Institute for Functional Nanomaterials

Nanoscientist

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

E-mail

zhongfangchen gmail com

Publications

1. Z. Chen, M. Li, Y. Li, P. Shen, and Z. Zhou, "Ca-Coated Boron Fullerenes and Nanotubes as Superior Hydrogen Storage Materials", Nano Letters, (2009)
2. Z. Chen, Y. Li, P. Shen, S. B. Zhang, and Z. Zhou, "Computational Studies on Hydrogen Storage in Aluminum Nitride Nanowires/tubes", Nanotechnology, (2009)
3. Z. Chen, X. Gao, K. Ishimura, and S. Nagase, "Dichlorocarbene Addition onto C60 from the Trichloromethyl Anion: Carbene Mechanism or Bingel Mechanism? ", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, (2009)
4. Z. Chen, L. Wang, S. B. Zhang, J. Zhao, and Z. Zhou, "First-Principles Study of Molecular Hydrogen Dissociation on Doped Al12X (X= B, Al, C, Si, P, Mg, Ca) Clusters ", Journal of Computational Chemistry, (2009)
5. Z. Chen, Z. Wang, R. Zhang, C. Zhang, S. B. Zhang, and Z. Zhou, "Ti-Substituted Boranes as Hydrogen Storage Materials: A Computational Quest for Ideal Combination of Stable Electronic Structure and Optimal Hydrogen Uptake", Chemistry - A European Journal, (2009)
6. Z. Chen, X. Gao, S. Nagase, S. B. Zhang, Y. Zhao, and Z. Zhou, "Comparative Study of Carbon and BN Nanographenes: Ground Electronic States and Gap Energy Engineering", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 12677 (2008)
7. Z. Chen, J. G. Hou, Y. Li, Q. Li, L. Sun, J. Yang, and Z. Zhou, "Electronic Structures of SiC Nanoribbons", Journal of Chemical Physics, 129, 174114 (2008)
8. Z. Chen, R. Herges, H. Jiao, P. v. Schleyer, J. I. Wu, and S. B. Zhang, "Homobenzene: Homoaromaticity and Homoantiaromaticity in Cycloheptatrienes", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 112, 10586 (2008)
9. Z. Chen, Y. Li, S. Zhang, and Z. Zhou, "MoS2 Nanoribbons: High Stability, Unusual Electronic and Magnetic Properties", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, 16739 (2008)
10. Z. Chen, Y. Chen, Y. Li, L. Liu, S. B. Zhang, and Z. Zhou, "Size- and Surface-Dependent Stability, Electronic Properties, and Potential as Chemical Sensors: Computational Studies on One-Dimensional ZnO Nanostructures", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 13926 (2008)
11. Z. Chen, Y. Liu, H. F. Schaefer III, B. Wu, X. Yang, P. Yang, J. Yu, and J. D. Zhang, "Sodium and Magnesium Complexes with Dianionic -Diimine Ligands", Organometallics, 27, 5830 (2008)

Grants

1. K. Belashchenko, B. Bockelman, Z. Chen, F. Choobineh, M. Gómez, Y. Ishikawa, H. Li, J. Lu, A. R. Mayol, H. Ortiz-Zuazaga, K. Riley, W. Srisa-an, D. Swanson, E. Tsymbal, J. Velev, X. Zeng, N. A. Zimbovskaya, and S. Zuloski-Benson. Collaborative Research: Adaptive Cyberinfrastructure for Computational Nanoscience, National Science Foundation, OIA - RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROV, 3 years, August 2009, Multiple PIs, Pending, $2,627,400.