Zhang, Yong

 

 

Zhang, Yong (Ph.D.)

 

Associate Professor
 


E1-05-18, Division of Bioengineering

Faculty of Engineering
National University of Singapore
117576 Singapore
Tel: +65 6516 4871
Fax: +65 6872 3069
Email: biezy@nus.edu.sg


 Research Fellow Position Available

(Posted on April 24, 2006)

 

Research Interest

Nano-biomaterials & Nano-biotechnology

Biomedical Microdevices

 

Editorial Board Memberships

Recent Patents on Nanotechnology

Recent Patents on Biomedical Engineering

Recent Patents on Engineering

Recent Patents on Material Science

The Open Drug Delivery Journal

The Open Nanoscience Journal

The Open Chemical Engineering Journal

The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal

The Open Nanomedicine Journal

The Open Colloid Science Journal

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Consumer Health Informatics

 

Selected Publications (2005-)

Impact factors given in brackets.

Peer Reviewed Journals

1.       Li ZQ, Zhang Y, Jiang S. Multi-color core-Shell structured upconversion fluorescent nanoparticles. Advanced Materials, in press. [8.191]

2.       Zhang Y & Wang C. Micropatterning of proteins on 3D porous polymer film fabricated using breath figure method. Advanced Materials 19, 913-916 (2007). [8.191]

3.       Li ZQ & Zhang Y. Monodisperse silica coated PVP/NaYF4 nanocrystals with multicolor upconversion fluorescence emission. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 45, 7732-7735 (2006). [10.031]

4.       Lu MH & Zhang Y. Novel method for microbead patterning on porous films with ordered array of pores. Advanced Materials 18, 3094-3098 (2006). [8.191]

5.       Wang C & Zhang Y. Protein micropatterning via self-assembly of nanoparticles. Advanced Materials 17, 150-153 (2005). [8.191]

6.       Tan WB & Zhang Y. Multi-functional quantum dot based magnetic chitosan nanobeads. Advanced Materials 17, 2375-2380 (2005). [8.191]

7.       Lim CT & Zhang Y. Novel Dome-shape Structure for High Efficiency Patterning of Individual Microbeads in a Microfluidic Device. Small, 3, 573-579 (2007). [6.408]

8.       Rufaihah AJ & Zhang Y. Biocompatibility of silica coated NaYF4 upconversion fluorescent nanocrystals. Biomaterials, in press (2008). [6.262]

9.       Chatterjee DK, Rufaihah AJ & Zhang Y. Upconversion fluorescence imaging of cells and small animals using lanthanide doped nanocrystals. Biomaterials, 29, 937-943 (2007). [6.262]

10.  Tan WB, Jiang S & Zhang Y. Quantum-dot based nanoparticles for targeted silencing of HER2/neu gene via RNA interference. Biomaterials, 28, 1565-1571 (2007). [6.262]

11.  Yap FL & Zhang Y. Assembly of Polystyrene Microspheres and its Application in Cell Micropatterning. Biomaterials, 28, 2328-2338 (2007). [6.262]

12.  Li J & Zhang Y. Porous polymer films with size-tunable surface pores. Chemistry of Materials, 19, 2581-2584 (2007). [4.883]

13.  Yap FL & Zhang Y. Protein micropatterning using surfaces modified by self-assembled polystyrene microspheres. Langmuir 21, 5233-5236 (2005). [4.009]

14.  Yang XT & Zhang Y. Encapsulation of quantum nanodots in polystyrene and silica micro-/nanoparticles. Langmuir 20, 6071-6073 (2004). [4.009]

15.  Wang F, Tan WB, Zhang Y, Fan XP & Wang MQ. Luminescent nano-materials for biological labeling. Nanotechnology 17, R1-R13 (2005). [3.310]

16.  Nie Q, Tan WB & Zhang Y. Synthesis and characterization of monodispersed chitosan nanoparticles with embedded quantum dots. Nanotechnology 17, 140-144 (2005). [3.310]

17.  Zhang Y & Huang, N. Intracellular uptake of CdSe-ZnS/polystyrene nanobeads. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 76B, 161-168 (2005).

18.  Tan WB & Zhang Y. Surface modification of gold and quantum dot nanoparticles with chitosan for bioapplications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 75A, 56-62 (2005).

19.  Zhang Y & Zhang J. Surface modification of monodisperse magnetite nanoparticles for improved intracellular uptake to breast cancer cells. Journal of Colloid & Interface Science 283, 352-357 (2005). [2.023]

20.  Wang C, Yap FL & Zhang Y. Micropatterning of polystyrene nanoparticles and its bioapplications. Colloids and Surfaces B - Biointerfaces 46, 255-260 (2005). [1.588]

21.  Pi DB, Wang F, Fan XP, Wang MQ & Zhang Y. Luminescence behavior of Eu3+ doped LaF3 nanoparticles. Spectroc. Acta Pt. A-Molec. Biomolec. Spectr. 61, 2455-2459 (2005). [1.290]

22.  Nie Q, Zhang Y, Zhang J & Zhang MQ. Immobilization of polydiacetylene onto silica microbeads for bead based colorimetric detection. Journal of Materials Chemistry 16, 546-549 (2006). [4.339]

23.  Wang F, Zhang Y, Fan XP & Wang MQ. Facile Synthesis of Water-soluble LaF3:Ln3+ Nanocrystals for Bio-applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry 16, 1031-1034 (2006). [4.339]

24.  Wang C, Zhang Y, Ho SS & Low LN. Nanoparticle - assisted micropatterning of active proteins on solid substrate. Biosensors & Bioelectronics 21, 1638-1643 (2006). [5.061]

25.  Wang F, Zhang Y, Fan XP & Wang MQ. One-pot synthesis of chitosan/LaF3:Eu3+ nanocrystals for bioapplications. Nanotechnology 17, 1527-1532 (2006). [3.310]

26.  Yap FL, Zhang Y. Protein and Cell Micropatterning and its Integration with Micro / Nanoparticles Assembly. Biosensors & Bioelectronics 22, 775-788 (2006). [5.061]

27.  Wang C, Zhang Y. A Microsphere Coupled Micropatterning Method for Cytokine Detection. Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 120, 125-129 (2006).

28.  Hoa MLK, Lu MH, Zhang Y. Preparation of Porous Materials With Ordered Hole Structure. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 121, 9-23 (2006). [4.198]

29.  Lim CT & Zhang Y. Bead-based Microf luidic Immunoassays: The Next Generation. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 22, 1197-1204 (2007). [5.061]

30.  Kang KC, Tan WB, Zhang Y. Solubilization of Quantum Dots for Biological Applications, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, in press.

31.  Tan WB & Zhang Y. Multi-functional Chitosan Nanoparticles Encapsulating Quantum Dots and Gd-DTPA as Imaging Probes for Bio-applications, Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 7, 2389-2393 (2007). [2.194]

32.  Wang F, Chatterjee D, Li ZQ, Zhang Y, Fan XP, Wang MQ. Synthesis of polyethylenimine/NaYF4 nanoparticles with upconversion fluorescence, Nanotechnology 17, 5786-5791 (2006). [3.310]

33.  Wang F, Fan XP, Wang MQ & Zhang Y. Multicolour PEI/NaGdF4 : Ce3+, Ln(3+) nanocrystals by single-wavelength excitation. Nanotechnology 18, Art. No. 025701 (2007). [3.310]

34.  Tan WB, Huang N & Zhang Y. Ultrafine biocompatible chitosan nanoparticles encapsulating multi-colour quantum dots for bioapplications. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 310, 464-470 (2007). [2.023]

35.  Zhang Y, Lu MH. Labelling of silica microspheres with fluorescent lanthanide-doped LaF3 nanocrystals. Nanotechnology, 18, Art. No. 275603 (2007) [3.310]

Book Chapters

Zhang Y and Chatterjee DK, "Lyposomes, dendrimers and other polymeric nanoparticles for targeted delivery of anticancer agents - A comparative study". In Nanomaterials for Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis, ed. Challa Kumar. Nanotechnologies for Life Sciences. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, in press.

Zhang Y and Wang F, "Use of nanoparticles as building blocks for bio-applications". In Molecular Building Blocks for Nanotechnology: From Diamondoids to Nanoscale Materials and Applications, ed. Mansoori GA, George TF, Zhang GP and Assoufid L. Topics in Applied Physics. New York: Springer-Verlag, Chapter 14, p353-376.

Chatterjee DK, Zhang Y, “Nanoparticles in immunotherapy against cancer”, in Cancer Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy, edited by Nalwa HS & Webster T, American Scientific Publishers, Chapter 18, p317-332.

Patents (2005-)

Novel method for microbead patterning and applications thereof, US patent, pending.

A new microfluidic device for multiplexed bead based detection. US patent, pending.

Monodisperse infrared-to-visible upconversion nanoparticle phosphors. US patent, pending.