Faculty profile
Hao Zhang
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Research
Latest papers
Interactions between calcium ion and functional groups of organic scale inhibitors in aqueous solutions: an ab initio study.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP · 2026 · senior author
Adsorption and interaction mechanisms of asphaltene subfractions on silica surfaces.
Journal of colloid and interface science · 2026
Interfacial interactions between oil and porous calcium carbonate in brine: Insights for enhanced oil recovery and spill remediation.
Journal of colloid and interface science · 2026
Latest funding
- $99,000
Understanding Hydrogen Embrittlement in Steels from Atomistic Perspective
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $70,000
Identifying the influence of environmental factors and steel surface conditions on hydrogen uptake under high-pressure hydrogen transportation and storage conditions
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $100,000
Scalable preparation of g-C3N4 nanosheets and quantum dots for metal anode protection and nitrogen reduction
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
93 publications.
Interactions between calcium ion and functional groups of organic scale inhibitors in aqueous solutions: an ab initio study.
Li Y, Zhang J, Zeng H, Zhang H
Adsorption and interaction mechanisms of asphaltene subfractions on silica surfaces.
Ma H, Wang Y, Zhao Z, Sun Y, Zhang W, Mao X, Hu Y, Zhang H, Zeng H
Interfacial interactions between oil and porous calcium carbonate in brine: Insights for enhanced oil recovery and spill remediation.
Chai R, Yang D, Liu Y, Li J, Huang P, Sun Y, He Y, Zhang H, Zeng H
Hierarchical relaxation and the microscopic origin of fast Li+ ions transport in Li7La3Zr2O12.
Zhang J, Douglas JF, Zhang H
Phase control in vanadium recovery via matrix-introduced interfacial atomic diffusion.
Yue H, Tan X, Zhang H, Tian T, Liu J
Synergistic Anode and Cathode Stabilization in Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries via a pH-Stabilizing and Interface-Adsorbing Additive.
Li Z, Qu K, Li Y, Lu X, Zhang H, Bai Z, Wang X
Microscopic origin of pressure-dependent diffusion in supercritical carbon dioxide from ab initio molecular dynamics.
Li Y, Zhang J, Liu X, Zeng Y, Jin Z, Zhang H
First-Principles Study of the Interfacial Wetting Behavior of MXene/Cu Composites.
Lv G, Lyu G, Qian W, Zhang H, Li S, Qian P
Inner Helmholtz layer control through co-solvent strategies for high-performance copper hexacyanoferrate//zinc battery.
Chai Z, Zhao Z, Li P, Zhang H, Li G
Experimental Study on Hydrogen-Induced Crack Propagation of X80 Steel Under Alternating Pressure Fluctuations.
Wang A, Wang B, Jiang R, Nie R, Cui G, Liu J, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Xing X
Understanding Hydrogen Embrittlement in Steels from Atomistic Perspective
Principal investigators: Zhang, Hao
Keywords: hydrogen embrittlement; molecular dynamics; density functional theory; diffusion; net-zero emission; grain boundaries; dislocations; crack; steel; mechanical property
Identifying the influence of environmental factors and steel surface conditions on hydrogen uptake under high-pressure hydrogen transportation and storage conditions
Principal investigators: Zhang, Hao H
Keywords: density functional theory; hydrogen embrittlement; hydrogen permeation; hydrogen transportation and storgae; hydrogen uptake; materials characterization; molecular dynamics; pipeline steels; supercritical hydrogen; zero-emission
Scalable preparation of g-C3N4 nanosheets and quantum dots for metal anode protection and nitrogen reduction
Principal investigators: Li, Zhi Z
Understanding nucleation, growth, precipitation and breakup behaviors and surface interaction mechanisms of calcite for developing effective anti-scaling strategies in coal mining
Principal investigators: Zeng, Hongbo H
Advanced universal mechanical tester for probing tribological interaction mechanisms at interfaces in complex fluids
Principal investigators: Zeng, Hongbo
The Role of Cooperative Atomic Motion in the Plastic Deformation of Metallic Glasses
Principal investigators: Zhang, Hao
The Role of Cooperative Atomic Motion in the Plastic Deformation of Metallic Glasses
Principal investigators: Zhang, Hao
Predictive crack growth models for pipeline integrity and risk management - phase III
Principal investigators: Chen, Weixing
Cooperative Atomic Motion in the Interfacial Dynamics of Strongly Interacting Particle Systems
Principal investigators: Zhang, Hao
Predictive crack growth models for pipeline integrity and risk management - phase II
Principal investigators: Chen, Weixing
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Luciana Catanese and Ashkan Shoamanesh: 57 shared papers
- Luciana Catanese and Houman Khosravani: 33 shared papers
- Hongbo Zeng and Hao Zhang: 25 shared papers
- Luciana Catanese and Aleksandra Pikula: 21 shared papers
- Hongbo Zeng and Qingxia Liu: 20 shared papers
- Tian Tang and Hongbo Zeng: 18 shared papers
- Hongbo Zeng and Qi Liu: 16 shared papers
- Houman Khosravani and Aleksandra Pikula: 15 shared papers
- Ashkan Shoamanesh and Aleksandra Pikula: 12 shared papers
- Ge Li and Hao Zhang: 11 shared papers
- Ashkan Shoamanesh and Houman Khosravani: 8 shared papers
- Ge Li and Xiaolei Wang: 7 shared papers
- Jing Liu and Hongbo Zeng: 7 shared papers
- Hao Zhang and Qingxia Liu: 7 shared papers
- Hao Zhang and Xiaolei Wang: 6 shared papers
- Hao Zhang and Qi Liu: 6 shared papers
- Luciana Catanese and Thalia Field: 5 shared papers
- Houman Khosravani and Thalia Field: 5 shared papers
- Zamaneh Kassiri and Hao Zhang: 5 shared papers
- Tian Tang and Qi Liu: 4 shared papers
- Qi Liu and Qingxia Liu: 4 shared papers
- Ashkan Shoamanesh and Thalia Field: 3 shared papers
- Aleksandra Pikula and Gustavo Saposnik: 3 shared papers
- Jing Liu and Hao Zhang: 3 shared papers
- Phillip Choi and Qingxia Liu: 3 shared papers
- Ashkan Shoamanesh and Gustavo Saposnik: 2 shared papers
- Houman Khosravani and Gustavo Saposnik: 2 shared papers
- Tian Tang and Hao Zhang: 2 shared papers
- Amit Kumar and Hao Zhang: 2 shared papers
- Hongbo Zeng and Xiaolei Wang: 2 shared papers
- Phillip Choi and Qi Liu: 2 shared papers
- Hao Zhang and Zhi Li: 2 shared papers
- Luciana Catanese and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Luciana Catanese and Rishi Gupta: 1 shared paper
- Ashkan Shoamanesh and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Ashkan Shoamanesh and Rishi Gupta: 1 shared paper
- Houman Khosravani and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Houman Khosravani and Rishi Gupta: 1 shared paper
- Richard Thompson and Hongbo Zeng: 1 shared paper
- Richard Thompson and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Zamaneh Kassiri and Khaled Barakat: 1 shared paper
- Thalia Field and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Xi-Long Zheng and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Aleksandra Pikula and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Khaled Barakat and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Gustavo Saposnik and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Ge Li and Hongbo Zeng: 1 shared paper
- Jing Liu and Tian Tang: 1 shared paper
- Jing Liu and Zhehui Jin: 1 shared paper
- Hongbo Zeng and Zhi Li: 1 shared paper
- Phillip Choi and Hao Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Hao Zhang and Rishi Gupta: 1 shared paper
- Hao Zhang and Zhehui Jin: 1 shared paper
- Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Medicine
- Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering - University of Alberta
- Physiology
- Chemical & Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Hongbo Zeng
Chemical and Materials Engineering
25 shared papers, latest 2026
Ge Li
Mechanical Engineering
11 shared papers, latest 2025
Qingxia Liu
Chemical and Materials Engineering
7 shared papers, latest 2023
Xiaolei Wang
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering - University of Alberta
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Qi Liu
Chemical and Materials Engineering
6 shared papers, latest 2023
Zamaneh Kassiri
Physiology
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Jing Liu
Chemical & Materials Engineering
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Zhi Li
chemical and materials engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Tian Tang
Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Amit Kumar
Mechanical Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Zhehui Jin
Civil and Environmental Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Rishi Gupta
Civil Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Aleksandra Pikula
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Khaled Barakat
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Gustavo Saposnik
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Luciana Catanese
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Phillip Choi
Chemical and Materials Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Ashkan Shoamanesh
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Houman Khosravani
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Richard Thompson
Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Thalia Field
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Xi-Long Zheng
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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