people: Z. Hu

Dr. Z. (Jerry) Hu

Dr. Zhiyu Hu, who is also known as Jerry Hu, is a staff scientist at the Nanoscale Science and Device group of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He is also a joint Research Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville and is holding an Honorary Professor position at the Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He received his B.S.(1986) from Yunnan University, M.A. (1995) from Fisk University, Ph.D. (2000) from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and M.B.A. (2004) from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Dr. Hu is the author of more than thirty publications in peer reviewed journals and four patents. He is the recipient of many awards that includes Discover Magazine Award, National and Regional Federal Laboratory Consortium awards and several awards from ORNL, including Inventor of the Year in 2000. He has been listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who in America, Strathmore's Who's Who, and American Men and Women of Science. He is a member of the National Physics Honor Society Sigma Pi Sigma, APS, ASME, ACS, ECS, and MRS.

In 2005, he discovered a novel nanoscale energy conversion method. This world-reported method leads toward the development of a new class of ultra-high efficiency solid-state thermoelectric generators that can convert chemical energy in fuels directly to electric power at room-temperature avoiding conventional high-temperature fuel burning and external ignition.

Dr. Hu's research interests include:

• NEMS- and MEMS-based sensors and their applications
• BioMEMS and biomedical devices such as implantable sensors and artificial retinal prosthetic system
• 3D microelectronic system and its applications
• Nanoparticles and their applications in biomedical implantable system and high efficiency energy system
• Radio-frequency identification (RFID) system and its applications in sensor network and supply chain management

Selected Publications:

Z. Y. Hu, and T. Thundat, “Nanoscale energy conversion by using nano-catalytic particles,” Preceedings of PWR2006 ASME Power, (2006) Atlanta, GA.

Z. Hu, D. Zhou, R. Greenberg, and T. Thundat, “Electrochemical characterization of Implantable High Aspect Ratio Nanoparticle Platinum Electrodes for Neural Stimulations” in Artificial Sight: Basic Research, Biomedical Engineering, and Clinical Advances, ed. by M. S. Humayun, J. D. Weiland, G. Chader and E. Greenbaum, New York: Springer, 2006.

Z. Hu, D. Zhou, R. Greenberg, and T. Thundat, “Nanoparticle Molding Method for Creating Implantable High-Aspect-Ratio Electrodes on Thin Flexible Substrates” Biomaterials,27 (9), 2009-2017 (2006). (published online Nov. 28, 2005)

Z. Hu, V. Boiadjiev, and T. Thundat, “Nano-catalytic spontaneous ignition and selfsupporting room-temperature combustion,” Energy & Fuels (19), 855-858 (2005). (published online April 18, 2005).

J.D. Adams, B. Rogers, L. Manning, Z. Hu, T. Thundat, H. Cavazos, and S.C. Minne, “Piezoelectric self-sensing of adsorption-induced microcantilever bending,” Sensors and Actuators A, 121 (2), 457-461 (2005).

Z. Hu, T. Seeley, S. Kossek and T. Thundat, “Calibration of Optical Cantilever
Deflection Readers,” Rev. Sci. Instrum, 75 (2), 400-404 (2004). *

*This paper was also selected to publish in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Feb. 9, 2004.

B. Rogers, L. Manning, M. Jones, T. Sulchek, K. Murray, B. Beneschott, J. D. Adams, Z. Hu, T. Thundat, H. Cavazos, and S. C. Minne, “Mercury Vapor Detection with a Self-Sensing, Resonating piezoelectric Cantilever,” Rev. Sci. Instrum., 74 (11), 4899-4901 (2003). **

**This paper was selected to be published in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Nov. 10, 2003.

Z. Hu, T. Thundat and R. J. Warmack, “Investigation of Adsorption and Adsorption-Induced Stress Using Microcantilever Sensors,” J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 90 (1), 428-431 (2001).

T. Thundat, E. Finot, Z. Hu, and R.H. Ritchie, G. Wu and A. Majumdar, “Chemical Sensing in Fourier Space,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 77 (24), 4061-4063 (2000).

H.-F. Ji, K. M. Hansen, Z. Hu, and T. Thundat, “Detection of pH Variation Using Modified Micromechanical Cantilevers,” Sensors and Actuators B 3641, 1-6 (2000).

C.L. Britton, Jr., R. L. Jones, P. I. Oden, Z. Hu, R. J. Warmack, S. F. Smith, W. L. Bryan, J. M. Rochelle et al., “Multiple-Input Microcantilever Sensors,” Ultramicroscopy, 82, 17-21 (2000).

T. Thundat, E. Finot, Z. Hu, L. Maya, M. Ally , C.-L. Tie and A. Majumdar, “Microcantilever Chemical Sensors Molecular and Microscale Transport Phenomenon,” Microscale Thermophysical Engr., 1(3) 185-99, (1999).