
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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2021
Journal Article
Mesoporous resin nanobowls with optimized donor-acceptor conjugation for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production
Yuan, Ling, Zhang, Chaoqi, Wang, Jing, Liu, Chao and Yu, Chengzhong (2021). Mesoporous resin nanobowls with optimized donor-acceptor conjugation for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production. Nano Research, 14 (9), 3267-3273. doi: 10.1007/s12274-021-3517-6
2021
Journal Article
Synthesis of dendritic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles under a mild acidic condition with homogeneous wall structure and near-neutral surface
Luo, Jiangqi, Zhang, Min, Yang, Yannan and Yu, Chengzhong (2021). Synthesis of dendritic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles under a mild acidic condition with homogeneous wall structure and near-neutral surface. Chemical Communications, 57 (36), 1-4. doi: 10.1039/d0cc08017a
2020
Journal Article
Emerging concepts of nanobiotechnology in mRNA delivery
Wang, Yue and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Emerging concepts of nanobiotechnology in mRNA delivery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (52) anie.202003545, 23374-23385. doi: 10.1002/anie.202003545
2020
Journal Article
Ni/carbon aerogels derived from water induced self-assembly of Ni-MOF for adsorption and catalytic conversion of oily wastewater
Su, Yanping, Li, Zeyang, Zhou, Hongjian, Kang, Shenghong, Zhang, Yunxia, Yu, Chengzhong and Wang, Guozhong (2020). Ni/carbon aerogels derived from water induced self-assembly of Ni-MOF for adsorption and catalytic conversion of oily wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal, 402 126205, 126205. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126205
2020
Journal Article
Openwork@Dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles for lactate depletion and tumor microenvironment regulation
Tang, Jie, Meka, Anand Kumar, Theivendran, Shevanuja, Wang, Yue, Yang, Yannan, Song, Hao, Fu, Jianye, Ban, Wenhuang, Gu, Zhengying, Lei, Chang, Li, Shumin and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Openwork@Dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles for lactate depletion and tumor microenvironment regulation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (49) anie.202001469, 22054-22062. doi: 10.1002/anie.202001469
2020
Journal Article
Nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon microspheres by spray drying-vapor deposition for high-performance supercapacitor
Sun, Xiaoran, Kong, Yueqi, Liu, Yang, Zhou, Liang, Nanjundan, Ashok Kumar, Huang, Xiaodan and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon microspheres by spray drying-vapor deposition for high-performance supercapacitor. Frontiers in Chemistry, 8 592904, 592904. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.592904
2020
Journal Article
The impact of ethanol and chlorobenzene in the structure regulation of dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles
Feng, Jiayou, Liu, Yang, Liu, Chao, Hu, Wenli, Zhang, Chaoqi, Li, Shumin, Song, Yaping and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). The impact of ethanol and chlorobenzene in the structure regulation of dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 307 110504, 110504. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110504
2020
Journal Article
Confined growth of ZIF-8 in dendritic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles as bio-regulators for enhanced mRNA delivery in vivo
Wang, Yue, Song, Hao, Liu, Chao, Zhang, Ye, Kong, Yueqi, Tang, Jie, Yang, Yannan and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Confined growth of ZIF-8 in dendritic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles as bio-regulators for enhanced mRNA delivery in vivo. National Science Review, 8 (8) nwaa268, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa268
2020
Journal Article
Coupling effect of Au nanoparticles with the oxygen vacancies of TiO2–x for enhanced charge transfer
Lin, Lina, Feng, Xiaoyu, Lan, Dengpeng, Chen, Yuang, Zhong, Qilan, Liu, Chao, Cheng, Yan, Qi, Ruijuan, Ge, Jianping, Yu, Chengzhong, Duan, Chun-gang and Huang, Rong (2020). Coupling effect of Au nanoparticles with the oxygen vacancies of TiO2–x for enhanced charge transfer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124 (43) acs.jpcc.0c09011, 23823-23831. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09011
2020
Journal Article
Dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticle adjuvants modified with binuclear aluminum complex: coordination chemistry dictates adjuvanticity
Yang, Yang, Tang, Jie, Song, Hao, Yang, Yannan, Gu, Zhengying, Fu, Jianye, Liu, Yang, Zhang, Min, Qiao, Zhen‐An and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticle adjuvants modified with binuclear aluminum complex: coordination chemistry dictates adjuvanticity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (44), 19610-19617. doi: 10.1002/anie.202006861
2020
Journal Article
Ternary MOF-on-MOF heterostructures with controllable architectural and compositional complexity via multiple selective assembly
Liu, Chao, Sun, Qiang, Lin, Lina, Wang, Jing, Zhang, Chaoqi, Xia, Chunhong, Bao, Tong, Wan, Jingjing, Huang, Rong, Zou, Jin and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Ternary MOF-on-MOF heterostructures with controllable architectural and compositional complexity via multiple selective assembly. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4971, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18776-z
2020
Journal Article
One-pot and surfactant-free synthesis of N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres for the sensitive and selective screening of small biomolecules
Wang, Yin, Dai, Qumei, Yang, Liting, Liu, Yang, Yu, Chengzhong, Yao, Cheng and Xu, Xuan (2020). One-pot and surfactant-free synthesis of N-doped mesoporous carbon spheres for the sensitive and selective screening of small biomolecules. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 873 114462, 114462. doi: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114462
2020
Journal Article
Moderne Konzepte der Nanobiotechnologie für mRNA‐Abgabesysteme
Wang, Yue and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Moderne Konzepte der Nanobiotechnologie für mRNA‐Abgabesysteme. Angewandte Chemie, 132 (52) ange.202003545, 23578-23590. doi: 10.1002/ange.202003545
2020
Journal Article
Eliciting immunogenic cell death via a unitized nanoinducer
Dai, Zan, Tang, Jie, Gu, Zhengying, Wang, Yue, Yang, Yang, Yang, Yannan and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Eliciting immunogenic cell death via a unitized nanoinducer. Nano Letters, 20 (9), 6246-6254. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00713
2020
Journal Article
MOFs derived Co/Cu bimetallic nanoparticles embedded in graphitized carbon nanocubes as efficient Fenton catalysts
Wang, Jing, Liu, Chao, Feng, Jiayou, Cheng, Dan, Zhang, Chaoqi, Yao, Yining, Gu, Zhengying, Hu, Wenli, Wan, Jingjing and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). MOFs derived Co/Cu bimetallic nanoparticles embedded in graphitized carbon nanocubes as efficient Fenton catalysts. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 394 122567, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122567
2020
Journal Article
Silica-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications: from nanocarriers to biomodulators
Yang, Yannan, Zhang, Min, Song, Hao and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Silica-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications: from nanocarriers to biomodulators. Accounts of Chemical Research, 53 (8) acs.accounts.0c00280, 1545-1556. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00280
2020
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Synthesis of cube–rod–tube triblock asymmetric nanostructures for enhanced heterogeneous catalysis
Hu, Wenli, Liu, Chao, Wang, Jing, Pei, Congcong, Zhang, Ye, Zhang, Chaoqi, Liu, Yang, Shan, Yongkui and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Synthesis of cube–rod–tube triblock asymmetric nanostructures for enhanced heterogeneous catalysis. Chemical Communications, 56 (57), 7973-7976. doi: 10.1039/d0cc03198d
2020
Journal Article
Pristine large pore benzene-bridged mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles as an adjuvant and co-delivery platform for eliciting potent antitumor immunity
Jambhrunkar, M., Yang, Y., Yu, M., Zhang, M., Abbaraju, P. L., Ghosh, T., Kalantari, M., Wang, Y., McMillan, N. A. J. and Yu, C. (2020). Pristine large pore benzene-bridged mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles as an adjuvant and co-delivery platform for eliciting potent antitumor immunity. Materials Today Advances, 6 100069, 100069. doi: 10.1016/j.mtadv.2020.100069
2020
Journal Article
Nanobiopesticides: silica nanoparticles with spiky surfaces enable dual adhesion and enhanced performance
Zhang, Jun, Brown, Geoff, Fu, Jianye, James, Peter, Mukandiwa, Lillian, Huang, Xiaodan and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Nanobiopesticides: silica nanoparticles with spiky surfaces enable dual adhesion and enhanced performance. EcoMat, 2 (2) e12028. doi: 10.1002/eom2.12028
2020
Journal Article
Shaping nanoparticles for interface catalysis: concave hollow spheres via deflation–inflation asymmetric growth
Yu, Rongtai, Huang, Xiaodan, Liu, Yang, Kong, Yueqi, Gu, Zhengying, Yang, Yang, Wang, Yue, Ban, Wenhuang, Song, Hao and Yu, Chengzhong (2020). Shaping nanoparticles for interface catalysis: concave hollow spheres via deflation–inflation asymmetric growth. Advanced Science, 7 (13) 2000393, 2000393. doi: 10.1002/advs.202000393
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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 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
Development of Antibiotic-free Nanocomposites with Enhanced Antibacterial Performance
Principal Advisor
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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
High Capacity and Low Cost Rechargeable Multivalent Metal Ion Batteries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ashok Kumar Nanjundan, Dr Xiaodan Huang
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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
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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