Xufeng Xu obtained his MSc degree under the supervision of Assoc.Prof. Ossipov in the department of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University in 2016. In November 2016, he moved to the Netherlands under EU H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015 project “MULTIMAT” with the project “Ultracentrifugation techniques for the fractionation and controlled assembly of nanoparticle” under the supervision by Prof. de With (TU/e) and Prof. Cölfen (UoK). In November 2020, he obtained his PhD degree with the thesis titled “concentrated colloids in a centrifugal field”. From January 2021, he starts his post-doc research in the group of Prof. Stellacci in EPFL.