Research Interests

Liquid Crystals and 2D Materials
Alignment of Liquid Crystals, 2D Liquid Crystals, Nano-Liquid Crystal Hybrids
Liquid Crystal-based Optical Components and Devices, such as LCDs, Liquid Crystal lenses, Liquid Crystal Lasers, Liquid Crystal Filters, Liquid Crystal Gratings, etc
Metasurface Combined Liquid Crystals Devices
Computational Simulation and Theoretical Modelling of Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystal Devices
Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystal Devices

Research Grants

1. Construction of Cholesteric Gold Nanorods and Their Applications for Optical Data Storage and Information Display, National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 62241503, Jan. 2023-Dec. 2023, PI.
2. Design and Fabrication of Gold Nanocages Stabilized Liquid Crystals for Holographic Displays, Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, No. 22ZR1401400, Apr.2022 - Mar. 2025. PI.
3. Controllable Preparation of Fiber-based Electronic Skin for Pulse Monitoring and Real-time Data Acquisition and Analysis, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2024. Co-PI.
4. Research on Liquid Crystals Alignment Using Ion Beam Spurting Method, Shanghai Sailing Program, No. 18YF1400900, May 2018 - Apr.2020. PI.
5. Trapping and Neutralizing Charged Mobile Ions in Liquid Crystals by Nano-Particles doped Composite Alignment Layers, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, No. 2232018D3-29, Jan. 2018.01 -Dec. 2020. PI.