Research Interests
1.Quasicrystals and their approximants
2.Porous and Nano Materials
3.High Entropy Alloys
4.Transmission Electron Microscopy
Education Background
1999/09-2005/07 Ph. D. in Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
1992/09-1996/07 B. S. in Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
Work Experience
2013/03-Present Professor, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
2016/07-2017/07 Visiting scientist, LPICM, Ecole Polytechnique, France
2011/01-2013/01 Postdoctoral Fellow, EMAT, Antwerp University, Belgium
Supervisor: Prof. G. Van Tendeloo
2009/01-2010/12 Postdoctoral Fellow, LPICM, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Supervisor: Prof. Didier Pribat and Jean-Luc Maurice
2007/04-2008/12 Research Scientist, Ceramics Laboratory of Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Supervisor: Prof. Nava Setter
2005/12-2007/03 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Materials and Environmental
Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
Supervisor: Prof. Xiaodong Zou
1996/09-1999/07 Teacher, Department of Materials of Hubei Institute of
Automotive Industry, China
Selected Publications
1.Z. B. He*, Y.H. Shen, H.K. Ma, J.L. Sun, X.L.Ma, H. Li, W. Steurer, Quasicrystal-related mosaics with periodic lattices interlaid with aperiodic tiles, Acta Cryst. A76, 137–144 (2020).
2.Z. B. He*, H. Li, H.K. Ma, X.L.Ma, Hexagonal structural block consisting of 2 nm decagonal clusters in Al60Cr20Fe10Si10 alloy, J. All. Compd. 788, 685-689 (2019).
3.Z. B. He*, J.-L. Maurice, Q.K. Li, D. Pribat, Direct evidence of 2H hexagonal Si in Si nanowires, Nanoscale, 11, 4846–4853 (2019).
4.F. Zhang, H.J. Guo, L.L. Wang, H.K. Ma, H. Li, L. Zhang, Z. B. He*, Porous Al63Cu25Fe12 quasicrystals covered with (Al11.5Fe13.9Cu19.7)O54.9 nanosheets. Mater. Character. 147, 165-172 (2019).
5.J.P. Liu#, X.X. Guo#, Q.Y. Lin#, Z. B. He#, X.H. An, L.F. Li, P.K. Liaw, X.Z. Liao, L.P. Yu, J.P. Lin, L. Xie, J.L. Ren, Y. Zhang, Excellent ductility and serration feature of metastable CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy at extremely low temperatures. Sci. China Mater. 1-11 (2018).
6.H.K. Ma, Z. B. He*, L.G. Hou, W. Steurer, Exceptionally large areas of local tenfold symmetry in decagonal Al59Cr21Fe10Si10, J. All. Compd. 765 753-756 (2018).
7.H. Li, H.K. Ma, L.G. Hou, M.X. Guo, Z. B. He*, Shield-like tile and its application to the decagonal quasicrystal-related structures in Al-Cr-Fe-Si alloys, J. All. Compd. 701, 494-498 (2017).
8.H.K. Ma, H. Li, Z. B. He*, Atomic-scale configurations of variant twin boundaries of a pseudo-decagonal quasicrystal approximant in Al60Cr20Fe10Si10 alloy, J. All. Compd. 723, 736-742 (2017).
9.Z. B. He*, H. Li, H.K. Ma, G. W. Li, Multiple quasicrystal approximants with the same lattice parameters in Al-Cr-Fe-Si alloys, Sci. Rep. 7, 40510, (2017).
10.L. Wang, F. Zhang, D. Miao, L. Zhang, T. Ren, X. Hui, Z. B. He*, Preparation of Cu–Fe–Al–O nanosheets and their catalytic application in methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production, Mater. Res. Express 4, 035005 (2017).
11.Z. B. He*, H.K. Ma, H. Li, X.Z. Li, X.L. Ma, New type of Al-based decagonal quasicrystal in Al60Cr20Fe10Si10 alloy, Sci. Rep. 6, 22337 (2016).
12.D. Wei, Z. B. He*, Multilayered sandwich-like architecture containing large-scale faceted Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystal grain, Mater. Character. 111, 154-161 (2016).
13.J. Wang, B. Zhang, Z. B. He, B. Wu, X. L. Ma, Atomic-scale mapping of twins and relevant defective structures in Al20Cu2Mn3 decagonal approximant, Philos. Mag. 96, 2457–2467 (2016).
14.L. Jin, R. Huo, R. Guo, F. Li, D. Wang, Y. Tian, Q. Hu, X. Wei, Z. B. He, Y. Yan, G. Liu, Diffuse phase transitions and giant electrostrictive coefficients in lead-free Fe3+-doped 0.5Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 ferroelectric ceramics, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8 (45), 31109–31119 (2016).
15.Z. B. He*, D. Wei, X. Shen, C. Yuan, H. Ma, L. Wang, K. Du, Y. Yao, R. Yu, Approximants of Al-Cr-Fe-Si decagonal quasicrystals described by single structural block, J. All. Compd. 647, 797-801 (2015).
16.Z. B. He*, H. T. Nguyen, L. D. Toan, D. Pribat, A detailed study of kinking in indium-catalyzed silicon nanowires, Cryst. Eng. Comm. 17, 6286-6296 (2015). Advance article, inside front cover.
17.Z. B. He*, J.-L. Maurice, C. S. Lee, C. S. Cojocaru, D. Pribat, Growth mechanisms of carbon nanostructures with branched carbon nanofibers synthesized by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition, CrystEngComm 16, 2990-2995 (2014).
18.T. Z. Ren*, Z. B. He*, H. Fan, H. Li, Z.-Y. Yuan, NaV2O5 crystals of right-angle-shaped nanostructure assembly, CrystEngComm 16, 11013 - 11017 (2014).
19.J.-L. Maurice, D. Pribat, Z. B. He, G. Patriarche, C.S. Cojocaru, Catalyst faceting during graphene layer crystallization in the course of carbon nanofiber growth, Carbon 79, 93-102 (2014).
20.Y. Liu, Y. Brelet, Z. B. He, L. Yu, S. Mitryukovskiy, A. Houard, B. Forestier, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, Ciliary white-light: optical aspect of ultrashort laser ablation on transparent dielectrics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 097601 (2013).
21.Z. B. He*, H. Tian, G. Deng, Q. Xu, G. V. Tendeloo, Microstructure of bilayer manganite PrCa2Mn2O7 showing charge/orbital ordering, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 212902 (2013).
22.Z. B. He*, G. Deng, H. Tian, Q. Xu, G. V. Tendeloo, 90 rotation of orbital stripes in bilayer manganite PrCa2Mn2O7 studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy, J. Solid State Chem. 200, 287-293 (2013).
23.Z. B. He*, X. Ke, S. Bals, G. V. Tendeloo, Direct evidence for the existence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with hexagonal cross-sections, Carbon 50, 2524-2529, (2012).
24.Z. B. He*, J.-L. Maurice, A. Gohier, C. S. Lee, D. Pribat, C. S. Cojocaru, Iron catalyst for the growth of carbon nanofibers: Fe, Fe3C, or both?, Chem. Mater. 23, 5379-5387 (2011). (ASAP)
25.Z. B. He*, C. S. Lee, J.-L. Maurice, D. Pribat, P. Haghi-Ashtiani, and C. S. Cojocaru, Vertically oriented nickel nanorod/carbon nanofiber core/shell structures synthesized by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, Carbon 49, 4710-4718 (2011).
26.Z. B. He, J.-L. Maurice, C. S. Lee, A. Gohier, D. Pribat, and C.-S. Cojocaru, Etchant-induced shaping of nanoparticle catalysts during chemical vapor growth of carbon nanofibres, Carbon 49, 435-444 (2011).
27.J. Wang, K. Schenk, A. Carvalho, B. Eerd, J. Trodahl, C. Sandu, M. Bonin, I. Gregora, Z. B. He, T. Yamada, H. Funakubo, N. Setter, Structure determination and compositional modification of body-centered tetragonal PX-phase lead titanate, Chem. Mater. 23, 2529-2535 (2011).
28.Y. L. Wang, Z. B. He, D. Damjanovic, A. K. Tagantsev, G. C. Deng, and N. Setter, Unusual dielectric behaviour and domain structure in rhombohedral BaTiO3 single crystals, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 014101 (2011).
29.Z. B. He*, N. Setter, T. Ono and K. Shinozaki, Non-180 domains in LiTaO3 thin film deposited by metal organic chemical vapour deposition, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 062905 (2009).
30.Z. B. He*, I. Stolitchnov, N. Setter, M. Cantoni, T. Wojciechowsk and G. Karczewski, HREM studies of twins in Cd1-xZnxTe (x 0.04) thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy, J. All. Compd. 484, 757-762 (2009).
31.L. Jin, Z. B. He and D. Damjanovic, Nanodomains in Fe+3-doped lead zirconate titanate ceramics at the morphotropic phase boundary do not correlate with high properties, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 012905 (2009).
32.G. Deng, Z. B. He and P. Muralt, Physical aspects of colossal dielectric constant material CaCu3Ti4O12 thin films, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 084106 (2009).
33.Q. Zhu, K.F. Karlsson, M. Byszewski, A. Rudra, E. Pelucchi, Z. B. He and E. Kapon, Hybridization of electron and hole states in semiconductor quantum dot molecules, Small 5, 329-335 (2009).
34.C. Baerlocher, F. Gramm, L. Massüger, L. B. McCusker, Z. B. He, S. Hovmöller and X. Zou, Structure of polycrystalline zeolite catalyst IM-5 solved by enhanced charge flipping, Science 315, 1113-1116, (2007).
35.Z. B. He, X. D. Zou, S. Hovmöller, P. Oleynikov and K.H. Kuo, Structure determination of the hexagonal quasicrystal approximant '-(Al,Si)4Cr by the strong reflections approach, Ultramicroscopy 107, 495-500 (2007).
36.Z. B. He*, K. H. Kuo, A family of hexagonal and orthorhombic (Al,Si)4Cr approximants of quasicrystals, J. All. Compd. 424, 164-170 (2006).
37.Z. B. He, B. S. Zou, K. H. Kuo, The monoclinic Al45Cr7 revisited, J. All. Compd. 417, L4-L8 (2006).
38.H. Zhang, Z. B. He, P. Oleynikov, X. Zou, S. Hovmöller and K.H. Kuo, A structure model for () phase deduced from phase by the strong reflections approach, Acta Crystallogr. B 62, 16-25 (2006).
39.Z. B. He, K.H. Kuo, Crystal structure of the primitive orthorhombic '-(Al, Si)4Cr phase, J. All. Compd. 395, 117-125 (2005).
40.Z. B. He, K.H. Kuo, Hexagonal phases consisting of icosahedral chains/networks in (001) layers in Al-Cr-Si alloys, J. All. Compd. 373, 39-47 (2004).
