Dr Yuan Xu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
+61 7 336 54920
Researcher biography
Yuan Xu completed a Bachelor of Engineering degree (Chemical and Material) from the University of Queensland in 2015. After that, he started his PhD in the research field of colloidal science, rheology and chemical engineering, supervised by Professor Jason Stokes. He has continued in UQ as postdoctoral research fellow since 2019, at which, he has contributed to multidisciplinary projects including viscoelastic lubrication of soft matter systems, and programming structural anisotropy in nanocellulose hydrogels. His research capability focuses on the area of rheology, colloidal science/ physical chemistry, material/physical science, soft matters/complex fluids, and tribology/lubrication.
Book Chapter
Stokes, Jason R. and Xu, Yuan (2019). Rheology of food materials: impact on and relevance in food processing. Reference module in food science. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-08-100596-5.21076-7
Journal Articles
Cartwright, Ben, Xu, Yuan and Stokes, Jason R. (2024). Substrate and fluid film mechanics in rolling-sliding soft contact tribology. Tribology International, 192 109271, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2024.109271
Xu, Yuan, Gilbert, Elliot P., Sokolova, Anna and Stokes, Jason R. (2024). Phase transition and gelation in cellulose nanocrystal-based aqueous suspensions studied by SANS. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 658, 660-670. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.12.041
Barrat, Jean-Louis, Del Gado, Emanuela, Egelhaaf, Stefan U., Mao, Xiaoming, Dijkstra, Marjolein, Pine, David J, Kumar, Sanat K, Bishop, Kyle, Gang, Oleg, Obermeyer, Allie, Papadakis, Christine M., Tsitsilianis, Costantinos, Smalyukh, Ivan I., Hourlier-Fargette, Aurelie, Andrieux, Sebastien, Drenckhan, Wiebke, Wagner, Norman, Murphy, Ryan P., Weeks, Eric R., Cerbino, Roberto, Han, Yilong, Cipelletti, Luca, Ramos, Laurence, Poon, Wilson C. K., Richards, James A., Cohen, Itai, Furst, Eric M., Nelson, Alshakim, Craig, Stephen L. ... Kwon, Jiheon (2023). Soft matter roadmap. Journal of Physics: Materials, 7 (1) 012501, 1-104. doi: 10.1088/2515-7639/ad06cc
Fu, Yao and Xu, Yuan (2023). Investigation into psychological contract in ethically disciplined group: a case study of academics in Chinese higher education. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 1157532. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1157532
Lim, Ming Y., Xu, Yuan, Shewan, Heather M. and Stokes, Jason R. (2022). Entrainment mechanism of viscoplastic fat particles and tribofilm formation in soft contact tribology. Biotribology, 32 100220, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.biotri.2022.100220
Xu, Yuan, Cartwright, Ben, Advincula, Lian, Myant, Connor and Stokes, Jason R. (2021). Generalised scaling law for soft contact tribology: influence of load and asymmetric surface deformation. Tribology International, 163 107192, 107192. doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2021.107192
Xie, Yiqian, Xu, Yuan and Xu, Jian (2021). pH-responsive pickering foam created from self-aggregate polymer using dynamic covalent bond. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 597, 383-392. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.04.003
Geurds, Lauren, Xu, Yuan and Stokes, Jason R. (2021). Friction of lubricated hydrogels: Influence of load, speed and lubricant viscosity. Biotribology, 25 100162, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biotri.2021.100162
Rodrigues, Sophia A., Shewan, Heather M., Xu, Yuan, Selway, Nichola and Stokes, Jason R. (2021). Frictional behaviour of molten chocolate as a function of fat content. Food and Function, 12 (6), 2457-2467. doi: 10.1039/d0fo03378b
Xu, Yuan and Stokes, Jason R. (2020). Soft lubrication of model shear-thinning fluids. Tribology International, 152 106541. doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106541
Xu, Yuan, Atrens, Aleks and Stokes, Jason R. (2020). A review of nanocrystalline cellulose suspensions: rheology, liquid crystal ordering and colloidal phase behaviour. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 275 102076, 102076. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.102076
Xu, Yuan, Atrens, Aleks and Stokes, Jason R. (2019). Structure and rheology of liquid crystal hydroglass formed in aqueous nanocrystalline cellulose suspensions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 555, 702-713. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.08.022
Xu, Yuan, Atrens, Aleks D. and Stokes, Jason R. (2019). Liquid crystal hydroglass formed via phase separation of nanocellulose colloidal rods. Soft Matter, 15 (8), 1716-1720. doi: 10.1039/c8sm02288g
Xu, Yuan, Atrens, Aleks D. and Stokes, Jason R. (2018). "Liquid, gel and soft glass" phase transitions and rheology of nanocrystalline cellulose suspensions as a function of concentration and salinity. Soft Matter, 14 (10), 1953-1963. doi: 10.1039/c7sm02470c
Xu, Yuan, Atrens, Aleks D. and Stokes, Jason R. (2017). Rheology and microstructure of aqueous suspensions of nanocrystalline cellulose rods. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 496, 130-140. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.02.020
Hong, Ming, Geng, Yuanyuan, Liu, Mei, Xu, Yuan, Lee, Yong-Ill, Hao, Jingcheng and Liu, Hong-Guo (2014). Emulsion-directed liquid/liquid interfacial fabrication of lanthanide ion-doped block copolymer composite thin films. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 438, 212-219. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.09.085
Thesis
Xu, Yuan (2019). Rheology and structure of aqueous nanocrystalline cellulose suspensions. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.590