I. Francis Cheng
I. Francis Cheng
Professor
Renfrew Hall 003
208-885-6387
Department of Chemistry
875 Perimeter Dr, MS 2343
Moscow, ID 83844-2343
- B.S. Chemistry, 1982 University of Delaware
- Ph.D. Chemistry, 1988 Penn State University
- Postdoc 1987-1989 Texas A & M University
Courses:
- CHEM 253 - Quantitative Analysis
- CHEM 254 - Quantitative Analysis Lab
- CHEM 409 - Proseminar
Complete list of publications >
- “A Study of the Electrochemical Properties of a New Graphitic Material: GUITAR” Isaiah O. Gyan, Peter Wojcik, D. Eric Aston, David N. McIlroy and I. Francis Cheng, ChemElectroChem, 2015, 2, 700-706.
- "Electrochemical Study of Biologically Relevant Molecules at Electrodes Constructed from GUITAR, a New Carbon Allotrope." Isaiah O. Gyan and I. Francis Cheng, accepted Microchemical Journal, 2015, 122, 39-44.
- "Highest Measured Anodic Stability in Aqueous Solutions: Graphenic Electrodes from the Thermolyzed Asphalt Reaction" I. Francis Cheng, Yuqun Xie, Isaiah Owusu Gyan, Nolan R. Nicholas, RSC Advances, 2013, 3(7), 2379-2384.
- “Sulfur as an Important Co-factor in the formation of Multilayer Graphene in the Thermolyzed Asphalt Reaction” Yuqun Xie, Simon D. McAllister, Seth A. Hyde, Jency Pricilla Sundararajan , B. A. Fouetio Kengne, David N. McIlroy, and I. Francis Cheng Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 5723-5729.
- “Synthesis of graphene paper from pyrolyzed asphalt” I. Francis Cheng, R. Allen Gonzales, Yuqun Xie, Przemysław R. Brejna, Jency Pricilla Sundararajan, B. A. Fouetio Kengne, D. Eric Aston, David N. McIlroy, Jeremy D. Foutch and Peter R. Griffiths Carbon, 2011, 49, 2852-2861
- "Conductive Ceramic Coating on Poly Acrylonitrile -Vinyl Chloride (Modacrylic) Discontinuous Fibers via Electroless Deposition" Sunil N Patankar, Simon D. McAllister, I. Francis Cheng, Dean B. Edwards, Journal of Power Sources, 2010 195, 362-366. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.07.010
- "Selective and Rapid Detection of Triacetone Triperoxide by Double-Step Chronoamperometry" I. Francis Cheng and Yuqun Xie, Microchemical Journal, 2009, 94, 166-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2009.10.016
- "Heavy Metals Removal from Mine Runoff using Compost Bioreactors" David Christian, Edmund Wong, Ronald L. Crawford, Francis I. Cheng and Thomas F. Hess, Accepted Journal of Environmental Quality. March 2010
- Batteries
- Fuel Cells
- Corrosion
- Solar Energy Conversion
- Antioxidants
- Biological Oxidations
- Explosives Detection
- Environmental Remediation
- Photosystem II
- Editorial Board Microchemical Journal (1998-present)
- Phi Lambda Upsilon 1983
- Sigma Xi 1990