Xinpeng Zhang

He is engaged in research on click chemistry, photocured polymers, propellant materials, etc., and has published nearly 20 SCI papers, among which 7 papers have been published in journals such as Small, Macromolecules, ACS Macro Letters as the first author or corresponding author, and the citation rate is about 450 times. Apply for 1 international invention patent.

Polymer materials, flame retardant materials, energetic materials, propellants

Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2013 Bachelor of Science in Materials Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology
Sep. 2013 - Aug. 2018 PhD in Materials Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

September 2018 - February 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Christopher Bowman Research Group, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
March 2019 - November 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Chad A. Mirkin Research Group, Northwestern University, USA
July 2022 - Present Assistant Professor Appointment Beijing Institute of Technology

[1] Xinpeng Zhang; Shaowei Ding; Jared Magoline; Andrey Ivankin; Chad A Mirkin ; Photopolymerized Features via Beam Pen Lithography as a Novel Tool for the Generation of Large Area Protein Micropatterns, Small , 2022, smll.202105998.
[2] Xinpeng Zhang; Xiance Wang; Shunsuke Chatani; Chrsitopher N. Bowman ; Phosphonium Tetraphenylborate: A Photocatalyst for Visible-Light-Induced, Nucleophile-Initiated Thiol-Michael Addition Photopolymerization, ACS Macro Letters , 2020, 10(1): 84-89.
[3] Zhang Xinpeng; Xi Weixian; Gao Guangzhe; Wang Xiance; Stansbury Jeffrey W; Bowman Christopher N ; o-Nitrobenzyl-Based Photobase Generators: Efficient Photoinitiators for Visible -Light Induced Thiol-Michael Addition Photopolymerization, ACS Macro Letters , 2018, 7(7): 852-857.
[4] Zhang Xinpeng; Huang Sijia; Podgorski Maciej; Han Xun; Claudino Mauro; Bowman Christopher N ; Assessment of TEMPO as a thermally activatable base generator and its use in initiation of thermally-triggered thiol-Michael addition polymerizations, Polymer Chemistry , 2018, 9(32): 4294-4302.
[5] Zhang Xinpeng; Xi Weixian; Huang Sijia; Long Katelyn; Bowman Christopher N ; Wavelength-Selective Sequential Polymer Network Formation Controlled with a Two-Color Responsive Initiation System, Macromolecules , 2017, 50(15): 5652-5660.