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Overview

Wei Fan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their work spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on engineering, materials science, and chemistry. The scientist specializes in areas such as materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and biomedical engineering, with additional expertise extending into mechanical engineering and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their research prominently addresses topics related to zeolite catalysis and synthesis, mesoporous materials and catalysis, and catalysis for biomass conversion. Other research interests include metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, biofuel production and bioconversion, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies.

Wei Fan has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Green Chemistry
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Science

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Wei Fan features notable studies such as:

  • A stable aluminosilicate zeolite with intersecting three-dimensional extra-large pores, 2021, Science
  • A 3D extra-large-pore zeolite enabled by 1D-to-3D topotactic condensation of a chain silicate, 2023, Science
  • Catalytic conversion network for lignocellulosic biomass valorization: a panoramic view, 2023, Industrial Chemistry and Materials
  • b-Axis-Oriented ZSM-5 Nanosheets for Efficient Alkylation of Benzene with Methanol: Synergy of Acid Sites and Diffusion, 2023, ACS Catalysis
  • Interchain-expanded extra-large-pore zeolites, 2024, Nature

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of peers, including Song Luo, Haochuan Zhang, Jingru Luo, Miao Qi, and Shiru Lin. These collaborations have been consistent over multiple publications, contributing to the advancement of their shared research fields.

Best Publications

  • Promoting Interspecies Electron Transfer with Biochar

    Shanshan Chen;Amelia-Elena Rotaru;Pravin Malla Shrestha;Nikhil S. Malvankar

  • Hierarchical nanofabrication of microporous crystals with ordered mesoporosity.

    Wei Fan;Mark A. Snyder;Sandeep Kumar;Pyung Soo Lee

  • Ultra-selective high-flux membranes from directly synthesized zeolite nanosheets

    Mi Young Jeon;Donghun Kim;Prashant Kumar;Pyung Soo Lee

  • Production of Renewable Aromatic Compounds by Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass with Bifunctional Ga/ZSM-5 Catalysts

    Yu-Ting Cheng;Jungho Jae;Jian Shi;Wei Fan

  • Cycloaddition of Biomass-Derived Furans for Catalytic Production of Renewable p-Xylene

    C. Luke Williams;Chun Chih Chang;Phuong Do;Nima Nikbin

  • Dye-Sensitized Core/Active Shell Upconversion Nanoparticles for Optogenetics and Bioimaging Applications.

    Xiang Wu;Yuanwei Zhang;Kendra Takle;Osman Bilsel

  • Direct Aqueous-Phase Synthesis of Sub-10 nm "Luminous Pearls" with Enhanced in Vivo Renewable Near-Infrared Persistent Luminescence.

    Zhanjun Li;Yuanwei Zhang;Xiang Wu;Ling Huang

  • Engineering the Upconversion Nanoparticle Excitation Wavelength: Cascade Sensitization of Tri‐doped Upconversion Colloidal Nanoparticles at 800 nm

    Jie Shen;Guanying Chen;Guanying Chen;Anne-Marie Vu;Wei Fan

  • Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zeolites with Three-Dimensionally Ordered Mesoporous-Imprinted Structure

    Huiyong Chen;Huiyong Chen;James Wydra;Xueyi Zhang;Pyung Soo Lee

  • Ultra-selective cycloaddition of dimethylfuran for renewable p-xylene with H-BEA

    Chun Chih Chang;Sara K. Green;C. Luke Williams;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Production of p-xylene from biomass by catalytic fast pyrolysis using ZSM-5 catalysts with reduced pore openings.

    Yu-Ting Cheng;Zhuopeng Wang;Christopher J. Gilbert;Wei Fan

  • Mechanism of Formation of Uniform-Sized Silica Nanospheres Catalyzed by Basic Amino Acids

    Toshiyuki Yokoi;Junji Wakabayashi;Yuki Otsuka;Wei Fan;Wei Fan

  • A stable aluminosilicate zeolite with intersecting three-dimensional extra-large pores

    Unknown

  • Three Dimensionally Ordered Mesoporous Carbon as a Stable, High-Performance Li-O 2 Battery Cathode

    Jin Xie;Xiahui Yao;Qingmei Cheng;Ian P. Madden

  • A new class of organosilane-modified polycarboxylate superplasticizers with low sulfate sensitivity

    Wei Fan;Wei Fan;François Stoffelbach;Jutta Rieger;Laure Regnaud

  • Lewis acid zeolites for tandem Diels–Alder cycloaddition and dehydration of biomass-derived dimethylfuran and ethylene to renewable p-xylene

    Chun Chih Chang;Chun Chih Chang;Hong Je Cho;Hong Je Cho;Jingye Yu;Jingye Yu;Ray J. Gorte;Ray J. Gorte

  • A 3D extra-large-pore zeolite enabled by 1D-to-3D topotactic condensation of a chain silicate

    Unknown

  • Organic–Inorganic Mesoporous Nanocarriers Integrated with Biogenic Ligands

    Jinlou Gu;Wei Fan;Atsushi Shimojima;Tatsuya Okubo

  • b-Axis-Oriented ZSM-5 Nanosheets for Efficient Alkylation of Benzene with Methanol: Synergy of Acid Sites and Diffusion

    Unknown

  • Dual Template Synthesis of Meso- and Microporous MFI Zeolite Nanosheet Assemblies with Tailored Activity in Catalytic Reactions

    Laleh Emdadi;Yiqing Wu;Guanghui Zhu;Chun-Chih Chang

  • Renewable p-Xylene from 2,5-Dimethylfuran and Ethylene Using Phosphorus-Containing Zeolite Catalysts

    Hong Je Cho;Hong Je Cho;Limin Ren;Limin Ren;Vivek Vattipalli;Vivek Vattipalli;Yu Hao Yeh

  • On the effectiveness of tailored mesoporous MFI zeolites for biomass catalytic fast pyrolysis

    David P. Gamliel;Hong Je Cho;Wei Fan;Julia A. Valla

  • Synthesis of Hierarchical Sn-MFI as Lewis Acid Catalysts for Isomerization of Cellulosic Sugars

    Hong Je Cho;Paul Dornath;Wei Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Dauenhauer
Paul J. Dauenhauer University of Minnesota
Tatsuya Okubo
Tatsuya Okubo University of Tokyo
Michael Tsapatsis
Michael Tsapatsis Johns Hopkins University
Dionisios G. Vlachos
Dionisios G. Vlachos University of Delaware
Toshiyuki Yokoi
Toshiyuki Yokoi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Gopinathan Sankar
Gopinathan Sankar University College London
Raul F. Lobo
Raul F. Lobo University of Delaware
George W. Huber
George W. Huber University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dunwei Wang
Dunwei Wang Boston College
R. Lee Penn
R. Lee Penn University of Minnesota

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