个人简历

2016-至今 南方科技大学工学院院长 、材料科学与工程系讲席教授
2016-2019 日本熊本大学访问教授
2011-2017清华大学讲座教授
2001-2002加拿大阿尔伯塔大学化学与材料工程系，McCalla教授
2000- 2017 加拿大阿尔伯塔大学化学与材料工程系，教授
1997-1999加拿大阿尔伯塔大学化学与材料工程系，副教授
1992-1996加拿大麦吉尔大学采矿与冶金工程系，助理教授
1991-1992加州大学圣巴巴拉分校，化学与核能 程系，博士后
1990-1991美国弗吉尼亚理工大学，采矿与矿物加工工程系，研究助理
1982-1985中南矿冶学院，矿物工程系，讲师

研究领域

功能材料以及表面改性
工业废水、废气治理
资源循环利用
界面与胶体化学
分子相互作用力
矿物加工
石油开采技术

近期论文

Yue, T., Sun, W., Hu, Y., Z. Xu, 2019, Mechanism of goethite precipitation on magnetite and maghemite nanoparticles studied by surface complexation/precipitation modeling, Langmuir, in press.
Wang, C., Najafi, A., Masliyah, J., Liu, Q. and Z. Xu, 2019, Flocculant-assisted dewatering of fluid fine tailings using a volute screw press, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 97: 74-83.
Chen, Q., Zhu, Y., Wang, M., Ren, G., Liu, Q., Xu, Z. and D. Sun, 2019, Viscosity reduction of extra-heavy oil using toluene in water emulsions, Colloids Surfaces A, 560: 252-259.
Chen, X., Ma, X., Yan, C., Sun, D., Yeung, T. and Z. Xu, 2019, CO2-responsive O/W microemulsions prepared using a switchable superamphiphile assembled by electrostatic interactions, J. Colloid Interface sci., 534: 595-604.
Tang, Y., Zhang, X., Choi, P., Xu, Z. and Q. Liu, 2019, Contributions of van der Waals interaction and hydrophobic attraction to molecular adhesions on a hydrophobic MoS2 surface in water, Langmuir, 47: 14196-14203.
Wang, Z., Ren, G., Yang, J., Xu, Z. and D. Sun, 2019, CO2-responsive aqueous foams stabilized by pseudogemini surfactants, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 536: 381-388.
Liang, C., He, X., Liu, Q. and Z. Xu, 2018, Adsorption-based synthesis of magnetically responsive and interfacially active composite nanoparticles for dewatering of water-in-diluted bitumen emulsions, Energy & Fuels, 32: 8078-8089.
Qiao, P., Harbottle, D., Li, Z., Tang, Y. and Z. Xu, 2018, Interactions of asphaltene subfractions in organic media of varying aromaticity, Energy & Fuels, 32: 10478-10485.
Zhang, X., Manica, R., Tang, Y., Tchoukov, P., Liu, Q. and Z. Xu, 2018, Probing boundary conditions at hydrophobic solid-water interfaces by dynamic film drainage measurement, Langmuir, 34: 12025-12035.
Ren, D., Xu, S., Sun, D., Wang, Q. and Z. Xu, 2018, CO2-switchable dispersion of a natural chitosan and its application as a responsive Pickering emulsifier, Colloids Surfaces A, 555: 507-514.
Liu, B., Manica, R., Zhang, X., Bussonniere, A., Xu, Z., Xie, G. and Q. Liu, 2018, Dynamic interaction between a millimeter size bubble and surface microbubbles in water, Langmuir, 34: 11667-11675.
Jackman, M., Bussonniere, A., Leung, H., Xu, Z., Tsai, P. and Q. Liu, 2018, Effect of temperature on foamability using a thermoresponsive polymer, AIP Advances, 8: 075320.
Li, Z., Xiong, Y., Sun, S., Zhang, L., Li, S., Liu, X., Xu, Z. and S. Xu, 2018, Tri-layer nonwoven membrane with shutdown property and high robustness as a high-safety lithium ion battery separator, J. Membrane Sci., 565: 50-60.
Ren, G., Wang, M., Wang, L., Wang, Z., Chen, Q., Xu, Z. and D. Sun, 2018, Dynamic covalent silica nanoparticles for pH-switchable Pickering emulsions, Langmuir, 34: 5798-5806.
Ye, R., Lin, L., Li, Q., Zhou, Z., Wang, T., Russell, C., Adidharma, H., Xu, Z., Yao, Y. and M. Fan, 2018, Recent progress in improving the stability of copper-based catalysts for hydrogenation of carbon–oxygen bonds, Catal. Sci. Technol., 8: 3428-3449.
Yu, K., Zhang, H., Biggs, S., Xu, Z., Cayre, O. and D. Harbottle, 2018, The rheology of polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated silica nanoparticles positioned at an air-aqueous interfaces, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 527: 346-355.
Mhatre, S., Simon, S., Sjöblom, J. and Z. Xu, 2018, Demulsifier assisted film thinning and coalescence in crude oil emulsions under DC electric fields, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 134: 117-129.
Ayirala, S. C., Yousef, A. A., Li, Z. and Z. Xu, 2018, Coalescence of crude oil droplets in brine systems: effect of individual electrolytes, Energy & Fuels, 32: 5763-5771.
Tao, H., Liu, S., Luo, J. L., Choi, P., Liu, Q. and Z. Xu, 2018, Descriptor of catalytic activity of metal sulfides for oxygen reduction reaction: a potential indicator for mineral flotation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6: 9650-9656.
Zhu, Y., Yan, C., Liu, Q., Masliyah, J. and Z. Xu, 2018, Biodiesel-assisted ambient aqueous bitumen extraction (BA3BE) from Athabasca oil sands, Energy & Fuels, 32: 6565-6576.