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Overview

Zhenyu Wang is affiliated with Jiangnan University in China and has an extensive research portfolio focusing on various aspects of nanomaterials, environmental science, and plant sciences. Their work spans interdisciplinary fields including Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Pollution.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of advanced material science and environmental issues. Their main topics of study include:

  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

They have contributed to multiple recent papers, including the following notable publications:

  • Nano-Biotechnology in Agriculture: Use of Nanomaterials to Promote Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance (2020), Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective (2024), The Innovation
  • Photodegradation Elevated the Toxicity of Polystyrene Microplastics to Grouper (Epinephelus moara) through Disrupting Hepatic Lipid Homeostasis (2020), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Toxicological effects of nano- and micro-polystyrene plastics on red tilapia: Are larger plastic particles more harmless? (2020), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Nano-enabled improvements of growth and nutritional quality in food plants driven by rhizosphere processes (2020), Environment International

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research endeavors, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Le Yue
  • Baoshan Xing
  • Xuesong Cao
  • Chuanxi Wang
  • Feiran Chen

Wang often publishes in specialized journals in the environmental and materials sciences, reflecting consistency and focus across their research career. The frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science Nano
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Xylem- and Phloem-Based Transport of CuO Nanoparticles in Maize (Zea mays L.)

    Zhenyu Wang;Xiaoyan Xie;Jian Zhao;Xiaoyun Liu

  • Graphene in the Aquatic Environment: Adsorption, Dispersion, Toxicity and Transformation

    Jian Zhao;Zhenyu Wang;Jason C. White;Baoshan Xing

  • Nano-Biotechnology in Agriculture: Use of Nanomaterials to Promote Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance.

    Lijuan Zhao;Li Lu;Aodi Wang;Huiling Zhang

  • Impacts of adding biochar on nitrogen retention and bioavailability in agricultural soil

    Hao Zheng;Hao Zheng;Zhenyu Wang;Xia Deng;Stephen Herbert

  • Sorption of antibiotic sulfamethoxazole varies with biochars produced at different temperatures.

    Hao Zheng;Zhenyu Wang;Jian Zhao;Stephen Herbert

  • Investigating the mechanisms of biochar’s removal of lead from solution

    Zhenyu Wang;Guocheng Liu;Hao Zheng;Fengmin Li

  • Characteristics and nutrient values of biochars produced from giant reed at different temperatures.

    Hao Zheng;Zhenyu Wang;Xia Deng;Jian Zhao

  • Toxicity and internalization of CuO nanoparticles to prokaryotic alga Microcystis aeruginosa as affected by dissolved organic matter.

    Zhenyu Wang;Jing Li;Jian Zhao;Jian Zhao;Baoshan Xing

  • CuO nanoparticle interaction with human epithelial cells: cellular uptake, location, export, and genotoxicity

    Zhenyu Wang;Na Li;Jian Zhao;Jason C. White

  • Effect of sub-acute exposure to TiO2 nanoparticles on oxidative stress and histopathological changes in Juvenile Carp (Cyprinus carpio).

    Linhua Hao;Zhenyu Wang;Baoshan Xing;Baoshan Xing

  • Toxicity of nano-TiO2 on algae and the site of reactive oxygen species production.

    Fengmin Li;Zhi Liang;Xiang Zheng;Wei Zhao

  • Enhanced growth of halophyte plants in biochar-amended coastal soil: roles of nutrient availability and rhizosphere microbial modulation.

    Hao Zheng;Xiao Wang;Lei Chen;Zhenyu Wang

  • Nano-enabled fertilizers to control the release and use efficiency of nutrients

    Huiyuan Guo;Jason C. White;Zhenyu Wang;Baoshan Xing

  • Use of biochar-compost to improve properties and productivity of the degraded coastal soil in the Yellow River Delta, China

    Xianxiang Luo;Guocheng Liu;Yang Xia;Lei Chen

  • Environmental processes and toxicity of metallic nanoparticles in aquatic systems as affected by natural organic matter

    Zhenyu Wang;Lei Zhang;Jian Zhao;Baoshan Xing

  • Norfloxacin Sorption and Its Thermodynamics on Surface-Modified Carbon Nanotubes

    Zhenyu Wang;Xiaodong Yu;Bo Pan;Baoshan Xing

  • Mechanistic understanding toward the toxicity of graphene-family materials to freshwater algae.

    Jian Zhao;Xuesong Cao;Zhenyu Wang;Yanhui Dai

  • Formation and Physicochemical Characteristics of Nano Biochar: Insight into Chemical and Colloidal Stability.

    Guocheng Liu;Hao Zheng;Zhixiang Jiang;Jian Zhao

  • Toxicological effects of nano- and micro-polystyrene plastics on red tilapia: Are larger plastic particles more harmless?

    Jiannan Ding;Yejing Huang;Shujiao Liu;Shanshan Zhang

  • Photodegradation Elevated the Toxicity of Polystyrene Microplastics to Grouper (Epinephelus moara) through Disrupting Hepatic Lipid Homeostasis.

    Xiao Wang;Hao Zheng;Jian Zhao;Xianxiang Luo

  • Characterization and influence of biochars on nitrous oxide emission from agricultural soil.

    Zhenyu Wang;Hao Zheng;Hao Zheng;Ye Luo;Xia Deng

  • Biochar-induced negative carbon mineralization priming effects in a coastal wetland soil: Roles of soil aggregation and microbial modulation

    Hao Zheng;Xiao Wang;Xianxiang Luo;Zhenyu Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Baoshan Xing
Baoshan Xing University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jason C. White
Jason C. White Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Bo Pan
Bo Pan Kunming University of Science and Technology
Stephen J. Herbert
Stephen J. Herbert University of Massachusetts Amherst
Benny Chefetz
Benny Chefetz Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sergio Rasmann
Sergio Rasmann University of Neuchâtel
Fengchang Wu
Fengchang Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong-Ying Hu
Hong-Ying Hu Tsinghua University
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Zhejiang University
Daohui Lin
Daohui Lin Zhejiang University

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