Associate Professor

09/2009-01/2015, Tsinghua University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D

09/2005-07/2009, Jilin University, School of Mechanical Engineering, B.S.

12/2020-present, Tsinghua University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor

09/2019-08/2020, Northeastern University, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Senior Research Scientist

09/2015-08/2019, Northeastern University, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Postdoctoral Research Associate

04/2015-08/2015, The George Washington University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Micro/nano fabrication: Theoretical and technological research on directed self-assembly of nanoparticles; Design and fabrication of micro/nano devices; Tribological performance micro/nano devices

Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Tsinghua University in 2015

1. Zhimin Chai, Adnan Korkmaz, Cihan Yilmaz, and Ahmed A. Busnaina. High-Rate Printing of Micro/Nanoscale Patterns Using Interfacial Convective Assembly. Advanced Materials, 2020, 2000747

2. Zhimin Chai, Salman A. Abbasi, and Ahmed A. Busnaina. Solution-Processed Organic Field-Effect Transistors Using Directed Assembled Carbon Nanotubes and 2,7-dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2b] [1]benzothiophene (C8-BTBT). Nanotechnology, 2019, 30: 485203

3. Salman A. Abbasi, Zhimin Chai, and Ahmed A. Busnaina. Scalable Printing of High-Resolution Flexible Transparent Grid Electrodes Using Directed Assembly of Silver Nanoparticles. Advanced Materials Interface, 2019, 21: 1900898 (This work was selected as cover image for issue 21 of Advanced Materials Interface)

4. Zhimin Chai, Hobin Jeong, Salman A. Abbasi, and Ahmed A. Busnaina. Fabrication of Organic Field Effect Transistors Using Directed Assembled and Transfer Printed Carbon Nanotube Source/drain Electrodes. Applied Physics Letters, 2019, 114: 103301

5. Zhimin Chai, Jungho Seo, Salman A. Abbasi, Ahmed A. Busnaina, Assembly of Highly Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Using an Electro-Fluidic Assembly Process. ACS Nano, 2018, 12: 12315-12323

6. Zhimin Chai, Salman A. Abbasi, Ahmed A. Busnaina, Scalable Directed Assembly of Highly Crystalline 2,7-Dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (C8-BTBT) Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10: 18123-18130

7. Zhimin Chai, Cihan Yilmaz, Ahmed A Busnaina, Charles A Lissandrello, and David J D Carter. Directed Assembly-based Printing of Homogeneous and Hybrid Nanorods Using Dielectrophoresis. Nanotechnology, 2017, 28: 475303

8. Salman A. Abbasi, Taehoon Kim, Hailong Wang, Sivasubramanian Somu, Zhimin Chai, Moneesh Upmanyu, Ahmed Busnaina. Fabrication of a nanoelectromechanical bistable switch using directed assembly of SWCNTs. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2020, 53: 23LT02

9. Zhimin Chai, Yuhong Liu, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Reducing Adhesion Force by Means of Atomic Layer Deposition of ZnO Films with Nanoscale Surface Roughness. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6: 3325-3330

10. Zhimin Chai, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Atomic Layer Deposition of Zinc Oxide Films: Effects of Nanocrystalline Characteristics on Tribological Performance. Surface & Coatings Technology, 2012, 207: 361-366

11. Zhimin Chai, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Friction Mechanism of Zinc Oxide Films Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition. RSC Advances, 2015, 5: 55411-55418

12. Zhimin Chai, Yuhong Liu, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Reducing Friction Force of Si Material by Means of Atomic Layer Deposited ZnO Film. Tribology Letters, 2014, 56: 67-75

13. Zhimin Chai, Yuhong Liu, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Nanotribological Behavior of Ultra-thin Al2O3 Films Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition. Tribology Letters, 2014, 55: 143-149

14. Zhimin Chai, Yuhong Liu, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Influence of Crystal Structure on Friction Coefficient of ZnO Films Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition. Science China Technological Sciences, 2016, 59: 506-512

15. Zhimin Chai, Yuhong Liu, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Reducing the Adhesion and Friction Forces of Si by Coating Ultra-thin Al2O3 Films. RSC Advances, 2014, 4: 51047-51054

16. Zhimin Chai, Yuhong Liu, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Nanowear Pretreatment of AFM Tip for Reasonable Friction Force. Science China Technological Sciences, 2014, 57: 1-8

17. Zhimin Chai, Jing Li, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Use of Electrochemical Measurements to Investigate the Porosity of Ultra-thin Al2O3 Films Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition. RSC Advances, 2014, 4: 39365-39371

18. Zhimin Chai, Yuhong Liu, Jing Li, Xinchun Lu, and Dannong He. Ultra-thin Al2O3 Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition for Corrosion Protection of Copper. RSC Advances, 2014, 4: 50503-50509

1. Zhimin Chai, Adnan Korkmaz, Cihan Yilmaz, and Ahmed Busnaina. High Rate Printing of Microscale and Nanoscale Patterns Using Interfacial Convective Assembly. US Patent, 2020, 63/008,570

2. Salman A. Abbasi, Zhimin Chai, and Ahmed Busnaina. Fast Fluidic Assembly Method for Nanoscale and Microscale Printing. US Patent, 2019, 62/915,966