Yunfeng Lu
Professor, Full-time PI
Specializations: Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Polymer Chemistry
Email: Lu88@mail.buct.edu.cn
Office Location: Advanced Innovation Center, Rm 902, Beijing University of Chemical Engineering
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Education:
1994–1998 | University of New Mexico, USA | Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering |
1991–1994 | Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences | M.S. in Polymer Science |
1987–1991 | Jilin University, Department of Chemistry | B.S. in Chemistry |
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Working Experience:
2022 – Present | Beijing University of Chemical Technology | Professor |
2006 – 2022 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Professor |
2005 – 2006 | Tulane University | Chair Professor |
2001 – 2005 | Tulane University | Assistant Professor |
1999 – 2001 | Applied Materials, Inc. (USA) | Senior Engineer |
1998 – 1999 | Sandia National Laboratories (USA) | Postdoctoral Researcher |
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Research Interests:
Energy Storage & Conversion, Drug Delivery, and Nanomedicine
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Publications:
1. Yunfeng Lu, Rahul Ganguli, Celeste A. Drewien, Mark T. Anderson, C. Jeffrey Brinker*, Weilang Gong, Yongxing Guo, Hermes Soyez, Bruce Dunn, Michael H. Huang , Jeffrey I. Zink. "Continuous formation of supported cubic and hexagonal mesoporous films by sol–gel dip-coating." Nature 389.6649 (1997): 364-368.
2. Yunfeng Lu, Hongyou Fan, Aaron Stump, Timothy L. Ward, Thomas Rieker , C. Jeffrey Brinker*. "Aerosol-assisted self-assembly of mesostructured spherical nanoparticles." Nature 398.6724 (1999): 223-226.
3. Yunfeng Lu, Yi Yang, Alan Sellinger, Mengcheng Lu, Jinman Huang, Hongyou Fan, Raid Haddad, Gabriel Lopez, Alan R. Burns, Darryl Y. Sasaki, John Shelnutt , C. Jeffrey Brinker*. "Self-assembly of mesoscopically ordered chromatic polydiacetylene/silica nanocomposites." Nature 410.6831 (2001): 913-917.
4. Ming Yan, Juanjuan Du, Zhen Gu, Min Liang, Yufang Hu, Wenjun Zhang, Saul Priceman, Lily Wu, Z. Hong Zhou, Zheng Liu*, Tatiana Segura*, Yi Tang* & Yunfeng Lu*. "A novel intracellular protein delivery platform based on single-protein nanocapsules." Nature nanotechnology 5.1 (2010): 48-53.
5. Yang Liu, Juanjuan Du, Ming Yan, Mo Yin Lau, Jay Hu, Hui Han, Otto O Yang, Sheng Liang, Wei Wei, Hui Wang, Jianmin Li, Xinyuan Zhu, Linqi Shi*, Wei Chen*, Cheng Ji*, Yunfeng Lu*. "Biomimetic enzyme nanocomplexes and their use as antidotes and preventive measures for alcohol intoxication." Nature nanotechnology 8.3 (2013): 187-192.
6. Jing Wen, Di Wu, Meng Qin, Chaoyong Liu, Lan Wang, Duo Xu, Harry V. Vinters, Yang Liu, Emiko Kranz, Xin Guan, Guibo Sun, Xiaobo Sun, YooJin Lee, Otoniel Martinez-Maza, Daniel Widney, Yunfeng Lu*, Irvin S. Y. Chen* , Masakazu Kamata*. "Sustained delivery and molecular targeting of a therapeutic monoclonal antibody to metastases in the central nervous system of mice." Nature biomedical engineering 3.9 (2019): 706-716.
7. Runwei Mo, Fan Li, Xinyi Tan, Pengcheng Xu, Ran Tao, Gurong Shen, Xing Lu, Fang Liu, Li Shen, Bin Xu, Qiangfeng Xiao, Xiang Wang, Chongmin Wang, Jinlai Li, Ge Wang , Yunfeng Lu*. "High-quality mesoporous graphene particles as high-energy and fast-charging anodes for lithium-ion batteries." Nature communications 10.1 (2019): 1474.
8. Gurong Shen, Jing Liu, Hao Bin Wu, Pengcheng Xu, Fang Liu, Chasen Tongsh, Kui Jiao, Jinlai Li, Meilin Liu, Mei Cai, John P. Lemmon, Grigorii Soloveichik, Hexing Li, Jian Zhu* , Yunfeng Lu*. "Multi-functional anodes boost the transient power and durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells." Nature communications 11.1 (2020): 1191.
9. Runwei Mo, Xinyi Tan, Fan Li, Ran Tao, Jinhui Xu, Dejia Kong, Zhiyong Wang, Bin Xu, Xiang Wang, Chongmin Wang, Jinlai Li, Yiting Peng* , Yunfeng Lu*. "Tin-graphene tubes as anodes for lithium-ion batteries with high volumetric and gravimetric energy densities." Nature communications 11.1 (2020): 1374.
10. Fang Liu, Geng Sun, Hao Bin Wu, Gen Chen, Duo Xu, Runwei Mo, Li Shen, Xianyang Li, Shengxiang Ma, Ran Tao, Xinru Li, Xinyi Tan, Bin Xu, Ge Wang*, Bruce S. Dunn*, Philippe Sautet* , Yunfeng Lu*. "Dual redox mediators accelerate the electrochemical kinetics of lithium-sulfur batteries." Nature communications 11.1 (2020): 5215.
