Areas of Focus
- Polymer composite materials for display and building energy saving
- Design and preparation of special liquid crystal materials (discotic, near-crystalline, bistable, etc.)
- High-performance polymer optical films
- Functional anti-counterfeiting liquid crystal materials
Work Experience
- 2011-2016 Engineer, Peking University, School of Engineering
- 2016-2020 Senior Engineer, Peking University, School of Engineering
- 2021-present Senior Engineer, Peking University, School of Materials Science and Engineering
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002-2006 Bachelor of Science: Northeast Normal University, College of Chemistry
- 2006-2011 Doctor of Science: Peking University, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
Publications
- Humidity-responsive liquid crystalline network actuator showing synergistic fluorescence color change enabled by aggregation induced emission luminogen, R. Lan, Y. Gao, C. Shen, R. Huang, J. Bao, Z. Zhang, Q. Wang*, L. Zhang*, H. Yang*, 2021
- Multiple anti-counterfeiting composite film based on cholesteric liquid crystal and QD materials, W. Yao, R. Lan, K. Li*, L. Zhang*, 2021
- Optical diffusers based on uniform nano-sized polymer balls/nematic liquid crystals composite films, L. Zhou, M. Saeed, L. Zhang*, 2020
- Thiol-ene reaction based polymer dispersed liquid crystal composite films with low driving voltage and high contrast ratio, T. Zhong, R. Mandle, J. Goodby, C. Zhang, L. Zhang*, 2019
- Nonelectric sustaining bistable polymer framework liquid crystal films with a novel semirigid polymer matrix, W. Hu, M. Chen, L. Zhou, T. Zhong, X. Yuan*, F. Chen*, L. Zhang*, 2018
Awards
- 2013 Third Prize, Peking University Seventh Experimental Technology Achievement Award (First Winner)
- 2014 Advanced Individual in Laboratory Work, Peking University
- 2014 Recipient of the Fok Ying Tung Young Teacher Fund
- 2014 First Prize for Technological Invention, Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Ministry of Education)
- 2015 Second Prize, National Technology Invention Award (Fifth Winner)
- 2017 'Outstanding Union Cadre of Peking University' Title
- 2018 'National Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker in Petroleum and Chemical Industry' Title
- 2019 First Prize, Peking University Tenth Experimental Technology Achievement Award (First Winner)
- 2019 'Outstanding Union Cadre of Peking University' Title
- 2020 Advanced Individual in Laboratory Work, Peking University
- 2020 Second Prize, National Technology Invention Award (Second Winner)
- 2021 'Outstanding Communist Party Member of the School of Engineering, Peking University' Title
- 2021 Second Prize, Peking University 2021 Teaching Achievement Award (Second Completer)
- 2021 'Outstanding Union Cadre of Peking University' Title
