Jia, Zhongfan - Flinders University - Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology College of Science and Engineering

个人简介

Dr Zhongfan Jia is an Associate Professor in the College of Science and Engineering at the Flinders University. He graduated with a PhD in Polymer Chemistry and Physics in 2007 from Fudan University. Followed by postdoctoral research in the Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) at the University of New South Wales from 2007 to 2009, he worked in the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) at the University of Queensland (UQ) until 2020. He was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2013-2017), Advanced Queensland Industry Fellow (2018-2020), and a Lecturer at the University of New England (2019), Australia. He has authored more than 100 publications in the synthesis and applications of complex polymer architectures, focusing on biomedicine, catalysis, and energy storage. EXPERIENCE 2023 Associate Professor, Flinders University 2020-2022 Senior Lecturer, Flinders University 2018-2020 Advanced Queensland Fellow (Mid.), The University of Queensland 2019-2019 Lecturer in Chemistry, University of New England (AU) 2014-2018 ARC Future Fellow & A/Group Leader, The University of Queensland 2012-2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland 2012.8 Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania 2009-2012 UQ Postdoc Research Fellow, The University of Queensland 2007-2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of New South Wales EDUCATION 2001-2007 Fudan University, Shanghai, China Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Polymer Chemistry and Physics 1997-2001 Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Polymer

研究领域

Nitroxide Radical (Electro)Chemistry Nitroxide radicals are the most studied stable organic radicals due to their widespread applications as spin-biolabel, redox-probe, organic catalysis, and energy storage. The structure of nitroxide radicals dictates their fundamental chemical reactivity and electrochemical properties. Our studies focus on their molecular design, synthesis, and structure-properties relationship. Polymer (Electro)Chemistry Electrochemical properties of redox-active polymers are determined by the structure of the types of redox-active groups, backbone compositions, and polymer architectures. Our aims are to synthesize well-defined redox-active polymers and study the structural impact on their electrochemical performance, providing insights into the applications in energy storage and organic catalysis. Polymer Energy Storage Developing organic electroactive materials in energy storage could greatly alleviate the dependence on metal composites hence mitigate the potential pollution of toxic metal ions to the environment. In addition, the materials for fabricating all-organic batteries could be derived from biomass and even designed to be fully degradable. Our work focus on developing fully plastic batteries with high energy and power density. Polymer (Electro)Catalysis Encapsulation of catalytic active centres into polymer nanostructures represents a simple and effective strategy towards enzyme mimicry. Our research aims to develop polymer-based nartificial enzymes for chemical or electrochemical catalytic reactions with targets on organic electrosynthesis and environmental remediation. Polymers from Biomass Biomass conversion into value-added biopolymer materials represents a promising and sustainable alternative to synthetic plastics. We are currently working with Prof Wei Zhang from the Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development (CMBD) to develop new biopolymers with improved mechanical strength for 3D-bioprinting.

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Mudugamuwa, C. J.; Xie, Y.; Zhang, K.; Nicholls, T. P.; Chalker, J. M.; Jia, Z. F., Nitroxide radical surfactants enable electrocatalytic oxidation of fatty alcohols in water. Green Chemistry 2023, Advance Article. Shi, Y.; Mudugamuwa, C. J.; Abesinghe, T. N.; Alotaibi, Y. S. M.; Monteiro, M. J.; Lutkenhaus, J. L.; Jia, Z. F., Ionic Effect on Electrochemical Behavior of Water-Soluble Radical Polyelectrolytes. Macromolecules 2022, 55, 5733-5743. Xie, P.; Zhang, W.; Wu, W.; Shen, Z.; Wang, M.; Lai, Y.; Chen, Y. T.; Jia, Z. F., Phenoxyl mediators improve enzymatic degradation of organic pollutants: Effect and mechanism. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2022, 215, 606-614. Zha, J.; Wu, W.; Xie, P.; Han, H.; Fang, Z.; Chen, Y. T.; Jia, Z. F., Polymeric Nanocapsule Enhances the Peroxidase-like Activity of Fe3O4 Nanozyme for Removing Organic Dyes. Catalysts 2022, 12, 614. Naghibi, S.; Sabouri, S.; Hong, Y.; Jia, Z. F.; Tang, Y. H., Brush-like Polymer Prodrug with Aggregation-Induced Emission Features for Precise Intracellular Drug Tracking. Biosensors 2022, 12, 373. Worthington, M. J. H.; Mann, M.; Muhti, I. Y.; Tikoalu, A. D.; Gibson, C. T.; Jia, Z. F.; Miller, A. D.; Chalker, J. M., Modelling mercury sorption of a polysulfide coating made from sulfur and limonene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022, 24, 12363-12373. Li, W. B.; Jiang, S. X.; Xie, Y.; Yan, X.; Pang, X. C.; Zhang, K.; Jia, Z. F., Anthraquinone-Catalyzed TEMPO Reduction to Realize Two-Electron Energy Storage of Poly(TEMPO-methacrylate). ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 1481-1489. Peng, X.; Xie, Y.; Baktash, A.; Tang, J.; Lin, T.; Huang, X.; Hu, Y.; Jia, Z. F.; Searles, D..J.; Yamauchi, Y.; Wang, L. and Luo, B. Heterocyclic Conjugated Polymer Nanoarchitectonics with Synergistic Redox-active Sites for High-performance Aluminium Organic Battery. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202203646. Chen, S. P. R.; Bobrin, V. A.; Jia, Z. F.; Monteiro, M. J., Temperature-Directed Formation of Anisotropic Kettlebell and Tadpole Nanostructures in the Absence of a Swelling-Induced Solvent. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202113974. Jiang, S. X.; Li, W. B.; Xie, Y.; Yan, X.; Zhang, K.; Jia, Z. F., An All-Organic battery with 2.8 V output voltage. Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 434, 134651. Mann, M.; Zhang, B.; Tonkin, S. J.; Gibson, C. T.; Jia, Z. F.; Hasell, T.; Chalker, J. M., Processes for coating surfaces with a copolymer made from sulfur and dicyclopentadiene. Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 1320-1327. Bobrin, V. A.; Chen, S. P. R.; Reyes, C. F. G.; Sun, B.; Ng, C. K.; Purcell, D.; Jia, Z. F.; Gu, W. Y.; Armstrong, J. W.; McAuley, J.; Monteiro, M. J., Water-Borne Nanocoating for Rapid Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viruses. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 14915-14927. Chen, M.; Xie, X. W.; Wang, Y. N.; Pang, X. C.; Jia, Z. F., Hollow Silica Nanotubes for Space-Confined Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanorods and Nanopeapods. ACS Appl Nano Mater 2021, 4, 6075-6082. Zhang, K.; Xie, Y.; Noble, B. B.; Monteiro, M. J.; Lutkenhaus, J. L.; Oyaizu, K.; Jia, Z. F., Unravelling kinetic and mass transport effects on two-electron storage in radical polymer batteries. J Mater Chem A 2021, 9, 13071-13079. Zhang, K.; Xie, Y.; Monteiro, M. J.; Jia, Z. F., Triazole-enabled small TEMPO cathodes for lithium-organic batteries. Energy Storage Mater 2021, 35, 122-129. Yuan, G. X.; Liang, T. C.; Liang, Y. C.; Pang, X. C.; Jia, Z. F., The controlled growth of conjugated polymer-quantum dot nanocomposites via a unimolecular templating strategy. Chem Commun 2021, 57 (10), 1250-1253. Xie, Y.; Zhang, K.; Yamauchi, Y.; Oyaizu, K.; Jia, Z. F., Nitroxide radical polymers for emerging plastic energy storage and organic electronics: fundamentals, materials, and applications. Mater Horiz 2021, 8 (3), 803-829. Guo, J. Y.; Liu, Y. T.; Zha, J. Q.; Han, H. H.; Chen, Y. T., Jia, Z. F., Enhancing the peroxidase-mimicking activity of hemin by covalent immobilization in polymer nanogels. Polym Chem 2021, 12 (6), 858-866. Xie, Y.; Zhang, K.; Yamauchi, Y.; Jia, Z. F., Nitroxide polymer gels for recyclable catalytic oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes. Polym Chem 2020, 11 (25), 4155-4163. Shi, Y. L.; Chen, S. P. R.; Jia, Z. F.; Monteiro, M. J., Analysis of cyclic polymer purity by size exclusion chromatography: a model system. Polym Chem 2020, 11 (46), 7354-7361. Reyes, C. F. G.; Chen, S. P. R.; Bobrin, V. A.; Jia, Z. F.; Monteiro, M. J., Temperature-Induced Formation of Uniform Polymer Nanocubes Directly in Water. Biomacromolecules 2020, 21 (5), 1700-1708. Chen, S. P. R.; Jia, Z. F.; Bobrin, V. A.; Monteiro, M. J., UV-Cross-Linked Polymer Nanostructures with Preserved Asymmetry and Surface Functionality. Biomacromolecules 2020, 21 (1), 133-142. Xie, Y.; Zhang, K.; Monteiro, M. J.; Jia, Z. F., Conjugated Nitroxide Radical Polymers: Synthesis and Application in Flexible Energy Storage Devices. ACS Appl Mater Inter 2019, 11 (7), 7096-7103. Gray, P.; Chen, X.; Harkness, L.; Jia, Z. F.; Monteiro, M. J.; Pera, M., Use of the Nanobridge system for the Rapid Production of Pluipotent Stem Cells and Neural Progenitor Cells. Advancing Manufacturing of Cell and Gene Therapies VI 2019, 64. Harkness, L.; Chen, X.; Jia, Z. F.; Davies, A. M.; Monteiro, M. J.; Gray, P.; Pera, M., Fibronectin-conjugated thermoresponsive nanobridges generate three dimensional human pluripotent stem cell cultures for differentiation towards the neural lineages. Stem Cell Res 2019, 38, 101441. Huang, X.; Zhang, K.; Luo, B.; Hu, H.; Sun, D.; Wang, S. C.; Hu, Y. X.; Lin, T.; Jia, Z. F.; Wang, L. Z., Polyethylenimine Expanded Graphite Oxide Enables High Sulfur Loading and Long‐Term Stability of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Small 2019, 15 (29), 1804578. Tran, N. T. D.; Jia, Z. F.; Monteiro, M. J., Programmable Disassembly of Polymer Nanoparticles through Surfactant Interactions. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019, 58 (46), 21003-21013. Kessel, S.; Thakar, N.; Jia, Z. F.; Wolvetang, E. J.; Monteiro, M. J., GRGD-decorated three-dimensional nanoworm hydrogels for culturing human embryonic stem cells. J Polym Sci Poly Chem 2019, 57 (18), 1956-1963. Gu, W. Y.; Bobrini, V. A.; Chen, S. P. R.; Wang, Z.; Schoning, J. P., et al., Biodistribution of PNIPAM-Coated Nanostructures Synthesized by the TDMT Method. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20 (2), 625-634. Toth, I.; Khongkow, M.; Liu, T.-Y.; Bartlett, S.; Hussein, W. M., et al., Liposomal formulation of polyacrylate-peptide conjugate as a new vaccine candidate against cervical cancer. Precision Nanomedicine 2018, 1 (3), 183-193. Hossain, M. D.; Reid, J. C.; Lu, D. R.; Jia, Z. F.; Searles, D. J., et al., Influence of Constraints within a Cyclic Polymer on Solution Properties. Biomacromolecules 2018, 19 (2), 616-625. Hu, Y. X.; Zhang, K.; Hu, H.; Wang, S. C.; Ye, D. L.; Monteiro, M. J.; Jia, Z. F.; Wang, L. Z., Molecular-level anchoring of polymer cathodes on carbon nanotubes towards rapid-rate and long-cycle sodium-ion storage. Mater Chem Front 2018, 2 (10), 1805-1810. (Materials Chemistry Frontiers HOT articles for 2018) Zhang, K.; Noble, B. B.; Mater, A. C.; Monteiro, M. J.; Coote, M. L., Jia, Z. F., Effect of heteroatom and functionality substitution on the oxidation potential of cyclic nitroxide radicals: role of electrostatics in electrochemistry. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018, 20 (4), 2606-2614. Chen, X. L.; Harkness, L.; Jia, Z. F.; Prowse, A.; Monteiro, M. J., et al., Methods for Expansion of Three-Dimensional Cultures of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Using a Thermoresponsive Polymer. Tissue Eng Part C-Me 2018, 24 (3), 146-157. Bobrin, V. A.; Chen, S. P. R.; Jia, Z. F.; Monteiro, M. J., Uniform Symmetric and Asymmetric Polymer Nanostructures via Directed Chain Organization. Biomacromolecules 2018, 19 (12), 4703-4709.