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Materials Science

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62
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19406
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6360
National Ranking
1618

Engineering and Technology

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59
Citations
18877
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2287
National Ranking
717

Overview

Mei Zhang is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research is characterized by a focus on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and mechanical engineering, with additional emphasis on renewable energy, sustainability, the environment, polymers, and plastics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including catalytic processes in materials science, conducting polymers and their applications, advanced photocatalysis techniques, perovskite materials and applications, extraction and separation processes, advancements in battery materials, and adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal.

Mei Zhang's research has been published in various frequent venues, illustrating the range of their expertise and focus areas. These venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ceramics International
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Frequent collaborators in their work are Min Guo, Xiangtao Huo, Fangqin Cheng, and Shujie Tang. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications alongside Mei Zhang, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Mei Zhang are:

  • Metal-Organic Framework-Based Catalysts with Single Metal Sites, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Scalable processing for realizing 21.7%-efficient all-perovskite tandem solar modules, 2022, Science
  • Fabricating Dual-Atom Iron Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A Heteroatom Modulator Approach, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A Novel Deep-Eutectic Solvent with Strong Coordination Ability and Low Viscosity for Efficient Extraction of Valuable Metals from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries, 2022, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Indoor microbiome, air pollutants and asthma, rhinitis and eczema in preschool children - A repeated cross-sectional study, 2022, Environment International

This body of work spans various interdisciplinary topics, linking materials chemistry and engineering with practical applications in energy and environmental science.

Best Publications

  • Strong, Transparent, Multifunctional, Carbon Nanotube Sheets

    Mei Zhang;Mei Zhang;Shaoli Fang;Shaoli Fang;Anvar A. Zakhidov;Anvar A. Zakhidov;Sergey B. Lee;Sergey B. Lee

  • Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Yarns by Downsizing an Ancient Technology

    Mei Zhang;Ken R. Atkinson;Ray H. Baughman

  • Fabrication and application of nanofiber ribbons and sheets and twisted and non-twisted nanofiber yarns

    Mei Zhang;Shaoli Fang;Ray H. Baughman;Anvar A. Zakhidov

  • Giant-Stroke, Superelastic Carbon Nanotube Aerogel Muscles

    Ali E. Aliev;Jiyoung Oh;Mikhail E. Kozlov;Alexander A. Kuznetsov

  • Hierarchically buckled sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles

    Z. F. Liu;S. Fang;F. A. Moura;F. A. Moura;J. N. Ding

  • Sign Change of Poisson's Ratio for Carbon Nanotube Sheets

    Lee J. Hall;Vitor R. Coluci;Douglas S. Galvão;Mikhail E. Kozlov

  • Carbon nanotube in different shapes

    Mei Zhang;Jian Li

  • Carbon nanomaterials as metal-free catalysts in next generation fuel cells

    Mei Zhang;Liming Dai

  • High Power Density Electrochemical Thermocells for Inexpensively Harvesting Low-Grade Thermal Energy.

    Long Zhang;Taewoo Kim;Na Li;Tae June Kang

  • Density-controlled hydrothermal growth of well-aligned ZnO nanorod arrays.

    Teng Ma;Min Guo;Mei Zhang;Yanjun Zhang

  • Thermal transport in MWCNT sheets and yarns

    Ali E. Aliev;Csaba Guthy;Mei Zhang;Shaoli Fang

  • Robust cell migration and neuronal growth on pristine carbon nanotube sheets and yarns.

    Pedro Galvan-Garcia;Edward W. Keefer;Fan Yang;Mei Zhang

  • Pool Boiling Experiments on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) Forests

    Hee Seok Ahn;Nipun Sinha;Mei Zhang;Debjyoti Banerjee

  • Graphene-based materials for energy applications

    Jun Liu;Yuhua Xue;Mei Zhang;Liming Dai

  • Synthesis of Carbon Tubule Nanocoils in High Yield Using Iron-Coated Indium Tin Oxide as Catalyst

    Mei Zhang;Yoshikazu Nakayama;Lujun Pan

  • Electron field emission from transparent multiwalled carbon nanotube sheets for inverted field emission displays

    Alexander A. Kuznetzov;Sergey B. Lee;Mei Zhang;Ray H. Baughman

  • Electrochemical actuation of carbon nanotube yarns

    Tissaphern Mirfakhrai;Jiyoung Oh;Mikhail Kozlov;Eddie Chi Wah Fok

  • Multifunctional carbon nanotube yarns and transparent sheets: Fabrication, properties, and applications

    Ken R. Atkinson;Stephen C. Hawkins;Chi Huynh;Chris Skourtis

  • Transparent carbon nanotube sheets as 3-D charge collectors in organic solar cells

    Ross Ulbricht;Sergey B. Lee;Xiaomei Jiang;Kanzan Inoue

  • Downsized Sheath-Core Conducting Fibers for Weavable Superelastic Wires, Biosensors, Supercapacitors, and Strain Sensors.

    Hongyan Wang;Zunfeng Liu;Jianning Ding;Xavier Lepró

  • Growth mechanism of carbon nanocoils

    Lujun Pan;Mei Zhang;Yoshikazu Nakayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Ray H. Baughman
Ray H. Baughman The University of Texas at Dallas
Shaoli Fang
Shaoli Fang The University of Texas at Dallas
Anvar A. Zakhidov
Anvar A. Zakhidov The University of Texas at Dallas
Yoshikazu Nakayama
Yoshikazu Nakayama Osaka University
Fangqin Cheng
Fangqin Cheng Shanxi University
Ben Wang
Ben Wang Georgia Institute of Technology
Zuankai Wang
Zuankai Wang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mikhail E. Kozlov
Mikhail E. Kozlov The University of Texas at Dallas
Chuck Zhang
Chuck Zhang Georgia Institute of Technology
Xinmei Hou
Xinmei Hou University of Science and Technology Beijing

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