RESEARCH INTERESTS

Liquid crystal/polymer composite materials have broad applications in flexible display, intelligent doors and windows for building and automobiles, 5G communication antennas, etc. Our research involves many fields including liquid crystal display materials, liquid crystal based intelligent polymer composites, liquid crystal based polymer electrolyte, and liquid crystal polymer/2D composite materials. We focus on the development of intelligent light transmittance adjustable films with large area and flexibility, regulating the relationship between the molecular structure or the micro structure of the materials and their performance, and solving the key technical issues in large-scale processing.

EDUCATION

2003, Doctor degree, Kyushu University, Japan

1989-1992, M.S., Institute of Materials Science, Jilin University, China;

1985-1989, B.S., Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2020-present, Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

2012-2020, Professor, College of Engineering, Peking University

2003-2012, Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing

2002-2003, Research fellow, Japan Science and Technology Corporation

1998-2002, Research fellow, Fukuoka Industry, Science and Technology Foundation, Japan

1996-1998, Visiting research fellow, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Jinying Bao, Zizheng Wang, Chenjie Song, Yuhan Zhang, Zhaozhong Li, Lanying Zhang, Ruochen Lan*, Huai Yang*, Shape-programmable liquid-crystalline polyurethane-based multimode actuators triggered by light-driven molecular motors, Advanced Materials 2023, 35 (41), 2302168

2. Jianying Zhang, Shengyu Qin, Shuoning Zhang, Chang Sun, Yunxiao Ren, Lanying Zhang, Jiale Liu, Jiumei Xiao, Wei Hu*, Huai Yang*, Dengke Yang, Programmable dynamic information storage composite film with highly sensitive thermochromism and gradually adjustable fluorescence, Advanced Materials 2023, 2305872

3. Shengyu Qin, Yinuo Yu, Jianying Zhang, Yunxiao Ren, Chang Sun, Shuoning Zhang, Lanying Zhang*, Wei Hu*, Huai Yang*, Dengke Yang, Separator-free in situ dual-curing solid polymer electrolytes with enhanced interfacial contact for achieving ultrastable lithium-metal batteries, Advanced Energy Materials 2023, 13(34), 2301470

4. Ruochen Lan, Jinying Bao, Zhaozhong Li, Zizheng Wang, Chenjie Song, Chen Shen, Rui Huang, Jian Sun, Qian Wang*, Lanying Zhang*, Huai Yang*, Orthogonally integrating programmable structural color and photo-rewritable fluorescence in hydrazone photoswitch-bonded cholesteric liquid crystalline network, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2022, 61(50), e202213915

5. Ruochen Lan, Jinying Bao, Rui Huang, Zizheng Wang, Lanying Zhang, Chen Shen*, Qian Wang*, Huai Yang*, Amplifying molecular scale rotary motion: the marriage of overcrowded alkene molecular motor with liquid crystals, Advanced Materials 2022, 34(40), 2109800

6. Wei Hu, Ling Wang, Meng Wang, Tingjun Zhong, Qian Wang, Lanying Zhang, Feiwu Chen, Kexuan Li, Zongcheng Miao, Dengke Yang, Huai Yang*, Ultrastable liquid crystalline blue phase from molecular synergistic self-assembly, Nature Communications, 2021,12(1), 1440

7. Wei Hu, Chang Sun, Yunxiao Ren, Shengyu Qin, Yu Shao, Lanying Zhang, Yu Wu*, Qian Wang*, Huai Yang*, Dengke Yang*, Programmable chromism and photoluminescence of spiropyran-based liquid crystalline polymer with tunable glass transition temperature, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2021, 60 (35), 19406-19412

8. Ruochen Lan(#), Qian Wang,(#); Chen Shen, Rui Huang, Jinying Bao, Zhongping Zhang, Lanying Zhang, Huai Yang*, Humidity-induced simultaneous visible and fluorescence photonic patterns enabled by integration of covalent bonds and ionic crosslinks, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31(51), 2106419

9. Ruochen Lan, Jian Sun, Chen Shen, Rui Huang, Zhongping Zhang, Lanying Zhang, Ling Wang, Huai Yang*, Near-infrared photodriven self-sustained oscillation of liquid-crystalline network film with predesignated polydopamine coating, Advanced Materials 2020, 32(14), 1906319

10. Ruochen Lan, Jian Sun, Chen Shen, Rui Huang, Zhongping Zhang, Cong Ma, Jinying Bao, Lanying Zhang, Ling Wang, Dengke Yang, Huai Yang*, Light-driven liquid crystalline networks and soft actuators with degree-of-freedom-controlled molecular motor, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30(19), 2000252