Basic Information:

1. General Information of Requester

The University is an international institution that distinctively embraces the ideal of the research university, where the excitement, vitality and passion of the search for new knowledge is one in which all students participate; as an enlightened and tolerant community where able students can find support, whatever their background or circumstances; and as a place where the Kaurna people, original custodians of the land on which the campuses now rest, are acknowledged and their culture respected. The University of Adelaide draws strength from its founding values as it fulfils its future research and teaching aspirations. The University has five Nobel Laureates for their work in developing ground-breaking research. It is proudly ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide and a member of the Group of Eight, making us one of Australia’s leading research universities. At the University of Adelaide, we're proud to celebrate the awards and achievements of our staff, students, academics and alumni. The Fulbright program offers the opportunity to develop knowledge and relationships through an international exchange program.

2. International Cooperation Status

Professor Dusan Losic, professor of chemical engineering at the university of Adelaide in Australia, was hired as a visiting professor at chongqing university. He have worked closely with professor yuxin zhang's group for 5 years to conduct basic research on the development of functional materials based on graphene and diatomite. until now, we have cooperatively published 6 high-level papers.

Technical Requirements Summary:

1. Importance and necessity of requested project, and relations with key projects and industries of Chongqing .

In traditional industry, diatomite is widely used in industrial water treatment and adsorption of pollutants (heavy metals and dye wastewater), construction paint filler, etc., however the researches on high-value diatomite products are less. A template synthetic approach is normally used to enhance the morphologies of the diatomite and increase their properties by their conversion into metallic, metal oxide, semi-conductive and polymer structures. However, the key technology for high value researches of diatomite is monopolized and blocked in abroad. On the other hand, the basic research of diatomite materials was ignored in domestic because of pursuing of short-term economic interests, which resulted in serious losses, as such market chaos, frequent leukemia cases, and so on. In order to fundamentally solve these problems, it is necessary to optimize the structure, break the technology blockade,  constantly improve the value level application of diatomite, rapidly promote the development of the novel diatomite material with our own the original innovation.

2. Technology breakthroughs and innovations of requested project

1. Research on building the relationship between the interface of Si - O atoms relations and crystal configuration changes by the dynamic simulation calculation to prepare well-controlled nanostructure modified diatomite composites.

2. Research on establishing the relationship between structure and catalytic performance of the nanostructure modified diatomite composites through characterization of surface structure and the distribution of nanopores, which could further reveal the mechanism of the catalytic performance from atomic scale interface and crystal structure.