Dr Jie Zhang - Researcher Profile

Biography

Jie works in the School of Chemistry at Monash University as a Future Fellow

 

 

Jie’s research areas of interest are:

 

Dr Zhang is an electrochemist by training who has developed a solid background in both experimental and theoretical aspects of electrochemistry during his research career. He has had the opportunity to obtain a broad experience in the areas of biomedical engineering, material engineering and nanotechnology while he was a senior research scientist at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, an interdisciplinary research institute in Singapore.

His current research interests include:

• Development of next generation of biosensors/biofuel cells using nanotechnology
• Synthesis of new nanocomposite catalysts for pharmaceutical and energy applications
• Development of quantitative theories to understand the mechanisms of electrochemical processes

Keywords

Electrochemistry

Qualifications

ELECTROCHEMISTRY

Institution: University of Warwick

Year awarded: 2002

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Institution: Fuzhou University

Year awarded: 1992

Publications

Journal Articles

Lee, C.Y., Guo, S., Murphy, A.F., McCormac, T., Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., Zhu, G., Hill, C.L., Geletii, Y.V., 2012, Detailed electrochemical studies of the tetraruthenium polyoxometalate water oxidation catalyst in acidic media: identification of an extended oxidation series using fourier transformed alternating current voltammetry, Inorganic Chemistry [E], vol 51, issue 21, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 11521-11532.

Zhao, S., Wang, H., Lan, Y., Liu, X., Lu, J., Zhang, J., 2012, Influences of the operative parameters and the nature of the substrate on the electrocarboxylation of benzophenones, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry [P], vol 664, Elsevier Science SA, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 105-110.

Bano, K., Kennedy, G., Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., 2012, Large amplitude Fourier transformed ac voltammetry at a rotating disc electrode: a versatile technique for covering Levich and flow rate insensitive regimes in a single experiment, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [P], vol 14, issue 14, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambs England, pp. 4742-4752.

Zhao, S., Lu, J., Bond, A.M., Zhang, J., 2012, Remarkable sensitivity of the electrochemical reduction of benzophenone to proton availability in ionic liquids, Chemistry-A European Journal [P], vol 18, issue 17, Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & Co, Weinheim Germany, pp. 5290-5301.

Guo, S., Zhao, S., Bond, A.M., Zhang, J., 2012, Simplifying the evaluation of graphene modified electrode performance using rotating disk electrode voltammetry, Langmuir [P], vol 28, issue 11, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 5275-5285.

Zhang, J., Ping Ting, B., Ying, J.Y., 2012, Theoretical assessment of binding and mass-transport effects in electrochemical affinity biosensors that utilize nanoparticle labels for signal amplification, Chemistry - A European Journal [E], vol 18, issue 47, Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA, Weinheim Germany, pp. 15167-15177.

Zhao, S., Lu, J., Bond, A.M., Zhang, J., 2012, Voltammetric studies in "wet" 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid using electrodes with adhered microparticles, Electrochemistry Communications [P], vol 16, issue 1, Elsevier Science, New York NY USA, pp. 14-18.

Zhao, S., Wu, L., Wang, H., Lu, J., Bond, A., Zhang, J., 2011, A unique proton coupled electron transfer pathway for electrochemical reduction of acetophenone in the ionic liquid [BMIM][BF(4)] under a carbon dioxide atmosphere, Green Chemistry [P], vol 13, issue 12, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 3461-3468.

Chng, L., Zhang, J., Yang, J., Amoura, M., Ying, J., 2011, C-C bond formation via C-H activation and C-N bond formation via oxidative amination catalyzed by palladium- polyoxometalate nanomaterials using dioxygen as the terminal oxidant, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis [E], vol 353, issue 16, Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Germany, pp. 2988-2998.

Bano, K., Nafady, A., Zhang, J., Bond, A., -ul-Haque, I., 2011, Electrode kinetics associated with tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), TCNQ(center dot-) and TCNQ2- redox chemistry in acetonitrile as determined by analysis of higher harmonic components derived from fourier transformed large amplitude ac voltammetry, Journal of Physical Chemistry C [P], vol 115, issue 49, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 24153-24163.

Shiddiky, M., O'Mullane, A., Zhang, J., Burke, L., Bond, A., 2011, Large amplitude fourier transformed AC voltammetric investigation of the active state electrochemistry of a copper/aqueous base interface and implications for electrocatalysis, Langmuir [P], vol 27, issue 16, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 10302-10311.

Xu, F., Du, S., Liu, Y., Hassan, J., Zhang, J., Bond, A., 2011, Synthesis and characterization of diiron dithiolate complexes containing a quinoxaline bridge, Dalton Transactions [P], vol 40, issue 41, Royal Society for Chemistry, England, pp. 10907-10917.

Zhang, J., Ping Ting, B., Koh, Y., Ying, J., 2011, Synthesis of metallic nanoparticles using electrogenerated reduced forms of [alpha-SiW(12)O(40)](4-) as both reductants and stabilizing agents, Chemistry Of Materials [P], vol 23, issue 21, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 4688-4693.

Zhang, J., Pearce, M., Ping Ting, B., Ying, J., 2011, Ultrasensitive electrochemical immunosensor employing glucose oxidase catalyzed deposition of gold nanoparticles for signal amplification, Biosensors and Bioelectronics [P], vol 27, issue 1, Elsevier Advanced Technology, Oxford England, pp. 53-57.

Zhang, J., Ping Ting, B., khan, m., Pearce, M., Yang, Y., Gao, Z., Ying, J., 2010, Pt nanoparticle label-mediated deposition of Pt catalyst for ultrasensitive electrochemical immunosensors, Biosensors and Bioelectronics [P], vol 26, issue 2, Elsevier Advanced Technology, Oxford England, pp. 418-423.

Zhang, J., Harris, A.R., Cattrall, R.W., Bond, A.M., 2010, Voltammetric ion-selective electrodes for the selective determination of cations and anions, Analytical Chemistry [P], vol 82, issue 5, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 1624-1633.

Ting, B.P., Zhang, J., Gao, Z., Ying, J.Y., 2009, A DNA biosensor based on the detection of doxorubicin-conjugated Ag nanoparticle labels using solid-state voltammetry, Biosensors and Bioelectronics [P], vol 25, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 282-287.

Gao, Z., Zhang, J., Ping Ting, B., 2009, A doubly amplified electrochemical immunoassay for carcinoembryonic antigen, Biosensors and Bioelectronics [P], vol 24, ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, OXFORD FULFILLMENT CENTRE THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OX, UK, pp. 1825-1830.

Tan, Y., Stevenson, G.P., Baker, R.E., Elton, D., Gillow, K., Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., Gavaghan, D.J., 2009, Designer based fourier transformed voltammetry: A multi-frequency, variable amplitude, sinusoidal waveform, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry [P], vol 634, Elsevier, Switzerland, pp. 11-21.

zhang, j., Burt, D.P., Whitworth, A., Mandler, D., Unwin, P.R., 2009, Polyaniline langmuir-blodgett films: formation and properties, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [P], vol 11, issue 18, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 3490-3496.

Lee, C.Y., Fleming, B.D., Zhang, J., Guo, S., Elton, D., Bond, A.M., 2009, Systematic evaluation of electrode kinetics and impact of surface heterogeneity for surface-confined proteins using analysis of harmonic components available in sinusoidal large-amplitude Fourier transformed ac voltammetry, Analytica Chimica Acta [P], vol 652, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 205-214.

Ting, B.P., Zhang, J., Khan, M., Yang, Y.Y., Ying, J.Y., 2009, The solid-state Ag/AgCl process as a highly sensitive detection mechanism for an electrochemical immunosensor, Chemical Communications [P], issue 41, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 6231-6233.

Konash, A., Harris, A.R., Zhang, J., Elton, D., Hyland, M., Kennedy, G.F., Bond, A.M., 2009, Theoretical and experimental evaluation of screen-printed tubular carbon ink disposable sensor well electrodes by dc and fourier transformed ac voltammetry, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry [P], vol 13, Springer, USA, pp. 551-563.

Zhang, J., Ting, B.P., Jana, N.R., Gao, Z., Ying, J.Y., 2009, Ultrasensitive electrochemical DNA biosensors based on the detection of a highly characteristic solid-state process, Small [P], vol 5, issue 12, Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Germany, pp. 1414-1417.

Qu, X., Nafady A Abdellah, A., Mechler, A.I., Zhang, J., Harris, A.R., O'Mullane, A.P., Martin, L.L., Bond, A.M., 2008, AFM study of morphological changes associated with electrochemical solid-solid transformation of three-dimensional crystals of TCNQ to metal derivatives (metal=Cu, Co, Ni; TCNQ= tetracyanoquinodimethane), Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry [P], vol 12, issue 6, Springer, Germany, pp. 739-746.

Harris, A.R., Zhang, J., Konash, A., Elton, D.M., Hyland, M., Bond, A.M., 2008, Efficient strategy for quality control of screen-printed carbon ink disposable sensor electrodes based on simultaneous evaluation of resistance, capacitance and Faradaic current by Fourier transform AC voltammetry, Journal of Solid State electrochemistry, vol 12, Springer, Germany, pp. 1301-1315.

O'Mullane, A.P., Zhang, J., Brajter-Toth, A., Bond, A.M., 2008, Higher harmonic large-amplitude fourier transformed alternating current voltammetry: Analytical attributes derived from studies of the oxidation of ferrocenemethanol and uric acid at a glassy carbon electrode, Analytical Chemistry, vol 80, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 4614-4626.

Lertanatawong, B., O'Mullane, A.P., Zhang, J., Surareungchai, W., Somasundrum, M., Bond, A.M., 2008, Investigation of mediated oxidation of ascorbic acid by ferrocenemethanol using large-amplitude fourier transformed ac voltammetry under quasi-reversible electron-transfer conditions at an indium tin oxide electrode, Analytical Chemistry, vol 80, issue 17, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 6515-6525.

Sukardi, S.K., Zhang, J., Burgar, I., Horne, M.D., Hollenkamp, A.F., Macfarlane, D.R., Bond, A.M., 2008, Prospects for a widely applicable reference potential scale in ionic liquids based on ideal reversible reduction of the cobaltocenium cation, Electrochemistry Communications, vol 10, issue 2, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 250-254.

Fleming, B.D., Zhang, J., Elton, D., Bond, A.M., 2007, Detailed analysis of the electron-transfer properties of azurin adsorbed on graphite electrodes using dc and large-amplitude Fourier transformed ac voltammetry, Analytical Chemistry, vol 79, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 6515-6526.

Zhang, J., Guo, S., Bond, A.M., 2007, Discrimination and evaluation of the effects of uncompensated resistance and slow electrode kinetics from the higher harmonic components of a Fourier transformed large-amplitude alternating current voltammogram, Analytical Chemistry, vol 79, issue 6, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 2276-2288.

Bhatt, A.I., Bond, A.M., Zhang, J., 2007, Electrodeposition of lead on glassy carbon and mercury film electrodes from a distillable room temperature ionic liquid, DIMCARB, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, vol 11, issue 12, Springer Verlag, Germany, pp. 1593-1603.

Strutwolf, J., Zhang, J., Unwin, P.R., 2007, Investigation of molecular transfer processes across phospholipid monolayers by the combined scanning electrochemical microscopy-langmuir trough technique, Progress In Reaction Kinetics And Mechanism [P], vol 32, issue 4, Science Reviews 2000 Ltd., UK, pp. 195-217.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., 2007, Theoretical studies of large amplitude alternating current voltammetry for a reversible surface-confined electron transfer process coupled to a pseudo first-order electrocatalytic process, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry [P], vol 600, issue 1, Elsevier, Switzerland, pp. 23-34.

Bhatt, A.I., Bond, A.M., Macfarlane, D.R., Zhang, J., Scott, J.L., Strauss, C.R., 2006, A critical assessment of electrochemistry in a distillable room temperature ionic liquid, DIMCARB, Green Chemistry, vol 8, issue 2, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 161-171.

Fleming, B.D., Barlow, N.L., Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., Armstrong, F.A., 2006, Application of power spectra patterns in Fourier transform square wave voltammetry to evaluate electrode kinetics of surface-confined proteins, Analytical Chemistry, vol 78, issue 9, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 2948-2956.

Zhang, J., Goh, J., Tan, W., Bond, A.M., 2006, Mechanistic analysis of the electrocatalytic properties of dissolved alpha and beta isomers of [SiW12O40]4- and solid [Ru(bipy)3]2[alpha-SiW12O40] on the reduction of nitrite in acidic aqueous media, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 45, issue 9, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 3732-3740.

Bond, A.M., Duffy, N.W., Guo, S., Zhang, J., Elton, D., 2005, Changing the look of voltammetry, Analytical Chemistry, vol 77, issue 9, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 186A-195A.

Sher, A.A., Bond, A.M., Gavaghan, D.J., Gillow, K., Duffy, N.W., Guo, S., Zhang, J., 2005, Fourier transformed large amplitude square-wave voltammetry as an alternative to impedance spectroscopy: evaluation of resistance, capacitance and electrode kinetic effects via an heuristic approach, Electroanalysis, vol 17, issue 15-16, Wiley-VCH Verlag GMBH, Berlin Germany, pp. 1450-1462.

Zhang, J., Guo, S., Bond, A.M., Honeychurch, M.J., Oldham, K.B., 2005, Novel kinetic and background current selectivity in the even harmonic components of Fourier transformed square-wave voltammograms of surface-confined azurin, Journal of Physical Chemistry B [P], vol 109, issue 18, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 8935-8947.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., 2005, Practical considerations associated with voltammetric studies in room temperature ionic liquids, Analyst, vol 130, issue 8, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1132-1147.

Fleming, B.D., Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., Bell, S.G., Wong, L., 2005, Separation of electron-transfer and coupled chemical reaction components of biocatalytic processes using Fourier transform ac voltammetry, Analytical Chemistry, vol 77, issue 11, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 3502-3510.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., 2005, The role of dissolution in the voltammetry of microdroplets and microparticles adhered to electrode surfaces in contact with aqueous electrolytes or ionic liquids, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry [P], vol 574, issue 2, Elsevier Science SA, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 299-309.

Zhang, J., Bhatt, A.I., Bond, A.M., Wedd, A.G., Scott, J.L., Strauss, C.R., 2005, Voltammetric studies of polyoxometalate microparticles in contact with the reactive distillable ionic liquid DIMCARB, Electrochemistry Communications, vol 7, issue 12, Elsevier Science Inc., New York USA, pp. 1283-1290.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., Schumann, H., Suhring, K., 2005, Voltammetric studies on decaphenylferrocene, substituted decaphenylferrocenes, and their oxidized forms in dichloromethane and ionic liquids, Organometallics, vol 24, issue 9, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 2188-2196.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., Macfarlane, D.R., Forsyth, S.A., Pringle, J.M., Mariotti, A.W.A., Glowinski, A.F., Wedd, A.G., 2005, Voltammetric studies on the reduction of polyoxometalate anions in ionic liquids, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 44, issue 14, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 5123-5132.

Guo, S., Zhang, J., Elton, D.M., Bond, A.M., 2004, Fourier transform large-amplitude alternating current cyclic voltammetry of surface-bound azurin, Analytical Chemistry, vol 76, issue 1, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 166-177.

Zhang, J., Guo, S., Bond, A.M., 2004, Large-amplitude Fourier transformed high-harmonic alternating current cyclic voltammetry: kinetic discrimination of interfering Faradaic processes at glassy carbon and at boron-doped diamond electrodes, Analytical Chemistry, vol 76, issue 13, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 3619-3629.

Sher, A.A., Bond, A.M., Gavaghan, D.J., Harriman, K., Feldberg, S.W., Duffy, N.W., Guo, S., Zhang, J., 2004, Resistance, capacitance, and electrode kinetic effects in Fourier-transformed large-amplitude sinusoidal voltammetry: emergence of powerful and intuitively obvious tools for recognition of patterns of behavior, Analytical Chemistry, vol 76, issue 21, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 6214-6228.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., Richardt, P.J.S., Wedd, A.G., 2004, Voltammetric reduction of a- and g*-[S2W18O62]4- and a-, b-, and g-[SiW12O40]4-: isomeric dependence of reversible potentials of polyoxometalate anions using data obtained by novel dissolution and conventional solution-phase processes, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 43, issue 26, American Chemcial Society, Washington USA, pp. 8263-8271.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., 2004, Voltammetric studies with adhered microparticles and the detection of a dependence of organometallic cis+ trans+ first-order isomerization rate constants on the identity of the ionic liquid, Journal of Physical Chemistry B [P], vol 108, issue 22, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 7363-7372.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., 2003, Comparison of voltammetric data obtained for the trans-[Mn(CN)(CO)2[P(OPh)3](Ph2PCH2PPh2)]0/+ process in BMIM.PF6 ionic liquid under microchemical and conventional conditions., Analytical Chemistry, vol 75, issue 24, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 6938-6948.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., 2003, Conditions required to achieve the apparent equivalence of adhered solid- and solution-phase voltammetry for ferrocene and other redox-active solids in ionic liquids, Analytical Chemistry, vol 75, issue 11, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 2694-2702.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., Belcher, W.J., Wallace, K.J., Steed, J.W., 2003, Electrochemical studies on the modular podand 1,3,5-Tris(3-((ferrocenylmethyl)amino)pyridiniumyl)-2,4,6-triethylbenzene Hexafluorophosphate in conventional solvents and ionic liquids, Journal of Physical Chemistry B [P], vol 107, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 5777-5786.

Other

Zhang, J., Bond, A., Harris, A., 2010, Voltammetric Ion Sensor, USA.

Zhang, J., Bond, A.M., Harris, A.R., 2005, Voltammetric Ion Sensor.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Applications of large amplitude fourier transformed ac voltammetry in quantitative mechanistic studies of various complex electrochemical processes.

Supervisors:

Zhang, J (Main), Bond, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Investigation of the Fundamentals of Diffusion in Ionic Liquids.

Supervisors:

Bond, A (Joint), Zhang, J (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Polyoxometalate based molecular and nano catalysts for electrochemical activation of small molecules.

Supervisors:

Zhang, J (Main), Bond, A (Associate).