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Prof. Ling Zang USTAR Office: Rm5543 SMBB building, Tel. 801-587-1551 Department Office: Rm209 CME building, Tel. 801-585-0966 Fax: 801-585-0625 Email: lzang@eng.utah.edu Lab location: 5th floor, SMBB Building 36 South Wasatch Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84112 |
Group News July 30, 2025, Our
research on MOF sorbents for PFAS removal was
featured on KUER News (NPR Utah): https://www.kuer.org/podcast/utah-news-now/2025-07-30/morning-brief-july-30-2025
(our segment begins at 3:46). July 29, 2025, Our
research on dual-functional MOFs for the removal
and detection of PFOA has been featured in
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/MOF-offers-PFAS-twofer-sensing/103/web/2025/07
C&EN is a weekly magazine published by the
American Chemical Society since 1923. It's
widely recognized as one of the most
comprehensive and authoritative sources for news
and analysis in chemistry, chemical engineering,
and related industries. July 21, 2025, Our work on
developing novel MOF materials with high PFAS
adsorption capacity and real-time monitoring
capabilities is attracting increasing interest
and recognition from both the scientific and
industrial communities, as covered in varying
media: https://attheu.utah.edu/science-technology/u-engineers-develop-novel-material-that-efficiently-removes-forever-chemicals/;
https://www.price.utah.edu/2025/07/21/u-engineers-material-achieves-unmatched-efficiency-in-forever-chemical-removal;
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-material-efficiently-chemicals.html;
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/new-material-quickly-removes-pfas-forever-chemical June 22, 2025, our latest
review article on PEDOT:PSS, in collaboration
with Prof. Shuai Chen and others, has been
published in the high-impact journal Progress in
Polymer Science! This comprehensive, 61-page
review explores the preparation, performance
tuning, processing, applications, and future
outlook of this remarkable polymer. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2025.101990 June 1, 2025, Dr. Zang was
elected a Fellow of Industry Academy of the
International Artificial Intelligence Industry
Alliance. https://www.aiia-ai.org/ August 13, 2024, Dr. Ling
Zang was elected to the American Council of the
International Association of Advanced Materials,
IAAM. https://www.iaamonline.org/ June 12, 2024, Our work on PFAS removal using MOFs with real-time monitoring is gaining growing interest and recognition within the scientific and industry community. https://attheu.utah.edu/science-technology/a-new-way-to-eliminate-toxic-forever-chemicals-from-environment/ July 5, 2023, Dr. Zang is
highlighted by the University of Utah PIVOT
Center for his tech-transfer effort. PIVOT
drives technology commercialization, corporate
engagement and economic development https://pivotcenter.utah.edu/2023/07/05/academia-in-action-an-unexpected-phone-call/
Jan.
27, 2022, Dr. Zang was elected to the 2021 Fellow of
the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ada0325;
https://www.coe.utah.edu/2022/01/26/zang-named-aaas-fellow/;
https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/2021-aaas-fellows/
; 校
友臧泠当选 2021美国科学促进会会士（AAAS Fellow） May 20, 2021, Dr. Zang was elected to the board of directors of Gentex (NASDAQ: GNTX), www.Gentex.com Jan. 12,
2021, it is time again for CES ! but not in Vegas
this year, everything is virtual online. Glad to see
our nanofiber sensor technologies developed here at
the U have now been commercialized by Vaporsens, a
Gentex company, to serve broader customers. http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/12/2157050/0/en/Gentex-Announces-New-Nanofiber-Sensing-Technology.html Dec. 8, 2020, Dr. Zang was elected to the 2020 Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI). see NAI press release, https://academyofinventors.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-Fellows-Congratulatory.pdf; University of Utah report, https://www.coe.utah.edu/2020/12/08/zang-elected-to-nai/. 化 学系校友臧泠入选美国国家发明家科学院院士. 3位清华校友当选美国国家发明家科学院 院士 Nov. 8, 2018, The
nanofiber photo-chemiresistive sensor technology (
https://pubweb.eng.utah.edu/~lzang/images/LZ99.pdf
) has now been develoepd by Vaporsens into a new platform that can potentialy be
used for non-distructive, remote detection of
fentanyl, an opioid drug causing national wide
problems with economic cost over $500B annually. see
the report by KUTV, CBS2
channel: https://kutv.com/news/local/department-of-homeland-security-contracts-utah-company-to-develop-fentanyl-sensors
May 24, 2018, Our nanofiber sensor technology has now been develoepd by Vaporsens into a new direction of applicaiton, Wearable Fentanyl Sensor, which can potentially used for alerting DHS and first responder personnel to the presence of harmful levels of fentanyl. https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/news/2018/05/24/news-release-dhs-awards-nearly-3-million-sbir May 23, 2018, KUTV, CBS2
channel, reported our recent technology development in
nanofiber sensors and application in real-time
monitoring of air pollutions. https://kutv.com/news/local/new-technology-provides-real-time-results-of-pollution May 21, 2018, Vaporsens
and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality
received a grant from the
Environmental Protection Agency to
develop real time monitoring of air toxins in Utah. https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900019812/real-time-chemical-sensors-target-bountiful-area.html September 19, 2017,
Vaporsens is honored to be awarded a Phase I SBIR
research grant from the Environmental Protection
Agency, to continue the development of our nanofiber
chemical sensors for monitoring formaldehyde in indoor
environments. https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/salt-lake-city-company-receives-100k-develop-formaldehyde-detection-technology
June 13, 2017, Our
nanofiber sensor technology and Vaporsens was selected
as finalist in Smart Cities Connect Innovation
Challenge, an event taking place in Austin, TX, June
26-27, 2017. March 20, 2017, Vaporsens was honored
as a "top 40 University Start-Up" by the National
Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer. Being
selected as one of the top 40 from 200 candidate
startup companies is really a great honor with strong
competition. There are over 800 university startups
launched every year; as one of the thousands startup
companies, Vaporsens strives to excel and promote UU’s
high reputation in leading tech-transfer and
commercialization. Dec. 20, 2016,
Vaporsens was invited and sponsored for Tech Demo at
CES 2017 Eureka Park by NSF, https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190639&org=IIP&from=news
Aug. 3, 2016, A unique
method was developed to fabricate large crystal MAPbI3
perovskite film, and the work is now published in
Chem. Commun. Also available online is a video
clip showing the reverse temperature induced
crystallization process: as prepared dark brown
film --> colorless liquid under amine vapor -->
crystallization into clear light brown film under
elevated temperature, http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/c6/cc/c6cc04521a/c6cc04521a2.mpg
April 4, 2016, Nanofiber
nose: our D-A nanofiber composite sensors for alkane
detection was higlhighted in ChemistryViews Mar. 27, 2016, Fuel
sensor work featured at ABC4 TV, http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/new-handheld-bomb-detector-will-save-lives
Mar. 25, 2016, Sniffing out a dangerous vapor, http://unews.utah.edu/sniffing-out-a-dangerous-vapor/;
http://pubsdc3.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssensors.6b00018 Sep. 16, 2015, Interfacial Nanofiber Composites for Trace
Alkane Detection, http://ustar.org/interfacial_nanofiber_news/
Mar. 11, 2015, New
Nanofiber-based Electronic Nose Introduced by
Vaporsens, Demo at Pittcon Conference, Booth #227,
March 9-12. http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2015/03/11/new-nanofiber-based-electronic-nose-introduced-vaporsens#axzz3UChnXhLJ
Dec. 22, 2014, our carbon
nanotube research was among Top 5 News Features of
2014 on AZoNano.com, http://www.azonetwork.com/blog/top-5-news-features-of-2014-on-azonanocom No. 13, 2014, Our carbon
nanotube research was featured at AAAS Science Update,
http://www.scienceupdate.com/2014/11/nano-3/
- April 29, 2014, Vaporsens
is coverred in a news release, "U
Spin-Out Takes Major Strides Forward With New Round
of Federal Funding." - April 29, 2014, Miao successfully defended his Ph.D thesis. Congrats! - April 24, 2014, Helin successfully defended his Ph.D thesis. Congrats!
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