Bingbing Yuan

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Location:

4315-WS02

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Research Interests

Mainly engaged in the design, synthesis, membrane preparation process development, and related basic research work of advanced separation membrane materials. The focus is on the design, regulation, and structure-activity relationship research of nano membrane structures, aiming to develop high permeability and selectivity salt/water and ion separation membrane materials.

Selected Publications

  • Bingbing Yuan*, Yuhang Zhang, Pengfei Qi, Dongxiao Yang, Ping Hu, Siheng Zhao, Kaili Zhang, Xiaozhuan Zhang, Meng You, Jiabao Cui, Juhui Jiang, Xiangdong Lou, Q. Jason Niu*. Self-assembled dendrimer polyamide nanofilms with enhanced effective pore area for ion separation. Nature Communications 15, 471 (2024). 
  •  Bingbing Yuan*, Shengchao Zhao, Ping Hu, Jiabao Cui, Q. Jason Niu*. Asymmetric polyamide nanofilms with highly ordered nanovoids for water purification. Nature Communications. 11, 6102 (2020). 
  •  Bingbing Yuan*, Shanshan Zhang, Chi Jiang, Ping Hu, Jiabao Cui, Siheng Zhao, Ning Wang, Q. Jason Niu*. Alicyclic polyamide nanofilms with an asymmetric structure for Cl−/SO42−separation. AICHE Journal. 68, (1) 2022, 17419. 
  •  Bingbing Yuan*, Siheng Zhao, Shaojie Xu, Ning Wang, Ping Hu, Kuo Chen, Juhui Jiang, Jiabao Cui, Xiaozhuan Zhang, Meng You, Q. Jason Niu*. Aliphatic polyamide nanofilm with ordered nanostripe, synergistic pore size and charge density for the enhancement of cation sieving. Journal of Membrane Science 2022, (660) 120839. 
  • Bingbing Yuan*, Ning Wang, Siheng Zhao, Ping Hu, Juhui Jiang, Jiabao Cui, Xiaozhuan Zhang, Meng You, Xiangdong Lou, Q. Jason Niu*. Polyamide nanofiltration membrane fine-tuned via mixed matrix ultrafiltration support to maximize the sieving selectivity of Li+/Mg2+ and Cl–/SO42–. Desalination 538 (2022) 115929.
  • Bingbing Yuan*, Ning Wang, Siheng Zhao, Ping Hu, Juhui Jiang, Jiabao Cui, Xiaozhuan Zhang, Meng You, Xiangdong Lou, Tatiana Plisko, Alexandr V. Bildyukevich, Tatsiana A. Hliavitskaya, Q. Jason Niu*. Asymmetric polyamide nanofilm with coordinted charge and nanopore, tuned by azlactone-based monomer to facilitate ion separation. Separation Purification and Technology 2023 (304) 122361.

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China, 2019

Professional Profile

  • 2024 - now, PostDoc, KAUST.
  • 2019-2023, associate professor, Henan Normal University.

KAUST Affiliations

PSE - Physical and Engineering Division

Research Interests Keywords

Design of polymer membrane material structural regulation and extend of application