Email: jzhang@iccas.ac.cn Web-page: http://jzhang.iccas.ac.cn/ Tel:  86-10-62613251 Fax: 86-10-62613251   Professional Address: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics (KLEP), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China
Prof. Dr. Jun Zhang

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2006-present: Professor of Polymer Science and Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

2001-2006: Associate professor of Polymer Science and Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

1999-2001: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CAS Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics (KLEP), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

 

DEGREES

Ph.D., Dalian University of Technology, China, 1999, Material Science (Polymer Science),

Advisor: Professor, X. G. Jian

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Processing and modification of natural polymers; physics and chemistry of cellulose; ionic liquids and their applications in polymer materials; advanced polymer composites; novel polymer fibers.

 

AWARDS AND APPOINTMENTS

Deputy Director of the Technical Committee, China Cellulose Industry Association (CCIATC).

The member of Academic Committee, Center for Molecular Science of ICCAS.

 

PUBLICATION LIST

Dr Jun ZHANG holds 12 China patents and is author on more than 80 publications.

 

BOOK

[1] Zhang J. Application of Ionic Liquids in Natural Polymers. In Zhang SJ, Lu XM edited "Ionic Liquids: From Fundamentals to Applications". Science Press, 2006, Beijing, pp. 326-362 (in Chinese)

[2] Cao Y, Li HQ, Zhang J. Applications of Ionic Liquids in Cellulose Chemistry. In Zhang SJ, Xu CM, Lu XM, Zhou Q edited "Ionic Liquids and Green Chemstry". Science Press, 2009, Beijing, pp. 599-625 (in Chinese)

[3] He JS, Zhang J. Charpter 7, LCP Blends. in Tai-Shung Chung edited ‘Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Polymers: Thin-film Polymerization, Characterization, Blends, and Applications'. Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., 2001，Lancaster 2001, pp. 183-218

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Wang DX, Yu J, Zhang JM, He JS,Zhang J.Transparent bionanocomposites with improved properties from poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) and cellulose nanowhiskers (CNWs). Compos Sci Tech, 2013, 85: 83–89

2. Xu H, Tong FF, Yu J, Wen LX, Zhang J, He JS. Synergistic Effect of 1‑Dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium Hexafluorophosphate Ionic Liquid and Montmorillonite on Microcellular Foaming Behavior of Poly(methyl methacrylate) by Supercritical CO2. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, 52, 11988−11995

3. Song HZ, Niu YH, Yu J, Zhang J, Wang ZG, He JS. Preparation and morphology of different types of cellulose spherulites from concentrated cellulose ionic liquid solutions. Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 3013-3020

4.  Luan YH, Wu J, Zhan MS, Zhang JM,Zhang J, He JS. "One Pot" Homogeneous Synthesis of Thermoplastic Cellulose Acetate-graft-Poly(Llactide) Copolymers from Unmodified Cellulose. Cellulose, 2013,20:327-337

5.  Luan YH, Zhang JM, Zhan MS, Wu J, Zhang J, He JS. Highly efficient propionylation and butyralation of cellulose in an ionic liquid catalyzed by 4-dimethylminopyridine. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2013, 92: 307– 311

6.  Liu FY, Li FY, Deng GH, Chen YM, Zhang BQ, Zhang J,  Liu CY. Rheological Images of Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks and Mechanisms behind Mechanical and Self-Healing Properties.Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 1636−1645

7.  Xu H, Tong FF, Yu J, Wen LX, Zhang J, He JS. A one-pot method to prepare transparent poly(methyl methacrylate)/montmorillonite nanocomposites using imidazolium-based ionic liquids. Polym Int 2012, 61: 1382–1388

8.  Luo N, Lv YX, Wang DX, Zhang JM, Wu J, He JS, Zhang J. Direct visualization of solution morphology of cellulose in ionic liquids by conventional TEM at room temperature. Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6283–6285

9.  Luo N, Varaprasad K, Reddy GVS, Rajulu AV, Zhang J. Preparation and characterization of cellulose/curcumin composite films. RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 8483–8488

10. Lv YX, Wu J, Zhang JM, Niu YH, Liu CY, He JS, Zhang J. Rheological properties of cellulose/ionic liquid/dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) solutions. Polymer, 2012, 53, 2524-2531

11. Song HZ, Niu YH, Wang ZG,Zhang J. Liquid Crystalline Phase and Gel-Sol Transitions for Concentrated Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC)/1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate (EMIMAc) Solutions. Biomacromolecules, 2011, 10(2):1087-1096

12. Lan QF, Yu J, Zhang J, He JS. Enhanced Crystallization of Bisphenol A Polycarbonate in Thin and Ultrathin Films by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Macromolecules, 2011, 44 (14): 5743-5749

13. Cao Y, Li HQ, Zhang J. Homogeneous Synthesis and Characterization of Cellulose Acetate Butyrate (CAB) in 1-Allyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride (AmimCl) Ionic Liquid. IndEng Chem Res  2011, 50 (13): 7808-7814

14. Zhang JM, Zhang H, Wu J, Zhang J, He JS, Xiang JF. NMR spectroscopic studies of cellobiose solvation in EmimAc aimed to understand the dissolution mechanism of cellulose in ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2010,12, 1941-1947

15. Yan CH, Zhang JM, Lv YX, Yu J, Wu J, Zhang J, He JS. Thermoplastic Cellulose-graft-poly(L-lactide) Copolymers Homogeneously Synthesized in an Ionic Liquid with 4-Dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) Catalyst. Biomacromolecules, 2009, 10: 2013-2018

16. Cao Y, Li HQ, Zhang J, He JS, Zhang Y. Homogeneous Synthesis of Cellulose Acetate Butyrates in Ionic Liquid. CIESC J, 2009, 60 (7):1855-1858

17. Zhang JM, Wu J, Cao Y, Sang SM, Zhang J, He JS. Synthesis of Cellulose Benzoates under Homogeneous Conditions in an Ionic Liquid. Cellulose, 2009, 16：299-308

18. Meng T, Gao X, Zhang J, Yuan JY, Zhang YZ, He JS, Graft Copolymers prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) from Cellulose. Polymer, 2009, 50（2）：447-454

19. Cao Y, Wu J, Zhang J, Li HQ, Zhang Y, He JS. Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs): A New,Versatile Platform for Cellulose Processing and Derivatization. Chem Eng J. 2009, 147(1):13-21

20. Cao Y, Li HQ, Zhang Y, Zhang J, He JS. Synthesis of Cellulose Acetates with Low Degree of Substituent and their Water Solubility.  J. Chin. Univ.-Chin., 2008, 29 (10): 2115-2117 

21. Sui XF, Yuan JY, Zhou M, Zhang J, Yang HJ, Yuan WZ, Wei Y, Pan CY. Synthesis of Cellulose-graft-Poly(N,N-dimethylamino-2-ethyl methacrylate) Copolymers via Homogeneous ATRP and Their Aggregates in Aqueous Media. Biomacromolecules, 2008, 9, 2615–2620

22. Xiang L, Zhang ZN, Yu P, Zhang J, Su L, Ohsaka T, Mao LQ. In Situ Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization and Quaternization Reactions To Confine Ferricyanide onto Carbon Nanotubes: A General Approach to Development of Integrative Nanostructured Electrochemical Biosensors. Anal. Chem. 2008, 80, 6587–6593

23. Kuang QL, Zhao JC, Niu YH, Zhang J, Wang ZG. Celluloses in an Ionic Liquid: the Rheological Properties of the Solutions Spanning the Dilute and Semidilute Regimes. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112, 10234–10240

24. Yu P, Yan J, Zhao H, Su L, Zhang J, Mao LQ. Rational functionalization of carbon nanotube/ionic liquid bucky gel with dual tailor-made electrocatalysts for four-electron reduction of oxygen. J Phys Chem C, 2008, 112 (6): 2177-2182

25. Xu SS, Zhang J, He AH, Li JX, Zhang H, Han CC. Electrospinning of native cellulose from nonvolatile solvent system. Polymer, 2008, 49: 2911–2917

26. Zhang H, Wang ZG, Zhang ZN, Wu J, Zhang J, He JS. Regenerated Cellulose/Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) Composite Fibers with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Prepared with an Ionic Liquid 1-Allyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride (AmimCl). Adv Mater, 2007, 19(5)：698-704

27. Cao Y, Wu J, Meng T, Zhang J, He JS, Li HQ, Zhang Y. Acetone-soluble cellulose acetates prepared by one-step homogeneous acetylation of cornhusk cellulose in an ionic liquid 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AmimCl). Carbohydrate Polym, 2007, 69: 665–672

28. Kuang QL, Zhang J, Wang ZG, Revealing Long-Range Density Fluctuations in Dialkylimidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquids by Dynamic Light Scattering, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111 (33): 9858-9863

29. Chen J, Chen P, Wu LC, Zhang J, He JS. Fibrillation of liquid crystalline polymer in polysulfone promoted by increased system elasticity via adding nano-silica. Polymer, 2007, 48 (14): 4242-4251

30. Liao X, He JS, Zhang J, Ma WM. Effect of cosolvent on solid phase transitions of alpha- to beta-form crystal of syndiotactic polystyrene occurred in supercritical CO2 containing solvent. J Polym Sci, Part B-Polym Phys, 2007, 45 (13): 1625-1636

31. Zhang ZN, Zhang J, Chen, P, Zhang BQ, He JS, Hu, GH. Enhanced interactions between multi-walled carbon nanotubes and polystyrene induced by melt mixing. Carbon, 2006, 44 (4): 692-698

32. Chen J, Chen P, Wu LC, Zhang J, He JS. Enhanced fibrillation of LCP by CaCO3 whisker in polysulfone matrix through increasing elongational stress. Polymer, 2006, 47 (15): 5402-5410

33. Ding YF, He JS, Zhang J, Liu CY, Chen P, Zhang AQ. Rheological hybrid effect in nylon 6/liquid crystalline polymer blends caused by added glass beads.J. Non-Newton. Fluid Mech., 2006, 135 (2-3): 166-176

34. Wu LC, Chen P, Zhang J, He JS. Inhibited transesterification and enhanced fibrillation of TLCP by nano-SiO2 in polycarbonate matrix. Polymer, 2006, 47 (1): 448-456

35. Zhang H, Wu J, Zhang J, He JS. 1-Allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride room temperature ionic liquid: A new and powerful nonderivatizing solvent for cellulose. Macromolecules, 2005, 38 (20): 8272-8277

36. Yu P, Lin YQ, Xiang L, Su L, Zhang J, Mao LQ. Molecular films of water-miscible ionic liquids formed on glassy carbon electrodes: Characterization and electrochemical applications. Langmuir ,2005, 21 (20): 9000-9006

37. Ding YF, Zhang J, Chen P, Zhang BQ, Yi ZQ, He JS. Hierarchical structure of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer formed in blends jointly by dynamic and thermodynamic driving forces. Polymer, 2004, 45 (23): 8051-8058

38. Zheng XJ, Zhang J, He JS. Mutual influence of the morphology and capillary rheological properties in nylon/glass-fiber/liquid-crystalline-polymer blends. J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 2004, 42 (9): 1619-1627

39. Wu J, Zhang J, Zhang H, He JS, Ren Q, Guo M. Homogeneous acetylation of cellulose in a new ionic liquid. Biomacromolecules, 2004, (2): 266-268