Hu Qiu, Professor

Telephone: 025-84895827
Fax: (86) 025-84895827
E-mail: qiuhu（AT）nuaa.edu.cn
Mailing Address: Mailbox 325, No. 29 Yudao Street, Minggugong Campus for Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China.

Introduction

Dr. Hu Qiu received his doctor's degree in Nanoscale Mechanics from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Supervisor: academician Wanlin Guo) in June, 2013. He spent two years as a Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign before he joined Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics as Associate Professor. He became a full professor in June, 2020.

Dr. Qiu has published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, many of which have appeared in high impact journals such as Phys. Rev. Lett., Nano Letter., Adv. Mater., and ACS Nano. He has delivered more than 20 invited talks in popular conferences in the fields of mechanics, micro- and nano-fluidics. His research has been highlighted by news media such as Phys.org and MIT Technology Review. In 2018, he was funded by a Jiangsu Provincial Excellent Youth Fund project. In 2019, he was selected as one of the "Six Talent Peaks Project" high-level talents in Jiangsu Province.

Education background

09/2007~06/2013 PhD, Nanoscale Mechanics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

09/2003~06/2007 BEng, Engineering Mechanics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Research experience

06/2020~present: Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Department of Nanoscale Mechanics, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

05/2016~06/2020, Associate Professor, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

08/2014~08/2016, Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

06/2013~08/2014, Assistant Professor, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Research interest

    Dr. Qiu’s research interests focus on nanoscale mechanics and simulation methods for the micro- and nano-scale confined systems. His group is using theoretical methods and powerful computers to explore the new phenomenon at the interface between bio and nano as well as to understand the underlying mechanism. Interested systems include:

1. Design of nanopore-based devices including sensors, desalination membranes, etc;

2. Properties of liquid (like water) at confined geometries;

3. Structure-function relationship of biological ion channels.

Representative works

1. Qiu H, Shen R, Guo W. Vibrating carbon nanotubes as water pumps[J]. Nano Research, 2011, 4(3): 284-289.

2. Qiu H, Guo W. Electromelting of confined monolayer ice[J]. Physical review letters, 2013, 110(19): 195701.

3. Qiu H, Zeng X C, Guo W. Water in inhomogeneous nanoconfinement: coexistence of multilayered liquid and transition to ice nanoribbons[J]. ACS nano, 2015, 9(10): 9877-9884.

4. Qiu H, Sarathy A, Leburton J P, et al. Intrinsic stepwise translocation of stretched ssDNA in graphene nanopores[J]. Nano letters, 2015, 15(12): 8322-8330.

5. Qiu H, Girdhar A, Schulten K, et al. Electrically tunable quenching of DNA fluctuations in biased solid-state nanopores[J]. ACS nano, 2016, 10(4): 4482-4488.

6. Qiu H, Sarathy A, Schulten K, et al. Detection and mapping of DNA methylation with 2D material nanopores[J]. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 2017, 1(1): 1-8.

7. Qiu H, Xue M, Shen C, et al. Anomalous cation diffusion in salt-doped confined bilayer ice[J]. Nanoscale, 2018, 10(19): 8962-8968.

8. Qiu H, Xue M, Shen C, et al. Graphynes for water desalination and gas separation[J]. Advanced Materials, 2019, 31(42): 1803772.

9. Qiu H, Guo W. Electrolytes under Inhomogeneous Nanoconfinement: Water Structuring-Mediated Local Ion Accumulation[J]. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, 10(17): 4895-4902.

10. Qiu H, Guo W. Phase diagram of nanoscale water on solid surfaces with various wettabilities[J]. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, 10(20): 6316-6323.