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| “Diamond has always interested mankind because of its brilliance and hardness. My research in the last 10 years have revealed remarkable properties in this material which could impact areas from medicine, electronics to nanoscience, providing ample opportunities for learning new chemistry and physics.” |
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YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD |
| Assoc Prof LOH Kian Ping |
Ph D (University of Oxford); B Sc (NUS)
Department of Chemistry |
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| RESEARCH INTERESTS |
- Physics and chemistry of diamond and related materials,
eg graphene
- Developing hybrid interface for solar cells
- Developing nano bio-interface for medicine
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| RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS |
- Internationally recognised and highly cited surface science
expert on diamond and related materials
- Developed new methods to bio-functionalise diamond thin
films for their applications in biosensing
- Discovered many interesting, hitherto unknown properties
in Molybdenum Sulfide (MoS2), an important catalyst for
removing sulfur from gasoline products
- His seminal paper on magnetic MoS2 thin films was
published in NanoLetters, with excellent comments
by reviewers
- Published a series of highly cited work on the synthesis
and assembly of Nanometal sulfides and oxides
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| RESEARCH STRENGTHS |
- Highly versatile with expertise ranging from computational
chemistry, surface chemistry, nanomaterials, electrochemistry
to functional organic thin films
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| PUBLICATION CREDITS |
- His work on the surface chemistry of diamond has received
more than 600 citations
- Author/co-author of two book chapters and more than 120
journals and conference papers
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDING |
- Ranked among the top 50 in the world in
diamond research
- Member of international advisory panel and conference
programme committee of key diamond international
meetings such as European International Diamond
Conference series, New Diamond and Nanocarbon
Conference series in Asia, MRS Symposium P Fall
Meeting in USA, Engineering International Conference
series, Hasselt Diamond workshop, Belgium
- Established key partnerships in diamond research with
top groups in the world including Technion, Israel; AIST,
Japan; CEA, France; Academia Sinica, Taiwan; University
of Bristol, UK
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| AWARDS AND ACCOLADES |
- Faculty Young Scientist Award (2007)
- Principal Investigator of winning project, National Research
Foundation Competitive Research Funding (2007)
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| RESEARCH ASPIRATION |
- To put Singapore at the forefront of diamond and graphene
research internationally.
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