Dr. Ping Zhu
Dr. Ping Zhu is an associate professor of engineering at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Zhu has been working with thermoplastic elastomers in the following three fields.
- Poly(ether-b-amide) (PEBA) elastomer: synthesis, production, characterization, foaming, fatigue behavior, degradation
- Thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU) for medical devices: synthesis, structure-property relationship
- In situ Synchrotron X-ray scattering and diffraction of the elastomer and the strain-induced crystallization
He once worked in Akzo Nobel, 3M with industrial protective coatings, 2K adhesives, and aliphatic TPU film. In 2023, he received the China Patent Gloden Award (2/6) and Beijing Municipal Second Award for Science and Technology (6/9). He is currently staying at the chair of Medical Materials and Implants as a visiting scholar with the topic of bio-compatible polyurethane for medical implants.