EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China. June 2001
M.S. Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Shandong University, China. June 1998
B.S. Department of Chemistry, Qufu Normal University, China. June 1995

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Nov. 2003- present Research associate in Marszalek’s lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University.

Aug. 2001- Oct. 2003 Researcher in AIDA nanospace project, ERATO, JST, Japan
Synthesis of mesoporous silica with inner surface densely modified with peptides and study conformation transition of peptides.

Sep. 1998- Jul. 2001 Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China
Research Advisor: Prof. Zhennan Gu and Prof. Yan Li
Thesis Topic: The preparation of nanomaterials based on templates

Sep. 1995-Jul. 1998 M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Shandong University, China.
Research Advisor: Prof. Dehua Jiang
Thesis Topic: Preparation, Structure and Properties of Metal Complex with N6O2-type Macrocycle

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1.     The preparation of cadmium sulfide nanowire arrays in anodic aluminum oxide template, Yan Li, Dongsheng Xu, Qingmin Zhang, Dapeng Yu, Yajie Xu, Fuzhi Huang, Guolin Guo and Zhennan Gu, Chem. Mater., 1999,11(12), 3433-3435.

2.     Preparation of silver nanowires arrays in anodic aluminum oxide template, Qingmin Zhang, Yan Li, Fuzhi Huang, Zhennan Gu, J. Mater. Sci. Lett., 2001, 20, 925-927.

3.     Nanostructured lead sulfide containing nanoholes templated by lyotropic hexagonal liquid crystals, Yan Li, Qingmin Zhang, Fuzhi Huang, Zhennan Gu, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2000, 11, 467-470.

4.     Mesoporous cadmium sulfide Templated by Hexagonal Liquid Crystal, Qingmin Zhang, Yan Li, Fuzhi Huang, Zhennan Gu, J. Mater. Sci. Lett., 2001, 20, 1233-1235.

5.     A new method to remove neutral template of HMS, Qingmin Zhang, Yan Li, Fuzhi Huang, Zhennan Gu, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2001, 12, 275-278.

6.     Templated-directed synthesis of sulfide semiconductors, Yan Li, Qingmin Zhang, Fuzhi Huang, Jinghua Wan, Zhennan Gu, Chin. J. Inorg. Chem., 2002, 18 (1), 79-82.

7.     Synthesis of silver nanoparticles from nonionic surfactant liquid crystals, Qingmin Zhang, Yan Li, Fuzhi Huang, Zhennan Gu, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 2001, 17, (6), 537-541.

8.     New vistas for surfactant lyotropic liquid crystal, Yan Li, Qingmin Zhang, Fuzhi Huang, Zhennan Gu, Daxue Huaxue (in Chinese), 2000, 15, 5.

9.     Synthesis of CdS nanoparticles from aqueous solution of CH3CSNH2 and CdCl2 (in Chinese), Fuzhi Huang, Yan Li, Qingmin Zhang, Zhennan Gu, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis , 2000, 36, 748-752.

10.  Solvothermal synthesis of nanocrystalline cadmium sulfide, Yan Li, Fuzhi Huang, Qingmin Zhang, Zhennan Gu, J. Mater. Sci., 2000, 35, 5933-5937.

11.  The lecithin vesicle mediated mineralization of cadmium sulfide, Yan Li, Fuzhi Huang, Zichen Li, Qingmin Zhang, Zhennan Gu, J. Mater. Sci. Lett., 1999, 18, 1821-1823.

12.  High-Density modification of mesoporous silica inner walls with amino acid function by residue transfer from template, Qingmin Zhang, Katsuhiko Ariga, Akihiro Okabe and Takuzo Aida, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 2002, 465-468.

13.  Proteosilica – Mesoporous silica densely filling amino acid and peptide assemblies in its nanoscale pores, Katsuhiko Ariga, Qingmin Zhang, Makiko Niki, Akihiro Okabe and Takuzo Aida, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 2002, 427-430.

14.  "Proteosilica" A novel nanocomposite with peptide assemblies in silica nanospace: Photoisomerization of spiropyran doped in chiral environment, Katsuhiko Ariga, Takuji Aimiya, Qingmin Zhang, Akihiro Okabe, Makiko Niki and Takuzo Aida, Int. J. Nanosci, 2002, 1, 521-525.

15.  Preparation of mesoporous silica films filled with various amino acids and peptides in their nanopores, Kastuhiko Ariga, Qingmin Zhang, Akihiko Okabe, Makiko Niki, Takuzo Aida, Tomoyuki Koga, Yukihiro Kojima and Takatoshi Kinoshita, Transactions of Materials Research Society of Japan. 2004, 29 (7), 3179-3182.

16.  A Condensable Amphiphile with a Cleavable Tail as a “Lizard” Template for the Sol-Gel Synthesis of Functionalized Mesoporous Silica, Qingmin Zhang, Katsuhiko Ariga, Akihiro Okabe, and Takuzo Aida, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 988-989.

17.  Nanomechanical Control of Glucopyranose Rotamers, Gwangrog Lee, Wieslaw Nowak, Justyna Jaroniec, Qingmin Zhang, and Piotr E. Marszalek J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004; 126 (20) 6218-6219.

18.  Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Forced Conformational Transitions in 1,6-Linked Polysaccharides Gwangrog Lee, Wieslaw Nowak, Justyna Jaroniec, Qingmin Zhang, and Piotr E. Marszalek, Biophys. J. 2004 87: 1456-1465.

19.  Atomic cranks and levers control sugar ring conformations, Qingmin Zhang, Gwangrog Lee and Piotr E Marszalek, J. Phys.: Condens. Mater. 2005 17: S1427–S1442.

20.  Direct Detection of Inter-residue Hydrogen Bonds in Polysaccharides by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy. Qingmin Zhang, Justyna Jaroniec, Gwangrog Lee, and Piotr E. Marszalek, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2723 –2727.

 

CONFERENCE:

1.     Katsuhiko Ariga, Takuji Aimiya, Qingmin Zhang, Akihiro Okabe, Makiko Niki and Takuzo Aida, "Proteosilica" A novel nanocomposite with peptide assemblies in silica nanospace: Photoisomerization of spiropyran doped in chiral environment, Asia Symposium on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience. Tokyo, Japan. 2002.

2.     Yan Li, Qingmin Zhang, Jinghua Wan and Fuzhi Huang. Nanowire and mesoprous CdS templated with lyotropic hexagonal liquid crystal. IUMRS-ICEM, Xi’an, China. 2002.

3.     Zhang, Q.; Katsuhiko Ariga; Akihiro Okabe; Takuzo Aida. 100% modification of mesoporous silica inner surface by residue transfer from template. 51th Japanese Polymer Society Annual Meeting. Yokohama, Japan. April. 2002.

4.     Ariga, K; Aimiya, T; Zhang, Q.; Okabe, A.; Aida, T. Bionanospace of mesoporous silica and novel biomimetic chemistry. 55th Japanese Colloid and Surface Meeting.  Sendai, Japan. 2002.

5.     Zhang, Q.; Ariga, K.; Okabe, A.; Aida, T. Biomimetic mesoporous silica fully covered with amino acid function by residue-transfer from templates. 51st Japanese Polymer Society Annual Meeting. Kitakyushu, Japan. Oct. 2002.

6.     Ariga, K； Zhang, Q.; Aimiya, T; Okabe, A.; Niki, M; Aida, T. The biological world which spreads to the nanospace - development of the mesoporous hybrid proteosilica. 18th Zeolite Conference.  Tokyo. Nov. 2002.

7.     Ariga,K.; Aimiya, T.; Zhang, Q.; Okabe, A. Niki, M.; Aida, T. "Proteosilica"- a novel nanocomposite with peptide assemblies in silica nanospace. AsiaNano2002 Asian Symposium on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience. Tokyo. Nov. 2002.

8.     Qingmin Zhang, Xuemei Li, Yan Li. Ultrasonic preparation of mesoporous silica with helicoids morphology. 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA 2003.

9.     Qingmin Zhang, Junjian Xu, Yan Li. Preparation of lamellar inorganic-organic lanthanids materials. 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA 2003.

10.  Ariga, K.; Zhang, Q.; Niki, M.; Okabe, A.; Aida, T. Proteosilica -mesoporous silicas densely filling amino acid and peptide assemblies in their nanoscale pores- . The 3rd International Mesoporous Mmaterials Sciense Symposium. (IMMS2002)

11.  Zhang, Q.; Ariga, K.; Okabe, A.; Aida, T. High-density modification of mesoporous silica inner walls with amino acid function by residue transfer from template. The 3rd International Mesoporous Mmaterials Sciense Symposium. (IMMS2002)

12.  Qingmin Zhang, Justyna Jaroniec, Gwangrog Lee and Piotr E. Marszalek. Amylose elasticity depends on the solvent dielectric constant. 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, 2004.

13.  Qingmin Zhang, Justyna Jaroniec, Gwangrog Lee and Piotr E. Marszalek. Direct Detection of Inter-residue Hydrogen Bonds in Polysaccharides by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy. Biophysical Society 49th Annual Meeting. Long Beach, California. 2005.