Structural Design of High-Performance Coatings

Anti-Friction and Wear-Resistant Coating Materials for Gears of New Energy Electric Vehicles

R&D of Anti-Friction and Wear-Resistant Coating Materials for Severe Working Conditions in Aerospace

Functional Coating Technology in the Fields of Precision Machinery and Chip Manufacturing

Plasma Vapor Deposition Technology

Interface Mechanics

Coating Tribology and Wear Mechanisms

2009-09--2010-09   University of Paris-Scalay, Visiting Scholarship

2005-09--2012-06   Xi'an Jiaotong University, PhD

2001-09--2005-07   Xi'an Jiaotong University, BEng, 1st Class, Excellent Talented Student

   

2025-05~Update, Professor Researcher, PI

2020-11~2025-04, University of Leeds, UK, Research Fellow/Experimental officer

2013-03~2020-10, Assistant Professor Researcher/Associate Professor Researcher, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. Ihara L, Wu G, Cavaleiro A, Morina A, Yang L. 2025. Environmental Impact of Physical Vapour Deposition and Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition Technologies for Deposition of Diamond-like Carbon Coatings for Green Tribology. Coatings. 

2. Cao Yu, Wu Guizhi, Wang Yunfeng, Li Yongjun, Xu Huijing. 2024. Influence of Interfacial Tribo-Chemical and Mechanical Effect on Tribological Behaviors of TiN Film in Different Environments. Processes. 

3. Sharifi N, Smith H, Madden D, Kehoe T, Wu G, Yang L, Welbourn RJL, Fernandez EG, Clarke SM. 2024. Diamond-Like Carbon: A Surface for Extreme, High-Wear Environments. Langmuir. 

4. Chen Q, Li A, Wu G, Wang Y. 2023. Tribochemistry of TiN films sliding against ceramic counterparts in vacuum condition and N2 atmosphere. Ceramics International. 8907-8915

5. Wu G, Li Y, Brittain R, Lu Z, Yang L. 2022. Understanding of fracture conditions and material response in a model TiN film/stainless steel substrate system – A cross-sectional scratch test study. Surface and Coatings Technology. 128340 

6. Wang Y, Li Y, Wu G, Lu Z. 2022. Friction reduction mechanisms of TiN film sliding in graphene aqueous dispersion. Lubrication Science. 112-126  

7. Wu Jian, Chen Lin, Wei Xubing, Ning Chuangming, Wu Guizhi, Wu Zhiguo, Lu Zhibin, Zhang Guangan. 2021. Simultaneously improved bio-tribological and biological corrosion properties of taC film coated on Ti6Al4V by sealing with ALD. Diamond and Related Materials. 108569

8. Chen Lin, Ning Chuangming, Qi Shunshun, Zhang Guangan, Wu Guizhi, Lu Zhibin, Xue Qunji. 2021. Toward tribological performance of amorphous carbon film applied in methane atmosphere by thermal annealing. Applied Physics A. 439 

9. Wu J, Chen L, Ning C, Wu G, Lu Z, Shang L, Wu Z, Zhang G. 2021. Tribo-mechanism of amorphous carbon films under corrosion solution and various mechanical loads. Diamond and Related Materials. 108318  

10. Wang YF, Li YJ, Li A, Chen QC, Wu GZ. 2021. Tribological properties of TiN/Ag coatings in vacuum environment. Surface Technology. 220-228

11. Chen Qingchun, Li An, Wu Guizhi, Lu Zhibin, Zhang Guangan, Tian Guangke. 2020. Structure vs chemistry: Tribological behavior of TiN films in the nitrogen atmosphere. Ceramics International. 28053-28063 

12. Li An, Chen Qingchun, Wu Guizhi, Huang Xin, Wang Yunfeng, Lu Zhibin, Zhang Guangan, Nie Xiangfan. 2020. Effect of the Variation of Film Thickness on the Properties of Multilayered Si-Doped Diamond-Like Carbon Films Deposited on SUS 304, Al and Cu Substrates. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 8473-8483 

13. Zhang N, Lin L, Liu B, Wu G, Xu W, Peng T. 2020. Tribological properties improvement of H-DLC films through reconstruction of microstructure and surface morphology by low-energy helium ion irradiation. Diamond and Related Materials. 108080  

14. Wu Jian, Wu Guizhi, Kou Xinli, Lu Zhibin, Zhang Guangan, Wu Zhiguo. 2020. Probing Tribological Behaviors of Cr-DLC in Corrosion Solution by Tailoring Sliding Interface. Tribology Letters.  

15. Li An, Chen Qingchun, Wu Guizhi, Wang Yunfeng, Lu Zhibin, Zhang Guangan. 2020. Probing the lubrication mechanism of multilayered Si-DLC coatings in water and air environments. Diamond and Related Materials. 107772 

16. Wu Jian, Wu Guizhi, Kou Xinli, Lu Zhibin, Zhang Guangan. 2019. Tribological properties of amorphous carbon in hydrochloric acid with ta-C counterpart. Surface and Coatings Technology. 125004

17. Xia Hufeng, Tian Guangke, Chen Qingchun, Wu Guizhi, Zhang Guangan. 2019. Friction and Wear Properties of CrN Films in Different Working Environments. CHINA SURFACE ENGINEERING. 56-62

18. Wang Jingjing, Li Xia, Wu Guizhi, Lu Zhibin, Zhang Guangan, Xue Qunji. 2019. Origin of low friction for amorphous carbon films with different hydrogen content in nitrogen atmosphere. Tribology International. 105853

19. Liu Kun, Chen Lin, Zhang Guangan, Wu Guizhi, Ma Fei, Lu Zhibin. 2019. Carbon content and layers number controlling electronic properties of hybridized graphene and boron nitride. Ceramics International. 19380-19387 

20. Chen Qingchun, Wu Guizhi, Li Dongshan, Li An, Shang Lunlin, Lu Zhibin, Zhang Guangan, Wu Zhiguo, Tian Guangke. 2019. Understanding the unusual friction behavior of TiN films in vacuum. Tribology International. 379-386

21. Wu Guizhi, Chen Qingchun, Lu Zhibin, Zhang Guangan. 2019. Bio-inspired AlSiCN/Ti hierarchical coatings with high toughness by efficient energy dissipation. Results in Physics. 102358

22. Liu Kun, Zhang Guangan, Pu Jibin, Ma Fei, Wu Guizhi, Lu Zhibin. 2018. Impermeability of boron nitride defect-sensitive monolayer with atomic-oxygen-healing ability. Ceramics International. 13888-13893

23. Zhang Mingjiong, Wu Guizhi, Lu Zhibin, Shang Lunlin, Zhang Guangan. 2018. Corrosion and wear behaviors of Si-DLC films coated on inner surface of SS304 pipes by hollow cathode PECVD. Surface Topography Metrology and Properties. 034010

24. Li Hao, Li Xia, Zhang Guangan, Wang Liping, Wu Guizhi. 2017. Exploring the Tribophysics and Tribochemistry of MoS2 by Sliding MoS2/Ti Composite Coating Under Different Humidity. Tribology Letters. 38 

25. Tang Jinzhu, Ding Qi, Zhang Songwei, Wu Guizhi, Hu Litian. 2016. Improved Tribological Performance of Amorphous Carbon (a-C) Coating by ZrO2 Nanoparticles. Materials. 795

26. Zhao Xiaoyu, Lu Zhibin, Wu Guizhi, Zhang Guangan, Wang Liping, Xue Qunji. 2016. Preparation and properties of DLC/MoS2 multilayer coatings for high humidity tribology. Materials Research Express. 066401

27. Wu Guizhi, Ma Shengli, Xu Kewei, Ji Vincent, Chu Paul K. 2012. Oxidation resistance of quintuple Ti-Al-Si-C-N coatings and associated mechanism. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 041508 

28. Wu Guizhi, Ma Shengli, Xu Kewei, Chu Paul K. 2012. Tribological behavior of Ti-Al-Si-C-N hard coatings deposited by hybrid arc-enhanced magnetron sputtering. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 021501

29. Wu Guizhi, Liu Sitao, Ma Shengli, Xu Kewei, Ji Vincent, Chu Paul K. 2011. Ti–Al–Si–C–N Hard Coatings Synthesized by Hybrid Arc-Enhanced Magnetron Sputtering. Journal of ASTM International. 1-9

30. Wu GZ, L. S. 2010. Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti–Si–C–N coatings deposited by hybrid arc enhanced magnetron sputtering. Surface Engineering. 50-54

31. Ma SL, Ma DY, Guo Y, Xu B, Wu GZ, Xu KW, Chu Paul K. 2007. Synthesis and characterization of super hard, self-lubricating Ti–Si–C–N nanocomposite coatings. Acta Materialia. 6350-6355

32. Guo Yan, Xu Bin, Wu Guizhi, Ma Shengli, Xu Kewei. 2007. Oxidation behavior of Ti-Si-C-N superhard nanocomposite coatings deposited by PCVD. ACTA METALLURGICA SINICA. 159-164

33. Guo Y, Chang GR, Wu GZ, Ma SL, Xu KW. 2006. Thermal stability of a novel Ti-Si-C-N superhard nanocomposite coating at elevated temperature. ACTA METALLURGICA SINICA. 172-176

（1）Tribological Performance of DLC under Minimised Lubrication   49th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology   2024-09-02

（2）Wear and corrosion resistance of ta-C film sealing surface with ALD TiO2   Tribology 2023 Tribology International Conference   2023-04-26

（3）Improving wear and corrosion resistance of a ta-C film by sealing surface with ALD TiO2 for biomedical applications   7th World Tribology Congress   2022-07-10