Ph.D. Tsinghua University, Beijing 1996

M.S. Tsinghua University, Beijing 1993

B.S. Tsinghua University, Beijing 1991

Professor Tsinghua University, Beijing 2002-now

Associate Professor Tsinghua University, Beijing 2001-2002

Research Associate Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA 1999-2001

STA Research Fellow JAERI, Takasaki, Japan 1997-1999

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow Augsburg University, Germany 1996-1997

·Nanomaterials and nanotechnology

·Thin films, device materials

·Amorphization behavior in metal systems via non-equilibrium means

【selected publications】

1, Z.J. Zhang, B.Q. Wei and P.M. Ajayan, Self-assembled patterns of iron oxide nanoparticles by hydrothermal chemical vapor deposition, Applied Physics Letters 79, 4207-4209 (2001).

2, Z.J. Zhang, B.Q. Wei and P.M. Ajayan, Select pathways to carbon nanotube film growth, Advanced materials 13, 1767-1170 (2001).

3, Z.J. Zhang, K. Narumi and H. Naramoto, Mass-density-modulated structures of hydrogenated carbon films, Applied Physics Letters 79, 2934-2936 (2001).

4, Z.J. Zhang, B.Q. Wei, G. Ramanath and P.M. Ajayan, Substrate-site selective growth of carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition, Applied Physics Letters 77, 3764-3766 (2000).

5, Z.J. Zhang, H. Naramoto, A. Miyashita, B. Stritzker and j.K.N. Lindner, Low-temperature epitaxial growth of beta-SiC by multiple energy ion implantation, Physical Review B 58, 12652-12654 (1998).

6, Z.J. Zhang, O. Jin and B.X. Liu, Anomalous-alloying behavior induced by ion irradiation in a system of a large positive heat of mixing, Physical Review B 51, 8076-8085 (1995).