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Peng Zhang

Associate Research Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry
Box 90346, Durham, NC 27705
5313 French Science Center, Durham, NC 27705

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Research Professor of Chemistry · 2018 - Present Chemistry, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Driving Force Dependent Photoinduced Charge Transfer Dynamics in Polymer-Wrapped Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · November 2025 We investigate the thermodynamic driving-force dependences of photoinduced charge separation (CS) and subsequent charge transfer dynamics in single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)-perylenediimide (PDI) donor-acceptor (D-A) superstructures. Pump-probe spectro ... Full text Cite

Design of Light Driven Hole Bifurcating Proteins.

Journal Article ACS central science · October 2025 Electron bifurcation reactions divide electrons from two-electron donors into high- and low-energy pools by transporting charge on spatially separated low- and high-potential electron hopping pathways. Bifurcation delivers electrons at potentials that driv ... Full text Cite

Photo-induced electron transfer dynamics and its mid-IR modulation of an ethyne bridged donor-acceptor complex.

Journal Article Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP · October 2025 Electron transfer (ET) in donor-bridge-acceptor (DBA) complexes involving alkyne bridges features structural simplicity derived from the rigid and nearly linear donor-acceptor (D-A) geometry, and complexity derived from the torsion angle distribution with ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Mapping of Electron Tunneling Pathways in Proteins

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 1993 - 2028

Elucidating Interplays of Chirality and Spin in Chiral Assemblies

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2023 - 2028

Electron Bifurcation Theory

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2020 - 2026

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Education, Training & Certifications


Emory University · 2005 Ph.D.
Peking University (China) · 1999 M.S.
Zhengzhou University (China) · 1996 B.S.