Professional Preparation

2000/09-2004/07: B.A. – Hefei University of Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Department of Polymer Engineering and Material, Anhui, China.
2005/09-2008/07: M.S. – Nankai University, College of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Department, Tianjin, China.
2014/09-2017/07: Ph.D.– Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Appointments

2023 -， Senior Engineer，Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2020/03 - 2023: Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2017/10-2020/02: Postdoc, Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Research Interests

1. Poly(ether-b-amide) elastomers: synthesis, structure-property relationship and commercialization;

2. Strain-induced crystallization of thermoplastic elastomers and its influence on the tensile strength, elastic behaviors;

3. Novel functional segmented copolymer design and application.

Publications and Awards

Ping Zhu, Chenxu Zhou, Xia Dong, Bryan B. Sauer, Yue Lai, Dujin Wang. The Segmental Responses to Orientation and Relaxation of Thermoplastic Poly(ether-ester) Elastomer during Cyclic Deformation: An in-situ WAXD/SAXS Study. Polymer 2020, 188, 122120:1-10.
Ping Zhu, Xia Dong, Miaoming Huang, Lili Wang, Dujin Wang. Microstructural Evolution Underlying the Ternary Stages of Elastic Behaviors of Polyether-b-amide Copolymer Elastomers. J. Polym. Sci. B Polym. Phys. 2018, 56, 855-864.
Ping Zhu, Xia Dong, Yiyu Cao, Lili Wang, Xinran Liu, Zefan Wang, Dujin Wang. The Brill Transition in Polyether-b-amide Segmented Copolymers and Composition Dependence. Euro. Polym. J. 2017, 93, 334-346.
Ping Zhu, Xia Dong, Dujin Wang. Strain-induced Crystallization of Segmented Copolymers: Deviation from the Classic Deformation Mechanism. Macromolecules, 2017, 50, 3911-3921.
Xia Dong, Ping Zhu, Lili Wang, Yunyun Gao, Xuexin Liu, Dujin Wang. A type of long carbon chain polyamide1012-based thermoplastic elastomer and its fabrication method, ZL201610069156.4.