Ruqiang Zou, Ph.D.

 

College of Engineering

Peking University

No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Peking University

Beijing 100871, China

Office: RM 204, Fangzheng Group Bldg

Phone: +86-15001282076  Email: rzoupku.edu.cn

 

Guest Scientist  Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S.A (2010- )

Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow  Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA, (2008 - 2010)

JSPS Fellow  Kobe University (2006 - 2008)

Ph.D.  Kobe University & National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan (2008)

M.S.  Nankai University, China (2004)

    Dr. Zou received his Ph.D. in Engineering at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) & Kobe University in Japan in 2008. During his Ph.D. research, he made several original contributions of major significance to the new application field of crystalline porous material sciences related to hydrogen storage and gas-phase catalysis. He was awarded a JSPS Younger Scientist Fellowship for Ph.D. candidates by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 2006 due to his excellent performance on MOFs’ application as energy materials. He was also awarded a Japanese government honor scholarship and was twice a recipient of the Marubun Research Promotion Foundation awards during his doctoral study. In 2008, Dr. Zou was awarded a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), where he studied the application of crystalline porous materials related to energy utilization and environmental remediation. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Materials Research Society (MRS), and the Chemistry Society of Japan (CSJ). Dr. Zou has published over 50 refereed journal publications.

  Design, synthesis, and application of novel crystalline porous materials

  Super-ionic electrochemistry for enhanced battery performance

  High-pressure and Low-temperature synthesis of clathrates

   Dr. Zou’s research work focuses on developing both theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the specific interactions between various guest molecules (such as energy gases and environmental contaminations) and the active sites in the nanoporous structures based on a series of novel porous framework materials, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolite-imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), metal-sulfide frameworks (MSFs), and clathrates. These porous framework materials have potential applications in energy utilization and environmental remediation, especially for gas storage and separation, Li-ion battery electrode materials, clean coal technology, petroleum separation and purification, carbon dioxide capture, sensing, etc. It is clear is that these advanced materials have the potential and ability to meet many of the stated needs, and their successful development, especially of materials with desired properties can yield a high return in investment, while still meeting the energy-saving and environmental protection requirements. To bring these properties to maturity, Dr. Zou’s current research includes the optimization of specific selectivity, interpretation of the host-guest interaction mechanism, as well as, the development of their industrial applications.

LANL Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow (2008)

The Top 50 Articles Contributing to the 2008 ChemComm Impact Factor (2009)

JSPS Research Fellow (2006)

Marubun Research Promotion Foundation Award, Japan (2006)

Marubun Research Promotion Foundation Award, Japan (2005)

Japanese Government Honor Scholarship (2005)

First-Class Award of Excellent Dissertation for Academic Degree, Nankai University (2004)

1. R.-Q. Zou,* T. E. Larson, A. K. Burrell, H. Xu, Y. Zhao, J. L. Cape, N. Henson, D. D. Hickmott, T. V. Timofeeva. “A porous metal-organic replica of α-PbO₂ for capture of nerve agent surrogate” J. Am. Chem. Soc., in revision.

2. R.-Q. Zou,* A. I. Addel-Fattah, H. Xu, Y. Zhao, D. Hickmatt. “Storage and separation Applications of nanoporous metal-organic frameworks”, CrystEngComm, 2010 (12), 1337 - 1353, (Highlight & Cover picture).

3. R.-Q. Zou,* A. I. Addel-Fattah, A. K. Burrell, T. E. Larson, T. M. McCleskey, Q. Wei, M. T. Janicke, D. D. Hickmott, T. V. Fimoreeva, Y. Zhao. “Porous metal-organic frameworks containing alkali-bridged two-fold interpenetration: Synthesis, gas Adsorption, and fluorescence Properties”, Crystal Growth Des., 2010 (10), 1301 - 1306.

4. R.-Q. Zou, R.-Q. Zhong, M. Du, D. S. Pandey, Q. Xu. “Controllable congregating of homochiral and achiral coordination polymers: cadmium(II) pyridine-2,4,6-tricarboxylate species with double-helical-strand and molecular building block structures”, Crystal Growth Des., 2008 (8), 452 - 459.

5. R.-Q. Zou, H. Sakurai, S. Han, R.-Q. Zhong, Q. Xu. “Probing the lewis acid sites and CO catalytic oxidation activity of the porous metal-organic polymer [Cu(5-methylisophthalate)]”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007 (129), 8402 - 8403.

6. R.-Q. Zou, R.-Q. Zhong, M. Du, T. Kiyobayashi, Q. Xu. “Highly-thermostable metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) of zinc and cadmium 4,4’-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalates with a unique fluorite topology”, Chem. Commun., 2007, 2467 - 2469, (Front Cover).

7. R.-Q. Zou, H. Sakurai, Q. Xu, “Preparation, adsorption properties, and catalytic activity of 3D porous metal-organic frameworks composed of cubic building blocks and alkali-metal ions”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2006 (45), 2542 - 2546.

8. R.-Q. Zou, R.-Q. Zhong, Y. Yamada, N. Kuriyama, Q. Xu. “Tuning the formation of cadmium(II) urocanate frameworks by control of reaction conditions: Crystal structure, properties, and theoretical investigation”, Chem. Asian J., 2006 (1), 536 - 543, (Front Cover).

9. R.-Q. Zou, Y. Yamada, Q. Xu, “Strong fluorescent emission of a new fourfold-interpenetrated diamondoid metal-organic framework of zinc(II) urocanate with one-dimensional open channels”, Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 2006 (91), 233 - 237.

10. R.-Q. Zou, L. Jiang, H. Senoh, N. Takeichi, Q. Xu “Rational assembly of a 3D metal-organic framework for gas adsorption with predesigned cubic building blocks and 1D open channels”, Chem. Commun, 2005, 3526 - 3528.

11. R.-Q. Zou, C.-S. Liu, Z. Huang, T.-L. Hu, X.-H. Bu. “Syntheses, structure, and properties of the metal complexes with 3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole-based ligands: Tuning the complex structures by ligand modifications”, Crystal Growth Des., 2006 (6), 99 - 108.

12. R.-Q. Zou, C.-S. Liu, X.-S. Shi, X.-H. Bu, J. Ribas, “Tuning the topologies of Mn^II complexes with 3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole and carboxylate ligands by intramolecular hydrogen bonds and the geometries of pendant ligands: crystal structures and magnetic properties”, CrystEngComm, 2005 (7), 722 - 727.

13. R.-Q. Zou, X.-H. Bu, R.-H. Zhang, “Novel eclipsed 2D cadmium(II) coordination polymers with open-channel structure constructed from terephthalate and 3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole: Crystal structures, emission properties, and inclusion of guest molecules”, Inorg. Chem., 2004 (43), 5382 - 5386.

14. R.-Q. Zou, J.-R. Li, Y.-B. Xie, R.-H. Zhang, X.-H. Bu, “Tuning the framework formation of silver(I) complexes with flexible bis(benzothiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)alkanes by varying the ligand spacers and counteranions”, Crystal Growth Des., 2004 (4), 79 - 84.