Research interests:

1.         Ceramic nanowires-assembled resilient aerogel

2.         High entropy ceramics

Experience：

2020.8 – Present   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Assistant Professor

Education：

2015.09-2020.06  Xi‘an Jiaotong University, China, Ph.D

2018.11-2019.11  University of California, Irvine, United States, Visiting Scholar

2013.09-2015.06  Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, Master

2008.09-2012.07  Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, China, Bachelor

Honor & Awards：

2022  Honor for Excellent Ph. D Thesis, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2020  Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2018  National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

Representative Publications：

Full publications list and Citation

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9m0dUiEAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN

Selected Publications

1.  Lei Su#, Huaixun Huyan#, Abhishek Sarkar, Wenpei Gao, Xingxu Yan, Christopher Addiego, Robert Kruk, Horst Hahn*, Xiaoqing Pan*. Direct observation of elemental fluctuation and oxygen distortion-dependent charge distribution in high entropy perovskite oxides. Nat. Commun., 2022, 13: 1-10.

2.    Lei Su, Hongjie Wang*, Min Niu, Sheng Dai, Zhixin Cai, Biguo Yang, Huaixun Huyan, Xiaoqing Pan. Anisotropic and hierarchical SiC@SiO₂ nanowire aerogel with exceptional stiffness and stability for thermal superinsulation. Sci. Adv., 2020，6: eaay6689.

3.    Lei Su, Hongjie Wang*, Min Niu, Xingyu Fan, Mingbo Ma, Zhongqi Shi, Sheng-Wu Guo. Ultralight, recoverable and high-temperature-resistant SiC nanowire aerogel. ACS Nano, 2018, 12: 3103−3111.

4.    Lei Su, Hongjie Wang*, Shuhai Jia, Sheng Dai, Min Niu, Junqiang Ren, Xuefeng Lu, Zhixin Cai, De Lu, Mingzhu Li, Liang Xu, Sheng-Wu Guo, Lei Zhuang, Kang Peng. Highly stretchable, crack-insensitive and compressible ceramic aerogel. ACS nano, 2021, 15: 18354-18362.

5.    Lei Su, Mingzhu Li, Hongjie Wang*, Min Niu, De Lu, Zhixin Cai. Resilient Si₃N₄ nanobelt aerogel as fire-resistant and electromagnetic wave-transparent thermal insulator. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11: 15795−15803.

6.    Lei Su, Min Niu, De Lu, Zhixin Cai, Mingzhu Li, Hongjie Wang*. A review on the emerging resilient and multifunctional ceramic aerogels, J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2021, 75: 1-13.

7.    Zhixin Cai#, Lei Su#, Hongjie Wang, Min Niu, Hongfei Gao, De Lu, Mingzhu Li. Hydrophobic SiC@C Nanowire Foam with Broad-Band and Mechanically Controlled Electromagnetic Wave Absorption. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12: 8555−8562.

8.    Zhixin Cai, Lei Su*, Hongjie Wang*, Min Niu, Liting Tao, De Lu, Liang Xu, Mingzhu Li, Hongfei Gao. Alternating multilayered Si3N4/SiC aerogels for broadband and high-temperature electromagnetic wave absorption up to 1000 °C, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13: 16704-16712.

9.    Mingzhu Li, Lei Su*, Hongjie Wang*, Pengfei Wan, Pengfei Guo, Zhixin Cai, Hongfei Gao, Zijun Zhang, De Lu. Stretchable and compressible Si₃N₄ nanofiber sponge with aligned microstructure for highly efficient particulate matter filtration under high-velocity airflow. Small, 2021, 17, 2100556.

10.   Lei Su, Baoyu Li, Hongjie Wang*, Min Niu, Xingyu Fan. SiOC modified carbon-bonded carbon fiber composite with SiC nanowires enhanced interfibrous junctions. J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2020, 103: 3321–3329.

11.   Liang Xu, Lei Su*, Hongjie Wang*, Hongfei Gao, De Lu, Kang Peng, Min Niu, Zhixin Cai. Tuning stoichiometry of high-entropy oxides for tailorable thermal expansion coefficients and low thermal conductivity. J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2022, 105 (2): 1548-1557.

12.   Zhixin Cai, Lei Su*, Hongjie Wang*, Qiang Xie, Hongfei Gao, Min Niu, De Lu. Hierarchically assembled carbon microtube@SiC nanowire/Ni nanoparticle aerogel for highly efficient electromagnetic wave absorption and multifunction, Carbon, 2022, 191: 227-235.