
Overview
Background
Professor Chengzhong (Michael) Yu is an internationally recognised expert in nanotechnology, chemistry and materials science. He is the author of over 400 scientific publications with over 36,000 citations. He has received National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership (L3) and Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship.
His research interest includes functional nanomaterials and their applications in healthcare, agriculture, and energy storage. He is working with industrial partners to provide innovative solutions for challenging problems in our society.
Availability
- Professor Michael Yu is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Fudan University
Works
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2017
Journal Article
Single-layered mesoporous carbon sandwiched graphene nanosheets for high performance ionic liquid supercapacitors
Liu, Yang, Zhang, Hongwei, Song, Hao, Noonan, Owen, Lang, Changhao, Huang, Xiaodan and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Single-layered mesoporous carbon sandwiched graphene nanosheets for high performance ionic liquid supercapacitors. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 (43), 23947-23954. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08777
2017
Journal Article
Understanding the effect of surface chemistry of mesoporous silica nanorods on their vaccine adjuvant potency
Yang, Yannan, Jambhrunkar, Manasi, Abbaraju, Prasanna Lakshmi, Yu, Meihua, Zhang, Min and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Understanding the effect of surface chemistry of mesoporous silica nanorods on their vaccine adjuvant potency. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 6 (17) 1700466, 1700466. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201700466
2017
Journal Article
Flower-like C@SnOX@C hollow nanostructures with enhanced electrochemical properties for lithium storage
Wang, Yijia, Jiao, Zheng, Wu, Minghong, Zheng, Kun, Zhang, Hongwei, Zou, Jin, Yu, Chengzhong and Zhang, Haijiao (2017). Flower-like C@SnOX@C hollow nanostructures with enhanced electrochemical properties for lithium storage. Nano Research, 10 (9), 2966-2976. doi: 10.1007/s12274-017-1507-5
2017
Journal Article
Glucose-responsive nanosystem mimicking the physiological insulin secretion via an enzyme-polymer layer-by-layer coating strategy
Xu, Chun, Lei, Chang, Huang, Lili, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, Hongwei, Song, Hao, Yu, Meihua, Wu, Yeda, Chen, Chen and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Glucose-responsive nanosystem mimicking the physiological insulin secretion via an enzyme-polymer layer-by-layer coating strategy. Chemistry of Materials, 29 (18), 7725-7732. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01804
2017
Journal Article
Pristine mesoporous carbon hollow spheres as safe adjuvants induce excellent Th2-biased immune response
Jambhrunkar, Manasi, Yu, Meihua, Zhang, Hongwei, Abbaraju, Prasanna, Meka, Anand Kumar, Cavallaro, Antonino, Lu, Yao, Mitter, Neena and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Pristine mesoporous carbon hollow spheres as safe adjuvants induce excellent Th2-biased immune response. Nano Research, 11 (1), 370-382. doi: 10.1007/s12274-017-1640-1
2017
Journal Article
Multi-shelled dendritic mesoporous organosilica hollow spheres: roles of composition and architecture in cancer immunotherapy
Yang, Yannan, Lu, Yao, Abbaraju, Prasanna Lakshmi, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, Min, Xiang, Guangya and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Multi-shelled dendritic mesoporous organosilica hollow spheres: roles of composition and architecture in cancer immunotherapy. Angewandte Chemie, 56 (29), 8446-8450. doi: 10.1002/anie.201701550
2017
Journal Article
Dendritic mesoporous silica-titania nanospheres with enhanced photocatalytic activities
Lin, Chun Xiang Cynthia, Xu, Chun, Yang, Yannan, Lei, Chang, Zhang, Haijiao and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Dendritic mesoporous silica-titania nanospheres with enhanced photocatalytic activities. New Journal of Chemistry, 41 (17), 8754-8760. doi: 10.1039/c7nj00713b
2017
Journal Article
Core-shell-structured dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles for combined photodynamic therapy and antibody delivery
Abbaraju, Prasanna Lakshmi, Yang, Yannan, Yu, Meihua, Fu, Jianye, Xu, Chun and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Core-shell-structured dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles for combined photodynamic therapy and antibody delivery. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 12 (13), 1465-1469. doi: 10.1002/asia.201700392
2017
Journal Article
Silica-based nanoparticles for therapeutic protein delivery
Yu, Meihua, Gu, Zhengying, Ottewell, Thomas and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Silica-based nanoparticles for therapeutic protein delivery. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5 (18), 3241-3252. doi: 10.1039/c7tb00244k
2017
Journal Article
Asymmetric silica nanoparticles with tunable head-tail structures enhance hemocompatibility and maturation of immune cells
Abbaraju, Prasanna Lakshmi, Meka, Anand Kumar, Song, Hao, Yang, Yannan, Jambhrunkar, Manasi, Zhang, Jun, Xu, Chun, Yu, Meihua and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Asymmetric silica nanoparticles with tunable head-tail structures enhance hemocompatibility and maturation of immune cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139 (18), 6321-6328. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b12622
2017
Journal Article
Dual-functional ultrafiltration membrane for simultaneous removal of multiple pollutants with high performance
Pan, Shunlong, Li, Jiansheng, Noonan, Owen, Fang, Xiaofeng, Wang, Gaojie, Yu, Chengzhong and Wang, Lianjun (2017). Dual-functional ultrafiltration membrane for simultaneous removal of multiple pollutants with high performance. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (9), 5098-5107. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05295
2017
Journal Article
Free-standing monolithic nanoporous graphene foam as a high performance aluminum-ion battery cathode
Huang, Xiaodan, Liu, Yang, Zhang, Hongwei, Zhang, Jun, Noonan, Owen and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Free-standing monolithic nanoporous graphene foam as a high performance aluminum-ion battery cathode. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5 (36), 19416-19421. doi: 10.1039/c7ta04477a
2017
Journal Article
Nanoengineering of core-shell magnetic mesoporous microspheres with tunable surface roughness
Yue, Qin, Zhang, Yu, Jiang, Yongjian, Li, Jialuo, Zhang, Hongwei, Yu, Chengzhong, Elzatahry, Ahmed A., Alghamdi, Abdulaziz, Deng, Yonghui and Zhao, Dongyuan (2017). Nanoengineering of core-shell magnetic mesoporous microspheres with tunable surface roughness. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139 (13), 4954-4961. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b01464
2017
Journal Article
Lithium‐Ion Batteries: Tailored Yolk–Shell Sn@C Nanoboxes for High‐Performance Lithium Storage (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2017)
Zhang, Hongwei, Huang, Xiaodan, Noonan, Owen, Zhou, Liang and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Lithium‐Ion Batteries: Tailored Yolk–Shell Sn@C Nanoboxes for High‐Performance Lithium Storage (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2017). Advanced Functional Materials, 27 (8). doi: 10.1002/adfm.201770044
2017
Journal Article
Enzyme- and metal-free electrochemical sensor for highly sensitive superoxide anion detection based on nitrogen doped hollow mesoporous carbon spheres
Liu, Li, Zhao, Hongli, Shi, Libo, Lan, Minbo, Zhang, Hongwei and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Enzyme- and metal-free electrochemical sensor for highly sensitive superoxide anion detection based on nitrogen doped hollow mesoporous carbon spheres. Electrochimica Acta, 227, 69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.182
2017
Journal Article
Tailoring mesoporous-silica nanoparticles for robust immobilization of lipase and biocatalysis
Kalantari, Mohammad, Yu, Meihua, Yang, Yannan, Strounina, Ekaterina, Gu, Zhengying, Huang, Xiaodan, Zhang, Jun, Song, Hao and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Tailoring mesoporous-silica nanoparticles for robust immobilization of lipase and biocatalysis. Nano Research, 10 (2), 605-617. doi: 10.1007/s12274-016-1320-6
2017
Journal Article
Tailored yolk-shell Sn@C nanoboxes for high-performance lithium storage
Zhang, Hongwei, Huang, Xiaodan, Noonan, Owen, Zhou, Liang and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Tailored yolk-shell Sn@C nanoboxes for high-performance lithium storage. Advanced Functional Materials, 27 (8) 1606023. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201606023
2017
Journal Article
A partially purified outer membrane protein VirB9-1 for low-cost nanovaccines against Anaplasma marginale
Zhao, Liang, Cavallaro, Antonino S., Wibowo, David, Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Jun, Mitter, Neena, Yu, Chengzhong, Zhao, Chun-Xia and Middelberg, Anton P. J. (2017). A partially purified outer membrane protein VirB9-1 for low-cost nanovaccines against Anaplasma marginale. Vaccine, 35 (1), 77-83. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.11.037
2017
Journal Article
Rattle-type magnetic mesoporous hollow carbon as a high-performance and reusable adsorbent for water treatment
Kalantari, Mohammad, Yu, Meihua, Noonan, Owen, Song, Hao, Xu, Chun, Huang, Xiaodan, Xiang, Feixiang, Wang, Xiaolin and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Rattle-type magnetic mesoporous hollow carbon as a high-performance and reusable adsorbent for water treatment. Chemosphere, 166, 109-117. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.083
2016
Journal Article
Structure-dependent and glutathione-responsive biodegradable dendritic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles for safe protein delivery
Yang, Yannan, Wan, Jingjing, Niu, Yuting, Gu, Zhengying, Zhang, Jun, Yu, Meihua and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Structure-dependent and glutathione-responsive biodegradable dendritic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles for safe protein delivery. Chemistry of Materials, 28 (24), 9008-9016. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03896
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of a market relevant DNA nano-vaccine platform
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing Next-Generation Multifunctional Nanoparticles for mRNA Transfection
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
Development of Calcium-modified Silica Nanoparticles for Biomolecule Delivery
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Multifunctional hybrid mesoporous silica nanoparticles for stimuli-responsive delivery of antimicrobial agents
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of Novel Bioinformatics Methods for Single Cell Sequencing Data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xiaodan Huang
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing novel delivery systems
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing an Oral Nanoformulation for Preventing Cancer Recurrence
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of Antibiotic-free Nanocomposites with Enhanced Antibacterial Performance
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing a versatile platform for sensitive detection of small molecules
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shevanuja Theivendran
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Master Philosophy
Development of Calcium-modified Silica Nanoparticles for Biomolecule Delivery
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of Calcium-Based Nanoparticles for In Situ Vaccines
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing Carbon Nanostructure Initiator Mass Spectrometry with Enhanced Sensitivity
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xiaodan Huang
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Doctor Philosophy
Hybrid Nano-adjuvants Mediated Cancer Vaccine: Bridging Framework Chemistry and Antitumour Immunity
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Kinetically Controlled Assembly of Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles with Near-neutrally Charged Surface as Inherent Low-fouling Materials
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
Development of Calcium-modified Silica Nanoparticles for Biomolecule Delivery
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis and applications of non-viral gene vectors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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Doctor Philosophy
Functional Membrane Separators for Rechargeable Non-Aqueous Aluminium-Ion Batteries
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xiaodan Huang, Professor Ashok Kumar Nanjundan
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of Calcium-Based Nanoparticles for In Situ Vaccines
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Dual functional layered double hydroxide nanoparticles for osteosarcoma treatment
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Saso Ivanovski
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing Long-Acting Drug Delivery Formulations
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanistic Study of the interaction between nulceic aicd carriers and phenotypic cells
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing nanoparticle-based vaccine for cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shevanuja Theivendran
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Doctor Philosophy
Green Nanotechnology-based Antibiotic-free Poultry Feed Against Coccidiosis
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of Stable and High-Capacity Aqueous Aluminum-Ion Batteries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ashok Kumar Nanjundan, Dr Xiaodan Huang
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Doctor Philosophy
Engineering Spiky Nanoparticles Probed at the Nano-Bio Interfaces
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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Doctor Philosophy
High Capacity and Low Cost Rechargeable Multivalent Metal Ion Batteries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ashok Kumar Nanjundan, Dr Xiaodan Huang
Completed supervision
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2025
Master Philosophy
Development of Calcium-modified Silica Nanoparticles for Biomolecule Delivery
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis and applications of non-viral gene vectors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Engineering core-shell-type of silica nanoparticles with controllable surface nanotopography as gene delivery vectors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Agriculture Nanotechnology & Materials Engineering: Agricultural Applications of Silica-Based Nanomaterials
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Development of High-capacity Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xiaodan Huang
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Development of immunomodulating nanomedicines for efficient cancer immunotherapy
Principal Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoparticle-Assisted Signal-Enhancement Technique for Lateral Flow Immunoassays
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Developing Functionalised Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatment
Principal Advisor
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2021
Master Philosophy
Development of Silica Based Nanoparticles for Plasmid DNA Delivery
Principal Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Engineered Aluminosilicate-Based Nanoparticles for Safe and Efficient Vaccine Delivery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Linda Lua, Dr Hao Song
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2020
Master Philosophy
Study on the lyophilization process of silica nanoparticle-based DNA formulations
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Designed synthesis of silica based nanocarriers for mRNA delivery
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Engineered iron-based nanomaterials for macrophage-centred anti-cancer application
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Optimised multifunctionality of Mesoporous Carbon Hollow Spheres (MCHS) nanocarriers using carbonization temperature
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Development of a Mesoporous Silica Based Nanosystem for Safe and Efficient Therapeutic Delivery
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Resoles enabled intricate nanostructures for biomedical applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xiaodan Huang
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis and characterization of novel silica nanoparticles for delivery applications
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Carbon Nanomaterials For Energy Efficient Water Purification
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xiaodan Huang
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Novel Mesoporous Carbon Based Nanostructures for Energy Storage Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xiaodan Huang
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis of Novel Mesoporous Materials as High-performance Adsorbents
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Engineered Silica nanoparticles for efficient biomolecules delivery
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis of Hollow-structured Electrode Material for Energy Storage
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xiaodan Huang
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Engineering Nanomaterials as Safe and Effective Immune Adjuvants
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles for biomedical application
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Amirali Popat
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Functionalized Large-Pore Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Bio-Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Whittaker
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Development of Magnesium Oxide-Based Functional Nanomaterials for Water Remediation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xiaodan Huang
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Hollow Mesostructured Nanoparticles with Unique Properties as Antibiotic Carriers
Principal Advisor
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2016
Master Philosophy
Designed synthesis of large pore mesoporous silica nanoparticles as nano-carriers for bio-applications
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Novel Carbon-based Nanomaterials for Diverse Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Whittaker, Professor Darren Martin
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2015
Master Philosophy
Synthesis of Self-assembled Nanoporous Silica for Therapeutic Delivery
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Bio-inspired Virus-mimicking Nanoparticles for Efficient Cellular Delivery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wenyi Gu
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis of Novel Silica Vesicles and Their Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bernard Degnan
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Designed synthesis of mono-dispersed silica-based nanostructures and their applications in drug/gene delivery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wenyi Gu
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Designer Mesoporous Silica Nano-carriers for Hydrophobic Drug Delivery with Enhanced Bioavailability
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wenyi Gu
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
A Novel Platform Built on Designed Materials for Purification, Enrichment and Detection of Bio-Molecules
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wenyi Gu, Professor Michael Monteiro
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis of porous nanoparticles as carriers in therapeutic delivery
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Functionalized Porous Materials with Controlled Structures for the Removal of Phosphate and Arsenic from Wastewater
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Emeritus Professor Jin Zou
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Development of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oral Delivery Efficiency and Their Bioapplications
Associate Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis of Mesoporous Platinum-Group-Metals (PGMs)-Based Nanoarchitectures for Energy and Environmental Applications
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alan Rowan, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain, Professor Yusuke Yamauchi
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Development of Sustained-Release Subunit Nanovaccines Against Anaplasma marginale
Associate Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The role of receptor tyrosine kinase EphB4 in the tumorigenesis of endometrial cancer
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Development of Nanoparticle based Vaccine Delivery Systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Timothy Mahony
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis and applications of novel periodic mesoporous organosilicas
Associate Advisor
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