Zhizhan Xu

Zhizhan Xu, Chinese physicist (Changzhou, Jiangsu Province 16 December 1938 – Authored over 350 scientific papers Realized neutron emission by laser irradiation of targets (1973) and pellet compression by laser (1977) Developed the computer simulation code (1976) Established the six-beam high power laser system (1976) Found a new inversion region in x-ray laser physics (1981) First to obtain eight new wavelengths of X-ray laser at low laser pumping power With S.S. Chen & X.B. Guangxue developed a miniaturized tunable-pulse width ultra-short pulse high power Nd:glass power being the first time such system developed worldwide (1991) OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS A new acceleration scheme for positron beams With Z.L. Xu, B.F. Shen, J.C. Xu, T.J. Xu, L.G. Zanng, S. Li & L.L. Ji. Positron beam acceleration driven by laser-acceleration electron beam (2019) With S.L. Chin, X. Guo, H.B. Xu, F.W. Kong, A.D. Xia et al. A new approach for rain gush formation associated with ionic wind (2018) Demonstrated a new experimental phenomenon With J.Y. Zhao, W. Chu, Z. Wang, Y. Peng, C. Gong, L. Lin et al. Strong spatial confinement of terahertz wave inside femtosecond laser filament. ACS Photonics 3(12), 2016 Demonstrated for the first time the condensation and precipitation (or snowfall) induced by a corona discharge inside a cloud chamber With Jingjing Ju, T.J. Wang, R.X. Li, S.Z. Du, H.Y. Sun & Y.H. Li. Snowfall induced by corona discharge (2016) Developed pump spin orientation probe ultrafast spectroscopy, a new detection technique With X. Li, D.H. Feng, H.F. Fong, T.Q. Jia, L. Deng & Z.R. Sun. Hole surface trapping dynamics directly monitored by electron spin manipulation in CdS nanocrystals. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5(24):4310-6, 2014 Developed the first method to generate intense high-order optical vortices that carry orbital angular momentum in extreme ultraviolet region With X.M. Zhang, B.F. Shen, Y. Shin, X.F. Wang et al. Generation of intense high-order vortex harmonics.. Phys. Rev. Lett. 114(17), 2014 First to demonstrate fabrication of three-dimensional microfluidic channels with arbitrary length, and configurations inside glass by femtosecond laser direct writing With Y. Liao, Y.F. Ju, L. Zhang, F. He, Q. Zhang, Y.L. Shen et al. Three-dimensional microfluidic channel with arbitrary length and configuration fabricated inside glass by femtosecond laser direct writing. Optics Lett. 35 (19):3225-7, 2010 With C.M. Zhang, Y.S. Huang, Y.X. Leng & R.X. Li. Tunable infrared laser femtosecond source and novel pulse clean technique (2010) First measurement of the hyperbolic featured angularly resolved spectra of the X-shaped third harmonic generated in infrared femtosecond pulses pumped filament in air With H. Xu, H. Xiong, S.L. Chin & H.Y. Sun. Third harmonic X-waves generation by filamentation of infrared femtosecond laser pulses in air (2009) With J.T. Zhang, L.H. Bai, S.Q. Gong & D.S. Guo. A scaling law of photoionization in few cycle regime. Optics Express 15(12):7261-8, 2007 With H.F. Zhu, H.J. Gan, H.Y. Gao & J.W. Chen. Design of adjustable superresolving filters based on birefringent crystals. Appl. Optics 45(1):104-9, 2006 With H.F. Zhu, M.J. Yun, H.Y. Gao, H.J. Gan et al. Continuous radial superresolution filters with large focal depth. J. Modern Optics 53(10):1441-50, 2006 With Z.H. Zhou, I. Liu, Q. Yu & G.Y. Wang. Study on the combination of confocal scanning microscopy and defocusing imaging. Proceed. SPIE art. Nº 60260R (2006) With Z.G. Ji, Y.X. Ling, Y.P. Deng et al. New method and instrument for accurately measuring internal between ultrashort pulses. Chin. Opt. Lett. 3(1):16-7, 2005 With J.T. Zang. A scaling law of photoionization in few-cycle limit (2005) With C.P. Liu & S.Q. Gong. New mechanism of inducing electromagnetically-induced absorption. Proceed. Engineering (2004) With D.S. Guo, J.T. Zhang, X.F. Li, P.M. Fu & R.R. Freeman. Practical scaling law for photoelectron angular distributions. Phys. Review A 68(4), 2003 With Y.X. Leng, X.D. Yang, H. Lu L.H. Lin et al. A multi-terawatt PCPA laser system (2002) Proposed double-exposure holography for measuring phase information in x-ray fields With H.Y. Gao, J.W. Chen & H.G. Xie. X-ray double exposure holography (2002) With Z.Y. Wang & Z.Q. Wang. New theory for the treatment of a pulsed beam propagating through a grating pair. IEEE J. Quantum Electronics 37(1):1-11, 2001 With Y.Q. Liu & P.Z. Fan. Novel usage of a flat-field grating spectrograph (2000) With J. Deng, F.C. Zhong, L. Qing, W.Q. Zhang & Z.Q. Zhang. Development of soft X-ray spectrograph for ultrashort pulse laser produced plasma diagnosis (1999) Described the principle of time measurement for ultrashort laser pulse With Y.M. Wang, X.D. Yang & Z.O. Zhang. Noise structure study on laser pulses by means of high dynamic range triple correlator (1999) With G. Y. Wang, L.S. Yang & Z.J. Wang. New joint microscope with optical tomographic imaging function (1999) With S.X. Hu & E.S. Fu. Proposal for efficiency enhancement of a far-infrared free-electron laser (1996) Presented a new function of optical bistability in the information processing With G. Zeng. Study on the output characteristics of optical bistability (1995) With X.Y. Song, S.S. Han, X.P. Feng, Z.Q. Zhang & L.Q. Zhang. A novel crystal spectrometer in laser produced plasma diagnostic experiments (1995) With J.W. Chen, Z.J. Wang, P.P. Zhu, T.Q. Xiao & L.G. Kou. New idea for recording x-ray holograms (1993) With Z.F. Luo, L. Xu & S.D. Liang. General theory of spontaneous emission line sharpe of two atoms (1993) Revealed a new phenomenon With Z.F. Luo & L. Liu. Large index of refraction for a resonant light (1993) Proposed a new configuration of double pulse laser heating for x-ray laser research With X.F. Wang, S.S, Han, Z.M. Jiang, A. Qian, P.Z. Fan & Z.Q. Zhang. Enhanced ionization and population inversion with double-pulse laser heating (1993)  

Zhihong Xu

Zhihong Xu, Chinese botanist (Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 14 October 1942 – Authored over 240 papers, reviews and monographs With N. Sunderland discovered that the growth of androgen could be stimulated by the density effect and components in anther culture (1981-2) Introduced a new technique to increase the success rate for protoplast culture by isolating it from young roots (1981-2) Verified that protoplasm could promote growth of the male pit in anther through cultivation of anther Identified the regulatory role of auxin polar transport in embryo development and bilateral symmetry, as well as the relationship between auxin and auxin binding protein (ABP) With C.M. Liu & N.H. Chua. Auxin polar transport is essential for the establishment of bilateral symmetry during early plant embryogenesis. Plant Cell 5:621-30, 1993 Developed some important cell transformation technology to help with the research in various plants such as sorghum and soya bean HONORS 90826 Xuzhihong (Asteroid)

Yuanzhu Xiong

Yuanzhu Xiong, Chinese zootechnician (Zhushan, Hubei Province July 1930 – Wuhan, Hubei Province 30 January 2017) Published over 100 research papers His team identified genes and molecular singnalling pathways for beneficial commercial traits, including lean meat and anti-stress factors Invented and developed a set of advanced breeding methods and techniques for synchronized breeding of breed and line Proposed a technology and a method of breeding and selection for specialized lines (1980) Established a molecular biotechnology testing method using PCR-RFLP for accurate and rapid typing of porcine ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1) gene DEVELOPED Lean Hubei white swine Duroc X Hubei white swine (1970s) DIV line Hubei white swine (1986)

Yonghua Xu

Yonghua Xu, Chinese mathematician (Yinxian, Zhejiang Province 01 January 1932 – 2019) Introduced the concepts of O-ideal and O-homomorphic mapping On the O-structure of rings (1977) Put forward the concept of non-associative and non-distributive rings Non-associative and non-distributive rings. I. Scientia Sinica 22 (2):135-48, 1979 Non-associative and non-distributive rings. II. Acta Math. Sinica 21:300-11, 1978 Non-associative and non-distributive rings. III. Acta Math. Sinica 22(1):1-13, 1979 Derived a theorem concerning the structure of non-associative and non-distribuive rings under the minimal condition Non-associative and non-distributive rings satisfying the minimal condition for right ideals (1979) Established the finite structure theorem between complete rings of linear transformations (1979) A finite structure theorem between primitive rings and its application to Galois theory. Chin. Ann. Math. 1(2):183-97, 1980 A generalized Wolfson’s theorem. Adv. in Math. 13:213-5, 1984 Gave a necessary and sufficient condition for the equivalence of right and left semi-prime Goldie rings and some properties of Goldie rings A note on semi-prime Goldie rings. Rendic. Circolo Matem. Palermo 36:220-40, 1987 With K.P. Shum & Y. Fong. A decomposition theory of comodules 170(3):880-906, 1994 Introduced the notion of quantum cocommutativity With G.G. Hu. Quantum commutative algebras and their duals (1997) Introduced a new concept for direct product rings which generalizes the usual ones With K.P. Shum. New direct product rings, their structure and applications. Algebra Colloq. 1(4):493-514, 2004

Xiande Xie

Xiande Xie or Hsien-deh Hsieh, Chinese mineralogist and geochemist (Dantu District 14 October 1934 – With M. Chen, J. Shu, H.K. Mao & R.J. Hemley. Natural occurrence and synthesis of two new postspinel polymorphs of chromite. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:14651-4, 2003 DESCRIBED MINERAL SPECIES Zhanghuifenite 2021 with Yang, Kobsch, Gu & Downs Poirierite 2021 with Tomioka, Bindi, Okuchi, Miyahara, Itiaka, Li, Kawatsu, Purevjav, Tani & Kodama Liudongshengite 2021 with Yang, Gibbs, Schwenck, Gu, Downs & Evans Elgoresyite 2021 with Bindi, Sinmyo, Bykova, Ovsyannikov, McCammon, Kupenko, Ismailova & Dubrovinsky Wangdaodeite 2019 with Gu, Yang, Chen & Li Meieranite 2019 with Yang, Gu, Downs, Evans, Van Nieuwenhuizen & Lavinsky Lipuite 2019 with Gu, Yang, Van Nieuwenhuizen, Downs & Evans Maohokite 2018 with Chen, Shu & Tan Shenzhuangite 2017 with Bindi Hemleyite 2017 with Bindi & Chen Ferrisepiolite 2013 with Gu, Wu, Zhu, Lai, Hoshino & Huang Tellurocanfieldite 2012 with Gu, Lu, Hoshino, Huang & Li (variety) Chenguodaite 2008 with Gu, Watanabe et al. Tuite 2003 with Minitti, Chen, Wang, Mao, Shu & Fei Carboborite 1964 with Liu & Qian HONORS President, International Mineralogical Association (1990-4) Xieite Chen, Shu & Mao 2008 (Mineral)

Wang Xuan

Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist (Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 05 February 1937 –Beijing 13 February 2006) Invented a computerized laser photocomposition system for Chinese character photosetting (1979) Invented a Chinese language laser typesetting system for color printing (1992) Developed the high resolution glyph compression and restoration method for Chinese characters (patented in Europe EP0095536, 1987) First to use controlling information to describe the features of width and turning shapes with strokes of Chinese character (patented in Europe) Developed a management system for gathering and editing news HONORS Gold Medal, Geneva International Invention Exhibition (1986) UNESCO Science Prize Asteroid Wangxuan 4913