1.         Fabrication of miniaturized gas sensors and investigation upon their sensing mechanism

2.         Design and synthesis of porous materials including but not limited to MOFs, COFs, and MOCs.

3.         Fabrication of smart membranes/aerogels with an emphasis on their responsive behaviors.

2021.10 – Present   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Associate. Professor

2018.01 – 2021.08   National University of Singapore,  Singapore  Research Fellow

2017.10 – 2017.12   Ecole Polytechnique, France      Postdoc

2014.10 – 2017.09   Ecole Polytechnique, France      PhD

Full publications list and Citation

Google Scholar: https://xueshu.dailyheadlines.cc/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=gFfTTOUAAAAJ

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hongye-Yuan

Selected Publications

1. H. Yuan*, N. Li, W. Fan, H. Cai, D. Zhao*, Metal-Organic Framework Based Gas Sensors, Adv. Sci. 2022, 9, 2104374.

2. H. Yuan#, G. Liu#, Z. Qiao#, N. Li, P. J. S. Buenconsejo, S. Xi, A. Karmakar, M. Li, H. Cai, S. J. Pennycook, and D. Zhao*, Solution Processable Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets with Variable Functionalities, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2101257.

3. H. Yuan#, J. Cui#, N. Li#, M. Li, X. Yu, W. Fan, A. Karmakar, J. Dong, S. J. Pennycook, H. Cai*, D. Zhao*, On-Chip Template-Directed Conversion of Metal Hydroxides to Metal-Organic Framework Films with Enhanced Adhesion, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 36715.

4. H. Yuan, J. Tao, N. Li, A. Karmakar, C. Tang, H. Cai*, S. J. Pennycook, N. Singh, D. Zhao*, On-Chip Tailorability of Capacitive Gas Sensors Integrated with Metal-Organic Framework Films, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14089.

5. H. Yuan#, S. A. A. A. Aljneibi#, J. Yuan, Y. Wang, H. Liu, J. Fang, C. Tang, X. Yan, H. Cai, Y. Gu, S. J. Pennycook, J. Tao*, D. Zhao*, ZnO Nanosheets Abundant in Oxygen Vacancies Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks for ppb-Level Gas Sensing, Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1807161. (ESI highly cited paper)

1. Singapore Patent (No. 10202103693W).