| Research
Expertise/Interests
 Nanostructured
Materials -synthesis, characterization & molecular
engineering (oxide nanoparticles,carbons, nanoporous materials, inorganic membranes
)
Clean
energy and environmental technologies (applications
of nanomaterials in gas separation,
photocatalysis for air and water purification, hydrogen production and
storage, fuel cells
and solar cells)
Honors and Awards
2004 Top 100 Most
Influential Engineers
in Australia,
Inaugural list by the Institution of Engineers Australia
2003 RK Murphy Medal for distinguished
excellence in
industrial
chemistry, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
2003 Australian Federation Fellow
2003 Distinguished Visiting Professorial
Fellow,
Interfacial
Materials Centre, Chinese
Academy
of Sciences
2003 Board of Overseas Expert Assessors, Chinese
Academy
of Sciences (2003
– Present)
2002 Elected Fellow, Australian Academy
of Technological
Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
2002 Australian
Professorial Fellow,
Australian Research
Council
Award
2002
2002 Le
Fevre Prize in Physical Chemistry, Australian Academy
of
Science
2001 Orica Award for Excellence in Chemical
Engineering,
IEAust, IChemE, and RACI, Australia
2001 Princeton Environment Institute Visiting
Fellow,
Princeton University,
NJ, USA(Oct
-Jan/02)
2001 Elected Fellow, Institution of Chemical
Engineers (FIChemE)
2000 Queensland
Sustainable Energy Innovation Award,
1999 The University
of Queensland
Vice-Chancellor's
Research
Excellence Award
1997 IUMRS
(International Union
of Materials Research
Societies) Young
Scientist Award
Selected Publications
- Duke,
M., Diniz da Costa,
J.C., Lu, G.Q., Gray, P. and Petch, M., Carbonised Template
Molecular Sieve
Silica Membranes in Fuel Processing Systems: Permeation, Hydrostability
and
Regeneration, J. Membrane Science, 241,
325-333, 2004
- Zeng, Q. H., Yu, A. B., Lu, G. Q. and Standish, R. K. Molecular dynamics simulation
of organic-inorganic nanocomposites: Layering behavior and interlayer
structure
of organoclays, Chem. Mater. 15, 4732-4738, 2003
- Zhao XS, Lu
GQ, Hu X A novel method for
tailoring the pore-opening size of MCM-41
materials Chemical
Communications (15):
1391-1392 1999
- Wang, S.,Lu, G.Q. Reforming
of methane with carbon dioxide over Ni/Al2O3 catalysts:
Effect of nickel precursor Applied
Catalysis A-General 69 (2):
271-280 ,1998
- Zhao, X.S. and Lu, G.Q. Advances
in mesoporous Molecular Sieve MCM-41 Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.,
35, 2075-2090, 1996
- Zhao, X.S., Lu, G.Q. Whittaker, A.,
Millar, G.J. Zhu, H.Y Comprehensive Study of Surface Chemistry of
Mesoporous Molecular Sieve MCM-41 Using 29Si CP/MAS NMR, FTIR,
Pyridine-TPD, and TGA J. Phys. Chem. B 101,6525-6531, 1997
- Wang S., Lu, G.Q Carbon
dioxide reforming of methane to produce synthesis gas over
metal-supported catalysts, Energy & Fuels,
10, 896-904, 1996
- Lu, G.Q. Do, D.D Preparation of
economical sorbent for SO2 and NOx removal using coal washery
reject Carbon, 29,207-213, 1991
- Zhao, X.S. Lu, G.Q Modification
of MCM-41 by surface silylation with trimethylchlorosilane and
adsorption study J. Phys. Chem B., 102, 1556-1561,
1998
- Lu, G.Q. Do, D.D., A kinetic
study of coal reject-derived char activation with CO2, H2O and air Carbon,
30, 21-29, 1992
- Zhao,X.S., Audsley F, Lu GQ Irreversible change of pore structure of MCM-41 upon
hydration at
room temperature<>
J. Phys. Chem. B.102:
4143-4146,1998
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Conference
organisation
- Technical
Program Chairman,
Sir Mark Oliphant Conference on
BioNano – the Next Frontiers, Brisbane, QLD, Australia,
Dec 7-9, 2005
- Co-Chairman,
Symposium on
Characterization of Nanoporous
Materials, Pacifichem Congress 2005,
Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec 15-20, 2005
- Co-Chair,
International
Workshop on Nanoparticles and
Nanoporous Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications, Bondi Beach,
Sydney,
Jan
28-30, 2004
- Member,
Organizing
Committee, Engineering Conference
International: Separation Technology VI., Fraser
Island, Australia,
October 7-11, 2004
- Chairman
–Scientific
Program, Asia Pacific Nanotechnology
Forum – OZ Nanotech 03, Cairns,
November 19-21, 2003
- Symposium
Co-Chair: Nanophase materials and nanocomposites, MRS
Annual Meeting, Nov. 2001, Boston, USA
- Chair,
Workshop on
Nanostructured Materials and Catalysis,
Chemeca 2000, Perth
- Organizing
Committee, 2nd Pacific Rim Conference on Adsorption Science
and
Technology, June 14-18, 2000 Brisbane, Australia
- Technical Chair: 1st and 2nd Asia
Pacific Conf. Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology, 1996,
1998
- Symposium Co-Chair: IUMRS Symposia on Porous Materials, 1997, 1999
- Symposium Chair: Nanomaterials
and Catalysis, Chemeca 2000
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Editorial
Boards
and Editorships
- Associted Editor: Int. Journal of Nanoscience
- Editorial Board: J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Editorial Board: J. Porous
Materials
- Advisory
Board: Carbon
- Editorial Board: Powder Technology
- Editorial Board: Key Engineering Materials
- Associate Editor: Dev.
Chem. Eng. Min. Process
- Executive Editor: Chinese Science Bulletin
- Editorial Board: Applied Chemistry (China)
- Guest Editor: Catalysis Today, 2000
- Guest Editor: Gas
Separation and Purification, 1996
- Guest Editor: Energy
and Fuels,
1998
- Guest Editor: Surfaces
and Colloids A 1999
Selected
Plenary and Keynote Invitations
- Keynote Speaker,
International Conference on Carbon 2005, Gyeongju, Korea,
July 3-7, 2005
- Plenary Speaker,
Nanotech Insight – an International
Conference, Luxor,
Egypt,
Feb 20-25, 2005
- Plenary Speaker,
International Conference on
Nanotechnology in Science, Economy, and Society, Marburg, Germany,
Jan 12-17, 2005
- Keynote Speaker, APNF
Nano 04, Shanghai,
Dec 9-12, 2004
- Plenary
Speaker, Chemeca 2004
Conference, Sydney,
Sept 27-29, 2004
- Keynote Speaker,
4th International
Mesostructured Materials Symposium
(IMMS4), Cape Town,
South Africa
May 1-7, 2004
- Keynote Speaker,
Pacific Rim Conference on
Nanoscience, Broome, Sept 7-12,
2004
- Keynote speaker,
NSTI
Congress of Nanotechnology and Trade Show, Boston, March 7-11, 2004
- Keynote Speaker,
2nd
International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT
2003) 8- 12 December,
2003, Singapore
- Plenary
Speaker, Sir Mark Oliphant
Conference: Scaling Down to a Nano-Materials World - Key Challenges
Facing 21st
Century Scientists and Engineers, Melbourne, Dec 1-4, 2003
- Keynote Speaker, 27th
Chemeca Conference, Adelaide,
Sept 29- Oct 1,
2003
- Plenary Speaker, Australian Academy
of Science Symp. on Nanoscience, Canberra,
May 2, 2003
- Keynote Speaker, 4th
Asia Pacific Conference
on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology, Yokkaichi, Japan,
May 7-9, 2003
- Keynote Speaker,
Nanotech 03 + Future Conference and
Exhibitions, Matsuhari, Chiba Japan,
Feb
25-28 2003
- Keynote Speaker, XII
International Workshop on Sol-Gel Science & Technology, Sydney, August
24-29, 2003
- Keynote Speaker, 3rd Int. Mesostructured Materials
Symposium, July 8-11, 2002, Jeju,
Korea
- Keynote
Speaker, 7th
Int. Conf. on Inorganic Membranes, Dalian, China,
June
23-26, 2002
- Keynote
Speaker, International
Conference on Carbon 2002, Beijing,
Sept 15-20, 2002
- Plenary
Speaker,
Int. Conference on Materials Processing and Performance, Nanomaterials,
Singapore,
August 1-3, 2002
- Keynote Speaker,
International Symposium on Porous
Materials, Taipei,
Taiwan,
7-8 Dec. 2000
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