LOH Kian Ping
Professor
Postdoctoral, National Inst. for Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 1998; D.Phil., Oxford University, 1996; B.Sc.(Hons), National University of Singapore,1994.
Contact Information:
Office: MD1-14-03E
Tel: (65)-6516-4402
Fax: (65)-6779-1691
Email: chmlohkp@nus.edu.sg
Research
Recognition and Achievements
- Provost’s Chair Professor , 2015-2018
- President’s Science Award 2014
- American Chemical Society Nano Lectureship Award 2013
- University Outstanding Researcher Award 2012
- Dean’s Chair professor 2010
- Faculty Young Scientist Award, NUS, 2009, Outstanding Chemist Award, 2009
- University Young Scientist Award, NUS, 2008
- NRF-CRP award, NRF, 2007
Research Interests
General interests include:
- 2-D Covalent Organic Framework, Graphene and 2-D Materials, Surface Science
- Hybrid organic-inorganic materials, eg. 2-D Perovskites
- Energy Storage, photocatalysis, porous membrane for separation
Research Highlight
Ref: Liu, W.; Luo, X.; Bao, Y.; Liu, Y. P.; Ning, G.-H.; Abdelwahab, I.; Li, L.; Nai, C. T.; Hu, Z. G.; Zhao, D.; Liu, B.; Quek, S. Y.; Loh, K. P. A Two-Dimensional Conjugated Aromatic Polymer via C–C Coupling Reaction. Nat. Chem. 2017, 9, 563-570.
Teaching Contributions AY2022/2023
- CM5151 Energy Storage and Conversion Chemistry
- CM5263 Advanced Inorganic Electronic Materials
Representative Publications
- Zhao, X.; Loh, K. P., et. al. Engineering Covalently Bonded 2D Layered Materials by Self-Intercalation. Nature 2020, 581, 171–177.
- Song, P.; Loh, K. P., et. al., Coexistence of Large Conventional and Planar Spin Hall Effect with Long Spin Diffusion Length in a Low-Symmetry Semimetal at Room Temperature. Nat. Mater. 2020, 19, 292–298.
- Xu, H. -S.; Loh, K. P., et. al., Single Crystal of a One-Dimensional Metallo-Covalent Organic Framework. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 1434.
- Leng, K.; Loh, K. P., et. al. Molecularly Thin Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskites with Tunable Optoelectronic Properties due to Reversible Surface Relaxation. Nat. Mater. 2018, 17, 908-914.
- Liu, Y. P.; Loh, K. P., et. al. Tailoring Sample-Wide Pseudo-Magnetic Fields on a Graphene–Black Phosphorus Heterostructure. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2018, 13, 828–834.
- Peng, C. X.; Loh, K. P., et. al. Reversible Multi-Electron Redox Chemistry of π-Conjugated N-Containing Heteroaromatic Molecule-Based Organic Cathodes. Nat. Energy. 2017, 2, 17074.
- Gao, L. B.; Ni, G. X.; Liu, Y. P.; Liu, B.; Neto, A. H. C.; Loh, K. P. Face-To-face Transfer of Wafer-Scale Graphene Films. Nature 2014, 505, 190-194.
- Chhowalla, M.; Shin, H. S.; Eda, G.; Li, L. J.; Loh, K. P.; Zhang, H. The Chemistry of Two-Dimensional Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets. Nat. Chem. 2013, 5, 263-275.
- Lu, J.; Yeo, P. S. E.; Gan, C. K.; Wu, P.; Loh, K. P. Transforming C-60 Molecules into Graphene Quantum Dots. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2011, 6, 247-252.
- Loh, K. P.; Bao, Q. L.; Eda, G.; Chhowalla, M. Graphene Oxide as a Chemically Tunable Platform for Optical Applications. Nat. Chem. 2010, 2, 1015-1024.
