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Biography<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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  • 2024\/10-present: Researcher, Laboratoire Navier, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chauss\u00e9es, Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel, Marne-la-Vall\u00e9e, France<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2022\/12-2024\/09: Postdoc, Laboratoire de M\u00e9canique et G\u00e9nie Civil (LMGC), Universit\u00e9 de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2021\/04-2022\/11: Visiting PhD student, Laboratoire Navier, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chauss\u00e9es, Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel, Marne-la-Vall\u00e9e, France<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2017\/09-2022\/11: PhD thesis, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2013\/09-2017\/06: Bachelor, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Research themes<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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    • Multiscale modeling (ab initio calculation, molecular dynamics simulation, coarse-grained simulation)<\/li>\n
    • Enhanced sampling methods (metadynamics, umbrella sampling)<\/li>\n
    • Physical chemistry of cementitious materials (carbonation, freeze-thaw, cement hydration, etc.)<\/li>\n
    • Decarbonization in cement concrete (carbon mineralization, low-carbon binder, low-carbon clinker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Teaching<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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      • Physical Chemistry of Cementitious Materials (M.Sc. level)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Selected Publications<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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        • X. Zhu, Y. Tao, R. Dupuis, Y. Gao, C.S. Poon, K. Ioannidou, R. J-M. Pellenq, Molecular Mechanisms of CO2<\/sub> Mineralization on Wetting Nanoscale Surfaces Using Molecular Simulations and Metadynamics, Nature Communications. 2025\u00a0<\/span>16(1), 10758.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • X. Zhu, R. Dupuis, R.J.M. Pellenq, K. Ioannidou, Collective molecular-scale carbonation path in aqueous solutions with sufficient structural sampling: From CO2<\/sub> to CaCO3<\/sub>, J. Chem. Phys. 161(18) (2024) 184502.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 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<\/sub> intake in metastable water film in mesoporous materials, Nat. Commun. 15(1) (2024) 10790.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 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.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 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.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 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.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 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.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 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.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 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.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 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.\u00a0 (2022) 104811.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • X. Zhu, Z. Jiang, B. He, C. Qian, Investigation on the physical stability of calcium-silicate-hydrate with varying CaO\/SiO2<\/sub> ratios under cryogenic attack, Constr. Build. Mater. 252 (2020) 119103.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 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<\/sub> ratios under cryogenic attack, Cem. Concr. Res. 135 (2020) 106114.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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