Personal profile：

Xiaoyan Zhang, female, born in 1990, PhD of Engineering in Materials.

In July 2017, I graduated from the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Tsinghua University, majoring in materials science and engineering. From September 2017 to September 2019, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University. In October 2019, I entered the Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing.

I was granted by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation for “Fabrication and study of growth mechanism of flexible three-dimensional nanowires-weaving ceramic sponges” (Grant no. 2019T120086) and “Si3N4 ceramic nanofiber sponges fabricated from silicon particle-stabilized foams combining with reaction sintering” (Grant no. 2018M630154). I participate in several projects supported by Natural Science Foundation of China, Special Project of Innovation Method from Ministry of Science and Technology, "FUORCLAM" Project on Laser-based Additive Manufacturing, etc.

Research direction：

Utilization of Solid Waste or Hazardous Solid Waste;

Lightweight Porous Materials;

3D printing of Ceramics and Metal Materials with Complex Shapes by Stereolithography.

Scientific research achievement :

Published 10 SCI articles as first author, 5 SCI articles as first corresponding author in Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Journal of Materials Science, Ceramics International, etc. Application for 13 Chinese invention patents, 6 of which are authorized. The representative publications are listed as below:

[1] Huo W^#, Zhang X^#, Gan K, Li H, et al. Ceramic particle-stabilized foams/emulsions with UV light response and further synthesis of ceramic capsules, Chemical Engineering Journal. 2019, 360: 1459-1467.

[2] Zhang X, Huo W, Chen Y, et al. Novel micro-spherical Si₃N₄ nanowire sponges from carbon-doped silica sol foams via reverse templating method, Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 2019, 102[3]: 962-969. (Journal Cover)

[3] Huo W^#, Zhang X^#, Hu Z, Chen Y, et al. Silica foams with ultra-large specific surface area structured by hollow mesoporous silica spheres. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 2019, 102[3]: 955-961. (“Best papers” of 2018)

[4] Zhang X, Huo W, Qi F, et al. Ultralight silicon nitride ceramic foams from foams stabilized by partially hydrophobic particles. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 2016, 99[9]: 2920-2926.

[5] Zhang X, Li N, Lan T, et al. In-situ fabrication of porous Si₂N₂O-Si₃N₄ composite ceramics with low dielectric constant via silica poly-hollow microspheres. Ceramics International, 2017, 43[5]: 4235-4240.

[6] Zhang X, Huo W, Yan S, et al. Innovative application of PVA hydrogel for the forming of porous Si₃N₄ ceramics via freeze-thaw technique. Ceramics International. 2018, 44: 13409-13413.

[7] Zhang X, Huo W, Lu Y, et al. Porous Si₃N₄-based ceramics with uniform pore structure originated from single-shell hollow microspheres. Journal of Materials Science. 2019. 54: 4484-4494.

[8] Zhang X, Huo W, Gan K, et al. Si₃N₄ hollow microsphere toughened porous ceramics from direct coagulation method via dispersant reaction. Advanced Engineering Materials. 2019, 21, 1800858.

[9] Zhang X, Lan T, Li N, et al. Porous silica ceramics with uniform pores from the in-situ foaming process of silica poly-hollow microspheres in inert atmosphere. Materials Letters. 2016, 182: 143-146.

[10] Zhang X, Wu J, Yang J. Pore morphology designs of porous Si₃N₄-based ceramics using Si₃N₄ and Al₂O₃ poly-hollow microspheres as pore-forming agents. Materials Letters. 2015, 144[1]: 39-42.