Group Members

 • Group Leader

 • PostDocs & Staff

    – Yolande Berta
    – Yong Ding
    – Xudong Wang
    – Liqiang Mai
    – Yong Qin
    – Chengyan Xu

 • Graduate Students

    – Brent Buchine
    – Rusen Yang
    – Jenny Morber
    – Changshi Lao
    – Jin Liu
    – Jinhui Song
    – Wenjie Mai
    – Ben Weintraub
    – Melanie Kirkham
    – Yifan Gao
    – Sheng Xu
    – Qin Kuang

 • Memories

 • Prior Members

Biosketch

• Lecture at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2005 to date.
• Visiting student at Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Feb. 2004 to Mar. 2005.
• B.E. in Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2000.

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Research Area

• Synthesis of complex ternary metal oxides 1D nanostructures.
• Spinodal decomposition in ferromagnetic alloys under high magnetic field.

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Publications

1. "Synthesis and characterization of single-crystalline alkali titanate nanowires", Xu CY , Zhang Q, Zhang H, Zhen L, Tang J, Qin LC, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127: 11584-11585
2. "A facile molten salt route to single-crystalline K 2 Nb 8 O 21 nanoribbons" Xu CY , Zhen L, Yang L, He K, Shao WZ, Qin LC, Ceram. Inter. 2007, in press
3. "Room temperature synthesis of hollow CdMoO 4 microspheres by a surfactant-free aqueous solution route", Wang WS, Zhen L, Xu CY , Zhang BY, Shao WZ, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110: 23154-23158
4. "Environment-friendly aqueous solution synthesis of hierarchical CaWO 4 microspheres at room temperature", Wang WS, Zhen L, Xu CY , Zhang BY, Shao WZ, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 2007, in press
5. "Large-scale synthesis of SrCrO 4 nanowires and PbCrO 4 nanorods by a solution-phase method at room temperature", Wang WS, Xu CY , Zhen L, Yang L, Shao WZ, Chem. Lett. 2006, 35: 268-269
6. "Single-crystalline PbCrO 4 nanorods: Room-temperature, surfactant-free synthesis, characterization, and optical properties", Wang WS, Xu CY , Zhen L, Shao WZ, He K, J. Cryst. Growth 2007, 299: 86-93
7. "Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of single-crystalline Fe 3 O 4 nanowires with high aspect ratio and uniformity", He K, Xu CY , Zhen L, Shao WZ, Mater. Lett. 2007, 61: 3159-3162
8. "Room temperature synthesis of BaCrO 4 nanoplates through a NaCl-assisted aqueous solution method", Wang WS, Xu CY , Zhen L, Shao WZ, Yang L, Mater. Lett. 2007, 61: 3146-3149

9. "Mössbauer spectrometry study of spinodal decomposition in Fe-25Cr-12Co-1Si alloy during step ageing", Xu CY , Zhen L, Sun XY, Xu RG, Gao RS, Zhang XM, Mater. Sci. Forum 2005, 475: 2139-2142
10. "Microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe-25Cr-12Co-1Si alloy thermo-magnetically treated in intense magnetic field", Sun XY, Xu CY , Zhen L, Gao RS, Xu RG, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 2004, 283: 231-237
11. "Spinodal decomposition in Fe-25Cr-12Co-1Si alloy under a 100 kOe magnetic field", Sun XY, Xu CY , Zhen L, Lu LX, Qin LC, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 2006, 306: 69-72
12. "Evolution of modulated structure in Fe-Cr-Co alloy during isothermal ageing with different external magnetic field conditions", Sun XY, Xu CY , Zhen L, Lv LX, Yang L, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 2007, 312: 342-346
13. "Resonance-antiresonance electromagnetic behavior in a disordered dielectric composite", Zhen L, Jiang JT, Shao WZ, Xu CY , Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 90: 14 2907-1-3

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Research Highlights

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Honors & Awards

• GE Scholarship, 2003
• Guanghua Scholarship, 2001

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