Affiliation
Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
Email (@um.edu.mo)
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+853 8822 9124
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N23 Research Building, Room 6031
University of Macau
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Taipa, Macau, China
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Curriculum Vitae
SUN Pengzhan 孫鵬展
Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 2016.
B.S, Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Tsinghua University, China, 2012.
Research Interests
Synthesis and processing of 2D crystals building blocks and their rationally designed assemblies for emerging technologies in environment, energy, informatics, etc.
Teaching Areas
Undergraduate courses: Green Energy for Global Society (GEGA)
Postgraduate courses: Micro and Nano Systems (APME)
P. Z. Sun, Q. Yang, W. J. Kuang, Y. V. Stebunov, W. Q. Xiong, J. Yu, R. R. Nair, M. I. Katsnelson, S. J. Yuan*, I. V. Grigorieva, M. Lozada-Hidalgo, F. C. Wang, A. K. Geim*. Limits on gas impermeability of graphene. Nature, 2020, 579, 229–232.
Q. Yang*, P. Z. Sun, L. Fumagalli, Y. V. Stebunov, S. J. Haigh, Z. W. Zhou, I. V. Grigorieva, F. C. Wang*, A. K. Geim*. Capillary condensation under atomic-scale confinement. Nature, 2020, 588, 250–253.
P. Z. Sun*, W. Q. Xiong, A. Bera, I. Timokhin, Z. F. Wu, A. Mishchenko, M. C. Sellers, B. L. Liu, H. M. Cheng, E. Janzen, J. H. Edgar, I. V. Grigorieva, S. J. Yuan, A. K. Geim*. Unexpected catalytic activity of nanorippled graphene. PNAS, 2023, 120, e2300481120.
Z. F. Wu#, P. Z. Sun#*, O. J. Wahab#, Y.-T. Tao, D. Barry, D. Periyanagounder, P. B. Pillai, Q. Dai, W. Q. Xiong, L. F. Vega, K. Lulla, S. J. Yuan, R. R. Nair, E. Daviddi, P. R. Unwin*, A. K. Geim*, M. Lozada-Hidalgo*. Proton and molecular permeation through the basal plane of monolayer graphene oxide. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 7756.
P. Z. Sun*, M. Yagmurcukardes, R. Zhang, W. J. Kuang, M. Lozada-Hidalgo, B. L. Liu, H.-M. Cheng, F. C. Wang, F. M. Peeters, I. V. Grigorieva, A. K. Geim*. Exponentially selective molecular sieving through angstrom pores. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 7170.
P. Z. Sun, R. Z. Ma*, X. Y. Bai, K. L. Wang, H. W. Zhu*, T. Sasaki. Single-layer nanosheets with exceptionally high and anisotropic hydroxyl ion conductivity. Science Advances, 2017, 3, e1602629.
O. J. Wahab#, E. Daviddi#, B. Xin, P. Z. Sun, E. Griffin, A. W. Colburn, D. Barry, M. Yagmurcukardes, F. Peeters, A. K. Geim*, M. Lozada-Hidalgo*, P. R. Unwin*. Proton transport through nanoscale corrugations in two-dimensional crystals. Nature, 2023, 620, 782–786.
MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 China (MIT TR35 China, Jul. 2024)
NSFC Excellent Young Scientist (EYS) Fund (国家优秀青年基金项目) (Hong Kong and Macau, Aug. 2023)
Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Silver Award (Dec. 2015, USA)
2015’ China International Graphene Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition, 1st place (Oct. 2015)
Dow Sustainability Innovation Challenge Award, Grand Prize (Jan. 2015)
Top Scholarship of Tsinghua University (Top honor of Tsinghua University) (Dec. 2014)
Nov 2022-present
Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau
Oct 2016-Oct 2022
Research Associate, Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Graphene Institute (NGI), University of Manchester, UK
Feb 2015-Feb 2016
Trainee, The International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
Prof. Pengzhan SUN’s research group
From time to time, we do have openings for postdocs and PhD candidates. If one has strong interest in our research and fits well with our research philosophy, please contact and send your CV to Prof. Pengzhan Sun, email: pengzhansun@um.edu.mo