多相、多组分聚合物材料的界面，聚合物材料的改性，聚合物基复合材料的制备及成型技术，生物资源聚合物材料的高性能化及实用化，超分子组装及相关功能材料。

近年来代表性论文
(1) Xiaodong Zhou, Gance Dai, Qunfang Lin. Improvement in impact property of continuous glass fiber mat reinforced polypropylene composites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2002,83:2680.
(2) Xiaodong Zhou, Gance Dai, Qunfang Lin. Studies on mechanical properties of discontinuous glass fiber / continuous glass fiber mat / polypropylene composites, Polymer and polymer composites, 2002,10(4):299.
(3) Xiaodong Zhou, Qunfang Lin, Ruohua Xiong, Xinyu Cui and Gance Dai. Effect of Flexible polymer Coating on Interfacial Adhesion of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene, Polymers and Polymer Composites, 2005,13(6)：619～625.
(4) Minyan Guo, Xiaodong Zhou, Gance Dai and Fuzeng Hu. Study of polypropylene/ ethylene-octene copolymer/organic montmorillonite nanocomposites, Polymers and Polymer Composites, 2005,(2):173~180.