Jiangsu Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Surface and Interface Chemistry
Jiangsu Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Surface and Interface Chemistry was established in October 1998. By relying on the resources of Nanjing University, it is building itself into Jiangsu Provincial Interface Chemistry Engineering Technology Center,” which was rated in June 2000 as a provincial-level engineering construction research center by the Science and Technology Department of Jiangsu Province.
The center has two research institutions affiliated with it, “the Interface Science and Engineering Committee of China Institute of Composite Materials” and “the Institute of Coal Water Slurry Additives of the National Research Center of Coal Water Slurry Engineering Technology.”
The director of the center is currently Professor Shen Jian. On its faculty are 2 doctoral dissertation supervisors, 4 professors and 5 associate professors. They constitute a team of engineering technology with high capacity for research development and application.
The center conducts research on the theory and application of surface and interface chemistry in order to meet the needs of national economic construction, and its work is strengthened by the technological and human resources of Nanjing University. It is devoted to developing fine chemicals and functional polymer composites,
researching on interface chemistry of multicomponent heterogeneous systems, new polymer surface active agent and advanced surface and interface chemical engineering technology which helps improve resource utilization and protect the environment, and developing new materials is conducted while common technology and key technology related are provided.
The center has made achieved great fruit in the production of new conductive polymer/carbon nano-composite materials. The capacitance of the 1M KCl electrolyte has reached 276.3 F g-1, which is 4 times higher than that of pure carbon nanotubes. This result has been published in Communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and other journals. It is widely received for it has good application prospects.
The center has successfully developed a new anticoagulant and biocompatible materials with independent intellectual property rights -- zwitterionic materials. It can greatly improve the anticoagulation and biocompatibility of various diagnostic and therapeutic devices contacting blood, and it will enjoy broad application prospects in the biological materials and medical device industry in China.
The center implements a one-stop operating mechanism including basic research application, product development research, test expanding, technological achievements transfer or industrialization. Driven by the market, the center has developed a number of high-level technology and products with high value to meet the market demand. A number of technology achievements have been successfully transferred to be implemented by enterprises, adding billions of yuan in the enterprises’ production values.
The center enjoys high reputation in the clean coal technology, especially in the preparation and application of coal-water slurry. The coal-water slurry additives NDF with the Chinese intellectual property rights was identified by the Ministry of Education as having generally reached the international advanced level and was considered the best coal-water slurry additive in China. The products, listed in the national Torch Program and the National Key New Products, have been widely used in the largest coal-water slurry pressurized gasification plant in China, the national coal-water slurry combustion demonstration projects and petrochemical, coal and other industries.
Since its establishment, the center has published over 200 research papers, including those in Chemical Reviews (published in 2008, in 2014 IF=46), and obtained over 40 national invention patent grants. It has undertaken 2 national “973 Program” projects, 1 “863 Program” project and a number of national, provincial and municipal science and technology projects. It has accomplished over 20 projects commissioned by enterprises, of which 2 are funded by the Program of Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements in Jiangsu Province.
The students under the guidance of the center’s faculty have won 4 gold awards of the “Challenge Cup” National College Student Business Plan Competition, 2 first prizes of “Challenge Cup” National College Student Extra-Curricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition.
The center has won 8 provincial and ministerial level awards, including 1 first prize of natural science of the National Science & Technology Award nominated by the Ministry of Education and 1 first prize of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.
