Materials Engineering / Mechanical Engineering

Auburn University, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1995  Ph.D., Xi'an Jiaotong University, Electronic Engineering

Publications (selected)

1. Pang, Y. L., Lu, X., Ma, Y. X., et al. (2025). Piezoelectric membrane sensor for pressure measurement: Theory and experiment. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 395, Article 117027.
2. Ghosh, A., Wei, J. D., Cheng, Z. Y., et al. (2025). Impact of sodium hydroxide treatment on commercial cellulose nanocrystals: Investigating the structure and optical property of self-assembled film. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 323, Article 147105.
3. Ghosh, A., Wei, J. D., Cheng, Z. Y., et al. (2025). Preparation and characterization of transparent cellulose nanocrystal film using freeze-thaw technique. Cellulose, 32(2), 877–886.
4. Zhang, K. L., Elder, T., Cheng, Z. Y., et al. (2024). Cellulose nanofiber-templated metal-organic frameworks for fluorescent detection of methyl parathion pesticides. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12(3), Article 112670.
5. Najmi, F., Yi, W., & Cheng, Z. Y. (2022). Electrocaloric heat pumps using two independently-controlled layers to achieve high cooling power. Nano Energy, 104, Article 107984.
6. Najmi, F., Shen, W. X., & Cheng, Z. Y. (2022). Analytical solution of heat exchange in typical electrocaloric devices. Journal of Heat Transfer, 144(5), Article 051901.
7. Yi, Z. H., Wang, Z., Nian, W. W., et al. (2021). High energy storage density of sandwich-structured Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3/PVDF nanocomposites enhanced by optimizing the dimensions of fillers. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4(12), 13528–13537.
8. Lu, X., Deng, W., Wei, J. D., et al. (2021). Filler size effects on the microstructure and properties of polymer-ceramic nanocomposites using a semicrystalline matrix. Journal of Materials Science, 56(36), 19983–19995.
9. Lu, X., Deng, W., Wei, J. D., et al. (2021). Crystallization behaviors and related dielectric properties of semicrystalline matrix in polymer-ceramic nanocomposites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 224, Article 109195.
10. Mei, W. C., Wei, J. D., Ko, Z. Y., et al. (2021). Novel P(VDF-HFP)/BST nanocomposite films with enhanced dielectric properties and optimized energy storage performance. Ceramics International, 47(11), 15561–15567.
11. Lu, X., Zou, X. W., Shen, J. L., et al. (2020). High energy density with ultrahigh discharging efficiency obtained in ceramic-polymer nanocomposites using a non-ferroelectric polar polymer as matrix. Nano Energy, 70, Article 104551.
12. Lu, X., Zou, X. W., Shen, J. L., et al. (2019). Characterizations of P(VDF-HFP)-BaTiO3 nanocomposite films fabricated by a spin-coating process. Ceramics International, 45(14), 17758–17766.
13. Lu, X., Zhang, L., Tong, Y., et al. (2019). BST-P(VDF-CTFE) nanocomposite films with high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, and high energy-storage density. Composites Part B: Engineering, 168, 34–43.
14. Ma, B. S., Cao, Y. J., Zhu, Y., et al. (2019). Low-frequency dielectric dispersion in polymer-derived amorphous silicon carbonitride ceramics. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 102(6), 3547–3554.
15. Lu, X., Shen, J. L., Zhang, L., et al. (2019). Dielectric property and ac conductivity of P(VDF-CTFE)-PLZST polymer-ceramic composite films. Ceramics International, 45(7), 8979–8987.
16. Lu, X., Tong, Y., & Cheng, Z. Y. (2019). Fabrication and characterization of free-standing, flexible and translucent BaTiO3-P(VDF-CTFE) nanocomposite films. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 770, 327–334.
17. Bass, P. S., Zhang, L., Tu, M. B., et al. (2018). Enhancement of biodegradable poly(ethylene oxide) ionic-polymer metallic composite actuators with nanocrystalline cellulose fillers. Actuators, 7(4), Article 72.
18. Zhang, L., Lu, X., Zhang, X. Y., et al. (2018). All-organic dielectric nanocomposites using conducting polypyrrole nanoclips as filler. Composites Science and Technology, 167, 285–293.

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