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.