Qian Yitai

Qian Yitai (Chinese: 钱逸泰; born 1941) is a Chinese chemist. He is a professor at University of Science and Technology of China. He was born in Zhongqiao, Wuxi in 1941. After graduating from Suzhou No.2 Middle School, he earned his bachelor's degree from Department of Chemistry, Shandong University in 1962. He joined the faculty of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and was later appointed Dean of College of Chemistry and Materials Science. From 1982 to 1993 he visited several US universities, such as Brown University and Purdue University. In 1997 he was elected as an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Qian's research mainly focuses on nanomaterials and superconducting materials. In 1996 his group developed benzene-thermal synthetic method to nanocrystalline GaN. In 1998 they reported the preparation of diamond through pyrolysis process of catalytic reduction. Qian also used crystal chemical method to prepared many kinds of superconducting materials. Qian's students Li Yadong and Xie Yi were also elected as members of CAS.[1]