Biographical Sketch : Xi-Ming Zhu (updated on February 28, 2020)
Personal Data Institution: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) Address: Room 210, Zhi-Yuan Building, Science Park, Yi-Kuang Street 2, Harbin 150080, China Telephone: +86-0451-86413152 E-mail: [email protected] Website: homepage.hit.edu.cn/zhuximing
Education PhD, Plasma Physics (2010), Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) BS, Engineering Physics (2005), Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
Professional Experience Full Professor of Energy Science and Engineering, HIT (China), March 2017—present Senior Visiting Scientist, Harbin Institute of Technology (China), November 2016—February 2017 Senior Researcher, Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), July 2013—Octorber 2016 Assistant Researcher, Tsinghua University (China), March 2010—June 2013
Professional Activities Research fields: plasma physics and diagnostics, industry application of low-temperature plasma, electric propulsion technology Publications: 67 papers in SCI and EI journals, 32 as the first or corresponding author 2 invited review articles, 6 invited talks at international conferences citations: 872 (Web of Science, without self-citations) citations: 1596 (Google Scholar) Grant Support: National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 projects (2011, 2018) China Aerospace Science & Technology Corp., 2 projects (2019, 2020) Academic Service: Environmental Protection Committee, Chinese Nuclear Society, 2020—present Advisory Panel, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017—present Lead Guest Editor, International Journal of Optics, 2017—present CDAP Database, Plasma Data Exchange Project (LXCat), 2017—present Invited Lecturer, NSFC Plasma Physics Summer School, 2015, 2017, 2019
1 / 10 Honors: China Recruitment Program of Global Experts, 2018 CASF Young Talent Promotion Project, 2017 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, 2013 Cai-Shidong Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, 2010 Lam Research Thesis Award, 2006 Cooperation: 17 cooperation papers in SCI journals with co-authors from Germany, USA, UK, France, Japan, and Saudi Arabia Proposal Review: National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2012—present Academic Review: more than 10 international journals, PhD thesis from China and Pakistan
Invited Talks:
(1) Collisional-radiative model and optical emission spectroscopy method for electric propulsion devices 5th Russian-Chinese Seminar on Plasma Physics and Applications, Apr. 9, 2019, St. Petersburg, Russia
(2) Collisional-radiative models for optical emission spectroscopy diagnostics of rare-gas discharges 19th Asian Conference on Electrical Discharge, Nov. 25-28, 2018, Xianyang, China
(3) Atomic and ionic processes in low-temperature Ar, Kr, and Xe plasmas: cross section data and collisional-radiative model 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics, Nov. 12-17, 2018, Kanazawa, Japan
(4) Challenges in collisional-radiative modelling for low-temperature plasmas: EEDF, species density profiles, and collisional cross section data. 68th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference, Oct. 12-16, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
(5) The possibilities of determining non-Maxwellian EEDFs from the OES line-ratios in low-pressure plasmas containing argon and krypton 30th International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, Aug. 28-Sep. 2, 2011, Belfast, UK
(6) Optical emission spectroscopy in low-temperature plasmas containing argon and nitrogen: determination of the electron temperature and density by the line-ratio method 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Science and Technology, Jul. 4-8, 2010, Jeju, Korea
2 / 10 Invited Topical Review: (1) Determination of state-to-state electron-impact rate coefficients between Ar excited states: a review of combined diagnostic experiments in afterglow plasmas Xi-Ming Zhu*, Zhi-Wen Cheng, Emile Carbone, Yi-Kang Pu and Uwe Czarnetzki 2016 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 25 043003
(2) Optical emission spectroscopy in low-temperature plasmas containing argon and nitrogen: determination of the electron temperature and density by the line-ratio method Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2010 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 403001
Research Articles ("*" denotes corresponding authors): (3) Investigation on the streamer propagation in atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet by the capacitive probe Wen-Chao Zhu, Bang-Dou Huang, Xi-Ming Zhu, Wen-Cong Chen and Yi-Kang Pu* 2020 Plasma Sci. & Technol. 22 052001
(4) Influence of heating on the discharge characteristics of a hollow cathode Yan-Lin Hu, Zhong-Xi Ning*, Xiao-Yu Liu, Yan-Feng Chu, Wei Mao, Yan Shen and Xi-Ming Zhu* 2020 Plasma Sci. & Technol. 22 015401
(5) Study on influence of orificed plate position on performance of hollow cathode (in Chinese) Hai-Guang Zhang, Zhong-Xi Ning*, Xi-Ming Zhu, Bin-Hao Jiang and Da-Ren Yu 2020 J. Propul. Technol. (EI) 41 132
(6) Effect of low-frequency oscillation on plasma focusing in krypton Hall thruster Guo-Jun Xia, Zhong-Xi Ning, Xi-Ming Zhu*, Li-Qiu Wei, Shao-Wen Chen and Da-Ren Yu 2020 J. Propul. Power 36 25
(7) A xenon collisional-radiative model applicable to electric propulsion devices: II. Kinetics of the 6s, 6p, and 5d states of atoms and ions in Hall thrusters Xi-Ming Zhu*, Yan-Fei Wang, Yang Wang*, Da-Ren Yu, Oleg Zatsarinny, Klaus Bartschat, Tsanko Vaskov Tsankov and Uwe Czarnetzki 2019 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 28 105005
(8) A xenon collisional-radiative model applicable to electric propulsion devices: I. Calculations of electron-impact cross sections for xenon ions by the Dirac B-spline R-matrix method Yang Wang, Yan-Fei Wang, Xi-Ming Zhu*, Oleg Zatsarinny* and Klaus Bartschat* 2019 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 28 105004
(9) Research on beam-focusing characteristics of krypton Hall thruster (also in Russian) Zhong-Xi Ning*, Guo-Jun Xia, Xi-Ming Zhu*, Shao-Wen Chen and Da-Ren Yu
3 / 10 2019 Plasma Phys. Rep. 45 537
(10) Nonmonotonous phenomenon of corona discharge characteristics under different airflow rates De-Sheng Zhou, Jing-Feng Tang*, Miao Tang, Xi-Ming Zhu and Chao-Hai Zhang 2019 IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 47 1964
(11) Experimental investigation on a multicathode dielectric-barrier discharge: Effects of airflows Jing-Feng Tang, De-Sheng Zhou*, Miao Tang, Xi-Ming Zhu* and Chao-Hai Zhang 2019 IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 47 1944
(12) Study on electrons conduction paths in Hall thruster ignition processes with the cathode located inside and outside the magnetic separatrix Wen-Bo Li, Hong Li, Yong-Jie Ding*, Li-Qiu Wei*, Qian Gao, Shi-Lin Yan, Tian-Hang Meng, Xi-Ming Zhu and Da-Ren Yu 2019 Acta Astronaut. 155 153
(13) Hysteresis characteristics of the initiating and extinguishing boundaries in a nanosecond pulsed DBD Jing-Feng Tang, Miao Tang*, De-Sheng Zhou, Pu-Tong Kang, Xi-Ming Zhu* and Chao-Hai Zhang 2019 Plasma Sci. & Technol. 21 044001
(14) High-Speed camera imaging of the ignition process in a heaterless hollow cathode Hai-Guang Zhang, Zhong-Xi Ning, Yong-Jie Ding, Xi-Ming Zhu*, Bin-Hao Jiang* and Da-Ren Yu 2019 IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 47 1487
(15) 10000-ignition-cycle investigation of a LaB6 hollow cathode for 3–5-kilowatt Hall thruster Zhong-Xi Ning, Hai-Guang Zhang, Xi-Ming Zhu*, Lei Ou-Yang, Xiao-Yu Liu, Bin-Hao Jiang* and Da-Ren Yu 2019 J. Propul. Power 35 87
(16) Experimental investigation on upstream and downstream discharges in airflows De-Sheng Zhou, Jing-Feng Tang*, Xi-Ming Zhu, Da-Ren Yu and Chao-Hai Zhang 2018 Plasma Sci. & Technol. 20 125402
(17) A photographic method for in-orbit measurement of electron temperature distribution in the plume of Hall thrusters Li-Qiu Wei, Wen-Bo Li, Yong-Jie Ding*, Xi-Ming Zhu*, Yan-Fei Wang, Jun-Feng Hu, Shi-Lin Yan and Da-Ren Yu 2018 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 27 084002
(18) The effect of the pulse repetition rate on the fast ionization wave discharge Bang-Dou Huang, Emile Carbone, Keisuke Takashima, Xi-Ming Zhu, Uwe Czarnetzki and Yi-Kang Pu* 2018 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51 225202
(19) Measurement of the electron-impact transfer rate coefficients between the Kr(1s) states in an afterglow discharge
4 / 10 Jie Qiu, Zhi-Wen Cheng, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2018 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51 135202
(20) Note: Possibilities of detecting the trace-level erosion products from an electric propulsion hollow cathode plasma source by the method of time-of-flight mass spectrometry Zhong-Xi Ning, Hai-Guang Zhang, Xi-Ming Zhu*, Bin-Hao Jiang*, Zhong-Yue Zhou, Da-Ren Yu, Bing-Jian An and Yan-Fei Wang 2018 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 89 026104
(21) Preliminary study of a hybrid Helicon-ECR plasma source A M Hala*, L Oksuz and Xi-Ming Zhu 2016 Plasma Sci. & Technol. 18 832
(22) Escape factors for Paschen 2p–1s emission lines in low-temperature Ar, Kr, and Xe plasmas Xi-Ming Zhu*, Zhi-Wen Cheng, Yi-Kang Pu and Uwe Czarnetzki 2016 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 225204
(23) The breakdown process in an atmospheric pressure nanosecond parallel-plate helium/argon mixture discharge Bang-Dou Huang, Keisuke Takashima, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2016 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 045202
(24) Self-absorption method in combination with an optical probe: a possibility to determine the radial density profile of rare-gas metastables in low-temperature plasmas Xi-Ming Zhu*, Tsanko Vaskov Tsankov and Uwe Czarnetzki 2015 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 24 035023
(25) Measurement of the electron-impact excitation rate coefficients from argon 1s states to 3p states Zhi-Wen Cheng, Xi-Ming Zhu, Nader Sadeghi, Xiao-Mi Guo, Fei-Xiang Liu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2015 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48 285202
(26) The influence of the voltage rise rate on the breakdown of an atmospheric pressure helium nanosecond parallel-plate discharge Bang-Dou Huang*, Keisuke Takashima, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu 2015 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48 125202
(27) Determination of the rate coefficient of the electron-impact excitation from the argon resonance
states (1s2and 1s4) to 2p states by the emission line ratio in an afterglow plasma Zhi-Wen Cheng, Xi-Ming Zhu, Fei-Xiang Liu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2015 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 24 25025
(28) Determination of the de-excitation probability of argon metastable (1s5and 1s3) atoms on aluminum, stainless steel, silicon, quartz and Pyrex surfaces Zhen-Bin Wang, Jiang-Tao Li, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu*
5 / 10 2015 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48 105203
(29) 2D collisional-radiative model for non-uniform argon plasmas: with or without “escape factor” Xi-Ming Zhu*, Tsanko Vaskov Tsankov, Dirk Luggenhölscher and Uwe Czarnetzki 2015 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48 085201
(30) Determination of the electron-impact transfer rate coefficients between the Ar(1s) states in an afterglow discharge Zhi-Wen Cheng, Xi-Ming Zhu, Fei-Xiang Liu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2014 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47 495205
(31) The evolution of the optical emission pattern from a pulsed microwave-excited microstrip split-ring resonator microplasma Bang-Dou Huang, Xi-Ming Zhu, Wen-Cong Chen and Yi-Kang Pu 2014 IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 42 2772
(32) The evolution of the optical emission pattern of a nanosecond pulsed Helium microdischarge with a pin-to-pin electrode at atmospheric pressure Bang-Dou Huang, Keisuke Takashima, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu 2014 IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 42 2642
(33) The influence of the repetition rate on the nanosecond pulsed pin-to-pin microdischarges Bang-Dou Huang, Keisuke Takashima, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2014 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47 422003
(34) Determination of the rate coefficients of the electron-impact excitation from the metastable states to 2p states of argon by the emission line ratios in an afterglow plasma Zhi-Wen Cheng, Xi-Ming Zhu, Fei-Xiang Liu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2014 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47 275203
(35) The spatial–temporal evolution of the electron density and temperature for a nanosecond micro- discharge Bang-Dou Huang, Xi-Ming Zhu, Keisuke Takashima and Yi-Kang Pu 2013 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46 464011
(36) Spatial evolution of the electron energy distribution function in a low-pressure capacitively coupled plasma containing argon and krypton Xi-Ming Zhu, Wen-Cong Chen, Jiang Li, Zhi-Wen Cheng and Yi-Kang Pu 2012 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 21 045009
(37) Measurement of the temporal evolution of electron density in a nanosecond pulsed argon micro- plasma: using both Stark broadening and an OES line-ratio method Xi-Ming Zhu, James L Walsh, Wen-Cong Chen and Yi-Kang Pu 2012 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 45 205201
6 / 10 (38) Possibilities of determining non-Maxwellian EEDFs from the OES line-ratios in low-pressure capacitive and inductive plasmas containing argon and krypton Xi-Ming Zhu, Yi-Kang Pu, Yusuf Celik, Sarah Siepa, Edmund Schüngel, Dirk Luggenhölscher and Uwe Czarnetzki 2012 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 21 024003
(39) A novel method of using the OES line ratio to determine the spatially resolved atomic density in low- temperature plasmas and its application in carbon and aluminum atoms in capacitively coupled plasmas Jiang Li, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2011 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 44 455203
(40) The spatially resolved measurements of the atomic densities in argon Paschen 1s levels by OES in a capacitively coupled plasma Jiang Li, Fei-Xiang Liu, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2011 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 44 292001
(41) Determination of non-Maxwellian electron energy distributions in low-pressure plasmas by using the optical emission spectroscopy and a collisional-radiative model Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2011 Plasma Sci. & Technol. 13 267
(42) Effect of Pt/γ-Al2O3 catalyst on nonthermal plasma decomposition of benzene and byproducts Jing Li, Shi-Tong Han, Shu-Pei Bai, Xi-Cheng Shi*, Su-Ling Han, Hua Song, Yi-Kang Pu, Xi-Ming Zhu and Wen-Cong Chen 2011 Environ. Eng. Sci. 28 395
(43) Effects of Penning ionization on the discharge patterns of atmospheric pressure plasma jets Qing Li, Wen-Chao Zhu, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2010 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 382001
(44) The population distribution of argon atoms in Paschen 1s levels in an inductively coupled plasma Jiang Li, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2010 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 345202
(45) Role of metastable atoms in the propagation of atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge jets Qing Li, Xi-Ming Zhu, Jiang-Tao Li and Yi-Kang Pu 2010 J. Appl. Phys. 107 043304
(46) Different patterns of high-energy and low-energy electrons in an atmospheric-pressure microplasma generated by a hairpin resonator Wei Tian*, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu 2010 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 062002
7 / 10 (47) A simple collisional–radiative model for low-temperature argon discharges with pressure ranging from 1 Pa to atmospheric pressure: kinetics of Paschen 1s and 2p levels Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2010 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 015204
(48) Effects of gas flow rate on the length of atmospheric pressure nonequilibrium plasma jets Qing Li, Jiang-Tao Li, Wen-Chao Zhu, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu 2009 Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 141502
(49) Characteristics of atmospheric pressure plasma jets emerging into ambient air and helium Wen-Chao Zhu, Qing Li, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2009 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 202002
(50) Nonequilibrium excited particle population distribution in low-temperature argon discharges Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2009 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 182002
(51) Measurement of the electron density in atmospheric-pressure low-temperature argon discharges by line-ratio method of optical emission spectroscopy Xi-Ming Zhu, Yi-Kang Pu*, N Balcon and R Boswell 2009 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 142003
(52) Reconstruction of ion energy distribution function in a capacitive rf discharge Wen-Cong Chen*, Xi-Ming Zhu, Shu Zhang and Yi-Kang Pu 2009 Appl. Phys. Lett. 94 211503
(53) Spatial nonuniformity of electron energy in a microwave atmospheric-pressure microplasma Li-Guo Zhu, Zhi-Bo Zhang, Xi-Ming Zhu, Yi-Kang Pu* and Ze-Ren Li 2009 Appl. Phys. Lett. 94 151502
(54) Chromatic-free spatially resolved optical emission spectroscopy diagnostics for microplasma Li-Guo Zhu, Wen-Cong Chen, Xi-Ming Zhu, Yi-Kang Pu and Ze-Ren Li 2009 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80 023105
(55) Determining the electron temperature and the electron density by a simple collisional–radiative model of argon and xenon in low-pressure discharges Xi-Ming Zhu, Wen-Cong Chen, Jiang Li and Yi-Kang Pu* 2009 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 025203
(56) Effect of the reactor surface roughness on benzene oxidation in dielectric barrier discharges Jing Li*, Shi-Tong Han, Shu-Pei Bai, Xi-Cheng Shi, Su-Ling Han, Hua Song, Xi-Ming Zhu, Wen-Cong Chen and Yi-Kang Pu 2008 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 17 045015
(57) Influence of operating pressure on surface dielectric barrier discharge plasma aerodynamic actuation
8 / 10 characteristics Yun Wu*, Ying-Hong Li, Min Jia, Hui-Min Song, Zhi-Gang Guo, Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu 2008 Appl. Phys. Lett. 93 031503
(58) Using OES to determine electron temperature and density in low-pressure nitrogen and argon plasmas Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2008 Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol. 17 024002
(59) Gas temperature, electron density and electron temperature measurement in a microwave excited microplasma Xi-Ming Zhu, Wen-Cong Chen and Yi-Kang Pu* 2008 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 105212
(60) Effects of temperature on benzene oxidation in dielectric barrier discharges Jing Li, Shu-Pei Bai, Xi-Cheng Shi*, Su-Ling Han, Xi-Ming Zhu, Wen-Cong Chen and Yi-Kang Pu* 2008 Plasma Chem. Plasma Proc. 28 39
(61) Electron density and ion energy dependence on driving frequency in capacitively coupled argon plasmas Xi-Ming Zhu, Wen-Cong Chen, Shu Zhang, Zhi-Gang Guo, Da-Wei Hu and Yi-Kang Pu 2007 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 7019
(62) Spatially resolved optical emission spectroscopy investigation of E and H modes in cylindrical inductively coupled plasmas Yu Chen, Zhi-Gang Guo, Xi-Ming Zhu, Zhi-Guo Mao and Yi-Kang Pu* 2007 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 5112
(63) A simple collisional–radiative model for low-pressure argon–oxygen mixture discharges Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2007 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 5202
(64) A simple collisional–radiative model for low-pressure argon discharges Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2007 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2533
(65) A novel method to determine electron density by optical emission spectroscopy in low-pressure nitrogen plasmas Xi-Ming Zhu, Yu-Dong Pu, Zhi-Gang Guo, and Yi-Kang Pu* 2006 Phys. Plasma 13 123501
(66) A molecular kinetic model for the optical emission spectroscopy technique in inductively coupled nitrogen plasma Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu*
9 / 10 2006 Phys. Plasma 13 063507
(67) Determining the electron temperature in inductively coupled nitrogen plasmas by optical emission spectroscopy with molecular kinetic effects Xi-Ming Zhu and Yi-Kang Pu* 2005 Phys. Plasma 12 103501
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