Yuzhuo Li

Professor
Chemistry
373 CAMP
Clarkson University
PO Box 5810
Potsdam, NY 13699-5810

Phone: 315-268-4407
E-mail: yuzhuoli@clarkson.edu
Department Website
Research Group Home Page
Center for Advanced Surface Technology (CAST)

Educational Background:
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
B.S., Polymer Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 1982

Related Facilities:

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer
• High Performance Liquid Chromatograph
• Luminescence Spectrophotometer
• Infrared Spectrophotometer
• Photochemical Reactors

Conducted Research:

• Surface reactions on semiconductor particles
• Photocatalysis for organic synthesis
• Photochemistry in heterogeneous media

Memberships:

• ACS Chairman of Northern - New York Section, 1993-1997, National Committee on Computers in Chemical Education
• American Society for Photobiology
• New York Acadamy of Sciences
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
• Inter-American Photochemical Society
• Chinese American Chemical Society

Honors:

• R.C. Fuson Research Award, University of Illinois, 1988
• Outstanding New Teacher Award, Clarkson University, 1993
• John W. Graham, Jr. Faculty Research Award, Clarkson University, 1996
• Outstanding Advisor Award, Clarkson University, 1997

Selected Publications:
H. Wang, R. Partch and Y. Li, "TiO₂ Particle Mediated Synthesis of Benzimidazoles," J. Org. Chem. 62, 5222 (1997).

Y. Li, "Photochemical Reactions on Semiconductor Particles," in Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry, Vol. 2, V. Ramamurthy (ed.), Marcel Dekker, New York, 1997, pp 295-324.

Y. Li, and L. Wang, "Semiconductor-mediated Photocatalysis for Organic Synthesis," in Semiconductor Nanoclusters Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Vol. 103, P.V. Kamat and D. Meisel (eds.), Elsevier Science B.V., 1996, pp 391-415.

W. Liu, M. Gaines, R. Bao, J. Clifford, and Y. Li, "Preparation and Evaluation of Arylazide-Substituted Pyridine Adenine Dinucleotides for Photoaffinity Labeling Experiments," Photochemistry and Photobiology, 63(6), 793 (1996).

W.S. Schutt, Y. Li, and M. E. Sigman, "Fluorometric Investigation of the Reaction Between Ozone and Surface-Adsorbed Naphthalenes on Silica Gel," Anal. Chim. Acta. 319, 369 (1996).

R. Bao, W. Liu, Y. Lu, and Y. Li, "Water Soluble Dialkyl Peroxides and Peroxyesters," J. Org. Chem. 60, 5341 (1995).

J. Huang, H. Ding, W.S. Dodson, and Y. Li, "Applications of TiO2 Sol for UV Radiation Exposure Measurements," Anal. Chim. Acta, 311, 115 (1995).

"Photoinduced Reduction of Nitro Compounds on Semiconductors," F. Mahdavi, T. Bruton and Y. Li, J. Org. Chem., 58, 744 (1993).

"Photoinduced Reduction of Aldehydes on TiO2," C. Joyce-Pruden, J. Pross and Y. Li, J. Org. Chem., 57, 5087 (1992).

"Rotational Diffusion of Liquid Toluene in Confined Geometry," G. Liu, M. Mackowiak, Y. Li and J. Jonas, J. Chem. Phys. , 94(1), 239 (1991).

"NMR Deuteron Relaxation Study of Low-dimensional Effects on Molecular Liquids in Restricted Geometries," G. Liu, M. Mackowiak, Y. Li and J. Jonas, J. Chem. Phys., 149, 65 (1990).

"High Pressure NMR Study of Transport and Relaxation in Complex Liquids of 2-Ethylhexyl Cyclohexanecarboxylate and 2-Ethylhexyl Benzoate," Y. Li, J. Jonas et al., J. Phys. Chem., 94, 1157 (1990).