My background is in synthetic organic chemistry and polymer chemistry (B. Sc. Fudan Univ. P.R. China; Ph.D. Stanford Univ.). I am interested in using chemical design and synthesis, at both molecular level and macromolecular level, to create functional molecules, multifunctional supramolecules and polymers, and smart organic-semiconductor interfaces tailored with molecular level precision. These robust and reliable materials will have applications on a variety of technology platforms such as nanoelectronics, sensors and space exploration. Current projects include the study of coordination compounds for charge storage in nanowire transistor memory devices, development of novel chemistry to functionalize Si, Ge surfaces and novel high performance conducting materials suitable for space applications.
In my spare time, I enjoy teaching undergraduate organic chemistry courses at San Jose State University.
Selected publications:
| 1. | Fan, W.; Leclerc, M. K.; Waymouth, R. M. “Alternating Stereospecific Copolymerization of Ethylene and Propylene with Metallocene Catalysts ” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123(39), 9555-9563. |
| 2. | Fan, W.; Waymouth, R. M. “Sequence and Stereoselectivity of the C1-Symmetric Metallocene Me2Si(1-(4,7-Me2Ind))(9-Flu)ZrCl2 “ Macromolecules, 2003, 36(9), 3010-3014. |
| 3. | Li, J.; Ng, H. T.; Cassell, A.; Fan, W.; Chen, H.; Ye, Q.; Koehne, J.; Han, J.; Meyyappan, M. “Carbon Nanotube Nanoelectrode Array for Ultrasensitive DNA Detection” Nano Lett. 2003, 3(5), 597-602. |
| 4. | Li, C., Fan, W., Lei, B., Zhang, D., Han, S., Liu, X., Tang, T., Liu, Z., Asano, S., Han, J., Meyyapan, M., Zhou, C. “Multilevel Molecular Memory” Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 84(11), 1949-1951. |
| 5. | Dholakia, G., Fan, W., Koehne, J., Han, J. and Meyyappan, M. “Transport in Self-assembled Molecular Wires: Effect of Packing and Order” Phys. Rev. B, 2004, 69, 153402. |
| 6. | Li,C., Ly, J., Lei, B., Fan, W., Zhang, D., Han, J., Meyyappan, M., Thompson, M. and Zhou, C. “Binary memories based on nanowire / molecular wire heterostructures” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2004, 108(28), 9646-9649. |
| 7. | Li, C., Fan, W., Straus, D. A., Lei, B., Asano, S., Zhang, D., Han, J., Meyyappan, M. and Zhou, C. “Charge Storage Behavior of Nanowire Transistors Functionalized with Bis(terpyridine)-Fe(II) Molecules: Dependence on Molecular Structure” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126(25), 7750-7751. |
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