1.    Surface functional modification created by micro-arc oxidation

2.    Porous materials fabricated via frozen casting

3.    Biomaterials design for orthopedic implants

2019.5 – Present   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China    Associate Professor

2017.8 – 2018.8   University of Bristol, UK               Research Fellow 

2015.9 – 2019.5   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China     Lecturer 

2011.9 – 2015.7   Materials Science & Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Ph.D.

2009.9 – 2011.7   Materials Science & Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Master.

2005.9 – 2009.7   Materials Science & Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China Bachelor.

2017  Honor for Excellent Doctoral Thesis, The Chinese Ceramic Society

2017  The First Prize in Science & Technology Award for Building materials, China Building Material Federation & Chinese Ceramic Society

2014  National scholarship for doctoral students, The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

Full publications list and Citation

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1625-4702

Selected Publications

[1]  Rui Zhou, Yong Han, Jianyun Cao, and et al.Enhanced Osseointegration of Hierarchically Structured Ti Implant with Electrically Bioactive SnO2-TiO2 Bilayered Surface [J], ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2018,10,36,30191-30200. (SCI: 000444793000022)

[2]  Rui Zhou, Yong Han, Jianyun Cao, and et al. Electrically Bioactive Coating on Ti with Bi-layered SnO2-TiO2 Hetero-Structure for Improving Osteointegration [J], Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2018, 6, 3989-3998. (SCI: 000435351200017)

[3]  Yixin Bai, Rui Zhou (Co-responding author), Jianyun Cao, and et al. Microarc Oxidation Coating Covered Ti Implants with Micro-Scale Gouges Formed by A Multi-Step Treatment for Improving Osseointegration [J], Materials Science and Engineering C. 2017, 76: 908-917. (SCI: 000405541600104)

[4]  Rui Zhou, Daqing Wei, JianyuCao n, and et al. Synergistic Effects of Surface Chemistry and Topologic Structure from Modified Microarc Oxidation Coatings on Ti Implants for Improving Osseointegration[J], ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2015, 7: 8932-8941.（SCI :000353931300067）

[5]  Rui Zhou, Daqing Wei, Su Cheng, and et al. Structure, MC3T3-E1 Cell Response, and Osseointegration of Macroporous Titanium Implants Covered by A Bioactive Microarc Oxidation Coating with Microporous Structure[J], ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2014, 6: 4797-4811.（SCI: 000334572800025）

[6]  Rui Zhou, Daqing Wei, Jianyun Cao, and et al.  The Effect of NaOH Concentration on The Steam-Hydrothermally Treated Bioactive Microarc Oxidation Coatings Containing Ca, P, Si and Na on Pure Ti Surface[J], Materials Science & Engineering C. 2015, 49: 669-680. （SCI: 000350514100077）

[7]  Rui Zhou, Daqing Wei, Haoyue Yang, and et al.  MC3T3-E1 Cell Response of Amorphous Phase/TiO2 Nanocrystal Composite Coating Prepared by Microarc Oxidation on Titanium[J], Materials Science & Engineering C. 2014, 39: 186-195. （SCI: 000343949200026）

[8]  Daqing Wei, Rui Zhou, Su Cheng, and et al. MC3T3-E1 Cells Response and Osseointegration of Bioactive Sphene/Titanium Oxide Composite Coatings Fabricated by A Hybrid Technique of Microarc Oxidation and Heat Treatment on Titanium[J], Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2014, 2: 2993-3008. （SCI: 000335225400005）

[9]  Daqing Wei, Rui Zhou, Su Cheng, and et al. Microarc Oxidized TiO2 Based Ceramic Coatings Combined with Cefazolin Sodium/Chitosan Composited Drug Film on Porous Titanium for Biomedical Applications[J], Materials Science & Engineering C. 2013, 33, 4118-4125. （SCI: 000325445700072）

[1]   Rui Zhou, Yong Han, Guorui Jin, Ming Li, Fabrication of electrically bioactive implant with multi-level composite structure. ZL201610810696.3 (Issued)

[2]   Rui Zhou, Yong Han, Guorui Jin, Ming Li, Method for preparing electrically bioactive implant via hydrothermally treated micro-arc oxidation coating containing Sn. ZL201610810340.X (Issued)

[3]   Rui Zhou, Yong Han, Guorui Jin, Ming Li, Preparation of TiO2/SnO2 surface on Ti implant with  electrical bioactivity. ZL201610810740.0 (Issued)

[1]   2017-2019 Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51602251): Bone bonding mechanism of structure designed titanium microarc oxidation coating regionally loaded with herbal ingredients/chitosan hydrogel

[2]   2016-2019 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2016M590941): Biological modification mechanism of microarc oxidized titanium load with patterned chitosan hydrogel

[3]   2017-2019 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2017T100745): Biological functional mechanism of microarc oxidized titanium with patterned and drug-loaded hydrogels