1. Team leader
Yuzhong Zhang, PhD, Professor, Tianjin Polytechnic University
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Email, zhangyz2004cn@vip.163.com
Prof. Zhang received his B.S. degree from Hebei University in 1984 and PhD degree from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry in 1987. He has been studying on membrane materials and separation processes in Tianjin Polytechnic University for decades. In 2002, he did research on ultrafiltration in Twente University as a visiting scholar. Prof. Zhang was rated as the first level candidate for National Talents Project and the first level candidate for the “131” Talent Project in Tianjin. He is one of the experts obtaining Special Government Allowances of the State Council for his outstanding research in membrane technology.
Prof. Zhang has been working on product development as well as fundamental research, from ultrafiltration / microfiltration membranes to pervaporation membranes and from spiral-wound membranes to hollow fiber membranes. He masters the core membrane technology for wastewater treatment which leads to significant economic and environmental benefits. Recently, Prof. Zhang’ research makes more than 10 scientific results at the national and provincial levels, has more than 100 articles published, and wins 6 patents and 3 provincial or ministerial scientific and technological progress awards.
Research interests: membranes adsorption, graphene membranes, hollow fiber membranes for wastewater treatment and reuse.
2. Team members
Ligang Lin, PhD, Professor, Tianjin Polytechnic University
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Prof. Lin obtained his PhD degree from University of Petroleum in 2008. He undertakes 13 national and provincial projects. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal publications. Prof. Lin was rated as the first level candidate for the “131” Talent Project in Tianjin and Provincial Innovative Talents for Science and Technology for his excellent research contribution. His present research is focused primarily in three areas: (1) Specialized membranes under extreme conditions such as polyimide membranes, (2) Pervaporation membrane for organic mixtures separation, and (3) New membranes for bioseparation and ordered membranes.
Xiaoli Ding, PhD, Associate Professor, Tianjin Polytechnic University
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Email, dingxiaoli@tiangong.edu.cn
Associate Prof. Ding obtained her PhD degree from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese of Academy Sciences in 2009. She undertakes 2 national projects and has published over 10 papers of high level. Her research area includes membranes for gas separation, membranes for water purification and advanced polymer-based membrane materials.
Lizhi Zhao, PhD, Associate Professor, Tianjin Polytechnic University
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Associate Prof. Zhao received her PhD degree in Polymer Chemistry and Physics from Nankai University in 2011. She was engaged in the research on block copolymer self-assembly during studying for her degree. She has been working at Tianjin Polytechnic University since July 2011. In 2017, she worked on self-assembly of polyelectrolytes in the University of Akron as a visiting scholar. Associate Prof. Zhao undertakes 2 national and provincial projects and has more than 20 papers published. Her research interests focus on porphyrin-functionalized membrane, membrane optical sensor and layer-by-layer assembly.
Hui Ye, PhD, Associate Professor, Tianjin Polytechnic University
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Associate Prof. Ye worked on polymeric membrane modification with guidance from Prof. Zhang and received her PhD degree in 2012. She has been working at Tianjin Polytechnic University since she graduated. Associate Prof. Ye undertakes 2 national and provincial projects and her interests include stimuli-responsive smart membrane, membrane chromatography, and mixed matrix membranes for bio-separation.
Qingping Xin, PhD, Tianjin Polytechnic University
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Email, xinqingping@163.com
Dr. Qingping Xin graduated from Tianjin University in 2015 and has been working at state key laboratory of separation membranes and membrane process, Tianjin Polytechnic University since she obtained her PhD Degree from Tianjin University. She undertakes 4 national and provincial projects, and publishes about 30 SCI papers. She was rated as Outstanding Youth Achievement Award of the Beijing Membrane Society for the innovative research. Dr. Xin’s research interests are (1) Preparation of large scale and high efficiency CO2 separation membrane and (2) intelligent desulfurization membrane materials for flue gas application.
3. Team information
New Functional Membranes Research Team, founded in 2011, has been working on membrane materials, separation and membrane integrated technology for water treatment, gas separation, emission reduction and bioseparation. For now, there are 5 faculties with doctoral degree in the team. They undertake over 30 research projects, have more than 100 papers of high level published and complete 5 monographs on membranes. The membrane product developed by the team has won the honorary national new product as well as multiple provincial awards. The team offers PhD, post-doctoral and M.S. program in material science, polymer materials, separation membrane, chemical engineering and environmental engineering.
4.Current Research Area
(1) New membrane material and functional membranes: material modification and molecular design, membranes for adsorption, affinity and molecular recognition; graphene membranes and patterned membranes.
(2) New membrane processes and their applications: membrane adsorption process, bioseparation, cleaner production such as desulfuration, large scale production of PES and PVDF hollow fiber membranes, wastewater treatment, wastewater reuse.
5.Selected Publications and others
Lankun Ma, Lilan Huang, Yuzhong Zhang*, Lizhi Zhao, Qingping Xin, Hui Ye, Hong Li, Hemocompatible poly(lactic acid) membranes prepared by immobilizing carboxylated graphene oxide via mussel-inspired method for hemodialysis. RSC advances, 2018, 8, 153-161.
Lilan Huang, Hui Ye*, Tengfei Yu, Xiangyu Zhang, Yuzhong Zhang*, Lizhi Zhao, Qingping Xin, Shaofei Wang, Xiaoli Ding, Hong Li, Similarly sized protein separation of charge-selective ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer membrane by grafting dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2018, 135, 46374.
Ligang Lin, Hui Sun, Kaiyu Zhang, Yonghui Zhong, Qi Cheng, Xihui Bian, Qingping Xin, Bowen Cheng, Xianshe Feng, Yuzhong Zhang, Novel affinity membranes with macrocyclic spacer arms synthesized via click chemistry for lysozyme binding. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2017, 327, 97-107.
Shaofei Wang, Yu Xie, Guangwei He, Qingping Xin, Jinhui Zhang, Leixin Yang, Yifan Li, Hong Wu, Yuzhong Zhang, Michael D. Guiver* and Zhongyi Jiang*, Graphene Oxide Membranes with Heterogeneous Nanodomains for Efficient CO2 Separations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 14246-14251.
Hui Ye, Lilan Huang, Wenrui Li, YuZhong Zhang*, Lizhi Zhao, Qingping Xin, Shaofei Wang, Ligang Lin, Xiaoli Ding, Protein adsorption and desorption behavior of a pH-responsive membrane based on ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer. RSC advances, 2017, 7, 21398.
Chenglin Wu*, Lizhi Zhao*, Yuzhong Zhang, pH-Responsive nanofiltration membranes based on porphyrin supramolecular self-assembly by layer by-layer technique. RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 47397-47406.
Xiaoli Ding*, Zhiguang Liu, Mingming Hua, Te Kang, Xu Li, Yuzhong Zhang*, Poly(ethylene glycol) crosslinked sulfonated polysulfone composite membranes for forward osmosis. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2017, 531, 129-137.
Xiaoli Ding*, Zhiguang Liu, Xu Li, Hongyong Zhao, Mingming Hua, Yuzhong Zhang*, Synthesis and performance of a novel nanofiltration membrane with a crosslinked sulfonated polysulfone separation layer. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2016, 57, 25960-25971.
Qingping Xin, Yuan Zhang, Tingcheng Huo, Hui Ye, Xiaoli Ding, Ligang Lin, Yuzhong Zhang*,Hong Wu*, Zhongyi Jiang, Mixed matrix membranes fabricated by a facile in situ biomimetic mineralization approach for efficient CO2 separation. Journal of Membrane Science, 2016, 508, 84-93.
Qingping Xin, Yuan Zhang, Yue Shi, Hui Ye, Ligang Lin, Xiaoli Ding, Yuzhong Zhang*, Hong Wu*, Zhongyi Jiang, Turning the performance of CO2 separation membranes by incorporating multifunctional modified silica microspheres into polymer matrix. Journal of Membrane Science, 2016, 514, 73-85.
Lizhi Zhao, Rui Qu, Ang Li, Rujiang Ma and Linqi Shi*, Cooperative self-assembly of porphyrins with polymers possessing bioactive functions. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 13543-13555.
Manman Liu, Lizhi Zhao*, Sensen Li, Hui Ye, Huiqin An, Yuzhong Zhang*, pH-responsive ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer membrane based on porphyrin supramolecular self-assembly. RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 10704-10712.
Lizhi Zhao*, Min Li, Manman Liu, Yuecong Zhang, Chenglin Wu, Yuzhong Zhang*, Porphyrin-functionalized porous polysulfone membrane towards an optical sensor membrane for sorption and detection of cadmium(II). Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2016, 301, 233-241.
Ligang Lin, Yuanyuan Wang, Hui Sun, Chao Zhang, Yonghui Zhong, Yuzhong Zhang. Ordered Patterns Formed on Polymer Film through Trapping and Locking. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 2015, 53, 1701-1705.
Leitao Zhang, Hui Ye, Lizhi Zhao, Lili Yao, Yuzhong Zhang*, Hong Li，Design of isolated iron species for Fenton reactions: lyophilization beats calcination treatment. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 16936-16939.
Lizhi Zhao*, Manman Liu, Sensen Li, Ang Li, Huiqin An, Hui Ye, Yuzhong Zhang*, Aggregation and supramolecular chirality of 5, 10, 15, 20-tetrakis- (4-sulfonatophenyl)-porphyrin on an achiral poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methylacrylate)-grafted ethylene-vinyl alcohol membrane. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015, 3, 3650-3658.
Min Li, Lizhi Zhao*, Yuecong Zhang, Manman Liu, Hui Ye, Yuzhong Zhang*, Xi Chen, Adsorption behavior and self-aggregation of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-sulfonatophenyl)-porphyrin on quaternized polysulfone membrane. Colloid and Polymer Science, 2015, 293, 513-522.
Hui Ye, Long Chen, Anni Li, Lilan Huang, Yuzhong Zhang*, Yingna Li, HongLi, Alkali-responsive membrane prepared by grafting dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate onto ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer membrane. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2015, 132, 41775.
Feng Ma, Hui Ye, Yuzhong Zhang*, Xiaoli Ding, Ligang Lin, Lizhi Zhao, Hong Li, The effect of polymer concentration and additives of cast solution on performance of polyethersulfone. Desalination and water treatment, 2014, 52, 618.
Ligang Lin, Chao Zhang, Chunyu Liu, Meimei Dong, Longhui Zhang, Panshan Deng, Hui Sun, Heng Huang, Hongbin Liu, Yuzhong Zhang, Y-type zeolites/PI membranes for sulfur-free hydrogen source and for fuel cell applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2014, 39, 4704-4709.
Ligang Lin, Meimei Dong, Chunyu Liu, Chenjie Wei, Yuanyuan Wang, Hui Sun, Hui Ye, A supramolecular strategy for self-mobile adsorption sites in affinity membrane. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2014, 35, 1587-1591.
Ligang Lin, Chunyu Liu, Longhui Zhang, Meimei Dong, Xuemei Cao, Heng Huang, Hongbin Liu, Yuzhong Zhang, Hollow fiber membranes with polyimide matrix for sulfur-free hydrogen source. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2014, 39, 21053-21059.
23. Xiaoli Ding, Yiming Cao, Hongyong Zhao, Lina Wang, Interfacial Morphology Between the Two Layers of the Dual-layer Asymmetric Hollow Fiber Membranes Fabricated by Co-extrusion and Dry-jet Wet-spinning Phase-inversion Techniques. Journal of Membrane Science, 2013, 444, 82-492.