Zhang Chi

First Name

Chi

Last Name

Zhang

Professional Title/Position

Associate Professor

Highest Degree

Doctorate

Affiliation

Department

College of Natural Resources and Environment

E-mail

chizhang@nwafu.edu.cn

Research area

Soil chemistry; Environmental Geochemistry

Educational Qualifications（教育背景）

 Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2013, Bachelor in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Northwest A&F University, P.R. China.

 Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2019, Doctor in Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, P.R. China.

 Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2017, PhD student in Laboratoire SUBATECH, France.

Professional Experience （工作经历）

 Jun. 2019-present, Northwest A&F University, Associate Professor

Academic Publications（科研成果）

[1] Zhang C., Liu L, Dai Y., Zhu K., Liu Z., Jia H.* (2022)

Molecular dynamics simulations of exchange behavior of radionuclides into montmorillonite: Unraveling the dynamic processes and microscopic structures. Appl. Clay Sci. in press

[2] Liu J., Zhang C.#, Zhao S., Wang Z., Zhang X., Zhu K., Liu Z, Dai Y., Jia H*. (2022) Coexistence of MnO2 impedes the degradation of BPA in iron oxide/ascorbic acid systems: disclosing the molecular mechanism. Sep. Purif. Technol. 292, 121036.

[3] Zhang, C., Liu, L., Chen, X., Dai, Y. and Jia, H*. (2022) Mechanistic understanding of antimony(V) complexation on montmorillonite surfaces: Insights from first-principles molecular dynamics. Chem. Eng. J. 428, 131157.

[4] Liu, L., Zhang, C.*, Jiang, W., Li, X., Dai, Y. and Jia, H.* (2021) Understanding the sorption behaviors of heavy metal ions in the interlayer and nanopore of montmorillonite: A molecular dynamics study. J. Hazard. Mater. 416, 125976.

[5] Liu, J., Zhang, C.#, Zhao, S., Zhu, K., Liu, J., Wang, Z., Dai, Y. and Jia, H.* (2021) Deciphering the transformation mechanism of substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on Al(III)-montmorillonite: An experimental and density functional theory study. Sci. Total Environ. 786, 147493.

[6] Ni, Z., Zhang, C.#, Wang, Z., Zhao, S., Fan, X. and Jia, H.* (2021) Performance and potential mechanism of transformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on various iron oxides. J. Hazard. Mater. 403, 123993.

[7] Zhang, C., Liu, L. and Jia, H.* (2020) An Atomic-Scale Understanding of the Solution Chemistry of Antimony(V): Insights from First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Inorg. Chem. 59(21), 15741-15750.

[8] Zhao, S., Zhang, C.#, Ni, Z., Zhu, K., Liu, J., Dai, Y. and Jia, H.* (2020) Optimized extraction of environmentally persistent free radicals from clays contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environ. Chem. Lett. 18, 3, 949-955.

[9] Zhang, C., Liu, X. *, Lu, X., Meijer, E.J., Wang, R. (2019) Understanding the Heterogeneous Nucleation of Heavy Metal Phyllosilicates on Clay Edges with First-Principles Molecular Dynamics. Environ. Sci. Technol. 53, 13704-13712.

[10] Zhang, C., Liu, X. *, Lu, X., Meijer, E.J., Wang, R. (2019) An atomic-scale understanding of the initial stage of nucleation of heavy metal cations on clay edges. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 248, 161-171.

[11] Zhang, C., Liu, X., Tinnacher, R.M., Tournassat, C. (2018) Mechanistic understanding of uranyl ion complexation on montmorillonite edges: A combined first-principles molecular dynamics-surface complexation modeling approach. Environ. Sci. Technol. 52, 8501-8509.

[12] Zhang, C., Liu, X.*, Lu, X. and He, M. (2018) Complexation of heavy metal cations on clay edges at elevated temperatures. Chem. Geol. 479, 36-46.

[13] Zhang, C., Liu, X.*, Lu, X., He, M., Meijer, E.J. and Wang, R. (2017) Surface complexation of heavy metal cations on clay edges: insights from first principles molecular dynamics simulation of Ni(II). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 203, 54-68.

[14] Zhang, C., Liu, X.*, Lu, X., Meijer, E.J., Wang, K., He, M. and Wang, R. (2016) Cadmium(II) complexes adsorbed on clay edge surfaces: Insight from first principles molecular dynamics simulation. Clays Clay Miner. 64, 337-347.

[15] Lu, X.*, Zhang, C., Cui, X., Zhu, T. and Zong, M. (2020) Nucleation and Growth of Crystal on a Substrate Surface: Structure Matching at the Atomistic Level, Crystallization via Nonclassical Pathways Volume 1: Nucleation, Assembly, Observation & Application. American Chemical Society, pp. 295-310.

Award & Academic Service（获奖及学术服务）

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