Academic Degrees

Doctor of Engineering, 1992, Materials Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China;

Bachelor of Engineering, 1988, Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

Professional Experiences

Professor (2012-present); School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China;

2002 - 2012, Senior Scientist (tenured after 01 August 2006), Peter Gruenberg Institute, Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany;

1998 - 2002, Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany;

1992 - 1997, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor (after December 1995), State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.

Selected Publications

1. Tong Wang, He-Ming Huang, Xiao-Xue Wang, Xin Guo*, An artificial olfactory inference system based on memristive devices, InfoMat, 2021; 3(7): 804 - 813. https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12196

2. Jian-Fang Wu, Rui Zhang, Qing-Feng Fu, Jie-Song Zhang, Xiao-Yan Zhou, Peng Gao, Chao-He Xu, Jilei Liu*, Xin Guo*, Inorganic solid electrolytes for all-solid-state sodium batteries: Fundamentals and strategies for battery optimization, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31, 2008165. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202008165

3. Xiao-Xue Wang, Shuang Zhang, Yuan Liu, Jiang-Nan Dai, Hua-Yao Li*, Xin Guo*, Light-excited chemiresistive sensors integrated on LED microchips, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 16545 - 16553. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta05070b

4. He-Ming Huang^#, Yu Xiao^#, Rui Yang*, Ye-Tian Yu, Hui-Kai He, Zhe Wang, Xin Guo*, Implementation of dropout neuronal units based on stochastic memristive devices in neural networks with high classification accuracy, Advanced Science, 2020, 7, 2001842. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202001842

5. Zhuo Li, Xiao-Yan Zhou, Xin Guo*, High-performance lithium metal batteries with ultraconformal interfacial contacts of quasi-solid electrolyte to electrodes, Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 29, 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2020.04.015

6. Jian-Fang Wu, Zhu-Ying Yu, Qi Wang, Xin Guo*, High performance all-solid-state sodium batteries actualized by polyethylene oxide/Na₂Zn₂TeO₆ composite solid electrolytes, Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 24, 467-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2019.07.012

7. Qi Wang^#, Jian-Fang Wu^#, Ziheng Lu, Francesco Ciucci*, Wei Kong Pang*, Xin Guo*, A new lithium-ion conductor LiTaSiO₅: Theoretical prediction, materials synthesis and ionic conductivity, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29, 1904232. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201904232

8. Jue Xiong, Rui Yang*, Jamal Shaibo, He-Ming Huang, Hui-Kai He, Wen Zhou, Xin Guo*, Bienenstock, Cooper and Munro Learning Rules Realized in Second-Order Memristors with Tunable Forgetting Rate, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29(9), 1807316. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201807316

9. He-Ming Huang, Rui Yang*, Zheng-Hua Tan, Hui-Kai He, Wen Zhou, Jue Xiong, Xin Guo*, Quasi-Hodgkin-Huxley neurons with leaky integrate-and-fire functions physically realized with memristive devices, Advanced Materials, 2019, 31(3), 1803849. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201803849

10. Tuo Shi, Yapeng Chen, Xin Guo*, Defect Chemistry of Alkaline Earth Metal (Sr/Ba) Titanates, Progress in Materials Science, 2016, 80, 77-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2015.10.002

Awards:

2010, National Distinguished Expert, China;

2005, Ross Coffin Purdy Award, the American Ceramic Society, USA.

Courses Taught

Advanced Functional Ceramics

Introduction to Materials Science & Engineering

Projects

1. Detection of NO gas by means of MOX gas sensor arrays, HUAWEI Project (Grant No. TC20210828020), 10.2021-06.2022;

2. R&D of ammonia and NOx sensors, Project of KAILONG High Technology CO., LTD, 04.2021-05.2024;

3. Visible light-assisted gas sensing of flexible micro-sensors at room temperature: properties and sensing mechanism, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61971202), 01.2020-12.2023;

4. Neuromorphic devices and circuits, National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFE0203802), 08.2019-07.2023;

5. Demonstration of electro-chemo-mechanical (ECM) actuation at room temperature, National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Israeli Science Foundation (joint NSFC-ISF Grant No. 51961145302), 10.2019-09.2022;

6. Gas sensor arrays for in-door air quality monitoring, HUAWEI Project (Grant No. YBN2019105092), 11.2019-11.2021;

7. Neuromorphic circuits of artificial neurons and synapses based on new materials, HUAWEI Project (Grant No. YBN2019055139), 05.2019-05.2020;

8. Defect chemistry of lithium-ion conducting oxides (Li_3xLa_2/3-x□_1/3-2xTiO₃ and Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂): Effects of point defects on the bulk conductivity and the physical nature of the low grain boundary conductivity, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51672096), 01.2017-12.2020;

9. Ultra-high field magnetostriction probing of nanocrystalline films of rare earth-doped ceria displaying giant electrostriction, National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Israeli Science Foundation (joint NSFC-ISF Grant No. 51561145006), 10.2015-09.2018;

10. Roles of Schottky barrier and oxygen vacancies in the resistive switching of perovskites, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51372094), 01.2014-12.2017.