时间：2019年10月14日（周一）下午14:00-15:30
　　Time：2:00-3:30 PM, Monday, Oct 14, 2019
　　地点：西湖大学云栖校区3号楼312会议室
　　Venue:Room 312, 3F, Building 3, Yunqi Campus
　　主持人：西湖大学工学院PI 周南嘉博士
　　Host:Dr. Nanjia Zhou, PI of School of Engineering, Westlake University

主讲人/Speaker：

Dr. Jiaxing Huang, Professor of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
　　Jiaxing Huang received his B.S. degree in Chemical Physics from USTC, Ph.D. in Chemistry from UCLA, and became a Miller Fellow at UC Berkeley before joining Northwestern in 2007.
　　Prof. Huang enjoys integrating education and research to enhance learning experience for his students and himself. In research, his group uses chemical principles and tools to discover new materials, advance materials processing, and make materials innovations for better living. Some recent examples include carbon based nanomaterials, bulk nanostructure materials, and new forms of colloidal particles for energy storage, water treatments and safer personal care products. Through teaching, he aims to develop intuition, inspire creativity and bring the best out of students. His work has been recognized by awards from the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the American Vacuum Society, and the International Aerosol Research Assembly. He is included in the lists of Highly Cited Researchers in Chemistry and Most Cited Researchers in Materials Science and Engineering. He is also a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, the JSPS Fellowship from Japan and the Humboldt Research Award from Germany.
　　

讲座摘要/Abstract:
　　Curious observations can often inspire people to come up with new hypotheses, define new problems, and identify solutions to solve a problem. I will share a few such examples from research and teaching about taking inspirations from life for materials research, and using materials innovation for better living. (1) Crumpled paper balls in a wastebasket inspired a new form of ultrafine particles that becomes aggregation-resistant and can disperse in arbitrary solvents. This represents a new strategy to alter particle-particle and particle-surface interactions by changing the contact geometry without the need for tuning surface chemistry. (2) At the opposite end, the strong adhesion between soft graphene oxide sheets and a surface make them suitable for unconventional coating applications, such as in hair coloring. (3) Nanopatterns in Blu-ray movie discs are found to be suitable for improving the performance of solar cells through light trapping. This suggests a materials/information duality, where the properties of materials are determined by how information is stored in the materials. (4) When students are encouraged to connect what they learn in class to their own experience, they come up with exciting new problems. This promotes learning for both the students and ourselves, and provides inspirations to define new research problems.

讲座联系人/Contact:
　　科技合作部 沈老师
　　shenxiaolian@westlake.edu.cn