Current Professional Societies

1. Editorial board member ofScientific Reports;

2. Associated editor ofFrontiers in Physics: Optics & Photonics.

Research Areas

1. Ultrafast Optics and time-resolved spectroscopy;

2. Nanophotonics and Plasmonics;

3. Organic Optoelectronics.

Publications

More than 180 papers published in peer-reviewed international journals;

1 Book;

4 book chapters.

Selected journal papers:

1. Xinping Zhang*, Fawei Tang, Meng Wang, Wangbin Zhan, Huaxin Hu, Yurong Li, Richard H. Friend*, and Xiaoyan Song*, “Femtosecond visualization of oxygen vacancies in metal oxides,” Science Advances 6, eaax9427 (2020).

2. Xinping Zhang*, Meng Wang, Fawei Tang, Huanzhen Zhang, Yulan Fu, Dong Liu, and Xiaoyan Song, “Transient electronic depletion and lattice expansion induced ultrafast bandedge plasmons,” Advanced Science 7, 1902408 (2020).

3. Jinxin Guo, Lin Cao, Jialing Jian, He Ma, Dayong Wang, andXinpingZhang*, “Single-wall carbon nanotube promoted allylic homopolymerization for holographic patterning,” Carbon 157, 64 (2020).

4. Meng Wang and Xinping Zhang*, “Femtosecond tuning dynamics of organic amplifiers based on injection into DFB resonators of slant gratings,” Organic Electronics 66, 156-162 (2019).

5. Jian Zhang and Xinping Zhang*, “Ultrafast plasmon polaritons doubly resonant on a single silver nanoshell,” Optics Express 27, 17061 (2019).

6. Bolun Cao, Yunyun Mu, and Xinping Zhang*, “Direct laser annealing of SERS substrates,” Advanced Engineering Materials 1900779 (2019).

7. Yan Wang and Xinping Zhang*, “Ultrafast optical switching based on mutually enhanced resonance modes in gold nanowire gratings,” Nanoscale 11, 17807 (2019).

8. Jinxin Guo, Jialing Jian, Meng Wang, Yasuo Tomita, Lin Cao, Dayong Wang, and Xinping Zhang*, “Ag nanoparticle-enhanced alkyl radical generation in photopolymerization for holographic recording,” Nanophotonics 8, 1795 (2019).

9. He Ma, Xinping Zhang*, Zhichao Zhang, Yu Wang, Guang Wang, Feifei Liu, Ruixue Cui, Cuiying Huang, Meng Wang, Yang Wei, Kaili Jiang, Lujun Pan* and Kai Liu*, “Infrared micro-detectors with high sensitivity and high response speed using VO2-coated helical carbon nanocoils,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C 7, 12095 (2019).

10. Feifei Liu and Xinping Zhang*, “Surface-plasmon-polariton diode by asymmetric plano-concave nanocavities,” Advanced Optical Materials 6, 1701226 (2018).

11. He Ma, Xinping Zhang*, Ruixue Cui, Feifei Liu, Meng Wang, Cuiying Huang, Jiwei Hou, Guang Wang, Yang Wei, Kaili Jiang, Lujun Pan*, Kai Liu*, “Photo-driven nanoactuators based on carbon nanocoil and vanadium dioxide bimorph,” Nanoscale10, 11158-11164 (2018).

12. Jian Zhang and Xinping Zhang*, “Bimetallic network with hetero-interfacial plasmons,” Advanced Materials Interfaces 5, 1800580 (2018).

13. Xinping Zhang*, Cuiying Huang, Meng Wang, Pei Huang, Xinkui He, and Zhiyi Wei, “Transient localized surface plasmon induced by femtosecond interband excitation in gold nanoparticles,” Scientific Reports 8, 10499 (2018).

14. Cuying Huang, Xinping Zhang*, Jisheng Wang, and Cuiyue Hong, “Toward electrically pumped polymer lasing: light-emitting diodes based on microcavity arrays of distributed Bragg gratings,” Advanced Optical Materials 6, 1800806 (2018).

15. Yan Wang, Feifei Liu, and Xinping Zhang*, “Flexible transfer of plasmonic photonic structures onto fiber tips for sensor applications in liquids,” Nanoscale 10, 16193-16200 (2018).

16. Cuiyue Hong and Xinping Zhang*, “Optically processed micro-lens array for single-beam lithography of plasmonic structures”, Nanophotonics 7, 1819- 1825 (2018).

17. Jisheng Wang and Xinping Zhang*, “Organic light-emitting diodes based on electromer-mediated heterojunctions,” Applied Physics Letters 113, 143301 (2018).

18. Feifei Liu, Xinping Zhang*, and Xiaohui Fang, “Plasmonic plano-semi-cylindrical nanocavities with high-efficiency local-field confinement,” Scientific Reports 7, 40071 (2017).

19. Meng Wang and Xinping Zhang*, “Ultrafast injection-locked amplification in a thin-film distributed feedback microcavity,” Nanoscale 9, 2689-2694 (2017).

20. Fei Dou, Cephas Small, Francoise Provencher, Jason Ferreira, Xuhua Wang, Elham Rezasoltani, Hongmei Liu, and Xinping Zhang*, “Particle-plasmon-induced charge trapping at heterointerfaces in PCDTBT:PC70BM blends,” Journal of Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics (2017).

21. Yuanhai Lin and Xinping Zhang*, “Ultrafast multipolar plasmon for unidirectional optical switching in a hemisphere-nanoshell array,” Advanced Optical Materials 5, 1661088 (2017).

22. Xinping Zhang*, Jianfang He, Yimeng Wang, and Feifei Liu, “Terahertz beat oscillation of plasmonic electrons interacting with femtosecond light pulses,” Scientific Reports 6, 18902 (2016).

23. Yuanhai Lin, Xinping Zhang*, Xiaohui Fang, and Shuyan Liang, “Cross-stacked plasmonic nanowire network for high-contrast femtosecond optical switching,” Nanoscale 8, 1421-1429 (2016).

24. Feifei Liu, Xinping Zhang*, Xiaohui Fang, and Yuanhai Lin, “Plasmonic microcavity using photo-reduced silver nanoparticles and light-emitting polymer,” Optics Express 24, 1747-1757 (2016).

25. Xinping Zhang*, Haibin Wang, Meng Wang, Yuanhai Lin, and Xiaoyan Song*, “Ultrafast particle-plasmon enhancement by energy-band modification in nanostructured tungsten carbide,” Optics Express 24, 22730-22740 (2016).

26. Xinping Zhang*, Hongwei Li, Yimeng Wang, Feifei Liu, "Stimulated emission within the exciplex band by plasmonic-nanostructured polymeric heterojunctions," Nanoscale 7, 5624-5632 (2015).

27. Feifei Liu and Xinping Zhang*, “Fano coupling between Rayleigh anomaly and localized surface plasmon resonance for sensor applications,” Biosensors and Bioelectronics 68, 719-725 (2015).

28. Hongwei Li and Xinping Zhang*, “Directional crystallization of polymer molecules through solvent annealing on a patterned substrate,” Optics Express 23, 8422–8429 (2015).

29. Jianfang He, Xiaohui Fang, Yuanhai Lin, and Xinping Zhang*, “Polarization control in flexible interference lithography for nano-patterning of different photonic structures with optimized contrast,” Optics Express 23, 11518–11525 (2015).

30. Yuanhai Lin, Xinping Zhang*, Shi Bai, Anming Hu, “Photo-reduction of metallic ions doped in patterned polymer films for the fabrication of plasmonic photonic crystals,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3, 6046-6052 (2015).

31. Tianrui Zhai, Yonglu Wang, Li Chen, Xiaofeng Wu, Songtao Li, and Xinping Zhang*, “Red-green-blue laser emission from cascaded polymer membranes,” Nanoscale 7, 19935-19939 (2015).

32. Jian Zhang and Xinping Zhang*, “Fano-like coupling between two oppositely enhanced processes by diffraction in a dielectric grating,” Optics Express 23, 30429-30437 (2015).

33. Xinping Zhang*, Jian Zhang, Hongmei Liu, and Tianrui Zhai, "A plasmonic photonic diode for uni-directional focusing, imaging, and wavelength division de-multiplexing," Advanced Optical Materials 2, 355-363 (2014).

34. Xinping Zhang*, Jian Zhang, Yujian Sun, Huai Yang, and Haifeng Yu, “Erasable thin-film optical diode based on a photoresponsive liquid crystal polymer,” Nanoscale 6, 3854–3860 (2014).

35. Jian Zhang, Xinping Zhang*, Yi Lu, Xueqiong Su, Shengfei Feng, and Li Wang, “Sensitivity enhancement through overlapping simultaneously excited Fano resonance modes of metallic-photonic-crystal sensors,” Optics Express 22, 3296-3305 (2014).

36. Xinping Zhang*, Jian Zhang, Hongmei Liu, Xueqiong Su, and Li Wang, “Soft plasmons with stretchable spectroscopic response based on thermally patterned gold nanoparticles,” Scientific Reports 4, 4182 (2014).

37. Hongmei Liu, Xinping Zhang,* Tianrui Zhai, Thomas Sander, Limei Chen, and Peter J Klar, “Centimeter-scale-homogeneous SERS substrates with seven-order global enhancement through thermally controlled plasmonic nanostructures,” Nanoscale 6(10), 5099-5105 (2014).

38. Yuanhai Lin, Tianrui Zhai, and Xinping Zhang,* “Nanoscale heat transfer within nanoseconds in direct interference patterning into gold films,” Optics Express 22, 8396–8404 (2014).

39. Yimeng Wang, Xinping Zhang,* Jian Zhang, Hongmei Liu, “Stretchable polymeric modulator for intracavity spectroscopic broadening of femtosecond optical parametric oscillators,” Applied Physics Letters 105, 011118 (2014).

40. Yuanhai Lin and Xinping Zhang*, “Flexible interference ablation using fibers to split and deliver laser pulses for direct plasmonic nanopatterning,” Applied Physics Letters 105, 123102 (2014).

41. Jianfang He and Xinping Zhang*, “Fiber-based flexible interference lithography for photonic nanopatterning,” Optics Express 22, 26386-26391 (2014).

42. Xinping Zhang*, Fei Dou, Hongmei Liu, “Charge-Transfer Complex Coupled Between Polymer and H-Aggregate Molecular Crystals,” Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics 51, 749-755(2013).

43. Yuanhai Lin, Tianrui Zhai, Qianli Ma, Hongmei Liu, and Xinping Zhang*, “Compact bandwidth-tunable polarization filter based on a plasmonic heterograting,” Optics Express 21, 11315–11321 (2013).

44. Hongmei Liu, Xinping Zhang*, Tianrui Zhai, “Plasmonic nano-ring arrays through patterning gold nanoparticles into interferograms,” Optics Express 21, 15314-15322 (2013).

45. Tianrui Zhai, Yuanhai Lin, Hongmei Liu, Shengfei Feng, and Xinping Zhang,* “Nanoscale tensile stress approach for the direct writing of plasmonic nanostructures,” Optics Express 21, 24490-24496 (2013).

46. Xinping Zhang* and Hongwei Li, “Laser-induced selective crosslinking for scaling the heterointerfacial domain in polymer blends,” Optics Express 21, 24620-24629(2013).

47. Tianrui Zhai, Yuanhai Lin, Hongmei Liu, and Xinping Zhang*, “Solution-processable complex plasmonic quasicrystals,” Optics Express 21, 28444-28449 (2013).

48. Shengfei Feng, Sabrina Darmawi, Torsten Henning, Peter J. Klar, and Xinping Zhang*, “A miniaturized sensor consisting of concentric metallic nanorings on the end facet of an optical fiber,” Small 8, 1937-1944(2012).

49. Xinping Zhang*, Xuemei Ma, Fei Dou, Pengxiang Zhao, Hongmei Liu, “A biosensor based on metallic photonic crystals for the detection of specific bioreactions,” Advanced Functional Materials 21, 4219-4227 (2011).

50. Tianrui Zhai, Xinping Zhang*, Zhaoguang Pang, Xueqiong Su, Hongmei Liu, Shengfei Feng, and Li Wang, “Random laser based on waveguide-plasmonic gain channel,” Nano Letters 11, 4295-4298 (2011).

51. Tianrui Zhai, Xinping Zhang*, Zhaoguang Pang, Fei Dou, “Direct writing of polymer lasers using interference ablation,” Advanced Materials 23, 1860-1864 (2011).

52. Tianrui Zhai, Xinping Zhang*, and Zhaoguang Pang, “Polymer laser based on active waveguide grating structures,” Optics Express 19, 6487-6492 (2011).

53. Zhaoguang Pang and Xinping Zhang*, “Direct writing of large-area plasmonic photonic crystals using single-shot interference ablation,” Nanotechnology 22, 145303 (2011).

54. Shengfei Feng, Xinping Zhang*, and Peter J. Klar, “Waveguide Fabry-Perot microcavity arrays,” Applied Physics Letters 99, 053119 (2011).

55. Ian A. Howard, Justin M. Hodgkiss, Xinping Zhang, Kiril R. Kirov, Hugo A. Bronstein, Charlotte K. Williams, Richard H. Friend, Sebastian Westenhoff, and Neil C. Greenham, “Charge Recombination and Exciton Annihilation Reactions in Conjugated Polymer Blends,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 132,328–335 (2010).

56. Shengfei Feng, Xinping Zhang*, Hongmei Liu, “Fiber coupled waveguide grating structures,” Applied Physics Letters 96, 133101 (2010).

57. Xinping Zhang*, Fei Dou, and Hongmei Liu, “Molecular concentration sensor based on the diffraction resonance mode of gold nanowire gratings,” Nanotechnology 21, 335501 (2010).

58. Zhang Xinping*, Hongmei Liu, and Shengfei Feng, “Solution-processible fabrication of large-area patterned and unpatterned gold nanostructures,” Nanotechnology 20, 425303 (2009).

59. Xudong Yang, Chang-Lyoul Lee, Sebastian Westenhoff, Xinping Zhang, and Neil C. Greenham, “Saturation, Relaxation and Dissociation of Excited Triplet Excitons in Conjugated Polymers,” Advanced Materials 21, 916-919 (2009).

60. Shengfei Feng, Xinping Zhang*, Jiaoyang Song, Hongmei Liu, and Yanrong Song, “Theoretical analysis on the tuning dynamics of the waveguide–grating structures,” Optics Express 17, 427-436 (2009)

61. Xinping Zhang*, Baoquan Sun, Justin M. Hodgkiss, and Richard H. Friend, “Tunable Ultrafast Optical Switching via Waveguided Gold Nanowires,” Advanced Materials 20, 4455-4459 (2008)

62. Xinping Zhang*, Hongmei Liu, Jinrong Tian, Yanrong Song, and Li Wang, “Band-selective optical polarizer based on gold-nanowire plasmonic diffraction gratings,” Nano Letters 8, 2653-2658 (2008).

63. Xinping Zhang*, Shengfei Feng, Hongmei Liu, and Li Wang, “Enhanced optical response in doubly waveguided plasmonic gratings,” Applied Physics Letters 93, 093113 (2008).

64. Xinping Zhang*, Hongmei Liu, Jinrong Tian, Yanrong Song, Li Wang, Jiaoyang Song, and Guozhen Zhang, “Optical polarizers based on gold nanowires fabricated using colloidal gold nanoparticles,” Nanotechnology 19, 285202 (1-7) (2008).

65. Xinping Zhang*, Baoquan Sun, Hongcang Guo, Nicolas Tetreault, and Harald Giessen, and Richard H. Friend, “Large-area two-dimensional photonic crystals of metallic nanocylinders based on colloidal gold nanoparticles,” Applied Physics Letters 90, 133114 (2007).

66. Xinping Zhang*, Yajun Xia, and Richard H. Friend, “Multiphoton excited photoconductivity in polyfluorene,” Physical Review B 75, 245128 (2007).

67. Xinping Zhang* and Baoquan Sun, “Organic Crystal Fibers Aligned into Oriented Bundles with Polarized Emission,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111, 10881-10885 (2007).

68. Xinping Zhang*, Baoquan Sun, Hongcang Guo, Dietmar Nau, Harald Giessen, Richard H. Friend, “Metallic photonic crystals based on solution-processible gold nanoparticles,” Nano Letters 6, 651-655 (2006).

69. Xinping Zhang*, Yajun Xia, Richard H. Friend, and Carlos Silva, “Sequential absorption processes in two-photon-excitation transient absorption spectroscopy in a semiconductor polymer,” Physical Review B 73, 245201(1-9) (2006).

70. Xinping Zhang*, Yajun Xia, and Richard H. Friend, “Single-photon pumping and two-photon probing spectroscopy for the determination of absorption cross-sections,” Optics Express 13, 10873 (2005).