Dr Qinghua Zeng

• Biography
• Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
• Grants/Current Projects
• Selected Publications
• Contact Details

Biography

Qinghua completed a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, specialized in polymer nanocomposites at The University of New South Wales in 2005. He was a Research Associate, Australian Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Fellow at The University of New South Wales (2005-2009) and joined the University of Western Sydney as a Lecturer in January 2010. Qinghua has also been a Metallurgical Engineer on mineral processing projects in China and is a member of Engineers Australia (IEAust), ARC Australian Research for Advanced Materials, and ARC Nanotechnology Network.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

300482.1 Engineering Geology and Concrete Materials

200472.1 Material Science in Construction

300739.1 Timber Structure

300737.2 Environemtnal Engineering

Qinghua has been doing research in the areas of polymer composites, nanomaterials, computational materials science, and metallurgical engineering. His research on polymer nanocomposites has made a significant impact in this area with results being widely cited. His current research interests are the design, processing, characterisation, and computer modelling of various nanomaterials and nanosystems (eg. polymer nanocomposites, layered solid materials, catalysts, nanoparticle growth and self-assembly) by state-of-the-art experimental and numerical techniques.

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Grants/Current Projects

Molecular modelling of the structure and mechanical properties of clay-based polymer nanocomposites (Zeng), ARC Discovery Grant including an ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008-10, $255,000.

Utilization of fly ash in manufacturing polypropylene composites: a fundamental study (Bandyopadhyay, Yu and Zeng), ARC Linkage Grant, 2006-08, $75,000.

Evaluation of metal-organic frameworks for carbon dioxide capture (Zeng), UWS Research Grant Scheme, 2011, $22,299.

Interfacial interactions and structure of clay-based polymer nanocomposites (Zeng), UNSW Goldstar Grant, 2005, $40,000.

MD-DEM coupling for the study of self-assembly of nanoparticles (Zeng), UNSW Early Career Research Grant, 2009, $7,500.

MD-DEM coupling for the study of self-assembly of nanoparticles, UNSW Science Faculty Grant Program (Zeng), 2009, $4,500.

Reinforcement mechanisms of clay-based nylon nanocomposites, UNSW Faculty Research Grant Program and Early Career Research Grant (Zeng), 2005, $6,000.

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Selected Publications

Q.H. Zeng, A. B. Yu and G. Q. (Max) Lu, Molecular evaulation of interaction forces between nanoparticles. Industry and Engineering Chemistry Research, 49: 12793-12797 (2010).

K. Wong, Q. H. Zeng and A. B. Yu, Gold catalysts: a new insight into the molecular adsorption and CO oxidation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 155: 824-828 (2009).

Q. H. Zeng, K. Wong, X. C. Jiang and A. B. Yu, Molecular Understanding of the Deposition of Gold Nanoclusters on TiO2(110), Applied Physics Letters, 92: 103109 (2008).

Q. H. Zeng, A. B. Yu and G. Q. (Max) Lu, Multiscale modelling and simulation of polymer nanocomposites, Progress in Polymer Science, 33: 191-269 (2008).

Q. H. Zeng, X. C. Jiang, A. B. Yu and G. Q. (Max) Lu, Growth mechanisms of silver nanoparticles: a molecular dynamics study, Nanotechnology, 18:035708 (2007).

Z. P. Xu, Q. H. Zeng, G. Q.(Max) Lu and A. B. Yu, Inorganic nanoparticles as carriers for efficient cellular delivery, Chemical Engineering Science, 61: 1027-1040 (2006).

X. C. Jiang, Q. H. Zeng and A. B. Yu, A Self-seeding Coreduction Method for Shape Control of Silver Nanoplates, Nanotechnology, 17: 4929-4935 (2006).

Q. H. Zeng, A. B. Yu, G. Q. (Max) Lu and D. R. Paul, Clay-based polymer nanocomposites: research and commercial development, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 5: 1574-1592 (2005).

D. R. Paul, Q. H. Zeng, A. B. Yu, and G. Q. (Max) Lu, The Swelling and Molecular Packing in Organoclays, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 292: 462-468 (2005).

Q. H. Zeng, A. B. Yu, G. Q. (Max) Lu and R. K. Standish. Molecular dynamics simulation of organic-inorganic nanocomposites: the layering behavior and interlayer structure of organoclays, Chemistry of Materials, 15: 4732-4738 (2003).

Q. H. Zeng, D. Z. Wang, A. B. Yu and G. Q. (Max) Lu. Synthesis of polymer-montmorillonite nanocomposites by in situ intercalative polymerization, Nanotechnology, 13: 549-553 (2002).

For further information, contact Qinghua.

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