Scientific Research

Research Field

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  Publication List Available: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7587-7681

  1. Materials Chemistry

  Solidification and crystallization are critical processes in advanced manufacturing. We are studying their mechanisms at microscopic scales. We hope to innovate and develop the technologies to engineer micro/nano heterostructures with desired properties.

  
  

  Further readings:

  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144 (29), 13242-13253;

  Science, 2021, 374 (6567), 621-625;

  Chem, 2019, 5 (6), 1597-1608;

  Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58 (4), 2315-2329;

  2. Micro/ Nano Manufacturing Technologies

  With a better understanding of materials chemistry related to micro/nano-manufacturing, we are working on additive manufacturing and pore-filling technologies to build micro/nano-structures. Our effort opens up avenues to fabricate future micro/nano-systems.

  
  

  Further readings:

  ACS Materials Lett., 2021, 3 (11), 1599–1604;

  Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 1340;

  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140 (19), 6130-6136;

  Mater. Horiz., 2017, 4 (1), 64–71;

  3. Small Sensors and Actuators

  Smart materials can respond to external stimuli. We are bringing small sensors and actuators with unseen capabilities into reality by adapting our micro/nano-manufacturing technologies to construct responsive micro/nano-structures. 

  
  

  Further readings:

  Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 4651;

  Mater. Today, 2020, 41, 51-61;

  Interface Focus, 2016, 6 (4), 20160026;

  J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3 (11), 2656-2663;

  
  
  

  
  

  
  

Publications

• 2025

  HOF-Enabled Synthesis of Porous PEDOT as an Improved Electrode Material for Supercapacitor

  Z. Zhong, Q. Shao, B. Ni, D. Wang, Z. Xie, L. Xu, Y. Mu, Q. Wang, T. Wang, Y. Feng, J. Hou, K.Jiang, A.K. Cheetham, T. Wang*

  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17(10), 15804–15812: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c19109 

  

  2024

  Fabrication of Electromagnetic Functional Microarray Structure Based on Electrohydrodynamic Printing

  D. Wang*, J. Zhang*, C. Liu, J. Ouyang, H. Fu, J. Wang, Z. Liu, Y. Feng, X. Zhao, L. Suo, T. Wang, S. Liang, L. Kong, B. Tang

  ACTA PHOTONICA SINICA 53 (9), 0913003: https://doi.org/10.3788/gzxb20245309.0913003

  

  
  

  Improved Liver Intravital Microscopic Imaging Using a Film-Assisted Stabilization Method

  L. Xu, X. Feng*, D. Wang, F. Gao, C. Feng, Q. Shan, G. Wang, F. Yang, J. Zhang, J. Hou, D. Sun*, T. Wang*

  ACS Sensors 9 (10), 5284–5292: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.4c01464

  
  

  
  

  A zinc oxide resonant nano-accelerometer with ultra-high sensitivity 

  P. Xu, D. Wang*, J. He, Y. Cui, L. Lu,Y. Li, X. Chen, C. Liu, L. Suo, T. Wang, Y. Cui

  Nature Communications 15, 4651: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49145-9

  

  2023

  Unraveling the charge transfer variation of tetrathiafulvalene-based organic crystals through fragment charge difference calculation

  Y. Mu, T. Wang, Z. Deng, B. Chan, T. Wang*

  APL Materials 11 (3), 031104: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0138605

  

  2022

  Minimum Surfactant Concentration Required for Inducing Self-shaping of Oil Droplets and Competitive Adsorption Effects

  J. Feng, Z. Valkova, E.E Lin, E. Nourafkan, T. Wang, S. Tcholakova*, R.I. Slavchov, S.K. Smoukov*

  Soft Matter 18 (35), 6729-6738: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SM01326B

  

   

  Multi-Redox Responsive Behavior in a Mixed-Valence Semiconducting Framework Based on Bis-[1, 2, 5]-thiadiazolo-tetracyanoquinodimethane

  R. Murase, T.A. Hudson, T.S. Aldershof, K.V. Nguyen, J.G. Gluschke, E.P. Kenny, X. Zhou, T. Wang, M.P. van Koeverden, B.J. Powell, A.P. Micolich, B.F. Abrahams, D.M. D’Alessandro*

  Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (29), 13242–13253: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c03794  

  

  2021

  Liquid-phase sintering of lead halide perovskites and metal-organic framework glasses

  J. Hou*, P. Chen, A. Shukla, A. Krajnc, T. Wang, X. Li, R. Doasa, L.H.G. Tizei, B. Chan, D.N. Johnstone, R. Lin, T.U. Schülli, I. Martens, D. Appadoo, M. S’ Ari, Z. Wang, T. Wei, S.-C. Lo, M. Lu, S. Li, E.B. Namdas, G. Mali, A.K. Cheetham, S.M. Collins*, V. Chen, L. Wang, T.D. Bennett*

  Science 374 (6567), 621-625: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf4460

  

  
  

  Fluorescence Enhancement through Confined Oligomerization in Nanochannels: An Anthryl Oligomer in a Metal-Organic Framework

  T. Wang, R.P. Sabatini, B. Chan, J. Hou, V.T. Huynh, N. Proschogo, Z. Xie, T. Wang, L. Gao, J. Zhang, B.S. Hawkett, R.J. Clarke, C.J. Kepert, V. Chen, G. Lakhwani, D.M. D’Alessandro*

  ACS Materials Letters 3 (11), 1599-1604: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.1c00332

  

   

  
  

  How Small an Object Can Be Observed by an Optical Microscope?

  Tiesheng Wang*

  Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University 55 (Sup. 1), 110-111: https://doi.org/10.16183/j.cnki.jsjtu.2021.S1.050

  

   
  

  Visible Light Stimulated Bistable Photo-Switching in Defect Engineered Metal–Organic Frameworks

  N.D. Shepherd, T. Wang, B. Ding, J.E. Beves, D.M. D’Alessandro*

  Inorganic Chemistry 60 (16), 11706-11710: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03383

  

  
  

  2020

  Electro-responsive surfaces with controllable wrinkling patterns for switchable light reflection–diffusion–grating devices

  I.T. Lin#, Y.S. Choi#, C. Wojcik, T. Wang, S. Kar-Narayan*, S.K. Smoukov*

  Materials Today 41, 51-61: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2020.09.028

  

  
  

  2019

  Improving the Acidic Stability of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks by Biofunctional Molecules

  S. Gao, J. Hou*, Z. Deng, T. Wang, S. Beyer, A.G. Buzanich, J.J. Richardson, A. Rawal, R. Seidel, M.Y. Zulkifli, W. Li, T.D. Bennett, A.K. Cheetham, K. Liang*, V. Chen

  Chem 5 (6), 1597-1608: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2019.03.025

  

   

  Rational approach to guest confinement inside MOF cavities for low-temperature catalysis

  T. Wang#, L. Gao#, J. Hou, S.J.A. Herou, J.T. Griffiths, W. Li, J. Dong, S. Gao, M.-M. Titirici, R.V. Kumar, A.K. Cheetham, X. Bao, Q. Fu*, S.K. Smoukov*

  Nature Communications 10 (1), 1340: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08972-x

  

   

  Mild Hydrothermal Crystallization of Heavy Rare-Earth Chromite RECrO3 (RE= Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) Perovskites and Magnetic Properties

  S. Wang, X. Wu, T. Wang, J. Zhang*, C. Zhang, L. Yuan*, X. Cui, D. Lu*

  Inorganic Chemistry 58 (4), 2315–2329: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02596

  

   

  Unraveling the interfacial structure-performance correlation of flexible metal-organic framework membranes on polymeric substrates

  J. Hou, P. Sutrisna, T. Wang, S. Gao, Q. Li, C. Zhou, S. Sun, H.-C. Yang, F. Wei, M.T. Ruggiero, J.A. Zeitler, A.K. Cheetham, K. Liang, V. Chen*

  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (5), 5570–5577: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b20570

  

  
  

  2018

  Red-Shifted Emission in Y3MgSiAl3O12:Ce3+ Garnet Phosphor for Blue Light-Pumped White Light-Emitting Diodes

  C. He, H. Ji, Z. Huang*, T. Wang, X. Zhang, Y. Liu, M. Fang, X. Wu, J. Zhang, X. Min*

  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122 (27), 15659–15665: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03940

  

   

  Bottom-up Formation of Carbon-Based Structures with Multilevel Hierarchy from MOF-guest Polyhedra

  T. Wang, H.K. Kim, Y. Liu, W. Li, J.T. Griffiths, Y. Wu, S. Laha, K.D. Fong, F. Podjaski, C. Yun, R.V. Kumar, B.V. Lotsch, A.K. Cheetham, S.K. Smoukov*

  Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (19), 6130–6136: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b02411

  

   

  Tuneable Fluorescence Enhancement of Nanostructured ZnO Arrays with Controlled Morphology

  T. Wang, A. Centeno, D. Darvill, J.S. Pang, M.P. Ryan, F. Xie*

  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20 (21), 14828-14834: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP01493K  

  

  
  

  2017

  Fault-Tolerant Electro-Responsive Surfaces for Dynamic Micropattern Molds and Tunable Optics

  I-T. Lin, T. Wang, F. Zhang, S.K. Smoukov*

  Scientific Reports 7, 12481: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12899-y

  

   

  Multidimensional performance optimization of conducting polymer-based supercapacitor electrodes

  K.D. Fong, T. Wang, S.K. Smoukov*

  Sustainable Energy & Fuels 1 (9), 1857-1874: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SE00339K

  

   

  Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Networks for Enhanced Supercapacitor Electrodes

  K.D. Fong#, T. Wang#, H.K. Kim, R.V. Kumar, S.K. Smoukov*

  ACS Energy Letters 2 (9), 2014-2020: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00466

  

   

  Functional conductive nanomaterials via polymerisation in nano-channels: PEDOT in a MOF

  T. Wang, M. Farajollahi, S. Henke, T. Zhu, S.R. Bajpe, S. Sun, J.S. Barnard, J.S. Lee, J.D.W. Madden, A.K. Cheetham, S.K. Smoukov*

  Materials Horizons 4 (1), 64-71: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6MH00230G  

  

  
  

  2016

  Development of an open technology sensor suite for assisted living: a student-led research project

  J.D. Manton, J.A.E. Hughes, O. Bonner, O.A.Amjad, P. Mair, I. Miele, T. Wang, V. Levdik, R.D. Hall, G. Baekelandt, F. da C. Vasconcellos, O. Hadeler, T. Hutter, C.F. Kaminski*

  Interface Focus 6 (4), 20160018: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2016.0018

  

   

  Electroactive polymers for sensing

  T. Wang, M. Farajollahi, Y.S. Choi, I-T. Lin, J.E. Marshall, N.M. Thompson, S. Kar-Narayan, J.D.W. Madden, S.K. Smoukov* 

  Interface Focus 6 (4), 20160026: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2016.0026  

  

  
  

  2015

  Broadband enhanced fluorescence using zinc-oxide nanoflower arrays

  T. Wang, J. Costan, A. Centeno, J.S. Pang, D. Darvill, M.P. Ryan, F. Xie*

  Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 (11), 2656-2663: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TC02751E  

  

  
  

Patents

• 1. Title: NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF;

  US Patent No.: US11890603B2; Grant Date: 2024.02.06

   

  2. Title: 纳米复合材料及其制备方法;

  CN Patent No.: ZL201080052888.4; Grant Date: 2023.12.15

   

  3. Title: NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF;

  WIPO Publication No.: WO2020035386; Publication Date: 2020.02.20

   

  4. Title: POLYMER-BASED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE;

  WIPO Publication No.: WO2019025785; Publication Date: 2019.02.07

  
  

Awards

• 2025.01 Young Elite Scientists Sponsooship Program by CATS(China Association for Science and Technology)

  2024.04 Gold Medal in 49th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (2/15)

  2023.10 Dalian High-Level Talent (Young Talent)

  2020.07 2020 Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (STCSM) Sailing Program 

  2018.04 Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) PhD Student Award

  2015.05 China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship

  2013.09 Engineering Dean’s List at Imperial College London (Top 10% in Faculty of Engineering in 2013)

  2013.07 DAAD-RISE (German Academic Exchange Service - Research Internships in Science and Engineering) Award

  2012.10 Armourers & Brasiers' Rolls Royce Prize

  2012.09 Engineering Dean’s List at Imperial College London (Top 10% in Faculty of Engineering in 2012)

  2011.03 43rd International Chemistry Olympiad UK Round One Gold Certiffcate (Top 20)