Eric Hu
Experiences
I obtained my master's degree at Northeastern Petroleum University in China (2018). During my three-year study in the Center of Functional Composite led by Prof. Huaiyuan WangLink opens in a new window, I worked on the fabrication of superhydrophobic and superamphiphobic materials via cost-effective chemical approaches.
In 2019, I started my PhD study at Swansea University (supervisor: Prof. Christian KlinkeLink opens in a new window). After moved from Swansea to Warwick, I worked in the group supervised by Dr. Jeremy Sloan and Dr. James Lloyd-Hughes.
Research Areas
The project I used to work on was the fabrication of functional composite materials and characterization of their anti-corrosive property. My PhD project at Swansea University was to develop single-crystalline 2D metal chalcogenide nanomaterials (e.g., rock-salt PbS and SnS). My current research focus in Warwick is to study the atomic structures and transient spectroscopic performances of 1D nanowire-filled single-walled carbon nanotubes (NW-filled SWCNTs). The research assisted by time-resolved and temperature-dependent spectroscopic characterizations was recently published (selected as the Most Read Articles).
Structure of material
Nanostructure and dimensionalities of SWCNT-based material is studied by dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopic (STEM) imaging.
Spectroscopic characterizations on the SWCNT hybrids
Near-infrared fluorescence of small-diameter semiconducting SWCNTs (e.g., (6,4), (6,5)). Filling by zig-zag (nearly symmetric) and 2-by-1 (starkly asymmetric) atomic chains can both lead to an evolution of the emission spectra, but have distinguishable effects on different (n,m) SWCNTs.
The decay dynamics of SWCNTs are studied by femto-second transient absorption (fs-TA) spectroscopy. Relaxation of excitons at various transition states can be characterized, revealing the temporal effect of atomic chain filling on the photophysical performance of nanotubes.
Signatures of the free carriers in SWCNTs are characterized by infrared spectroscopy. Filling with atomic chains remarkably changes the conductivity of metallic-type nanotubes, as revealed by the quenching of plasmonic resonance peak.
Publications
2023 Ziyi Hu*, Ben Breeze, Marc Walker, Eric Faulques, Jeremy Sloan*, and James Lloyd-Hughes*, Spectroscopic Insights into the Influence of Filling Carbon Nanotubes with Atomic Nanowires for Photophysical and Photochemical Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials, DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsanm.2c05266
2022 Ziyi Hu*, Ben Breeze, Reza J. Kashtiban, Jeremy Sloan*, and James Lloyd-Hughes*, Zigzag HgTe Nanowires Modify the Electron–Phonon Interaction in Chirality-Refined Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c01647
2021 Ziyi Hu, Ryan O'Neill, Rostyslav Lesyuk, Christian Klinke*, Colloidal Two-dimensional Metal Chalcogenides: Realization and Application of the Structural Anisotropy. Accounts of Chemical Research, 54, 20, 3792–3803, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00209
2017 Ziyi Hu, Huaiyuan Wang*, Yixing Zhu, Yanji Zhu, Rapid development of thickness‐controllable superamphiphobic coating on the inner wall of long narrow pipes. AIChE Journal, 63: 3636–3641, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.15843Link opens in a new window
2017 Huaiyuan Wang*, Ziyi Hu, Yixing Zhu, Shuhui Yang, Kai Jin, Yanji Zhu, Toward easily enlarged superhydrophobic materials with stain-resistant, oil–water separation and anticorrosion function by a water-based one-step electrodeposition method. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, 4, 933-941, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.6b04401Link opens in a new window
2016 HuaiyuanWang*, Yixing Zhu, Ziyi Hu, Xiguang Zhang, Shiqi Wu, Rui Wang, Yanji Zhu, A novel electrodeposition route for fabrication of the superhydrophobic surface with unique self-cleaning, mechanical abrasion and corrosion resistance properties. Chemical Engineering Journal, 303, 37-47, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.05.133
Patents
2021 Huaiyuan Wang, Ziyi Hu, Yanji, Zhu, Yixing Zhu, Chijia Wang, Method and device for preparing high strength and durable super-hydrophobic film layer on inner wall of elongated metal tube. US Patent, US 11078572 B2
Conference Activities
Aug, 2022, ACS Fall Meeting, Presentation title: Modifying electron-phonon interaction in chirality-refined single-walled carbon nanotubes by zig-zag HgTe nanowire filling
November, 2021, 7th Nano Today Conference, Presentation Title: Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Chirality-Refined HgTe-Filled Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Teaching
I am currently a lab demonstrator in the 1st Year Physics Laboratory.
Attended Events
January 5th-20th, 2019 invited to visit the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg (Germany).
Contact Details:
Address:
MAS 3.09
Department of Physics, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, UK