Lei Yu
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone: 856-256-5409
Email: yu@rowan.edu
Education
Postdoc, Oakland University, Clemson University
Ph.D., Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science
B.S., Chemistry, Jilin University
Research Interest
My current research interests are in the areas of analytical chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, and materials characterization. Active research projects include: Ionic Liquid solutions properties and applications in energy storage devices such as batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells; electrochemistry in ionic liquid electrolyte solutions; chemical sensors / biosensors; health and environmental effects of nanoparticles, and characterization and applications porous carbon materials. Expertise used by me and my students are Electrochemistry, Spectroscopy (AAS, ICP-MS, FTIR, UV-Vi), Viscosity/Rheology measurements, Conductivity Measurements, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Chromatography, etc.
Research Students
Undergraduate students contribute significantly to the research projects and have been coauthors of peer-reviewed publications. We welcome new students to join this research team.
Recent Publications
1. Carbide-Derived Carbon by Electrochemical Etching of Vanadium Carbides, Luis G. B. Camargo, Benjamin G. Palazzo, Greg Taylor, Zach K. Norris, Yash K. Patel, Jeffrey D. Hettinger, and Lei Yu, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2015, 162 (10) H811-H815.
2. Characterization of the Bridged Proton Structure in HTFSI Acid Ionic Liquid Solutions, Kyle T. Munson, Jason Vergara, Lei Yu, and Timothy D. Vaden, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2015, 119, 6304-6310.
3. Diffusion Coefficient of Fe(CN)64- in Gold Nanoparticle Suspensions, Raymond Fox, Lan, Nguyen, Lance Henshaw, and Lei Yu, ECS Electrochemistry Letters, 2013, 2, H40-H42.
4. Conductivity and Vibrational spectroscopic properties of HBF4 solution in Ionic Liquid BMIBF4 / H2O, Lei Yu, Eduardo Beltran, Fredric Perry, and Timothy Vaden, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013, 117, 7057-7064.
5. Theoretical Investigations of Ferrocene/Ferrocenium Solvation in Imidazolium-Based Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids, Yang Yang and Lei Yu, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013, 15, 2669-2683.
6. Conductivity and Spectroscopic Investigation of HTFSI Solution in Ionic Liquid BMITFSI, Lei Yu, Benjamin S. Pizio, and Timothy D. Vaden, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2012, 116, 6553-6560.
7. Doped Polyaniline in Bronsted Acid Ionic Liquid BMImTFSI/HTFSI, Evan Margaretta, Chris Olmeda, and Lei Yu, Journal of Applied Polymer Sciences, 2012, 127, 2453-2457.
8. A Perspective: Nanoparticle Plus Analytical Chemistry = Nanolytical Chemistry? Lei Yu, Biochemistry and Physiology: Open Access, 2012, 1:2, e104-105.
9. Gold Nanoparticle Determination by Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry, Anodic Stripping Voltammetry, and Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry, Andrew Gillespie, Dave Jao, Angelo Andriola, Tyler Duda, and Lei Yu, Analytical Letters, 2012, 45, 1310-1320.
10. Direct Determination of Gold Nanoparticle in Biomacromolecular Matrix with Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry, Dave Jao, Tyler Duda, Andrew Gillespie, Lei Yu, and Catherine F. Yang, Journal of Nanomedicine & Biotherapeutic Discovery, 2011, S:1, 1-5.
11. Comparison between immobilization techniques on a polypyrrole matrix - For the label-free immobilization of unmodified DNA, Vijayalakshmi Velusamy, Khalil Arshak, Catherine F.Yang, Lei Yu, Olga Korostynska, Catherine Adley, American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2011, 2, 392-400.
12. Catalytic Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 in Ionic Liquid EMIMBF3Cl, Laura L. Snuffin, Louis W. Whaley, and Lei Yu, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2011, 158, F155-F158.
13. Irreversible redox reactions of ferrocene / ferrocenium on self-assembled monolayer modified gold electrode in ionic liquid BMIMBF4, An D. LE, and Lei Yu, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2011, 158, F10-14.
14. Conductivity, Viscosity, and Dissolution Enthalpy of LiNTF2 in Ionic Liquid BMINTF2, Angelo Andriola, Kulwinder Singh, James Lewis, and Lei Yu, The Journal of Physical Chemistry: B, 2010, 114, 11709-11714.
15. Quantitative gold nanoparticle analysis methods: A review, Lei Yu and Angelo Andriola, Talanta, 2010, 82, 869-875.