Dr. Zhengdong Cheng
Artie
McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Texas
A&M University, USA
Associate
Professor
Email:
zcheng@tamu.edu
Qualifications
1999
Ph.D., Princeton University, Physics
1993
M.Sc., Institute Of High Energy Physics, Particle Physics
1990
B.Sc., University of Science & Technology of China, 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.
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Mejia,
A.F., Diaz, A., Pullela, S., Chang, Y.-W., Mannan, M. S., Clearfield, A., and
Cheng, Z., “Nano-surfactants: Janus and Gemini nano-plates.” (Soft Matter, in
press)
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Cheng
Z. and He L., Colloids, Drops and Cells (In English), Pub-lished by the Press
of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. August, 2009.)
Profile Details
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