Zhang, Xin - Boston University - Department of Materials Science & Engineering

个人简介

Xin Zhang received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She was a Postdoctoral Researcher and then a Research Scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She then joined Boston University (BU) as a Faculty Member, where she is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and the Photonics Center. Dr. Zhang is associate director of the Boston University Nanotechnology Innovation Center, and director of both the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Teachers (RET) Sites in Integrated Nanomanufacturing at Boston University. Among the graduate students/postdoctoral fellows from her lab, several have received tenure-track faculty positions at major research universities (Ohio State, UT-Austin, Virginia Tech, UCLA), and the rest are established in national labs (Draper, Fermi, LLNL, MIT Lincoln), large hospitals (BMC, BWH, MGH), and industries (Agilent, Apple, Aramco, Analog Devices, ...).

研究领域

In a quickly advancing world, scientific concepts and research ideas that once only existed in laboratories are being transformed into functional materials and devices. From an engineering perspective, Prof. Xin Zhang’s laboratory has concentrated on the design, fabrication, characterization, and testing of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS or microsystems) and metamaterials (electromagnetic, acoustic, nonlinear, terahertz, photonic, tunable, ...) for the past decade and, more importantly, has been dedicated to tailoring and transforming these materials and systems for use in fundamental research and to fulfill societal needs. In the area of advanced materials, Zhang has applied MEMS and multidisciplinary techniques to develop metamaterials--arrays of engineered structures that act like artificial atoms and exhibit unusual properties such as negative refractive indices and cloaking. She has focused on creating metamaterials in the terahertz range (wavelengths between optical and microwave frequencies) that may ultimately be used for surveillance, imaging, and chemical detection. She has also developed acoustic metamaterials that enable high-performance sound silencing and magnetic metamaterials that boost Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) signal-to-noise ratio. In biomedicine, she has developed a MEMS-based toolset to analyze cellular behavior to yield knowledge that could improve our understanding of cardiovascular, kidney and other diseases, and potentially lead to novel therapies. Finally, in the energy domain, she has taken a fresh look at microfluidic applications in the midinfrared range, and developed micro gas chromatography and microfluidic communication systems designed to improve the efficiency and safety of oil and gas extraction.

近期论文

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Intelligent Metamaterials Based on Nonlinearity for Magnetic Resonance Imaging X. Zhao#, G. Duan#, K. Wu#, S.W. Anderson, X. Zhang*, Advanced Materials, 2019, 31(49): 1905461. [DOI; Cover Image; YouTube] Graphene Nanofluids as Thermal Management Materials: Molecular Dynamics Study on Orientation and Temperature Effects J. Gao, H. Wu, A. Li#, Y. Yue#, D. Xie, X. Zhang*, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019, 2(11): 6828-6835. [DOI; Cover Image] Strong Metasurface–Josephson Plasma Resonance Coupling in Superconducting La2-xSrxCuO4 J.S. Schalch, K. Post, G. Duan#, X. Zhao#, Y.D. Kim, J. Hone, M.M. Fogler, X. Zhang, D.N. Basov, R.D. Averitt, Advanced Optical Materials, 2019, 7: 1900712. [DOI] Real-Time Tunable Phase Response and Group Delay in Broadside Coupled Split-Ring Resonators X. Zhao#, J. Zhang, K. Fan#, G. Duan#, J. Schalch, G.R. Keriser, R.D. Averitt*, X. Zhang*, Physical Review B, 2019, 99: 245111. [DOI] Diatom Frustule-Inspired Metamaterial Absorbers: The Effect of Hierarchical Pattern Arrays A. Li#, X. Zhao#, G. Duan#, S.W. Anderson, X. Zhang*, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29(22): 1809029. [DOI; Cover Image] Photo-Induced Terahertz Near-field Dynamics of Graphene/InAs Heterostructures Z. Yao, V. Semenenko, J. Zhang, S. Mills, X. Zhao#, X. Chen, H. Hu, R. Mescall, T, Ciavatti, S. March, S.R. Bank, H. Tao, X. Zhang, V. Perebeinos, Q. Dai, X. Du, M. Liu, Optics Express, 2019, 27(10): 13611-13623. [DOI] Plasmonic Heating Induced by Au Nanoparticles for Quasi-Ballistic Thermal Transport in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Y. Xu+, X. Zhao#+, A. Li#, Y. Yue#, J. Jiang, X. Zhang*, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 7572-7581. [DOI] Optically Modulated Ultra-Broadband All-Silicon Metamaterial Terahertz Absorbers X. Zhao#+, Y. Wang#+, J. Schalch, G. Duan#, K. Cremin, J. Zhang, C. Chen#, R.D. Averitt*, X. Zhang*, ACS Photonics, 2019, 6(4): 830-837. [DOI; Cover Image] Boosting Magnetic Resonance Imaging Signal-to-Noise Ratio Using Magnetic Metamaterials G. Duan#+, X. Zhao#+, S.W. Anderson, X. Zhang*, Communications Physics - Nature, 2019, 2: 35. [DOI; Banner Image; YouTube] A Survey of Theoretical Models for Terahertz Electromagnetic Metamaterial Absorbers G. Duan#, J. Schalch, X. Zhao#, A. Li#, C. Chen#, R.D. Averitt*, X. Zhang*, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2019, 287: 21-28. [DOI] Integrating Microsystems with Metamaterials towards Metadevices X. Zhao#, G. Duan#, A. Li#, C. Chen#, X. Zhang*, Microsystems & Nanoengineering - Nature, 2019, 5: 5. [DOI; Banner Image] Implementing Infrared Metamaterial Perfect Absorbers Using Dispersive Dielectric Spacers X. Zhao#, C. Chen#, A. Li#, G. Duan#, X. Zhang*, Optics Express, 2019, 27(2): 1727-1739. [DOI] Ultra-Open Acoustic Metamaterial Silencer based on Fano-Like Interference R. Ghaffarivardavagh#, J. Nikolajczyk#, S. Anderson, X. Zhang*, Physical Review B, 2019, 99(2): 024302. [DOI; YouTube] Glass Fracture by Focusing of Laser-Generated Nanosecond Surface Acoustic Waves D. Veysset, S.E. Kooi, R. Haferssas, M. Hassani-Gangaraj, M. Islam, A.A. Maznev, Y. Chernukha, X. Zhao#, K. Nakagawa, D. Martynowich, X. Zhang, A.M. Lomonosov, C.A. Schuh, R. Radovitzky, T. Pezeril, K.A. Nelson, Scripta Materialia, 2019, 158: 42-45. [DOI] Silica Nanowire Growth on Coscinodiscus Species Diatom Frustules via Vapor-Liquid-Solid Process A. Li#, X. Zhao#, S. Anderson, X. Zhang*, Small, 2018, 14(47): 1801822. [DOI; Cover Image] Relationship Between Central Venous Catheter Protein Adsorption and Water Infused Surface Protection Mechanisms D.W. Sutherland#, Z.D. Blanks, X. Zhang, J.L. Charest, Artificial Organs, 2018, 42(11): E369-E379. [DOI] An Air-Spaced Terahertz Metamaterial Perfect Absorber G. Duan#, J. Schalch, X. Zhao#, J. Zhang, R.D. Averitt*, X. Zhang*, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2018, 280: 303-308. [DOI] Terahertz Metamaterial Perfect Absorber with Continuously Tunable Air Spacer Layer J. Schalch, G. Duan#, X. Zhao#, X. Zhang*, R.D. Averitt*, Applied Physics Letters, 2018, 113(6): 061113. [DOI] Time-Domain Transient Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Thermal Characterization of Polymers H. Wu, K. Cai, H. Zeng, W. Zhao, D. Xie, Y. Yue#, Y. Xiong, X. Zhang, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018, 138: 403-408. [DOI] Horn-Like Space-Coiling Metamaterials toward Simultaneous Phase and Amplitude Modulation R. Ghaffarivardavagh#, J. Nikolajczyk#, R.G. Holt, S.A. Anderson, X. Zhang*, Nature Communications, 2018, 9: 1349. [DOI]