Prof. Zhongfang Chen

Research Associate Professor

Dept. of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12180

	chen@chem.uga.edu , zhongfangchen@yahoo.com.
	1-706-542-7515		1-706-621-2903

Curriculum Vitae

Publication list

Statistic of Publications

	PUBLICATIONS (see the publication-list for details)
	91 publications, including Chem. Rev. (3), J. Am. Chem. Soc. (9), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (6) and Phys. Rev. Lett. (1). 48 first-authored, 29 correspondence-authored, total citation number 1222, h-index 21.

	News and Highlights
	cover picture of J. Phys. Chem A. (Oct. 20, 2005) Chemical & Engineering News, (as Science Concentrates) (2005, May 16, Page 33) April issue, 2005 ChemPhysChem Cover Picture March 3, 2005 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY News March 1, 2004 Volume 82, Number 09 CENEAR 82 09 pp. 28-32 December 22, 2003 Volume 81, Number 51 CENEAR 81 51 pp. 39-50 December 15, 2003 Volume 81, Number 50 CENEAR 81 50 pp. 23-26 December 15, 2003 ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Volume 81, Number 50 CENEAR 81 50

Current Main Research Topics

One-dimensional nanomaterials (nanotubes, nanocables, peapods etc)

Novel materials for hydrogen and lithium storage

Fullerenes (including endohedral metallofullerenes)

Inorganic and metal clusters

Novel aromaticity

Spherical aromaticity
Aromaticity beyond organic chemistry domain

Molecules with novel bonding patterns

Planar hypercoordinate carbon and other element

RESEARCH TOPICS BEING DEVELOPED

Toxicity prediction of nanomaterials

Photocatalysis and fuel cell

RESEARCH PROPOSALS

Co-PI, Computational Exploration of Molecules with Unconventional Structures

National Scientific Foundation (CHE-0716718), $375,000, September 2007-August 2010

PI, short-term fellowship (three months) and ca. $ 5000 research fund, International Center for Young Scientists, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan

Proposal composer (on behalf of Paul von Ragué Schleyer), “Neutral” Carbocations, Petroleum Research Fund, $80,000, granted, September 2004-August 2006.

Co-PI, Development of a Proto-Type Model to Predict Cellar Penetration of Nanomaterials
submitted to Environmental Protection Agency, $399,768