Profile of Dr. Xu Zhang

Abstract

research is mainly focused on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural diseases, such as chronic pain and X-linked intellectual disability. He has found the changes in gene expression patterns of somatosensory ganglia and the spinal cord after nerve injury and inflammation, and several important mechanisms for regulating the functions of neuropeptides, opioid receptors, Na + /K + pump and voltage-gated sodium channel in the nociceptive sensory neurons. He has also explored the genes related to mental retardation and their underlying mechanisms.

Non‐Fermi Liquids as Highly Active Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysts

“…Also, Hg 2 Ru 2 O 7 outperforms among the Ru‐based catalysts, showing the lowest overpotential and the highest TOF (see the OER activity in Table S6, Supporting Information). Furthermore, the overpotential of Hg 2 Ru 2 O 7 is 174(8) mV at 20 mA cm −2 and 269(16) mV at 100 mA cm −2 , exhibiting the comparable values with state‐of‐the‐art OER catalysts including oxygen‐incorporated NiFeS (259 mV at 20 mA cm −2 ) and NiFe 2 O 4 NiOOH (270 mV at 100 mA cm −2 ). The low overpotential and a small Tafel slope can be rationalized in terms of the electronic structure of Hg 2 Ru 2 O 7 (Ru 5+ : 4d, t 2g 3 e g 0 ) where the localized d‐band coexists with the metallic state (Figure b).…”