Academic Education and Professional Experience:
B. Sc., 1984, Shandong University;
M. Sc., 1987, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science;
Ph. D., 1990, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science;
1992-1994, Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University;
1992-1994, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tokyo University,
1996-1997, JSPS Visiting Scientist.
Research Interests:
Nanoscopic functional materials
- Preparation and Catalytic Properties of Metal and Alloy Nanoclusters.
- Organic Photoconductor and Luminescent Complexes.
- Nanostructured Sensors.
Select publications:
- X. Zhang, Y. Wang, Y. Ma, Y. Ye, Y. Wang, K. Wu, “Solvent-Stabilized Oxovanadium Phthalocyanine Nanoparticles and Their Application in Xerographic Photoreceptors” Langmuir, 2006 , 22, 344-348.
- L. Fu, X. Wen, X. Ai, Y. Sun, Y. Wu, J. Zhang, Y. Wang, “ Efficient Two-Photon- Sensitized Luminescence of a Europium( III ) Complex” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 747-750.
- C. Yang, L. Fu, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, W. Wong, X. Ai, Y. Qiao, B. Zou, L. Gui ‘A Highly Luminescent Europium Complex Showing Visible Light Sensitized Eu(III) Emission: Observation of Singlet Pathway' Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004 , 43 , 5010.
- J. Zhang, Y. Wang, H. Ji, Y. Wei, and N. Wu, “ Magnetic Nanocomposite Catalysts with High Activity and Selectivity for Selective Hydrogenation of Ortho -Chloronitrobenzene”, J. Catal. , 2005 ， 229 ， 114-118.
- B. Zuo Y. Wang, Q. Wang, J. Zhang, N. Wu, L. Peng, L. Gui, X. Wang, R. Wang, D. Yu, ‘An efficient ruthenium catalyst for selective hydrogenation of ortho - chloronitrobenzene prepared via assembling ruthenium and tin oxide nanoparticles,' J. Catal. 2004, 222, 493.
- X. Fu, Y. Wang, L. Huang, Y. Sha, L. Gui, L. Lai and Y. Tang, ‘Assemblies of metal nanoparticles and self-assembled peptide fibrils' Adv. Mater ., 2003, 15, 902.
- Y. Wang, J. Ren, K. Deng, L. Gui, Y. Tang, ‘Preparation of Tractable Platinum, Rhodium, and Ruthenium Nanoclusters with Small Particle Size in Organic Media', Chem. Mater ., 2000, 12, 1622.
- N. Toshima and Y. Wang, ‘Preparation and Catalysis of Novel Colloidal Dispersions of Copper/Noble Metal Bimetallic Clusters', Langmuir, 1994, 10 (12), 4574.
- Y. Wang, H. Liu, and Y. Jiang, ‘A New Method for Immobilization of Polymer-protective Colloidal Platinum Metal Via Co-ordination Capture with Anchored Ligands.' J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun ., 1989, 1878.
- Y. Wang, and Y. Wei, ‘ Metal Nanoclusters ' (Chapter) in H. S. Nalwa, Ed., Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , American Scientific Publishers, California USA , Vol.5, 337-368, 2004
