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Yan Zhang
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Research
Latest papers
Oxidative and Extractive Desulfurization of Fuel Oils Catalyzed by N-Carboxymethyl Pyridinium Acetate and N-Carboxyethyl Pyridinium Acetate Acidic Ionic Liquids: Experimental and Computational DFT Study.
ACS omega · 2024
Selective detection of nitenpyram by silica-supported carbon quantum dots.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy · 2023 · senior author
Using Amphiphilic Polymer Micelles as the Templates of Antisolvent Crystallization to Produce Drug Nanocrystals.
ACS omega · 2022
Latest funding
- $46,000
Water and Wastewater Treatment by Porous Biopolymeric and Carbonaceous Composite Materials
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Surgical Mining for Massive Sulfide Ore Bodies
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $254,000
Characterization and solvent extraction of rare earth elements
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
14 publications.
Oxidative and Extractive Desulfurization of Fuel Oils Catalyzed by N-Carboxymethyl Pyridinium Acetate and N-Carboxyethyl Pyridinium Acetate Acidic Ionic Liquids: Experimental and Computational DFT Study.
Sager A, Rahman S, Imtiaz SA, Zhang Y, Alodhayb A, Georghiou PE, Al-Gawati M
Selective detection of nitenpyram by silica-supported carbon quantum dots.
Rostami M, Zhang B, Zhang Y
Using Amphiphilic Polymer Micelles as the Templates of Antisolvent Crystallization to Produce Drug Nanocrystals.
Zhang J, Lou B, Qin X, Li Y, Yuan H, Zhang L, Liu X, Zhang Y, Lu J
Direct Crystallization Resolution of Racemates Enhanced by Chiral Nanorods: Experimental, Statistical, and Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies.
Cao J, Lou B, Xu Y, Qin X, Yuan H, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Rohani S, Lu J
Carbon Quantum Dot-Incorporated Chitosan Hydrogel for Selective Sensing of Hg2+ Ions: Synthesis, Characterization, and Density Functional Theory Calculation.
Yan X, Rahman S, Rostami M, Tabasi ZA, Khan F, Alodhayb A, Zhang Y
Oxidative-Extractive Desulfurization of Model Fuels Using a Pyridinium Ionic Liquid.
Mohumed H, Rahman S, Imtiaz SA, Zhang Y
Zinc oxide templating of porous alginate beads for the recovery of gold ions.
Gao X, Zhang Y, Zhao Y
Biosorption and reduction of Au (III) to gold nanoparticles by thiourea modified alginate.
Gao X, Zhang Y, Zhao Y
Ion-imprinted chitosan gel beads for selective adsorption of Ag⁺ from aqueous solutions.
Zhang M, Helleur R, Zhang Y
Determination of adsorption isotherm parameters for minor whey proteins by gradient elution preparative liquid chromatography.
Faraji N, Zhang Y, Ray AK
Water and Wastewater Treatment by Porous Biopolymeric and Carbonaceous Composite Materials
Principal investigators: Zhang, Yan
Keywords: adsorption of water contaminants; 3d biopolymeric composites; visible-light-driven photocatalysis; z-scheme heterojunctions; cr (vi) adsorption and reduction; photodegradation of organic pollutants; water and wastewater treatment; process modeling and simulation
Surgical Mining for Massive Sulfide Ore Bodies
Principal investigators: Butt, Stephen SD
Keywords: acid rock generation and mitigation; cemented tailings backfill; drilling technology and geomechanics; electro-magnetic borehole surveying; ground penetrating radar; laboratory and field measurements; large diameter drilling tools; multi-edged disk cutter penetration; ore comminution; rock material characterization
Characterization and solvent extraction of rare earth elements
Principal investigators: Zhang, Yan Y
Keywords: Acidic and basic extractants; Coordination effects; Determination of rare earth elements; ICP-MS; Limit of detection; Reactive extraction; Solvent (liquid-liquid) extraction; Spectral interference; X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
Decarbonization Strategy through Bio-hydrogen Production from Brown Algae: Multi-Scale Investigation
Principal investigators: Zendehboudi, Sohrab
Keywords: Bio-Hydrogen Production Brown Algae Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Optimization Microbial Community Carbon Management, Statistical and Economic Analysis
Spectrofluorometer
Principal investigators: Zhao, Yuming
An integrated oil-water separation apparatus to separate free, dispersed and emulsified oil contaminations from oil-water mixture
Principal investigators: Zendehboudi, Sohrab
Modification and Characterization of Oclansorb® for Oil Spill Cleanup
Principal investigators: Zhang, Yan
Development of advanced adsorptive separation technology for environmental and biopharmaceutical applications
Principal investigators: Zhang, Yan
Development of cost-effective and environmentally friendly technologies for the production of pharmaceuticals and biofuels
Principal investigators: Zhang, Yan
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Yan Zhang and Faisal Khan: 2 shared papers
- Yan Zhang and Baiyu Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Yan Zhang and Sohrab Rohani: 1 shared paper
- Process Engineering
- Process Engineering - Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Civil Engineering
- Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
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