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  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Zhan Chen is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a notable focus on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Molecular Biology; Materials Chemistry; and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of topics, including:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications

Zhan Chen has published extensively, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Langmuir
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Chemical Science
  • Analytical Chemistry

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Strong Surface Hydration and Salt Resistant Mechanism of a New Nonfouling Zwitterionic Polymer Based on Protein Stabilizer TMAO," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Surface hydration for antifouling and bio-adhesion," 2020, Chemical Science
  • "Surface Hydration and Antifouling Activity of Zwitterionic Polymers," 2022, Langmuir
  • "Hydration behaviors of nonfouling zwitterionic materials," 2023, Chemical Science
  • "Spacer Cation Alloying in Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskites for Efficient Red Light-Emitting Diodes with Precisely Tunable Wavelengths," 2021, Advanced Materials

Frequent co-authors working with Zhan Chen include Xiaoyun Chen, Carol Mohler, Tieyi Lu, Wen Guo, and Daniel Rossi, reflecting ongoing collaborations across multiple research projects.

In 2018, Zhan Chen was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • STUDIES OF POLYMER SURFACES BY SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY

    Zhan Chen;Y. R. Shen;Gabor A. Somorjai

  • Carboxymethyl cellulose/polyacrylamide composite hydrogel for cascaded treatment/reuse of heavy metal ions in wastewater.

    Chirag B. Godiya;Xiao Cheng;Dawei Li;Zhan Chen

  • Carbon Dot-Based Platform for Simultaneous Bacterial Distinguishment and Antibacterial Applications

    Jingjing Yang;Xiaodong Zhang;Yong Hao Ma;Ge Gao

  • Molecular Chemical Structure on Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) Surface Studied by Sum Frequency Generation (SFG) Vibrational Spectroscopy

    Jie Wang;Chunyan Chen;Sarah M. Buck;Zhan Chen

  • Prediction and design of efficient exciplex emitters for high-efficiency, thermally activated delayed-fluorescence organic light-emitting diodes.

    Xiao-Ke Liu;Xiao-Ke Liu;Zhan Chen;Cai-Jun Zheng;Chuan-Lin Liu

  • Probing the Surface Hydration of Nonfouling Zwitterionic and PEG Materials in Contact with Proteins.

    Chuan Leng;Hsiang-Chieh Hung;Shuwen Sun;Dayang Wang

  • Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Dopamine Using One-Pot Synthesized Highly Photoluminescent Silicon Nanoparticles

    Xiaodong Zhang;Xiaokai Chen;Siqi Kai;Hong Yin Wang

  • Remanagement of Singlet and Triplet Excitons in Single-Emissive-Layer Hybrid White Organic Light-Emitting Devices Using Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Blue Exciplex.

    Xiao Ke Liu;Zhan Chen;Jian Qing;Wen Jun Zhang

  • Nearly 100% Triplet Harvesting in Conventional Fluorescent Dopant-Based Organic Light-Emitting Devices Through Energy Transfer from Exciplex

    Xiao-Ke Liu;Zhan Chen;Cai-Jun Zheng;Miao Chen

  • Influence of nanoparticle shape, size, and surface functionalization on cellular uptake.

    Ningning Ma;Chao Ma;Chuanyan Li;Ting Wang

  • Measuring Polymer Surface Ordering Differences in Air and Water by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy

    Jie Wang;Zoltan Paszti;Mark A. Even;Zhan Chen

  • Shape-Dependent Radiosensitization Effect of Gold Nanostructures in Cancer Radiotherapy: Comparison of Gold Nanoparticles, Nanospikes, and Nanorods

    Ningning Ma;Fu Gen Wu;Xiaodong Zhang;Yao Wen Jiang

  • Enhanced fluorescence of gold nanoclusters composed of HAuCl4 and histidine by glutathione: glutathione detection and selective cancer cell imaging.

    Xiaodong Zhang;Fu-Gen Wu;Peidang Liu;Ning Gu

  • Detection of chiral sum frequency generation vibrational spectra of proteins and peptides at interfaces in situ

    Jie Wang;Xiaoyun Chen;Matthew L. Clarke;Zhan Chen

  • Molecular level studies on interfacial hydration of zwitterionic and other antifouling polymers in situ

    Chuan Leng;Shuwen Sun;Kexin Zhang;Shaoyi Jiang

  • Carbon quantum dots with intrinsic mitochondrial targeting ability for mitochondria-based theranostics

    Xian Wu Hua;Yan Wen Bao;Zhan Chen;Fu Gen Wu

  • Strong Surface Hydration and Salt Resistant Mechanism of a New Nonfouling Zwitterionic Polymer Based on Protein Stabilizer TMAO.

    Hao Huang;Chengcheng Zhang;Ralph Crisci;Tieyi Lu

  • Different surface-restructuring behaviors of poly(methacrylate)s detected by SFG in water.

    Jie Wang;Sara E. Woodcock;Sarah M. Buck;Chunyan Chen

  • Bacteria-derived fluorescent carbon dots for microbial live/dead differentiation.

    Xian Wu Hua;Yan Wen Bao;Hong Yin Wang;Zhan Chen

  • SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES ON MOLECULAR CONFORMATION AND ORIENTATION OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES AT INTERFACES

    Xiaoyun Chen;Matthew L. Clarke;Jie Wang;Zhan Chen

  • Detection of amide I signals of interfacial proteins in situ using SFG.

    Jie Wang;Mark A. Even;Xiaoyun Chen;Alvin H. Schmaier

  • Multiple orientation of melittin inside a single lipid bilayer determined by combined vibrational spectroscopic studies.

    Xiaoyun Chen;Jie Wang;Andrew P Boughton;Cornelius B Kristalyn

Frequent Co-Authors

Fu-Gen Wu
Fu-Gen Wu Southeast University
Chi Zhang
Chi Zhang Hohai University
Xiaohong Zhang
Xiaohong Zhang Soochow University
Ning Gu
Ning Gu Southeast University
Charles L. Brooks
Charles L. Brooks University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
E. Neil G. Marsh
E. Neil G. Marsh University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chun-Sing Lee
Chun-Sing Lee City University of Hong Kong
Gabor A. Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley
Cai-Jun Zheng
Cai-Jun Zheng University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Shaoyi Jiang
Shaoyi Jiang Cornell University

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