Areas of research interest

Functional polymer materials, Structure and Properties of polymers and Surface modification

Teaching

Undergraduates: Polymer Physics, Polymer Chemistry, Functional Polymer Materials, Computer Applications in Materials Science and Engineering; Graduate Students: Structure and Properties of Polymers, Materials Physics, Organic Photoelectric Materials

Honors and awards

Outstanding Teaching Award (China), 2008

Baosteel Education Award, 2006

Outstanding Teaching Award (Tianjin), 2004

Research projects

National Natural Science Foundation of China: The Properties and Mechanisms of Negative Resistance Organic and Polymeric Materials. (1999-2001)

National Natural Science Foundation of China: Study of the Mechanisms for Differential Selection of Bio-sensor Technologies Applied to Blood-activating and Stasis-removing Herbs.(Grant No: 90573056)(2005-2008)

Key project of Tianjin Natural Science Foundation, Study of the Density Gradient in Composite Materials

Key project of Tianjin Natural Science Foundation: Development of a High Performance Nano-photoelectric Sensor. (2001-2003)

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Basic research on polymer intelligent materials

Chinese National Programs for Science and Technology Development, Study on the stability of structural electric conducting polymer

National Natural Science Foundation of China: Study on the phase morphology evolution of polymer blend.(Grant No:20570220)(2005-2008)

Key project of Tianjin Natural Science Foundation: Bio-absorbable drug eluting magnesium alloy stents. (2008-2011)

Selected publications(Journal articles, patents and books)

[1] Lu, P,Fan, HN, Liu, Y, Xu XH*, Controllable biodegradability, drug release behavior and hemocompatibility of PTX-eluting magnesium stents, Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces, 2011, 83:23-28.

[2] P. Lu, L. Cao, Y. Liu, X.H. Xu*, X.F. Wu, Evaluation of magnesium ions release, biocorrosion, and hemocompatibility of MAO/PLLA-modified magnesium alloy WE42. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B-Applied Biomaterials, 2011, 96B:101-109.

[3] X.F. Wu, H.R. Lu, Z.Q. Wang, X.H. Xu*, Preparation of hollow silica beads via soft template calcinating route. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 2010, 54:147-153.

[4] X. Xinhua*, G. Meiqing, L. Ping, W. Rui, Development of amperometric laccase biosensor through immobilizing enzyme in copper-containing ordered mesoporous carbon (Cu-OMC)/chitosan matrix. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2010, 30:722-729.

[5] X.H. Xu*, P. Lu, M.Q. Guo, M.Z. Fang, Cross-linked gelatin/nanoparticles composite coating on micro-arc oxidation film for corrosion and drug release. Applied Surface Science, 2010, 256:2367-2371.

[6] X.H. Xu*, P. Lu, Y.M. Zhou, Z.Z. Zhao, M.Q. Guo, Laccase immobilized on methylene blue modified mesoporous silica MCM-41/PVA. Materials Science and Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications, 2009, 29:2160-2164.

[7] L. Zhu, N. Song, X.H. Xu*, Real Space and Wave-Number Space Studies of the Phase Structure and Morphology of iPP/PEOc Blends Using Scanning Electron Microscopy. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2009, 294: 516-524.

[8] X.H. Xu*, T.B. Zhu, L. Zhu, N. Song, J. Sheng, Morphological and fractal studies of polypropylene/poly(ethene-1-octene) blends during melt mixing using scanning electron microscopy. Polymer International, 2008,57:488-495.

[9] X.H. Xu*, J. Cheng, C.H. Zhang, X.L. Yan, T.B. Zhu, K.D. Yao, L. Cao, Y. Liu, Bio-corrosion and polymer coating modification of magnesium alloys for medicine. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering, 2008, 37: 1225-1228.

[10] Zhu, L,Xu, XH*,Wang, FJ, Characterisation of the thickness of transition layer and its relation to mechanical properties of polypropylene/poly(ethylene-co-octene) blends, Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 2008, 484: 449-455.

[11] X.L. Yan, X.H. Xu*, T.B. Zhu, C.H. Zhang, N. Song, L. Zhu, Phase morphological evolution and rheological polypropylene/ethylene-octene copolymer properties of blends. Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 2008, 476: 120-125.

[12] X. Xinhua*, Z. Tianbing, Y. Xueliang, Z. Chunhuai, Temporal evolution of phase morphology of polypropylene/poly(ethylene octene) elastomer binary polymer blends by phase contrast microscope. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2007, 104:2778-2784.

[13] X.H. Xu*, C.H. Zhang, Y.M. Zhou, Q. Liu, J. Cheng, K.D. Yao, Q. Chen, Quartz crystal microbalance study of protein adsorption on chitosan, chitosan/poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) blends and chitosan graft-poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) surfaces. Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 2007, 22: 195-206.

[14] G.L. Ren, X.H. Xu*, Q. Liu, J. Cheng, X.Y. Yuan, L.L. Wu, Y.Z. Wan, Electrospun poly(vinyl alcohol)/glucose oxidase biocomposite membranes for biosensor applications. Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2006, 66: 1559-1564. 

[15] X.H. Xu*,B. Han,J. Han,Y.S. Fu, H.B. Shi, B.Y. Wu, S.Y. Han, Qiang Chen . Preparation of Chitosan/Glucose Oxidase Nanolayered Films for Electrode Modification by the Technique of Layer-by-layer Self-assembly, Journal of Material Science Letter. 2003,22(9): 695 - 697

[16] X.H. Xu, S.G. Yin, F. Kong, F.Q. Zhang, K.D. Yao, W.Q. Huang. Organic negative resistance devices using PPV containing electron transporting group on the main chain. Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics. 2001. 39:589-593