
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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2016
Journal Article
The effect of mesoporous bioglass on osteogenesis and adipogenesis of osteoporotic BMSCs
Wu, Tao, Cheng, Ning, Xu, Chun, Sun, Wei, Yu, Chengzhong and Shi, Bin (2016). The effect of mesoporous bioglass on osteogenesis and adipogenesis of osteoporotic BMSCs. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 104 (12), 3004-3014. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35841
2016
Journal Article
Encapsulation of selenium sulfide in double-layered hollow carbon spheres as advanced electrode material for lithium storage
Zhang, Hongwei, Zhou, Liang, Huang, Xiaodan, Song, Hao and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Encapsulation of selenium sulfide in double-layered hollow carbon spheres as advanced electrode material for lithium storage. Nano Research, 9 (12), 3725-3734. doi: 10.1007/s12274-016-1243-2
2016
Journal Article
Amine functionalized cubic mesoporous silica nanoparticles as an oral delivery system for curcumin bioavailability enhancement
Hartono, Sandy Budi, Hadisoewignyo, Lannie, Yang, Yanan, Meka, Anand Kumar, Antaresti and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Amine functionalized cubic mesoporous silica nanoparticles as an oral delivery system for curcumin bioavailability enhancement. Nanotechnology, 27 (50) 505605, 505605. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/50/505605
2016
Journal Article
Hollow mesoporous carbon nanocarriers for vancomycin delivery: understanding the structure-release relationship for prolonged antibacterial performance
Nor, Yusilawati Ahmad, Zhang, Hongwei, Purwajanti, Swasmi, Song, Hao, Meka, Anand Kumar, Wang, Yue, Mitter, Neena, Mahony, Donna and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Hollow mesoporous carbon nanocarriers for vancomycin delivery: understanding the structure-release relationship for prolonged antibacterial performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4 (43), 7014-7021. doi: 10.1039/c6tb01778a
2016
Journal Article
Nanoparticle-based delivery of Anaplasma marginale membrane proteins, VirB9-1 and VirB10 produced in the Pichia pastoris expression system
Zhang, Bing, Cavallaro, Antonio S., Mody, Karishma T., Zhang, Jun, Deringer, James R., Brown, Wendy C., Mahony, Timothy J., Yu, Chengzhong and Mitter, Neena (2016). Nanoparticle-based delivery of Anaplasma marginale membrane proteins, VirB9-1 and VirB10 produced in the Pichia pastoris expression system. Nanomaterials, 6 (11) 201, 201. doi: 10.3390/nano6110201
2016
Journal Article
Rational design of multifunctional dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles to load curcumin and enhance efficacy for breast cancer therapy
Wang, Jiao, Wang, Yue, Liu, Qiang, Yang, Linnan, Zhu, Rongrong, Yu, Chengzhong and Wang, Shilong (2016). Rational design of multifunctional dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles to load curcumin and enhance efficacy for breast cancer therapy. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (40), 26511-26523. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b08400
2016
Journal Article
Kinetically controlled assembly of nitrogen-doped invaginated carbon nanospheres with tunable mesopores
Liu, Yang, Zhang, Hongwei, Noonan, Owen, Xu, Chun, Niu, Yuting, Yang, Yannan, Zhou, Liang, Huang, Xiaodan and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Kinetically controlled assembly of nitrogen-doped invaginated carbon nanospheres with tunable mesopores. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22 (42), 14962-14967. doi: 10.1002/chem.201602672
2016
Journal Article
A vesicle supra-assembly approach to synthesize amine-functionalized hollow dendritic mesoporous silica nanospheres for protein delivery
Meka, Anand Kumar, Abbaraju, Prasanna Lakshmi, Song, Hao, Xu, Chun, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, Hongwei, Yu, Meihua and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). A vesicle supra-assembly approach to synthesize amine-functionalized hollow dendritic mesoporous silica nanospheres for protein delivery. Small, 12 (37), 5169-5177. doi: 10.1002/smll.201602052
2016
Journal Article
Mesoporous magnesium oxide hollow spheres as superior arsenite adsorbent: synthesis and adsorption behavior
Purwajanti, Swasmi, Zhang, Hongwei, Huang, Xiaodan, Song, Hao, Yang, Yannan, Zhang, Jun, Niu, Yuting, Meka, Anand Kumar, Noonan, Owen and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Mesoporous magnesium oxide hollow spheres as superior arsenite adsorbent: synthesis and adsorption behavior. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (38), 25306-25312. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b08322
2016
Journal Article
Binder-free TiO2 monolith-packed pipette tips for the enrichment of phosphorylated peptides
Lei, Chang, Zhou, Liang, Xu, Chun, Sun, Xiaoran, Nouwens, Amanda and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Binder-free TiO2 monolith-packed pipette tips for the enrichment of phosphorylated peptides. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 69 (12), 1396-1401. doi: 10.1071/CH16443
2016
Journal Article
Combination of microporous hollow carbon spheres and nafion for the individual metal-free stripping detectionof Pb2+ and Cd2+
Niu, Xiangheng, Zhang, Hongwei, Yu, Meihua, Zhao, Hongli, Lan, Minbo and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Combination of microporous hollow carbon spheres and nafion for the individual metal-free stripping detectionof Pb2+ and Cd2+. Analytical Sciences, 32 (9), 943-949. doi: 10.2116/analsci.32.943
2016
Journal Article
Engineering Iron Oxide Hollow Nanospheres to Enhance Antimicrobial Property: Understanding the Cytotoxic Origin in Organic Rich Environment
Nor, Yusilawati Ahmad, Zhou, Liang, Meka, Anand Kumar, Xu, Chun, Niu, Yuting, Zhang, Hongwei, Mitter, Neena, Mahony, Donna and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Engineering Iron Oxide Hollow Nanospheres to Enhance Antimicrobial Property: Understanding the Cytotoxic Origin in Organic Rich Environment. Advanced Functional Materials, 26 (30), 5408-5418. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201601459
2016
Journal Article
Ultrasensitive ELISA+ enhanced by dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles
Lei, Chang, Xu, Chun, Nouwens, Amanda and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Ultrasensitive ELISA+ enhanced by dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4 (29), 4975-4979. doi: 10.1039/c6tb01023g
2016
Journal Article
Polypyrrole-coated zinc ferrite hollow spheres with improved cycling stability for lithium-ion batteries
Sun, Xiaoran, Zhang, Hongwei, Zhou, Liang, Huang, Xiaodan and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Polypyrrole-coated zinc ferrite hollow spheres with improved cycling stability for lithium-ion batteries. Small, 12 (27), 3732-3737. doi: 10.1002/smll.201601143
2016
Journal Article
Transition metal sulfides grown on graphene fibers for wearable asymmetric supercapacitors with high volumetric capacitance and high energy density
Cai, Weihua, Lai, Ting, Lai, Jianwei, Xie, Haoting, Ouyang, Liuzhang, Ye, Jianshan and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Transition metal sulfides grown on graphene fibers for wearable asymmetric supercapacitors with high volumetric capacitance and high energy density. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 26890, 26890. doi: 10.1038/srep26890
2016
Journal Article
In situ Stöber templating: facile synthesis of hollow mesoporous carbon spheres from silica-polymer composites for ultra-high level in-cavity adsorption
Noonan, Owen, Zhang, Hongwei, Song, Hao, Xu, Chun, Huang, Xiaodan and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). In situ Stöber templating: facile synthesis of hollow mesoporous carbon spheres from silica-polymer composites for ultra-high level in-cavity adsorption. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4 (23), 9063-9071. doi: 10.1039/c6ta02265k
2016
Journal Article
Silica nanopollens enhance adhesion for long-term bacterial inhibition
Song, Hao, Ahmad Nor, Yusilawati, Yu, Meihua, Yang, Yannan, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, Hongwei, Xu, Chun, Mitter, Neena and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Silica nanopollens enhance adhesion for long-term bacterial inhibition. Journal of the Americal Chemical Society, 138 (20), 6455-6462. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b00243
2016
Journal Article
Surfactant-free assembly of mesoporous carbon hollow spheres with large tunable pore sizes
Zhang, Hongwei, Noonan, Owen, Huang, Xiaodan, Yang, Yannan, Xu, Chun, Zhou, Liang and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Surfactant-free assembly of mesoporous carbon hollow spheres with large tunable pore sizes. ACS Nano, 10 (4), 4579-4586. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.6b00723
2016
Journal Article
Immunogenicity of Outer Membrane Proteins VirB9-1 and VirB9-2, a Novel Nanovaccine against Anaplasma marginale
Zhao, Liang, Mahony, Donna, Cavallaro, Antonino S., Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Jun, Deringer, James R., Brown, Wendy C., Zhao, Chun-Xia, Yu, Chengzhong, Mitter, Neena and Middelberg, Anton P. J. (2016). Immunogenicity of Outer Membrane Proteins VirB9-1 and VirB9-2, a Novel Nanovaccine against Anaplasma marginale. PLoS One, 11 (4) e0154295, e0154295. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154295
2016
Journal Article
Small-sized and large-pore dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles enhance antimicrobial enzyme delivery
Wang, Yue, Nor, Yusilawati Ahmad, Song, Hao, Yang, Yannan, Xu, Chun, Yu, Meihua and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Small-sized and large-pore dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles enhance antimicrobial enzyme delivery. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4 (15), 2646-2653. doi: 10.1039/c6tb00053c
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing an Oral Nanoformulation for Preventing Cancer Recurrence
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
Developing Next-Generation Multifunctional Nanoparticles for mRNA Transfection
Principal Advisor
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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
Mechanistic Study of the interaction between nulceic aicd carriers and phenotypic cells
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hao Song
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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
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
Developing nanoparticle-based vaccine for cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shevanuja Theivendran
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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
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
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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