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.
