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LI Quan 李泉

LI Quan / Professor

PHONE: (852) 3943 6323

OFFICE: Room 310, 3/F, Science Centre North Block

Education

  • PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, USA, 2001
  • BSc, Chemistry, Beijing University, China, 1997

Position

  • 08/2011-now, Professor, Department of Physics, CUHK
  • 08/2007-07/2011 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, CUHK
  • 01/2002-08/2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, CUHK

Research Interests

  • Quantum sensing for condensed matter physics, bio-medicine, and energy applications
    • Developing quantum sensors and protocols to study intriguing problems in condensed matter physics, bio-medicine, and energy devices.
  • Energy storage materials
    • In situ and ex situ characterization of battery materials and processes
  • Nano-bio interfaces
    • Nanovaccine development for cancer therapeutics and autoimmune diseases

Honours and Awards

  • Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2023-24
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2021)
  • 深圳虛擬大學園2013年度國家級科技項目先進個人 (2013)
  • 湖北省人民政府科學技術獎二等獎 (2012)
  • 黑龍江省高校科學技術獎一等獎 (2012)
  • Research Excellence Award (2007-08), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Young Researcher Award (2006-07), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Representative Publications

  • Xia KW, Liu CF, Leong WH, Kwok MH, Yang ZY, Feng X, Liu RB*, Li Q*, Nanometer-precision non-local deformation reconstruction using nanodiamond orientation sensing, arXiv: 1901.03235 (2019), Nature Communications (in press)
  • Zhang T, Liu GQ, Leong WH, Liu CF, Kwok MH, Ngai T, Liu RB*, Li Q*, Hybrid nanodiamond quantum sensors enabled by volume phase transitions of hydrogels, Nature Communications 9, 3188, 2018
  • Fan L, Zhang SL, Zhang CY, Yin C, Chu ZQ, Song CJ, Lin G, and Li Q*, “Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Circumvented Using a Cytosolic Drug Reservoir”, Advanced Science, vol: 5, 1700289, 2018.
  • Huang Y, Xu ZH, Mai JQ, Lau ZT, Lu XH, Hsu YJ, Chen YS, Lee CH, Hou YL, Meng YS, Li Q*, “Revisiting the origin of cycling enhanced capacity of Fe 3 O 4 based nanostructured electrode for lithium ion batteries”, Nano Energy, doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.10.001
  • Liu H, Liao LB, Lu YC, Li Q*, “High Energy Density Aqueous Li-Ion Flow Capacitor” Advanced Energy Materials, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201601248, 2016