National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China

Faculty

Rong YANG

Title：	Professor
E-mail：	yangr@nanoctr.cn
Affiliation：	National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) No.11 Beiyitiao Zhongguancun, 100190 Beijing, P. R. China
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Education and Professional Experience:

Dr. Rong YANG is a professor of National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China (NCNST). She received her PhD from Ohio University, USA in 2006. After that she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science in University of Minnesota from 2006 to 2007. She joined NCNST since 2008. She is working on the interdisciplinary research linking materials, chemistry, biology and physics. She is currently working on the designing and developing multi-functional nanomaterials for human and environmental health applications. She has published 65 papers in international high-level academic journals.

Research Interests:

Research Interests

1. Functional Nanomaterials

2. Nano-bio Interfaces

Selected Publications (full list viaResearchgate)

1. S. Cai, Z.Fu, W. Xiao, Y. Xiong, C. Wang*, R. Yang*, Zero-dimensional/two- dimensional AuPd nanocomposites with enhanced nanozyme catalysis for sensitive glucose detection, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2020, 12, 11616-11624.

2. S. Cai, C. Lian, H. Duan, W.Xiao, Q. Han, C. Qi, C.Wang*, R. Yang*, Facile strategy to prepare Rh nanosheet-supported PtRh nanoparticles with synergistically enhanced catalysis in oxidation, Chemistry of Materials, 2019, 31, 3, 808-818.

3. Multifunctional inhibitors of -amyloid aggregation based on MoS2/AuNR nanocomposites with high near-infrared absorption, X. Wang, Q. Han, X. Liu , C. Wang, R. Yang*, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 9185-9193.

4. S. Cai, X. Liu, Q. Han, C. Qi, R. Yang*, C. Wang*, A novel strategy to construct supported Pd nanocomposites with synergistically enhanced catalytic performances, Nano Research, 2018,11, 3272-3281.

5. Q Han, X Wang, S Cai, X Liu, Y Zhang, L Yang, C Wang, R Yang*, Quercetin nanoparticles with enhanced bioavailability as multifunctional agents toward amyloid induced neurotoxicity, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018, 6, 1387-1393.

6. Q. Han, X. Wang, X. Jia, S. Cai, R. Yang*, C. Wang, CpG loaded MoS2 nanosheets as multifunctional agents for photothermal enhanced cancer immunotherapy, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 5927-5934.

7. Q. Han, S. Cai, L. Yang, X. Wang, R. Yang*, C. Wang, Molybdenum Disulfide Nanoparticles as Multifunctional Inhibitors against Alzheimer’s Disease, ACS Appl Mater. Interface, 2017, 9, 21116-21123.

8. J. Li, Cui Qi, Z. Lian, Q. Han, X. Wang, S. Cai, R. Yang* and C. Wang* , A Cell-Capture and Release Platform Based on Peptide-Aptamer-modified Nanowires , ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2016, 8, 2511-2516.

9. S. Cai, C. Qi, Q. Han, Y. Li, R. Yang*, C. Wang, PtCo Bimetallic Nanoparticles with High oxidase-like catalytic activity and their applications for magnetic-enhanced colorimetric biosensing, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016, 4, 1869-1877.

10. S. Cai, Q. Han, C. Qi, Z. Lian, X. Jia, R. Yang*, C. Wang*, Pt74Ag26 nanoparticle- decorated monolayer MoS2 nanosheets as novel peroxidase mimics for highly selective colorimetric detection of H2O2 and glucose, Nanoscale, 2016, 8 , 3685-3693.

11. X. Wang, Q. Han, N. Yu, J. Li, L. Yang, R. Yang*, C. Wang*, Aptamer-conjugated graphene oxide/gold nanocomposites for targeted chemo-photothermal therapy of cancer cells, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 4036-4042.

12. J. Li, Q. Han, X. Wang, N. Yu, L. Yang, R. Yang*, C. Wang*, Reduced aggregation and cytotoxicity of amyloid peptides by graphene oxide/gold nanocomposites prepared by pulsed laser ablation in water, Small, 2014,10,4386-4394.

13. R. Yang*, Y. Zhang, J. Li, Q. Han, W. Zhang, C. Lu, Y. Yang, H. Dong, C. Wang*, Graphene Oxide Assisted Synthesis of GaN Nanostructures for Reducing Tumor Cell Adhesion, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 11019–11027.

14. J. Li, Q. Han, Y. Zhang, W. Zhang, M. Dong, F. Besenbacher, R. Yang*, C. Wang*, Optical Regulation of Protein Adsorption and Cell Adhesion by Photoresponsive GaN Nanowires, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface. 2013, 5, 9816-9822.

15. Q. Han, R. Yang*, J. Li, W. Liang, Y. Zhang, M. Dong, F. Besenbacher, C. Wang*, Enhancement of Biological Activities of Nanostructured Hydrophobic Drug Species, Nanoscale 2012, 4,2078-2084.

16. H. Wu, R. Yang*, B. Song, Q. Han, J. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Fang, R. Tenne, C. Wang*, Biocompatible Inorganic Fullerene-Like Molybdenum Disulfide Nanoparticles Produced by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Water, ACS Nano 2011, 5, 1276-1281.