2013/09-2018/07 Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics Tsinghua University

2009/09-2013/07 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Tsinghua University

2024/12 – Present Associate Professor Tsinghua University, China

2023/08 – 2024/11 Assistant Professor Peking University, China

2019/06 – 2023/04 Postdoc Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM), Germany

Micro-/Nano Mechanics, Micro-/Nano Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Metamaterial

- Multiscale modelling and theoretical mechanics of microstructures and materials

- Micro-/Nano Additive Manufacturing and Material Development

- Design, Fabrication and Mechanics of 3D Mechanical Metamaterials

- Fundamentals of Contact and Adhesion Mechanics

- Micro Robotic with Bio-inspired Nondestructive Adhesive

2024 Outstanding Young Scientist Award

         The Chinese Society of Metamaterial

2020 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers

         Humboldt Foundation

2019 Excellent Doctoral Thesis in Mechanics

         The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FOJEIYcAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN)

† equal contribution, * corresponding author

1. Xuan Zhang*, Xiaoyan Li. Scaling Effect of Dry Adhesion for Microfibrils and Transition Size to Flaw Insensitivity. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2023, 1-14.

2. Wenxin Zhang^†*, Xuan Zhang^†, Bryce W. Edwards, Lei Zhong, Huajian Gao, Michael J. Malaska, Robert Hodyss, Julia R. Greer*. Deformation Characteristics of Solid-state Benzene: a Step towards Understanding Planetary Geology. Nature Communications, 2022, 13(1), 7949.

3. Xuan Zhang*, Yue Wang, Zhihao Tian, Manar Samri, Karsten Moh, Robert M. McMeeking, René Hensel, Eduard Arzt*. A bio-inspired snap-through metastructure for manipulating micro objects. Science Advances, 2022, 8, 46, eadd4768.

4. Gabriela Moreira Lana, Xuan Zhang, Christian Müller, René Hensel, Eduard Arzt*. Film-terminated fibrillar microstructures with improved adhesion on skin-like surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 41, 46239–46251. (Cover Featured Article)

5. Xuan Zhang, Yue Wang, René Hensel, Eduard Arzt*. A design strategy for mushroom-shaped microfibrils with optimized dry adhesion: experiments and finite element Analyses. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2021, 88(3), 031015.

6. Xuan Zhang, Yujia Wang, Bin Ding, Xiaoyan Li*. Design, fabrication and mechanics of three-dimensional micro-/nanolattices. Small, 2020, 16(15), 1902842. (Back Cover Featured Article)

7. Xiaoyan Li, Lei Lu, Jianguo Li, Xuan Zhang, Huajian Gao*. Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys. Nature Reviews Materials, 2020, 5(9), 706-723.

8. Xuan Zhang^†, Lei Zhong^†, Arturo Mateos^†, Akira Kudo, Andrey Vyatskikh, Huajian Gao*, Julia R. Greer*, Xiaoyan Li*. Theoretical strength and rubber-like behaviour in micro-sized pyrolytic carbon. Nature Nanotechnology, 2019, 14, 762-769. († These authors equally contributed to this work.) (Cover Featured Article)

9. Xuan Zhang, Andrey Vyatskikh, Huajian Gao*, Julia R. Greer*, Xiaoyan Li. Lightweight, flaw-tolerant and ultrastrong nanoarchitected carbon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019, 116, 6665-6672.

10. Xuan Zhang, Jiahao Yao, Bin Liu, Jun Yan, Lei Lu, Yi Li, Huajian Gao, Xiaoyan Li*. Three-dimensional high-entropy alloy-polymer composite nanolattices that overcome the strength-recoverability trade-off. Nano Letters, 2018, 7, 4247-4256.

11. Xuan Zhang, Huajian Gao, Xiaoyan Li*. Atomistic simulations of superplasticity and amorphization of nanocrystalline anatase TiO₂. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2018, 22, 131-137.

12. Haolun Wang^†, Xuan Zhang^†, Ning Wang, Yan Li, Xue Feng, Ya Huang, Chunsong Zhao, Zhenglian Liu, Minghao Fang, Gang Ou, Huajian Gao*, Xiaoyan Li*, Hui Wu*. Ultralight, scalable, and high-temperature-resilient ceramic nanofiber sponges. Science Advances, 2017, 3(6), e1603170.

13. Xuan Zhang, Xiaoyan Li*, Huajian Gao*. Size and strain rate effects in tensile strength of penta-twinned Ag nanowires. Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2017, 33(4), 792-800.