Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Prof Hu Xiao

Professor 
Division of Materials Technology 
School of Materials Science & Engineering 
College of Engineering 



Email: ASXHU@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 4610 
Office: N4.1-01-14 
Education
  • PhD Assoc. UMIST University of Manchester 1990
  • MSc University of Manchester 1988
  • BE Tsing Hua University 1985
Biography
Hu obtained his BEng degree from the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1985. He went on to receive his MSc and PhD degrees from the Materials Science Centre, University of Manchester in the United Kingdom in 1998 and 1990 respectively. He worked as an SERC (UK) postdoctoral associate at Manchester University from December 1990, before joining Nanyang Technological University in April 1992 as a founding faculty member of the Materials Science & Engineering program. He co-founded the Polymer Laboratory in the School of Materials Science & Engineering, and served as Director of Graduate Programs in the School and as its inaugural Head of Division of Materials Technology. He is now a full professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering.
Research Interests
Composites and Nanocomposites
Functional Polymers: Synthesis and Assembly
Nanocrystals Synthesis and Modification (including rods, dots and tubes)
Organic-inorganic Hybrid Materials
Research Grant
  • A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council (2011-)
  • A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council (2011-) [by A*STAR Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC)]
  • A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council - Public Sector Funding (2009-2013) [by A*STAR Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC)]
  • Environment & Water Industry Development Council (2009-2013) [by National Research Foundation (NRF), Environment & Water Industry Development Council (EWI)]
  • Joint ARC (-)
  • MINDEF-NTU Joint Applied R&D Co-operation Programme (JPP) (2012-)
  • Ministry of Defense (2012-)
  • NRF Competitive Research Program (2007-)
  • NRF Competitive Research Program (2008-2013) [by National Research Foundation (NRF)]
Current Projects
  • Advanced Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials (2nd project of 5 projects under Proj A - Advanced Functional Mat'ls Prog 2
  • Aquaporin Based Biomimetic Membranes For Water Reuse and Desalination
  • Artificial Mesoscopic Structures For Next Generation Photonics And Electronics – Synthetic ZnO Nanocrystal UV Light Source
  • Braided composite modelling - failure analysis and progressive damage prediction
  • Design and manufacturability of thermoplastic flexible risers
  • Development of Phthalonitrile (PN) based High Temperature Polymer Foams (under Advanced Functional Materials Programme)
  • Development of Si Leds Based on Nanocrystals
  • Development of coiled flexible sub-sea thermoplastic composite risers
  • Flexible Printed Electronics: Analog Signal Processing
  • High Performance BMI and BMI/epoxy IPN Thermoset Composites
  • Integration, Prototyping and Proof -of-Concept Testing of Composite Risers
  • Mesoscopic-metamaterial-enabled 'Super-lens'.
  • Mesoscopic-structure-enabled Localized Plasmonics
  • Microring Resonator Nanophotonics
  • Numerical Modeling and Simulation Tools
  • PC Devices for Dense Photonic Integration.
  • Reinforced Polyolefins
  • Synthesis, modeling and structural correalation of enabling printed electronics materials
Selected Publications
  • Lu Q., Dong XC., Li LJ., Hu XA. (2010). Direct electrochemistry-based hydrogen peroxide biosensor formed from single-layer graphene nanoplatelet-enzyme composite film. Talanta, 82(4), 1344-1348.
  • Fen Q., Hou XY., Lu Y., Chen H., Liu AM., Hu X., Choon NS. (2010). Photovoltaic characterization of poly(2,5-bis(3-dodecylthiophen-2-yl)-2 ',2 ''-biselenophene) for organic solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94(3), 442-445.
  • Xia XL., Gan LH., Hu X. (2009). The synthesis and properties of novel, functional azobenzene based metal complexes. Dyes and Pigments, 83(3), 291-296.
  • Sun M., Que WX., Hu X. (2009). Preparation and optical properties of sol-gel derived organic-inorganic hybrid waveguide films doped with disperse red 1 azoaromatic chromophores. Optical Materials, 32(1), 49-53.
  • Yu SZ., Wong WM., Hu X., Juay YK. (2009). The Characteristics of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Poly(phenylene sulfide) Nanocomposites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 113(6), 3477-3483.
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