Chengde Mao
Associate Professor— Analytical Chemistry
Contact Information:
Phone: (765) 494-0498
E-mail: mao@purdue.edu
Education:
PhD, Chemistry, New York University, 1999
Research Interests:
(1) Self-assembly of DNA nanostructures;
(2) Apply such nanostructures to address biomedical problems;
(3) Using such nanostructures for nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing.
Impact Statement & Explanation of Research:
Develop a general, bottom-up approach (by programmed DNA self-assembly) to control material structures/patterns at the nanometer scale and to build nanomechanical devices.
Links:
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/people/faculty/faculty.asp?itemID=46
Recent publications:
1. Yu He, TaoYe, Min Su, Chuan Zhang, Alexander E. Ribbe, Wen Jiang & Chengde Mao, “Hierarchical Self-Assembly of DNA into Symmetric Supramolecular Polyhedra”, Nature 452, 198-201 (2008).
2. Chuan Zhang, Min Su, Yu He, Xin Zhao, Ping-an Fang, Alexander E. Ribbe, Wen Jiang & Chengde Mao, “Conformational flexibility facilitates self-assembly of complex DNA nanostructures”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 10665-10669 (2008).
3. Chengde Mao, “DNA Gets a Little Cagey”, Nature Nanotechnology. 3, 75-76 (2008).
4. Seung-Hyeon Ko, Yi Chen, Haipeng Liu & Chengde Mao*, “DNA Nanotubes as Combinatorial Vehicles for Cellular Delivery”, Biomacromolecules, 9, 3039-3043 (2008).
5. Yi Chen, Haipeng Liu, TaoYe, Junghwa Kim & Chengde Mao, “DNA-Directed Assembly of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 8696-8697 (2007).
6. Haipeng liu, Tao Ye & Chengde Mao, “Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles Derived from Candle Soot”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 6473-6475 (2007).
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