周柯，苏州大学能源学院副教授。近年来研究兴趣包括（1）微纳米限域物质输运微纳尺度力学；（2）AI驱动物理发现和材料设计。近5年来以通讯/第一作者(含共同、唯一)在Nat Commun、ACS Nano、Nano Lett、EML、Sci Adv、JACS、Langmuir和JCTC等期刊发表论文30余篇，以合作作者在Nat Water、Nat Commun等高水平期刊发表论文多篇。受邀在中国力学大会、全国物理力学学术会议、低维材料力学青年研讨会等相关会议做邀请报告多次。作为项目负责人，主持国家自然基金面上项目、青年项目，博士后基金特别资助项目，博士后基金面上资助项目等。曾入选西安交通大学青年优秀学者人才支持计划A类，苏州大学优秀青年学者，江苏省双创博士计划。主讲本科生大类基础课《工程力学》（春季学期）。
每年招收研究生若干名，欢迎保研、申请博士的学生提前咨询，欢迎考研学生报考。本人从事交叉学科研究，对学生的专业背景无任何要求，欢迎物理、化学、材料、生物、能动、机械、计算机、土木、水利、环境等理工科学生。
本人管理风格开放包容，注重效率而非时长，科研节奏平缓有序。绝大多数同学在硕士二年级前即可满足毕业成果要求，后续可全身心投入就业规划。历年毕业生中，国家奖学金覆盖率为100%(3/3)。工作无强制考勤，时间自主安排。
近期工作
教育背景
- 2011/09 – 2015/07, 西北工业大学，力学与土木建筑学院，工程力学专业本科
- 2014/07, 中科院力学所，胡国庆课题组，研究助理
- 2015/09 – 2020/06, 清华大学，航天航空学院，工程力学博士，导师徐志平教授 (微纳米力学专家，滚动杰青)
- 2017/06 – 2017/09, 美国麻省理工学院，土木与环境工程系，访问学生，合作导师Markus J. Buehler (美国工程院院士，工程力学、AI材料设计专家)
工作履历
- 2020/11 – 2022/11, 西安交通大学航天学院，助理教授，师资博后，合作导师刘益伦教授 (微纳米/多尺度力学专家，杰青)
- 2022/11 – 至今，苏州大学能源学院副教授，尹万健教授课题组 (计算物理、AI材料设计专家，长江学者)
奖励与荣誉
- 西安交通大学青年优秀学者人才支持计划A类
- 苏州大学优秀青年学者
- 江苏省双创博士计划
学生培养
- 所指导硕士生3人次获得研究生国家奖学金(2023级王晨宇、2023级田伟、2023级连均愉), 目前所指导的已毕业研究生全部拿到了研究生国家奖学金。
- 所指导硕士生2人次获得苏州大学优秀研究生(2023级王晨宇、2023级田伟)
- 所指导硕士生1人次获得研究生学业特等奖学金(2023级王晨宇)
- 所指导硕士生1人次获得苏州大学优秀毕业研究生(2023级田伟)
- 指导本科生获批大学生创新训练计划项目国家级项目1项、省级项目1项
- 指导本科生获得全国大学生节能减排社会实践与科技竞赛全国二等奖1项
近期研究方向
- 纳米限域物质输运的微观机理和调控/优化方法。
- AI驱动的材料正/逆向设计与物理发现
- 水/水合离子的先进计算方法
代表性工作：Nat. Commun. 2025, ACS Nano 2025, Nat. Water 2025, Sci. Adv. 2024, Nat. Commun. 2024b, JACS 2023, ACS Nano 2022, Langmuir 2021, JPCC 2020, Nano Lett. 2020
代表性工作：Nat. Commun. 2024a, Chem. Mater. 2022, EML 2022
代表性工作：JCTC 2024a, JCTC 2024b, Inorg. Chem. 2023, JPCB 2022
详细信息可查看个人网站 (英文)。
近期代表性论文
近年来全部论文可以查看Google Scholar，ORCID ID，ResearchGate。 *代表通讯作者，†代表同等贡献，紫色为所指导学生。
- Ke Zhou*, Ion Clustering Regulated by Extreme Nanoconfinement Enables Mechanosensitive Nanochannels, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2026), 17, 6, 1798–1804. [公众号报道]
- Jiaqiang Li, Ke Zhou, Qing Liu, Bo Tian, Xiaowei Liu, Li Cao, Haicheng Cao, Guanxing Li, Xixiang Zhang, Yu Han*, and Zhiping Lai*, Synthesis of 2D Ordered Graphdiyne Membranes for Highly Efficient and Selective Water Transport, Nature Water (2025), 3, 307–318. [公众号报道]
- Junyu Lian, Shiping Jiao*, Wanjian Yin, and Ke Zhou *, Machine-Learning Potential Molecular Dynamics Reveals the Critical Role of Flexibility in Solid-Liquid Nanofluidic Friction, ACS Nano (2025), 19, 36, 32422–32431. [公众号报道]
- Yanlin Zhang, Lei Lei, Jin Wang*, Shangzhen Li, Yanzheng Liu, Yuqing Sun, Tongxin Liao, Rong Chen*, Cong Wang, Kexin Wang, Fulai Luo, Ke Zhou*, Bohao Lv, Lei Wang*, Simultaneous Voltage-Gated Control of Ion and Water Transport in Zr4-Ti3C2Tx Nanochannel Membranes, Nature Communications (2025), 16, 8953.
- Shun Tian, Ke Zhou*, Wanjian Yin, Yilun Liu*, Machine learning enables the discovery of 2D Invar and anti-Invar monolayers, Nature Communications (2024), 15, 6977. [公众号报道]
- Chenyu Wang, Wei Tian, Ke Zhou*, Ab Initio Simulation of Liquid Water without Artificial High Temperature, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2024), 20, 18, 8202–8213. [公众号报道]
- Wei Tian, Chenyu Wang, Ke Zhou*, The Dynamic Diversity and Invariance of Ab Initio Water, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2024), 20, 23, 10667–10675. [公众号报道]
- Yahui Xie, Chuanq-Qi, Huang, Ke Zhou*, Yilun Liu*, Elucidating the transport of water and ions in the nanochannel of covalent organic frameworks by molecular dynamics, The Journal of Chemical Physics (2024), 1, 161.
- Yahui Xie, Chuanq-Qi, Huang, Ke Zhou*, Yilun Liu*, Unveiling the Transport of Water and Ions in the Nanocage of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks by Molecular Dynamics, Applied Surface Science (2024), 652, 159311.
- Weipeng Chen†, Ke Zhou†, Zhixin Wu, Yahui Xie, Xue Meng, Ziguang Zhao*, Liping Wen*, Ion-concertation-hopping heterolayer-gel for ultrahigh gradient energy conversion, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024), 145, 51, 28038–28048.
- Yuanyuan Zhang†, Ke Zhou†, Shigang Su, Jun Gao*, Jian Liu*, Lei Jiang, Congener-welded crystalline carbon nitride membrane for robust and highly selective Li/Mg separation, Science Advances (2024), 10.24 ,eadm9620. [公众号报道]
- Jin Wang*, Zheng Cui, Shangzhen Li, Zeyuan Song, Miaolu He, Yuan Feng, Ke Zhou*, Xudong Wang, Lei Wang*, Unlocking Osmotic Energy Harvesting Potential in Challenging Real-World Hypersaline Environments through Vermiculite-Based Hetero-Nanochannels, Nature Communications (2024), 15, 608. [公众号报道]
- Qi Li†, Ke Zhou†, Bin Zhu†, Xueli Liu*, Junchao Lao, Jun Gao*, Lei Jiang, Artificial sodium channels for enhanced osmotic energy harvesting, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2023), 145, 51, 28038–28048.
- Tao Zhang, Daotong Zhang, Weimin Chen, Yan Chen, Kai Yang, Pei Yang, Nana Pan, Qi Quan, Zhao Li, Ke Zhou*, Minzhi Chen*, Xiaoyan Zhou*, Shape and stiffness switchable hydroplastic wood with programmability and reproducibility, ACS Nano (2023),17, 23, 23524–23534.
- Yanyan Zhao, Ke Zhou*, Yilun Liu*, Enhanced Interlayer Adhesion of Wetted Graphene Oxide by Confined Water Bridge, The Journal of Chemical Physics (2023), 159, 024707.
- Chen Qian, Ke Zhou*, Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Solvation States of Hydrated Ions in Confined Water, Inorganic Chemistry (2023),62, 43, 17756–17765.
- Chen Qian, Ke Zhou*, Yunhai Xiong, Xiang Chen, Zhi Li, High-Throughput Discovery and Investigation of Auxetic Two-dimensional Crystals, Chemistry of Materials (2022), 34, 10, 4344–4354.
- Ke Zhou*, Chen Qian, Yilun Liu*, Quantifying the Structure of Water and Hydrated Monovalent Ions by Density Functional Theory Based Molecular Dynamics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2022), 126, 49, 10471–10480.
- Shun Tian, Ke Zhou*, Chuan-Qi Huang, Chen Qian, Zhibin Gao, Yilun Liu*, Investigation and Understanding of the Mechanical Properties of MXene by High-Throughput Computations and Interpretable Machine Learning, Extreme Mechanics Letters (2022), 57, 101921.
- Ke Zhou, Shuping Jiao*, Yan Chen, Huasong Qin, Yilun Liu, Reduced Ionic Conductivity but Enhanced Local Ionic Conductivity in Nanochannel, Langmuir (2021) 37, 43, 12577–12585.
- Ke Zhou, Zhiping Xu*, Nanoconfinement-Enforced Ion Correlation and Nanofluidic Ion Machinery, Nano Letters (2020), 20, 11, 8392–8398.
- Ke Zhou, Zhiping Xu*, Deciphering the nature of ion-graphene interaction, Physical Review Research (2020), 2, 042034(R).