Education

Ph.D. Polymer Chemistry and Physics   Sept 2004-June 2007

Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Advisor: Prof. Zhigang Wang

Dissertation: “Crystallization and rheological behavior of carbon nanotubes/isotactic Polypropylene”

M.S. Polymer Chemistry and Physics    Sept 2001-June 2004

Wuhan University, China

Advisor: Prof. Zhilong Gao

Thesis: “Synthesis of Gemini surfactants”

B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering   Sept 1997-June 2001

Hubei University, China

Research experience

Jun 2011-present, Associate professor

State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China                  

Oct 2008-Apr 2011, Postdoctoral researcher in Stephen L. Craig group

Department of Chemistry and Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems,Duke University,USA                 

Nov 2007 -Jul 2008, Postdoctoral researcher in Ingo Alig group

Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut,Germany

Jul 2007- Nov 2007, Research assistant in Zhigang Wang group

InstituteofChemistry, ChineseAcademy of Sciences,China

Academic part-time

1. IUPAC Subcommittee (East Asia) Macromolecular Division Membership

2. From 2012 to now, project evaluation experts of the national natural science foundation of China (NSFC)

Main honor

1. 2016 Feng Xinde Polymer Prize：The best paper nomination for the paper published in Polymer during 2015 (Polymer 2015, 59, 252-259.)。

2.In January 2020, project "impact hardening material" won the first prize in the first innovation contest of Changchun Faway Tong Yang Automobile Plastic Component Co. Ltd.

Selected publication

1.Hao Zheng, Ge Pan, Pengke Huang, Donghua Xu,* and Wentao Zhai*.Fundamental Influences of Crosslinking Structure on the Cell Morphology, Creep Property,Thermal Property, and Recycling Behavior of Microcellular EPDM Foams Blown with Compressed CO2. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59, 1534?1548.

2.Miao Tang, Gang Huang, Huanhuan Zhang,Yuling Liu, Haijian Chang, Hongzan Song, Donghua Xu,* and Zhigang Wang*. Dependences of Rheological and Compression Mechanical Properties on Cellular Structures for Impact-Protective Materials. ACS Omega 2017, 2, 2214-2223.

3.Gang Huang, Huanhuan Zhang, Yulin Liu, Haijian Chang, Hongwei Zhang, Hongzan Song, Donghua Xu*, Tongfei Shi. * Strain Hardening Behavior of Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Borate Hydrogels. Macromolecules 2017, 50, 2124-2135.

4.Miao Tang, Wentao Wang, Donghua Xu,* and Zhigang Wang*.Synthesis of Structure-Controlled Polyborosiloxanes and Investigation on Their Viscoelastic Response to Molecular Mass of Polydimethylsiloxane Triggered by Both Chemical and Physical Interactions. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2016, 55, 12582?12589.

5.Dong-bo Guan, Zhong-yi Cai, Xin-chun Liu, Bo Lou, Yan-li Dou, Dong-hua Xu* and Wei-guo Yao*. Rheological Study on the Cure Kinetics of Two-component Addition Cured Silicone Rubber. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 2016, 34(10), 1290-1300.

6.Yichao Lin, Yanhui Wang, Jun Zheng, Kun Yao, Haiying Tan, Yaotao Wang, Tao Tang,* and Donghua Xu*. Nanostructure and Linear Rheological Response of Comb-like Copolymer PSVS?g?PE Melts: Influences of Branching Densities and Branching Chain Length. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 7640-7648.

7.Yuejuan Chen, Yang Li, Donghua Xu* and Wentao Zhai*. Fabrication of stretchable, flexible conductive thermoplastic polyurethane/graphene composites via foaming. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 82034-82041.

8.Huan-huan Zhang, Ran Niu, Xin-bing Guan, Donghua Xu* and Tong-fei Shi*. Rheological Properties of Waterborne Polyurethane Paints. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 2015, 33(12), 1750-1756.

9.Ran Niu, Jiang Gong, Donghua Xu*, Tao Tang and Zhao-yan Sun*.The Effect of Particle Shape on the Structure and Rheological Properties of Carbon-based Particle Suspensions. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 2015, 33(11), 1550-1561.

10.Ran Niu, Jiang Gong, Donghua Xu*, Tao Tang, Zhao-Yan Sun*. Impact of particle surface chemistry on the structure and rheological properties of graphene-based particle/polydimethylsiloxane composites. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 34885-34893.

11.Ran Niu, Jiang Gong, Donghua Xu*, Tao Tang, Zhao-Yan Sun*. Relationship between structure and rheological properties of plate-like particle suspensions. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 2015, 470, 22-30.

12.Yichao Lin, Jun Zheng, Kun Yao, Haiying Tan, Guangchun Zhang, Jiang Gong, Tao Tang *, Donghua Xu*. Synthesis and linear rheological property of comb-like styrene-based polymers with a high degree of branch chain. Polymer 2015, 59, 252-259.

13.Ran Niu, Jiang Gong, Donghua Xu*, Tao Tang, Zhao-Yan Sun*. Flow-induced structure and rheological properties of multiwall carbon nanotube/polydimethylsiloxane composites. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 62759-62768.

14.Ran Niu, Jiang Gong, Donghua Xu*, Tao Tang, Zhao-Yan Sun*. Influence of molecular weight of polymer matrix on the structure and rheological properties of graphene oxide/polydimethylsiloxane composites. Polymer 2014, 55, 5445-5453.

15.Ran Niu, Jiang Gong, Donghua Xu*, Tao Tang, Zhao-Yan Sun*. Rheological properties of ginger-like amorphous carbon filled silicon oil suspensions. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 2014, 444, 120-128.

16.Donghua Xu, Daisuke Asai, Ashutosh Chilkoti*, Stephen L. Craig*. Rheological Properties of Cysteine-Containing Elastin-Like Polypeptide Solutions and Hydrogels.  Biomacromolecules 2012, 13, 2315-2321.

17.Donghua Xu*, Stephen L. Craig*. Strain Hardening and Strain Softening of Reversibly Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymer Networks. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 7478-7488.

18.Donghua Xu, Stephen L. Craig*. Scaling Laws in Supramolecular Polymer Networks. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 5465-5472.

19.Donghua Xu, Chen-Yang Liu, Stephen L. Craig*. Divergent Shear Thinning and Shear Thickening of Supramolecular Polymer Networks in Semidilute Entangled Polymer Solutions. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 2343-2353.

20.Donghua Xu, Jennifer L. Hawk, David M. Loveless, Sung Lan Jeon, and Stephen L. Craig*. Mechanism of Shear Thickening in Reversibly Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymer Networks. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 3556-3565.

21.Donghua Xu and Stephen L. Craig*. Multiple Dynamic Processes Contribute to the Complex Steady Shear Behavior of Cross-Linked Supramolecular Networks of Semidilute Entangled Polymer Solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2010, 1,1683-1686.

22.Donghua Xu, Zhigang Wang*, Jack F. Douglas. Influence of Carbon Nanotube Aspect Ratio on Normal Stress Differences in Isotactic Polypropylene Nanocomposite Melts. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 815-825.

23.Donghua Xu, Zhigang Wang*. Role of multi-wall carbon nanotube network in composites to crystallization of isotactic polypropylene matrix. Polymer 2008, 49, 330-338.

24.Donghua Xu, Zhigang Wang*, Jack F. Douglas. Crystallization-Induced Fluid Flow in Polymer Melts Undergoing Solidification. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 1799-1802.

25.Donghua Xu, Huan Liu, Liang Yang, Zhigang Wang*. Fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces with non-aligned alkyl-modified multi-wall carbon nanotubes. Carbon 2006, 44, 3226-3231.