学术简历
- 2026 – 至今:北京大学化学与分子工程学院,研究员,博士生导师
- 2022 – 2025:美国麻省理工学院化学工程系,博士后(合作导师:Prof. Bradley Olsen)
- 2017 – 2022:美国斯坦福大学化学系,博士(导师:Prof. Zhenan Bao)
- 2013 – 2017:南开大学化学系,学士
研究领域及兴趣
高分子电子材料与生命系统具有相似的机械性能(柔性和可拉伸性)和信号传导机制(混合离子-电子传输)。这使其在开发能够与生命体紧密结合的精准医疗设备,以及高效的智能计算系统方面具有巨大的应用前景。基于高分子化学与物理的原理,课题组聚焦于从分子层面构筑多功能集成的动态聚合物网络体系。通过设计构筑单元和分子间相互作用来调控网络贯穿动力学,理解其在外界刺激下拓扑结构的动态变化及对物质传输过程的影响机制。据此建立聚合物网络多级结构与材料/器件宏观性能(电学/电化学响应性、机械性能、生物学和环境稳定性)的定量关系。目标是实现电子设备与生命系统长时间高效、稳定、安全的信息交互,用于实时健康监测与治疗,人机交互,脑机接口,类神经计算等。具体研究方向包括:
- 有机混合离子-电子导体的输运机制和电化学晶体管,可穿戴和可植入器件
- 导电聚合物网络力学性能的分子机制,以及流变学行为研究
- 新型柔性可拉伸封装材料设计与器件集成
主要获奖及荣誉
- Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics (2024)
- AIChE Women in Chemical Engineering Travel Award (2024)
- IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists (2023)
- MIT Rising Star in Chemical Engineering (2022)
- ACS POLY Award for Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research (2022)
- 国家优秀自费留学生奖学金(2022)
- 南开大学杨石先奖学金(2017)
代表性论文
- Y. Zheng, D. Sen, W. Zou, B. D. Olsen. Real-time quantification of molecular level dynamic behaviors underpinning shear thinning in associative polymer network, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 51, 35285-35294 (2024).
- Y. Zheng, L. F. Michalek, Q. Liu, Y. Wu, H. Kim, P. Sayavong, W. Yu, D. Zhong, C. Zhao, Z. Yu, J. A. Chiong, H. Gong, X. Ji, D. Liu, S. Zhang, N. Prine, Z. Zhang, W. Wang, J. B.-H. Tok, X. Gu, Y. Cui, J. Kang, Z. Bao. Environmentally stable and stretchable polymer electronics enabled by surface-tethered nanostructured molecular level protection, Nat. Nanotech., 18, 1175-1184 (2023).
- Y. Zheng, S. Zhang, J. B.-H. Tok, Z. Bao. Molecular design of stretchable polymer semiconductors: current progress and future directions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 11, 4699-4715 (2022).
- Y. Zheng*, Z. Yu*, S. Zhang, X. Kong, W. Michaels, W. Wang, G. Chen, D. Liu, J.-C. Lai, N. Prine, W. Zhang, S. Nikzad, C. B. Cooper, D. Zhong, J. Mun, J. Kang, J. B.-H. Tok, I. McCulloch, J. Qin, X. Gu, Z. Bao. A molecular design approach towards elastic and multifunctional polymer electronics, Nat. Commun., 12, 5701 (2021). *equal contributions
- Y. Zheng*, M. Ashizawa*, S. Zhang, J. Kang, S. Nikzad, Z. Yu, Y. Ochiai, H.-C. Wu, H. Tran, J. Mun, Y.-Q. Zheng, J. B.-H. Tok, X. Gu, Z. Bao. Tuning the mechanical properties of a polymer semiconductor by modulating hydrogen bonding interactions, Chem. Mater., 32, 13, 5700-5714 (2020).
- Y. Zheng, G.‐J. N. Wang, J. Kang, M. Nikolka, H.‐C. Wu, H. Tran, S. Zhang, H. Yan, H. Chen, P. Y. Yuen, J. Mun, R. H. Dauskardt, I. McCulloch, J. B.‐H. Tok, X. Gu, Z. Bao. An intrinsically stretchable high-performance polymer semiconductor with low crystallinity, Adv. Func. Mater., 29, 46, 1905340 (2019).