Team
Chun ZHANG
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry & Department of Physics
Bio
Chun ZHANG joined NUS in 2008 as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2015. His current research interest includes developing ab initio methods for various physical/ chemical properties of quantum materials, computational design of catalysts, and modelling of quantum transport phenomena; theoretical modelling and simulation at the nanoscale. He is also affiliated with the NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials.
Education
- Postdoc., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005
- PhD, Physics, University of Florida, 2004
- MSc, Physics, Fudan University, 2000
- BSc, Physics, Fudan University, 2001
Selected Awards & Honours
2012 Distinguished lectureship award in theoretical chemistry (Annual Conference CSJ), Chemical Society of Japan
2005 CNMS outstanding research scholar award, Oak Ridge National Lab (US)
Research Interests
- Developing ab initio methods for various physical/chemical properties of quantum materials
- Computational design of catalysts
- Modelling of quantum transport phenomena.
Selected Publications
- Kah Meng Yam, Na Guo, Zhuoling Jiang, Shulong Liand Chun Zhang*. Graphene-Based Heterogeneous Catalysis: Role of Graphene.Catalysts 2020, 10, 53; doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10010053
- Na Guo, Kah Meng Yam, Chun Zhang*. Substrate engineering of graphene reactivity: Towards high-performance graphene based catalysts. NPJ 2D Materials and Applications 2018, 2, 1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-017-0046-y.
- Na Guo, Kah Meng Yam, Chun Zhang*. N-doped ZnO sheets: Towards high performance two dimensional catalysts. Nanotechnology 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aaa77c.
- Gamze Yilmaz, Kah Meng Yam, Chun Zhang, Hong Jin Fan, Ghim Wei Ho*, In Situ Transformation of MOFs into Layered Double Hydroxide Embedded Metal Sulfides for Improved Electrocatalytic and Supercapacitive Performance, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1606814.
- Wei Li Ong, Serene Wen Ling Ng, Chun Zhang, Minghui Hong, Ghim Wei Ho. 2D hydrated layered Ni (OH) 2 structure with hollow TiO 2 nanocomposite directed chromogenic and catalysis capabilities. J. Mater. Chem. A., 2016, 4, 13307.
- Yongjie Xi, Na Guo, Chun Zhang*. Predicted unusual catalytic activity of one-dimensional Pt- induced atomic nanowires on Ge (001) surface. J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 402.
- Shuanglong Liu, Argo Nurbawono, Chun Zhang*. Density functional theory for steady-state nonequilibrium molecular junctions. Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 15386.
- Na Guo, Yongjie Xi, Shuanglong Liu, Chun Zhang*. Greatly Enhancing Catalytic Activity of Graphene by Doping the Underlying Metal Substrate. Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 12058.