Prof. Zheng is working in the interdisciplinary fields of material sciences and nanotechnologies, with emphasis on low dimensional nanomaterials and their functional applications such as e-textile, smart sensors, nano-electronics, energy harvest & storage devices, nano-composites, artificial muscle, and photocatalysis. During his career, he has gained several awards, including 2 Nano 50 Award from NASA, and published more than 150 papers and some in high quality journals such as Nature Materials, Materials Today, Advanced Materials, Physical Review Letters etc.