Faculty
Name : Cheng Zou
Department : Institute of Functional Materials
Title :Associate Professor
Address :Institute of Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R. China
Zip code :100083
Office Location : 606 Room , Fushi Building
Office Telephone : 010-62332473
Mailbox : zoucheng@ustb.edu.cn
Personal profile：
Dr. Cheng Zou is currently an associate researcher in IAMT. He is mainly engaged in the research on optoelectronic devices based on liquid crystalline materials and their applications in displays, smart windows and flexible electronic devices.
Education
(1) Sep., 2012 - Oct., 2018: Ph. D, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, China;
(2) Sep., 2007 - Jul., 2012: Bachelor, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, China;
Work Experience
(1) Feb., 2021- Present: Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China;
(2) Jul., 2018 - Feb., 2021: Project Manager, China Mobile Device Company, China;
Research direction：
(1) Liquid crystal composite materials: micro/nano fabrication technics and its application in optoelectronic devices;
(2) Light-responsive and multi-stimuli-responsive smart materials and devices;
(3) Liquid crystal/polymer composite materials: regulation of the microstructures and its application;
(4) Reverse-mode electrically light-transmittance controllable film
Scientific research achievement :
[1] Cheng Zou, Jian Sun, Meng Wang, Jingxia Wang, Yuchen Wu, Lanying Zhang, Zhongpeng Zhu, Guirong Xiong, Lei Jiang, Tomiki Ikeda, Huai Yang. A UV-Responsive Multifunctional Photoelectric Device Based on Discotic Columnar Nanostructures and Molecular Motors. Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 18060168.
[2] Cheng Zou, Naoto Yanahashi, Yuchen Wu, Jingxia Wang, Cuihong Zhang, Guirong Xiong, Huai Yang, Lei Jiang, Tomiki Ikeda. Patterning Smectic Liquid Crystals for OFETs at Low Temperature. Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29, 18048387.
[3] Cheng Zou, Jingxia Wang, Meng Wang, Yuchen Wu, Kehua Gu, Zhihao Shen, Guirong Xiong, Huai Yang, Lei Jiang, Tomiki Ikeda. Patterning of discotic liquid crystals with tunable molecular orientation for electronic applications. Small, 2018, 14, 1800557.
[4] Meng Wang, Cheng Zou, Chenyue Li, Jian Sun, Ling Wang, Wei Hu, Cuihong Zhang, Lanying Zhang, Wanli He, Huai Yang. Bias-Polarity Dependent Bidirectional Modulation of Photonic Bandgap in a Nanoengineered 3D Blue Phase Polymer Scaffold for Tunable Laser Application. Advanced Optical Materials, 2018, 6(16):1800409.
[5] Meng Wang, Cheng Zou, Jian Sun, Lanying Zhang, Ling Wang, Jiumei Xiao, Fasheng Li, Ping Song& Huai Yang. Asymmetric Tunable Photonic Bandgaps in Self‐Organized 3D Nanostructure of Polymer‐Stabilized Blue Phase I Modulated by Voltage Polarity. Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27(46).