Home People Honorary Staff Dickon H. L. NG

Education:

• PhD, Manitoba
• MSc, Concordia
• BSc, McGill

Working Experience:

• 2014-now, Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 1991-2014, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 1989-1991, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Materials, University of Oxford

University Concurrent Positions:

• 2015-2018, Chairman, Department of Physics
• 2015-2018, Programme Director of Master of Science in Physics
• 2008–2015, Associate Dean (Student Affairs), Faculty of Science
• 2012-2017, Chairman of College Staff Association, Lee Woo Sing College
• 2010-2012, Dean of Students, Lee Woo Sing College
• 1994-2009, Warden, Adam Schall Residence, United College

Honorary Positions:

• 2008, Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Jinan
• 2003, Visiting Fellow, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge
• 2002-2005, Visiting Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Research Interest:

• Composite materials
• Biomorphic materials
• Photocatalysis
• Energy materials

Research Grants:

• RGC Earmarked Grant (14-15): Synthesis of photocatalyst for water treatment
• RGC Earmarked Grant (06-07): Fabrication and characterization of biomorphic materials
• RGC Earmarked Grant (04-05): Fabrication and characterization of nanometer-sized sialon whiskers
• RGC Earmarked Grant (01-02): Fabrication and characterization of alumina whiskers and intermetallics reinforced aluminum-based metal matrix composites
• RGC Earmarked Grant (94-95): Development of magnetic methods for the nNon-destructive inspection of steel structures

Patents:

• C-D. Qin and D.H.L. Ng, "Aluminum metal matrix composite materials reinforced by intermetallic compounds and alumina whiskers", US Patent, Patent No. 6,187,260 B1(2001).
• C-D. Qin and D.H.L. Ng, "Aluminum metal matrix composite materials reinforced by intermetallic compounds and alumina whiskers", US Patent, Patent No. 5,972,523 (1999).

Total Number of Trained Postgraduate Students:

• PhD 10
• MPhil ~ 36

Total Number of Publications: ~150

Publications in the Past Four Years:

2018(2 so far)

• Huating Sun, Tianxing Wu, Yunxia Zhang, Dickon H.L. Ng and Guozhong Wang, "Structure-enhanced removal of Cr(VI) in aqueous solutions using MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets", New Journal of Chemistry, DOI: 10.1039/c8nj01062e (2018).
• Jun Liu, Jia Li, Xingmei Bing, Dickon H.L. Ng, Xinling Cui, Fei Ji, Denis Dienguila Kionga, "ZnCr-LDH/N-doped graphitic carbon-incorporated g-C3N4 2D/2D nanosheet heterojunction with enhanced charge transfer for photocatalysis", Materials Research Bulletin, vol.102 pp.379-390 (2018).

2017(7)

• Ning Zhang, Xiaohui Yan, Yuan Huang, Jia Li, Jianmin Ma and Dickon H.L. Ng, "Electrostatically Assembled Magnetite Nanoparticles/Graphene Foam as a Binder-Free Anode for Lithium Ion Battery", Langmuir vol.33 pp.8899-8905 (2017).
• Jia Li, Dickon H.L. Ng, Rongwei Ma, Min Zuo, and Peng Song, "Eggshell membrane-derived MgFe2O4 for pharmaceutical antibiotics removal and recovery from water", Chemical Engineering Research and Design, vol.126 pp.123-133 (2017).
• Ning Zhang, Chong Chen, Xiaohui Yan, Yuan Huang, Jia Li, Jianmin Ma and Dickon H.L. Ng, "Bacteria-inspired Fabrication of Fe3O4-Carbon/Graphene Foam for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes", Electrochimica Acta vol.223 pp.39-46 (2017).
• Ning Zhang, Xiaohui Yan, Jia Li, Jianmin Ma and Dickon H.L. Ng, "Biosorption-Directed Integration of Hierarchical CoO/C Composite with Nickel Foam for High-performance Supercapacitor", Electrochimica Acta vol.226 pp.132-139 (2017).
• Hongyan Li, Jia Li, Chaochao Xu, Ping Yang, Dickon H.L. Ng, Peng Song and Min Zuo, "Hierarchically porous MoS2/CoAl-LDH/HCF with synergistic adsorption-photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation", JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS vol.698 pp.852-862 (2017).
• Li J, Ng DHL, Kwong FL and Chiu KL, "Hierarchically porous TiO2-MnTiO3/hollow activated carbon fibers heterojunction photocatalysts with synergistic adsorption-photocatalytic performance under visible light", JOURNAL OF POROUS MATERIALS vol.24 pp.1047-1059 (2017).
• Lu Lu, Jia Li, Dickon H.L. Ng, Ping Yang, Peng Song and Min Zuo, "Synthesis of novel hierarchically porous Fe3O4@MgAl-LDH magnetic microspheres and its superb adsorption properties of dye from water", Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry vol.46 pp.315-323 (2017).

2016(1)

• Lu L., Li J., Yu J., Song P. and Ng D.H.L., "A hierarchically porous MgFe2O4/gamma-Fe2O3 magnetic microspheres for efficient removals of dye and pharmaceutical from water", Chemical Engineering Journal vol.283 pp.524-534 (2016).

2015(14)

• Guo W., Li X., Ng D.H.L. and Ma J.M., "Integration of MnO@graphene with graphene networks towards Li-ion battery anodes", RSC ADVANCES vol.5 pp.96681-96684 (2015).
• Mei L, Mao ML, Chou SL, Liu HK, Dou SX, Ng DHL and Ma JM, "Nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers with effectively encapsulated GeO2 nanocrystals for highly reversible lithium storage", Journal of Materials Chemistry A vol.3 pp.21699-21705 (2015).
• Deng Q, Tang HB, Liu G, Song XP, Kang SH, Wang HM, Ng DHL and Wang GZ, "Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4,4 '-trichlorobiphenyl into long-chain alkanes using Ag nanoparticle decorated flower-like ZnO microspheres", New Journal of Chemistry vol.39 pp.7781-7785 (2015).
• Li Q, Antony RP, Wong LH and Ng DHL, "Promotional effects of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide surface modification on a hematite photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting", RSC ADVANCES vol.5 pp.100142-100146 (2015).
• Zhang N, Ma JM, Li Q, Li J and Ng DHL, "Shape-controlled synthesis of MnCO3 nanostructures and their applications in supercapacitors", RSC ADVANCES vol.5 pp.81981-81985 (2015).
• Li J., Ng D.H.L., Song P., Kong C. and Song Y., "Synthesis of SnO2-activated carbon fiber hybrid catalyst for the removal of methyl violet from water", MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS vol.194 pp.1-8 (2015).
• Li J.; Ng H. L. Dickon; Song P.; Song Y. and Kong C., "Bio-inspired Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous ZnFe2O4 Hollow Fibers with Enhancement of Adsorption Capacity for Acid Dye", Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry vol.23 pp.290-298 (2015).
• Li J.; Ng H. L. Dickon; Song P.; Kong C.; Song Y. and Yang P., "Preparation and Characterization of High-surface-area Activated Carbon Fibers from Silkworm Cocoon Waste for Congo Red Adsorption", Biomass and Bioenergy vol.75 pp.189-200 (2015).
• Li J.; Ng H. L. Dickon; Song P.; Song Y.; Kong C. and Liu S. Q., "Synthesis of Hierarchically Porous Cu-Ni/C Composite Catalysts from Tissue Paper and Their Catalytic Activity for the Degradation of Triphenylmethane Dye in the Microwave Induced Catalytic Oxidation (MICO) Process", Materials Research Bulletin vol.64 pp.236-244 (2015).
• Zhang X.; Wu T. X.; Zhang Y. X.; Ng H. L. Dickon; Zhao H. J. and Wang G. Z., "Adsorption of Hg2+ by Thiol Functionalized Hollow Mesoporous Silica Microspheres with Magnetic Cores", RSC Advances vol.5 pp.51446-51453 (2015).
• Li J.; Zhang N.; and Ng H. L. Dickon; "Synthesis of a 3 D hierarchical structure of γ-AlO(OH)/Mg-Al-LDH/C and its performance in organic dyes and antibiotics adsorption". Journal of Materials Chemistry A vol.3 pp.21106-21115 (2015).
• Qian Li, Juncao Bian, Ning Zhang, Dickon H.L. Ng, "Loading Ni(OH)2 on the Ti-doped hematite photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting", Electrochimica Acta, (155) 383-390 (2015).
• Quan Deng, Haibin Tang, Gang Liu, Xiaoping Song, Guoping Xu, Qian Li, Dickon H.L. Ng, and Guozhong Wang, "The Fabrication and photocatalytic performances of flower-like Ag nanoparticles/ZnO nanosheets-assembled microspheres", Applied Surface Science, (331) 50-57 (2015).
• Yong Yang, Guozhong Wang, Gang Gu, Qian Li, Shenghong Kang, Yunxia Zhang, Dickon H.L. Ng, and Huijun Zhao, "One pot microwave-assisted synthesis of Ag decorated yolk@shell structured TiO2 microspheres", RSC Advances, (5) 11349-11357 (2015).