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Overview

Hengzhong Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple fields, including materials science, engineering, and medicine, with a particular focus on materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, mechanical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their publication record includes significant contributions in areas such as diabetes, cardiovascular risks, lipoproteins, metal and thin film mechanics, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, advanced materials and composites, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies research, and MXene and MAX phase materials.

Notable frequent co-authors collaborating with Hengzhong Zhang include Weiwei Li, Xiaoliang Zhang, Junxiu Liu, Hongliang Dong, and H. W. Sheng.

Hengzhong Zhang's research has been published in various scientific venues. Frequent publication locations include Research Square, Nature, Matter, Lipids in Health and Disease, and Microporous and Mesoporous Materials.

Representative papers from their recent work are:

  • High-pressure strengthening in ultrafine-grained metals, 2020, Nature
  • Wet-chemistry hydrogen doped TiO2 with switchable defects control for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, 2021, Matter
  • Relationship between the non-HDLc-to-HDLc ratio and carotid plaques in a high stroke risk population: a cross-sectional study in China, 2020, Lipids in Health and Disease
  • Hollow structured black TiO2 with thickness-controllable microporous shells for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalysis, 2021, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
  • Ultra-incompressible High-Entropy Diborides, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Best Publications

  • UNDERSTANDING POLYMORPHIC PHASE TRANSFORMATION BEHAVIOR DURING GROWTH OF NANOCRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES: INSIGHTS FROM TIO2

    Hengzhong Zhang;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Crystallization by particle attachment in synthetic, biogenic, and geologic environments

    James J. De Yoreo;James J. De Yoreo;Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert;Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert;Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk;R. Lee Penn

  • Aggregation-Based Crystal Growth and Microstructure Development in Natural Iron Oxyhydroxide Biomineralization Products

    Jillian F. Banfield;Susan A. Welch;Hengzhong Zhang;Tamara Thomsen Ebert

  • Thermodynamic analysis of phase stability of nanocrystalline titania

    Hengzhong Zhang;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Energetics of nanocrystalline TiO2

    M. R. Ranade;A. Navrotsky;H. Z. Zhang;J. F. Banfield

  • Nanoparticles in the Environment

    Jillian F. Banfield;Hengzhong Zhang

  • Nanoparticles: Strained and Stiff

    Benjamin Gilbert;Feng Huang;Hengzhong Zhang;Glenn A. Waychunas

  • Water-driven structure transformation in nanoparticles at room temperature

    Hengzhong Zhang;Benjamin Gilbert;Feng Huang;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Two-Stage Crystal-Growth Kinetics Observed during Hydrothermal Coarsening of Nanocrystalline ZnS

    Feng Huang;Hengzhong Zhang;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Phase transformation of nanocrystalline anatase-to-rutile via combined interface and surface nucleation

    Hengzhong Zhang;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Structural characteristics and mechanical and thermodynamic properties of nanocrystalline TiO2.

    Hengzhong Zhang;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Enhanced adsorption of molecules on surfaces of nanocrystalline particles

    Hengzhong Zhang;R. Lee Penn;Robert J. Hamers;Jillian F. Banfield

  • New kinetic model for the nanocrystalline anatase-to-rutile transformation revealing rate dependence on number of particles

    Hengzhong Zhang;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Kinetics of Crystallization and Crystal Growth of Nanocrystalline Anatase in Nanometer-Sized Amorphous Titania

    Hengzhong Zhang;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Characterization of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    Pavan K Naicker;Peter T Cummings;Hengzhong Zhang;Jillian F Banfield

  • Preparing Single-Phase Nanocrystalline Anatase from Amorphous Titania with Particle Sizes Tailored by Temperature

    Hengzhong Zhang;Michael Finnegan;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Atomic structure of nanometer-sized amorphous TiO2

    Hengzhong Zhang;Bin Chen;Jillian F. Banfield;Glenn A. Waychunas

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Thermodynamic Analysis, and Experimental Study of Phase Stability of Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles

    Hengzhong Zhang;Feng Huang;and Benjamin Gilbert;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Special phase transformation and crystal growth pathways observed in nanoparticles

    Benjamin Gilbert;Hengzhong Zhang;Feng Huang;Michael P Finnegan;Michael P Finnegan

  • The role of oriented attachment crystal growth in hydrothermal coarsening of nanocrystalline ZnS

    Feng Huang;Hengzhong Zhang;Jillian F. Banfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
Glenn A. Waychunas
Glenn A. Waychunas Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
R. Lee Penn
R. Lee Penn University of Minnesota
James J. De Yoreo
James J. De Yoreo Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yang Ren
Yang Ren City University of Hong Kong
Zhang Lin
Zhang Lin South China University of Technology
Helmut Cölfen
Helmut Cölfen University of Konstanz
Dongsheng Li
Dongsheng Li Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nobumichi Tamura
Nobumichi Tamura Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alexandra Navrotsky
Alexandra Navrotsky Arizona State University

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