Younan Xia

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Younan Xia (born October 16, 1965 in Jingjiang , China ) is a Sino-American chemist who works in nanotechnology .

Xia received his bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1987 and went to the United States in 1991. In 1993 he received his master's degree in inorganic chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania with Alan G. MacDiarmid, and in 1996 he received his PhD in physical chemistry from Harvard University with George M. Whitesides . From 2007 he was a professor at the University of Washington (from 2008 McKelvey Professor ) and is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology . He has been Brock Family Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar in Nanomedicine in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering since 2012 .

He researched the controlled growth of nanocrystals and developed nanotechnologies based on small gold cages, with which, for example, drugs can be targeted in the body or carry contrast media. His group developed novel colloid particles with special magnetic properties, also with medical applications and nanofibers for medicine (for example for the repair of tissue and nerve fibers). His group also pursues applications of nanocrystals in environmental technology (fuel cells, solar cells, water splitting, catalytic conversion).

In 2012 he published over 500 papers and was one of the most cited chemists in the 2000s (No. 5 in the Times Higher Education ranking for 1999 to 2009). Its h-index is 129 (for 2012).

Since 2002 he has been Associate Editor of Nano Letters.

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  1. ↑ University of Washington, Xia becomes McKelvey Professor
  2. ↑ biography at MRS
personal data
SURNAME Xia, Younan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sino-American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Jingjiang , China