Xiaoshi Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Polymer Engineering and Science and Plastics Engineering Technology
213G Burke
Mailing Address:
PENN STATE BEHREND
242 BURKE CENTER
ERIE PA 16563

Polymer science specialist with 10+ years of research experience, mastering material characterization, selection, and processing techniques.

Material chemistry and physical properties
Crystallization Kinetics
Structure-Morphology-Property relations in semicrystalline polymers
Polymer manufacturing

Crystallization kinetics of glass fiber filled poly(ether ether ketone) with nanogram sample size: feasibility study for fast scanning calorimetry, Thermochimica Acta - January 16, 2023
Collaborators: Jason Alexander, Primary Author; Jiho Seo, Co-Author; Anne Gohn, Co-Author; Matthew Behary, Student Author; Richard Schaake, Co-Author; Ralph Colby, Co-Author; Alicyn Rhoades, Corresponding Author

Key Insights into the Differences between Bimodal Crystallization Kinetics of Polyamide 66 and Polyamide 6, Macromolecules - October 10, 2022
Collaborators: John Buzinkai; Evan Quinn, Student Author; Alicyn Rhoades, Corresponding Author

Competition between heterogeneous nucleation and flow‐induced crystallization of polyamide 66 and its carbon nanotube composites, Macromolecular Rapid Communications - September 8, 2022
Collaborators: Anne Gohn, Author; Alexander McHale, Student Author; René Androsch, Co-Author; Alicyn Rhoades, Corresponding Author

Crystallization Rate Minima of Poly(ethylene brassylate) at Temperatures Transitioning between Quantized Crystal Thicknesses, Macromolecules
Collaborators: Stephanie Marxsen, Author; Daokun Song, Co-Author; Irma Flores, Co-Author; Jorge Fernández, Co-Author; José Ramón Sarasua, Co-Author; Alejandro Müller, Co-Author; Rufina Alamo, Corresponding Author

Probing Three Distinct Crystal Polymorphs of Melt-Crystallized Polyamide 6 by an Integrated Fast Scanning Calorimetry Chip System, Macromolecules - August 13, 2021
Collaborators: Anne Gohn, Co-Author; Gamini Mendis, Co-Author; John Buzinkai, Co-Author; Steven Array, Co-Author; Alicyn Rhoades, Corresponding Author

Dual Nakamura model for primary and secondary crystallization applied to nonisothermal crystallization of poly(ether ether ketone), Polymer Engineering and Science - July 27, 2021
Collaborators: Jiho Seo, Author; Richard Schaake, Co-Author; Alicyn Rhoades, Co-Author; Ralph Colby, Corresponding Author

Crystallization of Long-Spaced Precision Polyacetals II: Effect of Polymorphism on Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics, Macromolecules - September 22, 2020
Collaborators: Stephanie Marxsen, Author; Patrick Ortmann, Author; Stefan Mecking, Author; Rufina Alamo, Author

Crystallization of Long-Spaced Precision Polyacetals I: Melting and Recrystallization of Rapidly Formed Crystallites, Macromolecules - July 9, 2019
Collaborators: Xiaobing Zuo, Author; Patrick Ortmann, Author; Stefan Mecking, Author; Rufina Alamo, Author

Effect of Self-Poisoning on Crystallization Kinetics of Dimorphic Precision Polyethylenes with Bromine, Macromolecules - February 27, 2018
Collaborators: Wei Zhang, Author; Kenneth Wagener, Author; Emine Boz, Author; Rufina Alamo, Author

Infrared Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction Characterization of Dimorphic Crystalline Structures of Polyethylenes with Halogens Placed at Equal Distance along the Backbone, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B - November 2, 2017
Collaborators: Laura Santonja-Blasco, Author; Kenneth Wagener, Author; Emine Boz, Author; Masafumi Tasaki, Author; Kohji Tashiro, Author; Rufina Alamo, Author

Crystallization of Precision Ethylene Copolymers, Advances in Polymer Science - 2015
Collaborators: Laura Santonja-Blasco, Author; Rufina Alamo, Author

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Florida State University

Master, Chemical Engineering, Florida State University

Bachelor, Chemical engineering, China University of Petroleum