Associate Professor Dr. Huaqiang Cao

Contact Address

Rom. 302, Hetian Building

Department of Chemistry

Tsinghua University

Beijing 100084

P. R. China

Fax:+ 86-10- 62794233

Tel: +86-10-62794233

E-mail£ºhqcao@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Major Experience and Achievements

¡¤2001, Ph.D degree of Nanjing University at Department of Chemistry

¡¤2001.9-2003.8 Post-doc at Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University

¡¤2002, winner of ¡°The Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Nanjing University¡±

¡¤2003, winner of ¡°The National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of P. R. China¡±

¡¤2003.9 till present Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University

¡¤2004, winner of ¡°The Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of the Education Ministry of P. R. China¡±

¡¤2004, winner of¡°The First Class Award of Education Ministry of P. R. China Nominated to National Science and Technology ©¤Natural Science¡± (the 3rd contributed person)

¡¤2005, Member of American Chemical Society (ACS, USA)

¡¤2006, winner of ¡°The Program for Key Talents in Tsinghua University¡±

¡¤2007.9-2008.8 Visiting Scholar of Wolfson College, Materials Department, Oxford University

¡¤2008, Member of Institute of Physics (IOP, UK)

¡¤2009, Vice-chairman of the Executive Council of China Energy Society

Research Interest

His research interests are focused on functional nanomaterials. From 2004 till present, he was selected over 20 academic journal referees, including J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Funct. Mater., Small, Crit. Rev. Solid State, J. Phys. Chem. B, J. Phys. Chem. C, Inorg. Chem., Crystal Growth & Design, Langmuir, New Journal of Physics, ChemPhysChem, Nanotechnology, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., J. Mater. Res., Journal of Nanosci. Nanotechno., J. Solid State Chem., J Phys D -Appl. Phys., J Phys-Condens. Mat., Physica E, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Carbohydrate Polymers, Mater. Res. Bull., J. Mater. Sci., Phys Status Solidi B.

Books and Reviews

¡¤Huaqiang Cao , Optical and Magnetic Properties of Metal Oxide Nanostructures ,In Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Their Applications (Editors: Ahmad Umar and Yoon Bong Hahn), American Scientific Publishers, California, USA, (accepted by Editors, ISBN: 1-58883-170-1, Pub. Date: 2009)(Chapter)

¡¤Huaqiang Cao, Sulifde Semiconductor Nanostructures and Photoluminescence Properties, In Progress of Photoluminescence Research £¨Editors: Harry K. Wright and Grace V. Edwards£©, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, USA (ISBN: 978-1-60456-538-6, Pub. Date: 2008) (Chapter)

¡¤Huaqiang Cao, Constructing Advanced Nanostructures: A Key Step towards Nanodevices , In Leading Edge Nanotechnology Research Developments (Editors: Donald M. Sabatini): Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, USA (ISBN: 1-60021-900-4, Pub. Date: 2008) (Commentry)

¡¤Huaqiang Cao, Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Low-Dimensional Nanostructures , In Progress of Nanotechnology Research (Editors: Alan T. Larimar): Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, USA (ISBN: 1-60021-731-1, Pub. Date: 2008) (Chapter)

Publications

¡¤Junhua Xiang, Huaqiang Cao*, Jamie H. Warner, Andrew A. R. Watt, ¡°Crystallization and self-assembly of calcium carbonate architectures¡±, Crystal Growth & Design, 2008, 8, 4583.

¡¤Junhua Xiang, Huaqiang Cao*, Qingzhi Wu, Sichun Zhang, Xinrong Zhang, ¡°L-cysteine-assisted self-assembly of complex PbS structures¡±, Crystal Growth & Design, 2008, 8, 3935.

¡¤Jamie H Warner, Huaqiang Cao, ¡°Shape control of PbS nanocrystals using multiple surfactants¡±, Nanotechnology 2008, 19, 305605

¡¤Qingzhi Wu, Huaqiang Cao*,Qiuying Luan,Jiyong Zhang, Zhao Wang, Jamie H. Warner,Andrew A. R. Watt^, ¡°Biomolecule-assisted synthesis of water-soluble silver nanoparticles and their biomedical applications¡±, Inorganic Chemistry 2008, 47, 5882.

¡¤Junhua Xiang, Huaqiang Cao*,Qingzhi Wu, Sichun Zhang, Xinrong Zhang, Andrew A. R. Watt, ¡°L-cysteine-assisted synthesis and optical properties of Ag₂S nanospheres¡±, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2008, 112, 3580.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Guozhi Wang, Jamie H. Warner, Andrew A. R. Watt, ¡°Amino-acid--assisted synthesis and size-dependent magnetic behaviors of hematite nanocubes¡±, Applied Physics Letters2008, 92, 013110.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Lei Zhang, Xiangwen Liu, Sichun Zhang, Yu Liang, Xinrong Zhang, ¡°Catalytic chemiluminescence properties of boehmite ¡°nanococoons¡±¡±, Applied Physics Letters2007, 90, 193105.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Xianqing Qiu, Yu Liang, Meijuan Zhao, Qiming Zhu, ¡°Sol-gel synthesis and photoluminescence of p-type semiconductor Cr₂O₃ nanowires¡±, Applied Physics Letters 2006, 88, 241112.

¡¤Qingzhi Wu, Huaqiang Cao*, Sichun Zhang, Xinrong Zhang, Daniel Rabinovich, ¡°Generation and optical properties of monodisperse wurtzite-type ZnS microspheres¡±, Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 45, 7316.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Guozhi Wang, Sichun Zhang, Xinrong Zhang, Daniel Rabinovich, ¡°Growth and optical properties of wurtzite-type CdS nanocrystals¡±, Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 45, 5103.

¡¤Qingzhi Wu, Huaqiang Cao*, Sichun Zhang, Xinrong Zhang, ¡°Poly(ethylene glycol)-assisted two-dimensional self-assembly of zinc sulfide microspheres¡±, Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 45, 4586.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Guozhi Wang, Lei Zhang, Yu Liang, Sichun Zhang, Xinrong Zhang, ¡°Shape and magnetic properties variation of single-crystalline hematite (a-Fe₂O₃) nanocrystals¡± ChemPhysChem, 2006, 7, 1897.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Liduo Wang, Yong Qiu, Qingzhi Wu, Guozhi Wang, Lei Zhang, Xiangwen Liu, ¡°Generation and growth mechanism of metal (Fe, Co, Ni) nanotube arrays¡°, ChemPhysChem, 2006, 7, 1500.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Xianqing Qiu, Yu Liang, Lei Zhang, Meijuan Zhao, Qiming Zhu, ¡°Sol-gel template synthesis and photoluminescence of n- & p-type semiconductor oxidenanowires¡±, ChemPhysChem, 2006, 7, 497.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Guozhi Wang, Sichun Zhang, Xinrong Zhang, ¡°Growth and photoluminescence properties of PbS nanocubes¡±, Nanotechnology 2006, 17, 3280.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Liduo Wang, Yong Qiu, Lei Zhang, ¡°Synthesis and I-V properties of aligned copper nanowires¡±, Nanotechnology 2006, 17, 1736.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Xianqing Qiu, Bin Luo, Yu Liang, Yuhui Zhang, Ruiqin Tan, Meijuan Zhao, Qiming Zhu, ¡°Synthesis and room-temperature photoluminescence properties of zirconia nanowires¡±, Advanced Function Materials2004, 14, 243.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao*, Xianqing Qiu, Yu Liang, Qiming Zhu, Meijuan Zhao, ¡°Room-temperature ultraviolet-emitting In₂O₃ nanowires¡±, Applied Physics Letters 2003, 83, 761.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao, Chenyang Tie, Zheng Xu, Jianming Hong, Hai Sang, ¡°Array of nickel nanowires enveloped in polyaniline nanotubules and its magnetic behavior¡±, Applied Physics Letters2001, 78, 1592.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao, Zheng Xu, Xianwen Wei, Xiang Ma, Ziling Xue, ¡°Sol-gel synthesis of an array of C₇₀ single crystal nanowires in a porous alumina template¡±, Chemical Communication 2001, 541.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao, Zheng Xu, Dong Seng, Jianming Hong, Hai Sang, Youwei Du, ¡°An array of iron nanowires encapsulated in polyaniline nanotubules and its magnetic behavior¡±, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2001, 11, 958.

¡¤Huaqiang Cao, Yan Xu, Jianming Hong, Huibiao Liu, Gui Yin, Baolong Li, Chenyang Tie, Zheng Xu, ¡°Sol-gel template synthesis of an array of single crystal CdS nanowires on a porous alumina¡±, Advanced Materials 2001, 13, 1393.