Ma Zhe

Research direction

Polyme Physics and Processing

Education

09.2008 - 12.2012 Ph.D. Materials Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology 09.2005 - 07.2008 M.S. Polymer Process Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

08.2006 - 07.2008 Polymer Physics, University of Science and Technology of China & National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Hefei, China 

09.2001 - 07.2005 B.S.Polymer Science and Technology Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China

Employment history

04.2015 - present  Associate Professor Tianjin University. 09.2012 - 01/2015 Postdoc Eindhoven University of Technology

Areas of research interest

Polymer Crystallization Structural Evolution of Polymer under Deformation

Research projects

1. General Program of National Natural Science Fund; 2. Youth Program of Tianjin Natural Science Fund; 3. Key Program of National Natural Science Fund;

Selected publications (Journal articles, patents and books)

Z. Ma, L. Balzano, G.W.M. Peters*. "Dissolution and re-emergence of flow-induced shish in polyethylene with a broad molecular weight distribution", Macromolecules, 49, 2720-2730, (2016) Zhen Wang, Zhe Ma, Liangbin Li*, "Flow-induced crystallization of polymers: molecular and thermodynamic considerations", Macromolecules, 49, 1505-1517, (2016) K. Cui, Z. Ma, Z. Wang, Y. Ji, D. Liu, N. Huang, L. Chen, W. Zhang, L. Li*, "Kinetic process of shish formation: from stretched network to stabilized nuclei", Macromolecules, 48, 5276-5285, (2015) P.C. Roozemond, M. van Drongelen, Z. Ma, M.A. Mulsen, G.W.M. Petsrs*, "Modeling flow-induced crystallization in isotactic polypropylene at high shear rates", Journal of Rheology, 59, 613-642, (2015) E. M. Troisi, G. Portale, Zhe Ma, M. van Drongelen, D. Hermida-Merino, G. W. M. Peters*, "Unusual melting behavior in flow induced crystallization of LLDPE: effect of pressure", Macromolecules, 48, 2551-2560, (2015) K. Cui, D. Liu, Y. Ji, N. Huang, Z. Ma, Z. Wang, F. Lv, H. Yang, L. Li*, "Nonequilibrium nature of flow-induced nucleation in isotactic polypropylene", Macromolecules, 48, 694-699, (2015) P.C. Roozemond, M. van Drongelen, Z. Ma, A.B. Spoelstra, D. Hermida-Merino, G.W.M. Peters*, "Self-regulation in flow-induced structure formation of polypropylene", Macromolecular rapid communications, 36, 385-390, (2015) Z Ma, L. Balzano, G. Portale, G.W.M. Peters*. "Flow induced crystallization in isotactic polypropylene during and after flow", Polymer, 55, 6140-6150, (2014) P. C. Roozemond, Z. Ma, K. Cui, L. Li, G.W.M. Peters*, "Multimorphological crystallization of shish-kebab structures in isotactic polypropylene: Quantitative modeling of parent-daughter crystallization kinetics", Macromolecules, 47, 5152-5162, (2014) Z. Ma, L. Balzano, T.B. Van Erp, G. Portale, G.W.M. Peters*. "Short-term flow induced crystallization in isotactic polypropylene: How short is short?" Macromolecules, 46, 9249-9258, (2013) Z. Ma, L. Fernandez-Ballester, D. Cavallo, G.W.M. Peters*. "High-stress shear-induced crystallization in isotactic polypropylene and propylene/ethylene random copolymers", Macromolecules, 46, 2671-2680, (2013) Z. Ma, L. Balzano, G.W.M. Peters*. "Pressure quench of flow-induced crystallization precursors", Macromolecules, 45, 4516-4224, (2012) Y. Liu, K. Cui, N. Tian, W. Zhou, L. Meng, L. Li*, Z. Ma, X. Wang, "Stretch-induced crystal-crystal transition of polybutene-1: an in situ synchrotron radiation wide-angle X-ray scattering study", Macromolecules, 45, 2764-2772, (2012) B. Zhao, X. Li, Y. Huang, Y. Cong, Z. Ma, C. Shao, H. An, T. Yan, L. Li*, "Inducing crystallization of polymer through stretched network", Macromolecules, 42, 1428-1432, (2009).