Engineer Project

Kuanping Gong

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Tel: 408-***-**** (H); E-mail: ********.****@*****.***

Career summary:

< 7 years of hands-on experience in electrochemistry, nanomaterials

science, and nanotechnology, including 2 years in industry;

< 20+ academic papers published in Science, J. Am. Chem. Soc., and

Angewandte Chime, etc.;

< 3 US patents issued, and 2 filed;

< Green-card holder (authorized to work in the USA).

Areas of expertise:

< Electrochemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic materials, nanoscience;

< Synthesis and applications of (non-) aligned carbon materials and

nanocomposites;

< Fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors, sensors, contrast probes, bio-

mimetic materials;

< Scanning Kelvin Probing technology, instrumentation analysis (MS, S/TEM,

ex situ synchrotron).

Research interest:

< Electrochemical-reaction mechanisms in new materials

< Long-distance-order (self) assembly of micro-/nano-scale materials: a)

Bio-inspired asymmetric

functionalization of nanomaterials; b) Atomic-layer growth of

transition metals and quantum dots

< Smart contrast probes for in-vivo imaging of redox molecules and for

healthcare

< Electrochemical energy conversion/storage devices and their hybrids

Work experience

2011, 04-present, Senior Research Engineer, Nano Carbon Group, Samsung

Cheil Industries, Inc., San Jose, CA.

Project: Applying carbon nanomaterials in energy conversion/storage and

gas/water purification.

2008, 11-2011, 04, Research Associate, Chemistry Department, Brookhaven

National Laboratory, NY (Dr. Radoslav R. Adzic's group)

Project: Development of platinum monolayer electrocatalysts for fuel-cell

applications

Achievements: Large-scale processing of fuel-cell electrocatalysts;

establishment of a platform for collaborating with industry (e.g., UTC

Power and Johnson Matthey).

2007, 4-2008, 11 Postdoctoral Fellow, the University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

(Prof. Dr. Liming Dai' group)

Project: Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical applications of

vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes and their Derivatives

Achievements: Demonstration of region-specific electrochemistry at carbon

nanotubes; development of metal-free electrocatalysts for fuel-cell

cathodes

2006, 8-2007, 4 Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research,

Dusseldorf, Germany (Prof. Martin Stratman's group)

Project: Determination of hydrogen diffusion within noble metals using

Scanning Kelvin probe

Achievements: Design and devising of a simplified scanning Kelvin probe;

understanding of the delaminating mechanism of polymer/metal interfaces.

1998, 7-2001, 9 Assistant engineer, Meilyard (group) Ltd., Hubei, China.

Responsibilities: management of industrial waste water.

Education

2001, 9-2006, 8 Ph.D, the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of

Science, Beijing, China (Advisor: Prof. Lanqun Mao). Major,

electrochemistry; minor, mass spectroscopy.

Thesis title: Understanding the structure-dependent electrocatalytic

activity of carbon nanotube-based nanomaterials toward their applications

in sensors/biosensors and energy storage/conversion techniques.

Achievement: Development of CNT-based electrodes with applications in

bioanalytical chemistry

1994, 9-1998, 7 Bachelor. Wuhan University, China. Major, environment

chemistry; Minor, biology.

Awards and honours

1) Max-Planck scholarship (Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research), 2006

2) Chinese Top 100 Excellent International Academic Papers with the Highest

Impact (2007)

3) President Excellency Award (Chinese Academy of Sciences), 2006

4) Qingdao Oceanic Chemical Engineering Award, 2005

5) Youth Science Award (The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of

Sciences), 2005

6) President Scholarship (The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of

Sciences), 2005

7) Science and Technology Award (China Association for Instrumental

Analysis), 2005

8) Changxing Chemical Engineering Award, (Changxing Chemistry Industry

Group Co., Taiwan), 2004

9) Science and Technology Award (China Association for Instrumental

Analysis), 2004

10) Youth Science Award (The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of

Sciences), 2004

11) President Scholarship (The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of

Sciences), 2004

Publications

< Patents

[1] Radoslav R. Adzic, Kuanping Gong, Yun Cai, and Christopher Koenigsmann,

Methods for Removing Strongly Adsorbed Surfactants and Capping Agents from

Metal, Alloy or Core-Shell Nanostructures to Facilitate their Catalytic

Applications (US non-provisional accorded serial No. 13/735,919)

[2] Kuanping Gong and Lijie Ci, Method of Transferring Graohene, (U.S.

Provisional Application No. 61/602,739)

[3] Kuanping Gong and Lijie Ci, Carbon Nanotube Suspensions and Methods of

making the Same (US Patent, filed) (Provisional application issued)

< Book chapter

[1] Sheng Zhang, Kuanping Gong, Liming Dai, "Metal-free electrocatalysts

for oxygen reduction" in 'Electrocatalysts in Fuel Cells: A Non and Low

Platinum Approach' (Ed. M. Shao) Springer Publishing, 2013

< Journal publications

[1] Kuanping Gong, Jinseong Park, Dong Su, Radoslav R. Adzic, Metallizing

Carbon Nanotubes with Pd-Pt Core-Shell Nanowires Enhances Electrocatalytic

Activity and Stability in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction J. Solid State

Electrochem. 2013 (Accepted)

[2] Kuanping Gong*, Vertically-Aligned Prussian Blue/Carbon Nanotube

Nanocomposites on a Carbon Microfiber as a Biosensing Scaffold for

Ultrasensitively Detecting Glucose, J. Coll. Inter. Sci. 2013,

(*corresponding author; ASAP)

[3] Jia Zhu, Nana Jia, Jinseong Park, Kuanping Gong*, Carbon Nanocylinders

with High Spectroscopic and Electrocatalytic Activities: An

Electrochemical Route to Superfill the Gaps in Vertically Aligned Carbon

Nanotubes for Cutting Them into Specific Lengths, Carbon 2013, 61, 270-

277. (*corresponding author)

[4] Kuanping Gong, YongMan Choi, Miomir B. Vukmirovic, Ping Liu, Chao Ma,

Dong Su, Radoslav R. Adzic, Tetrahedral Palladium Nanocrystals: A New

Support for Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts with High Activity and

Stability in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Z. Phys. Chem. 2012, 226,

1025. (Special Issue in Honor of Dieter M. Kolb).

[5] Kuanping Gong, Miomir B. Vukmirovic, Chao Ma, Yimei Zhu, Radoslav R.

Adzic, Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Pt Monolayer on Pd Tetrahedral

Nanocrystals with CO-Adsorption-Induced Removal of Surfactants, J.

Electroanal. Chem. 2011, 662, 213. (Special Issue in Honor of A.

Wieckowski)

[6] Kuanping Gong, Dong Su, and Radoslav R. Adzic, Platinum Monolayer Core

on AuNi0.5Fe Shell with High Activity and Stability for the Oxygen

Reduction Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 14364.

[7] Kuanping Gong, Wei-Fu Chen, Kotaro Sasaki, Dong Su, Miomir B.

Vukmirovic, Weiping Zhou, Elise L. Izzo, and Carmen Perez-Acosta, Pussana

Hirunsit, Perla B. Balbuena, and Radoslav R. Adzic, Platinum Monolayer

Electrocatalysts: Palladium Interlayer on IrCo Alloy Core Improves

Activity in Oxygen Reduction Reaction, J. Electroanal. Chem. 2010, 649,

232. (Special Issue Dedicated to Jacek Lipkowski)

[8] Kuanping Gong, Feng Du, Zhenghai Xia, Michael Durstock, and Liming Dai,

Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube Arrays with High Electrocatalytic Activity

for Oxygen Reduction, Science 2009, 323,760.

[9] Kuanping Gong, Supriya Chakrabarti, and Liming Dai, Electrochemistry at

Carbon Nanotube Electrodes: Is the Nanotube Tip or Sidewall more active?

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 5446.

[10] Kuanpig Gong, Ping Yu, Lei Su, Shaoxiang Xiong, and Lanqun Mao,

Polymer-Assisted Synthesis of Manganese Dioxide/Carbon Nanotube

Nanocomposite with Excellent Electrocatalytic Activity toward Reduction

of Oxygen, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 1882.

[11] Kuanpnig Gong, Yiming Yan, Meining Zhang, Lei Su, Shaoxiang Xiong, and

Lanqun Mao, Electrochemistry and Electroanalytical Applications of Carbon

Nanotubes: A Review, Anal. Sci. 2005, 12, 1383.

[12] Kuanping Gong, Xiaozhang Zhu, Rui Zhao, Shaoxiang Xiong, Lanqun Mao,

and Chuanfeng Chen, Rational Attachment of Synthetic Triptycene

Orthoquinone onto Carbon Nanotubes for Electrocatalysis and Sensitive

Detection of Thiols, Anal. Chem. 2005, 77, 8158.

[13] Kuanping Gong, Meining Zhang, Yiming Yan, Lei Su, Lanqun Mao,

Shaoxiang, and Yi Chen, Sol-Gel-Derived Ceramic-Carbon Nanotube

Nanocomposite Electrodes: Tunable Electrode Dimension and Potential

Electrochemical Applications, Anal. Chem. 2004, 76, 6500.

[14] Kuanping Gong, Yu Dong, Shaoxiang Xiong, Yi Chen, and Lanqun Mao,

Novel Electrochemical Method for Sensitive Determination of Homocysteine

with Carbon Nanotube-Based Electrodes, Biosens. Bioelectron. 2004, 20,

253.

[15] K. Gong, S. Xiong, Application Progress on coupling Mass Spectrometry

and Microdialysis, J. Chin. Mass Spectr. Soc. 2003, 24, 425.

[16] Supriya Chakrabarti, Kuanping Gong, and Liming Dai. Structural

evaluation along the nanotube length for super-long vertically-aligned

double-walled carbon nanotube arrays J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 8136.

[17] Meining Zhang, Kun Liu, Kuanping Gong, Lei Su, Yi chen, and Lanqun

Mao, Continuous On-Line Monitoring of Extracellular Ascorbate Depletion

in the Rat Striatum Induced by Global Ischemia with Carbon Nanotube-

Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode Integrated into a Thin-Layer Radial Flow

Cell, Anal. Chem. 2005, 77, 6234.

[18] Meining Zhang, Yiming Yan, Kuanping Gong, Lanqun Mao, Zhixin Guo, and

Yi Chen, Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Assembled Carbon Nanotube

Multilayer Film and Its electrocatalytic Activity for O2 Reduction,

Langmuir, 2004, 20, 8781.

[19] Yiming Yan, Meining Zhang, Kuanping Gong, Lei Su, Zhixin Guo, and

Lanqun Mao, Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye onto Carbon Nanotubes: A

Route to an Electrochemically Functional Nanostructure and Its Layer-by-

Layer Assembled Nanocomposite, Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 3457.

[20] Meining Zhang, Kuanping Gong, Hongwu Zhang, and Lanqun Mao, Layer-by-

layer assembled carbon nanotubes for selective determination of dopamine

in the presence of ascorbic acid, Biosens. Bioelectron. 2005, 20, 1270.

[21] D. Su, L. Wu, H. Inada, J. Wang, W. Zhou, K. Sasaki, K. Gong, R. R.

Adzic and Y Zhu. Characterization of Metallic Core-Shell Structure of

Electro-Catalysts, Microscopy and Microanal. 2010, 16, 1804. (S2).

[22] Christopher Koenigsmann, Alexander C. Santulli, Kuanping Gong, Miomir

B. Vukmirovic, Wei-ping Zhou, Eli Sutter, Stanislaus S. Wong, and

Radoslav R. Adzic J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133 (25) 9783.

Academic activities

Oral Presentations

[1] Kuanping Gong and Radoslav Adzic, 2010 217th ECS meeting (held on Apr.

25-31, Voncouver, Canada), Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts: Tuning Pt-

Core Interaction to Improve Activity in Oxygen-Reduction Reaction.

[2] Kuanping Gong and Radoslav Adzic, 2010 Annual Merit Review & Peer

Evaluation, The DOE Hydrogen Program and Vehicle Technologies Program

(held on Jun 7-11, Washington DC, US), Contiguous Platinum Monolayer ORR

Electrocatalysts on High-Stability, Low-Cost Supports.

[3] Kuanping Gong and Liming Dai, 2007 AICHE (American Institute of

Chemical Engineers) Annual Meeting (Held on Nov 4-9), Aligned Carbon

Nanotubes for Biosensing and Biofuel Cell Applications.

[4] Kuanping Gong, Shaoxiang Xiong and Lanqun Mao. The tenth Beijing

Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (Held on Oct 20-23,

2005), Electrochemistry and Electroanalytical Applications of Carbon

Nanotubes

[5] Kuanping Gong and Lanqun Mao, The Eleventh Beijing Conference and

Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (Held on Oct 13-16, 2003),

Electrochemical Determination of Gluathione with Sol-Gel-Derived Ceramic-

Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite.

Acting as an Independent Reviewer for Peer-reviewed Journals and NSFs

Nature Chem., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Funct. Mater., Carbon, ACS Nano,

J. Am. Chem. Soc., Sci. Reports, Bioelectrochemistry, Electrochemistry

Communications, CNMSxxx (USA

Recent Media Coverage

[1] Chem. Info: Top 10 Technologies: Nanotechnology-the Catalyst for Better

Fuel Cells. "A group from the University of Dayton recently discovered that

nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes could be the solution the DOE is seeking.

The results, published in Science, show that electrodes containing

vertically aligned nitrogen-containing carbon nanotubes (VA-NCNTs) have

much better electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reactions

required to generate electricity in alkaline fuel cells."

[2] Research Highlights in Nature Chemistry: Nitrogen-doped carbon

nanotubes array for use in fuel cells, Gavin Armstrong, "A nitrogen-doped

nanotube array that is stable, has a large surface area and impressive

oxygen reduction activity has been developed for use in fuel cells."

[3] Physics Today: Carbon nanotubes for fuel cells. "Nitrogen-doped

nanotubes have better long-term stability and, unlike Pt, are not harmed by

the presence of carbon monoxide or any fuel molecules that cross the

electrolyte from the anode to the cathode. The researchers attribute the

catalytic performance to the relatively high positive charge density on the

carbon atoms adjacent to the nitrogen atoms. (K. Gong et al., Science 323,

760, 2009.) - Richard J. Fitzgerald"

[4] CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS: Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes could make

fuel cells more affordable

[5] NewScientist: Carbon catalyst could herald cut-price fuel cells

[6] Technology Review: Cheaper Fuel Cells

[7] NanoWerk Spotlight: Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube catalyst systems for

low-cost fuel cells

[8] NanoWerk Spotlight: Functionalization of carbon nanotubes is key to

electrochemical nanotechnology devices. "Already in 2005, Mao and his

group have been demonstrating a novel electrochemical method for

sensitive determination of biological thiols based on rational

functionalization of SWCNTs ("Rational Attachment of Synthetic Triptycene

Orthoquinone onto Carbon Nanotubes for Electrocatalysis and Sensitive

Detection of Thiols

[9] NanoWerk Spotlight: Nanotechnology miniaturization could lead to a Lab-

on-a-CNT. "These new findings could not only provide insights for

fundamental understanding of electrochemical processes taking place at the

CNT electrodes, but also facilitate the design and development of novel CNT-

based electrodes for various potential applications, ranging from chemical

and bio-sensors to energy conversion devices."

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