Dr. Z. (Zhu) Zhang

Leonard S. Ornsteinlaboratorium
Princetonplein 1
3584 CC Utrecht

Dr. Z. (Zhu) Zhang

Researcher
Nanophotonics
z.zhang@uu.nl

Publications

2026

Scholarly publications

Zhang, Z., Tao, H., Lian, C., van Roij, R., & Faez, S. (2026). Optical voltammetry of redox processes inside a nanohole with opto-iontronic microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(5), Article e2530250123. [DOI] [Portal]

2025

Scholarly publications

Quazza, C., Zhang, Z., Redor, S., Morel, C., Kirsanova, M. A., Elkaïm, E., Hrabovsky, D., Abakumov, A. M., Avdeev, M., Lemineur, J. F., Kanoufi, F., Tarascon, J. M., & Rousse, G. (2025). Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical, optical and magnetic properties of new members of the Li2M2W2O9(M = Mn, Fe, Co) family. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Dogru Yuksel, I. B., Zhang, Z., Vreugdenhil, M., Mosk, A. P., van Oosten, D., & Faez, S. (2025). Laser-patterned thin-film electrodes: Imaging ion accumulation and trapped nanoparticles. APL Photonics, 10(8), Article 086103. [DOI] [Portal]
Afsahi, N., Zhang, Z., Faez, S., Noël, J.-M., Panda, M. R., Majumder, M., Naseri, N., Lemineur, J.-F., & Kanoufi, F. (2025). Seeing nanoscale electrocatalytic reactions at individual MoS2 particles under an optical microscope: probing sub-mM oxygen reduction reaction. Faraday Discussions, 257, 107-125. [DOI] [Portal]

2023

Scholarly publications

Peters, A., Zhang, Z., & Faez, S. (2023). Dark-field light scattering microscope with focus stabilization. HardwareX, 14, Article e00424. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, Z., & Faez, S. (2023). Iontronic microscopy of a tungsten microelectrode: “seeing” ionic currents under an optical microscope. Faraday Discussions, 246, 426-440. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, Z. (2023). Iontronic monitoring and regulation of colloidal particles and electrochemical reactions inside nanostructures. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. [DOI] [Repository]

2021

Scholarly publications

Zhang, Z., Yang, J., Lian, C., & Faez, S. (2021). Computing the local ion concentration variations for electric-double-layer-modulation microscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54(38), Article 384005. [DOI] [Portal]

2020

Scholarly publications

Wu, Z., Qian, F., Wang, Y., Wu, J., Dziki, M., & Zhang, Z. (2020). Decentralized Youla parameterized adaptive regulation with application to surface shape control for magnetic fluid deformable mirrors. Mechatronics, 68, Article 102346. [DOI] [Portal]
Zhang, Z., De Graaf, J., & Faez, S. (2020). Regulating the aggregation of colloidal particles in an electro-osmotic micropump. Soft Matter, 16(47), 10707-10715. [DOI] [Repository]

2019

Scholarly publications

Yeroshenko, B., Speets, P., Carattino, A. J., Zhang, Z., Mosk, A. P., & Ebrahimi Pour Faez, S. (2019). Monitoring the charge of a single nanoparticle in an aqueous solution. Poster session presented at Physics@Veldhoven 2019, Veldhoven, Netherlands.