Faculty Research: Miqin Zhang

Degrees:
1999, Ph.D, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley

Awards and Professional Activities:
University Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 1998/1999

University Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 1997/1998

University Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 1996/1997

Harry Stuart Derby and Alice Urquhart Derby Scholarship, UC Berkeley, 1995/1996

University Fellowship, University of Victoria, 1992/1993

University Fellowship, University of Victoria, 1991/1992

Areas of Research:

Nano-MEMS	Bio-Inspired Materials
Hybrid Materials	Self-Assembled Systems
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering	Cell Signalling
Nanoscale Signal Transduction	Nanomaterials
Biological Nanosystems

Selected Publications:
Book Chapters and Editing

M. Zhang, Chapter 2 "Biocompatibility of Materials", in Advances in Biomaterials and Biotechnology, D. Shi (ed), Springer-Verlag, New York, in press (2002).

Y. Zhang, N. Kohler, and M. Zhang “High-Efficiency Intracellular Uptake of Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications” in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Perspective”, G. Liu, et al. (eds), pp 282, Frontiers of Science and Technology for the 21st Century, Tshinghua University Press (2002).

S. Lee, M. Zhang, and J. Baker, editors, 3 (3), Special Issue on Biologic Nanotechnology, Biomedical Microdevices (2001).

M. Zhang and M. Ferrari, Chapter 6 "Free Boundary Reflection of P- and S- Waves in Granular Media", in Advances in Doublet Mechanics, Ferrari, et al. (eds), pp 103, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg (1997).

Recent Journal Publications

Yong Zhang, Ming Ni, Miqin Zhang and Buddy Ratner, "Calcium phosphate/chitosan composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering", Tissue Engineering, (2002) in press.

Mandana Veiseh, M. Hadi Zareie and Miqin Zhang, "Highly selective protein patterning on gold-silicon substrates for biosensor applications", Langmuir 18 (17) 6671 – 6678 (2002).

Y. Zhang and M. Zhang, "Three-dimensional macroporous calcium phosphate bioceramics with nested chitosan sponges for load-bearing bone implants", Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 61 (1), 1 – 8 (2002).

Y. Zhang, N. Kohler and M. Zhang, "Surface modification of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and their uptake into the macrophage cells", Biomaterials 23 (7), 1553 – 1561 (2002).

Y. Zhang and M. Zhang, "Calcium phosphate/chitosan composite scaffolds for controlled in vitro antibiotic drug release", Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 62 (3), 378 – 386 (2002).

Y. Zhang and M. Zhang, "Synthesis and characterization of macroporous chitosan/calcium phosphate composite scaffolds for tissue engineering", Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 55, 304 – 312 (2001).

M. Veiseh, Y. Zhang, K. Hinkley and M. Zhang, "Two-dimensional protein micropatterning for sensor applications through chemical selectivity technique", Biomedical Microdevices, 3, 43 – 49 (2001).

Y. Zhang and M. Zhang, "Microstructural and mechanical characterization of chitosan scaffolds reinforced by calcium phosphates", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 282 (2), 159 – 64 (2001).

S. Lee, J. Baker, and M. Zhang, "Interfaces", Biomedical Microdevices 3 (1), 5 (2001).

T. Desai, D. Hansford, L. Kulinsky, A. H. Nashat, G. Rasi, J. Tu, Y. Wang, M. Zhang and M. Ferrari, "Nanopore technology for biomedical applications", Biomedical Microdevices 2 (1), 11 – 40 (1999).

M. Zhang, T. Desai and M. Ferrari, "Proteins and cells on PEG immobilized silicon", Biomaterials 19 (10), 953 – 960 (1998).

M. Zhang and M. Ferrari, "Hemocompatible polyethylene glycol films on silicon", Biomedical Microdevices 1 (1), 81-90 (1998).

M. Zhang and M. Ferrari, "Reduction of albumin adsorption onto silicon surfaces by Tween 20", Biotechnology. & Bioengineering. 56 (6), 618 – 625 (1997).

Press Articles and News:
http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2002/09/03/1031014854.htm

Research Keywords:
Nanomaterials, composite scaffolds, nanofilters, protein and cell patterning, cell-based sensors, imaging materials, nanoparticle tagging, biocompatibility

Experticed Keywords:
Biomaterials, tissue engineering, BioMEMS, self-assembly