Prof. Hou Yanglong

Yanglong Hou

Chang Jiang Chair Professor
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University
Beijing 100871, China

Director
Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices (BKLMMD)

E-mail: hou[at]pku.edu.cn

Website: http://nbm.coe.pku.edu.cn

Academic Experience

2016 - Now	Peking University	BIC-EAST PI
2015 - Now	Peking University	Chang Jiang Chair Professor
2012 - Now	Peking University	Professor
2007 - 2012	Peking University	Tenure-track Professor
2005 - 2007	Brown University	Postdoc. Research Associate
2002 - 2005	Tokyo University	JSPS Fellow
2000 - 2002	Peking University	Postdoctoral Fellow
1996 - 2000	Harbin Institute of Technology	Ph.D. in Materials Science
1996 - 1998	Harbin Institute of Technology	M.S. in Applied Chemistry

Professional Affiliation

2017 - Now	Chairman, Youth Committee of Chinese Materials Research Society(CMRS)
2017 - Now	Associate Editor, Rare Metals
2016 - Now	Standing board member of Chinese Materials Research Society(CMRS)
2016 - Now	Board Member of the International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science (IAOEES)
2016 - Now	Board Member of the International Association of Advanced Mateirals (IAAS)
2015 - Now	Board Member of Academic Committee of College of Engineering (COE), PKU
2015 - Now	Board member of State Key Laboratory of Magnetics
2015 - Now	Associate chairman of Solid Sciences and New Materials Committee of The Chinese Society of Rare Earths(CSRE)
2014 - Now	Board member of Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)
2012 - Now	Board member of Chinese Society for Biomaterials(CSBM)
2011 - Now	Standing board member of Youth Committee of Chinese Materials Research Society
2006 - Now	Member of AAAS, CCS, MRS-S
2006 - Now	Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
2004 - Now	Member of Materials Research Society (MRS)

Awards and Honors

2017	Chief Scientist of National Key R&D Program of China
2016	“Graphene Award” by the International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science (IAOEES)
2016	National Oustanding Scientist of China
2015	PKU Excellent Supervisor Award for Doctorial Thesis
2014	Chang Jiang Chair Professor (MOE)
2014	Leading Talent of Young Scientist (MOST)
2014	PKU Excellent Supervisor Award for Doctorial Thesis
2013	Young Scientist Award of CCS-RSC
2012	Green Biological Medicine Distinguished Young Scholar Award
2011	Mao Yisheng Science and Technology Award for Young Talents in Beijing
2011	National Outstanding Young Scientist Award supported by NSFC
2010	Outstanding Young Scientist Award supported by SCOPUS Elsevier
2009	New Century Outstanding Talent, the Ministry of Education in China
2009	Outstanding Young Scholar Award supported by Yok Ying Tung Foundation
2009	Beijing Outstanding Talent Award
2009	Techcomp-Hitachi Faculty Award
2009	ExxonMobil Faculty Award
2009	The 3rd Place of the Teaching Skill Competition of Young Scholar of PKU
2008	Beijing New Star of Science and Technology award
2003	JSPS Fellowship (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

Selected Publications

Y. Hou and D. J. Sellmyer, Ed. Magnetic Nanomaterials: Fundamental, Synthesis and Applications, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-527-34134-4, John Wiley＆Son.
H. Zhang, Z. Yang, Y. Ju, X. Chu, Y. Ding, X. Huang, K. Zhu, T. Tang, X. Su* and Y. Hou*, Galvanic Displacement Synthesis of Monodisperse Janus- and Satellite-like Plasmonic-Magnetic Ag-Fe@Fe3O4 Heterostructures with Reduced Cytotoxicity, Adv. Sci. (IF=12.441), 2018, 1800271.
Y. Ju, H. Zhang, J. Yu, S. Tong, N. Tian, Z. Wang, X. Wang, X. Su, X. Chu, J. Lin, Y. Ding, G. Li, F. Sheng, Y. Hou, Monodisperse Au-Fe2C Janus Nanoparticles: An Attractive Multifunctional Material for Triple-Modal Imaging-Guided Tumor Photothermal Therapy. ACS nano, 2017, 11, 9239–9248.
Z. Yang, T. Zhao, X. Huang, X. Chu, T. Tang, Y. Ju, Q. Wang, Y. Hou and S. Gao, Modulating the Phases of Iron Carbide Nanoparticles: From a Perspective of Interfering with the Carbon Penetration of Fe@Fe3O4 by Selectively Adsorbed Halide Ions. Chem. Sci, 2017, 8, 473–481.
J. Yu, Y. Ju, L. Zhao, X. Chu, W. Yang, Y, Tian, F. Sheng, J. Lin, F. Liu, Y. Dong and Y. Hou, Multi-Stimuli-Regulated Photo-Chemothermal Cancer Therapy Remotely Controlled via Fe5C2 Nanoparticles, ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 159−169.
F. Liu, Y. Hou,* and S. Gao. Exchange-coupled Nanocomposites: Chemical Synthesis, Characterization and Applications Synthesis, Functionalization and Biomedical Applications of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles. Chem. Soc. Rev, 2014, 43, 8098-8113.
Q. Li, N. Mahmood, J. Zhu, Y. Hou,* S. Sun. Graphene and its Composites with Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Energy Applications. Nano Today, 2014, 9, 668-683.
J. Yu, C. Yang, J. Li, Y. Ding, L. Zhang, M. Z. Yousaf, J. Li., R. Pang, L. Wei, L. Xu, F. Sheng, C. Li, G. Li, L. Zhao, and Y. Hou,* Multifunctional Fe5C2 Nanoparticles: a Targeted Theranostic Platform for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Photoacoustic Tomography-Guided Photothermal Therapy. Adv Mater, 2014, 26, 4114-4120.
F. Liu, J. Zhu, W. Yang, Y. Dong, and Y. Hou, C. Zhang, H. Yin and S. Sun,* Building Nanocomposite Magnets by Coating a Hard Magnetic Core with a Soft Magnetic Shell. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2014, 53, 2176-2180.
H. Yin, C. Zhang, F. Liu, and Y. Hou,* Hybrid of Iron Nitride and Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Aerogel as Synergistic Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014,53,24, 2930-2937.
C. Zhang, N. Mahmood, H. Yin, F. Liu and Y. Hou,* Hybrid of Iron Nitride and Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Aerogel as Synergistic Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction.Synthesis of Phosphorus-Doped Graphene and its Multifunctional Applications for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Lithium Ion Batteries.Adv. Funct. Mater. 2013,25, 4932-4937.
N. Mahmood, C. Zhang, F. Liu, J. Zhu and Y. Hou,* Hybrid of Co3Sn2@Co Nanoparticles and Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as a Lithium Ion Battery Anode.ACS Nano 2012,134, 15814–15821.
C. Yang, H. Zhao, Y. Hou,* D. Ma, Fe5C2 Nanoparticles: A Facile Bromide-induced Synthesis and as an Active Phase for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS).J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 9,10307–10318.
R. Hao, R.Xing, Z. Xu, Y. Hou,* S. Gao, S. Sun. Synthesis, Functionalization and Biomedical Applications of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles. Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 2729-2742. (Invited Review)
Y. Hou, Z. Xu, S. Sun. Size-controllable FeO nanocubes and their chemical conversions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46,6329-6332.
C. Wang, Y. Hou,* J. Kim, S. Sun.* A general strategy for synthesizing FePt nanowires and nanorods. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46, 6333-6335.
Y. Hou, Z. Xu, S. Peng, C. Rong, J. P. Liu, S. Sun. A facile synthesis of SmCo5 magnets from Core/Shell Co/Sm2O3 nanoparticles. Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 3349-3352.

Research Activities

Anisotropic Nanostructure Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Magnetism Study
* Prepare one dimensional (1D) nanostructures by solvothermal reactions.
* Design and produce 2D/3D self-assembled nanostructures (Co, FePd, Fe3O4).

Biomedical Applications and Surface Modification of Nanoscale Materials
* Optimize bio-conjugation processes to modify the surfaces of nanoparticles.
* Explore applications of nanoparticles in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and drug delivery.

Energy Materials
* Develop the chemical approaches to prepare higher performance electrode materials for Li Batteries.
* Design and study nanocatalyst for fuel cells by fabricating well-defined nanoparticles.

Selected Talks

2016.8.1-5, The 9th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, Kyoto, Japan (Keynote).
2016.5.25-27, 2016 Korea Magnetics Society Meeting, Busan, Korea (Keynote).
2015.06.28-07.03, The 8th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2015), Singapore.
2014.10.28-11.2, The 3rd International Conference of Asian Union of Magnetics Societies (IcAUMS), Haikou.
2014.10.15-18, The 4th US-China Symposium on Nanobiology and Nanomedicine, Washington D. C., USA.
2014.09.08-9, NWO-NSFC Workshop Advanced Materials, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2014.08.17-21,The 23rd International Workshop on Rare Earth and Future Permanent Magnets and their Applications, Annapolis, Maryland, USA.
2014.07.20-23, The 5th Australia-China Conference on Science, Technology and Education, Wollongong, Australia.
2014.07.08-10, 1st International Symposium on Energy Challenges & Mechanics (ISECM), Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (40 min Keynote talk).
2014.06.13-16, 6th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC 2014), Montecatini Terme, Italy.
2014.02.05-08, The Asia-Pacific Conference on Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion (APEnergy2014), Brisbane, Australia.
2013.09.08-12, The 246th ACS National Meeting (2013 Fall), Indianapolis, IN, USA.