Zhong ZHANG

Zhong ZHANG  Professor

Scientific Profile

06/06 – present Professor & Head of Division, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology 11/01 – 05/06 Guest Professor & Group Leader, Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), University of Kaiserslautern, Germany 09/00 – 11/01 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, IVW, Kaiserslautern, Germany 06/97 – 12/98 Visiting Scientist, Institute of Material Research II, Karlsruhe Research Centre, Germany and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK 09/85 - 07/90 B.S., Solid Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei)

Research Interests

Polymer Nanocomposites

Recent Publications, Presentations and Events

1. Gao Y, Liu LQ*, Li JZ, Ma WJ, Zhou WY, Xie SS, Zhang Z*: Axial compression of hierarchically structured carbon nanotube fiber embedded in epoxy. Advanced Functional Materials 2010; 20: adfm.201001227.
2. Peng K, Liu LQ, Li HC, Meyer H, Zhang Z*: Room temperature functionalization of carbon nanotubes using an ozone/water vapour mixture. Carbon 2010; 48: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010. 08.043.
3. Ma WJ, Liu LQ, Zhang Z*, Yang R, Liu G, Zhang TH, An XF, Yi XS, Ren Y, Niu Z, Li J, Dong H, Zhou W, Ajayan PM, Xie S-S*: High-strength composite fibres: Realizing true potential of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix through continuous reticulate architecture and molecular level coupling. Nano Letters 2009; 9: 2855-2861.
4. Yan H, Liu LQ, Zhang Z*: Alignment of electrospun fibers using dielectric materials. Applied Physics Letters 2009; 95: 143114.
5. Zhang H, Tang LC, Zhang Z*, Friedrich K, Sprenger S: Fracture behaviours of in situ silica nanoparticle-filled epoxy at different temperatures. Polymer 2008; 49: 3816-3825.
6. Yang JL, Zhang Z*, Friedrich K, Schlarb AK: Creep resistant polymer nanocomposites reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Macromolecular Rapid Communication 2007; 28(8): 955-961.
7. Yang JL, Zhang Z*, Friedrich K, Schlarb AK: Resistance to time-dependent deformation of nanoparticle/ polymer composites. Applied Physics Letters 2007; 91: 011901.
8. Zhang H, Zhang Z*: Impact behaviour of polypropylene filled with multi-walled carbon nano- tubes. European Polymer Journal 2007; 43(8): 3197-3207.
9. Zhang H, Zhang Z*, Friedrich K, Eger C: Property improvements of in situ epoxy nanocomposites with reduced interparticle distance at high nanosilica content. Acta Materialia 2006; 54(7): 1833-1842.
10. Yang JL, Zhang Z*, Schlarb AK, Friedrich K: On the characterization of tensile creep resistance of polyamide 66 nanocomposites. Part I: Experimental results and general discussions, Polymer 2006; 47(8): 2794-2804.
11. Friedrich K, Fakirov S, Zhang Z (editors): Polymer Composites - from Nano- to Macro-Scale, Springer Polymer Sciences Book, Springer, 2005 (ISBN: 0-387-24176-0).

Contact Details

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