Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. Zhou Feng

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Zhou Feng

Professor

Supervisor of Doctor Students

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

1. B.Sc. in Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China, 7.1997

2. M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China, 7.2000

3. Ph.D. in Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 5.2004

4. Research associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK 4.2005-3.2008

Positions and honors:

· State key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics

· Deputy Director

· Professor, 2008-present, Associate Professor, May, 2004 – March 2005.

· Guest Professor at University of Shihezi, from 2011

· “Young Excellence in Science and Technology of Gansu Province”, 2009.

· “Young Scholar Award in Tribology”, Chinese Engineering Institute, 2009.

· “National Young Excellence” Award from National Science Foundation of China, 2011.

· “Young Scholar Award of Chemistry”, Chinese Chemical Society, 2011.

Research Interests:

· Surfaces/Interfaces of soft matters

· Functional coatings with extreme wetting and tunable adhesion

· Engineering coatings for oil seal, drag-reduction and antibiofouling

· Biolubrication

Dr. Feng Zhou is a full Professor in Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS and Deputy director of State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication. He gained PhD in 2004 and spent three years (2005-2008) in the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge as a research associate. He has published more than 120 journal papers that received more than 3200 citations and has the H-index 31. His research interests include the surfaces/interfaces of soft matters, functional coatings with extreme wetting and tunable adhesion, engineering coatings for oil seal, drag-reduction and antibiofouling, and biolubrication. He has gained a number of awards including “Young Scholar Award in Tribology”, Chinese Engineering Institute, 2009; “National Young Excellence” Award from National Science Foundation of China, 2011; and “Young Scholar Award of Chemistry”, Chinese Chemical Society, 2011.

Contact information

Dr Zhou Feng, Professor

State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication,Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences

18 Tianshui Zhong Road,Lanzhou 730000,China

Phone(Fax): 0086-931-4968466

Email: zhouf@lzb.ac.cn

Webpage: http://www.ultrashear.com

Key Publications:

·Grafting Polymer Brushes: More Substrate Adaptable, More Controllable and EasierTapping the potential of polymer brushes through synthesis Bin Li, Bo Yu, Qian Ye, Feng Zhou*, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2014, Invited review

·Interfacial Friction Control, Yang Wu, Qiangbing Wei, Meirong Cai, Feng Zhou*, Advanced Materials & Interfaces, 2014, Invited review

·Biomimicking yet beyond Fish Skin: Multiply Regulating Friction with Responsive Hydrogels, Yang Wu, Xiaowei Pei, Xiaolong Wang*, Yongmin Liang, Weimin Liu, Feng Zhou*, NPG Asia Materials, NPG Asia Materials (2014) 6, e136.

·Transferable, Transparent and Functional Polymer@Graphene 2D Objects, Tingting Gao, Sze-Wing Ng, Xuqing Liu, Liyong Niu, Zhuang Xie, Ruisheng Guo, Chaojian Chen, Xuechang Zhou, Jun Ma, Ying-San Chui, Wei Jin, Wenjun Zhang, Feng Zhou*, and Zijian Zheng*, NPG Asia Materials, 2014, 6, e130; doi:10.1038/am.2014.79

·Qiangbing Wei, Meirong Cai, Feng Zhou*, and Weimin Liu* Dramatically Tuning Friction Using Responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes, Macromolecules, 2013, 46, 9368-9379.

·Yang Wu, Yahui Xue, Xiaowei Pei, Meirong Cai, Huiling Duan*, Wilhelm T. S. Huck*, Feng Zhou*, and Qunji Xue, Adhesion-regulated Switchable Fluid Slippage on Super-hydrophobic Surfaces, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 2564-2569.

·Controlled polymer brush growth from ultrasmall volumes using sacrificial anode Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization,　Junfeng Yan, Bin Li, Bo Yu, Wilhelm T S Huck*, Weimin Liu*, Feng Zhou*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 9125-9129.. VIP paper, back cover

·Matrix-Assisted Catalytic Printing for the Fabrication of Multiscale, Flexible, Foldable, and Stretchable Metal Conductors, Ruisheng Guo, You Yu, Zhuang Xie, Xuqing Liu, Xuechang Zhou, Yufan Gao, Zhilu Liu, Feng Zhou, Yong Yang, Zijian Zheng,* Adv. Mater. 2013, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201301184.

·Ultraviolet Light-Induced Surface-Initiated Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization, Junfeng Yan , Bin Li , Feng Zhou *, and Weimin Liu, ACS Macro Lett., 2013, 2, 592–596.

·Bin Li, Bo Yu, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Weimin Liu, Feng Zhou*, Electrochemically mediated atom transfer radical polymerization on nonconducting substrates: controlled brush growth through catalyst diffusion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 1708-1710.

·Fei Wan, Xiaowei Pei*, Bo Yu, Qian Ye, Feng Zhou*, Qunji Xue, Grafting Polymer Brushes on Biomimetic Structural Surfaces for Anti-Algae fouling and Foul Release, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2012, 4, 4557–4565.

·Bin Li, Bo Yu, Wilhelm TS Huck, Feng Zhou*, Weimin Liu, Electrochemically induced surface-initiated atomic transfer radical polymerization, Angew. Chem. Int Ed, 2012, 51, 5092–5095. Hot paper

·Xinjie Liu, Yongmin Liang, Feng Zhou* and Weimin Liu Extreme wettability and tunable adhesion: biomimicking beyond nature? Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2070-2086. Top Ten most-read Soft Matter articles in December 2011, January 2012 and March 2012; ranked number 1 of the most down-loaded articles of Soft Matter in 2012

·Xiaolong Wang, Xinjie Liu, Feng Zhou*, Weimin Liu, Self-healing superamphiphobicity, Chem. Comm., 2011, 47, 2324-2326. Highlighted by Nature Asia-pacific

·Junfeng Yan, Feng Zhou*, TiO₂ nanotubes: structure optimization for solar cells, J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 9406-9418. invited review, top ten most read in Aug 2011

·Qian Ye, Feng Zhou*, Weimin Liu, Bioinspired catecholic chemistry for surface modification, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2011, 40, 4244-4258. Invited review

·Xinjie Liu, Qian Ye, Bo Yu, Yongmin Liang, Weimin Liu, Feng Zhou*, Switching Water Droplet Adhesion Using Responsive Polymer Brushes, Langmuir, 2010, 26, 12377-12382.

·Daoai Wang, Ying Liu, Chengwei Wang, Feng Zhou*, Weimin Liu*, Highly Flexible Coaxial Nanohybrids Made from Porous TiO2 Nanotubes, ACS Nano, 2009, 3, 1249-1257.

·Daoai Wang, Tianchang Hu, Litian Hu*, Bo Yu, Yanqiu Xia, Feng Zhou*, Weimin Liu*, Microstructured Arrays of TiO₂ Nanotubes for Improved Photo-Electrocatalysis and Mechanical Stability, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2009, 19, 1-9.

·Weici Wu, Xiaolong Wang, Daoai Wang, Miao Chen, Feng Zhou*, Weimin Liu*, Qunji Xue, Alumina nanowire forests viaunconventional anodization and super-repellency plus low adhesion to diverse liquids, Chem. Comm., 2009, 1043-1045. Hot paper, Highlighted by Chemical Technology

·Daoai Wang, Bo Yu, Chengwei Wang, Feng Zhou*, Weimin Liu*, A Novel Protocol Towards Perfect Alignment of Anodized TiO2 Nanotubes, Adv. Mater., 2009, 21, 1964-1967.

·Feng Zhou, Yongmin Liang, Weimin Liu*, Ionic Liquid Lubricants: Designed Chemistry for Engineering Applications, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009, 38, 2590–2599. Invited review

·Feng Zhou, P. Maarten Biesheuvel, Eun-Young Choi, Wenmiao Shu, Rosa Poetes, Ullrich Steiner, Wilhelm T S Huck, Polyelectrolyte Brush Amplified Electroactuation of Microcantilevers Nano Letters, 2008, 8, 725-730.

·Feng Zhou, Haiyuan Hu, Bo Yu, Wilhelm T S Huck, Weimin Liu Probing Responsive Behavior of Polyelectrolyte Brush with Electrochemical Impedance Spectra. Analytical Chemistry 2007, 79, 176-182.

·Maaike L. van Poll, Feng Zhou, Madeleine Ramstedt, Litian Hu, and Wilhelm T.S. Huck A Self-Assembly Approach to Chemical Micropatterning of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Angew. Chem. Int Ed, 2007, 46 (35), 6634-6637.

·Omar Azzaroni, Britta Trappmann, Patrick van Rijn, Feng Zhou, Bokyung Kong, Wilhelm T S Huck*, Mechanically Induced Generation of Counterions Inside Surface-Grafted Charged Macromolecular Films: Towards Enhanced Mechanotransduction in Artificial Systems, Angew. Chem. Int Ed, 2006, 45, 7440-7443.

·Zijian Zheng, Omar Azzaroni, Feng Zhou and Wilhelm T. S. Huck Topography printing to locally control wettability. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(24), 7730-7731.

·Feng Zhou, Wenmiao Shu, Wilhelm T S Huck, Mark E Welland Highly Reversible and Multi-Stage Manipulation of Microcantilever Motion Driven by Polyelectrolyte Brush. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 5326-5327.

·Feng Zhou, Wilhelm T S Huck Polymer Brushes: More Flexible Interfacial Solutions than Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) Feature articles. Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics 2006, 8, 3815–3823 feature article. Hot paper

·Feng Zhou, Zijian Zheng, Bo Yu, Weimin Liu, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Multicomponent Polymer Brushes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 16253-16258.

·Zhiguang Guo, Feng Zhou, Jingcheng Hao, Weimin Liu, Superhydrophobic Engineering Materials. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15670-15671. Highlighted by Nature

·Feng Zhou, Lei Jiang, Weimin Liu, Qunji Xue. Chemically Tethered Binary Polymer Brush Pattern. Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 2004, 25(23), 1979-1983.

·Feng Zhou, Miao Chen, Weimin Liu, Jianxi Liu, Zhilu Liu, Zonggang Mu. Fabrication of Positively Patterned Conducting Polymer via One Step Electro-deposition. Advanced Materials, 2003, 15 (16), 1367-1370.

·Feng Zhou, Weimin Liu, Jingcheng Hao, Tao Xu, Miao Chen, Qunji Xue. Template-Controlled Fabrication of Conducting Polymer and Complementary Gold Microstructures Using Patterned Chemically Tethered Polymer Brushes. Advanced Functional Materials, 2003, 13, 938-942.