Basic Information:

Name: Yang Xu

Title: Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor

Email：yxu@tongji.edu.cn

Office address: Decai Building, Jiading Campus, Tongji University

Biography:

Yang Xu is a professor and Ph.D. supervisor in the "Youth Hundred Talents Program" at Tongji University. He has been selected for both the National High-level Young Talent Program and the Shanghai High-level Talent Program. In 2019, he earned his Ph.D. in polymer chemistry and physics from East China Normal University. Subsequently, he conducted postdoctoral research at The Ohio State University, where he received the Outstanding Postdoctoral Award. In March 2023, he joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tongji University, focusing on fundamental research in intelligent soft matter materials and their applications in cutting-edge interdisciplinary fields, including intelligent sensing, bionic device design, and smart medicine. To date, he has published over 50 papers in leading international SCI journals, contributed a chapter to an English book, and participated in the application of seven Chinese and international invention patents.

Research Interests:

1. Smart sensors based on liquid crystal materials

2. Biomimetic polymer materials and devices

3. Bioinformatics sensing devices and systems

Education and Work Experience:

Academic Appointments:

Wearable Electronics, Young Editorial Board Member (2024-present);

Information & Functional Materials, Young Editorial Board Member (2024-present)；

Nanomaterials, Guest Editor-in-Chief (2023-2024).

Main Lectures:

Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology (Science Experiment Class)

Semiconductor Materials and Intelligent Sensing Devices (English Class)

Biofunctional Information Materials

Frontiers and Practice of Materials

Modern Characterization and Analytical Techniques

Polymer Material Molding Process and Equipment

Recent Selected Publications:

1. Xu, Y. ^#; Rather, A. M. ^#; Yao, Y. ^#; Fang, J.-C. ^#; Mamtani, R. S.; Bennett, R. K. A.; Atta, R. G.; Adera, S.; Tkalec, U.; Wang, X.* Liquid Crystal-Based Open Surface Microfluidics Manipulate Liquid Mobility and Chemical Composition on Demand. Science Advances 2021, 7, eabi7607.

2. Xu, Y.; Chang, Y.; Yao, Y.; Zhang, M.; Dupont, R. L.; Rather, A. M.; Bao, X.*; Wang, X.* Modularizable Liquid Crystal-Based Open Surfaces Enable Programmable Chemical Transport and Feeding Using Liquid Droplets. Advanced Materials 2022, 2108788.

3. Rather, A. M. ^#; Xu, Y. ^#; Chang, Y. ^#; Dupont, R. L.; Borbora, A.; Kara, U. I.; Fang, J.-C.; Mamtani, R.; Zhang, M.; Yao, Y.; Adera, S.; Bao, X.*; Manna, U.*; Wang, X.* Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Crystal-Infused Porous Surfaces for Manipulation of Underwater Gas Bubble Transport and Adhesion. Advanced Materials 2022, 2110085.

4. Xu, Y.; Yao, Y.; Wang, X.* Liquid Crystal Polymeric Skins "Sweat" to Provide Real-Time Drug Delivery. Matter 2020, 3, 606.

5. Xu, Y.^#; Rather, A. M.^#; Song, S. ^#; Fang, J.-C.; Dupont, R. L.; Kara, U. I.; Chang, Y.; Paulson, J. A.; Qin, R.*; Bao, X.*; Wang, X.* Ultrasensitive and Selective Detection of SARS-CoV-2 using Thermotropic Liquid Crystals and Image-based Machine Learning. Cell Reports Physical Science 2020, 1, 100276.

6. Xu, Y.; Dupont, R. L.; Yao, Y.; Zhang, M.; Fang, J.-C.; Wang, X.* Random Liquid Crystalline Copolymers Consisting of Prolate and Oblate Liquid Crystal Monomers. Macromolecules 2021, 54, 5376.

7. Xu, Y.; Yao, Y.; Deng, W.; Fang, J.-C.; Dupont, R. L.; Zhang, M.; Adera, S.; Tkalec, U.; Wang, X.* Magnetocontrollable Droplet Mobility on Liquid Crystal-infused Porous Surfaces. Nano Research 2023, 16，5098.

8. Yao, Y.; Bennett, R. K. A.; Xu, Y.; Rather, A. M.; Li, S.; Cheung, T. C.; Bhanji, A.; Kreder, M. J.; Daniel, D.; Adera, S.; Aizenberg, J.*; Wang, X.* Wettability-based Ultrasensitive Detection of Amphiphiles Through Directed Concentration at Disordered Regions in Self-Assembled Monolayers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2022, 119, e2211042119.

    

   Admissions and Recruitment Information:

   1. Thoughtful and aspiring master's and doctoral students are welcome to apply for our group.

   2. Postdoctoral fellows with (polymer) material design and synthesis, intelligent flexible sensing devices, biomedical materials and devices and other related research backgrounds are welcome to join our group to carry out interdisciplinary research work.