Fang Xu

Contact

• workRoom C46 Coates Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 84 67019
• Fang.Xu@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Fang Xu is part of the Advanced Materials Research Group.

Teaching Summary

MMME 1049 Aerospace Design and Materials, Level 1 course for 1^st year Aerospace Engineering students, and I am teaching the materials side.

MMME 4044 Materials Degradation and Surface Engineering, Lever 4 course for M3 MSc students, 3rd and 4th year Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering students

MMME 4055 Advanced Materials Research and Communication, Level 4 course for final year undergraduate or taught masters students in Materials, Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering.

MMME 4047 High Performance Ceramics and Glasses, Level 4 course for MSc and MEng students in Materials, Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering.

Research Summary

Nanomaterials Production and characterisation of advanced nanoparticles and novel one-dimensional nanowires and nanotubes, exploration of their multi-functions such as gas sensor, waste treatment… read more

Selected Publications

• XU F, KOBAYASHI T, YANG Z, SEKINE T, CHANG H, WANG N, XIA Y and ZHU Y, 2017. How the Toughest Inorganic Fullerene Cages Absorb Shockwave Pressures in a Protective Nanocomposite: Experimental Evidence from Two In Situ Investigations. ACS nano. 11(8), 8114-8121
• BAHAREH YAZDANI, FANG XU, IFTIKHAR AHMAD, XIANGHUI HOU, YONGDE XIA and YANQIU ZHU, 2015. Tribological performance of Graphene/Carbon nanotube hybrid reinforced Al2O3 composites Scientific Reports. 5, 11579
• XU, F., YAN, C. Z., SHYNG, Y. T., CHANG, H., XIA, Y. D. and ZHU, Y. Q., 2014. Ultra-toughened nylon 12 nanocomposites reinforced with IF-WS2 Nanotechnology. 25(32),
• XU, FANG, ALMEIDA, TREVOR P., CHANG, HONG, XIA, YONGDE, WEARS, M. LESLEY and ZHU, YANQIU, 2013. Multi-walled carbon/IF-WS2 nanoparticles with improved thermal properties Nanoscale. 5(21), 10504-10510

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• Nanomaterials Production and characterisation of advanced nanoparticles and novel one-dimensional nanowires and nanotubes, exploration of their multi-functions such as gas sensor, waste treatment etc.

• Nanocomposites Preparation of polymer and metal based nanocomposites (polymer and metal based) properties (mechanical, tribological and thermal) studies of nanocomposites using dedicate techniques. Potential applications includes thermal management for power electronics packaging, self-lubricating parts in weight critical application etc.
• Nanocomposite thin film/coating preparation using techniques such as CVD, PVD and electroless plating etc., and surface morphological and compositional characterisation by multi- advanced techniques

Current Research

• Nanomaterials Production and characterisation of advanced nanoparticles and novel one-dimensional nanowires and nanotubes, exploration of their multi-functions such as gas sensor, waste treatment etc.

• Nanocomposites Preparation of polymer and metal based nanocomposites (polymer and metal based) properties (mechanical, tribological and thermal) studies of nanocomposites using dedicate techniques. Potential applications includes thermal management for power electronics packaging, self-lubricating parts in weight critical application etc.
• Nanocomposite thin film/coating preparation using techniques such as CVD, PVD and electroless plating etc., and surface morphological and compositional characterisation by multi- advanced techniques

Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: nanostructures, nanocomposites, polymer composites, thermal management, power electronic packaging, tribology, metal composites.

• TAS, M., MUSA, U. G., AHMED, I., XU, F., SMARTT, C. and HOU, X., 2022. Functionalised SiO2 modified icephobic nanocomposite electrospun membranes for outdoor electromagnetic shielding applications: Polymer Polymer. 240,
• HU, C., ZHANG, H., NEATE, N., FAY, M., HOU, X., GRANT, D. and XU, F., 2022. Highly Aligned Ni-Decorated GO–CNT Nanostructures in Epoxy with Enhanced Thermal and Electrical Properties: Polymers Polymers. 14(13),
• ZANGROSSI, F., GHOSH, B., XU, F., WARRIOR, N. and HOU, X., 2022. Improvement in electrical characteristics by surface modification of multi-wall carbon nanotube based buckypaper for de-icing application: Journal of Composite Materials Journal of Composite Materials.
• HU, C., LE, A. T., PUNG, S. Y., STEVENS, L., NEATE, N., HOU, X., GRANT, D. and XU, F., 2021. Efficient dye-removal via Ni-decorated graphene oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposites: Materials Chemistry and Physics Materials Chemistry and Physics. 260,
• WANG, J., WU, M., LIU, J., XU, F., HUSSAIN, T., SCOTCHFORD, C. and HOU, X., 2021. Metallic skeleton promoted two-phase durable icephobic layers: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 587, 47-55
• GHOSH, B., XU, F. and HOU, X., 2021. Thermally conductive poly(ether ether ketone)/boron nitride composites with low coefficient of thermal expansion: Journal of Materials Science Journal of Materials Science.
• THUMMAVICHAI, K., THI, L. A., PUNG, S. Y., OLA, O., HUSSAIN, M. Z., CHEN, Y., XU, F., CHEN, W., WANG, N. and ZHU, Y., 2021. Sodium tungsten oxide bronze nanowires bundles in adsorption of methylene blue dye under uv and visible light exposure: Energies Energies. 14(5),
• HU, C., LIU, T., NEATE, N., FAY, M., HOU, X., GRANT, D. and XU, F., 2021. Enhanced thermal and electrical properties by Ag nanoparticles decorated GO-CNT nanostructures in PEEK composites: Composites Science and Technology Composites Science and Technology.
• SAMUEL C COE, MATTHEW D. WADGE, REDA M. FELFEL, IFTY AHMED, GAVIN S WALKER, COLIN A. SCOTCHFORD and DAVID M. GRANT, 2020. Production of High Silicon-Doped Hydroxyapatite Thin Film Coatings via Magnetron Sputtering: Deposition, Characterisation, and In Vitro Biocompatibility Coatings. 10(2), 190
• GHOSH, B., XU, F., GRANT, D. M., GIANGRANDE, P., GERADA, C., GEORGE, M. W. and HOU, X., 2020. Highly Ordered BN⊥–BN⊥ Stacking Structure for Improved Thermally Conductive Polymer Composites: Advanced Electronic Materials Advanced Electronic Materials.
• AHMAD, I., ANWAR, S., XU, F. and ZHU, Y., 2019. Tribological Investigation of Multilayer Graphene Reinforced Alumina Ceramic Nanocomposites: Journal of Tribology Journal of Tribology. 141(2),
• JIE WANG, HALAR MEMON, JUNPENG LIU, GUANG YANG, FANG XU, TANVIR HUSSAIN, COLIN SCOTCHFORD and XIANGHUI HOU, 2019. Effect of surface adsorption on icing behaviour of metallic coating Surface and Coatings Technology. 380, 125068
• THUMMAVICHAI, K., WANG, N., CHEONG LEM, L., PHILLIPS, M., TON-THAT, C., CHANG, H., HU, C., XU, F., XIA, Y. and ZHU, Y., 2018. Lanthanide-doped W18O49 nanowires: Synthesis, structure and optical properties: Materials Letters Materials Letters. 214, 232-235
• KUNYAPAT, T., XU, F., NEATE, N., WANG, N. N., DE SANCTIS, A., RUSSO, S., ZHANG, S. W., XIA, Y. D. and ZHU, Y. Q., 2018. Ce-Doped bundled ultrafine diameter tungsten oxide nanowires with enhanced electrochromic performance: Nanoscale Nanoscale. 10(10), 4718-4726
• THUMMAVICHAI, K., WANG, N., XU, F., RANCE, G., XIA, Y. and ZHU, Y., 2018. In situ investigations of the phase change behaviour of tungsten oxide nanostructures: Royal Society Open Science Royal Society Open Science. 5(4),
• THUMMAVICHAI, K., WANG, N., XU, F., RANCE, G., XIA, Y. and ZHU, Y., 2018. In situ investigations of the phase change behaviour of tungsten oxide nanostructures: Royal Society Open Science Royal Society Open Science. 5(4),
• WANG, J., LIU, J. P., NEATE, N., BAI, M. W., XU, F., HUSSAIN, T., SCOTCHFORD, C. and HOU, X. H., 2018. Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating: Journal of Alloys and Compounds Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 765, 221-228
• WANG, N. N., YANG, Z. X., XU, F., THUMMAVICHAI, K., CHEN, H. M., XIA, Y. D. and ZHU, Y. Q., 2017. A generic method to synthesise graphitic carbon coated nanoparticles in large scale and their derivative polymer nanocomposites: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports. 7, 9
• MURRAY, J. W., RANCE, G. A., XU, F. and HUSSAIN, T., 2017. Alumina-graphene nanocomposite coatings fabricated by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel thermal spraying for ultra-low-wear: Journal of the European Ceramic Society Journal of the European Ceramic Society.
• NISTE, V. B., RATOI, M., TANAKA, H., XU, F., ZHU, Y. and SUGIMURA, J., 2017. Self-lubricating Al-WS2 composites for efficient and greener tribological parts: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports. 7(1),
• XU F, KOBAYASHI T, YANG Z, SEKINE T, CHANG H, WANG N, XIA Y and ZHU Y, 2017. How the Toughest Inorganic Fullerene Cages Absorb Shockwave Pressures in a Protective Nanocomposite: Experimental Evidence from Two In Situ Investigations. ACS nano. 11(8), 8114-8121
• WANG, JING, XU, FANG, WHEATLEY, R. J., NEATE, NIGEL and HOU, XIANGHUI, 2016. Yb3+ doping effects on thermal conductivity and thermal expansion of yttrium aluminium garnet: Ceramics International Ceramics International. 42(12), 14228-14235
• AHMAD, IFTIKHAR, ISLAM, MOHAMMAD, DAR, MUSHTAQ AHMAD, XU, FANG, SHAH, SYED ISMAT and ZHU, YANQIU, 2015. Magnesia tuned multi-walled carbon nanotubes–reinforced alumina nanocomposites Materials Characterization. 99(0), 210-219
• BAHAREH YAZDANI, FANG XU, IFTIKHAR AHMAD, XIANGHUI HOU, YONGDE XIA and YANQIU ZHU, 2015. Tribological performance of Graphene/Carbon nanotube hybrid reinforced Al2O3 composites Scientific Reports. 5, 11579
• JING WANG, FANG XU, RICHARD J. WHEATLEY, KWANG-LEONG CHOY, NIGEL NEATE and XIANGHUI HOU, 2015. Investigation of La3+ Doped Yb2Sn2O7 as New Thermal Barrier Materials Materials and Design. 85, 423-430
• XU, FANG, WANG, NANNAN, CHANG, HONG, XIA, YONGDE and ZHU, YANQIU, 2014. Continuous Production of IF-WS2 Nanoparticles by a Rotary Process Inorganics. 2(2), 313-333
• XU, F., YAN, C. Z., SHYNG, Y. T., CHANG, H., XIA, Y. D. and ZHU, Y. Q., 2014. Ultra-toughened nylon 12 nanocomposites reinforced with IF-WS2 Nanotechnology. 25(32),
• HATTA, M. N. M., XU, F., XIA, Y. D. and ZHU, Y. Q., 2014. Growth of Bamboo-shaped Carbon Nanostructures on Carbon Fibre by Chemical Vapor Deposition Applied Mechanics and Materials. 465-466, 927-931
• XU, FANG, ALMEIDA, TREVOR P., CHANG, HONG, XIA, YONGDE, WEARS, M. LESLEY and ZHU, YANQIU, 2013. Multi-walled carbon/IF-WS2 nanoparticles with improved thermal properties Nanoscale. 5(21), 10504-10510
• CHANG, HONG, DIMITRAKIS, GEORGIOS, XU, FANG, YI, CHENBO, KINGMAN, SAMUEL and ZHU, YANQIU, 2013. Microwave dielectric properties of inorganic fullerene-like tungsten disulfide nanoparticles Chemical Physics Letters. 555(0), 159-163
• YANQIU ZHU and FANG XU, 2013. Manufacture of Carbon Coated Nanoparticles: Patent 1302798.2 10/01/2013 00:00:00
• XU, FANG, FAHMI, AMIR, ZHAO, YIMIN, XIA, YONGDE and ZHU, YANQIU, 2012. Patterned growth of tungsten oxide and tungsten oxynitride nanorods from Au-coated W foil Nanoscale. 4(22), 7031-7037
• CHEVAL, NICOLAS, XU, FANG, GINDY, NABIL, BROOKS, RICHARD, ZHU, YANQIU and FAHMI, AMIR, 2011. Morphology, Crystallinity and Thermal Properties of Polyamide 66/Polyoxometalate Nanocomposites Synthesised Via an in situ Sol/Gel Process: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 212(2), 180-190
• FAN, SHANGWU, ZHANG, LITONG, CHENG, LAIFEI and XU, FANG, 2011. Microstructure and compressive behaviour of 3D Needled C/SiC composites Advanced Materials Research. 194-196, 1599-1606
• N. CHEVAL, F. XU, N.GINDY, R. BROOKS, Y.Q. ZHU, AND A. FAHMI, 2010. Reinforcement of Polyamide 66 with Polyoxometalates Nanoparticles through the In Situ Sol-Gel Method Key Engineering Materials. 450, 169
• XU, FANG, XU, YONGDONG, MENG, XIANGKANG, CHEN, YANFENG, LU, HAIMING, ZHANG, YI, ZHANG, LITONG, CHENG, LAIFEI and FAN, SHANGWU, 2010. Characterization of the Microstructure of Three-Dimensional-Needled Carbon/Silicon Carbide Composites International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 7(6), 821-829
• NIE, JINGJIANG, XU, YONGDONG, ZHANG, LITONG, FAN, SHANGWU, XU, FANG, CHENG, LAIFEI, MA, JUNQIANG and YIN, XIAOWEI, 2010. Microstructure, Thermophysical, and Ablative Performances of a 3D Needled C/C–SiC Composite: International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 7(2), 197-206
• XU, F., ZHANG, L. T., MENG, X. K., CHEN, Y. F., XU, Y. D., FAN, S. W. and ZHANG, Y., 2008. Microstructure of C/SiC braking material Journal of Inorganic Materials. 23(2), 233-237
• FAN, SHANGWU, ZHANG, LITONG, XU, YONGDONG, CHENG, LAIFEI, TIAN, GUANGLAI, KE, SHAOCHANG, XU, FANG and LIU, HAIPING, 2008. Microstructure and tribological properties of advanced carbon/silicon carbide aircraft brake materials Composites Science and Technology. 68(14), 3002-3009
• ZANGROSSI, F., XU, F., WARRIOR, N., KARAPAPPAS, P. and HOU, X. H., Electro-thermal and mechanical performance of multi-wall carbon nanotubes buckypapers embedded in fibre reinforced polymer composites for ice protection applications: Journal of Composite Materials Journal of Composite Materials.