Wei Zhang

ORCID: 0000-0002-8809-806X
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Research Areas
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Geomechanics and Mining Engineering
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Geoscience and Mining Technology
  • biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry
  • Flame retardant materials and properties
  • Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Aerogels and thermal insulation
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Textile materials and evaluations
  • Soil, Finite Element Methods

Donghua University
2016-2025

Guangxi University
2014-2025

CCCC Highway Consultants (China)
2012-2024

University of Colorado Boulder
2024

China Southern Power Grid (China)
2020-2024

Virginia Tech
2022

State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials
2021

Shenzhen University
2021

Xi'an University of Technology
2007-2019

Hohai University
2019

Abstract Stretchable ionic skins are intriguing in mimicking the versatile sensations of natural skins. However, for their applications advanced electronics, good elastic recovery, self-healing, and more importantly, skin-like nonlinear mechanoresponse (strain-stiffening) essential but can be rarely met one material. Here we demonstrate a robust proton-conductive skin design via introducing an entropy-driven supramolecular zwitterionic reorganizable network to hydrogen-bonded polycarboxylic...

10.1038/s41467-021-24382-4 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2021-07-02

Abstract Developing fabric-based electronics with good wearability is undoubtedly an urgent demand for wearable technologies. Although the state-of-the-art devices have shown unique advantages in field of e-textiles, further efforts should be made before achieving “electronic clothing” due to hard challenge optimally unifying both promising electrical performance and comfortability single device. Here, we report all-fiber tribo-ferroelectric synergistic e-textile outstanding thermal-moisture...

10.1038/s41467-019-13569-5 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2019-12-05

Abstract Maintaining human body temperature is one of the basic needs for living, which requires high‐performance thermal insulation materials to prevent heat exchange with external environment. However, most widely used fibrous always suffer from heavy weight, weak mechanical property, and moderate capacity suppress transfer, resulting in limited personal cold protection performance. Here, an ultralight, mechanically robust, thermally insulating polyimide (PI) aerogel directly synthesized...

10.1002/adma.202313444 article EN Advanced Materials 2023-12-20

Utilizing pore and interlayer engineering within nanoconfined interlaminar channels represents an ingenious approach to design highly permselective MXene (Ti3C2TX) membranes. Herein, the tannic acid (TA) etched ZIF-8 (TZIF-8) nanocrystals with hollow structures were effectually inserted into spacing of First, density functional theory (DFT) results demonstrated reaction mechanism between TA ZIF-8. Then, underlying enhanced water-adsorptive properties for MXene/TZIF-8 membrane was due higher...

10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c05985 article EN Nano Letters 2025-02-05

Abstract Summary: A series of high clay content Laponite XLS/polyacrylamide (PAAm) nanocomposite hydrogels (S‐M gels) with excellent resilience, low elastic hysteresis, and ultrahigh elongation, have been successfully synthesized. Based on our results, it is concluded that the mechanical properties probably depend to a great extent hydrophilicity flexibility macromolecules. Moreover, found transparency during in‐situ polymerization S‐M gels does not change, which quite different from...

10.1002/marc.200600159 article EN Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2006-06-28

Abstract Extreme cold events are becoming more frequent and intense around the world, imposing a huge burden on human health global economy. However, developing fibrous materials featuring ultralight weight, high shape retention, thermal insulation to withstand extreme conditions remains great challenge. Herein, inspired by natural porous loofah, an superelastic micro/nanofibrous aerogel (MNFA) that integrates hierarchical pores stable physical entanglements is directly synthesized via...

10.1002/adfm.202412424 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2024-07-25

Abstract Four-dimensional (4D) printing technology provides new ideas for the preparation and structural design of multifunctional shape memory composites. Excellent electrothermal behavior high recovery force are urgently demanded in practical applications. Herein, a continuous carbon fiber reinforced polylactic acid composite with strength, force, low-voltage response excellent was printed using dual nozzle 3D printer. The effects specimen thickness, content, applied voltage on were...

10.1088/1361-665x/abd912 article EN Smart Materials and Structures 2021-01-06

In this study, aiming at improving the flame resistance of bisphenol-A epoxy resin (EP), a novel self-assembled montmorillonite-multiwalled carbon nanotube (MMT-MWCNT) was designed and prepared by using triethylenetetramine (TETA) as grafting agent. The chemical component, structure morphology MMT-MWCNT its corresponding EP nanocomposites were well characterized. It disclosed that MMT intercalated or exfoliated grafted MWCNT, MWCNT could be better distributed with presence well. analysis...

10.1088/2053-1591/ab537f article EN Materials Research Express 2019-11-01

Abstract Fabric‐reinforced shape memory polymer composites are lightweight, strong, formable, controllable, and suitable for various engineering innovative applications. This study aims to fabricate characterize electrothermal dual drive composite fabrics (SMPCFs) of different densities with three‐dimensional (3D) angle‐interlock structures. The tensile properties, recovery forces (both bending), properties SMPCFs were evaluated. exhibited a elongation over 20% at the transition temperature....

10.1002/pc.28212 article EN Polymer Composites 2024-02-07

Long-term exposure to cold conditions can cause damage the body, which makes prevention equipment urgently needed. However, most commonly used fibrous warmth retention materials have drawbacks of heavy weight, poor mechanical properties, flammability, and inefficient thermal insulating performance. Herein, we propose a simple feasible strategy prepare nanofiber/aerogel microfiber sponges (NAMS) with dual-network structures for by direct electrospinning. The aerogel fibers are prepared...

10.1021/acsami.5c03565 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2025-04-15

One drawback of rubber/elastomer-toughened polymer is that the improved toughness accompanied with a loss in stiffness. Interestingly, we find herein that, by combination 15 phr elastomer component, chlorinated polyethylene (CPE), and rigid poly(acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic) (ASA), impact poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)/α-methylstyrene-acrylonitrile copolymer (α-MSAN) (70/30) blend was considerably increased from 15.0 kJ m−2 to 60.0 without sacrificing stiffness; while CPE or ASA alone did not...

10.1039/c4ra08440c article EN RSC Advances 2014-11-12
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