Associate Prof. Dr. Zhongqiang YANG

E-mail:  zyang@tsinghua.edu.cn

  

Education:

2003 - 2007         Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry

                            University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

                            Supervisor: Prof. Wilhelm T. S. Huck

2000 - 2003         M.S. in Polymer Chemistry

                            Jilin University, Changchun, China

                            Supervisor: Prof. Fengqi Liu

1996 - 2000         B.E. in Applied Chemistry

                            Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China

 

Research Experience:

2010 - present      Associate Professor

                            Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University

2007 - 2010        Postdoc Research Associate

                            Prof. Nicholas L. Abbott’s Lab

                            Chemical & Biological Engineering Department

                            University of Wisconsin-Madison, US

 

Research Interests:

The fabrication of liquid crystal materials and its applications in the fields of detection, artificial muscles and soft robots.

Group webpage: https://www.x-mol.com/groups/zyang

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9399-4424

 

Awards:

In 2003, 4 Chinese students were awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

 

Selected Publications:

1. W. Liao, Z. Yang* 3D Printing Programmable Liquid Crystal Elastomer Soft Pneumatic Actuators. Mater. Horiz. 2023, 10, 576-584.

2. X. Yang, Z. Yang* Simple and Rapid Detection of Ibuprofen - a Typical Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products by Liquid Crystal Aptasensor. Langmuir 2022, 38, 282-288.

3. Y. Wang, J. Sun, W. Liao, Z. Yang* Liquid Crystal Elastomer Twist Fibers towards Rotating Microengines. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2107840.

4. W. Liao, Z. Yang* The Integration of Sensing and Actuating based on a Simple Design Fiber Actuator towards Intelligent Soft Robots. Adv. Mater. Technol. 2022, 7, 2101260.

5. X. Yang, X. Zhao, H. Zhao, F. Liu, S. Zhang, C. X. Zhang,* Z. Yang* Combination of Liquid Crystal and Deep Learning Reveals Distinct Signatures of Parkinson's disease Related Wild-type α-Synuclein and Six Pathogenic Mutants. Chem. Asian J. 2022, 17, e202101251. (VIP paper, Special Collection highlighting Women in Chemistry)

6. Y. Wang, W. Liao, J. Sun, R. Nandi, Z. Yang* Bioinspired Construction of Artificial Cardiac Muscles Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers. Adv. Mater. Technol. 2021, 7, 2100934.

7. J. Sun, Y. Wang, W. Liao, Z. Yang* UltraFast, High-Contractile Electrothermal-Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers towards Artificial Muscles. Small 2021, 17, 2103700.

8. Z. Yang, G. A. Herd, S. M. Clarke, A. R. Tajbakhsh, E. M. Terentjev, W. T. S. Huck Thermal and UV Shape Shifting of Surface Topography. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1074-1075.

9. Z. Yang, W. T. S. Huck, S. M. Clarke, A. R. Tajbakhsh, E. M. Terentjev Shape-Memory Nanoparticles from Inherently Non-spherical Polymer Colloids. Nat. Mater. 2005, 4, 486-490.