Professor Qunfeng Cheng is a professor in the School of Nano Science and Technology of Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, USTC in China. Dr. Cheng's research has discovered and experimentally confirmed for the first time the void defects in the two-dimensional nanocomposites induced by capillary contraction. Dr. Cheng has developed a new strategy of sequential bridging and nanoconfinement assembly to cure the void defects. Dr. Cheng has achieved dense and high alignment of two-dimensional nanosheets assembly, created two-dimensional nanocomposites with excellent mechanical and electrical properties, which surpass carbon fiber composites. Dr. Cheng also explored their applications in aerospace, flexible electronic devices, biomedical engineering, and other fields. Dr. Cheng has published more than 100 papers including 3 papers in Science, 1 paper in Nature, 1 paper in Nat. Mater., 4 papers in Nat. Commun., 2 papers Sci. Adv., 5 papers in PNAS with over 12,000 citations, and a Google Scholar h-index of 63. He has authorized 40 Chinese patents and has authored the book “Bioinspired Layered Two-dimensional Nanocomposites”.
E- Mail: chengqf@ustc.edu.cn
Research fields
Bioinspired functional nanocomposites based on two-dimensional nanomaterials, the assembly strategies, and mechanical properties.
Awards
1. The XPLORER PRIZE, 2024, China.
2. The Meituan Green Tech Award, 2024, China.
3. The Beijing Distinguished Young Zhongguancun Award, 2021, China.
4. The Mao Yi-sheng Science and Technology Award-Beijing Youth Science and Technology Award, 2021, China.
5. China Young Scientist Award of Composites Society, 2021, China.
Representative papers within 5 years
1. S. Wan, Y. Chen, C. Huang, Z. Huang, C. Liang, X. Deng*, and Q. Cheng*, Scalable ultrastrong MXene films with superior osteogenesis. Nature 2024, 634, 1103-1110.
2. W. Li, T. Zhou, Z. Zhang, L. Li, W. Lian, Y. Wang, J. Lu, J. Yan, H. Wang, L. Wei, and Q. Cheng*, Ultrastrong MXene film induced by sequential bridging with liquid metal. Science. 2024. 385, 62-68. (Cover)
3. J. Yang, M. Li, S. Fang, Y. Wang, H. He, C. Wang, Z. Zhang, B. Yuan, L. Jiang, R. H. Baughman* and Q. Cheng*, Water-induced strong isotropic MXene-bridged graphene sheets for electrochemical energy strorage. Science. 2024. 383, 771-777.
4. S. Wan, X. Li, Y. Chen, N. Liu, Y. Du, S. Dou, L. Jiang, and Q. Cheng*, High-strength scalable MXene films through bridging-induced densification. Science 2021. 374, 96-99.
5. S. Wan, Y. Chen, S. Fang, S. Wang, Z. Xu, L. Jiang, R. H. Baughman* and Q. Cheng*, High-strength scalable graphene sheets by freezing stretch-induced alignment. Nat. Mater. 2021. 20, 624-631.
6. T. Zhou, Y. Yu, B. He, Z. Wang, T. Xiong, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, J. Xin, M. Qi, H. Zhang, X. Zhou, L. Gao, Q. Cheng*, L. Wei*, Ultra-compact MXene fibers by continuous and controllable synergy of interfacial interactions and thermal drawing-induced stresses. Nat. Commun. 2022. 13, 4564.
7. S. Wan, X. Li, Y. Chen, N. Liu, S. Wang, Y. Du, Z. Xu, X. Deng, S. Dou, L. Jiang, Q. Cheng*, Ultrastrong MXene films via the synergy of intercalating small flakes and interfacial bridging. Nat. Commun. 2022. 13, 7340.
8. J. Peng, A. P. Tomsia, L. Jiang, B. Z. Tang*, Q. Cheng*, Stiff and tough PDMS-MMT layered nanocomposites visualized by AIE luminogens. Nat. Commun. 2021. 12, 4539.
9. T. Zhou, C. Wu, Y. Wang, A. P. Tomsia, M. Li, E. Saiz, S. Fang, R. H. Baughman, L. Jiang and Q. Cheng*, Super-tough MXene-functionalized graphene sheets. Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 2077.
10. J. Fu, Y. Li, T. Zhou, S. Fang, M. Zhang, Y. Wang, K. Li, W. Lian, L. Wei, R. Baughman* and Q. Cheng*, Large stroke radially-oriented MXene composite fiber tensile artificial muscles. Sci. Adv. 2024, in press.
