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Swee Ching Tan is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily spans across the fields of Engineering, Energy, and Materials Science. Within these broad disciplines, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work covers multiple specialized topics, notably:

  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Tan has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Yaoxin Zhang
  • Shuai Guo
  • Hao Qu
  • Songlin Zhang
  • Sai Kishore Ravi

Major publication venues where Tan's work has appeared include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nano Energy
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Science

Significant recent papers authored by Tan's collaborators or in their research network are as follows:

  • Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Membranes Assembled by Ionic Covalent Organic Nanosheets with Reduced Apertures for Gas Separation, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Structure Architecting for Salt-Rejecting Solar Interfacial Desalination to Achieve High-Performance Evaporation With In Situ Energy Generation, 2020, Advanced Science
  • Manipulating unidirectional fluid transportation to drive sustainable solar water extraction and brine-drenching induced energy generation, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Best practices for solar water production technologies, 2022, Nature Sustainability
  • Repurposing face mask waste to construct floating photothermal evaporator for autonomous solar ocean farming, 2022, EcoMat

Tan has contributed to book publications as well, including a title published by Springer Science+Business Media:

  • Solar Energy Harvesting with Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes, 2020

Their research contributions show an engagement with topics relevant to sustainable energy solutions, advanced material design, and environmental applications, particularly through solar technologies and membrane science.

Best Publications

  • Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Membranes Assembled by Ionic Covalent Organic Nanosheets with Reduced Apertures for Gas Separation

    Yunpan Ying;Minman Tong;Shoucong Ning;Sai Kishore Ravi

  • Solar Energy Triggered Clean Water Harvesting from Humid Air Existing above Sea Surface Enabled by a Hydrogel with Ultrahigh Hygroscopicity.

    Dilip Krishna Nandakumar;Yaoxin Zhang;Sai Kishore Ravi;Na Guo

  • Atomic structure of the 6H–SiC(0 0 0 1) nanomesh

    Wei Chen;Hai Xu;Lei Liu;Xingyu Gao

  • Manipulating unidirectional fluid transportation to drive sustainable solar water extraction and brine-drenching induced energy generation

    Yaoxin Zhang;Hong Zhang;Ting Xiong;Hao Qu

  • MXene Functionalized, Highly Breathable and Sensitive Pressure Sensors with Multi‐Layered Porous Structure

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  • Food-derived carbonaceous materials for solar desalination and thermo-electric power generation

    Yaoxin Zhang;Sai Kishore Ravi;Swee Ching Tan

  • In Situ Growth of a Stable Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) on Flexible Fabric via a Layer-by-Layer Strategy for Versatile Applications.

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  • Guaranteeing Complete Salt Rejection by Channeling Saline Water through Fluidic Photothermal Structure toward Synergistic Zero Energy Clean Water Production and In Situ Energy Generation

    Yaoxin Zhang;Ting Xiong;Lakshmi Suresh;Hao Qu

  • A bio-inspired nanocomposite membrane with improved light-trapping and salt-rejecting performance for solar-driven interfacial evaporation applications

    Peijin Ying;Bin Ai;Wei Hu;Yang Geng

  • ZnO film thickness effect on surface acoustic wave modes and acoustic streaming

    X.Y. Du;Yong Qing Fu;S. C. Tan;Jikui Luo

  • A Moisture-Hungry Copper Complex Harvesting Air Moisture for Potable Water and Autonomous Urban Agriculture

    Jiachen Yang;Xueping Zhang;Hao Qu;Zhi Gen Yu

  • Shadow enhanced self-charging power system for wave and solar energy harvesting from the ocean

    Qian Zhang;Qijie Liang;Dilip Krishna Nandakumar;Hao Qu

  • Energy Harvesting from Atmospheric Humidity by a Hydrogel-Integrated Ferroelectric-Semiconductor System

    Lin Yang;Dilip Krishna Nandakumar;Linqing Miao;Lakshmi Suresh

  • Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Strong Carbon Matrix Composites

    Songlin Zhang;Yan Ma;Lakshmi Suresh;Ayou Hao

  • Liquid-Exfoliated 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Applications.

    Fuad Indra Alzakia;Swee Ching Tan

  • Developing better ceramic membranes for water and wastewater Treatment: Where microstructure integrates with chemistry and functionalities

    Qilin Gu;Tze Chiang Albert Ng;Yueping Bao;How Yong Ng

  • Progress and perspectives in exploiting photosynthetic biomolecules for solar energy harnessing

    Sai Kishore Ravi;Swee Ching Tan

  • Inkjet-Printable Hydrochromic Paper for Encrypting Information and Anticounterfeiting.

    Varun Kumar Singh;Ramesh Kumar Chitumalla;Sai Kishore Ravi;Yaoxin Zhang

  • ZnO film for application in surface acoustic wave device

    X Y Du;Y Q Fu;S C Tan;J K Luo;J K Luo

  • Crystalline silicon core fibres from aluminium core preforms.

    Chong Hou;Xiaoting Jia;Lei Wei;Swee-Ching Tan

  • Robust, 3D-printed hydratable plastics for effective solar desalination

    J. Justin Koh;J. Justin Koh;Gwendolyn J.H. Lim;Souvik Chakraborty;Yaoxin Zhang

  • Impact of Water-Assisted Electrochemical Reactions on the OFF-State Degradation of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

    Feng Gao;Swee Ching Tan;Jesus A. del Alamo;Carl V. Thompson

  • Generation of Alternating Current in Response to Discontinuous Illumination by Photoelectrochemical Cells Based on Photosynthetic Proteins

    Swee Ching Tan;Lucy I. Crouch;Michael R. Jones;Mark Welland

  • Photosynthetic Bioelectronic Sensors for Touch Perception, UV-Detection, and Nanopower Generation: Toward Self-Powered E-Skins.

    Sai Kishore Ravi;Tingfeng Wu;Vishnu Saran Udayagiri;Xuan Minh Vu

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew T. S. Wee
Andrew T. S. Wee National University of Singapore
Jikui Luo
Jikui Luo Zhejiang University
William I. Milne
William I. Milne University of Cambridge
Andrew J. Flewitt
Andrew J. Flewitt University of Cambridge
Yong Qing Fu
Yong Qing Fu Northumbria University
Mark E. Welland
Mark E. Welland University of Cambridge
Jun Ding
Jun Ding National University of Singapore
John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Dan Zhao
Dan Zhao National University of Singapore

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