Faculty
Home People Faculty
ZHANG Xiaohua / 张骁骅
  • Department：Division of Nano-devices and Materials
  • Position：Associate Professor
  • Expertise：Carbon nanotube fibers and composites; Nano- and micro-mechanical properties; Molecular dynamics simulations
  • Email：xhzhang2009@sinano.ac.cn
Research Interest
Interfacial properties of nano-carbon materials;
High performance and multifunctional fibers;
Experience:
Employment

2012/01-present

Associate Professor

Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics

2009/03-2011/12

Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics

2007/03-2009/02

Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy

2005/03-2006/02

Research Fellow

International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy

2003/08-2003/11

Junior Research Assistant

Department of chemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Education

Ph.D. 2007 

Department of physics

Fudan University

B.S. 2000

Department of Physics

Fudan University

Selected Publication:
  1. Xiaohua Zhang, Qingwen Li. Toward Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Fibers. Chapter 15 of Pan Stanford Series on Carbon-Based Nanomaterials. Vol. 1. Carbon Nanotubes and Their Applications. Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore (2012).
  2. Geng Xu, Jingna Zhao, Shan Li, Xiaohua Zhang, Zhengzhong Yong, Qingwen Li. Continuous electrodeposition for lightweight, highly conducting and strong carbon nanotube-copper composite fibers. Nanoscale 3(10), 4215-4219 (2011).
  3. Wei Liu, Xiaohua Zhang, Geng Xu, Philip D. Bradford, Xin Wang, Haibo Zhao, Yingying Zhang, Quanxi Jia, Fuh-Gwo Yuan, Qingwen Li, Yiping Qiu, Yuntian Zhu. Producing superior composites by winding carbon nanotubes onto a mandrel under a poly(vinyl alcohol) spray. Carbon 49(14), 4786-4791 (2011).
  4. Fancheng Meng, Xiaohua Zhang, Geng Xu, Zhenzhong Yong, Hongyuan Chen, Minghai Chen, Qingwen Li, Yuntian Zhu. Carbon Nanotube Composite Films with Switchable Transparency. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 3(3), 658-661 (2011).
  5. Jingjing Jia, Jingna Zhao, Geng Xu, Jiangtao Di, Zhenzhong Yong, Yuyu Tao, Chao Fang, Zuoguang Zhang, Xiaohua Zhang, Lianxi Zheng, Qingwen Li. A comparison of the mechanical properties of fibers spun from different carbon nanotubes. Carbon 49(4), 1333-1339 (2011).
  6. Chao Fang, Jingna Zhao, Jingjing Jia, Zuoguang Zhang, Xiaohua Zhang, Qingwen Li. Enhanced carbon nanotube fibers by polyimide. Applied Physics Letters 97(18), 181906 (2010).
  7. Jingna Zhao, Xiaohua Zhang, Jiangtao Di, Geng Xu, Xiaojie Yang, Xiangyang Liu, Zhenzhong Yong, Minghai Chen, Qingwen Li. Double-Peak Mechanical Properties of Carbon-Nanotube Fibers. Small 6(22), 2612-2617 (2010).
  8. Xiaohua Zhang, Qingwen Li. Enhancement of Friction between Carbon Nanotubes: An Efficient Strategy to Strengthen Fibers. ACS Nano 4(1), 312-316 (2010).
  9. Marcel Lucas, Xiaohua Zhang, Ismael Palaci, Christian Klinke, Erio Tosatti, Elisa Riedo. Hindered rolling and friction anisotropy in supported carbon nanotubes. Nature Materials 8(11), 876-881 (2009).
  10. X.H. Zhang, G.E. Santoro, U. Tartaglino, E. Tosatti. Dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in sliding nanotubes. Physical Review Letters 102(12), 125502 (2009).
  11. Xiao-Hua Zhang, Ugo Tartaglino, Giuseppe E. Santoro, Erio Tosatti. Velocity plateaus and jumps in carbon nanotube sliding. Surface Science 610(18), 3693-3696 (2007).
  12. H.Y. Zhang, X. Gu, X.H. Zhang, X. Ye, X.G. Gong. Structures and properties of Ni nanowires. Physics Letters A 331(5), 332-336 (2004).
  13. X.H. Zhang, Z.F. Liu, X.G. Gong. Comment on "Collapse of single-wall carbon nanotubes is diameter dependent". Physical Review Letters 93(14), 149601 (2004).
  14. X.H. Zhang, D.Y. Sun, Z.F. Liu, X.G. Gong. Structure and phase transitions of single-wall carbon nanotube bundles under hydrostatic pressure. Physical Review B 70(3), 035422 (2004).
  15. Yao He, X.H. Zhang, J.G. Che. Stress relief from reconstructions on Sb/Si(001). Physical Review B 66(19), 193304 (2002).