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Dr X L Zhang - EPSRC - EP/G009732/1

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Lead researcher

Professor Xunli Zhang PhD, DIC, FRSC, CChem, CEng

Head of Department-Chemical Engineerg

Research interests

  • Xunli’s key expertise lies in the area of microfluidics technology from design and fabrication of microfluidic devices, through the development of in-situ monitoring methods for bio/chemical processes, to microfluidic modelling, microsystems integration and automation. The application is largely associated with biomedical challenges like patient specific design of microfluidic devices for cancer treatment, rapid diagnosis, and tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The continuous flow reactors have been used for the synthesis of a range of nanoparticles, both organic and inorganic, for application in drug delivery and energy saving. The technologies developed in his research have also found great potential for industrial applications through a variety of industrial collaborations. 

Research outputs

In situ microspectroscopic monitoring within a microfluidic reactor
Robert Zmijan,
Michele Carboni,
Lorenzo Capretto,
Eugen Stulz,
& Xunli Zhang
, 2014 , RSC Advances , 4 (28) , 14569--14572
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra01650e
Type: article
Microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip preparation routes for organic nanoparticles and vesicular systems for nanomedicine applications
Lorenzo Capretto,
Dario Carugo,
Stefania Mazzitelli,
Claudio Nastruzzi,
& Xunli Zhang
, 2013 , Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews , 65 (11-12) , 1496--1532
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2013.08.002
Type: article
Production of polymeric micelles by microfluidic technology for combined drug delivery: application to osteogenic differentiation of human periodontal ligament mesenchymal stem cells (hPDLSCs)
L. Capretto,
S. Mazzitelli,
G. Colombo,
R. Piva,
L. Penolazzi,
R. Vecchiatini,
X. Zhang,
& C. Nastruzzi
, 2013 , International Journal of Pharmaceutics , 440 (2) , 195--206
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2012.07.057
Type: article
Mithramycin encapsulated in polymeric micelles by microfluidic technology as novel therapeutic protocol for beta-thalassemia
Lorenzo Capretto,
Stefania Mazzitelli,
Eleonora Brognara,
Ilaria Lampronti,
Dario Carugo,
Martyn Hill,
Xunli Zhang,
Roberto Gambari,
& Claudio Nastruzzi
, 2012 , International Journal of Nanomedicine , 7 , 307--324
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S25657
Type: article
Mechanism of co-nanoprecipitation of organic actives and block copolymers in a microfluidic environment
Lorenzo Capretto,
Wei Cheng,
Dario Carugo,
Orestis L. Katsamenis,
Martyn Hill,
& Xunli Zhang
, 2012 , Nanotechnology , 23 (37) , 375602
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/37/375602
Type: article
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