Dr Chi David Cheng

Senior Lecturer

Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
BEng, Polymer Materials and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology

Engineering

School of Chemical Engineering

Dr Chi (David) Cheng is a Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow in Chemical Engineering at 91ɫ��Ƭ Sydney, and Deputy Director of the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology. He joined 91ɫ��Ƭ in 2023, following appointments as a Postdoctoral Scholar and Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Monash University.

His research focuses on nanofluidics, membrane science, and nanopore technologies for advanced chemical separations, green energy, and sustainable resources.

Dr Cheng has been recognised with the MSA Membrane Science Award, ARC Future Fellowship, and Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship.

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Phone

+61 2 9348 1053

E-mail

chi.cheng2@unsw.edu.au

Location

Hilmer Building, RM 522 91ɫ��Ƭ Sydney Kensington NSW 2052

Journal articles | 2026

Zhang Y; Lu T; Yu W; Li W; Sun F; Yue Z; Chen Y; Jiang W; Cheng C; Zu L; Yang H; Zhao D, 2026, 'Nanoconfined self-sustained water networks stabilize triple-phase interfaces under low humidity in PEM fuel cells', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 399,

Journal articles | 2026

Zhou L; Li C; Shen N; Chen K; Jiang H; Feng M; Zhao M; Cheng C; Huang X, 2026, 'Whole-ear finite element analysis of superior semicircular canal dehiscence and its impact on inner-ear responses', Hearing Research, 470,

Journal articles | 2025

Cheng C; Kim L; Persad AH; Chow CM; Karnik R, 2025, 'Edge-activated graphene nanopores for thermally robust hydrogen membrane separations', Nature Communications, 16,

Journal articles | 2025

Ishaq M; Jabeen M; Ma Z; Ilyas F; Li L; Haider R; Zia A; Yuan GX; Liao XZ; Cheng C; He YS; Ma ZF, 2025, 'A review on phosphorus and metal phosphides as anodes for sodium-ion batteries', Rare Metals, 44, pp. 5115 - 5164,

Journal articles | 2025

Kim L; Persad A; Cheng C; Field R; Karnik R, 2025, 'Reversibly Switching Hydrogen-Responsive Palladium–Graphene Composite Membranes', Advanced Functional Materials, 35,

Journal articles | 2025

Nara M; Fujii K; Matsui D; Ogura A; Murakami T; Ogawa T; Ito S; Cheng CD; Scholes CA; Wada S, 2025, 'Evaluating Cation-Exchange Membrane Properties Affecting Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolysis', ACS Omega, 10, pp. 10425 - 10431,

Journal articles | 2025

Shen H; Shi F; Cheng C; Ren X; Guo M; Xu R; Jin D; Zhong J, 2025, 'Designing nanohydrogels/organosilica composite membranes to stabilize CO2 separation performance in dry and wet conditions', Journal of Membrane Science, 717,

Journal articles | 2025

Zhang M; Hakobyan K; Cheng C; Xu J, 2025, 'Surface Engineering of Polymer Hydrogels Toward Functional Soft Material Innovations', Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 226,

Journal articles | 2024

Liu B; Zhu Y; Sha S; Ge R; Cheng C; Yin J; Huang Z; Dai L; Li S; Li W, 2024, 'Strong Interaction between Molybdenum Compounds and Mesoporous CMK-5 Supports Boosts Hydrogen Evolution Reaction', Advanced Functional Materials, 34,

Journal articles | 2024

Zhao H; Cheng C; Guo Q; Ma R; Yang Y, 2024, 'Analysis of Phase Mismatch for Mercurous Bromide-Based Non-Collinear AOTF Design in Spectral Imaging Applications', MATERIALS, 17,

Journal articles | 2024

Zhao H; Cheng C; Guo Q; Yu K; Yang Y, 2024, 'Angular-Spectral Characteristics of Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters Based on Mercurous Halide Crystals', MATERIALS, 17,

Journal articles | 2024

Zhu M; Yu L; Sha S; Ge R; Cheng C; Dai L; Li S; Liu B; Qu Z; Li W, 2024, 'Highly efficient nanosized MoS2/MoP heterocatalyst for enhancing hydrogen evolution reaction over a wide pH range', Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 41,

Journal articles | 2023

Chen P; Cheng C; Yang X; Sha T-T; Zou X; Zhang F; Jiang W; Xu Y; Cao X; You Y-M; Luo Z, 2023, 'Wireless Deep Brain Stimulation by Ultrasound-Responsive Molecular Piezoelectric Nanogenerators', ACS NANO, 17, pp. 25625 - 25637,

Journal articles | 2023

Cheng C; Li H; Zhang C; Guo C; Li J; Zhang H; Lin S; Wang Q, 2023, 'Effect of substrate bias on structure and properties of (AlTiCrZrNb)N high-entropy alloy nitride coatings through arc ion plating', SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 467,

Journal articles | 2023

Ding S; Xia B; Li M; Lou F; Cheng C; Gao T; Zhang Y; Yang K; Jiang L; Nie Z; Guan H; Duan J; Chen S, 2023, 'An abnormal size effect enables ampere-level O2 electroreduction to hydrogen peroxide in neutral electrolytes', Energy and Environmental Science, 16, pp. 3363 - 3372,

Journal articles | 2023

Liu SYV; Chen Y-Y; Cheng C, 2023, 'Genetic structure and relatedness of juvenile sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) at Dongsha Island', SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 13,

Journal articles | 2023

Mao G; Sun Q; Jiang J; Sun J; Wu T; Cheng C; Teng M; Zhao Y; Zhou X; Zhang H; Bian W, 2023, 'Dopamine and epigallocatechin-3-gallate cross-linked coating demonstrates improved osteointegration of polyetheretherketone in rabbits', MATERIALS & DESIGN, 226,

Journal articles | 2023

Nie Z; Yu L; Jiang L; Li M; Ding S; Xia B; Cheng C; Duan J; Chen S, 2023, 'Back Cover Image: Carbon Neutralization, Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2023', Carbon Neutralization, 2,

Journal articles | 2023

Nie Z; Yu L; Jiang L; Li M; Ding S; Xia B; Cheng C; Duan J; Chen S, 2023, 'Metal-organic framework (MOF) thickness control for carbon dioxide electroreduction to formate', Carbon Neutralization, 2, pp. 458 - 466,

Journal articles | 2023

Wang J; Cheng C; Zheng X; Idrobo JC; Lu AY; Park JH; Shin BG; Jung SJ; Zhang T; Wang H; Gao G; Shin B; Jin X; Ju L; Han Y; Li LJ; Karnik R; Kong J, 2023, 'Cascaded compression of size distribution of nanopores in monolayer graphene', Nature, 623, pp. 956 - 963,

Journal articles | 2023

Xu P; Zhang M; Chen Z; Wang B; Cheng C; Liu R, 2023, 'A Deep Learning Framework for Day Ahead Wind Power Short-Term Prediction', APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, 13,

Journal articles | 2023

Yu K; Guo Q; Zhao H; Cheng C, 2023, 'The Calibration Methods of Geometric Parameters of Crystal for Mid-Infrared Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter-Based Imaging Systems Design', MATERIALS, 16,

Journal articles | 2023

Yu L; Nie Z; Xie S; Jiang L; Xia B; Li M; Cheng C; Duan J; Antonietti M; Chen S, 2023, 'Bioinspired inhibition of aggregation in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)', Iscience, 26,

Journal articles | 2022

Lyu C; Cheng C; He Y; Qiu L; He Z; Zou D; Li D; Lu J, 2022, 'Graphene Hydrogel as a Porous Scaffold for Cartilage Regeneration', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, pp. 54431 - 54438,

Journal articles | 2021

Cheng C; Iyengar SA; Karnik R, 2021, 'Molecular size-dependent subcontinuum solvent permeation and ultrafast nanofiltration across nanoporous graphene membranes', Nature Nanotechnology, 16, pp. 989 - 995,

Journal articles | 2021

Shen L; Shi Q; Zhang S; Gao J; Cheng DC; Yi M; Song R; Wang L; Jiang J; Karnik R; Zhang S, 2021, 'Highly porous nanofiber-supported monolayer graphene membranes for ultrafast organic solvent nanofiltration', Science Advances, 7,

Journal articles | 2021

Wang P; Yan Y; Cheng C; Zhang W; Zhou D; Li L; Yang X; Liao XZ; Ma ZF; He YS, 2021, 'Structural and chemical interplay between nano-active and encapsulation materials in a core-shell SnO2@MXene lithium ion anode system', Crystengcomm, 23, pp. 368 - 377,

Journal articles | 2020

Pan D; Bing G; Cheng C; Fan Y; Ping L, 2020, 'Research on the Thermal-Electric Coupling Behavior Under Compound AC-DC Voltage Within Saddle-Like Electric-Stress Dependence', IEEE ACCESS, 8, pp. 107442 - 107451,

Journal articles | 2020

Zhan H; Xiong Z; Cheng C; Liang Q; Liu JZ; Li D, 2020, 'Solvation-Involved Nanoionics: New Opportunities from 2D Nanomaterial Laminar Membranes', Advanced Materials, 32,

Journal articles | 2019

Mao J; Liu C; Cheng C; Zhang W; Liao XZ; Wang J; Li L; Yang X; He YS; Ma ZF, 2019, 'A Porous and Interconnected Polypyrrole Film with High Conductivity and Ion Accessibility as Electrode for Flexible All-Solid-State Supercapacitors', Chemelectrochem, 6, pp. 5479 - 5485,

Journal articles | 2018

Cheng C; Jiang G; Simon GP; Liu JZ; Li D, 2018, 'Low-voltage electrostatic modulation of ion diffusion through layered graphene-based nanoporous membranes', Nature Nanotechnology, 13, pp. 685 - 690,

Journal articles | 2018

Jiang G; Wang P; Cheng C; Li D; Liu JZ, 2018, 'An equivalent 1D nanochannel model to describe ion transport in multilayered graphene membranes', Progress in Natural Science Materials International, 28, pp. 246 - 250,

Journal articles | 2018

Wu S; Cheng C; Jin J; Wang J; Peng T, 2018, 'Low-Temperature Processed Nanostructured Rutile TiO₂ Array Films for Perovskite Solar Cells With High Efficiency and Stability', SOLAR RRL, 2,

Journal articles | 2018

Zhang M; Cheng C; Simon GP; Li D, 2018, 'Ion-Transport Experiments to Probe the Nanostructure of Graphene/Polymer Membranes', Small Methods, 2,

Journal articles | 2016

Cheng C; Jiang G; Garvey CJ; Wang Y; Simon GP; Liu JZ; Li D, 2016, 'Nanotechnology: Ion transport in complex layered Graphene-Based membranes with tuneable interlayer spacing', Science Advances, 2,

Journal articles | 2016

Jiang G; Cheng C; Li D; Liu JZ, 2016, 'Molecular dynamics simulations of the electric double layer capacitance of graphene electrodes in mono-valent aqueous electrolytes', Nano Research, 9, pp. 174 - 186,

Journal articles | 2016

Lu J; Cheng C; He YS; Lyu C; Wang Y; Yu J; Qiu L; Zou D; Li D, 2016, 'Multilayered Graphene Hydrogel Membranes for Guided Bone Regeneration', Advanced Materials, 28, pp. 4025 - 4031,

Journal articles | 2014

Qiu L; Liu D; Wang Y; Cheng C; Zhou K; Ding J; Truong VT; Li D, 2014, 'Mechanically robust, electrically conductive and stimuli-responsive binary network hydrogels enabled by superelastic graphene aerogels', Advanced Materials, 26, pp. 3333 - 3337,

Journal articles | 2014

Wang Y; Hou X; Cheng C; Qiu L; Zhang X; Simon GP; Li D, 2014, 'Optical characterisation of non-covalent interactions between non-conjugated polymers and chemically converted graphene', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 67, pp. 168 - 172,

Journal articles | 2013

Cheng C; Li D, 2013, 'Solvated graphenes: An emerging class of functional soft materials', Advanced Materials, 25, pp. 13 - 30,

Journal articles | 2013

Cheng C; Zhu J; Yang X; Qiu L; Wang Y; Li D, 2013, 'Dynamic electrosorption analysis: A viable liquid-phase characterization method for porous carbon?', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1, pp. 9332 - 9340,

Journal articles | 2013

Guo W; Cheng C; Wu Y; Jiang Y; Gao J; Li D; Jiang L, 2013, 'Bio-inspired two-dimensional nanofluidic generators based on a layered graphene hydrogel membrane', Advanced Materials, 25, pp. 6064 - 6068,

Journal articles | 2013

Lu J; He YS; Cheng C; Wang Y; Qiu L; Li D; Zou D, 2013, 'Self-supporting graphene hydrogel film as an experimental platform to evaluate the potential of graphene for bone regeneration', Advanced Functional Materials, 23, pp. 3494 - 3502,

Journal articles | 2013

Shen W; Chen X; Cormier O; Cheng DC-P; Reed B; Harden N, 2013, 'Modulation of Morphogenesis by Egfr during Dorsal Closure in Drosophila', PLOS ONE, 8,

Journal articles | 2013

Yang X; Cheng C; Wang Y; Qiu L; Li D, 2013, 'Liquid-mediated dense integration of graphene materials for compact capacitive energy storage', Science, 341, pp. 534 - 537,

Journal articles | 2013

Zhu J; Cheng C; Yang X; Wang Y; Qiu L; Li D, 2013, 'Dynamic electrosorption analysis as an effective means to characterise the structure of bulk graphene assemblies', Chemistry A European Journal, 19, pp. 3082 - 3089,

Journal articles | 2012

Cheng C; Uhe J; Yang X; Wu Y; Li D, 2012, 'Multilayered graphene membrane as an experimental platform to probe nano-confined electrosorption', Progress in Natural Science Materials International, 22, pp. 668 - 672,

Journal articles | 2011

Yang X; Qiu L; Cheng C; Wu Y; Ma ZF; Li D, 2011, 'Ordered gelation of chemically converted graphene for next-generation electroconductive hydrogel films', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50, pp. 7325 - 7328,

Journal articles | 2010

Yu Q; Zhang Y; Chen H; Wu Z; Huang H; Cheng C, 2010, 'Protein adsorption on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-modified silicon surfaces: Effects of grafted layer thickness and protein size', Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, 76, pp. 468 - 474,

Journal articles | 1982

CHENG DCH; GULARI E, 1982, 'MICELLIZATION AND INTERMICELLAR INTERACTIONS IN AQUEOUS SODIUM DODECYL BENZENE SULFONATE SOLUTIONS', JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 90, pp. 410 - 423,
Conference Papers | 2018

An A; Lin J; Cheng C; Zhu W, 2018, 'Distributed Model Predictive Control for Two-area Interconnected Power System', in 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF GREEN BUILDINGS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (GBEM 2018), IOP PUBLISHING LTD, PEOPLES R CHINA, Qingdao, presented at International Conference of Green Buildings and Environmental Management (GBEM), PEOPLES R CHINA, Qingdao, 23 August 2018 - 25 August 2018,

Conference Papers | 2018

Zhao H; Shi S; Jia G; Zhang Y; Cheng C, 2018, 'Quantitative research of the sidelobe in AOTF-based hyperspectral imaging', in Zhang J; Fu S; Zhuge Q; Tang M; Guo T (eds.), FIBER OPTIC SENSING AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PEOPLES R CHINA, Beijing, presented at Conference on Fiber Optic Sensing and Optical Communication / International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application (OTA) / Annual Conference of the Chinese-Society-for-Optical-Engineering (CSOE), PEOPLES R CHINA, Beijing, 22 May 2018 - 24 May 2018,

Conference Papers | 2018

Zhao H; Wang Z; Jia G; Zhang Y; Cheng C, 2018, 'Optical design of VIS-SWIR imaging spectrometer based on acousto-optic tunable filter', in Jiang S; Wang L; Liu Z; Shi W; Zhou P (eds.), ADVANCED LASER TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PEOPLES R CHINA, Beijing, presented at Conference on Advanced Laser Technology and Applications / International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application (OTA) / Annual Conference of the Chinese-Society-for-Optical-Engineering (CSOE), PEOPLES R CHINA, Beijing, 22 May 2018 - 24 May 2018,

Conference Papers | 2017

Ji Z; Zhao H; Li Y; Cheng C; Sun X; Song P; Wang S, 2017, 'Target detection in sun glint using the improved MWIR polarization technique', in LeVan PD; Sood AK; Wijewarnasuriya P; DSouza AI (eds.), INFRARED SENSORS, DEVICES, AND APPLICATIONS VII, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, CA, San Diego, presented at Conference on Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications VII, CA, San Diego, 09 August 2017 - 10 August 2017,

ARC DP260103186 – Nanofluidic modulation for precision molecular separation
ARC FT210100364 – Atomically thin membranes to transform chemical separations

Membrane Society of Australasia Membrane Science Award
Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
DOE Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize – Phase I Semi-finalist
Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad
JASSO Fellowship
National Scholarship (China)

My Teaching

CEIC2001 – Fluid and Particle Mechanics
CEIC8341 – Membrane Processes

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