Faculty

Nov. 2007 – present

Associate professor,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.

Research topic: Porous materials (Germanophosphates, borophosphates, phosphates, borates and so on).

Nov. 2004 – Jan. 2008

Postdoc,Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany.

Research topic: Biomineralization and borophosphates

PhD. Inorganic Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden and Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany(May 2001 – Oct. 2004)

MSc. Inorganic Chemistry, XiamenUniversity, Xiamen, P. R. China. (Sept. 1998 – Apr. 2001)

BSc.Material Chemistry, XiamenUniversity, Xiamen, P.R. China. (Sept. 1994 - July 1998)

Physical Chemistry, Gemstone Appreciation, Diamond and Diamond Appreciation, Basic Chemistry Experiment I, and so on.

¨Synthesis of materials by chemical methods (hydrothermal and high-temperature solid state synthetic methods)

¨Structural characterization by X-ray powder and single crystal diffraction: data collection on various single crystal and powder diffractometers at room temperatures

1.W. Sun, Y.-X. Huang, S. Nokhrin, Y. Pan, J.-X. Mi,Perfect Kagomé lattice in YCu3(OH)6Cl3: A new candidate for the quantum spin liquid state, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,DOI: 10.1039/C6TC02399A. (in Press)

2.D.-T. Pei, W. Sun, Y.-X. Huang, Z.-M. Sun, Y. Pan and J.-X. Mi, Novel phosphate halides BaMnIII[PO4]FCl and BaMnIII[PO4]F2: Effects of mixed halides on crystal structures and magnetic properties, J.Solid State Chem., 2016, 234, 29–35.

3.C.-Z. Huang, B. Liu, L. Wen, R.-C. Zhuang, J.-T. Zhao, Y.-M. Pan, J.-X. Mi, Y.-X. Huang,* Dimensional Reduction From 2D Layer to 1D Band for Germanophosphates Induced by the Tailor Effect of Fluoride. Inorg. Chem.,2015, 54 (14), 6978-6985.

4.W.-J. Ren, J.-Q. Wang, Y.-X. Huang, Z.-M. Sun, Y. Pan, J.-X. Mi, Synthesis and characterization of mixed-valence manganese fluorophosphate and analogues with clathrate-like structures: (Mn6F12)(PO3(OH))8 Na8(Kx(H3O)4-x(H2O)2MIV(OH)6 (MIV = Mn, Ti, Ge), Dalton Trans.,2015,44, 7960-7966.

5.R.-C. Zhuang, J. Yang, D.-Y. Wang, Y.-X. Huang,* Simultaneously enhancing the flame retardancy and toughness of epoxy by lamellar dodecyl-ammonium dihydrogen phosphate Rsc Advances 2015,5, 100049-100053.

6.W. Sun, Y.-X. Huang, S. Nokhrin, Y. M. Pan, J.-X. Mi, Hydrothermal Synthesis of Open-Framework Borophosphates with Tunable Micropore Sizes, Crystal Morphologies, and Thermal Stabilities. Crystal Growth & Design,2015, 15(8), 3594-3601.

7.T.-T. Zhu, W. Sun, Y.-X. Huang, Z.-M. Sun, Y.-M. Pan, L. Balents, J.-X. Mi, Strong spin frustration from isolated triangular Cu(II) trimers in SrCu(OH)3Cl with a novel cuprate layer, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2 (38), 8170-8178.

8.J.-Q. Wang, Y.-X. Huang, Y. Pan, J.-X. Mi, Hydrothermal synthesis of high purity zeolite A from natural kaolin without calcination, Microporous and Mesoporous Mater., 2014, 199, 50-56.

9.Y.-X. Huang,* B. Liu, L. Wen, X. Zhang, W. Sun, J. Lin, C.-Z. Huang, R.-C. Zhuang, J.-X. Mi, J.-T. Zhao, Structural Assembly from Phosphate to Germanophosphate by Applying Germanate as a Binder, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 9169−9171.

10.Y.-X. Huang,* X. Zhang, X. Huang, W. Schnelle, J. Lin, J.-X. Mi, M.-B. Tang, J.-T. Zhao, Two Isotypic Transition Metal Germanophosphates MII4(H2O)4[Ge(OH)2(HPO4)2(PO4)2] (MII = Fe, Co): Synthesis, Structure, Mössbauer Spectroscopy, and Magnetic Properties, Inorg. Chem.2012, 51, 3316-3323.

11.P. Simon, W. Carrillo-Cabrera, Y.-X. Huang, J. Buder, H. Borrmann, R. Cardoso-Gil, E. Rosseeva, Y. Yarin, T. Zahnert, R. Kniep, Structural Relationship between Calcite-Gelatine Composites and Biogenic (Human) Otoconia, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2011, 35, 5370-5377.

12.Y.-X. Huang, J. Buder, Yu. Prots, R. Cardoso-Gil, W. Carrillo-Cabrera, P. Simon, R. Kniep, Shape Development and Structure of a Complex (Otoconia-like?) Calcite-Gelatine Composite. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2008, 47, 8280-8284.

13.S. Chen, H. Borrmann, Y.-X. Huang, Z.-J. Zhang, H.-H. Chen, J.-T. Zhao, Templated synthesis of mesolamellar n-alkylamine borophosphates. Langmuir 200824, 9323-9327.

14.Y.-X. Huang, Yu. Prots, R. Kniep, Zn[BPO4(OH)2]: A novel zinc borophosphate with the moganite topology. Chem. Eur. J.2008, 14, 1757-1761.

15.Y.-X. Huang, O. Hochrein, D. Zahn, Yu. Prots, H. Borrmann, R. Kniep, Control of channel shapes in a manganese-borophosphate framework: the influence of size and shape of organic template cations. Chem. Eur. J.2007, 13, 1737-1745.

16.B. Ewald, Y.-X. Huang, R. Kniep, Structural chemistry of borophosphates, metalloborophosphates, and related compounds. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2007,633 (10), 1517-1540.(Review)

17.Y.-X. Huang, B. Ewald, W. Schnelle, Y. Prots, R. Kniep, Chirality and magnetism in a novel series of isotypic borophosphates: MII[BPO4(OH)2] (MII = Mn, Fe, Co). Inorg. Chem. 2006,45 (19), 7578-7580.

18.Y.-X. Huang, G. Schafer, W. Carrillo-Cabrera, H. Borrmann, R. Cardoso-Gil, R. Kniep,(C6H14N2){Zn[ZnB2P4O15(OH)2]·(C6H13N2)Cl}: A new templated zincoborophosphate. Chem. Mater. 2003,15 (26), 4930-4935.

19.Y.-X. Huang, G. Schafer, H. Borrmann, J.-T. Zhao, R. Kniep, (C2H10N2)[BPO4F2] - Structural relations between [BPO4F2]2- and [Si2O6]4-. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2003,629 (1), 3-5.

20.Y.-X. Huang, G. Schäfer, W. Carrillo-Cabrera, R. Cardoso, W. Schnelle, J.-T. Zhao, R. Kniep: Open-Framework Borophosphates: (NH4)0.4FeII0.55FeIII0.5(H2O)2[BP2O8]·0.6H2O and NH4FeIII- [BPO2O8(OH)]. Chem. Mater.2001, 13, 4348-4354.