Liangfu Zheng
lfzhenguk@uky.edu, 1-859-257-0297, 2540 Research Park Dr. Lexington, KY 40511-8479
EDUCATION
 Ph. D., Materials Science & Engineering, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences (IMR), Sep 2005 to Dec 2010
 B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University (formerly
Nanchang Institute of Aeronautic Technology), Sep 2001 to Dec 2005
Work Experience
University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, FL
Research Assistant (RA), March 2011 to Jan 2012
 In Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Department with the project of
“Fabrication and properties of carbon nanotubes reinforced Cu/Ag matrix
nanocomposite” , which was funded by Simens
Publications
 L. Zheng, X. Peng, F. Wang, Thermal stability up to 800 oC of Ni-4wt.% Al
nanocomposite, Journal of Materials Science, 2012 (47) 7759-7763,
 L. Zheng, X. Peng, F. Wang, Comparsion of the dry and wet oxidation at 900 oC of
-Fe2Al5 and -Ni2Al3 coatings, Corrosion Science 2011 (53) 597-603.
 L. Zheng, X. Peng, F. Wang, Effect of pulse period and saccharin additive on
microstructure of Ni electrodeposits, Chinese Journal of Material Research,
2010 (24) 501-507,
 C. Xu, X. Peng, L. Zheng, F. Wang, Ersion-corrosion in a laboratory-scale
coal-firing FBC of various aluminized coatings prepared by low-temperature pack
cementation, Surface & Coatings Technology, 2011 (205) 4540-4546.
 X. Peng, J. Yan, L. Zheng, F. Wang, Oxidation of a novel CeO2-dispersed
chromium coating in wet air, Materials and Corrosion, 2011 (62) 514-520.
 L. Zheng, X. Peng, F. Wang, Dual effect of CeO2 nanoparticles on the
grain-growth of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni, submitted
 Liangfu Zheng, Jianren Sun, Quanfang Chen, Novel two-step fabrication and
microhardness of carbon nanotubes reinforced copper nanocomposite, prepared for
submission.
Professional activities
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Presented a report named “Effect of CeO2 nanoparticles on the dry and wet
oxidation at 900 oC of -Ni2Al3 coatings” on the 5th corrosion conference of China,
Beijing, Sep 2009
Thanks for your time and attention!
Liangfu Zheng
lfzhenguk@uky.edu, 1-859-257-0297, 2540 Research Park Dr. Lexington, KY 40511-8479
Research interests/fields
 nano-materials, including nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, and metal based
nano-composites
 corrosion resistant coatings, such as aluminizing coatings and electrodeposited
Ni-Al/Cr nanocomposite coatings
 thermal stability, electrochemical corrosion and high temperature oxidation of the
designed materials above
Thanks for your time and attention!