Biography:

Dr. Chuangqi Zhao was born in 1989, Henan Province. He received his B.Sc. in materials science in 2012 from Changchun University of Technology (China), and MSc degree in applied chemistry from Beihang University (China) in 2015. Then, he joined Prof. Lei Jiang’s group at Beihang University and received his PhD degree. During 2020-2022, he was a postdoctoral fellow working with Prof. Mingjie Liu at Beihang University. Since December 2022, Dr. Zhao has been working as a research fellow at University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Hundred Talents Program B. In recent years, he has published over 20 SCl papers in high-level academic journals, including 9 papers as the first or corresponding author in high-level journals such as Nature, Angew Chem, Matter, ACS Nano and etc. He has also been granted 5 invention patents. His research group focuses on the development and applications of bioinspired high performance nanocomposites.

Email:

zhaochuangqi@ustc.edu.cn

Research interests:

① Biomimetic preparation of high-performance biomaterials

② Biomimetic high strength and toughness mineralized materials

③ Genetic material 

Awards:

1) 2020 Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program.

2) 2020 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China Composite Materials Society (5 articles per year nationwide).

3) 2020 Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

4) 2019 Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Elite Hundred Postdoctoral Fellows

5) 2019 Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

6) 2014 Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Master's Degree National Scholarship

Publications:

1. Chuangqi Zhao, Pengchao Zhang, Jiajia Zhou, Shuanhu Qi, Yamauchi Yoshihiro, Ruirui Shi, Ruochen Fang, Yasuhiro Ishida, Shutao Wang, Antoni P. Tomsia, Mingjie Liu*, Lei Jiang. Layered nanocomposites by shear-flow-induced alignment of nanosheets. Nature, 2020, 580, 210.

2. Can Zhou, Chuangqi Zhao*, Zhidong Nie, Tianxu Zhou, Shengwen Kong, Yingzhi Sun, Cheng Qian, Tianyi Zhao*, Mingjie Liu*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, e202410441.

3. Shengwen Kong, Chuangqi Zhao*, Yingzhi Sun, Jin Huang, Longhao Zhang, Yunfei Ru, Hangsheng Zhou, Tianxu Zhou, Mingjie Liu*. Large-area, high-strength cellulose nanocomposites enhanced by confined polymer nanocrystallization in Bouligand structures. Matter, 2024, 7, 2250.

4. Zhidong Nie, Yingzhi Sun, Tianxu Zhou, Shengwen Kong, Linxing Liu, Chuangqi Zhao*, Mingjie Liu*. Large-area ultrastrong and stiff aramid nanofiber based layered nanocomposite films. Nano Research, 2023, 17, 829.

5. Tianxu Zhou, Chuangqi Zhao*, Yunhao Liu, Jin Huang, Hangsheng Zhou, Zhidong Nie, Meng Fan, Tianyi Zhao, Qunfeng Cheng, Mingjie Liu*. Large-area ultrastrong and stiff layered MXene nanocomposites by shear-flow-induced alignment of nanosheets. ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 12013.

6. Chuangqi Zhao, Pengchao Zhang, Ruirui Shi, Yichao Xu, Longhao Zhang, Ruochen Fang, Tianyi Zhao*, Shuanhu Qi, Lei Jiang, Mingjie Liu*. Super-tough and strong nanocomposite fibers by flow-induced alignment of carbon nanotubes on grooved hydrogel surfaces. Science China Materials, 2019, 62, 1332.

7. Pengchao Zhang#, Chuangqi Zhao#, Tianyi Zhao, Mingjie Liu*, Lei Jiang. Recent advances in bioinspired gel surfaces with superwettability and special adhesion. Advanced Science, 2019, 6, 1900996.

8. Chuangqi Zhao, Pengchao Zhang, Zhandong Gu, Lie Chen, Hui Yi, Ziyi Cao, Jian Jin, Mingjie Liu*, Lei Jiang. Superspreading-based fabrication of asymmetric porous PAA-g-PVDF membranes for efficient water flow gating. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2016, 3, 1600615.

9. Chuangqi Zhao, Diansen Li*, Tianqi Ge, Lei Jiang, Nan Jiang. Experimental study on the compression properties and failure mechanism of 3D integrated woven spacer composites. Materials & Design, 2014, 56, 50.

10. Qing Hao, Chuangqi Zhao, Bing Sun, Cheng Lu, Jian Liu, Mingjie Liu*, Li-Jun Wan, Dong Wang*. Confined synthesis of two-dimensional covalent organic framework thin films within superspreading water layer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 12152.

11. Congying Wei, Weili Shi, Chuangqi Zhao, Shuai Yang, Jiajia Zheng, JinPan Zhong, Tianyi Zhao, Simin Kong, Xi Gong*, and Mingjie Liu*. Superwetting injectable hydrogel with ultrastrong and fast tissue adhesion for minimally invasive hemostasis. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2022, 2201799.

12. Pengchao Zhang, Feilong Zhang, Chuangqi Zhao, Mingjie Liu*, Lei Jiang*. Superspreading on immersed gel surfaces for the confined synthesis of thin polymer films. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 128, 3679.

13. Lie Chen, Xi Yao, Zhandong Gu, Kaikai Zheng, Chuangqi Zhao, Wenwei Lei, Qinfeng Rong, Ling Lin, Jiaobing Wang, Lei Jiang, Mingjie Liu *. Covalent tethering of photo-responsive superficial layers on hydrogel surfaces for photo-controlled release. Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 2010.

14. Lie Chen, Zhandong Gu, La Li, Wenwei Lei, Qinfeng Rong, Chuangqi Zhao, Qingshan Wu, Zhen Gu, Xu Jin*, Lei Jiang, Mingjie Liu*. Integration of hydrogels with functional nanoparticles using hydrophobic comb-like polymers as an adhesive layer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 15147.

15. Diansen Li*, Chuangqi Zhao. Experimental investigation on the compression properties and failure mechanism of 3D braided composites at room and liquid nitrogen temperature. Composites Part B: Engineering. 2014, 56, 647.