Xinping Zhu - Laboratoire NAVIER

Biography

2024/10-present: Researcher, Laboratoire Navier, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Université Gustave Eiffel, Marne-la-Vallée, France
2022/12-2024/09: Postdoc, Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil (LMGC), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
2021/04-2022/11: Visiting PhD student, Laboratoire Navier, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Université Gustave Eiffel, Marne-la-Vallée, France
2017/09-2022/11: PhD thesis, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2013/09-2017/06: Bachelor, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China

Research themes

Multiscale modeling (ab initio calculation, molecular dynamics simulation, coarse-grained simulation)
Enhanced sampling methods (metadynamics, umbrella sampling)
Physical chemistry of cementitious materials (carbonation, freeze-thaw, cement hydration, etc.)
Decarbonization in cement concrete (carbon mineralization, low-carbon binder, low-carbon clinker)

Teaching

Physical Chemistry of Cementitious Materials (M.Sc. level)

Selected Publications

X. Zhu, Y. Tao, R. Dupuis, Y. Gao, C.S. Poon, K. Ioannidou, R. J-M. Pellenq, Molecular Mechanisms of CO₂ Mineralization on Wetting Nanoscale Surfaces Using Molecular Simulations and Metadynamics, Nature Communications. 2025 (Accepted)
X. Zhu, R. Dupuis, R.J.M. Pellenq, K. Ioannidou, Collective molecular-scale carbonation path in aqueous solutions with sufficient structural sampling: From CO₂ to CaCO₃, J. Chem. Phys. 161(18) (2024) 184502.
G. Li, Y. Tao, X. Zhu, Y. Gao, P. Shen, B. Yin, R. Dupuis, K. Ioannidou, R.J.M. Pellenq, C.S. Poon, Optimal CO₂ intake in metastable water film in mesoporous materials, Nat. Commun. 15(1) (2024) 10790.
X. Zhu, L. Brochard, M. Vandamme, Q. Ren, C. Li, Z. Jiang, A hierarchical C-S-H/organic superstructure with high stiffness, super-low porosity, and low mass density, Cem. Concr. Res. 176 (2024) 107407.
X. Zhu, M. Vandamme, Z. Jiang, L. Brochard, Molecular simulation of the confined crystallization of ice in cement nanopore, J. Chem. Phys. 159(15) (2023) 154704.
X. Zhu, L. Brochard, Z. Jiang, M. Vandamme, Molecular simulations of premelted films between C-S-H and ice: Implication for cryo-suction in cement-based materials, Cem. Concr. Res. 174 (2023) 107341.
X. Zhu, L. Brochard, M. Vandamme, Z. Jiang, Scaling of nanoscale elastic and tensile failure properties of cementitious calcium-silicate-hydrate materials at cryogenic temperatures: A molecular simulation study, Cem. Concr. Res. 172 (2023) 107242.
X. Zhu, M. Vandamme, L. Brochard, Z. Zhang, Q. Ren, C. Li, B. He, H. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Q. Chen, Z. Jiang, Nature of aluminates in C-A-S-H: A cryogenic stability insight, an extension of DNA-code rule, and a general structural-chemical formula, Cem. Concr. Res. 167 (2023) 107131.
X. Zhu, Q. Ren, B. He, H. Zhang, Z. Jiang, Upscaling degradation of cementitious calcium (aluminate) silicate hydrate upon ultra-low temperature attack: A multiscale insight and a bottom-up enhancement route, Compos. B. Eng. 243 (2022) 110122.
X. Zhu, Q. Ren, B. He, H. Zhang, Z. Jiang, The nanomechanical nature of cementitious calcium-(alumino)silicate-hydrate under ultra-low temperature attack: An intrinsic transition and the role of aluminum for bottom-up enhancement, Cem. Concr. Compos. (2022) 104811.
X. Zhu, Z. Jiang, B. He, C. Qian, Investigation on the physical stability of calcium-silicate-hydrate with varying CaO/SiO₂ ratios under cryogenic attack, Constr. Build. Mater. 252 (2020) 119103.
X. Zhu, C. Qian, B. He, Q. Chen, Z. Jiang, Experimental study on the stability of C-S-H nanostructures with varying bulk CaO/SiO₂ ratios under cryogenic attack, Cem. Concr. Res. 135 (2020) 106114.