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Zhengtao Xu is affiliated with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and chemistry, with specific expertise in materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry. Their contributions span sustainability and renewable energy, electrical and electronic engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Their work frequently addresses the synthesis and application of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), with particular attention to areas such as X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallization and solubility studies, and covalent organic framework applications. Other notable research themes include advanced photocatalysis techniques, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, and bone tissue engineering materials.

Recent publications by Zhengtao Xu include the following papers:

  • 2D metal-organic framework for stable perovskite solar cells with minimized lead leakage, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Conjugated porous polymers: incredibly versatile materials with far-reaching applications, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Molecular Engineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks as Efficient Electrochemical Catalysts for Water Oxidation, 2023, Advanced Materials
  • Halogen-C2H2 Binding in Ultramicroporous Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Benchmark C2H2/CO2 Separation Selectivity, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Defect-enhanced selective ion transport in an ionic nanocomposite for efficient energy harvesting from moisture, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science

Zhengtao Xu collaborates regularly with a range of researchers, including Jun He, Shengxian Cheng, Jieying Hu, Dominic Taylor, and Filipe Vilela.

They have published frequently in several venues, reflecting their focus on crystallographic databases and materials chemistry, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Engineering Materials

Best Publications

  • Effective mercury sorption by thiol-laced metal-organic frameworks: in strong acid and the vapor phase.

    Ka-Kit Yee;Nele Reimer;Jie Liu;Sum-Yin Cheng

  • 2D metal-organic framework for stable perovskite solar cells with minimized lead leakage

    Shengfan Wu;Zhen Li;Mu-Qing Li;Mu-Qing Li;Yingxue Diao

  • Variable Pore Size, Variable Chemical Functionality, and an Example of Reactivity within Porous Phenylacetylene Silver Salts

    Y.-H. Kiang;Geoffrey B. Gardner;Stephen Lee;Zhengtao Xu

  • Conjugated porous polymers: incredibly versatile materials with far-reaching applications.

    Dominic Taylor;Scott J. Dalgarno;Zhengtao Xu;Filipe Vilela

  • A minimalist fluorescent probe for differentiating Cys, Hcy and GSH in live cells

    Huatang Zhang;Ruochuan Liu;Jie Liu;Lin Li

  • Hybrid Field-Effect Transistor Based on a Low-Temperature Melt-Processed Channel Layer

    David B. Mitzi;Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos;Joanna Rosner;David R. Medeiros

  • An electroactive porous network from covalent metal-dithiolene links.

    Jieshun Cui;Zhengtao Xu

  • Multiphase-Assembly of Siloxane Oligomers with Improved Mechanical Strength and Water-Enhanced Healing

    Meijin Liu;Peng Liu;Gang Lu;Zhengtao Xu

  • Thioether Side Chains Improve the Stability, Fluorescence, and Metal Uptake of a Metal–Organic Framework

    Jun He;Ka-Kit Yee;Zhengtao Xu;Matthias Zeller

  • White Light Emission and Second Harmonic Generation from Secondary Group Participation (SGP) in a Coordination Network

    Jun He;Matthias Zeller;Allen D. Hunter;Zhengtao Xu

  • Conjugated porous polymers for photocatalytic applications

    Yan-Lung Wong;John Tobin;Zhengtao Xu;Filipe Vilela

  • Semiconducting perovskites (2-XC6H4C2H4NH3)2SnI4 (X = F, Cl, Br): steric interaction between the organic and inorganic layers.

    Zhengtao Xu;David B Mitzi;Christos D Dimitrakopoulos;Karen R Maxcy

  • Reversible uptake of HgCl2 in a porous coordination polymer based on the dual functions of carboxylate and thioether

    Xiao-Ping Zhou;Zhengtao Xu;Matthias Zeller;Allen D. Hunter

  • Selective Ag(I) Binding, H2S Sensing, and White-Light Emission from an Easy-to-Make Porous Conjugated Polymer

    Jie Liu;Ka-Kit Yee;Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Kenneth Yin Zhang

  • Extraction of palladium from nuclear waste-like acidic solutions by a metal–organic framework with sulfur and alkene functions

    Meiqin Zha;Jie Liu;Yan-Lung Wong;Zhengtao Xu

  • Convenient detection of Pd(II) by a metal-organic framework with sulfur and olefin functions.

    Jun He;Meiqin Zha;Jieshun Cui;Matthias Zeller

  • A selective review on the making of coordination networks with potential semiconductive properties

    Zhengtao Xu

  • SnI42--Based Hybrid Perovskites Templated by Multiple Organic Cations: Combining Organic Functionalities through Noncovalent Interactions

    Zhengtao Xu;David B. Mitzi

  • Pd Uptake and H2S Sensing by an Amphoteric Metal–Organic Framework with a Soft Core and Rigid Side Arms

    Jieshun Cui;Yan-Lung Wong;Matthias Zeller;Allen D. Hunter

  • Hydrophilic-to-Hydrophobic Volume Ratios as Structural Determinant in Small-Length Scale Amphiphilic Crystalline Systems: Silver Salts of Phenylacetylene Nitriles with Pendant Oligo(ethylene Oxide) Chains

    Zhengtao Xu;Y.-H. Kiang;Stephen Lee;and Emil B. Lobkovsky

  • Halogen–C2H2 Binding in Ultramicroporous Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Benchmark C2H2/CO2 Separation Selectivity

    Soumya Mukherjee;Yonghe He;Douglas M. Franz;Shi-Qiang Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Zeller
Matthias Zeller Purdue University West Lafayette
Yang Yang Li
Yang Yang Li City University of Hong Kong
Jian Lu
Jian Lu City University of Hong Kong
Chi-Ming Che
Chi-Ming Che University of Hong Kong
David B. Mitzi
David B. Mitzi Duke University
Xiaoqing Pan
Xiaoqing Pan University of California, Irvine
Emil B. Lobkovsky
Emil B. Lobkovsky Cornell University
James C. Fettinger
James C. Fettinger University of California, Davis
Chun-Sing Lee
Chun-Sing Lee City University of Hong Kong
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

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