Education

Biography

Dr Aimin Yu received her PhD in Chemistry at Nanjing University (China) in 1997. After being a Lecturer at the same university for three years, Dr Yu took a postdoctoral position at Max Planch Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Germany). Dr Yu moved to Australia in 2003 and worked at the University of Melbourne and University of Queensland for four years. Dr Yu is currently an Associate Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, based in Melbourne Australia. Her research fields include: synthesis and functionalization of nanomaterials; design and preparation of nanostructured thin films; and development of biosensors and assay methods for biomedical applications. Dr Yu has co-authored more than 120 journal articles in these areas.

Research Interest

• Synthesis and functionalization of nanomaterials
• Design and preparation of nano structured thin films
• Development of biosensors and assay methods for biomedical applications

Scientific Activities:

Employment History

Professional Activities

• Member and Ambassador, Royal Australian Chemical Institute since 2003
• Adjunct Research Professorship of Hubei Province (ChuTian Scholar), China (2009–)
• Editorial board: Archives of Science since 2016
• Member, American Chemistry Society since 2010
• Member, International Electrochemical Society since 2008
• Member, Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network since 2007
• Member, Australia University Chemistry discipline network since 2011

Honors And Awards

• The Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Research Award (2016, 2012)
• The First-level Prize of Science and Technology Award of Chinese University awarded by Ministry of Education of China (2006)
• JSPS Post Doc Research Fellowship awarded by the Science and Technology Agency of Japan (2003, declined)
• The First-level Prize of Science and Technology Award of Chinese University awarded by Ministry of Education of China (2001)
• The Third-level Prize of Natural Science Award awarded by Ministry of Education of China (1998)

Publications

1. Batul, Rahila ; Tamanna, Tasnuva ; Khaliq, Abdul ; Yu, Aimin ; 2017. Recent progress on the biomedical applications of polydopamine nanostructures, Biomaterials Science, no. 5 (2017), pp. 1204-1229
2. Al-Attabi, Nuha Y. ; Kaur, Gagan ; Adhikari, Raju ; Cass, Peter ; Bown, Mark ; Evans, Meg ; Gunatillake, Pathiraja ; Malherbe, Francois ; Yu, Aimin ; 2017. Preparation and characterization of highly conductive polyurethane composites containing graphene and gold nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 52, no. 19 (Oct 2017), pp. 11774-11784
3. Loan, Phan Thi Kim ; Wu, Dongqin ; Ye, Chen ; Li, Xiaoqing ; Tra, Vu Thanh ; Wei, Qiuping ; Fu, Li ; Yu, Aimin ; Li, Lain-Jong ; Lin, Cheng-Te ; 2017. Hall effect biosensors with ultraclean graphene film for improved sensitivity of label-free DNA detection, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
4. Fu, Li ; Yu, Aimin ; 2017. Preparation of boron nitride nanosheets based composites and their application in catalysis, Boron nitride: properties, synthesis and applications (series: Chemistry research and applications) / Eugene Moran (ed.)
5. Liu, Shun ; Lai, Guosong ; Zhang, Haili ; Yu, Aimin ; 2017. Amperometric aptasensing of chloramphenicol at a glassy carbon electrode modified with a nanocomposite consisting of graphene and silver nanoparticles, Michrochimica Acta, Vol. 184, no. 5 (May 2017), pp. 1445-1451
6. Lai, Guosong ; Zheng, Min ; Hu, Wenjie ; Yu, Aimin ; 2017. One-pot loading high-content thionine on polydopamine-functionalized mesoporous silica nanosphere for ultrasensitive electrochemical immunoassay, Biosensors and Bioelectrics, Vol. 95 (Sep 2017), pp. 15-20
7. Li, Bo ; Lai, Guosong ; Zhang, Haili ; Hu, Shengli ; Yu, Aimin ; 2017. Copper chromogenic reaction based colorimetric immunoassay for rapid and sensitive detection of a tumor biomarker, Analytica Chimica Acta, Vol. 963 (2017), pp. 106-111
8. Fu, Li ; Wang, Ting ; Yu, Jinhong ; Dai, Wen ; Sun, Hongyan ; Liu, Zhiduo ; Jiang, Nan ; Yu, Aimin ; Lin, Cheng-Te ; 2017. An ultrathin high-performance heat spreader fabricated with hydroxylated boron nitride nanosheets, 2D Materials , Vol. 2, no. 4 (2017), article no. 025047
9. Fu, Li ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. Recent progress on the synthesis of 2D boron nitride nanosheets, Advanced 2D Materials / Ashutosh Tiwari and Mikael Syvajarvi (eds.), Chapter 2, pp. 37-66
10. Fu, Li ; Lai, Guosong ; Zhu, Deming ; Jia, Baohua ; Malherbe, Francois ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. Advanced catalytic and electrocatalytic performances of polydopamine functionalized reduced graphene oxide-palladium nanocomposites, ChemCatChem, Vol. 8, no. 18 (Sep 2016), pp. 1867-3880
11. Fu, Li ; Chen, Guoxin ; Jiang, Nan ; Yu, Jinhong ; Lin, Cheng-Te ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. In situ growth of metal nanoparticles on boron nitride nanosheets as highly efficient catalysts, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 4, no. 48 (2016), pp. 19107-19115
12. Fu, Li ; Sokiransky, Mika Matsunaka ; Wang, James ; Lai, Guosong ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. Development of Ag dendrites-reduced graphene oxide composite catalysts via galvanic replacement reaction, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, Vol. 83 (Sep 2016), pp. 146-150
13. Pham, Tien Song Hiep ; Fu, Li ; Mahon, Peter ; Lai, Guosong ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. Fabrication of β-Cyclodextrin-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide and Its Application for Electrocatalytic Detection of Carbendazim, Electrocatalysis, Vol. 7, no. 5 (Sep 2016), pp. 411-419
14. Wang, Tao ; Quinn, Matthew D. J. ; Nguyen, Song Ha Thi ; Yu, Aimin ; Notley, Shannon M. ; 2016. Graphene films using a thermally curable surfactant, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Vol. 3, no. 15 (Aug 2016), article no. 1600182
15. Fu, Li ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. Recent progress on the electrochemical detection of ascorbic acid, Ascorbic acid: Properties, synthesis and applications / Emma Parsons (ed.), Chapter 3
16. Fu, Li ; Lai, Guosong ; Chen, Guoxin ; Lin, Cheng-Te ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. Microwave irradiation-assisted exfoliation of boron nitride nanosheets: a platform for loading high density of nanoparticles, Chemistry Select, Vol. 1, no. 8 (Jun 2016), pp. 1799-1803
17. Tamanna, Tasnuva ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. Polydopamine nanoparticle as a stable and capacious nano-reservoir for rifampicin, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Vol. 10, no. 2 (2016), pp. 56-59
18. Cheng, Hui ; Xu, Lingling ; Zhang, Hai-Li ; Yu, Aimin ; Lai, Guosong ; 2016. Enzymatically catalytic signal tracing by glucose oxidase and ferrocene dually functionalized nanoporous gold nanoprobe for ultrasensitive electrochemical measurement of tumor biomarker, Analyst, Vol. 141 (2016), pp. 4381-4387
19. Lai, Guosong ; Cheng, Hui ; Xin, Dinghong ; Zhang, Haili ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. Amplified inhibition of the electrochemical signal of ferrocene by enzyme-functionalized graphene oxide nanoprobe for ultrasensitive immunoassay, Analytica Chimica Acta, Vol. 902 (Jan 2016), pp. 189-195
20. Lai, Guosong ; Cheng, Hui ; Yin, Cuiying ; Fu, Li ; Yu, Aimin ; 2016. One-pot preparation of graphene/gold nanocomposites for ultrasensitive nonenzymatic electrochemical immunoassay, Electroanalysis, Vol. 28, no. 1 (Jan 2016), pp. 69-75
21. Fu, Li ; Lai, Guosong ; Jia, Baohua ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. Preparation and electrocatalytic properties of polydopamine functionalized reduced graphene oxide-silver nanocomposites, Electrocatalysis, Vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan 2015), pp. 72-76
22. Tamanna, Tasnuva ; Bulitta, Jurgen B. ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. Controlling antibiotic release from mesoporous silica nano drug carriers via self-assembled polyelectrolyte coating, Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine, Vol. 26, no. 2 (Feb 2015), article no. 5444
23. Tamanna, Tasnuva ; Bulitta, Juergen ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles as an innovation in controlled drug delivery, Comprehensive guide for mesoporous materials: application and commercialization (series: Material science and technologies) / Mahmood Aliofkhazraei (ed.), pp. 167-195
24. Tamanna, Tasnuva ; Bulitta, Jurgen B. ; Landersdorfer, Cornelia B. ; Cashin, Veronica ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. Stability and controlled antibiotic release from thin films embedded with antibiotic loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles, RSC Advances, Vol. 5, no. 130 (Dec 2015), pp. 107839-107846
25. Fu, Li ; Lai, Guosong ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. Preparation of β-cyclodextrin functionalized reduced graphene oxide: application for electrochemical determination of paracetamol, RSC Advances, Vol. 5, no. 94 (2015), pp. 76973-76978
26. Lai, Guosong ; Zhang, Haili ; Yu, Aimin ; Ju, Huangxian ; 2015. In situ deposition of Prussian blue on mesoporous carbon nanosphere for sensitive electrochemical immunoassay, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 74 (2015), pp. 660-665
27. Cheng, Hui ; Lai, Guosong ; Fu, Li ; Zhang, Haili ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. Enzymatically catalytic deposition of gold nanoparticles by glucose oxidase-functionalized gold nanoprobe for ultrasensitive, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 71 (Sep 2015), pp. 353-358
28. Fua, Li ; Zhu, Deming ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. Galvanic replacement synthesis of silver dendrites-reduced graphene oxide composites and their surface-enhanced Raman scattering characteristics, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Vol. 149 (Apr 2015), pp. 396-401
29. Fu, Li ; Yu, Shuhong ; Thompson, Lachlan ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. Development of a novel nitrite electrochemical sensor by stepwise in situ formation of palladium and reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites, RSC Advances, Vol. 5, no. 50 (2015), pp. 40111-40116
30. Fu, Li ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. Electroanalysis of dopamine using reduced graphene oxide-palladium nanocomposites, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, Vol. 7, no. 2 (Feb 2015), pp. 147-151
31. Xu, Shaohua ; Fu, Li ; Pham, Tien Song Hiep ; Yu, Aimin ; Han, Fugui ; Chen, Long ; 2015. Preparation of ZnO flower/reduced graphene oxide composite with enhanced photocatalytic performance under sunlight, Ceramics International, Vol. 41, no. 3 (Apr 2015), pp. 4007-4013
32. Fu, Li ; Lai, Guosong ; Zhang, Haili ; Yu, Aimin ; 2015. One-pot synthesis of multipod ZnO-carbon nanotube-reduced graphene oxide composites with high performance in photocatalysis, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 15, no. 6 (2015), pp. 4325-4331