Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Asst Prof Huang Yizhong 

Assistant Professor 
Division of Materials Science 
School of Materials Science & Engineering 
College of Engineering 



Email: YZHUANG@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 4345 
Office: N4.1-01-07a 
Education
  • PhD U. of Science & Technology, Beijing 1998
  • MSc Beijing Inst. of Aeronautical Materials 1995
  • BSc U. of Science & Technology, Beijing 1992
Biography
Dr Huang took his PhD in Materials Physics at University of Science and Technology Beijing and has been working in University of Oxford as a postdoc and then research fellow (faculty member) and is currently an assistant professor in MSE at NTU.
Research Interests
1. Novel nanocomposites for low temperature solid oxide fuel cells.

2. Ordered nanosturctured arrays for nanodevices such as bio-senors and gas-senors.

3. 3D interfacial analysis of inorganic -organic interfaces and materials failure at the micro/nano-scale.

4. Self-lubricating nanocomposites for hard coatings.

5. Transimission Electron microscopy (TEM) and focused ion beam (FIB).
Research Grant
  • A*STAR Thematic Strategic Research Program - Carbon Capture & Utilization (2009-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2012-)
  • Start Up Grant (2010-)
Current Projects
  • Advanced chemical looping combustion for CO2 capture
  • Development of Advanced Failure Analysis Techniques
  • Nanostructural arrays: fabrication, characterization and applications
  • Semiconductor Nanoarray for a Novel Gas Sensor
Selected Publications
  • Yuefan Wei *, Junhua Kong *, Liping Yang , Lin Ke , Hui Ru Tan , Hai Liu , Yizhong Huang , Xiaowei Sun , Xuehong Lu and Hejun Du, *denoted equal contribution. (2013). Polydopamine-assisted decoration of ZnO nanorods with Ag nanoparticles: an improved photoelectrochemical anode. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 1, 5045-5052.
  • Qi, XJ (Qi Xian-Jin)1; Wang, YG (Wang Yin-Gang)1; Miao, XF (Miao Xue-Fei)1; Li, ZQ (Li Zi-Quan)1; Huang, YZ (Huang Yi-Zhong)2,3. (2011). Influence of Ga(+) ion irradiation on thermal relaxation of exchange bias field in exchange-coupled CoFe/IrMn bilayers. Chinese Physics B, .
  • ) Jinchao. Xiao, Zongyou. Yin, Yuechao Wu, Jun Guo, Yuhua Cheng, Hong Li, Yi zhong Huang, Qing Zhang, Jan Ma, Fredy Boey, Hua Zhang,* Qichun Zhang*. (2011). Chemical Reaction between Ag Nanoparticles and TCNQ Microparticles in Aqueous Solution. Small, 7, 1242.
  • Cheng YH (Cheng, Yu Hua), Huang YZ (Huang, Yizhong), Kanhere PD (Kanhere, Pushkar D.), Subramaniam VP (Subramaniam, Vishnu P.), Gong DG (Gong, Dangguo), Zhang S (Zhang, Sam), Highfield J (Highfield, James), Schreyer MK (Schreyer, Martin K.), Chen Z (Chen, Zhong). (2011). Dual-Phase Titanate/Anatase with Nitrogen Doping for Enhanced Degradation of Organic Dye under Visible Light. Chemistry - A European Journal, 17, 2575.
  • Yuxin Tang, Dangguo Gong, Yuekun Lai, Yiqiang Shen, Yanyan Zhang, Jie Tao, Changjian Lin, Zhili Dong*, Zhong Chen*,. (2010). Hierarchical Layered Titanate Microspherulite: Formation by Electrochemical Spark Discharge Spallation and Application in Aqueous Pollutant Treatment. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20(45), 10169-10178.
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