Dr. Zhengdong Cheng
Texas A&M University, USA
Associate Professor
Email: zcheng@tamu.edu
Qualifications
1999 Ph.D., Princeton University, Physics
1993 M.S., Institute Of High Energy Physics, Particle Physics
1990 B.S., University of Sci. & Tech. of China, Hefei, Modern Physics
Publications(selected)
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Cheng
ZD, Russell WB, Chaikin PM,Controlled growth of hard-sphere colloidal crystals,Nature 401, 1999, 893-895.
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C.
Harrison, D.H. Adamson, Z. Cheng, J.M. Sebastian, S. Sethuraman, D.A.
Huse, R.A. Register, P.M. Chaikin,Mechanisms of ordering in striped patterns,Science , 290, 2000,
1558-1560.
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Z. Cheng and
H. Jeong, I. Lee, Y. Yoo, Generation of monodisperse mesoporous silica
microspheres with controllable size and surface morphology via a microfluidic
device, Advanced
Functional Materials, 18, 2009, 4014. (cover)
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Z.
Cheng, P.M. Chaikin, T.G. Mason, Light streak tracking of optically
trapped thin microdisks,Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 2002, 108303. (report natural)
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Z.
Cheng, P. M. Chaikin, J. Zhu, W. B. Russel, and W. V. Meyer ,Crystallization
kinetics of hard spheres in microgravity in the coexistence regime:
Interactions between growing crystallites, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 2002,
015501 (Phys. Rev. Focus 8, Story 35).
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H. Kim,
D. Luo, D. Link, D. A. Weitz, M. Marquez, Z. Cheng*, Controlled production of
emulsion drops using an electric field in a flow-focusing microfluidic device, Applied
Physics Letters, 91,2007,133106
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T.Y.
Gong, J.Y. Shen, Z.B. Hu, M. Marquez, and Z. Cheng*, Nucleation Rate
Measurement of Colloidal Crystallization using Microfluidic Emulsion Droplets,
Langmuir, 23, 2007,2919. Citation: 10. (Creative and accurate nucleation
measurement)
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Mejia,
P. He, D. Luo, M. Marquez and Z. Cheng, Uniform discotic wax particle via
electrospray emulsification” J. Colloid and Interface Science 334, 2009,
22.
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Z.
Cheng, M Márquez and D.A. Weitz, J.M. Gordillo. A new device for the generation
of microbubbles and microfoams, Physics of Fluids, 16, 2004, 2828
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S. Tang,
Z. Hu, B. Zhou, Z. Cheng*, J. Wu, M. Marquez, Melting kinetics of thermally
responsive microgel crystals, Macromolecules 40, 2007, 9544
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S.
Pullela , J. Shen, M. Marquez, Z. Cheng*, A Ternary Phase Diagram for the
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction Induced Mechanical Oscillation of intelligent
PNIPAM colloids, J. Phys. Chem. A., 111,2007, 12081
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“Hindrance
function for sedimentation of colloidal disks” P. He*, D. Sun*, H-J. Sue, D. S.
Dinair, and Z. Cheng, Physical Review E, 81: 026310 (2010).
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“Low-frequency
ac electro-flow-focusing microfluidic emulsification”, P. He*, H. Kim*, D. Luo#,
M. Marquez, Z. Cheng, Applied Physics Letters 96: 174103 (2010).
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“Flammability
of heat transfer fluid aerosols produced by electrospray measured by laser
diffraction analysis” P. Lian*, A. F. Mejia*, Z. Cheng, and M. Sam Mannan,
Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 23: 337-345 (2010).
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“Surface-controlled
shape design of discotic micro-particles”, A. F. Mejia*, P. He*, M.
Netemeyer*, D. Luo#, M. Marquez, and Z. Cheng, Soft
Matter, 6: 4885-4894 (2010).
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“Photoelectrochemical
hydrogen production from water/methanol decomposition using Ag/TiO2 nanocomposite
thin films” N. Alenzi*, W. Liao*, P. S. Cremer, V. Sanchez-Torres, T. K.
Wood, C. Ehlig-Economides, and Z. Cheng, International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy, 35:11768-11775 (2010).
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“Target
to spiral wave pattern transition in a discrete Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
driven by inactive resin beads”, G. Wang*, Q. Wang*, P. He*, S. Pullela*, M.
Marquez, and Z. Cheng, Physical Review E, 82: 045201(R) (2010). Exciting
research news picked by President R. Bowen Loftin.
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“Signature
of structure recovery in colloidal glasses” X. Di, K. Z. Win, G. B. Mc Kenna,
T. Narita, F. Lequeux, S. Rao Pullela*, and Z. Cheng, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106,
2011, 095701.
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Q. Wang,
G. Wang, Z. Cheng, “Oscillatory swelling behavior of hydrogel incorporated with
ion-exchange nanoparticles” Drug Delivery Letters,1, 2011, 58
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Chang,
Y.-W., Mejia, A.F., Cheng, Z., Di, D., and McKenna, G.B., “Gelation via Ion
Exchange in Discotic Suspensions.” Physical Review Letters, 2012, 108
(24), 247802.
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Chang,
Y.-W., Peng, H., Marquez, S. M., and Cheng, Z., “Uniform Yeast Cell Assembly
via Microfluidics.” Biomicrofluidics, 2012, 6, 024118. Selected for
publication in "Virtual J. Nanoscale Sci. Technol", May 21, 2012 and
in "Virtual J. Biol. Phys. Res. ", May 15, 2012.
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Mejia,
A.F., Chang, Y.-W., Ng, R., Shuai, M., Mannan, M. S., and Cheng, Z.,
“Aspect Ratio and Polydispersity Dependence of Isotropic-nematic Transition in
Discotic Suspensions” Physical Review E, 2012, 85 (6), 061708. Figure
selected as part of PRE kaleidoscope images, June 2012.
Profile Details
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