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Zhuhua Zhang, Professor
Telephone: 025-84895827
Fax: (86) 025-84895827
E-mail: chuwazhang（AT）nuaa.edu.cn
Mailing Address: 325# No.29 Yudao Street, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
Introduction
Professor Zhuhua Zhang graduated from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2010 with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering. He serves as the Director of the Talent Affairs Office and Deputy Director of the Human Resources Department at NUAA. Professor Zhang is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. His distinguished honors include being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), being selected for the National Young Talents Program, and being appointed as a Jiangsu Distinguished Professor.His primary research focuses on:Mechanics of functional nanomaterials,Hydrovoltaic science and technology,Aerospace structural materials and their mechanical design.Professor Zhang has led multiple national and provincial/ministerial-level research projects. He has published over 180 SCI-indexed papers in prestigious international journals, including Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Catalysis, Nature Synthesis, Nature Chemistry, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters, and Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. His work has been cited over 10,000 times in the SCI database. He has been consecutively named to the Clarivate "Highly Cited Researchers in China" list from 2020 to 2024. Additionally, he has applied for more than 20 invention patents, with 5 granted.
Awards：
• 2024: Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC);
• 2023: Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award (Rank 3);
• 2023: Nominated for the "Powering the Nation Young Scientist Award";
• 2022: Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars;
• 2022: First Prize of the Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education (Rank 3);
• 2021: Youth Science and Technology Award, Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics;
• 2020: Second Prize of the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Young Teachers Award;
• 2019: Recipient of the Jiangsu Provincial Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars;
• 2019: Selected for the Jiangsu Province "Shuangchuang Talent" Program;
• 2017: ProgramSelected for the NUAA "Changkong Yingcai" (Long Sky Elite Talent) Program;
• Selected for the "Changkong Talent" Program of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2017;
• 2013: National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Nomination Award;
• 2012: First Prize of the Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education (Rank 5).
Education background
l University of Nebraska Lincoln, Materials Physics and Chemistry (8/2009-8/2010)
l Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanomechanics (9/2004-10/2010) Ph.D.
l Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aircraft Environment and Life Support Engineering (9/2000-6/2004), Bachelor
Research experience
l 2025-6 to present, Director, Talent Development Office & Deputy Director, Human Resources Department, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA)
l 2013-5 to present, College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA)
l 2021-11 to 2025-6, Associate Director, Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA)
l 2012-5 to 2016-5, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, USA
l 2011-5 to 2012-5, Associate Professor, Institute of Nanoscience, Academy of Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA)
l 2010-10 to 2011-5, Lecturer, Institute of Nanoscience, Academy of Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA)
Research interest
l Structures and functionalities of low-dimensional nanomaterials
l Growth mechanism of low-dimensional nanomaterials and nanostructures
l Hydrovoltaics and intelligent behaviors based on interaction between solids and liquids
Representative works
(1) Wen Qin, Shasha Guo, Zixi Liu, Peikun Zhang, Chao Zhu, Yao Wu, Ruixi Qiao*, Zheng Liu*, Wanlin Guo*, Zhuhua Zhang*. Coherently confined single-metal-atom chains in 2D semiconductors.Nature Communications;2025,16(1),4924
(2) Xiaoming Zhao#, Peikun Zhang#, Tianjun Liu#, Bingkun Tian, Ying Jiang, Jinping Zhang, Yajing Tang, Bowen Li, Minmin Xue, Wei Zhang, Zhuhua Zhang* and Wanlin Guo*. Operationally stable perovskite solar modules enabled by vapor-phase fluoride treatment. Science ;2024,385,433-438
(3) Xiaoyu Xuan, Wanlin Guo*, Zhuhua Zhang*; Ferroelasticity in Two-Dimensional Tetragonal Materials; Physical Review Letters; 2022, 129(4):047602
(4) Peikun Zhang, Minmin Xue, Changfeng Chen*, Wanlin Guo*, Zhuhua Zhang*;Mechanism regulating self-intercalation in layered materials;Nano Letters;2023,23(8):3623-3629
(5) Zhiqiang Zhao;Wanlin Guo*;Zhuhua Zhang*;Room-Temperature Colossal Elastocaloric Effects in Three-Dimensional Graphene Architectures:An Atomistic Study;Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32(42):2203866
(6) Zhili Hu,Peikun Zhang,Wanlin Guo,Zhuhua Zhang*, Boris I Yakobson; Stress-Dominated Growth of Two-Dimensional Materials on Nonplanar Substrates; Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids;2021,157:104645
(7) Liren Liu, Zhuhua Zhang*, Xiaolong Liu, Xiaoyu Xuan, Boris I Yakobson, Mark C Hersam*, Wanlin Guo*;Borophene concentric superlattices via self-assembly of twin boundaries;Nano letters;2020,20(2):1315-1321
(8) Xiaocheng Zhou, Zhuhua Zhang*, Wanlin Guo*;Dislocations as Single Photon Sources in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors; Nano Letters;2020,20(6):4136–4143
(9) Zhuhua Zhang*,Andrew J Mannix, Xiaolong Liu, Zhili Hu, Nathan P Guisinger, Mark C Hersam, Boris I Yakobson;Near-equilibrium growth from borophene edges on silver ;Science advances ;2019,5:eaax0246
(10) Zhuhua Zhang,Xuemei Li,Jun Yin,Ying Xu,Wenwen Fei,Minmin Xue,Qin Wang,Jianxin Zhou,Wanlin Guo;Emerging hydrovoltaic technology;Nature nanotechnology;2018,13(12):1109-1119