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Education

(1) Sep., 2014 - Oct., 2018: Ph. D, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, China;

(2) Sep., 2011 - Jan., 2014: Master, Department of Materials Physics and Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China;

(3) Sep., 2007 - Jul., 2011: Bachelor, Department of Materials Physics and Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China.

Work Experience

(1) Jul., 2020- Present: Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China;

(2) Jul., 2018 - Jun., 2020: Postdoctor, Peking University, China.

Research direction：

(1) Polymer dispersed liquid crystal films with wide temperature range and wide viewing angle for automobile;

(2) Electric control color changing smart film for camouflage;

(3) Anti-counterfeiting traceability materials and technologies.

Scientific research achievement :

[1] Yanzi Gao, Wenhuan Yao, Jian Sun, et al. A novel soft matter composite material for energy-saving smart windows: from preparation to device application. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3(20): 10738-10746.

[2] Yanzi Gao, Wenhuan Yao, Jian Sun, et al. Angular photochromic LC composite film for an anti-counterfeiting label. Polymers, 2018, 10(4): 453.

[3] Yanzi Gao, Ke Feng, Jin Zhang, et al. Finger-temperature-detecting liquid crystal composite film for anti-counterfeiting labels. Molecules, 2020, 25(3): 521.

[4] Yanzi Gao, Ke Feng, Jin Zhang, et al. Side-chain liquid crystal co-polymers for angular photochromic anti-counterfeiting powder and fiber. Crystals, 2020, 10(2): 128.

[5] Yanzi Gao, Ping Song, Tingting Zhang, et al. Effects of a triethylamine as catalyst on curing time and electro-optical properties of PDLC films. RCS Advances, 2013, 3(45): 23533-23538.

[6] Ruochen Lan#, Yanzi Gao#, Chen Shen, et al. Humidity-Responsive Liquid Crystalline Network Actuator Showing Synergistic Fluorescence Color Change Enabled by Aggregation Induced Emission Luminogen, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202010578.

[7] Mohsin Hassan Saeed #, Yanzi Gao#, Le Zhou, et al. Effects of multi-functionalacrylates and thiols on the morphology and electro-optical properties ofpolymer-dispersed liquid crystal films, Liquid Crystals, 2021, DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2021.1878564.

[8] Wenhuan Yao#, Yanzi Gao#, Xiao Yuan, et al. Synthesis and self-assembly behaviours of side-chain smectic thiol-ene polymers based on the polysiloxane backbone. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, 4(7): 1425-1440.

[9] Wenhuan Yao#, Yanzi Gao#, Fasheng Li, et al. Influence of shorter backbone and cholesteric monomer percentage on the phase structures and thermal-optical properties of linear siloxane tetramers containing cholesterol and benzene methyl ether groups. RSC Advances, 2016, 6(90): 87502-87512.

[10] Wenhuan Yao#, Yanzi Gao#, Zhang Cuihong, et al. A series of novel side chain liquid crystalline polysiloxanes containing cyano- and cholesterol-terminated substituents: Where will the structure-dependence of terminal behavior of the side chain reappear? Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2017, 55(10): 1765-1772.

[11] Haonan Lin, Shuaifeng Zhang, Moshin Hassan Saeed, Le Zhou, Hongqi Gao, Junyi Huang, Lanying Zhang, Huai Yang, Jiumei Xiao*, Yanzi Gao*. Effects of the methacrylate monomers with different end groups on the morphologies, electrooptical and mechanical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystals composite films. Liquid Crystals, 2020, DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2020.1815091.

[12] Yujian Sun, Yanzi Gao*, Le Zhou, et al. A study on the electro-optical properties of thiol-ene polymer dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal (PDChLC) films. Molecules, 2017, 22(2): 317.

[13] Yujian Sun, Cuihong Zhang, Le Zhou, Yanzi Gao*, et al. Effect of a polymercaptan material on the electro-optical properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal films. Molecules, 2016, 22(1): 43.