Zhennan Wu, Ph.D.

Alumni and Former Staff

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Research Interests

​Synthesis and self-assembly of functional nanoparticles with enhanced emission and catalytic properties

Selected Publications

  • Contribution of Metal Defects in the Assembly Induced Emission of Cu Nanoclusters
    Zhennan Wu, Huiwen Liu, Tingting Li, Jiale Liu, Jun Yin, Omar F. Mohammed, Osman. M. Bakr,...
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 4318-4321. (Highlighted by Nature Middle East), (2017)
  • Single-unit-cell thick Co9S8 nanosheets from preassembled Co14 nanoclusters
    Zhennan Wu, Haoyang Zou, Tingting Li, Ziyi Cheng, Huiwen Liu, Yi Liu, Hao Zhang, Bai Yang
    Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 416-419, (2017)
  • Assembly-Induced Enhancement of Cu Nanoclusters Luminescence with Mechanochromic Property
    Zhennan Wu, Jiale Liu, Yang Gao, Huiwen Liu, Tingting Li, Haoyang Zou, Zhigang Wang, Kai Z...
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 12906-12913, (2015)
  • Self-assembly of nanoclusters into mono-, few-, and multilayered sheets via dipole-induced asymmetric van der Waals...
    Zhennan Wu, Jiale Liu, Yanchun Li, Ziyi Cheng, Tingting Li, Hao Zhang,* Zhongyuan Lu, and ...
    ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 6315-6323, (2015)
  • Colloidal self-assembly of catalytic copper nanoclusters into ultrathin ribbons
    Zhennan Wu, Yanchun Li, Jiale Liu, Zhongyuan Lu, Hao Zhang* and Bai Yang
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 1219612200, (2014)
  • Self-assembly of Au15 into single-cluster-thick sheets at the interface of two miscible high-boiling solvents
    Zhennan Wu, Chunwei Dong, Yanchun Li, Hongxia Hao, Hao Zhang,* Zhongyuan Lu, Bai Yang
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 9952-9955, (2013)
  • Hot-injection synthesis of manganese-ion-doped NaYF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals with red up-converting emission and tunable...
    Zhennan Wu, Min Lin, Sen Liang, Yi Liu, Hao Zhang, Bai Yang
    Part. Part. Syst. Charact., 2013, 30, 311-315. (Highlighted by Materials Views o..., (2013)
  • A pluronic F127 coating strategy to produce stable up-conversion NaYF4:Yb,Er (Tm) nanoparticles in culture media fo...
    Zhennan Wu, Changrun Guo, Sen Liang, Hao Zhang, Liping Wang, Hongchen Sun, Bai Yang
    J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 18596-18602, (2012) 

Education

  • ​B.S.  2011, Materials Chemistry, Anhui, China
  • Ph.D. 2016, Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Jilin, China

Professional Profile

  • ​27. Jul. 2016-present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Functional Nanomaterials Lab, PSE, KAUST.
  • Sept. 2011-July 2016, PhD. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics in Jilin University, Jilin, China.
  • Sept. 2007-July 2011, B.S. in Materials Chemistry in Huaibei Normal University, Anhui, China.

KAUST Affiliations


  • ​​​KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)​​​
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)​

Research Interests Keywords

Metal nanoclusters Perovskites crystal and nanoparticles Self-assembly

Former Faculty

  • ​Jorg Eppinger, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
  • Jr-Hau He, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)
  • Kazuhiro Takanabe, Ph.D. (Professor)
  • Lain-Jong Li, Ph.D. (Professor)
  • Valentin Rodionov, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
  • Vicent Tung, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)
  • Yu Han, Ph.D. (Professor)

 

Former Research Staff

  • Abou-Hamad edy, Ph.D. Research Engineer
  • Douaa Hamed (Lab Technician)
  • Haibo Zhu, Ph.D. (Research Scientist)
  • Isidoro Morales Osorio , Ph.D. (Research Technician)
  • Jeremie Pelletier ( Lab Manager)
  • Jing Fan (Lab Technician)
  • Lu Zhou
  • Lan Zhao (Research Technician)
  • Linjie Su (Lab Technician)
  • Rong-rong Jiang (Lab Technician)

Research Scientist

  • Chen Zhu, Ph.D.
  • Huaifeng Li, Ph.D.
    • Jun Pan, Ph.D.
    • Muralirajan Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D.
    • Pavlo Nikolaienko, Ph.D.
    • Ram Karan, Ph.D.
    • Sergey Kozlov, Ph.D.
    • Xiulin Yang, Ph.D.
    • Yuanlong Shao, Ph.D.
    • Yichen Cai, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellows

    • Abdesslem Jedidi, Ph.D.                                                     
    • Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury,Ph.D.
    • Akshaya K Samal, Ph.D.
    • Anatoly Peshkov, Ph.D.
    • Athira Cheruvelil, Ph.D.
    • Chaochao Yue, Ph.D.
    • Chaojie Cui, Ph.D.
    • Changguang Yao, Ph.D.
    • Chinmoy K. Hazra, Ph.D.
    • Dandan Zhang, Ph.D.
    • Diego Zapater Bes, Ph.D.
    • Eleonora Fava, Ph.D.
    • Eva Pump, Ph.D.
    • Fazal Raziq, Ph.D.
    • Gabriel Buchel, Ph.D.
    • Gangaiah Mettela,Ph.D.
    • Hong Wang, Ph.D.
    • Hassan Ait Ahsaine, Ph.D.
    • Ida Autiero, Ph.D.
    • Janet Chakkamadathil Mohandas, Ph.D.
    • Jung-Hyun Park, Ph.D.
    • Jinsong Hu, Ph.D.
    • Jie Chen, Ph.D.
    • Kwangjae Lee, Ph.D.
    • Karthik Peramaiya, Ph.D.
    • Kushal Deepak Bhatte​,Ph.D.
    • Luis Miguel Azofra Mesa
    • Liangjin Xu, Ph.D.
    • ​Manbo Li, Ph.D.
    • Michael Kelly, Ph.D.
    • Mannathan Subramaniyan, Ph.D.
    • Manas Bhunia, Ph.D.
    • Niladri Maity, Ph.D.
    • Olga Gladkovskaya, Ph.D.
    • Raju Dey, Ph.D.
    • Sai Vikrama Chaitanya vummaleti, Ph.D.
    •  Somphonh Peter Phivilay, Ph.D.
    • Sandeep Kumar Mishra, Ph.D.
    • Shao-Chi Lee, Ph.D.
    • Stefania Evoli, Ph.D.
    • Shixiong Min, Ph.D.
    • Srikanth Pedireddy, Ph.D.
    • Shashank Sakleshpur Nagaraja, Ph.D.
    • Tunc Deniz, Ph.D.
    • Tianyou Chen, Ph.D.
    • Wei Zhao, Ph.D.
    • Won Suk Juang, Ph.D.
    • Xuechao Liu, Ph.D.
    • Xiufang wang, Ph.D.
    • Yuan Wang, Ph.D.
    • Yunfei Cai, Ph.D.
    • Yupeng Pan, Ph.D.
    • Yuri Lebedev, Ph.D.
    • Yogesh Raghunath Patil, Ph.D.
    • Zhaolai Chen, Ph.D.

    Ph.D. Students

    • Adrian Hol, Ph.D
    • Arwa Makki, Ph.D.
    • Adrian Hohl, Ph.D.
    • Amal A. Baqais, Ph.D.
    • Abdullah Dakhi, Ph.D.
    • Azimet Karluk, Ph.D.
    • Baraa Werghi, Ph.D.
    • Batian Chen, Ph.D.
    • Bilel Hamzaoui, Ph.D.
    • Bedour E. Al-Sabban, Ph.D.
    • Chao Guan, Ph.D.
    • Dalal Noureldine, Ph.D.
    • Duanxing Li, Ph.D.
    • Ding-Jier Yuan, Ph.D.
    • Eleanor Ang Pei Ling, Ph.D.
    • Gabriel Jeantelot, Ph.D.
    • Hind Al-Johani, Ph.D.
    • Haleema Alamri, Ph.D.
    • Hsin-Hua Huang, Ph.D. 
    • Israa Salem Al-Rowaihi, Ph.D.
    • Ibrahim Dursun
    • Keisuke Obata, Ph.D.
    • Liliana Panarone, Ph.D.
    • Miguel Dinis Veloso Guerreiro, Ph.D.
    • Maha Al Haddad, Ph.D.
    • Muhammad Qureshi, Ph.D.
    • Muhammad Naufal Lintangpradipto, Ph.D.
    • Nawal alhajri, Ph.D.
    • Nazeeha Alkayal, Ph.D.
    • Noor Almana, Ph.D.
    • Nouf Al Jabri, Ph.D.
    • Nikita Kolobo, Ph.D.
    • Oleksii Pustovarenko, Ph. D.
    • Quaid Johar Samun Virpurwala, Ph.D.
    • Reem Al-Shareef, Ph.D.
    • Reem Alshumrani, Ph.D.
    • Sarah Almahdali, Ph.D.
    • Sheikha Lardhi, Ph.D.
    • Stefan Grotzinger, Ph.D.
    • Tatsuya Shinagawa, Ph.D.

    Master Students

    • Abdulaziz Khan
    • Abdulelah Qahtan
    • Amer Alabd
    • Alexandra Vancea
    • Ali Hamieh
    • Khalid F. Alahmadi
    • Kanav Kalra
    • Mram Alyami
    • Mohammad Al Rebh
    • Salha E. Alotaibi


    Former Administration

    • Ann Bauwens (Executive Secretary)
    • Jiao Qiu (Business Administrator)
    • Wenwen Zhu(Administrative Assistant)
    • Xijun Deng(Administrative Assistant)
    • Xianzheng Meng(Business Administrator)
    • Yi-Cing Li (Business Administrator)