Yang (Sunny) Chen Email & Phone Number

I have extensive expertise in synthesis, purification and structure determination of chemical compounds. My work aims to discover the relationships between structures and physical properties so as to produce novel high-performance materials.SKILLS:* Synthesis:• Organic compounds;• Air- and moisture-sensitive compounds with glove box and Schlenk line;• Hydro/solvothermal synthesis;• Supramolecular metal-organic/nanocluster-based polymers including MOF;• Metal oxide/sulfide nanoclusters;• Inorganic-organic hybrid compounds;• Process research and development for the preparation of kaolin and mullite nanoparticles.* Purifications:• Chromatography • Crystallization • Distillation • Extraction • Trituration • Adsorption.* Characterizations:• Single crystal X-ray diffraction; • Powder X-ray diffraction;• NMR; • SEM; • EDS; • TGA; • DSC; • HPLC; • MS; • ICP; • FTIR; • UV/Vis spectroscopy; • Solid-state optical diffuse-reflection spectroscopy;• CHN elemental analysis; • Cyclic voltammetry; • Titration.* Properties:• Photoluminescence; • Electrochemistry; • Photoelectrochemistry; • Energy band gap; • Conductivity; • Permittivity; • Physical adsorption.

Listed skills include Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Crystallography, Chemical Synthesis, Single Crystal Growth, and 27 others.