu.cn

Website: http://www.coe.pku.edu.cn/faculty/sunqiang

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

1996 Ph. D. Nanjing University, China

1987 M. Sc. Sichuan University, China

1984 B. Sc. Southwest University, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Sep. 2007 -- Present	Professor, Department of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Peking University, Beijing.
Jun. 2007 -- Aug. 2007	Research Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.
Jun. 2005 -- Jun. 2007	Research scientist, Interdisciplinary Network of Emerging Science and Technologies, Philip Morris, USA; Affiliate Faculty, Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.
Aug. 2004 -- Jun. 2005	Research Assistant ProfessorVirginia Commonwealth University, USA.
Aug. 1997 -- Jul. 2003	Assistant Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan.
Mar. 1997 -- Jul. 1997	COE Scientist, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan.

RESEARCH AREAS AND INTERESTS

1. Materials for hydrogen storage: kinetic and dynamic properties of hydrogen molecules in nano composite structure, metal-organic structure, and porous polymers.

2. Materials for spintronics: modulation of electronic structure and magnetic coupling in magnetic diluted semiconductors (GaN, ZnO, AlN, SiC) surface (thin film, nano-wire and nano-tube).

3. Materials for biotechnology:interaction between bio-molecule and nano-structures; bio-selectivity in functionalized magnetic nano-structures.

4. Materials for environment:simulation of the accumulation, transport, and absorption of heavy metal elements in environment and plants

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

1. Associate Editor, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE), sponsored by American Institute of Physics (AIP).

2. Editorial Committee Member: Materials Transactions. An international journal sponsored by The Japan Institute of Metals (JIM).

3. Board Member: China Association for Hydrogen Energy

4. Reviewer for scientific journals:

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

Phys. Rev. B

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

J. Phys. Chem.

J. Chem. Phys.

Nano Letters

ACS Nano

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

BOOK AND BOOK CHAPTERS

1.《Materials Issues in a Hydrogen Economy》

Puru Jena, Anil Kandalam, and Qiang Sun

World Scientific Press (2009).

2.《Ultrafine Particles and Their Aggregates》
Z. J. Deng, Q. Sun, Q. Wang, J. Li, Y-P. Liang, and Z-Y. Liu
South-West University Press (1998)

3.《Ultrafine Particles and Fractals》
Z. J. Deng, Q. Sun, and Q. Wang
South-West University Press (1993).

JOURNAL PAPERS

1. Ferromagnetism in semihydrogenated graphene sheet

Nano Letters. 9, 3867(2009).

2.Tuning electronic and magnetic properties of graphene by surface modification

Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 103108 (2009).

3.Hydrogen storage in Al-N cage based nanostructures

Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 103105 (2009).

4. Functionalized heterofullerenes for hydrogen storage

Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 013111 (2009).

5. Mg-doped GaN nanostructures: Energetics, magnetism, and H₂ adsorption

Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 013108 (2009).

6. Potential of AlN Nanostructures as Hydrogen Storage Materials

ACS NANO 3, 621 (2009).

7. Design of Janus nanoparticles with atomic precision: Tungsten-doped gold nanostructures

ACS NANO 2(2), 341 (2008).

8.First-principles study of hydrogen storage in Li₁₂C₆₀

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 9741 (2006).

9.Clustering of Ti on a C60 fullerene and its effect on hydrogen adsorption

J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 127, 14582 (2005).

10.Direct observation of key reaction intermediates on gold clusters

J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 125, 2848 (2003).

11.Ferromagnetism in Mn doped GaN Nanowire

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 167202 (2005).

12.Electronic structure and bonding of Au on SiO₂ cluster: A nano bullet for tumors

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 186803 (2004).

13.Comment on "Fully coordinated silica nanoclusters: (SiO₂)N molecular rings"

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 039601 (2004).

14.Antiferromagnetic coupling driven by bond length contraction near GaMnN film

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 155501 (2004).

15.Stabilization of Si60 cage structure

Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 135503 (2003).

16.Storage of molecular hydrogen in B-N cage: Energetics and thermal stability.

Nano Letters 5, 1273 (2005).

17.Ferromagnetic GaN-Cr nanowires

Nano Letters 5, 1587 (2005).