Academic Degrees

PhD, 2003~2007, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)

Research Assistant, 2006~2007, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong (CITYU)

Senior Research Associate, 2007~2008, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong (CITYU)

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, 2008~2010, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Technology (AIST), Japan

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, 2010~2012, Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC), Japan

Visiting Scholar, 2012~2014, Center of Advanced Science and Engineering for Carbon (Case4Carbon), Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), USA

Full Professor. 2012~Current, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China

Selected Publications

(1)       W. K. Xie, J. J. Duan, J. Li, B. Qi, R. Liu, B. Y. Yu, H. Wang, X. Y. Zhuang, M. Xu, J. Zhou, Charge‐Gradient Hydrogels Enable Direct Zero Liquid Discharge for Hypersaline Wastewater Management, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2100141.

(2)       X. Gao, X. Du, T. S. Mathis, M. Zhang, M. Xu, Maximizing ion accessibility in MXene-knotted carbon nanotube composite electrodes for high-rate electrochemical energy storage, Nature Communications 2020, 11, 6160.

(3)       M. M. Zhang, S. Fang, J. Nie, P. Fei, M. Xu, Self-powered, Electrochemical Carbon Nanotube Pressure Sensors for Wave Monitoring, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 2004564.

(4)       Y. X. Wang, X. Gao, L. Li, M. Wang, M. Xu, High-Capacity K-storage Operational to -40 °C by Using RGO as A Model Anode Material, Nano Energy 2019, 67, 104248.

(5)       J. Ren, W. J. Zhang, Y. X. Wang, Y. Wang, M. Xu, A graphene rheostat for highly durable and stretchable strain sensor, InfoMat, 2019, 1, 22619.

(6)       X. Wan, X. Liu, Y. Li, R. Yu, L. Zheng, W. Yan, H. Wang, M. Xu, J. L. Shui, Fe–N–C electrocatalyst with dense active sites and efficient mass transport for high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Nature Catalysis 2019, 2, 259.

(7)       M. Xu, F. Du, S. Ganguli, A. Roy, L. M. Dai, Carbon nanotube dry adhesives with temperature-enhanced adhesion over a large temperature range, Nature Communications 2016, 7, 13450.

(8)       M. Xu, D. N. Futaba, M. Yumura, K. Hata, Alignment control of carbon nanotube forest from random to nearly perfectly aligned by utilizing the crowding effect, Acs Nano 2012, 6, 5837.

(9)       M. Xu, D. N. Futaba, M. Yumura, K. Hata, Carbon Nanotubes with Temperature‐Invariant Creep and Creep‐Recovery from 190 to 970 °C, Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 3686.

(10)       M. Xu, D. N. Futaba, M. Yumura, K. Hata, Tailoring Temperature Invariant Viscoelasticity of Carbon Nanotube Material, Nano Letters 2011, 11, 3279.

(11)       M. Xu, D. N. Futaba, T. Yamada, M. Yumura, K. Hata, Carbon nanotubes with temperature-invariant viscoelasticity from -196 degrees to 1000 degrees C, Science 2010, 330, 1364.

Awards:

2011.03 7th Iijima Award, Fullerene, Nanotube Research Society, Japan

2019.04 Highest award-the Jury Specially Recognized Gold Award, the Geneva International Invention Exhibition

Teaching Course

Composite Materials

Project

National Natural Science Foundation of China: 51972127, Preparation and Mechanistic Investigation of Biomimetic and Hierarchically Structured Carbon Nanotube Adhesive Materials Applied in Multi-environments, 2020/1-2023/12

National Natural Science Foundation of China: 51572095, Study on the Adhesion Property of Carbon Nanotube Dry Adhesive at Extremely High and Low Temperatures, 2016/01- 2019/ 12

National Natural Science Foundation of China: 51402117, the Effect and Reinforcement Mechanism of Carbon Nanotube Distribution Status on Macroscopic Properties of Composite Materials, 2015/01-2017/12

Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China: 2018CFA049, Three-dimensional structural design and application development of nanocarbon materials for extreme applications, 2018/01-2020-12

Applied Basic Research Programs of Wuhan City: 2018010401011282, Preparation of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Metallic Composites for Extreme Environmental Applications, 2018/07-2020/12

Fundamental Research Project of Shenzhen: JCYJ20210324135207020, Research and Development of Advanced Intelligent Marine Low-frequency Signal Detection, 2021/11-2024/10

Fundamental Research Project of Shenzhen: JCYJ20190809102607400, Development of Real-time Underwater Monitoring System Based on Carbon Nanotubes, 2020/05-2023/05