Cao Xuezheng
Associate Professor
xzcao@xmu.edu.cn
Room 452
Website: https://phys.xmu.edu.cn/en/xzcao
Research AreasDeveloping computational and theoretical methods to study the mechanical property and rheological behaviors of soft matter systems such as functional polymer nanocomposites and gels etc..
Education&Work Experience
2019.03-To Now Department of Physics at Xiamen University, Associate Professor
2016.02-2019.06 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Postdoctoral Research Associate
2014.01-2016.01 Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Assistant Professor
2012.08-2013.12 Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF Dresden)，Germany, Postdoctoral Fellow
2007.09-2012.07 Department of Physics at Xiamen University，Master/PhD
2009.05-2010.03 & 2011.07-2011.09 IPF-Dresden，Visiting Graduate Student
2003.09-2007.07 Department of Physics at Xiamen University，Undergraduate Study
Publications
(1) X.Z. Cao*, H. Merlitz* and Chen-Xu Wu* Mechanical strength management of polymer composites through running transient networks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11:710.
(2) X.Z. Cao*, H. Merlitz and M.G. Forest* Nanoparticle loading of unentangled polymers induces entanglement-like relaxation modes and a broad sol−gel transition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, 10:4968.
(3) X.Z. Cao and M.G. Forest* Rheological tuning of entangled polymer networks by transient crosslinks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2019, 123:974.
(4) X.Z. Cao*, H. Merlitz*, and C.X. Wu* Tuning adsorption duration to control the diffusion of a nanoparticle in adsorbing polymers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2017, 8:2629.
(5) X.Z. Cao*, H. Merlitz, C.X. Wu, G. Ungar and J.U. Sommer A theoretical study of dispersion-to-aggregation of nanoparticles in adsorbing polymer using molecular dynamics simulations. Nanoscale, 2016, 8:6964.
(6) X.Z. Cao*, Z.G. Duan, J.S. Wang, Y.S. Liu, C.X. Wu Thin polymer-layer decorated, structure adjustable crystals of nanoparticles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17:22533.
(7) X.Z. Cao, H. Merlitz*, C.X. Wu*, and J.U. Sommer Polymer induced inverse temperature crystallization of nanoparticles on a substrate. ACS Nano, 2013, 7:9920.
(8) X.Z. Cao, H. Merlitz*, C.X. Wu*, S.A. Egorov*, and J.U. Sommer Effective pair potentials between nanoparticles induced by single monomers and polymer chains. Soft Matter, 2013, 9:5916.
(9) X.Z. Cao, H. Merlitz*, C.X. Wu*, and J.U. Sommer Entropy dominated behaviors of confined polymer nanoparticle mixture. Chinese Physics B, 2012, 21:118202.
(10) X.Z. Cao, H. Merlitz*, C.X. Wu*, and J.U. Sommer Polymer induced entropic depletion potential. Physical Review E, 2011, 62:5360.
Funds&Project
(1) PI, National Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No.11974291, 2020.01-2023.12
(2) PI, The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2019.01-2021.12
Courses
General Physics; Polymer Physics; Material Physics
