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Contact Address: Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China

Personal Details:

Name:  Zhang Li

Title:  Professor/ Doctoral supervisor

Date of birth:  25th March, 1976

Major:  Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas:  Biomaterials/Functional Materials

Education:

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, 2005

MS in Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, 2002

BS in Inorganic Non-metallic Materials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, 2000

Work Experience:

1. Professor, Sichuan University, July 2017 – present

2. Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, July 2016 – July 2017

3. Professor, Sichuan University, July 2014 – July 2016

4. Associate Professor, Sichuan University, July 2007 – June 2014

5. Lecturer, Sichuan University, July 2005 – June 2007

Research interests:

Zhang Li is interested in the fabrication and applications of organic/inorganic composite functional materials. She has done lots of work on the development of titanium implants, PEEK dental implant, thermo-sensitive artificial skin, etc. And now she is also working on polyurethane (PU) microspheres with opposite charges which could carry different drugs and be injected into defects caused by bone tuberculosis and self-assembled quickly, showing a great potential to be used in minimal invasive surgery. Besides, GBR membranes with asymmetric structure made of chitosan, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and collagen separately were also developed.

Recent 5-year Publications (* corresponding author)

1. Miaomiao He, Yi Hou, Yulin Jiang, Yubao Li, Qin Zou, Chen Chen, Li Zhang*, Weizhong Yang. Quaternization on polyetheretherketone and its antimicrobial activity. Materials Letters. 2019, 235:242-245

2. Yizhou Huang, Shukun He, Zhijun Guo, Jinkui Pi, Li Deng, Li Dong, Yi Zhang, Bo Su, Lincui Da, Li Zhang, Zhou Xiang, Wei Ding, Mei Gong, Huiqi Xie. Nanostructured titanium surfaces fabricated by hydrothermal method: Infuluence of alkali conditions on the osteogenic performance of implants. Materials Science & Engineering C. 2019, 94: 1-10

3. Yi Deng, Min Huang, Dan Sun, Yi Hou, Yubao Li, Taosheng Dong, Li Zhang*, and Weizhong Yang. Dual physically cross-linked k-carrageenan-based double network hydrogels with superior self-healing performance for biomedical application. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2018, 10: 37544-37554

4. Nan Jiang, Zhijun Guo, Dan Sun, Yubao Li, Yutao Yang, Chen Chen, Li Zhang* and Songsong Zhu. Promoting Osseointegration of Ti Implants through Micro/nano-scaled Hierarchical Ti Phosphate / Ti Oxide Hybrid Coating. ACS Nano. 2018, 12:7883-7891

5. Xin Lai , Dan Sun, Yi Hou, Yi Zuo, Yubao Li and Li Zhang*. Amino-functionalized multi-layer core-shell mesoporous organosilica nanospheres for Cr(VI) removal. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 2018, 1800630

6. Chen Chen, Xiaodong Sun, Wu Pan, Yi Hou, Rui Liu, Xin Jiang and Li Zhang*. Graphene Oxide-Templated Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite Nanowhiskers To Improve the Mechanical and Osteoblastic Performance of Poly(lactic acid) for Bone Tissue Regeneration. ACS Sustaintable Chemistry & Engineering. 2018, 3862-3869

7. Xin Ren, Chen Chen, Yi Hou, Min Huang, Yubao Li, Danqing Wang* and Li Zhang*. Biodegradable chitosan-based composites with dual functions acting as the bone scaffold and the inflammation inhibitor in the treatment of bone defects. International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials. 2018, 67(12):703-710

8. Lincui Da, Mei Gong, Anjing Chen, Yi Zhang, Yizhou Huang, Zhijun Guo, Shengfu Li, Jesse Li-Ling, Li Zhang, Huiqi Xie. Composite elastomeric polyurethane scaffolds incorporating small intestinal submucosa for soft tissue engineering. Acta Biomaterialia. 59 (2017) 45–57

9. Min Huang, Yi Hou, Yubao Li, Danqing Wang* & Li Zhang*. High performances of dual network PVA hydrogel modified by PVP using borax as the structureforming. Designed Monomers and Polymers. 2017，20:1, 505-513

10. Hou Yi, Jiang Nan, Zhang Li*, Li Yubao, Meng Yuezhong, Han Dongmei, Chen Chen, Yang Yuan and Zhu Songsong. Oppositely charged polyurethane microspheres with tunable Zeta potentials as an injectable dual-loaded system for bone repair. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017,9:25808-25817

11. Zhijun Guo, Nan Jiang, Chen Chen, Songsong Zhu, Li Zhang* and Yubao Li. Surface bioactivation through the nanostructured layer on titanium modified by facile HPT treatment. Scientific Report. 2017, 7:4155

12. Ying Tu, Chen Chen, Yubao Li, Yi Hou, Min Huang and Li Zhang*. Fabrication of nano-hydroxyapatite/chitosan membrane with asymmetric structure and its applications in guided bone regeneration. Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering. 2017, 28:223-233

13. Yi Hou, Chen Chen, Song Zhou, Yubao Li, Danqing Wang*, Li Zhang*. Fabrication of an integrated cartilage/bone joint prosthesis and its potential application in joint replacement. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2016, 59: 265-271

14. Ying Tu, Mingbing Zhou, Zhijun Guo, Yubao Li, Yi Hou, Danqing Wang, Li Zhang*. Preparation and characterization of thermosensitive artificial skin with a Sanwich structure. Materials Letters. 2015, 147:4-7

15. Yi Hou, Chen Chen, Kemin Liu, Ying Tu, Li Zhang* and Yubao Li. Preparation of PVA hydrogel with high-transparence and investigations of its transparent mechanism. RSC Advance, 2015,5:24023-24030

16. Chen Chen, Ben-Xiang He, Shan-Ling Wang, Gui-Ping Yuan, Li Zhang*. Unexpected observation of highly thermostable transcrystallinity of poly(lactic acid) induced by aligned carbon nanotubes. European Polymer Journal. 2015, 63: 177-185

17. Zhijun Guo, Chen Chen, Qin Gao, Yubao Li, Li Zhang*. Fabrication of silver-incorporated TiO2 nanotubes and evaluation on its antibacterial activity. Materials Letters. 2014, 137:464-467

18. "Heart Valve Diseases in Elderly. Current Treatments and Future Directions" of the book “Medical Advancements in Aging and Regenerative Technologies: Clinical Tools and Applications.”  Edited by Andriani Daskalaki. Publisher: Idea Group, U.S., ISBN 13: 9781466625068 ISBN 10: 1466625066, 2012.11.30

19. Song Zhou, Yubao Li, Yanying Wang, Shibo Gao, and Li Zhang*. How to fabricate porous artificial bone by injection molding. Society of Plastic Egineers.2013, Doi: 10.2417/spepro.004971

20. Song Zhou, Yu-bao Li, Yan-ying Wang, Yi Zuo, Shi-bao Gao, Li Zhang*. Injection-molded porous hydroxyapatite/polyamide-66 scaffold for bone repair and investigations on the experimental conditions. Polymer Engineering and Science. 2014,54:1003-1012

21. Song Zhou, Yu-bao Li, Yos S. Morsi, Yan-ying Wang, Chen Chen, Li Zhang*. Effects of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer on the morphology and mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite/polyamide 66 composites for bone tissue engineering. Polymer-Plastics technology and engineering. 2014, 53:290-297

22. Yi Deng, Peizhi Zhu, Li Zhang*, and Shicheng Wei. In Vitro growth of bioactive nanostructured apatites via agar-gelatin hybrid hydrogel. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 2013,9:1972-1983

23. Yi Deng, Huanan Wang, Li Zhang*, Yubao Li, Shicheng Wei. In situ synthesis and in vitro biocompatibility of needly-like nano-hydroxyapatite in agar-geltin co-hydrogel. Materials Letters. 2013, 104:8-12

24. Yanying Wang, Li Zhang*, Shibo Gao, Mei Gong, Di Huang, Xiaoyan Wang, Yubao Li. Surface Modification of EVA Membrane Grafted with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) by UV Irradiation. Polymer Science B. 2013, 55(11):566-572

25. Li Zhang, Yosry Morsi, Yanying Wang, Yubao Li, Seeram Ramaknshna. Review scaffold design and stem cells for tooth regeneration. Japanese Dental Science Review. 2013,49（1）：14-26