Mengqiang (Mark) Zhao
Mengqiang (Mark) Zhao
(Meng-Qiang Zhao) Assistant Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering
326 Otto H. York Center
About Me
Mengqiang (Mark) Zhao comes to NJIT from the University of Pennsylvania, where he is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He develops methods to synthesize, characterize and process nanoscale materials for energy, electronic, and sensing applications, such as next-generation energy storage devices and portable diagnostic devices to detect diseases and toxic chemicals in the environment. While a Ph.D. candidate at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Zhao developed an advanced catalyst composed of metal nanoparticles and metal oxides that significantly improves the manufacturing production yield of carbon nanotubes. That technology has been licensed by a nanomanufacturing company and the carbon nanotubes it produces are used widely in the lithium-ion battery industry. Among other projects, he developed efficient methods for the large-scale synthesis and processing of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides and carbides for use in energy storage and electronic biosensing. He has obtained nine patents and published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, Nature Energy, Advanced Materials, and ACS Nano, etc.
Education
Ph.D.; Tsinghua University; Chemical Engineering; 2013
B.S.; Tsinghua University; Chemical Engineering; 2008
B.S.; Tsinghua University; Chemical Engineering; 2008
Website
Teaching Interests
ChE 375 003– Structure, Properties and Processing of Materials
CHE 702 - Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications
CHE 702 - Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications
Past Courses
CHE 375: STRUCTURE, PROPERTIES AND PROCESSING OF MATERIALS
CHE 702: SELECTED TOPICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING II
CHE 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR
MTEN 201: INTRODUCTORY PRINCIPLES OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING
CHE 702: SELECTED TOPICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING II
CHE 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR
MTEN 201: INTRODUCTORY PRINCIPLES OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Research Interests
2D Materials: transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes), dichalcogenides (TMDs), oxides (TMOs), hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), and graphene;
1D Nanotubes and Nanofibers;
Heterostructures of 1D and 2D nanomaterials;
Polymer Nanocomposites;
Energy storage and conversion;
Electronics;
Biosensors
Join us:
We are actively looking for all strong candidates to join the lab. If you are interested, please directly contact Prof. Mengqiang Zhao: mz24@njit.edu
1D Nanotubes and Nanofibers;
Heterostructures of 1D and 2D nanomaterials;
Polymer Nanocomposites;
Energy storage and conversion;
Electronics;
Biosensors
Join us:
We are actively looking for all strong candidates to join the lab. If you are interested, please directly contact Prof. Mengqiang Zhao: mz24@njit.edu
Journal Article
De-Eknamkul, C, & Zhang, X, & Zhao, Meng-Qiang, & Huang, W, & Liu, R, & Johnson ATC, , & Cubukcu, E (2020). MoS2-enabled dual-mode optoelectronic biosensor using a water soluble variant of μ-opioid receptor for opioid peptide detection.. 2d materials, 7(1),
Mandyam, S, & Zhao, Meng-Qiang, & Masih Das, P, & Zhang, Q, & Price, C, & Gao, Z, & Shenoy, V, & Drndić, M, & Johnson ATC, (2019). Controlled Growth of Large-Area Bilayer Tungsten Diselenides with Lateral P-N Junctions.. ACS nano, 13(9), 10490-10498.
Xia, Y, & Mathis, T, & Zhao, Meng-Qiang, & Anasori, B, & Dang, A, & Zhou, Z, & Cho, H, & Gogotsi, Y, & Yang, S (2018). Thickness-independent capacitance of vertically aligned liquid-crystalline MXenes.. Nature, 557(7705), 409-412.
Zhao, Meng-Qiang, & Xie, X, & Ren, C, & Makaryan, T, & Anasori, B, & Wang, G, & Gogotsi, Y (2017). Hollow MXene Spheres and 3D Macroporous MXene Frameworks for Na-Ion Storage.. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 29(37),
Cheng, X, & Zhao, Meng-Qiang, & Chen, C, & Pentecost, A, & Maleski, K, & Mathis, T, & Zhang, X, & Zhang, Q, & Jiang, J, & Gogotsi, Y (2017). Nanodiamonds suppress the growth of lithium dendrites.. Nature communications, 8(1), 336.
Mandyam, S, & Zhao, Meng-Qiang, & Masih Das, P, & Zhang, Q, & Price, C, & Gao, Z, & Shenoy, V, & Drndić, M, & Johnson ATC, (2019). Controlled Growth of Large-Area Bilayer Tungsten Diselenides with Lateral P-N Junctions.. ACS nano, 13(9), 10490-10498.
Xia, Y, & Mathis, T, & Zhao, Meng-Qiang, & Anasori, B, & Dang, A, & Zhou, Z, & Cho, H, & Gogotsi, Y, & Yang, S (2018). Thickness-independent capacitance of vertically aligned liquid-crystalline MXenes.. Nature, 557(7705), 409-412.
Zhao, Meng-Qiang, & Xie, X, & Ren, C, & Makaryan, T, & Anasori, B, & Wang, G, & Gogotsi, Y (2017). Hollow MXene Spheres and 3D Macroporous MXene Frameworks for Na-Ion Storage.. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 29(37),
Cheng, X, & Zhao, Meng-Qiang, & Chen, C, & Pentecost, A, & Maleski, K, & Mathis, T, & Zhang, X, & Zhang, Q, & Jiang, J, & Gogotsi, Y (2017). Nanodiamonds suppress the growth of lithium dendrites.. Nature communications, 8(1), 336.
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