Dr. Zhongchun Wang

Advanced Materials Laboratory

Sandia National Laboratories

1001 University Blvd. SE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

Phone: 505-272-7673 (office); 505-272-7166 (Lab); 505-301-4105 (cell)

E-mail: zcwang at unm.edu or zwang at sandia.gov

 

Education:

PhD, 1998, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

MS, 1995, Department of Chemistry, Heilongjiang University, China.

 

Research experience:

·         January 2003-present, postdoctoral research associate at Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

·         February to December of 2002, postdoctoral research associate at Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.

·         March 2001 to February 2002, postdoctoral research associate at Department of Materials Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal.

·         December 1999 to March 2001, postdoctoral research associate at Thin Film Physics Division, Department of Physics, Linköping University, Sweden.

·         August 1998 to December 1999, Assistant researcher at Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

 

Research interests:

 

Synthesis of porphyrin-based nanostructures and their potential applications in photonics, electronics, catalysis, and solar energy conversion; Photocatalysis; Electrocatalysis; Chemical and Bio-sensors; Sol-gels; Electrochromics; High-k dielectrics.

 

Publications:

1.       Porphyrin nanotubes by ionic self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 15954.

2.       Self-metallization of photocatalytic porphyrin nanotubes. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 16720.

3.       Porphyrin nanofiber bundles from phase-transfer ionic self-assembly and their photocatalytic self-metallization, Z. Wang, K. J. Ho, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 2557.

4.       Self-assembly and self-metallization of porphyrin nanosheets. Z. Wang, Z. Li, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1440.

5.       Monodisperse nanospheres of metalloporphyrin-based coordination polymers. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, submitted.

6.       WO3 sol-gel modified Ag nanoparticle arrays for electrochemical modulation of surface plasmon resonance. Z. Wang and G. Chumanov, Advanced Materials 15 (2003) 1285-1289.

7.       Electrical properties of SrTiO3 thin films on Si deposited by magnetron sputtering at low temperature. Z. Wang, V. Kugler, U. Helmersson, N. Konofaos, E. K. Evangelou, S. Nakao, and P. Jin, Applied Physics Letters 79 (2001) 1513-1515.

8.       High Li+-ion-storage capacity and double electrochromic behavior of sol-gel derived amorphous iron oxide thin films with sulfate residues. Z. Wang, X. Hu, P.-O. Käll, and U. Helmersson, Chemistry of Materials 13 (2001) 1976-1983.

9.       Peroxo sol-gel preparation: photochromic/electrochromic properties of Mo-Ti oxide gel and thin films. Z. Wang, X. Hu, U. Helmersson, Journal of Materials Chemistry 10 (2000) 2396-2400.

10.    Electrochromic properties of TiO2-doped WO3 films spin-coated from Ti-stabilized peroxotungstic acid. Z. Wang, X. Hu, Electrochimica Acta 46 (2001) 1951-1956.

11.    Hetero-porphyrin nanotubes and nanorods. Z. Wang, J. A. Shelnutt, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 8 (2004) 578.

12.    Growth of gold nanodendrites by porphyrin photocatalysis. Z. Wang, Y. Qiu and J. A. Shelnutt, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 8 (2004) 886.

13.    Structural and electrical properties of SrTiO3 thin films deposited on Si by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering under various substrate temperatures. Z. Wang, V. Kugler, U. Helmersson, N. Konofaos, E. K. Evangelou, S. Nakao, and P. Jin, Philosophical Magazine B 82 (2002) 891-903.

14.    Fabrication and electrochromic properties of TiO2 thin films spin-coated from peroxo-polytitanic acid. Z. Wang, X. Hu, Thin Solid Films 352 (1999) 62-65.

15.    Optical properties of anatase TiO2 thin films prepared by aqueous sol–gel process at low temperature. Z. Wang, U. Helmersson, P.-O. Käll, Thin Solid Films 405 (2002) 50-54.

16.    Electrochromic properties of aqueous sol-gel derived vanadium oxide films with different thickness. Z. Wang, J. Chen, X. Hu, Thin Solid Films 375 (2000) 238-241.

17.    Structural and electrochemical characterization of ‘open-structured’ ITO films. Z. Wang, X. Hu, Thin Solid Films 392 (2001) 22-28.                                                                                 

18.    Preparation of nanocrystalline TiO2 powders at near room temperature from peroxo-polytitanic acid gel. Z. Wang, J. Chen, X. Hu, Mateials Letters 43 (2000) 87-90.

19.    Structural and electrochromic properties of WO3-doped TiO2 thin films by peroxo sol-gel method. Z. Wang, X. Hu, Thin Solid Films 351 (1001), 2000: 261-266.

20.    X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study on electrochromic V2O5 thin films. Z. Wang, Z. Li, X. Chen, X. Hu, Acta Physica Sinica (Overseas Edition) 8 (1999) 57-61.

21.    TiO2-doped MoO3 electrochromic thin films via sol-gel method. Z. Wang, X. Chen, X. Hu,

3rd international conference on thin film physics and applications, 1997, Proc. SPIE, vol. 3175: 247-250.

22.    Effects of sputtering power on structural, electrical and optical properties of indium-tin-oxide thin films. Z. Wang, J. Chen, X. Hu, Chinese Journal of Semiconductors 20 (1999) 804-810.

23.    Characterization of Physical and Electrical Properties of BaTiO3 Films Deposited on p-Si by Modified Polymeric Precursors.  N. Konofaos, Z. Wang, S. N. Georga, C. A. Krontiras, M. N. Pisanias, J. Sotiropoulos,  E. K. Evangelou, Journal of Electronic Materials 34 (2005) 1259-1263.

24.    Properties of Al-SrTiO3-ITO capacitors for microelectronic device applications. N. Konofaos, E. K. Evangelou, Z. Wang, and U. Helmersson, IEEE Transactions on electronic Devices 51 (2004) 1202-1205.

25.    Sol-gel preparation of one-dimensional photonic bandgap structures. R. M. Almeida, Z. Wang. Proceedings of SPIE, 2002, vol. 4655 (Photonic Bandgap Materials and Devices), 24-33.   

26.    Preparation and electrochromic properties of Li-doped MoO3 films fabricated by the peroxo sol-gel process. Y. Zhang, S. Kuai, Z. Wang, X. Hu, Applied Surface Science 165 (2000) 56-59.

27.    Electrical characterisation of SrTiO3/Si interfaces. N. Konofaos, E. K. Evangelou, Z. Wang, V. Kugler, U. Helmersson, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 303 (2002) 185-189.

28.    Effect of high-energy Si+ ion irradiation on the crystallization behavior of amorphous strontium titanate films. S. Nakao, Z. Wang, P. Jin, Y. Miyagawa, and S. Miyagawa, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B 191 (2002) 226-229.

29.    Effects of additives on the Pd/HZSM-5 Catalyst for Low-Temperature Catalytic Combustion of Methane. C. Shi, L. Yang, Z. Wang, X. He, J. Cai, G. Li, X. Wang, Applied Catalysis A, 243 (2003) 379-388.

 

In Chinese:

30.    Preparation and characterization of a-Fe2O3 ultrafine particles for ceramic gas sensors. Z. Wang, E. Liu, N. Chen, J. Huang, Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry 15 (1996) 450-453.

31.    Preparation of nanometric Sb-doped a-Fe2O3 powder by oxidation-coperecipitation method. Z. Wang, E. Liu, N. Chen, J. Huang, Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry 14 (1997) 80-82.

32.    Effects of the sputtering pressure on the structural and electrochromic properties of V2O5 thin films. Z. Wang, X. Chen, Z. Li, X. Hu, Chinese Journal of the Ceramic Society 30 (1999) 31-36.

33.    Dynamic coloration properties of spin-coated WO3 thin films. Z. Wang, X. Hu, Journal of Inorganic Materials 13 (1998) 932-936.

34.    TiO2 thin films for electrochromic applications via an aqueous sol-gel route. Z. Wang, X. Hu, Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 13(5), 1999: 527-530.

35.    Electrochemical and XPS characterization of TiO2 thin films prepared by sol-gel process. Z. Wang, X. Hu, Journal of Functional Materials, 29 (Supplement), 1998: 824-826.

36.    Electrochromism of TiO2 thin films prepared by sol-gel process. Z. Wang, X. Hu, Journal of Functional Materials, 30, 1999: 521-523.

37.    Fabrication and electrochromic properties of Li-doped MoO3 films.  Y. Zhang, Z. Wang, S. Kuai, and X. Hu, Journal of Inorganic Materials 15 (2000) 1131-1135.

38.    X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study on electrochromic molybdenum oxide films. Y. Zhang, S. Kuai, Y. Huang, Z. Wang, and X. Hu, Acta Physico-chimica Sinica 17 (2001) 79-82.


Patent:

1. “Heteroporphyrin nanotubes and composites”, Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, U.S. Patent No. 7,132,163.

2. Porphyrin-nanotube based water-splitting nanodevices, Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt.  Filed in 2005.

 

Conference Presentations:

1.       TiO2-doped MoO3 electrochromic thin films via sol-gel method. Z. Wang, X. Chen, X. Hu, Poster presntation on the 3rd international conference on thin film physics and applications, 1997, Shanghai, China. Proc. SPIE, vol. 3175: 247-250.

2.       Electrochromic properties of aqueous sol-gel derived vanadium oxide films with different thickness. Z. Wang, J. Chen, and X. Hu, Poster presentation on the ’99 International Union of Materials Research Society-International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM), June 13 to 18, 1999, Beijing, China.

3.       Electrochromic properties of TiO2-doped WO3 films spin-coated from Ti-stabilized peroxotungstic acid. Z. Wang and X. Hu, Oral presentation on the 4th International Meeting on Electrochromism, Aug. 21-23, Uppsala, Sweden.

4.       High Li+-ion-storage capacity and double electrochromic behavior of sol-gel derived amorphous iron oxide thin films with sulfate residues. Z. Wang and X. Hu, Oral presentation on the 4th International Meeting on Electrochromism, Aug. 21-23, Uppsala, Sweden.

5.       Photoreduction of silver on electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers. Z. Wang and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on The 15th Annual Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials, October 25, 2003, Wyndham Garden Hotel, 6000 Pan American Freeway, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

6.       Hetero-porphyrin nanotubes. Z. Wang and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on the international conference “Particles 2004: Particle synthesis, characterization, and particle-based advanced materials”, March 6-9, 2004, Orlando, Florida.

7.       Using WO3 to modulate the electro-optical properties of Ag nanoparticles. Z. Wang, A. Kumbhar, G. Chumanov, and J. A. Shelnutt, Poster presentation on the international conference “Particles 2004: Particle synthesis, characterization, and particle-based advanced materials”, March 6-9, 2004, Orlando, Florida.

8.       Hetero-porphyrin nanotubes and nanorods. Z. Wang, J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on the Third International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, July 11-16, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

9.       Growth of gold nanodendrites by porphyrin photocatalysis. Z. Wang, Y. Qiu and J. A. Shelnutt, Poster presentation on the Third International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, July 11-16, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

10.    Porphyrin nanotubes by ionic self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on The 16th Annual Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials, October 25, 2004, Wyndham Garden Hotel, 6000 Pan American Freeway, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

11.    Mimicking photosynthesis to make functional nanostructures.     C. J. Medforth, Z. Wang, Y. Song, E. Pereira, A. Singh, Y. Qiu, F. von Swol, and J. A. Shelnutt, Poster presentation on 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 22-26, 2004.

12.    Porphyrin nanotubes by ionic self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17, 2005.

13.    Mimicking photosynthesis to make functional nanostructures and nanodevices. J. A. Shelnutt, Z. Wang, Y. Song, C. J. Medforth, and E. Pereira. Oral presentation on 2005 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 28-April 1, 2005.

14.    Porphyrin nanostructures by ionic self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on the 41st Annual Symposium of the New Mexico Chapter of the AVS, Albuquerque, NM, May 23-24, 2005.

15.    Mimicking photosynthesis to make functional nanostructures and nanodevices. J. A. Shelnutt, Z. Wang, Y. Song, C. J. Medforth, and E. Pereira. Oral presentation on 2005 Nano Science and Technology Institute-- Nanotechnology Conference & Trade Show, Anaheim, CA, United States, May 8-12, 2005.

16.    Photocatalytic porphyrin nanostructures by ionic self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on The 17th Annual Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials, Albuquerque, NM, USA, October 11, 2005.

17.    Porphyrin nanostructures by ionic self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on Pacifichem2005, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 15-20, 2005.

18.    Porphyrin-based nanostructures by self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on the 209th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Denver, CO, May 7-12, 2006.

19.    Self-assembled Porphyrin-based nanostructures. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on the New Mexico Chapter of AVS - The Science & Technology Society, Albuquerque, NM, May 22-23, 2006.

20.    Porphyrin-based nanostructures by self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Invited talk on 4th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-4), Rome, Italy, July 2-7, 2006.

21.    Porphyrin-based nanostructures for solar hydrogen production, Z. Wang, L. Evans, J. Miller, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on the 18th Annual Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials, October 10, 2006, Albuquerque, NM.

22.    Porphyrin-based nanostructures by self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on 2006 Materials Research Society Fall meeting, Boston, USA, November 27-December1, 2006.

23.    Porphyrin-based nanostructures by self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on 2006 Materials Research Society Fall meeting, Boston, USA, November 27-December1, 2006.

24.    Porphyrin-based nanostructures by self-assembly. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on 2006 Materials Research Society Fall meeting, Boston, USA, November 27-December1, 2006.

25.    Porphyrin-based nanostructures for solar hydrogen production. Z. Wang, L. Evans, J. Miller, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on Symposium on Solar Energy and its Applications, SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, August 26-30, 2007.

26.    Water-splitting nanodevices built on self-assembled porphyrin-based nanostructures. Z. Wang, C. J. Medforth, and J. A. Shelnutt, Oral presentation on Gordon Research Conference on Photochemistry, July 8-13, 2007, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI.